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#include "ProxyDestination.h"

#include <folly/Conv.h>
#include <folly/Memory.h>

#include "mcrouter/_router.h"
#include "mcrouter/config-impl.h"
#include "mcrouter/config.h"
#include "mcrouter/lib/fbi/asox_timer.h"
#include "mcrouter/lib/fbi/nstring.h"
#include "mcrouter/lib/fbi/timer.h"
#include "mcrouter/lib/fbi/util.h"
#include "mcrouter/lib/fibers/Fiber.h"
#include "mcrouter/lib/network/AsyncMcClient.h"
#include "mcrouter/pclient.h"
#include "mcrouter/proxy.h"
#include "mcrouter/ProxyClientCommon.h"
#include "mcrouter/ProxyDestinationMap.h"
#include "mcrouter/routes/DestinationRoute.h"
#include "mcrouter/stats.h"
#include "mcrouter/TkoTracker.h"

namespace facebook { namespace memcache { namespace mcrouter {

namespace {

constexpr double kProbeExponentialFactor = 1.5;
constexpr double kProbeJitterMin = 0.05;
constexpr double kProbeJitterMax = 0.5;
constexpr double kProbeJitterDelta = kProbeJitterMax - kProbeJitterMin;

static_assert(kProbeJitterMax >= kProbeJitterMin,
              "ProbeJitterMax should be greater or equal tham ProbeJitterMin");

void on_probe_timer(const asox_timer_t timer, void* arg) {
  ProxyDestination* pdstn = (ProxyDestination*)arg;
  pdstn->on_timer(timer);
}

bool is_error_reply(const McReply& reply) {
  if (reply.result() == mc_res_remote_error) {
    // mc_res_remote_error with a reply object is an application-level
    // error, not a network/server level error.
    return reply.isError() && reply.appSpecificErrorCode() == 0 &&
           reply.value().length() == 0;
  } else if (reply.result() == mc_res_try_again) {
    return false;
  } else {
    return mc_res_is_err(reply.result());
  }
}

}  // anonymous namespace

void ProxyDestination::schedule_next_probe() {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);
  FBI_ASSERT(!proxy->opts.disable_tko_tracking);

  int delay_ms = probe_delay_next_ms;
  if (probe_delay_next_ms < 2) {
    // int(1 * 1.5) == 1, so advance it to 2 first
    probe_delay_next_ms = 2;
  } else {
    probe_delay_next_ms *= kProbeExponentialFactor;
  }
  if (probe_delay_next_ms > proxy->opts.probe_delay_max_ms) {
    probe_delay_next_ms = proxy->opts.probe_delay_max_ms;
  }

  // Calculate random jitter
  double r = (double)rand() / (double)RAND_MAX;
  double tmo_jitter_pct = r * kProbeJitterDelta + kProbeJitterMin;
  uint64_t delay_us = (double)delay_ms * 1000 * (1.0 + tmo_jitter_pct);
  FBI_ASSERT(delay_us > 0);

  timeval_t delay;
  delay.tv_sec = (delay_us / 1000000);
  delay.tv_usec = (delay_us % 1000000);

  FBI_ASSERT(probe_timer == nullptr);
  probe_timer = asox_add_timer(proxy->eventBase->getLibeventBase(), delay,
                               on_probe_timer, this);
}

void ProxyDestination::on_timer(const asox_timer_t timer) {
  // Some unit tests create pdstn with null proxy.  This assert checks
  // for use-after-free, so allowing null proxy for functions that don't
  // obviously crash with null proxy doesn't reduce its effectiveness
  FBI_ASSERT(!proxy || proxy->magic == proxy_magic);
  FBI_ASSERT(timer == probe_timer);
  asox_remove_timer(timer);
  probe_timer = nullptr;
  if (sending_probes) {
    // Note that the previous probe might still be in flight
    if (probe_req.get() == nullptr) {
      auto mutReq = createMcMsgRef();
      mutReq->op = mc_op_version;
      probe_req = std::move(mutReq);
      ++probesSent_;
      send(probe_req.clone(), nullptr, /* senderId= */ 0);
    }
    schedule_next_probe();
  }
}

void ProxyDestination::start_sending_probes() {
  FBI_ASSERT(!sending_probes);
  sending_probes = true;
  probe_delay_next_ms = proxy->opts.probe_delay_initial_ms;
  schedule_next_probe();
}

void ProxyDestination::stop_sending_probes() {
  probesSent_ = 0;
  sending_probes = false;
  if (probe_timer) {
    asox_remove_timer(probe_timer);
    probe_timer = nullptr;
  }
}

void ProxyDestination::mark_tko() {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);
  FBI_ASSERT(!proxy->opts.disable_tko_tracking);
  if (!marked_tko) {
    VLOG(1) << pdstnKey << " marked TKO";

    marked_tko = 1;

    start_sending_probes();
  }
}

void ProxyDestination::unmark_tko() {
  FBI_ASSERT(!proxy->opts.disable_tko_tracking);
  if (marked_tko) {
    VLOG(1) << pdstnKey << " marked up";
    marked_tko = 0;
    stop_sending_probes();
  }
}

bool ProxyDestination::is_hard_error(mc_res_t result) {
  switch (result) {
    case mc_res_connect_error:
    case mc_res_connect_timeout:
      return true;

    default:
      return false;
  }
}

void ProxyDestination::handle_tko(const McReply& reply,
                                  bool is_probe_req,
                                  int consecutive_errors) {
  if (resetting ||
      proxy->opts.disable_tko_tracking ||
      proxy->monitor != nullptr) {
    return;
  }

  if (proxy->router &&
      proxy->router->opts.global_tko_tracking) {

    if (!shared) {
      return;
    }

    bool responsible = false;
    if (is_error_reply(reply)) {
      if (is_hard_error(reply.result())) {
        responsible = shared->tko.recordHardFailure(this);
        if (responsible) {
          onTkoEvent(TkoLogEvent::MarkHardTko, reply.result());
        }
      } else {
        responsible = shared->tko.recordSoftFailure(this);
        if (responsible) {
          onTkoEvent(TkoLogEvent::MarkSoftTko, reply.result());
        }
      }
    } else if (proxy->opts.latency_threshold_us != 0 &&
               !sending_probes &&
               stats_.avgLatency.value() > proxy->opts.latency_threshold_us) {
    /* Even if it's not an error, if we've gone above our latency SLA we count
       that as a soft failure. We also check current latency to ensure that
       if things get better we don't keep TKOing the box */
      responsible = shared->tko.recordSoftFailure(this);
      if (responsible) {
        onTkoEvent(TkoLogEvent::MarkLatencyTko, reply.result());
      }
    } else {
      /* If we're sending probes, only a probe request should be considered
         successful to avoid outstanding requests from unmarking the box */
      if (!sending_probes || is_probe_req) {
        shared->tko.recordSuccess(this);
        if (sending_probes) {
          onTkoEvent(TkoLogEvent::UnMarkTko, reply.result());
          stop_sending_probes();
        }
      }
    }
    if (responsible) {
      start_sending_probes();
    }
  } else {
    if (consecutive_errors >= proxy->opts.failures_until_tko) {
      mark_tko();
    } else if (consecutive_errors == 0) {
      unmark_tko();
    }
  }
}

void ProxyDestination::on_reply(const McMsgRef& req,
                                McReply reply,
                                void* req_ctx) {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);

  proxy_request_t* preq = nullptr;

  static fb_timer_t *on_reply_timer = nullptr;
  if (!proxy->opts.disable_dynamic_stats) {
    if (!on_reply_timer) {
      nstring_t name = NSTRING_LIT("router_on_reply");
      on_reply_timer = fb_timer_alloc(name, 0, 0);
      fb_timer_register(on_reply_timer);
    }
    fb_timer_start(on_reply_timer);
  }

  // Note: remote error with non-empty reply is not an actual error.
  // mc_res_busy with a code not SERVER_ERROR_BUSY means
  // the server is fine, just can't fulfil the request now
  if (is_error_reply(reply)) {
    ++consecutiveErrors_;
  } else {
    consecutiveErrors_ = 0;
    /**
     * HACK: It's possible that we missed an on_up callback for this pdstn
     * if it happened right during a reconfigure request, but a successful
     * on_reply was still delivered.  So we just manually call on_up here.
     * Ideally we wouldn't miss on_up callbacks, but it's not easy to do.
     */
    if (!stats_.is_up) {
      on_up();
    }
  }

  bool is_probe_req = (req.get() == probe_req.get());

  if (proxy->monitor) {
      proxy->monitor->on_response(proxy->monitor, this,
                                  const_cast<mc_msg_t*>(req.get()),
                                  reply);
  } else {
    handle_tko(reply, is_probe_req, consecutiveErrors_);
  }

  if (is_probe_req) {
    probe_req = McMsgRef();
  } else {
    stats_.results[reply.result()]++;

    auto destreqCtx = reinterpret_cast<DestinationRequestCtx*>(req_ctx);
    preq = destreqCtx->preq;

    destreqCtx->endTime = nowUs();
    destreqCtx->reply = std::move(reply);

    /* For code simplicity we look at latency for making TKO decisions with a
       1 request delay */
    int64_t latency = destreqCtx->endTime - destreqCtx->startTime;
    stats_.avgLatency.insertSample(latency);

    auto promise = std::move(destreqCtx->promise.value());
    promise.setValue();
  }

  if (preq) {
    stat_decr(proxy, sum_server_queue_length_stat, 1);
  }

  if (!proxy->opts.disable_dynamic_stats) {
    fb_timer_finish(on_reply_timer);
  }
}

void ProxyDestination::on_up() {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);
  FBI_ASSERT(!stats_.is_up);

  stat_incr(proxy, server_up_events_stat, 1);
  stat_incr(proxy, num_servers_up_stat, 1);

  stats_.is_up = true;
  gettimeofday(&up_time, 0);

  VLOG(1) << "server " << pdstnKey << " up (" <<
      stat_get_uint64(proxy, num_servers_up_stat) << " of " <<
      stat_get_uint64(proxy, num_servers_stat) << ")";
}

void ProxyDestination::on_down() {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);

  if (resetting) {
    VLOG(1) << "server " << pdstnKey << " inactive (" <<
        stat_get_uint64(proxy, num_servers_up_stat) << " of " <<
        stat_get_uint64(proxy, num_servers_stat) << ")";
    stat_incr(proxy, closed_inactive_connections_stat, 1);
    if (stats_.is_up) {
      stat_decr(proxy, num_servers_up_stat, 1);
      stats_.is_up = false;
    }
  } else {
    VLOG(1) << "server " << pdstnKey << " down (" <<
        stat_get_uint64(proxy, num_servers_up_stat) << " of " <<
        stat_get_uint64(proxy, num_servers_stat) << ")";

    if (proxy->monitor) {
      proxy->monitor->on_down(proxy->monitor, this);
    }

    /* NB stats_.is_up may be 0, there's no guarantee we're up because of
     * the way libasox does auto-connect-on-send */

    stat_incr(proxy, server_down_events_stat, 1);
    if (stats_.is_up) {
      stat_decr(proxy, num_servers_up_stat, 1);
    }
    stats_.is_up = false;
    gettimeofday(&down_time, 0);

    /* Record on_down as a mc_res_connect_error; note we pass failure_until_tko
       to force TKO for the deprecated per-proxy logic */
    handle_tko(McReply(mc_res_connect_error),
               /* is_probe_req= */ false,
               proxy->opts.failures_until_tko);
  }
}

size_t ProxyDestination::getPendingRequestCount() const {
  return client_->getPendingRequestCount();
}

size_t ProxyDestination::getInflightRequestCount() const {
  return client_->getInflightRequestCount();
}

void ProxyDestination::reset_fields() {
  /* This all goes away once global TKO is rolled out */
  FBI_ASSERT(!proxy || proxy->magic == proxy_magic);
  if (!proxy || proxy->opts.disable_tko_tracking) {
    return;
  }

  /* Reset TKO state */
  consecutiveErrors_ = 0;

  if (!proxy->router ||
      !proxy->router->opts.global_tko_tracking) {
    unmark_tko();
  }
}

std::shared_ptr<ProxyDestination> ProxyDestination::create(
    proxy_t* proxy,
    const ProxyClientCommon& ro,
    std::string pdstnKey) {

  auto ptr = std::shared_ptr<ProxyDestination>(
    new ProxyDestination(proxy, ro, std::move(pdstnKey)));
  ptr->selfPtr_ = ptr;
  ptr->client_ = folly::make_unique<DestinationMcClient>(ptr);
  return ptr;
}

ProxyDestination::~ProxyDestination() {
  if (proxy == nullptr) {
    // created for a unit test
    return;
  }

  if (owner != nullptr) {
    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(owner->mx);
    shared->pdstns.erase(this);
  }

  if (proxy->monitor) {
    proxy->monitor->remove_client(proxy->monitor, this);
  }

  client_.reset();

  if (sending_probes) {
    stop_sending_probes();
  }

  magic = kDeadBeef;
}

ProxyDestination::ProxyDestination(proxy_t* proxy_,
                                   const ProxyClientCommon& ro_,
                                   std::string pdstnKey_)
  : proxy(proxy_),
    accessPoint(ro_.ap),
    destinationKey(ro_.destination_key),
    rxpriority(ro_.rxpriority),
    txpriority(ro_.txpriority),
    server_timeout(ro_.server_timeout),
    pdstnKey(std::move(pdstnKey_)),
    proxy_magic(proxy->magic),
    use_ssl(ro_.useSsl),
    stats_(proxy_->opts) {

  static uint64_t next_magic = 0x12345678900000LL;
  magic = __sync_fetch_and_add(&next_magic, 1);
}

proxy_client_state_t ProxyDestination::state() const {
  // We don't need to check if global tracking is disabled. If it is
  // isTko will always be false
  if ((shared && shared->tko.isTko()) || marked_tko) {
    return PROXY_CLIENT_TKO;
  } else if (stats_.is_up) {
    return PROXY_CLIENT_UP;
  } else {
    return PROXY_CLIENT_NEW;
  }
}

const ProxyDestinationStats& ProxyDestination::stats() const {
  return stats_;
}

int ProxyDestination::may_send(const McMsgRef& req) {
  FBI_ASSERT(!proxy || proxy->magic == proxy_magic);

  int rv;
  if (proxy && proxy->monitor) {
    rv = proxy->monitor->may_send(proxy->monitor,
                                  this, const_cast<mc_msg_t*>(req.get()));
  } else {
    rv = state() != PROXY_CLIENT_TKO;
  }
  return rv;
}

void ProxyDestination::sendFakeReply(const McMsgRef& request, void* req_ctx) {
  mc_res_t result;
  std::string replyStr;
  switch (request->op) {
    case mc_op_get:
      replyStr = "VERYRANDOMSTRING";
      result = mc_res_found;
      break;
    case mc_op_set:
      result = mc_res_stored;
      break;
    case mc_op_delete:
      result = mc_res_deleted;
      break;
    default:
      result = mc_res_ok;
  }

  on_reply(request, McReply(result, replyStr), req_ctx);
}

int ProxyDestination::send(McMsgRef request, void* req_ctx,
                           uint64_t senderId) {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);

  proxy->destinationMap->markAsActive(*this);

  // Do not communicate with memcache at all
  if (UNLIKELY(proxy->opts.no_network)) {
    sendFakeReply(request, req_ctx);
    return 0;
  }

  return client_->send(std::move(request), req_ctx, senderId);
}

void ProxyDestination::resetInactive() {
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy->magic == proxy_magic);
  FBI_ASSERT(proxy);

  resetting = 1;
  client_->resetInactive();
  reset_fields();
  resetting = 0;
}

void ProxyDestination::onTkoEvent(TkoLogEvent event, mc_res_t result) const {
  if (!shared) {
    return;
  }

  switch (event) {
    case TkoLogEvent::MarkHardTko:
      VLOG(1) << shared->key << " marked hard TKO. Reply: "
              << mc_res_to_string(result);
      break;
    case TkoLogEvent::MarkSoftTko:
      VLOG(1) << shared->key << " marked soft TKO. Reply: "
              << mc_res_to_string(result);
      break;
    case TkoLogEvent::MarkLatencyTko:
      VLOG(1) << shared->key << " marked latency TKO. Reply: "
              << mc_res_to_string(result);
      break;
    case TkoLogEvent::UnMarkTko:
      VLOG(1) << shared->key << " unmarked TKO. Reply: "
              << mc_res_to_string(result);
      break;
  }

  TkoLog tkoLog(accessPoint);
  tkoLog.event = event;
  tkoLog.globalSoftTkos = shared->tko.globalSoftTkos();
  tkoLog.isHardTko = shared->tko.isHardTko();
  tkoLog.isSoftTko = shared->tko.isSoftTko();
  tkoLog.avgLatency = stats_.avgLatency.value();
  tkoLog.probesSent = probesSent_;
  tkoLog.result = result;

  logTkoEvent(proxy, tkoLog);
}

ProxyDestinationStats::ProxyDestinationStats(const McrouterOptions& opts)
  : avgLatency(1.0 / opts.latency_window_size) {
}

}}}  // facebook::memcache::mcrouter


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Wacom Supports ILM Art Department Challenge on ArtStation
ILM, Wacom and ArtStation team up in a fun, competitive contest to find the next generation of creative talent
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Wacom, along with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and ArtStation, is a proud supporter of the ILM Art Department Challenge, a three-phase "production challenge" that starts on May 18th, and ends on August 1st. Artists from a variety of disciplines including game art, animation, film making, concept art and character design are all welcome to register. The Challenge is geared toward finding exciting new content creators who are eager to prove themselves in a competitive, fun environment. Contestants will be judged at each phase by a select group of ILM Art Directors from around the world. There will be a first, second and third place winner, as well as five people taking home honorable mentions.
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"The Art Department Challenge is an opportunity for artists around the world to take their work to a different level," stated David Nakabayashi, Creative Director at ILM. "Our goal is to provide artists with a platform to showcase their talent and an opportunity to work with some of the best art directors in the industry."
"Wacom is delighted to be teaming up with ILM and ArtStation to celebrate the creative process and bring new talent to the surface with a bit of friendly competition," said Ed Neumann, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Wacom's Creative Business Unit. "Virtually every animation and game development studio, large or small, create their digital art and designs with an Intuos pen tablet or Cintiq creative pen display. It's a powerful testament to our ability to bring the very best in pressure-sensitive pen performance, creative control and productivity to the professional studio."
Wacom is offering some great prizes including a Cintiq 27QHD touch with Ergo Stand to the first place winner, a Cintiq Companion 2 for second, a Cintiq 22HD for third and Bamboo Sparks for the five honorable mention winners. Add these to all the wonderful items ILM and ArtStation are also offering and a successful contest is born.
The winners will be announced on September 12th and their work will be viewable on ArtStation. Dubbed, "the home for artists," ArtStation enables artists to showcase their work online, share their portfolios and connect with new opportunities.
Wacom operates in 36 countries in North America, Asia, South America and Europe. Wacom's vision to bring people and technology closer together through natural interface technologies has made it the world's leading manufacturer of creative pen tablets and pen displays as well as digital styli and solutions for saving and processing digital signatures. The advanced technology of Wacom's intuitive input devices has been used to create some of the most award-winning digital art, films, special effects, fashions and designs around the world and provides business and home users with leading interface technology to express their creativity. For more news about the company, visit http://www.wacom.com.
ArtStation is a leading showcase platform for games, film and media and entertainment artists. It enables artists to showcase their portfolios in a slick way, discover and stay inspired, and connect with new opportunities. ArtStation is a division of Ballistiq Digital, a Canadian digital product agency. For more information about ArtStation and Ballistiq, visit https://www.artstation.com and http://www.ballistiq.com.
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Wacom Technology Corp.
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'Fires Burn' Set To Be First US Radio Single From 'The Mission Bell'
Last modified: 03 Nov 2005
The new studio album from Delirious? 'The Mission Bell' is set to be released in the UK next week (7th November). The US release date is just after Christmas, but already plans are in place to promote the album stateside. Next month 'Fires Burn' will become the first radio single in the USA from the new album, which will be promoted by Sparrow Records.
'Fires Burn' is a mid-paced rock ballad featuring some outstanding guitar riffs from Stu G and strong vocals from Martin. "There aren't many songs about the return of Jesus and it is a healthy reminder that heaven is the destination" says Martin of the song. Delirious? are currently in California performing a series of concerts as they begin promoting 'The Mission Bell' in the USA. The band have been playing several of the new songs live, including 'Miracle Maker', 'Now Is The Time' and 'Paint The Town Red'. A US Tour is also planned for next April to continue promoting the album.
Speaking about the album, Martin said "We love what we do, but there's gotta be more. We want to make a change. Surely, this whole God thing is not just for putting Christian records out. Surely, God has called us to higher things. It's not enough to sit back and enjoy the ride, but to be sure of the ride we're on." Stu G says he hopes the new songs will prove helpfull to fans: "I think there's a lot of inspiration for people to get out of these songs. I think it'll help some folks kind of work out their calling, work out what they're supposed to be doing."


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Gallery Update: Rocketman Stills, BTS and Promotionals
Written by Tiffany on May 21 2019
The gallery has been updated with a bunch of HQ movie stills, Behind The Scenes photos and Promotionals of Taron as Elton John in Rocketman.
Gallery Update: May 20th "Rocketman" UK Premiere
The UK Premiere of Rocketman is happening at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square in London. Pictures of Taron from the red carpet have been added to the gallery. As the night goes on, additional photos will be added so check back for more!
Public Apperances
THE 72ND ANNUAL CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Full Coverage
Starting on April 16th, Taron and Elton John along with his cast mates of Rocketman, attended The 72nd Annual Cannes Film Festival. Over 1,000+ photos from the festival have been added to the gallery.
April 16th – The Day started with the cast attending the photocall with the night ending with the premiere of Rocketman.
"Rocketman" Cannes Gala Party where Elton and Taron surprised guests with a duet.
April 17th - Taron along with the cast attend the "Rocketman" press conference during the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival
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"Rocketman" Cast Featured in May 2019 Issue of GQ USA
Written by Tiffany on April 23 2019
Taron along with Rocketman costars Richard Madden and Jamie Bell are featured in the May 2019 issue of GQ USA.  Scans and pictures from the photoshoot can be found in the gallery below. Pick up your copy in a store near you!
Elton John Biopic 'Rocketman' to Premiere at Cannes
Variety.com -Elton John biopic "Rocketman" has been set for a May 16 world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Taron Egerton stars as John with Paramount Pictures distributing worldwide. It's directed by Dexter Fletcher, who previously took the reins on Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" after director Bryan Singer was fired.
The film, written by Lee Hall, covers John's emergence as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music to becoming a music superstar and his partnership with songwriting collaborator Bernie Taupin. John broke out in 1972 with the album "Honky Chateau" and scored a blockbuster with the 1973 album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," which topped the charts for two months in the U.S. and U.K.
Matthew Vaughn and his Marv Films produced, along with John and his Rocket Pictures partner David Furnish. Adam Bohling and David Reid also produce.
Paramount has a domestic release date of May 31. The studio showed footage to the media and exhibitors at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and a Troubadour Hollywood event.
"We are incredibly honoured and excited to premiere our movieRocketman at the Cannes film festival onMay 16th. This has been a labour of love for all of us and we couldn't dream of a better launching pad for this very special film," said Rocket Pictures and Marv Films in a statement.
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where we have it recorded that he quoted to the Greeks from a profane author, in order to show their belief in the existence of the Deity. The being ignorant, then, is no claim to apostolicity.
It is said, however, that the Spirit of God is now present to instruct men in the truth, as it was in the days of the apostles, and that though men may be ignorant of the world's learning, yet they get such inward light upon the Scriptures as to be able to explain them with effect.
That God's grace is granted to men not acquainted with secular learning is most manifest. He is no respecter of persons; and while grace to resist temptation, grace to believe truly on the Saviour, is vouchsafed to every devout member of Christ's Church, it does not appear that any miraculous teaching is afforded in these later times. " The inspiration now is moral, not intellectual, or rather intellectual only so far as it is moral." * The ministers of the Church require the light of God's Holy Spirit, and fervently pray for it that they may be guided into all truth, but they do not neglect to use such means as God has put into their hands to learn those things which are necessary to enable them to understand the Scriptures. Indeed, they would never dare to solicit for the teaching of the Spirit on doctrinal points, unless they had first learnt to do their Lord's will, but still they must use other means. They are here following the analogy both of nature and revelation. The husbandman sows the seed, and the showers of rain and bright sunshine bring it forward. The preacher plants the word, and waters it, but God gives the increase ; so men of sound learning, earnestly eager to discover the truth, will prayerfully and humbly study in order to find it, and to such, we have reason to believe, will grace be given rightly to apprehend it. But this Spirit is very different from the dogmatizing spirit of the age, which pronounces upon the nicest points of theology with a decision which is awful, when it proceeds, as is too frequently the case, from a mind little devoted to religious studies.
It is surely from want of a spirit of humble inquiry that so much erroneous doctrine is promulgated by parties who profess a desire for truth in its purity. Surely the opinions we now quote savour more of self-confidence than dependence upon the means of grace.
Evangelical sanctification admits of different degrees. It begins with the new birth, which is immediately consequent upon justification. After this there is a gradual mortification of sin, and growth in holiness; but there must be a point of time at which sin ceases to exist in the heart, and love is made perfect. Sanctification therefore is instantaneous, as well as gradual. That this state of entire sanctification is attainable in this life, we think is manifest from the Scriptures of truth: and to this state every believer is bound to aspire. The Lord is indeed ready to do for his people exceeding abundantly above all that they
* What is here meant is, that it is true that religious men are ofttimes more learned, and have done more for learning than other men ; but then this results from an indirect operation of the Holy Spirit,--that operation which gives humility, patience, peaceableness, and so on.
can either ask or think; and with nothing less than the full sanctification to God of their body, soul, and spirit, should they ever be satisfied. They are to present themselves continually to him as a holy living sacrifice.—P. 35.
Here we are told that there must be a "point of time at which sin ceases to exist in the heart;" not that there are some highly gifted pious persons who have attained a high degree of holiness, but that man must become sinless in this life. Those who really come the nearest to this imaginary perfection are more conscious of its impossibility than those miserable beings who dare to assert that they are pure before God. St. Paul the apostle complains that when he wished to do good evil was present with him ; and all the saints of God have, from the apostolic times, complained of the corruption of their nature, from which they expected complete deliverance only at death. But the system of the Wesleyans holds out the idea of man's perfection. Of this the holy apostles, saints, confessors, and martyrs, knew nothing. It was reserved for the Wesleyans to discover the dogma, and for their defender at their centenary to promulgate it, as a proof of Wesleyan Methodism being a revival of apostolical Christianity.
Of course persons who are so conscious of their own perfections will occasionally glory in them. Hence they talk of the conversion of men from the Church to Wesleyanism, in the same manner as they do of the conversion of the heathens to Christianity. Of this our next extract is an example. In it the fact is admitted that when the Wesleys commenced their itinerant labours, the people were prepared to assent to an appeal to Scripture. This was owing to the Church; but let the extract speak for itself.
Some persons will probably deny, that the results of the apostolic ministry, and of that which is exercised in the Wesleyan body, are identical; inasmuch as the parties upon whom these effects are said to be wrought are very dissimilar. The first converts to Christianity were Jews and heathens; whereas those of Methodism were beforehand Christians, at least in profession. In this case we acknowledge, to a great extent, the justness of the premises, but deny the conclusion. When the Wesleys and their associates entered upon their itinerant ministry, they found the generality of their hearers so far prepared as to assent to an appeal to the Scriptures, and to the formularies of Protestant Christianity. For this preparation of the people they were principally indebted to the Established Church, which had preserved the forms of divine worship in every part of the land, and which, thus far, was an immense public benefit, although it had left vast multitudes not only strangers to spiritual religiou, but grossly ignorant and immoral. Such was the former character of many of those who, after their conversion, have been among the most devout and exemplary members of our societies. That they were not idolaters, was simply owing to the circumstance that they were not born in a heathen land; for their attention had never been seriously directed to the subject of religion till they were awakened and alarmed by Methodist preaching. Thousands of such men, who were a perfect scandal to the Christian name, as well as many others, who rested in the mere forms of Christianity, have, by the ministry in question, been quickened into newness of life. They have "put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." We maintain, then, that in all these cases the result of Methodist preaching is pre
cisely that of the preaching of the primitive disciples. The only difference is, that the people were better prepared to receive the truth, than were many of the Jews and heathens to whom the apostles ministered. And yet sometimes these original teachers of Christianity met with people who were at least equally prepared of the Lord. Such were Cornelius and Lydia ; and such, too, were the devout Jews at Berea, who candidly appealed to their own Scriptures, and "received the word with all readiness of mind."-- Pp. 40, 41.
In short, the Church had preserved the Scriptures from the apostolic times, and has taught them to the world. In her keeping have been the sacred oracles, and the Wesleyan schismatics would do well to con. sider, how they can prove the authenticity of the Scriptures by a system only one hundred years old. It is lamentable to see men groping in the dark, unable to perceive that with a heathen or an infidel they have no ground to stand upon, rejecting as they do the Church's tradition ; yet they boast there is no necessity for an apostolically successive ministry, and endeavour to persuade themselves that the system of Wesleyanism is apostolical in its character. Its chief feature seems to be a dependence upon inward frames and feelings as infallible, and contempt of every effort made to call men away from a state of spiritual sublimity, which too frequently forgets the moral duties. In the effusion we have been considering, the lie is once and for ever given to the notion that the Wesleyans are friends of the Church, save and except as they see that but for the Church they would have no toleration. The fact is, wealth has made the Wesleyans proud, and pride will be their downfal. Nay, as a system, it shall die a suicidal death ; for by the appeal to apostolicity shall it now be tried; and, being tried, it shall be condemned. The Church is ready with open arms to receive her wandering sheep; for many of them are baptized members of our communion, subject, therefore, legitimately to the Church's sway; and God grant that the arrogance of wealth and infatuated leaders may end in sending real admirers of John Wesley back to that Church of which John Wesley said, "I FEAR THE METHODISTS LEAVE CHURCH, GOD WILL LEAVE THEM!"
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Art. II.- The Colonial Magazine, and Commercial Maritime Journal.
Edited by Robert MONTGOMERY Martin, Esq. Author of History of the British Colonies." 8vo. No. II. London : Fisher & Co. Pp. 132.
In noticing the first number of this able periodical, we expressed a hope that the talented editor would not allow the subject of religion, in our past colonial possessions, to be overlooked. That hope has been fully realized, for a more unanswerable defence of " Church Establishments" has not, to the best of our knowledge, been laid before the public.
Man (observes Mr. Montgomery) can only be redeemed from the savage state by religion : no mere human laws can hold together society; and nations, whether Pagan or Christian, find it necessary to uphold a form of religion for the maintenance of the social fabric.
There must also be some unity of thought, some concord of sentiment, some fixed principles, for the maintenance of religion : laws are as necessary to the preservation of the moral as of the material world; to the regulating of the mind, as well as to revolutions of the planets; to calmness and profundity of reflection, as well as to the peaceful progress of the vast physical organization of the universe.
To leave all persons to adopt whatever form, system, or principle of religion their fleeting passions and imperfect understanding might suggest; or to reject or adopt religion as caprice prompted; would be as absurd as to attempt to form men into a society, and leave each person to frame and obey such laws as he chose to invent; or to despise law and order when it suited his convenience, and enforce them when necessary to his objects.
Religion, therefore, is far more necessary for the maintenance of mankind in society than any form of government: the latter, devoid of religion, would be mainly effective by brute force, and by the terror which its punishments inspired; the former moulds the human being into a social creature, identifies his interest with those of others around him, and, by consentaneousness of thought, gives a firmness and force to all acts emanating from authority for the common weal.
Hence the veriest despots have always found religious establishments a more efficient, as well as more economical mode of governing nations, than bands of armed soldiery, or legions of domestic police. The history of every nation, Pagan and Christian, demonstrates the truth of this axiom, that the State benefits by its union with the Church, by the authority which is conferred on its decrees, and by the allegiance bestowed on its rule.
The monarchical government, which attempted to maintain rule without the aid of a Church Establishment, would share the same fate as the Robesperian council—the delusive dream of worshipping a self-created goddess of Reasonwould soon vanish, and the people, in returning into the fold of Christianity, would crush to atoms the false shepherds, who betrayed them to the wolves of anarchy and ruin.- Pp. 234, 235.
This is spirit-stirring language, and cannot fail to have a beneficial effect upon the minds of all thinking men. And we sincerely hope that the shameful indifference to religion with which, alas ! this nominally christian empire is too justly chargeable, will shortly be changed for (zeal in the cause of the gospel. What is the use of land and emigration boards—what the permanent advantages of colonization in the fifth quarter of the globe, as Australia has not inaptly been called what though we gain the whole world—if the souis of men are left to " perish for lack of knowledge."
Every acre of land in every new colony should have a tenth of its produce set apart for the maintenance of an established church, and every township should have a portion of its area reserved for education in unison with the principles of that established church. Those lands are crown lands; the crown professes to uphold an established form of religion; but its professions are worse than useless, unless efficient means be taken to carry those professions into action. The protestants of England, Ireland, and Scotland, ought to unite
as one person, to enforce, if it be necessary, the formation and maintenance of an established Church in each of our colonies. If the limbs become diseased when the frame of the body is enfeebled, the malady must soon reach the heart. All classes of dissenters are interested in the maintenance of an established Church; beneath its shelter only can they have repose and freedom; and were the Protestant Church abolished to-morrow, they would find the Romanist Church, who would inevitably succeed it, very different in its exercise of civil as well as ecclesiastical polity.-P.211.
The above passage ought to be widely circulated by the religious and conservative press, and the attention of dissenters especially directed to it. The facts are incontrovertible; and if the energies of the country be aroused by the article under consideration, the editor of the Colonial Magazine will have conferred an incalculable henefit on his country.
Art. III.-1. Considerations on the State of the Law regarding Mar
riages with a Deceased Wife's Sister. By a Barrister of the Middle
Temple. London: Longman. Pp. 58. 2. Summary of Objections to the Doctrine that a Marriage with the
Sister of a Deceased Wife is contrary to Law, Religion, or Morality.
London : Roworth. Pp. 26. It is not our intention to enter into the controversy upon this subject, but merely to direct the attention of our readers to the question, inasmuch as it is proposed to introduce a measure into parliament, with a view of repealing a part of Lord Lyndhurst's Act; to which repeal several of the dignitaries of the Church, and some of the most able authorities in Doctors' Commons, are favourable.
It is universally allowed, and ought, in these days of Socialism, to be particularly borne in mind, that the laws which relate to the institution of marriage peremptorily demand a sound and judicious foundation. That serious anomalies and inconveniences existed under the old law, we are not prepared to deny. For example, by the Canon Law, the marriages now under consideration were voidable, and might be set aside in the Ecclesiastical Courts, if the suit of nullity were instituted during the life-time of both the married parties ; and, as Lord Lyndhust observed, "the legitimacy of the offspring of such marriages might remain in suspense for half a century, should the parents who had contracted such marriages so long survive."
But our object is not so much with the law, as with the interpretation of the Levitical prohibitions. In Levit. xviii. 18, we read
" Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time."—Lev. xviii. 18.
Upon this Dr. Dodd's commentary is
"Custom and practice are the best interpreters of law; and it appearing from these that polygamy was allowed amongst the Jews, as well as from
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Tell the Truth and Run
Posted on April 8, 2020 by Mike Glyer
By John Hertz: (reprinted from Vanamonde 1389) Dan Goodman (1943-2020) was active in New York, San Francisco, L.A., and Minneapolis fandom. In New York he was in FISTFA (Fannish & Insurgent Scientifictional Association; scientifiction the coinage of Hugo Gernsback 1884-1967); FISTFA started APA-F, the first weekly fannish apa, which in 1964 inspired APA-L; APA-F lasted until '69, we in APA-L are still at it.
When I came to fandom in 1969 he was already here. Then and since I've seldom been able to attend LASFS (L.A. Science Fantasy Society) meetings; my Lzines (APA-L is the Amateur Press Ass'n – LASFS, though collated only at, not by or for, the club) have been printed and gotten to the Official Collator, then the distribution gotten to me, with assistance.
For years Dan was my go-between. If I wasn't home he slid my disty (John Trimble famously said Anyone who would call a distribution a "disty" would probably call it a "disty-wisty-poo"; naturally we –) under my door; I didn't have a transom for him to throw it over. I lived near Alvarado St.; he sometimes called this the Alvarado APA, or STUD (Shoving Things Under Doors).
We talked of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax – of cabbages – and kings. Then and since another of my interests has been the folkdance of southeast Europe; Yugoslavia (as it then was), Bulgaria, Greece. He joked that his physical condition left him with the balance and coördination of someone who'd had a few beers, or a shot or two of šlivovica ("shlee-vo-vee-tsa", plum brandy), so he could dance the kolo (Serbian dance idiom; people in a curved line, or you could call it a chain, holding hands, no partners, with individual variation on a basic step; kolo, literally "circle", or "village") as well as anybody else.
He gave me a Serbian proverb, Reci pravo pa bež' ("reh-chee prah-vo pa bezh", more formally beži "beh-zhee") – Tell the truth and run – which I took to an ethnographer friend who, knowing the region well, said he'd never heard of it, but it had not only the right spirit but the right linguistic structure.
After a while Dan moved to Minneapolis. He started, edited, and I believe named the Minn-STF (there's scientifiction again; more formally the Minneapolis Science Fiction Society) clubzine Einblatt. He got one SF story published that I know of, "The Oldest Religion" in Tales of the Unanticipated (1988; semiprozine, sometimes "TOTU", started by Minn-STF, independent since 2003); he was in the fanzine Lofgeornost at least as recently as 2014.
In February of 2020, with his health failing at last, and after he'd been hit by a train – not the only reason I'm glad Van 1389 wasn't ready in time to be dated April 1st – Minn-STF brought a meeting to him. He did not live to see the end of March. Ave atque vale.
The amateur-journalism hobby is credited with inventing the amateur press association, in which, subject to local variations, members print their own zines and get them to a central officer, who collates and distributes them; the first known is NAPA the Nat'l Am. Pr. Ass'n, founded 1876, still active; the first fannish, FAPA the Fantasy Am. Pr. Ass'n, founded 1937, still active; most apas have been monthly, or quarterly: weekly was and remains a shocker, even after the rise of Electronicland.
[Editor's note: In the fifth paragraph the Latin letter "c" has been substituted for a character which WordPress does not support and persists in turning into a question mark.]
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6 thoughts on "Tell the Truth and Run"
Brown Robin on April 8, 2020 at 12:42 pm said:
Disty-wisty-poo, eh? Hmmmm…
This is a sweet memorial.
If I'm ever struck by a train, I want to go so quickly I don't have time to notice I've been struck by a train.
Andrew Porter on April 8, 2020 at 2:38 pm said:
FISTFA didn't start Apa-F; the Fanoclasts did. The hosts of FISTFA, Mike McInerney and rich brown, were also in Fanoclasts, and made it weekly, rather than biweekly, because of the overlap between the two groups. (Fanoclasts was invitational; FISTFA was initially open to all.)
Apa-F started because Dave Van Arnam published a zine, First Draft, which detailed what he called the Subway Incident, then started making FD weekly, distributing it at meetings. The rest, someone said, is history…
Apa F lasted for 69 weeks, and I was in every one; I was also in Apa L for a couple of years, air-mailing my zines to Fred Patten, and getting the disty back the same way.
I'm also, I think, the one who introduced Dan to fandom. But that was more than 50 years ago, and the memory is dim.
I just noticed that Hertz says Apa-F "lasted until 1969."
This wrong: Apa-F lasted 69 weeks, ending in late 1965. There's more information on it, and the people who had zines in it, here:
http://fancyclopedia.org/APA-F
Mike Glyer on April 8, 2020 at 10:04 pm said:
John Hertz replies by carrier pigeon:
Thanks for the corrections, Andy. You were there and I wasn't.
Andrew Porter on April 9, 2020 at 8:05 am said:
I went through all my copies of the Apa-F mailings—we called them mailings although they mostly weren't mailed out to anyone—this morning when I should have still been asleep. I saw how many zines Dan Goodman contributed.
Time has not been kind to my fanzine collection. Now I have to go in and sweep up all the little bits of paper that fell on the floor when I was looking for the Apa-Fs.
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Seinfeld not ready to quit
By David Zurawik
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES -- "Seinfeld" will return for an eighth season next fall, NBC entertainment president Warren Littlefield said yesterday.
The announcement came as somewhat of surprise since Jerry Seinfeld and other members of the cast were reportedly considering calling it quits after seven years in the Nielsen Top 10.
As Littlefield spoke, Seinfeld walked on stage to field questions in a surprise press conference.
"I have been wondering for a while how I'm going to make the decision about continuing or ending the series," Seinfeld said. "When is it time to say goodbye when you're doing a TV series? I mean, I've never ended one before. When it comes to relationships, I know when that's over. But not a TV series."
Seinfeld said he and the other cast members -- co-stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander -- started the season thinking it would be their last. But, sometime last month, they decided they were enjoying the process of making the sitcom enough to keep going.
"It's a wonderful thing that the core experience of the four cast members performing the show has remained enjoyable. It's rare, and we came to understand that, which is why we'll continue," Seinfeld said.
Bob Wright, NBC's president and CEO, also met with critics yesterday, using his session to talk about pending regulatory legislation and other issues facing the broadcast industry.
He was particularly adamant in his opposition to the V-chip, a computer chip installed in television sets that would allow parents to block out violent fare.
"It's very popular in Congress. It just rolls off the tongue so easily . . . But it's wrong . . . it's censorship," he said.


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A few days ago I was going through my make-up stash and noticed a few lip liners similar to Mac's lip liner in Soar. Even better is that I noticed I picked up one of these dupes for only £1! (yes £1) so I thought I'd share you this dream find with you all to help you save a few pennies!
I know you all love a good dupe on my blog. You may remember the £5 Velvet Teddy Dupe posts (check out the post here and here). I was amazed when I watched this P.S Love Beauty Lip Liner from Primark that how similar it was to Mac's Soar Lip Liner. The other lip liner in my stash similar to soar is mauve moment lip liner by Max Factor which you can pick up for £4.99. From left to right (mauve moment by Max Factor, Soar Lip Liner, P.S Love Beauty liner) As you can see from the swatches that the middle lip liner is Mac's soar and the swatch on the right is the £1 Primark dupe. The colours are both incredibly similar and these dupes are perfect if you're looking for a more affordable lip liner.
Lovely shades. I love everything MAC a lot.


audio vs. hard copy: how do you read?
I still haven't decided whether or not I count audiobooks I've listened to as books I've read.
Part of me says yes and part of me says no. I've been an audio bookworm for years and still haven't settled that in my head. I just think reading and listening are two different things. Or has reading become the all-purpose term for taking in information from a book? Whether you physically hold the book in your hands or your parents read it to you before bed or you pop the tape into your player doesn't matter, but rather that you are taking in the story or information that the author penned. It certainly sounds better to say, "Oh yeah I read that book awhile ago," instead of "Yeah I listened to that on tape once." (Okay, I know books-on-tape are so very antiquated, but you get my meaning!) Often, after I've finished an audiobook, I'll want to get my hands on a physical copy so I can read it and pick up on anything I might have missed. This is usually the case with non-fiction titles. However, I don't hesitate too much to say that I've read a novel I've only listened too.
I know I'm probably over-thinking this :P.
What do y'all think? How do you read? Which do you prefer? Do you consider audiobooks and hard copies equals?


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Novoda hosted a retail roundtable dinner. Held at the Hoxton Hotel in Shoreditch, the event gathered a group of senior retailers from some of the biggest and best known names on the High Street to discuss the challenges and trends in retail. Here, we share the insights.


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Pruitt to unveil 'secret science' effort today — sources
By Robin Bravender | 04/24/2018 07:54 AM EDT
EPA chief Scott Pruitt is expected to announce his plan today to overhaul the agency's use of science. @EPA/Twitter
Scott Pruitt is expected today to unveil his plans to restrict science used by EPA, multiple sources told E&E News.
The EPA administrator is slated to release an order requiring that all underlying data used in scientific studies affecting regulations be made public. The move fulfills a long-standing wish of some conservatives who argue that EPA has been relying on "secret science" when crafting rules.
Pruitt's announcement is scheduled for 2 p.m. at agency headquarters, according to someone familiar with the event. Conservative supporters of the initiative are expected to be among those attending.
The EPA chief has previously hinted at his plans to conservatives and in media interviews, but the agency hasn't released specifics. In a recent closed-door meeting with conservatives gathered at the Heritage Foundation, Pruitt told attendees he would release his plans by April 24, according to someone who attended the meeting.
EPA's press office did not respond to a request for comment.
The "secret science" initiative has long been championed by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, whose attempts to overhaul EPA science through legislation have failed.
Smith's staff has been coordinating with Pruitt on the effort, according to emails released last week under a Freedom of Information Act request (Climatewire, April 20).
Those emails also show that EPA staff wanted to have the program rolled out by the end of February and that at least one political staffer internally warned about problems the new policy could pose for industry.
Holding the rollout now might offer Pruitt a welcome distraction from headlines surrounding alleged ethical lapses. Pruitt heads to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify in back-to-back House hearings. Bloomberg reported yesterday that White House officials are urging Republicans and conservatives to scale back their defense of the embattled EPA boss.
EPA last week sent a proposed rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget with the announced purpose of "strengthening transparency and validity in regulatory science" (Greenwire, April 20).
The expected overhaul has alarmed critics, who say it would threaten public health and environmental protections by preventing EPA from using all available data. Many scientific studies rely on data that can't be made public for reasons like patient privacy concerns or industry confidentiality.
Smith and others who have pushed for science reforms at EPA argue that data influencing rules should be more transparent.
Steve Milloy, who served on Trump's EPA transition team, has pushed for the agency to stop issuing regulations unless the underlying scientific data are made public.
He declined to discuss today's EPA event, but said, "If I was going to be there, I would be very excited." He said of the effort, "I look at it as one of my proudest achievements. The reason this is anywhere is because of Steve Milloy."
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Yeahhhh I felt the same. After trying "predtigious" schools of different kinds, including local ones and international ones with British or American based curriculums, I found none suitable or even acceptable. So I dropped school recently and prepared to enroll into an American online school this fall. Finally I could escape from the absurd rules of the schools administration, the superficial and sluggish schoolmates, and the brainwash. Also, about the conversation on global issues, I would recommend you to join online or intercity reading groups, attend MUN confrences, or take some related courses on websites like Coursera. I am recently taking Intro to Philosophy and Political Philosophy on Coursera, taught by professors from Edinburgh and UPENN respectively. There are also courses on International Human Rights Law, Terrorism and Counterterrorism and other topics that I believe you would be interested in. I found the students extremely active and with critical thinking and great thoughts. I bet you would enjoy it.
Best wishes and I am looking forward to your upcoming articles! Plz leave me a message on fb or wechat if you want to discuss more (I am really interested in global issues as well XD).
Yes I did use coursea over the summer for some precal and calculus courses, I never try out MUN(surprisingly!), but that's something in my bucket list.
Good luck in everything, it is so great to know others who take the world seriously with passion!!


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Items where Research Group Name is "Caltech Tectonics Observatory. Indo-Asian Collision Zone"
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Herman, Frédéric and Copeland, Peter and Avouac, Jean‐Philippe et al. (2010) Exhumation, crustal deformation, and thermal structure of the Nepal Himalaya derived from the inversion of thermochronological and thermobarometric data and modeling of the topography. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 115 . Art. no. B06407. ISSN 0148-0227. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20100719-092452020
Copley, Alex and Avouac , Jean-Philippe and Royer, Jean-Yves (2010) India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 115 (B3). Art. No. B03410. ISSN 0148-0227. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20100413-094606252
Charreau, Julien and Gumiaux, Charles and Avouac , Jean-Philippe et al. (2009) The Neogene Xiyu Formation, a diachronous prograding gravel wedge at front of the Tianshan: Climatic and tectonic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 287 (3-4). pp. 298-310. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20091209-095229076
Flouzat, Mireille and Bettinelli, Pierre and Willis, Pascal et al. (2009) Investigating tropospheric effects and seasonal position variations in GPS and DORIS time-series from the Nepal Himalaya. Geophysical Journal International, 178 (3). pp. 1246-1259. ISSN 0956-540X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090828-231037041
Charreau, Julien and Chen, Yan and Gilder, Stuart et al. (2009) Neogene uplift of the Tian Shan Mountains observed in the magnetic record of the Jingou River section (northwest China). Tectonics, 28 (2). TC2008. ISSN 0278-7407. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090721-095714948
Charreau, Julien and Avouac, Jean-Philippe and Chen, Yan et al. (2008) Miocene to present kinematics of fault-bend folding across the Huerguosi anticline, northern Tianshan (China), derived from structural, seismic, and magnetostratigraphic data. Geology, 36 (11). pp. 871-874. ISSN 0091-7613. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CHAg08
Bettinelli, Pierre and Avouac, Jean-Philippe and Flouzat, Mireille et al. (2008) Seasonal variations of seismicity and geodetic strain in the Himalaya induced by surface hydrology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 266 (3-4). pp. 332-344. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101112-154501489
Bollinger, L. and Perrier, F. and Avouac, J.-P. et al. (2007) Seasonal modulation of seismicity in the Himalaya of Nepal. Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (8). Art. No. L08304. ISSN 0094-8276. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101115-115352564
Daëron, Mathieu and Avouac, Jean-Philippe and Charreau, Julien (2007) Modeling the shortening history of a fault tip fold using structural and geomorphic records of deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 112 (B3). Art. No. B03S13 . ISSN 0148-0227. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101115-123245277
Bettinelli, Pierre and Avouac, Jean-Philippe and Flouzat, Mireille et al. (2006) Plate Motion of India and Interseismic Strain in the Nepal Himalaya from GPS and DORIS Measurements. Journal of Geodesy, 80 (8-11). pp. 567-589. ISSN 0949-7714. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101117-134557761
Avouac, Jean-Philippe and Ayoub, Francois and Leprince, Sébastien et al. (2006) The 2005, M_w 7.6 Kashmir earthquake: Sub-pixel correlation of ASTER images and seismic waveforms analysis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249 (3-4). pp. 514-528. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101116-151107763
Bollinger, L. and Henry, P. and Avouac, J. P. (2006) Mountain building in the Nepal Himalaya: Thermal and kinematic model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 244 (1-2). pp. 58-71. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101117-095022710
Charreau, Julien and Gilder, Stuart and Chen, Yan et al. (2006) Magnetostratigraphy of the Yaha section, Tarim Basin (China): 11 Ma acceleration in erosion and uplift of the Tian Shan mountains. Geology, 34 (3). pp. 181-184. ISSN 0091-7613. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110110-151927244
Charreau, Julien and Chen, Yan and Gilder, Stuart et al. (2005) Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Neogene Kuitun He section (northwest China): implications for Late Cenozoic uplift of the Tianshan mountains. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 230 (1-2). pp. 177-192. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110110-152743244
Toussaint, G. and Burov, E. and Avouac, J.-P. (2004) Tectonic evolution of a continental collision zone: A thermomechanical numerical model. Tectonics, 23 (6). Art. No. TC6003. ISSN 0278-7407. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101118-110717109
Bollinger, L. and Avouac, J. P. and Cattin, R. et al. (2004) Stress buildup in the Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 109 (B11). Art. No. B11405. ISSN 0148-0227. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101118-132506328
Bollinger, L. and Avouac, J. P. and Beyssac, O. et al. (2004) Thermal structure and exhumation history of the Lesser Himalaya in central Nepal. Tectonics, 23 (5). Art. No. TC5015 . ISSN 0278-7407. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110111-091600174
Beyssac, Olivier and Bollinger, Laurent and Avouac, Jean-Philippe et al. (2004) Thermal metamorphism in the lesser Himalaya of Nepal determined from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 225 (1-2). pp. 233-241. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110111-092509212
Perfettini, H. and Avouac, J.-P. (2004) Stress transfer and strain rate variations during the seismic cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 109 (B6). Art. No. B06402. ISSN 0148-0227. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110110-161256950
Jouanne, F. and Mugnier, J. L. and Gamond, J. F. et al. (2004) Current shortening across the Himalayas of Nepal. Geophysical Journal International, 157 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0956-540X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110110-155620364
Poisson, Blanche and Avouac, Jean-Philippe (2004) Holocene Hydrological Changes Inferred from Alluvial Stream Entrenchment in North Tian Shan (Northwestern China). Journal of Geology, 112 (2). pp. 231-249. ISSN 0022-1376. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110110-154436486
Avouac, J.-P. (2008) Dynamic Processes in Extensional and Compressional Settings - Mountain Building: From Earthquakes to Geological Deformation. In: Treatise on Geophysics. Vol.6. Elsevier , Amsterdam, pp. 377-439. ISBN 978-0-444-52748-6. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110111-120419364
Avouac, Jean-Philippe (2003) Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya. In: Advances in Geophysics. Vol.46. Elsevier , San Diego, pp. 1-80. ISBN 0-12-018846-5. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110111-122753634


First appearing in the United States during the 1880s, paper crate labels were designed to draw attention to produce boxes and make them stand out at public markets. By the 1970s, though, pre-printed cardboard boxes had replaced the use of paper labels on wooden packaging, so discarded and unused crate labels became collector's items.
Thanks to the expansion of the U.S. rail network during the late 1800s, growers were suddenly able to ship produce from one coast to the other. Labels helped identify a box's contents, company name, and source location while this produce was en route. Primarily affixed to the ends of wooden boxes containing fresh fruits and vegetables, crate labels were also an early form of company branding and advertising, featuring full-color lithographed imagery with clever slogans and logos.
By the first half of the 20th century, the retail function of crate labels was firmly established. Most markets and grocery stores displayed produce in the same wooden crates in which it was delivered, so colorful labels became a great way for growers to differentiate their products from competitors and catch a shopper's eye. Labels emblazoned with tropical flowers, boats, and bathing beauties adorned produce boxes in markets across the country. Common brand names like "Snow Owl Apples," "Wise Bird Citrus," or "Blue Goose Pears" included dazzling images of fruit and animals, while other crate-label genres featured majestic landscapes, grand farm vistas, or stylized cowboys and Indians.
Since crate-label designs were typically created by commercial artists working in large cities, attributing label artwork to specific individuals is often impossible. While some paper labels are found still attached to their original wooden crates, these are generally in poor condition. Those which remained out of circulation are typically more desirable. Though most crate labels represent a reasonably affordable category to collect, value is determined by age, rarity, and visual appeal.
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The work in Early Childhood Development (ECD) is centred on a three-year Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the Government of Portugal. In August 2009, AKF signed up to the direct management of a government ECD Centre in Lisbon serving 240 children and their families. The aim is to provide a national reference point of the highest quality, by demonstrating higher developmental outcomes of children, high quality in-service teacher training and reaching out to improve and support quality early years provision in the community.
In 2004, the AKF Board approved a multi-input urban development programme in Portugal. It was the first urban programme led by AKF in a developed country. The UCSP K'CIDADE ('Capacitiy") was formed in response to a deep-rooted belief that to address social exclusion properly, a multi-dimensional perspective was required. K'CIDADE began with three core principles: long-term (at least 10 years), holistic and participatory. From the beginning, a number of strategic partnerships were established with government (both local and national), foundations, universities, business associations and faith groups. Moreover, K'CIDADE benefitted from an AKF-commissioned in-depth study that looked at European urban development (particularly lessons and promising approaches to address urban poverty and cohesion) and also a more specific look at social exclusion in Lisbon. The findings from this initial study informed the overall design and focus of the early phase of the Programme.
Seven years on, the current programme is organized under four themes: families in the community; lifelong learning and employment; education; and strengthening civil society. It is structured through a combination of small community teams located in specific neighbourhoods in different Municipalities of Greater Lisbon, and alongside, small teams working on horizontal interventions that cut across territorial boundaries, in schools, church organisations, immigrant associations, early childhood development centres and small community Mosques. There has been a substantial increase in the programme's coverage, rising from 9,000 beneficiaries in 2007 to 43,000 in 2011. Since 2007, K'CIDADE has worked with over 35 schools and over 300 local based organizations in Greater Lisbon.
In 2009, officials from the Ministry of Education requested AKF to provide critical support and advice to designated poor performing schools in Lisbon. A pilot project on managing diversity in schools, blending formal and informal learning environments, provided additional thinking and understanding among teachers and other education practitioners, on how to be better prepared for a changing multi-ethnic/diverse population.
Another strand of the Education intervention, under K'CIDADE, was begun four years ago and focused on the notion of teachers becoming more reflective of their own practices as a way to catalyse change in the classroom and in their practice. At this point, more than 100 teachers have recorded their thoughts and observations in professional reflective diaries which are then shared with selected K'CIDADE staff who provide feedback and raise questions to further promote their thinking and practice. This interchange has allowed the staff to gain important insights on how different types of schools are working particularly as this relates to family and community engagement and diversity in the classroom. A presentation on this subject was shared at the Comparative & International Education Studies Conference, held in Montreal, May 2011 and outlined a typology for school change.
Regarding digital literacy, the programme has been re-focusing the strategy, over the last year and a half, from a direct delivery approach of ICT training courses for beginners (MS EQUALSKILLS, UP, etc) on one hand to a 'trainer of trainers" approach and, on another, more as a means to reach other types of skills development, than as an end in itself. Moreover, the web 2.0 tools have been incorporated in the courses, to improve sustainability in the handover of direct delivery to local based organisations.
More broadly, the K'CIDADE team is slowly but consistently moving into a position where activities are not implemented directly and work is concentrated on facilitating other organisations to do/lead the work. Thus far, this facilitative approach in new territories (geographic areas) is being carried out using less resources (staff, logistics, materials, equipment) and with the programmes's staff working alongside the staff from local partners. Identifying and securing local resources (local NGOs, local authorities, public spaces) from the start to build deeper ownership and an improved likelihood of sustainability are being intensified.
Community innovation projects seldom need actual funding to be successful. A few projects may require some 'seed" investment, but most are already generating their own income, others are anchored in voluntary work and others yet are already able to mobilise alternative resources. Also, evidence from interventions with very poor immigrant groups suggests that even the most marginal and excluded immigrant communities can come together with minimal support to define their needs and participate in a variety of partnerships to find solutions.
Positive learning environments which promote the understanding of meaning and encourage active reflection, debate and dialogue build confidence and self-understanding. This is especially relevant with adults and youngsters who have had frustrating/negative experiences, in environments (classroom, school) where prescriptive 'teaching" prevails over 'learning" approaches that are more focused on listening to and working with the strengths and experiences of diverse learner groups. K'CIDADE's experience suggests that allowing learners to grow, become self-reliant and develop on their own is the preferred route.


Polymer sealer and shiny polish for the protective treatment and refreshment of resilient floors. Protect your floor from scratches and general wear with a slip reducing glossy finish.
For all types of resilient floors including LVT and design floors – especially suitable for vinyl and linoleum.
Simply mop over your floor to add an extra protective layer and make day to day cleaning even easier. When the first protective film is firm to walk on (after approximately 1 hour), mop a second coat and allow to dry for at least 12 hours before the floor is walked on, ideally overnight.
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Use on rubber floors is only possible under certain circumstances and should be checked for colour and material fastness at an inconspicuous spot before use. If necessary, increase the dilution with water and apply several times using a short standing time.
Store in a cool, dry place in its closed original container. Keep locked up and out of the reach of children. Protect from frost.
Regular polishing with Floor Cleaner R 1000 increases the resistance of the Floor Shine protective coating especially in high traffic areas.


Team Scores: 1. Kindred & Dickinson Trinity 323; 3. Central Cass 328; 4. Northern Lights 331; 5. Rugby & Heart River 339; 7. South Border 341; 8. Bishop Ryan 344; 9. Beulah 345; 10. Oak Grove 347; 11. Hatton-Northwood-Thompson & Lewis & Clark 350; 13. Park River 353; 14. Grafton 358; 15. Napoleon 369; 16. Watford City 377; 17. Sargent Central 384; 18. Kenmare 389.
Top 10 Individuals: 1. Haily Abel (Larimore) 79; 2. Callie Carlson (MLS) 80; 3. Mary Silverthorn (Hazen) 82; 4. Hannah Wishek (South Border), Ali Burns (Grafton), Laura Podolak (Kindred) & Mikaela Casey (Kindred) 85; 8. Samantha Conttingham (Central McLean) & Brynn Fischer (Langdon) 86; 10. Jordan Cain (Oak Grove), Brenna Heppner (Munich) & Karli Thompkins (Milnor) 87.
Top 10 Individuals: 1. Nick Myhre (Northern Lights) 146; 2. Danny Sayler (South Border) 149; 3. Ellery Bresnahan (Central Cass) 153; 4. Nathaniel Knopik (Trinity) & Jaedon Jenson (Lewis & Clark) 154; 6. Willy Jahner (Trinity) & Blake Anderson (Kindred) 155; 8. Jack McClintock (Rugby) 156; 9. Jake Preston (Hillsboro-CV) 158; 10. Ryan Ross (Lewis & Clark) 159.
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17 things I learned by age 17
April Hummel |
I recently turned 17, which means a lot of new firsts and a lot of lasts, which is good, because that means I have learned a lot of life lessons — some more important than others. Here are 17 things I have learned by age 17.
• 1. You are never, ever too old for a Disney movie. They are always awesome and will bring back a lot of memories.
• 2. People in your life will change, but that does not mean that you should change with them.
• 3. If you are open to new experiences, you will have the best time of your life. Trying new things will give you memories that will last a lifetime.
• 4. Enjoy high school; while it is really hard, there are a lot of good memories that come out of those four years.
. Ice cream with friends is always the best.
• 6. Never give up on a dream or a goal. In many cases, all of the determination will pay off in the end.
• 7. Volunteering gives you the best feeling ever. Doing something for someone else who needed the help gives you the best feeling in the world.
• 8. If you do not challenge yourself, you will never see your full potential.
• 9. Getting excited for something you love is not weird, it's perfect. Being yourself is amazing. Whoever thinks otherwise is jealous.
• 10. Going against social norms is perfectly fine. If you stand out and act like yourself, it will matter less and less what other people think about you.
• 11. The people you surround yourself with influence other people's impressions of you and your own behaviors. If you surround yourself with people who are a positive influence, then you will become more positive. It's the same way with people who are negative influences.
• 12. Working hard in school eventually will make you work hard in life. So, when teachers say "you don't want to procrastinate with this project," they are right. It will make you more stressed, and then you will have bad study habits.
. Junior year of high school is hard, but also really fun. With all the stress that comes with your junior year, it's hard to think that it would ever be fun, but all the crazy memories that come with it make the year.
. When it comes to your future, you should never have to compromise for anything. It is your future, and the only person you should have to please is yourself.
. If you can make someone smile who is upset, then you did something right.
. Experiencing new cultures in the country they originate is the best thing ever. Many cultures will amaze you with their traditions. The best thing to do is respect the differences and live in the moment.
. Read. That's it — just read. Experience adventures, romance and so much more. See new characters, meet new friends. Just read a lot.
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With Photo Calendar Creator, you can make beautiful calendars in any language of the world. To add a new language, open the Main tab and select the Language Editor option under Calendar language. By default, the editor supports calendar creation in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, and Polish.
Each language has different layout and text style options available. If necessary, you also have the option of using two calendar languages for month headers simultaneously.
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Report: Cowboys have 1 major concern about Odell Beckham Jr
by Steve DelVecchio
Oct 21, 2021; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) warms up before the game between the Browns and the Denver Broncos at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
The Dallas Cowboys have been viewed as the favorite to sign Odell Beckham Jr. for several weeks now, but a recent development has reportedly impacted their level of interest in the veteran wide receiver.
According to ESPN's Ed Werder, the Cowboys were not encouraged by Beckham's recent physical. The team has concerns that his surgically repaired knee has not progressed to the point where it is certain Beckham will be able to play in 2022.
Source: The #Cowboys have concerns after Odell Beckham Jr.'s physical that his recovery from torn left ACL in Super Bowl has not progressed enough to ensure he would play before mid-January and possibility exists signing him would have no benefit until 2023 season.
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) December 6, 2022
Beckham tore his ACL in the Los Angeles Rams' Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported on Nov. 6 that OBJ's rehab had gone extremely well and he was expected to be fully cleared later that week. That was a month ago, and it does not sound like Beckham has been cleared.
Jerry Jones had been openly recruiting Beckham, but the Cowboys owner's tone appeared to change a bit on Tuesday. He hinted during his appearance on 105.3 The Fan that there are concerns about when Beckham will be able to play.
"I'm going to kind of keep that one at bay, because that's degree," Jones said, via ESPN's Todd Archer. "It's a lot different if you play one play or if you played or are available for a week and that week be the Super Bowl week, than if he's available the next week. And so everything in between. I would say that's a point of discussion — a player's own belief of where he is in becoming ready to play is real big."
Beckham visited Dallas on Monday and Tuesday. He sat in Jerry Jones' courtside seats with some Cowboys players during Monday night's Phoenix Suns-Dallas Mavericks game. He even hinted at a possible deal, but that is now in doubt.
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Review: 'Book of the Stranger' Might Be the Happiest 'Game of Thrones' Has Ever Been
By Kevin Fitzpatrick May 15, 2016 11:31 PM | ScreenCrush
Warning – FULL SPOILERS for Tonight's "Book of the Stranger":
Comments from a friend struck me over the course of "Book of the Stranger," namely that Game of Thrones could have ended the episode as early as Castle Black, and still ranked among the series' best. It hit me as well, that six seasons have never presented quite so joyous a reunion as Jon and Sansa (or really any Stark siblings, for that matter), or anything quite so cathartic as the two trading war stories. In a practical sense, Jon needed a new purpose to follow his tenure as Lord Commander, and it's fitting of one to literally knock on his door, but for two characters that have never actually shared a scene, Game of Thrones has never felt so rewarding as to reunite them under a common goal.
More than that, "Book of the Stranger" felt the most of any episode this season like the convergence we've been promised, the same way those inaugural 20 minutes saw Melisandre reiterating that "prince that was promised" prophecy, answering for her involvement in Shireen's death, and reintroducing Brienne as someone with a unique perspective on both hers and Davos' past histories. It's wonderful to have so many of these disparate personalities* and their shared histories play off one other. and that's just one corner of the story up north this week.
*Tormund and Brienne is the ship I never once thought about before tonight, but has now ascended the throne as my life's entire reason for being.
It was definitely a night for changing alliances and shifting the balance of power, and certainly the hour's biggest moment owes to Dany finally overthrowing her Dothraki captors, and reestablishing her own legend as a Queen among Khalasars. I'm glad it didn't take particularly long for Jorah and Daario to enter the mix as well, their push-pull dynamic affording plenty of humor in the buildup, though I'm less enamored of Dany's big moment itself. On the one hand, yes, Daenerys seizing power always serves as an empowering thrill, but only in the ascension of a new, or unfamiliar height. Tonight at least, we had the requisite group of men dismissing and demeaning her, preceding a balk at her ability to understand and subvert their expectations, before a fiery end inspires awe and reverence from all in sight. I'm glad we're moving past the captivity angle, but to reiterate some of the regression of this Dothraki return, we've seen everything here before.
"Yeah, but I saw them first."
At the very least, it's a worthy question what Daenerys might come back to, not just among the primitive Dothraki culture she'd left behind, but also the Mereen that Tyrion purports to salvage in her name. It seems more than likely Daenerys would never have allowed Tyrion's seven-year slavery plan, just as Missandei and Grey Worm understandably balk, but it at least speaks to Tyrion's value in this particular corner of the story. By his own admission, Tyrion loves playing the game, and exceeds at mitigating conflict, though one wonders if a bit of arrogance has begun to fester, that he'd purport to represent Daenerys' will after so little time in her company.
Another unexpected compromise to emerge from "Book of the Stranger" saw Cersei and Jaime actually succeeding to align themselves with the small council against Margaery enduring a potential penance walk. I'm at least a little curious to explore Margaery's state of mind, as the time spent fleshing out the High Sparrow's background at least made it seem as if Margaery would open herself up to the idea of religion, though the conversation with Loras seemed to make clear her intention of remaining defiant, at least contrasted with Loras' defeat. We're at least building to a larger confrontation, just not one "Book of the Stranger" has a good read on yet.
"Okay, but at least tell me when 'Iron Fist' comes out."
Definitely some big moments all around this week, whether the reintroduction of Littlefinger and the Vale, or Theon returning to the Iron Islands and swearing fealty to Yara in the Kingsmoot, but like Sam's return last week, the intent seemed to ease us back into those particular stories, rather than craft anything meaningful with them just yet. Still, "Book of the Stranger" made for a tremendously cathartic hour all-around, the only downside of which arrived with Ramsay's murder of Osha. Sure, it stood to reason that Ramsay would have no use for her, but like a great majority of the deaths this season, it feels more like David Benioff and Dan Weiss getting rid of characters whose story they don't have time to tell, rather than devising any kind of meaningful end.
AND ANOTHER THING …
Where exactly did Jon Snow get that Stark armor? I don't remember him wearing it to Castle Black, but then again, we've so rarely seen him in different clothes.
Robyn's been training for at least a few years now, and still can't remotely hit a target?
Kudos to Littlefinger, to so smoothly cover his tracks and manipulate those above him.
I feel like we missed a scene of Missandei and Grey Worm reacting to Tyrion's dealmaking after the fact.
Daario's been traveling with Jorah for weeks, but now was the time to start insulting his desire for Daenerys? Also, what happened to Jorah's fighting ability since last year? Has the Greyscale already taken his motor skills?
Incidentally, I'll presume Jorah and Daario managed to seed the temple with something flammable beforehand?
Game of Thrones Season 6 will return May 22 with "The Door," airing at 9:00 P.M. on HBO.
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