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Christopher Nolan talks Inception, Batman and Superman
Travis Leamons | June 5, 2010 | News | No Comments
Timed with the release of Nolan's next film, the Inception edition of U.K.'s Empire magazine has some pretty interesting quotes from the writer-director on a number of topics. This information comes courtesy of ComingSoon.
On whether he's officially committed to direct the Dark Knight followup due June 20, 2012:
"No I haven't. There is a point where you're just being precious about it and people get annoyed, but the God's honest truth is I work on one movie at a time. I'm only capable of doing that, so my head will continue to be firmly in ['Inception'] for another few months."
There are some things, though, that Nolan can confirm. "My brother is working on the screenplay. We came up with a story that we are very excited about. We particularly like where we are taking the characters and what the ending is… There are things for me to be very excited about in addressing the characters again. But ultimately it always comes down to the script, and can we make a great film from this? That's something I will firmly be turning my attention to figuring out fairly soon." It will be, he said, "the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story."
Empire asked whether the villain could be a returning (and recast) Joker. "No," said Nolan resisting to elaborate, "I just don't feel comfortable about it."
On his involvement with the next Superman reboot, expected for December 2012:
It was recently revealed that he would take on a mentor (or "godfather") role for the Superman movie, but he's not that comfortable with that title. "It's much more specific than that," he explained, "What it is, while David Goyer and myself were putting together the story for another Batman film a few years ago – you know, thrashing out where we might move on from 'The Dark Knight' – we got stuck. We were just sitting there idly chatting and he said, ' By the way, I think I know how you approach Superman,' and he told me his take on it. I thought it was really tremendous. It was the first time I had been able to conceive of how you would address Superman in a modern context. I thought it was a very exciting idea."
Nolan said he took that idea and pitched it to Warner Bros., and the studio got excited, too. "But it's not something for me to direct," he added. "It's something we were just trying to put together a vision for, and then find the right person to take it forward."
On the possibility of a Batman/Superman synergy being inserted into his films:
"Marvel are doing what they do and people will respond to that really well, or they won't," said Nolan. "It's not something I ever really applied a blanket rule to, but Marvel characters are very different to DC characters, and the key DC characters are very different to the minor DC characters. You've got to go back to that element of, 'What do I see when I close my eyes and think of Batman? What do I see when I close my eyes and think of Superman?' And for me a big part of that is their individuality. They are extraordinary beings in an ordinary world. And the reason I think the two are fascinating is because Superman is very specifically superpowered and obviously otherworldly; Batman is very human and flawed. They're two very different characters, but there's an elemental feeling of power in the iconography of those characters. To me that's originally because they stood alone. I need to hang on to that in my imagining of them."
Over at Dark Horizons, Nolan opens up about Inception and why it is like a James Bond film.
I've been plundering ruthlessly from the Bond movies in everything I've done, forever. They're a huge influence on me." Nolan also said his favourite is On Her Majesty's Secret Service because "it's by far the most emotional" and he tried to achieve a similar "balance of action, scale, and romanticism and tragedy and emotion" in Inception."
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Short term memory seems to mean different things to scientists from what it means to ordinary people. Scientists define this aspect as what we remember after only 2- 60 seconds of exposure.
It is preceded by what is called the sensory stage which lasts less than 2 seconds. What is impressed on our consciousness during this brief sensory stage can be transferred into our short term capacity.
You can judge your short term oral or visual capacity by hearing a phone number once and then being able to write it down or by looking at an a number in a phone book and being able to dial it correctly.
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2. In order to remember anything, we need to be able to pay attention to it in the first place. Some people can not remember where they left their keys because they never focused on where they placed their keys when they put them down! If you are busy thinking about other things and do not give explicit attention to what you are doing, you will not remember ANYTHING you did while in such an inattentive state.
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La Pinacoteca Ambrosiana és un museu de Milà que es troba a l'interior del Palau de l'Ambrosiana.

Va ser fundada per Federico Borromeo l'any 1618 a l'interior de la Biblioteca Ambrosiana, constituida uns anys abans, el 1609. La institució va néixer per proporcionar una formació cultural gratuïta a qualsevol persona que comptés amb qualitats artístiques o intel·lectuals. A la Pinacoteca, en efecte, s'hi va associar, a partir de 1621, una acadèmia de pintura i d'escultura, amb calcs en guix del Laocoont i de la Pietat de Michelangelo Buonarroti procedents de la col·lecció de Leone Leoni. El primer mestre pictòric en fou Giovanni Battista Crespi, conegut com el Cerano.

La Biblioteca Ambrosiana i la Pinacoteca estan íntimament vinculades. La biblioteca primerenca ja recollia una sèrie de retrats amb personatges doctes i savis del món clàssic i de la cultura cristiana i contenia, al seu interior, dibuixos i còdexs amb miniatures: l'any 1637 Galeazzo Arconati va llegar-hi els manuscrits de Leonardo, que avui es troben a l'Institut de France (després de les ràtzies de Napoleó només hi roman el Còdex Atlàntic). Un altre dels tresors de la Biblioteca és el manuscrit amb l'obra de Virgili que havia pertanyut a Petrarca (glossat per ell mateix) amb una miniatura de Simone Martini.

A la Pinacoteca, s'hi poden trobar obres procedents de la col·lecció de Federico Borromeo (en tots quatre passadissos que envolten la sala de lectura de la Biblioteca) i de nombrosos llegats posteriors, entre els quals hi figuren pintures de Leonardo, de Botticelli, de Ticià, de Jacopo Bassano, de Caravaggio o de Francesco Hayez.

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Borówko ist ein Ortsteil des Dorfs Zbierkowo der Gemeinde Pobiedziska im Powiat Poznański der Woiwodschaft Großpolen im westlichen Zentral-Polen. Der Ort befindet sich etwa zwei Kilometer östlich von Pobiedziska und 26 Kilometer nordöstlich der Landeshauptstadt Poznań und gehört zum Schulzenamt Polska Wieś.

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Der Ort gehörte nach der Zweiten Teilung Polens 1793 zum Kreis Schroda und ab 4. Januar 1900 zum Kreis Posen-Ost. 1903 wurde der Ort von Borowko Hauland in Borowko und am 24. Juli 1909 in Waldheim umbenannt.  Im Jahr 1910 hatte der Ort 67 Einwohner.
In den Jahren 1975 bis 1998 gehörte der Ort zur Woiwodschaft Posen.

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Last abortion clinic in Mississippi closes as withdrawal ban begins
James BrienJuly 6, 2022
Mississippi's only abortion clinic, the Jackson Women's Health Organization, will close its doors after hours Wednesday after a trial judge refused to block the state's trigger law from going into effect, imposing a near-total ban on abortion.
"Without further action, today will be the last day Jackson Women's Health will be able to offer abortion services," said Hillary Schneller, a senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, who represents the clinic. "This means the last abortion provider in Mississippi will be unable to provide both Mississippi residents and people who have traveled across state lines with access to this essential care before it is too late to provide basic care." ."
Firm Judge Debbra K. Halford on Tuesday denied the clinic's motion for a cease-and-desist, citing the US Supreme Court's decision to strike out the clinic Roe v. calf Last month. Halford, a trial judge in southwest Mississippi, was appointed to rule the case after local judges in Hinds County, Mississippi, where the clinic is located, backed down.
"The bans we are challenging, both the no-departure ban and the six-week ban, undoubtedly should have been blocked due to the existing protections of the Mississippi Constitution," Schneller said. "Humans do not lose their right to bodily autonomy when they become pregnant."
Robert McDuff, another lawyer for the clinic, said the legal team is considering next steps, including a possible appeal in the coming days, but the clinic will be unable to continue providing services while the case weaves through the courts .
"Right now, the prospects for the clinic reopening are not very good," McDuff said.
Mississippi's Trigger Act was passed in 2007 when roe still secured federal protection for access to abortion. The law prohibits almost all abortions with narrow exceptions in the case of rape reported to the police or to save the mother's life. The state may begin enforcing this law for the first time on Thursday.
Tuesday's court hearing that decided the immediate fate of the state's last abortion clinic began with a pastor's prayerdemanded by the judge for "the presence of [the] Holy Spirit in the courtroom."
The legal team representing the Jackson Women's Health Organization argued that a right to privacy enshrined in the Mississippi Constitution protects access to abortion at the state level, independent of federal law. McDuff argued that a 1998 case was called Pro Choice Mississippi vs. Fordice found that the state constitution protects the right to abortion. The Mississippi Supreme Court "made it clear that its decision was based on Mississippi's right to privacy and the history of abortion rights in the state of Mississippi," McDuff said in an interview.
Mississippi Attorney General Scott G. Stewart pleaded the state's case in favor of the enactment of the trigger act and contended that the 1998 judgment left strong roe and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, overturned by the US Supreme Court last month. Halford agreed with the state.
"Since roe and Casey are no longer the law of the land to rely on Fordice will almost certainly be unfounded if this case proceeds to the Supreme Court," the judge wrote in her order to deny an injunction. "Taking into account Fordicein the light of roe, Casey and Dobbsit is more than doubtful that the Mississippi Supreme Court will continue to agree Fordice."
Halford acknowledged that the potential harm to patients who desire an abortion, including psychological trauma and a perceived loss of opportunity, would be "significant and irreparable." But she decided the state had a more compelling case for enforcing the law.
Halford said the state has "legitimate interests" in an application the trigger law as soon as possible, including "'respect and preservation of prenatal life at all stages of development', 'protection of the health and safety of the mother', 'abolition of particularly cruel or barbaric medical procedures', 'preservation of the integrity of the medical profession'", " the alleviation of fetal pain" and "the prevention of discrimination based on race, sex or disability," all found by the US Supreme Court in Dobbs."
After the court's decision to let the state's near-total abortion ban go into effect Thursday, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves hailed the ruling as "a major victory for life."
"Every life has an inherent dignity and Mississippi will continue to do everything possible to advance the fight for life," Reeves added in a statement Tuesday.
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If you make it all the way to the remote Strawberries, why not take the opportunity to explore Eastern Oregon. I have driven by the northern edge of the Strawberry Range on several occasions though the years. Heading to a Rainbow Gathering in Montana back in 2000 and camping out in the Wallowas twice in the last five years, come to mind now.
There are plenty of worthy attractions within a few hours' drive. Below are some of my suggestions. All of which are places I've had the privilege of experiencing to some degree, in my 21 years of being an Oregonian.
If you merely whizzed by the region as a passenger in a car, you could easily dismiss Eastern Oregon as a generally boring landscape. Nothing but farms and ranches and miles of rocks with few trees and lots of signs that indicate conservative politics. Not exactly the Oregon you had in mind? But do look beyond. There are several different mountain ranges, all with vastly different geology. Small and medium sized towns that proudly carry the spirit of the days when this was frontier land. And enough outdoor adventure to keep you wandering and exploring every day of every summer and still not have seen it all.
In fact, on this trip, Lara and I took a quick detour off of route 126 to see the Painted Hills. They are exactly what they sound like. Hills that look like an artist took her paintbrush to them! The geology is more complex, but in short, the black, grey and red stripes are the result of mineral and plant deposits that formed when the area was in a floodplain millions of years ago. Now the mountains display a colorful display snapshot, frozen in time.
The painted hills are part of the larger John Day Fossil Beds. There are three units and all of them are worthy of a stop. I have done this loop on past trips. There is the Clarno Unit and the Sheep Rock Unit as well.
Nearby Mitchell wears the moniker, The Gateway to the Painted Hills. It's a modest town that I have seen improve through the years. It's worth a stop to stretch your legs and absorb the vibe. There's a city park which I have camped at before.
Prairie City is the nearest outpost to the Strawberries. Definitely not a city, but an adorable town with that Old West feeling oozing out at every corner. Hotel Prairie is a historic hotel that used to serve developers from around the turn of the century.
Fifteen miles west of Prairie City is the town of John Day. It happened I got stuck behind their annual parade on my way going home. Perhaps the one day a year that the streets are closed and that is when I was there to witness gridlock. The real attraction in John Day is the Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site. I visited a handful of years ago.
It was essentially a Chinese medical clinic from the 1870's, the period when the Chinese immigrated to the region to help build the railroads. But it was a lot more than that. It was Kam Wah Chung's home and it also served as a community center for the Chinese. Now it is part of the Oregon State Park system and you can only enter by a tour from May to October. The tours are hourly and honestly, even if you have no connection to this region, I bet you will find it fascinating. The traditional Chinese medicine made from snakes and bats and other unusual ingredients kept me interested from beginning to end.
If You Expand Your Diameter to Two to Three Hours, Even More Adventure Awaits.
The Wallowas are called the Oregon Alps. The cheese is not nearly as good as in the Alps, but there are far fewer people. I had fun with llamas there a few years ago. And if you are exploring in September be sure to check out the PineFest music festival in Halfway. Halfway is a little town of a couple hundred souls that puts on a fabulous party every year.
Boise is reputed to be a total hipster spot with an expanding art and music scene. I spent time there only briefly on my way to the Owyhee Canyon a few years back and did not get to check out the city per se. But I certainly would if I found myself back there again.
And Frenchglen, the population eleven gateway to Steens Mountain. And the word mountain is used in the singular, not plural. It has an interesting geological history, in short, it is a fault block mountain that has risen in one unit. Lots of hiking there, yet some of the main sights can be reached by car as well. I was happy as a clam when I saw the Frenchglen Hotel sold kombucha, a testament to how awesome Oregon is!
Imagine this used to be filled with ice!
And, if you have time, don't limit your explorations to the west side. Drive around to the east side and experience the mountain from the Alvord Desert. The serene and majestic beauty and hot springs will award you for your effort.
I took a less common route home from the Steens, and immersed myself in the magic of the National Antelope Reserve and Hart Mountain Hot Springs. I caught a glimpse of just a few antelope, but still, how cool is that? The hot spring is closer to a warm spring, and would not warrant a visit just to soak in the water. But the surrounding scenery is mystical, especially when a storm is brewing. And campsites are abundant.
And lest I forget, Bend, Central Oregon's city of choice. Which happened to be where we departed from the morning we drove to the Strawberries. Bend has restaurants, music, art, 260 days of sunshine, skiing, enough breweries to sink a boat – all against the backdrop of the Cascade Mountains, which are within an arm's reach.
There is lots to say about Bend. So much so, I may dedicate a blog post to it in the future. But for now, I want to suggest a few of my favorite restaurants and things to do in the city.
Arianas is upscale Northwest cuisine. 5 Fusion and Sushi Bar is upscale and creative. Wild Rose is Northern Thai food and not your standard Thai fair. El Sancho dishes out tacos that are tasty, quick, inexpensive and pack a punch.
Drake Park runs alongside the Deschutes River downtown. Pilot Butte can be driven or hiked. Hiking is about a mile and however you get to the top, you'll be rewarded with a 360 panoramic view of high desert scenery. Treat yourself to an hour in the Turkish Style Soaking Pool in the Old St. Francis School. If you spend your days hiking the Cascades, then a soak becomes not a treat, but a necessity!
Maupin is close to Bend and where I put in when rafting the Deschutes. A super fun thing to do, as you can see below.
And Just a Touch Further. . .
Named after Hawaii, this seems to be the region of Oregon that Oregonians know nothing about! Probably because most Oregonians live in the northwest corner of the state in the Willamette Valley. And the Owyhee Canyon is in the far eastern part of the state. If you are attracted to dramatic scenery and want to have it all to yourself, then you will love it here. The Pillars of Rome are especially awesome.
Which happens to be a wonderful place to visit in the winter as well. I went one year for Christmas and I had a ball exploring the surrounding region with all its otherworldly geology. The lake fluctuates with the seasons. If you want to see the Summer Lake itself and the flocks of birds that it attracts, then spring is your time.
Summer Lake Hot Springs has rustic cabins, ideal for winter. And campsites for summer. The nearby warm mineral water flows into a man-made pool, which you are free to enjoy.
Heading west from Summer Lake, take note of these geological formations: Crack in the Ground, Fort Rock and Hole in the Ground. It is all really very weird and fascinating. You may not want to return home.
There are lots of nooks and crannies beyond what I listed, but I hope I have made a good case for exploring Eastern Oregon.


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It's a tradition, four years strong. The Thursday before the big HPSO plant sale a group of friends and I head out for a day-long adventure. That day was April 10th, we started at Xera Plants retail shop in SE Portland. Here (from left to right) are Lyle, Heather and Scott checking out the offerings.
The weather that day was nothing short of perfect! The rest of the gang Ryan (white T on the far left), Tim, James, Riz, Greg (co-owner of Xera), Derick, and Nathan. Look at all those plants!
Callistemon subulatus 'Dark Red'...yes it's as soft as it looks.
Didn't get the name of this Aquilegia but it was quite lovely.
Love the grid pattern on some opuntia, this one especially.
And plant shadows, I love plant shadows.
Here's my (tiny) haul from Xera; Two Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Wilmott's Ghost', which Greg said should bloom this year since they're last years plants (fingers crossed), Sedum spathulifolium 'Carnea', and yes another Grevillea juniperina 'Molonglo' but this time I'm only planting one (I lost six juniper Grevilleas last winter) and in the back garden, where it's a little more protected.
Next stop Secret Garden Growers in Canby, Oregon (yes we went from urban to country, in no time). This was my first visit to SGG, although since they're a plantlust.com nursery I have emailed with the owner, Pat, many times. It's wonderful when you finally meet someone in person and they're just as nice as you thought they'd be.
The nursery was lovely as well, and large!
There were two large hoop houses in the distance and we were concerned they'd be off limits, torture to plant lovers on a field trip! Nope, we were allowed in to survey the goods. Naturally I fell in love with several things in the "not for sale" section, like that purple succulent on the right.
My Rubus lineatus died completely back to the ground this year. It's already sprouting out new growth but so much for those 7ft tall arching canes.
At least I know I'll have that pleated foliage to look forward to again this summer.
My Impatiens omeiana is showing signs of developing into a mass like this, finally. I do have my doubts as to whether or not I'll get to enjoy it before the critters go to town on it (slugs? root weevils? both?).
I bought one of these phormium, in fact maybe the one in the front on the far right. Sadly no frogs came with it.
Geranium? (Begonia, thanks Planted Watered) My mind's gone blank, but I can tell you I almost purchased one of these.
Still no sign of either Acanthus sennii however.
Fun stuff. The "geranium?" plant looks like Begonia pedatifida.
What a fun day! My Gunnera has returned this year too, with three tiny, measly leaves. It keeps getting smaller and smaller every year, which kind of indicates to me that it's not the happiest camper where it's planted. It wants water. I'm not sure where to move it to, though. My least-well drained spot is full to bursting.
But it will get bigger as the season progresses, right? Mine always starts out looking sad but as soon as things heat up BAM! True water is important, I have a friend who planted it in a kiddie pool sunk into the ground (you can't see it).
You had quite a week of plant shopping! Looks like you had a great time & that begonia foliage is gorgeous! Happy Monday!
I did...and guess what? It's all already planted too!
Fun! I love it when I find interesting plants in small sizes - they usually settle into the garden more easily than those in larger containers and they're easier on the pocketbook too. The puppy, not to speak of the frog, would have been nice additions to the haul, although I suspect that Lila wouldn't have been pleased to see either.
That opuntia is very attractive, with the pattern and plum-my hue to it. The Begonia I had labelled as pedatifida too until someone said to us before it's a sikkimense which made us none the wiser. Looking forward to part 2!
Oh, I miss that puppy!
We're still a little bit away from nursery browsing here, as lots of things are just barely waking up... it's depressing to see almost-barren pots of soil. You certainly don't have that problem there!
No we don't...and I'm sorry you do.
Columbine is A viridiflora 'Chocolate Soldier,' I think.
I'll take the Rubus lineatus, not that it has a chance in my garden...and the puppy!
Isn't he just adorable? Those eyes, that belly, those paws!
Looks like a great day! Wish I could have joined you. The moving truck arrived that day and the driver "couldn't" make it into the driveway, even though we've had full-sized logging trucks come in through that driveway. I had to unload it immediately while feeling like I was about to pass out from being sick. Luckily the driver and my neighbor were there to help!
Ha! I don't mean to complain. But you can imagine how much I would have preferred to hang out with fellow plant addicts on a nursery expedition. I have so many things I want to get from Xera. I love their philosophy of testing and offering tough plants adapted for our climate, and so many great deer-resistant selections! Exactly what my parents need.
Ugh! When we were at Bosky Dell (part 2) a delivery of soil showed up. The driver had to back all the way down the (narrow) driveway. One of the staff was behind the truck directing and moving pots, branches, etc out of the way. It took forever but the driver just kept working it. Wish your truck driver was that determined.
When you finally do make it down to Portland keep in mind Xera is only open Thur-Sun. Can't have you coming all this way just to be disappointed.
I just noticed that my Acanthus sennii is putting in an appearance after I had given it up for dead...YAY! Love that Opuntia!
I am so happy for you! Mine still isn't showing...I was out there looking for it yesterday and there's nothing.
Ohhh that frog!!! I love so much all those plants but I have a crush with tree frogs and small frogs like that one!
There's nothing more fun than a day looking at plants, and buying a few, with fellow plant nerds. And the cute puppy is the icing on the cake.


September is preparing for the biggest moment of her life. At twelve years of age, everyone in her world receives a name to replace the one that marks their date of birth. But September's plans are a little different. She doesn't want a plant name.
Is it possible to be called something different without severe, perhaps life threatening side effects? September is prepared to take the risk. Her chance lies in an elaborate board game several floors below the official Name Bank.
Is the game safe? Why don't any of her friends seem to know about it? And what happens if you lose? Could there be a fate worse than being named after a flower?
With mysterious voices, a strange boy and a severe case of sweet tooth, September takes you on a rollercoaster of an adventure. While the story is slow to start, it's worth hanging in there for lift-off.


Poker Night in America brought more exciting televised poker to our screens this week, as Frank Kassela and Phil Hellmuth were joined by notorious online pros, Doug 'WCGRider' Polk and Dan 'jungleman12' Cates. In the competition which was dubbed 'King of the Hill', each player put up $50,000 in a winner takes all format.
With Phil Hellmuth drawn against Doug Polk in the first round, a slightly drunk looking Polk struggled against Hellmuth, who ran well and left Polk facing some difficult spots.
Jungleman managed to overcome Kassela without too much trouble, setting the stage for what was to be an electric finale.
Hellmuth managed to take the first in a best of three match against Jungleman, despite having a 3 to 1 deficit at one point. Jungleman then levelled things up by taking the second match, in which Hellmuth fired off plenty of failed bluffs, before the players faced off for one final match to decide the event.
The third match saw Hellmuth pick up where he had left off in the previous match, playing loose and aggro, bluffing off a big chunk of chips with the nut low. He seemed to be sliding inevitably towards defeat, as Jungleman hoovered up pot after pot. It all seemed to be over when Hellmuth slid to less than $6K chips to Jungleman's $194K, but somehow, Hellmuth managed to fight back.
In what was probably one of the strangest hands ever seen on television, Hellmuth then made a big bluff on the turn, before putting his last $9.9K in on the river, giving Jungleman 6 to 1 pot odds on a call. To the shock of the commentary team, Jungleman quickly, and angrily folded trip 10's on a 10,2,3,10,9 board with three diamonds on it, allowing Hellmuth back into the match.
With momentum on his side, Hellmuth's chipstack only moved in one direction from there, and he eventually closed the match out, winning the $200,000 and championship belt.


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POTUS and FLOTUS welcome Beyoncé, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Chance the Rapper, more for a "grown up party"
For his final act as hipster president, Barack Obama is hosting an all-star party at the White House, and trolling Donald Trump in the process. As the president-elect struggles to find literally anyone willing to appear at his inauguration, a whole bunch of A-listers will gather at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday night to celebrate the end of the current president's term — and possibly the final days of Earth's existence.
According to The Washington Post, Barack and Michelle are throwing a "grown up party" for some of their closet and coolest friends, including Beyoncé, Jay Z, Stevie Wonder, Bradley Cooper, and JJ Abrams. Chance the Rapper confirmed his attendance on Twitter, and Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Eddie Vedder, and David Letterman are also rumored to be guests.
It's unclear what exactly Barack and Michelle mean by a "grown up party," though hopefully it involves Biden doing keg stands and Beyoncé letting loose an army of stink bugs in the residence.
Can Billy Joel's "Miami 2017" Help New York Pull Through a Trump Presidency?


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The 2019 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl will be a matchup of the LSU Tigers and University of Central Florida Knights.
As you start planning your game-day experience, don't forget to start the festivities early by attending the Fiesta Bowl Fan Fest Pregame Party and the Desert Financial Fiesta Bowl Parade.
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Megan Gail Coles's novel teaches us that love means we #BelieveWomen
14 February 2020 by particularkev
'Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club,' is an extraordinary debut novel set on Valentine's Day in St. John's during a blizzard.
(House of Anansi Press)
Linda M. Morra, Bishop's University
If there are different kinds of love, then there are different kinds of novels too — and Megan Gail Coles's Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club, shortlisted for CBC's annual battle of books, Canada Reads 2020, is the kind that's best read as a tough-love pre-Valentine warning.
It's just not a feel-good, heart-warming, Eat, Pray, Love kind of book, the type some reach for when in need of romantic inspiration.
Structured around three courses served, appropriately, on Valentine's Day at a restaurant in St. John's, NL, this book is divided into three acts, during which time it introduces — then makes plain the logic of connection between — several characters. The book then shows how their lives slowly and painfully unravel throughout the day.
If you bear in mind that Valentine's Day originated in the Roman festival Lupercalia, when women were paired off with men by way of a lottery, you will be closer to the mark in terms of what Coles's novel is about and what it attempts to achieve.
She assumes an "uncomfortable" approach to her subject, to call to attention what it means to be a disempowered subject — as a woman often is.
In my research, I've examined how public institutions and regulatory bodies approached the archival materials of different women writers in Canada: E. Pauline Johnson, Emily Carr, Sheila Watson, Jane Rule and M. NourbeSe Philip, as examples. Their interactions show how early 20th-century women's voices were often suppressed because of sexist, racist or heteronormative tendencies, and their narratives susceptible to disappearing.
And because, to be frank, it is often uncomfortable to hear what women's lives have to say.
Playing detective with Canada's female literary past
Invigorating anger
Megan Gail Coles arrives on the red carpet before the Giller Awards gala ceremony in Toronto in November 2019.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Coles's extraordinary debut novel, however, moves well past discomfort, tentative attempts at self-scrutiny and accountability, and calls for forgiveness. Forget discomfort: depending on how you identify and on your experiences, this novel could elicit either deep mortification or an invigorating anger that blazes, at moments, into real rage.
Before I explain the logic for my own emotional response, allow me also to add that this novel, a 2019 Scotiabank Giller finalist, is not for the faint of heart. Anyone who thinks their heart (or moral courage) is feeble should probably move along. Go on, find an Elizabeth Gilbert book to curl up with instead.
Or train your heart to be prepared for the emotional wreckage.
Charged blizzard
The novel's narrative shifts from one point of view to another, revealing intersections between characters and carefully mapping the place, its social networks and divides, manifested in class, urban-rural and racialized identities that converge and then clash in the restaurant's highly charged atmosphere.
In its evocations of Newfoundland, Coles has located herself among a vibrant tradition of writers, including Michael Crummey, Lisa Moore, Michael Winter and Donna Morrissey. Each of these writers takes on the people and sense of place in unique ways, and Coles adds a dazzling new voice.
In the novel, a blizzard is also a form of pathetic fallacy. St. John's is seen here in January 2020.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
The conflict is set against a blizzard — a nod to the St. John's climate, but also a form of pathetic fallacy, mirroring the internal strife of several characters. Their growing bitterness and trauma mean they make decisions, usually bad ones, that give rise to the novel's mounting tensions.
The novel opens with the warning that "this might hurt a little" (thank you, Megan), but this is polite understatement. The first few pages belie the warning and read as deliciously irreverent, as if someone pushed the Maritimes' Anne of Green Gables into a mud puddle.
Increasingly, however, the tone shifts, ultimately transforming into a thorny, visceral, unrelenting narrative, somewhat reminiscent of Moore's writing — one that does not shirk from disclosing the brutal realities of what it means to be a vulnerable woman in contemporary western society.
'ACES'
Being a "vulnerable woman" in this book is a redundancy, since it really is a question of degree; however, there are women who are more vulnerable and suffer more than others.
Take Iris, the central female character. She works at the restaurant to overcome obstacles, particularly financial ones, that prevent her from pursuing her studies as an artist — but those obstacles also include familial traumas. Mulling over scientific data about "Adverse Childhood Experiences," or "ACES," she dryly notes that she "has a pocket full" of them and later that the existing moment is "the worst hand she has ever been dealt."
That "pocket full" does not portend a good outcome; rather, she is "snarled" by John Fisher, the chef and her boss, a predator who, "like an angry rival fisher," "reels" her in "hand over fist over hand over fist." His apparent emotional offerings are a pretence, just out of reach of Iris's grasping hands."
Coles' compassion and scathing judgement often vie for centre stage, never quite cancelling the other out. You may wish, for example, to judge George, whose class, racialized white privilege and protective father shield her (yes, her) from those who prey on the vulnerabilities of women like Iris, and whose selfish, self-absorbed tendencies are less than charming.
But the moment you may feel tempted to judge her too far — and she does warrant some — Coles reminds you that George too wrestles with being identified as a "pathetic childless woman" who does "the backbreaking emotional labour of two humans:" her own and her husband's, incidentally a member of the metaphorical "local coward gun club" to which the title alludes.
These characters may be flawed, but the writing is not. The polyphony of voices is animated and remarkable. The prose is fresh, street-smart and savvy — taking clichés and even mashing these back into proper service as poetry.
Critical conversations
The narrative is timely, in view of the recent debacles and critical conversations that have surfaced in relation to the #MeToo movement, what it means to #BelieveWomen or those that inform the field of CanLit.
'Refuse: Canlit in Ruins,' edited by Hannah McGregor, Julie Rak and Erin Wunker.
(Book*hug Press)
As an example, Refuse: CanLit in Ruins addresses the controversies that have animated the literary scene, and tackles gritty issues like rape culture and forms of domination and exploitation. Increasingly, we are all being invited to consider the responsibilities and connections we need to assume in the face of disclosures women make about their life stories.
One character, Olive, a young Indigenous woman, is directly asked at the novel's outset: "So who are your relations?" Even as she comes to embody the resilience of women — their agency in times of chaos — the novel suggests readers consider that question, over and over again.
The Local Coward Gun Club fearlessly counters assumptions about sex, gender, class and racialized privilege about intersectional narratives, and demands that we look full in the face at the ways and number of times women and others have been injured; the number of times they have been disavowed when they have asked for help; the number of times they have been ignored, victimized or blamed instead of being supported.
The novel will demand that you, the reader, be accountable.
Linda M. Morra, Full Professor of English, Bishop's University
Posted in Book Review, Coles - Megan Gail, Not My Review, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles	| Tagged book review, Megan Gail Coles, Not My Review, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club | Leave a comment |
A must-read list: The enduring contributions of African American women writers
Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston and Nella Larsen are on this short list of enduring must-read writers.
Left to right: Nobel Prize, U.S. Library of Congress, Yale archive
Nancy Kang, University of Manitoba
In Mules and Men (1935), anthropologist, creative writer and Harlem Renaissance upstart Zora Neale Hurston relays the evocative folktale "Why the Sister in Black Works Hardest." Fatigued after the work of Creation, God casts a massive bundle onto the earth. Intrigued by the mysterious object, a white Southern woman during the antebellum era asks her husband to retrieve it. Reluctant to tote the load himself, the master instructs a slave to fetch it.
Soon wearied of the task, the slave then commands his wife to shoulder the burden. She does so, excited at the prospect of exploring the contents. When she opens the package, however, what leaps out at her and Black women for all posterity is none other than hard work.
Ann Petry (right) was interviewed after she won a fiction award for 'The Street.'
All-American news 4 / All American news IV / All-American news reel no. 4/Library of Congress
African American women writers have tackled the hard work of representing a diverse spectrum of lived and imagined experiences, including and especially their own. This labour occurs against the backdrop of centuries-long struggles with racist oppression and gender-based violence, including — but not limited to — slavery's culture of endemic rape, forced or interrupted motherhood, infanticide, concubinage, fractured families and egregious physical and mental abuse.
Hard work as groundwork
Renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass recalls in his 1845 slave narrative how witnessing the serial whippings of his Aunt Hester impacted him "with awful force." He explains, "it was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle."
These ordeals also emerge in slave narratives by women. Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) emphasizes such travails. A target of relentless sexual harassment by her much-older master, Jacobs laments, "When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women."
Once emancipated, African American women still faced staggering impediments when pursuing educational, entrepreneurial and employment opportunities. Political participation meant restrictions on voting rights both as women and as people of colour. Racist caricatures impugned everything from a woman's intelligence and moral capacity to her skin color, texture of hair and body shape. Stereotypes like the docile Mammy, the Tragic Mulatta, the clownish Topsy, the oversexed Jezebel, the greedy Welfare Queen, the amoral Hoodrat and the Mad Black Woman (still prevalent today) remain testaments to a history of disrespect and erasure.
Hurston's tale symbolizes the enduring social struggles Black women have faced living in what feminist critic bell hooks has termed white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.
In addition to influential autobiographers like Maya Angelou, dramatists like Lorraine Hansberry and poets like Gwendolyn Brooks, fiction writers have consistently demonstrated how imaginative art can simultaneously inform, persuade, entertain, catalyze social change and address individual as well as collective concerns.
Here is a short list of pivotal texts by African American women from the past century. These writers are but a small sample of the artists and intellectuals whose output resisted the force of what contemporary feminist critic Moya Bailey has termed misogynoir, or the corrosive fusion of anti-Blackness and misogyny prevalent in popular culture today. These women have completed the groundwork — and hard work — of envisioning a more just, inclusive society going forward.
Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) by Nella Larsen
These novellas follow mixed-race women whose uneasy status on the colour line (including the lure of passing as white) complicates their lives in dangerous, even fatal ways. Passing is revolutionary for its depiction of homoerotic tension between two upper-middle-class Black women. Quicksand offers insight into the exoticization of African American women abroad and the contest between art and domesticity as viable avenues for a fulfilling life.
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
This story is the lyrical account of thrice-married Janie Crawford who finds a mature vision of love and fulfillment amid incessant gossip and a difficult family history. The all-Black township of Eatonville, Fla., and the rich "muck" of the Everglades contribute to a portrait of community health, daily striving and resolute self-awareness.
The Street (1946) by Ann Petry
This social realist novel follows single mother Lutie Johnson as she attempts to make a life for her young son in a predatory urban space. Weathering sexism, racism, classism, poverty and intense personal frustration, Lutie attempts to resist the brutality of the environment that gives the novel its loaded name.
The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison
This book is a searing portrait of a young girl's coming-of-age and eventual undoing in the years following the Great Depression. Tumultuous family dynamics, psychological trauma and incest, the quest for compassion and self-love, and the toxic myth of Black ugliness coalesce in this first novel by the Nobel Laureate and author of neo-slave narrative Beloved (1987).
Kindred (1979) by Octavia Butler
Oscillating between the 1970s and the early 19th century, this science fiction odyssey (re)connects a contemporary Black woman writer and her white husband with her ancestors on a Maryland plantation. The novel is buoyed up by the dramatic tension of time travel and the juxtaposition of the pre-civil War Antebellum-era with Civil Rights-era racial attitudes, including those about interracial love and allyship.
The Women of Brewster Place (1982) by Gloria Naylor
Structured like a narrative quilt, these interconnected experiences of seven women span different generations, professions, class backgrounds and understandings of their place in the world. The eroded apartment complex that links them is the backdrop for unbearable pain as well as the promise of transformation and reconciliation.
The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker
A tale of two sisters, Celie and Nettie, this novel constellates their love and longing via letters and imagined conversations across the Atlantic. Unsparing in its critique of domestic violence and toxic masculinity, yet tender in its treatment of various human weaknesses, the novel underscores Black women's need for self-regard and mutual care. Not only are these acts revolutionary, but they also offer a glimpse of the divine.
Nancy Kang, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence, University of Manitoba
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America's postwar fling with romance comics
With over 100 issues, 'Young Love' was one of the longest running romance comics series.
Gary Lee Watson Comic Book Collection, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries, Author provided
Michael C. Weisenburg, University of South Carolina
Last year, comic book enthusiast Gary Watson donated his massive personal collection to the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of South Carolina.
As the reference and instruction librarian, I'm tasked with getting to know the collection so I can exhibit parts of it and use the materials for teaching. One of the great pleasures of assessing and cataloging Watson's collection has been learning about how comic books have changed over time. Sifting through Watson's vast collection of 140,000-plus comics, I'm able to see the genre's entire trajectory.
Before World War II, superheroes were all the rage. Reflecting anxieties over the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and the march to war, readers yearned for mythical figures who would defend the disenfranchised and uphold liberal democratic ideals.
Once the war ended, the content of comic books started to change. Superheroes gradually fell out of fashion and a proliferation of genres emerged. Some, such as Westerns, offered readers a nostalgic fantasy of a pre-industrial America. Others, like true crime and horror, hooked readers with their lurid tales, while science fiction comics appealed to the wonders of technological advancement and trepidation about where it might lead us.
But there was also a brief period when the medium was dominated by the romance genre.
Grounded in artistic and narrative realism, romance comics were remarkably different from their superhero and sci-fi peers. While the post-war popularity of romance comics only lasted a few years, these love stories ended up actually having a strong influence on other genres.
Romance comics' origin story
Though today they are most famous for creating "Captain America," the creative duo of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby launched the romance comic book genre in 1947 with the publication of a series called "Young Romance."
Teen comedy series like "Archie" had been around for a few years and occasionally had romantic story lines and subplots. Romance pulps and true confession magazines had been around for decades.
But a comic dedicated to telling romantic stories hadn't been done before. With the phrase "Designed for the More Adult Readers of Comics" printed on the cover, Simon and Kirby signaled a deliberate shift in expectations of what a comic could be.
While most scholars have argued that romance comics tend to reinforce conservative values – making marriage the ultimate goal for women and placing family and middle-class stability on a pedestal – the real pleasure of reading these books came from the mildly scandalous behavior of their characters and the untoward plots that the narratives were ostensibly warning against. With titles like "I Was a Pick-Up!," "The Farmer's Wife" and "The Plight of the Suspicious Bridegroom," "Young Romance" and its sister titles quickly sold out of their original print runs and began outselling other comics genres.
Issue #1 of 'Teen-Age Romances' (St. John, 1949).
Other publishers noticed the popularity of the genre and followed suit with their own romance titles, most of which closely followed Simon and Kirby's style and structure. By 1950, about 1 in 5 of all comic books were romance comics, with almost 150 romance titles being sold by over 20 publishers.
The rage for all things romance was so sudden that publishers eager to take advantage of the new market altered titles and even content in order to save on second-class postage permits. Second-class or periodical postage is a reduced rate that publishers can use to save on the cost of mailing to recipients. Rather than apply for new permits every time they tested a new title, comics publishers would simply alter a failing title while retaining the issue numbering in order to keep using the preexisting permit. To comics historians, this is a telltale sign that the industry is undergoing a sudden change.
One striking example of this is when comics publisher Fawcett ended its failing superhero comic "Captain Midnight" in 1948 with issue #67 and launched its new title, "Sweethearts," in issue #68. In this case, the death of a superhero comic became the birth of a romance comic.
Issue #3 of 'Bride's Romances' (Quality Comics, 1953).
With so many new titles flooding newsstands and department stores, the bubble was bound to burst. In what comic book historian Michelle Nolan has dubbed "the love glut," 1950 and 1951 witnessed a rapid boom and bust of the romance genre. Many romance titles were canceled by the mid-1950s, even as stalwarts of the genre, such as "Young Romance," remained in print into the mid-1970s.
There was the brief popularity of the sub-genre of gothic romance comics in the 1970s – series with names like "The Sinister House of Secret Love" and "The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love." But romance comics would never approach their brief, postwar peak.
Gothic romances – like this issue of 'The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love' – had a brief run in the 1970s.
A brief boom, an enduring influence
Among collectors, issues of romance comics are less sought after than those of other genres. For this reason, they tend to go under the radar.
Romance comics, however, featured work by pioneering artists like Lily Renée and Matt Baker, both of whom worked on first issue of "Teen-Age Romances" in 1949.
Baker is the first-known black artist to work in the comic book industry and Renée was one of comics' first female artists. Prior to working on "Teen-Age Romances," they both drew "good girl art" – a set of artistic tropes borrowed from pinups and pulp magazines – for several titles. Their work in both genres exemplifies how earlier pulp magazine themes of desire and seduction could readily be applied to newer genres.
'But He's the Boy I Love' was one of the few romance comic to feature black characters.
After the "love glut," sub-genre mashups nonetheless emerged. For example, cowboy romances were briefly popular. Later, in response to the civil rights movement, Marvel published the 1970 story "But He's the Boy I Love," which was the first story in a romance comic to feature African-American characters since Fawcett's three-issue run of "Negro Romance" in 1950.
Even after romance comics largely fell out of fashion, the genre's visual tropes and narrative themes became more prevalent during what's known as the "Silver Age," a superhero revival that lasted from 1956 to 1970. Titles such as "Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane" often borrowed heavily from romance for their plots to generate intrigue and tension in the hopes of driving up sales.
Issue 89, in which Lois marries Bruce Wayne, is a prime example of such marketing techniques. Issues such as these were often situated as "what if" narratives that offered readers speculative story lines, such as "What if Lois Lane married Bruce Wayne?" Though they're generally thought of as separate from the superhero canon, these love stories show that comic book writers had internalized the main narrative techniques of romance comics even if the genre itself was in decline.
But other comics didn't merely use romantic themes for the occasional gimmick issue. Instead, they made the love lives of their characters a central plot point and a fundamental aspect of their characters' identities. Comics such as the "Fantastic Four" and the "X-Men" rely heavily on the heated emotions and jealousies found in group dynamics and love triangles.
Take Wolverine. Presumably tough and stoic, he's so enamored of Jean Grey – and so envious of her love interest, Scott Summers – that you could argue that unrequited love is one of his primary motivations throughout the series.
Thanks to romance comics, even stoic superheroes got bitten by the love bug.
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Russia denies FSB role in Navalny poisoning
16 December 2020 | 3:00 pm
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday denied recent media investigations that alleged the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) had followed and poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a joint press conference with his Croatia's counterpart following their talks in Zagreb on December 16, 2020. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP) /
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday denied recent media investigations that alleged the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) had followed and poisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
"All this news is funny to read. But the manner in which this news is presented says only one thing: that our Western partners lack any ethical standards," Lavrov said.
Several European labs in September concluded that Navalny, 44, was poisoned after he fell ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow in August before being transported by medical aircraft to Berlin.
A joint investigation published earlier this week by several media outlets claimed FSB chemical weapons experts had followed Navalny for years, including on the day he was poisoned.
The investigative website Bellingcat together with CNN, Russian site The Insider and Germany's Der Spiegel on Monday published names and photos of the alleged men who tailed Navalny.
Their investigation said the men are specialists in nerve agents and toxins, including the Soviet-designed poison Novichok, which European countries said was used against Navalny, Russia's most prominent Kremlin critic.
During a visit to the Croatian capital Zagreb, Lavrov said the media reports prove Western countries' "lack of any skills for normal diplomatic work and an unwillingness to comply with international legal norms when it comes to establishing facts".
The joint report does not establish any direct contact between Navalny and the named agents and Russia has flatly denied any role in the Kremlin critic's illness.
The European Union has imposed entry bans and bank account freezes on six people suspected of being responsible, including FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov.
The 44-year-old opposition leader has said he will return to Russia after making a full recovery in Germany.
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Thief: Deadly Shadows... Shalebridge Cradle... 7.1 speakers and Audigy 2 ZS... 'nuff said .
I still remember buying the old school original Creative "four point surround" speakers. Lol check these out.
Hey I get one of these!
Sigh, so the RGB LED strip makes it sound better?
It's why people go to raves; it isn't the drugs, it's the lights!
I can understand the RGB key lighting for your keyboard, as you can actually change the colors per key. It's cool and, when used correctly, can actually help you in games.
But all this RGB stuff inside your computer is just kinda... meh. I moved away from LED lighting inside my computer several years ago, and I just cannot move over to RGB internal lighting.
As for the sound card, I have a hard time believing this thing will sound better than my Sound Blaster E5. I just cannot bring myself to purchase an internal sound card after using an external DAC/AMP setup.
Nice find, I remember those .
I had these for a good number of years .
Lighting aside, it looks like a great card.
No 7.1 = no sale.
I wonder if they also updated the algorithm.


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The Oprah Winfrey Show - "Staff Christmas Talent Show" (Part 1, 1985)
Here's Part 1 of a fairly early episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show - back when they were still producing it in the WLS-TV studios, and when they were still using the old AM Chicago music as the theme. On this day they had a Christmas Talent Show featuring staff members from WLS Channel 7. This part includes:
WLS-TV anchorman Joel Daly shows off his yodeling ability (!) and then Kevin McGurk, WLS Account Executive in the Sales department does some impressions, singing and perfo...
WLS Channel 7 - "The Late Night Movie" (Shorter Opening, 1987)
By early 1987 WLS was in the final months of using this version of the opening which it had used for so long. Time=Money, so they had to shorten it up a bit.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Tuesday, January 20th 1987.
WLS Channel 7 - Eyewitness News - "Gacy Trial Begins" (Excerpt, 1980)
Here's a short excerpt from an Eyewitness News story on WLS Channel 7 reporting the start of John Wayne Gacy's trial. Features Fahey Flynn's voice at the beginning, as well as Joel Daly and Vivian Rosenberg reporting. Also features Lola Woods, mother of one of the victims.
WLS courtroom sketches by Andy Austin.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, February 6th 1980.
WLS Channel 7 - Friday Night (Preview, 1981)
Here's the preview teaser before an episode of Friday Night with Jay Levine on WLS Channel 7. This one was on "Bounty Hunters". (And no, not cool ones like Boba Fett)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, January 23rd 1981.
WLS Channel 7 - The 3:30 Movie (Bumper, 1978)
Here's a bumper for The 3:30 Movie on WLS Channel 7.
You can hear the full ending to the theme music - it ends with a big drum flourish.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, December 27th 1978.
WLS Channel 7 - Editorial Reply - "Boot The Boot" (1984)
Here is an Editorial Reply on WLS Channel 7 against the Denver Boot, given by Alderman Alan Streeter of the 17th Ward.
Opening voiceover by Janice Kos.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, February 16th 1984.
WLS Channel 7 - "Fire & Arson Awareness" (Editorial, 1980)
Here's a WLS-TV Editorial featuring then Vice-President and General Manager Peter Desnoes talking about how you can help with fire and arson awareness.
Voiceover by Al Parker.
This aired on local Chicago TV early Saturday, March 1st 1980.
WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago (Preview & Pre-Show Break, 1981)
Here is the preview and pre-show commercial break for the upcoming episode of AM Chicago. Includes:
ABC ID
AM Chicago preview featuring Robb Weller
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WLS Channel 7 Eyewitness News bumper promo with Mary Ann Childers (cut-off early by WLS)
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, August 28th, 1981 @ about 8:59am.
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Through fun, exciting, hands on activities, the children learnt that forces are all around us. With a guest appearance from Sir Isaac Newton, a daring skateboarder and an exquisite musical band, the children were made aware of wide variety of forces that surround us and how we can affect these. Take a took at the flickr album to see what other wonderful actvities the children got up to.


There is nothing I love more than throwback ads from my favorite brands. The reigning queen is, of course, Lilly Pulitzer. With the colorful prints and vacation-inspired lookbooks and catalogs, I was thrilled when these pretty images above popped up on the Lilly pinterest board it all started with a juice stand. Not much has changed for Lilly over the years- which, in my opinion, is what gives the brand its holding power and faithful buyers.
Click on over to their pinterest for a little walk down memory lane.
Just packed 13 shifts in my Lilly garmet bag this morning. I have a rather large pile of skirts and bermudas folded. Blouses...check! Bikinis and coverups...double check! Totes, cooler....being monogrammed as we speak. It is going to be a very Lilly month at the beach for me! I.can't.wait!
You know I love this post!! Serious Lilly Lover here!
I absolutely love all of those pictures!!
Love to see the vintage prints! Hope the wedding planning is going well! Hope you have a great day honey!
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A building owner or manager should consider the effects of cleaning solutions on any material supporting mold growth. Chlorine-based solutions may damage delicate materials. Oxygen-based formulas are gentler and safer, but are still not ideal for treating mold on most surfaces. Mold damage experts can recommend more effective fungicides to cleanup mold and inhibitors for prevention or will tear out and replace ruined materials.
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This could be an actual dream.
The very first 'McDonalds of the future' has opened and as part of the new menu, it includes UNLIMITED French Fries!
The residents of St Joseph in America can now chow dow on McDonald's french dries until they can eat no more.
The restaurant opened on August 4 with a banner over the banner heralding ''it's frynally here'' with the big news of unlimited fries ever.
Customers are placing their orders with the self-serve kiosks, which we know as 'create your taste' and as part of the meal option, you can now go Small, Medium, Large or Unlimited!
"Unlimited fries are just the beginning of what's different about (this restaurant)," owner Chris Habiger told the St. Joseph News-Press. "We're making a shift from fast food to fast-casual," he said.
The restaurant is super posh inside, with nice wooden tables including floral arrangements on them, and plush comfy chairs to sit on. No hard plastic booths in this Maccas!
It surely can't be long until it arrives down under?!


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The 9 Largest Hindu Temples of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is also known as Land of Temples because of 33,000 ancient temples scattered all over the state and most of them are listed as largest Hindu Temples in India. Some of the most famous and popular Hindu temples Tamil Nadu are Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur, Great Living Chola Temples,Rockcut Monolith Temples,Structural Temples of the Pallavas,Gangai Konda Cholapuram Temple,Cave Temples of Pandiyas and Shore temples in Mamallapuram.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Trichy
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is dedicated to Ranganatha and one of the masterpiece of the Dravidian style of architecture in south India. It is one of the most famous Vaishnava temples in South India and listed as the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world.
Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram
The Thillai Nataraja Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and known as the foremost of all temples of Saivites. Chidambaram place is one of the five Pancha Bootha Sthalams representing the element – Akasha and the shrine is venerated as one of the three foremost Shiva abodes in the world.
Annamalaiyar Temple, Tiruvannamalai
Annamalaiyar Temple is located at the base of Annamalai hills and dedicated to great god lord Shiva, It is also one of the five Pancha Bootha Sthalams representing the element – Agni and the temple complex is one of the largest in India and gateway towers known as gopurams are one of the tallest temple towers in India.
Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram
Ekambareswarar Temple located in Kanchipuram is the largest temple in the town of Kanchipuram and has one of the tallest gopurams or temple tower in India.The temple is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in the city and one of the five major Shiva temples of Pancha Bootha Sthalams representing the element – Earth.
Jambukeswarar Temple, Tiruchirappalli
Jambukeswarar Temple is one of the most popular Shiva temple in Tiruchirapalli located in the Srirangam island and ranked as one of the five major Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu representing the element – Water. Image Source: templedetails
Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
Meenakshi Amman Temple is located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River dedicated to Parvati known as Meenakshi. The temple is the most prominent landmark and most visited tourist attraction in the city and one of the top 30 nominees for the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Vaitheeswaran Temple, Vaitheeswaran Koil
Vaitheeswaran Temple dedicated to the god Shiva located in a small town near Chidambaram called Vaitheeswaran Koil. Vaitheeswaran Koil Temple is one of the nine Navagraha nine planets temples and holy water tank within the temple complex is there for holy dip.
Tiruvarur Thyagarajaswamy Temple, Tiruvarur
Thiruvarur Temples town is one of the five traditional capitals of the Chola empire and the ancient Thyagaraja Temple is dedicated to the Somaskanda. Thyagaraja Temple complex is one of the largest in India and gateway towers are one of the tallest and Neelothbalambal shrines being the most prominent.
Sripuram Golden Temple, Vellore
The golden temple of Sripuram is located at the foot of a small range of green hills in the southern end of the city of Vellore. Sripuram Golden Temple is situated in the middle of the lush green landscape.
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Last week I went to a local Vue cinema to sit in comfy, reclining chairs and to see Wonder Woman starring the incredible Gal Gadot.
I thought it was inspiring, and funny, and poignant. Each of the character's was carefully planned and brilliantly acted. I adored Chris Pine and Gal Gadot's chemistry and their relationship. He was so sweet and she was so … I don't even quite know where to begin with Diana. I think the writers wrote their romance really well. I see why it went the way it did, but I wish it didn't (that might not make the most sense, but I'm trying not to include any spoilers)!
Wonder Woman herself is iconic and powerful, she has her beliefs and I think her confidence in herself is something we should all try and replicate. They did a really good job of making her a role model for people, both men and women, everywhere. Her realisation at the end was important too, and even though it has been done time and time again, it fitted with her character and the situation. In today's world with everything that is going on, I think the message of love is extra important.
I think a character that is probably overlooked a lot is Etta Candy (Lucy Davis), Steve Trevor's (Chris Pine) assistant. She is funny, and sweet. When Steve suggests Diana (Wonder Woman) puts on glasses, Etta brilliantly responds "A pair of glasses, and suddenly she's not the most beautiful woman you've ever seen?" She reacts so well to all the weird things that she is faced with, I love her!
My one disappointment is that Chris Pine was an American working for the British Secret Service and there was no explanation for that, and there were very few British characters who were actually good. I think it's great that Britain is being used in films and that more British actors are able to break into Hollywood, but a few more good English characters would have been fab.
I have to say that when I watched the previous DC film 'Batman v Superman' I felt it was a bit dark and missing a bit of something, but with this film they reignited my interest in the whole superhero franchise. It was light and funny when it could be, and dramatic at other times – it went through the full spectrum of emotions brilliantly.
If you get a chance to see it, I would take up that opportunity. Even if you're not a big fan of superhero movies I would still go and see this because it's a bit of everything, it's got something for everyone.
Have a wonderful week, let me know what you think!


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Gorse, also called furze, in north County Kerry, Ireland. This photo taken near where the River Cashen empties into the Atlantic Ocean, just south of Ballybunion.
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