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February 11, 2017 February 11, 2017 1 Comment
Halfway through this book, I tweeted about the nightmares it was causing me. And I'm not talking about Stephen King ghosts or monsters, but live human cruelty. They weren't dreams like others I have had, revolving staircases, or sudden drops into homes I knew, but had been subtly changed by my dream space. These dreams were as visceral as the words on the page. I felt the steel copper bullet – plunge – slow motion into my rib cage. Each bone flex forth and open like a cracked fence post. When I woke up each morning, I had stones in my belly, and gnarls in my gut. This story uprooted me.
Photo from The Japan Times
And I wasn't warned, so I'm warning all of you. This story conveyed the human capacity for cruelty so well and so often that I almost couldn't finish it. While I believe it's a story that needs to be told and a history that should not remain hidden, I want to scrape at the pieces of it that stayed in my mind for days afterwards. For a full three pages, Han Kang describes some of the Gwangju boys' torture, the crisp sizzle of a cigarette to an eye. If you winced at that sentence, then I can't recommend this book for you. It caused me physical pain to read.
(And I know some of you will roll your eyes and say that this is nothing to the physical pain that the people of Gwangju felt resisting and standing up to their traitorous government, but feelings are allowed to be felt).
Today, Amnesty International reported hangings of over 13,000 in Damascus. These hangings have been done secretly after victims are tried for under three minutes in a basement after being told they are being transported elsehwhere. We sit around arguing on Twitter over what's fake news, or how many alternative facts will be spun in the administration currently in office, and in Damascus, Syrians are being targeted and wiped out by the thousands in Civil War. Until this moment, no news of these hangings had been released. This is probably not the fault of our news media, but the fact that this is happening in our modern world – after the Holocaust, after Cambodia, after Tinneman Square and now after the Gwangju uprising, maybe we need to be a little more "woke."
I listened to this story on NPR having just finished Human Acts. I had been contemplating the number of stars I could give a book that I was hesitant to recommend, that I was angry no one had warned me about (most reviewers just said, "it has beautiful writing") and disgusted with the bottom dark of human capacity put into elegant words on the pages of Human Acts by Han Kang (translated by Deborah Smith).
Screenshot from Amnesty International Report
No where in my life have I had to contemplate the snap of a rope bruising and twisting my pale neck. Never the butt of a gun. Never a protest that could end in the spray of shrapnel. Comparing one's life to another never makes anything easier, but I have been both lucky to be who I am, where I am, and lucky to read a book that makes me understand that luck is a physical phenomenon and not just a mental/emotional privilege. I can only speak for myself, but all I really wanted to do in hearing that report was spit it out so it couldn't become a part of me, of my existence.
"Soundlessly, and without fuss, some tender thing deep inside me broke. Something that, until then, I hadn't even realized was there" (202).
In the last chapter of this novel, the author becomes a character. She describes her journey seeking out information on the massacre itself, but also on the family written throughout. She is indirectly related to this family. They lived in the house she moved out of at a young age, and they lost a brother to the Gwangju uprising while living there. The narrator talks about her nightmares while researching the novel. I know why. I experienced nightmares as well. I texted my best friend, and Korean scholar, Seth and asked him about what was told to him about this while he was in South Korea. His first response when I began describing the book was "they don't tell tourists those stories."
I wonder how many stories are left dark in the world. How many shoved into corners, buried against one another, corked. This is no longer one of those cave stories, this mosaic novel of different voices interwoven. It is really a connection of short stories, some more difficult than others to get through. I believe Han Kang did exactly what she set out to do, make it so no one can desecrate these memories again.
"Please, write your book so that no one will ever be able to desecrate my brother's memory again" (214).
In the beginning, I found hope in the short anecdote about the chalk erasers and board spray from middle school between the loving sister and brother in the novel. I hung onto that for the rest of the novel because there isn't much redeeming about the human spirit here. This is a novel that very much lacks the bud of hope. It doesn't make it less true, it just, for me, makes it more sad. If we believed the world ended like this, I don't think any of us would continue letting it fester.
"Isn't he your friend, aren't you a human being" (43).
"There Are Great Holes in Your Newspapers. Nobody Sees Them. God Sees Them"
Because I need a few more days to mull over what I'm going to say about the new President on this blog, I thought I could review one of my already favorite books of the year.
News of the World by Paulette Jiles was a quiet simmer, a rustle, a murmur. I hadn't read anything about it other than it was a finalist for the National Book Award and that there were 73 people on the library waiting list before me. That's an accurate portrayal, not a fudged number. I can tell now, why, and why it has such a catastrophically high Goodreads score. Usually, even my favorite books tap out at 3.2, maybe 3.4 if there's an influx of smart, beautiful readers, but typically all books stay average, even the good ones. (I don't have any stats on this, this is just sheer user interpretation).
Right now, News of the World has a 4.23 star score on Goodreads. I'm going to make the argument that it's all about the characters (and then the setting, and then the pacing, and then the softness, in that order). There's two main characters and then a handful of townspeople that we meet as they travel through Texas. The two main characters are Cho-Henna and Kep-Dun. Captain Kidd is a former military messenger and Johanna is a girl who was captured by the Kiowa Tribe at a young age and only knows that life. However, at the beginning of the book, Kidd accepts guardianship of returning her to what's left of her family (an aunt and uncle) and thus the book begins.
Map of Civil War Sites in Texas (Fort Tours)
The entirety of this book is their journey on just a few roads. Kidd is stopping in towns to read the news from local and international papers, a former print shop owner, he likes to create fairytales of far-off places in the minds of Texans, and while doing that he teaches Cho-Henna a few "house rules" without changing who she is at the core. I fell in love with both of these characters. By the end of the book, I could actually hear the peep of Cho-Henna's voice saying "Kep-Dun" from behind a flour barrel, or underneath a blanket.
She was so quiet, almost silent, and yet the sound of her stays with me. It wasn't the voice of the character that was so moving in this book, it was the subtle sounds of everyday life that she made. The way she patted the captains arm, or handed him dimes to be used as bullets, or ripped the lace from her skirt. Those sounds that create a live-action movie in the reader's heads. I knew that countryside while I was riding, and although we had to listen for the sounds of danger, it was so easy being with Captain Kidd and Johanna just a little while longer. I feel the same soft spot for Johanna that Kidd grows in this story.
And although we know from the beginning that this will end tied with a bow, I don't fault Jiles for the conclusion being that neat. This was a feel-good story from the very beginning. I eased through the way Captain Kidd treated Johanna like she didn't need to be anyone but herself in order to get along in the world. He could only teach her this through his own ways of being in the world, just a visitor, always in motion, and always with a message. At one point, he thinks the following:
"Maybe life is just carrying news. Surviving to carry the news. Maybe we have just one message, and it is delivered to us when we are born and we are never sure what it says; it may have nothing to do with us personally but it must be carried by hand through life, all the way, and at the end handed over, sealed" (121).
BFG and Dreams
I think this was just the most perfect instance of how life is made. Whether we're Captain Jeffrey Kidd making life after the Civil War, or we're a child with two visions of the world that collide and collapse at random. I've harped about this idea of purpose for the last several months. I'm a pray-er, I don't know what you guys believe, or what religious doctrine you follow, if any, but I like to send open words out into the air and hope someone is catching them (kind of like The BFG and dreams).
For a long while, every time I prayed about being a teacher, I got a solidified answer as to why I needed to keep doing it. Even in my most desperate, cry on the side of the bed as I slide down the post, moments. Where a whole tissue box wasn't enough, and neither was the constant heaving, I got a sign the next day, or a word, or a moment. When I decided to quit teaching, those signs that I was holding like small weapons against any stray ideas, went dark. I couldn't find anything telling me to "just keep swimming." I was carrying a message, but I didn't think it was the right one anymore.
I've had a lot of nights where I manically mindmap my purpose. Where I talk to myself about podcasts, and blogging, and editing, and reading, and making life. Not making a living, but just making life. I've tried to find goals and make them into something. Truth be told, I'm lost as hell. But with all of that, I'm also in a moment of creation.
"To go through our first creation is a turning of the soul we hope toward the light, out of the animal world. God be with us. To go through another tears all the making of the first creation and sometimes it falls to bits" (56).
In situations like this there's that constant nag of failure. It creates a lot of fear. And that's what wasn't in this book. Neither character was tied to a certain message, a certain town or person or purpose. Both were just between living. Sure, their road had an end. Captain Kidd had a goal and a $50 gold coin to show for it. He had a mission for Johanna that wasn't of her choosing, but was still a mission they both partook. And so maybe, it's corny, but maybe it's true – it's about the journey. I know this book was.
This was one of those moments where I hit the just right book at the just right time. So what if the goal isn't clear? So what if we're reinventing all the time? If people know us as a chameleon or a lover of adventure or just someone that can't stay focused? So what? Make life. Make it with people who don't have to speak because the thud of their feet in the hallway and the click of a radio button and the morning voices of Mike & Mike are the only reconciliation you need. (Thanks, Beej). This is true for these two characters and I would argue that it's true for most of us. If we gave up speaking, we would still make love with sounds. If we lost our voices, we would still show pity, embarrassment, joy with the soft strokes of being human.
News of the World is that subtle reminder that we all need. I highly recommend this read because it will seriously melt your heart. In many book clubs they're recommending it be paired with Tribe by Sebastian Junger. I'm going to try to get my hands on a copy of that next. Get both from the library and dog-ear every page you love for the next person. Leave that muted symbol, imagine the rubbed sound of crisped page against their thumb.
We Must Give Everyone a Name and Not a Body of Fears.
I have a lot of thoughts about Ta-Nehisi Coates new book Between the World and Me, a pseudo-memoir written to his son about being young and black in America, and they're not quite organized in my head, but with a little help from Otis Redding swooners and a homemade cup of coffee sans sugar, I think I can do it a bit of justice.
I was introduced to Coates when I came across The Case for Reparations his long essay in The Atlantic. I immediately wanted to handle him in the classroom, but the essay is quite long and it doesn't excerpt that well. It comes as a whole piece, and thus he wrote it as one. "The Case for Reparations" shows Coates' distinct writing style, but also shows his knowledge on his subjects and his desperation to share this knowledge with the American community (if now, we can call it that).
Highlighting and marginalia is a must with this book.
At the time that I was reading this, one of my Mother's good friend's sons was accused of a crime he didn't commit. This boy, a shy, six-foot-four black boy, who tries out for the high school basketball team every year, but never makes the team due to his inexperience with AAU or paid-basketball leagues. Shy is actually an understatement. Here is a boy who looks down when he speaks to adults, the word "sweet" sings home on every school report card, and covers his mouth when he laughs at my dad's one-liners.
And he was accused by a gaggle of women in their apartment complex of harassment, yelling sexual slurs at women on the sidewalk, and invading their personal space. Much like the woman harassed in NY (on the fifteen minute video of mostly black males), these women were sure the man was tall, and black. The two defining factors in their minds. He was questioned by the police in front of his mother. He teared up and pleaded with his mother to believe him around the kitchen table where she had worked hard to raise him on home-cooked meals and morals. She heard, "Mommy, Mommy, I didn't do this." Just a seventeen year old boy who still used "Mommy" when talking to his mother, and eyes full of innocence. This is, again, a boy who hasn't had a date in four years of high school because of his utter bashful.
You need a lot of breaks so always carry this book with another one. You will cry. Accept this about it.
Three rounds of police questioning. A line-up. A trip to a police station.
And it took one single blind woman, harassed by the culprit, to break the fears of (I assume) every black parent and say, "No, no, it couldn't be him, because this man has an accent."
An accent. From a woman who cannot see.
One defining factor. One defining factor from the woman who couldn't claim that the man was tall, or the man was black. One defining factor that four other women had somehow missed in the cat calls.
This is America, every single day.
You need a read aloud partner. Who's not a cat.
And this is the story that Coates is trying to portray in his essay Between the World and Me. Without blaming the people "who believe they are white," Coates takes the reader through a personal history that expands to a larger history of American culture and how it has reacted to the body (and arguably the mind) of the black American male. He says, "The point of this language of 'intention' and 'personal responsibility' is broad exoneration. Mistakes were made. Bodies were broken. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried our best. 'Good intention' is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream."
And this Dream is the point of the book. Living up to the Dream. Experiencing the boundaries of the Dream. Breaking the barriers of the Dream. Malcom Xing the Dream. Martin Luther King Jr. having a Dream. Dreams dying. Dreams being shot by dirty police officers who are following the Dream given to them by a society that has built the Dream on the very principles that break the Dream over the back of day Dreamers.
Image from Sandiegofreepress.org
I teach the American Dream in my American Literature classroom. I teach it as something that is conceivable but not always available to every American. I teach the Dream with Raisin in the Sun because it is the best example of a family that can high five the dream with the tips of their fingers, but the Dream moves, the white neighborhood watch tries to talk them from the Dream, the son tries to explode the Dream, the daughter tries to escape the Dream into her African ancestry, the mother believes in the Dream and then she hangs curtains to cover the view of the broken Dream.
And then there is Travis Younger. A boy who is too young by society's standards to be eligible for the Dream. But the Dream makes him ask his Momma if he can push carts after school for extra change. The Dream makes him see the fear made anger in his mother and father's tension. The Dream makes sure his grandmother makes his bed so he doesn't grow up too soon.
The Dream is already manifest. The Dream is already showing him that because he owns a black body that he is breakable.
"You preserved your life because your life, your body, was as good as anyone's, because your blood was as precious as jewels, and it should never be sold for magic, for spirituals inspired by unknowable hereafter. You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs nor to the insidious gravity of the streets. Black is beautiful–which is to say that the black body is beautiful, that black hair must be guarded against the torture of processing and lye, and black skin must be guarded against bleach, that our noses and mouths must be protected against modern surgery. We are all our beautiful bodies and so must never be prostrate before barbarians, must never submit our original self, our one of one, to defiling and plunder" (Coates, 36).
Me reading Raisin in the Sun
And is this what we teach our black males in school? Coates says "The classroom was a jail of other people's interests." This classroom where Texas classrooms can claim that the Civil War was not an act of keeping slavery as a business trade. Classrooms where Republicans can claim that same war was over "States' rights" and not the buying and selling of black bodies. Classrooms where teachers can decide just how much education is good enough education. As a high school English teacher, I know that we haven't moved away from one education for all. As much as I would love to see education individualized for the student, literature studied through the eyes of just one pupil based on their interests and expanding those interests, it's just not what is happening in America right now.
Because when black males came into my classroom, I saw what Coates describes, "The fear was there in the extravagant boys of my neighborhood, in their large rings and medallions, their big puffy coats and full-length fur-collared leathers, which was their armor against their world…with their hands dipped in Russell sweats. I think back to those boys now and all I see is fear, and all I see is them girding themselves against the ghosts of the bad old days when the Mississippi mob gathered 'round their grandfathers so that the branches of the black body might be torched, then cut away. The fear lived on in their practiced bop, their slouching denim, their big T-shirts, the calculated angle of their baseball caps, a catalog of behaviors and garments enlisted to inspire the belief that these boys were in firm possession of everything they desired. I saw it in their customs of war" (Coates, 14)
And Coates is a generation ahead of my students. Coates describes the boys of his childhood as the boys who walk into my classroom everyday. Now it's Lebron and not Russell. Now it's chains and not rings. Now it's sagging and not slouching. But it's all the same. In a generation of young black males, the same fear grows suddenly large against a world where judgment and ownership has always been the Dream.
I dedicate myself to this cause in my classroom. My classroom will not be a jail of interests of my choosing, but a field of interest growing.
Howard University (Coates' Mecca)
It will be what Howard was for Coates. "A Mecca" of knowledge, and discovery. I will give each child a name to live on and not a body that houses fear. This was my favorite realization from Coates' book. He only names the deceased. Never does he name his son, never does he name his wife, Prince has a clear name, a clear story, a heated intervention to the reader that only the named black bodies, only the black bodies that have proven owned will get a name. This is how they earn their name.
This can no longer be okay in America. We must give everyone a name. We must complete the story that Coates cliff-hanged. We must not let black be synonymous with lower class, with darkness, with evil, with anything that can be less than because black is what holds up a sky of dead stars, and I refuse to see any of my students live a life where every corner is a death wish, and every badge is a death warrant.
Black. is the only reason we can see lightening. The only reason that stars can be seen like sugar in the sky. The words on a page that make me both more human, and more capable. A black body is beautiful, matters, grows strong and meaningful, makes a difference, doesn't need to live in fear, and is a body of worth in society. When we can live in a world that doesn't stark contrast us into categories, and a world where no color is synonymous with damage, then Coates and I can both live in a world with no in-betweens.
If America claims to be the number one country in the world (just the fact that we see ourselves as competition with the world is kind of disgusting in this conversation), then why is Coates able to see alleys in France as walkways and not darkness where his body will be mugged? Action > Intentions. It's time, America. And it's time for this book. Toni Morrison says it's required reading, and Toni Morrison is the sole reason I believe the old dead white man's canon is wrong.


The maids put their own lives at risk and unmask a killer.
Marisol puts herself in harm's way as she digs deeper into Flora's murder. Peri goes through great lengths to get Rosie to forgive her. Carmen rekindles her relationship with Sam after seeing how lonely Alejandro is, despite his fame. Zoila continues to disapprove of Genevieve and Phillipe's relationship. Remi makes a major decision, putting Valentina in a difficult position.
Zoila's job is jeopardized when Genevieve has financial troubles; Marisol makes a discovery at the Powell house; Carmen is jealous when Sam starts dating; Valentina worries about Remi's erratic behavior.
Marisol is at risk of blowing her cover when an ex-student recognizes her in front of Rosie. Valentina discovers the cause of Remi's mood swings and reluctantly turns to Zoila for help. Carmen and Sam have some disagreements about their relationship.
The arrival of Genvieve's brother, Henri, complicates matters for Zoila, whose heart he broke years before. Rosie vows to help Spence with his marriage. Tensions between Carmen and Odessa are at an all-time high when Alejandro allows Carmen to be a guest at the party he's hosting while Odessa works in her place. Marisol offers to work a fundraiser at the Powell house in order to uncover more information about Flora's murder.
When Nick refuses to divulge his secret past, Marisol sets off on a quest to find out the truth. Zoila struggles with her feelings for Javier and Pablo. Carmen must play babysitter to Spence's son. Rosie recruits Lucinda and Didi to work together to rescue Kenneth and put a stop to Reggie's financial thievery. Valentina tells the police what she knows about Ethan and his crew.
Carmen feels threatened by an old flame from Alejandro's past and goes to great lengths to insure that her career isn't in jeopardy; Zoila helps Valentina with her job but ignores problems at home; Rosie begins a new job with a dysfunctional family; Marisol tries to make peace with Opal; Peri threatens Spence so he will stay in their marriage; Adrian copes with a home invasion but fails to protect Evelyn in a dangerous situation.
Michael's ex-wife drops a bomb about Taylor's past; Adrian tries to cheer up his friend; Valentina and Genevieve try to get Remi to notice Valentina as more than a friend; Spence offers to help Rosie; Carmen gets a meeting with a music producer.
Reggie moves forward with his plans to tear apart the Miller household. Genevieve is surprised when her estranged mother shows up at her door. Marisol deals with a gossipy new hire at the Deering mansion. Ty's obsession with Carmen takes a violent turn. Adrian begins to suspect that Tony may not be who he claims to be.
Marisol finds a new love; Peri goes to great lengths to keep Spence and Rosie apart; Zoila discovers that Valentina is back from Africa; Carmen and Alejandro settle in to their fake relationship; Odessa reaches her limit; Adrian and Evelyn hire a handsome bodyguard.
Marisol discovers some shocking news about her fiancé Nicholas and Opal. Dissatisfied with the doctor that Didi's provided for Kenneth, Rosie takes Kenneth to a specialist who provides them newfound hope. Carmen prepares for her performance debut in front of industry bigwigs, but when reality hits she struggles to perform. Genevieve tries to show her support by inviting Zoila to a luncheon. Increasingly wary of Adrian's behavior, Evelyn finds comfort elsewhere. Valentina struggles to get over Remi.
Nicholas reveals a shocking secret while in a pill-induced haze. Rosie wants to save Kenneth. Zoila forces Genevieve to face her mother. Valentina asks Remi to help Ethan. Spence gets some bad news.
Marisol discovers more secrets about Opal. Rosie attempts to help Lucinda, which only leads to further strife within the Miller family. Carmen prepares for a performance. Zoila tries to move on from her husband and goes on a date. Genevieve interferes with Valentina and Ethan's relationship.
Valentina worries Remi will hate her when he returns from rehab. Rosie wants Spence to defend her honor after Adrian propositions her. Marisol learns her son was caught up in nefarious activities. Carmen has trouble going through with a favor for Alejandro. Taylor and Michael have exciting news.
Marisol convinces Nicholas to get rid of Opal; Reggie grows jealous when he learns of Rosie's history with Spence; Carmen tries to let Ty down easy; Zoila gets closer to Javier; Adrian is suspicious of the relationship between Evelyn and Tony.
Valentina's plans to get closer to Remi continue to irritate Zoila. Rosie gets caught in the middle when Spence accuses Peri of cheating. Carmen takes advantage of Alejando and Odessa being out of the house, much to Sam's dismay. Marisol tries to figure out a way to spend more time at the Powell house.
Nicholas asks Marisol a surprising question. Opal turns to Ethan for help. Genevieve invites Zoila and Javier over for dinner. Valentina gets caught in the crossfire of Evelyn and Adrian trying to outsmart each other. Carmen and Spence deal with Ty misbehaving. Lucinda and Rosie argue about her behavior.
Alejandro and Carmen offer different opinions about his new relationship; Marisol gets closer to the truth; Rosie cleans up a serious mess for Peri; Philippe and Genvieve grow closer, but Zoila doesn't believe that he's changed his philandering ways.


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NOAA's GOES-R Satellite Arrives At NASA Kennedy Space Center Ahead of November's Launch
By NASA // August 23, 2016
Scheduled to Launch on Nov. 4 at 5:40 p.m. EDT
NOAA's GOES-R satellite arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility from Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Littleton, Colorado, on Aug. 22 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo jet. (NASA Image)
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (NASA) – NOAA's GOES-R satellite arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility from Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Littleton, Colorado, on Monday aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo jet.
After its arrival, the GOES-R spacecraft was pulled from its shipping container, and has since undergone additional testing and preparation for encapsulation on top of the rocket that will take it to its geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles above Earth.
"This milestone is a great achievement for the entire GOES-R team, who have worked tirelessly to get the spacecraft to Florida," said Greg Mandt, NOAA's GOES-R system program director.
"Moving forward, we are focused on preparing this highly-advanced weather satellite for its historic launch in just a few short months."
GOES-R is scheduled to launch Nov. 4 at 5:40 p.m. EDT aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The Atlas V has proven a reliable option for NASA's Launch Services Program the organization that oversees NASA launches and chooses the best launchers for specific spacecraft. GOES-R has a two-hour launch window beginning at 5:40 p.m. on Nov. 4. Additional launch attempts will be made if necessary, such as in the event of severe weather.
GOES-R is scheduled to launch Nov. 4 at 5:40 p.m. EDT aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. (NASA Image)
GOES-R will be the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), which will also include GOES-S, T, and U.
These satellites will provide significant enhancements for weather forecasters at NOAA's National Weather Service, giving them the ability to observe the Western Hemisphere in near-real time. GOES-R will offer three times more spectral channels, four times better resolution, and provide five times faster scans of the Earth compared with current GOES satellites.
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GOES-R, which will be known as GOES-16 once it reaches orbit, will become operational following a one-year checkout and validation phase. The satellite's operational location (either 75 degrees West or 137 degrees West) will be determined by NOAA's Office of Satellite and Product Operations based on the health and performance of the current GOES constellation.
The GOES-R satellite series is NOAA's next generation of geostationary Earth-observing systems. The GOES-R Series Program is a collaborative development and acquisition effort between NOAA and NASA. The advanced spacecraft and instrument technology employed by the GOES-R series will provide significant improvements in the detection and observations of environmental phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property and our nation's economic health and prosperity.
GOES-R will be the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), which will also include GOES-S, T, and U. (NOAA Image)

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Leo Lomax, the Sound Bender, returns in this globe-trotting sequel.
Leo is back in New York, and things are worse than ever. His Uncle Crane has isolated him from his friends, pulled him from his school, and is keeping him under near-constant surveillance.
When a strange mask once owned by his father begins to draw Crane's attention, however, Leo is presented with a devil's bargain. If he helps Crane find the mask's other half, he can return to his life and his friends. To sweeten the deal, Crane will even pay for a fact-finding mission to check out Leo's parents' plane crash.
There's just one catch. In order to find the mask, Leo will have to travel across the world -- and take it from its rightful owners.


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Francis City to host Frontier Days
Summit County | September 1, 2015
Angelique McNaughton
countynews@parkrecord.com
dennishowland@msn.com or at 801-389-1893 .
Frontier Days resumes Monday with a 5K at 7 a.m. followed by the Jr. Rodeo and several rodeo events, such as the popular Ring of Fear. For a full schedule of events, go to http://www.francisutah.org/frontier-days.htm.
Tickets and entry applications are still available for the RMPRA Rodeo. For more information call 435-783-6836.
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Every summer the towns on Summit County's East Side take turns hosting events to honor the community and recognize traditions. This weekend its Francis City's turn.
Francis City designates Labor Day weekend for its annual Frontier Days celebration, which spans three days: Friday, Saturday and Monday. The event features several popular attractions, including vendors, a parade, live music and a rodeo.
"It's just a lot of down-home country people who come," said Marcy Burrell, a Francis City planner. "It's usually not too crowded and it is really fun. But we are definitely going to go above and beyond what we normally do for fun."
Organizers are expecting a large crowd this year because the event coincides with the city's sesquicentennial anniversary. Several programs highlighting Francis City's settlement and history are scheduled.
Francis resident Steve Brown will be selling his book a "Brief History of the Past" about Francis's history for around $10.
"I think it's a good deal and I think the city takes the right steps to celebrate Francis," Brown said of the event. "Francis had it tough when it got started, but it's typical small-town Utah and America."
Three bluegrass bands will play throughout the day on Saturday at City Park, including local band Dan Bates. The music will go from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other activities will include craft booths, a climbing wall and bounce houses.
A new feature this year will be the a cook-off, sponsored by the International Dutch Oven Society. Residents are invited to cook three dishes for the contest or purchase a $10 wristband and sample the entrees. The Grand Champion may be invited to compete in the International Dutch Oven Society championship cook-off in March.
"We are really anticipating a bigger crowd than normal," Burrell said. "We have a fun celebration that is mostly free and very family friendly."
The unofficial theme for the weekend is military appreciation to honor the county's veterans, especially those of the Vietnam War. The parade, to be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, will feature a motorcycle procession of approximately 25 to 50 military veterans who are traveling from Layton. It will be followed by a Vietnam Memorial ceremony at the Francis City Rodeo Arena.
Dennis Howland, president of the Utah chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America, said organizers are searching for Summit County residents who served in that conflict to recognize at the Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Saturday night.
"We are really working hard to remind people that our guys served in a very tough war and came home to a less-than-welcome situation," Howland said. "I grew up in a small town in the Midwest. When I came home I was treated badly everywhere except in my hometown."
The RMPRA Rodeo is scheduled to be held at 7 p.m. at the Francis City Rodeo Arena. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 3-12. Veterans will receive a $2 discount with an ID. The night is tagged as "Military Appreciation Night," where spectators and contestants are encouraged to wear camouflage.
"I think it's incredible and we feel very honored that someone is finally saying, 'We want to welcome you home.' It means a lot to Vietnam veterans," Howland said. "I just think that Francis Frontier Days and the parade is really what America is about."
Howland encouraged any veterans or family members of veterans to contact him to be recognized at the rodeo at dennishowland@msn.com or at 801-389-1893 .
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South Korea 'Rasputin' daughter will be extradited: Danish court
A Danish court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of the daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's president.
Published: 19 April 2017 17:19 CEST
Chung Yoo-Ra's spell in Denmark has ended with an extradition order at Aalborg District Court. Photo: Mikkel Berg Pedersen/Scanpix
Chung Yoo-Ra, the 20-year-old daughter of the woman dubbed South Korea's "Rasputin", is one of the figures in the influence-peddling scandal that led to huge street protests demanding the removal of President Park Geun-Hye.
Chung was detained in Denmark on January 1 for overstaying her visa, after South Korean authorities issued a warrant for her arrest.
Seoul then sought her extradition, which the Danish public prosecution authority approved on March 17. Chung then took her case against extradition to the Aalborg district court.
"The district court confirms decision from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms Chung is to be extradited," the prosecution authority wrote on Twitter.
The District Court confirms decision from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Ms. Chung is to be extradited. Appeal is filed #anklager
— Rigsadvokaten (@Rigsadvokaten) April 19, 2017
Prosecution spokesman Simon Gosvig told AFP that Chung, who has denied any wrongdoing, had immediately filed an appeal with the court in Aalborg.
"We would like another result saying she's not to be sent to South Korea, so we made an appeal right away to the High court," Chung's lawyer Michael Juul Eriksen told AFP outside the Aalborg district court.
Eriksen said Chung's main fear was losing contact with her infant son because she had been "pressured" and "threatened" by the Korean authorities to collaborate in the case.
"If we could get some guarantee that she would not lose contact with her son… that could also solve the problem because then she would be willing to go back freely," Eriksen said.
An equestrian who has reportedly bought horses and trained in Denmark in the past, she has told police she was in Denmark because of her involvement in the sport.
Chung's mother, a confidante of Park's, is accused of using her influence to secure her daughter's admission to an elite Seoul university, with a state probe revealing that the school had admitted her at the expense of better-qualified candidates.
The revelation touched a raw nerve in education-obsessed South Korea. Several professors at Ewha Womans University, including a former school president, have been investigated for allegedly giving Chung preferential treatment.
A South Korean special prosecutor is also probing allegations that Chung's mother used millions of dollars of bribes from Samsung, South Korea's largest conglomerate, to finance her daughter's equestrian career and luxurious lifestyle in Europe.
Prior to Wednesday's hearing, Eriksen told Danish news agency Ritzau he would argue that his client had not committed any crime and that the extradition was politically motivated.
"We think this is a political case, and therefore there can be no extradition," he said.
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was on Monday charged with bribery involving millions of dollars over the massive corruption and influence-peddling scandal that brought her down and which has also implicated top businessmen.
The former leader, already detained at a centre near Seoul, also faces charges of abusing her powers and leaking state secrets.
Park is accused of colluding with her confidante, Chung's mother Choi Soon-sil, who is already on trial for coercing local conglomerates into donating a total of 77.4 billion won ($68 million) to two non-profit foundations.
Choi allegedly used some of the donations for personal gain.
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Klaus Benkert (* 20. Juni 1938) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler, der in den 1950er Jahren für Rotation Babelsberg und Einheit Dresden in der DDR-Oberliga, der höchsten Spielklasse des DDR-Fußballs aktiv war.

Sportliche Laufbahn
Als 14-Jähriger begann Klaus Benkert 1952 bei Rotation Babelsberg organisiert Fußball zu spielen. 1956 wurde er mit der Babelsberger Junioren-Mannschaft DDR-Meister. Im Sommer 1957 (Kalenderjahr-Spielzeit) kam er zu drei Punktspieleinsätzen als Stürmer in der Oberligamannschaft von Rotation Babelsberg. In der Saison 1958 spielte Benkert für den Oberligisten Einheit Dresden, wo er als Rechtsaußenstürmer 13 Oberligaspiele bestritt und dabei drei Tore erzielte. Obwohl Rotation Babelsberg 1958 aus der Oberliga abgestiegen war, kehrte Benkert 1959 dorthin zurück. Bis 1960 absolvierte er dort in der DDR-Liga 49 von 52 Punktspielen und erzielte acht Tore. Zu Beginn der Saison 1961/62 (Rückkehr zur Sommer-Frühjahr-Spielzeit) wurde die DDR-Liga-Mannschaft von Rotation Babelsberg zum neu gegründeten SC Potsdam transferiert, der den DDR-Liga-Platz übernahm. Die Fußballsektion des SC Potsdam bestand bis zum Ende 1965. In den dreieinhalb Spielzeiten mit insgesamt 110 DDR-Liga-Spieltagen war Benkert mit 135 Einsätzen Rekordspieler der Potsdamer. Er kam auf 15 Tore. Nach Einstellung des Fußball-Spielbetriebes beim SC Potsdam wurden dessen Spieler dem bisherigen Kreisligisten Motor Babelsberg zugewiesen, der den DDR-Liga-Platz des Sportclubs übernahm. Bis 1967/68 spielte Motor Babelsberg in der DDR-Liga, und Benkert war in dieser Zeit erneut Rekordspieler. Von den 75 Punktspielen verpasste er lediglich eine Partie. In jeder Saison zählte er zu den Torschützen und kam auf insgesamt zehn Treffer. Anschließend spielte Benkert noch eine Saison mit den Babelsbergern in der drittklassigen Bezirksliga und beendete danach 32-jährig seine Laufbahn als Fußballspieler. Dem Babelsberger Fußball blieb er bis ins Rentenalter als Nachwuchstrainer erhalten.

Literatur
 Deutsches Sportecho: Jahrgänge 1956–1970.
 Hanns Leske: Enzyklopädie des DDR-Fußballs. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3, S. 68.
 Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: Die Geschichte der DDR-Oberliga. 2. Auflage. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6, S. 292, 307.
 DSFS (Hrsg.): DDR-Chronik – DDR-Fußball 1949–1991 (Band 8). Berlin 2010, S. 133.

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A report on the management of European Union funds said the fight against high-level corruption and organised crime was not producing results and the Commission had to act to protect taxpayers' money.
The European Commission suspended aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) and barred two key payments agencies from receiving EU funds over corruption and mismanagement, a spokesman said.
A report on the management of European Union funds by the latest and poorest EU member said the fight against high-level corruption and organised crime was not producing results and the Commission had to act to protect taxpayers' money.
"Therefore, the Commission has taken the decision today to formalise this suspension (of pre-accession aid) and withdraw the accreditataion for two government agencies in charge of managing these pre-accession funds," spokesman Johannes Laitenberger said.
The two reports on Bulgaria -- one on funds and the other on judicial reform and the fight against corruption and organised crime -- were the most scathing criticism ever levelled by Brussels at a member state.
"Reform of the judiciary and law enforcement structures is necessary and long overdue," the Commission said. "The fight against high-level corruption and organised crime is not producing results."
Unlike fellow Black Sea newcomer Romania, which was criticised in a separate report on judicial reform, Bulgaria was subjected to financial sanctions.
But the EU executive softened the blow at the last minute by toning down the harshest wording of earlier drafts and omitting a threat to delay Bulgaria's entry into the euro single currency zone and the Schengen area of passport-free travel.
And the reports were presented to the media by low-profile spokesmen rather than by Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso or any political-level representative.
Laitenberger gave no overall figure for the suspended funds, but Commission officials said the amount frozen was more than 500 million euros ($786.7 million).
The funds concerned are mainly in the PHARE technical assistance programme for acceding countries, and in the ISPA road-building programme. In the case of the PHARE funds, unless the payments agencies are reformed sufficiently to recover their accreditation by the end of this year, the money will be lost.


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X Ambassadors' 'Unsteady' Gets Future Bass Remix From Justin Caruso: Exclusive Premiere
20-year-old L.A. DJ Justin Caruso has teamed up with X Ambassadors to deliver one of the latest remixes for "Unsteady," on Interscope, premiering exclusively on Billboard Dance below.
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20-year-old L.A. DJ Justin Caruso has teamed up with X Ambassadors to deliver one of the latest remixes for "Unsteady," the first official on Interscope, premiering exclusively on Billboard Dance below.
Experiencing anxiety throughout his life, Caruso was motivated to add his touch to "Steady" because of the unease expressed lyrically.
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"First time I heard this track (Unsteady) I fell in love with the vocals and the tone of the song and I was so excited to put my own point of view on it," he tells Billboard. "I wanted to capture the original song by starting my remix with the piano and vocals on it's own, but then added my own elements to put my own twist on it."
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Floral City is a darling town located in Citrus County with a collection of historic buildings dating from the 1860s and later. The area experienced a large boom during the 1890s as phosphate mining became a major industry, and the town at one point had a population of over 10,000 people. The phosphate industry left by the 1920s, leaving behind Folk Victorian homes surrounded by giant live oaks. Visitors today can stop at the collection of quaint shops, including the wonderful Florida Artists Gallery and Cafe.
The back left side of the porch was to be enclosed. However, the turned columns, railing and beam location didn't lend itself to easy insertion of new screens.
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Tech's Swift Reaction To Hate Groups Was Years In The Making
Advocates like the Anti-Defamation League have been cajoling Silicon Valley for years to cut off violent white-supremacist groups.
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The sometimes-uncomfortable relationship between online service providers and their more unsavory customers changed in the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy. Companies that don't take a public stand on the content they carry started to take one, with both GoDaddy and Cloudflare dropping infamous neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer. Others, like PayPal, which had quietly taken one-off actions on hate sites in the past, started dropping customers by the dozens, including American Renaissance, League of the South, VDARE, and Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute and AltRight.com. While tech's crackdown on violence-inciting white nationalist sites came rapidly following the turmoil in Virginia, it took years of cajoling by activists and advocates to get Silicon Valley ready for action.
"We put out our first report about cyberhate in 1985," says Brittan Heller, director of technology and society for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In 2012, the ADL inaugurated its Working Group on Cyberhate. "This was one of the first bodies to get organizations across the tech industry to talk about these issues," says Heller. The ADL doesn't publish a list of its members, but Heller says it includes "all the major tech companies like Facebook and Google, Apple and Microsoft, Twitter." In 2014, the Working Group put out best-practice guidelines for tech companies to handle online hate—like clearly explaining terms of service for users and providing mechanisms for people to report abuse.
Going For The Money
That same year, the Southern Poverty Law Center began its Silicon Valley push. "In 2014, we decided that we needed to at least make an effort to work with the tech companies to de-monetize hate," says Heidi Beirich, director of SPLC's Intelligence Project. SPLC persuaded Apple to stop selling music by white power bands including Skrewdriver, Max Resist, and the Bully Boys (with tunes like "Fire Up the Ovens") on iTunes. Amazon agreed to drop many hate sites from its affiliate program, which pays site owners if people clicking on ads or other links to Amazon go on to make a purchase.
Related: The Tech Companies That Have Banned Hate Groups Since Charlottesville
The big prize, though, would be PayPal. "It's the banking system for the white supremacist movement," says Beirich, who is not one to speak delicately. "We've approached them, we've given them information about these hate groups. They've done nothing." Yet another organization, Color of Change, had a different experience. "Some companies were very willing to talk to us, like PayPal," says Rashad Robinson, the group's executive director. "Others, it was a bit tougher to get them to engage in conversation."
PayPal was a tag-team effort between SPLC, which started talks in 2015, and Color of Change, which began efforts to defund white nationalist groups in February. (It resulted in the Blood Money petition that launched on August 16.) "When Color of Change started to meet with PayPal months ago, we provided all our correspondence with Paypal to [them]," says Beirich. Robinson says his group could not have mounted its campaign without SPLC's research on dangerous sites. "We made some very clear demands around a whole set of sites that we felt weren't just about hate, but were about promoting violence and terrorism," he says.
The result: PayPal agreed to drop over three dozen sites that had used PayPal for e-commerce or donations. And the company released a public statement on the changes, a break from its usual approach of quietly dropping sites. "This would not have happened right away this quickly if we had not been pushing, and there had not been internal debates inside these companies, where there were people probably on our side and people who were not," says Robinson.
PayPal wouldn't discuss its conversations with groups. But spokesman Justin Higgs replied with an email that read, in part, "The company welcomes constructive dialogue on this important issue and embraces feedback from groups that desire to work with us to prohibit hateful, intolerant and violent organizations from using our platform."
Rising Tension
The level of rapport between advocates and companies varies, as do their perceptions of progress. "It depends on the company you're talking about, like Facebook has always been better about content when there's a violation," says Beirich. "Twitter goes crazy on ISIS accounts, but will let other people post basically whatever they want."
Heller, however, counts Twitter as a major success for the ADL, which is a member of the company's Trust and Safety Council, created in 2016. That year saw rampant anti-Semitic harassment of reporters (regardless of their ethnic, religious, or even political background). Heller, a former Department of Justice attorney, used data analysis to find 2.6 million discriminatory tweets and identify the main accounts behind them. The data persuaded Twitter to suspend 2,000 white supremacist accounts.
Related: Cloudflare's Matthew Prince Explains Why It Was So Hard To Dump The Daily Stormer
Other times, the results are mixed. "Google was a very complicated situation because they were very open to removing monetization, like the Google ads," says Beirich. "But when we brought up issues with their algorithm [which SPLC says promotes fake news], they were like, 'We are not talking to you about that.'"
Regardless of the company, steady pressure has been required. The ADL advocates a soft touch, compared to the SPLC's in-your-face style. "It's better to work with the tech companies as a trusted partner so we can be critical and they can listen," says Heller, who takes a diplomatic tone. "And we can help them with the problems and really push from the inside for change." Beirich says that SPLC tried the collaborative approach, but was frustrated by the lack of results and felt that the Valley wasn't taking them seriously. So she and her team went on the offensive, putting out research like an excoriating report on security provider Cloudflare's hate-site clients.
Color of Change also went public when diplomacy stalled. "PayPal knew that we were going public, launching this [Blood Money] campaign," says Robinson. "And we heard from PayPal [the night before] that they were getting rid of a set of sites."
Whether working publicly or privately, advocates have had to push for action. Ever politic, Heller says that the ADL was "encouraging" companies for months to drop white supremacist sites. Companies were aware of intensifying dangers over the past year, she says. Still it took the deadly drama in Charlottesville to get most tech companies moving. "I think it was a Rubicon, because it made it very clear that this was not people exercising their freedom of expression," says Heller. "Incitement to violence . . . is not protected speech."
Sean Captain is a Bay Area technology, science, and policy journalist. Follow him on Twitter @seancaptain.


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Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean? (Alison Wonderland Remix)
Been waiting for this release ever since the Aussie DJ dropped it at EDC early last month. A mix of trap and future house transforms JB's "What Do You Mean?" into a whole new sounding banger. Can't wait to see Alison when she make her way around the US on her "Run" 2015 spring tour.
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Justin Bieber - I'll Show You
Another one (DJ Khaled Voice). JB and Skrillex drop "I'll Show You", a lovestep ballad where it's stripped down and Justin's voice gets to shine the entire song. It's crazy how much Skrillex has grown musically over the years from where he started to where he is now, dude is crazy diverse and I love it. Again, "Purpose" is going to do numbers! Like platinum off the back, a feat that's hard to do in the digital age. "Purpose" drops Nov. 13th.
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This album is going to be fire. Here's another banger from Skrillex and JB called "Sorry", they're just on a roll making it their third collaboration in a row. I saw one site saying it's his 3 stages of grief, "Where Are U Now?", "What Do You Mean?", and now "Sorry", lol. It has a subtle dancehall track feel which I'm digging and the video features the all girls ReQuest Dance Crew and Royal Family Mega Crew, both from New Zealand and I've been following both online for awhile now. Super fun and colorful video. "Purpose" drops Nov. 19th.
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Video: Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?
I just can't get enough of this song! Kinda reminds me of Kygo with the tropical sounding instruments and feel, but surprisingly enough it was produced by Skrillex which absolutely blows my mind. The video is dumb as shit but the featured girl Xenia Deli is hot and got me to watch it, it even has John Leguizamo in it for absolutely no reason. Regardless of the shitty video, the song is dope and JB continues to kill it.
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Video: Jack U - Where Are U Now ft. Justin Bieber
The song of the moment right now, everybody is finally catching up and JB's dance ballad is tearing up the charts thanks to Skrillex and Diplo. Some people hate it just because it's the Beibs but you can't deny this song is fire! The video is at first understated but becomes a hodge podge of flashing art and graffiti, quite similar to the main album cover art. Some site actually had the time to slow down the frames and JB even takes a shot at Ms. Gomez; that's what the song is originally about in the first place right?
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Jack U - Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U (Album Stream)
Skrillex and Diplo finally drop their highly anticipated album late Friday night "Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U". The 10 song album has a plethora of features from 2 Chainz, to Missy Elliott, even to an unexpected Justin Bieber. Dope from start to finish. Free stream while it lasts!
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10 Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy
Saturday, January 31st 2015. | Arts
Here are the interesting Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy. This man is famous as the artist who focuses on the land and environment art. He also produces the natural sculptures. This British artist was born on 26th July 1956 in Cheshire, England. Goldsworthy works and lives in Scotland.
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 1: education
He had his training at Preston Polytechnic. He also went to Bradford College of Art to study fine art.
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 2: the artworks
Let's find out the artworks of Goldsworthy. He creates the artworks from various natural materials and resources such as pine cones, grass, bark, thorns, snow, boulders, pebbles, ice, flowers, twigs, mud, ice and many more.
Andrew Goldsworthy Art
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 3: awards
There are many kinds of awards that Goldsworthy received such as the Scottish Arts Council Award, OBE, and Yorkshire Arts Award.
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 4: parents
His father was F. Allin Goldsworthy who lived in 1929 until 2001. He worked at University of Leeds as an applied mathematics professor.
Andrew Goldsworthy Arts
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 5: the early life
He was raised by his parents in Harrogate side of Leeds, West Yorkshire. He worked as a laborer on a farm at the age of 13.
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 6: leaving the college
After he graduated and finished his education, he lived in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. Then he relocated to Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway in 1985. Then he lives in Penpont.
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Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 7: an honorary degree
I believe that Goldsworthy was very proud when University of Bradford awarded him with an honorary degree in 1993.
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 8: the job today
If you ask me his work today, he serves at Cornell University as an A.D. White Professor-At-Large.
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Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 9: in popular culture
You can see the depiction of Goldsworthy in Rivers and Tides. It was a documentary movie made in 2001. The main subject discussed in the movie directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer was Andrew Goldsworthy. Check out another artist in Alphonse Mucha facts.
Facts about Andrew Goldsworthy 10: personal life
He married Judith Gregson in 1982. They have four children. But the couple decides to separate. Today, he lives with Tina Fiske, his partner.
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Q: graphical representation The big query demo found on qlikview seems very interesting.
http://ap.demo.qlikview.com/QvAJAXZfc/opendoc.htm?document=qvdocs/American%20Birth%20Statistics.qvw#
But I did not understand how do I apply this view to my tables.
Is there a software that needs to be installed in order to have such nice views?
Do I need to download QlikView Connector for Google BigQuery ?
I downloaded it along with QlikView Extension for Google BigQuery. But could not install it.
Is this installation really necessary or I can do it online?

A: In order to use QlikView and BigQuery together (via the "QlikView Connector for Google BigQuery"):

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*Download and install QlikView.

*Download and install the QlikView Connector for Google BigQuery.

*Visit "https://developers.google.com/console," select the BigQuery project you are working with, and under API Access create a Client ID for installed applications.

*Go back to QlikView and under File select Edit Script

*Under the Data tab at the bottom, select the BigQuery option from the dropdown menu.

*Use the Client ID and Secret you created in step 3 in the dialog (make sure you have a web browser open, with a project member authenticated for Google Services).

*You can then add your SQL-like BigQuery statement to the script editor.

There's more information available in the documentation that comes with the QlikView Connector for Google BigQuery.

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by Turretguy36
So, I'm new the the pfhorums here, but not too new to Marathon, I've been playing it for only a year now, but still, not new. I got into it after draining many hours into Bungie's newest games [the Halo series] and really got into the Marathon trilogy.
I'm 20, and have a 1 year old son (I'm not going into details about the situation) so my gaming days aren't as long lasting as they used to be, so all I've done is beat Marathon, and the first 8 levels of Marathon: Durandal (so far). I do a "Let's Play" of them on YouTube so in a way, that slows my time down with these games as well. And the first seven parts of my 'Let's Play Bungie's Marathon' are pretty boring as it was my first time doing one.
I love Bungie, I love Halo, and I love Marathon, so I thought I'd join the forum/pfhorum and see what's up with Marathon's community. So, that's my long Hello to you guys, and if you're at all interested in seeing my not-so-good job at playing Marathon (44 Parts) and Marathon 2 (18ish Parts so far I believe) then you can view them on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/turretguy36
But don't mind the first seven parts of the first Marathon, like I said. The commentary is quite boring, non-existant, or just annoying. But I improve with it and the parts go on.
Anyways, I'm just rambling, Hello!
My 'name' is turretguy36, and I'm happy to be here
by Destiny
Welcome new guy. I hope you last longer than most others.
I can't watch your videos at the moment. I only have my 3DS for internet, and it doesn't view Youtube videos.
My first Let's Play was something for Marathon too. I went through an old scenario I made. My commentary was pretty strange the first two videos because I didn't know whether the mic would work or not.
If your a fan of Bungie, does it mean or going to play Destiny when it comes out?
by ukimalefu
Destiny wrote: Welcome new guy. I hope you last longer than most others.
I guess the 3DS can't do flash, but, can it do HTML5?
http://www.youtube.com/html5
Yeah, it more than likeky can't do flash. I seriously don't know what I'm using for a broswer. All I know is that Google is my search engine (could have chosen Yahoo! as well). I tried downloading a HTML5 supported broswer - Google Chrome - but I got a spinning half circle for the download and install that didn't really do anything. My internet wasn't loading anything.
Who knows. Video quality probably wouldn't be good on Youtube anyways if it did work on a 3DS. I'll just wait to get my own computer.
Well I plan to stay around, hopefully I won't pfhorget about this place. I think that humour should be left to Bungie... I won't to it again :p Oh you have a 3DS? You getting Pokemon X or Y? lol. I actually didn't even know it could go on the internet like a browser (I don't have one)
But to answer your other question, I will most definitely be playing Destiny when it comes out, it looks SO AMAZING. I hope there's Marathon and Halo easter eggs scattered throughout the game.
by SylithSenjak
Turretguy36 wrote: But to answer your other question, I will most definitely be playing Destiny when it comes out, it looks SO AMAZING. I hope there's Marathon and Halo easter eggs scattered throughout the game.
I have my fingers crossed for getting buzzed by Durandal if/when you get to go to Pluto. (Or maybe a nice laser-carved "DURANDAL WAS HERE" on Mars...)
I'm not getting Pokemon X or Y. I'm not into Pokemon anymore. I plan on getting the next Ace Attorney game this month on the 24th.
I hope Destiny comes to PC. If it doesn't, I'm going to have to wait until I get a PS4 so I can play Kingdom Hearts III.
I'd love to see more Marathon easter eggs. XD
SylithSenjak wrote:
Oh how I hope there's something like that. I'd love to see some reference of Durandal or even Leela or someone. I wonder if maybe there will even be Red VS Blue references. Man I'd love it so much if there was an old guy on one of the planets named John who talks about being in a war and stuff. (Being Master Chief)
There will probably be some form of terminal on planets that will probably have Durandal related information on them. I can almost guarantee that :p If people know Bungie, people know there WILL be easter eggs
Destiny wrote: I'm not getting Pokemon X or Y. I'm not into Pokemon anymore. I plan on getting the next Ace Attorney game this month on the 24th.
I don't even know what Ace Attorney is lol.
You aren't going with the Xbox One? What about the next few Halo games that won't be coming out on the PS4?
Like I said to the last guy, there will almost definitely be easter eggs in a Bungie game, so we can always hope there will be a few Marathon related ones Cause look at Halo, the Security helmet in Halo3, the Marathon logo on Keyes in Halo CE, the eyeball for the forge ball guy in Halo3, terminals in Halo3 and so on :p
You play as an attorney and point your finger yelling "OBJECTION!"
Halo is the only interesting exclusive for the Xbow One. PS4 has a lot more exclusives that I would be interested in.
Posted: Oct 10th '13, 00:57
by treellama
There isn't much hope hope for Marathon references. Maybe a logo here and there, or something you could find on Wikipedia. I don't think anybody left at Bungie really remembers the game.
Destiny wrote: You play as an attorney and point your finger yelling "OBJECTION!"
Oh that one game okay yea I just didn't recognize it by the name... which makes no sense but whatever.
What about Titanfall or whatever that Xbox One game is? Well I guess everyone has their own opinions, I'm probably going with the Xbox One for two reasons, Halo, and to carry on my gamertag/gamerscore :p
treellama wrote: There isn't much hope hope for Marathon references. Maybe a logo here and there, or something you could find on Wikipedia. I don't think anybody left at Bungie really remembers the game.
Why do you think that? Look at Halo 3, there was a bunch of them and that was only a few years ago, right? Well, a lot of years ago, but still, I think there may be some people left at Bungie who are loyal to their past. Like the lead guy? I forget his name right now...
Jason Jones. He's probably the last of the original team.
Yea wasn't he the founder/co-founder of Bungie? The guy who made Marathon?
He's still around Bungie, right, I think he'd have a say in some easter eggs.
But... from my knowledge I believe he had said he doesn't work in-depth with the games.
by craZboy557
Oh c'mon. My first Halo game was Reach, and I know what Marathon is. If most of the guys over at Bungie didn't know what it was that'd just be pathetic.
Turretguy36 wrote: I don't even know what Ace Attorney is lol.
"The forge guy", guh, that's 343 Guilt Spark. He's had that on his eye since CE.
Lol yea I know its 343 Guilty Spark, I just meant that also the one you are in forge rather than just the character in the game. I just worded it poorly...
There's also the Marathon emblem choice in some of the games too that's basically a easter egg sort of reference type deal. There will probably be a Marathon emblem SOMEWHERE in the huge game that will be Destiny.
Posted: Nov 11th '13, 04:31
by Anakinspadawan
Is anyone playing online in Marathon 3? Plus if you could help me get the online working.
Posted: Nov 22nd '13, 00:45
by Ares Ex Machina
Anakinspadawan wrote: Is anyone playing online in Marathon 3? Plus if you could help me get the online working.
I haven't played in months, but people were still playing it then. Infinity is the standard for online games. What's not working? I heard the server was temporarily down recently, so maybe it was that.


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Costa Rica smoked Uruguay, the 7th-ranked country in the world (and first country to legalize marijuana) at the 2014 World Cup. (Illustration by haimeluna/The Tico TImes)
Though La Sele achieved arguably the biggest upset of the World Cup so far, the win hasn't garnered them much respect from oddsmakers. Costa Rica still will face Italy as heavy underdogs at 10 a.m. on Friday.
ESPN's data-journalism site, 538, gave Costa Rica a decent 30 percent chance to win over Italy, while giving the 2006 World Cup champions a 41 percent chance to win. For sports betting sites, the odds look much worse for Costa Rica. Two popular betting sites in the United Kingdom, Paddy Power and Ladbrokes gave Costa Rica only a 14 to 15 percent chance of victory on Wednesday.
Costa Rica proved the doubters wrong over the weekend, beating the team predicted as this difficult group's slight favorite. Oddsmakers perhaps were not convinced after Costa Rica's 3-1 victory because Uruguay was missing one of the world's best players in Suárez.
So once again, the Ticos are planning to make the haters look silly again — this time by beating four-time World Cup champions Italy.
Although Costa Rica is not a favorite to beat Italy or England, it is a favorite to qualify from the group, with a 78 percent chance from 538 and approximately a 50 percent chance from betting sites at the beginning of the day Thursday. That's because Costa Rica could qualify without winning another game (and conceivably by losing both matches).
Here are latest Costa Rica's odds of beating Italy and/or England and qualifying for the knockout round from 538. Also listed are the bookmaker odds for the same scenarios, as of Thursday morning:
Thursday afternoon odds from data-journalism website 538 and two sports betting sites. Corey Kane/The Tico Times
Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Ties between teams with equal points are broken first by their total goal difference. Thus, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Italy each have three points at the moment. Costa Rica is slightly ahead, because it has a goal difference of +2 while Italy is at +1 and Uruguay is at -1.
England is almost mathematically eliminated. This morning oddsmakers figured England had the edge to qualify. Now the only way the English can surive is by Italy winning its final two matches, and then England beating Costa Rica by a large number of goals. The Ticos don't have any intention of allowing that to happen.
Can Costa Rica defy the odds and conquer Group D (or at least score a goal)?
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Pleasantville-based Axial Theatre will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on March 30 at its annual benefit by paying tribute to its founder, Howard Meyer. Meyer, the original artistic director of Axial and an award-winning playwright, is also the founder of the Howard Meyer Acting program, the County's first major multi-tiered acting program for children through adults. Last year, Meyer turned the keys of the ensemble company over to Catherine "Cat" Banks and Linda Giuliano, now Axial's co-artistic directors, who form a trio working closely with managing director/general counsel Elizabeth "Betsy" Klampert. Giuliano remains the company's literary manager.
The benefit will offer a cornucopia of gourmet bites, savory and sweet, plus libations and a silent auction featuring a one-week getaway in Cinque Terre on the Mediterranean coastline of the Italian Riviera, Broadway tickets, and other exciting items. Past and present members of Axial Theatre will pay tribute to Howard Meyer through a variety of entertainment formats.
Phantom's first New York Premiere at the Westchester Broadway Theater (WBT) was in 1992 and enjoyed a record breaking nine-month run: over 120,000 people attended. Night after night, audiences rose to their feet for the stunning musical thriller PHANTOM, which returned in 1996 and in 2007, directed and choreographed by Tom Polum, who had been in the original production. This extraordinary piece has already been brought back to WBT, and once again with Tom Polum at the helm.
PHANTOM was written by Arthur Kopit, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston who were the Tony Award winning collaborators for the Broadway Musical "Nine." PHANTOM is not to be confused with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, although both shows are based on the same Gaston LeRoux novel, with the Webber extravaganza being more like an opera, completely sung. The Yeston/Kopit PHANTOM is more of a traditional Broadway Musical with dialogue and songs throughout.
The story revolves around the central character of a man named Erik (also known as the Phantom), who was born and raised in the catacombs under the Paris Opera House. Through a series of circumstances, he takes on as a pupil a young woman named Christine, who has been a street singer. She has a natural talent and a beautiful voice, but she lacks the special training to perform in an Opera company. He agrees to take her on as a student with certain conditions, the main one being that she will never see his face. After a lot of hard work she eventually auditions for the company and is not only accepted but is given the opportunity to play a principal part in an Opera. Without realizing it, they fall in love with each other. The relationship becomes obsessive and impossible, leading to a stunning conclusion which can only be experienced by attending a performance.
The music and the drama of this piece are extraordinary and should not be missed!
For further details and for individual and group reservations: Call (914) 592-2222.
Zany Fun at 'The Play That Goes Wrong'… Just Look Up First!
(l-r) Harrison Unger, Jonathan Fielding, Clifton Duncan, Amelia McClain, Alex Mandell in the Olivier and Tony Award winning production of The Play That Goes Wrong, co-written by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, directed by Mark Bell. On Broadway at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street).Photo: Jeremy Daniel.
Soon after the audience took its seats for the Tony Award winning and Broadway comedy mega hit The Play that Goes Wrong, a member of the 'crew' recommended we 'look up.' "The light fixtures are ancient," he deadpanned. "And if we were sitting under one of them we 'might want to move' (as if we even could)…fair warning to patrons that even 'before the show,' nothing would be sacred or safe, and if something could go wrong, it probably would! We giggled, if a tad nervously.
The actor's matter of fact 'warning' set the tone as members of a 1920s era 'Cornley University Drama Society' struggle valiantly to perform their roles in The Play that Goes Wrong, a double murder mystery… over the course of getting to the bottom of whodunit, the actors are 'challenged' by a virtual onslaught of Mad Hat mishaps. Mind you, these consummate actors all the while are effortlessly employing classic devices of comic genius whether forgetting their own lines or reciting one another's, or yelling at the audience ("'You are a terrible audience!" one actor bellowed to our laughter) while navigating a precarious set in which everything either bops you in the nose or eventually collapses during the ensuing mayhem.
The Tony Award winning hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong continues to go right into the New Year! The producers of the longest running play currently on Broadway have announced that a new block of tickets is now on sale through July 1, 2018 following its best week ever and highest gross yet of $707,315. for the week ending December 31, 2017.
The Broadway cast of The Play That Goes Wrong stars Ashley Bryant (Emotional Creature) as "Annie," Clifton Duncan (City Center Encores! Assassins) as "Robert," Mark Evans (Paper Mill Playhouse's Mary Poppins) as "Chris," Jonathan Fielding (Noises Off) as "Jonathan," Alex Mandell (Hand to God) as Max, Amelia McClain (Noises Off) as "Sandra," Harrison Unger (Broadway debut) as "Dennis" and Akron Watson (The Color Purple) as "Trevor." The company also features Preston Truman Boyd (Sunset Boulevard), Ned Noyes (You Can't Take It With You), Ashley Reyes (Broadway debut) and Katie Sexton (Broadway debut).
The Play That Goes Wrong began performances March 9 and officially opened on Broadway on April 2 at The Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street).
The Broadway production of The Play That Goes Wrong received the 2017 Tony Award for Best Set Design, a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Best Play and the Theater Fans Award Choice Award for Best Play.
Awarded 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, 2014 WhatsOnStage Best New Comedy and 2015 UK BroadwayWorld Best New Play Awards, The Play That Goes Wrong is now in its fourth year in the West End, is currently on a 30 week UK tour and currently playing on six continents. The producers have avoided Antarctica for fear of a frosty reception.
It is a remarkable rags-to-riches story for a play which started its life at a London fringe venue with only four paying members of the public at the first performance, and has gone on to play to an audience of over 1.5 million people around the world.
Mischief Theatre, led by Artistic Director Henry Lewis and Company Director Jonathan Sayer, was founded in 2008 by a group of graduates of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and began as an improvised comedy group. Mischief Theatre performs across the UK and internationally with improvised and original scripted work.
In addition to the current hit London production of The Play That Goes Wrong at The Duchess Theatre, Mischief Theatre's The Comedy About A Bank Robbery plays The Criterion Theatre and in January 2017 their production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong completed a limited holiday run at The Apollo Theatre to rave reviews, making Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields the youngest ever writers to have three shows playing simultaneously in the West End. Their specially filmed studio version of Peter Pan Goes Wrong was broadcast by the BBC on New Year's Eve 2016 and this year they were commissioned to write A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong which broadcast on BBC One over Christmas. Both shows were seen by over six million people in the UK.
The Play That Goes Wrong is directed by Mark Bell, featuring set design by Tony Award Winner Nigel Hook, lighting design by Ric Mountjoy, sound design by Andy Johnson and costume design by Roberto Surace.
The Play That Goes Wrong is produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J. Abrams, Kenny Wax, Stage Presence Ltd., Catherine Schreiber, Ken Davenport, Double Gemini Productions / deRoy-Brunish, Damian Arnold / TC Beech, Greenleaf Productions / Bard-Roth, Martian Entertainment / Jack Lane / John Yonover and Lucas McMahon.
Tickets for the Broadway production are available by calling Telecharge at 800-447-7400, online at www.telecharge.com or in person at the The Lyceum Theatre box office (149 West 45th Street).
Hudson Stage Company co-founders Olivia Sklar (left), Denise Bessette (center) and Dan Foster (right) on the set of their Spring 2016 production of Animals Out Of Paper.
The curtain goes up, the lights shine and 180 voices go silent as the play begins.
On stage actors and actresses bring their experience working on Broadway, television or both to the Hudson Stage Company in Armonk. Backstage, area high school students play interns, supporting the show with set changes, lighting and cues.
Those teenage stage hands include Horace Greeley junior Brian Blume, 17, who helps set up and breakdown the sets and moves props and furniture in between scenes.
Founded in 1999 by Westchester residents Olivia Sklar, Dan Foster, and Denise Bessette, Hudson Stage Company is a non-profit professional theater that has built its reputation on Broadway-caliber performances right in your backyard.
"The audiences are always saying this is as good as Broadway or off-Broadway for a lot less money, free parking and the babysitter is on a shorter clock," said Bessette, a Cortlandt resident and actress who has performed in theater, television and film. She has appeared in episodes of Seinfeld, Law and Order and Law and Order SVU.
Since its inception 17 years ago, the company's backyard has changed from Croton to Briarcliff to Pace University, and now to Armonk. After its latest move in 2014, it is in residence at the North Castle Public Library's Whippoorwill Hall Theater. Each year it stages two productions, in addition to several staged readings of new works. One of the reading slots is dedicated to area high school students, who perform their own original one-act plays.
"It's so important to build a young audience, and theater is thriving at the high schools in Westchester," Bessette said.
Students can pay $15 at the door for any show which still has tickets available, and Bessette said she hopes kids take advantage.
Blume, of Chappaqua, said not many of his friends are into theater, but that he hopes having Hudson Stage Company nearby will change that.
Like Bessette, Foster pursued theater and, after a stint on the popular soap opera All My Children, got his break in the Broadway show City of Angels. He then switched his focus to directing, which he did both regionally and internationally in London and Australia. Now, he directs many of Hudson Stage's productions.
Both Foster and Sklar worked on ABC soap operas in the 1980s and, in fact, worked just one block apart in Manhattan, but never met until they both had moved to Westchester. Sklar met Foster's wife in a park in Croton in 1998. Within the same year Sklar also met Bessette at a gym after overhearing her talking about her hopes to start a theater. The three met for coffee at the Black Cow in Croton and put their plan into motion.
Hudson Stage's production in fall 2015 of Outside Mullingar was one of the first to follow the Broadway debut of the show by John Patrick Shanley.
This fall, they will stage the American premiere of You Will Remember Me, a French-Canadian play by Francois Archambault. The play has had success both in French and in English.
"I knew I was going to be directing in the fall and I'm always looking for new plays or plays that haven't been done," Foster said. "So, I tend to look at what they're doing in England or Australia, or Canada.
While the show has yet to be cast, Foster, Bessette and Sklar know they'll have one member of the current production back – Blume.
On July 31, Hudson Stage Company will hold its annual benefit. It typically involves a performance featuring Broadway talent. General admission tickets for all plays are $35 and students and senior tickets are $30.
Visit www.hudsonstage.com or call 914-271-2811 for more information.
We all have dreams of making it big and doing what we love. Here in Westchester, many kids are fortunate to have the fun and exciting experience of being in a show, whether through school or community theater, but only a select few are able to turn it into a career. For Armonk native and current Penn State freshman Alexander Baron, however, that dream has come true.
Through this initial experience, Baron was introduced to many successful people involved in theater who have helped him gain experience and discover his passions. One such person is Marathon Live Entertainment president and Penn State Programming Board of Theater member Mike Karns, who "has been able to make me realize how many more options there are in the theater world than just producing," explains Baron.
Through Karns and Marathon Live Entertainment, Baron had the opportunity to intern at both The Last Ship and Hamilton, two extremely successful recent Broadway shows. In addition, in 2014, he produced his own off-Broadway show entitled Vote For Me: A Musical Debate, which provided him invaluable experience and a new connection in producer Dori Berinstein, a fellow Armonk resident.
He is fortunate to bring extensive experience to the show, and credits Hamilton in particular with really showing him the power of social media, and he plans to use those ideas "to get the younger crowd to come see the show." For someone so young he has already accomplished so much, and this fact is not lost on him. "The opportunity has done so much for me and we're only getting started, and I'm really excited for what the show is going to hold in the future," Baron states.
Two-time Inside Chappaqua Guest Editor Lindsay Hand is a sophomore at Cornell University.


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The Bad Batch Season 2 Ep 1-2: It's Heisting Time
Thomas Richards
| Reviews , Star Wars , Television series
What's better than an exciting single-episode premiere of a new season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch? Well, a two-episode premiere, obviously. After a year and a half, The Bad Batch has started its second season with a bang. With two episodes dropping simultaneously, we've got more of the unpredictable chaos that makes this series an enjoyable watch. And Season 2 kicks off classic Bad Batch fashion with a heist deep in the heart of enemy territory.
After the emotional conclusion to the first season, the only logical way to start Season 2 is with a beach chase ripped straight out of Pirates of the Caribbean. Episode 1, titled "Spoils of War," begins with misfit Clone Force 99 running down a beach chased by the native aliens. (Is it copyright infringement if you own both franchises?) More surprising than the Pirates' reference is that Omega has grown so much! They don't mention how much time has passed since last season, but she has gotten a bit taller and isn't half bad at fishing. She also seems to be more involved in the missions now, which totally won't cause any issues at all.
After these shenanigans, the Batch receives a job from Cid involving grabbing Dooku's hoarded treasure, which means it's heisting time. I didn't think we'd see Dooku's castle again after Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but it was interesting to see the place in its run-down state. Everything goes sideways, and a firefight ensues. The episode ends with the team split into two groups: Hunter and Wrecker on the ground and Tech, Echo, and Omega in a flying shipping container.
This room has seen better days. (Lucasfilm)
Episode 2, titled "Ruins of War," picks up immediately after last episode with the Batch separated and trying to escape the Empire. This episode was my favourite of the two due to the variety found in its 24-minute run time, giving each team member a chance to shine. Hunter and Wrecker devise new ways to take down their enemies, Tech overcomes an injury to save others, and Echo and Omega work out some emotional problems. Everyone has a chance to shine here. Don't even get me started on the ending, which came out of nowhere. I expected some betrayal, but not until after at least three episodes. The Batch makes it out alive, even if they didn't grab any of that Separatist loot. But there wouldn't be much of a show if they solved their money troubles at the start of the season.
Just brothers doing brother things. (Lucsfilm)
There was one thing I wanted to touch on this week besides the summary. It's that this show is somehow even better looking than Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi. The team over at Lucasfilm have improved so much within a span of only a few months. Episode 1 has some of the most beautiful water I've seen in animation (which is saying a lot). The colours are much more vivid, and the facial animations are incredible. I don't know how they keep improving in this area, but I'm excited to see what else they can do for the rest of the season.
All that's missing is a savvy pirate captain. (Lucasfilm)
Episodes 1 and 2 of The Bad Batch Season 2 are an excellent start to this new season telling an exciting heist story whilst getting us all reacquainted with this band of misfits. It's no easy task, but they pulled it off. I hope the series can keep this momentum going and avoid the downtime that affected people's enjoyment of the first season. Only time will tell.
Have you seen the first two episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2? What did you think? Let us know in the comments below where we can theorise about which random prequel character will make a surprise appearance!
WAS MEGACON ORLANDO MEGA? OR A CON?
Megacon Orlando is back! Was it good? Bad? Meh? Jake Brown shares his thoughts on what went well and how next year's convention can be improved.
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Quickies on the Couch: Destiny 2, The Witch Queen Expansion
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by Stef Watson | March 1, 2022 | GamesReviews


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Q: Inventory - Calculate Quantity Available for POS From what I have read
Quantity on Hand is the physical number of Items in stock http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/quantity-on-hand.html
Quantity Available is Quantity On Hand minus outbound items (e.g Ordered Quantity)
http://community.intuit.com/posts/quantity-on-hand-vs-quantity-available-2
Does this still hold for POS? Can there be outbound items in POS system since items are picked up immediately?
If not does that mean QtyOnHand = QtyAvailable for POS?

A: Generally in the POS you'd only have Quantity Available.
The WMS (Warehouse Management System) and other systems (like e-commerce and alike) have to have control over Quantity on hand and allocated items in order to stop "overselling" products, but since the POS most often is used at the moment of the sale itself, those controls should already be done with, especially if it is in a physical shop, since the customer obviously holds the item in his/her hand. :)


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