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Vikings Step Up Social Justice Efforts with Conversations, Commitments
What if everyone in the world experienced the togetherness that develops inside an NFL locker room?
Would there be more empathy, understanding and tolerance of differences?
It's hard to imagine Vikings receivers Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs coming from places more dissimilar than Northern Minnesota and urban Maryland, but the white and black receivers enjoy a unique brotherhood.
The teammates for the past four seasons have found that they share common goals and passions for maximizing their potential through their matching robust work ethics. They also know that the differences in personalities can make them stronger friends.
Thielen said the locker rooms of Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the Vikings were the first places he learned of teammates growing up without a father and numerous other difficulties.
"I think those are the things that really give me a passion for this topic and make me want to help make a difference because I've seen so many great people and great guys kind of come out of those situations," Thielen said in a conversation with Diggs and Vikings.com.
Diggs experienced the joy of having his father in his life and the sorrow of Aron's tragic passing from congestive heart failure in 2008. Stefon, who was just 14, immediately became a father figure to his two younger brothers. The person they all turned to for answers wouldn't be able to guide them anymore.
"Losing my father at a very young age kind of impacted me long-term, as far as having to grow up fast, and going through stuff as a kid, kind of having to lead by example and not necessarily knowing how — making some good decisions, making some bad decisions, navigating through kind of by yourself," Diggs said. "Even though my mom was always there — she always did everything she could — I was still a boy and had to figure some things out, how to become a man and how to be a man, so knowing that kids need someone to lead them, that's just another side of the topic that made me passionate because I know how it is.
"When I met Adam, I didn't know Adam's smallest details of his life, but I knew the overall picture, and he probably hasn't gone through the same things I've been through, but we have a lot in common as far working hard and wanting to be perfect and do things the right way and having each other's backs," Diggs added. "It's basically having a new brother. I feel for him. I love him, and I love him unconditionally. When you love somebody, you want the best for them. I know for a fact that he wants the best for me, so as far as pushing one another, it was coming from a place of love."
Thielen said he and Diggs have been able to learn their similarities despite their completely different backgrounds.
"That's why we've grown so close over the last couple of years, because the more and more we're around each other, it's like, 'Man, we're like the same person,' " Thielen said. "It doesn't really matter how you were raised or how you grew up, there's good people in this world, and it doesn't matter, the color of your skin, who taught you to do things, it's so cool to build a friendship and not really care about where you came from, just try to get to know them as a person and love them unconditionally and try to be there for them, help guide and protect them."
Diggs immediately added: "Love doesn't come with colors. No matter what color you are, what shape you are, what size you are, love doesn't [discriminate]."
Organizing the effort
Thielen and Diggs took their message to Franklin Middle School this season to speak with students about their ability to connect and appreciate each other's unique characteristics.
The school visit was part of the Vikings ongoing social justice initiatives that were formed after multiple meetings between Vikings ownership, the front office, coaches and players to positively impact the community in unifying ways and to advance social justice.
Over the past year, the Vikings organization has stepped up its focus and commitment to social justice programs. This player-driven effort strives to create meaningful dialogue and change in the community on issues related to building unity, hope and positive community relationships.
The Vikings approach includes dedicating financial resources to organizations that work for positive change and spending time with young people at schools, community organizations and juvenile detention centers.
The Wilf family and the Vikings have committed $250,000 toward the social justice effort, enhancing a commitment that is deeply rooted in the philosophy of the organization.
"For my family, it's extremely personal," Vikings Owner/President Mark Wilf said. "My parents and grandparents all survived the Holocaust in Europe. They grew up in a time where hatred and injustice and intolerance led to horrible horrors for humanity. The lessons they gave to us when they immigrated to the United States was to make sure that we do everything we can, and we've been fortunate enough to be able to give back to make sure we have a tolerant, just society."
The Wilfs shared their personal story during a meeting with the Vikings Leadership Council of players and coaches, explaining how the values instilled by their family members have shaped their stewardship of the Vikings franchise.
Wilf said the Vikings try to promote a "diverse, balanced workforce" and "make sure our community knows we're about everybody and that football brings people together."
"It's one of the great things about football, and hopefully through the NFL and through the Minnesota Vikings, we can bring awareness to the injustices that are out there in this country that still need to be addressed and that we hopefully can have a small part in helping solve," Wilf said.
Wilf credited General Manager Rick Spielman and Head Coach Mike Zimmer for their roles in building a roster of players that is committed to understanding others, helping people in need and knowing that they can be role models to young people.
"We're just really proud of our football team. I know Rick and Coach Zimmer have put together a team of players from all kinds of backgrounds, all walks of life and all parts of the country," Wilf said. "They come from different perspectives, but the one thing we have is a cohesive, unified group, and we do good things together."
Empathy and respect
Tight end Kyle Rudolph, who grew up in comfortable suburban Cincinnati, is grateful for the teammates that have entered his life through football, including running back Latavius Murray, who shares a similar sentiment.
Rudolph is the Vikings Community Man of the Year for 2018 and Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee. Murray was the Vikings nominee for the NFL's Salute to Service Award. Each has served as an ambassador for the United Heroes League, which supports military families by increasing access to sports participation.
Rudolph and Murray explained their backgrounds and connection in a joint interview with Vikings.com.
"If I wouldn't have played sports, in the area that I grew up in, I never would have gotten to know a Latavius Murray," Rudolph explained. "I grew up in a [predominantly white] community in the suburbs of Cincinnati. It wasn't until I got involved in sports where I got put on teams with kids that weren't necessarily from my area or my school. Sports are something that have given me the opportunity to get to know people for who they are and not what they look like."
Murray was born in Titusville, Florida, but his family moved to Upstate New York when he was 3. He said "sports brings people together, just like you wouldn't believe" because they provide opportunities to build trust between people from different backgrounds.
"You'd be amazed by the kind of relationships that I've built because of sports," Murray said. "Obviously I trust everybody in that locker room, that they've got my back, but it definitely started somewhere on the field or on the basketball court with some guys that I had no idea about."
Rudolph and Murray talked about the importance of respecting others and treating them the way one would like to be treated.
"It goes back to something you learn at such a young age. If you treat someone the way you would want to be treated, no matter what they look like, no matter what they sound like, this world would be a better place," Rudolph said. "When you have kids who are going to grow up in an atmosphere that kind of lends itself to become an 'It's us against them, it's me against him [culture],' then it's not conducive, you're not going to treat that group of people or individual the way you want to be treated.
"When you create empathy and put yourself in someone else's shoes, it allows us opportunities to grow," Rudolph added.
Murray said "respect is key, respect is everything."
"A lot of times, even if you're not respected in the way that you give respect, I just think that it says something about your character when you can still treat people a certain way, regardless of how they act," Murray said. "That's leading by example."
Learning and leading
When some say that athletes should just "stick to sports," Rudolph and Murray believe they have a responsibility to do anything but.
"I think the platform that we have to leave an impression on the youth and future of our country, it would be a huge mistake if we just stuck to football," Rudolph said.
Murray added: "When we have this opportunity, this voice — the whole world is going to say something about it when we don't do what we're supposed to do, so when we have that right to speak up, to say what's right or the things that should be done, you can't fault us."
The Vikings anticipate the ongoing process of outreach to provide a learning opportunity, but they are committed to making an impact with resounding positives beyond their playing careers.
Complicated problems require dialogue to better understand the causes and strategic commitments to right wrongs and break longstanding barriers.
Solutions won't be easy or quick, but TOGETHER, they will try.
More about the NFL's Social Justice Initiative
The NFL's social justice initiative aims to reduce barriers to opportunity by supporting improvements in education and economic advancement, improving community-police relations and criminal justice reform through the development of public policy at local, state and national levels. Players Coalition, which was co-founded by Philadelphia's Malcolm Jenkins and former NFL receiver Anquan Boldin, and the NFL are in a seven-year partnership. All 32 NFL Clubs have worked to identify specific needs in each of their communities, as well as organizations working toward positive changes.
NFL Social Justice [PDF]


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A: I think that what you want to do is call a function when the value is changed you can use ng-change to call a function whenever the value is changed like this:
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To run a successful restaurant, it's pivotal that you stay up-to-date on the latest industry trends. Unfortunately, your role is likely extremely busy; from managing employees to purchasing inventory to providing customer service, you probably don't have a lot of down time. Luckily, there are numerous restaurant blogs that compile information that you can utilize while running your establishment. Whether you need help with restaurant marketing or hiring the right service staff, you should check out this helpful list of restaurant blogs!
With over 1.5 million visits per year, the Toast Restaurant Blog is one of the leading resources for restaurant professionals on the web. We create bite-sized content intended for restaurateurs to inspire, inform, and indulge in. We cover everything from restaurant technology, restaurant marketing, menu management, new food trends, and more, and often interview successful restaurant owners to learn from their tactics.
Don't let your restaurant sit on its laurels. Continue to test new technology, cooking methods, marketing tactics, and even new ways to operate your business to create the best culture and food. Always communicate why you opened your restaurant in the first place, so that you can keep the dream alive in your employees.
Given the continued staffing struggle in American restaurants, this post received more than 100,000 views in less than 10 days. This blog is a perfect example of the posts you'll see on the Toast Blog – insightful, actionable, and honest content.
Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine is a go-to resource for on-the-go restaurant-industry professionals. Focused on all aspects of restaurant management news —the business of eating— the online magazine posts news items daily, incorporates profiles, trends, and expert advice to offer valuable content to this niche.
The basics need to be emphasized time and again: you must go into this or any business because you love it and expect that it'll be hard work. If you love it, it won't feel like work.
It's hard to pinpoint one post as a favorite, but the launch of our research roundup articles is something that defines us. It started as a fluke; an "aha moment" idea to compile a lot of research information I receive. The column has grown in popularity, and industry insiders now provide us with unique research.
Covering a wide range of topics such as marketing, operations, service, people, and tech, RunningRestaurants.com is all about giving independent restaurant operators the tips, tools and techniques they need to be more profitable and successful.
The restaurant business is an industry of a thousand details. Love (and pay attention to) all those details, and you'll be successful.
This post, titled One Foot From Disaster: A Restaurateur's Origin Story. Every operator has a story, and most can tell a tale of when their business was on the brink. This long-form interview uncovers the journey of a restaurateur while bringing forth so many important lessons on operating a successful restaurant.
Fast Casual's mission is to help fast casual restaurant executives operate profitably and deliver outstanding customer experiences. The site reports on news, events, trends and people in the $23.5 billion restaurant industry; we cover all the latest innovations in topics such as food and beverage, restaurant technology and equipment, operations management, food safety, franchising, sustainability, staffing, and numerous other industry-related subjects.
Most industry publications are small and have more brands to cover than they can often handle. To ensure your news and stories get picked up, always make it easy for editors and reporters to find and work with your brand. Include a press contact or section on your website, for example, and keep in mind that the best press releases are short and sweet, contain interesting quotes from leaders and always include photos.
John Pepper, CEO of Boloco, reveals the good, the bad and the super ugly parts of trying to make it in the restaurant world. He holds nothing back, sharing financial information along with what he's learned from his mistakes. The follow up to this blog and can be found here.
Buzztime specializes in guest-facing entertainment and technology. For over three decades, the platform has helped thousands of bars and restaurants boost guest satisfaction and do bette business. The Buzztime blog is an extension of that mission. Just like their signature trivia network, the Buzztime blog is informative, timely, and interesting. From articles to whitepapers, webinars to quizzes, new content is uploaded every few days.
There is a science to upselling! Every manager should read up on proven upselling strategies, then train their team and engineer their menu accordingly. For example, a University of Illinois study found that vividly describing and naming dishes can increase sales up to 27 percent. When done correctly, upselling isn't pushy – it's all about catering to customer needs.
The Buzztime team is always seeking fresh and fun ways to support restaurant owners and managers. Recently, they put together a restaurant name generator with nearly 1.4 million possible combinations. The restaurant name generator is free and easy to use; it's an essential tool for anyone trying to find that perfect name.
Do you read any other restaurant blogs? Tell us about them in the comment section below.


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Bad Bunny Height Revealed: How Tall is The Puerto Rican Rapper?
By Ngozika Agu
Bad Bunny's height is 5 feet 11 inches which translates into 1.8 m or 180 cm. The Puerto Rican rapper is one of the most exciting Latina music acts in the world right now.
Since gaining fame with his 2016 single, Soy Poer, he has gone to drop several acclaimed albums and won numerous awards. He has also achieved many firsts, including dropping the first fully-Spanish language album to top the Billboard 200.
Bad Bunny's Bio and Body Stats
BIRTHDAY: 10th of March 1994
BIRTHPLACE: Puerto Rico
BIRTH SIGN: Pisces
Father: Tito Martinez
Mother: Lysaurie Ocasio
Siblings: Bernie and Bysael Martinez Ocasio
Height: 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm or 1.8 m)
Chest: 43 inches (109 cm)
Arms / Biceps: 14.5 inches (36 cm)
Waist: 33 inches (83 cm)
How Tall is Bad Bunny Now?
Bad Bunny is 5 feet 11 inches tall. This means that he is 1.8 m or 180 cm tall. This sounds impressive and available scientific data backs it up. Studies show that the average Puerto Rican man is 5 feet 10 inches or 1.78 m tall.
It, therefore, means that Bad Bunny is an inch taller than the average Puerto Rican male. On the other hand, the average American male is 5 feet 9 inches or 1.75 m tall. This means that Bad Bunny is two inches taller than the average American male.
Bad Bunny's Height Compared to Other Popular Latina Artists
Bad Bunny's Height vs J Balvin's Height
When it comes to their heights, J Balvin is about 5 feet 7 inches or 1.70 cm tall. It, therefore, means that Bad Bunny is four inches taller than J Balvin.
Bad Bunny loves collaborating with other artists and one of those he has worked closely with is fellow Latina artist, J Balvin. They released a joint album, Oasis, in 2019.
How Tall is Bad Bunny Compared to Ozuna?
Ozuna is 5 feet 5 ½ inches or 166.4 cm while Bad Bunny is 5 feet 11 inches or 180 cm. It means that Bad Bunny is 5 and a half inches taller than Ozuna.
Ozuna is another famous Latina artist with whom Bad Bunny has collaborated. The two worked together on the 2018 track, "Solito", alongside the likes of Almighty, Wisin, and Mambo Kingz.
How Tall is Bad Bunny Compared to His Girlfriend, Gabriela Berlingeri?
Bad Bunny is in a relationship with the model, jewelry designer, and photographer, Gabriela Berlingeri. Berlingeri is also from Puerto Rico and has British, Irish, and Latina roots. She and Bad Bunny have been together since 2017 but only went public with their relationship in recent times.
Bad Bunny's girlfriend is 5 feet 8 inches or 1.73 m tall which means that the rapper is three inches taller than his girlfriend.
A Look at Bad Bunny's Other Body Measurements
Bad Bunny's weight is estimated at 80 kg or 176 lbs. His other body measurements are chest – 43 inches, biceps/arms – 14.5 inches, and waist – 33 inches. The rapper boasts of a slim figure and keeps in shape through cardio as well as other sorts of exercise.
He is a hard worker in the gym and complements his effort by sticking to a healthy diet plan which features nuts, berries, oatmeal, veggies, smoothies, etc.
How Often Does Bad Bunny Show Off His Abs?
Bad Bunny has put in a lot of work over the years to achieve an enviable physique. Now that he has ripped abs, he does not hesitate to share them with the world. Bad Bunny often shows off his abs on Instagram. For instance, in January 2021, he shared a shirtless selfie with his over a million followers. For the shot, he wore only a Fendi short as well as two gold pendants.
Also in April 2021, Bad Bunny once again set Instagram alight with a selfie of himself in a cropped top. The top barely breached his mid-riff. It generously showed his sculpted abs much to the delight of his followers and the post received 5.7 million likes
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You may be feeling it right now. That ache in your back, the pounding headache, or the unsettled stomach. It's uncomfortable and often debilitating. It can affect your work and your social life, and you just want to feel better as soon as possible.
Basically, it's our body's way of relaying information about the need for treatment so recovery can begin.
Sometimes, though, it's not so simple. Depending on certain factors like poor diet and general lifestyle, the immune system can be kicked into overdrive and have a hard time keeping up with all of the body processes that need to be adjusted. Enter: inflammation.
The good news is that inflammation is usually relatively easy to reduce (provided that the cause of your inflammation isn't something much more serious that should be addressed by a professional). Here's what you can do to start feeling better.
Water makes a major difference in many bodily processes. It serves as a lubricant for your joints and helps to cleanse your body of toxic waste. Without proper hydration, waste and toxins can continue to accumulate in your body. Opinions vary on exactly how much water one needs in a day because it's highly dependent on your size and weight, as well as activity level. Just know that dehydration is a big contributing factor to inflammation. Studies show that 75% of Americans are dehydrated, so drink up.
Sleep, or lack thereof, can have a profound impact on your body. During sleep, your body has the chance to naturally heals itself from the day's activities. Without proper sleep, you deprive your body of this much-needed repairing time and can set you up for an unwelcome bout of inflammation.
Eating healthy doesn't have to mean that you limit your favorite foods. Eating healthy simply means incorporating varying foods in your diet and helps ensure you get your daily intake of a spectrum of vitamins and minerals. A wholesome, healing diet focuses on good fats, fruits and veggies from all colors of the rainbow, and whole grains.
Exercising regularly improves circulation, which results in a flushing of toxins from tissues experiencing inflammation. Without movement, inflammation-causing toxins can build up and trigger pain. Try to incorporate some form of exercise into your daily routine, whether going for a brisk morning walk, taking the stairs at work or relaxing with an evening stroll.
It's easier than you think to incorporate these healing activities into your life. Pick one and build from there. Start reducing inflammation now and look forward to a faster healing process.


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Question: What Does A Voting Ballot Look Like 2012?
1 Who was on the presidential ballot in 2012?
2 How many mail in ballots were there in 2008?
3 What year did mail in voting start?
4 Which finger is marked after voting?
5 Who went against Obama in 2008?
6 Who ran against Obama in both elections?
7 How many voters voted in 2016?
8 What is voter harvesting?
9 How long has Absentee Voting been around?
10 How long did Washington vote by mail?
11 Why is voter suppression?
12 What does the Constitution say about voting in person?
13 Why finger is marked after voting?
14 What finger is the strongest?
15 What is your first finger called?
Who was on the presidential ballot in 2012?
2012 United States presidential election
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 332 206
How many mail in ballots were there in 2008?
In 2008, 23.1 million ballots were cast by mail out of a turnout of 132.8 million, representing 17.4% of total voter participation. By 2018, the national share of votes returned by mail had increased to 25.3% or 30.4 million votes out of 120.3 million total votes cast.
What year did mail in voting start?
Timeline of adoption of no-excuse postal voting
State or federal district
No-excuse postal voting implemented statewide
Oregon 1998
Which finger is marked after voting?
A mark of election ink over one of the fingers is a mark of democratic values in India. Indelible election ink is used during elections in India and abroad to prevent duplication of voting. Usually, it is used over the left index fingernail and cuticle.
You might be interested: Readers ask: What Is Congress Voting On This Week?
Who went against Obama in 2008?
Nominee Barack Obama John McCain
Home state Illinois Arizona
Running mate Joe Biden Sarah Palin
Who ran against Obama in both elections?
His opponent in the general election was former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. Obama won 332 electoral votes, defeating Romney who gained 206. After this election, he became the first president since Ronald Reagan to receive a majority of the popular vote twice.
How many voters voted in 2016?
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
States carried 30 + ME-02 20 + DC
Popular vote 62,984,828 65,853,514
Percentage 46.1% 48.2%
What is voter harvesting?
Ballot harvesting is the practice in which political operatives collect absentee ballots from voters' homes and drop them off at a polling place or election office.
How long has Absentee Voting been around?
The history of absentee voting dates back to the 19th century, and modern-day procedures and availability vary by jurisdiction. Absentee voting may be available on demand, or limited to individuals meeting certain criteria, such as a proven inability to travel to a designated polling place.
How long did Washington vote by mail?
The History of Voting and Elections in Washington State. In 1971, 18-year-olds gained the right to vote. Special elections were allowed to be conducted by mail ballot. For the first time, any registered voter in Washington could apply, in writing, for status as an ongoing absentee voter.
You might be interested: FAQ: How Did Voting Rights Change In The Early 1800s?
Why is voter suppression?
Voter suppression is a strategy used to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting. Voter suppression can be effective if a significant number of voters are intimidated or disenfranchised. In 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Shelby v.
What does the Constitution say about voting in person?
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President.
Why finger is marked after voting?
Electoral ink, indelible ink, electoral stain or phosphoric ink is a semi-permanent ink or dye that is applied to the forefinger (usually) of voters during elections in order to prevent electoral fraud such as double voting.
What finger is the strongest?
Depending on how it's measured, it is most commonly agreed upon that the index or middle finger is the strongest on the human hand. The index finger can exert the most straight strength- enough to support the entire body. But, the middle finger can exert the most arched strength due to its length and position.
What is your first finger called?
The index finger (also referred to as forefinger, first finger, pointer finger, trigger finger, digitus secundus, digitus II, and many other terms) is the second finger of a human hand. It is located between the first and third digits, between the thumb and the middle finger.


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San Marcos Receives Destination Excellence Awards
By Sarah Smith on Sep. 16, 2022
The San Marcos Convention & Visitor Bureau (SMCVB) brought home three Destination Excellence Awards from the Texas Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus (TACVB) during their annual conference…
City of San Marcos Kicks Off Mermaid Month
By Sarah Smith on Aug. 25, 2021
The City of San Marcos will host a Mermaid Month kickoff event Wednesday, September 1 celebrating the City's recent designation as the Mermaid Capital of Texas. The event will be held at the San…
San Marcos to Showcase Unique Cars During Great Race
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Next month, antique, vintage, and collector cars will roll through San Marcos during Great Race, giving fans an up-close view. The teams participating in the controlled-speed endurance rally will stop…


It was a win-win for seniors and their loved ones when Willow Valley introduced SmartLife VIA Willow Valley. three years later, it's the fastest growing Lifecare-at-home program of its kind in the country.
While some seniors embrace moving to a senior-living community, others vow to stay put in their homes. Willow Valley is well aware of both scenarios. The ever-growing community has been attracting residents from all over the country since it opened over 30 years ago. However, they have always been aware that senior-living communities, even those that offer a smorgasbord of amenities, are not for everyone. For some, home will always be home. People are reluctant to give up their comfort zones, where they know their neighbors and have long-established support systems in place.
The visionaries at Willow Valley Communities felt a need to reach out to such people. After hiring consultants from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and studying the feedback from several focus groups, Willow Valley came up with a solution – the missing piece to the retirement living puzzle; the piece that would mesh perfectly with their other programs.
SmartLife VIA Willow Valley, which is a membership-based program, is the only true Lifecare-at-Home program in Lancaster County. Launched in June 2014, it was designed to deliver the same incomparable, high-quality service and care that resident members have come to enjoy and expect at the main campus in Willow Street. SmartLife members, however, live in their own homes. The program provides members and their families with peace of mind, knowing their loved ones will have access to the full continuum of compassionate, high-quality care when needed, while providing protection from the escalating costs of care.
Jennifer Egizi, senior director of Home & Community Based Services says, "The best time to join SmartLife is while you are still well and living independently in your own home." That advice points to the fact that all too often, a senior may suddenly experience a medical problem or find that daily activities are becoming a challenge. In many cases, their children are faced with making life-altering decisions under stressful conditions. Makeshift arrangements often result, which leave all involved feeling uprooted and unsettled.
SmartLife's minimum age requirement is 60 (there is no maximum age), which perfectly meshes with the aforementioned scenarios. The program encompasses all of Lancaster County (although the service area is expected to expand in the near future).
What sets SmartLife apart from other similar programs is that it is a life care program (not to be confused with traditional long-term-care insurance).
Much like Lifecare at Willow Valley, a member is guaranteed care for life. SmartLife members pay a one-time entrance fee and an ongoing monthly fee. The monthly fee never changes, regardless of the level of care the member requires.
SmartLife offers independence in a member's own home and provides for lifelong security through personal care coordination and a complete package of home care, personal care and nursing care. Members and their families work with an assigned Lifecare Coordinator to ensure services – as needed – are provided.
Willow Valley's goal is a simple one – to keep members healthy and independent in their own homes and to help them live life to the fullest. "Life lived forward" is Willow Valley's mantra. In order to make SmartLife members feel they are part of the Willow Valley community, monthly events are planned (participation is optional).
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"Thank God My Granddaddy Got on that Boat"
February 9, 2018 By Debbie Young
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With his customary cheekiness, Muhammad Ali responded to the reporter inquiring about his thoughts on Africa after his Rumble in the Jungle boxing match. It was 1974. Ali had just returned to the U.S. from Zaire, where he had beaten the previously undefeated world heavyweight-champ George Foreman.
It was not for nothing that Ali thanked God that his "granddaddy got on that boat," Pedro Gonzalez tells readers of American Greatness. Citing Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson, Gonzalez writes:
[America] is now the least racist white-majority society in the world; has a better record of legal protections of minorities than any other society, white or black; offers more opportunities to a greater number of black persons than any other society, including all of those of Africa.
Mr. Gonzalez continues:
The principles enshrined in our Constitution also provided the framework for early women's rights advocates, and they have always been compatible with women's rights on the basis that sex is not a prerequisite for individual or political rights in our Constitution. In fact, women voted in America, as early as 1790, long before they voted anywhere else. By 1913, women were voting in nine states. The 19th Amendment was not ratified in spite of American foundational principles; it was realized because of this nation's principles. For a taste of real women's inequality, take a trip to one of many Islamic nations—and be sure to pack a veil.
"Trump's America is a shithole country," Danielle Campoamor writes for Newsweek. To the contrary, Trump's America is America; it's struggling to be itself once more, or at least it offers us a chance to reaffirm the real America, against the pernicious narrative that has marched through our institutions since the 1960s under the guise of progress.
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Episode 1074: Future So Bright
September 14, 2017 August 1970, Sam Hallapril third, gold key, grave soil, merchandise, moon, rummaging, seance, something terrible, time travel, too broad and too deep, werewolfDanny Horn
"Charting the future is not a whim with me."
Gentleman vampire Barnabas Collins is terribly concerned about the future, and for good reason; he's been there, and it sucks. He spent a couple weeks trapped in the 90s, where he found his house tore up from the floor up, and he's desperate to counteract the oncoming calamity.
But we all know that he's going to fail; the future for Barnabas Collins is not going to be on ABC-TV at four o'clock in the afternoon. Collinwood will fall, and the family will move to a series of temporary shelters in paperback novels and comic strips and audio plays. That future is fast approaching — not today, and not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of his life.
And he might have figured that out, if he'd bothered to learn anything about the world in 1995. He didn't even crack a newspaper; the name "Bart Simpson" means nothing to him. He spent the entire time running around the house, looking for ghosts.
Dark Shadows has spent the last year and a half turning inward, gradually losing touch with the world outside the great estate. Even the town of Collinsport hardly matters, these days. Barnabas came back to the present with the name "Rose Cottage" on his lips; nobody's ever heard of it, but I'd bet money it's going to turn out to be somewhere on the Collinwood grounds. It's the only place they care about.
But this isn't the only example of Barnabas Collins flash-forwarding on a mission of purely parochial interest. In November 1971, he shot a whole hundred years into the future, and you'll never guess what he was looking for. Nope, don't even try. Whatever it is you're thinking, it's dumber than that.
Today, we're going to look at "The Thirteenth Star," from issue #11 of the Gold Key Dark Shadows comic book, and at this point I guess I'm just going to go ahead and like this comic. When I started reading these, back in July 1968, they were ridiculously, deliriously bad — nonsensical and ugly, with characters hurtling around in circles to avoid the obvious consequences of their insane leaps of logic. They're still basically like that, so I'm not entirely sure why I find them so charming now.
Maybe it's because the comics have now outlived the TV show — this is the first Gold Key issue that I've written about that was published after the show was cancelled in April 1971. The comic strip and the Paperback Library novels both ended in March 1972, but the comic book rattled on, surviving long past the apocalyptic April Third, and all the way up to February 1976. This is what Dark Shadows becomes, so we might as well try to enjoy it.
Anyway, this one is about a magical space comet that appears every hundred years and forms a constellation that wakes up a golem who whales on Quentin Collins. You know, they say that there are only seven basic stories in the world, but this must be one of the exceptions.
Quentin is a werewolf who lives in a little shack called Collinwood with his friends and relations, and once a month he turns into a slavering man-beast with murder fangs and runs in circles around the front lawn, not bothering anybody. He's not particularly worried about his dreadful curse, except that it's an inconvenience and he'd rather not be killed by random golems popping up in the middle of his exercise routine.
If you're not au fait with the concept, a golem is a late 16th century Jewish robot made of clay that sometimes helps people and is hard to operate. The golem is animated by a Hebrew word written into its forehead, or hung around its neck. If you want to turn it off, then you won't be able to reach the magic word, and if you don't want to turn it off, then the magic word will probably get rubbed off by accident. Jewish folklore is mostly about materials technology and product design.
So Quentin's having punch-em-ups on the front lawn with imaginary Jewbots, and they're observed by Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, who makes the mistake of trying to find out what the hell is happening in her own life.
Terrified, she runs to her cousin Barnabas and says that something terrible is happening, which is usually the case. Barnabas reassures her that it was a shadow or a dog or a prowler or it's all her imagination or she's asleep.
In the early issues of this comic book, Barnabas was a murderous hair-trigger psychopath who raced around town trying to exterminate as many characters as he could get his fangs on, but he's recently matured into a fully-accepted member of the Collins family, living in the mansion along with everyone else, except at sunrise when he sneaks down to the basement and sleeps all day, which nobody seems to notice.
Quentin's fine, by the way. We see the werewolf getting hammered in four panels in a row, and then he looks at Liz over his shoulder and says "Grr-rr-r!" and that's the end of the fight scene. The moon sets and Quentin turns back into a human being, although it's still nighttime and it's going to stay nighttime for the entire story. I'm not sure what happened to the golem; it may be Shabbat all of a sudden.
I don't really know what's going on with the moon in the Gold Key comics; this is not the first time we've had to discuss it. The moon appears to have a timetable all its own; for all I know, it's going to rise and set a couple more times tonight.
But now we're in the part of the evening when Barnabas and Quentin chat about the golem, which they recognize as an old enemy from a hundred years ago. By the way, comic book Quentin is hundreds of years old. They don't really explain that very well. Time is super different for Gold Key.
"Only you and I know of the terror which may lurk in the shadows, Quentin!" says Barnabas, and then a couple pages later, he says, "Only you and I know of the real meaning of Collins's comet, Quentin!" It's super cute, Barnabas and Quentin are monster bros.
So, the comet. They find a picture in an old book which shows "the sign of the 13th constellation… the double-headed cross of good and evil!" They tear out the picture and race outside to check the sky, and there it is, the double-headed cross, whatever that means.
Although it's not actually a constellation, because the star at the bottom is Collins's comet, which loops around every hundred years in order to form this shape and wake up the golem. It's a little hard to explain, and when you try, the explanation doesn't make any sense anyway.
You see, this all goes back 600 years to Mordecai Collins, a complete jackass of an ancestor who was super concerned that the Collins family name was being tarnished by all of his family members who were involved in the occult. Mordecai was an early pioneer in branding.
So he opens a window and proclaims, "Those who bear the Collins name who have dealt with the black arts shall perish at my hand! Their evil deeds shall no longer strike fear into the people… nor to those Collinses who follow us!" It's not really clear why he has to shout that out the window.
And then the next thing you know, Mordecai is murdering a relative with a sword. "Never again will you defile the Collins name! DIE!" says Mordecai, and the relative says "AIEEEEE!" and dies, and this is apparently what the good Collinses were up to, back in the 1370s.
But it's the next part that's really hard to figure. Mordecai talks to a monk and says, "When I die, I want my ashes to become the spirit of purity for all Collinses forever!" which for Pete's sake, how much of an asshole can one guy even be?
Eventually, Mordecai dies, thank goodness, and the Jewish sorceror wizard monk mixes the guy's ashes with clay, and makes a golem out of it. Once every hundred years, the creature will come to life, and exterminate any Collins who's dabbling in the dark arts.
"On this night is born the Collins' comet!" the monk declares, gesturing to the heavens above Collinwood as he magically summons a space snowball that will appear in the skies and awaken the monster. The difference between this and the dark arts escapes me entirely.
So Barnabas and Quentin have apparently encountered this golem more than once, which means that a) Quentin is at least a couple hundred years old, give or take, and b) the golem is really, really bad at its job. I mean, it fights with the werewolf for two pages and then suddenly disappears, leaving Quentin unharmed, and now it has to wait a whole other century to come back and try again. Why are we worrying about this?
By the way, it looks like the monk is supposed to be casting his magic spell over Collinwood, except it's six hundred years ago, which is several centuries before the Collinses even got to this continent. The past is very confusing, in Gold Key Dark Shadows.
So then they start doing the thing that I love the most about these comics, which is awkwardly running. That is the only mode of transportation that Gold Key characters need. You can tell when the plot's really kicked into high gear, because all of a sudden everyone's hurling themselves from one panel to the next, desperate to get to wherever they imagine they're supposed to go.
In this case, Barnabas has decided that he needs to check his coffin, because the golem appears to be gone, but maybe it messed with his stuff.
And then, the big moment! Barnabas opens up the box, and cries:
"He has found it! He has it!… He has taken my soil!"
And that's it, that's the plot point that's going to get us through the next fifteen pages of mad monster action. The golem broke into Barnabas' coffin, and took his grave soil.
So the idea, as far as I can figure it, is that Barnabas keeps a couple handfuls of dirt from his original grave in his coffin, and it protects him during the day somehow. This is a bit of vampire lore that never made its way into any version of Dark Shadows besides the comics, because fussing around with a special pile of dirt does not lend itself to drama.
But here we are, that's what this story is actually about — Barnabas, and his precious grave soil. That's what he calls it, on two separate occasions: "my precious grave soil." That is actually a thing.
Barnabas continues to rush around and act crazy, and this is my favorite panel, a graphic depiction of what it looks like when you run outside and find that the comet you were looking at a minute ago is gone.
So this is how I understand the sequence of events:
The moon rises.
Quentin turns into a werewolf.
The comet flies by.
The golem appears out of nowhere and attacks Quentin.
The golem runs away somewhere.
The moon sets.
Barnabas and Quentin look at the constellation picture.
While they're having impossible flashbacks to fourteenth century Maine, the golem slips into the basement, and grabs Barnabas' soil somehow.
The comet passes out of the night sky, and the golem disappears, this time for good.
Barnabas is screwed.
This leaves us with two important questions. First: How easy is it to elude this curse? The golem shows up for maybe an hour every hundred years. Just stay inside for the night. Second: How is it still nighttime? The moon went down seven pages ago.
But Quentin has an amazing brainstorm: The future!
Don't you see? The future!
Okay, I'll try to break it down. They don't know where the golem has hidden Barnabas' precious grave soil, and the golem won't be back for a hundred years. So all Barnabas needs to do is travel into the future, and then…
Okay, I don't know. But they gather everybody together for a seance, in these spare hours between the moon setting and the sun rising, and they ask everyone to hold hands and generate mental force, to help solve a problem that Barnabas refuses to describe. You can apparently get the residents of comic book Collinwood to do almost anything.
The show ended seven months ago, of course; this story is already over. What we're seeing here are the side effects, the unpredictable spasms of a narrative that refuses to entirely die. The TV writers stopped back in April when they ran out of ideas, but the comic book writers don't have that problem, because "ideas" are not an important ingredient in this particular recipe. You just throw ink at the page, at top speed.
So Barnabas finds himself somehow one hundred years in the future, where Collinwood has been abandoned and extensively spider-webbed. This part of the story is actually a bit like 1995, with Barnabas wandering around an empty house, trying to figure out what's going on. But instead of haunts, he finds a hipster.
His name is Halperin Collins, and he is excessively groovy. He has a cool open-neck shirt belted at the waist, and a mustache and everything. Apparently the twenty-first century has a 70s too.
So this is what the Collins family will become, a laid-back kombucha drinker who's surprisingly amiable, considering he just found an intruder in his house who tried to brain him with a candelabra. He cheerfully explains that Collinwood was abandoned a hundred years ago, after Barnabas was found dead in the basement.
And then they do this!!!
It's a complete scale model of the Collinsport of the Future, a space-age art deco steampunk cityscape, with Collinwood perched on a ledge overlooking the Tinkertoy town. I wish that I could say that this sequence goes on for a million pages, as Barnabas travels in an autonomous flying car to a moonside grave soil outlet staffed by nanites, but in reality, this is the only panel where we see anything futuristic. After this, we return to Barnabas and Halperin in the house, as they head downstairs to look at the murder scene.
Halperin makes with the backstory.
Apparently, back in 1971, the golem stole Barnabas' grave soil, and when the sun came up, the vampire instantly decomposed into a bundle of bones on the floor. "They found him in there!" says Halperin. "He was lying on the floor! Nothing but bones… just his skeleton dressed in a black cape!"
And when they discovered the body, they arrested Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, because why not.
"They never figured out how she did it or why," Halperin explains. "They just found his bones! But it didn't make any difference!" Yeah, I guess not. Collinsport law enforcement is apparently just as incompetent in comic book form as they are on the show.
And this gives Barnabas another motive to find his soil — he has to get back to Collinwood and survive the morning, so that Liz won't be accused of a non-existent murder that she clearly has zero connection to.
Now, as weird as that plot point is, this is actually pretty coherent for the Gold Key comics. The thing that's really hard to get your head around is what happens next.
I need to take this step by step, because the motivations get a little complex from here.
Frantic to secure his crucial soil cache, Barnabas rushes down to the basement and starts searching through a pile of wooden crates, which if that was the plan then I don't know why he couldn't have done that in the present day, rather than fool around with time-wasting seances.
Also — and this is seriously my main issue with this story — why would the golem store the soil in a box, as opposed to, I don't know, the ground? It seems like the obvious hiding place for dirt, you just throw it outside and forget about it. But no.
It says a lot about the shape of Dark Shadows stories that they posit a magical Tomorrowland future world just down the hill, and then they instantly pull back from it, and focus on the main character rummaging around in the basement for a hundred-year-old bag of dirt.
And then, in a slap-happy moment of frantic action, the huge clay golem creature sneaks up behind Barnabas and tackles him, and they fight for five panels, ending up in some part of the house that I can't understand what they're going for.
They start here, in the basement, where they smash some boxes, and then the golem picks Barnabas up and carries him over his shoulder.
And then I really don't know what happens. It kind of looks like the golem carries Barnabas to the roof? And then Halperin appears out of a door in the tower room? And then he chases the golem… where? I can't figure it out. At this point, the backgrounds are just a vague suggestion of abstract four-dimensional space.
Also, doesn't Halperin have a phone? There's a golem fighting a vampire right in front of him, he should be live-tweeting this.
Anyway, it all works out okay. The golem has to run away if it encounters anybody who's good, which Halperin is, obviously, except for the belt, so they follow the golem to a secret dungeon room, and there's a bag that contains Barnabas' grave soil.
But it doesn't do him any good here; he has to get back to his own time. He does this by running outside, where Julia asks him what's going on, and hooray! He's back in the present day, for no reason. So now he just needs to locate that secret room where he knows the soil would have been a hundred years from now, and he takes it back to his coffin, and everything is entirely fine. Except that means that the soil won't be there in a hundred years, so Barnabas won't be able to find it, setting up a three-ring time paradox that destroys everything about the future.
Tomorrow: The Night of the Sun and the Moon.
In the next Gold Key Comics post,
we read "The Interrupted Voyage" in
Episode 1165: In the Haze of History
Attention star-searchers:
Sometime in the next couple weeks, I'm going to draw up some star charts, and post individualized Dark Shadows horoscopes. I've got enough birthdates, thanks to everyone who posted in the comments! The horoscopes will be in an upcoming post.
The Chromakey appearance of Daphne at the gazebo is painful; it looks like the image has been stretched out somehow. When they cut to David's reaction, you can see a blue screen behind him. Also, it's not a very interesting scene.
Nancy Barrett's name is misspelled "Barret" in the credits again, as it was a couple days ago.
The "13th constellation" is Ophiuchus the serpent-bearer, a guy who spends all his time in the night sky grasping the snake. Some people say that Ophiuchus is the 13th sign of the zodiac, because the constellation is situated behind the sun from November 30th to December 18th. I'm not sure how well received that concept is among the astrological set. Ophiuchus is also the name of the planet that's going to collide with its moon in the 1954 Rocky Jones film Crash of the Moons, ruled by the wicked Queen Cleolanta. Just in case you were wondering.
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59 thoughts on "Episode 1074: Future So Bright"
Marc Masse, August 1, 11:18 a.m. EST.
I thought per Sebastian Shaw's instructions to Elizabeth Stoddard in 1073, the exact time of birth should be mentioned.
I look forward to finding out what the rest of 1970 holds. But I think I can already tell you — a continued, glorious, unsupervised childhood, where I can just come and go at will, so long as I'm back home in time for supper, and no one tells me I can no longer watch the craziest, edgiest, one-of-a-kind show on television. 🙂
Jay Barry says:
Jay Barry, 20th of November very late at night (almost shared a birthday with my father)
robhaskins says:
June 24, 1960, 12:01 a.m.
Slocum says:
Percysowner
July 26 7:17 am
carose59 says:
Monica Rose Kiesel
February 7, 4-something a.m.
SER says:
I think it's a plot point in 1897 that Barnabas needs soil from his grave to sleep in. He has Charity Trask steal it for him.
it's a sudden reference to vampire lore that never came up before on the show.
Yes, Gregory catches Charity taking the dirt to Barnabas' coffin. It's a major turning point in the 1897 segment.
RDaggle says:
"Soil is gone …
Hope is gone …
The sun … AGHH!"
That's an Emily Dickinson quote, right?
Kosmo13 says:
I recall reading this issue when it was new and feeling cheated that we didn't get to see more of Collinsport in 2071.
Who is the gentleman seated between Roger and Quentin in the seance? He looks kind of Burke Devlinish.
Yeah, and where'til Julia? You'd think she'd know all about Golems, unless it's only in my headcanon that Julia is Jewish.
Julia's gotta be Jewish. It was a bit uncomfortable in the Leviathan story when they said that Julia is among "certain people" who are "genetically resistant" to assimilation into the Leviathan cult- why not just say Jewish, we know you mean Jewish.
Also, the Collinses of Parallel Time don't have a resident physician to dispense sedatives, so PT Roger urges PT Liz to call their psychiatrist, whose name is Blum. Looking for a GP, the Collinses may have settled for whoever among the local quacks struck them as less addled than average, but when they're looking for someone qualified as a psychiatrist, a Gentile won't do. Something like Calvin Trillin saying that "Going to a Gentile internist is like going to a barbecue run by whites- it may turn out all right, but you aren't playing the percentages."
Adriana Pena
Did you notice that in the future they still have satellite dishes?
I love Sheryl Crow. So does Danny.
Ha, the heteros and homos, agre
She's like Swift at that age.
February 11, 1957 at 8:12 p.m. Central Standard Time. (An original broadcast of "I Love Lucy" was on CBS-TV at the time!)
"The Chromakey appearance of Daphne at the gazebo is painful; it looks like the image has been stretched out somehow."
It's poor chromakey effect is almost as painful as the awful "Daphne's Ghost" theme music.
"Its" not "It's"
haydn60 says:
I liked it. She looked much weirder & spookier than Beth.
This summer of 1970 storyline might have been somewhat interesting if…the show had just premiered. After everything we've seen over the past several years, this is pretty lame.
Of course I hoped that Barnabas and Julia would prevent the destruction of Collinwood, but I knew they wouldn't – not with those ghosts wearing period costumes.
Another major storyline blunder: In 1995, Mrs. Johnson says that "we're not even supposed to mention the name Collins," which is a real pain since the name of the town is, uh, Collinsport. Anyway, it would have been interesting to see why the Collins name was tarnished.
September 6. 10 pounds, 3 ounces.
Was Barnabas's original grave on the lost continent of Atlantis or something? Why can't they just get a new scoop of dirt?!?
Actually, since Barnabas wasn't buried, but simply put in the mausoleum, what "soil" are they talking about?
Maybe it's the dirt tracked in by the people who carried his coffin. There's likely not much of it because Joshua was so proper he probably made them wipe their feet on the way into the mausoleum.
Laramie Dean says:
Laramie Dean, January 8th. Thank you!
Renee March 24th, 1956. Woohoo!
My mom's birthday is January 8th.
Benj says:
Not to get moralistic or anything, but if the golem is supposed to destroy what is evil, and Barnabas is evil, wouldn't that be a good thing for the golem to destroy him? Oh why did I take that course in logic and reasoning?
Susan J. Elliott says:
November 19th. My mother didn't do a lot right, but my birthday is awesome.
MD says:
Feb. 14, 1961. 7:15PM
I always look forward to the latest installment of darkshadowseveryday.com. Saw the original series from 1966–1968. Thank you for this site.
My "Ralston-Purina lamp" is the Blue and white ginger jar. It was in Quentin's sitting room in 1897. Very happy that Carolyn featured it in her 1995 cottage.
August 23, 0 degrees 10 seconds Virgo, born 3:23am Central Standard Time (as only two counties in Iowa voted to go on Daylight Savings Time that year, as it was "local option") born exactly on the cusp of Leo and Virgo. And no, I'm really not into astrology! 😉
Rachel. August 17th, 1981. At 8:07 AM, Central Standard Time.
November 8th 1961 2 p.m. Eastern time
Feb. 2, 1962 — 2:22 p.m.
August 7 5:30 am est
October 18, don't know the time offhand.
I'm game; Feb. 21st.
glenmcculla says:
Glen McCulla, April 3rd, 1979, c. 16.00 (British Summer Time)
Tessie Collins says:
December 3rd.
4 pounds, 11 ounces
June 30, 1959 (between 3 and 4 a.m.)
January 29th, 1975.
Skooks says:
April 3rd
Rob Morris says:
Rob Morris, April 21st.
glmanny says:
One thing in their favor, one thing against. I THINK what they mean by two headed cross is two crossbars, with the one (maybe the comet?) forming the vertical bar at its base and then stars forming both ends of the other two horizontal bars. http://www.barkingrock.com/2barcross.jpg . To balance that though, I'm pretty sure that a tonsured monk had to be Christian since it was one of the rules of the order. http://shoebat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carlo_crivelli_052.jpg So what in the name of heaven is he doing creating a golem? And if the dirt was so important why couldn't the golem just pat it into himself since he's dirt. Wouldn't a better plot than this soil business have been to find the golem with the time gained so back in 1970 they could smash it? I mean same paradox, but more dramatic.
I know it's a comic not the show, and there are famous traditions in horror comics, but I somehow never would've expected a murdered Dark Shadows character to yell "AIEEEEE!!"
Oh, my! I just laughed so hard as I contemplated this thought of Grant's, that I almost spit out my chilled Starbuck's Mocha Light Frappuccino. That would have upset me greatly, and "AIEEEEE!!" would have issued forth from my own mouth!
Two things in the comic book illustration that make me laugh inside (but not out loud, if anyone were to ask, it would be awkward to explain): 1) a golem wearing Speedos 2) Halpern Collins white belt. White belts were a popular men's fashion accessory in the early 70s and I remember my dad getting dressed for an evening out, in his white belt and polyester dress slacks.
Hallie name-checks David 21 times in 22 minutes, or on average once every minute and three seconds. There was one point when she didn't use his name for almost four lines!
Nonchalance says:
'Der Golem' looks a lot like a Ray Harryhausen creature.
omg so hilarious "my soil!!"…and "…looks over his shoulder at Liz and says 'Grr-r-r'…"
good one, thanks for providing some side-splitting laughter
Nonchalant says:
Gollum has stolen The Precious.
Proud to live with an Ophiuchus.
"because fussing around with a special pile of dirt does not lend itself to drama"
But it does, though. A recent episode of "What We Do in the Shadows" demonstrated that.


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            FeebackButtonLabel = "give feedback";
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            FeedbackEmail = feedbackEmail;
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Admiral Lord West's son in 'drug deal' arrest
By Andrew Porter, Political Editor 17 January 2008 • 00:01 am
Lord West said he was 'furious' over the incident involving his son
The son of the security minister, Admiral Lord West, has been arrested for alleged drugs offences, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.
Telegraph profile: Admiral Lord West
In an incident that will cause acute embarrassment to Gordon Brown and Lord West, Alex West was arrested with a suspected drugs dealer.
The Daily Telegraph has been told by sources that the 25-year-old had been drinking in a nightclub in Hackney, east London, on Jan 6. He was allegedly approached by a drug dealer who asked if he would like to buy cocaine.
Mr West allegedly replied that he would and the two men went outside to a cashpoint to conclude the deal. The area was being filmed by CCTV and it is believed was also under police surveillance.
Both men were arrested by police officers.
Mr West was released on police bail without having been charged.
Last night friends of Lord West said he was "furious" over the incident. When contacted he said: "Drugs are illegal, they ruin lives."
Lord West was brought into the Prime Minister's "Government of all the talents" in June and put in charge of security and counter-terrorism. His embarrassment will be greater as he regularly meets police chiefs in his ministerial role.
It is understood that Mr West initially claimed the substance had been "planted" on him.
Mr West, who declined to comment when contacted last night, has been working for various Fleet Street newspapers in recent months.
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Q: Why specify CIDR on ip addr add? When running ip addr add to assign an address to a network interface, you need (or can) specify the subnet of the interface. So then when you run ifconfig you can see the subnet:
enp0s3: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.2.15  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.2.255
        inet6 fe80::f36f:407:e015:2633  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 08:00:27:73:e9:14  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 105172  bytes 120417336 (120.4 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 27040  bytes 4403397 (4.4 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

I don't understand why is this necessary? I don't believe it's for routing purposes, since the routing table is used for this, so what is it good for?
EDIT: to be more clear: I know that the netmask is used to know the range of addresses that are directly linked to the network, i.e., can be reached without routing. But that's set in the routing table. So my question is: what's the relation between the setting of the interface and the routing table.
It's seems that they're not directly connected, see this:
root@yoav-VirtualBox:/home/yoav# ip addr add 192.168.1.2/24 dev first
root@yoav-VirtualBox:/home/yoav# ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK> mtu 65536 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: second@first: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a2:a9:4f:c3:c5:be brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: first@second: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether f2:38:32:ea:b4:8f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.2/24 scope global first
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@yoav-VirtualBox:/home/yoav# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
root@yoav-VirtualBox:/home/yoav#

A: On Linux, assigning an address to an interface adds an implicit LAN route based on this address. This route will use the CIDR mask assigned to the address (as well as the address itself as a hint source address):
# ip link set eth0 down
# ip address flush dev eth0
# ip address add 192.0.2.3/24 dev eth0
# ip route

(nothing: the route requires the interface to be admistratively UP too)
# ip link set eth0 up
# ip route
192.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.0.2.3

Removing the address always removes routes that can't exist because of the lack of referenced addresses or networks defined by the address.
# ip address flush dev eth0
# ip route

(nothing)
It's possible for some special network settings (often involving other interfaces using clashing addresses) to avoid this implicit route to be added by using the flag noprefixroute. Tools like NetworkManager often set this flag so they have better control on the way they configure routes.
# ip address add 192.0.2.3/24 dev eth0 noprefixroute
# ip route

(nothing)
This implicit LAN route might not exist on all OSes and might have to be always explicitly set on some of them.

A: The subnet specifies which hosts can be reached through this interface, without routing. In your case, enp0s3 can be used to contact any host from 10.0.2.0 to 10.0.2.255 (I'm ignoring impossible values here since the definition of impossible is evolving), without having to use a gateway (which is where routing comes into the picture).

A: routing table needs to know whether this packet should be routed or whether it should be delivered to a host connected to the same "link"/subnet directly using underlying layer 2 protocol.
Note: if the packet should be routed, then it is delivered to its next hop/gateway using underlying layer 2 protocol. So basically the routing table tells to layer 2 which next-hop IP to use, which is either the same as the packet (if it is in the same subnet) or next hop in the routing table. So, routing table needs the mask to determine that.


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Highgate poet and animal rights activist found dead on Hampstead Heath
By Josh Pettitt
Published: 8:23 PM March 7, 2012 Updated: 1:31 PM October 14, 2020
A 61-year-old Highgate poet and animal rights activist who battled mental illness for more than 40 years has been found dead on Hampstead Heath.
Emerald McKenty's body was discovered by joggers in Athlone House Gardens at 10.50am on Friday (March 2).
Police found a note, tablets and alcohol on the ground next to her.
Her partner and full-time carer Rick Ferry, 60, who lived with Ms McKenty in Holmesdale Road, said she had tried to slash her wrists with scissors just days before she was found at the beauty spot.
He said her obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) – which sometimes meant Ms McKenty washed for six hours before feeling clean – had left her feeling increasingly depressed in recent years.
"She had a great zest for life and was a colourful character, but her OCD left her feeling isolated and it limited Emerald in how much she could leave the house," said Mr Ferry, who has known Ms McKenty since the early 1980s.
"She was lonely and depressed. She didn't want to get older, she didn't want to finish up in an old people's home.
"Even though she suffered from mental health and physical problems, she was a pioneer."
Birmingham-born Ms McKenty was an animal rights activist in the 1980s, campaigning against the wearing of fur.
She helped orchestrate demonstrations outside the Barbican when Princess Diana and Prince Charles were visiting.
She also made national headlines in 1983 when she and Mr Ferry stormed the stage at a Miss United Kingdom event to protest against the show's sponsor.
In 2010 Ms McKenty, who helped run a poetry club in Chats Palace in Hackney, penned a poem for a campaign to save a Norway Maple outside her home which Haringey Council was threatening to chop down.
Part of the poem, which was pinned to the tree, read: "Let thy tree continue to grow. May it grow tall and proud. Pray don't let them fell it down."
Sue Hessel, spokeswoman for vulnerable groups for Haringey residents associations, said people with mental health issues are among the most overlooked.
"The plug has been pulled on this group probably more than any other by the health service and especially in Haringey because people with mental health issues can't shout the loudest," she said.
"There is pitifully little for them in terms of support and this is just desperately sad."
An inquest into Ms McKenty's death is due to be opened at St Pancras Coroner's Court tomorrow (Friday, March 9).


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Stranger Things season 4 runtimes are dividing the internet
Stranger Things season 4 has some supersized episodes, and the internet is seriously divided.
Volume 1, which arrives this May 27, consists of seven episodes. The first six installments are around an hour and 15 minutes, while episode 7 clocks in at 1 hour 38 minutes, episode 8 at 1 hour 25 minutes, and episode 9 at a truly massive 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The internet is split between fans who can't wait to get their hands on that many hours of Stranger Things, and some who are dreading the ultra-long episodes.
"I imagine that even the biggest diehard Stranger Things fan would balk at sitting through a 2.5 hour episode of Stranger Things," predicts one person.
"I enjoy watching Stranger Things but in the event they actually have a 2 and a half hour long episode I am simply sitting this one out," says someone else.
"The finale is apparently 2 and a half hours long….this makes me more concerned than excited. When something's too popular it's more likely to overindulge in stuff that would've been cut otherwise. The season 3 opener was 1 hour where nothing happens," comments another viewer.
"I think the Stranger Things 2.5 hour episodes will help prove that, just because the general public likes a thing, doesn't mean they want ENDLESS amounts of that thing," believes someone else.
"The fact that all the new Stranger Things episodes are longer than an hour makes me not want to watch it," says another.
But some can't wait to get their hands on the extra-long episodes.
"The fact that we are getting a 2 hour long episode for the stranger things finale and that all the other episodes are longer than an hour AHHH," says one excited fan.
"WAIT, IS EVERY EPISODE FOR STRANGER THINGS AT LEAST OVER AN HOUR LONG??!? AND THE FINALE IS 2.5 HOURS LONG??! WE ARE BEING FEEEDDDDD" cheers another.
Someone else is defending the runtimes: "Y'all are all haters I'm excited for the 2 and a half hour Stranger Things finale"
"All of the Stranger Things episodes are over an hour????? give it to me now," says someone else.
"#StrangerThings SEASON FOUR EACH EPISODES IS GONNA BE AN HOUR LONG AND I'M HERE FOR IT" enthuses another fan.
Stranger Things season 4 part 1 arrives this May 27. In the meantime, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows streaming now to fill out your watchlist, and see our interview with David Harbour for even more on the new episodes.
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En matemàtiques, el sistema de coordenades esfèriques és un sistema de coordenades que es fa servir per a determinar unívocament cada punt de l'espai de tres dimensions assignant-l'hi tres nombres reals anomenats coordenades: la distància radial entre el punt i un origen fixat, l'angle zenital que es mesura des del semieix positiu z fins a la recta que passa per l'origen i el punt, i l'angle azimutal que es mesura entre el semieix positiu x i la projecció ortogonal al pla x-y d'aquesta mateixa recta.

Notació
Hi ha diverses convencions per a representar les tres coordenades. D'acord amb l'Organització Internacional per a l'estandardització (ISO 31-11), la notació és (r, θ, φ) per indicar la distància radial, l'angle zenital i l'angle azimutal respectivament.

Els matemàtics nord-americans, inverteixen la notació dels angles zenital i azimutal i fan servir φ pel zenital i θ per l'azimutal. Hi ha una complicació afegida perquè en alguns textos matemàtics els anomenen així però els escriuen canviant l'ordre escrivint primer l'azimut i després el zenit, però aquesta convenció té orientació negativa i s'hauria d'evitar. La convenció americana té l'avantatge de què és més compatible en el significat de θ amb la notació tradicional per al sistema de coordenades polars en dues dimensions i el sistema de coordenades cilíndriques en tres dimensions, mentre que els sistema ISO té una acceptació més estesa arreu del món. Alguns usuaris del sistema ISO també fan servir φ per notar l'angle en coordenades polars i d'aquesta manera evitar el primer problema (tal com ho fa l'estàndard ISO per a coordenades cilíndriques). Una altra notació fa servir ρ per indicar la distància radial. Abans de fer servir les fórmules i les equacions d'un autor en un treball en què empra les coordenades esfèriques, sempre s'hauria de comprovar quina convenció fa servir en la notació. En aquest article es fa servir la notació ISO.

Definició

Les tres coordenades (r, θ, φ) es defineixen com:
 r ≥ 0 és la distància de l'origen al punt P.
 0 ≤ θ ≤ π és l'angle entre la part positiva de l'eix z i la recta que passa per l'origen i P.
 0 ≤ φ < 2π és l'angle entre la part positiva de l'eix x-axis i la recta que passa per l'origen i P projectada sobre el pla xy.

φ s'anomena l'azimut, mentre que θ s'anomena el zenit, la colatitud o l'angle polar.

θ i φ deixen de tenir sentit quan r = 0 i φ deixa de tenir sentit quan sin(θ) = 0 (a θ = 0 i a θ = π).

Per traçar un punt conegudes les seves coordenades esfèriques, desplaçar r unitats de longitud des de l'origen al llarg de la part positiva de l'eix z, girar un angle θ al voltant de l'eix y en la direcció positiva de l'eix x i girar un angle φ al voltant de l'eix z en la direcció de la part positiva de l'eix y.

Conversions entre sistemes de coordenades
Com que el sistema de coordenades esfèriques només és un dels molts sistemes de coordenades en tres dimensions, hi ha equacions que a partir de les coordenades d'un punt en un sistema esfèric permeten calcular les coordenades del mateix un en cada un dels altres i viceversa.

D'aquest càlcul, o d'aplicar aquestes equacions (compondre les funcions) a les equacions que defineixen diferents entitats geomètriques, se'n diu canvi de coordenades o transformació de coordenades.

Sistema de coordenades cartesianes

Les tres coordenades esfèriques s'obtenen a partir de les coordenades cartesianes aplicant:

Fixeu-vos que la funció arctangent s'ha de definir de forma adequada de manera que tingui en compte el quadrant correcte de . La funció atan2, o un altre d'equivalent, pot servir per a fer això a efectes de càlcul amb programes informàtics.

A la inversa, Les coordenades cartesianes es poden calcular a partir de les coordenades esfèriques aplicant:

Sistema de coordenades geogràfic

El sistema de coordenades geogràfiques és una versió alternativa del sistema de coordenades esfèriques, es va fer servir inicialment en geografia i després també en aplicacions en física i en matemàtiques. En geografia, habitualment es descarta, ρ o se substitueix per un valor que representa l'elevació o altitud.

La latitud  és el complement de l'angle zenital i es pot convertir aplicant:
, o
,
Tot i que la latitud també s'escriu habitualment per θ. Aquí representa l'angle zenital mesurat a partir del pla xy amb un domini de -90° ≤ θ ≤ 90°. La longitud es mesura en graus est o oest a partir de 0°, per tant el seu domini és -180° ≤ φ ≤ 180°.

Sistema de coordenades cilíndriques

El sistema de coordenades cilíndriques és un sistema de coordenades en tres dimensions que s'obté arrossegant al llarg d'una línia recta perpendicular al pla (l'eix z) el sistema de coordenades polars, la coordenada z descriu l'alçada del punt per damunt (valors positius) o per davall (valors negatius) del pla xy. Les tres coordenades són (ρ, φ, z).

Les coordenades cilíndriques es poden transformar en esfèriques aplicant:

Les coordenades esfèriques es poden transformar en cilíndriques aplicant:

Aplicacions
El sistema de coordenades geogràfiques fa servir els dos angles del sistema de coordenades esfèriques per indicar posicions en la superfície de la Terra, d'aquests angles se'n diu latitud i longitud. Igual com el sistema bidimensional de coordenades cartesianes és útil en el pla, el sistema bidimensional de coordenades esfèriques és útil en la superfície d'una esfera. Si en aquest sistema s'agafa om a unitat de mesura de les longituds el radi de l'esfera, llavors la coordenada radial val sempre 1 i en general es pot ignorar. Aquesta simplificació pot ser també molt útil en tractar objectes com ara les matriu de rotació.

Els sistemes de coordenades esfèriques són útils quan s'analitzen sistemes que són simètrics respecte d'un punt; una esfera que en coordenades cartesianes té l'equació x² + y² + z² = c² en coordenades esfèriques, la seva equació és tan simple com r = c. Un exemple és al resoldre una integral triple sobre un domini esfèric.

L'element de superfície per una superfície esfèrica és

L'element de volum és

Les coordenades esfèriques són les coordenades naturals per descriure i analitzar situacions físiques on hi ha simetria esfèrica, com ara el camp d'energia potencial que envolta una esfera (o un punt) amb massa o càrrega.
Dies equacions diferencials en derivades parcials importants, l'equació de Laplace i l'equació de Helmholtz, admeten una solució per separació de variables en coordenades esfèriques. Les parts angulars de les solucions d'aquestes equacions prenen la forma d'harmònics esfèrics.

Una altra aplicació és en disseny per a l'ergonomia, on r és la longitud del braç d'una persona quieta i els angles descriuen la direcció del braç per abastar els objectes.

Aplicació en cinemàtica
En coordenades esfèriques la posició d'un punt s'escriu,

Llavors la seva velocitat és,

I la seva acceleració és,

Generalització
El concepte de coordenades esfèriques es pot estendre a espais de dimensió superior i llavors es parla de coordenades hiperesfèriques.

Notes

Vegeu també
 Camps vectorials en coordenades cilíndriques i esfèriques
 Laplaciana en coordenades cilíndriques i esfèriques
 Llista de transformacions canòniques de coordenades
 Esfera
 Hiperesfera

Bibliografia

Enllaços externs

 MathWorld description of spherical coordinates

Sistema de coordenades

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Flint Drop Fest to celebrate its 10th year with a dozen stages, over 150 performers
by Kate Stockrahm August 10, 2022 August 9, 2022
Attendees at a former Drop Fest event in downtown Flint, Mich. (Photo courtesy Jerin Sage)
Flint, MI—Flint Drop Fest is set to return to downtown Flint, Mich. Saturday, August 13, 2022.
The day-long arts and electronic music festival began a decade ago when organizer Jerin Sage decided to bring the techno scene he'd grown to love at events like the Detroit Electronic Music Festival to his hometown.
"The first year we were in the Flat Lot, we were in Riverbank Park, and we were on the rooftop of the Rutherford Building," Sage said from a picnic table in Wilson Park, just a block from where two of 12 total stages will be for Drop Fest this Saturday.
"It's actually humbling," he said, shaking his head as he spoke about how much the event had grown since. "We had a Uhaul truck as our main stage. We had tiny, like, garage speakers. We just pieced it together the best that we could."
Sage said there were around 750 attendees in Drop Fest's first year, but last year's event ended up drawing nearly 14,000.
"I never would have expected it," he said. "I worked for it. I've been trying to get there. But it's still just incredible and humbling to have that much support."
Sage said the upcoming 10th Annual Flint Drop Fest will be his and fellow organizers' biggest yet, featuring food trucks, art vendors, and "creativity bursting at the seams" between the stages dotting downtown's streets, parks and alleys.
Headlining the festival are Marvel Years and DJ Swamp, the latter of which toured with musician Beck in the late 90s.
Aside from the headliners, Sage estimated there will be over 150 performers at the event this Saturday, including entertainment outside of electronic music. For example, he noted, the community stage will offer a variety of fitness and yoga demonstrations, an open mic session, and local belly dancers throughout the afternoon and evening.
Flint Drop Fest is free and has been since its inception.
Sage said that accessibility is important to him as he'd rather festival-goers spend their time and money at Flint's downtown businesses or on local vendors' wares at the event.
"I get paid in smiles," Sage said. "If everyone leaves with a positive memory and a reason to come back, then that's success to me."
The 10th Annual Flint Drop Fest will be held from noon to 11 p.m. on Aug. 13. More information on the free, all-ages event can be found on the event's website or social media pages.
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