Currents... Glacial Lake Missoula in the News.
We've shown you the past events that created today's landscapes, but what does the future hold for this continuing story? Tourism based on the flood is growing rapidly... and of course a future ice age could bring a whole new series of floods. We will continue to add articles and news reports to this page that discuss current science, flood-based activities, and other interesting items that continue the story of Glacial Lake Missoula and the Ice Age Floods.
Glacial Lake Missoula National Park?
The Ice Age Floods are not presently represented in the National Park System or in any other coordinated way. In 1999, through Congress, the Park Service's Special Resource Study Program funded a study of alternatives for telling the story in the 4-state area. The goal was to inventory the Flood sites and resources, see if there was a high level of public interest and participation in telling this dramatic story, and to recommend to Congress a series of alternatives for creating and managing coordinated and collaborative interpretive centers relating to the floods. There was great interest and participation, so the Park Service is recommending a "park without borders" with interpretive sites and information kiosks along already established travel routes throughout the 16,000 square-mile area.
Read more about the proposed Ice Age Floods National Geologic Region Heritage Trail.
This new book, generously illustrated with photographs and two-color maps, follows the path of the floodwaters as they raged from western Montana across the Idaho Panhandle, then scoured through eastern Washington and rushed down the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, readers can examine glacial lake shorelines, giant current ripples, now-dry waterfalls that when flowing would have dwarfed Niagara Falls, and other evidence that led scientists to daring new conclusions about geologic processes. Author David Alt, a geology professor at the University of Montana in Missoula, has studied Glacial Lake Missoula and its floods since the 1960s.
You can buy this book at the Montana Natural History Center.


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Facebook, Rights Groups Hit Out at Singapore's Fake News Bill
Singapore submitted wide-ranging fake news legislation in parliament on Monday, stoking fears from internet firms and human rights groups that it may give the government too much power and hinder freedom of speech.
The law would require social media sites like Facebook to carry warnings on posts the government deems false and remove comments against "public interest."
The move came two days after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said governments should play a more active role in regulating the online platform.
But Simon Milner, who works on Facebook's public policy in Asia, said after the law was tabled, the firm was "concerned with aspects of the law that grant broad powers to the Singapore executive branch to compel us to remove content they deem to be false and proactively push a government notification to users."
"As the most far-reaching legislation of its kind to date, this level of overreach poses significant risks to freedom of expression and speech, and could have severe ramifications both in Singapore and around the world," said Jeff Paine, managing director of the Asia Internet Coalition, an industry association of internet and technology companies in the region.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Singapore's Law Minister K. Shanmugam said the new legislation would not hinder free speech.
"This legislation deals with false statements of facts. It doesn't deal with opinions, it doesn't deal with viewpoints. You can have whatever viewpoints however reasonable or unreasonable," he said.
Tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google all have their Asia headquarters in the city-state, a low-tax finance hub seen as a island of stability in the middle of the fast-growing but often-turbulent Southeast Asia region.
"Malicious actors"
Singapore, which has been run by the same political party since independence from Britain more than 50 years ago, says it is vulnerable to fake news because of its position as a global financial hub, its mixed ethnic and religious population and widespread internet access.
It is ranked 151 among 180 countries rated in the World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders, a non-government group that promotes freedom of information, below the likes of Russia and Myanmar.
The new bill proposes that the government get online platforms to publish warnings or "corrections" alongside posts carrying false information, without removing them.
This would be the "primary response" to counter falsehoods online, the Law Ministry said.
"That way, in a sense, people can read whatever they want and make up their minds. That is our preference," Law Minister K. Shanmugam told reporters on Monday.
Under the proposals, which must be approved by parliament, criminal sanctions including hefty fines and jail terms will be imposed if the falsehoods are spread by "malicious actors" who "undermine society", the ministry said, without elaborating.
It added that it would cut off an online site's "ability to profit", without shutting it down, if the site had published three falsehoods that were "against the public interest" over the previous six months.
It did not say how it would block a site's profit streams.
The bill came amid talk of a possible general election this year. Law Minister Shanmugam declined to comment when asked if the new legislation was related to a vote.
"This draft law will be a disaster for human rights, particularly freedom of expression and media freedom," said Phil Robertson, deputy director, Asia division, at Human Rights Watch.
"The definitions in the law are broad and poorly defined, leaving maximum regulatory discretion to the government officers skewed to view as "misleading" or "false" the sorts of news that challenge Singapore's preferred political narratives."
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Q: How to know a number's unit in Sass I would like to know a number's unit. Is it possible ?
For exemple, let's say we have 10px, but we don't know it is in pixels. I would like to know my value's unit is px. How to write a function that would give me: px ?

A: Use the unit function.
From the above documentation:

unit(100px) => "px"

If you have a pure number, e.g. 10, then it does not have units. You could convert it to pixels by multiplying it by 1px. Understanding Sass Units might be of use to you.

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Q: Why are some of my screen-recording/capturing/sharing applications (or app features) not working in Ubuntu 17.10 (and later releases)? After upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10 I noticed some of my screencasting applications are not working, for example screencasting tools like SimpleScreenRecorder and vokoscreen. (link)
Also I noticed features like screenshot from GIMP is not working properly, producing blank screenshots (link). Shutter too is producing glitchy screenshots (link).
Screen-sharing option on Skype is also not working (link).
The issue occurs sometimes on later Ubuntu releases too.
Why is this happening and how do I fix this?

A: Ubuntu 17.10 by default lets users log in to a GNOME environment on a Wayland session. You may check whether you're logged into a Wayland session instead of an Xorg (X11) session by running the following command in Terminal:
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

Applications which are not compatible with Wayland yet run under a XWayland compatibility layer. But advanced applications, which depend on and/or control X11 server "too much" (screen-capturing/recording etc.), might fail to run in a Wayland session.
As a workaround you may switch back to an Xorg session.

A: Try Green Recorder. It supports Wayland & Xorg and it will work with Ubuntu 17.10. For installation instructions please check this link
Open terminal and run all the below commands one by one
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossproject/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install green-recorder
green-recorder

A: If you're trying to playback a video recorded using 'Kazam' and encoded using H.264, I'd recommend trying out different video playback applications. I noticed that some applications (specifically in my case, VLC) played back the audio fine but produced a black screen for the video. The default totem player seemed to playback the video fine, however.

A: I am using this workaround in Wayland. (Ubuntu 18.04)
sleep 3s; gnome-screenshot -a -f /tmp/scr.png && \
xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i /tmp/scr.png


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Q: Cities:Skylines - How to identify assets a saved game actually uses? When a saved game (from the Steam Workshop) lists thousands of assets (untrue), how do you determine which assets it actually uses?
You know Cities:Skylines supports user-generated assets in the workshop. You can "subscribe" to them and they will appear in your game menus.  I see saved games on the Steam workshop all the time, that load correctly except for one key asset like a missing road or sewage plant.  If you load the game, there will be a hole where a chunk of highway should be.
Like this save-game.  Normally I go over to the opening screen's Content Manager, and see which assets the game uses, and subscribe them.  This doesn't tell me which asset is the road, so I have to take a few I don't care about.  But then there's this game.

"Custom assets/mods used: 1976"
Bullpuckey!  The game loads fine, except for 1 Workshop road asset. (no, it's not Network Extensions, I have that).  It's not actually using 1,976 assets (you would notice that many missing), and anyway, this game is only a fix of this other game that only "has" 79 assets (and I have those loaded since I'm playing that one).

... So clearly.  This number has nothing to do with the assets actually used in the save.  This "monster list" is nothing more than a list of all the assets the author hapened to be subscribed to at the time of the save.  If the author started a new game and built 1 plain road segment and saved, it too would "have" 1,976 assets despite having no assets at all.
I want to load this save game, but I do not want to install 1,976 assets.
So here is my question: How do I "separate the wheat from the chaff" as it were?  How do I identify the 9 assets out of 1976 actually used by either game, or the 1 asset I am missing?
Or alternately, is there another way to resolve this? Can I tell the system to "load on the fly" assets that are actually missing?

A: You can subscribe and enable the updated Loading screen mod which will provide you with the list of all of the subscribed assets loaded into the game and the assets which are used in the current map.
To obtain this report, this report save options should be enabled in the Setting page of the Loading screen mod.

A: An alternative option to the one posted by Elangesh - unfortunately depending on the save game to work even with missing mods - has been supplied by user Avanya on the Steam forums (edited slightly for readability):

You can use the output log (player.log on Mac and Linux) to find the mods used. To do this, you just load the save (which might not work since you're missing mods). Then you open the log and find a list of numbers. This is the Steam IDs for the mods used in the save. You then open a browser and add the ID number to the end of this URL:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=
That will take you to the mod's page.
The list looks something like this in the log:

The following mods were used when this asset was created:
UnlimitedMoney
UnlimitedOilAndOre
UnlockAll
UltimateEyecandy
558661484
597981885
553501635
445589127
515489008
767233815
791221322
608517757


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Manhattan: A US Treasury Department official has been criminally charged with leaking confidential documents relating to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, the Russian embassy and others, to a reporter from digital media company BuzzFeed, Manhattan federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Natalie May Edwards, a senior adviser in the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), was arrested on Tuesday and charged with unauthorised disclosure of suspicious activity reports and with conspiracy, according to the office of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Edwards, 40, was expected to make an initial appearance in Virginia federal court later in the day. A lawyer for Edwards could not immediately be reached for comment.
Suspicious activity reports are submitted by banks to alert law enforcement to potentially illegal transactions. Prosecutors said that beginning in October 2017, Edwards disclosed suspicious activity reports connected to Manafort and his longtime associate Rick Gates, the Russian embassy and accused Russian agent Maria Butina.
The disclosures were reported in a series of articles in BuzzFeed related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of possible co-ordination between US President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign and Russia, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Edwards saved the confidential reports on a flash drive and sent them to the BuzzFeed reporter using an encrypted messaging application. They said that at the time of her arrest, she was in possession of what appeared to be that flash drive, and a cell phone containing communications with the reporter.
Manafort was convicted in August of tax and bank fraud charges, and in September pleaded guilty to a separate conspiracy charge, agreeing to co-operate with authorities in the Russia investigation. The charges against Mueller involve conduct predating Trump's campaign.
Gates pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy and making false statements to investigators, also agreeing to co-operate. Butina was ordered jailed in July while she awaits trial.


If your family is anything like mine, you probably find yourself gathering in the kitchen on a daily basis, and it's easy to understand why. Our kids enjoy the kitchen because it is the center of activity. As parents, we want company while we cook and encourage people to congregate there. And of course, everyone loves the kitchen because of the food options that this room promises.
It's my firm belief that the kitchen is an excellent spot for a family to come together, not the least because it is where most meals take place. There's just one problem. Due to all the medicines, vitamins, detergents, cutting utensils, blenders, and sharp objects in the kitchen, it's also a room where your kids are more likely to get themselves hurt, especially if they are young.
If your child is familiar with the kitchen – not just with the room itself, but with the activities that occur within – he is more likely to conduct himself in a safe and responsible manner. Perhaps the best way to teach such familiarity is by having your kids help out while you cook.
When they are young, give them tasks along the lines of peeling, stirring, and assembling food. As they get older, they can gradually move up to cutting and chopping, and, in the process, gain an appreciation and comfort level with such kitchen tools. From a mom's perspective, it also can't hurt to have some company (and some help) while preparing for dinner.
A parent with young children will often have to put safety ahead of convenience, and this can certainly be the case when the kitchen is concerned. Harmful items and substances – be they medications, knives, or appliances – should be kept in higher-up cabinets as much as possible. You might have to reach a bit more while making meals, but it's ultimately always better to be safe than sorry.
Finally, you can help ensure your children's safety in the kitchen by setting explicit ground rules. While many parents establish such rules in other areas of the house, such as the basement, the laundry room, or the backyard, few have guidelines specifically for the kitchen. Tell your children what kitchen items they are allowed to use on their own and which are the most dangerous. Just a simple talk can go a long way.
These are a few of the main tips to keep in mind when looking to insure your children's safety in the kitchen. Although kids across the country eat millions of meals in the kitchen every day without incident, it is always best to execute caution and be prepared, especially when dealing with potentially-dangerous objects and substances.
Bio: Stacy Hunt is a blogger, nutritionist, and full-time mom who writes about parenting and raises awareness of Actos linked to bladder cancer. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA.


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UPDATE: GBHS delays dog adoptions after plans to resume normal activities since outbreak
ByPat Byington
Ready to give you all the licks.(GBHS)
UPDATE:The Greater Birmingham Humane Society (GBHS) has made the tough decision to delay the reopening of dog adoptions after a dog exhibited signs of possible canine distemper virus (CDV). "We were excited to resume dog adoptions as of May 24, 2022; however, today, we have had a dog begin to exhibit symptoms of CDV. To ensure no further spread of the virus, we have made the difficult decision to delay adoptions for another week while we await the results of another CDV test," said Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Lindy Alverson.
"The mission of the GBHS is to ensure the humane treatment of humans and animals, and this includes making sure that they are kept healthy and safe from disease," said Chief Executive Officer Allison Black Cornelius. "When we learned that there may have been another exposure to CDV, we made the tough decision that will ultimately save the most lives and protect the animals in our care as well as the animals in our community."
Story Before the Delay
The Greater Birmingham Humane Society (GBHS) is resuming dog adoptions on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
As reported by Bham Now last month, GBHS temporarily halted adoptions following an outbreak of Canine distemper virus (CDV).
"All dogs available for adoption have tested negative for CDV and all have completed the quarantine period," said Lindy Alverson, Chief Veterinary Officer for GBHS. "These dogs have also been tested for CDV antibodies and will be adopted with a free 30-day pet insurance policy that can be activated the day of adoption." Dr. Alverson added.
Check out the Website
Starting on Monday, May 23, dogs that are available for adoption will be posted on the GBHS website.
Dr. Alverson worked closely with shelter medicine and infectious disease experts Dr. Cynda Crawford of Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, and Dr. Brendan Bergquist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Shelter Medicine at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine, to determine the infection status of every dog at GBHS through diagnostic testing.
Partnerships Work
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"Several shelters and impoundment facilities across the southeast had to close after finding CDV in their canine population," said Allison Black Cornelius, Chief Executive Officer of GBHS. "We are excited to reopen adoptions. Thanks to The BISSELL Pet Foundation, Greater Good, Chewy.Com, and all of our partners and donors, we were able to work quickly to collaborate with shelter medicine experts and establish an aggressive, life-saving response strategy after the first case was identified."
According to Alverson, the process of eliminating a virus like CDV is time consuming and expensive, costing GBHS almost $40,000 for testing, but the collaboration saved many lives.
Dogs Need a Home
The dogs that have been quarantined for several weeks need a home.
"These dogs have been quarantined for several weeks and need to find permanent homes outside of the shelter. We hope the beds, testing results, and insurance encourage adopters to turn out for these pups," said Dr. Alverson.
The outbreak is the reason why GBHS spends the money to vaccinate all animals upon entering the shelter, and encourages owners to to stay up to date on their pets' vaccines.
Vaccinations Matter
"Vaccination in the community is the key to prevention," Dr. Alverson said. "It is extremely important to keep animals current, not only on distemper, but rabies vaccinations as well. This is a 100% preventable virus if the community vaccinates and safely contains their pets."
Got questions or concerns about CDV and the vaccines? Call 205-942-1211. Meanwhile, there are dogs who need a home. Spread the word!
Pat Byington
Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.
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_Without treatment, the infection can grow and spread and can be passed on to others.
If you have a nail fungus infection, you should know that the infection does more than just give you unhealthy toenails. The infection is a medical condition caused by a live, active fungus that grows and spreads by eating your skin and nails.
Just like any infection on your face or body, a nail fungus infection should be seen by your primary care physician, podiatrist, dermatologist or healthcare professional for a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.


Eberoth is the leader of my Chaos Space Marine Army. He is a former Captain of the 2nd Company in the Thunder Titans Chapter of Space Marines. Turned renegade with a sizeable number of Brothers, including ten full squads of Terminators. Now a feared Chaos Lord in an obscure star cluster known as the Fell Deep. Full fluff when I've finished compiling Codex: Eberoth's Warband. Might take a few months, though.
Rules-wise, he counts as Abaddon the Despoiler.
I converted the miniature representing Eberoth from the multi-plastic Chaos Terminator Lord from Games Workshop. I replaced the usual Power Axe with Drach'nyen, Abaddon's Daemon sword. I chose to have an Icon Bearer for his Personal Icon (a normal plastic Chaos Glory icon), whom I named 'Feylin' (from 'Feyhlin the Savage' of the now defunct Confrontation game). Yes, she is holding a SEVERED HEAD in her right hand. There's an awful lot of severed heads in this miniature (which is more of a mini diorama, actually); from the Black Templar and Tyranid heads in the Lord's trophy spikes, to the skull stuck between the Lord's horns, to the Cadian skull atop the Chaos Icon, to the severed head that Feylin is holding, to the Nob head bleeding on the ground… Gruesome.
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This is a deep Ai hue men's vintage haori with fine shosei Kasuri pattern, which is woven.
On its cotton lining, Japanese poem with mushroom, ship, deer and cranes are dyed.
It has prominent discoloration on the sleeves, sides and the back, as shown on photos.
Because of the flaws mentioned, it is no longer suitable for wearing, however, it still is a very charming piece for its tasteful design!!


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TIBET, ACTIVISM AND INFORMATION
Digital Action For A Free Tibet And Human Rights
Appeasing China, News Item, Tibet
Why Is Cambridge Professor Silent On China's Human Rights Abusers?
tibettruth 11 Aug 2013 11 Aug 2013
No Reply Yet From Professor Martin Daunton
On July 30 we sent an email to the offices of Professor Martin Daunton mjd42@cam.ac.uk for whatever reason we have not been graced with the courtesy of a reply on what is an issue of great concern to anyone supportive of human rights and freedom from oppression and censorship. We hope that the Master Of Trinity Hall University Of Cambridge will address the questions and issues involved, meanwhile in order to inform our readers and supporters reproduced below is the communication, which has either failed to arrive or is being ignored. We shall of course be very happy to extend to Martin Daunton a right of reply here to make clear his position and that of his College.
Urgent Attention Of:
Professor Martin Daunton
Master Of Trinity Hall
We are writing to your office following the widespread concern expressed among our subscribers, followers and friends around the world, who are extremely concerned that your globally respected institution has been linked via media reports to a seminar, reportedly involving the Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics (CBPSE), which includes a delegation from communist China's Ministry Of Public Security. The extent of engagement from CBPSE seems rather cloudy, yet prominent newspapers in the United Kingdom are far clearer and assert the organization has a prominent role in organizing the event. Whatever the detail as you may be aware this has resulted in some controversy, given the documented record of human rights violations associated with China's regime and in particular it's security forces.
Naturally this issue has attracted international attention, media reportage and more importantly a sense of disappointment and outrage from people who value the principles of democracy and political, cultural and civil freedoms.
Understandably many are shocked and baffled why Trinity Hall has been associated with an Chinese government agency that specializes in oppression and inflicts a range of harrowing abuse against the people of China and also wages a vicious and sustained assault upon the culture and people of Tibet and other occupied lands such as East Turkestan and Southern Mongolia.
It is a matter of record that China's Ministry of Public Security is responsible for a disturbing catalog of abuse, including arbitrary arrests, killings, systemic torture, forced-labor, censorship of the media and internet. Credible human rights organization such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Society For Human Rights have a wealth of highly detailed documentation that reveals the staggering extent of violence and suppression enforced by China's security services. Given that reality it is extremely difficult to find reason or justification for your University's accommodation of a Seminar, that endorses, by virtue of the invitation alone, a delegation which is so central to the atrocities suffered by those under the totalitarian control of China's regime.
Anyone involved in dissent or expressing a demand for freedom or human rights soon receives the attention of China's Ministry of Public Security and find themselves facing torture, or years of despair and physical abuse in a 'Re-Education Through Labor' camp. Disappeared into one of many 'black prisons' (outside the public face of the judicial system) political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are brutally denied even the cosmetic and pitiful rights afforded by China's formal laws. They are the 'property' of the Chinese State. How many die as a result of illegal executions? We must also consider those who are effectively killed by the grim excesses of forced labor and the most appalling conditions, more bodies ripe for profit. Perhaps the most chilling source of human organs derives from what is an horrific industrialized process, in which a prisoner is injected with poison. Often the body is butchered prior to death being clinically announced and verified, the victim paralyzed and drugged, the emphasis is on securing the organs as fresh as possible, harvested for sale, on what is a lucrative market, domestically and overseas.
This litany of horror would not be possible without the authority, engagement, support and funding of China's Ministry Of Public Security, we hope therefore you may understand the genuine dismay of many of our international friends and subscribers, who are perplexed about reports that Trinity Hall University Of Cambridge will host on its site those directly responsible for the violent denial of basic human freedoms. While we recognize that the Seminar in question is not organized by the University we trust you may understand the mere association of your college with China's blood-soaked enforcers naturally invites the concerns of any who value human rights.
Whatever the fine print that identifies the exact role of the Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics with respect to the Seminar and delegation from China's Ministry Of Public Security we sincerely hope that your office, mindful of the disturbing issues involved, and aware of growing international unease, may issue a statement making clear its position.
It would be extremely helpful if you could clarify the following: Will you respond to the assertion featured in both The Times and The Independent (Sunday July 28, 2013) that Trinity Hall Is the venue for this Seminar? Will you confirm that the Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics will be using your site to host the aforementioned Seminar?
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Easily recognized by their crisp harmonies, clever hooks, and high-energy performances, I, the Mountain has built a loyal and growing following across Southern Ontario. Formed in 2012, while attending Trent University in Peterborough, ON, I, The Mountain quickly became a household name across the city. As well-known Canadian artists toured through town, they established themselves as the staple openers for acts such as The Strumbellas, The Wooden Sky, and Elliot Brood. Now, as the band moves on from their lives in Peterborough, they continue to grow their fanbase in Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, and beyond. Fresh off their recent studio collaborations with Canadian music icons Simon Ward (The Strumbellas) and Jonas Bonetta (Evening Hymns) I, the Mountain is set to bring their trademark indie-folk sound to mainstages across Canada.


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Welcome inside the vault. This is a collection of previously unreleased lessons from eight-figure entrepreneurial mastermind RJon Robins. This content is for serious entrepreneurs only. If you're ready to be challenged, if you're ready to step outside your comfort zone, if you're ready to level-up your business and your life in a massive way… you've come to the right place. Let's go to the vault!
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Entrepreneurs Think Differently (Part 2)
This week we're sharing Part 2 of a two-part episode taken from RJon's Live Quarterly Meeting in October 2017 which was meant to inspire business owners to think differently about their business and unlearn several key lessons most of us are taught growing up.
In today's episode, RJon challenges you to stop trading your time for self-esteem, and start trading money for time. You will learn why it IS possible to build an extraordinary business and life for yourself... while at the same time, improving the lives of people around you.
This week we're sharing Part 1 of a two-part episode taken from RJon's Live Quarterly Meeting in October 2017, which was meant to help you "think differently" about your business and unlearn many of the lessons most of us are taught growing up.
In Part 1, RJon teaches about the Power of Positive Association... and he explains why, contrary to popular belief, the path to success is actually FULL of shortcuts.
Shadows in the Cave
This week, we're jumping back to RJon's Live Quarterly Meeting from January of 2018, which was called "The Allegory of Your Firm." In this lesson, RJon talks about "truth" - and why it's so important to know whether the "truths" you believe about your life and your business are real, or whether they're simply shadows in the cave.
Failure IS An Option
In this episode, RJon explains why entrepreneurs need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable - and why winners can't be afraid to fail.
Sales is an Act of Love
This week, we're sharing a lesson which will help you re-evaluate your mindset around sales. This segment comes from RJon's members-only live quarterly meeting in Orlando in July of 2018.
In this episode, RJon explains why "making a sale" is one of the most caring things you can do for a client.
How to Be a Sales Rockstar
This is the third episode of a three-part series where RJon describes what it means to be a Sales Rockstar and explains how to escape the fear that is holding you back, not just from selling, but from achieving true freedom in your business and your life.
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Game changing
RJon's insight - especially around mindset - is game-changing for entrepreneurs. Could not possibly recommend this more highly.
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Once again, the GregorySchool is hosting the 3-8 piano and 5-8 vocal contests this Saturday. When judged, the contestants could receive a three for good, two for excellence, or a one for superior. They could also be awarded with a plus.
There will be two centers for piano, with 66 contestants. Piano starts at 8:15 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. Vocal has 37 contestants and will start at 8:40 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m.
Come out and listen to the hard work of these students!
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A History of Music for Children
Mary Richards, David Schweitzer, Rose Blake
A musical journey around the world to meet the composers, musicians and performers who are famous for making the music we love
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A History of Music for Children takes readers on a musical journey around the world to meet a diverse cast of composers, musicians and performers. From Bach to Billie Eilish, Mozart to Miriam Makeba, the music makers in this book are connected by a love of creating and performing music. Tackling big questions including What is music? and Why do we make it?, it looks beyond the Western canon and explores the many exciting ways that music is composed, improvised, listened to, recorded, and passed on from generation to generation.
Includes an online playlist organized by chapter that children can listen to as they read
'So inspired and patiently crafted, with such a beautiful palette. When I read it, it was as if I was transported to my childhood - miraculous. These days, at the push of a button one can reference all these amazing artistes, which will open the door to worlds of music that seep deep into the soul, and our personal shambhala. This book really is a beautiful gift and a work of art'
Chaz Jankel
'An amazing history of music, really brought to life by the illustrations and diverse examples!'
Alexis Taylor, Hot Chip
'Hurrah! An eminently readable, resolutely unsoppy guide to the exciting, often cryptic world of music. Rose Blake's characteristically witty and saucy illustrations throughout will delight her fans of all ages'
'The magical story of music presented as one glorious, boundary-free jumble of creation where Mozart, DJ Kool Herc and 12th-century choral works feature on the same page. Enthralling, inspiring, boldly original and with the funniest and most charming illustrations'
Mark Ellen, music writer and broadcaster
Childhood Illustration Music
Format: PLC (with jacket)
Extent: 96 pp
1. What is Music?
2. Exploring Music
3. Creating Music
4. Feeling Music
5. Seeing Music
6. Performing and Listening to Music
7. What's Next for Music?
Timeline of Inventions, Glossary, Ideas for Listening
Mary Richards is a publisher, author and illustrator. She adapted and edited David Hockney's bestselling A History of Pictures for Children, and is the author of Splat!: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time, both published by Thames & Hudson. David Schweitzer is a composer and songwriter. He has written music for children's TV shows including Charlie & Lola, The Cat in the Hat, Angry Birds and Miffy. He has also scored documentaries and drama, including the 2020 film, Emma. Together with Mary, he runs a children's orchestra in London. Rose Blake is an award-winning artist and illustrator who has illustrated numerous books for children, including A History of Pictures for Children.
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What problems are presented in the article you read? What is one solution to the problem that your robot is addressing? Has it been successful? What are some other concerns the author mentions in the text?


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When reporting on Indian Country, remember these tips
byLenzy KrehbielBurton
Oct 8, 2018 in Specialized Topics
Although more communities are acknowledging Indian Country's impact, the changes are not necessarily showing up in mainstream reporting.
Since 1937, Columbus Day has been designated as a federal holiday. However, in recent years more communities have started observing the second Monday in October as Native American Day or Indigenous People's Day. Among the cities making the change are Seattle, Minneapolis, Albuquerque, Denver, Oklahoma City, San Francisco and more.
Despite the changes, Indigenous reporters and community members still have to educate reporters.
Former president of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), Rhonda LeValdo teaches mass communications at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. When working with student and non-Native journalists, she often reminds them to choose their words carefully to avoid using culturally insensitive phrases that have found their way into the common parlance.
"Phrases like 'low man on the totem pole,' 'let's go powwowing,' [or] 'off the reservation' are not acceptable and are often used in the wrong context," she said. "I try to make sure my students aren't using stereotypes of other groups as well."
That emphasis on avoiding stereotypes also extends to sports coverage. Citing the negative mental health impact on both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, the American Psychological Association issued a resolution in 2005, calling for the immediate retirement of all American Indian mascots, symbols and images.
The National Congress of American Indians, the country's oldest and largest inter-tribal organization, has been calling for the Washington, D.C. NFL team to change its name and mascot since 1972. NAJA has previously asked reporters and editors to limit or completely stop using team names and logos that carry blatantly racist overtones.
At a professional level, this also includes the NHL team in Chicago and the MLB clubs in Cleveland and Atlanta. However, the impact extends much farther as a handful of colleges and universities still use Native mascots, as do about several hundred high schools nationwide.
Sarah Adams-Cornell is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. A member of Live Indigenous OK, she was among the parents who lobbied Oklahoma City Public Schools to change the mascot at one of its high schools and stop conducting land run re-enactments as a way to teach state history.
In both instances, she said reporters from mainstream outlets often focused solely on the controversy and gave short shrift to the issue and its impact on Native communities, while those from outlets that primarily served minority communities dug in a little deeper.
"Do your due diligence and don't always depend on communities of color to educate you on what you should be doing yourself," she said. "If you're wanting to report on an issue, ask why and how it impacts our community."
She encourages reporters to ask Native community members about their ideal outcomes and best-case scenarios "Don't assume you know the answers and don't rely solely on statistics," said Adams-Cornell. "There's a much bigger story that just the numbers for communities of color."
Sourcing and attribution tips
Do ask sources who claim Indigenous heritage what their tribal affiliation is and how they want to be identified in copy. "When interviewing someone, I ask him/her what their preference is when being described," Osage News senior reporter Benny Polacca said. "I use that to bring the case to the editor that that is what the subject prefers."
Do be prepared to ask for additional details, such as which of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes they are enrolled with or where the tribe is headquartered.
Do not ask or list out blood quantum or "how much" Indian someone is. Additionally, although it is not polite or relevant to include someone's blood quantum, that figure is denoted by a fraction, not a decimal point.
Do not equate tribal heritage with tribal citizenship. Each sovereign tribe has the right to set its own citizenship criteria, so it is possible that a person may have Indigenous ancestors, but not qualify for tribal citizenship.
For more resources, such as an AP Style Guide, tips for ethical reporting on the Indian Child Welfare Act and more, check out NAJA's website.
A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton is a freelance reporter based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a member of the Native American Journalists Association, Oklahoma Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Main image CC-licensed by Unsplash via Djan MacAlister.


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Panama head coach Hernan Dario Gomez responded angrily to a suggestion that his side were the worst team at the World Cup.
The central Americans - competing at the event for the first time - had already been eliminated before Thursday's 2-1 defeat to Tunisia, due to heavy losses at the hands of Belgium and England in their opening two games.
They had looked set on claiming a maiden World Cup victory when Jose Luis Rodriguez's long-range strike was deflected in by Yassine Meriah for an unfortunate own goal after 33 minutes.
Tunisia bounced back in the second half, though, as goals from Fakhreddine Ben Youssef and Wahbi Khazri ensured Gomez's side will return home without a point.
The Colombian was quick to dismiss one journalist's claim that Panama were the worst team at Russia 2018, pointing out how the country's infrastructure compares to many of their World Cup rivals.
He said: "We are last, yes...but the worst team?"
"You have to start comparing other things, such as the training of footballers and sports education.
"We're the newest team, it's obvious, and the one that has the most difficulties.
"If you see the fields we have, the infrastructure, it's a team that is growing.
"We all worked extremely hard and played every game against teams that have been to World Cups before.
"You cannot call us the worst team, it's a complete lack of respect."
Gomez has been in charge of Panama since 2014 and said he would need to take some time before deciding what his future holds.
"I have received other offers," he added.
"I'm going to take some time for myself and then make decisions. Right now, I'm a little tired."


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Max Wasa Goes From Celebrity Scream Queen to Artist Manager
You might know Max Wasa from her sexy acting roles in Porky's, Scarface, The Unholy and Astro among others, but Max Wasa is now becoming a real industry powerhouse in the music business. A classically trained musician Max took her years of experience in the family's multi million dollar recording studio and started working Live and studio gigs behind the board.
After winning a lifetime achievement award for producing Max Wasa turned her focus to management and touring with her new company the Liquid Music Group LLC, and now represents some Amazing Talented Artists including Boy Hits Car, RJ Kaneao and The Absence Project who recently signed to Dark Star Records in Association with Sony Music.
We can't wait to see what's next for this entertainment dynamo. She truly has the title of MAX on lock. Check out her webpage for more info at:
www.maxwasaofficial.com
by Stephen Goldstein / Publisher / Editor / Writer
By sglentertainment • Posted in Uncategorized	• Tagged Boy Hits Car, Dark Star Records, Horror, Max, Movies, SGL Entertainment, Wasa
"THE HOUSE of EVIL" Coming to Blu-Ray
Massimiliano (Max) Cerchi's New Film "The House of Evil" will be filmed this Summer and there is already a lot of excitement surrounding this film. Max has been making horror films for more than twenty years, and some of his films have sold over 250,000 DVD's Worldwide, such as Hellinger, Holy Terror and Carnage: The Legend of Quiltface. So, with the news of his new film "The House of Evil" going into pre production, SGL Entertainment was quick to secure a DVD, Blu-ray, VOD and Cable TV deal with Max and Dark Mountain Pictures. And, the Film has already been pre sold to Japan, Sweden, and several other countries.
Watch the Pre Production Teaser Trailer:
THE HOUSE OF EVIL is about a couple who buy a beautiful house only to find out that the house is a portal to Hell… and, literary, HELL will break loose. The story is a throwback of the 80's horror films. The movie will be a mix between Poltergeist and Hellraiser, with lots of practical real special effects, and not as much CGI. The prosthetic designs will be done by CFX, the same company that is behind the effects for WOLVERINE and 2 GUNS. "There will be 3 different demons throughout the movie, each character will be a new horror icon in my opinion" quotes Massimiliano (Max) Cerchi.
Stephanie van Rijn
The movie stars Jeff Kim, Stephanie Van Rijn, Bill Pacer and Dawna Lee Heising. The main male lead role will be played by Jeff Kim, an amazing actor, Stephanie will be the female lead, she is a great actress from Canada, Bill Pacer will be playing Zoltar, a psychic who is sent to help the young couple, a co-lead role, and Dawna Lee Heising will be featured as the real estate agent. THE HOUSE OF EVIL will be filmed in 3D with an ultra high 4K Resolution. And will be Available Worldwide in 2015 via SGL Entertainment and their partners The MVD Entertainment Group along with Indie Rights Distribution.
For More Info on THE HOUSE OF EVIL Go To:
www.facebook.com/TheHouseOfEvil3d
For More Info on SGL Entertainment Go To:
www.sglmoviestore.com
by Jeffrey A Swanson / Publisher / Editor / Writer
By sglentertainment • Posted in Movies, Uncategorized	• Tagged Bill Pacer, Blu-Ray, Dawna Lee Heising, DVD, Jeff Kim, Massimiliano Cerchi, Max, SGL Entertainment, Stephanie Van Rijn, The House of Evil
SGL Entertainment Signs 3 Picture Deal with Award Winning Italian Horror Filmmaker Massimiliano Cerchi
SGL Entertainment has just signed a deal to distribute three of Massimiliano Cerchi's most terrifying horror films including: Holy Terror, Hellinger and Carnage: The Legend of Quiltface aka Carnage Road. Massimiliano (Max) Cerchi is an award winning horror film director and producer. Born in Italy, he moved to study and work in USA. He started his first movie in 1993. He works from concept-to-completion on each film, developing the ideas, assembling the creative team, & delivering a finished production to the distributor. In every project, he is part filmmaker/part consultant/part workaholic. His distinctive approach to filmmaking has attracted a client list that includes celebrities, rock stars and other filmmakers. "There is always a huge demand for horror movies" quotes Jeffrey A Swanson President of SGL Entertainment "and Max knows how to deliver the goods". Jeffrey A Swanson and Damien Dante partners at SGL Entertainment are planning to release these movies to a whole new audience in the "VOD" Video On Demand Market. SGL Entertainment works with a large number of partners including Linda Nelson and Michael Madison with Indie Rights Distribution. Some of the services we have access to directly and through our partners are: M-GO, iTunes Movies, Roku, X-Box, Amazon, Vimeo, iReel, IndieFlix, Big Star TV and More!!! "Holy Terror" is Now Available on Vimeo On Demand
HOLY TERROR: Possessed by a demon in life and forced to spend eternity doing the devils bidding in death, a malevolent nun returns to life to torment a young couple and their terrified friends in director Massimiliano Cerchis sacrilegious shocker. A young couple has just moved into their new rental home, and in order to properly break the place in they have invited over a small group of friends for an intimate housewarming party. Soon prompted to experiment with an Ouija board by their sinister landlord, the unassuming partiers inadvertently unleash the murderous spirit of a demonic nun whose evil is so powerful that it cannot be contained to the spiritual realm. This movie contains lots of Gratuitous Nudity and Debauchery, a must see for true horror film fans.
Massimiliano Cerchi is currently working on his next big epic horror film "The House Of Evil" to be shot in 4k and 3D. For more info on Massimiliano (Max) Cerchi go to:
www.facebook.com/massimiliano.cerchi
Watch More SGL Entertainment Movies On Demand at:
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Captain Zorikh's New Media Blog
Wherein Captain Zorikh reviews movies, TV shows, music, comics, books, and other products of media.
"Black Lighting" TV review
Black Lighting is a very good TV show from the CW network. It is well written, directed and acted, convincingly portraying the drama of a retired-crimefighter-turned-high-school-principal who turns back to his life of vigilantism when the growth of local organized crime threatens his daughters.
Now that I got the capsulized description out of the way, here is where I put a personal spin on this.
It was 1977 (I think). Reggie, Thurman, Sparky, and Billy were leading the Yankees to their first world series in decades. Elvis had just died. The Bronx was burning, but the battles of the Civil Rights movement appeared to be pretty much won, as far as I could tell. Just about everywhere you looked, whatever group or classification you looked at included a black person, even if it was one of the first back people in that group or classification. This included comic book superheroes. And comic books had just gone up in price to 30 cents.
A year or two earlier the Legion of Superheroes had been confronted by Tyroc, the first black superhero in the 30th century, but now here was one who fought crime in today's inner city! And he had his own comic book!
Written by Tony Isabella and drawn by 18-year-old Trevor Von Eeden, the story told of Jefferson Pierce, a former Olympic athlete returning to his high school to begin his new job as a teacher, only to discover that the 100, a ruthless crime organization run by a giant albino named Tobias Whale (a thinly disguised rip-off of Marvel's Kingpin), had taken over the Metropolis inner-city ghetto known as Suicide Slum.
To battle this menace, his old friend, a tailor, made him a suit with a belt that gave him electrical powers. He wore a loose-fitting shirt that was open to the navel with a high collar and a mask built onto...wait for it...a fake afro!
(At least that was how I remembered it. A quick visit to the Wikipedia entry tells me that some things were a little different than I remember, but we this is the personal part of the review, after all.)
At the time, I was attending Manhattan Country School, a small private school aggressively engineered for diversity and founded under principles espoused by such great men as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and John Lennon. In this environment, I thought that anything "black" was cool, and since superheroes were cool, black superheroes were the coolest! I collected every issue of this exciting new comic, cut up the covers into Colorforms (like I did with all my comics), and then taped them all together into one large book (This being the first comic of which I was aware of getting the very first issue and I wanted to collect the whole story). I took red and blue pens and colored in the red and blue colors on some of the pages to make them brighter and even used a black ball-point pen to ink over the lines in some of the pages to make them darker. I read that collection over and over again, and practically knew it by heart.
I missed some of the issues after number five or six, and never really found out how the story ended. I do remember the old tailor having some sort of mystery, perhaps in organized crime, and he got killed or something, and the hero's powers (the ability to send an electrical charge through metal or project an electrical force-field around him that could deflect bullets from his belt) getting more and more augmented as the story went on, which was starting to concern the hero. I also remember that he was accused of killing someone, which he did not do, making him a fugitive from the law. This was about par for the course at the time, I thought, as Spider-Man, Batman, and Captain America were fugitives from the law for crimes they did not commit in comics I owned at the time.
Eventually his book was cancelled, and I next saw him in an issue of the "DC Dollar Comic" World's Finest in which he was actually working with Tobias Whale to bring down the 100. One thing I noticed about all successive artists of Black lightning after Trevor Von Eeden was that none of them got the shirt right. All the other artists made it fit his body skin-tight, with but some blousing of the sleeves. Black Lightning was supposed to have a loose-fitting shirt! Like a pirate! It was the 1970's! It was cool! Between that and the fake afro he had a sense of realism and being fashionably with the times.
As the hero, Jefferson Pierce put on a more "street" persona than he had in his civilian identity. He was tougher and spoke with more of the contemporary dialect and slang than did the stuffy schoolteacher (though to be fair, Jefferson Pierce did slam a drug dealer's face into a wall). In one story he used a bit of science to defeat a particular villain's powers, and even said "bet you didn't expect a STREET superhero to be SMART, did you?"
I enjoyed that comic. I liked the idea of black superheroes so much, I even created a team of them! There was Black Goliath, a professional boxer whose wife was an insect-inspired superhero (I forget the name). The Spark was a rip-off of Marvel's Electro, the Zinger was a speedster, and there was another character who had a suit like that hero in the Legion of Super Heroes whose who wears a helmet with a face-sized visor. I even drew the first page of a Black Goliath story, in which he was a boxer whose trainer was telling him he needed to hit harder. He then spotted a drug dealer in an alley and punched him in the stomach. I got as far as the trainer starting to tell him something, and yes, this was a rip-off of the first appearance of Jefferson Pierce at his the high school. And yes, I was inspired a bit by the movie Rocky, and yes, Marvel Comics already had their own Black Goliath, What do you want? I was ten!
So when I saw that there was going to be a Black Lighting show on TV, I had to watch it, and had to review it. So I wrote what you see above, saved it, then set it aside for a day as I went to work, went back to it, wrote a whole review about the show, bus somehow it failed to save, and when my laptop shut down for an update, everything I wrote was gone. So here we go again...
The show takes place some years after whatever the DC TV Universe equivilates to the story in the comics that I read. He is older, has two teenage daughters, has been married and divorced, and has been principal of a suburban, minority-neighborhood high school long enough to have an "understanding" with the local gangs, that his school was of limits. And he is bald and bearded.
His superhero identity has been "retired" and is even referred to as an "addiction." His powers appear to be within himself, rather than coming solely from his suit. When he does return to crimefighting, the old tailor gives him an updated costume; a bulky, armored affair with neon lightning bolts, goggles, and the now-ubiquitous superhero voice modulator. When he fights, he avoids killing people by his own hand, but he seems to have no compunction against using a bad guy as a human shield and letting other people's bullets kill him. And there is no fake afro.
I didn't mind the advancing age and family developments. I could see how having children might mellow him out from a ruthless vigilante to a realpolitik community man. But I missed the silk shirt, the lithe, athletic movements, and the fake afro.
I did appreciate the effort taken to give the characters "realistic" dialogue within the framework of TV standards and practices. Certain words and uses of grammar that are more often heard in the black community flowed naturally from the actors' mouths without a big deal being made of it. This sense of naturalism was welcome to this liberal-guilt-ridden child of the 1970's. It felt like the effort was taken to represent a realistic dialect without descending into stereotype.
There are also some dramatic elements I find interesting and worthy of bringing to TV, such as the choices faced by young people between fun and responsibility, the battle Jefferson Pierce faces, not against crime, but against his own urges to fight crime as a superhero, which is interpreted as an addition by his ex-wife, and how he tries to convince her (and himself?) that it is not.
I had a much more nuanced review of the show in my original version, but it has faded with time from my memory. Also, I have been cast in a play recently (ironically the play is being produced by a Black church in Brooklyn and is about the slave trade in early America) and rehearsals take away from my TV-watching time. But I could not get out of this review without sharing this picture:
This is a picture of Richard Roundtree and Victoria Principal from the 1974 movie "Earthquake." I have a hard time not thinking that this outfit may have inspired the costume design for Black Lighting just a little bit ;) There is some discussion about it at Comic Book Resources. However, the proverbial horse's mouth says otherwise. Tony Isabella himself says so in his blog, which is quoted in this thorough article about the whole backstory behind Black Lightning and includes a bunch of developmental sketches of the hero.Apparently Trevor Von Eeden never saw the movie, and developmental sketches show a variety of designs that show more influence from Marvel's Power Man. Still, the similarity is amazing!
So, like many TV and movie adaptations of superhero comics, there are changes from the original, and some aspects of the original that I liked are completely different, but there is enough of the original intact that I do recognize the original in this new version. As a TV show, it creates enough interest beyond simply being the first black comic book superhero adaptation on TV (not he first black superhero show on TV, that would have been M.A.N.T.I.S, I think) that it is worth watching.
And finally, I give you this from Saturday night live, the best representaton of Black Lighning's costume ever on TV:
Posted by Captain Zorikh at 10:05 PM
Labels: 1977, Black Lightning, CW, dc comics, reviews, Tony Isabella, Trevor Von Eeden, tv, TV reviews
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Review
This is the best Star Wars movie so far. "The Empire Strikes Back," of which it shares the most common elements, is close behind, but still lacking strength in a few very important elements that give this one the edge.
Posted by Captain Zorikh at 2:13 AM
New tech, old feeling, remarkable effect in TFTNC's "A Christmas Carol"
Hi everybody. I know it has been a while since I have posted anything here, much less a theater review, but I really wanted to share what I experienced at last night's performance of David Zen Mansley's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at Theatre for the New City.
I have been going to the Halloween party at Theatre for the New City for many years, and it has always given me a sort of post-apocalyptic feeling. The walls are black, the seats are low-cost, the tech is rudimentary, and everyone is dressed as if they are wearing whatever they could find and put together creatively. The performances are gloriously inspired and talented, but with that low-budget, can-do eccentricity and anti-professional sheen that says "this is not a glossy Broadway production that Aunt Edna and her husband bought tickets to because it was based on that favorite movie and stars that movie star who was in that movie she liked."
My theory of the post-apocalypse aesthetic is that the survivors will be wearing, decorating, and entertaining with whatever they can find, despite heir imperfections and appropriateness. However, this does put the subject of the presentation into a new, unfamiliar context that perhaps can bring out some tort of deeper meaning or new revelation from the source material. Last night's performance was no exception to that, and it worked marvelously!
There is a balance in any production between the text, the set, the props, the cast, and showmanship. (and musical numbers, if applicable). I have seen this story played out with Alistair Sim, Albert Finney, Henry Winkler, Patrick Stewart, Michael Caine with the Muppets, Mr. Magoo, and an an animated TV special (some of these several times), but never was that balance so finely attuned that every element of the story came through as clearly as it did in this version.
The set was minimal, but with a strong unified aesthetic. The one room served (depending on where on the stage the action played and which characters were present) as Scrooge's office, his bedroom,. the home of Bob Cratchit, and Joe's Beetling shop. There was a bed at stage right, a fireplace at stage left, a table downstage left, and a door in a corner upstage right. The back wall was a light tan color, fading into dark sepia at the edges.
It was against this back wall that Scrooge's visions appeared. They were projected video, but with the sepia tone, the old-timey look of the set and the low-tech production, I could not help but feel that I was watching an old silent film being projected. It felt not like the film was old, but that it was 1914 and I was watching a creative new use of the new medium of film to add a supernatural element to the production with this new special effect! The fact that the spirits and visions spoke did not take me out of that, I could have (if I cared) justified it by assuming it was an actor behind the screen or a Victrola being played simultaneously (I believe Thomas Edison invented a device that could do that).
All of the dreams and visions that Scrooge experienced were either shown on this screen or described in dialogue between Scrooge and the Spirits. It was through this that for the first time I learned about Scrooge's lonely childhood and how he was affected by the loss of his sister.
Another element of the production that played surprisingly well into the message of the story was the Cratchits' Christmas dinner. I don't know if it was due to budget, practicality, or a deliberate choice, but though the table was set with a full compliment of dishes, silverware, and drinking vessels, not a scrap of food could be seen. Bob Cratchit pantomimed serving the goose and the pudding, then taking the first bite of each. After each of those bites he praised the excellence and perfection of each dish to his wife, who blushed with effusive modesty. Whether or not it was a deliberate choice to have the plates bare and the cups empty, whether it was meant to be symbolic or deliberate, seeing the love and joy that the family could share without a scrap of food brought home the meaning of the season better than a hundred "Grinch that Stole Christmas" Broadway musicals.
It was also through the minimalism of the set, masterful editing of Dickens' text, and the spirited performance of the actors that never before did the good will of Scrooge's nephew and the mean-spirited opportunism of the vultures in the beetling shop come across so clearly and their import in the story be felt so well.
Mansley has produced this play annually for several years, and plans to continue doing so. I heartily encourage a visit to this play as part of a unique New York City experience of the season, and also to get a fresh perspective on the story and its meaning.
The original text:
Versions I have seen:
Versions I have not seen:
Inspired by the original...
Posted by Captain Zorikh at 5:36 PM
Labels: a Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas, david zen mansley, holidays, New York Theater, NYC theater, play, theater, Theatre for the New City, zen
Ant-Man & Fanstastic Four are the same movie. So why...
...in fact, almost all superhero movies are exactly the same frickin' movie. If you have seen any number of them, you should know this by now, but for the record, let me break it down for you...
1. Protagonist has a problem.
2. Protagonist tries to do something because of the problem.
3. Protagonist gains the ability to become a superhero.
4. Super-feats occur.
5. Villain threatens something protagonist cares about.
6. Protagonist defeats villain with more super-feats.
To add depth and meaning to the story and give it a more satisfying payoff, often the villain will have something to do with the hero's initial problem and/or the way the hero gained his ability to be a superhero.
I could list of all the examples of movies in which this pattern is played out, but I have to get up in the morning and I don't feel like staying up that late. However there are a few movies that do attempt to deviate from that, and are better than your average superhero movie in that regard. "X-Men 2" and "Batman Forever" are among them (though a case can be made that Catwoman was the protagonist in the latter, in which case, it reverts back to the formula).
The latest two superhero movies, "Fantastic Four" and "Ant-Man" fit the formula like they came out of the same cookbook. In both movies, co-protagonists (on the one hand, the students, on the other, Hank Pym and Scott Lang) are having trouble with authority. They all do something about it, in these cases, making unauthorized use of some high-tech. Their powers are revealed, and then the true threat is revealed. In both cases (Dr. Doom and Darren Cross) the threat was involved with the incident that gave the protagonists their powers. In fact, the villains in both of these movies wind up with powers of their own from the same source as the heroes, and they wind up battling it out with those powers.
So why did one movie set new levels on enjoyableness while the other was a mercifully brief waste of time?
It was the ingredients, and the skill with which the chef combined them.
Ant-Man, from its Latino music over the Marvel studio logo, was set as an urban comedy, with inner-city low-level underworld types with hearts of gold bringing their ethnic flavor to every scene. This was not just comic relief, but the undercurrent of the entire film. From Luis' rambling non-sequitors to Kurt's Eastern-European accent and syntax to the reactions of Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, there was hardly a scene without a laugh. Add to this the tension between the protagonist and the female lead, the realized comic potential of an ant-sized man discovering the world around him for the first time, and constant insect references, and it is very possible that you could be laughing from beginning to end.
And yet, all this comedy did not detract from the gravitas of the conflict. Rather, it helped us grow sympathetic to the protagonist and actually care that he would come out ahead.
On the other hand, "Fantastic Four" deftly avoided taking advantage of any opportunity for humor. This made the movie mercifully short, for the previous version of this franchise had padded their films with all sorts of attempts at humor, many of which fell flat.
It is not enough to have humor in a movie, it has to actually be funny. "Ant-Man" took advantage of certain cinematic techniques (in a couple of notable instances, quick-cutting to follow a story, and having actors lip-synch the narrrator, even when such words would have never come out of such a character's mouth) etc; The earlier "Fantastic Four" movies used very few cinematic tricks for comedy, and the jokes and gags came accross as pedestrian. A waste of time really.
So if you are not going to have humor, you need to have...something else, something to make us care about these characters and what they do. If they are supposed to be heroes, we should sympathize with their need to do heroic things so we can cheer at their successes and feel tension when they come near to failure.
And I must have missed the Stan Lee cameo in "Fantastic Four."
So that's how two movies that tell the same damn story can be so different in how much you enjoy them.
One other weird thing about "FF": At the very end, after the credits, there was a tile card that said, in bold letters with no serifs, how long it had taken to produce and how many people it employed. But why was that important to say? We obviously know that it employed lots of people, we had just sat through six minutes of double-column credits. Are you that insecure about the reception of this movie that the best thing you can say about it is that it kept some people off the unemployment rolls for a while? WTF?
And let's face it, if you were to take out the stupid pop-culture references, "Superhero Movie" was every bit as satisfying a superhero movie as just about any superhero movie. More so, even, than "Fantastic Four."
Labels: Ant-Man, Fantastic Four, movie reviews, movies, reviews, superheroes
Who Remembers Yahoo Groups?
Remember Yahoo Groups? It was (and technically still is) a social media platform that enable people to connect with other people who shared their interests. That's how it was marketed anyway. Anyone could start oe of the "groups" and call it, say, "Sparrow fanciers." and theoretically, people who fancied sparows could join, chat, share photos, files, links, and information. You could post up a topic for discussion and give it a title, say "Best place to see sparrows in NYC?" and, theoretically, other people in the group could answer you, and this way more peopel would know about where to see sparows in New York City.
It was started back in the very late 1990's when the Internet was still young. I'm pretty sure Yahoo had not even acquired Geocities at the time. There was a very similar thing called "Yahoo Clubs" started at the same time, but Yahoo folded that into Clubs pretty quickly.
Then the inevitable happened. People would join these Groups and start posting self-promotions, irrelevant comments and threads, and spam (often porn spam). There were tools that group founders and moderators could use to edit, delete, and vlock these kinds of posts and ban the posters. But sometimes the fonders and mederators would abandond the groups. Perhaps they lost interest. Perhaps they decided they no longer liked the people in the group. Perhaps they forgot their passwords. Perhaps they died. Whatever the reason, these groups became rudderless and leaderless and with no one to stop the spam, they just became taken over with it, and anyone who was there because they loved sparrows quit, or simply stopped using the group.
Sometimes groups would just dissipate because there weren't enough people in it that cared enough to keep up the chatter. There was a little chart at the bottom of the home page that would show the number of postings per month. You could see that number go up and down with the levels of activity and sometime you would see the number e "0" for months. Then the spammers would move in. Like squatters in a vacant house, they would start posting their irrelevant crap. Sometimes you would see a desperate voice in the wilderness crying "Is anyone out there? Can anyone delete the spam and ban the spammers?" But if the founders and moderators had abandoned the group there was nothing that could be done, unless someone figured out how to hack their Yahoo accounts.
Then there were the other social media platforms that rose up. Friendster. MySpace. And the Evil Empire, the Death Star to Rule Them All, Facebook. Between the increased funtionality and flashier looks of these websites, more and more people and organizations found themselves drawn to them and had less and less use for Yahoo Groups.
Then Yahoo changed the look of Groups. Default images were plastered on the home pages that oten had nothing to do with what the specific groups were about.As with any new thing, there was a learning curve involved wiht using the new layout. I, fo one, have found it very frustrating.
I started a bunch of Yahoo Groups in my day, either as a way of promoting a project of mine or finding people who shaed aninterest. I am proud to say that I was able to manage the spam pretty well. I am pretty sure that none of my groups have become refuges for spam-squatters. But let em tell you something that I did notice...
Yahoo Groups would send you e-mails of the postings according to the settings you would choose. you could get an e-mail with every post, you could get a daily digest of everything that day all at once, or you could set it so you would get no e-mails, and if you wanted to see what was going on, you could just go to the Group. If your e-mail inbox was too full or something, these e-mails would start bouncing back to Yahoo, and when that happened, Yahoo would stop sending you the e-mails. You would have to go to Yahoo Groups and push a button to re-set it to start getting the e-mails again.
I, apparently, had been "bouncing," and had not gotten any emails from Yahoo groups for a very long time. Curious, I went to Yahoo Groups and un-bounced myself. So I started getting those e-mails of Yahoo Group posts again.
It seems that almost every Group of which I am getting these e-mails is nothing but porn spam, and for almost all of them, it is the same exact porn spam messages. This is a shame, because some of hose groups used to be actually active and useful. there are files and photos in some of those groups that are (or at least were) useful for reference or enjoyable to read or view. I checked one or two of them and saw the same patters of abandonment and re-occupation as described aboce.
There are still a few active groups out there, probably because there has been no Facebook group formed that was able to serve the same purpose, but it appears (through my admittedly unscientific survey) that the majority of Yahoo Groups is ocupied by spam-bots. It's like some nightmarish dystopia in which mankinds creations have taken ofver the planet and the few remaining enclaves of humans are huddled together in defensive communities awaiting their eventual extinction.
This is kind of a shame. There was much about Yahoo Groups that was useful and functional, and I daresay even better that Facebook. It was easy to find topics when you needed to, if there was some information that you wanted to retrieve. If there were several topics being actively discussed in one day, you didn't have to scroll quite so far to find the one you needed. The files and photos were easy to find and use, and the regular e-mails made it easy to keep up with activity, group by group. topic by topic.
Now that Yahoo Groups is a deserted wasteland, anything good and useful posted in it is getting buried and forgotten. In time, for sure, Yahoo will shut it down like it did Geocities, but it is so filled with crap now, I doubt that there will be an action like those taken by the founders of Oocities and reocities to preserve the content.
So once more, the technological innovations that allow so many of us to get so much more out of life (theoretically). turns out to actually be a waste of time of which there will eventually be no trace.
Unless, of course, there was anyone whose lives were affected by it while it was around. What about you? Was your life affected by Yahoo Groups, either positively or negatively? How different is your life, your social life, you career as a result of Yahoo Groups? Can you say that your life is better for it having existed, or worse, or no different at all?
Labels: Geocities, spam, Yahoo, Yahoo Groups
How to Win an Industry Award
Many epople have many things to say abut the Grammys, both in praise and in disappointment. Rather than re-hash all that. let me focus on just one thing.
The Grammys are a perfect example of a formula I figured out for winning and industry award (that is, an award given by members of an industry, like the Oscars, the Emmy's, the Tonys, and the Grammys, although it is seen most often in the Oscars and Grammys). The Award that was given this past sunday night that is the example of the successful use of the formula is the "PBest Traditional Pop award given to Lady Gaga and Tony Bennet. Here is how it works:
1. Pick a genre of your preferred industry that is off the mainstream but has a passionate fan base.
2. Become a big star in that genre.
3. Pick another genre off the manstream and "crossover."
Easy as pie. Here is what will happen:
Your fans from your original genre will follow you to the new genre.
Fans of the new genre will be curious as to how this star of another genre can do.
This will create enough of a ripple in the mainstream radar that mainstram audiences will want to know what is going on.
The industry, which is pretty much defined as "the mainstream," which has never really paid attention to ether genre, will be impressed by the novelty of your new endeavor.
Not having any experience with which to judge your efforts, they will assume that what you did is excellent, and give you the award.
This formula has worked for Brian Setzer (Rockabilly to Swing), Dave Alvin (rck and roll to Traditional Folk), Ang Lee (Arrt-House Asian Cinema to Kung Fu), and, to take a parallel version of the formula, many actors who became directors (Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, etc)
Look at how this worked this year: Lady Gaga, who was on the top of her genre of...whatever it was (I want to say something like "socially alienated little monsters," but I am not sure if that is a genre, but you get the idea), went as far away from that as possible by doing a duet with one of the last of the great crooners, Tony Bennet, in the now-underappreciated genre of American Pop.
BANG! Instant award!
I am not saying that the work of any of these examples did not merit their awards, but the math just. doesn't. Lie.
Now you go and do it.
Labels: awards, grammys, lady gaga, music, tony bennett
Thoughts About the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Broadcast 2014
Some thoughts about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2014 and the commercials in the broadcast:
Savanna Guthrie (or her scriptwriter) does not know the difference between a "slash" and a "backslash."
The baton/rifle/flag twirler who is just a little off the pace always draws your eye.
Christopher Walken as Captain Hook just shows how much casting decisions are made based on actor popularity. This is not to say that some of these actors don't do a great job (James Franco in "Tristan & Isolde" and Walter Matthau in Roman Polanski's "Pirates" are two examples), but really, Christopher Walken as Captain Hook?
American Authors were totally busted for missing their entrance in the lip-synch.
Has rock and roll gone so far away from the electric guitar that Gibson has to have a country band on their electric guitar float? And does this country band really have to be the most contemporary, countrypolitan, non-country band in the universe, that doesn't even feature an electric guitar in their song?
I love the Harlem Globetrotters,and I am glad they have a woman on their team again. Did you know there was a "Harlem Globetrotters" movie made in 1951 with Dorothy Dandridge? It was actually on TV this week, on MeTV, one of those new, digital-TV "extra" channels that plays movies all the time.
At first it sounded like Kiss was singing live, but maybe they just recorded themselves recently, because the camera caught a couple of them totally missing the lip-synch.
Queen sounds awesome done in big marching band style.
It was perfectly appropriate to have "Annie" on the Build-A-Bear float. I don't care if the actress who plays the lead is black, and even that her hair isn't orange, but if that was her, I was a little disappointed that she was the least-animated performer in the number. And I am sure Jamie Foxx will make a fine Daddy Warbucks (casting for popularity again?) but Daddy Warbucks should be bald.
The cool jazz version of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" by Renee Flemming was absolutely perfect on the "Central Park in wintertime" float. I don't even care if it was lip-synched.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a big, corny, cheese-fest, a uniquely American celebration of American show-business, commercialism, mainstream pop culture, and marching bands. It's one of those things that make NYC hat it is that is so damn popular and crowded no one can get to see it, except the thousands and thousands of people who do, jamming up the streets for miles along the route. The bet view of it, of course, is on television, and it is thus planned and choreographed to give the cameras the best view.
It is a completely useless exercise if overkill and waste that serves absolutely no purpose but to display the latest Broadway musicals, pop stars, youth-targeted movies and TV shows, toys, and tourist attractions, and no doubt draws tourists from all over the world who fill our hotels, flood our streets, and jam up our subways (they should have a subway turnstile in every hotel in NC so tourists can practice using their new Metrocards before they get in the subway) and make it impossible for real New Yorkers to enjoy all the wonderful things that NY has to offer that tourists know about.
Human beings are living on this planet on borrowed time. Fossil fuels are a limited resource, global woarming will challenge the habitability of the planet, and there will soon be too many people for the biosphere to handle. We could all live spartan lives, grow self-sustaining gardens for our solar-powered micro-homes for our three-person family units while doing Canadian Air Force exercises, and that would certainly sustain the life of the planet and the Human Race, but what would be the point of that? It's these cheesy, overblown spectacles that are part of national traditions that, much like the seasons, give us things to look forward to, and like any form of entertainment, give us a thrill and make us happy are alive and can see and hear.
Now if only we could focus that much of our energy and resources on ending war, posvery, injustice, and saving the planet...
Labels: Annie, Christmas, Christopher Walken, Harlem Globetrotters, Kiss, macy's thanksgiving parade, rock and roll, thanksgiving
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