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Lifestyle The top lifestyle changes and challenges we faced in 2020
The top lifestyle changes and challenges we faced in 2020
Here are some of the things that humanity has had to get accustomed to, along with some of the difficulties many are facing
Photo for illustrative purposes only. Image credits: Facebook
Miren Gonzalez
As much as 2020 was the year of the pandemic, it was also the year of personal evolution. We did not expect life to take the turn it did, but we humans are adaptable creatures, and adapt we have.
We do everything online—we go to meetings, order groceries and even hang out with friends through a digital screen. We work, play, exercise, eat and sleep all in one little building—our homes. We have amused ourselves with apps, with things to watch, and old-fashioned games, too.
We've picked up new skills, from baking banana bread to learning a new language, and we're slowly becoming DIY experts in our own right. And when we leave the house, we don our masks, and we do our best (well, most of us do, anyway) to give other people a wide berth.
Life has indeed changed last year, and while there are also good things, it has for the most part been veritably challenging.
In conversations with friends and family across the globe, we explored the challenging nature of our year and discussed significant lifestyle changes we had to get accustomed to, along with some of the difficulties we encountered along the way.
What are some of the biggest lifestyle changes you personally had to adapt to during the pandemic?
And could you name the top life challenges you struggled with or are continuing to struggle with because of COVID-19?
Adopting the "pandemic mindset"
I think we can all agree that the most crucial lifestyle change that we all had to quickly come to terms with was adopting the right mindset regarding the pandemic and adhering to strict rules of hygiene, to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
While hand-washing has been around for centuries and we have never denied its effectivity, it was never second nature as much as it is now. And while we never thought much about social distancing, it's officially the new norm.
To cope with the pandemic, our habits and movements had to change drastically.
Chum, a 39-year-old from the Philippines, stated that it took some getting used to "being more socially aware of other people's preferences with physical meeting and social distancing, [as well as] being more aware of disinfection practices wherever you go".
Rosanna, a 35-year-old living in Spain, noted that simply "remembering to leave home with your mask" was already a big lifestyle change, while 40-year-old Amanda from the Philippines said that she had to get used to "more cleaning and disinfecting" as a daily habit.
Thirty-four-year-old Veronica, also of the Philippines, added that the "necessity of wearing PPEs [personal protective equipment] for … spa treatments and dental appointments" was also something she had to acquaint herself with.
Meanwhile, Anonymous, who's 37 and from the United States, said that it was extremely challenging to "wear a mask all day once school started" as well as "not being able to drink water while at work unless I'm outdoors or in a doorway that leads outside".
The new normal certainly isn't as comfortable as we're used to.
Adjusting to "home" life
If you love your home, you're one of the lucky ones. In 2020, home suddenly became the epicentre of our lives, if it had not already been.
"During the beginning of the pandemic, the first major change was having to stay home all the time. Manila was incredibly strict about the lockdowns, so we had no choice but to stay home for days except for when I had to go to the grocery for supplies," shared Nicole, a 44-year-old from the Philippines.
For Gloria, 68, and Joey, 69, both from the United States, being confined to their home hasn't been so bad. "We are retired so we do not mind staying home. We are helping home schooling grandkids while their parents—both first responders—are at work," said Gloria, who also added that she and Joey get to "spend more time together" and with the grandkids as well.
In fact, "staying home brought out the best in each one of us and I do not mind it at all," Gloria said.
Fifty-four-year-old Tisha from the Philippines tells of her experience of adapting to home life amidst the pandemic—"Having my college daughter home from university where she was based for a year and a half is also something I had to adjust to, especially in accommodating her back in her own room (which was converted into a storage area when she moved out)."
The shift to a work-from-home arrangement was a huge change for many. Anonymous noted that "temporarily working from home and teaching online was hard" to deal with, and Nicole tackled homeschooling, which was "quite an adjustment for everybody, especially my kids".
Fifty-one-year-old Melissa from the Philippines admitted that she doesn't like working from home. "I struggle to make the delineation between rest and work time at home," she confided. Achieving work-life balance when your whole life—work and play—is all at home is truly challenging.
For 37-year-old Pedro, living through lockdown in New Zealand had it perks—"it meant five weeks at home from work on full pay, thanks to a government wage subsidy". Suddenly finding himself with a lot of free time, Pedro busied himself with some DIY and important daily tasks for the family, becoming "the sole shopper for the household" and taking over a lot of domestic duties at home.
"On the whole I quite enjoyed the lockdown. I got paid to stay home with my family during the last weeks of summer weather. I learned to cook a lot of new things and it made us shop for groceries in a far more disciplined manner," Pedro shared.
Whether we enjoyed it or not (and there were certainly aspects that were enjoyable), adjusting to living almost all of our lives in the confines of our homes was by far the biggest challenge of the year.
Switching everything to "online" mode
In the pursuit of staying at home, most of us became very friendly with online shopping. Many concur that switching their grocery-buying to a purely online platform was tough to manage, especially in the early days of the pandemic, when supplies were running low.
"[It was a big lifestyle change to] shift to online food and grocery suppliers, especially during the first couple of months of lockdown," noted Veronica, adding that the challenge was compounded by online supply being "limited", and that she had to "search far and wide for fresh food suppliers" in the Philippines.
Anonymous also remarked that "switching to having groceries delivered and trying to shop at stores less if we can help it" took some getting used to.
For Dickie, a 78-year-old from the Philippines, attending virtual work meetings instead of in-person sessions was a major change he had to contend with, and he quickly had to get comfortable with the shift.
Nicole added that "the way we had to interact with others" also changed. "We were so used to seeing people all the time, so having to interact with people only via Zoom or other online sites was difficult, too," she said.
Reduced social contact
This is one of the big ones—the struggle with the social isolation that COVID-19 has brought upon us. It's been hard on even the most hardened introverts; we are social creatures, and we need that personal connection with other people. And while we have a plethora of apps that allow us to see, hear and communicate with each other, it will never serve as a satisfying replacement for physically being in the same room.
Rosanna admitted that it was hard to "have your friendship circle get smaller", thanks to the pandemic, and Andrew, a 26-year-old from England, has grappled with "not having a social outlet in life anymore".
For Nicole, "not being able to see family, aside from my own", was difficult, as was "not being able to hug my closest friends". "We're incredibly close, so it was hard not to see my mom and sister," she said.
Aaron, a 25-year-old from England, relayed that for him, the social isolation was tough to contend with, as during the first lockdown he wasn't used to spending a lot of time in his own company.
"Not being able to touch my pals like even high fives and that, not being able to interact with my girlfriend as she was in a different household … and not seeing my parents for a couple of months now—it's given me a lot more time to reflect and work on myself," he said.
Kids, too, are missing their friends. Miguel, 43 and from the US, said that his "daughter doesn't get to play with friends just yet", acknowledging that "fellowshipping with friends isn't the same on camera".
The toll on mental health
It's not just an inconvenience or a difficulty that we can't socialise or see each other. For Anonymous, "not seeing friends and family regularly" has taken a toll on their mental health, and they are not alone.
"Mental and emotional stability has been a constant trial," acknowledged Amanda, echoing feelings that many of us can relate with.
Psychologists have acknowledged the emergence of "COVID-19 anxiety", or mental health difficulties stemming from different aspects of the pandemic—loneliness from not being able to see friends and family, anxiety over losing income, and living in fear of catching the virus are but a few examples of what people are dealing with, emotionally, on a daily basis.
The pandemic has had a profound effect on the world's mental health. Anonymous shared a particularly painful experience 2020 brought—"Being unable to travel and therefore not being able to say goodbye to my aunt before she died was a big one, and still causes me pain when I think about it."
"The sickening rise of fake news and Covid conspiracy theories" is something that worries Veronica, who also noted that there have been "wide differences [and] disagreements in people's opinion on the severity of the disease and its spread".
Many shared that they have felt fear that they or people they love would catch COVID-19. "Being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID at work and the stress that came with waiting for my test results while quarantining" was anxiety-inducing for Anonymous, whose test scores luckily came back negative.
Rosanna spoke of having an "underlying fear that I'll get the virus every time I go out, which makes me not even want to go out at times", and Nicole confessed to being "so tired of the whole COVID issue, of seeing the way it's negatively affecting the world and causing suffering, pain, separation, loneliness, anxiety, fear, and just basic sadness".
Ella, 44 and from the Philippines, said that she was starting to have anxiety attacks, so she "had to turn to exercise to exhaust myself to sleep".
Financial worries
Anxiety over loss of earnings and financial instability is another major cause for worry for many of us, as the pandemic has upended our lives, and in some cases, our income streams.
"Our biggest lifestyle change is not having international students living with us. Less income," admitted Gloria, who normally rents out spare rooms in their home to students coming from abroad.
Dickie, too, noted the challenges relating to income loss this 2020—he has lost out on advisory income as he cannot see clients due to flight restrictions, and it has been difficult to find interested parties to rent the apartments he owns.
For Tisha, the pandemic has been hard on finances. While her job pays more than enough normally, work operations have been put on hold.
"All my savings were what kept us afloat…and now that it is almost depleted, I worry about not being able to meet my financial obligations (something I have always managed to do all my working life) come January," she finished.
Though 2020 has brought forth pain, stress and loneliness, it has also turned us into fighters, hardy and resilient. As we face the dawn of the New Year, we must remember that this, too, shall pass.


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In a city that has no shortage of music Gazebos is a Seattle band you must see live. Each individual in this quartet has played in bands throughout Seattle's music community for over a decade. Shannon Perry, TV Coahran, Shane Herrell, and Jordan T. Adams formed Gazebos a couple of years ago and have been delivering songs seeping of existential dread along with feminist anthems you can dance to. They embody Prairie Underground's roots as a group of individuals who are uniquely creatively and become your best friend. We asked them to pop over to our studio before taking off on their first tour to play dress up and share their stories with us.
Q : Tell us a bit about your history and what brought you to the music you play now with Gazebos?
Shannon : Every band that I've been in has been dramatically different. I think my sound in Gazebos is a product of a combination of just doing what came naturally against TV's demos, and reaching an age where I've become more comfortable with theatrics and showmanship.
Shane : I started playing music when I was 14. Some of the bands I've played in around Seattle were the Knast, Virgin, First Times, Great Spiders, and now I'm also in Bread & Butter. I ended up playing in Gazebos when TV played me some demos and asked if I wanted to play Squeeze-type music. I said HELL YEAH.
Q : Are you from the PNW, if so what has kept you here and if not what brought you here?
Shannon : I am from the Seattle area, and have lived in Seattle proper since I was 16. I've thought about leaving a couple times because of the weather and small-town nature of things, but I think I get roped back in by the community, a general standard of liberal politics and the gorgeous water/wildlife/geography. I might be stuck here.
Shane : I was born in Tacoma and moved to Maple Valley, but I was sort of an army brat, moved all over, went to ten different schools growing up, and moved back to Seattle in 2000. I moved away to Guadalajara a few years ago but came back to play music and enjoy the green.
Q : What is the philosophy behind the songs in "DIE ALONE"? Can you talk about a couple of them and the ideas that they explore?
Shannon: "DIE ALONE" as a phrase is something I've been toying around with for years. I was single for a long time and I guess at some point I figured I'd better get more-than-used-to the idea of being alone perpetually. I wanted to attack the fear of being alone and make fun of it until I found a way to be not only comfortable with it, but perhaps even happy. I think I got to a place where I was feeling really good alone, ironically just in time to fall in love with someone. Regardless, I think it was more about being happy and OK within yourself, and for me that took over 30 years. Not that it's a battle that ends. It takes maintenance.
I think in Gazebos, "DIE ALONE" is more me trying to shake everyone else up in a way. Or wake them up. It's like a question. I don't want to answer the question for them, I'd just hope that it might make them think. "Die alone" sounds sad as a phrase, but it doesn't have to be. It's inevitable. I think I'm preaching against fear. Or maybe I'm trying to normalize something that seems scary? It means a lot of things to me personally, but I'm open to however anyone wants to interpret it for themselves.
Q : How would you describe your personal style? What are your apparel inspirations?
Shane: 60's and 70's stoner vibe.
Shannon: I think my apparel style isn't too dissimilar to my artistic impetus in my drawings for tattoos. I like to clash things like classiness and punk, or make a joke out of things that are serious, or have a straight face about something funny. I like to dress a lot of different ways, but I am happiest in dresses. I like to dress like a secretary from the 70s/80s pretty frequently, or a doll, or a madame… so long as there's a wink in there somewhere so the public understands I've got a sense of humor. I'd say I look like a cartoon character sometimes.
"so long as there's a wink in there somewhere so the public understands I've got a sense of humor."
Q : How does your experience of recording vs. performance vary?
Shannon: Performance is like really feeling the spirit at church. Recording is like a still life painting.
Q : What genre do you feel Gazebo's exists within or bands that you relate to in regards to your own music?
Shannon: Jordan and TV keep calling us "Whoa-Pop", a term I feel iffy about. I am worse at musical genre classification than I am at keeping my mouth shut in tense political conversations.
Q : Tell us a bit about the Frank Correa collaboration for the inside of the album as well as your music videos – what is your connection with the creative community around you and how do you approach these collaborations?
Shannon : I feel pretty involved in the artistic community, but I think I could do a lot more. I just like tattoos so much that I don't often do much else besides commissions and show fliers. But like I said, this is a small city, and the community is pretty close-knit, so I feel like I've always got a hand in something.
Frank is a magical person that we are blessed to have in our community! That photo was all him. He shot us very quickly, and then just did what he felt like. We didn't give input, just told him to be free with it, and he was.
Jordan : Frank was one of the first people I met when I moved to Seattle. In New York I was exposed to a massive amount of emerging contemporary art through my work, but Frank's eye for color contrast, composition and refined imagery is among the best I've ever seen. We asked him to create a photo for us and gave him free reign on design, after a few poses together he ended up shooting us individually and creating an amazing scene. We all loved it and decided to include it as a poster insert in all the Die Alone LPs and CDs.
TV: Frank has been a friend for years. Love his bold ideas and bright saturated images.
Daisy heroin (Colin Dawson) has been doing great collage animations for a while and we knew he would make a great video for "just get high". and he did.
Carlos Lopez is one of my longest-running friends in seattle and has made so many rad vids and films. very resourceful. he can take lemons and make OJ.
"Performance is like really feeling the spirit at church. Recording is like a still life painting."
Q : Who are your favorite bands currently?
Shannon : Right now I can't stop listening to Rihanna's new album. My favorite new Seattle band is Boyfriends. Other than that, I'm kind of in a Beatles rut lately.
Jordan : We are touring with Shannon and the Clams right now, they are a favorite and their new record is so powerful. Definitely recommend it for anyone falling in or falling out of love.
Q : What would really benefit Seattle's music scene and community?
Shannon: The current obliteration of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood caused by the exponentially increasing influx of tech workers could probably be slowed if our city would prioritize for preservation of creative communities/rent control instead of bulldozing entire neighborhoods to build expensive condominiums. The demographic shift is scattering our punk, artistic and creative communities.
I'd also like more music venues! We've lost more than we've gained in recent years.
Jordan: More collaboration between aesthetics. Art, music, fashion, technology, any field that deals with creation…they're all so integral to each other's development. I wish designers, musicians, visual artists, developers, tech heads and really everyone in a creative mindset would try to work together on interdisciplinary projects more often.
People are producing such good work here and I think all artists stand to benefit from learning about and working on something new, especially when it is outside of their field.
Gazebos is signed with Hardly Art Records.


The twenty-seventh episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the compilation studio album, 'Yesterdays'.
Does this work as a collection of early Yes?
Is it worth buying a copy?
Listen and see if you agree with me then let me know by leaving a comment or contacting me via the different routes on the right hand side!
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Thanks again, Paul. It's a real shame not to have the full-sized art work nowadays on CDs – people are missing a lot. I also love the sound of the vinyl but I don't have a working turntable at the moment!


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"Arafel"
"Cloud darkness at the end of The Universe."
Yet More Footage of the Strike on #Yemen (and more than a suggestion that it has been happening elsewhere) #Ukraine #TacticalNukes
.. although I did post this second video on, "The Lifeboat News" it wouldn't load to Blogger (embed), for some reason, please see; "Tactical Nukes used in Syria, Ukraine & Yemen 2016" (?),
Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=neKIaVGj-9Y
Nb. The Syrian explosion was at night..and certainly some "special" ordnance is seen being used in the Ukraine.
Arafel: As discussed previously this may be evidence of "mix and match" where-by the use of a "necessary" but "unfortunate" tactical nuke may be hidden with that of conventional ordnance on the battlefield (provided of-course that that battlefield is "sufficiently" remote).
Also see; ""Unofficial" Nuclear Proliferation: The Little Emperors, EU/NATO Collusion, Israel ibn Saud, Mini-nukes, Syria & The Yemen." Go to: http://www.arafel.co.uk/2016/08/unofficial-nuclear-proliferation-little.html
Very "homogenised" singular explosion for a chemical plant blast and surely the same one seen on the video (not shown), above. Israel possesses nuclear weapons unofficially (in an official kind of way), but only NATO forces should have access to tactical nukes although not in the Ukraine, the Russians possess them certainly but would Putin risk antagonising the West in such a manner?
Quote; "While reports tend to depict the tactical B61 bombs as a relic of the Cold war, the mini nukes are the preferred weapons system for pre-emptive nuclear war. Were an attack directed against Iran to be launched involving the deployment of B61 bunker buster nuclear bombs, these five countries, with Turkey and Italy in the forefront, would play a major strategic role. https://www.rt.com/op-edge/nuclear-war-iran-nato-629/
For full article.
Quote; "News reports about the United States withdrawing its nuclear weapons from Turkey raise a number of questions. First of all, one has to admit that this is a very serious matter, if it is true, of course, as it changes the balance of forces not only in the region - the Middle East, the Black Sea, the Caucasus - but also in the region where these weapons will be relocated.
Nuclear migrants
Let us assume that the Americans have indeed decided to redeploy nuclear weapons from Turkey. The first question is where to? It was reported that the recipient was Romania, but the authorities of the country refuted the information.
If not Romania, who is ready to accept US nuclear weapons both technically and politically?
In principle, any NATO country is. I do not think that there are considerable technical problems at this point. After all, it goes about tactical, rather than strategic weapons: aviation bombs, warheads for short-range missiles, artillery shells. Of course, all this requires special storage conditions, security and so on, but one does not have to build state-of-the-art constructions for the purpose.
In general, US weapons may find themselves anywhere in Europe - from Portugal to Bulgaria, Poland and the Baltic states.
Another question is: who in Europe would agree to this? After all, the Europeans understand that the deployment of such weapons in Europe, especially in the vicinity of Russian borders, will lead to a reciprocal reaction from Moscow. Most likely, Russia will put the above-mentioned weapons on the list of targets for Russian missiles.
Some European politicians, especially from Eastern Europe, follow the principle "the worse - the better," when it comes to their relations with Russia. Yet, even most reckless European officials would not like to make their countries become targets for Russian missiles."" Go to: http://www.pravdareport.com/world/asia/turkey/19-08-2016/135385-usa_nuclear_weapons-0/
Quote; "In intensive warfare conditions, up-to-date tactical nuclear weapons can create an illusion of their absence on the battlefield when used together with conventional weapons. For instance, according to Russian military experts nuclear munitions of a new generation were used in Lebanon in 2006 during the operation against the Hezbollah. The soil samples taken from craters had traces of enriched uranium. At the same time there was no gamma radiation and isotope of cesium 137 resulting from radioactive decay. The radiation level was high inside the craters but went down approximately by half at the distance of just a few meters away.
According to U.S. military sources, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon against another country since 1945 took place approximately 11 miles east of Basra, Iraq sometime between February 2 and February 5, 1991.*" Go to: http://truepublica.org.uk/global/nuclear-war-didnt-know/
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Announcing Winners of NSWA's 2017 Career Development Awards
by Ashley Braun | Jul 23, 2017
The Northwest Science Writers Association will help send two of its members to San Francisco this fall for one of the largest gatherings ever of science communicators, the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists.
Ian Haydon, a University of Washington PhD student, and Rebecca Randall, science editor for Christianity Today, will each receive up to $1,000 to defray their expenses through NSWA's Career Development Awards program.
Haydon, 26, of Seattle, has written for The Conversation, a general-interest website featuring content written by researchers and academicians. He said the conference will "serve as the launching point" for a science writing career, which he plans to undertake in earnest after completing his studies in biological physics, structure, and design.
Randall, 35, of Vancouver, Wash., is the first science editor hired by Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine that claims more than 450,000 print subscribers. She said the conference will help her get a deeper understanding of key scientific issues that she can include in her coverage.
"Understanding the nuances of scientific topics is crucial in my work, where science and faith have often been at odds with one another in popular media and in the evangelical church," Randall wrote in her application. "Through my work, I hope to show that a dialogue of mutual respect is possible, and meeting people face to face at the conference would go a long way."
Organizers of the five-day conference, the first in the United States, expect between 1,200 and 1,400 attendees. The program will cover professional development, research, and issues in both science and journalism.
Stay tuned: Randall and Haydon will share insights from the conference at a future NSWA event.


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Muisca Mummification
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This article describes the practice of mummification by the Muisca. The Muisca inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish and were an advanced civilisation. They mummified the higher social class members of their society, mainly the zipas, zaques, caciques, priests and their families. The mummies would be placed in caves or in dedicated houses ("mausoleums") and were not buried.
Many mummies from the Chibcha-speaking indigenous groups have been found to date, mainly from the Muisca, Lache and Guane. In 1602 the early Spanish colonisers found 150 mummies in a cave near Suesca, that were organised in a scenic circular shape with the mummy of the cacique in the centre of the scene. The mummies were surrounded by cloths and pots. In 2007 the mummy of a baby was discovered in a cave near Gámeza, Boyacá, together with a small bowl, a pacifier and cotton cloths. The process of mummification continued into the colonial period. The youngest mummies have been dated to second half of the 18th century.[1]
The early Spanish chroniclers Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Pedro Simón, Pedro de Aguado, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés and others have provided the first historical data on the Muisca mummies.[2] Modern researchers who contributed to the knowledge of the Muisca mummies have been 19th century scholars Ezequiel Uricoechea and Liborio Zerda. In the 20th and 21st century Eliécer Silva Celis and Abel Fernando Martínez Martín have been analysing various Muisca mummies.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
The Muisca inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
In the centuries before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in 1537, the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, high plateau of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, was inhabited by the Muisca people. They were an advanced civilisation of mainly farmers and traders.[10]
The Muisca did not construct stone architecture, as the Maya, Aztec and Inca did; their houses, temples and shrines were built with wood and clay. They were called "Salt People" because of their extraction of halite from various salt mines on the Altiplano, predominantly in Zipaquirá, Nemocón and Tausa.
The oldest mummies of South America come from the northern Chilean Chinchorro culture
The mummies of the higher classes were decorated with golden crowns, earrings and noserings
Mummification was a common practice in South American cultures. The Nazca, Paracas and Chachapoya of Peru conducted mummifications.[11] The oldest evidence of mummification in the Americas is known from the Chinchorro culture in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and has been dated at 7000 years BP.[12] The practice was also performed by various pre-Columbian cultures in Colombia. Of the cultures to the southwest of the Altiplano, the Calima, Pijao and Quimbaya practiced mummification.[2][13] On and close to the Altiplano the Muisca, Guane and Lache mummified their dead and north of the Altiplano the Chitarero and Zenú also executed the mummification process.[14][15] The indigenous groups inhabiting the jungles of the Darién mummified their caciques.[16]
The Muisca started their mummification practices in the Late Herrera Period, approximately from the 5th century AD onwards.[13][17][18]
The use of substances to balm the body and the extraction of the organs has been described by franciscan Estebán de Asencio in 1550. The process took eight hours to dry the body with a dusty balm after the intestines were extracted. While the exact composition of the balm has not been determined, the moque was probably a type of resin, used in other rituals and practices around the mummification.[19]
Another method of preparation of the mummies was more frequent. The body would be dried using fire and smoke and no extraction of organs would be performed. The heat of the fire not only dried the body, also the phenol liberated by the smoke would conserve the body and prevent it from decomposing. This process, that also the Guane performed to prepare their mummies, has been described by Pedro Simón.[20]
The dried bodies were wrapped in various layers of cotton cloths, mostly painted. Emeralds were put in the mouths and to cover the eyes and bellybutton of the deceased and sometimes even cloths were inserted in their rectum. The ears and nose were covered with cotton cloths as well.[21]
During the mummification rituals, the Muisca sang songs and drank chicha for various days in a row.[22]
As the Muisca believed in an afterlife,[23] the mummies were buried surrounded by pots with food as beans, maize and chicha, mantles and golden figures for their stay in another world, similar to ours.[22] The mummies of the higher classes were decorated with golden earrings or noserings and with golden feathered crowns and emeralds.[24]
The discovery of a cave in Gámeza, Boyacá in 2007, proved also children were mummified; a mummified baby of a couple of months old was wrapped in cotton cloths and accompanied by a teether, a small bowl, three strings of cotton and a small bag around the neck.[24]
In the temples and places reserved for the mummies, the bodies were put on a platform of reed, as an elevated bed, called barbacoas. Other mummies were placed on small wooden stools.[20] The mummies were left there without being buried.[24] All the mummies found were in a similar sitting position with the arms and legs folded towards the torso. Ezequiel Uricoechea described in 1854 that the fingers of the mummified persons were strapped together with cotton cords.[20] Some of the mummies, probably those of the warriors, were found with golden arms in their hands. The fighters were richly decorated with emeralds, crowns and fine cloths and bags of cotton.[21]
According to Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who made the first contact with the Muisca, during the conquest, the guecha warriors carried mummies on their backs to serve as an example and to impress their enemies in their warfare.[13][21][25][26][27] When his soldiers Miguel Sánchez and Juan Rodríguez Parra raided the Sun Temple in Sogamoso in September 1537, they found mummies decorated with golden crowns and other objects sitting on raised platforms.[13][28][29]
Small ceramic pots filled with food accompanied the mummies in their journey to the afterlife
When the Spanish entered the sacred Sun Temple of Sogamoso in September 1537, they found mummies sitting on elevated platforms inside
Although the Muisca society was generally egalitarian, differences in the burial processes indicate the distinction of the social classes.[30] The higher class people and their families were mummified while lower classes were not.[31] The zipa and zaque mummy sites, often in temples and caves, were decorated with golden stools and guarded by the priests.[22][32] The caciques were put together with their slaves and wives and the priests (xeques) were placed in secret sites.[23] Often the mummies of the caciques were kept in their own houses and the religious people consulted their ancestors in their prayers to them.[14] In some cases special bohíos were constructed to house the mummies of the highest classes, as mausoleums.[13]
Mummy SO10-IX
Mummy SO10-IX has been analysed in great detail and found on the right bank of the Chicamocha River in the north of the Muisca territory bordering the Guane terrains, as here in the Chicamocha Canyon
The mummy from Sativanorte, named SO10-IX and belonging to the collection of Silva Celis in the Archaeology Museum of Sogamoso, has been studied in detail by various researchers.[4][33] The mummy has been donated to the archaeologist by Abraham López Ávila in 1962.[33] Interviews with López Ávila revealed that the mummy had been found by children in the vicinity of Sativanorte, Sativasur and Socotá on the western bank of the Chicamocha River.[34]
The mummy has been carbon dated by researchers at the University of Uppsala at 615 +/- 35 years before 1950; between 1300 and 1370 AD.[33][35]
The first analysis of the mummy SO10-IX has been performed in 2004, by a group of researcher of the UPTC in Tunja.[9] The mummy was unwrapped in flexion, simulating the fetal position, missing the upper left limb, with partial loss of the right lower limb, conserving the leg and foot. Loss of skin and soft tissue to the bone at the pelvis and the abdominal region have been noted. The upper limbs were flexed, the hands interlaced and tied with a cotton cord; they were placed on the right side of the head. Three fragments of cotton blankets accompanied the mummy. The body showed evidence of perforations caused by cadaveric fauna.[34]
Remains of Coleoptera (Ancognatha and Phyllophaga) were identified and remains of the left lung have been described in the thoracic cavity. The cranium was undeformed and showed remains of straight black hair with signs it had been cut. Cotton was found inside the ear and nostrils. One of the vertebrates showed an abscess.[36] The mummy has been identified as probably a male of an established age of 30 +/- 5 years old. The length of the individual has been estimated at 166 centimetres (5.45 ft). The teeth of SO10-IX did not have cavities and in the mouth remains of algae and diatoms have been discovered.[37]
Analysis of the mummy provided that it probably had been a shaman, based on the perforated ears, and that he suffered from illnesses in his limbs, cared for by the Muisca community.[35]
Other Colombian Andean mummies
The early Spanish colonisers discovered in 1602 a cave in Suesca with 150 mummies organised in a circular fashion
Muisca mummies have been discovered in Gachantivá, Iguaque, Villa de Leyva, Moniquirá, Socotá, Sogamoso, Tunja, Ubaté, Pisba, Usme and Suesca and mummies wrapped in cloths in Boavita, Tasco, Tópaga, Gámeza and Gachancipá.[2] The mummies of Usme, discovered in 2007, revealed an extensive burial site of 30 hectares (74 acres). Oval and circular graves have been found, together with urns and some of the findings showed evidence of sacrifices.[23] The 135 human remains have been dated to the 8th or 9th century until the 16th century AD. Evidence for alive burials were numerous and it is estimated it would take twenty years to fully analyse the site.[38]
Mummies by surrounding groups were found in Chiscas, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (Lache), Muzo (Muzo people), Bucaramanga, La Belleza and Los Santos (Guane), Silos (Chitarero) and Ocaña (Mosquito culture).[2][39]
Until 2012, seventy mummies have been analysed in Colombia, of which 54 of the Chibcha-speaking people. The remaining 16 mummies have been found in the Serranía del Perijá and belonged to the Yuko culture.[13] The majority of mummies discovered after the conquest were found in caves and represented scenes; they were organised in circles. In the Muisca history caves, together with lakes, waterfalls and rivers, have been important. In 1602, 150 mummies were discovered in a cave in Suesca, and were organised in a circle around the mummy of the cacique. The scene was completed with many small cotton cloths. The circular organisation around the cacique resembled the organisation of the Muisca villages, where the central bohío belonged to the ruler of the settlement.[24]
In 1885 Muisca scholar Liborio Zerda described a mummy of a young girl, found in a cave on the Toquilla paramo, at 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) altitude within the municipality of Aquitania. The mummy was wrapped in cotton mantles and decorated with golden objects. The body was eternalised in a squatting position.[20]
Some of the Muisca mummies found were so well conserved, that their facial expression didn't look like the people died hundreds of years ago.[16]
The Zenú and Panche oriented their mummies with the head to the east, while the Muzo buried their dead with the head to the west.[15][40] The Muisca commonly directed the heads of the deceased to the east, although other graves have been found oriented to the south.[38]
Muisca mummy in the Gold Museum, Bogotá
Muisca mummies are on display or in the collections of museums in Colombia. The Museo del Oro (mummy from Pisba, Boyacá), the Museo Arqueológico Casa del Marqués de San Jorge and the Museo Nacional in Bogotá have Muisca mummies on display and the mummies from Sativasur and Gámeza are kept in the Archaeology Museum in Sogamoso.[14][22][24][41][42] The mummy found in Gachantivá is part of the collection of the British Museum in London.[19]
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^ Martínez & Martínez, 2012, p.74
^ a b c d Valverde, 2007, p.280
^ Martínez & Martínez, 2012
^ a b Martínez Martín et al., 2010
^ Martínez Martín, s.a.
^ Valverde, 2007, p.281
^ Otálora Cascante, 2006, p.4
^ a b Martínez et al., 2010, p.113
^ Ocampo López, 2007, p.26
^ a b c d e f Martínez & Martínez, 2012, p.68
^ a b c (in Spanish) Momia - Banco de la República
^ a b Villa Posse, 1993, p.52
^ a b Langebaek, 1995, p.214
^ Henderson & Ostler, 2005, p.149
^ García, 2012, p.27
^ a b Martínez & Martínez, 2012, p.70
^ a b c d Martínez & Martínez, 2012, p.71
^ a b c Martínez & Martínez, 2012, p.72
^ a b c d Ortega Loaiza et al., 2012, p.8
^ a b c (in Spanish) Funeraria Muisca - Pueblos Originarios
^ a b c d e Martínez & Martínez, 2012, p.69
^ Martínez Martín, s.a., p.3
^ Correa, 2005, p.204
^ Trimborn, 2005, p.305
^ Rodríguez Cuenca, 2007, p.115
^ Izquierdo Peña, 2009, p.13
^ a b c Otálora Cascante, 2006, p.5
^ Martínez et al., 2010, p.116
^ a b (in Spanish) Estudio de tumbas Muiscas evoca el mito de la Leyenda del Dorado
^ De Perdomo, 1975, p.275
^ Pérez Riaño, 2001, p.86
Correa, François. 2005. El imperio muisca: invención de la historia y colonialidad del poder - The Muisca empire: invention of history and power colonialisation, 201-226. Universidad La Javeriana.
García, Jorge Luis. 2012. The Foods and crops of the Muisca: a dietary reconstruction of the intermediate chiefdoms of Bogotá (Bacatá) and Tunja (Hunza), Colombia (M.A.), 1-201. University of Central Florida. Accessed 2016-07-08.
Henderson, Hope, and Nicholas Ostler. 2005. Muisca settlement organization and chiefly authority at Suta, Valle de Leyva, Colombia: A critical appraisal of native concepts of house for studies of complex societies. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 24. 148-178.
Izquierdo Peña, Manuel Arturo. 2009. The Muisca Calendar: An approximation to the timekeeping system of the ancient native people of the northeastern Andes of Colombia (PhD), 1-170. Université de Montréal. Accessed 2016-07-08.
Langebaek Rueda, Carl Henrik. 1995. De cómo convertir a los indios y de porqué no lo han sido. Juan de Varcarcel y la idolatría en el altiplano cundiboyacense a finales del siglo XVII - How to convert the indians and why they didn't. Juan de Varcarcel and the idolatry on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at the end of the 17th century. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología 11. 187-234.
Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando, and Luz Martínez Santamaría. 2012. Sobre la momificación y los cuerpos momificados de los muiscas - On mummification and the mummified bodies of the Muisca. Revista Salud Historia Sanidad 1. 61-80.
Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando; Fernardo Francisco Meléndez, and Fred Gustavo Manrique. 2010. Bio-anthropology and paleopathology of the SO10-IX Muisca mummy from Sátivanorte, Boyacá, Colombia. Colombia Médica 41. 112-120.
Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando. s.a.. Entre risas y llantos. Una mirada a las costumbres muiscas a través de los cronistas - Between laughter and cry. A look at the Muisca habits through the chroniclers, 1-16.
Ocampo López, Javier. 2007. Grandes culturas indígenas de América - Great indigenous cultures of the Americas, 1-238. Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A..
Ortega Loaiza, Natalia; Diana Fernanda Grisales Cardona; Alejandra Uribe Botina, and Juan Camilo Blandón Hernández. 2012. Los rituales fúnebres indígenas - The indigenous burial rituals.
Otálora Cascante, Andrés Ricardo. 2006. Caracterización bioantropológica de una momia muisca: implicaciones metodológicas desde la antropología biológica - Bioanthropologist's characterization of a Muisca mummy: methodologist's implications from the biologist anthropology. Revista Salud, Historia y Sanidad 1. 4-9.
De Perdomo, Lucia R.. 1975. Excavacaciones arqueológicas en zona Panche - Guaduas, Cundinamarca - Archaeological excavations in the Panche area - Guaduas, Cundinamarca, 247-289. Accessed 2016-07-08.
Pérez Riaño, Pablo Fernando. 2001. Procesos de interacción en el área septentrional del altiplano cundiboyacense y oriente de Santander, 49-110.
Rodríguez Cuenca, José Vicente. 2007. Profesor Eliécer Silva Celis (1914-2007): un Sugamuxi dedicado a la causa muisca - Professor Eliécer Silva Celis (1914-2007): a Sugamuxi devoted to the muisca cause. Maguaré 21. 111-127.
Trimborn, Hermann. 2005. La organización del poder público en las culturas soberanas de los chibchas - The public power organisation in the common cultures of the Chibchas, 298-314. Universidad La Javeriana.
Valverde, Alejandra. 2007. Prácticas funerarias desde la arqueología: El caso de las momias de la Sierra Nevada del Cocuy - Funerary practices in archaeology: The study of Sierra Nevada del Cocuy's mummies, Colombia. Antípoda 5. 275-291.
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(in Spanish) Analysis of the mummy from Pisba
(in Spanish) The Muisca mummies from Pisba and of a 10-year old child from Gachantivá - Museo del Oro
(in Spanish) Video of Muisca mummy analysis - Museo del Oro
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We present the July 2, 2018 Board. It features scouting reports on players we have evaluated as a 40 FV prospect or better at the current moment (and we might add more reports over the weekend) as well as tool grades and some video. Specifics on the players in the class are reserved for the board itself, so head there if that's all you're looking for.
This is the second year of international amateur free agency under the current CBA, the rules of which were discussed here after they were first implemented. In short, teams now have a finite amount of money to spend on players. Here is each club's cap for the period. The total pool space across baseball is about $159,000,000, or roughly $6 million above last year's total.
Teams with an asterisk next to their abbreviation (see below) are still in the "penalty box" that prohibits them from giving a bonus over $300K to any single player — a punishment for exceeding their formerly soft-capped bonus pool back when that was allowed. The Braves have to sit out for another two years due to their recent international scandal, one which included illegal acquisition of players in 2016 who have since been granted free agency and signed with other teams, as well as an illegal early agreement with 2019 Dominican SS Robert Puason, which they were forced to void. Oakland is now considered the industry favorite to land Puason (the early favorite for top player next year), who could net around $5 million, as estimated by industry sources in international scouting.
* denotes club in $300K penalty box.
** denotes Braves, serving punishment for scandal.
The last dominoes to fall during this international period will probably be the most interesting. Cubans enter into eligibility at varied, odd times because of the United States' political relationship with Cuba and when they eventually do, a lot of the now finite money is already spoken for, some of it for over a year. This year, the top player on our board, Victor Victor Mesa, is in that very situation. We're not even sure what country he's in right now, what day his open workout will be (probably within a month or two) or any idea when he'll be cleared to sign. Once early signings are done and some early accounting dust has settled, we'll be able to see who has money left to make a conceivable run at Mesa and monitor trades for pool space.
This applies to Victor Victor, as well as his brother Victor Mesa Jr. and fellow Cuban Alex Vargas. Vargas is a talented shortstop whose skills befit a $2.0-$2.5 million dollar player, but he might have to wait until the 2019 period to get that kind of money because teams had already committed money to other players before he became eligible. Chatter amongst scouts is he just struck a deal for that amount or more, but for a deal in the 2019 signing year, for which he would wait 12 months to sign.
It's also worth noting that signing players generally at age 16 is too early for many teams to feel comfortable committing seven figures to a pitcher, due to the greater associated risk. The top of our July 2 boards, in general, will be hitter-heavy and the bonuses lean that way, as well, with Marlins target fire-balling Cuban righty Sandy Gaston the only exception this year.
We hoped you liked reading 2018 International Prospect Board by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel!
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The entire Workshop and Training events (in structure and contents) held at Nsukka Campus were replicated in Enugu Campus, using the facilities and spaces of CEMAC, CBT, and FBA auditoria.
The basic workshops materials were sets of computer systems (made available by the Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, for both campuses), Power Point projectors, public address systems, and branded file jackets distributed at accreditation points.
Two thousand, one hundred and twenty (2120) students registered and participated in the programme. Certificate of participation has been prepared for distribution to participants.
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Sandals St. Lucia announces opening dates for their overwater bungalows
After much speculation, Sandals Resorts have finally announced the dates when visitors are expected to be able to stay in their overwater bungalow suites, and unfortunately it's quite a bit later than we had hoped. The folks at caribbeannewsdigital.com interviewed Sandals' CEO recently who said that the groundbreaking on the 26 overwater bungalows is scheduled for August 15, 2012, and the opening to the public of the suites is February, 2013.
FEBRUARY, 2017 UPDATE: Sandals has opened 17 overwater bungalows at their Royal Caribbean Resort in Montego Bay and they have finally officially announced that the Sandals St. Lucien Resort will soon be getting its own overwater bungalows.
JANUARY 2014 UPDATE: The most recent reports from industry sources say that Sandals is finally ready to break ground on the overwater bungalows as part of a much larger renovation to its St. Lucia property. If construction does indeed begin in early 2014, then it'll be at least 2015 before the bungalows would be open to the public.
OCTOBER 2012 UPDATE: I've just received an email from Sandals saying that they have yet to actually break ground on these overwater bungalows, and that now that is officially scheduled for "early 2013." Hopefully this happens and they are ready for bookings by summer. I will update this page with whatever we hear.
We've previously mentioned that the scheduled opening to the public was in 2012, but there was never any more specific information so evidently that was just an early target that has slipped. Read our previous post on the Sandals St. Lucia overwater bungalows for more specifics about the suites themselves.
Not opening in 2013
It's at least a little disappointing to hear that the new overwater bungalows won't be ready until later in 2013. In fact, it's surprising to hear that they are still 6 months away from "groundbreaking" on them. In summer of 2011 at least one reviewer on TripAdvisor had reported seeing construction of the bungalows in the lagoon, but that was certainly something else or perhaps just the earliest construction of the plumbing and electrical systems that will be needed out in the water.
Perhaps of a little concern is that St. Lucia elected a new government in their elections scheduled for late November, 2011, and evidently Sandals must still get approval from the new regime because it was the previous group who'd okayed it before. The Sandal's CEO sounds 100% confident in his announcement so hopefully it's just a formality.
Overwater bungalows elsewhere in the Caribbean
One reason that the St. Lucia overwater bungalows are so widely anticipated is that they will be the first "honeymoon style" overwater rooms in all of the Caribbean. In fact, they sound like they are going to be super deluxe, at 1,200 square feet and including a private butler and separate living room. Look for room rates of around US$1,000 per night and up during high season, just as an off-hand guess at this point.
Those who can't wait or especially those who would prefer to spend quite a bit less and do some scuba diving as well will be happy to know that there are about a dozen "eco-resort" style water bungalows in the Caribbean already. All the others are off the coast of Central America (which puts them out of the way of most hurricanes), with prices starting at around US$250 per night.
If you are looking for a "honeymoon style" resort in 2012 then your best bet will be one of the Bora Bora overwater bungalow hotels.
Sandals Grande Bungalow Development: They levelled the land last year and then have done precisely nothing!


Logical Choice Technologies' Letters alive™ brings a kingdom of 26 "seemingly-alive" digital 3D animals into classrooms with the ultimate goal of teaching children to read at the kindergarten level.
Designed to integrate with interactive whiteboards, a document camera and a laptop, the curriculum uses a series of 26 three-dimensional, animated animal characters to teach reading on pre-k and kindergarten levels. Teachers and students use 26 letter cards that, when placed under a compatible document camera, generate a responsive computer-animated character that represents each particular letter of the alphabet. When placing the letter card alongside the 94 Dolch sight word cards, students can create sentences involving the 3-D animated animals, and the animals react to the statements and questions formed by the students.


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Q: Could not connect the action btnPressed to target of class NSViewController I did search and could not find a similar problem as mine.
I have a parent view (AppDelegate) and a child view (NSViewController) with a NSButton on it.
In my parent view (AppDelegate), I use IB to add a CustomView and NSViewController in the MainMenu.xib and use the following code to change the view to Child
AppDelegate.h -

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

@interface AppDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate>

@end

AppDelegate.m -

#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import "Child.h"

@interface AppDelegate ()

@property (weak) IBOutlet NSWindow *window;
@property (weak) IBOutlet NSView *myCustomView;
@property (weak) IBOutlet NSViewController *myViewController;

@end

@implementation AppDelegate

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {

    Child *childView = [[Child alloc] init];
    [[self.myViewController view] removeFromSuperview];
    self.myViewController = [childView initWithNibName:@"Child" bundle:nil];
    [self.myCustomView addSubview:[self.myViewController view]];
    [[self.myViewController view]setFrame:[self.myCustomView bounds]];

}

Here is the Child (NSViewController) , I use IB to add a button and link it with my Child.
Child.h -

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

@interface Child : NSViewController

@end

Child.m -

#import "Child.h"

@interface Child ()

@end

@implementation Child

- (IBAction)btnPressed:(id)sender {
}

@end

Problem is there is no compile error but when I run it. It shows
2014-10-09 22:51:43.952 Test[1439:303] Could not connect the action btnPressed: to target of class NSViewController

Child can catch the button press event. It seems to me Xcode complain about the button action is not linked with the parent view (AppDelegate).
How can I get rid of the warning?
Does Apple allow a OSX app with such warning?

A: Replace the below line :-
Child *childView = [[Child alloc] init];
self.myViewController = [childView initWithNibName:@"Child" bundle:nil];

With modified line:-
self.myViewController = [[childView alloc]initWithNibName:@"Child" bundle:nil];

Note:- Please make sure that your mentioned xib name should be correct.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Smackdown '94 Finale: "Pulp Fiction" and "Bullets Over Broadway"
The group discusses Jennifer Tilly's outrageous comic triumph in Bullets Over Broadway and why the Broadway musical adaptation didn't work. We also revisit the cultural impact of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Uma's place in its success. Other films briefly discussed: Three Colors: Red and Natural Born Killers. Nathaniel thanks this month's terrific panel: Erik Anderson, Nick Davis, Itamar Moses, and Alfred Soto!
The Supporting Actress Smackdown of 1994 has just gone up and the panelists have gathered for a deeper conversation.
In part one we discuss people we wish had been nominated in the category. We also discuss the comic tone of The Madness of King George, and there are split opinions on Helen Mirren's work and whether she's elevating or bringing down the movie. Surprisingly though she won the Smackdown Dianne Wiest's classic performance in Bullets Over Broadway isn't quite as loved as it once was. The panel also discusses Miramax style filmmaking of the 90s and the troubles with the 'approved' nature of literary biopics like Tom & Viv.
Sam Mendes's first film since Skyfall and Spectre will be star-studded World War I drama 1917, which Steven Spielberg is producing.
1917 will serve as the first big screen project for Sam Mendes since he pulled double duty in the James Bond 007 franchise with Skyfall and Spectre. The film, a World War I drama, brings him back into collaboration with Steven Spielberg. Indeed, one filmmaking auteur got his start with another, as Spielberg's DreamWorks Pictures produced Mendes' American Beauty in 1999, and now Spielberg's Amblin will produce this next Mendes movie.
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" won the very first BAFTA Award of the evening on Feb. 18 when it was named Best British Film. And it ended the night by claiming the Best Picture prize. That marked just the second time since the British academy reintroduced Best British Film in 1992 that the same movie won both awards. The only other double dipper was "The King's Speech," which went to win Best Picture at the Oscars in 2011.
It might seem odd that a film like "Three Billboards," which is set in the American heartland, qualified for consideration as Best British Film. However, it was written and directed by an Englishman, Martin McDonagh, and co-financed by UK broadcaster Channel 4.
2018 Baftas: Will Best British Film curse strike down 'Darkest Hour' or 'Three Billboards'?
"Darkest Hour" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" each reaped nine nominations for the 2018 BAFTA Awards. Among these are bids for Best British Film. While that nomination for the former makes sense given the subject matter and pedigree of Joe Wright's biopic about prime minister Winston Churchill, the latter doesn't appear to be British. However, while the film is set in the American heartland, it was written and directed by an Englishman, Martin McDonagh, and that qualified it for consideration in this category.
Both films also number among the five in contention for Best Picture, alongside the American-made "The Shape of Water" and the international co-productions "Call Me By Your Name" and "Dunkirk." Fans of either of "Darkest Hour" or "Three Billboards" should be rooting for one of their rivals in the Best British Film race — "The Death of Stalin," "God's Own Country," "Lady Macbeth" or "Paddington 2" — to win on Feb.
Can we have a random break for applause for Daniel Walber's The Furniture column. It was Daniel's birthday this weekend so he has the day off. He's already 69 episodes in to this incredible series which has been filled with sharp insights, a keen eye, and rich Hollywood anecdotes. Here's everything he's covered thus far. Please show your love in the comments if you look forward to these each Monday.
"The Furniture" is our weekly series on Production Design. You can click on the images to see them in magnified detail.
Play adaptations are frequently criticized for not being "cinematic" enough. It's as perennial a complaint as it is a silly one. Many of the best play adaptations don't abandon their more theatrical elements, they use cinema's unique capabilities as an especially potent additive.
The Madness of King George is a great example, a film that juxtaposes the visual freedom of on-location shooting with the precision of period sets. Adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play and directed by Nicholas Hytner, it chronicles the Regency Crisis of 1788. King George III (Nigel Hawthorne), perhaps as a result of porphyria, lost his grip on reality. The Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett) petitioned Parliament to have his father removed from power, and to have himself declared regent.
Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is a non-profit arts and education organization dedicated to fostering communication between people of diverse cultures through the art of film and the moving image. Their programs include the Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago International Television Festival, the CineYouth Festival, international screenings, and a year-round education program. Celebrating its 53rd edition October 12-26, 2017, the Chicago International Film Festival is North America's longest running competitive film fest.
Nominated for four Oscars, and bringing the late, great Nigel Hawthorne to the attention of movie audiences (following his sensational work in television and on the stage), The Madness Of King George was a real breakout hit. Premiering in December 1994 (just two months after filming wrapped!), and released in the UK in March 1995, the film won one Academy Award, three BAFTAs, and grossed over $15m in the Us alone.
But there's one story about the movie that continues to circle. And it's to do with its title.
From Demolition Man and James Bond through to Speed 2 and Steven Seagal: the movies filmmakers took on to get other projects made.
The late, great Nigel Hawthorne wasn't much of a fan of the much-liked Sylvester Stallone-Wesley Snipes showdown, Demolition Man. In his autobiography Straight Face, Hawthorne called the experience of making the film "miserable", and wasn't impressed with the time lost on set waiting around for Stallone and Snipes.
Trademark Films' Parfitt will act as a creative consultant for the UK production and financing outfit.
UK producer David Parfitt (Shakespeare In Love) is set to partner with London-based media company Bob & Co as a creative consultant.
Parfitt will sit on the company's Jersey-based Investment Committee for the Cultural Capital Fund, helping to guide ongoing media investments, which include film, TV and theatre projects.
He will also consult across Bob & Co's media partners including newly-launched TV outfit Duchess Street Productions and Lilting production company Sums Film & Media.
Bob & Co has been working with Parfitt on its adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' The Girl At The Lion d'Or, which is currently in development.
Parfitt will continue to work on his Trademark Films slate, which has in the past produced titles including My Week With Marilyn and BBC-hbo TV mini-series Parade's End.
This week marks the 90th birthday of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
She is the world's oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain's longest-lived. In 2015, she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-reigning British monarch and the longest-reigning queen regent in world history.
Looking to celebrate her Majesty's birthday? First, everyone rise for the national anthem of the United Kingdom.
For more on the Queen's schedule, visit the official site: www.


Architecture and interiors are about creating spaces that are not only functional, but that positively influence people. That is why every single detail counts. Design ultimately influences the way we behave and feel… and in the case of offices (and even homes), good design can dictate how productive we can be.
"You've probably experienced how different spaces can make you feel different things, but you might not have thought about their impact on your behavior. "
There is a good short article published by Time Magazine on how you can simply turn your 'NY Penn Station' work area into an uplifting 'Grand Central Station' space. Most tips are simple, inexpensive and effective, so start the renovation today.


I have been learning Indonesian every single day for more than two months. As I start to forget what I learnt in the beginning, I want to do a series of practices to refresh my memory. Yesterday I only had time for one practice and today I found I have lost my 70+ streak and the counter has been turned back to zero. I find this very discouraging as the streak acts as encouragement to keep going, even if it gets a bit difficult. Does a practice not count as learning? Or have I misunderstood something?
Hoi Ineke, you lost your daily streak because you didn't reach your mininum daily goal of 20XP on the 2nd of April.
Thank you! I should have realised those 20XP were important, but as I always did quite a bit more, it did not really sink in. Have to go out now, but will have a look at how to repair the streak later today.
Hi! Indeed, it says 'repair available,' but I can't find how to do it. And I'd love to be back on track. Can you help? I don't have to reset my daily goal, as I now know to make sure to do the amount needed.
I'm sorry, I don't know how to repair the streak.
I think (I'm not sure about this) that you'll have to pay for it (real money, not lingots).
There are probably other posts about this in the past.
Hopefully the search function of the forum will render some results.
(Typing this on my phone, no search function here).
Yes you have to pay with real money to sign Up for Duolingo plus to get free streak repair monthly.
Yes, I saw a pop up telling me I would get one free repair per month with Duolingo Plus, with the usual offer to try it free for a week. I considered giving it a try for a week, repair the streak and then cancel, but … I decided to start afresh as I don't really need the gimmick. I want to learn the language and it does not really matter how long it takes. Thank you both for taking the trouble to get back to me.