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Intervention (Internet + Convention) The Experience
by Sean Holmes
*Waives fingers* You WILL go next year.
When I first heard from my colleagues at Castwave Studios that we were going to Intervention, my thoughts were level with my shoes. In other words, my expectations were low. Then, I went to the event. I couldn't have been more incorrect.
Intervention (internet + convention) is what would happen if the Geekdom, Nerdism, and combined interests of the internet (minus the porn), jumped out of your devices into neatly arranged convention tables. Add the most friendly people you can imagine, another addition of a heaping teaspoon (F**k it! the whole container!) of Retro Gaming from MAGfest, and this cliched recipe analogy is complete.
Words fail to describe how awesome it was to be networking for Castwave Studios. The activity that really drew me in to love this convention so much was the NETWORKING! I mean the REAL PERSON-TO-PERSON networking you simply CANNOT get through social (thumbs up your butt) media that has made an entire nation into lazy cattle. Not to say Social Networking is not valid -- in person is just simply better.
Thumbs up for getting out of the house!
Even from the convention floor, stuck at our table (photo above), we were constantly in contact with convention attendees and even the vendors themselves. Sharing similar interests with your fellow nerd is one of the finer things in life and why the Hotel business is still booming. I recommend this convention to anyone who has enjoyed things on the internet. Which is to say, EVERYONE. Please check out the numerous links from the convention attendees this year.
LINKS TO YOUR ZELDA (ha)
Castwave Studios
Slackjaw De-Animation Specialists
Rob and Dan
TauRadio Independent Broadcasting
Intravenous Caffeine
Shawn Padriac Murphy
Hello The Future
Bittersweet Candy Bowl
Of Dice And Men
Broken Continent
Bonus Vines from Intervention
Super Review Brothers: Man Of Steel (or Why the World STILL needs Superman...movies.)
"Man of Steel" variant poster by Martin Ansin (courtesy of http://blog.mondotees.com/2013/06/11/man-of-steel-timed-edition/)
By Colin Caccamise
Believe it or not, I've always been a fan of the Big Blue Boy Scout. Yes, even after his sleep and resurrection*, even after Richard Pryor**, and YES, even after "Electric Blue" Superman***. I still find the idea of a hero who is straightedge and infallible (in most respects) more wholly appealing the gritty, "dark and tortured" heroes that the comics industry has vomited out since the mid-eighties. Superman might have the most basic set of super-powers imaginable, but it's his actions as a paragon of right that sets him above all others.
Having said that I will admit my trepidation when I heard Superman was being rebooted (again). Some of that fear was assuaged when I heard that Christopher Nolan of "The Dark Knight" fame was coming on (albeit as a producer). But, that worry came back faster than a speeding bullet when I heard who was directing, Zack Snyder. We've had a tenuous relationship at best, I loved 300, despised the omissions in Watchmen and I straight up didn't get Sucker Punch.
Closer and closer to this premiere came along and as more information was released, I started to hope (dangerous in this day and age.) When the extended trailers were released, I said to myself "I will go to the midnight release." This is something I haven't done in awhile as I work an odd shift in my day job, which hinders certain social get-togethers. But as this was an event to me, I felt it necessary to enjoy the experiences of my youth.
And now: a slight tangent...(don't worry, this will all tie into my thesis)
Midnight showings in the mid 90's to early-2000's were an event, an epic party to celebrate, not only the film's release, but the material and the culture surrounding it in general. But ever since Michael Bay came on the scene and perverted well-loved franchises to simply make more money instead of respecting both the source material and the fans he was claiming to make it for, using nothing more than tits and CGI explosions? We as nerds found ourselves surrounded less by our own kind and were found to be rubbing elbows with the beer-swilling, hazing, corn-holing types we spent our formative years attempting to escape from. We looked to films like these to escape from our boring lives, because they suck, we don't need a constant reminder for us in the theater.
Speaking of the midnight premiere, we start to watch the film and, after first five minutes, I feel like I'm slipping into the world they're creating to explain Kal-El's exodus from Krypton to his wandering days. Yet, some jackass in the back of the theater wouldn't stop yelling "Woo!" every time Clark does something awesome (which is a lot). I don't know if it was a need to satisfy his need for some attention or drunken douchery, but seriously...motherfuckers like these need to be castrated or receive some other form of corporal punishment. It's this kind of behavior that causes people to not want to go to the theater anymore, we don't allow this kind of shit in a bar...why a movie theater?
After the movie, I was perplexed by the mixed reviews that the film was getting from people who I saw it with. Most of the complaints I heard boiled down to "TOO much destruction" and not enough character development. My responses to those statements were of disbelief. When it really boils down to it, there is just as much destruction in "The Avengers" as in this film, however the counter to this argument is that Avengers had the Whedon humor to counter-balance the destruction.
Let's gloss over the fact that Loki gauges a man's eye out for the Unobtanium or whatever mcguffin that Will Turner's dad needed for Loki's portal. Let's skip the fact that half of New York was curb-stomped by an alien invasion fleet, yet instead of sending in tactical jet fighters in to draw off their aerial attacks? FUCK THAT, NUKE EM. The one thing that Man of Steel did better is that it fucking took death more seriously than the Avengers did.
No jokes during battle, no witty comebacks, no close-ups on Henry Cavill's ass in spandex. It's a reminder to you that life can end easily and quickly and this realization (which is not always a welcome one) only serve to intensifies the battle between Superman and Zod. I got a headache soon after this semantics argument. But that wasn't the only complaint I heard.
"It's a Superman reboot, why are they rebooting Superman, we don't need this!" Actually, after "Superman Returns", yeah, we kind of did. Besides, Batman did the same goddamn thing and you all ate that shit up like gangbusters. This movie is basically setting up the "Justice League" film as the previous crop of Marvel films were setting up the Avengers movie. But why would you blame them? This is the natural order of things, Marvel presented the Avengers, now DC responds in stride, and hopefully better then their previous attempt.
In closing, if I had to sum up my feelings on this film? This movie rocks; the sequel will be even better (a la Dark Knight). Seriously, the sequel has the goddamn Batman in it (World's Finest WOO!) I actually see DC/Warner Bros. taking the lead for who produces a better superhero film in the next few years.
Hey, at least they aren't making "Guardians of the Galaxy"...
* See Max Landis' "The Death and Return of Superman"
** Yes, Richard Pryor was in Superman 3, and no, he wasn't funny...at all.
*** Yes, Electric-Blue Superman was a thing. The less said about this, the better.
Super Bowl Live Tweets
A reference to the Simpsons episode "Dead Putting Society" (Season 2, Episode 6)
It all starts somewhere....
Believe it or not, when I plopped into a recliner at my friend Justin's house a few months back to watch the Super Bowl, I hadn't planned on hopping on Twitter. I had planned to maybe to check my Facebook feed every few hours to see the bandwagon fans scream about bad calls or switch loyalties at the drop of a hat. So, in the first few minutes of the "Big Game", already bored by the lackluster commercials and Jim Harbaugh already throwing a tantrum, I decided to hop on Twitter and look at what the internet thought of the game thus far.
BEST. DECISION. EVER.
I began tweeting more than I had in the last few months as well as my cohorts at Castwave Studios. So, I bring you, UNEDITED and UNALTERED, the Live Tweets of Castwave Studios: Superbowl 2013 Edition.
This tweet came about after a particularly annoying CBS promo claiming "60 Minutes" was "the #1 News Program". LOL no.
There was a "Got Milk" commericial where Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is running through an cavalcade of issues he could stop (if he was 1930's Superman) but chooses not to because why? He needs milk for his kids' cereal! WORST SUPERHERO EVER.
Castwave Studios' tweets (@BGNPodcasts):
One Drunk Geek's tweets (@bmassey1987):
Sorcery for PS3 – Try to Understand, He's a Magic Man
by Jordan Hazelwood
They brought a cave troll.
Mr. Zack Patterson recently invited most of the Castwave Studios troupe, including myself, to join in on an episode of his video game podcast Severed Dongle, particularly for his discussion on motion controls. As it turned out, the assembly's opinions on the subject were as myriad as they were furious and we ran the clock pretty long, so I was not able to find an opening to talk about the game I had rented for just that occasion. It's no big deal, I can just conjure up my review now. This is Sorcery, the 2012 wand-em-up exclusive for the Playstation Move.
The story begins in Generic Tolkein-esque Fantasy World #9959 where we find young Finn, who's bored with his lot in life as a Sorcerer's Apprentice that presumably consists of animating brooms to bale water and putting up with Nic Cage's constant mugging. After an average day spent faffing about on ancient elven burial grounds, Finn inadvertently attracts the attention of a sinister demon-possessed fairy queen. This is especially bad news to Erline, Finn's sassy grimalkin friend, who is actually the queen's runaway daughter polymorphed into the body of a cat. Note: I originally didn't intend to spoil that plot point here, but come on, look at the box art again. You could just tell that a fairy princess was bound to show up at some point!
It's Adventure Time, with Erline the Cat and Finn the Human!
Eye of Newt and Saw of Mitres, Sweat of Troll and Cramp of Writers
As for the gameplay, to tell the truth, the first third or so of
the game was an absolute slog. The controls require the PS3-chuk for movement, and the Move itself served as my magic wand, meaning I fired magic missiles by flicking the Move at my targets, meaning I initially missed nine out of every ten shots because magic wands do not come equipped with iron sights. I also strongly disliked the system of exposition for this far-out fantasy universe, consisting of Finn acting like a completely hapless cretin, obliging Erline to explain everything more complicated than breathing to him. I suddenly miss the days when video game characters would hold up signs saying "Read the Manual for Details". I also suddenly miss the days when video games had manuals. Next came the part of the game that took my well-worn gamer maxim of "When the game tells you where to go, go everywhere else first" and kneed it hard in the groin when I came to a Y-intersection and Will-o-Wisps appeared out of nowhere and beckoned me down the right path. Naturally I went left, upon which a door slammed shut behind me barring my return and Erline perked up, "Protip: Wisps point you in the direction of vitally important magic items". Hey, Erline! Protip: Screw You! And then there's the Professor Snape-approved portion of the game where I had to concoct potions to give Finn permanent character buffs. This involved laboriously adding every ingredient one by one to a cauldron through motion gestures (and I swear, potions that call for sprinkling grave dust made me twist my wrist back and forth for what felt like two minutes at a time), then swirling the Move upside down to stir the potion, then shaking the mixture inside the bottle despite the fact that I just stirred it (Bartender, a Potion of Heroic Might, shaken and stirred), and then I could throw the Move back towards my face to simulate drinking it. Any other video game would handle everything I just described with one or two button presses. Is fostering the illusion of performing every single tactile sensation involved in brewing physics-defying cocktails really important enough to risk carpal tunnel syndrome?
I have a flame-nado. Your argument is invalid.
But I kept plugging away and, to tell more of the truth, I'm really glad I did. Once the painfully obvious exposition was finally over, I noticed that Finn and Erline's voice actors had very genuine chemistry, and their characters underwent decent arcs over the course of the story. I also felt that the exploration element was strong, especially for such a linear game. Yes, the wisps do point the way to some of the magic goodies, but others are pretty deviously hidden and I legitimately missed a few of them on my first playthrough. Lastly, combat was a grim, taxing and unrelenting waggle-fest in the early game when I only knew the standard issue magic missile, but it really opened up later after I learned several more spells, most of which could combine with each other in very cool ways. There was a point about two thirds through the game when I was jumped by a horde of spiders and surly sylphs, whereupon I held the Move aloft above my head and drew it down and across to summon a whirlwind that Hoovered up the spiders, then I spun the Move clockwise and thrust it forward to set said whirlwind and spiders on fire, then I flicked forward rapidly, sending a flurry of missiles through the flaming whirlwind which sprayed magical pyrotechnic death on all of the straggling sylphs. Then I thought to myself, "Wait, has this game officially started kicking ass?" Shortly thereafter, I discovered the lightning nexus, allowing me with two lateral motions to summon a raging electrical tempest out from beneath the ground. Then I thought to myself, "Yes. Yes it has".
All and all, I enjoyed my time playing Sorcery, even though I completely finished it and snagged the platinum trophy within a week. I would definitely recommend it for a rental, if you are like me and are insanely lucky enough to live within driving distance of a place that still rents PS3 games. Sorcery definitely convinced me that the Playstation Move is the ideal controller for magic wand simulators. In one or two years, I'll be sure to write that on its tombstone.
P.S. Do you guys remember how Resident Evil 4 had that creepy Australian merchant guy who kept showing up out of thin air to buy and sell your swag? Sorcery has a similar character, except he's a Scottish dwarf played by Steve Blum. Sorcery: One, RE4: Zero.
On Faith
by Justin Eisenstadt
[Note: the opinions here do not necessarily represent those of CastWave Studios.]
It is of no concern to me whether you believe me or agree with me. The fact is, I have a compulsion to share my ideas because doing so liberates me from the burden of my own thoughts; if I do not share them, then they take up space in my head and weigh me down. Respect my opinions as I respect yours.
I set out to write a fantasy novel about rock and roll and have discovered that I am instead writing a novel about faith and religion. In a previous essay, "On Failure and Safety Nets," I explained why I do not believe in God. I have concluded that my religious beliefs can be summarized as such: I am an atheist who has faith.
Faith is believing in something without proof that it exists. Madness is believing in something in spite of proof that it does not exist. Many people seem to struggle with the distinction between proof and the absence of proof, so I will say this: the absence of proof proves nothing.
We can all (hopefully) agree that extremists are dangerous regardless of what side they are on. Extremism is not limited merely to those of the religious persuasion. Believing that there is a rational explanation for everything is, simply, irrational. I believe that there are, and always will be, things we cannot explain: the purpose of existence, the nature of consciousness, and what happens when we die, just to name a few. That is what I have faith in. I have faith in the unknown. Therefore, there is nothing irrational about believing in God because, ultimately, it doesn't even matter.
What matters in this world are actions, not beliefs. Being a (insert religion here) does not automatically make you a good person. That seems fairly obvious, right? I'm not saying anything that everyone does not already know here. If your faith causes you to do good and righteous things, then you are a good and righteous, then you are a good and righteous person. If your faith causes you to do hateful things, then you are a hateful person. Nothing written in any book can make you otherwise.
And to those who would argue for moral relativism, allow me to state tenet number two of my personal faith: every sane person has an inherent ability to distinguish right from wrong. Unless you are a sociopath or suffer from some kind of mental illness, you know, deep down, whether your actions are just or unjust (relative, of course, to the values and mores of the culture in which you live). Social, institutional, and cultural implications inside, what allows us to distinguish right from wrong comes not from any explicit code of ethics but from that innate human phenomenon known as empathy (not that other animals don't possess empathy as well). Empathy allows us to detect when another living thing is experiencing pain, and whether or not we are the cause of that pain. Don't look to God to tell you right from wrong. Look inside. Trust your instincts; you know them to be true.
God is simply an idea, but ideas have incredible power - the power to make and unmake the universe, in fact. So when you say you believe in God, you are really saying you believe in the idea of God - and that is equally valid. Of course, ideas are like assholes; everyone has them and most of them stink. Still, one of the greatest things about being human is having ideas and getting to defend them. Just remember that actions speak louder than words.
[There will most likely be a part two to this, to be posted sometime in the not too distant future.]
A Brief Review of Ted, OR Everything that's Wrong with Comedy Today
Pictured above: Assholes.
Now, I know that movie reviewing is really Colin and Sean's joint, but my little brother Adam dragged me to see this movie (by offering to pay for me) and I find myself compelled to offer some thoughts about a film that, while not the worst thing I've ever seen, does represent everything that's wrong with comedy today. And by that, I'm referring to Seth Macfarlane.
Unless your utterly pretentious claim of not owning a television is actually true, then you already know that Seth Macfarlane is the hugely successful writer, comedian, voice actor, and a number of other words that end in "-er" who is responsible for the show Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show. And I assure you that I fully intended to use the singular term, "show."
Ted is a movie about a boy named John Bennett who makes a magical Christmas wish that brings his stuffed bear to life. The two vow to remain best friends forever and 27 years later, John is now a directionless tool and Ted is an obnoxious, racist asshole. John has inexplicably managed to gain the love and devotion of Lori Collins, played by Mila Kunis. However, John's immaturity and Ted's insufferable antics are putting a real strain on John and Lori's relationship. How will John be able to choose between his loudmouthed pothead bear and his incredibly attractive, funny, and intelligent girlfriend who makes more money than him and constantly puts up with his bullshit?
Alright, now that I've deconstructed the incredibly complex plot of this film, allow me to explain why, in spite of its huge box office success and bewilderingly positive public and critical reception, this movie is just plain shitty and quite possibly heralds the decline of comedy in cinema as we know it. Now, I don't actually believe that statement, but I do find it quite troubling that so many people enjoy this movie.
I understand of course that humor is completely subjective. So when I tell you that I only laughed at about five lines in the entire two hours of running time, I realize that's not going to be all that helpful to you as a reader and potential viewer. The thing that's troubling to me is why it fails not only as a comedy, but simply as a film.
Spoiler: One of these girls has problems controlling her bodily functions, and that is apparently hilarious.
At the end of the day, what brings this movie down is the same thing that caused Family Guy to go from a novel and humorous show to one that is tired, grating, and at times nearly un-watchable. Seth Macfarlane has become so successful that he no longer has anyone to tell him when his ideas are bad. He has no editor. Or, he simply refuses to listen to anyone. If you cut about 20 to 30 minutes off this movie, it would be at least decent - not great, but decent. As it stands, it's just full of line after line of jokes that are stupid, painfully obvious, or just downright offensive. I'm convinced that Seth put literally every single joke that popped into his brain into the script and refused to cut a single one.
Seth Macfarlane's idea of humor is pointing at a cute, anthropomorphic character and saying, "Hey look, guys, this thing that shouldn't be talking is making a bunch of pop culture references and saying inappropriate things. Isn't that outrageous?" Let me ask you, if you had a friend and he suddenly made a racist statement about black people or Jewish people, you'd probably just let it slide, right? He probably just didn't realize that wasn't funny. And he did the same thing two or three more times, well he's probably just very slow at picking up on things. But if he continued to make unfunny racist jokes, you'd probably sit him down and say, "Look, Steve, we think you might have some serious issues that need resolving."
Seth Macfarlane apparently does not have any friends that are willing to do this. Look, I'm a really laid-back guy and I don't get offended when someone makes some crack about Jewish people. But the sheer number of times that Seth Macfarlane continues to "poke fun" at the Jewish people in the entertainment he creates is getting even me concerned. There's a scene in this movie where Ted and John, drunk at a party (and by the way that party scene was about three times longer than it needed to be), are discussing their idea to open an Italian restaurant.
In case you're wondering, that dude in the foreground is Flash Gordon.
Ted says emphatically, "Hey, I've got an idea! Let's make the restaurant inclusive. Like, if a Jewish person comes, we won't say anything, we'll just let him in!" John, taken aback, replies, "Why would you even say that?" Ted says, "We don't say it, that's the point."
"Why would you even bring it up?" "We don't bring it up, we just let him in." Marc pauses, and says, "Um, ok, right, so Jewish people are allowed in." Ted affirms, "Yes. But no Mexicans."
I realize I've already broken my promise of keeping this review brief, so I'll end on this note. Seth Macfarlane is a funny guy. Really, in spite of all I've said, I do think he's a funny guy. Clearly has some issues to resolve, just like our friend Steve, but a clever and witty comedian nonetheless. However, he's a shitty writer. He can't tell a proper story, so he pads it out with extraneous dialogue and Family Guy-style cutaway gags. And the fact that the American public seems generally okay with this offends me far more than any racial slur that Ted spouts off in this movie. As someone who aspires to a career in writing fiction, let me leave Seth with this message that he will never read: no amount of pop culture references can make up for bad storytelling. If you just want to tell jokes, do stand-up. Film is for telling stories.
On Failure and Safety Nets
[A few notes: This post is of a much more personal nature and the opinions stated here do not necessarily represent those of CastWave Studios. Public Allies is an Americorps program that provides young adults with full-time non-profit apprenticeships and rigorous leadership training. It's a great program and I urge you to learn more about it here.]
I no longer fear failure. We're old friends, failure and me. I experience it day after day, month after month, year after year. This may come as a surprise to those who assume I have my shit together, that I am deserving of praise for the things I have accomplished: college graduate, straight-A student, Eagle Scout, respected by my friends and peers. But if I get to decide what constitutes success for me, then I should also get to decide what constitutes failure, and in spite of whatever accolades I may have garnered, believe me when I say this – I am, or more accurately, have been a failure. Here's the thing, though - defeat is permanent, but failure is only temporary. Failure is an action, but defeat is a state of being –and we are only defeated when we admit defeat.
So why am I a failure? Because day after day, month after month, year after year, I have failed to be the thing that I know, deep down, that I am meant to be: a writer. I have wanted to be the next Stephen King since I first learned who Stephen King was, and yet, almost 20 years later, I have yet to finish even a single novel. I've started and abandoned many, and dreamed up countless more, but I've never finished a single one.
People like my dad and my brothers always ask me, "What happens if you fail?" No one ever asks me, "What happens if you succeed?" This fear of failure, coupled with the idea that I need to be "realistic," has driven me to do many things that have moved me further away from goal rather than closer to it. It drove me to major in Mechanical Engineering, then it drove me to major in Computer Science, and – sad to say it – it is what drove me to do Public Allies. I think that in spite of whatever reasons I gave about social justice and helping the community I may have initially given, the real reason I joined was because even a nebulous notion of "working for a non-profit" seemed like a more reasonable life plan than being a writer.
Well, I'm done being reasonable and I'm done being realistic. It's time for me to admit that writing is more than just a hobby, it is my career, and it is the only career that I will ever be happy doing. I'm sure that, phrased like that, that statement becomes immediately obvious and straightforward, but you have no idea how long it's taken for me, thickheaded as I am, to finally appreciate a fact that millions of people before me have already realized – that your day job and your career are not the same thing, that in fact they may have absolutely nothing to do with one another. And that's totally okay.
I am not "destined" for anything. I decide my life's purpose, not society or fate or the intractable whims of an invisible deity who expects me to live in service of him. I have no personal lord and savior, and I have no interest in preserving the status quo. The truth is that there is no status quo. The only constant is change, and you can either embrace it or resist it. Or, you can take the third option – you can cause it.
Ten months in Public Allies have exposed my strengths and failures in a way that four years in college did not. I lack the organizational skills and time management skills, not to mention the selfless devotion to the community, necessary to ever achieve anything more than "adequacy" as a non-profit leader. I might become an above average leader, but I will never excel in this field for the same reason that I will never be a good father – frankly, I'm just too self-centered. That is not to say that I don't care about others; to the contrary, I have a deep and unshakeable faith that there is good in humanity, that even in the darkest corners of the world, hope takes root and stubbornly fight to break through into the light.
I am an observer, standing at the edges on the outside looking in. I often call myself insightful, as do others. Break apart the word insight and look at it literally: "in" and "sight." To find truth, we gaze within ourselves. We internalize external stimuli and filter them trough that fleshy supercomputer known as the brain in order to distill meaning. This, to me, is the true magic. This is why I do not believe in God, although I certainly do not begrudge anyone their personal beliefs. But allow me to explain what I mean. To look at a world that was created specifically for us by some all-powerful being and call it beautiful is not to appreciate it but simply to state the obvious. But to see beauty in a universe that is chaotic and random, to find meaning in a world that is inherently meaningless – that is what it means to truly appreciate life. We hear a sequence of pitches and rhythms and our brains call it music; we see a bunch of multihued splotches on a canvas and our brains call it artwork. We don't just perceive patterns; we create them.
Writing is a lot like an iceberg – even though the written word on the page is all we see, it's only 10% of the process; the other 90% of the process takes place under the surface. The same thing applies to people. I'm a quiet guy, and I tend only to speak when I feel I have something worth saying, but as you might gues, there's a lot going on inside my head. Often, there's far too much, in fact. One benefit of Public Allies is that I have gotten better at sharing my ideas and am more focused about my goals.
So what are my goals? Allow me to lay them out: finish a rough draft of my novel by the end of this year. Have a completed final draft by the end of next year. Hopefully, find someone to publish it by the end of 2014. Headline a show for 100 or more people within the next six months. Record my first album by the end of next year. Make CastWave Studios a legitimate business within the next two years. Move to Seattle and become completely independent within the next five years.
Those are unrealistic goals, perhaps, but not unattainable. And what separates me from all the thousands of other people who also want to be published authors, recording musicians, or podcasters with hundreds of thousands of subscribers? Nothing really. I'm sure they all want it just as hard as me. I'm sure most of them are just as talented. The only thing that will separate me in the end is the outcome; I will either succeed or I will die trying. The third option, giving up and relying on my "safety net," is no real option at all. I will close with this thought: safety nets are dangerous. If you spend your whole life building a safety net, you never actually do the thing you want to do. I'm shredding the safety net. I'm not afraid to fall.
King Crimson - Discipline
As most people know by now, I am a huge fan of the progressive rock music from the late 1960s through mid-1970s. If the term "progressive rock" (or "prog rock" as I will refer to it henceforth) seems weird and scary to you, then you need to: 1) calm down, because those are just words and words cannot actually hurt you, and 2) click this link and read about this genre at ProgArchives.com, which contains far more information than any reasonable person could ever possibly use. You'll also find reviews, previews, an extremely active forum, and their Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time (and I'm quite proud to say that Close to the Edge by Yes is the #1 album on that list). This site is a great resource if you're looking to dive into the world of 20-minute songs, overly zealous use of keyboards, and complex lyrics about sci-fi and fantasy.
King Crimson, founded in 1968 by Robert Fripp (who has been described by music writer and critic David Kamp as a "Tiny British guitar god of nutty-professor mien") could arguably be credited with inventing the genre of progressive rock practically overnight with their incredibly influential 1969 debut, In the Court of the Crimson King. However, that's not the album I'm going to review today.
No, the album I want to talk about today is their 1981 album Discipline, released after a seven-year hiatus. It combined 80s the new-age sound with the dark and heavy sounds of the 70s. King Crimson has undergone numerous lineup changes throughout their decades-long career and has constantly redefined their sound, but Discipline represented a far greater paradigm shift than any KC album released before or since. The band's previous album, Red (1974), was a magnificent accomplishment considering the band was down to just three members and Fripp, by his own admission, had completely lost his damn mind and genuinely believed that the world was coming to an end. I highly recommend that album as well, and just as a taste I'll throw in a track from Red entitled "Starless," not only the best song on that album but one of the best songs King Crimson ever recorded.
Two months prior to the release of Red, Robert Fripp declared that King Crimson had "ceased to exist" and was "completely over for ever and ever."
In 1981, Fripp formed a quartet consisting of himself, Bill Bruford (the longtime drummer for both King Crimson and Yes, as well as many other excellent prog bands), bass player Tony Levin (a session musician who has played on 500 albums, and who Sean would know best as the bass player in Liquid Tension Experiment), and singer and guitarist Adrian Belew. Fun fact: this was Robert Fripp's first time ever being in a band with another guitar player. Fripp called this quartet Discipline. Within six months of forming, the group decided to resurrect the King Crimson name.
Now Adrian Belew is a very interesting guy. He has an incredibly unorthodox approach to guitar playing, and is capable of coaxing sounds out of his six-string that sound more like animals and machinery than a musical instrument. In addition, his singing voice sounds eerily similar to that of David Byrne, frontman for the Talking Heads. What's especially interesting about that is that Adrian Belew actually toured extensively with the Talking Heads. Listen to the first track off Discipline, "Elephant Talk," which demonstrates Belew's Talking Heads vocals and his ability to make a guitar sound like an elephant.
Holy crap, that was weird, right? BICKER. BICKER. BICKER. Well, we're just getting started. Yep, this album is the musical equivalent of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster - it's like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick. But it's not quite Animal Collective or Sleepytime Gorilla Museum weird - unlike those bands, this is still oddly enjoyable. The songs on this album don't really have traditional verses, traditional choruses, or, well...traditional anything. I believe that much of this album's brilliance stems from Robert Fripp, the mad scientist, finally learning to release some control and let the talents of his fellow musicians shine through. Perhaps that's why this album is widely considered by fans to be the band's greatest album after In the Court...
The other star of this show next to Belew is Tony Levin. On this album, Levin introduced the band to an instrument called the Chapman Stick, a ten-stringed bass-like instrument invented in the 1970s that is played purely through two-handed tapping. "Elephant Talk" was led primarily by the Chapman Stick, playing a sort of Go-Go style bass line. Now turn up the volume and listen to track two, "Frame by Frame," which sounds like being in the middle of a factory that's churning out creepy rock and roll. Welcome to the machine.
Now, I'm not going to go through every single song on the album, but there are two more songs that I feel it is imperative that you listen to. Both feature some truly breathtaking weirdness from Adrian Belew. The first is called "Indiscipline," and even I have to admit that this song is downright terrifying. Apparently, the lyrics of the song are based on a letter that Belew received from his then-current wife, Margaret Belew, about a sculpture that she had constructed. And I sort of wish I hadn't told you that, because the lyrics are far scarier when you don't have any clue what "it" is. The other song is track five, "Thela Hun Ginjeet," which is, of course, an anagram of the phrase "heat in the jungle." In the middle of the song, there is a voice recording of Adrian Belew talking about a run-in with a group of London Rastafarians and the police. Belew was unaware that he was being recorded while telling this story and had no idea that the recording was going to be used on the album. He wasn't exactly thrilled about that, but he was a good sport and went with it.
So that's King Crimson's Discipline. If ever there was an album to be enjoyed under the influence of mind-altering substances, this would be it. What's even stranger than the album itself is the fact that it was actually pretty popular when it was released, especially among die-hard King Crimson fans. In fact, the new sound was such a hit that Adrian Belew has fronted the group ever since, taking his place in the hallowed ranks of King Crimson singers including Gordon Haskell, John Wetton, and my favorite, Greg Lake. And if you have any nightmares (or even just really cool dreams) after listening to these songs, just leave a comment below and perhaps I'll consider adding a disclaimer next time.
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Astute observers may notice that I only review albums on Justin's Jukebox that I actually like. As such, I don't consider Justin's Jukebox so much of a "music review" podcast as I do a "music recommendation" podcast. After all, you wouldn't put songs on a jukebox that you did not actually want to hear!
There are albums that I really like, there are albums that I love, and then there are albums that I could not possibly imagine living without. Plastic Beach, the third studio album by the virtual band that made virtual bands popular, Gorillaz, falls into all three of those categories. It was released in 2010, and I am fully aware that the fourth Gorillaz album, The Fall, was released last year, but neither that album nor the group's first two albums latched onto my soul with such tenacity in the way that Plastic Beach did. Two years after its release, I still listen to this album constantly.
I received a promotional copy of this album about a month before it was released when I was an intern at 98 Rock. It's ironic that an album I now treasure so dearly, an album that has claimed a slot in my illustrious Top 5 Favorite Albums list, was one that I did not have to pay for and in fact was not even on my radar. Up until that point, I considered myself only a casual Gorillaz fan at best. Because I did not watch their music videos nor go to any of their shows, I was (and still am) missing out on a good 50% of the intended Gorillaz experience.
I was not immediately hooked upon first listen, but after repeated listens this album will sink its hooks deeper and deeper into your subconscious, reeling you in. There is so much variety here, so many ideas jammed into one package, that you will continue to discover new elements that previously escaped your attention. The number of cameo appearances here is staggering: Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals, Mos Def, Lou Reed (the principle songwriter of The Velvet Underground best known for the gender-bending "Walk on the Wild Side"), veteran R&B singer Bobby Womack, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon from The Clash, Mark E. Smith, Bashy, Kano, Little Dragon, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and my personal favorite, hippy-dippy hip hop trio De La Soul. You may remember that De La Soul won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the song "Feel Good Inc." I've loved De La Soul ever since my buddy Tim introduced me to their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising and particularly the track "Tread Water," a song which my girlfriend Lena finds terrifying (this will be a common theme during this review).
Speaking of common themes, let me give my interpretation of what this eclectic collection of hip-hop, art rock, funk, electronic, and orchestral music is all about. In both a figurative and literal sense, this album is about garbage. Damon Albarn, the creative genius behind the Gorillaz and the producer, composer, and maestro of this album, was inspired when he compared two landfills that he visited, one in Mali and one outside London, and compared the way that two countries dealt with garbage. In a more abstract sense, this album is also about the detritus of pop culture that accumulates in the collective consciousness, the bits and pieces which wash up on our shores and get recycled and rehashed and remade. There is a deep, biting, and even melancholic criticism of consumer capitalism in the guise of songs about microwave breakfasts ("Superfast Jellyfish"), fast cars ("Stylo"), and game shows ("Sweepstakes").
This is a truly post-modern album (and God help me for the shit-storm the use of that term is going to unleash); it is a pastiche of styles, references, and even artists. Compare the mash-up of Arabic rhythms and odd Reggae-style rapping of "White Flag" with deceptively simple keyboards and Lou Reed's deadpan vocals on "Some Kind of Nature."
The two tracks which really define this album are "Superfast Jellyfish" and "Stylo." This first one is a bizarre hip-hop collaboration between Damon Albarn, Gruff Rhys, and De La Soul which features samples from a 1986 commercial for Swanson's microwave "Great Start Breakfasts." I love it, but Lena finds it utterly terrifying (probably because of the repeated references to King Neptune and his water-breathers and "dying like rabbits"). "Stylo" opens with a pounding electro-funk beat that serves to highlight Mos Def's deft and understated rhymes and a an unforgettably commanding Bobby Womack, who, at 68 years old, is kicking serious ass.
Before I wrap things up, I just want to highlight one more song that is a must-listen that might get passed over coming as it does as the penultimate song on the album. "Cloud of Unknowing" is basically just a synth and Bobby Womack, whose soaring, slightly gravelly singing serves to expose the emotional core of this album. After all the snark and satire, this song is refreshingly sincere and optimistic. Make sure you stick it out and get to this song. You can skip the last one if you want to.
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This movie is awesome, I could spout nothing but praise for this film for years, but let's get to the point. We saw this film in low-fi old fashioned 2-D, but after seeing this film, I'd be willing to break a cardinal rule and pay money to enjoy this film in 3-D. From start to finish, Joss Whedon was able to weave the last 5 years worth of comic book films into one great piece of cinematic glory. That is truly the genius of this film, it proves that comic book films can be done, but also done well.
Let's start with acting, Robert Downey Jr. returns as everyone's favorite sardonic billionaire playboy turned superhero, Tony Stark/Iron Man. His cutting wit and sarcasm blends in with the cynicism his character is showing to the world and the team in which he's asked to take part in. Stark, throughout the film continuously proves that he is hero they need him to be, willing to sacrifice himself for the people, thus furthering his character development from the Iron Man.
Next, we have Chris Evans continuing on from the last Marvel film, Captain America: The First Avenger. His portrayal of Steve Rogers is interesting as he finds himself as a soldier out of his own time, becoming more and more conflicted with his superiors and their directions. He and Stark comes to conflict as Stark feels that S.H.I.E.L.D shouldn't be trusted at face value whereas Evans feels they can trust them as their goals are the same. Their confliction is one of the underlying points of the films, a tension that exists through three-quarters of the film.
Mark Ruffalo was the true shock of the film, his portrayal of a tormented Dr. Bruce Banner in hiding, was phenomenal. It was great as physically, Ruffalo was lanky and scrawny and nerdy, all the things that we feel Bruce Banner should be. This film also for the first time goes into the torment that Banner feels and how he tries to deal with it, admitting that he once attempted suicide but became the Hulk as a byproduct, saying the monster inside him wouldn't let him die. It should be said that the Hulk tears shit up in this film. Ruffalo has supposedly has been signed on as Banner for six more films. Solid performances by Jeremy Renner as Haweye (a villain for almost two thirds of the film) and Scarlett Johansson as The Black Widow, whose performance is leagues ahead of the lackluster performance she dropped in Iron Man 2.
The unsung hero of this film is writer/director Joss Whedon of Buffy/Firefly/Serenity/Dollhouse fame, to nerds there is so little this man can do wrong. Going into this film, I was really skeptical of this film as the usual combination of high profile actors and writer-director with such a large fan following (examples of such films are Ocean's Twelve and New Year's Eve) fall flat or spread themselves too thin and implode as a result. This blend of humor and action are trademark of Whedon's work, this in my opinion is a capstone to Marvel's effort to create this new film continuity.
I am reminded of the 1980 victory of the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team in Lake Placid, what's the comparision you may ask? The comparison I can make is that this film is the "Miracle" of this generation of nerds, the inextricable marriage of acting, writing and directing that only comes around once in a decade or two to make something beautiful. This film proves that comic book films can work.
SEE THIS FILM.


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Welcome/PAN Leadership Award
Thursday, June 13, 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Join us at the opening session for the Public Art Preconference with a welcome from AFTA CEO & President Robert Lynch, PAN Council Chair Lester Burg, and from the Public Art Preconference local host. Attendees will hear from artist and Minneapolis City Council member Jeremiah Bey Ellison and from the 2019 Public Art Network Leadership Awardee presented by Americans for the Arts and the Public Art Network Advisory Council.
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Mary Altman
Public Arts Administrator
Mary Altman has worked for over thirty years in the fields of public art, community art and art education as an administrator, organizer, instructor, volunteer and consultant. She has worked with arts groups across Minnesota and in several states on collaboration, cultural planning, artist training, rural arts development, budgeting, fundraising and evaluation. She is currently the Public Arts Administrator for the City of Minneapolis. Her publications include A Handbook for Rural Arts Collaborations (COMPAS 1993).
Jeremiah Ellison
Artist & City Councilmember
Minneapolis Ward 5 City Council Member, Jeremiah Ellison, was born and raised in North Minneapolis – the ward he represents. He's an artist, and painted his first mural at age 8 on the corner of Plymouth and Dupont. As an artist and organizer, Jeremiah has dedicated himself to propping up the genius of his Northside community. He's collaborated with young people as a teaching artist and as a homeless youth counselor -- helping to equip young people with tools to create new reflections of their community and envision bold futures for themselves. Jeremiah won on a platform that includes championing workers' rights, ensuring affordable and decent housing for all residents, addressing issues of environmental justice, and building community safety solutions from the bottom up. Jeremiah chairs the Elections and Rules Committee, is the Vice Chair of both the Housing Policy & Development Committee, and the Economic Development & Regulatory Services Committee, and serves on the Zoning and Planning and Public Safety Committees.
Council Member Ellison chairs the Elections and Rules Committee, is the Vice Chair of both the Housing Policy and Development Committee, and the Economic Development and Regulatory Services Committee, and serves on the Zoning and Planning and Public Safety Committees.

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Athena used her Whoa/Tough Guy skill set while she was over 50% (around 60%) but never used the HP restore/lock orb skillset.
Diaochan had a defense void assist to quickly clear floor 2. A damage multiplier would've worked also.
It was honestly less annoying than the 9th floor.
I'm amazed that you cleared that without a RCV boost LS ! Congrats !
Anubis(Sheena), Haku(Anaphon), Yomi(Yomi), Romia(Ishida), Diaochan.
F1: Have a few turns to kill.
F2: Match all colors, guard break on Diablos will let him one-shot.
F3: Most irritating floor. Burst, and burst hard. Kill.
F4: So cute~ Pretty helpful too.
F5: Use a skill each turn and make sure to heal. Be careful when her hp gets really low. Pretty easy, since Athena doesn't do much damage per turn.
I was so stunned by the commas, I lapsed into a coma for three days! Completely messed up my streak!
Get a Tri-God mask and Awoken Athena +297 after defeat boss!!
Meridionalis team with a Pixel Tidus could probably handle this pretty well. Knock her down as close to 50% as possible, bring a Mercuria or gemstone burst and it should be easy sweeping from there. Def break for floor 2 is probably mandatory though.
Hahahaha. I still remember Athena descended. That's a long time ago. This dungeon have the same format as that dungeon except it have a carbuncle And is super super buffed up.
The power of the comma!
That moment when you realize the meta has power creeped when the Boss' first skill description says "Immune single hit damage over 35,000,000 for 999 turns..."
When she is below 50% HP.
I can confirm padx is wrong on this. The damage absorb on Athena is up as a preempt with no <50% condition. Prepare a team that can grind down steadily.
Thank you for posting something poignant.
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Q: Get the root child record using SQL Based on the series record below how to get the last child record (ST) given the fact of their Position hierarchy.
Legend
PM (Project Manager) - is the highest role position
PS (Project Supervisor) - is the down-line of PM
ST (Staff) - is the down-line of PS and the lowest role position

DATA
ID   Name           RoleCode    RoleDescription       ReportingtoID
1    Will Smith       PM        Project Manager        NULL
2    Zoey Nathan      PM        Project Manager        NULL
3    Louise Norton    PS        Project Supervisor     1
4    Cynthia Villaz   PS        Project Supervisor     1
5    Ronald Trimp     PS        Project Supervisor     2
6    Lebron James     ST        Staff                  3
7    Raymond Trimp    ST        Staff                  4
8    Kevin Garn       ST        Staff                  3
9    Kobe Spars       ST        Staff                  5
10   Paul Lee         ST        Staff                  3
11   Mark Pingris     ST        Staff                  4
12   Elton Horn       ST        Staff                  1
13   Shayne Wyn       ST        Staff                  1

Example 1
If we going to fetch the down-line of Zoey Nathan (PM) no record will be reflected since this person has no down-line.
If we are going to fetch the child root of Will Smith (PM) the result should be below:
Explanation below: Will Smith have two down-line namely Louise Norton and Cynthia Villaz and both of them have also different down-line which are all STAFF position. Since the STAFF is the lowest hierarchy then all of them should be display. Also, there is an instance that the STAFF is also directly reporting to Project Manager, that's why the Elton Horn and Shayne Wyn are both inlcuded on the results.
DESIRED OUTPUT
ID   Name           RoleCode    RoleDescription       ReportingtoID
6    Lebron James     ST        Staff                  3
7    Raymond Trimp    ST        Staff                  4
8    Kevin Garn       ST        Staff                  3
10   Paul Lee         ST        Staff                  3
11   Mark Pingris     ST        Staff                  4
12   Elton Horn       ST        Staff                  1
13   Shayne Wyn       ST        Staff                  1

Example 2
If we are going to fetch the child root of Cynthia Villaz (PS) the result should be below:
DESIRED OUTPUT
ID   Name           RoleCode    RoleDescription       ReportingtoID
7    Raymond Trimp    ST        Staff                  4
11   Mark Pingris     ST        Staff                  4

Example 3
If we are going to fetch the child root of Ronald Trimp  (PS) the result should be below:
DESIRED OUTPUT
ID   Name           RoleCode    RoleDescription       ReportingtoID
9    Kobe Spars       ST        Staff                  5

Example 4
If we are going to fetch the child root of Raymond Trimp  (ST) the result should be below:
Since ST is the lowest rank then there should be no record will be display.
DESIRED OUTPUT
ID   Name           RoleCode    RoleDescription       ReportingtoID
                       No Record Found

I am using SQL Server 2016?  Need help please. Can someone do the codes for me then I will improve it.

A: Declare @YourTable table (ID int,Name varchar(50),RoleCode varchar(25),RoleDescription varchar(50),ReportingtoID  int)
Insert into @YourTable values
(1   ,'Will Smith'       ,'PM'        ,'Project Manager'        ,NULL),
(2   ,'Zoey Nathan'      ,'PM'        ,'Project Manager'        ,NULL),
(3   ,'Louise Norton'    ,'PS'        ,'Project Supervisor'     ,1),
(4   ,'Cynthia Villaz'   ,'PS'        ,'Project Supervisor'     ,1),
(5   ,'Ronald Trimp'     ,'PS'        ,'Project Supervisor'     ,2),
(6   ,'Lebron James'     ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,3),
(7   ,'Raymond Trimp'    ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,4),
(8   ,'Kevin Garn'       ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,3),
(9   ,'Kobe Spars'       ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,5),
(10  ,'Paul Lee'         ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,3),
(11  ,'Mark Pingris'     ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,4),
(12  ,'Elton Horn'       ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,1),
(13  ,'Shayne Wyn'       ,'ST'        ,'Staff'                  ,1)

Declare @Top  int         = null      --<<  Sets top of Hier Try 1 for Will Smith
Declare @Leaf bit         = 0         --<<  Toggle Leaf Only
Declare @Nest varchar(25) = '|-----'  --<<  Optional: Added for readability

;with cteP as (
      Select Seq  = cast(10000+Row_Number() over (Order by Name) as varchar(500))
            ,ID
            ,ReportingtoID
            ,Lvl=1
            ,Name
            ,RoleCode
      From   @YourTable
      Where  IsNull(@Top,-1) = case when @Top is null then isnull(ReportingtoID ,-1) else ID end
      Union  All
      Select Seq  = cast(concat(p.Seq,'.',10000+Row_Number() over (Order by r.Name)) as varchar(500))
            ,r.ID
            ,r.ReportingtoID
            ,p.Lvl+1
            ,r.Name
            ,r.RoleCode
      From   @YourTable r
      Join   cteP p on r.ReportingtoID  = p.ID)
     ,cteR1 as (Select *,R1=Row_Number() over (Order By Seq) From cteP)
     ,cteR2 as (Select A.ID,R2=Max(B.R1) From cteR1 A Join cteR1 B on (B.Seq like A.Seq+'%') Group By A.Seq,A.ID )
Select A.R1
      ,B.R2
      ,A.ID
      ,A.ReportingtoID
      ,A.Lvl
      ,Name = case when @Leaf = 1 then '' else Replicate(@Nest,A.Lvl-1) end + A.Name
      ,A.RoleCode
 From  cteR1 A
 Join  cteR2 B on A.ID=B.ID
 Where A.R1 = case when @Leaf=1 then B.R2 else A.R1 end
 Order by case when @Leaf=1 then A.ID else A.R1 end

When @Top = 1 and @Leaf = 1 You'll get the following

When @Top = 1 and @Leaf = 0 You'll get the Nested Hierarchy

When @Top = NULL and @Leaf = 0 You'll get the FULL Hierarchy

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These spiritual numbers are to be used in ritual and magical workings. Traditionally, odd numbers are related to women, even numbers are related to men.
#1: The universe. The source of all.
#2: The Goddess and God. Perfect duality, projective and receptive energy. The couple, personal union with deity, balance.
#3: The triple Goddess, the lunar phases, the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of the human race.
#4: The elements, the spirits of the stones, the winds, the seasons.
#5: The senses, the pentagram, the elements plus akasha, a Goddess number.
#7. Planets the ancients knew, time of the lunar phase: power, protection and magic.
#8: The number of the Sabbats, a number of the God.
#9: Number of the Goddess.
#13: The number of the esbats, a fortunate number.
#15: Number of good fortune.
#21: The number of sabbats and moons in the Wiccan year, number of the Goddess.
#28: Number of the moon, number of the Goddess.
Incorporate this list into your spell work and magical rituals. These numbers have been used by witches, Wiccans and pagans for a very long time, you are free to utilize and share this list for your healing and manifesting goals. Many cultures from old and new times still hold much power to these numbers. For those whom are committed to the ways of the old, be sure to inscribe this list into your Book Of Shadows for future references. To the new pagans and curious beings, feel free to use these numbers in your every day life! Magic is everywhere! As pagans, witches and spiritualist, we see the divine source in all.


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3rd teenager charged in fatal Salt Lake City shooting at high school graduation party
By Charles J. Counts on March 19, 2022 Dance party
A 20-year-old man was killed in the drive-by shooting and four others were seriously injured
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Family and friends gather at a memorial created outside Sean Amone's home on what would have been his 21st birthday on Saturday, September 9, 2021. The 6 June, the 20-year-old West High School graduate was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting outside his home that also injured four close friends who were shot.
| March 19, 2022, 12:00 p.m.
Salt Lake City police announced Friday that prosecutors have now charged a third teenager in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting last June that took place at a high school graduation party.
Sean Amone, 20, was killed in the shooting and four other people were seriously injured, police said.
Prosecutors first charged a 15-year-old boy in connection with the case last year. He surrendered two days after the June 6, 2021 shooting. The charge or charges against the child have not been made public. He told the police that he and others planned to do the drive-by shooting this party, according to court records.
A second suspect, Felix Issara, 19, was charged last month with a second-degree count of obstruction of justice in connection with the case. He is suspected of driving the car and hiding the weapon used in the shooting, according to charging documents.
Salt Lake County prosecutors charged the third suspect, a 16-year-old boy, in connection with the case last month, police said Friday. Police have not released any details of the charges against the child.
Shots fired at a group of people
The drive-by shooting happened around 1:40 a.m. that day in June. A group of people attending a high school graduation party were standing outside a house near 1530 North General Drive when a car drove by and someone opened fire on the group.
Five people were affected. Amone died at the scene. The other four were hospitalized, police said.
One of the victims told police he and his friends attended a graduation dance near Trolley Square earlier that night, but left when a fight broke out and someone one shot a gun. From there he went to Amone. A few minutes after his arrival, he says that a white vehicle passed. He returned shortly after and shots rang out.
The victim said the shots came "very fast" and lasted "a long time, maybe 5-10 seconds". A bullet passed through his right hip, shattering his femur. Other victims suffered serious injuries to internal organs. One of them was shot in the leg and hand, according to court records.
Victims included two recent West High School graduates and older West and Highland High School graduates.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) On June 6, Sean Amone, 20, a West High School graduate, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting outside his home. Four close friends were also hit by bullets as they tried to flee, including Liki Makaui, Justin Mounga and Floyd Nau, left to right, who were seriously injured. Missing their dear friend, they reunited at the crime scene surrounded by friends and family on the day Sean would have turned 21 on Thursday, September 9, 2021.
An investigation still "active"
Investigators believe the gunshots reported at the previous dance were related to the drive-by shooting at the party, according to court records.
Issara, 19, was taken to Salt Lake County Jail on February 25. He remains in detention without the possibility of bail.
Police said on Friday the 16-year-old recently charged in connection with the case was originally arrested on July 13, 2021 in connection with an unspecified "unrelated matter". During this investigation, police and prosecutors found evidence to charge him in the shooting case.
The department said it considers this investigation into the shooting to be "active." They declined to release any additional information about the case.
Anyone with information about the shooting can tip by calling Salt Lake City Police at 801-799-3000 and quoting case number 21-96966.
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David Ehrlich writes about film.
He is currently the Senior Film Critic for Indiewire.
He was previously a Staff Writer at Rolling Stone, Associate Film Editor of Time Out New York, the US Editor of Little White Lies Magazine, the Senior Editor of Film.com, and a contributor to outlets such as Vanity Fair, The Guardian, The Dissolve, and Slate.
He obviously lives in Brooklyn.


Nice and easy start today. Didn't sleep in or anything, but I definitely took my time packing up all of my previously wet, now dry gear.
Another day of wet feet. A mere minutes from leaving the shelter, nothing but water. Probably be another few days until the trail isn't waterlogged.
Bit of road walking today. There was a pretty nice section between road walks that traversed across some private timber land and into the back door of a state park which was pretty nice.
Environs are becoming more familiar now. So much of it is still "Florida", but unlike south Florida there are a lot more pines, oaks, and other trees and bushes populating the woods now. Still have the brown tannin stained waters and meandering lazy switchbacking creeks, but overall it's more comfortable.
Hit an unseen road walk late in the day which provided no viable camping spots. Barbed fences, trailer parks, loose pit bulls following me out of yards, and no trespassing signs littered the walk for miles upon miles.
Ended up pushing into the night to a state park a bit further than I expected to get. Met a ranger as he was locking the gate for the evening, said it's fine to enter and camp, and to visit the ranger station on my way out in the morning to pay.
None of the campsites are taken, but I setup my stuff in a little alcove of the bathhouse by some electrical outlets, hobo style. Took an extraordinarily long and hot shower and am tucked in for the night.
Since it's going to be around freezing tonight and there'll be no bugs to speak of, figured it'd be easier than the tent. Lying in the bag, eating some Pringles under a crystal clear night sky with a super moon making shadows of the trees around me.
Guess you can cowboy camp in Florida.


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John Cleese complains London is 'not an English city anymore', despite moving to Caribbean
Emma KellyWednesday 29 May 2019 11:17 am
John Cleese doesn't think London is very English anymore Picture: Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)
John Cleese has claimed that London 'isn't really an English city any more' – after moving to live in the Caribbean.
The Monty Python star has doubled down on views he aired in 2011, when he claimed multiculturalism has watered down the English-ness of the capital, claiming that 'virtually all' of his friends agreed with him.
The 79-year-old, who supported the Leave campaign in the 2016 European Union referendum, tweeted: 'Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more. Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation.
'So there must be some truth in it… I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU.'
However, the majority of the responses to John's tweet weren't exactly on board:
One person replied: 'Michael Palin hasn't ruined something yet has he, do we still have Michael', while another wrote: 'You hired a Spanish man to work at your hotel, hypocrite.'
Another person tweeted: 'You've gone a bit Morrissey here, John', while a particularly touching reply read: 'London is an amazing city, and it's packed-full of people from all over the world, so perhaps that amazingness is a result of that same multiculturalism? Anyway, to me London seems very English, and I only wish that more of England was as English as London – open, fun, diverse.'
Others reminded the Fawlty Towers actor that he doesn't even live in London, having moved to Nevis in the Caribbean last year, calling life on the island 'safe and beautiful'.
Back in 2011, John aired his views on London culture on the Australian show 7.30, saying: 'I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. Or, let me say this – I don't know what's going on in London, because London is no longer an English city.
'That's how we got the Olympics. They said we were the most cosmopolitan city on Earth. But it doesn't feel English.'
London voted Remain in the EU referendum (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
The Life Of Brian star, who was a long-time supporter of the Liberal Democrats, continued: 'I had a Californian friend come over two months ago, walk down the King's Road and say, "Where are all the English people?"
'I mean, I love having different cultures around. But when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, "Well, what's going on?"'
London is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world, with 300 languages spoken in the capital.
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According to the 2011 census, 37% of the population were born outside the UK, including 24.5% born outside of Europe, although 44..9% identified as white British.
Across the 33 boroughs in London, 59.9%, or 2.26 million people, voted to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum, with some areas voting over 70% to remain.
Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Sutton, Havering and Hillingdon were the only areas to support Brexit.
Following Brexit, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan launched the London Is Open campaign to celebrate the multiculturalism of the city.
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He talked Clive Bull about the small changes you can make to your lifestyle to avoid problems such as heart disease, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure and diabetes.
"There are no gyms in the village of Pioppi. They just walk everywhere. If you look at all the places in the world where people live to 100, they don't run or go to gyms. They are just outside and constantly moving. Moderate activity such as walking is the best thing you can do to avoid heart disease."
"Avoid processed foods, but quitting sugar is probably the most important thing you can do."
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The Dragon Quest MMO has been locked up in Japan since it's launch back in 2012, but it sounds like the series executive producer is interested in bringing the game to the West under a different guise.
Speaking at the "Super Dragon Quest X TV Fall Festival 10-Hour Special 2018" (or as I like to call it, the SDQXTVFF10HS2018 for short) and translated by the fantastic folks at Siliconera, executive producer Yu Miyake expressed interest in turning Dragon Quest X into an offline game and bringing it to the West. Former producer Yosuke Saito mentioned that the team had discussed the possibility of an offline version before, and the discussion is likely being bolstered by the success of Dragon Quest XI.
Dragon Quest X was originally released on the Wii, then ported to the Wii U, 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC.


In the church background I come from, we were acutely aware of artificial, "performance-y" sorts of worship. Better to sing off-key and a capella in a heartfelt ballad to Jesus, then to play with an immense band, complete with video accompaniment (filled with nature scenes and people raising their hands to God), but be so distracted by the machinery of worship that I'm no longer singing to God.
And yet, how can an outsider judge whether a worship leader was giving a "heartfelt" performance or not? In the end, isn't it just a certain infusion of emotion into the music, a little spontaneity, knowing when and where to shift the dynamics of the song, when to take out or subdue the instruments, when to rise to full-bodied playing and singing? Sure, I really was "singing my heart out to God" when I was playing this stuff, but the real, observable result was… performance. Performance specifically designed to sound like "not a performance," but guaranteed to manipulate the emotions of the (devoted) congregation. I had been raised up in and had an innate intuition for what "real worship music" sounded and felt like, and that's what I played. And sure, I was manipulating my own emotions right along with every one else, but that's what it was: emotional manipulation. If, by the start of the pastor's message, everyone wasn't feeling rested, and at peace, and then just-fired-up enough to be ready and eager to listen to what the pastor had to say about Jesus – as well as humbled and ashamed of their dirty, foul human nature, and yearning to come closer to perfection by looking to Jesus' example – then I hadn't done my job.
I never felt closer to God than when I was worshiping. Not even when God would "make his presence" known by all the various amazing and beneficial coincidences we're conditioned to believe are the direct Hand of Providence, and not the result of statistical probabilities which the human psychological make-up has such a poor innate recognition of (and which is equally biased to completely ignore and forget the unbeneficial and equally "amazing" but coincidental events that come to our lives).
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Or perhaps, you were being led and moved by the Spirit of God…….. hmmm………..
I can't really find anything I disagree with in what you said about worship. I think there's a HUGE misconception of what worship is really about. These days, I get pretty sick of when worship is used as a means of manipulating emotions.
The truth, however is that the purpose of praise music is to, well… praise. It's not about getting some sort of experience out of it. Sincere praise doesn't expect anything in return. When I praise God, I don't think the improvisations necessarily are or need to be interpreted as spirit-lead. God created me and my individuality, and my gifts and my weaknesses to be used for HIS glory, so for me to say "Okay, God, I'm going to worship you, but only if it means you'll give me some sort of spiritual/emotional high that makes me feel good!" is completely missing the purpose of praising Him!
True worship of God is done more through a lifestyle of serving Him, rather than the words we sing or feelings we get.


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Kamala: "Joe Biden & I are both people of faith" while advocating for the dismemberment of babies
by Alex Lains
After the 2020 VP debate between Vice President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris, one thing Harris said on that stage lingered with many Christians, Catholics, and Pro-lifers.
Kamala stated that she and Joe Biden were "people of faith" and then later in the evening, proceeded to claim her advocacy for abortion, including ones during the third trimester.
The problem with her statements is that the Biden-Harris ticket could be one of the most pro-choice tickets we've had.
Both Biden and Harris want a taxpayer-funded abortion and justify their stance and sugarcoat it by preaching words like "faith" to cater to the religious crowd.
The Biden-Harris ticket would be extremely detrimental for the Pro-life community, no matter how many times they try and falsely preach their religions.
It is known that Harris comes off as a loud and proud advocate for abortions. In 2015, Kamala Harris tried forcing pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion by championing a bill to require those pregnancy centers to advertise free abortions at their clinics.
In 2018, Harris was a vocal opponent towards the Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This bill would make abortion unlawful after 20 weeks, equalling five months in a pregnancy, where the baby would feel pain.
Throughout the years, she has done and supported many pro-choice bills and movements. Here is more of Kamala Harris' Pro-abortion record. Harris also made a point during the debate that Joe Biden is a "practicing Catholic."
The thing is, you cannot be a practicing catholic while supporting the act of killing pre-born babies. Back in June, Joe Biden stated that he "would codify Roe v. Wade." Earlier this week, Biden also stated that he would pass legislation to make Roe the "law of the land."
If you are also not familiar with the Hyde Amendment, Biden changed his mind on his stance on the amendment that bans federal funding of abortions, with exceptions of rape, incest, and the mother's safety of life. He now opposes this amendment.
Someone that shows blatant support for abortions is not as deep into their catholic faith as they claim to be. It is stated in the section of the Catechism discussing the procedure that abortion and infanticide are "abominable crimes." As also stated in the Bible as one of the ten commandments, "Thou shall not kill."
You don't get to pick and choose which pieces of the religion you want to align with. What we see from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is a typical example of playing both sides of the aisle.
They want to play up the "I am someone with morals, I am a person of faith" to appeal to the liberal Christians and Catholics but also want to cater to the nonreligious folks by playing up the "my religion and faith don't rule me and isn't a part of my career."
It is quite a slippery slope for them to go down as we continue this battle with being a voice for the voiceless and advocating for the pre-born.
So as Kamala had said to Mike Pence that it is "insulting to suggest she would knock anyone for their religion," I find it quite insulting to preach that you're a person of faith and then turn around and advocate for the dismemberment of babies.
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A Page from Keats's Anatomy Notebook
Contributor: Caroline Bertonèche
Location: Keats House, Hampstead
Description: In 1815, John Keats (1795-1821) was a medical student at Guy's Hospital, in London, studying to become a surgeon. To prepare for his lectures, Keats bought a series of dissection manuals, The London Dissector, and Outlines of a Course of Dissections for the Use of Students at St. Thomas's Hospital, which was published in 1815, the year Keats arrived at the United Hospitals; in 1820 it was enlarged under the title The Dissector's Manual. Since Keats entered Guy's Hospital during the transition period between The London Dissector and the Outlines, it is probable that he owned both; he would certainly have owned the latter, which was recommended by his professor, Sir Astley Cooper. Cooper also recommended two other texts to his students: Fyfe's Anatomy, and Blumenbach's Physiology. Aside from these manuals and a case of dissecting instruments, Keats owned a couple of notebooks. One of these notebooks was this Anatomy notebook, containing his notes of Cooper's teachings on anatomy and physiology (12 lectures in total, including chapters entitled "On the Blood", the "Arteries", the "Nervous system" or the "Muscles"). Keats paid, at the time, two shillings and two pence for this leather-bound, unpaginated notebook, wrote his name in the inside cover and left a few blank pages in the middle. The notebook is now part of the Keats House collection in Hampstead. It is being displayed open in a glass case at one of the most fascinating, and most famous, pages: the twenty-seventh page, where Keats drew some flowers in the left margin near a description of how to repair a dislocated jaw. This page therefore brings together Romantic poetry and science into intriguing relationship.
The last six lines of the twenty-seventh page in the text printed from the holograph in the Keats Museum and edited by Maurice Buxton Forman (first published in 1934 by Haskell House Publishers, then again in 1970) read as follows: "The Lower Jaw is frequently dislocated from receiving a slight Blow while the Mouth is open—it is thus indicated—the Condyles of the Jaw are thrown under the Zygomatic Arches sometimes the coronoid process projects beyond the Arch. Cover the Thumbs with an Handkerchief and depress the lower part of the Jaw elevating the Chin with the fingers—if this should not succeed. <There are little drawings of flowers in the inner margin of this page>".
Ruth Richardson who presented the notebook to the medical community in a section called "From the medical museum", published in The Lancet on 27 January 2001, noticed that "the anatomy notes are generally neatly structured, level and clear. Other pages, mainly on physiology, look to have been penned in haste, probably during lectures, urgent and brief, and inclining upwards to the right. In several places the two types of writing appear on the same page, where Keats added something important to existing notes—such as under 'The Bones of the Hand', details of the best sites at which to amputate".
The notebook displays a great sense of details: the minutely sketched flowers seem to prefigure some of Keats's most prominent poetic features. It is the material proof of how essential these budding medical details would become in Keats's narrative poems. It also reminds us of how influential Cooper's lectures were on his poetry. His charisma as a doctor and the power of his oratory contrasted with the more mechanical approach of someone like Henry Cline, Keats's other professor of surgery at the time. In his article on "John Keats, Physician and Poet", Robert Gittings writes: "Cline was reckoned the soundest and most mechanically ingenious of operating surgeons, Cooper the boldest, most dashing and experimental. The same characteristics were apparent in their lectures. Cline was immensely thorough; his lectures and demonstrations lasted one and a half to one and three quarters hours, whereas Cooper, also by far the quicker operator, never spent more than an hour and a quarter. […] He was full of striking illustrations and vivid phrases, and it can be no accident Keats's notes on Cooper are more full than those he took from Cline".
The notebook also illustrates another side of the young medical student, a poet challenging the world of science from an early age, prone to reveries and daydreaming as an alternative to "fact or reason". Charles Cowden Clarke, in his Recollections on Keats by an old School-Fellow (January 1861) once inquired how far Keats liked his studies at the hospital: "The other day, for instance, during the lecture [of anatomy], there came a sunbeam into the room, and with it a whole troop of creatures floating in the ray, I [Keats] was off with them to Oberon and fairyland". According to William Michael Rossetti, in his biography of Keats, A Life of John Keats, published in 1887, "Keats indeed always denied that he abandoned surgery for the express purpose of taking poetry: he alleged that his motive had been the dread of doing some mischief in his surgical operations. His last operation consisted in opening a temporal artery; he was entirely successful in it, but the success appeared to himself like a miracle, the recurrence of which was not to be reckoned on".
During his training, Keats crossed paths with the infamous William Lucas, also known as "the Hospital's Butcher", which left him with a somewhat negative impression of what medicine was able to do, or rather, undo. Not a very reassuring prospect for a young surgeon. But this page also unveils a more positive message, it seems, one that will resurface a few years later, in 1818, in Keats's poem, Isabella; or the Pot of Basil, a rewriting of Boccaccio's Elisabetta story in the Decameron. Keats's flowers or what could very well be seen as a selection of medicinal plants used as ornaments to illustrate his notes on the anatomy of a human head seem to have inspired the poetic misadventures of Isabella and Lorenzo – Lorenzo, the dead lover, whose head Isabella chose to surgically remove from his corpse for reimplantation in a pot of basil. Keats, the modern scientist, invents a new recipe and leaves us readers with an interesting mixture. The whole body of the beloved is being embalmed and reconstructed, before our very eyes, by the science of poetry. From the hospital halls to the "earthy bed", Keats chooses to combine his experience of Romantic medicine with references to other poets and cultures from across Europe, stories of the past being told by different voices as the future of science unfolds. From Italy to England and back, such stories are all meant to give greater depth to the notebook's initial fantasy; what started out as a simple sketch soon developed into the definition of the poem itself and the vital force of its scientific message. In the end, it only took Keats two years for his dream to materialise into another reality. For the same reasons which inspired Keats to step into the surgical ward in 1815, this poetic transformation is far from anecdotal. After years spent studying the human brain, the anatomy of corpses and the various forms of death, comes the rebirth, and from the many pages of notes inscribed in his memory, the poet's vision of an essentially creative afterlife: "The evening came,/And they had found Lorenzo's earthy bed ;/The flint was there, the berries at his head (44, 350-52)".
Creator: John Keats
Subject: Astley Cooper's lectures in anatomy and physiology
Media Rights: Keats House Museum, Hampstead and London Metropolitan Archives, Clerkenwell
Object Type: Leather-bound notebook
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Advisers managing $550 million of assets have left Bank of America Merrill Lynch to create independent advisory firm MAXIMAI Investment Partners in Florida.
Lisa van Walleghem and Thomas "Jim" Butler broke away from the wirehouse to create a registered investment advisory firm focused on ultra-high-net worth entrepreneurs and families internationally, according to a statement on Tuesday from Dynasty Financial Partners, which offers RIA services.
The Coral Gables, Fla.-based wealth-management firm provides investment-management, estate and trust services, as well as access to investment bankers, attorneys and tax professionals to guide clients through the "the intricacies" of working globally, according to the statement. MAXIMAI will use a portion of Dynasty's investment platform and Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services to custody its advisory assets.
"Lisa, Jim and their team have a strong track record working with institutions and families in Latin America, Europe and around the world on a broad array of complex financial issues," Shirl Penney, president and chief executive officer of Dynasty, said in the statement.
The co-founders of MAXIMAI are joined by Alejandro Behrens, Daniella Viete and Ana Bueso, who all worked at Merrill Lynch's Latin America complex in Miami, according to the statement.
Susan Atran, a spokeswoman for Merrill Lynch, didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the advisers' departure.


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Julia Holter says she was "afraid for my life" due to Matt Mondanile's emotional abuse
Singer-songwriter releases a statement discussing the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding her ex-boyfriend
Julia Holter has issued a statement via Facebook regarding the allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse levied against former Real Estate member Matt Mondanile. The two reportedly dated for some time, and Holter says her own experience aligns with those who are speaking out against Mondanile.
"… He does not have boundaries," Holter says after standing firm with the victims. "In my experience, he was emotionally abusive to the point where I had to have a lawyer intervene and was afraid for my life." She goes on to say she had opened up about her troublesome relationship with Mondanile to a number of confidants over the last two years. However, she was not aware of others' accounts until the last few weeks.
"This subject has been complicated for me to address because I've spent over two years now feeling alone/confused about his behavior in my experience, and wondering if there was missing information," she concludes. "So these other accounts have helped me understand."
Read the entire statement below.
Real Estate parted ways with Mondanile in the summer of 2016, ostensibly so he could focus on his Ducktails project. It wasn't until earlier this month that it was revealed he'd been fired for "unacceptable treatment of women." Since then, a number of women have come forward with stories about Mondanile, and he has responded to the allegations. "I've been an insensitive creep," he said via his attorneys, "and again I apologize to everyone and anyone who was affected by this."
His attorneys' statement went on to say,
"Much of what has been written and talked about is false and defamatory. Nonetheless, Matthew accepts responsibility for his less than exemplary behavior. Matt realizes that in his eagerness for physical contact and gratification, he has been far from sensitive in his pursuit of women. However, Matt's attorneys insist that it should be known that for each of the instances described in the media and online, there are two sides to these stories."
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