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Content-First: the Enemy of Design-first?
May 25, 2018 | Web Design | By Jennifer Warren
You found the question counterintuitive…right, especially when the online gurus are heavily favoring content-first approach as their go-to strategy for website development process.
The most touted payoff of content-first approach is that it fast tracks the website development process.
But then, for a moment, forget the recommendations of the online gurus and think for yourself.
What do you reckon? What does that little voice inside your head say? Design-first or content-first?
I can hear you guys! Fair enough!
Yes, content and design should be given equal importance. Simply put, it should go hand in hand.
It may seem like a paradigm-shifting approach to many businesses, given that websites prefer to adopt and execute one approach first before initializing the other. But the fact is, both these approaches are interdependent and not independent of each other. So, the ideal way to building a website today is to cross-pollinate the two approaches.
Neil Patel's and Joseph Putnam's blog, "The Definitive Guide to Copywriting," clearly states the fact that both designers and copywriters need to work together to make the concept work.
When copywriters and designers work together they will always make it a point to connect the dots throughout the website development process. This will ensure minimum waste of efforts and resources, which may not be the case when copywriters and designers work in isolation.
However, if you still have blind faith in content-first strategy, then check these limitations out first before starting out with the website development process:
What Makes Content-first Approach Such A Bad Choice For Web Development Process
In 1946, sportswriter Paul Gallico wrote, "It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader."
Writing Is A Tedious, Time-intensive Task
Yes, writing is a strenuous job. It takes a lot of you before you could come up with a satisfactory copy that connects with your reader.
And some days are really bad. Aren't they? You are almost pulling your hair out to get those words out of your head, but then?
This is when a designer's layout could come as a saving grace. Speaking from my own experience, there were times when designs and design elements have stoked the initial spark in me inspiring me to generate some really amazing content in my copywriting career. Instead of imagining things from scratch, I simply went ahead and communicated with the designer. This helped me in tailoring a copy that sat well with his design pattern.
Likewise, during the web development process, a design sketch or a mockup could inspire copywriters to come up with a basic framework for their content. In fact, copywriters are already trying this out with their email subject lines, Facebook Ads, Twitter posts, Meta descriptions and more. By the way, good writers know how to work within design constraints as well. Check this post out for constrained writing exercises.
So you see there's a good reason why content creators and designers work side-by-side.
Building A Cohesive Content Strategy Is Considered To Be The Province Of Copywriters
It is not just writer or strategist who makes a content team. Even designers are part of it. So, it's crucial for both writers and designers to work together to build a cohesive content strategy.
So, when your next content meeting is scheduled, make sure that you send out an invite to the designers as well.
Writers Tend To Make Stuff Up
If writers are clueless as to what goes into the copy and even the think tank of the company seems to be of no help, be assured, writers could unabashedly cook up stuff. We can pull out things from thin air and build castles in the air, in split seconds. Mind you!
This makes collaboration between the designer and the writer a mission-critical thing as it could bring more clarity to the website development process.
What Makes Design-first Approach Such A Bad Choice For Web Development Process
"Design in the absence of content is just decoration." Jeffery Zeldman
Slows Down The Development Process
Following the design-first approach could lead to endless copy revisions. You may sometimes have to pad up the copy to cover empty spaces and sometimes you'd be called to chop off the content to fit in within the desired space.
All this endless padding, chopping, tweaking would automatically slow down the development process.
As director of content strategy of Webflow website John Moore Williams says,
So, the point I am hammering home is, if the copywriter and the designer work together, well in advance, before the copy is thrown into the mocks, be assured, it speeds up the web development process.
Increase In Empty Placeholders
A template or CMS usually comprise placeholders that are there only for namesake purposes. Filling them with fake content during the design process could lead to empty, unneeded spaces going forward. Say no to "Lorem ipsum."
Increase In Scaling Issues
When the content size is more than the space available or vice-versa, scaling issues occur. Some of the common problems that are part of scaling include disjointed layouts, the rise in navigation elements that break the layout of the page and new items that get added to the Quicklinks or Resource menu.
Further, visual glitches occur when the content is too big or small for the assigned space.
Companies may sometimes have to redesign their site because of scaling issues.
Unplanned Content Constraints
Sometimes the placeholder content has to be forcibly set within the proposed layout templates. Which means, your assumptions, especially, in terms of look and feel of the website may go for a toss.
Content Constraints That Arise With Regard To Baked-in Layouts:
Changes in column width could make the page look uncoordinated
Change in browser font sizes may make the page look broken
Heading constraints in the form of one/two/three words long. No longer.
One additional sentence might lead to the creation of a fresh page
Para limits in terms of lines. For example, no more than 5 lines
CNN has set up a stifling grid. Though it looks neat and nice, for other websites it may cause too many issues especially in terms of cutting text to fit the grid boxes.
When design and content come together at the later stage the results are often unexpected. You may have to undertake expensive reworks or cut all content to fit-in. To avoid these common problems it is best to get the design and the content team to work together.
Content & Design: Wedded To Each Other, Forever
So far, it has been easier for us to conjure up design-first-content for the website. But then, times are changing. Content is the currency of the web these days and it's more important than ever to ensure that content connects with the audience. And the best way to ensure that is to see that design and content complement each other well.
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, our think-tank has roped in both the content and design teams together to get things working to this end.
Plan For Content Types Beforehand
There's more to content than what meets the eye these days. It includes videos, infographics, charts, e-books, white papers, list, streaming audios and more.
One crucial thing that the design and content team should do is to figure out those types of content that should go into design first. This will help designers visualize beforehand on how to match one with the other to engage audiences, no matter the format.
Saves Valuable Time
When designers and copywriters don't consult each other and work on their own, it ultimately means they need to eventually come together and figure things out – as to what is what.
This would call for endless rounds of meetings and more.
Getting the right people on board in the early stages will help solve this issue. That is roping in the designers and writers for critical, early-stage meetings will help save some valuable time.
There is no single method to speed up your website development process. Content-first approach alone won't work and neither design-first approach. Only when both these approaches work hand-in-hand, you could speed up your website development process.
I know, for sure, there will be several people out there who won't be really happy subscribing to my views. No worries. To each its own. Everyone is free to hold an opinion. So just go ahead and express it to us. I am open to brickbats and bouquets.
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The Teira Batfish, Platax teira, is commonly referred to as the Longfin Batfish, Longfin Platax, and Round-faced Batfish. With its wide vertical alternate black bands and pale yellow colored body, the Teira Batfish makes a beautiful addition to a home aquarium.
The Teira Batfish is relatively easy to keep and is a good fish for a beginner aquarist.


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Movie Review: Shazam!
Posted on April 10, 2019 by Drew St. Pierre	| Leave a comment
14-year-old Billy Batson (Zachary Levi) becomes the adult superhero Shazam, who needs help from his foster brother (Jack Dylan Grazer) in David F. Sandberg's first outing in the superhero genre. (Source: New York Post)
It looks like the DCEU is starting to gain its mojo, after the surprises of Aquaman and Wonder Woman. Fresh from directing two horror movies–Lights Out (based on his own short film) and the surprisingly solid Annabelle: Creation, Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg directs a superhero origin story described as Big meets Superman. Shazam! has been in development for years. At one point, Dwayne Johnson was attached to play Black Adam. However, Sandberg and screenwriter Henry Gayden decided for a more light-hearted tone with some frightening imagery thrown in the mix.
Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is a 14-year-old from Philadelphia, who has escaped from numerous foster homes to search for his biological mother. He spends his days getting into trouble with the law until he gets sent to a new foster home with Victor (Cooper Andrews) and Rosa Vazquez (Marta Milans). One day, he heads on a subway to get away from a couple of bullies, which leads him to a secret lair known as The Rock of Eternity.
There, Billy meets the ancient wizard Shazam (Djimon Hounsou), who explains to him he has been looking for a Champion who is "pure of heart", and must prevent the Seven Deadly Sins, a group of monsters, to wipe out humanity. Reluctant, at first, Billy touches the staff and shouts "Shazam!" This turns him into the adult superhero (Zachary Levi, Chuck and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), who wears a red suit with a yellow lightning bolt on his chest. With the help of his new foster brother Freddy (Jack Dylan Grazer, It), a comic-book fanatic, Billy tests his new superpowers, while the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong) is out to get him.
No other actor can capture the young-at-heart charisma while having a violent side than Levi. While he is no stranger playing dorky characters, this is the first time where he plays a superhero. This is by no means a simple role to pull off. Balancing his physicality with the emotional weight, he is nothing short of perfect. There is excellent chemistry between him and Grazer, who provide enough comic relief to keep the movie going. Prepare to laugh your head off when they test out superpowers, which contains the best use of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" since Shaun of the Dead.
Strong plays the best villain in the franchise, by far. It's no surprise he can play these types of roles in his sleep. However, there is something about him as Sivana I find so captivating. Like its protagonist, he is dealing with family issues. His nasty nature shows in an unflinching prologue where he enters the lair as a child, but gains different powers when he becomes an adult.
For a movie to feature foster parents who expect their kids to respect one another is a breath of fresh air. There is plenty of thrilling action set pieces, but there is an uplifting theme about the importance of family. Seeing where Billy is coming from, it's almost impossible not to get teary-eyed over. We are with him every step of the way.
For his first movie outside the horror genre, Sandberg hits it out of the park! Shazam! works as a superhero movie, a light-hearted comedy, a trip into nostalgia, and a Christmas movie. Expect to see more wise-cracking and ass-kicking from Shazam soon, since a sequel is currently in the works.
Posted in Movie Review, Movies, Reviews	| Tagged Asher Angel, Cooper Andrews, David F. Sandberg, DC Extended Universe, Djimon Honsou, Dr. Saint D.D.S., Henry Gayden, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Marta Milans, Movie Review, Shazam!, Zachary Levi
Movie Review: Captain Marvel
Posted on March 9, 2019 by Drew St. Pierre	| Leave a comment
Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) suits up in Marvel's Captain Marvel. (Source: Radio Times)
Last year was one helluva year for the MCU. Black Panther was history in the making upon its release. It became the highest-grossing film in the series as well as the highest-grossing film to feature a mostly African-American cast and directed by an African-American filmmaker. Not only that, it became the first superhero film to receive a Best Picture Oscar (but lost to the timely and old-fashioned Green Book). With Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp both ending on cliffhangers, audiences wait in anticipation on what will happen to our superheroes.
Captain Marvel comes into save the day. But first, here's another film about the origins of the superhero.
Vers (Brie Larson) lives on the planet Hala, and is part of an alien race known as Kree. Suffering from dreams of another life on Earth as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers, she is caught in the middle of a war between her race and the Skrulls, who have shapeshifting abilities. Her mentor Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) wants Vers to control her emotions carefully. When her pod crash lands inside a Blockbuster video store in Los Angeles in 1995, she joins forces with a young Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to end the alien war before it's too late.
It's surprising to hear this movie receiving a mixed reception compared to the previous entries. Yes, it might have the familiar tropes of superhero origin stories of the past. And yes, it's far from the best and the worst in the series. But–writers/directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half-Nelson, Mississippi Grind) manage to bring in the fun and poignancy into this empowering tale of the means of being human.
Larson electrifies as the titular hero, whose superpowers include super-strength, endurance, stamina, and throwing fireballs with her fists. She has trouble remembering where she came from. Then, she reunites with her old friend Maria (Lashana Lynch), a single mother to 11-year-old Monica (Akira Akbar); looking through old pictures of herself trying to fit the pieces of the puzzles (in one emotional scene). As Dr. Wendy Lawson (Annette Bening) tells her, "We don't fight wars, we end them."
The first act is sluggish than its predecessors. Once Danvers lands on Earth, the pace starts to pick up with its references to '90s nostalgia, witty dialogue, dazzling effects, and almost wall-to-wall action. Jackson's Nick Fury provides plenty of good laughs, especially when he shows his soft side when he encounters a cat named Goose. The rest of the cast is fine although forgettable. Nevertheless, Captain Marvel is still a good time early in the year. Bring on, Avengers: Endgame!
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Movie Review: Furious 7
The cast of "Furious 7" and director James Wan (between Paul Walker and Vin Diesel)
After the successes of Fast Five and Fast and Furious 6, the popular franchise has gone into another direction. Something fast? Yes; but something more furious. The title, Furious 7 is inspired by Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. The production for the movie delayed after Paul Walker's death on November 30, 2013. Even though he was halfway through filming, Universal needed a plan to continue production. They decided to rewrite the script and provide body doubles and [hardly recognizable] CGI to capture Paul Walker. Director James Wan (Insidious, The Conjuring) goes full throttle with Furious 7 by giving the best in pure entertainment.
After defeating Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) from the previous film, his older brother Deckerd (Jason Statham) plans to kill Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew one by one for revenge. Agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) notifies Dom about Shaw after encountering him one night at the Diplomatic Security Service office. A government official named Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell) assigned him and his crew – Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker), Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), Roman Pierce (Tyrese Gibson), Tej Parker (Ludacris) – to take down Shaw as well as Mose Jakande (Djimon Honsou), a terrorist who created a program called "God's Eye" in which every electronic device into a dangerous weapon. Along with a computer hacker (Nathalie Emmanuel), they spring into action together one last time.
Wan gives us the over-the-top fun we expected from these movies. The franchise is the prime example of pure Hollywood. Some of the stunts seem physically impossible, but that's what makes those movies fun. It avoids the laws of physics. They are not to be taken seriously. In fact, most of the stunts are done practically, especially the car skydiving and the car jumping through three buildings. It gives the audience the sense of realism. My eyes have been fixed to the screen with jaw dropped to the floor. The movie features the best showdown in the series – between Vin Diesel and Jason Statham (who plays the best villain). It's just as awesome as Vin Diesel and The Rock's showdown in Fast Five.
Furious 7 gives a surprising emotional punch. I usually never cry during movies. But this is one of those rare occasions in which I cried my eyes out. After walking out of the theater, I realized the series is more than just street racing and pulling off these heists. It's about being a part of a family and sticking together right until the very end. Dom Toretto is a convincing character because he and Mia have lost their family a long time ago. If he didn't start his crew, he wouldn't have a family. Dom and Brian are the heart and soul of the franchise. Brian is like the brother he never had. They have stayed on each other's side for a long time. When it's about that time, they go off their separate ways. It's such a shame that Paul Walker had died in that car crash. But this movie is a great send-off for him.
Thank you, Paul Walker, for what you've done.
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Mayor Eric Adams Blasts De Blasio Administration For Inherited Problems
On Wednesday, January 4th, New York City's Mayor Eric Adams blasted former Mayor Bill de Blasio's Administration, who constantly criticize him in the media, at an event announcing the city's purchase of new electric vehicles.
"They had eight years to do their job. Eight years to fix Rikers. Eight years to deal with crime. Eight years to deal with education. Eight years to do early childhood education for children with disabilities. Eight years to fix NYCHA," Adams fumed. "They had all the time to do their job. No! No! But they are now — once they're gone — they're experts on everything. And when you look through the last 12 months and you see how many times they have interfered, that's not acceptable."
"But we have the previous administration that just left the house! They just left! They left the house in total disarray!" he said. "And then they come and say, 'Look at the mess…that you created, Eric.' No! It's the mess we inherited.
"So, all I'm saying: Let us do our job, the way you had an eight-year opportunity to do your job. And that's all of them," he added.
While Mayor Adams did not mention him by his name, his comments insinuated that he was referring to de Blasio's former press secretary Bill Neidhardt. Adams mentioned a Politico article written by Neidhart that criticized his politics. Neidhardt was labeled as "probably the worst comms guy in the history of communications" with Adams criticizing the media for giving him a platform by acting as if Neidhardt "is credible." Adams laughed while he questioned, "Who cares what he thinks?"
As a sign that he had heard about Adams' criticism, Neidhardt changed his Twitter handle to "Bill 'the worst communications guy' Neidhardt." He has constantly criticized Adams but was reportedly surprised by the mayor's comments. He accused the mayor of using his office to complain "about people who have policy differences."
"I don't know if he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the job he signed up for if he thinks New Yorkers are going to be quiet as he slashes school budgets," Neidhardt said, subsequently saying he would not keep quiet.
Mayor Adams said he felt as though he was facing a "full-frontal assault" from de Blasio's former aides. While he claimed to receive support from other past administrations, he said that was not as forthcoming from de Blasio's. He did, however, make sure he pointed out that he had no problems with de Blasio citing that the two men had spoken over the phone. He said, "I called Bill the other day. I said, 'Bill, what's going on? What's going on?'"
De Blasio wrote and published a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, January 4th. The former mayor made it clear that no one could speak for him but himself. He referred to past efforts to offer a helping hand to Adams' Administration. He also commended members of his former team.
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Features|Elections
The US homeless camps offering a lesson in democracy
Overlooked in the elections, Portland's homeless are organising their own camps on their own terms, but fear evictions.
There are about 564,700 homeless people in the US, at least 15 percent of whom are classified as 'chronically homeless' [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
Patrick Strickland
Portland, Oregon, United States – When Marge Pettitt's seven-year-old daughter broke down in tears in a homeless shelter in 2009, she made one of the hardest decisions of her life: Sending the child to live with her father, who had married another woman and moved into her apartment.
Marge, a 59-year-old with short greying hair and tobacco-stained fingers, found herself living on the streets after a difficult divorce 14 years ago. That year, she gave birth to her daughter, leaving the hospital and moving from one temporary homeless shelter to another before ending up back on the streets.
"I haven't seen her in four years," she says as she rolls a cigarette on a picnic table in Hazelnut Grove, a community for homeless people that is at risk of eviction.
READ MORE: New York's homeless left out in the cold
Switching between English and Spanish, Marge, who is of Mexican-American descent, navigates memories of police harassment, sexual violence, humiliation and hunger. "They turn us [women] into men for a while," she says casually. "You come in innocent and you end up tough."
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She is among the 564,708 people who are homeless in the United States, according to 2015 estimates by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Of that total, at least 15 percent are classified as "chronically homeless" because they have lived on the streets for a year or more.
Although many working-class people who live from pay cheque to pay cheque may be at risk of losing their homes, already marginalised groups – communities of colour, women, the disabled, indigenous people, LGBT people, runaway children and orphans – are particularly vulnerable.
Portland is one of many cities across the US grappling with a growing – and increasingly visible – homeless population.
As Americans prepare to head to the polls on November 8 to decide between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump, many homeless political organisers argue that neither candidate will address their needs.
"Poor people and homeless people – but especially homeless people – are the hugest untapped potential voter pool out there," says Alley Valkyrie, a Portland-based homeless rights activist.
"Homeless people could throw any election if you could create a block out of them. But there are so many barriers, and homeless folk often tend to be the most anti-government because they've been screwed over so much."
As Americans prepare to head to the polls many homeless political organisers and their advocates argue that neither candidate will address their needs [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
'Anxiety and depression'
Marge has camped with her partner Abel for the past few years. They spend their days walking from one tent city for the homeless to the next or attempting to secure a meal or a bed in a shelter for the night. Some of the homeless camps have dozens of tents, others are just a handful of people in sleeping bags. All risk being kicked off the land by property owners or run out of public spaces by the police.
The couple say they endure repeated harassment by police and city authorities and recall how a park ranger threatened to have them and a pair of homeless girls also camping nearby arrested last month. "He drove up and told us … we need to respect nature," Marge says. "I asked him what he would do if it was his daughter out here – there were two young 19-year-old girls. He told me, 'My daughter is better than that.'"
But even worse than that, Marge explains, are the police sweeps – raids on encampments when tents and belongings are often confiscated – and the heavy rains. Without a tarpaulin or tent, illness is guaranteed, while the loss of family memorabilia takes a different toll, sometimes exacerbating the depression and mental illness that often afflicts members of the homeless community.
"Oh my God, the anxiety and depression that hit me when I [first] lost all my material possessions because it got left in the rain – that was horrible," she says. Those ruined photos and belongings were Marge's last connection to her past life.
Years spent living on the streets have left her with a list of tickets and citations for violations such as loitering and camping in areas where it is forbidden.
In cities across the country, a series of laws that ban sleeping outside, camping in public places, begging and sitting or sleeping on sidewalks, among other things, target the homeless.
READ MORE: America's hidden homeless – Life in the Starlight Motel
In 2013 and 2014, at least 12 cities passed laws mandating individuals or groups to obtain permits in order to distribute food [PDF] to the homeless on public property – bringing the total of US cities that restrict or ban sharing food with the homeless up to 31.
In an extreme case, the City of Orlando in Florida has since 2011 arrested dozens of activists who violated the city's ban on feeding the homeless.
Neither Trump nor Clinton have addressed the call for legislation to protect the rights of homeless people.
The Homeless Bill of Rights, a grassroots campaign for such legal protections, is made up of a coalition of more than 125 social justice groups in five different states calling for legal measures "to ensure that all people have the basic right to live where they choose without fear of harassment and criminalisation at the hands of the police".
That campaign is currently pushing for versions of the Homeless Bill of Rights in California, Oregon and Colorado.
"I've been doing this since the early 1980s and I can't recall any presidential campaign where homelessness was at the core of it or even one of the major talking points in it," says Paul Boden, a spokesman for the Western Regional Advocacy Project, the group spearheading the Homeless Bill of Rights campaign.
"This election is no different. None of the presidential candidates has talked about homelessness in any depth. Clinton says she's concerned about the 'working class', and Trump is concerned with billionaires. But homelessness is hardly even touched on in national or federal campaigns."
In cities across the US, laws that ban sleeping outside, camping in public places, begging and sleeping on pavements restrict the options available to the homeless [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
'Going through garbage cans'
Mike Summers is 53 and first became homeless nearly three years ago after a series of personal tragedies. In 2012, he was laid off from his job at an aluminum factory, where he had worked for 15 years, and became dependent on unemployment benefits.
Is it humane to see people in doorways sleeping with no cover over them when it's raining? Is it humane to see people going through garbage cans to get their next meal? If that's humane, I have a warped sense of what that word means
Mike Summers, homeless in the US
After his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer months later and became bed-ridden, he spent two years caring for her. Within a month of her death, the bank took his home because he could no longer afford his mortgage payments.
No longer eligible for unemployment cheques, and with no savings left and no work prospects, he couldn't afford an apartment and affordable housing wasn't an option because, he says, "I've seen waiting lists that are 10 years long".
Mike is a tall, heavy set man with a grey beard flecked with blond. He complains that neither Trump nor Clinton has put forward any meaningful proposals to combat homelessness.
"No one really cares [about the homeless]," he says, lighting a cigarette and folding the 'Help Wanted' page of the Portland Tribune daily newspaper.
He spends most of his days scouring through job advertisements and making cold calls to local businesses. But with a criminal record featuring a list of charges accumulated while living on the streets, he is automatically disqualified from jobs that require background checks.
"Is it humane to see people in doorways sleeping with no cover over them when it's raining? Is it humane to see people going through garbage cans to get their next meal? If that's humane, I have a warped sense of what that word means," he says.
For Mike though, the hardest part of living on the streets isn't the bone-chilling winters or the rain. "In the street, you have to be able to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed," he says. "You have to watch your stuff [or] look out for your girlfriend if you have one."
Between 1999 and 2015, the National Coalition for the Homeless recorded 1,657 acts of violence against homeless people. Of that, 428 were fatal.
Tired of the constant threat of violence and seeking a solid night's sleep, Mike eventually came to Right to Dream Too – known to locals as R2D2 – one of several camps in the city organised and operated according to democratic principles by homeless people.
Mike Summers is 53 and first became homeless nearly three years ago after a series of personal tragedies [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
'Nothing about us without us'
On a grey October afternoon, Ibrahim Mubarak, who co-founded R2D2 in 2010, strolls along the pavement in downtown Portland, greeting groups of homeless people sitting on doorsteps and benches. Five years ago, a local landowner lent the lot to Ibrahim and fellow homeless people as more and more tents sprouted under bridges and in parks.
Nothing about us without us - that's our model
Ibrahim Mubarak, co-founder R2D2
"Hey, how y'all doing?" he asks, waving to them. They greet him back, and a bearded man in a weather-worn wheelchair shakes his hand.
Sixty-year-old Ibrahim, who converted to Islam during a trip to Somalia more than two decades ago, wears sunglasses and a keffiyeh, or chequered scarf, on his head. As he speaks, his broad smile exposes a silver front tooth.
Ibrahim, who worked as an aerospace technician until a difficult divorce left him homeless, lived on the streets for nearly two decades before he was able to help establish Dignity Village, another collective community for homeless people, 15 years ago.
Now he splits his time between living in R2D2 and a shared affordable housing project.
R2D2 is operated by a group of 25 homeless people who have become full-time advocates for the homeless. Each evening up to 100 people living on the streets are able to come to R2D2 to get some sleep. Gated off by a patchwork fence of doors and plywood, the encampment sits on a busy corner on Fifth Street and Burnside in the city's bustling centre.
The volunteers clean, perform security checks around the perimeter of the camp, find tents and sleeping bags for people in need and cook for overnighters.
Amid a pervasive feeling of having been forgotten by the politicians who run the country, Ibrahim and others launched R2D2 to raise awareness about the plight of homeless people in Portland.
In a small sitting area with a couch and a pair of bar stools, Ibrahim smiles broadly and punctuates his sentences with spurts of laughter.
"The city and the powers that be [were] imposing unjust laws on people, and those barriers were stopping people from getting productive," he says. "We started educating people on their constitutional, human and civil rights – so that hopefully they can start fighting for their rights."
Behind him, a small flag sways as the breeze picks up. "Sleep is a human right," it reads.
R2D2 has changed the political geography of Portland, putting homeless people and advocates on an equal level by providing a model of direct action that eschews hierarchy and charity-dominated efforts to alleviate homelessness.
"Nothing about us without us – that's our model," Ibrahim says.
In August, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales revoked a policy permitting homeless people to pitch tents on public property. "[P]eople believed that camping was made legal, and outreach workers and law enforcement struggled to educate people about the difference between a safe night's sleep and unsanctioned camping. Houseless people, housed people, and the Police Bureau indicated that the guidelines were not practicable," he said in a press release.
Hales' office did not reply to Al Jazeera's numerous requests for comment.
R2D2 and the handful of self-organised camps in Portland are in sharp contrast to the stereotypical depictions of homeless people as helpless and unable to take care of themselves.
The democratic models in these homeless camps pose a challenge to the dominant discourse on homelessness and commonly proposed solutions to the crisis, says Vahid Brown, a member of the Village Coalition, a volunteer-run group that helps build communities of tiny homes for the homeless.
"One of the moral challenges [the camps] pose to the city [is that] they have mitigated inequities in a horizontal way without the benefit of the resources of the housed, without the benefit of a representative government that's responsive to them," he says.
"There is a deep democracy at work here. One thing that has not emerged in these villages is a police. They don't vote a particular subset of the communities to enforce the rules; the community enforces the rules."
Ibrahim worked as an aerospace technician until a difficult divorce left him homeless [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
In the camp, three separate tents provide sleeping areas for single men, single women and couples. Ibrahim says the most revolutionary aspect of the camp is its political ideology, which rejects racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination.
The camp also provides practical solutions for people stuck on the streets, helping them to organise housing, leave behind drug addictions and find work and education opportunities until they are able to get back on their feet.
Guests who are caught using alcohol or drugs on the premises are banned, and members police the block to make sure that no one is using or selling narcotics in the vicinity.
Since R2D2 was founded five years ago, Ibrahim says the camp was able to find homes for more than 400 people, jobs for nearly 400, assistance in quitting drug addiction for 38 and midwife services for 18 women who safely delivered their children. Another 20 people are currently taking online courses at the rest stop's empowerment centre, while two recently graduated from online college programmes.
As Ibrahim recalls the camp's history, the volunteers, who are full-time residents at R2D2, clean up the sleeping areas and set up chairs for their evening meeting.
Although Ibrahim has become the face of the camp, the decision-making process is based on a democratic model with measures discussed in committee meetings with all the members and decisions made through a vote.
All members are required to work six to eight shifts a week, as well as to become full-time campaigners for homeless rights and active in intersectional movements, such as pro-LGBT campaigns and protests against police brutality.
R2D2 also rejects funding from the local government and humanitarian charities for the homeless as part of an effort to remain independent. "If we don't accept money from the government, they can't dictate how we do things here," Ibrahim says, adding that the group relies on donations and produces a modest income through selling souvenirs such as T-shirts and posters.
Ibrahim dismisses the notion that the presidential elections will affect the country's homeless community. "If you're poor, you're treated as s***. I think this country is in for a world of trouble if either [Clinton or Trump] are elected. I never heard them talk about [the homeless]."
Although the city has de facto recognised R2D2, the group is participating in ongoing negotiations with the city about potentially moving the camp elsewhere. Though open to moving, Ibrahim says R2D2 members are sceptical of the city's intent to make good on its promises of securing them another location.
Portland is one of many cities across the US grappling with a growing – and increasingly visible – homeless population [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
An uncertain future for new camps
Far from the high rises and luxury apartment complexes that outline Portland's skyline, a growing number of impromptu homeless camps dot suburban neighbourhoods around the city.
And with many camps scheduled for eviction, the future of the homeless rights movement is punctuated with uncertainty.
Camp Amanda, in southeast Portland, was born from the Springwater Corridor camp, which was one of the largest in the US before more than 500 homeless people were moved on by city authorities last month.
I don't look down on the people who live inside because we need each other. They just got to stop thinking that because we don't live inside that means we're nobody
Ibrahim Mubarak
Tucked away some 300 metres inside the woods, Camp Amanda is home to 11 people. A sign sits above a set of mud stairs the campers have carved out, and an American flag hangs limply on a pole in front of a tent.
Jesse Sadler, a 53-year-old who worked odd menial jobs, first set up his tent with his girlfriend in the Springwater Corridor after they were evicted from their mobile home in a nearby trailer park back in June.
A heavily tattooed man with a shaved head and a goatee, Jesse walks through the trails, surveying the damaged tents and flooded campsites after a night of heavy rain and strong winds. Other campers clean their areas and haul rubbish down to the street.
As he makes his way through the small maze of trails under the green canopy, stepping in ankle deep pools of water, he explains that he hadn't expected living outside to be so difficult.
Jesse, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a string of bank robberies, says he and his girlfriend Jackie Hooper, a 51-year-old retired nurse, were kicked out of their trailer park after police came to his house when a friend got into a heated argument with his partner in the driveway.
"Sometimes s*** just happens," he says. With felony convictions on his record, he is ineligible for government-funded housing – known as Section Eight housing – and waiting lists for other affordable housing options can be as lengthy as five years or more. Arguing that it's unfair for former convicts to be forced to become homeless before being afforded the opportunity for government-assisted housing, he says simply: "I did my time, you know."
Most of the campers in Camp Amanda are in the same boat. With little hope and no options, they intend to establish a small community modelled on R2D2 and others like it. They hold regular general assembly meetings and make decisions through votes. New members are banned from using drugs, and chores are divvied up between the campers.
"I was hoping this would be a place where people could come and be safe," Jesse explains as he arrives back at his campsite. He starts taking down his damaged tent and lays out his mattress and belongings to dry in the sun.
Jackie says she is optimistic, although living in the woods without any certainty about the future has been one of the most difficult experiences of her life. "We are all trying to make it work, and we're all different," she says, a cigarette between her fingers. "It's a work in progress."
She is only able to go to a nearby charity for a hot shower twice a week, and charging her phone means a 20-minute trek to the nearest petrol station each morning.
On most days, the campers wait for food and supply deliveries from activists and spend their time organising the camp.
Jackie plays her part by providing basic medical treatment to sick or injured campers. After a fellow camper burned his leg on the campfire, she was able to clean and dress his wound. Others come to her for help with cuts and scrapes, knowing that an infection could further compound their troubles.
"I'm hopeful. We've come a long way – all of us," she adds. "We're just now starting to work together. We've got a long way to go, but we came a long way, too. It ain't easy out here."
Back in R2D2, Ibrahim Mubarak says he believes tangible change will only come when people pressure politicians and officials to respect the rights of homeless people. "I don't look down on the people who live inside because we need each other. They just got to stop thinking that because we don't live inside that means we're nobody."
Quoting the late American comedian George Carlin, he says that kind of change doesn't come easy in the US: "They call it the 'American Dream' because you've got to be asleep to believe it."
Reporter's note: The residents of Camp Amanda were hoping to make their camp permanent, but a few days after I met them, with city authorities, park rangers and neighbours threatening to sweep the area and evict them, they were forced to move, fearful of losing what little possessions they have during an eviction.
With many camps slated for eviction, the future of the homeless rights movement is punctuated with uncertainty [Patrick Strickland/Al Jazeera]
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College Football Playoff Rankings: Fresno State Enters Poll
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After topping Boise State, Fresno State is ranked.
2017 Mountain West Championship Game: Boise State To Host Fresno State
Fresno State fans should be extremely happy as they have won nine games, won the West Division, ranked in the AP poll and beat rival Boise State. Now, the Bulldogs are ranked for the first time this season in the College Football Playoff poll at No. 25.
That is a great accomplishment considering the turnaround from last year, and years past. However, some Fresno State fans are channeling Arthur.
The Bulldogs are already going on the road to play Boise State in the title game despite beating the Broncos, and that is because computer ratings were used to decide who hosts since Boise State would not be ranked in the next set of playoff rankings.
Also, the Las Vega Bowl director, John Saccenti, said that he is open taking either Boise State or Fresno State. That is also making Bulldog fans not too happy, unless that means they can get to the Cactus or Foster Farms Bowl.
Back to the playoff rankings and hosting the conference title game. The rules are very specific about who hosts the Mountain West title game.
The league states that if a team is ranked in the College Football Playoff ranking going into the final week of regular season they are designated as host school unless it loses its final regular season game. Well, that happened and the first item to determine host is the computer rankings.
So, even though Fresno State is ranked in the final regular season College Football Playoff poll they are still the road team in the conference title game, but those are the rules that the league has put in place.
One game does not make a season, but it just looks bad when Fresno State beat Boise State and is no ranked in two of the three major polls. Who knows if the Mountain West will tweak how a host is determined, but for one thing it gives the league a black mark and is making Fresno State fans not too happy.
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If you have a children between the ages 5 and 15 years, if you live within the borough of Haringey and a member of your family has a disability, then you can apply for this Playscheme. To get on the waiting list, you need to make a referral to the family team.
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The Green Rider initiative was unveiled by Mr K.J. George, Minister for Bengaluru Development and Town Planning, Mr Priyank Kharge, Minister for IT and Tourism and Mr Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister for Agriculture, on 10th August 2017, as the latest addition to the portfolio of green initiatives by Embassy Group.
The launch was part of an open interactive session covering wider issues of infrastructure & governance. This was hosted by ESPL and attended by a large number of clients and Park users at Embassy Manyata.


vol.1 see all recipes Washoku traditional Japanese cuisine is attracting growing attention worldwide. Not only is it tasty, it's good for health and beauty, too. Today, cuisine is increasingly borderless. More and more people in other countries are making Japanese dishes, adding their own ideas to traditions and customs passed down through the centuries. You can create a new form of Japanese cuisine tailored to local ingredients and tastes, no matter where you may be! This new series showcasing typical Japanese home cooking features simple recipes that you can make overseas, too. I hope that you'll enjoy getting to know Japan's unique ingredients and cooking techniques and will try them out straight away. You can start to lead a healthier lifestyle with these tips for a long and healthy life!
This issue's key ingredient is tofu. Made from mashed, solidified soybeans, this healthy ingredient is widely used in Japan in everything from home cooking to dishes served at Buddhist temples and traditional tea ceremonies. It's tasty on its own, but in this recipe, we're using it to bulk up the meat, creating a burger that's tender and juicy. Of course, it's very good for your health, too. 1.Just substituting tofu for part of the beef in a standard hamburger recipe transforms it into a healthy dish. Compared with fatty beef, it has 1/3 of the calories and just 1/10 of the fat. 2.The structure of soy isoflavones is similar to that of the female hormone estrogen, so they're believed to be effective in removing free radicals (the source of aging), while maintaining the elasticity of blood vessels and skin, as well as keeping bones strong. Research also suggests that soy isoflavones help to ease menopause symptoms and prevent cancer.
・Burger mixture Beef mince 250g Tofu	150g Onion 1 Egg 1 Grated cheese	1 tablespoon Nutmeg A pinch Salt & pepper A pinch ・Teriyaki sauce Soy sauce 2 tablespoons Sugar 2 tablespoons Saké 2 tablespoons ・Cooking oil	1 tablespoon ・Daikon radish	1/5 of a whole daikon ・Green spring onion A sprinkling ・Steamed vegetables Carrot, pumpkin, green beans, etc.
(1)Drain the tofu. Wrap it in kitchen paper, place a plate or similar weight on top, and leave it for 10 minutes to press the moisture out. (2)Place the ingredients for the burger mixture into a bowl and mix well. The onion should be finely chopped and sautéed before adding it to the mixture. (3)Prepare the steamed vegetables. Steamed dishes use no oil, so they're ideal if you're dieting. (4)Peel and grate the daikon radish (5)Add the oil to the frying pan and cook the burgers. Place the lid on the pan so that the steam cooks them all the way through. (6)Remove the cooked burgers, then reduce down the teriyaki sauce ingredients and pour the sauce over the burgers. Place the burgers on plates and top with the grated daikon radish (having squeezed the excess moisture out first) and chopped green spring onions. Add plenty of steamed vegetables and you have a healthy, nutritious meal!
TEXT,PHOTO/SUGI AKATSUKIsee all recipes Profile:SUGI AKATSUKI Graduate of the University of Tokyo. Researches culinary culture and foods that promote longevity and beauty. Studied basic medical science and life science at university. After studying organic food and Kushi macrobiotics, she began to conduct culinary research independently. Her motto is "simple ways to stay beautiful." Her specialty is healthy dishes ideal for the busy woman of today. She also teaches yoga and has a popular blog(http://saqai.com/).


When you think of Easter what comes to mind? Probably images of bunnies, decorative eggs, lilies and other images of Spring. These symbols aren't modern day creations, they stem from Old World customs established before the Christian celebration of Easter.
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Career Highlights: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Date: March 4, 2019Author: Media Junkie 0 Comments
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are a directing, editing and screenwriting duo who have had success in indie films and are poised to have success with their first sci-fi blockbuster as well.
Ryan Fleck grew up loving films like E.T. and Back to the Future. Anna Boden grew up loving more adult-oriented films like Stand By Me.
When Fleck attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts to study film, he met Anna on the set of a student film. They got along with each other when they found out they were both fans of Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville) and they decided to collaborate.
They worked on short documentaries together and even wrote a film short directed by Fleck called Gowanus, Brooklyn in order to attract financiers for their undeveloped script Half Nelson.
Thanks to Gowanus, Brooklyn's acceptance into the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Boden and Fleck's script for Half Nelson got professional feedback and it eventually developed into a feature film drama in 2006 starring Ryan Gosling, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor as middle school teacher Dan Dunne, who is caught doing cocaine by one of his students in a very intelligent anti-white savior narrative. The film was based on Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Since then, Boden and Fleck have co-written and co-directed sports drama Sugar (2008), which told the story of a baseball pitcher from the Dominican Republic named Miguel Santos aka Sugar and his struggle to reach the big leagues as his family lives in poverty. The story was a kind of subversion of the American dream that doesn't go the way you would expect, and just like Half Nelson, the film received acclaim.
Other films include It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) which starred Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts and Viola Davis in a story based on the 2006 young adult novel by Ned Vizzini about a suicidal teenager who goes to a hospital and meets a group of oddball patients, and Mississippi Grind (2015) which was a gambling movie (inspired by Boden and Fleck's visits to riverboat casinos in Iowa) starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn.
All of Boden and Fleck's films seem to take a predictable type of story and spin it in unpredictable directions, and these two films were no different.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige had initially considered hiring Boden and Fleck to direct Guardians of the Galaxy but Feige noted that they had such an amazing way of talking about Carol Danvers and her journey that they seemed to instantly connect with the story of Captain Marvel and therefore seemed a better fit for that film.
Feige always wants filmmakers who can focus on and elevate the character journey so that it does not get lost amongst the spectacle.
Captain Marvel tells the story of the most powerful superhero in the Marvel Universe, the woman who Nick Fury (the superb Samuel L. Jackson) signals in the post-credits scene of Avengers: Infinity War. Before Carol Danvers (played by the fantastic Brie Larson) takes on one of the most powerful villains in the Marvel Universe, the mad titan Thanos, she takes on the shape-shifting Skrulls in this nineties-set prequel film that is said to be the penultimate film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it before it changes forever in Avengers: Endgame.
Boden and Fleck both live in Brooklyn and have stated that they are in a fully committed partnership. They admit that in the early days of their collaboration they had to navigate issues concerning trust and ego as they are both clearly ambitious storytellers, but now they work well together and trust each other, which explains why they make such good movies. A creative partner who you can trust is the best person to make films with. I can't wait to see what they do with Captain Marvel.
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Nashville-based Advent designs a unique and interactive visitor experience for the University's new Athletics Hall of Fame featuring a FLEXUltra LED video system
Nashville, TN (11/14/2019) – Located in the Red McCombs Red Zone at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium, the new Frank Denius Family University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame recently celebrated its grand opening. As the University's first-ever sports Hall of Fame, the $17.1 million project tells the story of Texas Athletics from its first team in 1893 to what has become one of the nation's premier programs. Wanting to uniquely highlight the achievements of their 20 athletic teams, the University worked with the experience creation firm Advent who created an interactive storytelling experience with a design that included a large-format FLEXUltra LED video display from PixelFLEX™.
"While speaking with Chris Del Conte, University of Texas Vice President and Director of Athletics, he explained that the University needed a place where people could experience what it truly means to be a Longhorn," began John Downie, Advent Vice President of Experience. "The design was really all about finding the stories that most embodied the Longhorns' culture."
Diving further into the design aspects desired by the University, Downie and the Advent team wanted to uniquely accentuate the renowned accomplishments of the athletics programs. With numerous National Championships across multiple sports, the University has much to celebrate and Downie wanted to give them the proper attention they deserved.
"We always knew we wanted to create a large scale visual focus point for the National Championship moments," continued Downie. "As we worked through the various story elements that would inform the narrative, we realized there was an opportunity to leverage visual assets and create video content to bring the stories to life. As we evolved the design, it became clear that we would be able to utilize one of the walls for a large-scale visual moment, so we called PixelFLEX LED."
Turning their attention to the video installation, the design team wanted to make sure that all of the visual elements worked together in unison. As an interactive visitor experience, it would also be essential to create a technical design that could tell the story of the athletics programs on any given day.
"It's an interesting space where one wall holds a significant number of National Championship trophies with a kinetic lighting installation as well," explained Downie. "The installation is unique in that the interactive systems driving the 16' x 9' LED video wall are also tied into the lighting control system of the 'multi-modal' space. One mode provides modern, bench seating for visitors to dwell and appreciate the AV content on a daily basis, while the other mode enables the large space to accommodate thousands of fans who visit the space specifically on game-day."
A dynamic and high definition LED display, FLEXUltra allows for boundless opportunities to experience true HD quality video with the creative freedom to define any space. Utilizing the impact and scratch resistant COB PixelShield™ technology, FLEXUltra is designed in a convenient 16:9 ratio and has a 160° horizontal and vertical viewing angle. With fully font-serviceable panels for quick and easy onsite installation and maintenance, FLEXUltra operates with a 3840Hz refresh rate to eliminate on-camera scan lines and flicker, and is available in 0.9mm, 1.2mm, 1.6mm and 1.9mm pixel pitch options.
"Balancing resolution and pixel pitch with client budget is always a key driver of success for us," added Downie. "For this design, we wanted a great quality image that didn't blow the available funds, and we also needed a shallow mounting and cabinet option to recess the screen for a more integrated space."
With two weeks to install and commission the LED video system, the Advent team provided the full-motion HD video content as well. Knowing the power that comes from the use of an eye-catching visual experience, Downie is excited about the creative design possibilities which lie ahead.
"We can now realize seamless large format video displays much more effectively," concluded Downie. "The simplicity of installation and back-end infrastructure, as well as lower cooling and power requirements, gives us a tremendous opportunity to advocate for high-definition LED video displays where previously it just wouldn't have been possible."
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Title text: Feynman recounted another good one upperclassmen would use on freshmen physics students: When you look at words in a mirror, how come they're reversed left to right but not top to bottom? What's special about the horizontal axis?
The point of this comic is that often, curious children ask their parents simple questions about understanding how the world works. Often, although the question is simple, the answer is not. "Why is the sky blue?" is a common example, since most parents are not familiar with Rayleigh scattering, and thus are unable to answer the question.
Randall's hobby is to make those questions even harder, so that the parents who are familiar with the subject (scientists, for example) will be stumped.
Another point of this comic is that we often think that we understand a scientific phenomenon (e.g. why is the sky blue?); however, a certain simple question (e.g. why isn't the sky violet?) can often uncover large gaps in our actual understanding.
Rayleigh scattering is the phenomenon that explains the color of the sky, where light of every wavelength gets scattered in the air by the inverse quartic (fourth power) of its wavelength as given in the comic. In the visible spectrum, blue light has a wavelength of 450–495 nm while violet has a shorter wavelength of 380–450 nm. Violet light does indeed get scattered more than blue light, however the lower portion of the spectrum for sunlight consists of blue light and eyes are much more sensitive to blue light than violet light. Furthermore, the sunlight contains more blue than violet to begin with as a result of the surface temperature of the sun. This leaves the impression of a blue sky. A good explanation, including why blue and not violet, can be found in Usenet Physics FAQ :: Why is the sky blue?, but note that human color perception is more complicated than described there.
The title text refers to a mirror image, and is discussed by the famous American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman in a famous BBC documentary , as one of the problems which he used to have fun with first years (British English for first year student or freshman).
A mirror image is a virtual image produced by the reflection of light on a mirror. In the mirror image, only front and back are switched around — like a printing press or a rubber stamp. Left and right are still left and right in an absolute reference frame — wave your left arm in front of the mirror and the "mirror person" also waves the arm on the left side. It is only when using "personal" reference frame —tied to the individual— that we can say that the "mirror person" is moving their right arm. The apparent inversion comes from the fact that the mind projects itself onto the person in the mirror.
To help understand why this effect happens, imagine that you are holding a sign which says "MIX" and facing a mirror. Initially, you face the sign towards you. The M is on the left and the X on the right. Now, you turn the sign around so that the sign faces the mirror. Now, even without paying any attention to the mirror, simply because you have turned it around, now the M is on the right and the X is on the left and if you could see through the back of the sign, it would say "XIM" from your perspective. When you look at it in the mirror, you are now able to see that orientation and it appears to read "XIM". If instead of turning the sign around horizontally to look at it in the mirror, you flipped it vertically and looked at it in the mirror, it would appear to say "WIX" in the mirror. Thus the mirror is only revealing how the text is oriented relative to your eyes. Or, to put it more succinctly: mirrors don't reverse left to right, turning around does. Mirrors reverse along whatever direction is perpendicular to the plane of the mirror. You can induce a mirror to reverse left and right only --- by standing next to it instead of in front of it, facing along the plane of the mirror itself. If you lift your right arm, you can clearly see your image's left arm raising, without having to adjust for frame of reference. Similarly, you can induce a mirror to reverse top and bottom only by holding it flat above your head or laying it flat on the ground and standing on it (or perhaps standing under a suitably equipped bedroom ceiling).
Science Girl: Mommy, why is the sky blue?
Megan: Rayleigh scattering! Short wavelengths get scattered way more (proportional to 1/λ4). Blue light dominates because it's so short.
Science Girl: So why isn't the sky violet?
Megan: Well, because, uh... ...hmm.
My hobby: Teaching tricky questions to the children of my scientist friends.
I always wonder: Since the sky goes from red to blue to red and the optical spectrum goes from red to green to blue. How come the sky is never green?
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Aes Dana was founded in 1994 and after a little while they completed the line-up. In 1996 they recorded their first demo. The songs on this demo can be described as atmospheric black metal with Celtic and medieval influences. The lyrics are about visions and legends. Because their drummer made such a noise during their rehearsals the flute-player had to put his flute in the microphone so he could hear himself. This caused him to adept a new metal-style of playing. After some changes of band-members the style became louder in 1997. The language of the lyrics changes form English to French and were about heathen sagas. When the drummer got replaced in 1999 the band got a much more subtle drummer, which gave them the opportunity of other kind of songs. There were more traditional instruments added as well. But it doesn't become calm and more changes in the line-up followed. Aes Dana breaks with their label. In 2008 they sign with a German label.
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Henry, I think that part of the problem with identifying "channeling character" is precisely that I think that it's not simply exploration of character. That is, what you describe is exploration of character, and channeling is also exploration of character, I just think that the channeling goes beyond what you describe. Basically at the point you start any negotiations about potential options that the player has to play the character more interestingly, plausible selections, this shows player motive. Even if done internally, you're no longer channeling, but more overtly controling the character actions.
For instance, one of the things that seems interesting to me about people who really channel is that when if you ask them if they could have had the character to any other thing than what they had the character do, the answer is no. That is, for a channeller they percieve one and only one decision as the only decision the character could have made.
Now this is why it's so easy for people to call this "My Guy" play. Because, if you're not also channelling the character (and it's probably not possible to share a character this way), then as an observer you're likely to note all sorts of plausible routs that the character could have taken. So if you say, "Why didn't you fight the bad guy?" and the other person says, "Because the character just wouldn't do it" that sounds like the player is "hiding behind the character."
If, in fact, channeling is an honest activity, then what the player is really saying is, "If I made any other decision for the character, it wouldn't have seemed to me like it was coming from the character." In fact, I think that possibly the feeling that players have that there is only one possible thing that a character could have done in a particular situation is a strong part of what makes the character seem independently real to the channeller. If the player takes any time to weigh options in terms of what the player likes, then the player feels that they are creating the character, and the illusion of independence is broken.
All I'm saying is that I think that there are places where players seem to demand both the right to channel, and want drama, and that the combination seems pretty impossible. Standard sim/nar incoherence.
I don't think this is standard GNS Sim/Nar incoherence at all.� This is a clash of styles between Threefold Simulationism and Threefold Dramatism.� The person who wants to channel might easily be a Narrativist who wants to experience the choices in that way, while the other player who wants drama might want to reproduce the feel of a television drama series.
I don't think this is standard GNS Sim/Nar incoherence at all. This is a clash of styles between Threefold Simulationism and Threefold Dramatism. The person who wants to channel might easily be a Narrativist who wants to experience the choices in that way, while the other player who wants drama might want to reproduce the feel of a television drama series.
I agree that this can't, textually, be a Sim/Nar clash. I think the analysis that is usually done here makes it seem that way because channeling is heavily associated with Sim play (Jay's games). I'm also not sure if the channeling vs. drama divide is a real one either.
I want games that have a reasonably tight dramatic structure--and I want to channel. This requires that the situation involved be well structured (although I find it fairly easy to do this reliably) and the character be "fit." However: I think that GDS-Sim is not the same thing as channeling from a player perspective (not that I'm an authority) but rather, in this case, revolves around how well the situation and characters work together to present a sense of drama to a player who wants that in the game.
If the situation produces a sense of the dramaic as a natural artifact of the characters and action then I think there's no impossibility there implicity (and therefore can be no definitional GNS clash).
I'm not certain of any chanelling / drama divide, either. Making a choice in the face of resistance doesn't change in any way, even if the resistance applied becomes a moral type.
The only issue I'm seeing at stake is whether the issue Mike's raised is definitionally N vs. S. I don't think it is, but I also think that Mike is right that such a clash, when it occurs, will often raise that particular issue. When I read his phrase "standard N/S clash," I don't think it needs to become a definitional issue.
That is an example of charitable reading, as outlined by Chris Lehrich in the sticky'd Site Discussion thread. I suggest that when you have a third-party comment - person X says something to person Y, then you, Z, decide this all needs commenting on - that particular thread be your guide.
Why are you seeing a definitional issue? No one else brought up the definitions. My statement was that I disagree that this is "standard N/S clash". As I understand it, you are saying that usually when a clash occurs between channeling and drama that this indicates a clash between the Narrativist CA and the Simulationist CA. I don't see any evidence for that, either in my own experience or various readings here. As is stated very commonly here, the desire for overt drama is frequently part of genre emulation and/or Illusionist/Participationist leanings. I don't think it is a typical marker for Narrativism.
Now, I do think that there is a clash between channeling and dramatic structure in the transcript. I'm not sure if I'm disagreeing with Marco here, though. Dramatic structure is difficult in an improvised role-playing environment, and I feel that unless some deliberate attention is paid to it by the players, it is unlikely to happen. However, dramatic structure is not a distinguishing factor in GNS since it is desired by genre-emulating play, Illusionist play, and/or certain Narrativist play.
Uhhh, no. John, I'm agreeing with you.
As I understand it, you are saying that usually when a clash occurs between channeling and drama that this indicates a clash between the Narrativist CA and the Simulationist CA.
is inaccurate. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying, "when N and S CA's clash, the channeling/drama conflict is likely to arise."
But such a conflict doesn't mean a CA clash is occurring. That's right, I'm saying what you're saying.
I'm also saying that Mike's original quote can be interpreted in that fashion as well, with a charitable reading. I tend to try to do that, unless forced otherwise.
This thread demonstrates why I discourage (a) bringing in snippets from other discussions into this forum and (b) "what I meant when I said that you meant this about what I said" dialogue.
When there's a Nar/Sim clash, it is very often because of a channeling/drama clash. The player's character is not "fit" for the Premise, and the player prioritizes his or her private vision, leading to a clash.
Now the latter case could also be viewed as the GM forcing premise on a character (and by definition Force is antithetical to Nar). But the reason this happens is probably related to the fact that there's a "private vision" of the character that the GM can't directly access.
I'm saying, "when N and S CA's clash, the channeling/drama conflict is likely to arise."
Ewilen, I respectfully ask that you step aside for a bit, because you're committing the error that John is rightfully calling an error, stating that when a dispute about channeling arises, there must be a Nar/Sim clash going on. For anyone who's confused about what I'm saying, I'm saying this is incorrect. There is nothing "more in character" about Sim over any other CA, for instance.
John, arrrrgh. Your argument for "no correlation! none! none!" is, as I see it, empirically incorrect.
The difficulty in this conversation is that I, too, often role-play with a strong emphasis on Narrativism + channeling. I do understand where you're coming from in terms of play. I'd like to state very strongly that my position is not about "Sim is in character, Nar isn't."
However, many CA clashes during play often focus on "being in character" in one fashion or another, as the issue at hand. Here's where I'm disagreeing with you, John, if you're saying that such clashes do not result in such discussions.
Now ... perhaps that phenomenon is just displacement, and there's no actual reason to get hung up on "being in character" during a CA clash. Regardless, CA hassles do get expressed by such hang-ups, reasonably or unreasonably. If you're saying they shouldn't, well, OK. But if you're saying they don't, then we disagree.
Yes, we do have a disagreement here. So there doesn't seem to be any explanation for why in the theory, but in your experience -- though not in mine -- Creative Agenda clashes tend to result in getting hung up on being in character. This seems odd to me, and I'd like to query it further. Among other things, maybe there is a reason why it shows up in your experience but not in mine.
I've often heard claims like Elliot's -- saying that channeling means GNS Sim and that following their vision of character clashes with addressing Premise. However, you seem to agree that what he's speaking of is an error. So I'm really not sure what you're talking about. Can you give more details as to how these clashes tend to pan out? So in the case of Nar/Sim clash, you often see a clash between channeling and drama. In the latter clash, does one side tend to be Nar and the other Sim -- or does it vary evenly which side is which? Are there any recognizable symptoms to what it looks like?
It all goes back to Actual Play. Read there, post there, talk to people there, and only then, is any discussion about this issue worthwhile.
One request for that future discussion: define your terms. When you say "channeling conflict," I want a full actual play report backing that up so we can all talk sensibly. This thread is marred by me having to guess what you mean at the same time I answer a question about it.
One clarification: CA clashes affect all of play. Channeling conflicts (as I've constructed/guessed them) are only one aspect of play, out of many, which is disrupted by CA problems. I am not saying that channeling/"in-character" issues are specially or profoundly expected to be affected by CA problems. They simply are so affected, just like everything else.
Finally: John, keep your damn grad-school speak out of my forum. I "seem to agree?" What's this "seem?" My posts above explicitly agree with your basic point. That kind of snotty distancing is garbage.
OK, I'll make a post in Actual Play. However, I'd like to see a post from you as well. You're the one who's making a positive claim which has no basis in the theory. You accept Vincent's rant that Narrativism never means sacrificing character integrity, but claim that despite this, somehow GNS Nar/Sim clash tends to lead to channeling/drama clash.
I don't accept such generalizations without damn good evidence.
Ron, I have been trying to ignore slights like this, but don't push me. You attacked my debate earlier in this thread, claiming that actually I was inventing a disagreement by uncharitable reading -- which was false -- as well as other claims. At the very least, if you've got a problem with me, then put it in a PM to me or form a separate thread in Site Discussion, rather than distracting from the issues under debate here.
That's adolescent - "Don't push me."
This, however, is moderating - I am instructing you to act and post differently. It is not advice, it is not a threat, and it is not negotiable. Your counter-option is merely to decide this place is not for you.


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I became passionate about art when I met one guy who really inspired me to work extra- hard at my tertiary level. (Takoradi Technical University). I was 20 years of age when I really discovered my passion for art. This guy is a traditional painter and I am a graphic designer so I couldn't learn the traditional painting, so he started teaching me the fundamentals of digital painting.
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I realized the people were interested in it and they were demanding for theirs too. At a point in time, some wanted to pay less for my artwork because they thought it was digital artwork. So I needed to brand myself well to penetrate through the market with my brand.
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I added a fan extension card so I could govern my radiator fans separately from the pump... but it seems aida does not sense the fans... it actually sees the heat sensor connected to it... but not the fans? Plans for adding support? Cheers for any info you can provide.
Also right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> SMBus Dump (Full). Copy-paste the full results into this topic, or attach the results as a TXT file to your post.
Finally, right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> Embedded Controller Dump. Copy-paste the full results into this topic, or attach the results as a TXT file to your post.
Please also describe how many fans do you have connected, which ones are visible by AIDA64 right now, and the approx. RPM of the missing fans.
I have 3 chassis fans attached to the mb and the apogee pump is also attached to the mb, these are sensed by aida... the missing fans are the two radiator fans and one more chassis fan attached to the extension card... they all idle at about 1000 rpm... the strange thing is the thermistor sensors on the same card are sensed... although aida does report 2 more temp sensors and they show 200 degrees C each... i read somewhere else in your forum that this may be caused by aisuite... although i have tried without with the same results.
and voila there they are... u da man! i did the same dumps... attached... and my desktop showing all the fans.
I meant to mention... in the OSD sensor list... they appear as Fan # 21, Fan # 22 and Fan # 23.
Best software development I have ever run into!!
You're right, it looks a bit odd. We'll rename those to Fan #1, Fan #2 and Fan #3 respectively, in the next AIDA64 beta update.
and this is what your hard work allowed me to do with my 12 inch tablet and arx... cheerz once again!
Hi, I have the same extension card but connected to an Asus Z170 pro gaming mainboard and had already given up hope, until I found this topic.
Can you do the same for this board also?
Is it okay that I reply here or should this be a new topic?
Aida64 reads all 5 fans directly connected to the mainboard fine, only missing the two fans connected to the Asus Fan Extension Card.
Both missing fans should report between 300 and 800 rpm.
Thermal sensors are not connected to the extension card.
have u tried the newest beta?
yes, installed it right away when I saw this thread, the dumps I added to the post are on the current beta.
my sensors look quite different from yours in those logs though.
Would I have to have AI Suite installed in order for this beta to read data from ATKEX?
And it even works without having any of the broken asus software installed.
Can you guys confirm whether Aida64 now supports the Asus Fan Extension Card on all Z170 mobos?
I have the Asus Z170-A, and I just bought the extension card, I'm waiting for it to get here next week or so. I'm planning to connect 3 fans and 3 temp sensors to it. I just want to make sure that my Aida64 is ready for it Thanks!
That's great news – thank you!
Unfortunately my new temp sensors are still in the mail and will likely take a while to get here, but I'll test it as soon as I can.
Great software, and great support!
Welcome, I have a problem with detecting my Fan Extension Card, I see the speed of fans in AI SUITE 3 but I can't configure lcd panel in AIDA, I am a new user of this software please help.


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