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There are 6 entries for this date: Henry Cavendish , Thelonious Monk , Fridtjof Nansen , Harold Pinter , Julia Sweeney and Gene Weingarten
Henry Cavendish
On this date in 1731, chemist/physicist Henry Cavendish was born in Nice, France, to an English family. Educated at Cambridge, he devoted the study of his life to chemistry. Among his contributions: discerning the composition of water and of the atmosphere, taking the first accurate measurement of the mass of the earth, and isolating hydrogen ("inflammable air"). Considered morbidly shy, especially of women, he left his female servant his meal orders in writing. He was one of England's wealthiest men by the age of 40 due to inheritances. His one social outlet was the Royal Society Club. Although he made numerous experiments, Cavendish published only 20 articles. A century after his experiments in electricity, James Maxwell discovered Cavendish's work and published it for the first time. Cavendish did not attend church, and was an agnostic. D. 1810.
"As to Cavendish's religion, he was nothing at all."
—Biographer Dr. G. Wilson, Life of the Hon. H. Cavendish, 1851, (p. 180), cited by Joseph McCabe, A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists.
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor
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On this date in 1917, the American jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk was born in North Carolina. When he was 5, his family moved to Manhattan where he started playing the piano, largely self-taught. His compositions "Round Midnight," "Well, You Needn't," Straight, No Chaser," and "Blue Monk" (among others) have become standards in the jazz repertoire. "Round Midnight" is the most recorded jazz standard written by a jazz musician, appearing on more than 1,000 albums. Monk's idiosyncratic style utilized unexpected melodic twists, dissonant harmonies (which are pleasing to jazz players), erratic percussive phrases punctuated by unexpected hesitations and silences. Despite these unorthodox qualities, Duke Ellington is the only jazz composer who has been recorded more often than Monk, who is one of only five jazz musicians to have been on the cover of Time (along with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis).
Like his music, Monk's views on religion were also unorthodox. As a teenager, he played the organ for a traveling evangelist, but it appears he was an agnostic who held no religious beliefs of his own. Biographer Robin D. G. Kelly writes that "Monk clearly was not a true believer," and that "most people who knew Monk remember that he rarely attended church and did not speak about religion in the most flattering terms." His niece Charlotte said "he was never into religion. Religion was not his thing. . . . He never went to church or any of that. And his kids, he never took them to church. He said they had to have their own mind about things." When the journalist Valerie Wilmer asked him, "Do you believe in God?", Monk replied, "I don't know nothing. Do you?" But Monk was tolerant of religion, and although ambivalent himself, he sometimes accompanied his mother on the piano as she sang her beloved hymns while dying of cancer.
Thelonious Monk was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. D. 1982.
["Do you believe in God?"] "I don't know nothing. Do you?"
—Thelonius Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, by Robin D. G. Kelley (2009)
Compiled by Dan Barker; Photo by Olga Popova, Shutterstock.com
On this date in 1861, explorer Fridtjof Nansen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, and was educated at Kristiania University. Nansen took his first voyage in 1882 to the Greenland Sea, then was appointed Curator of the Bergen Natural History Museum, where he met leading scientists and became a Darwinist. He made headlines in Norway when he skied across the mountains from Bergen to Kristiania to take part in sports competitions. While working on his doctorate in zoology, Nansen became the first person to cross Greenland on skis. From 1893 to 1896, Nansen led a famous expedition to the Arctic. Although not quite reaching the north pole, he became an international celebrity. Nansen helped negotiate the peaceful split between Norway and Sweden in 1905, then became Norway's first ambassador to Great Britain. A professor of zoology at Kristiania University for several years after his voyage, he returned to the university as Rector Magnificus. Nansen wrote up his exploits in The Norwegian North Polar Expedition (1893-1896) and Northern Mists (1911). In the early 1920s when famine struck the Soviet Union, Nansen overcame diplomatic difficulties to engineer a successful prisoner swap between Russia and Germany-Austria-Hungary, involving more than 400,000 prisoners. For this humanitarian feat he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. He worked not only with the League of Nations but the International Red Cross, which used Nansen's name on a special passport for refugees deprived by Lenin of their nationality during the Russian civil war. Refugees such as Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and Chagall came to the west bearing the Nansen passport. After the award, Nansen brokered an "ethnic separation" between fighting Turks and Greeks, arranging a population exchange. Nansen was considered an outspoken agnostic. He was given a state funeral. D. 1930.
". . . the religion of one age is, as a rule, the literary entertainment of the next. . ."
—Fridtjof Nansen, "Science and the Purpose of Life." Speech published by the Rationalist Press Association, 1909, cited by A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists.
On this date in 1930, playwright Harold Pinter was born in East London to a Jewish family. He briefly studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and acted under the name "David Baron." The playwright, director, actor, poet and political activist wrote 29 plays, 21 screenplays and directed 27 theater productions. His plays include "The Birthday Party," "The Caretaker," "The Homecoming," and "The Betrayal." Screenplays include "The Servant," The Go-Between," "The French Lieutenant's Woman," and "The Handmaid's Tale." Pinter's many awards include the Wilfred Owen Prize for poetry opposing the Iraq Conflict, the Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg), the European Prize for Literature (Vienna) and the Laurence Olivier Award. He was married to Lady Antonia Fraser. Pinter continued to dabble in acting, including portraying Sir Thomas Bertrand in the film, "Mansfield Park." His recent fight against cancer, he said, had fortified his commitment to political activism. That activism included signing a letter to the BBC asking that their daily "Thought for the Day" should also include those with secular views. D. 2008.
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"You know, I had my bar mitzvah when I was thirteen and I never entered a synagogue again. I've been to one or two marriages, I think, but I've never had anything to do with it."
—-Harold Pinter, interview with Ramona Koval, "Books and Writing," Radio National, Sept. 15, 2002
On this date in 1961, comedian and author Julia Sweeney was born in Spokane, Wash., into a devout Roman Catholic family. For much of her childhood, she wanted to be a nun. After majoring in economic studies at the University of Washington, Julia instead became an accountant for Columbia Pictures and United Artists. Having a knack for comedy and mimicry, Julia signed up for a class with the improvisational comedy troupe, "The Groundlings," where she was discovered by "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels. She was on that show for four and a half hit seasons, from 1990-1994, and introduced the popular character, "Androgynous Pat." In 1994, Julia made the movie, "It's Pat." After her brother, Michael, then Julia, were both diagnosed with cancer, she wrote and starred in the play, "God Said, Ha!" The film version won the Golden Space Needle Award for best director and the recording was nominated for a Grammy. She has made frequent TV guest appearances, served as a creative consultant on "Sex and the City," and has appeared in many movies, including "Clockstoppers" (2002), "Beethoven's 4th" (2001), "Beethoven's 3rd" (2000), "Stuart Little" (1999), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Coneheads" (1993), and "Honey, I Blew Up the Kids" (1992). Her very funny monologue about adopting her daughter Mulan from China, "In the Family Way," debuted in 2003. In October 2004 she debuted her new monologue, "Letting Go of God," about her journey from Catholic schoolgirl to atheist. Since then she's been busy writing and performing (see her website for details).
"It took me years, but letting go of religion has been the most profound wake up of my life. I feel I now look at the world not as a child, but as an adult. I see what's bad and it's really bad. But I also see what is beautiful, what is wonderful. And I feel so deeply appreciative that I am alive. How dare the religious use the term 'born again.' That truly describes freethinkers who've thrown off the shackles of religion so much better!"
—Quote submitted by Julia Sweeney.
Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor; Photo by Brent Nicastro
Gene Weingarten
On this date in 1951, American columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gene Weingarten was born in New York City. Weingarten grew up in the southwest Bronx, attending The Bronx High School of Science and New York University. At NYU, Weingarten edited the daily student newspaper, The Heights Daily News. Weingarten garnered his first cover story in 1972, while still in college, when his reporting on gangs in the South Bronx was published in New York Magazine. After working as a journalist in Albany and Detroit, Weingarten was hired as the editor of the Miami Herald Sunday magazine, Tropic. In Weingarten's nine years as editor, Tropic was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes. In 1990, Weingarten went to work as a nationally syndicated humor columnist with The Washington Post.
Weingarten is the author of five books. His first book, The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death (1998) recounts Weingarten's near-fatal bout of Hepatitis C, and his admitted hypochondria. In 2004, Weingarten and feminist writer Gina Barreca wrote I'm with Stupid: One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years Of Misunderstandings Between The Sexes Cleared Right Up. This book was derived from a series of humor columns the pair wrote together for the Washington Post. Weingarten's next book, Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs (2008), was a collaboration with photographer Michael S. Williamson. In 2014, Weingarten published an atheist-themed children's book, Me & Dog. Considered by many to be the first of its kind, Weingarten's book tells the story of a young boy and his dog through a secular lens, countering massively popular books like Heaven is for Real (2010).
"I am a devout atheist but can't explain why the moon is exactly the right size, and gets positioned so precisely between the Earth and the sun, that total solar eclipses are perfect. It bothers me."
—Gene Weingarten, Washington Post (2009)
Compiled by Paul Epland


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Dr. Siegel on new study showing COVID-19 can survive in high temperatures: 'I think it's deeply flawed'
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Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News medical contributor, said on "Fox & Friends" on Monday that he has "serious concerns" about a new study that noted that the coronavirus is not as resistant to high temperatures as previously believed.
"I think it's deeply flawed," Siegel said.
The research, which was published in the bioRxiv repository and has not been peer-reviewed, notes that researchers from France infected African green monkey kidney cells with COVID-19, placing the cells in a "dirty" environment and a "clean" environment. Both vials were heated to 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius) for one hour and the researchers found the virus was still able to replicate.
However, higher temperatures for a shorter period of time were more effective in ending the virus' ability to replicate. "Heating protocol consisting of 92°C-15min [197 degrees Fahrenheit] was more effective rather than 56°C-30min and 60°C-60min to achieve 6-log reduction," researchers wrote in the study's abstract.
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On Monday Siegel laid out his reasons for thinking the new study is "deeply flawed."
"First of all, it hasn't been published yet," Siegel said. "Secondly, it looked at the amount of virus you would never see, you or me would never see if we were infected.
"Thirdly, it compared itself to the SARS virus from 2003 and said that it was similar," he went on to say. "Guess what? The virus from 2003 was very well studied and found to be killed by heat, by ultraviolet light and by humidity."
Siegel noted that the Department of Homeland Security has said that COVID-19 cells "are killed by humidity, heat, and by UV light, ultraviolet light."
"Those factors lead you to believe that this could be seasonal, that as it gets hot and warm and humid this virus could start to die," he explained.
He added that National Institutes of Health infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield, both members of the White House coronavirus task force, told him last week that it appears that COVID-19 could be seasonal.
"I don't really believe the findings of this study and I don't think it should be touted out there," Siegel said. "I think we need further investigation on this, but we don't have reason to believe this is the case."
Fox News' Chris Ciaccia contributed to this report.

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It has been said that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. Clearly we do not need to just go to the polls, or just elect constitutional candidates. That's all been tried and has failed over and over.
The Bundy/BLM situation has brought to the forefront of many Americans' minds the fact that we have a lot to do. We have been incrementally deprived of our rights, our wealth and our land for a long time. For many Americans, this situation was the beginning of the proof of this truth that so many of us in the patriot movement have been warning us about for a long time. We must tackle, with a vengeance (and with patience), the big task of restoring our rights, wealth and property.
Below are a few suggestions in skeletal form (not fleshed out, that's for each of us to do in our respective counties and states).
1. Support Dave Bundy who was arrested last Sunday (4/6/14) and released the next day for refusing to disperse and resisting arrest, by showing up at all his court appearances.
2. Support the two people who were detained and cited last Thursday (4/10/14) for failure to comply with officers at a barricade by showing up in force at all of their court appearances.
3. Demand the BLM disarm its officials as they have merely an administrative function, not an enforcement function.
4. Demand Congress eliminate the BLM.
5. Demand your State legislature do its duty and write legislation admitting that the duty of managing the land within your State belongs to the People and that each County should be responsible for administrating the public lands that are within its borders. The jurisdiction belongs to the People and should be administered by government agencies closest to and accountable to the People.
6. Organize rallies in front of BLM offices all over the country, demanding they "leave OUR land" alone.
7. Organize rallies in front of Sheriff's offices across the country, demanding they learn the Constitution better and refuse to follow any and all unconstitutional court orders. We must end the trend of courts believing they have the final say. We the People have the final say! That's why we are the jurors, not the Judges (unless you waive your right to a jury trial).
Something I believe is more important than anything else: Restore confidence in the election process through the following process.
10. In States where the People have not reserved that right, patriots need to organize and figure out which route to take: 1) Get an amendment passed that allows the People to make Propositions so they can then write a Proposition like the one referenced above, or 2) Demand your legislators write and pass a bill that returns the power of counting ballots (paper) to the People at the local level with video and audio recording of every stage of the counting and public postings.
11. Encourage your county sheriff to join the CSPOA (Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association). If he does not, recall or elect a new Sheriff who will. If he is, warn him to not allow the CSPOA to become corrupted and turned into a government subsidiary.
"Great suggestions! Please add this to your list.
11. The people now call for the exposure of Senator Harry Reid and others involved with what has transpired in the Bundy assault, and their arrest if found guilty by a common law jury."
12. Demand an investigation into the dealings of Senator Harry Reid and others who may be using their influence in D.C. to strip the Bundy's of their rights.
13. Demand an investigation into why all the other ranchers are no longer ranching.
14. Do not vote for any Congressman who has not taken a public stand to support the Bundy's.


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Vertex Receives CHMP Positive Opinions for ORKAMBI™ (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) in the European Union
-CHMP recommends Marketing Authorization for lumacaftor in combination with ivacaftor for people with cystic fibrosis ages 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation-
-CHMP recommends Marketing Authorization for ivacaftor for children with cystic fibrosis ages 2 to 5 with 9 gating mutations & for people with cystic fibrosis ages 18 and older with the R117H mutation-
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Union Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued a positive Opinion recommending Marketing Authorization of ORKAMBI™ (lumacaftor/ivacaftor), the first medicine to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people ages 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation. In Europe, approximately 12,000 people with CF ages 12 and older have two copies of this mutation.
The CHMP also issued a positive Opinion recommending the indication of KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) be expanded to include children ages 2 to 5 with CF, in addition to the current approved use in people ages 6 and older, who have one of nine gating mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene (G551D, G1244E, G1349D, G178R, G551S, S1251N, S1255P, S549N and S549R). A new weight-based oral granule formulation of ivacaftor (50 mg and 75 mg) that is mixed in soft foods or liquids was created for these younger children. The CHMP Opinion for the use of ivacaftor in children ages 2 to 5 included a recommendation to extend weight-based dosing of ivacaftor to children ages 6 to 11 who weigh less than 25 kg using the new oral granule formulation. In addition, the CHMP issued a positive Opinion recommending ivacaftor for use in people with CF ages 18 and older who have the R117H mutation. In Europe, approximately 125 children ages 2 to 5 have one of the nine gating mutations included in today's positive Opinion, and approximately 250 adults have the R117H mutation.
"Today's recommendations bring us closer to being able to help many more people with cystic fibrosis who currently do not have a medicine to treat the underlying cause of this chronic progressive disease," said Jeffrey Chodakewitz, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Vertex. "However, we know that there are many more people with CF who are still waiting for treatment, and we remain committed to continuing to work toward our goal of creating new medicines for the vast majority of people with cystic fibrosis."
These positive CHMP Opinions are recommendations for approval to the European Commission, which then has the authority to approve medicines for the European Union. The European Commission generally follows the recommendations of the CHMP and typically issues Marketing Authorization within three months. If the CHMP's recommendations are approved, Vertex would then begin the country-by-country reimbursement approval process for each new medicine and indication.
About Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a rare, life-threatening genetic disease affecting approximately 75,000 people in North America, Europe and Australia.
CF is caused by a defective or missing CFTR protein resulting from mutations in the CFTR gene. Children must inherit two defective CFTR genes — one from each parent — to have CF. There are approximately 2,000 known mutations in the CFTR gene. Some of these mutations, which can be determined by a genetic, or genotyping test, lead to CF by creating non-working or too few CFTR protein at the cell surface. The defective function or absence of CFTR proteins in people with CF results in poor flow of salt and water into and out of the cell in a number of organs. In the lungs, this leads to the buildup of abnormally thick, sticky mucus that can cause chronic lung infections and progressive lung damage in many patients that eventually leads to death. Today, the median predicted age of survival for a person with CF is between 34 and 47 years, but the median age of death remains in the mid-20s.
Collaborative History with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT)
Vertex initiated its CF research program in 1998 as part of a collaboration with CFFT, the nonprofit drug discovery and development affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Lumacaftor and ivacaftor were discovered by Vertex as part of this collaboration.
About Vertex
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that aims to discover, develop and commercialize innovative medicines so people with serious diseases can lead better lives. In addition to our clinical development programs focused on cystic fibrosis, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs aimed at other serious and life-threatening diseases.
Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex today has research and development sites and commercial offices in the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia. For five years in a row, Science magazine has named Vertex one of its Top Employers in the life sciences. For additional information and the latest updates from the company, please visit www.vrtx.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, statements regarding the European Commission generally following the recommendations of the CHMP and typically issuing marketing approval within three months. While Vertex believes the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are accurate, there are a number of factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, among other things, that Vertex could experience unforeseen delays in obtaining marketing approval from the European Commission and the other risks listed under Risk Factors in Vertex's annual report and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available through the company's website at www.vrtx.com. Vertex disclaims any obligation to update the information contained in this press release as new information becomes available.
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Vertex announces that the European Union Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use issued positive opinions for ORKAMBI™ (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) in the European Union.


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Q: Can I create a network (sharing) password that's different from my login credentials? Let ms start by providing some context/background...
When using a local account on Windows 10, one can set whatever password they like and it will be used for sharing as well. When using a Microsoft account, one is stuck with the Microsoft password.
Now, this is a security risk, in my opinion, because sometimes I might want to access my files from a device that I'm not willing to share my Microsoft account password with (e.g., an Android application).
So, I'm wondering if there's an option to set a password just for network sharing. Does such option exist?
Alternatives that I'm aware of:

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*Abandon the Microsoft Account integration altogether and use a local account.
(This is not a good alternative because I don't want to lose the sync between devices.)

*Create a separate local administrator account and use its login credentials for network sharing.
(I would like to avoid having a dummy user account with its own files and settings dedicated solely for the purpose of sharing (if possible), so this will be my last resort if there's no better option.

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The trials before an international military tribunal last ten months before verdicts are handed down. Twelve of the 24 accused are sentenced to death, others receive prison sentences. All the atrocities committed by the Nazi Regime are detailed during the trial, even though some sections of the German public want to suppress the events. The 1958 Ulm Einsatzgruppen, or death squad, war crimes trial and the 1963-65 Frankfurt Auschwitz trails once again increase German awareness of the crimes.


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The HP Photosmart C6288 boast 64MB of RAM, which speeds up printing, scanning, and copying processes. It also comes in a compact box-type case with the flat bed scanner on top and the control panel lining the front edge. To the left of the controls is a small LCD screen, from which images obtained through the memory card reader can be previewed. The HP Photosmart C6288 uses a total of 6-ink cartridges, with the addition of light cyan and light magenta.
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BLOKEONABIKE IN INDIA: Cheesy, Cheesy, Cheesy.
Gopalpur on Sea is cheesy, cheesy, cheesy but in quite the nicest possible way. From its broken faux cast iron street lights to the kitch sculptures on the promenade someone has made an effort. The people are really friendly and even though I am the only non-indian tourist in town it is nice not to always be at the centre of attention. They have seen people like me before and so I am foreign not an extraterrestrial. My hotel is the Sea Breeze Beach and I have a room on the roof which is clean airy and private - the dogs. (pout toi Patricia. Je t'explique des mon retour.) Yesterday started well, went badly and got better again. Leaving my hotel in the early morning was great. It had stopped raining so was nice and cool. I bowled along for about 25 of the 90 kms I planned to do when my back wheel started to wobble. A few yards later and Bang! Catastrophic rear tyre failure again! I stopped, looked at the tyre and was just deciding that I would need a lift to the next town when a chap from the other carriageway approached me. He didn't ask any of the standard question - blessed relief - and just told me that the village 500 meters further on had a bike shop. I pushed the bike on and found a chai and puri stall next to the still shut bike shop where I had a lovely breakfast. Half an hour later a great guy opened the shop produced the exact tyre I needed and fitted it for me. In total I lost 40minutes if you exclude breakfast.
I have been reading back over some of the entries to this blog and I do seem to painting a bit of a negative picture sometimes. Well, sometimes this place makes me pretty negative. However, sometimes it fills me with warmth and hope for a truly wonderful people and country. Travelling here is a difficult and frustrating process compared to the west. Not being able to slip through life in total anonymity and to be the object of everyone's attention is for me, very hard. So every once in a while little oasis's of peace like Gopalpur are a god's send.


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(en alphasyllabaire tamoul :  ; littéralement : « Le Meurtre de Kichaka ») parfois écrit Keechak Vadham ou Keechakavadha, aussi connu sous le titre Keechak Vatham ou Keechakavatham, est un film muet indien produit, réalisé, filmé et monté par Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar en 1916. Aujourd'hui perdu, ce premier film de l'histoire du cinéma d'Inde du Sud est tourné à Madras en cinq semaines dans le studio qu'il fonde pour l'occasion, la Indian Film Company.

Le scénario de Keechaka Vadham, co-écrit par l'acteur C. Rangavadivelu, est inspiré d'un épisode du Livre de Virata, le quatrième chant du Mahabharata. Il met l'accent sur la tentative du commandant Kichaka de courtiser Draupadi. Les rôles principaux sont joués par Raju Mudaliar et Jeevarathnam.

Keechaka Vadham est une réussite commerciale et reçoit des critiques positives. Le succès du film pousse R. Nataraja Mudaliar à réaliser d'autres films mythologiques, qui lui vaudront d'être considéré comme le père du cinéma tamoul. Ses œuvres ont notamment inspiré les réalisateurs indiens R.S. Prakash et J. C. Daniel.

Synopsis

Le film comme son script étant perdus, il n'existe pas de description précise du scénario de Keechaka Vadham. Il est cependant établi qu'il s'inspire fidèlement de l'épisode bien connu du public indien relaté dans le deuxième livre du Livre de Virata, le quatrième chant du Mahabharata attribué à Vyasa. Titré en sanskrit , littéralement « Le livre du meurtre de Kichaka », il raconte l'histoire suivante :

Dans leur treizième année d'exil, Draupadi et ses cinq maris, les Pandava, se cachent au royaume du roi Virata. Elle se déguise en femme de chambre au service de la reine Sudeshna sous le nom de Sairandhri tandis que ses maris obtiennent divers postes à la cour du roi. Kichaka, commandant de l'armée du roi et demi-frère de la reine, la remarque dans les appartements de sa demi-sœur et tente de la séduire, mais Sairandhri le repousse arguant qu'elle est déjà mariée.

Kichaka demande alors l'aide de Sudeshna qui lui envoie le jour même sa servante sous le prétexte de lui rapporter de l'hydromel. Sairandhri en pleurs et invoquant la protection divine arrive dans les appartements de Kichaka. Celui-ci la poursuit de ses assiduités et comme elle résiste, il la saisit par la main. Elle se dégage et alors qu'elle s'enfuit dans la salle du conseil, il la jette à terre, puis la frappe du pied sous les yeux de ses maris Yudhishthira et Bhima. De peur d'être découverts, ceux-ci n'interviennent pas.

Le soir venu, Draupadi se rend chez Bhima pour le supplier de venger son honneur bafoué. Il lui suggère de donner rendez-vous à Kichaka la nuit suivante dans le pavillon de danse déserté. Lorsque le commandant en chef arrive, pomponné et éperdu de désir, il tombe sur Bhima en rage. À l'issue de la lutte à mort qui s'ensuit, Bhima démembre Kichaka et en fait une boule de chair informe.

À la vue du cadavre de Kichaka, ses 105 frères, les Upakichaka, accusent Draupadi et décident de la brûler vive sur le bûcher funéraire de leur aîné. Les appels à l'aide de la malheureuse alertent Bhima qui accourt et les tue tous promptement.

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 Titre : Keechaka Vadham / Keechak Vatham
 Réalisation : R. Nataraja Mudaliar
 Scénario : R. Nataraja Mudaliar assisté de C. Rangavadivelu d'après le Livre de Virata, le quatrième livre du Mahabharata
 Photographie et montage : R. Nataraja Mudaliar
 Production : R. Nataraja Mudaliar
 Société de production : Indian Film Company
 Pays d'origine :
 Format : noir et blanc - muet - 35 mm
 Genre : Film mythologique
 Durée : long métrage (approximativement  pour une longueur d'environ  soit )
 Dates de sortie:
  : probablement début 1917 à Madras
  : début 1918 à l'Elphinstone Theatre de Madras

Distribution
 Raju Mudaliar : Kichaka
 Jeevarathnam : Draupadi

Production

Développement

Fasciné par le « miracle des images animées » et inspiré par l'aspect novateur du film mythologique Raja Harishchandra (1913) de Dadasaheb Phalke, Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar, un concessionnaire automobile prospère installé à Madras, s'enthousiasme pour le cinéma dès le début des années 1910. Il apprend alors la photographie et la réalisation cinématographique auprès de Francis Stewart, un cinématographe britannique installé à Pune qui avait travaillé comme « cinématographe officiel » lors du darbâr de 1903 organisé à Delhi par le vice-roi des Indes Lord Curzon. R. Nataraja Mudaliar achète ensuite pour  une caméra Williamson  et une tireuse à Marudappa Moopanar, un riche propriétaire terrien de Thanjavur qui était aussi photographe et avait filmé les cérémonies du couronnement de George V en 1911.

R. Nataraja Mudaliar crée en 1915 la Indian Film Company, la première maison de production d'Inde du Sud, avec l'aide de son riche cousin et associé dans son affaire automobile S.M. Dharmalinga Mudaliar. Il aménage avec l'aide d'investisseurs associés un studio de cinéma sur Miller's Road à Purasawalkam, dans un bungalow nommé Tower House. Il réalise son premier film l'année suivante : Keechaka Vadham.

Par l'intermédiaire de son ami C. Rangavadivelu, un avocat et comédien amateur connu pour ses rôles féminins dans la troupe  , il fait la connaissance du dramaturge Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar. Ce dernier lui suggère d'adapter l'histoire de Draupadi et Kichaka tirée du Livre de Virata du Mahabharata. Des proches de R. Nataraja Mudaliar rejettent cette idée, affirmant que l'histoire serait inappropriée. P. Sambandha Mudaliar le convainc toutefois de poursuivre, arguant que ce récit mythologique est connu du grand public. C. Rangavadivelu l'aide à écrire le scénario du film, R. Nataraja Mudaliar n'étant pas un professionnel de l'écriture. Certains historiens de cinéma indiquent également que R. Nataraja Mudaliar se serait inspiré des peintures de Raja Ravi Varma pour adapter le récit. Il choisit les comédiens de théâtre Raju Mudaliar et Jeevarathnam respectivement pour les rôles de Kichaka et Draupadi.

Tournage

La production de Keechaka Vadham nécessite un budget total de , un montant assez élevé pour l'époque. Débuté à la fin de l'année 1916, le tournage dure environ 35 jours. R. Nataraja Mudaliar fait importer la pellicule de Londres avec l'aide d'un dénommé Carpenter, qui travaille pour la section bombayenne de l'entreprise Kodak. Le film est éclairé en lumière naturelle, tamisée par un fin morceau de tissu blanc qui recouvre la large structure ouverte servant de lieu de tournage. Plusieurs scènes sont également tournées en extérieur. C. Rangavadivelu conseille les acteurs durant le tournage. R. Nataraja Mudaliar actionne la caméra, réalise, produit et monte le film assisté uniquement par Jagannatha Achari, un ami acteur qu'il avait fait former à Pune auprès de Francis Stewart.

Keechaka Vadham est enregistré au rythme de  (la vitesse standard des films muets de la Indian Film Company), avec des intertitres en anglais, en tamoul et en hindi. Les intertitres tamouls et hindis sont rédigés respectivement par P. Sambandha Mudaliar et Devdas Gandhi, tandis que ceux en anglais sont écrits par R. Nataraja Mudaliar avec l'aide de son oncle, le Dr. Guruswamy Mudaliar, et de Thiruvenkataswamy Mudaliar, un professeur du Pachaiyappa's College.

Le négatif est traité à Bangalore où R. Nataraja Mudaliar établit un laboratoire dirigé par son assistant Narayanaswami Achari. Il n'y a en effet aucun laboratoire de ce type à Madras et R. Nataraja Mudaliar pensait que le climat plus frais de Bangalore était . Les rushes sont expédiés quotidiennement au laboratoire et il se rend à Bangalore tous les week-ends pour y superviser le traitement les images, revenant le lundi sur le lieu de tournage. Finalement, le film atteint une longueur d'environ , soit à peu près . Joué en moyenne à , la projection devait durer environ .

Sortie et postérité

Keechaka Vadham sort en salle probablement peu après avoir été réalisé, c'est-à-dire au début de 1917. Il ressort plusieurs fois au cours des années qui suivent, notamment pendant deux semaines début 1918 à l'Elphinstone Theatre de Madras, et en  au Majestic de Bombay. Sa distribution à Bombay est assurée par Ardeshir Irani tandis que les droits pour le Bengale sont gérés par J.F. Madan. Le film est vu dans tout le Raj britannique et dans des villes aussi éloignées que Karachi ou Rangoun.

Le film génère  de recette d'exploitation après sa diffusion en Inde, en Birmanie, à Ceylan, aux États malais fédérés et à Singapour. Le film rapporte donc finalement , ce que l'historien S. Muthiah décrit comme un . Le quotidien The Mail indique à l'occasion du vingtième anniversaire de sa sortie que . Pourtant en 2003, l'écrivain Firoze Rangoonwalla rappelle qu'une analyse du même journal fait l'éloge du film : . Randor Guy affirme que R. Nataraja Mudaliar a  grâce aux critiques et au succès commercial du film.

Enthousiasmé par la réussite de Keechaka Vadham, R. Nataraja Mudaliar se lance dans la réalisation de Draupadi Vastrapaharanam (1917) qu'il tourne dans les mêmes décors, et toujours avec l'acteur Raju Mudaliar tandis que le rôle principal de Draupadi est cette fois interprété par Violet Berry, une actrice anglaise. Il poursuit dans les années qui suivent avec quatre autres films mythologiques : Lava Kusa (1919), Shiva Leela (1919), Rukmini Satyabhama (1922) et Mahi Ravana (1923). En désaccord avec ses associés, il met un terme définitif à sa carrière cinématographique en 1923, après la mort de son fils unique et un incendie qui détruit sa maison de production.

R. Nataraja Mudaliar est considéré comme le père du cinéma tamoul. Ses œuvres ont fortement contribué à la création de l'industrie du . Elles ont notamment inspiré R.S. Prakash, le fils de Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu, ainsi que J. C. Daniel

Aucune copie de Keechaka Vadham ne subsiste aujourd'hui, ce qui fait du premier film d'Inde du Sud un film perdu.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Bibliographie

Ouvrages

Articles de presse

Sitographie

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Raja Harishchandra, le premier film muet indien
 Kalidas, le premier film parlant du cinéma tamoul
 Liste de films perdus

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Film indien sorti en 1917
Film historique indien
Film épique
Œuvre inspirée par le Mahabharata
Mythologie hindoue au cinéma
Film muet indien
Film en tamoul
Film en hindi
Film en anglais
Premier long métrage
Film perdu des années 1910
Film indien épique

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My Top 10 Science News Stories For 2020
By Brian H. Gill - December 29, 2020
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Waiting on a Dead World: Science and Being Human
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St. Patrick's Day Parade: 'Just too fun to miss'
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There's only one event in Springfield where you can see Batman directing traffic for a three-wheeled car and an official leprechaun standing up in the back of a convertible, all within a few city blocks.
The 35th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Organizers said more than 6,000 people — all decked out in green — lined the parade route from Commercial Street, down Boonville Avenue to Park Central Square in Springfield on Saturday afternoon.
Mary Ellen Collins marched toward the front of the parade on Saturday wearing oversized, crown-shaped sunglasses and green necklaces. She said coming out to the parade is a tradition for her and her friends.
"I have been coming since I was a wee child," Collins said. "It's just too much fun to miss."
Teresa Schroeder was wearing old-fashioned sunglasses and 1950s style clothing as she walked in the parade on Saturday with her group, Sisters on the Fly — an organization of women who camp and fish together.
Schroeder said her group is all about having fun, so the St. Patrick's Day Parade is a natural fit.
"We have more fun than anyone," Schroeder said. "And this parade is more fun than any parade."
Organizer Dave Trippe said it was nice seeing so many people line the parade route on Saturday. He said he considers the parade the official kickoff to spring, and Springfield kicked it off in style with one of the largest St. Patrick's Day parades in recent memory.
"It's all in good fun," Trippe said. "This is the people's parade."
The day started with three races in the morning — a 5K, a 15K and the Beer Mile, where participants drink six ounces of beer before each lap.
The parade festivities began with the pet contest just after noon, continued with the parade and finished with the awards celebration at Patton Alley Pub.
Temperatures were in the low 60s on Saturday, but that was plenty warm if you were walking two miles in an alligator costume, like Melissa Rea from the Queen City Sertoma Club.
Rea was decked out as a reptile to promote next month's Queen City Sertoma Cajun Cookoff. She said the St. Patrick's Day parade is always a blast, no matter what you're wearing.
"It's a little warm, but it's good," Rea said. "The kids like it."
The alligator suit wasn't the only fan favorite on Saturday. Harry Houdini, a small dog owned by Su Lyn Rogers, stole the show with an impressive array of tricks and took first place in the pet contest.
Rogers rescued Harry about five and a half years ago, and he is now a registered therapy pet who goes to a long-term care facility once a month to spread joy and do some of those signature tricks.
"He has given me so much joy and comfort that my goal is to share that joy and comfort with others," Rogers said.
There were about 60 entries in the parade, including a collection of hearses and a group of people dressed in Renaissance-style clothing.
Rocky the Leprechaun, the country's only official leprechaun, was the grand marshal.
Saturday's event gave a boost to several businesses on Commercial Street. Sisters in Thyme Bakery and Deli was packed throughout the day on Saturday, and owner Marty Cooper said it is always one of her favorite days of the year.
Sisters in Thyme was serving up Irish fare like corned beef and cream of cabbage soup. Cooper barely had time to catch her breath during the lunch rush.
"We really look forward to this day, for a lot of reasons," Cooper said. "But it is a nice infusion of cash."
The tattoo parlor down the street, Ink Ink Tattoo & Piercing Studio, also reported having a busy day that included a request for a St. Patrick's Day themed tattoo.
How do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day/weekend? Take the online poll here.
Parade Results
Best Irish Group or Family
1. Springfield Rollergirls
2. Finnegan's Wake
3. Pi Day of the Century
Best Dressed Irish Pet
1. Stars 'N Steeds
2. Boxer-Schnauzer Rescue of the Ozarks
3. Melanie Lindley
Best Musical Entry
1. Wild Irish Rose
2. Garbanzo's
3. Shriners
Best Auto
1. Henry Lee's Gun and Ammo
2. C.J. Wise
Best Contraption on Wheels
1. Sisters on the Fly
Best Irish Costume
1. Danny Henderson
2. Michelle West
3. Margie Hughes
Best Youth Group or Entry
1. Schweitzer Puppeteers
2. Field Elementary
3. Parents Cooperative Preschool
Best Irish Float
1. SS&B Heating and Cooling
2. DoubleTree/Houlihans
3. Pappy's Place
Irish Pet Contest
1. Harry Houdini
2. Buddy the Pig
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My passion is driven by my desire to connect people with our Creator; to showcase the wonder, awe and love that is all around us, every day.


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Q: error to ionic in ubuntu 17.10.1 friends I have the following problem to install ionic
I already have correctly installed nodejs and npm
then install ionic with sudo npm install -g ionic
when I try to consult the installed version, I find the following error:
ionic –v

[ERROR] Unable to find command: –v
    You may need to be in an Ionic project directory.

the strange thing is that I was able to install monaca and that works well, although monaca also uses ionic.
What I can do?  Thanks

A: You are using a dash character (–) instead of the hyphen (-).
When I run your command (ionic –v) on Ubuntu 16.04 I get that same error, but then if I use the hyphen (ionic -v) I get the version out.


Last week, DonorsTrust sponsored the Ricochet Podcast Summit held at the American Enterprise Institute's beautiful building in downtown Washington, DC. The event showcased thirteen podcasts from the Ricochet network.
The genesis for creating DonorsTrust nearly twenty years ago was the preservation of donor intent.
This was not, however, grounded in blind devotion to the belief that any donor's intent was to be maintained. Instead, DonorsTrust would safeguard the donor who saw private markets, free exchange, and increased personal responsibility as the keys to progress.
Being firmly committed to a set of principles carries a major risk, namely that those who take an opposing view will also oppose you.
Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk only lasted 12 seconds. Orville, piloting the new flying machine, traveled all of 120 ft.
I don't think it's something in the water. But August lacks the quiet vibe of previous years, when life in a traffic-less and politician-free Washington, D.C. habitually slows its pace.
At DonorsTrust, we aim to increase the contributions flowing into liberty-advancing non-profits. In 2016, we achieved that with our clients recommending more than $120 million in grants to nearly 600 organizations.
Those are some of the facts and figures we share in our latest Progress Report, which you can download here.
Last week, a weighty box arrived in my office. I was immediately excited. Inside, I knew, was my own copy of the new Almanac of American Philanthropy, authored by Karl Zinsmeister and published by the Philanthropy Roundtable.


The LG G6 is now official, meaning we have the complete list of LG G6 specs.
On the software side, LG has revamped its UX, included Google Assistant, and threw in an interesting Square Camera mode that takes advantage of that somewhat unorthodox 18:9 aspect ratio.
It should be noted, the G6 is made in three colors: Black, Platinum, and White. However, the White model will not be available in the US.
Check out the complete list of specs on the G6 below.
LG G6 Day Live Stream!


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Brighenti ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Luis Brighenti (1906–1984), argentinischer Tangopianist, Komponist und Bandleader
 Nicolò Brighenti (* 1989), italienischer Fußballspieler
 Sergio Brighenti (1932–2022), italienischer Fußballspieler


I've talked about the promotion for My Paper Pumpkin in previous blog postings, but I wanted to share with you some of the projects from the August kit. Mine arrived yesterday - directly to my door! I couldn't wait to open it as I had seen a sneak peek at the Stampin' Up! Convention in July - I couldn't take any pictures or share with you. I loved it when I saw it and my kit didn't disappoint!
I love the cut outs that are included - Congrats, Thanks, Hello and Smile as well as the heart and star. There is sequin included so I couldn't resist creating this small shaker frame card. I actually used a small piece of the window sheet that covers one side of the polymer stamps (maybe shouldn't have done that, but it worked) and some Shaker Frames that I had on hand. Here's the finished product.
Of course you don't have to do anything more with the kit than create the beautiful cards that are designed for it.
You can sign up for Paper Pumpkin and take advantage of the half off promotion until September 10th. The project for September is really cute too! Use the code HALFOFF2 when you join and you receive Paper Pumpkin for 50% off for your first two months. After that you pay only $24.95 plus tax per month (shipping is included). Click here to learn more and to sign up!


Rebound Behavioral Health Hospital helps adults struggling with schizophrenia build a strong foundation for long-term stability. Serving greater Charlotte and Lancaster, Rebound is a trusted mental health treatment center for adults in South Carolina.
Schizophrenia is a complex disorder of the brain that causes breaks in reality and can lead to severe impairment if left untreated. If you're struggling with schizophrenia, you may see and hear things that aren't there. Voices in your head may tell you what to do. You may have trouble communicating with your loved ones, and your thoughts may not make sense to you. You may find your emotions are unstable and unpredictable. It may be a challenge to hold down a job or care for yourself. You may feel at your wit's end. But no matter how severe your symptoms are, there is always hope.
As the leading schizophrenia treatment center near Charlotte and Lancaster, we've helped countless people who've struggled with this disorder. While schizophrenia can make daily life a challenge, we're here to instill a sense of hope and work with you to find treatment that really works. We understand the unique challenges of this disorder and we're ready to help you return to a happy, functional, and fulfilling life.
Get involved: It's time to get involved in your loved one's life. Learn as much as you can about schizophrenia, research inpatient treatment centers that treat people with schizophrenia, and accompany your loved one to doctors' visits. This can help you advocate for your loved one and ensure he or she receives the very best care possible.
Understand treatment goals: Many people come into inpatient treatment for schizophrenia when their symptoms have spiraled out of control. If you can encourage your loved one to seek care before the symptoms become severe, it's important to do so. Work with your loved one's treatment team to learn as much as you can about the treatment your loved one is receiving, how you can continue to support your loved one, and the importance of continued care after discharge.
Support system: Caring for a loved one with schizophrenia can be challenging under the best circumstances. Locate community support groups around Charlotte and Lancaster, ask family members to help in specific ways (cooking meals to throw in the freezer), and seek support for yourself. The presence of a support system can prevent caregiver burnout.
If you're struggling to get through each day with schizophrenia, scared of the voices, afraid other people are out to hurt you, and are unable to care for yourself, an inpatient treatment program can help. You may have turned to drugs and alcohol to numb the emotional pain you feel, only to discover that you have become addicted. You may be unable to hold down a steady job and find yourself living with loved ones or on the street. Life with schizophrenia doesn't have to be this way – there are many new and effective ways of coping with this disorder.
A hospital that treats schizophrenia is one of the best ways for a person with schizophrenia to begin their journey of recovery. Removing yourself from the stresses of daily life and living in a safe, supportive environment allows you the space you need to focus on what truly matters – recovery. An inpatient treatment center will allow you to safely detox from any drugs or alcohol, and begin therapies to help you develop ways to cope with your disorder. Additionally, an inpatient treatment center will provide you with the opportunity to begin medication management and slowly get the symptoms that are plaguing you under control.
As the best schizophrenia treatment center around Charlotte and Lancaster, we know that every client is a unique individual who requires a personal approach to care and treatment. The staff at Rebound understands that psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are disorders that may relapse and remit over the lifetime and require individualized care approaches as well as ongoing support. Our treatment center is proud to offer state-of-the-art care in a safe, supportive environment that meets all needs of our clients, not just treating the presenting symptoms of schizophrenia.
When you first come to us for care, you'll undergo a variety of evaluations and examinations to allow us to best understand the ways in which schizophrenia is impacting your life. Our medical examination will allow us to determine if you're struggling with any medical conditions and if you have drugs or alcohol in your system. The psychological evaluations will let us determine the severity of your disorder as well as any co-occurring disorders. We'll take the information from these evaluations and sit down with you and your loved ones to discuss an individualized plan of care.
Medication management is one of the best ways to reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia. You may be prescribed antipsychotics (typical or atypical) to reduce the symptoms you face, and your doctor may need to alter these medications to find one that works best for you and causes the least amount of side effects. Most people who have schizophrenia will be on medication for the long-term.
Individual therapy is provided by our treatment center as a way of talking privately with a therapist you trust about the complications of living with schizophrenia. Individual therapy may use such techniques as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and solution-focused therapy. You may discuss ways to handle the symptoms of your disorder, improve social skills, and work on ways to promote medication compliance.
Group therapy can be a great way for people who have schizophrenia to practice appropriate social interactions with other people who have similar challenges. We are proud to offer a variety of groups to help you exercise, develop life skills, talk about medication compliance, and discuss solutions to the problems you may be facing.
Family therapy is very important for people who have schizophrenia, as you often rely upon family members and loved ones to help you in your daily life. Family sessions will focus on educating your loved ones about schizophrenia, ways they can help promote medication compliance, coping mechanisms, and relapse prevention. We'll also connect your loved ones with available community resources around Charlotte and Lancaster to allow for their continued healing.
As your time for discharge draws close, you'll meet with a discharge planner and your treatment team to determine the next best steps in your care. Many people opt to step down from our inpatient services into our outpatient services. This will allow you to slowly reintegrate back into your community while focusing on your recovery during the day. Other people may have made enough progress at our treatment center to be ready to return home with referrals to traditional outpatient therapy and community resources in and around the Charlotte and Lancaster areas.
At Rebound Behavioral Health, we proudly offer care for adults and older adults who are struggling with chemical dependency, psychiatric problems, and dual diagnosis in a solution-based framework. When you first come to us, the results of intake evaluations will allow us to create an individualized plan of care at the least restrictive level possible. Some clients may step up from traditional outpatient therapy or step down from inpatient care and join our partial hospitalization program (PHP), which allows them to focus on their recovery during the day and return home in the evenings. Whatever your needs may be, Rebound is here to help.


Well, that's certainly one way to get your blood pumping!
Whether you have a touch of acrophobia (fear of heights) or not, video recently uploaded to Storyful by photographer Cara Urban may make you wince.
The video, recorded in Senja, Norway, shows Quirin Herterich balancing and navigating his way across a 2,800-meter slackline suspended over lake Svartholvatnet. With the help of a couple of drones and Urban's artistic expertise, the audience is shown a bit of how adrenaline-inducing the August 27 experience was for Herterich.
According to Urban, Herterich was able to make it approximately 2,500 meters before losing his footing at 0:26. Not letting the slip or spins ruin his experience, the thrill-seeker (although tired) is all smiles following the feat.


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Luck and the Academic Job Market
First, some news: starting this fall, I will be an assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences at the University of California, Merced. I wrote the bulk of this post on May 26, the day after the 9th annual Conference on Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology at UT Dallas. I have a great community at this conference, and I've been sharing the news with my friends. Everyone is thrilled for me, of course.
But certain kinds of congratulation, while well-intentioned, give me pause. These are "you really deserve this" and "things finally worked out." To my ear, these kinds of congratulation accept the dominant meritocratic view of academia, which further tends to lead to the conclusion that academics struggling with precarity and contingency deserve their low pay, lack of stability, and marginalized status.
It's not that I think that I don't deserve a tenure-track job, in some sense or another. I check all the meritocratic boxes, with something like 12 or 14 peer-reviewed publications, the majority of which are in "top" philosophy of science journals; I have a good mix of single-authored disciplinary papers and interdisciplinary collaborations; my PhD is from a fairly prestigious program; over the past seven years I've held a series of postdocs and research positions at comparable institutions; and so on.
But luck has played an enormous role in getting me to the point where I could check all these boxes. If things had gone just slightly differently, I would be struggling like so many of my peers: teaching 7+ courses per year, trying to make ends meet on $30,000 per year or less, and desperately trying to find time to publish an occasional paper.
In the rest of this post, I want to highlight 3 moments where luck made an enormous difference to the trajectory of my career.
The first moment was my admission to Notre Dame. I was not a philosophy major in undergrad; I studied math and political science, and took two philosophy of science courses my senior year. I decided to pursue a career in philosophy after taking those two courses and sitting in on a few graduate courses at the University of Illinois, Chicago. For obvious reasons I didn't have a lot of mentorship to help me articulate my interests clearly, identify appropriate grad programs, weigh the advantages of philosophy vs. HPS, or write a relevant writing sample. (My first attempt at a writing sample was on Wittgenstein, Foucault, and philosophy of math. The second attempt was a little better, on Kant's philosophy of math.) My application was a mess.
Officially, I was waitlisted at every grad program to which I applied; but I doubt I was considered seriously anywhere. Except at Notre Dame. Two days before the deadline in 2005 I was offered a seat in the incoming cohort. No doubt ND was scraping the bottom of the waitlist when they got to me. I was just lucky that everyone else above me had declined the offer.
Of course, once I was admitted, I was a Notre Dame grad student and later a Notre Dame PhD, with all of the prestige and alumni connections that are attached to that name.
The second moment where luck played a major role in my career was actually a series of moments: the positions I've held since finishing my PhD. Like a lot of other precarious scholars, I've had to scramble from temporary position to temporary position, moving long distances every few years in order to follow the next opportunity. But unlike a lot of other precarious scholars, I've had a series of postdocs and other research-focused positions. Except for a single course of 6 students, I haven't had any teaching responsibilities since 2013.
This series of research positions is largely the reason why I've been able to write so much, averaging almost 2 peer-reviewed papers per year since I finished my dissertation. (A traditional standard for tenure in philosophy at research universities is 1 single-authored paper per year.) In addition, these positions have given me opportunities to work in science policy, learn an entirely distinct set of research skills as a data scientist, and collaborate with researchers in other disciplines. Finally, they have also provided me with a comfortable income and conference travel support, giving me enough time and peace of mind to focus on research, rather than continually worrying about finding my next position while grinding through grading and commuting for poverty wages.
Over the last 15 years, I've regularly had to think about what my backup plan would be if I didn't find a good next step. For a long time the best option would have been to live with my dad in the San Francisco Bay Area and adjunct while getting a certificate to teach high school math. In the last couple years, the best backup plan would have been to work as a data scientist in the tech industry. Data science would have paid much better than high school math, but both backups would have meant the end of my research career.
In each case, these research positions weren't things that were planned out well in advance. Most of the offers came in April, which is relatively late in the annual academic job market cycle. The offer for my most recent position, at UC Davis, came in early August, about a month before my then-current position ended.
The third moment where luck made a huge difference in my career was the job ad for UC Merced. I'm currently finishing a postdoc position at UC Davis. Davis is about 15 miles west of Sacramento; I grew up about 30 miles east of Sacramento. My entire immediate family is in the Sacramento area. I knew when I applied for the postdoc that my family couldn't handle me moving home just to move away again two years later. I was committed to staying in Northern California.
I recognized that this meant I was basically writing off a faculty position. (Unlike my grad school applications, I talked out the decision to accept this postdoc with a couple mentors before I had to make it.) There are several bachelor's-granting colleges and universities in Northern California; but most are in the Bay Area, which is experiencing a severe housing crisis. Things are so bad that even UC Berkeley has lost faculty due to the cost of housing.
Davis and the Sacramento area haven't been affected (too much, yet) by the Bay Area housing crisis. And I thought there might be a chance that UC Davis would hire a philosopher of science during the two years of my postdoc. But really, when I took the postdoc, my plan was to use the time to figure out pathways into state government and the tech industry.
Then, last August, a few people emailed me a job ad for a data ethics position (not at UC Merced, but another school). It was within my geographic range, and my work experience as a data scientist might compensate for the fact that I haven't published anything on data ethics. I was hesitant to jump into the job market again, even just for one position. But once I decided to apply for that one, I went on PhilJobs and saw the UC Merced ad:
We are seeking candidates who take an interdisciplinary approach to ethics, applying ethical theories and principles to topics within the purview of [Cognitive and Information Sciences]. Sample topics might include neuroethics or the ethics of technology. Applied ethicists working on topics outside the scope of CIS who use scientific methods will also be considered (for example, someone who draws on large data sets).
Not only was I a good topical fit; but also the department liked the interdisciplinary breadth of my work, my experience as a data scientist, and my connections to the data science community at UC Davis. Geographically, Merced is about 2 hours south of Sacramento, and about 2 hours and 30 minutes from my mom's house. It's a small city of about 80,000 people, and far enough from the Bay Area that it hasn't really been affected by the current housing crisis yet. (Though Merced was one of the epicenters of the housing crisis in 2007-08.)
In other words, an interdisciplinary department at a university in an affordable location within my geographic range was looking to hire someone who does roughly what I do. During the two-year period between my moving back to California and my giving up on academia entirely to work in the tech industry. The fit in both directions could hardly have been better.
In all of these moments, things easily could have gone some other way. I might still have been an academic, but I probably wouldn't be heading into a very nice tenure-track position at a research university. And there's a very good chance I would have left academia for good, whether to teach high school math or to work in the tech industry. For all of the success I've had due to my hard work and "talent", there are people who were equally "talented" and worked just as hard — if not harder — but haven't been recognized or rewarded. Still other people would have been just as "talented" and worked just as hard, but were never given the chance. I'll happily take your congratulations, but please keep in mind the people who weren't lucky enough to get the kinds of opportunities that have come my way.


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Listed below are comments made by U14567750 between Tuesday, 27th July 2010 and Thursday, 12th August 2010.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 11:40pm on 12 Aug 2010 @pekster 11
They do not constitute different races, please provide evidence that proves your theory. I'll be waiting.
How the golden boy can get even better 11:26pm on 31 Jul 2010 @stoptalkinggarbage
I think you would agree that Usain Bolt is a freak of nature, he is a one off example as is most probably Tyson Gay, most sprinters don't develop like they do just ask Mark Lewis Francis.
How the golden boy can get even better 9:31pm on 30 Jul 2010 @stoptalkinggarbage
It takes years to knock hundreths of seconds of your time, its not as easy as you make it seem if you think Lemaitre is going to break the world record then your delusional lol.
And Gay and Bolt weren't as fast as Mark Lewis Francis and others as teens but they developed rapidly during their 20's, lets not forget that Bolt is only 24, he was running 9.6 at the age of 22. Do you think Lemaitre is going to be running 9.6 in 2 year?
The prodigy with barriers to beat 5:52pm on 29 Jul 2010 @United Dreamer
what in the hell happened to Mark Lewis Francis the lad was supposed to be clocking 9.97 seconds at the tender age of 19, he is now in his mid -20s and hasn't recreated that form, something must of gone wrong during that time.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 5:50pm on 29 Jul 2010 Well done to Lemaitre though, he should have a bright future
The prodigy with barriers to beat 5:49pm on 29 Jul 2010 ^ agreed.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 9:31pm on 28 Jul 2010 @ Chris Andrews
Bolt was winning Olympic Gold Medals and breaking world records simultaneously at 22. The silver medallist in tonights race, Mark Lewis Francis ran 9.97 at the tender age of 19, and would now struggle to make it into an Olympic final. What i'm saying is that we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves here, i've seen many say Christophe Lemataire judging on statsics can break the world record(in to which i couldn't help but laugh. The fact is many sprinters who are great at a young age rarely develop into talents like Tyson gay and co, Usain Bolt was brekaing all type of records in the 200 m as a junior, it took him a while to make strides in the 100 m which was not his best event, and when he did his development was rapid. The man quite frankly is a freak of nature, and it would take a long time beofore anyone can match him regardless of race, Christophe is still behind the likes of Gay, Powell and many many more.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 8:08pm on 28 Jul 2010 I think people need to have a moment of clarity here, as a man of African descent i feel it quite insulting for a bunch of middle class Caucasian people to act as if the world is against them, you don't know the half.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 8:06pm on 28 Jul 2010 @chris andrews
Your point is irrelevant, there are quite a few athletes that were better juniors than both Bolt and Gay that didn't reproduce their form when they got to a senior level.Lets see if Lemaitre can run 9.7 in the next two years, his just ran 10.11 to win the European championship that wouldn't even get 4th place in an Olymppica Final.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 8:03pm on 28 Jul 2010 @Xlwriter
Lewis Hamitlon and Tiger Woods are all mix raced mate, i think you forget that.
And also breaking the 10 second barrier in sprinting is really not something to go into a frenzy about, the record was being broke in the 70's the new record is 9.58 for gods sake. Christophe broke the 1 second barrier, but has he won an olympic medal no, has he won a medial in world championships beating the likes of Asafa Powell Tyson Gay Usain Bolt no. Tiger Woods won a major tournament, Lewis Hamilton won a the formula 1 championshiips they did more than set a record mate.
Lets not try and act as if the media is against caucasian people, please spare me the bullshit, history shows us what African people have been subjected to by their colonial masters so please lets have a moment of clarity before acting as if the whol world is agains caucasian people.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 12:41pm on 28 Jul 2010 @pekster
Lol you couldn't be more wrong about the san people and West Africans,san people a seperate race from the 'negro race' lol, i think your studies are still stuck in the 1800's. The same studies that said East Africans were 'caucasians' haha get up to date please for the sake of not looking stupid and misinformed.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 12:39pm on 28 Jul 2010 And the hype was justified as Tiger Woods went on to become the 2nd most successful golfer of all time, and Lewis Hamilton the best formula driver there is. They also made a big deal about Jensen Button, they also made a big deal about Sonny Pike, Joe Cole, and various white prodigies, before they had even done anything of significance.
At the end of the day the big deal was about talent, but tabloids couldn't stop referring to their race. To be honest it could happen but i don't think anyone who follows athletics believes Christophe Lemataire will be able to usurp the likes of Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, i mean he doesn't even hold the European record, i don't think the hype is justified, but undoubtedly he is a big talent and i will be following his career closely.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 11:42pm on 27 Jul 2010 @fedor
Eminem is only the best rapper to dillusioned white kids
'If i was black i wouldn't seel half'
Eminem said that himself.
Christophe hasn't even run 9.8 and your saying he is going to dominated the likes of Bola, laughable.
The Kiltschko brothers are nothing compared to the likes of Ali, Joe Lewis etc try take off your white tinted glasses for a second.
And finally the Spanish are a great team no doubt, but the Brazilians who were comprised of mostly black and mulatto players in the past, their best player ever and greatest of all time being (arguably) Pele are still the leaders in terms of world cups won.
The prodigy with barriers to beat 11:36pm on 27 Jul 2010 @debaterr111
Thats an incredibly stupid comment, and anyone who uses the argument of how the likes of Venus Williams Tiger Woods Lewis Hamilton are being heralded for being black athletes suceeding in white dominated sports is incredibly stupd to say the least.
You make ask why i say this well, the athletes you just mentioned have been dominant in their sports for the last 1 years, Lemetaire has broken 10 seconds yet he hasn't done anything notweworthy, he has won any championships, olympics etc. Serena and Tiger Woods have consistently dominated their sports, and have done far more than just had 1 good performance, thats why they get all the media attention they do,


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Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Nov. 15. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Nov. 9: Vandalism was reported at Lowell House.
Nov. 10: A purse was reported stolen at the Belfer Center. An attempted larceny of a bicycle was reported at Memorial Hall. An officer was dispatched to Holyoke Center to take a report of a past vandalism. Officer assisted the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) with an assault at 1 Kennedy St.
Nov. 11: Officer assisted the MBTA on a report of a robbery at 75 Mt. Auburn St. An officer observed a party trespassing at the Pound Building. Officer attempted to conduct a field interview when the party became disorderly. The party was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct and trespassing. A past larceny of books was reported at Widener Library.
Nov. 13: A bicycle was reported stolen at Mather House. A party was arrested for trespassing at William James Hall. A debit card was reported stolen at Tosteson Medical Education Center. Money and a jacket were reported stolen at 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur.
Nov. 14: Credit card fraud was reported at Soldiers Field Park. Annoying phone calls were reported at Massachusetts Hall. Larceny was reported at Canaday Hall. Officers assisted CPD with a report of a domestic disturbance at 32 Quincy St. Officers took a report of an alleged sexual assault in Radcliffe Quad.
Nov. 15: Officers assisted CPD on a report of an armed robbery at Bow and Arrow Streets. The party was gone on arrival. Vandalism was reported at the Shattuck Street lot.
Since Nov. 9, three laptops have been reported stolen.


Should children be allowed time off school to strike?
Thousands of pupils walked out of their classrooms on the Friday before half-term to protest against the lack of action on climate change. Though many headteachers privately support the strike, the issue has divided the school community. In a letter to the Guardian, more than 200 academics backed the students' stand, but the two headteacher unions said it was disruptive for schools and raised safeguarding issues. So should pupils have time off to protest?
"Yes, definitely. I'd like to think that had I still been teaching in a school, I would have taken a stand and gone on strike in support. The older generation has really let young people down with short-termism and by prioritising self-interest, and I think young people in the UK lack opportunities for democratic engagement.
"No. I don't agree with pupils taking strike action as a protest against climate change. The cause is vital to humanity and I feel personal shame that my generation has allowed this crisis to happen on our watch. But a pupil strike is not the right approach. Each day's learning is important for their life chances and their potential to go out and change the world. Schools are also in loco parentis and it is a concern if pupils are off site.
"Yes, we should be allowed time off. I think if you care passionately about something enough that it makes you want to go on strike, you should be able to.
"I say that as someone who values my education, especially right now, with my A-level exams coming up. Missing a day of sixth form meant a lot to me – it was very costly for me to go when I am right in the middle of revising for my mocks – but I think it was important the strike took place during the school term. If it had not, it would not have been so impactful or controversial.
"I have heard people arguing that young people went on strike to get out of school. Those people are not taking us seriously, they are not taking the issue of climate change seriously, and that attitude is part of the reason why we went on strike. When I read the statistics about global warming and what is going to happen in the future, I don't think enough is being done by older people. If I can do something to make a difference, even if it's just making everyone around me aware that I'm concerned, then I'm going to jump at that. If older people don't want us to strike, they need to act.
"I'd like to say yes, but I'm struggling. A school cannot authorise absence for this purpose. A parent can withdraw their child, but must be willing to accept the consequence of a fine. Headteachers rightly have safeguarding concerns for those who miss school yet whose whereabouts are unknown in uncoordinated events such as Friday's marches.
"Yes. The school community felt very strongly about the strike and I was happy to authorise the absences of those who wanted to take part. I sense a great deal of exasperation from children that political leaders of the world today seem to be unable or unwilling to take decisive and unilateral action on climate change. Instant gratification and myopic political point-scoring blindly trumps all.
"As the head of a Quaker school that takes its responsibility towards the environment seriously, I believe it is incumbent upon us to support the children of today in making their voices heard. What is education about? If we do not have a planet to live on, then there is not a lot of point in learning about Pythagoras or Shakespeare.