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The Pakistanis Who Made Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 List
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It's probably fair to say that Pakistan often gets a raw deal when it comes to international media coverage, with headlines usually dominated by themes like religious extremism and terrorism, women's rights or border conflicts. And while these areas are worthy of coverage, this South Asian nation has many more positive stories that don't see the light of day, such as the incredible pool of young talent pushing boundaries in numerous industries and disciplines.
Despite a challenging environment, young Pakistanis are increasingly looking to make a difference in their country. And they're likely to be successful, too. More than 60% of the country's booming population (the sixth-largest population in the world) is made up of young people. That amounts to a workforce that's youthful, energetic and just may be the generation to bring the positive changes needed.
With seven entries on the 2018 30 Under 30 Asia list, here are some of the names that might just make the next headline you read about Pakistan.
Musician and social activist Momina Mustehsan shot to overnight success after her debut performance on Pakistani TV show Coke Studio. Her rendition of "Afreen Afreen" became the the most viewed YouTube video of Pakistani origin ever, and since then this talented musician has used her fame and social media clout (she's one of Pakistan's biggest social media influencers) to speak candidly about issues like cyber bullying and depression.
The 25-year-old is also an outspoken supporter of women's issues. In a campaign with video network NowThis, she discussed her stance on feminism in Pakistan: "Do we hate our women? I don't think so. In fact, Pakistan has more women representation in government than the U.S., and we have twice elected a female head of state. Empowering women in Pakistan would mean raising them equal to boys, providing them the same education, giving them the same job opportunities, equal wages and equal respect."
Some of Pakistan's most innovative minds are opting for careers in the critically important sector of healthcare, like Muhammad Asad Raza and Abrahim Shaha, both 24, who launched Neurostic. The healthcare startup aims to provide low cost and high quality wearable and implantable medical devices for the developing world.
Pakistan is listed as one of 57 countries with a critical health workforce deficiency by the World Health Organization in a 2006 report, facing a huge shortage of human resources and key skills. Services that Neurostic offers seek to address some of those gaps, including clinical decision support, active, fitness and healthcare monitoring, and data analytics for healthcare applications. Neurostic also provides prosthetic services for amputees in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Syria — places that have little or no access to rehabilitation facilities.
At just 17, Muhammad Shaheer Niazi is already a full-fledged scientist whose work has appeared in the prestigious Royal Society Open Science journal. The teenager was the first to photograph the movement of ions, capturing the charged ions that create the honeycomb. And while that might sound esoteric, it actually has implications for research in fields like biomedicine.
The savvy e-commerce siblings
Brothers Adnan Shaffi, 28, and Adeel Shaffi, 29, founded PriceOye in 2015, a price comparison platform for electronics in second and third-tier cities in Pakistan. The platform uses data analytics to provide marketing information to retailers while finding the best deal for consumers. While e-commerce stores in Pakistan focus attention on first-tier cities like Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, many have forgotten about lower-tiered cities, leading to a 20% increase in prices in those areas. Their website has had 805,000 visits in the past month.
In a country where women's education isn't always a priority, Sadia Bashir wanted to help women break into the male-dominated industry of video game production. Bashir was working in design when she cofounded Pixel Art Games Academy. The academy's mission is to bridge the gap between industry demand and education, by providing training in game design and production, game programming, digital art and animation. Her program tries to address the significant gender gap in the game industry by maintaining a minimum 33% ratio of women, hoping to inspire women in Pakistan to dream bigger. To that end, she's also created scholarships for women who want to learn video game development within her academy.
The social entrepreneurs giving back
Imagine walking four hours a day, simply to retrieve usable water. That's the reality for people living in under-resourced villages in Pakistan, where necessities like clean water are often scarce. Hamza Farrukh, the founder of Bondh E Shams (Droplets of the Sun), wanted to change that. His Solar Water project aims to tackle the problem of water scarcity in the most poorly connected areas of Pakistan.
The project has set up two solar-powered wells — the first ever of its kind — to supply clean water to 1,500 residents of a small village in Pakistan. One pump can supply clean water to some 5,000 people every day. The 24-year-old is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Oxford. He works as a portfolio solutions strategist with Goldman Sachs in London.
Also tackling some of Pakistan's most challenging issues is Syed Faizan Hussain, the 23-year-old founder of Perihelion Systems. Hussain launched his startup to support products that use technology to better the lives of many. Some of Perihelion's products include Edu-Aid, a sign language translating software; One Health, a disease surveillance and tracking system used to predict outbreaks and alert health institutions to expedite intervention; and Glove Gauge, wearable technology to facilitate professional production processes such as measurements.
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5. San to San
Boy. That went quick. All my good‑byes had been said, and so had "hello" to Ron and Sandy in San Diego for a six-day visit. Ron was my friend and mentor at a mechanical contractor I used to work for. I was on my way to a five-day "staging" in San Francisco, where Peace Corps staff, trainers, and thirty new volunteers would meet for pre-departure training. Back in Boston it had been busy socially. A lot of lasts of this and lasts of that for a while, and some long last looks, hugs, and handshakes. My last dinner at home? Turkey dinner with all the fixings to symbolize the next three Thanksgivings and Christmases here that I'd miss.
My family saw me off at Logan Airport in Boston. While starting to board, I looked back to see them all framed by the aisle leading to the plane's door, facing me as if to allow a mental snapshot to carry with me on my long journey. Everyone was fine. We'd all be together again. After all, it's safer to be a veteran of foreign peace, than a Veteran of Foreign War. For my first time ever flying on a jumbo jet, the takeoff proved powerful, and the landings in Chicago, then San Diego, exhilarating.
If there were a worldwide map of "good eggs", my friends Ron and Sandy in San Diego would be two of the more prominent dots on it. After the hectic pace of recent weeks, it was relaxing at their house on Point Lomar peninsular. In the morning we had breakfast on the patio, saw several hummingbirds hover and hum, and lounged around in the "ja-cozy", the outdoor hot tub overlooking San Diego Harbor. In afternoon, Ron took me for a ride in his Mercedes convertible. We soaked up sunshine, glimpsing mountains in Mexico across the border. In the evening we joined their friends for dinner at the George's Restaurant in the relatively ritzy area north of Point Lamar, then went on to the Marine Room Restaurant and met other friends, one of whom acquired a 52' yacht and another who just sold his yacht for two and a half million dollars. In this sojourn to a third world assignment, I was at a juncture of one economic extreme and another.
On November 11th, I crossed the border into Tijuana, Mexico. Aside from a day in Montreal, it was my second time out of the US of A. It was only a fifteen-minute trolley ride to the border where people disembarked through a turnstile to walk to Tijuana center. Simply showed a driver's license and was waived through to the wall of small boys getting first crack at selling trinkets and south‑western pattern blankets. Kids working this way—should it bother me? I had to employ my first use of foreign language skills abroad–"No"—same as in English.
To my amazement, I heard Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" playing. My brother Tommy and I had a favorite in that. I followed the sound. It was being blared from a restaurant to attract tourists. It matched the coupon for a "Free Popper" that one of the border kids had foisted upon me, whatever the hell a "Popper" was. I went upstairs to the outside deck overlooking the Avenue de Revolucion. I ask for my Popper, as was my right—though a right totally unknown and unexercised until that very moment in my life. In fact, I ordered a Margarita as well, the Popper being an undependable mystery, the day being dry and hot, the Margarita being cool, tequila being component, and Mexican ambiance prevalent.
While scanning through my sunglasses, sitting alone, to my utmost surprise, a waiter suddenly appeared and slammed on my table a hand-covered glass of a liquid that began to foam and fizz. With well-practiced movements, like a mugger or bull fighter (I didn't have time to discern), he swiftly stepped behind me, put his arm around my head, placed a wait towel under my chin and lifted, then quickly put the effervescent glass to my lips, skillfully prodding my mouth open like a dentist of thirty years. He proceeded pouring the concoction down my esophagus, gulp after involuntary gulp, as he blew a police whistle for all he was worth, then shook my head vigorously, left and right, and then up and down for good measure, and wiped my mouth with the towel. He walked off without further ado, head held high. That was a "Popper". I guess I had been Popped. The Margarita was easier. The second Margarita was easiest.
I paid my tab, then departed, walking along the slightly blurry town streets. Most traffic was pedestrian; particularly those street urchins close upon me, pedaling wares to me from all points of the compass. I fended them off mercilessly, but really in self‑defense: one positive signal from me and their numbers and persistence would grow exponentially. I stepped inside a bar—as a young tourist observer of course—that was apparently a strip joint, where Cynthia enthusiastically introduced herself to me, and to my in-seam. It was a thought provoking conversation, for example:
"We go fuk, ya?!" she asked. Her smile had seen 40 years since her birth, I guessed later, though her golden hair had only recently been dyed. She looked ten years younger than that, at that moment, although the dim light and dimming tequila may have been relevant.
"So, where are you from?" I wanted conversation, not the other kind of intercourse, to focus on soaking up a new culture. I was intrigued, though, having never knowingly spoken with a prostitute.
She mentioned some place in Mexico, as unknown to me as she.
"Have you been married?" I asked.
"I have a husband there," she answered plainly. "I want to move to Acapulco. I need money to do. We go fuck, ya?" She looked more wedded to this place than anything else, but she might have been telling the truth. It didn't seem to bother her—should I presume it did? Is it legal here? Should it matter? Who was I to fix the world?
"Why do you want to move there?" I asked.
"We go now, me and you? We go fuck, ya?"
"Ah, yeah ... What do you want to do? I mean, move to?"
"Anything you want to."
She made eye contact with a man guarding the staircase, who nodded toward us. His brown belly protruded between his potbelly-curved belt and his too-short T‑shirt.
Time to go. I said bye, walked back to the dusty street, and returned to that first club. I had two Dos Equis beers, two dances with valley girl tourists, and took the trolley back across the border.
I needed a ride from downtown San Diego so I called Sandy.
"Where are you?" she asked.
"Not sure exactly ... some Mexican jail, near Tijuana ..."
"You're kidding!??"
"Yes. See you at the trolley station where you dropped me off."
"You shit!"
I pictured her smile. "That's me. See you soon."
November 14th had me staring into my notebook in a room at the Bellevue—a hotel in San Francisco, that is, not the famous mental ward on the opposite coast. My temporary roommate, John, whose last name temporarily escaped me, was writing, too, communicating with home, possibly for comfort, while I sought my therapy locally by starting my journal. A group of us Volunteers In Training arrived two days ago and we were to depart for Western Samoa on November 18th.
At the initial welcome I learned there were thirty‑some‑odd people in this group. I met a Mickey and three Johns already. Warmth characterized the meetings. We were all here for the "pre‑training" training as well as medical and document checks. On the 13th, we attended "Aspirations for Peace Corps", a participatory seminar exploring our goals. There was a couple in their 50's, Don and Darlene, from Illinois—scratch that, Iowa. I noted that Don was a farm equipment engineer or something. A tall Scott with thick glasses haled from North Dakota. John was ... hmm, from across the hotel hall as far as I knew. And there was a Cindy, possibly from Michigan.
After lunch in Chinatown we launched into information gathering and an overview of Western Samoan and Peace Corps volunteer lifestyles. We divided into groups. In mine were Don and his farming counterpart Brian (Illinois) and Adam (New York, glasses, Northeastern University—my alma mater). We drew a collage of what we were about and presented it individually. I summed it up for us, hoping to develop leadership skills and overcome a latent shyness, and also, like many Bostonians especially, we had JFK for a role model to get involved and to take responsibility and risks. It was fun and funny for everyone and an appropriate mechanism to bond the group that was expected to stay largely intact for the next ten weeks of intensive and stressful training.
After a while, I became adept at associating a face with a first name and a state, like John of Illinois, Cindy of Colorado, and Mark of Michigan. It sounded biblical, like Jesus of Nazareth and Matthew of Galilee, or like Irish surnames indicative of parentage, wherein James McNeill means James son of Neil. We were all making tentative but promising connections from our two or three roommates, our session sub‑groups, our lunch group, and party groups out of the hotel or in each other's rooms.
The next morning everyone went to a federal building to get our World Health Organization shots and the standardized yellow immunization record cards for inter‑country travelers. In the afternoon session there was a presentation, then we broke up into groups of Re‑assessment Teams, with members to test each other's commitment qualities. We were to write a statement reflecting our commitment to Peace Corps and Western Samoa then have it reviewed and witnessed by our team. Above my dated signature I wrote the following: "The Peace Corps goals will be my top priority. I will do everything that I am capable of to achieve these goals in Western Samoa, and help my brothers and sisters there. Perseverance will be exercised for the difficult times and spreading good will and good times for the other times. I am sure that the sum of what I give and what I receive during this experience will be greater than the two parts. Synergy from love seems to sum it up." Talk about idealistic, huh?
After dinner we played Bafa Bafa, a cross‑cultural awareness training game. Two teams were selected, the Alphas and the Betas, and each given a culture with all its do's and don'ts. The challenge lay in that (a) the Alphas did not know the Betas cultural rules, and vice versa; (b) the cultures were fictitious; and (c) the host side could not speak English or any real language as we took turns venturing by twos into each other's "territory." My fellow Alpha partner (Susanna?) and I gently made our way into the presence of a dozen Betas, who had various props and positions. We approached and made gestures and guesses as to what was or was not culturally appropriate, looking for reactions to our behavior. We kept asking about male members of their hypothetical family, having learned that some cultures tend to focus on this in initial social contacts. I thought we sounded ridiculous because we kept repeating ourselves, "How's your father?", "How's your uncle?" and so on, and they would only grunt and gesture in positive or negative feedback. At one point we obviously angered them. Afterward, we learned that it was because we had approached forbidden space near their "chief." It was entertaining, but for many the reality of the challenge ahead began to set in.
On November 15th, we discussed Peace Corps policies then broke into groups. One of the few predictions we could safely make about our future experience was its unpredictability. All of us faced the new, the strange, the hard times. For each of us, it would be unique, and prior experience would not be of precise benefit. In our groups, we predicted what our highs and lows might be and how to deal with them. It would help to look for a familiar element or reaction when faced with the unfamiliar, we were told. Psychologists had shown that people do better in a difficult situation if prepared by imagining how they would feel, and by beginning to adapt to their probable tensions and frustrations.
As part of a staff presentation on health and wellness, we were assigned a sub‑group task of developing a presentation on sexuality. Afterward, we had dinner followed by individual interviews with former Western Samoa PCVs who had been participating in our training. We had the morning off and just relaxed on the 16th. Later, we discussed neo‑colonialism and political systems and values, especially how the projection of American power in the past and the present generates much more resentment than we had ever realized. A five-part case study of "Joe Volunteer" (distinguish "G.I. Joe", please) helped us delve into the issues.
The last pre-training day, November 17th, was devoted to personal safety, review, and closure. An evening party was announced: a pajama, sunglasses, hat and boxer shorts party. Everyone arrived in the training ballroom dressed bizarrely, having braved the lobby to arrive at the ballroom. Initially, I wore my mask and goggles (and bathing suit and T‑shirt, of course), but soon found them cumbersome and took them off (the mask and goggles, that is). The hotel staff made me take off my flippers. The stares I got from well-attired guests in the lobby checking in, though, gave me a kick. The party was a success with lots of picture taking and milling about, sipping drinks. Mickey, strumming her guitar, sang an original, heartfelt song about moving on. Everyone seemed to relate and reflect in his or her own personal way. In five days we had coalesced as a group.
The party continued for some of us in some of the rooms. I went to bed at 4:30am, and then woke up at 6:00 a.m. with regret and a vague recollection of pillow fights. We packed, met in the lobby, and boarded a bus. I called my mom from the airport before leaving the continent. After enduring the long flight to Hawaii, a one-hour layover in Honolulu was a reprieve, and with open space at the airport terminal we had some of our first breaths of tropical air before leaving America.
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Songza passes 1M registered users and 160M streams in Canada, partners with Justin Bieber
by Harrison Weber — in Insider
Songza, the NY-based music streaming startup that emphasizes expert-curated playlists instead of algorithmic recommendations, has passed 1M registered users in Canada and even managed to land Justin Bieber as a "guest curator," since expanding there less than three months ago.
The service, which hit 2M unique US users last July, is being used by more than 4% of all Canadians online — according to Songza's CEO and co-founder Elias Roman. As we explained when the Canadian launch was announced, moving into Canada was a major milestone when you consider that, at the time, Spotify and Pandora were not available in the country (Pandora still isn't).
Hopefully, Songza's success in Canada will lead to additional expansion, but the company tells TNW that it currently has no "definitive timeline" for further expansion.
Looking at the numbers, Songza has passed 900,000 iOS installs in Canada since launch and its 1M users have led to an impressive 160M streams in the country — possibly in part due to the Biebs. The company is certainly seeing success abroad, but hopefully is also seeing growth in the US, where recent growth stats have not been revealed.
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The ultimate battle to determine the world's greatest Duelist, the 2015 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship is underway!
This weekend you can watch all of the World Championship event coverage live on YouTube. Additionally, if the time difference is inconvenient for you don't worry, you can find all of the Matches embedded below as well to watch at any time!
We would like to extend our best wishes to all of this year's highly skilled competitors; duel your best and may the strongest Duelist win!


Repots say Israel planned to build hundreds of new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds as tensions mount in the city over the regime's settlement works.
Citing the Israeli media, Ma'an news agency reported Wednesday that the Israeli housing ministry plans to build 1,300 new buildings across the Pisgat Ze'ev, Nabi Yakov and Har Homa neighborhoods in East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The plan, however, requires an approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who had formerly vowed to continue settlement work in the occupied city "in the same way that has been customary over the last 42 years."
Based on the report, the construction plan has already received support from the regional construction committee and its execution only requires political backing.
Tension has been high in and around Old City in East Jerusalem al-Quds over the rebuilt of Hurva synagogue which was destroyed during the 1948 Middle East war.
Palestinians says the reconstruction is part of an Israeli plot to replace Palestinian mosques and churches with Jewish sites in the city.


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Q: Horst Herrlich, Topology I: $T_{3 \frac{1}{2}}$-Reflection and continuous maps. Given the following defintion of a $T_{3 \frac{1}{2}}$ Space:
$\underline{Z}$ is called a $T_{3 \frac{1}{2}}$ Space if for every point $z \in Z$ and every set $A \subset Z$, with $z \not \in A$
there exists a continuous map $m: \underline X \rightarrow \underline{[0,1]}$ with $m(z) = 0$ and $m[A] \subset \{1\}$.

In the chapter about $T_{3 \frac{1}{2}}$ Spaces the author defines $\underline Y$ as a s.c. $T_{3 \frac{1}{2}}$-Reflection of a space $\underline X = (X, T_x) $ like this:
$S = \{f^{-1} [B] \ |\ f : \underline X → \underline {[0,1]}  \text{ continuous map }, B \in T_{[0,1]} \}$
$\underline Y = (X, T_y), \text{where} \  T_y$ is a Topology generated by the Subbasis $S$.
If my understanding is right, then he just defines an Initial Topology on a set of all continuous maps from $\underline X$ to $\underline{[0,1]}$ and calls it $\underline Y$.

What I don't understand is the following. He proceeds by stating that it is "obvious" that for some $f$ it holds that:
$f: \underline Y \rightarrow \underline{[0,1]}$ is continuous $ \iff $ $f: \underline X \rightarrow \underline{[0,1]}$ is continuous.
While I easily get why the $\Leftarrow$ holds, I just can't understand why $\Rightarrow$ is supposed to hold.
If $f: \underline Y \rightarrow \underline{[0,1]}$ is continuous, then why can't it be that $f: \underline X \rightarrow \underline{[0,1]}$ is a discontinuous map?

A: The identity $1_{X,Y}: \underline{X} \to \underline{Y}$ is continuous because the subbase $\mathcal{S}$ is by definition is subfamily of $\mathcal{T}_X$, so that the topology on $\underline{Y}$ is coarser than $\mathcal{T}_X$.
So if $f: \underline{Y} \to [0,1]$ is continuous, the map $f: \underline{X} \to [0,1]$ (same function) can be seen as $f \circ 1_{X,Y}$ and is continuous as a composition of continuous maps.

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Checked shirts definitely are timeless fashion classics and shouldn't be missed in anybody's closet. I already own a couple of them as they are one of my favourite pieces to wear. So this oversized checked shirt from Esprit was love at first sight. What I like about this one, as the name already says it, is the oversized loose fit and the sportswear print on the back. Since it is a long blouse you can perfectly wear it as a dress with some leggings too. And there are so many more ways to wear a checked shirt. You can tuck it around your hip or wear it with another shirt underneath. Like I said – it is a must have.
Love your gingham shirt- great pop of blue!
I am such a fan of the casually cool gingham look. I don't think I own anything in gingham yet but I need to asap!
Love the touch of red given by the bag! You look so great!
You are right that checked shirts will never go out of style. Love this look!
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Study pinpoints autism-linked protein for sculpting brain connections
by Duke University
Non-neuronal cells called astrocytes (red) churn out hevin (green), a protein crucial for the refinement of neuronal connections in the developing brain. Credit: Eroglu lab, Duke University, eLife 2014; 10.7554/eLife.04047
Shortly after birth, human brains expand rapidly with the experience of an entirely new world. During this period, neurons in the newborn brain compete with one another to form lasting connections, called synapses.
A new study by Duke researchers provides a close-up of synapse refinement and identifies a protein that is crucial in this process. Disruptions in the protein, called hevin, have previously been linked to autism, depression and suicide, but the molecule's role in the developing brain was mostly unknown until now.
The researchers focused on tiny protrusions of the neuron called spines that harbor synaptic connections. Neuroscience has long assumed that these little nubs serve as sites for single synapses.
But this study, which appeared early online last month in the open access journal eLife, shows that in the brains of newborn mice, some of the spines initially receive two or more inputs. As the brain matures, the spines then receive one. A technique known as three-dimensional electron microscopy made this observation possible.
"I was very excited about this finding," said first author William Christopher Risher, a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of senior author Çagla Eroglu. "I went to check the literature to see if anyone's really described [multiple-synapse spines] before. And there really hasn't been much."
The group also found that mice that are missing the gene that codes for the protein hevin retain more of these multiple synapses compared with normal mice. As the developing brain prunes away synapses to become more efficient, this could present problems.
Hevin was first identified in the miniscule spaces between synapses in 1990. However, gene expression studies showed that it is actually churned out by non-neuronal cells called astrocytes.
Interested in the relationship between astrocytes, synapse formation and disease, Eroglu's group showed in 2011 that hevin triggers the formation of new neural connections. "That was the first description of hevin's function in the nervous system," said Eroglu, an assistant professor of cell biology and neurobiology, and a member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.
"We continued studying this protein because it is abundant in many brain regions, [both] when synapses are forming and also during adulthood," Eroglu said.
In the cortex, an area of the brain important for complex thought and awareness, hevin encourages inputs from the thalamus—a part of the brain that acts as a relay center for sensory and motor information—while it discourages inputs from local neurons within the cortex, the group found.
The spines that receive multiple synapses tend to be occupied by both cortical and thalamic connections at the same time, suggesting that these spines are sites for synaptic competition.
The balance of those two types of types of connections in the cortex could go awry in neurological diseases such as autism and depression, Eroglu said. The group is now studying the molecular mechanisms of hevin and its potential contribution to health and disease.
Huntington's disease protein helps wire the young brain
More information: "Astrocytes Refine Cortical Connectivity At Dendritic Spines," W. Christopher Risher, Sagar Patel, Il Hwan Kim, Akiyoshi Uezu, Srishti Bhagat, Daniel K. Wilton, Louis-Jan Pilaz, Jonnathan Singh Alvarado, Osman Y. Calhan, Debra L. Silver, Beth Stevens, Nicole Calakos, Scott Soderling, and Cagla Eroglu. eLife, December 17, 2014. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.04047
Journal information: eLife
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Citation: Study pinpoints autism-linked protein for sculpting brain connections (2015, January 6) retrieved 20 January 2022 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-autism-linked-protein-sculpting-brain.html
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Mercedes is bracing for another Malaysia-style battle with Ferrari this weekend in Bahrain.
After losing to Sebastian Vettel in the Sepang sun, Mercedes hit back in cooler China last weekend with a one-two victory.
But Ferrari began its Bahrain race weekend in the best possible way, as the red cars set the fastest times.
Mercedes then appeared to hit back in the second Friday session.
But team boss Toto Wolff warned: "The Ferrari looked the quickest car out there. Very stable quick tyres ... lap times.
"That was a Freudian (slip)," he grinned. "Tyres! We just need to get our act together and analyse it."
Tyres, indeed, is the keyword, as Ferrari is managing them better than Mercedes on the so-called 'long runs', while the silver cars continue to dominate over a single lap.
Both Mercedes drivers agreed on Friday that their Italian rivals appear "dangerous" in Bahrain.
Many paddock dwellers are expecting a Lewis Hamilton versus Vettel title battle to develop throughout the season.
In Bahrain, for instance, the German broadcaster RTL arranged a rare double interview involving the two protagonists -- notably excluding Hamilton's German teammate Nico Rosberg.
F1 supremo Ecclestone even stopped by just before the cameras rolled to chat to the two biggest stars of the 2015 season.
"He (Rosberg) is the same calibre as Lewis," the 84-year-old said. "But Lewis looks in good form."
Vettel, however, will be hoping an FIA investigation into an incident on Friday does not dent his Bahrain hopes.
The quadruple world champion collided with Sergio Perez in practice, but it was Ferrari's radio warning of a "brake problem" that reportedly raised eyebrows among the stewards.
It is believed the FIA suspects it was merely a codeword to warn Vettel about a loose wheel, which could result in a grid penalty.


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Can we talk about these early unofficial recordings? Sure, the production/vocals are a bit jarring, but these hold some of the gems never released anywhere else! I cannot get over how cute Erin is, how devastating Flying a Kite is (which has some of my favourite lyrics ever - 'you take my tattered fist, it's like a catalyst, it's like a roiling, rising wall of 'has it come to this''), Yarn and Glue is so much fun, and The Fray makes other people around me in the bus very uncomfortable with Joanna blaring her eccentric vocals on top volume. I wish she would perform some of these songs live in the future, and then release them. I'd be curious as to what she would do with them nowadays.
I looooove Erin and Flying a Kite. Embarrassingly, I have not yet heard anything from Yarn and Glue.
Yarn And Glue is out of print but you can find it online actually. I found it pretty easily when i went searching for it b
I totally love "Flying A Kite" so much. It's a wonderful song. I find myself having that melody in my head at times. It's like a little circular melodic riff that just goes round and round.
WW Peach Plum Pear. Quite a shock to hear that voice at first!
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^I enjoy the different instrumentation of the Walnut Whales version, but that vocal...let's just say I'm glad there's another version of Peach, Plum, Pear and that it gets played with her changed live voice now. At least here it's clear she says "bolt like a horse" and not "bold like a whore", which is one of those frequently misheard lyrics.
The Snakes, They Are My Kin
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i love the WW version of "peach, plum, pear". i remember reading an interview where joanna said she sounds terrified in those early EPs, because she had just started singing and was still finding her footing in terms of using her voice (i'm paraphrasing heavily). you can totally hear it in PPP that she's trying to sing as delicately as possible, and there's this moment right in the middle of the song ("swallowing panic in the face of its force") where you can hear her "real" voice come out. overall i think the vocal performance in this version of the song is very moving; she sounds so vulnerable and it all sounds like a fresh wound -- some of the lyrics that are in the past tense on the MEM are in the present tense on the WW version.
Getting back into some of this stuff - so raw and unpolished!
Flying a Kite is probably among my favourite Joanna songs. The Fray is beautiful too.
stillorbiting
thundering blissful towards death
Falling in love hard with the Walnut Whales version of Right-On tonight. God damn it's gorgeous. I can't put into words why the mood is so different from the MEM version, but it really is.
Hannah.
"Erin" has definitely earned a spot in my Joanna top 20. The melody is just beautiful and I don't know why but the "sleeping on the pavement in the central park / twentieth floor balcony house is what is home to me" line really resonates with me.
The WW Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie is just heartbreaking. She sounds so defeated. It may actually be my favorite recording of the song.
beanstew
I am not a loony
Hadn't heard of this stuff! Thanks guys!
Off to find a torrent.
Maybe for once, someone will call me "Sir" without adding, "You're making a scene."
fights battles for no one
I've finally listened to a few songs off these two after accidentally finding Erin and Flying a Kite, and I can't wait to find more. Comparing the lyrics for the album version of "En Gallop" to its Walnut Whales version, I was interested to see the final stanzas were cut. Those first two lines in particular are a heartbreaking and beautiful articulation of her poetics:
In order to make the music
seems I must break so many things.
Turn over like bracken and sea-shrapnel
grazed by the tongue of a beetle-green sea.
Let each note be
a full-bodied song:
enough fingers,
enough toes,
skin to cover the rich, bloody beat,
enough belly,
enough feet.
As time has gone on, my enthusiasm for her early work has waned, while my love for her later work has burgeoned. I'm always struck by how other-worldly and nostalgic these EPs sound whenever I come across them.


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The Perfect Love Song--Contest
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Blockbuster bestselling authors such as Pat Conroy are already raving about The Perfect Love Song. Callahan Henry, who has been hailed as a fresh new voice in southern fiction, has a deep fascination with myth, legend, and the power of a story to change a life. She says of writing The Perfect Love Song that she was inspired by the idea that someone would finally achieve a perfect goal, the objective they thought would be "The Answer" to their idea of happiness, only to discover that the perfect thing made life more difficult as they lost sight of what matters most.
In The Perfect Love Song, Callahan Henry tells the story of Jimmy Sullivan, who has been living on the road with his brother, Jack, and their band The Unknown Souls. The road is Jimmy's only home and music his only savior until he falls in love with a beautiful girl, Charlotte Carrington. Spending time with Charlotte inspires Jimmy to write a love song for her, which becomes an overnight sensation and is dubbed "The Perfect Love Song."
As Jimmy finds himself caught up in the desire for fame and fortune, the genuine lyrics of the song are overshadowed by his career ambitions. He begins to lose touch with Charlotte and makes a decision to miss his brother's wedding in Ireland for a chance to put on a show in New York City.
But on Christmas Eve Jimmy comes to a crossroads: Will he finally get the chance to perform on one of the biggest stages of his career?—or will he find his way back to his family, to Ireland…and to the love of his life, Charlotte?
Callahan Henry says of her exploration of love in the novel: "I often find myself writing about injured souls and how they find a way to heal and move through the world in a creative and healing way. Love, I believe, is often the catalyst for a new life and I explore the myriad ways this occurs: love of music, of story, of life, of a person—love at all really."
In The Perfect Love Song, Callahan Henry gives readers a heartwarming holiday tale about second chances, about the hope for redemption—and about the choices one makes in life that may close one door, but open another…
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This looks like an amazing read. I love the title. And I love second chances.
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Obama campaign: Booker spoke with DNC
CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta
Washington (CNN) - As it turns out, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker did talk with an official at the Democratic National Committee following his off-message appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," an Obama campaign spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the president's re-election team, told CNN in an interview on Monday that Booker was never pressured by the Obama campaign to record a YouTube video clarifying his remarks on the Sunday talk show.
During his appearance on "Meet the Press," the Obama supporter described attacks on Mitt Romney's tenure at the private investment firm Bain Capital as "nauseating." Booker also seemed to equate the Bain criticism with a recent effort by conservative operatives to dredge up stories about the president's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Hours later on Sunday, Booker recorded a web video that questioned Romney's record at the company.
"We did not ask him to do so. We did not," LaBolt told CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Monday when asked whether the Obama campaign had called on Booker to clean up his comments. "He released that video of his own volition."
In a statement released by LaBolt Tuesday, he again insisted that Booker was not asked to release the video. But LaBolt did reveal Booker had a conversation with an unnamed DNC official.
"As Mayor Booker has said, the campaign did not reach out and ask him to record a video. Campaign officials also had not reached out directly to Mayor Booker yesterday, but he spoke with a DNC official who also did not ask him to record a video," LaBolt said.
He declined to specify what exactly that DNC official said to Booker during the conversation.
The statement from LaBolt was first reported in Politico.
However, LaBolt's statement is somewhat at odds with what Booker told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Monday night. During the interview, Booker said he had "conversations" with the Obama campaign.
"They've done nothing but encourage me and in this case in particular, I certainly did talk with campaign officials. But they didn't force me to do anything. They had good conversations with me," Booker told MSNBC.
Filed under: 2012 • Cory Booker • DNC • President Obama
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012...no matter what Corey Booker says!!!! Is Corey a Blue Dog or what? Shame on him......
May 22, 2012 01:07 pm at 1:07 pm |
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Republicans should give Newt, Santorum, Hunstman, Bachmann, and Perry, credit for exposing Mittens for the fraud he is.
mike Lake Orion Michigan
What about Obama and his corrupt buddies giving billions of taxpayer dollars to companies like Solyndra. The Democrats can't have it both ways. If they want to run on the economy Obama will lose!
Booker is naive. He denounced the economic perspective of the democrats. Now, he is being used by the republicans. The bright lights of Meet the Press paralyzed his thinking. Poor fellow. He may never shed the image of trying to make everyone happy, and ending up compromising his convictions, and the principles he was called to articulate.
Myviewis
That was Booker's true opinion, the fact that he retracted his comment does not change the point that that was his immediate true opinion and retracting only shows someone at the DNC picked on him.
Sniffit
"What about Obama and his corrupt buddies giving billions of taxpayer dollars to companies like Solyndra"
You really want to open that can of worms? Solyndra was the exception, not the rule. They are doing overwhelmingly well. Moreover, the gov't gave companies Bain was involved with under Mittens, like Dynamic Steel, all kinds of money and Mittens is running around taking credit for those companies having some success whle ignoring the ones he pillaged....so it's 100% dishonest for the GOP/Teatrolls to criticize the government subsidizing companies as though it is always a bad thing as a rule. Mittens "saved the Olympics" with tons and tons of federal government money too, but you'll never hear him talk honestly about that part of it either. The GOP/Teatrolls' high horse is more like a rocking horse.
Whether it was DNC or the White House called Booker, they had the right to do so. The man pretended to ride two horses at the same time.
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Iv'e always liked Corey Booker. I recently became a Non Party Affiliate and applaud people who actually speak their mind.It is a shame that the DNC took him out to the woodshed.
@mike in lake orion michigan HA HA get a life loser!!!
CNN how is Labolt's statement at odds with what booker told Rachal last nite? He said she spoke with the Obama campaign on her show. WOW I have no idea how you can say that's conflickting.
The Mayor is a good sensible and fair person. His perspective was perceived a betrayl. that is read into too much. investment fund is there to maximize profit, that is a given definition, profit is not a bad thing except when the company strive for profit at ALL COST – FIRING PEOPLE. THAT IS VERY BAD. ROMNEY IS A POSTER CHILD OF THIS BAD PRACTICE. That is the record, that is the fact, that is the mentality known to America – Romney said it hiE, mself: I like to FIRE PEOPLE. THEY DON'T LISTEN TO ME, I LIKE TO TO FIRE THEM. words from the horse mouth
Stray from the party line and they bring you in to the woodshed...
Chumlee
Come on opportunist Booker – how much money did Bain Cap give you for your 2002 election
campaign?
You cannot play both sides and win – although you have so far succeeded. Success with deception
lasts for a very limited amount of time.
The REAL Truth...
@mike Lake Orion Michigan – What about Obama and his corrupt buddies giving billions of taxpayer dollars to companies like Solyndra. The Democrats can't have it both ways.
What about Dubya and his cronies, giving his veeps old company $multi-billion, no-bid contracts to KBR? What about the BILLIONS in untraceable taxpayer dollars that got lost/misplaced in Iraq after he started a war based on lies.
See? Depends on the spin...
Obama 2012 - BEND Forward America, take another 4 long years of FAILURE
I'm sure the Obama goon squad only smacked Cory where it won't show. Don't want to muss up that pretty face. ANd of course I'm sure there was some discussion about future federal funds and whether he had hopes of ever getting any more if Obama is re-elected. Oh lok at Cory run back onto the Democrat plantation and start spouting the party lies!! It's a full blown MIRACLE I tell ya!
Obama and his crooked campaign managers are liars.


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The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Chubb, Hon. Charles Edward
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1365410The Dictionary of Australasian Biography — Chubb, Hon. Charles EdwardPhilip Mennell
Chubb, Hon. Charles Edward, Puisne Judge, Queensland, is the son of the late Charles Frederick Chubb, solicitor, of Ipswich in that colony. He was born in London on May 17th, 1845, and educated at the Grammar School at Calne, Wiltshire, the City of London School, and, after his arrival in Queensland (in 1861) at the Collegiate School at Ipswich, where he was articled to his father. Mr. Justice Chubb was admitted an attorney of the Supreme Court in Sept. 1867, and in May 1878 was called to the bar, and in 1883 appointed Q.C. In the same year he was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for Bowen, and was Attorney-General in the latter days of the first McIlwraith Administration, from Jan. 6th to Nov. 13th, 1883, but did not seek re-election at the dissolution which resulted in the defeat of his party. He on several occasions acted as Crown Prosecutor and Deputy Judge of the District Courts, and in August 1889 he was appointed Acting Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, being appointed Puisne Judge in December of the same year, and attached to the Northern Division.
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Strange Lot – MindstatE
Strange Lot left Phoenix for the bustling music scene of Austin, Texas to hone their craft and to be a part of the locale garage psych scene. And I must say, the move has paid off, as MindStatE contains the best music the band has ever released.
This second offering is grittier, sharper and more cohesive than its predecessor Gods & Clods. Classic Dead and Company rock n' roll, blues infusions and mind-bending surf riffs drip from the walls of this record. While other groups are exploring psychedelic sounds through synths and electronica, the band uses them sparingly, opting mostly with good old distortion and crafty guitar work instead. The surf rock influences are especially potent, sometimes moving into full-on classical spanish cadenzas that make you feel like you're in a trippy Western movie.
"We Belong" is groovy blues-rock at its finest. It narrates the band's journey through the deserts of Arizona on their venture to Texas. A mirage of vocals and punchy riffs depict the vast and unforgiving landscape. This track feels like The Black Keys on acid. "Such A Feeling" continues the journey, but now the feeling is lighter, with plenty of surf waves to ride along. A feel-good road trip track and an absolute banger.
There are a lot of brain twisting tracks in this album, yet the one that stands out is the title track and centerpiece "MindStatE". The urgency and rambling confusion of the instruments perfectly reflects the sentiment in its lyrics: "had a better soul / had a better mind state / had a better life / had a better clean slate". It shares the impetus for the band's journey. To start over in a new environment, like Saul Goodman moving from crime layer to work in a restaurant chain.
Other tracks like "Two Evils" and "No Revolutions" see the band dipping into other styles of rock while still carrying over their signature otherworldly sound. The former feels like the dance of the dead with its droning vocals and bass, howling like an evil entity is looming above your mind. The latter channels post-punk in its dystopian depictions of society, as a foreboding voice tells everyone that there's "No Revolutions allowed!"
The record closes with "Read Your Mind". A welcome change of pace, as the band eases down on the tempo and lets the song burn on its own terms. The result is a lush and wondrous exploration of psych rock with plenty of room to breathe. It suggests that perhaps Strange Lot's mind state has achieved a certain clarity, achieving a short glimpse of nirvana. A calm sendoff to finish a finely crafted opus.


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We provide a Breakfast Club each school day for our pupils. The school chef caters for the Breakfast Club and our menu includes cooked breakfast as detailed below. We open at 7.30am each day and breakfast is available from 7.45am. We stop serving breakfast at 8.15am to enable the chef to prepare lunch so please ensure your child is in before then if they want breakfast. The Breakfast Club Supervisors accompany the younger children to their classes at 8.45am with the older children making their own way to their classes.
We have an online booking system, which enables parents to book in advance. Login details can be obtained from Mrs Passco in the office. If you do not have access to online payments please contact Mrs Passco. You do need to book in plenty of time as the club is very popular and we cannot exceed numbers for health and safety considerations.
As from Tuesday 31st October 2017, the following will change with breakfast club.
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SnapCacklePop: Britney to become new X Factor judge and land $14.5M deal..!
Britney to become new X Factor judge and land $14.5M deal..!
After the shocking axing of Paula Abdul & Nicole Scherzinger , it has been confirmed Britney Spears will join Simon Cowell and record producer LA Reid on the US version of TV show The X-Factor for a price of $US15 million.
The Gimme More singer was reported to have asked for $20 million after turning down a $10 million deal to judge the show, however an agreement was made for the Britney to receive $13 million for her judging role and the rest will be paid for her to perform on the US show. No doubt just in time release her new album..!
Seems everyone is wanting to get on the judging panel of something after Jennifer Lopez's huge success of American idol and Christina Aguilera has just earned about $10 million for new season of The Voice.
Well good luck Brit, we'll be tuning in to see what you think of such new talent..!


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Uber's fatal accident tally shows low rates but excludes key numbers
Devin Coldewey	@techcrunch / 2 months
Uber's just-released U.S. Safety Report sets forth in some detail its number of fatal accidents, and the good news is that the overall rate per mile is about half the national average. But the report makes some puzzling choices as far as what is included and excluded.
To create the report, Uber took its internal reports of crashes, generated by drivers, users or insurance companies, and compared it to the national Fatality Analysis Reporting System, or FARS, a database that tracks all automotive deaths. In this way Uber was able to confirm 97 fatal crashes with 107 total deaths in 2017 and 2018 combined.
As the company is careful to point out, more than 36,000 people died in car crashes in the U.S. in 2018 alone, so the total doesn't really mean much on its own. So they (as others do in this field) put those accidents in context of miles traveled. After all, one crash in 100,000 miles doesn't sound bad because it's only one, but 10 crashes in a billion miles, which is closer to what Uber saw, is actually much better despite the first number being higher. To some this is blindingly obvious, but perhaps not to others.
The actual numbers are that in 2017, there were 49 "Uber-related" fatalities over 8.2 billion miles, or approximately 0.59 per 100 million miles traveled; in 2018, there were 58 over 1.3 billion, or about 0.57 per 100 million miles. The national average is more than 1.1 per 100 million, so Uber sees about half as many fatalities per mile overall.
These crashes generally occurred at lower speeds than the national average, and were more likely by far to occur at night, in lighted areas of cities. That makes sense, since rideshare services are heavily weighted toward urban environments and shorter, lower-speed trips.
That's great, but there are a couple of flies in the ointment.
First, obviously, there is no mention whatsoever of non-fatal accidents. These are more difficult to track and categorize, but it seems odd not to include them at all. If the rates of Ubers getting into fender-benders or serious crashes where someone breaks an arm are lower than the national average, as one might expect from the fatality rates, why not say so?
When I asked about this, an Uber spokesperson said that non-fatal crashes are simply not as well defined or tracked, certainly not to the extent fatal crashes are, which makes reporting them consistently difficult. That makes sense, but it still feels like we're missing an important piece here. Fatal accidents are comparatively rare and the data corpus on non-fatal accidents may provide other insights.
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Second, Uber has its own definition of what constitutes an "Uber-related" crash. Naturally enough, this includes whenever a driver is picking up a rider or has a rider in their car. All the miles and crashes mentioned above are either en route to a pickup or during a ride.
But it's well known that drivers also spend a non-trivial amount of time "deadheading," or cruising around waiting to be hailed. Exactly how much time is difficult to estimate, as it would differ widely based on time of day, but I don't think that Uber's decision to exclude this time is correct. After all, taxi drivers are still on the clock when they are cruising for fares, and Uber drivers must travel to and from destinations, keep moving to get to hot spots and so on. Driving without a passenger in the car is inarguably a major part of being an Uber driver.
It's entirely possible that the time spent deadheading isn't much, and that the accidents that occurred during that time are few in number. But the alternatives are also possible, and I think it's important for Uber to disclose this data; cities and riders alike are concerned with the effects of ride-hail services on traffic and such, and the cars don't simply disappear or stop getting in accidents when they're not hired.
When I asked Uber about this, a spokesperson said that crash data from trips is "more reliable," as drivers may not report a crash if they're not driving someone. That doesn't seem right either, especially for fatal accidents, which would be reported one way or the other. Furthermore, Uber would be able to compare FARS data to its internal metrics of whether a driver involved in a crash was online or not, so the data should be similarly if not identically reliable.
The spokesperson also explained that a driver may be "online" in Uber at a given moment but in fact driving someone around using another rideshare service, like Lyft. If so, and there is an accident, the report would almost certainly go to that other service. That's understandable, but again it feels like this is a missing piece. At any rate it doesn't juice the numbers at all, since deadheading miles aren't included in the totals used above. So "online but not hired" miles will remain a sort of blind spot for now.


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Being John Malkovich (1999) ***1/2
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman was nominated for an Oscar for the ingenious script he penned for Being John Malkovich (1999). The only reason his imaginative and brilliant screenplay lost is because it was up against Alan Ball's American Beauty (1999)—which was just a tad more brilliant. While I am not known for my unadorned adoration of "art" films, I do regard Being John Malkovich as one of the best films of the 1990s. From the inspired and riveting opening scene until the wickedly bizarre ending, I was thoroughly engrossed in this unique film.
If you've not seen Being John Malkovich the story might seem too out-there, but Kaufman's script works because director Spike Jonze adeptly h andles the complexity of the plot with a steady hand. Like Kaufman, Jonze was rightly nominated for an Oscar, too—which creates an Academy Award conundrum for me. How can a film be nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director but not for Best Picture? Ah, but I digress…
Now, without giving away too much for those who've never seen this, I will attempt to give a cogent plot overview. Craig Schwartz ( John Cusack) is a depressed and underworked puppeteer who takes a job as a filing clerk at Lester Corp to supplement his wife Lotte's (Cameron Diaz) pet menagerie (which includes an adorable chimp named Elijah). Lester Corp is on the 7 1/2 floor of the Mertin Flemmer Building in NYC—which has ceilings so low that just about everyone has to duck their head to maneuver. Craig instantly becomes obsessed with an aloof and unethical woman named Maxine (Catherine Keener, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar). After Craig discovers a secret passageway that is used as a metaphysical portal into the mind of John Malkovich, Maxine suggests they should charge other people $200 for the surreal (but real) experience of being Malkovich for 15 minutes. Not long after this, one of the most twisted love triangles in the history of film develops as Lotte and Maxine act out their mutual sexual attraction through Maxine engaging in sex with Malkovich. This enrages Craig, so he takes over Malkovich's being and controls him as th ough he were a puppet. That's all I can say without giving away too much. Yes, it sounds completely unbelievable and outrageous, but it works.
So, why do I admire such an outrageous movie? Simple: it's a wicked dark comedy based on a uniquely smart concept. Of course, Jonze had my undivided attention from the moment Being John Malkovich began with a riveting puppet show—that's right, a one-man puppet show that was so viscerally raw that I sometimes just watch it for pleasure (as I also do with the tango scene from Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge). From there it just gets stranger with the miniature stage of the 7 1/2 floor and then the voyeuristic portal leading to Malkovich's mind. There are many standout scenes, but two are, at least for me, wildly memorable.
The first scene is when Malkovich enters his own portal and finds himself trapped in a crowded restaurant where everyone is John Malkovich—men, women, and children alike. As actors are known for their narcissism, this scene is laced with underlying meanings as well as a postmodern interpretation of self. When faced with his inner desire to be able to become anyone and anything as an actor he encounters the uncomfortable realization that such a desire leads to madness. Suffice to say, Nietzsche and Sartre would have had a field day with this movie.
Some might find my admiration for the second scene silly, but I don't care. Throughout the film Lotte keeps referring to taking Elijah (her chimp) to psych otherapy because of a childhood trauma. This alone is funny but seems like a meaningless story element until Craig ties Lotte up and locks her in a cage with Elijah. As Lotte struggles against the ropes Elijah has a flashback to when his parents were tied up and he couldn't get the ropes untied before the whole family was captured by hunters. It sounds stupid, but when Elijah frees Lotte it really affects me.
All of the principal performers do splendid jobs with their respective parts. While Cusack deserves some recognition for how well he plays Craig's descent into madness, it was not much of stretch from the other disaffected young men he'd played before (and after). In complete contrast is Diaz—who is almost unrecognizable as the dowdy, repressed Lotte. Still, the standouts are Malkovich and Keener. It is never easy to play yourself, let alone portray yourself in such a complex way. Not only does Malkovich have to be himself but he also has to transform himself into Craig's personhood when his conscious mind is taken hostage by Craig. And, Keener is scathingly delightful as Maxine. Physically, vocally, and internally she displays who Maxine is to the audience. While her character is obviously morally bankrupt, Keener also makes Maxine likable—which in a lesser actress' hands would have never happened.
So, why didn't I give Being John Malkovich four stars if I liked it so much? It's a small thing, but the section of the film when Malkovich becomes a renowned puppeteer is too drawn out. While I find it hilarious that people would pay to see a performance of Swan Lake where the Prince is played by a puppet, it just seemed as though things had just gone too far at this point. Yet, while this less than desirable element slightly tarnished Being John Malkovich for me, I am still a huge admirer.
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FlickChick April 21, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Oh boy, do I LOVE this film. I agree that it is just about perfect. It is so weird, but so engaging and one of the few time I really like John Malkovitch. Keener is just perfect and Cusak gets a real chance to be wonderful. Great review, Kim. For once, I am in 100% agreement with you!
Kimberly J.M. Wilson April 21, 2013 at 10:07 AM
We have found our middle ground: bizarre, quirky films!
FlickChick April 21, 2013 at 6:23 PM
On to the bizarre and quirky film festival!
Chip Lary April 21, 2013 at 10:53 AM
I agree with most everything you wrote here. I really liked this movie when I saw it.
True story: I worked with a woman who would sometimes ask me for recommendations. I gave her this one. She watched it and said she didn't like it because it wasn't believable. This wasn't a huge surprise to me, what with the whole "portal into a person's brain that kicks you out on the edge of a freeway" angle. Guess what? She was fine with that, floor 7 1/2, puppeteering, and everything. No, what she found unbelievable to the point of ruining the movie was John Cusack and Cameron Diaz playing a married couple. She just couldn't buy it.
That's one of the great things about movies: you can never exhaust the possible ways they can be taken by the people that watch them.
Kimberly J.M. Wilson April 21, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Chip, it is amazing how different people react to the same film. As for your co-worker, didn't she notice they made Diaz frumpy and frizzy to match the equally disheveled Cusack? LOL
Silver Screenings April 21, 2013 at 9:32 PM
I thought this was a brave film because it is SO bizarre. But I liked how quirky and unusual it was, although the scenes on the 7-1/2 floor made me extremely claustrophobic.
Thanks for reviewing this film. It's been forgotten, somewhat, and I'm glad to see you drawing attention to it again.
Kimberly J.M. Wilson April 22, 2013 at 1:18 AM
Those scenes on the 7 1/2 floor would make anyone claustrophobic. And, you're right, this is rarely mentioned anymore as a game-changing film.
SJHoneywell April 22, 2013 at 9:12 AM
I love the imagination behind this film and am still astonished that it actually works as a coherent, understandable film. My issue with it is that I dislike every single person in the film except for Malkovich. I wanted to like it more than I did, but that didn't stop me from being really impressed with it.
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I liked Maxine, but I think it was because she was so wicked. When films that are so different from the usual cinematic fare actually work it is a joyful experience.


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Every boy needs a birthday dinner, none more so than my other half, Jarod (he of the cauliflower cheese). He deserves a reward for putting up with me for so long and this year we decided to throw a dinner party to celebrate him edging a step closer to 50.
Cooking for large numbers can be a real pain, especially when you've got an oven for four people with a changeable attitude to temperature and you've had a skinful while preparing the food. This dish is simple to prepare, simple to cook (you do need to check that the fish is cooked all the way through when cooking in bulk) and simple to present.
The wow factor here comes from the presentation (see the last pic below). I'm lucky enough to have an extra long board – if you don't, then buy a 3ft piece of wood to serve from. Serving this individually lacks the punch of serving it as a centre piece (for Jarod I got the oohs and aaahs I was hoping for).
I've chosen tarragon for this but basil works well too. Another combo is swap the tarragon and lemon for Thyme and bitter orange.
Mix butter, herbs, juice, zest and pepper till well combined.
Score each fish on one side (three times should do it).
Rub the butter into each of the scores on the fish and add a knob into each cavity.
Arrange head to tail in your dish and cook for 20 – 30 mins (this really does depend on your oven – I've had to vary cooking times in different locations).
Once cooked, arrange your fish on your board diagonally head to tail.
Serve with Pol Roger… and plenty of it, it's a birthday after all.
My colleague Jo, in Dubai, made this and sent the picture through. I love how she's presented the fish and has given me ideas for when I don't have that big board to hand… Thanks for sharing Jo!
Jo's bream, beautifully presented, nose to tail.
And an alternative is sea bass stuffed and topped with chopped black olives, fresh oregano and sliced lemon.


Why a dislike of Facebook shouldn't stop you from driving results for your small business.
Not the biggest fan of Facebook? You'd be surprised how much we hear that!
In fact, we hear it so often that we've created a word for it: fangry.
You can probably guess the root origins of this wordy creation, but for those of you still wondering, it's Facebook + intense feelings of anger towards a platform that's now frequented by more than 2 billion monthly users [yep, wow!] = fangry.
We totally get it, good ol' Zuckerberg really threw a spanner into life as we knew it with his little college directory.
So to all those lovely humans out there choosing not to be on Facebook in their personal lives, we respect that completely. You do you. We actually admire you in a lot of ways [even though we do have a big place in our hearts for the connectivity that Facebook allows on a personal level].
Not loving Facebook from a personal perspective should never stop you from utilising the platform as a part of your social media strategy. Personal pages and business pages = really not the same thing! Facebook has such scope that it really *cannot* be ignored.
Facebook has decentralised the advertising, communications and marketing industry, so you've never been closer to reaching your customers. What this means, is a HUGE opportunity, especially for small businesses who can make a big impact.
We are *huge* [we mean HUGE] fans of Instagram. Those curated feeds, the awe-inspiring images, we just can't get enough and from a personal perspective we basically live there. But for sales, well we've got to hand it to Facebook, this is where it's at.
All that news you hear about algorithms… it's a whole lot scarier than it sounds. Know the rules to the game and you can walk away a *big* winner. Especially when you prioritise quality engaging content designed around your customers.
…and did we mention it's also FREE… With an effective strategy and the right content, your organic activity can foster incredible growth for your business [and rapidly in some cases]. Yes, it's true that a bit of budget towards paid advertising on the platform can help, but your dollars are going to go a whole lot further than more traditional outlets. The investment can also be much smaller [and instant] so you can remain a lot more nimble with your advertising decisions.
In case you're looking for further reason… well here's a big one for you – It's likely that your customers are on the platform looking for answers, making Facebook an effective customer service tool. When you make it easy for your customers to get in touch, respond promptly and deliver on a positive experience, you build the kind of loyalty that goes a long way.
By this point, we wouldn't be surprised if you're already creating a business page in the next tab, or devising your next post to bring your page back to life, but just in case you're not yet sold we've got a real kicker for you.
If you're not on Facebook but your competitor is, well you're at risk of losing the relationship, enquiries, purchases and ongoing engagement of that customer who feels right at home on Facebook… and that right there…. well it's enough of a reason for us!
So how do you maximise Facebook for your business without feeling like you need to jump back onto your personal account and check out your friends pictures of pets/babies/weddings travels? Hello alias accounts. You don't even need a profile picture or a shred of information to set up a business page.


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Mount Usambara
MOUNT USAMBARA TREKKING
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The Usambara Mountains are a mountain range in North-East Tanzania, approximately 70 miles (110 km) long and ranging from 20 to 40 miles (64 km) in width. Mountains in the range rise as high as 8,000 ft (2,440 m). They are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, which stretch from Kenya through Tanzania, and are one of the world's Biodiversity hotspots. The range is accessible from the towns of Lushoto in the West, and Amani in the East. The Usambaras are commonly split into two sub-ranges, the West Usambara and the East Usambara. The East Usambara is closer to the coast, receives more rainfall, and is significantly smaller than the West Usambara.
The Usambaras are fairly unique in that, being in East Africa, their unspoiled regions are covered in the tropical forest, which today remains mainly in the West of the continent. The mountain range was formed nearly two billion years ago.
ITINERARY (5 Days Trek Itinerary).
Day 1: Airport to Lushoto (4hrs drive)
Depart from Airport (Kilimanjaro International Airport or Dar es salaam International Airport) to Lushoto West Usambara.
Day 2: Lushoto-Magamba forest Malindi village(4-6 hrs walking)
Breakfast followed by walking to the Magamba rainforest, visit an old stanch dug by the German during World War 1, the guide will provide an explanation of German and British Colonial history. Proceed on walking through the rainforest of Magamba via Lukozi village to Malindi village for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 3: Malindi village-Rangwi village ( 4-6 hrs walking)
Breakfast, then walk along valleys and sloping hillsides of the inner Usambara Mountain passing by the vegetable farms lined with eucalyptus
and banana trees. You will pass thru the villages of Makose and Kagulio, proceed to Rangwi for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 4: Rangwi-Mtae village (4-5hrs walking)
After breakfast walk to Mtae via Sunga village and thru Shengayu forest, on the way you will see Mamboleo village, these villages are well known for their soil conservation and traditional irrigation project which concentrate on the development of stone and bench terraces to improve farming, thorough explanation by your guide on how the people of Shambaa tribe living in the area do keep their surrounding environment. Dinner and overnight will be spent here.
Day 5: Mtae-Lushoto to hotel
Wake up at 0600hrs for early morning breakfast, after breakfast check out from Mtae and transfer by Private vehicle to a reserved hotel or you can extend your itinerary.
Included on itinerary:
-Entry fees
-English speaking guide,
-Meals and lodge accommodations
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In late 1999, Apple released it's first major revision to the revolutionary iMac line. The "Slot Load" iMac was so named for it's new slot-loading optical drive. In addition, this new version featured an all new fanless, convection cooled case that was more transparent than it's Bondi blue and fruit-flavored predecessors along with faster G3 processors, faster RAM, ATI Rage128 graphics cards, an Airport wireless 802.11b card slot and Harman Kardon speakers.
For all of it's changes for the better, the "Slot Load" iMac retained it's predecessor's much-maligned "puck" mouse and short USB keyboard.
The "blueberry" flavor seen here was offered as a low-cost alternative to the iMac DV. It lacked the latter's Firewire, DVD-ROM and VGA video mirroring support . It sold for $999.
This machine was a gift from generous Corvallis Mac User Group member. It features a 350 MHz G3 processor, 512 MB RAM and a 6 GB hard disk drive. It boots into Mac OS 9.2.1.


An Arrow 3 test in February 2013. Photo: United States Missile Defense Agency.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday thanked U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Barrasso (R-WY) for America's support of the Arrow-3 Interceptor, which successfully completed a second launch test earlier in the day.
Earlier on Friday, the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) completed the successful flight of the Arrow-3 Interceptor missile, its second flight test, which was conducted at an Israeli test range over the Mediterranean Sea.
At 08:00 the Arrow-3 successfully launched and flew an exoatmospheric trajectory through space, according to the test plan, the IDF said.
The Arrow-3 was designed to provide another layer of defense against ballistic missiles, to add interception opportunities to the joint U.S. – Israel Arrow Weapon System and to improve the active defense architecture of the State of Israel against the missile threats it faces, it said.
The successful test is a major milestone in the development of the Arrow-3 Weapon System and provides confidence in future Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing ballistic missile threats.
The main contractor for the integration and the development of the Arrow Weapon System is Israel Aerospace Industries's MLM, in conjunction with Boeing.


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