Now, let me be upfront here; this isn't going to be a "Oh, if only Bernie had gotten the nomination!" screed, so, if you're looking for that post, I'm sure you can find plenty of other choices elsewhere.
No, this is solely going to be a commiseration on the fact- fact- that as of the most recent polling, Bernie Sanders is, by far and away, the single most popular politician in the country right now.
Let's be clear, here, folks; the Democratic party is facing an existential threat far worse than any it's ever faced before. But let's not dwell on that just now; let's get down to answering the question posed in the diary title, because it's not one with a nebulous answer. In fact, it's a pretty simple answer, once you think about it.
Damn. A 22-point aggregate approval rating. Which is impressive, certainly, but… what does that mean?
I'll tell you what it means. It means that Bernie is getting the approval of an awful lot of Republicans, Independents, centrists, moderates, et cetera. If you shave a couple, three percent (but no more than that IMO) off the unfavorable slot that I'd attribute to Democratic partisans, too, it's even more impressive.
So, now, what does that mean? Does that mean that there's a bunch of independents that were all-in on his free college proposal? Does that mean that a bunch of Republicans are secretly in favor of gun control? "Socialized medicine"? Et cetera, et cetera.
No. It means none of that. It means that, whatever those voters thought or think of the issues that Bernie was championing, they were absolutely all-in on the values he stood for. And let's be clear- there's a huge difference between those issues. By God, if this election didn't illustrate that succinctly, I don't know what would.
Let me put it this way, because I live in rural Virginia, in the deep heart of Trump county, and I hear all the time that people would've absolutely considered voting for Bernie. Disconcertingly, a lot of 'em are more broken up about how he was "done wrong" then most Democrats are. Sure, you get a few assholes who chortle, posting pictures on Facebook of, like, two dogs tearing up a room with the captions "The Russians did it!". Ho ho ho, so funny. They're the folk in that 33% disapproval rating above, die-hard partisans who put party over country. But surprisingly, a lot those folks actually do think that the DNC's supposed actions towards Bernie are as bad if not worse than the Russians' attack on our country's electoral process.
And the reason for that all ties back into values. Because, first of all, most folks don't have any concept of how big a deal the Russian interference into the election was, or what "hacking" entails. For a majority of the country, I'd say, they equate that to the sort-of thing you see on CSI or somesuch program. So keep that in mind when you're inclined to get worked up about them "not caring" about it. Secondly- and more importantly, in my opinion- it's because Bernie was a stand-in for the sort-of values that they stood for. So an attack on him (even if you argue the merits of were mostly overblown) was an attack on them, too.
What values does Bernie stand for? Well, the biggest one this year, I think, was the anti-establishment value. Bernie certainly exhibits more values than just a rote "rage against the machine" vibe, let's not sell him short here- like fighting for working folk, or standing up against "big business/pharma/bank/etc"- but the anti-establishment message was clearly the driving force of the election this year, and is certainly the reason that Mr. Trump won.
I recently posted a diary that sort-of touched on this issue, where I argued that a new breed of Blue Dog could save the Democratic party, and the country- and I think that this is a perfect addendum to that missive. There were more than a couple people in the comments section there, braying about "neo-liberal" or "republican-lite". Well, I got news for you, folks; rural Virginia is never gonna be 5th Avenue NYC. But there are lots of common values we can absolutely share across those lines, I promise you. There's a progressive message in the values that Bernie stood for that echoes across partisan lines, and is a WINNING message. One of the places I crossposted that diary, a commenter named Anonymous is a Woman touched on that very succinctly; I'll simply link to her words since they far and away outshadow my own. It's why I feel very strongly that a new Blue Dog coalition, a coalition of loveable mutts- as opposed to the purebred, horrifying creatures most of the old school of "Blue Dogs" represented- is the key to taking back the country.
Last, I'd like to leave you with this little ditty to ponder: an organization achieves the results that it is optimally designed for. This is an immutable fact, no matter what sort-of organization you apply it to. Like, say… the Democratic National Committee, at the state and national level.
If we ignore this fact, it's to our own peril; to the entire country's peril. Our leadership is still in shock- what leadership there is, which I don't see much of now, which is it's own problem. Nature abhors a vacuum. They don't last long. If we don't learn these lessons, fast, and then move on from them- if we don't find new leaders who are able to recognize that, and help us move forward. Because we saw in November the sort-of results our organization is optimally designed for.
And we're on the precipice right now, folks. Let's not mince words here- there's a chasm we are teetering over, and it's our response to that fact that will determine whether we fall into the abyss or continue marching up the mountain. And it's going to take every damn one of us working our asses off to achieve that goal.
Bernie Sanders also gets the benefit of being "none of the above" after one of the most divisive nasty campaigns in recent memory so I take that survey with a large bucket of salt.
Squire, I am not sure I consider the Democratic Party in an existential crisis – I think we were one election cycle too soon to cash in on the demographics that favor Democrats. And we relied on a Big Blue Wall in 2016 without paying any attention to what had happened in 2010 that made the foundation of that wall pretty unstable.
So in 2010, instead of putting efforts into state parties and building a bench and protecting congressional Democrats who voted for the controversial Affordable Care Act, the national party was being run by figureheads put in place by President Obama's political team. We lost governorships and state legislatures in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa and came within a whisker of losing the Senate (helped by terrible choices by the Republicans in Nevada, Indiana, and Missouri). Notice anything about those states? They are the states that flipped from 2008 to 2016 – and where teaparty governors neutered union's political power, put in place onerous voter id laws, restricted voting, and depressed their own economic growth with tax cuts and fiscal austerity measures that shed jobs and destroyed hopes.
So taking our eye off the 50 states, especially the handful of states that we used to win pretty regularly, lost us the 2016 election.
But there is hope. The DNC, beginning in 2017, will not be run by ceremonial figureheads, it will be run by full-time dedicated Democrats who will work to rebuild the state party organizations that were left to atrophy. I live in one of the Lost States and the Democratic Party does not just have no bench, we don't even have a ticket to get into the game.
I will be watching the DNC election carefully and promoting the candidates I think will do the best job. That is the future and that is where we can best put our energy.


While populist calls for protectionist policies, largely inspired by perceived income inequality and a misunderstanding of the potential benefits of globalisation, have become an issue across the world, the EU has suffered more than most. The Union, however, may now be on the brink of embracing a more forward-looking approach to trade reform.
Many experts believe that growing populism is linked to rising income inequality. However, it is possible that it is related to a more worrying trend – that of flat or falling income in the mature economies, most notably the EU. This is a trend which is already beginning to change the deeply-rooted expectation for much of the post-war period that the income level of households living in the developed economies will increase as time passes.
In the ten years to 2014, many advanced economies experienced flat or even falling incomes. The situation was particularly severe in Italy, the UK, the Netherlands and France, where more than 60% of households saw no income growth between 2005 and 2014.
Fiscal policy measures such as tax reductions and increases in government transfers were found ineffective in tackling the problem. In the UK and the Netherlands, some 60-70% of households still saw their incomes stagnate or fall even after accounting for taxes and benefits.
The extent of income stagnation varies significantly across countries, but it seems that in most cases it is the lower-income groups which are the hardest hit. Throughout the Eurozone, the growth of median income has significantly flattened across the board since the Great Recession. But those with incomes below 40% of the median, and those below 60%, have suffered greater falls.
This would suggest that income inequality worsens as a result of stagnating incomes and that the most vulnerable sectors of the population are the ones that are disadvantaged the most. On average in the EU, the bottom 10% of the population accounted for only 2-4% of the bloc's total income while the top decile accounted for about 20-30%. This D90/D10 income ratio is likely to deteriorate further as the trend of income growth usually works against lower-income groups during an economic fallout.
Fuelling populism further is the wave of globalisation and rapid technological changes that together have created a massive skills and jobs displacement both locally and worldwide. However, the pros and cons of globalisation are often misunderstood. It has been proven to be conducive to trade, which grew from less than 20% of world's GDP in the early 1970s to around half nowadays, and therefore should not necessarily be seen as a cause of economic concern.
This is also true in respect to job creation, with every €1bn in exports estimated to account for 14,000 extra jobs .  Furthermore, more than 80% of EU imports are raw materials, capital goods and components necessary for the European economy to stay competitive and maintain jobs.
As a pioneer of many of the industries and technologies that will shape the future, the EU is set to be a winner of the so-called "third wave of globalisation" – one that features digitalisation and sustainable development goals. In fact, technology advances such as automation have already made labour costs less relevant than before with regard to decisions as to where to locate production and this is helping bring manufacturing back to Europe.
For instance, Adidas, more than 20 years after ceasing production in Germany and moving its plants to Asia, has unveiled its new robot-operated factories ("Speedfactory") in southern Germany and plans to expand the initiative to its other production lines, such as those producing the shirts of Germany's national football team, and to other European production bases, such as the UK or France.
The task for the EU, then, is not fighting globalisation or digitalisation, but innovating in such a way as to harness their benefits and ensure a more inclusive growth and less painful transition from old to new (knowledge-driven) industries.
Populism usually fuels protectionist rhetoric and xenophobic or nationalistic campaigning in elections, the former leading to calls for more and higher trade barriers, the latter tending to reduce support for multilateral trade negotiations and international co-operation. Countries that have traditionally championed an open global economy have begun to look into ways to curb imports, limit immigration and stimulate (if not subsidise) domestic production. But these beggar-thy-neighbour policies can never provide a long-term solution for economies that have been left behind by globalisation.
It is estimated that an increase in trade barriers of 10% can lead to a 4% reduction in national income . The resultant higher prices and restricted choice of goods hurt consumers, while retaliation by trading partners guarantees the opposite of the desired economic boost.
That said, the essence of free trade lies in the creation and maintenance of a level playing field for the benefit of all. Unfair trading practices that undermine support for free trade should be dealt with by forward-looking trade defence legislation. As far as the EU is concerned, this means that the methodology of its trade defence instruments (TDIs) and trade rules should be modified to reflect the changes in the world economic order.
For example, in preparation for the expiry of section 15(a)(ii) of China's Protocol on the Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on price comparability, that allowed WTO members to treat China as a non-market economy (NME) for the purposes of AD investigations and to use an NME methodology of calculating dumping for imports from China, the European Commission published a proposal proposing amendments to its trade defence regulations.
Pursuant to further negotiations and approvals of the final text of the new anti-dumping regulation, EU investigators would be able to use a different method to calculate dumping in cases where "significant" market distortions are detected, by adding new criteria such as low labour and environmental standards. These new EU anti-dumping rules will not only ensure compliance with the EU's WTO obligations, but also protect European industry from unfair trading practices caused by market distortions.
It is estimated that the EU uses TDIs much less than many other jurisdictions, with them affecting only 0.21% of its total imports. As an instrument to shield the EU against unfair trade, the EU's TDIs are expected to continue to be carefully targeted and evidence-based. This is so that more robust EU trade defence rules do not lead to over-reactions from trading partners or a return to protectionism, but remain instead a transparent, predictable way for the bloc to secure its place in the global value chains.
It is also worth noting the function of the EU's exclusive competence clause with regard to the Common Commercial Policy (CCP), which was put in place to prevent member states from adopting positions and policies at odds with those that the bloc as a whole intends to adopt in relation to third party countries. While it is possible that the growing fragmentation of European politics, as observed in a number of recent elections, may impact on such forward-looking trade law reforms and fuel further debate as to the desirability of protectionist measures, the quality majority voting (QMV) rule  should still serve to block any short-sighted, populist trade policies advocated by individual member states and protect the wider interests of the 27-nation bloc.
2. The members of the Council voting in favour represent EU countries representing at least 65% of the total EU population.
A blocking minority must include at least four EU countries.


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Morgan Wallen Goes Deep on 2020's Ups and Downs in Latest Message
by Josh Lanier January 1, 2021
written by Josh Lanier January 1, 2021
Morgan Wallen shared some of the high points and some of the low moments from 2020 in an Instagram post on New Year's Day. The 7 Summers singer said it was a turbulent year, but is hopeful for the future.
"I woke up in a reflective spirit today, as I'm sure a lot of y'all did," he posted. "Instead of lingering on the many negative things that plagued us all, I decided to go the other direction. Most of the negative things for me were public knowledge anyways."
Some of those highs were also very public. Wallen won the Best New Artist Award at the CMAs in November. He had three No. 1 country hits. And he announced the release of his three-years-in-the-making double album Dangerous. That album releases next week.
But there was a bigger moment for him in 2020, he said — one that dwarfed all of his accomplishments. The birth of his son.
"My son was born and it was/is the most incredible, scary, beautiful thing of my life," the 27-year-old wrote. "He is healthy, happy, hell he's even funny already. I know I'm always gonna be a little wild and crazy, but I pray that he knows my heart and that I show him a fraction of the love of Jesus my dad and mama have shown me."
There Were Low Points for Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen did find himself on the wrong side of the news this year, as well. Most notably when cameras caught him partying without a mask at the University of Alabama after a football game. TikTok videos showed him kissing girls and sharing drinks during a pandemic.
The outrage caused Saturday Night Live to postpone his appearance in October. Though they did get some good jokes out of the incident once he appeared on the show.
Though Wallen said he wasn't going to dwell on the negative.
"All in all, I'm far too blessed to complain, wouldn't do no good anyway. I'm trying to learn every day, and my soul feels content," he wrote in his Instagram post. "I don't know what else I could ask for. Except a farm, and I'm working on that."


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These strange stone structures in their thousands cover a large portion of South Africa.Thousands of them. Specifically over areas where GOLD was mined in stoneage times. This area is still gold mined today. You might pause to wonder why stone age people would ever mine for gold. It is of no life ease whatsoever to stoneage people .These circles were largely ignored, dismissed by modern archaeologists as simple tribal constructions a few hundred years ago by the Umboko tribe or something. One reason for their mainstream science dismissal is only a few were known. Big Yawn from science.
Michael Tellinger a pilot crisscrossing Africa had noticed many of these strange stone enclosures dotted all over the landscape and did much wondering.
Landing to rescue a crashed fellow pilot he came across something unusual on a rocky headland. Flat boulders placed securely and carefully on their edges to enable the solstice, sunrise and sunsets to be accurately spotted. Even alignments with constellation ORION some 3 precessions ago.
75,000 years maybe. So who did that?
How could they know all this? Pilots spend much of their time flying along compass bearings and are routinely familiar with sunrise-sunset bearings etc which change with the time of the year.Knowledge of constellations goes with the job for night flying.Their lives depend on it.
The deliberate stone lay out was named Adams Calendar.
Other qualified people have concurred visiting the site.
Tellinger then makes what seems to be a hopeful connection that the many stone ring constructions numbering thousands, were done by the same people who made this Adams Calendar. He made this connection because he is a student of the Annunaki, Nephilim stories of Zacharia Sitchin. Taken from Sumerian tablets 4000yrs old.One part of the tablet story says the Annunaki created a race of slave labourers to dig out gold which they prized. Gold is in SA in vast quantities still. Its mined today and was in very ancient times. So Tellinger suggests that the great population of slave gold miners worked in SA and likely made those many strange stone circular structures pictured.
They are verifiable on Google Earth which now reveals there may be tens of thousands of these mysterious structures.
Oddly they have no doors, no entrances. Apparently not made for living in.
There is evidence of stacked stone walls in laneways once connecting these stone rings.
But they werent roads or walkways.
So their purpose remains puzzling. Vast amount of work to construct so many of them. For no apparent domestic use.
And the wall stones are not locally available. They are brought from somewhere else.
Its hard to date stone, but when it breaks off clean, and fresh stone is exposed, an ageing weathering process begins which deposits a predictable thickness of Patina on the broken surface, enabling rough estimates to be made. Very great ages have been attributed to some broken rocks in these stone rings and Adams calendar. Big numbers like 160,000 years. Even more.
I will present a few of his videos, they are mercifully short.A few google snapshots.
We forgive him for exaggerating numbers.And making some maybe rash conclusions.
Layman though he is, he is certainly pointing out anomalies of earth history.Many of which we can verify thanks to google and the NET.
I was asked to show this stuff to the gang.
I am told he is nudged, likely without realising. He has just discovered RV.
So I am just following orders-- presenting him to back up Wilcock and Klaus Dona.
He talks about our strange obsession with gold being irrational. It seemed that way to myself as jeweller robbed twice at gunpoint. I do know many people have an irrational undeserved excitement about gold. Its just a near useless yellow metal.
But we can bear in mind many birds collect metallic shiny objects in their nests. Aquarium fish are also excited by shiny metallic things excited by their own reflections just like budgerigars.
So is our gold thing entirely irrational and only in humans?
Perhaps the Annunaki only boosted our fascination to mimic theirs.
Michael Tellinger has also found what appear to be stone tools of unusal composition and acoustic properties. They ring like a bell. Video here. He remarks the stone tools are so impossible to chip or chisel that they appear to be moulded as if they have been liquefied first.
Same conclusion I pondered when watching Klaus Dona describing intricately made instruments in a strange stone Lydite.
What if ancient people knew how to liquify or jellify rocks somehow to enable moulding?
Example OXALIC ACID from rhubarb plant softens rock making it easily chiselled. Traces of that acid have been found in ancient Maya and Inca monuments. Only problem is Rhubarb doesnt grow in South America.
Lost knowledge example. Romans used concrete. It even set underwater. They never wrote the formula down.
The secret of making concrete was lost till 1870 when it was rediscovered!


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El Blowjob (en inglés /ˈbloʊˈdʒɒb/, t. vulgar para «felación»), también conocido en castellano como Mamada, es un chupito por capas de origen estadounidense compuesto de crema de whisky tipo Bailey's, Amaretto, licor de café tipo Kahlúa o Tía María y nata montada, y que generalmente se sirve como chupito.

Al tragarlo, suelen quedar restos de nata en las comisuras de los labios, de ahí su nombre. La denominación tiene connotaciones humorísticas y es motivo de risa; Generalmente el cliente pide "Can I have a blowjob, please?" («¿me puede dar una mamada por favor?»). Luego, además, tiene una técnica particular de tomarse; con los brazos por detrás de la espalda, se agarra el vaso con la boca y se traga.

Historia
Se desconoce el origen concreto de este chupito, pero se sabe que nació en el período comprendido entre finales de los años 80 y mediados de los 90 en el contexto de las despedidas de soltero/a en los Estados Unidos.

Composición

Ingredientes
 20 ml de crema de whisky
 10 ml de Amaretto
 10 ml de licor de café
 Topping de nata montada

Preparación
En un caballito, vierta primero el Amaretto y el licor de café para que se mezclen. Con sumo cuidado, se vierte luego la crema irlandesa, la cual deberá flotar y no mezclarse con la capa inferior, si se realiza bien. Finalmente se le agrega un poco de nata montada como cobertura.

Descripción
Ya que las bebidas tienen diferentes densidades relativas, se puede crear un chupito por capas: la primera capa de color ámbar compuesta por el Amaretto y el licor de café mezclados; la capa intermedia posee la textura cremosa y el color marrón dorado de la crema irlandesa; la última capa es la nata montada. El chupito a menudo se consume manteniendo las manos detrás de la espalda, tomándolo con la boca e inclinando la cabeza hacia atrás. Otra modalidad es que el vaso de chupito cuelgue del cinturón de un individuo (generalmente un hombre) y se simula la posición de la felación.

Variantes
Ni el IBA ni ninguna asociación de bartending profesional reconoce este cóctel. La receta más antigua (1987) ya contiene el Amaretto. Este ingrediente a menudo se omite, aunque técnicamente se trata de una variante diferente al Blowjob, llamada Blow-mud. Todas las variantes del Blowjob son:

 Blow-mud («salpica-lodo»): la variante más común, en la que se omite el Amaretto.
 Mexican Blowjob («mamada mexicana») o Mamada: se reemplaza el licor de café por tequila.
 Italian Blowjob («mamada italiana») o Pompino: se omite el licor de café.
 Chocolate Blowjob («mamada de chocolate»): es el mismo cóctel pero se usa un vaso caballito hecho de chocolate comestible en vez de vidrio.
 Strawberry Blowjob («mamada de fresa»): en vez de Amaretto, se le agrega granadina, y se puede decorar con un trozo de fresa junto con la nata.

Referencias

Chupitos
Cócteles con licor de café

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DateComboBox is a type of ComboBox. To its text input area, DateComboBox adds international locale-sensitive support for parsing and formatting dates. To help users select a date from a calendar, DateComboBox uses a CalendarMonthNavigator as the combo box's popup content.
Like all Elix calendar components, DateComboBox attempts to provide full international support.
If the user types a date but omits the year, DateComboBox infers a year. By default, this will be the current year.
However, in most cases, you will know ahead of time whether a DateComboBox will typically be used to enter dates in the future (for something the user wants to happen) or in the past (to record an event that has already happened). You can set the timeBias property to "future" or "past" to indicate this.
Example: the current date is July 1, the locale is "en-US", and the supplied value is "9/1" (September 1 in the U.S.), then if timeBias is not set, the parsed date will be September 1 of the present year. If timeBias is set to "past", the date is taken to be a past date, so the parsed date will be September 1 of the previous year.
Use DateComboBox in situations where you have limited screen real estate, or when you want to downplay the importance of selecting a date. In other situations, consider using an inline CalendarMonthNavigator.
Built with mixins AttributeMarshallingMixin, CalendarElementMixin, DelegateFocusMixin, DisabledMixin, FocusVisibleMixin, KeyboardMixin, KeyboardMixin, OpenCloseMixin, ReactiveMixin, RenderUpdatesMixin, and ShadowTemplateMixin.
The class, tag, or template used to create the left and right arrow buttons.
The class, tag, or template used for the optional backdrop element behind the overlay.
This can help focus the user's attention on the overlay content. Additionally, a backdrop can be used to absorb clicks on background page elements. For example, Dialog uses ModalBackdrop as an overlay backdrop in such a way.
The class, tag, or template used to create the calendar.
Close the component (if not already closed).
Some components like AlertDialog want to indicate why or how they were closed. To support such scenarios, you can supply a value to the optional closeResult parameter. This closeResult will be made available in the whenClosed promise and the state.closeResult member.
True if the element is currently closed.
Raised when the component closes.
True if the element has completely closed.
For components not using asynchronous open/close effects, this property returns the same value as the closed property. For elements that have a true value of state.openCloseEffects (e.g., elements using TransitionEffectMixin), this property returns true only if state.effect is "close" and state.effectPhase is "after".
The class, tag, or template used to create the day elements.
The class, tag, or template used to contain the popup content.
The frame element can be used to provide a border around the popup content, and to provide visual effects such as a drop-shadow to help distinguish popup content from background page elements.
The alignment of the popup with respect to the source button.
The combo box's input element.
Open the element (if not already opened).
True if the element is currently opened.
Raised when the component opens.
Raised when the opened/closed state of the component changes.
The prompt text shown in the input if it is empty.
The preferred direction for the popup.
The class, tag, or template used to define the popup.
The popup element is responsible for handling overlay behavior.
If set, this indicates whether a date containing only a month and day should infer a year such that the time is in the future or in the past.
Example: the current date is July 1, the locale is "en-US", and the supplied value is "9/1" (September 1 in the U.S.), then if timeBias is not set, the inferred year is the present year. If timeBias is set to "past", the date is taken to be a past date, so the inferred year will be the previous year.
The class, tag, or template used to create the (Go to) "Today" button.
The class, tag, or template used to create the button that toggles the popup.


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I'm back! Here are some Asian drama and movie streaming updates from the past few weeks. NeeNee has been dealing with severe dry eye from work, nasty headaches, lots of canning, and recently I just threw out my back making both sitting and standing uncomfortable. There are days it is just hard to get back on the computer after working all day at one (thanks to the severe dry eyes and the fact sitting at a computer on certain days can actually make me physically ill…yeah…). Got to love the human body and busyness of life.
Ha Ji Won's and Kang Min Hyuk's Hospital Ship has come to DramaFever. The plots are not the same, but just watching the trailers reminded me of Japanese drama A Clinic on the Sea because we had a doctor (Matsuda Ryota) with a floating practice. Of course the fiery tempers of Ha Ji Won and Kang Min Hyuk are going to clash often. I might give this a shot. I think I may have watched part of an episode of the Japanese drama.
Also added is Chinese drama It's Not Easy Being King. A woman enters the palace as a maid after falling for a handsome guard. Unfortunately her love is not easy to pursue as she swaps bodies with the male emperor.
Nothing new in anime or Asian drama, but if you want to watch ABC's version of Korean drama God's Gift: 14 Days, it is now available. It's called Somewhere Between. I'll let you know when they start streaming the ABC version of Good Doctor, too, which is supposed to start airing on ABC this month I think. And, Hulu has announced two new tiers to their subscription offers including live TV with limited commercials or no commercials. Craziness.
A Final Fantasy-inspired Japanese drama hits Netflix! I have heard about this drama and I know fansubs were floating around, but it was hard to find videos. It's nice that it has come to Netflix. In Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light Chiba Yudai and Osugi Ren star as a father and son who bond while playing Final Fantasy XIV. Interesting enough, this drama is based on a true story.
In Chinese dramas, we have Love Through A Millennium 2 aka Shuttle Love Millennium starring Wei Daxun, Janice Man, Puff Guo, Walley Wei, and Edward Zhang. This is somewhat of a sequel (with a completely different plot and cast) to Love Through The Millennium which is a Chinese drama based on the immensely popular Queen In Hyun's Man. A spoiled wealthy man from 2016 finds himself switching bodies with a chef from 1936. What will happen to these men who are 80 years apart in time? In Keep the Marriage as Jade, infidelity and the troubles of middle age sees a couple with an outwardly perfect marriage attempting to save it.
More of the Taiwanese Q Series franchise has been added. Spring 2017 drama 1000 Walls in Dream follows ghosts who are determined to reconnect with those they left behind. The drama is listed under the English title All About Love. In A House of Blocks aka House of Toy Bricks, Wu Yu Jian has overcome the shadows of her past and is married with her first baby on the way, plus her sister is coming home from a mental hospital. Then everything falls apart as she miscarries, her sister goes missing, and she begins to see ghosts. A Boy Named Flora A follows a 28-year-old college junior who is finally forced to grow up as he deals with an illness and his cousins' misfortunes.
Singaporean TV show Commandos is a documentary which traces the journey of young men over the course of a year as they struggle to become part of an elite military unit known as Commandos.
In Asian movies we have Malay movie Rembat in which two soccer fans go on a road trip to attempt fixing a major match between Thailand and Malaysia. Also, the western movie Death Note is available. I can't bring myself to watch it as the trailers do make me shudder in how bad this will probably be and a friend of a friend wrote her a nice long list of just why fans of this franchise will hate this movie in how they did all these things wrong.
Do you like to watch anime on Netflix? They have added 2011 Naruto movie Naruto Shippuden: Blood Prison following a falsely accused Naruto has his powers are sealed and he is imprisoned as well as 2010 movie Naruto Shippuden: The Movie: The Lost Tower in which Naruto is sent 20 years into the past to battle evil with his father. If you need more Naruto, you can check out 2009 movie The Will of Fire where four out of five ninja villages are destroyed and the remaining village must find the culprit before they become next.
I think I watched part of an episode of Berserk—it is a violent anime (which should be a given with the name, right?) and a few movies from this franchise are available now on Netflix called Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II – The Battle for Doldrey and Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent in which Guts struggles with determining the direction of his fate with Griffith. If you want a break from ninjas and excessive violence, check out 2017 anime Glitter Force ♥DokiDoki♥ in which four girls summon their inner superheroes to defend earth and a magical kingdom against an evil king and his minions. There is also a Chinese cartoon (don't know if this originated from China with popular western voice actors for a US release or I it this is a western production) called The Guardian Brothers which focuses on two retired spirit guardians who make a comeback when a Chinese family's soup shop is sabotaged by competitors. Previews look good.
I don't know why official English titles of dramas can differ so much from the titles we know shows by. Viki adds MBC reality series I Live Alone under the title Home Alone. This series follows celebrities who live on their own. This series does require the Pass Plus subscription to view. Also available to Pass Plus subscribers is currently airing My Golden Life starring Park Shi Hoo, Shin Hye Sun, Lee Tae Hwa, and Chun Ho Jin. Children's ranks are set at birth depending on their parents' statuses. This drama follows a girl who struggles to break through the ever present glass ceiling while discovering how to seek true happiness. In Man Who Sets the Table, a middle-aged man struggles to keep his family together in an age where families are on the decline. The drama stars Choi Sooyoung, On Joo Wan, Lee Il Hwa, and Shum Hyung Tak.
Fencing dramas. It's been awhile. Hong Kong had Hearts of Fencing, a two season drama aired from 2003-2005 on TVB. Now here it is in 2017 and we get a new fencing drama, Chinese drama Attack It, Lightning! starring Chen Ya An, Jiang Jin Fu, Feng Wen Juan, and George Hu. Chen is from a long line of fencers and hopes to make her own mark on the sport. Jiang is a rising boxing star who switches to fencing after meeting Chen. Will a 20-year-old secret tear these two apart?
Something to get excited about! Princess Agents has been added to the list of dramas coming soon (no dates available yet). Jiro Wang's latest Rakshasa Street will also be coming (starting tomorrow possibly). The drama is based on a manhua of the same name which also spawned an anime of the same name. A young college graduate looking for work ends up with a mysterious late night interview which brings her into a transitional dimension where guardian spirits keep watch between the human realm and hell.
Coming in 5 days is Korean drama Girls' Generation 1979 which follows the love lives and friendships of a group of high school girls living in Daegu during the late 70s. The drama stars Bona, Chae Seo Jin, Seo Young Joo, and Lee Jong Hyun.
Lots of great additions though I've seen most. Loving the Singaporean and HK offerings. Yes, skip Death Note. Though Willem Dafeo was AWESOME as Ryuk! Story was slightly modified too. The second Millennium is good but the first was better. Live action Rakshasa Street? Now I really have to finish the anime and movie first! Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light was a nice change of story. I liked it for the realness. Somewhere Between? Never got past episode 1.


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Get away to the last great frontier! This incredible three-day, two-night adventure is for up to six (6) people. The winner(s) tonight will embark on a fishing trip creating a lifelong memory. Get your group to Ketchikan, Alaska and the rest of the trip is planned for you!
Board the 90' M/V Annandale and enjoy three days of fishing, gourmet meals, & 5 Star accommodations. All you need for this adventure is provided (fishing gear, tackle & 21' guided fishing boats.) Grab 5 of your closest friends and enjoy the trip of a lifetime!
Every little girl's dream! Custom Built American Girl Doll House for 18" dolls such as American Girl, Our Generation or Laurent Dolls. Furnished with Kitchen, Sofa, Bathtub, Dresser and Wardrobe.
Your child will be inspired to "Dream Big" with the new American Girl Doll Gabriela McBride. She has a huggable cloth body, eyes that open and close, hair that can be styled, and a movable head and limbs made of smooth vinyl. Included is the Gabriela Doll and Book. Dress up your Doll with a Pajama set or the Sparkling Sequins outfit.
"If it is true that time is fleeting, then we should wisely choose how to spend it, and with whom, and in what place. For who among us wishes to waste even one night with the ones we love? In this place, as in our home, all are welcome." For more than 60 years, Canlis remains a founding fixture of Northwest design, fine dining and culinary excellence.
Restrictions: Valid every night (M-F) of the week EXCEPT SATURDAY. Reservations Required. Present the card for purchase of food or beverages. It may not be used for Gratuity, Valet, Gift Cards or other services restricted by Canlis. Lost, stolen, or damaged cards will not be replaced. This card has no cash value. Please see website for Dress Attire.
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The Oceanfront Stephanie Inn at Cannon Beach embodies all you seek in a romantic getaway to the beach. Two $1000 Gift Certificates each providing a 3 Day, 2-night stay for two, high season, in an elegant Dormer Room with a King bed, Jacuzzi bath, gas fireplace and a large balcony looking out at the Pacific Ocean and Haystack Rock. The Stephanie Dining Room will start your day on the perfect note with a wonderful complimentary Breakfast Buffet. Two casually sophisticated 5 course dinners with wine flights are also provided for you. Complimentary beer and wine gatherings are offered each afternoon in the oceanfront library. Fresh home-made cookies are available throughout the day. Breathe the deep the ocean air while you experience 2 classic 50 minute Swedish massages to renew your sore muscles after hiking, surfing, beach combing and exploring Cannon Beach.
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Two (2) Paramount Club area tickets to "Elf" Musical at the Paramount Saturday, December 9th, 2017 at 8pm. Loge seating in the 3rd row of the balcony and includes a parking pass and admission to the Paramount lounge.
Certificate for a One-Night Stay, Including Breakfast for Two and Parking at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. Enjoy dinner before the show with $100 in gift cards at any Tom Douglas restaurant such as Dahlia Lounge, Carlile Room, Etta's, Lola, and others.
Contact Mike Rorhbach at Run To Win to arrange for delivery of tickets.
Our Tribute to Damon Moore, long time friend and supporter of Run To Win. An American Flag Electric Guitar Signed by "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen, inscribed, "Born in the USA"
This package includes: Four sideline passes - Husky Stadium ( UW sideline passes for adults 18 & over per NCAA rules) Four UW vs. UCLA football tickets on Saturday, October 28, 2017 Two one-night stays in deluxe rooms at the stylish and relaxing Inn at the WAC in the heart of downtown Seattle. $200 in gift certificates for dinner at any Ethan Stowell Restaurant Ethan Stowell's autographed cookbook "New Italian Kitchen"


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15-1444. General powers and duties of district governing boards
A. Except as otherwise provided, the district board shall:
1. Maintain each community college for a period of not less than eight months in each year and, if the funds of the district are sufficient, maintain each community college for a longer period.
2. Adopt policies in a public forum to offer programs that meet the educational needs of the population served by the community college.
3. Enforce the courses of study prescribed by the district board.
4. Visit each community college under its jurisdiction and examine carefully into its management, conditions and needs.
5. Exclude from each community college all books, publications or papers of a sectarian, partisan or denominational character intended for use as textbooks.
6. Appoint and employ a chancellor or chancellors, vice-chancellors, a president or presidents, vice presidents, deans, professors, instructors, lecturers, fellows and such other officers and employees it deems necessary. The district board may enter into employment contracts with chancellors, vice-chancellors and presidents for a duration of more than one year but not more than five years.
7. Determine the salaries of persons it appoints and employs. A district may not compensate an employee for work performed on behalf of an elected employee representative organization and may not provide more favorable terms and conditions of employment to any employee because that individual belongs to an elected employee representative organization.
8. Remove any officer or employee if in its judgment the interests of education in this state require the removal.
9. Award degrees, certificates and diplomas on the completion of courses and curricula as it deems appropriate.
10. Appoint or employ, if it deems necessary, police officers who shall have the authority and power of peace officers. The police officers who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board are eligible for membership in and benefits under either title 38, chapter 5, article 2 or the public safety personnel retirement system under title 38, chapter 5, article 4.
11. Determine the location within the district of a community college and purchase, receive, hold, make and take leases of, sell and convey real or personal property for the benefit of the community colleges under its jurisdiction.
12. Obtain insurance or be self-insured, or a combination of insurance and self-insurance, against loss, to the extent it is determined necessary on community college buildings of the district. The local district shall have an insurable interest in the buildings.
B. The district board may:
1. Administer trusts declared or created for the district and receive by gift or devise and hold in trust or otherwise property wheresoever located, and if not otherwise provided, dispose of the property for the benefit of the district.
2. Lease real property, as lessor or as lessee. If a district is the lessee, the lease may contain an option to purchase the property. The district board may adopt policies as are deemed necessary and may delegate in writing to the chancellor or president of the district, or their designees, all or any part of its authority to lease property under this paragraph. Any delegation by the district board pursuant to this paragraph may be rescinded in whole or in part at any time by the district board.
3. Sue and be sued.
4. Contract. The district board may adopt such policies as are deemed necessary and may delegate in writing to the chancellor or president of the district, or their designees, all or any part of its authority to contract under this paragraph. Any delegation of authority under this paragraph may be rescinded by the district board at any time in whole or in part.
5. Construct, remodel and repair buildings.
6. In conjunction with other districts, establish policies for procurement of goods and services.
7. Provide a plan or plans for employee benefits, which may include optional retirement programs pursuant to section 15-1451, subsection A, which allow for participation in a cafeteria plan that meets the requirements of the United States internal revenue code of 1986.
8. Accept grants or donations of monies from the United States or any of its agencies, departments or officers, this state, political subdivisions of this state, tribal governments, school districts, special taxing districts, persons, corporations, foundations or associations. The district board shall deposit the monies into a specific fund or account and shall administer the monies in accordance with the purpose of the grant or donation with specific policies or restrictions as described or stipulated in the grant or donation. In the case of personal property granted or donated to or for the benefit of a community college district, the district board shall immediately transfer possession and ownership of the property to the designated district. Monies received pursuant to this paragraph are not considered local revenues for the purposes of article IX, section 21, Constitution of Arizona.
9. Enter into intergovernmental agreements or contracts pursuant to section 11-952.01 for participation in programs offered by public agency pools or separately contract with a trustee or board of trustees that provides a common self-insurance program with pooled funds and risks pursuant to section 15-382, subsection B, paragraph 2. The district board is not required to engage in competitive procurement in order to make the decision to participate in these programs.
10. Name a building or a group of buildings that is located on a community college campus on behalf of a person or entity that has made a significant contribution of monies or other property to the community college or the community college district.
11. Enter into research and development agreements, royalty agreements, development agreements, licensing agreements and profit-sharing agreements concerning the research, development, production, storing or marketing of new products developed or to be developed through community college district research. Monies received pursuant to this paragraph are not considered local revenues for the purposes of article IX, section 21, Constitution of Arizona.
12. Enter into an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to section 15-1747 to participate in a reciprocity agreement subject to the terms of the reciprocity agreement.
13. Engage in entrepreneurial and commercial activities. Monies received pursuant to this paragraph are not considered local revenues for the purposes of article IX, section 21, Constitution of Arizona.
14. Collect auxiliary fees, including cafeteria fees, food service fees, bookstore fees and dormitory fees. Monies received pursuant to this paragraph are not considered local revenues for the purposes of article IX, section 21, Constitution of Arizona.
15. Provide goods and services pursuant to a contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a tribal government. Monies received pursuant to this paragraph are not considered local revenues for the purposes of article IX, section 21, Constitution of Arizona.
C. If a district acquires real or personal property, whether by purchase, exchange, condemnation, gift or otherwise, the district shall pay to the county treasurer any taxes on the property that were unpaid as of the date of acquisition, including penalties and interest. The lien for unpaid delinquent taxes, penalties and interest on property acquired by the district:
1. Is not abated, extinguished, discharged or merged in the title to the property.
2. Is enforceable in the same manner as other delinquent tax liens.
D. In a district whose boundaries encompass a vehicle emissions control area as defined in section 49-541, the district board shall require all out-of-county and out-of-state students to sign an affidavit at the time of course registration that the student's vehicle meets the requirements of section 49-542. The district board on property under its jurisdiction within a vehicle emissions control area shall prohibit the parking of those vehicles that fail to comply with section 49-542.
E. A community college district and a career technical education district governing board may enter into agreements for the provision of administrative, operational and educational services and facilities.
F. Each district may establish a program for the exchange of students between the community colleges under its jurisdiction and colleges and universities located in Sonora, Mexico. The program may provide for in-state tuition for Sonora students at the community colleges under the jurisdiction of the district in exchange for similar tuition provisions for Arizona students enrolled or seeking enrollment in Sonora colleges and universities. The community colleges may work in conjunction with the Arizona-Mexico commission in the governor's office to coordinate recruitment and admissions activities to provide for in-state tuition for up to fifty Sonora students at the community colleges under the jurisdiction of the district in exchange for similar tuition provisions for up to fifty total Arizona students enrolled or seeking enrollment in Sonora colleges and universities.
G. Each district shall facilitate transfer articulation coordination pursuant to section 15-1824.


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This apartment is located close to Place des Vosges and Opéra Bastille, in a historic very typical area : Le Marais, with shops and restaurants.
It is located in a traditional first class building.
This is a quiet charming studio, the bed is on a mezzanine.


'I think providing positive female role models for young girls is really important' says Rebekah Hall. Co-founder of forward-thinking juice brand Botanic Lab, Hall has seen first hand the boom in 'wellness' over the last few years.
A trained yoga instructor who grew up in Glastonbury, she brings a perhaps surprising, but nonetheless refreshing, cynicism to the industry. Her brand uses inventive ingredients to make delicious drinks with a health-kick and no over-inflated promises; the cynicism, she says, is an important part of the business. The slick, minimal packaging reflects Hall's own style - jewellery provides the finishing touches for a wardrobe of understated, monochrome pieces. The defining feature? Every piece tells a story. We met the banker turned wellness entrepreneur to talk building a business, jewels that hold memories and the power of crystals.
I grew up in Somerset, near Glastonbury. I was always very good at maths. And I wanted to make money. So I studied Economics at Bristol University and then I took a job in the city and moved to London. I spent 10 years working in investment banking.
And when did you have your career change?
I gave up my job when I turned 30 and learnt to be a yoga teacher. I started a little yoga business, brokering classes for other teachers, setting up retreats. That was my first foray into business, and how I met Christophe, my business partner. It exposed me to the health and wellbeing environment.
And then you launched your juice business?
Yes, we have a factory in Acton and make all our own juices. We try to do it a bit differently. Cristophe creates our recipes - he always has his finger on what the new plant is. Often they're things we can't use initially because they aren't legal here yet! So we go through the processes to be the first to use them - going that extra mile to make something truly unique.
I remember putting on my mum's rings, in the 80s. And she had a really chunky charm bracelet, I used to love playing with the charms. It's nice to have heirloom pieces that you can pass on to the next generation.
I wear pieces that hold stories, that have meaning. All my stones I have around me hold memories, they're so important to me. My wardrobe is quite understated - alot of black and neutral colours, so my jewellery is like a bit of my personality, my armour, in a way.
Which was the first piece you bought yourself?
I bought this watch with my first bonus in banking. My dad always wore a Rolex when I was younger, so I always wanted to wear one, (way before Victoria Beckham bought hers!). I wear it everyday.
Do you have pieces which has been passed on to you?
This bracelet has alot of sentimental value — it reminds me of my granddad, who died 15 years ago. He was a bit of a philanderer in his youth, but when he got older, he wanted to make that up to my grandmother, so he bought her gifts, like this bracelet. She wasn't interested! So he gave it to my mother (his daughter-in-law). I'd always loved it and started borrowing it and one day she said 'its yours'. And I always wear them these beautiful diamond stud earrings my mum's best friend left me when she died.
camera Gold buckle bracelet given to Rebekah's grandmother by her granddad.
There's a gold band ring that my favourite aunt gave me. And two are from an ex boyfriend, who's still a friend. He took me to LA, to Tiffanys, and said 'what do you like in here?', and I chose this citrine ring. It's one of my favourite things. Big jewellery becomes easier to wear as you get older — alot of people would wear this Tiffanys one as a cocktail ring, but I wear it everyday. I stack this Choumert one on top - it's a necklace, but I wear it as a ring.
Tell me about the triangle symbolism?
When I left my job and wasn't in a great place, I went to this funny little jewellery shop in Glastonbury, run by a druid. He picked this ring for me - the stone is a meteorite from Africa. The upward-facing triangle means positive change and he told me to wear it on my power (index) finger. I wore it all the time, then when things got a bit better, I had the triangle tattooed onto my finger, as a reminder of the message.
And your house is full of crystals?
Yes! These are all from Glastonbury. There's an amethyst, for positivity, good vibes; rose quartz, for love and relationships; and the two small ones were from a friend — one for relationships and one for professional endeavours — I carry those with me everywhere.
Are there any pieces you have your eye on?
If I was going to invest some money in the future, it would be in fine jewellery. When I've sold my business, I will buy myself a beautiful ruby ring. I love antique jewellery - especially rubies, and the old settings, I love art deco pieces - vintage Cartier.
What about after your business?
I'd like to do something that combines what I did before (finance) with what i'm doing now (entrepreneurship) - maybe investing in other people's businesses. Wellness is an industry where women are at the fore, leading the way. There were no female role models for me, so I see that as important part of what I'm doing, and what I'd like to do in the future.


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Early Warning is a daily intelligence report published each morning at 8am CST that alerts readers to the largest events that happened overnight and the developments expected to shape the day. Published via the web and also made available through email, Early Warning is available for both Strategic Intelligence and National Intelligence subscribers.
Here's your Early Warning for Tuesday, 16 January 2018.
During a recent conversation with my future in-laws, I pointed out how the previous U.S. policy of limitless immigration could lead to domestic upheaval and potentially a civil war, especially considering that some experts are predicting the loss of tens of millions of jobs due to robotics and automation over the coming decades. Around 670,000 American jobs have been lost since 1993 due to automation, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. And when we look at the incoming foreign-born immigrant population — now 43.2 million people of foreign origin living in the United States — some 29 percent of them have less than a high school education and only 22 percent have attained the equivalent of a high school diploma.
That's 51 percent of immigrants who come to the United States ill-prepared to make a successful life here. So the question is — if the predictions of job loss due to automation become true — how are these people going to be successful here? Even if half the number of predicted jobs lost is true, that's still tens of millions of American jobs gone and it's going to disproportionately hurt low skill, low wage workers. Yet prior to 2017, U.S. policy has been to continue importing millions of these people who are likely to not have jobs in the coming decades.
This is partially the basis for my belief that the United States is forced to adopt more socialist policies within a generation. There's already significant support for taxing the companies who turn more to automation in order to pay for a Universal Basic Income (UBI), which would guarantee nearly every citizen a monthly salary. Still, a UBI won't solve the problem of creating successful citizens who provide a positive impact to society, it just ensures that they won't be starving to death. Poor people with lots of time on their hands and growing socioeconomic resentment has historically led to social upheaval. That's what I believe is in store over the next 10 to 20 years.
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Q: How to prevent jQuery UI from focusing ANYTHING in modal dialogue? I am using jQuery UI 1.9.2. I am using jQueryUI.dialog to create a modal window.
I am getting a problem when the user tries to use the dialog in IE8. IE8 has a stupid issue where it cannot apply "focus" to an element if it is not visible on the page. My modal doesn't pop up immediately, so this error is causing the rest of the page to crash.
I have looked at this question: Prevent jQuery UI dialog from setting focus to first textbox
And while this and many other answers provide work-arounds (creating a hidden input field just before the button to feign that none of the buttons have focus) this will not work for me because it is still trying to add focus to a hidden element which will give that IE8 error.
Is there some kind of parameter or something in the modal dialog call that I can use to NOT add any focus at all?
If I had it my way, I would just like to tell the client to "suck it up and stop supporting 6-year old IE8" but I digress...

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The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t: Cut the Crap and Live Your Life
Written By: Fabrice Midal
Narrated By: Ben Willbond
It's time to stop giving a sh*t!
Be calm... Stop stressing... Embrace the universe... Try yoga... Be fulfilled... and that's an order! We're overwhelmed with these sorts of commands, and we often torture ourselves to 'try harder,' yet somehow we never feel we've done quite enough. It's about time we stop pushing ourselves to do what we think we're supposed to do, and instead simply allow ourselves to be angry, be tired, be silly, be passionate--to stop giving a shit, and just be.
An international bestseller (now in English for the first time), The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t by Fabrice Midal explains why the key to true mindfulness is freeing ourselves from social and often self-imposed stresses--and highlights how we can embrace life more fully by giving ourselves a break. He gives readers permission to:
Stop obeying -- you are intelligent
Stop being calm -- be at peace
Stop wanting to be perfect -- accept life's storms
Stop rationalizing -- let things be
Stop comparing -- be you
Stop being ashamed -- be vulnerable
Stop tormenting yourself -- become your own best friend
Stop wanting to love -- be benevolent
One of the world's leading teachers of meditation and mindfulness, Midal offers us a new solution to the perennial problem of our too-much, too-fast modern life. It's OK, he urges us, to say no. It's fine to quit the things that don't fulfill you. It's necessary, in fact, to give ourselves a break and say, simply, c'est la vie. In The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t, Midal gives each of us permission to stop doing the things that don't make us happy ... so we have room in our lives for the things that do.
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French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t: Cut the Crap and Live Your Life
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Ray Fisher's Removal From 'The Flash' is the Latest in the 'Justice League' Saga
Brady Langmann
14 January 2021, 11:48 am ·4-min read
Photo credit: Elaine Chung
From Esquire
As long as Zack Snyder's Justice League has existed, there's been behind-the-scenes drama about Zack Snyder's Justice League. Director changes, rewrites, extreme fan reactions, all that. (It's enough that we've written an entire recap of the Justice League making-of timeline, from its 2017 release to the upcoming Snyder Cut on HBO this year.) Though, there's one storyline in this saga that's risen well above debates over deleted scenes—and it's centered around actor Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in Justice League.
Some background: On July 1, Fisher tweeted allegations that Joss Whedon (who replaced Snyder as the Justice League director when he left due to a family tragedy) was abusive and unprofessional on set. He wrote, "Joss Wheadon's on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable. He was enabled, in many ways, by Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Accountability>Entertainment." At the time, Whedon declined to comment and Justice League producer Jon Berg said it was "categorically untrue that we enabled any unprofessional behavior." This past summer, WarnerMedia launched an internal investigation into the Justice League set that led to "remedial action." The statement went without further explanation from the company, and no punitive actions were specifically cited. At the investigation's end, Fisher said he wouldn't appear in any DC film while its president, Walter Hamada, was in charge, and promised there would be "more soon."
He wasn't kidding. On Wednesday night, Fisher tweeted a lengthy statement that claims he was removed from the cast of The Flash, which is set to debut in 2022. In the statement—which we'll break down shortly—the actor details the extent of Cyborg's involvement in The Flash and accuses DC Films President Walter Hamada of undermining the Justice League investigation. On Thursday morning, WarnerMedia released its own statement backing Hamada—furthering a conflict that feels like it's only just getting started.
Fisher's Wednesday statement is a lot to unpack. It starts with Fisher writing that Warner Bros. removed him from the cast of The Flash—which he claims was "much larger than a cameo." Then, he claims that Hamada's alleged interference with the Justice League investigation was to protect former DC Films President Geoff Johns. In the rest of the statement, Fisher details his repeated attempts to escalate his allegations of misconduct on the Justice League set ("blatant racism" amongst the claims) and accuses Hamada of repeatedly downplaying those claims. (In an interview with Forbes, Fisher alleged that "Prior to Justice League's reshoot process, blatantly racist conversations were had and entertained —on multiple occasions—by former and current top-level executives at Warner Bros. Pictures.") Fisher concludes by stating his willingness to submit to a polygraph test to support his claims, as well as his goal to expose Hamada and protect those who partook in the Justice League investigation.
"No one, in any profession, should have to argue with their employer for their claims of abuse, racism, and discrimination to be taken up the proper chain of command," Fisher added. "And no one, in any position of leadership, should attempt to dissuade those wishing to report such claims from doing so."
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— Ray Fisher (@ray8fisher) January 13, 2021
Following Fisher's tweet, both WarnerMedia and WarnerMedia chair and CEO Ann Sarnoff issued statements of their own. WarnerMedia's response claimed that Fisher was offered a role in The Flash—but the production moved on after the actor wrote that he would not participate in any Hamada-backed project:
"As has been previously stated, an extensive investigation was conducted by an outside law firm, led by a former federal judge who has assured WarnerMedia that there were no impediments to the investigation. Last summer, Mr. Fisher was offered the opportunity to reprise his role as Cyborg in The Flash. Given his statement that he will not participate in any film associated with Mr. Hamada, our production is now moving on. Warner Bros. remains in business with Geoff Johns who continues to produce Stargirl, Batwoman, Doom Patrol, Superman & Lois, and Titans for the studio, among other projects."
As for Sarnoff, she outright supported Hamada, claiming that he did not interfere with the Justice League investigation:
"I believe in Walter Hamada and that he did not impede or interfere in the investigation. Furthermore, I have full confidence in the investigation's process and findings. Walter is a well-respected leader, known by his colleagues, peers, and me as a man of great character and integrity. As I said in Walter's recent deal extension announcement, I'm excited about where he's taking DC Films and look forward to working with him and the rest of the team to build out the DC Multiverse."
With WarnerMedia and Sarnoff's statement's coming just this morning, as well as The Flash's production ramping up, this likely won't be the last we hear of this ongoing situation—we'll keep you posted as it continues to unfold.
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