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FRED ASTAIRE'S DANCE PARTNERS AND THEIR COSTUMES
July 15, 2017 christian esquevin	16 Comments
Fred Astaire danced with the best dancing stars of classic Hollywood. And while they danced with him they were dressed by some of the best studio costume designers. His dance partners have included Ginger Rogers, who he danced with in several movies: Rita Hayworth; Eleanor Powell; Judy Garland; Vera-Ellen; Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron; and Audrey Hepburn, and he even partnered with Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies.
Fred & Adele Astaire in Smiles (Broadway) 1930-1931 Photo courtesy Photofest
Fred Astaire was born to entertain. He and his older sister Adele began a Vaudeville act when he was 7. Fred met George Gershwin in 1916 and they remained friends for the rest of George's short life. The Astaires were on Broadway by 1917. They performed in several musicals that took them to London. There, Adele was wooed and wed by Lord Charles Cavendish. Along with his natural grace Fred picked up the impeccable style of the British upper class. But now he was without a partner and his act fell apart. He managed to find himself in another successful Broadway musical, Gay Divorce (1932-1933), with dancing partner Clare Luce, with Cole Porter's music including the catchy number, Night and Day. After closing the show he went to Hollywood with a contract at RKO Pictures.
David O. Selznick was the head of production at the time, with Pandro Berman a leading producer. Fred's first screen test for the studio didn't bring down the house. According to Fred Astaire's later memory, it summarized him as, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances." But all Fred needed was a dance partner. Yet RKO's first role for him wasn't ready so he was loaned out to MGM for a role starring as himself with a dance partner not quite up to the task: Joan Crawford, in Dancing Lady (1933). But lightning sparked when Fred was paired with Ginger Rogers in RKO's Flying Down to Rio. Ironically, the future dancing dynamos were not even top-billed. The stars of the movie were Dolores Del Rio and Gene Raymond. Fred and Ginger had smaller parts, especially Ginger, but they smoked the floor when they danced to "The Carioca." They stole the show, as they say in show business. Dolores Del Rio was a big star at the time and used her favorite designer Irene (Lentz Gibbins) to design her wardrobe for the film. Walter Plunkett was RKO's costume designer and he designed Ginger Rogers' costumes and those of the chorines.
Flying Down to Rio. Photo courtesy Photofest
RKO realized they had something special with Fred and Ginger, and when Broadway's Gay Divorce was turned into RKO's 1935 film The Gay Divorcee (a gay divorce could not possibly happen according to the censor), the studio realized they had gold. This movie musical launched something different: Fred insisted on the cameras shooting Ginger and him dancing full bodied cross the studio floor. No jump cuts or edits of close-up foot-work or head shots would be used until they were finished. Plus they smiled as they danced, looking like they were having the greatest time. Deep in the Depression, this was a winning combination for the audience. Fred's early screen test meant nothing now, especially with his chemistry with Ginger Rogers. As someone said about the duo, "He gave her class and she gave him sex."
Their dancing was infectious to look at, a symbol of the romance that was always bubbling as part of the plot. And a plot that became a standard with RKO's Fred and Ginger movies. They meet seemingly by accident, and while there's attraction, things go wrong and keep going wrong until they finally unite at the very end.
Walter Plunkett designed Gay Divorcee, and with his first two RKO movies he set the pattern for her dance dresses: a tight fit at the waist and bodice that showed off her gorgeous figure, and a flowing skirt that twirled as she danced with Fred.
Walter Plunkett's costume sketch below shows the costume worn by the chorines (the white version, there was also a black). The ruffles at the elbows were brought up to the shoulders.
By the time Fred and Ginger's third film Top Hat (1935) was being made, Walter Plunkett had left RKO due to a salary dispute. New York fashion designer Bernard Newman had been brought on and was given the choice assignments and that didn't please Walter. But Newman's designs for Ginger became more eye-popping, and she became more involved in the designs. Newman's famous light blue "Feathers" gown for Top Hat was a good example. It was made of silk satin with ostrich feathers at the skirt and shoulders. It became a bit of a battle between the Astaire camp and the Rogers camp as to whether it would remain in the movie. The issue, unresolved to the end, was how to keep the feathers from coming loose when Ginger danced with Fred. Even after some hand-re-sewing of individual ostrich plumes, they can still be seen flying about in the "Dancing Cheek-to-Cheek" number, which irritated Fred to no end. But what a magnificent scene. My great-aunt was irritated too. As the head cutter-fitter at RKO wardrobe, she didn't have to do the sewing, but she had to supervise the process. Fred made light of the whole matter afterwards. He made a present to Ginger of a gold feather for her charm bracelet.
Top Hat (1935) Courtesy Photofest
Follow the Fleet followed Top Hat, and Bernard Newman followed his knock-out gown for Ginger with another one. The stellar gown in this movie was made entirely of silver bugle beads, trimmed with a fox collar. The gown weighed about 30 lbs. The bugle beaded skirt was translucent so you could see her figure against the light. But once again, Fred was not happy. The bell-shaped sleeves were heavy too, and when she twirled around in early takes her sleeves would slap up against his cheeks. But again, the resulting "Let's Face the Music and Dance" Irving Berlin number has to be their most beautiful (below). It was shot in in one take.
Swing Time followed, which many consider the best of the Fred and Ginger movies (though closely matched by Top Hat). Bernard Newman again designed Ginger's wardrobe although there were no over the top gowns. At this point she didn't need them to get noticed in a movie, as all eyes were frequently on her. The usual plot-line of the rough meeting, sudden attraction, then roller coaster road to a relationship is layed out again. And there are the dances – always sublime.
Swing Time (1936) Photo courtesy Photofest
When they first meet, Ginger is a dance instructor and Fred pretends not to know how to dance (at first). For the scene she wears a simple black dress with white pleated Peter Pan collar with bow. The full pleated skirt is designed to flow as she dances.
The climactic dance is the "Never Gonna Dance" number, Jerome Kern and Dorothy Field's song written for the movie. Bernard Newman's design for Ginger was a beautiful flowing backless decollete gown with criss-cross straps decorated with rhinestones. This gown too is translucent, as was the detachable cape. The dance number was the highlight of their partnership.
Fred and Ginger made Shall We Dance in 1937 and Carefree in 1938 but their movies weren't as popular as before. America was slowly coming out of the Depression and movie audience expectations were changing. A theater magazine had just listed several actors as "Box office poison," and among them were big stars like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, and Fred Astaire. Bernard Newman had just left RKO. While his designs were stunning, he couldn't keep up with the pace of work at a Hollywood studio. Howard Greer, formerly of Paramount Pictures filled in to design Ginger's wardrobe for Carefree. He had opened his own fashion business in Beverly Hills and was doing rather well. After he finished this film Edward Stevenson, with years of experience going back to First National, assumed most of the design duties at RKO. A Howard Greer costume sketch for Ginger in Carefree is shown below. Fred and Ginger's final movie at RKO was The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. As the studio wanted, this would be a departure from their usual boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back story. It was based on the real story of the once very famous dance team of the Castles. But problems began early. Vernon had already died and Irene wanted the movie to be very exact in its portrayal of them – down to story line, dance steps, costumes, and their likeness. It's still a mystery who designed the costumes. Walter Plunkett, who had come back to RKO, stated he bowed out when Irene Castle became so rigid in her demands. The costume sketches themselves are unlike any done by the regular sketch artists at RKO. In any event, the movie was not a success and while Ginger stayed on at RKO to win an Oscar for Kitty Foyle, Fred's contract was up and he moved on.
Howard Greer costume sketch for Ginger Rogers in Carefree
Fred was not quite the box office poison the article made him out to be. MGM, Paramount, and Columbia all wanted him to do movies for them. MGM came in first with Broadway Melody of 1940, made in 1939, which was followed later by a long term contract. In this movie he more than met his match in tap -dancing: the incredible Eleanor Powell. When the two danced in the Begin the Beguine number, it was introduced years later by Frank Sinatra for That's Entertainment! He stated, "You can wait around and hope, but you'll never see the likes of this again." But In the photo below, they dance in Eleanor's favorite, the "Jukebox" tap dance number. They are both having fun with this one.
The costume designer for this film was Adrian, and while all Eleanor's costumes move well while she dances ( and they don't bother Fred) he adds whimsy with the Cossack accents.
Fred moved to Paramount Pictures where in 1942 he made what would become a classic, Holiday Inn (along with it's sequel) , or as it was fully titled: Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn. Here he was joined by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds. And while Fred dances Marjorie Reynolds around the floor (at one point on the floor when he plays drunk), it's when Bing sings "White Christmas" to Marjorie, and then they sing in duo, that music history is made.
Edith Head designed Marjorie Reynolds' costumes. Allthough the movie was black and white one of the costumes was made of gold beads. The costume sketch below (shown with Fred as the dance partner) was modified somewhat in the film as an embroidered silk gown. The signature on the sketch is that of director Mark Sandrich.
The photo below shows Marjorie in her gold beaded gown.
Fred made a couple of movies at Columbia Pictures after talking to producer Gene Markey. He would star with the daughter of an old dancing Vaudeville friend of his, Eduardo Cansino. His daughter was Rita Cansino, now known as Rita Hayworth. Their first movie together was successful: You'll Never Get Rich (1941) , but their second movie You Were Never Lovelier (1942) was a hit. The music was by Jerome Kern and Johnnie Mercer. Here Fred courts Rita, but her Argentine father disapproves.
The two photos above and below show Fred and Rita dancing in You Were Never Lovelier promotional photos. Rita's beautiful wardrobe was designed by Irene (Lentz Gibbons), who was designing for Bulluck's Wilshire at the time. Irene frequently freelanced for studio work for stars that demanded her services, as she had for Dolores Del Rio. This gown had embrodered sequins at the bodice and skirt, with an illusion top. It flowed beautifully as can be seen in the bottom photo. Unfortunately, while Fred sang the "You Were Never Lovelier" song to Rita, the dance scene was cut from the final film.
Fred Astaire had achieved an enviable career in his first decade in Hollywood. But much more was yet to come. More of his films, dance partners, and their costumes will be covered in Part II of this blog.
Edith HeadEleanor PowellFred AstaireGinger RogersHoward GreerIreneMarjorie ReynoldsRita HayworthWalter Plunkett


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# Remove-IBLease

## SYNOPSIS
Remove-IBLease removes the specified dhcp lease record from the Infoblox database.

## SYNTAX

### byObject (Default)
```
Remove-IBLease -Record <IB_Lease[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
```

### byRef
```
Remove-IBLease [-Gridmaster <String>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] -_Ref <String> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
```

## DESCRIPTION
Remove-IBLease removes the specified dhcp lease record from the Infoblox database.
If deletion is successful the reference string of the deleted record is returned.

## EXAMPLES

###  EXAMPLE 1
```
Remove-IBLease -Gridmaster $Gridmaster -Credential $Credential -_Ref Lease/ZG5zLmJpbmRfYSQuX2RlZmF1bHQuY29tLmVwcm9kLHBkYWR1dGwwMWNvcnAsMTAuOTYuMTA1LjE5MQ:192.168.1.1/default
```

This example deletes the dhcp lease record with the specified unique reference string.
If successful, the reference string will be returned as output.

###  EXAMPLE 2
```
Get-IBLease -Gridmaster $Gridmaster -Credential $Credential -name Server01 | Remove-IBLease
```

This example retrieves the address reservation for Server01, and deletes it from the infoblox database.
If successful, the reference string will be returned as output.

## PARAMETERS

### -Gridmaster
The fully qualified domain name of the Infoblox gridmaster.
SSL is used to connect to this device, so a valid and trusted certificate must exist for this FQDN.

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: byRef
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -Credential
Powershell credential object for use in authentication to the specified gridmaster.
This username/password combination needs access to the WAPI interface.

```yaml
Type: PSCredential
Parameter Sets: byRef
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -_Ref
The unique reference string representing the record.
String is in format \<recordtype\>/\<uniqueString\>:\<Name\>/\<view\>.
Value is assigned by the Infoblox appliance and returned with and find- or get- command.

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: byRef
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -Record
An object of type IB_Lease representing the record.
This parameter is typically for passing an object in from the pipeline, likely from Get-IBLease.

```yaml
Type: IB_Lease[]
Parameter Sets: byObject
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs.
The cmdlet is not run.

```yaml
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

```yaml
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

## INPUTS

### System.Net.IPAddress[]
System.String
IB_ReferenceObject

## OUTPUTS

### IB_ReferenceObject

## NOTES

## RELATED LINKS

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In 2016, GO received a gift through Microsoft's corporate giving campaign. One philanthropic event involved a pie-throwing contest. Employees bought tickets, exchanged them for tinfoil pans full of whipped cream and hurled them at management. Greenberg was a willing target. In one day, Microsoft employees raised $5,000 for the foundation. For an idea of how many pies he caught with his face, Greenberg told me the next day he still smelled like Cool Whip and even had some lodged in his ears.
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Exclusive Interview: "Hot Moon" Author Alan Smale
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As the sci-fi loving son of a grade school science teacher, I've long lamented that our missions to the moon ended after only six trips. And no, not just because I'd love to eat a breakfast burrito while hopping along the surface of the moon (as cool as that may be). Well, at least I have fiction to feed my mind; fiction like Alan Smale's new alt-history sci-fi novel Hot Moon (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook). In the following email interview, Smale discusses what inspired and influenced this space story.
To begin, what is Hot Moon about, and when and where does it take place?
It's 1979, in an alternate timeline where the Apollo Program kept going after Apollo 17, and went from strength to strength. The Soviets were also more successful with their moon program, and both superpowers are developing semi-permanent bases there, five hundred miles apart on the surface. In Earth orbit, the USAF has crewed surveillance stations (the Manned Orbiting Laboratories of our own timeline, actually developed and implemented), and the USSR has similar Almaz stations, based on Salyut. So, the Cold War is progressing rather differently, and is about to turn hot.
Enter Vivian Carter, commander of Apollo 32, in lunar orbit on her way to an expeditionary landing in the volcanic Marius Hills area, with her crew, Lunar Module Pilot Ellis Mayer and Command Module Pilot and maneuvering whizz, Dave Horn. En route, they dock with a space station in lunar orbit — which is essentially a Skylab, from our Apollo program, studying the Moon — to resupply it.
And then all hell breaks loose, when Columbia Station is attacked by Soviet Soyuz craft, in what's essentially the first ever space battle, with clunky Apollo-era technology.
Vivian and her crew escape this attack, and she ends up on the lunar surface, but in a very different way than anticipated, and in a different place — the existing NASA Hadley Base. The eighteen astronauts at this base are not at all prepared for a Soviet military incursion, and Vivian and her new colleagues are forced into some serious ingenuity and improvisation in order to survive.
And that's just the first part of the book.
As you can likely tell by now, Hot Moon takes place almost entirely on and around the Moon. It's also told from both the U.S. and Soviet perspectives — Vivian Carter is our lead, but we get the points of view of a range of characters from both sides.
Where did you get the idea for Hot Moon? What inspired it?
Hot Moon is the book I've wanted to write since I was nine years old, watching the Apollo Moonshots in England, and dreaming about walking on the Moon myself.
After I finished Eagle And Empire, the third book in my Clash Of Eagles trilogy [which you can read more about here and here], I was ready to write something very different. I had two wildly different scenarios in mind: another series, a "big" alternate history epic drama set all across the Mediterranean in the fourth century AD; and a much tighter and more focused adventure thriller set in the late 1970s and early 1980s using entirely era-appropriate technology. I wrote both. The first hasn't sold yet, and the second is Hot Moon.
And is there a reason you set it in 1979 as opposed to 1989 or 1999 or 2019? Or, for that matter, 2079 or 12079?
Hot Moon has to begin in 1979. There's really no other year it could be set. It requires the very specific technologies that were available at the time: the Apollo and Skylab craft in the West, and the Soyuz and Almaz capabilities in the Soviet Union. Just a few years earlier, the events in the book wouldn't have been feasible. Five years later, the technological landscape and capabilities might have progressed to look very different. The world of the late 1970s is embedded on every page and in every detail of Hot Moon. And — although there are no scenes set on Earth — some Earth events that were happening contemporaneously in the late seventies do have a bearing on the story's background.
It sounds like Hot Moon is a sci-fi story, but an alternate history one. Is that how you see it?
Hot Moon is my alt-Apollo thriller, set entirely on and around the Moon in the late 1970s. It includes the world's first space battle, with appropriately clunky technology.
It's definitely alt-history, and definitely hard sci-fi.
As you mentioned, Hot Moon is a very different novel from your Clash Of Eagles series. Are there any writers who had a particularly big influence on Hot Moon but not on anything else you've written?
There's a touch of Andy Weir about Hot Moon. In The Martian, Weir plunges deep into some pretty heavy technology, to the point of sometimes doing the math on the page justifying his hero's options and actions. Similarly, everything in Hot Moon is as technologically accurate as I could make it. I even made sure the various rocket engines would indeed have enough fuel onboard to do the orbital mechanics and maneuvers that I put the various craft through. I obviously don't slow down the action by getting into the weeds of those particular calculations. But I do have a particularly tense scene where Vivian is quickly doing math in real time and assessing the resources she has, in a semi-controlled panic, to figure out her chances of surviving the really dangerous situation she finds herself in. And I have other scenes where a group of unarmed astronauts are discussing how they can use their ingenuity to adapt the standard non-military Apollo tech and other materials around them into offensive weapons and defenses against the Soviet ground attack they know is inevitable. I think Weir made that kind of geekiness strong and sexy, or at least acceptable in a science fiction novel (it was always acceptable to readers, but sometimes less so to publishers…). Gregory Benford gets just as nuts-and-bolts-technological about the atomic bomb in his — very exciting! — World War II alternate history novel, The Berlin Project.
A number of ex-astronauts have written extremely evocative books about the Apollo program and their experiences. Two of the best are Carrying The Fire by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, and Last Man On The Moon by Gene Cernan. I was consciously trying to write something just as detailed and evocative — fictional, in my case, but with all the wonder and excitement of the real Apollo program. I hope people finish Hot Moon thinking "Dang, we really should have kept going to the Moon after Apollo 17."
How about non-literary influences; was Hot Moon influenced by any movies, TV shows, or games?
Perhaps the movie, Apollo 13? And Gravity, which also has a female astronaut protagonist in dire straits in space? (Although the physics is not as well grounded in Gravity as it is in Hot Moon.)
Aside from those, I don't think so. Not consciously, at least. There's now a TV show called For All Mankind which shares the same initial premise as Hot Moon, but my book handles the idea very differently and the plot goes in a very different direction. (I haven't actually seen the show, but I've read the Wikipedia articles describing the episodes, and other summaries and episode guides, so I have the general idea.) I found out about that show long after I'd developed my own Hot Moon outline, and publishing is a slow game: I'd already completed a polished draft of Hot Moon and sent it to my agent and beta readers before the first episode of the show aired.
Unless both the press materials and Amazon are wrong, Hot Moon is the first book in a series called Apollo Rising. What was it about this story that made you feel it couldn't be told in just one book?
Well…to be perfectly honest, I originally intended Hot Moon to be a stand-alone. I had a trilogy I was trying to sell at the same time, and my first series, Clash Of Eagles, was pitched as three books from the start, but at I initially meant Hot Moon to be a single book.
And then the reviews and blurbs came in really strong, and my CAEZIK publisher, Shahid Mahmud, and I started talking about a sequel. And, you know? I didn't jump at the idea straight away. I wanted to think about it. So I spent some time reviewing my copious notes, seeing what I'd already written and what I'd originally thought of writing but hadn't, and where there might be hooks that I could develop further. And I quickly realized that this story has legs, that the basic scenario was wide open for additional storytelling. I found avenues, and characters, and ideas, that were ripe for further exploration.
Don't get me wrong: Hot Moon is still complete in its own right. People can read it and be satisfied with the story. It has no cliffhangers, no loose ends, and if readers want to stop after the first book, they'll certainly have had the full experience.
But the second book, Radiant Sky, does build on several of the themes from Hot Moon, and takes things in a direction that I think most readers won't see coming. I took a couple of months to develop the plot and associated materials before sending my pitch in to Shahid, and I think that time was well spent. I'm now partway through writing Radiant Sky, and solidly convinced that it'll be a worthy sequel to Hot Moon.
So, will this series be an ongoing thing or a set number of books, and why is it whatever it is?
If Hot Moon and Radiant Sky sell well, I can certainly see where a third book would go. I've even had preliminary discussions about that with my editor at CAEZIK, Lezli Robyn — though with no guarantees as yet that the third book will ever be written. But I think three books will be the limit, at least for my current lead, Vivian Carter. Her story and the broader arc will be complete after three books. And if there are only two books, I can guarantee that the second will also end in a completely satisfying place for the reader.
Upon hearing that Hot Moon is the first book of a duology, or maybe a trilogy, some people might decide to wait until all of the books are out before reading any of them. But is there any reason why you think people shouldn't wait to read Hot Moon?
2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and there was a fabulous celebration on the Washington Mall to celebrate it. Other fiftieth anniversaries, for other aspects of the Apollo program, are still coming thick and fast. So this is a great time to read an Apollo-centric novel. And NASA now has the Artemis Program, where they're working to put the first woman and the next man on the surface of the moon in the next few years. Space-inclined people can whet their appetites for that exciting future by reading about an Apollo past that never came about.
And, perhaps a little more darkly: some of the drama of Hot Moon comes from an armed conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Making the book perhaps slightly more…topical than I'd imagined when I was writing it.
I've already mentioned that Hot Moon is complete in itself. No cliffhanger ending: the reader won't be left in limbo waiting for Radiant Moon. And as the more communicative readers of my Clash Of Eagles series know, I do write back to fans of my books who write to me. I'd really love people to read it just as soon as they can get their hands on it, so we can start those conversations.
Earlier I asked if Hot Moon had been influenced by any movies, TV shows, or games. But I'd like to flip things around and ask if you think Hot Moon could work as a movie, show, or game?
I'm not sure how it would work as a game, though someone cleverer than me could likely figure that out. But it could certainly work well as a movie, or a TV miniseries. That would be my dream, my hope for it: a tight, exciting, slightly claustrophobic and very tense miniseries on a prestigious streaming network.
Now I'm thinking about it, six or eight hour-long episodes would work well with the action in the book. There would be decent break points, and allow enough time to do the characters and story elements justice, and pile on the tension.
Wow. Now I really want it to happen. Anyone have a cool producer on speed dial?
And if that cool producer on speed dial wanted to make a Hot Moon TV show, who would you want them to cast as Vivian and the other main characters and why them?
Honestly, I suck at that. For my Clash Of Eagles series there was this whole discussion on social media for a while. Who should play Gaius Marcellinus? Who should play Sintikala, war chief of the Eagle Clan? Who should be Great Sun Man, war chief of Cahokia? And all of the other major characters, too…it was a thing, for a while. And people kept asking me who I'd had in mind while I was writing it, and I honestly didn't know. I don't visualize my characters as movie stars. Popular sentiment seemed to be that Moon Bloodgood would make a great Sintikala, even though she's Korean-American, and not native American. The guesses for Marcellinus were all over the place. I do have an image of him in my head, obviously, but haven't matched that look with an actor.
Back to Hot Moon: I'm very much looking forward to hearing the audiobook, which will be narrated by Vivienne Leheny. She's a terrific voice actress, and I think she's going to do an awesome job. Her voice sounds very much like I imagine Vivian Carter's voice. So at least I know that much. I visualize Vivian as not particularly tall, but not petite — her size matters, when it comes to whose spacesuits she can "borrow" at various points in the book, and how well she fits into them. She's obviously super physically fit, so the actress would need to be convincingly athletic. And have a sardonic sense of humor.
So, is there anything else you think people need to know about Hot Moon?
I've emphasized the techie side a lot, so maybe I should say more about the characters, Soviet as well as American. Vivian is obviously my star, but we also get the viewpoints of Josh Rawlings (NASA astronaut, commander of Columbia Station), Peter Sandoval (USAF hotshot pilot and black ops dude), Nikolai Makarov (cosmonaut, second Soviet to walk the lunar surface), and Svetlana Belyakova (cosmonaut, first woman on the Moon), among others. Hot Moon is really more a people-story more than a tech-story, even though I've obviously done my homework.
And did I mention that it's a fast-paced thriller?
Finally, if someone enjoys Hot Moon, what alt-history sci-fi novel of someone else's would you suggest they read next?
In the alt.space arena, there's some guy called Chris Hadfield — rumor has it that he was an astronaut, or something — who put out a novel called The Apollo Murders last year. The plot is way different from Hot Moon, but the technical background is solid (as you might imagine), and I think anyone who enjoys my book would like Hadfield's, too.
And, of course, there's Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut series. Her alternate history setup is very divergent from our history — these aren't really "Apollo stories" — but if you're into space fiction, you might take to take a look.
In short fiction, Rosemary Claire Smith had a story called "The Next Frontier" in Analog Magazine in 2021 that's also alt-Apollo. Rosie is a friend, and we had fun at Balticon recently discussing the similarities and differences in our perceptions of the Apollo program, and the ways we've reworked it for our own fictional purposes. Rumor has it that she may be writing more Apollo fiction in future.
And just to give Andy Weir another plug that he definitely doesn't need: Andy doesn't write alternate history (at least, not yet), but as I really enjoy science-heavy sci-fi, I'd certainly recommend The Martian and his later books to people who like Hot Moon.
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1. Suppose that in a perfectly competitive industry the equilibrium industry quantity is 10,000 units. Suppose that the monopoly output is 5,000. For a 2-firm Cournot Oligopoly (N =2) known as a duopoly, what is a likely Cournot QUANTITY for the industry?
2. A manufacturer produces two types of computer software, Word processing (W) and Spreadsheet (S), which is offered to two different retail outlets (#1 and #2). The following table shows the maximum price each retail outlet is willing to pay for each individual software product.
What is the optimal pricing strategy that will maximize revenue for the manufacturer, given the maximum the retail outlets are willing to pay?
a. Bundle both products (W and S) and sell them at $230.
b. Price product W at $170 and Product S at $135.
c. Price product W at $170 and Product S at $170.
d. Price product W at $95 and Product S at $105.


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Heavenly Rewards: Various Types
Besides crowns, what other types of heavenly rewards are there?
To answer that question, Dr. David Reagan and I on our television program Christ in Prophecy invited Glenn Meredith, senior pastor for 30 years of Brookhaven Church in McKinney, Texas. Pastor Meredith is a very gifted communicator who is able to present the depths of God's Word in simple to understand language. Last fall he presented a sermon about heavenly rewards that deeply impressed Dr. Reagan, and so he was invited to share some of what he's learned about this topic.
Various Heavenly Rewards
Nathan Jones: Besides crowns, what will those in Heaven be wearing? Are there rewards based on say clothing? Will there be different styles of clothing? We read in Revelation about white robes.
Glenn Meredith: I don't know for sure about different styles, but we might have variances.
Dr. Reagan: It says in Revelation, "To her, the Bride of Christ, is given fine linen bright and clean that will reflect the righteous acts of the Saints." There may be some sort of emblems on one's robe or whatever that would indicate different tasks that we did in service to the Lord. I think clothes are some of many kinds of rewards that are going to be given out.
Glenn Meredith: Perhaps there will be different levels of glory that will be somehow revealed in us. Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 4 about these light afflictions that are but for a moment but are working for us towards the exceedingly eternal weight of glory. Romans 8 say, "I reckon the sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed to us."
Then you have what the Bible teaches about how we are going to reign with Christ.
Nathan Jones: Yes, a lot of people write into this ministry and they ask, "What are we actually going to be doing during the Millennial Kingdom? What does the Bible say is the job reward for believers?"
Dr. Reagan: Some of the rewards are indeed going to be given out in the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ before we get to the eternal state. Jesus said He'd put one person over one city, one over five, and one over ten. Therefore, I think during the Millennial reign you're going to have every person who is in a position of authority on planet earth will be a person who is in a glorified body and we'll be reigning over those in fleshly bodies. So, every mayor, every governor, every president, king, whatever will be those of us in glorified bodies.
Jesus will be Kings of kings and Lord of lords in Jerusalem. It says that David will be in his glorified body as the King of Israel. And then, those in glorified bodies are going to be scattered all of the world to reign, but we're going to have degrees of reigning authority, and that's part of the overall rewards that we will receive.
Glenn Meredith: I think that's correct. Then you also must add to that from Matthew 6 where Jesus talked about laying up our treasures in Heaven. We've got different degrees of treasure then. In 1 Timothy 6, Paul is exhorting those who are rich in this world when he exhorts, or commands, them to be generous and to be rich in good works so that they may lay up treasures in Heaven which is a firm foundation for the coming age.
So, we've got these people in Heaven one day who are going to have different crowns. They've got perhaps different ways that the glory of God is revealed through them. They've got different authority that's been given to them, delegated to them by the Lord Jesus Christ based on their faithfulness in this world in serving Him. You've got different amounts of treasure in Heaven.
And then, in addition to all of that, and this is astounding, but in Matthew 5 Jesus says that some people in the Kingdom will be called least in the kingdom and others will be called great in the kingdom. Jesus said those who do not obey God and who teach others to not obey will be called least in the Kingdom. Those who obey and teach others to obey will be called great. So, obviously some will be called least and some will be called great. Some have great treasures and some have little to no treasure. Some will have multiple crowns perhaps, and some no crowns. So, not everyone is going to be the same in Heaven. There's going to be distinction among us.
Dr. Reagan: Incidentally, with regard to those rewards I mentioned, during the Millennium the degrees of reigning authority will also carry over into the eternal state, because we are told we are going to reign with the Lord Jesus Christ forever and ever. So, there's even going to be degrees of reigning authority in the eternal state.
Glenn Meredith: That's exactly correct.
Nathan Jones: I liked what you said too about the glorified bodies that we'll be in during the Millennial Kingdom. Having new bodies is a form of reward. That we will have a brand new body is an exciting prospect.
Dr. Reagan: You better believe it!
Nathan Jones: But, to me, I think the most important aspect of heavenly rewards is that we will dwell with our Heavenly Father forever. I mean, what a reward! God had to send His own Son to die to make that type of reward happen. To have fellowship with God like during the Garden of Eden again forever to me, that's the best reward of them all. Who cares about my crown or not, for I want to be with God forever.
Dr. Reagan: The Bible teaches that when you are born again you are immediately given not only the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit gifts you in a supernatural way. You get some sort of supernatural gift. It may be where you're talented, or it may not be where you're talented.
For example, I've seen singers who were great singers, but when they became members of the Lord's body He didn't gift them there. They still are great singers, but they could get up and sing the Lord's Prayer and people applaud. Somebody who is gifted gets up and sings it and maybe doesn't sing it perfectly, but everybody is weeping at the end because they're gifted by the Holy Spirit to touch people for Jesus.
Spiritual Giftedness
Dr. Reagan: So, we're given spiritual giftedness, and we may be given additional gifts as we go along, but we have to ask ourselves, "How do we use those gifts to advance the Kingdom?" I think we are going to be judged on that. God will ask, "I gave you the gift of mercy, and how did you use it?" "I gave you the gift of administration, so how did you use it to advance my Kingdom?" Those will be the questions God asks of us along that line.
The Bible indicates that we going to be judged based on the quantity of our works as well as the quality of our works and even the motivation of our works.
I can imagine some world famous person right now, maybe a great television evangelist or somebody who is known all over the world, and he stands before the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord says, "On the day that you were born again I gave you the gift of evangelism and you used it mightily to bring many people in the kingdom, but I knew your motivation. Your motivation was to get your picture on the front of Time magazine. You achieved that, so here's your reward — your picture on Time magazine."
Glenn Meredith: Yes, exactly! Brother Dave, I believe knowing that is so important, because I think that's where many Christians make the mistake. When you talk to Christians about rewards they often go, "Oh, no, no, no, I'm not doing it for the reward" because they think that if their motive is for the reward that disqualifies them. They misunderstand that Jesus in Matthew 6 I believe says not to do it for the praise of men. The wrong motive is when I'm doing these works so that people will look at me and say, "Isn't he wonderful." Jesus said that's what's wrong. But, He says, "No, instead of praying in public where everybody thinks what a great prayer you are, go into your closet, pray in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Jesus says He's going to reward you, so go in that closet and in doing so He'll reward you. Just don't do it for the reward of men.
Nathan Jones: I think when we'll be Heaven how we'll be surprised how some of the greatest names in teaching, because of an improper motive or whatnot, created for themselves a small crown. Whereas the little old lady no one knew about who diligently filled the communion cups every weekend will probably be staggering around Heaven with a massive crown. We'll be surprised.
Glenn Meredith: Jesus even said that on that day the last will be first and the first shall be last. I think that's exactly right.
Dr. Reagan: That's one of the reasons why I teach very strongly that people need to find out what their spiritual gifts are. There are many ways to do that. You can study the Word. You can talk to people who know you. You can talk to your pastor. You can take a spiritual gifts inventory tests to help you find out what your gifts are to use them to advance the Kingdom.
In the fourth and last part of this series on heavenly rewards, Pastor Glenn Meredith will explain if the rewards are temporal or permanent.
Labels: death, eternity, God, heaven, judgment, Revelation, worship
With all the "I thinks...", "I believe(s)..." and "...indications..." in this article I'll add an "I think..."
I think...I'll just wait and see what happens. Too much speculation here.
That's not a negative view. It's just part "Not enough absoulutes stated"; part "No one can imagine what is in store for us"; and part "I want to be surprised (surprises are more fun)".
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Q: Transmit data on voice call's data channel on android When I worked low level with GSM modem it was possible to transmit data during the voice call through data channel (some info here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM). So, for example, with the help of the AT commands to the gsm modem I could send the "1" and on the other side to get the "1".
The flow was: 1. Dial number. 2 Transmit data. I remember that I've even written my own ppp->icmp/ip->udp stack on the assembler. so my device was able to communicate through this gsm-modem with internet service providers.
(Also it was possible to talk if to connect the mic and headphones to the gsm modem and transmit data at the same time.)
The question is how to do similar in android. Is it possible to transmit data over this data channel with the help of the android API?

A: As far I know you can't do that in the Android. Simply you can't modify programmatically a call in any way. The API won't allow it.
That's why we don't have any working answering machine apps on the market.

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Report on the "Energy at Work – Fighting Fatigue" lunchtime CPD talk given for business matters by Amanda Hamilton on 23rd April 2015.
business matters is grateful to Brodies LLP for the use of their conference room for this talk and for the working lunch provided for those attending.
Images of the flipcharts that Amanda used to illustrate her talk are available below, a recording (39 minutes) of Amanda's talk can also be accessed along with a recording of the Q&A session (8 minutes).
Amanda gave this talk as part of the "Resilience @ Work" series of CPD lunchtimes. With her background as a nutritionist, broadcaster and author, she was at pains to point out that she was, first and foremost, a busy working Mum with the demands and difficulties that can present, having been up at 3am with a sick child prior to coming along to address us. In those situations, she admitted, a strong latte can be essential!
She started by promising to talk through, quite broadly, some of the basic principles on nutrition and energy, and to address how to improve and sustain our resilience. She outlined her own background in the media news area, the fact that she had studied nutrition to degree level and beyond and the realities of working across a number of countries on a routine basis while trying to stay healthy while all of this was going on.
Continuing to set the background Amanda highlighted the fact that, as many of us will recognise, when we are stressed in our work, we have a natural tendency to reach for a "quick fix" in what we eat and, very often, that will not be a healthy option.
Attempting to make the topic accessible, Amanda stated that she was going to base her talk around the acronym S.H.I.N.E. – shine – a positive word reflecting energy and good health! As she developed her talk she created two flip charts which can be accessed below.
S – covering Shape, Stimulants, Sugar and Stress.
Amanda encouraged our involvement by asking what we had eaten for breakfast – one person's almond croissant and coffee ticked the Sugar and Stimulants boxes right away!
The four "Ss" are all interlinked in a cycle.
The Shape that we are in is reflective of how we live. Amanda refused to endorse any conventional wisdom on ideal shape (more often expressed as size). Her advice was to try to be human shaped but she emphatically stated that the all-too-common "weight round the middle" shape was not good and should be seen as a warning, health-wise. That weight is "new" weight, only evident in the population over the last few decades as our diet has moved away from hunter-gatherer, whole-food based to refined foodstuffs. Weight around the middle can also be an indicator of stress. Amanda explored how fat works, highlighting the differences between subcutaneous and visceral fat. We need subcutaneous fat and it is healthy. Visceral fat, on the other hand, is an endocrine organ and, as such, its activity can predispose us to conditions associated with inflammation, type-2 diabetes and many of the lifestyle diseases seen in the Western world.
She mentioned a study, published on the morning of the talk, which had highlighted that the obesity crisis was not associated with lack of exercise but was directly linked to diet.
Stress, particularly chronic, day by day stress, increases the production of cortisol and this is not healthy. Humans are programmed to deal well with intermittent, even quite severe stress – the Fight or Flight, Rest and Digest way of life. However being "always on" doesn't allow our body to relax from stress. This is exacerbated by Stimulants and the way they are often used to keep going in an "unnatural" way. The mechanism by which cortisol works is to make the body think that it is under threat and to encourage it to store energy in response to that threat – laying down fat near the engine of the body – around the middle! Aim for exercise to combat this – not necessarily a gym session but "active rest" – walking, talking, communication, community.
When you are stressed you are more likely to reach for Sugar – a quick fix. If you are well nourished this is much less of a drive, but beware of Stimulants such as tea and coffee which can keep you in the perpetual cycle of "stress, eat, stress, eat". Limit your intake of coffee and don't have too much too late in the day as it can disrupt your sleep cycle.
Moving on to hydration, Amanda asked for examples of what people drink during the day. She indicated that the only dehydrating drink is alcohol but urged caution with tea and coffee which are Stimulants (above). We also need to be aware and regard milk more as a food than a drink. Staying hydrated is really important for mental performance, with proven decreases in concentration ability if you are dehydrated. Dehydration can be confused with hunger and may lead to unnecessary eating. It is often caused more by what we eat rather than what we don't drink. If our diet is high in processed food, containing salt, sugar, preservatives then that does not help. Optimally we should keep a bottle of water visible and accessible at all times – sip rather than gulp and avoid too much water at mealtimes which can hinder the digestive process. Water is the key element in hydration.
Amanda said that she likes to look at this from the gut perspective as it has a huge effect on the body's immune system. The gut is known as the "enteric nervous system" – that's why we feel emotions in our tummy. Digestive health can affect your mood. Amanda highlighted the high percentage of our total reserve of daily energy expended each day on the digestive process – around 70%. We should aim for easily digestible meals so that we lessen the demands on our body's digestive process. Overeating, high fat, low fibre, high chemical load (processed foods) – all of these can contribute to making things difficult for our digestive systems. The key thing to note is that the nutrient balance has to be correct – the body seeks out nutrients not calories and so you can have the situation where you have eaten a huge number of calories but your body is still "hungry". It is possible for someone to be morbidly obese and clinically malnourished at the same time. Amanda recounted a documentary program which she had made on the health effects of the "typical" British diet – with some surprising results – dispelling some myths and bringing clarity in the area of calories and balance of diet. She suggested looking to the typical Asian meal as a good example of a healthy diet from the point of view of the ideal proportions for the constituents in a meal – the right amount of protein is approximately the size of your palm, you should have lots of fibre from, for example, vegetables and a fist-sized portion of carbohydrate.
The key principle here is "keep it real". A non-processed whole-food diet is good – for example porridge oats, yogurts, fruits, oatcakes etc. Also Amanda encouraged us to consider appropriate vitamin supplements along with omega-3 fats from oily fish for example or, to a lesser extent, from nuts and seeds. Keep to high fibre, relatively low sugar diets. She did, however, encourage us with the comment that the 80:20 rule applies and that, providing our basic diet is healthy, the occasional slice of cake or glass of wine does no harm whatsoever. Feed yourself well and then go and have a treat!
Amanda said that the simple thing to say about this is that, if we get ourselves in "human" Shape, get a handle on Sugar and Stimulants, stay Hydrated, ensure that our Inner Balance (digestion) is in good shape and keep our Nutrition in the correct balance then the Energy basically takes care of itself. Good health should not be a battle if the building blocks are in place.
Amanda concluded her talk with a lively Q&A session.
Her talk was very well received, and people left aiming to put the theory into practice.


"Use of Soil-Steel Slag-Class-C Fly Ash Mixtures in Subgrade Applicatio" by Irem Zeynep Yildirim, Monica Prezzi et al.
In Indiana, the steelmaking industries and power plants generate large quantities of steel slag, blast furnace slag and fly ash every year. The excess of these underutilized industrial by-products are stockpiled and eventually landfilled at disposal sites. Use of steel slag, fly ash and blast furnace slag in road applications, such as in subgrade stabilization projects, can be a cost-effective alternative to lime stabilization in some cases. In addition, use of large quantities of these underutilized industrial by-products in these types of applications helps to reduce the need for new disposal sites and to conserve natural resources.
The main objectives of this research were to evaluate the feasibility of using soil-steel slag-Class-C fly ash and soil-steel slag-blast furnace slag mixtures in subgrade applications and to implement the selected mixture as a subgrade material in a road construction project of INDOT. In order to achieve these goals, in situ clayey soils, collected from a prospective implementation site, were characterized through a series of laboratory tests which included specific gravity, grain size distribution, Atterberg limits, compaction and unconfined compressive strength. Two types of steel slag mixtures were evaluated for use in subgrade stabilization applications: i) steel slag-Class-C fly ash mixtures and ii) steel slag-blast furnace slag mixtures. The mechanical properties of soil-5% steel slag-5% Class-C fly ash, soil-7% steel slag-3% Class-C fly ash, soil-8% steel slag-2% Class-C fly ash, and soil-7% steel slag-3% blast furnace slag mixtures were determined through compaction and unconfined compression tests. CBR swelling tests were also performed to assess the swelling potential of the mixtures.
The optimum moisture content and maximum dry unit weight of the in situ clayey soil samples were 13% and 18.56 kN/m3 (118.2 pcf), respectively. Based on the results of the long-term CBR swelling tests, the maximum swelling strain of the compacted soil samples was approximately 0.41 %. The average unconfined compressive strength of the in situ soil samples was 282.9 kPa (41 psi). Unconfined compressive strength tests performed on various mixtures at different times indicated the occurrence of stronger cementitious reactions in the soil-steel slag-Class-C fly ash mixtures than in the soil-steel slag-blast furnace slag mixtures. The two-day and seven-day unconfined compressive strength of the compacted soil-7% steel slag-3% Class-C fly ash mixture were 820 kPa (119 psi) and 886 kPa (128 psi), respectively. The maximum 1-D swelling strain of the soil-7% steel slag-3% Class-C fly ash mixture was 0.13 %. The soil-7% steel slag-3% Class-C fly ash mixture was selected as the most suitable and cost-effective subgrade material for the implementation project.
The implementation project for the soil-steel slag-Class-C fly ash mixture was located at the intersection of 109th Avenue and I-65, near Crown Point, Indiana. The pre-mixed 7% steel slag-3% Class-C fly ash mixture was used to stabilize the in situ subgrade soils of some sections of the I-65 ramps located in the SW and NW quadrants of the intersection of 109th Avenue and I-65. Field compaction quality control was done by performing DCPTs and nuclear gauge tests. Cracks or signs of distress were not observed on the subgrade before base course and concrete placement. The soil-steel slag-Class-C fly ash stabilized subgrade performed satisfactorily.


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The Hopis celebrate young girls' coming of age in a four-day Corn Grinding ceremony. The girls being honored spend the majority of their time grinding corn, the staple for the Hopi community.
The tradition is important because it prepares the young maidens to lead an active and respectful way of life.


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New Mario movie from Illumination
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By robotattack,
February 1, 2018 in Film, TV & Radio
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-03-seth-rogen-donkey-kong-solo-movie-reportedly-in-development
The studio behind Nintendo's upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie will next make a solo Donkey Kong film, a new report suggests.
Illumination, which also makes the Minions franchise, will follow up on Seth Rogen's debut as Donkey Kong in Super Mario Bros. with a film all of his own. The film is not expected until at least 2023.
Hopefully followed by Zelda, Kirby, F-Zero and Wii Fit films, and then they all team up in Smash Bros Assemble
probotector
More like Tetris the movie followed by Nintendo world
Maybe this guy is a bit of an idiot.
hub2
Not seeing anything wrong with that other than being a bit earnest and cheesy.
I think it's a poor attempt to be funny about his relationship like Ryan Reynolds is (difference being Ryan Reynolds is actually funny) and it comes across proper cringe:
"A gorgeous healthy daughter" - when he has a disabled son with his ex, Anna Faris.
"She helps me with everything. In return I, on occasion, open a jar of pickles." - saying he does fuck all and she does everything but that's ok.
"her heart is pure and belongs to me" - stating ownership of her.
"my greatest treasure next to my Ken griffey jnr upper deck rookie card" - treating her like and comparing her to a thing, a possession.
"It's her birthday in about six weeks, so if I don't get her anything I'll tell her to look back on this post…" - acting like the typical forgetful husband whose wife should be grateful for simply being with him
34 minutes ago, Doctor Shark said:
Yeah, it's like trying to be be Ryan Reynolds, but you're a bit of a creep.
'I went to bed last night really kind of upset and depressed and I woke up feeling crappy and I didn't want to work out,' he began.
'...I knew though that if I put on my Christian music playlist and I got out of the woods and ran that I'd feel better but I just didn't want to. I did it anyways and gosh was I right – it felt amazing!'
Fucking hell
Wtf, that's not cringe, that's fucked up if that's what he means
Also wtf his cuurent wife is Arnie's daughter. I didn't know that
He's certainly creepy.
Reminds me of Rob McIlhenney's Mac from Always Sunny, but in real life.
Stigweard
3 hours ago, Azrael said:
And yet he probably didn't mean it like that. A lot of people say they're happy to have healthy children.
The link to his church is very questionable as I'd his wearing of right wing clothing but that post just seems cringe more than anything. Just a super over sharing.
therearerules
As much of a tool as he is, why would you look through someone's instagram feed to only get offended that they posted something pure 100% instagram?


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Posted on October 6, 2014 by sarasiobhan
Nearly 16 months now since LB died. 16 long months. Nothing's happened really in terms of change or accountability. The preventable death of a fit and healthy young man in the 'care' of the state. In an NHS unit. In the UK. In the 21st century. A young man who was victim of a system that simply doesn't recognise learning disabled people as human. Can you imagine?
LB's death has crushed our lives. The damage caused by 16 months of fighting, campaigning and raging is unknown yet. But given I feel pretty shit on a daily basis, probably substantial. Standing up to an NHS trust that bullies, deceives and demonstrates complete disrespect/disregard for us, is pretty relentless. The Sloves throw money at reputation repair and focus on protecting staff (a selective protection given a staff comment here). The experience, for us (an irrelevant, irkesome family), is the equivalent of a daily battering. An experience documented by other parents like James Titcombe, Anne Dixon, Rosi Reed and siblings like @waketheworld. How can this be?
So where are we at? In no particular order, as always:
One staff member so far is being investigated by their professional body after a referral we made. Sloven staff disciplinary proceedings are like a stuck record; continually finishing in the 'next few weeks' or 'ongoing'. Shameful, shameful delay and prevarication. The Verita report makes clear individual staff failings. It should not have been our responsibility to do this.
CEO, Sloven Health, 24.2.14
The Death Review is out to tender and will take 4 months.
The police investigation is ongoing.
The second review into LB's death, covering transition, mental capacity, restraint, why he went into the unit and broader governance issues, is underway by Verita. Due to be completed early next year.
The pre-inquest review meeting is on November 25th.
The Slade House site is shut to patients. A problematic silence about what will happen to this prime chunk of land continues. And what is happening to people who would have been admitted to the units there. Nothing like allegedly sweeping in to take over known problematic provision in a different county, allowing it to worsen (till something serious happens), closing it and flogging the land. Nope. Nothing like it.
On a brighter note… the #LBBill is going at a pace that Sloven should take lessons from (no vimeo in sight). The easy read version of the draft bill is being produced and will be blasted out for discussion in a week or so. Complete energy, commitment and passion.
The LB Fighting Fund total so far, after remarkable efforts is £24, 267.77. Wow. Wow. Just wow. So many people, many of whom we've never met and who never met LB, have contributed to this amount. Just brilliant.
We're heartened by the remarkable solidarity #justiceforLB demonstrates. We ain't got a vimeo budget but there are countless people willing to step up and do all sorts at the drop of a hat.
We're also fucking delighted that our quirky dude, who loved buses and laughter, seems to have touched, and even impacted on, people's lives. What a legend.
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Jane Heyes on October 6, 2014 at 7:12 am said:
Sarah you are also part of this legend. My heart and my family are unspeakably grateful that you are the warrior that can continue this fight. Whilst so much is so slow and so destructive to LB's memory there are many many people with you now and this will not go away.
shelleydmason on October 6, 2014 at 7:27 am said:
What a legend indeed. Stay strong. I can't really imagine what a toll this is taking on you and the family but, like you, I can see no other way to live. Sending you love xx
margot ruth on October 6, 2014 at 10:05 am said:
My son was neglected, intimidated and eventually crippled and the man who did it walked away. In spite of a fight which amputated years of my life and all my energy and my entire family having diminished lives, this man was promoted. Although told not to go near my son, he did and used to smirk at him. 'Look smiley and nasty at me' as my son described it. When neglects were proved and his manager was moved on to an equal status role in the LA, he told my son " …… has got an even better job". The Head of Adult Care and team ………..all teflon coated. It was/is unbearable.
We abused and crippled families are too many. Too many for this still to be happening over and over again to so many vulnerable people, and to so many families… in this ……a so called civilised society.
I read about the CQC's new improved standards this morning in the Foundation of Learning Disability Forum postings. An 'anon' had posted in response to these standards, 'what standard is needed to immediately close a place down'. 'Surely the only one needed is "would I leave my mum/dad/daughter/son here"? LA's and NHS too?
ouremuk66 on October 6, 2014 at 10:32 am said:
Connor should never be forgotten! Even my social-media-avoider of a husband told me several weeks ago about a campaign to investigate the appalling death of a young lad called Connor Sparrowhawk – so I think it shows the publicity is working.
Will support you until someone, somewhere, is made accountable, and then afterwards too. You are amazing Sara, never forget that. xx
don Jones on October 6, 2014 at 4:36 pm said:
hi my mane is don my MP is Dawn Primarolo i live in Bristol
have had experience of this hideous practice
lesH on October 8, 2014 at 11:17 pm said:
The slade site isn't closed. One unit remains that is by far one of the best units I have seen.Unfortunately I won't get a chance to work there as deployed somewhere else. How long before it gets crushed in the giant wheels of SHFT?


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Arts & Culture, Film + TV
Film: Tracing and coloring animator Martha Colburn
Filmmaker comes to 21c
By Alan Abbott
Animator, muralist and painter Martha Colburn deals in confusion. Delve at all into her public life and you'll find very little outside of her art. Photos and biographies are rare. Interviews are terse and indistinct. Her influences are kept closely to the vest.
In fact, any sort of self-promotion seems to be completely at odds with her artistic process. She is, in many ways, the exact opposite of a celebrity artist like Damien Hurst.
Maybe that's why she blew off our interview last weekend.
Anonymous or not, show or no-show, Colburn cannot be ignored. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney. Her films have been screened at Sundance, Rotterdam Film Festival and the New York Underground Film Festival. And she'll be at Louisville's 21c Museum Tuesday to discuss her work.
To understand Colburn, you must turn to her art. Her short films are essentially moving collages, where familiar images — be they cowboys, Puritans or pornographic women — are layered until they become unfamiliar ones. You can actually see her scrawling on the images with a pen. The results are purposefully disjointing, but they also allow the audience to make new connections and see familiar images in new ways.
Colburn's earliest films began appearing in the early 1990s. They were raw, kinetic and seemingly as influenced by the music of New York as its visual artists. Set to musicians like Half Japanese's Jad Fair, they had the rough aesthetic of a concert poster and the satirical appropriation of early punk album covers. "Asthma" takes an anti-smoking film and actually makes it pro-smoking.
She hit a second peak later in the '90s when she began working more openly with images of sexuality. One depicts orgasming women transforming into devils. The symbolism could at times be obvious (and others completely baffling), but those films also had an almost feverish intensity.
Then, in the days after 9/11, Colburn turned to more overtly political filmmaking, especially as it applies to the American psyche in the age of the War on Terror. And here she made her more engaging, mature works.
In "Myth Labs," she traces the history of Christianity in the New World, as Jesus floats along with the Mayflower, eventually infecting North America. Although it's an indictment of American cultural hegemony, it is a remarkably poetic and engrossing short film, as well. It's like a historical reenactment filtered through dreams and old books.
"Don't Kill the Weatherman" takes medieval plagues and places them side-by-side with modern tribulations, like war and environmental degradation.
Colburn's strongest work is probably "Destiny Manifesto." It begins as a survey of the Wild West, all gunfights in the noon sun, but slowly morphs into a commentary on Iraq. The dead Indians become Muslims. It's a fascinating parallel: Remember that westward expansion was justified as an instrument for the growth of Christian civilization, and the invasion of Iraq was part of a larger effort to "drain the swamp" of that troublesome Middle East and replace it with American-style capitalism and democracy. The results in both cases were bloody and regrettable.
Colburn has turned to slightly more conventional work in recent years. She provided the animation sequences for the lauded documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston." Her video for underground indie rockers Deerhoof has them literally consumed by money and fame (not that there's a chance of that happening). In these films, you're reminded of a basic aspect of Colburn that's easy to miss: Her films are often quite pretty.
Martha Colburn
Tuesday, Feb. 17
21c Museum Hotel
www.21cmuseum.org
Free; 8 p.m.
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