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Doctor Who reviews: Face The Raven, Heaven Sent and Hell Bent
Here's my write-up on the Doctor Who Series Nine three episode conclusion. "Face the Raven" was written by Sarah Dollard and directed by Justin Molotnikov. "Heaven Sent" and "Hell Bent" were written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay.
Yeah, it took me a while to get around to this… although fortunately not nearly as long as it took the Doctor to escape from the Confession Dial!
1) Familiar faces
It was really nice to see the return of Rigsy (Joivan Wade), who was introduced last year in "Flatline." Our intrepid artist has gotten married and is now a father. Unfortunately his past association with the Doctor and Clara has put a target on his back.
I expect that by the end of "Face the Raven" the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) had come to regret saving the life of Ashildr (Maisie Williams). Especially as Ashildr's manipulations had once again gone awry, this time resulting in the death of Clara (Jenna Coleman).
2) Death becomes her
I admit that the whole concept of the death mark tattoo being transferable from one person to another was awfully convenient. The raven and the tattoos controlled by Ashildr were much too supernatural-type elements for my liking, as well.
Nevertheless, Clara did get a good, well-written death scene in "Face the Raven." Coleman certainly played it very well. The only thing that kept me from total shock & mourning was the fact that there were two more episodes left to Series Nine, and I was really left questioning if we had truly seen the last of Clara.
3) Solo act
Aside from the Veil, the figure of death that incessantly stalks him throughout the "Heaven Sent," the Doctor is the sole character in this episode. Peter Capaldi completely blew me away with his performance in this. Casting him as the Doctor was such a masterstroke, and that is amply on display here.
I loved the insights into the Doctor's character and his thought processes. It was interesting to see how his so-called miraculous escapes are really the result of him retreating into a mental space in his head (represented by the TARDIS console room) and working though all of the variables and possibilities.
The direction on "Heaven Sent" by Talalay was amazing. She previously did superb work last year on "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven." It was great to have her back again to close out Series Nine.
Interesting fact: early in her career Talalay was a production assistant on the John Waters movie Polyester, and the producer of his next two films, Hairspray and Cry-Baby. So, yes, Talalay has worked with John Waters and directed Doctor Who, which officially makes her one of the coolest people ever.
4) Repetition is good for the soul
There was that moment towards the end of "Heaven Sent" when it's finally revealed that the Doctor had been repeating the same sequence of actions over and over and over again, hundreds of thousands of times, as he attempted to break through that twenty foot thick wall, wearing it down ever so slightly, before dying each and every time. There's that awful instant when you realize that every single one of those skulls at the bottom of the lake belongs to the Doctor, each one of them the result of another cycle, another death. It's a genuinely chilling moment.
How many times did the Doctor have to die and be reborn within the Confession Dial before he finally broke through that wall? It seems that it couldn't have been more than a week for each sequence. There are 52 weeks in a year. The Doctor was imprisoned for approximately 4.5 billion years. Very roughly speaking, that comes to 234 billion times. And now my head hurts.
5) Drawing a conclusion
Mike Collins is the artist who storyboarded "Heaven Sent" and several other recent episodes. When trying to figure out how many times events had repeated for the Doctor, I e-mailed Collins to ask if he knew how long each go-round was. He responded that he didn't recall a specific length being mentioned in Moffat's script.
In any case, Collins is a very talented artist who has been involved with the Doctor Who comic books for a number of years now. Given his obvious fondness for the series, it's wonderful that he now has the opportunity to work on the actual television program.
6) A masterful plan
While inside the Confession Dial, the Doctor refused to divulge what he knew of the Hybrid, the entity that "will unravel the web of time, and destroy a billion billion hearts to heal its own." We discover in "Hell Bent" that the reason why the Doctor kept this knowledge was because he needed a bargaining chip, something with which to manipulate the Time Lords into providing him an opportunity to rescue Clara.
And, yes, she's back… sort of. Takes from an instant in time from right before her death, Clara is neither alive nor dead. The Time Lords are afraid that an attempt to undo Clara's demise, a fixed moment in time, has the potential to cause massive, horrific damage to reality. But the Doctor, having spent literally billions of years pounding against a wall, is in no mood to listen.
In the end, the mystery of the Hybrid is more a McGuffin to propel the story along than it is a question to be answered. The Hybrid could be the Doctor, who might just be half-human after all. Or perhaps it could be Ashildr, an immortal half-human, half Mire. Ashildr herself, still alive at the very end of time, suggests another possibility, one did not even occur to the Doctor…
Ashildr: What if the Hybrid wasn't one person, but two.
The Doctor: Two?
Ashildr: A dangerous combination of a passionate and powerful Time Lord and a young woman, so very similar to him. Companions who are willing to push each other to extremes.
The Doctor: She's my friend. She's just my friend.
Ashildr: How did you meet her?
The Doctor: Missy.
Ashildr: Missy. The Master. The lover of chaos. Who wants you to love it too. She's quite the matchmaker.
The Doctor: Clara's my friend.
Ashildr: I know. And you're willing to risk all of time and space because you miss her. One wonders what the pair of you will get up to next.
7) Time Lord Victorious
I've previously hypothesized that the Doctor and the Master were once very much alike, but over the centuries they developed in extremely different directions. Certainly it has been suggested on more than one occasion that the Doctor, if he is not careful, if he disregards morality and ethics, has the potential to become someone quite like the Master.
The Doctor Who novel The Dark Path by David A. McIntee was published in 1997. It revolves around an encounter between the Second Doctor and a fellow Time Lord, an old friend known as Koschei, the Master before he became the Master. Koschei is at this point not evil, but he is arrogant, as well as quite ready to utilize violence as a first resort, rationalizing that the ends justify the means. He is in certain respects much like the Doctor was when we first met him in "An Unearthly Child."
Koschei's carelessness accidentally causes the death of Ailla, a young woman who is traveling with him. Consumed by guilt, Koschei attempts to utilize an ancient artifact known as the Darkheart to rewrite history and undo Ailla's death. In order to do so, he uses the Darkheart to destroy the home planet of the Tereleptils, killing millions of sentient beings. This horrifying act sets in motion further tragedies, all of which place Koschei on the path to becoming the Master.
I do not know if The Dark Path is considered canonical, but it certainly offers an interesting possible explanation for how the Master came to be. And there are undoubtedly parallels between McIntee's novel and Moffat's script for "Hell Bent."
The Doctor, the man who never carries a gun, uses one to shoot the General (who was actually more or less on his side up until that moment) in cold blood so that he can escape with the retrieved Clara. The Doctor argues that he didn't really commit murder because the General is a Time Lord and that he will regenerate. But that sounds like a very self-serving justification indeed. Certainly the fact that the Doctor is willing to resort to violence, that he is ready to gamble on the stability of reality itself, and that he wants to wipe Clara's memories in order to keep her "safe" all leaves her aghast.
Finally, seeing Clara's reaction to everything that he has done, the Doctor is at last forced to step back and look at acknowledge just what he is doing, what he is becoming…
"Look how far I went for fear of losing you. This has to stop… I went too far. I broke all my own rules. I became the Hybrid."
8) The restaurant at the end of the universe
I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of Clara and Ashildr traveling through time & space in a TARDIS stuck in the shape of a 1950s American diner. Obviously at some point Clara needs to return to Gallifrey so that she can be sent back to her proper time to die, allowing history to continue uninterrupted. But that might be in five minutes, or five years, or five centuries. That's really open-ended. Besides, the whole crisis caused by the Doctor's actions was supposedly predicated on the notion that the longer Clara is removed from her timeline the more danger reality is supposed to be in. And I'd hate to think that down the line someone uses all this as an opportunity to somehow undo Clara's seemingly-inevitable death.
Still, it was pretty cool to see a TARDIS console room with the "default" setting, just as the Doctor's own TARDIS originally appeared back in the early 1960s.
Anyway, however they turn out, Clara is now off on her own journeys. The Doctor has had his memory wiped of all the specifics of who Clara was. So this appears to be the end of their time together, which is a good thing. Coleman did a very good job portraying Clara, but the character was sometimes inconsistently written, which was frustrating. And after three years I think many viewers are ready for a change. Hopefully the Doctor's next companion will prove to be very different.
Author Ben Herman: In My Not So Humble OpinionPosted on December 27, 2015 December 27, 2015 Categories Doctor WhoTags David A. McIntee, Doctor Who, Jenna Coleman, Joivan Wade, Justin Molotnikov, Maisie Williams, Mike Collins, Peter Capaldi, Rachel Talalay, Sarah Dollard, Steven Moffat, The Dark Path, The Master3 Comments on Doctor Who reviews: Face The Raven, Heaven Sent and Hell Bent
Doctor Who reviews: Flatline
This review is a bit late, but I was so struck by the Doctor Who episode "Flatline" that I had to sit down and do a write-up on it at some point.
After another journey in the TARDIS, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) is getting ready to return Clara (Jenna Coleman) back home to London. Unexpectedly the TARDIS lands slightly off-course in Bristol. Something is leeching the energy from the time machine, and the exterior dimensions have begun to shrink. Clara squeezes out of the now-smaller doors to scout around for anything suspicious while the Doctor stays behind to check over the TARDIS.
Clara meets Rigsy (Joivan Wade) a graffiti artist who is being forced to perform community service, which includes having to paint over his own work, something that his mocking supervisor Fenton (Christopher Fairbank) finds especially amusing. Clara learns from Rigsy that a number of people have recently disappeared under unexplained circumstances, but that the authorities are not particularly interested in investigating since it is a low-income area. Clara returns to the TARDIS only to discover that the outer shell has shrunk even further. It is now small enough to fit in the palm of her hand. Trapped inside, the Doctor squeezes his hand out the door and gives Clara his sonic screwdriver, psychic paper, and an earpiece to wear which enables him to communicate with her as well as see through her optic nerves.
Clara slips the tiny TARDIS into her handbag. Returning to the nearby council houses, Clara convinces Rigsy to help her investigate. She informs Rigsy that she is "Doctor Oswald" from MI5, and begins to mimic some of the real Doctor's mannerisms, much to the real Time Lord's consternation, who is listening in and watching everything on the TARDIS scanner.
Clara and Rigsy go to the apartment of the latest victim and find nothing out of the ordinary other than an odd desert-like mural on one of the walls. Heading over to the site of the very first disappearance, they are joined by police officer Forrest. While Clara and Rigsy are in one room, Forest is sucked into the floor screaming. By the time Clara and Rigsy make it into the room, the policewoman is vanished. Looking through Clara's eyes, the Doctor observes a mural on the wall that is an exact reproduction of the human nervous system. The Doctor solemnly informs Clara and Rigsy that this is, in fact, an actual human nervous system, all that remains of the unfortunate PC Forrest. Likewise, in the other apartment they were in the "desert mural" was in fact a close-up of human skin. The Doctor deduces that entities from the second dimension, beings with length and width but without height, are invading into our third dimension and, in an effort to understand humans, are capturing and dissecting them.
And it was at this point watching this episode that I really started freaking out!
Barely escaping being killed by the two dimensional entities, which the Doctor refers to as "The Boneless," Clara and Rigsy flee. They locate the rest of the community service crew, including an especially ill-tempered Fenton. Clara tries to use the psychic paper to convince him that she is from MI5 to get him to cooperate, but all Fenton sees is blank paper. Inside the TARDIS the Doctor sardonically observes "It takes quite a lack of imagination to beat psychic paper." Before Fenton can argue any further, the graffiti on the walls literally comes alive, revealing itself to be more of the Boneless. Clara, Rigsy, Fenton, and the crew all flee into the nearby railway tunnels, being pursued by the bizarre, lethal entities.
"Flatline" is written by Jamie Mathieson, who also penned the previous episode, "Mummy on the Orient Express." It is literally back-to-back frights with these two episodes. "Flatline" must be the scariest episode of Doctor Who since "Blink." Older fans of the series will no doubt recall how certain critics in the 1970s and again in the mid 1980s accused Doctor Who of traumatizing Britain's youth. Well, it seems like Mathieson is attempting to completely unsettle an entirely new generation of young viewers. I bet Mary Whitehouse is rolling over in her grave!
Mathieson's concept of the Boneless, of entities from a second-dimensional universe, reminded me of an old sci-fi / horror story from the comic book Weird Science published by EC Comics. "Monster from the Fourth Dimension" originally appeared in Weird Science #7, cover-dated May-June 1951, was written & drawn by Al Feldstein. As you can no doubt tell from the title, that story involved the opposite scenario, with a being from a four-dimensional universe entering our own three-dimensional reality. Feldstein did an excellent job explaining the theoretical science behind such an entity and how it would be perceived by us, as well as in crafting an extremely unnerving, creepy tale. I wonder if Mathieson ever read that one.
In terms of developing the relationship between the Doctor and Clara, "Flatline" can be regarded as the final part of a loose trilogy, with "Kill the Moon" and "Mummy on the Orient Express" comprising the first two parts. In "Kill the Moon," the Doctor forced Clara to take on his role of making life-and-death decisions. She did so, and was able to find an apparently ideal solution to the crisis, but she was absolutely furious at the Doctor for placing her in that position. In "Mummy on the Orient Express" the Doctor once again assumed his role of making life & death decisions, of having to choose who lives and who dies. Once again Clara was angry, perceiving the Doctor to be cold & unfeeling. At the end of that episode, the Doctor explained "Sometimes the only choices you have are bad ones. But you still have to choose." Clara finds out exactly how true this is in "Flatline."
With the Doctor trapped inside the shrunken TARDIS, only able to offer limited advice & assistance, Clara is now forced to once again assume his role. As first she may have jokingly referred to herself as "Doctor Oswald," but soon enough she realizes that everyone's lives really are in her hands, that she once more must make those life & death decisions. And, unlike in "Kill the Moon," this time there is no perfect solution. Instead, as the Doctor previously explained, all the choices before her are "bad ones."
Attempting to take charge of the community service crew, as well as cope with Fenton's extremely negative attitude, Clara wonders what she can possibly do, and communicates her concerns to the Doctor:
Clara: I just hope I can keep them alive.
The Doctor: Ah, welcome to my world. So, what's next, Doctor Clara?
Clara: Lie to them. Give them hope. Tell them they're all going to be fine. Isn't that what you would do?
The Doctor: In a manner of speaking. It's true that people with hope tend to run faster. Whereas people who think they're doomed…
The Doctor: So that's what I sound like?
Clara is able to keep her head and manages to push everyone to try to stay alive, despite the relentless pursuit of the Boneless, who one-by-one are picking off their human prey. Clara is finally able to come up with an extremely clever solution to the problem, with a much needed assistance by Rigsy, who utilizes his artistic talents.
The TARDIS is finally restored to normal. The Doctor, who had attempted to help Clara communicate with the invaders, to make them understand that humans were sentient, living beings, realizes that he has no choice but to fight the Boneless:
"I tried to talk. I want you to remember that. I tried to reach out, I tried to understand you but I think that you understand us perfectly. And I think you just don't care. And I don't know whether you are here to invade, infiltrate or just replace us. I don't suppose it really matters now. You are monsters. That is the role you seem determined to play. So it seems I must play mine. The man that stops the monsters. I'm sending you back to your own dimension. Who knows? Some of you may even survive the trip. And if you do, remember this: you are not welcome here. This plane is protected. I am the Doctor."
The invaders are dispatched, but nearly everyone in the community service crew has been killed by them. The only people who Clara managed to save were Rigsy, a train conductor they encountered along the way, and the ungrateful Fenton, who feels no regret at the loss of the others, who he refers to as "community payback scumbags." The Doctor sadly observes "Yes, a lot of people died, and maybe the wrong people survived." Clara, seeing how the Doctor feels, responds, "Yeah but we saved the world, right?" She observes that "on balance" things worked out. Clara is now even beginning to sound like the Doctor, attempting to cope with the deaths of others by looking at the big picture. And then, when she asks the Doctor to acknowledge that she did well, that she did a good job filling his shoes, the Doctor solemnly responds "You were an exceptional Doctor, Clara. 'Goodness' had nothing to do with it."
This goes back to the question the Doctor asked Clara at the beginning of the season, is he a good man? Perhaps the Doctor has finally decided that he is not. Instead he sees himself as having to do what is necessary, what is needed to get the job done, rather than doing what is "good." Maybe he doesn't believe that he can look at the bigger picture and still be good.
Elsewhere / when, watching all of these events on a computer screen is the sinister Missy (Michelle Gomez). She ominously observes to herself "Clara, my Clara. I have chosen well."
In conclusion, "Flatline" was excellent episode. Jamie Mathieson's script was intelligent and scary. The continuing development of the Doctor and Clara's relationship was well-handled, with both Capaldi and Coleman doing excellent work with the material. Joivan Wade was also very good in the role of the story's temporary companion, Rigsy.
And now, I wonder, will I be looking over my shoulder every time I pass by a wall filled with graffiti?
Author Ben Herman: In My Not So Humble OpinionPosted on November 2, 2014 November 16, 2014 Categories Doctor WhoTags Al Feldstein, Christopher Fairbank, comic books, Doctor Who, EC Comics, Flatline, Jamie Mathieson, Jenna Coleman, Joivan Wade, Michelle Gomez, Missy, Peter Capaldi, Weird Science5 Comments on Doctor Who reviews: Flatline


YCSAC 2015: Are you up for a Cyber Security Awareness Challenge?
"I have a different password for every online account", does this sound like you? Then you can be the next Yakṣas Cyber Security Awareness Champion.
7 September 2015 – Yakṣas CSC, in association with NCSAM and STOP.THINK.CONNECT., have launched an online competition, called Yakṣas Cyber Security Awareness Champion (YCSAC) 2015. This is an initiative to create a cyber-safe environment in schools by motivating students to educate themselves on various cyber-related risks such as cybercrime, cyber bullying etc.
It is exclusively for students who are in K-12 schools. Students of class 4th and above are eligible to participate. Registration is free of cost and can be done here. All submitted videos will be scored on Awareness Index and Innovation Index to decide upon the winning video in each category.
Each winning video will receive a cash prize of Rs. 5,000, a Certificate of Honor, YCSAC 2015 Trophy and merchandize from Green Mango Guy. Additionally, winning videos and participants will be featured on Yakṣas website.
To know more about YCSAC 2015 please visit http://yaksas.in/ycsac15. If you have any queries or suggestions please drop a mail to the event coordinator at the email address given below.
Yakṣas Cyber Security Champions (CSC), is an organization of Cyber Security Professionals (CSPs), dedicated to protect people and their assets in the Cyber World. It is our vision to create and contribute in an ecosystem where any advancement in the fields of Computer Science and Information Technology continues to be, primarily, an enabler and encourages further development and enhancement of the same.
What is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)?
Celebrated every October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month was created as a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure everyone has the resources needed to stay safer and more secure online. Coordinated and led by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Department of Homeland Security, NCSAM has grown exponentially since its inception, reaching consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, educational institutions and young people across the nation and internationally. This year marks the 12th year of NCSAM.
The campaign launched in 2010 and was developed by the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Messaging Convention, a public-private partnership established in 2009 and led by The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) to develop and support a national cybersecurity awareness campaign. The Department of Homeland Security provides the Federal Government's leadership for the campaign. Industry, government, non-profits and education institutions participate in STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
A very nice informative post Radhika :). Indeed there is a need to know about the cyber crimes and campaigns like this will bring the awareness among the students from the beginning.
Seems like a great workshop for cyber awareness. Perfect for for anyone.
Great information as usual Radhika.


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[UPDATED] Journalist killed in Afghanistan with 4 soldiers
By	Janice Neil	• News
[Note: This post has been updated] Calgary Herald journalist Michelle Lang, 34, and four Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, CBC News reports.
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Lang is the first Canadian journalist to be killed…
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What exactly is responsible journalism?
By	Cecil Rosner	• Ethics
With the recent Supreme Court decision to widen the available defences to defamation actions comes added responsibilities. Journalists must now debate what constitutes responsible journalism, writes Cecil Rosner.
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Libel reform: Be careful what you wish for
By	Dean Jobb	• Law
The new defence of responsible communication is good news for the media, but Ryerson University's Jeffrey A. Dvorkin doubts it will usher in a new wave investigative journalism. As layoffs continue and newsrooms are pared down to the editorial bone, the ability of news organizations to engage in deep, contextual investigative journalism is far from what it once was, or what it should be.
And lawyer Alan Shanoff, who teaches media law at Humber College, cautions the devil will be in the details as judges and juries apply the court's broad definitions of public interest and responsible journalism to stories targetted with libel suits. Read Shanoff's columns in The Law Times and the Toronto Sun.
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The responsible communication defence: What's in it for journalists?
New defences to libel actions don't come along every day, so what exactly does the pair of Supreme Court of Canada rulings handed down December 22 mean for journalists? An expanded definition of "public interest," a list of the steps journalists should take to produce a solid, libel-proof story, and good news for bloggers. Dean Jobb breaks down the rulings in Grant v. Torstar Corp. and Quan v. Cusson.
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J-Source Journalism Integrity Award: nominations close Jan. 8
Do you know someone who is an inspiration to working journalists, educators and audiences? This new award will recognize a person or organization that has had a positive impact on the quality of journalism in Canada in 2009. Nominate your choice now.
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Olympic spin … er, media relations
By	Deborah Jones	• Commentary
The Seattle Times's Ron Judd is not impressed with the media strategy of the organizing committee of the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics, VANOC. "The organization seems hellbent on turning its media relations into a virtual-reality experience," Judd writes in a satirical response to the pre-packaged end-of-the-year video release by committee head John Furlong.
The piece is amusing — but Judd's complaint about VANOC's "convenient approach — one which, if it caught on, would negate the need for messy, unnecessary and overly nosey reporters altogether" is deadly serious. The 2010 games entail as much as $6 billion in direct and indirect public spending (by some estimates) and a long list of issues that citizens might want to know about.
And as Judd points out, past media-relations foibles might be "laughable today if it wasn't for what it might portend for the Olympic Games themselves … can you imagine how it will handle the media crush if, God forbid, something major actually happens during the Olympics?"
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SCC creates new libel defence of responsible communication
The Supreme Court of Canada has created a new libel defence – the defence of responsible communication on matters of public interest. In a landmark ruling that orders new trials in libel actions against two Ontario newspapers, the court introduced the British defence of responsible journalism with a new name and some made-in-Canada modifications. The defence is based on the conduct of the journalists and editors who produce the story, and can defeat a libel claim even if some facts and allegations published or broadcast turn out to be wrong or false.
The court established a broad definition of the public interest, saying it is not limited to stories on politics and can apply to stories of interest to a limited audience if the subject is of public importance. The rulings set seven criteria for judging whether journalists acted responsibly, including the seriousness of the allegations, the reliability of sources and whether the person defamed was given a chance to respond. There are two other important aspects to the ruling…
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New legal defence: "responsible communication"
Few legal judgements make for inspiring reading — but the new libel defence outlined in the Supreme Court of Canada ruling Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 is one of them.
The Dec. 22 decision lays out the criteria under which journalists can use the defence of "responsible communication" against libel suits. It's a must-read for every practicing or aspiring journalist.
Some initial reports about the case and the ruling: The Toronto Star: "Supreme Court backs press in major libel ruling;" CBC: "New libel defence permitted;" The Globe and Mail: "Supreme Court hands victory to media."
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Moving on to (better?) things
New York Times science and environment reporter Andrew Revkin is "switching gears for the second half of my professional life." Revkin wrote in the Times that he's not abandoning journalism — "I'll be continuing to blog, write and work with video. And I'll certainly keep contributing to this remarkable newspaper…" — but is rather taking on new challenges, as senior fellow for environmental understanding at the Academy for Applied Environmental
Studies within Pace University.
His focus, he wrote, will "be education and a broader exploration of new ways to make information work…" He mentions the "untapped potential to use the Web;" calls bloggingan unavoidable responsibility of communicators;" plans for a role in interactive games; and says that in a world of shrinking specialized journalism his goal is to "help make scientists and scientific institutions into better, more committed, more creative communicators."
It's exciting and inspiring stuff — and maybe Revkin has the background to pull it off. Reading about his plans brought to mind the hopeful note on which former J-Source editor Ivor Shapiro left the post, with an editorial about how some glasses are half full during these trying times of change. Revkin doesn't think the sky is falling. Instead, he's crafting his own airship to explore it.
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Journalism is not the media
"Journalism, the practice, is not "the media,"" argues Jay Rosen in a mini-essay about how the practice of journalism has become trapped in media production routines. He says, "We got into the habit of calling journalism the "news media," and then just "the media." Journalism and the system that carries it became equated."
Now the media industry is in trouble, Rosen suggests, journalists should free ourselves from that way of thinking.
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We love Him, because He first loved us (4:19).
"God loves us." Three little monosyllabic words, but how weighty they are with significant meaning, that the great God whom the heavens of heavens cannot contain should love us. We are moved when a dog loves us, or when a baby loves us, or when a friend loves us; how much infinitely more meaningful to say that God loves us.
In this big, vast world, we are so small, so tiny. Even in this city, we're a cipher; we are like a candlefly that dies before the morning sun. We are like an autumn leaf that falls unobserved to the ground. Our very planet is a speck in this infinitude of universe. How much smaller our little inconsequential lives; yet the revelation says in the Book that God loves us. This is a marvel of condescension, that the great Almighty should pour upon us His personal love and affection.
If there are two noblemen, they respect one another. They are wealthy, they are peers; it is quite usual and expected. But if a nobleman of the royal house, of the royal blood, in his wealth and affluence were to pour out his love upon a poor, crippled peasant, and care for him, and love him, and comfort him, and encourage him, be surety for him, how wonderful, how magnificent! And yet that would be a small thing compared to the condescension of the Lord God of the heaven of heavens, who pours out His abounding love upon us; that the infinite should love the finite, that the holy and the pure should love the unlovely and the impure. It is a marvel of condescension.
It is more marvelous still when we think that He loves us in our sin and in our human frailty. The Lord looks down upon us with compassion and pity and mercy. As He said in Ezekiel, "As I live, saith the Lord—as I live, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye . . . for why will ye die?" [Ezekiel 33:11]. Why will you die when the crimson cross is so nearby, when the love of God is poured out without measure upon us in pity and compassion? God loves us, and He sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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The co-founders of dormouse have all worked together previously and have significant experience in building fault-tolerant trading systems capable of transacting hundreds of thousands of trades daily.
Dr. Martin Coward has over three decades of experience in trading, execution and risk management. After gaining a first class mathematics degree and Ph.D. from Cambridge University, he initially worked on projects for the UK Government as a statistical and mathematical risk analyst. He then moved into finance, working as a Foreign Exchange strategist with Goldman Sachs for 3 years. Prior to setting up IKOS, he worked for Investcorp Bahrain for 3 years, establishing its proprietary trading of equity derivatives. Martin is recognised for being one of the pioneers of quantitative systematic electronic trading in the hedge fund industry. Martin has selected and mentored teams of quantitative analysts who have created some of the most successful programmes including Managed Futures, Currencies, Equity Statistical Arbitrage and Multi-Strategy. Martin continues to actively innovate, design and create investment strategies. He is licensed as a portfolio manager under MiFID.
George Dowdye has been working as a financial services professional for nearly three decades. He started in investment banking with Barclays de ZoeteWedd Limited in the UK in 1990 and traded futures and options on behalf of the bank in Japan. George specialised in listed and OTC derivatives throughout his career in roles for Morgan Stanley, SBC Warburg, and UBS. He has also held directorships for UBS, SBC Warburg and Barclays. After investment banking he became a hedge fund consultant with Albourne Partners. George was appointed as Global Sales Manager of IKOS in 2004. He is licensed as an investment adviser under MiFID.
Dr. Hans-Joachim Drescher has a decade of experience in financial research, systems development and portfolio management. After earning a Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from the University of Nantes in France, he worked in several post-doc positions doing research in Particle and Cosmic Ray Physics at New York University, the University of Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. Research topics amongst others were the simulation of particle interactions in accelerators and in the atmosphere. Later, he worked for 2 years at IKOS as a researcher in finance working on risk management and algorithmic trading before moving on to help found dormouse. Hans' research is published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at numerous international conferences.
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Jamie Sloane reads below the watchful eyes of Jamie Sloane in his fourth floor studio/penthouse in the Lowe Hotel in a photo taken earlier this spring. This self portrait done of himself includes Nike tennis shoes and swirling ideas.
OHIO VALLEY — Jamie Sloane, a local artist whose work has been featured at The French Art Colony and Gallery at 409, is opening a new show at the Huntington Museum of Art.
"Jamie Sloane: The Visiteur Series" will be presented by Jack and Angie Bourdelais will go on view at the Huntington Museum of Art on Nov. 17 and run through Feb. 3, 2019. An opening reception for this exhibit takes place on Sunday, Nov. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
"Jamie Sloane: The Visiteur Series" features 12 large oil-on-canvas portraits by Sloane of Point Pleasant. This exhibit is accompanied by a 20-page catalog.
Sloane says that many of his portraits are comments on the brevity of our lives, utilizing the formal chairs of the old-fashioned parlor as metaphors for human existence, since they were only meant to be used for short visits. His work borrows from high-style European portrait painting as well as paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. The Chinese portraits were often of family ancestors and well-known public figures, and frequently featured decorative rugs, a flattened picture plane and formal settings with the subject in a seated position. Sloane says he has also been influenced by the paintings of French artist Edouard Vuillard, who utilized intricate wallpaper patterns as a background in many of his works.
Born and raised in Huntington, Sloane grew up studying classical music and later studied music composition at Marshall University. Sloane's other passion was art, which was exercised first as a hobby and then later became a full-time career. His work is found in numerous collections, including the historic Lowe Hotel in Point Pleasant. He is a former resident of Gallipolis.
As a companion to the exhibition, Sloane is creating a video documentary that chronicles his preparation for the show. He will also conduct a walking tour of his work at the Huntington Museum of Art on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at 7 p.m.
This exhibit and catalog are presented by Jack and Angie Bourdelais. Presented with support from The Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. This program is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
For more information on events at the Huntington Museum of Art, visit www.hmoa.org or call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
https://www.mydailytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2018/11/web1_4.17-Jamie-01.jpgJamie Sloane reads below the watchful eyes of Jamie Sloane in his fourth floor studio/penthouse in the Lowe Hotel in a photo taken earlier this spring. This self portrait done of himself includes Nike tennis shoes and swirling ideas.


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Robotics and SCOPE this summer at Olin, Interview and Blog by Ivy Santos
Ivy Santos
written by Ivy
Olin innovation is everywhere. You don't have to go to India or California to find an Oliner working hard on some amazing projects. Some students' summer plans lead them no further than the Academic Center. Research at Olin during this summer has been particularly lively. Sixty students are living on campus. Some have jobs in the administrative part of Olin (like myself), but many more are doing research. One such group that I had the pleasure of interviewing was Morgan Lavine (ECE) , Abe Feldman (ME), Clay Gimenez (ME), and Gray Thomas (E w/ robotics), of the class of '12. They're working for Drew Bennett in the Robotics lab this summer.
A SCOPE project (The Olin curriculum culminates in the Senior Capstone Program in Engineering), in which students engage in a significant engineering project under realistic constraints for an actual client) brought them to the lab. Vishwa Robotics is sponsoring these studentsfrom January 2011 to December 2011. As the SCOPE website says, "The Vishwa Robotics and Automation SCOPE team is working to produce miniature, multi-functional landing gear for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). By iterating through research, ideation, design, and fabrication, the team will optimize small, lightweight, durable, and low-power landing gear that will enable future MAVs to perch on a variety of surfaces. This is the second phase in an ongoing, multiphase research project awarded to Vishwa Robotics and is being funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory." This essentially means that the Air Force, in conjunction with Vishwa, is having these four Olin students design a landing system to allow small planes to land on moving targets, not unlike birds, and that pretty much all of it was under an NDA.
They are also working on a plethora of other projects for Dave, including but not limited to modifying and rebuilding Hydroid's Reamus AUV for deeper travel, and helping out with the SAIC boat. The idea behind this project is that various countries have submarines that cannot be tracked by current technology. By building autonomous boats with radar capabilities, once a submarine is found at a foreign port, the boat can follow it by staying within radar range, and we can track the boat.
Like most Olin students, Abe, Clay, Gray, and Morgan are happiest when they get to bury themselves elbow deep in work and just chug along, but often bureaucracy gets in their way. They would prefer to cad all day like they did in Mech Proto than do the less exciting but necessary report-writing or meetings, but they realize that after every report they can get back into the 'fun' part of their work. They say that Dave is a big help with the administrative tasks. They are learning a lot - for instance, Morgan said that as an ECE in an ME project, he's gained a plethora of skills that will be quite useful if he chooses to go into an ME field at any point.
Interviewing Abe, Clay, Gray, and Morgan was a pleasure and it was really cool to see exactly what they were working on, even if I can't actually write about it. I'm sure that the technologies that they are developing for Dave Barret will get 'out there', along with the work of Oliners everywhere.


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Mary J. Blige, Pink, Justin Bieber, and Akon lay down their vocals for the 2010 remake of "We Are the World" benefitting Haiti. The full song and video, which also features appearances by Janet Jackson, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West, premieres tonight during NBC's coverage of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and will be available to download on iTunes.
The producer and co-writer of the 1985 philanthropic anthem, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, speak to Larry King about remaking the charity single 25 years later. Watch the interview below.
Lil Wayne Announces 'Welcome to Tha Carter Tour'


Great spot for some adult nightlife fun! Great casino, restaurants and entertainment!
We could stay by reasonably price. Casino is better, shopping areas are looks fun. Board walk is in front of the hotel.
Gorgeous and very modern. Not sure about price of rooms but it's definitely worth talking a walk through.
It is not the same expectation from the caesars in las vegas. But the hotel is still the best in the area I think.
Awesome new addition to the Atlantic City Boardwalk is the Hard Rock Casino in the failed Trump facility. Great food and gaming. Lots of fun.
Much improved condition and amenities. Good transportation to casinos. Great value for money.
Clean room. Comfortable. Right near boardwalk. I would defiantly stay here again.


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Tag Archives: Troy Duffy
Cover Me Babe (1970)
4-Word Review: Student filmmaker alienates everyone.
Tony Hall (Robert Forster) is a student filmmaker who feels he is a great director in the making and not afraid to let everyone know it. He becomes obsessed with capturing reality as it is and people's emotional responses. He goads those around him including his own girlfriend (Sondra Locke) into doing things they are uncomfortable with simply so he can capture that uneasiness and the facial expressions that come with it. Some feel he is going too far, but the more they try to reel him in the more boundaries he pushes.
I've attended a film school in Chicago back in the early '90s, so for me I found this plot to be intriguing. In a lot of ways, at least at the beginning, I thought they captured the arrogance of these young would-be student directors who are convinced they are the next Kubrick or Scorsese in-the-making quite well. Their elitist attitude and willingness to compromise good taste and common sense simply to attain a shock effect to get attention are all very real.
Unfortunately the film goes overboard especially with the lead character who quickly becomes unlikable. I don't mind a certain bit of cockiness or a say-it-like-it-is persona, but this guy is downright rude, smug, abrasive and even cruel. You spend the whole time hoping someone will punch him in his face, but it never happens and I believe this is the sole reason why this film failed at the box office as no one wants to sit through an entire movie watching a person whose behavior they can't stand.
His excessively rude attitude towards a studio head (Jeff Corey) who wants to offer him an opportunity make a feature film is particularly confounding. It's similar to Troy Duffy the real-life subject of Overnight and the director of The Boondock Saints who became quite arrogant to everyone once he got himself a Hollywood contract, but at least in Duffy's case he had gotten his proverbial foot-in-the-door and therefore felt it was 'safe' to let his obnoxious side out, but the Forster character here doesn't yet have one and you're compelled to feel that the guy must be mentally ill to think he ever will by behaving in the outrageous way that he does.
Forster gives a solid performance, but the character seems too similar to one he just got done doing in Medium Cool and bordered almost on type casting. Locke is okay as the girlfriend and can be seen fully nude at the beginning, but why she would want to stick with such a jerk is hard to understand and makes her character annoying because of it. I realize some gals have the 'bad-boy syndrome', but it goes overboard with it here.
The film lacks a cinematic touch and its best part comes at the beginning where we watch a student film with a dream-like sequence in a Federico Fellini style that is actually pretty good. Another memorable bit comes near the end where Forster broadcasts to a group of students his own film, which features a scene showing a man jumping off a ledge and then panning over to reveal the shocked expressions of the people on the ground who witnessed it as well as the students watching it on film.
Director: Noel Black
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Available: None at this time.
Posted in 70's Movies, College Life, Drama, Movies with Nudity, Obscure Movies
Tagged Entertainment, Movies, Review, Robert Forster, Sondra Locke, Troy Duffy


The Victoria HarbourCats and Wenatchee AppleSox kicked off the 2018 West Coast League regular season Friday night with a low-scoring pitchers duel and 2-1 AppleSox victory at Royal Athletic Park.
As for the action on the field, for the second consecutive season, Campbell River native Ethan Fox got the ball for Head Coach Brian McRae's HarbourCats on Opening Night, while the AppleSox countered with a Wenatchee resident and homegrown talent of their own in Grady Miller.
Fox got into some trouble in the top of 2nd inning, loading the bases with three consectuctive walks and no outs. However, the Southpaw avoided trouble, striking out Joey Magro and inducing a 5-2-3 double play to escape the 'Sox threat.
Fox's luck ran out in the top of the 4th when Wenatchee infielder Mason Marenco got the scoring started for the AppleSox with a double to left-center field, scoring Cory Meyer who walked to start the inning. After giving up another single, Marenco stole home doubling the AppleSox lead to 2-0.
That was all McRae needed to see, as he pulled Fox for Clark Streby from St. Martins university. Fox finished with three strikeouts, four hits, and four walks over 3.2 innings.
The pitchers duel strecthed into the latter stages of the ballgame, as Streby held the AppleSox scorless through three and a third, before right-hander Jacob Potter of Allen Community College entered the game for the HarbourCats.
Behind some quality pitching from Miller, along with relievers Hunter Boyd and Karver Pate, the AppleSox held 'Cats hitters to four hits total.
Victoria was able to rally in the bottom half of the eighth as the 'Cats loaded the bases, and infielder Chang-Chi Yeh grounded into a fielder's choice to trim the AppleSox lead to one. However, the rallied ended there, as Pate got Jack Smith to strikeout to end the inning.
The two teams will renew hostilites tomorrow night as Garrett Goodall will make his first start of the season against Wenatchee's Curtis Bafus.


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Why Shane Wright is hockey's next super prospect
March 2, 2020, 11:43 a.m. ·7 min read
At just 16, Shane Wright is in the same prospect tier as Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby were. (Getty)
Stop if you've heard this specific type of Canadian hockey story before: A 15-year-old star bursts onto the scene after dominating at the Minor Midget level as an underage player in the Greater Toronto Hockey League. This player gains exceptional status from the Canadian Hockey League, elevating their profile to new heights before being anointed as hockey's next great talent.
These are the routes that John Tavares and Connor McDavid took before entering the NHL, and both players exceeded the preposterous hype placed on them.
Enter Shane Wright, the third player to fit that description. Wright turned just 16 years old in January but is already absolutely dominating during his rookie season with the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs after being selected first overall upon being granted said exceptional status.
Perhaps because of a few precautionary tales in the seven years separating McDavid from Wright, the latter hasn't received the type of fanfare that his predecessors did. While exercising caution when evaluating any teenage hockey prospect is a good thing, it's unnecessary in this case.
Wright is an absolute stud, and deserves to be skyrocketed into household territory as hockey's next superstar.
McDavid and Tavares both became household names at the same age after tearing up the GTHL and gaining exceptional status. It's worth examining their impact at the same age and it should be noted that all of these stats are unofficial.
Tavares played on what's widely considered to be the most stacked minor hockey team ever, but was a force to be reckoned with. Although skating was a glaring weakness at this age, Tavares' clinical finishing and natural goal-scoring ability was evident from the jump and he's the player that essentially created the exceptional player program to begin with.
McDavid's all-world talent was by far the easiest to recognize. At 15, he already possessed NHL-level speed and the sight of him barrelling down on helpless minor hockey defenders is a sight I can't get out of my head. At the OHL Cup—Ontario's showcase for minor midget talent before the players enter major junior—McDavid put on an absolute clinic, setting the tournament scoring record while fans and scouts were both left with their collective jaws dropped. Even at that age it was obvious he was destined to be an all-world player based on his skating and passing ability alone, and his future NHL superstardom was the easiest to discern out of any exceptional player.
Wright admittedly wasn't as good—production wise, at least—as McDavid or Tavares at the same age but he's combined both of their strengths. He's an excellent skater with outstanding anticipation, boasting lower body strength that belies his age and an outstanding shot release. Like Tavares, Wright was the leader of a minor hockey juggernaut, leading his team to victory in the OHL Cup while falling just short of breaking McDavid's tournament scoring record.
Whatever developmental gap there was between Wright and his predecessors is closing, however, if we use each of their OHL rookie seasons as a point of comparison.
*Wright's stats current to March 2, 2020
Tavares assembled the best season ever for an underage player at the major junior level, but Wright, who has already matched McDavid, could eclipse the Maple Leafs' captain by the end of this season, too. Using pace statistics as a predictive measure this late into the campaign isn't always the best tool, but Wright is projected to hit 46 goals and 77 points in 64 games, which would put him right in line with Tavares for the best rookie season ever by an underage player.
To consider, Wright is expected to finish the season with more goals (albeit with far less points) than Marco Rossi and Cole Perfetti, both of whom are widely expected to be selected as top-10 picks in this summer's NHL Draft. Wright won't be eligible until 2022. Insanity.
What Makes Wright's Game So Special
His spatial awareness, hockey intelligence and shooting ability are exceptional for someone his age, and he's able to create chances with increased ease in the OHL. His quick release allows him to make the most of chances, and he's particularly outstanding at navigating 2-on-1 chances.
He just turned 16 in January but Wright's anticipatory instincts resemble a player several years older, a trait that will age well as he continues to round out his game. Wright is often seen finding gaps before defenders realize he's open and his excellent acceleration allows him to gain separation before getting his laser-quick shot off.
Wright is as sturdy as it gets on his feet for someone his age, but like all 16-year-old prospects, it'll be compelling to see how his game fully evolves as he gets stronger. And while we ought to be cautious forecasting the future, it's easy to see his game translating to a superstar trajectory in the NHL.
Alexis Lafreniere hasn't been drafted yet but is the crown jewel of the 2020 class. The early returns on the 2021 Draft hasn't produced much fanfare, but Wright will have competition for his title as hockey's next super prospect in 2022.
Matthew Savoie of the WHL's Winnipeg Ice and Brad Lambert of Finland's HIFK are often mentioned in tandem with Wright when discussing the future of hockey. Both Savoie and Lambert could very well develop into superstar prospects in their own right, but Wright separated himself from his competition when placed in best-on-best formats.
At the World U-17 challenge—a tournament that usually hosts players in their first year of major junior—Wright shone brightest among his direct competition, posting four goals and seven points in five games, while Savoie notched a goal and six points in six games, and Lambert recorded a goal and six points in six games. Savoie and Lambert were thoroughly impressive but Wright proved to be a step ahead.
Shane Wright is separating himself from the competition. (Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)
Wright also gained an edge on Savoie last season as both players applied for exceptional status but only the former was granted access. It should be noted that the WHL has never granted exceptional status to any player, but in limited action with Winnipeg, Savoie hasn't scored yet, posting six assists in 19 games.
Lambert, like Wright, is a world-class skater and is closer to McDavid than any of the prospects mentioned when it comes to his acceleration. He creates chances with his unreal speed as the basis of his offensive production. In any other context, this wouldn't be a slight, but Lambert has struggled against adults in Finland's Liiga, which isn't unreasonable for someone who turned 16 in December.
At the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup—a tournament that's often seen as a precursor to the World Juniors—Lambert scored three goals in five games, all coming in a game against Switzerland which finished last in the tournament. Lambert wasn't able to elevate his game against better competition, however, and while it's objectively far from a slight, Wright gains a slight edge over a prospect that could also be considered in the same, rarefied air.
If Emoni Bates can be placed on the Sports Illustrated cover as a high school sophomore without anyone blinking an eye, there's no reason why Wright shouldn't gain similar hype as a wunderkind. His track record, comparison against his peers at the same developmental stage and obvious package of skills will make him the definitive prospect for the 2022 NHL Draft. He should be the next player to look forward to with the type of round the clock fervour that Tavares, McDavid, Rasmus Dahlin, Auston Matthews and a handful of others have commanded over the past two decades.
So, welcome to The Shane Wright Show. Buckle up and enjoy.
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Forty-First
Forty-First Regiment Blog
In a Manner Becoming both an Officer and a Gentleman
By Tom Fournier
In this blog post we look at new content posted in the history section of the 41st Regiment of Foot MLHG's webpage.
This is the remarkable (to me) Court Martial of Lieutenant Benoit Bender of the 41st Regiment of Foot, held in Montreal in July of 1815.
http://www.fortyfirst.org/transcript-15-courtmarshall-benoit-bender.html
The Court Martial occurred at the request of Lieutenant Bender after he was barred from further association with the mess of the Officers of the 41st Regiment in May of 1815 after Captain Peter Latouche Chambers made an accusation of cowardice against Bender. Chambers made this claim one evening, just after Bender excused himself from the mess. Bender asked for exoneration through a Court Martial but was told that he could not be accommodated right away. Finally, with a wide gathering of the Officers of the 41st Regiment and many others in Montreal for the Court Martial of Major General Henry Proctor (also the former commanding Officer of the 41st Regiment), an opportunity arose for the Court Martial of Benoit Bender. At the Court Martial he was arraigned on the charges but had to wait until November 27th, 1815 for this to be approved by the Prince Regent and posted by Horse-Guards.
These articles are written and compiled by members of the 41st Regiment Living History Group.
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Over the past few years I have not been updating my original website so often – this has been for a number of reasons. Firstly, work has been keeping me busy. This is not so bad: one of my money spells must have worked for a change!
Secondly, the Great Work has been keeping me busy. In the past few years I have been heavily involved with various magical projects, which have meant I have had little time to write new material for my website. When I realised that this was the situation I was in, I sort of retired from being an online-presence.
Irony of ironies, however! I have been meeting a number of different people through my magical projects, and when they heard that I was the great author Alex Sumner, they basically press-ganged me into writing papers for their own study groups, etc.
La plus ça change, la plus c'est la même chose, as some Martinist no doubt said in the past.
I am heavily involved in Golden Dawn magick – as indeed I always have been. Certain aspects of the GD have taken on a greater degree of importance in my life, such as Tarot and Astrology. I am still involved with Enochian Magick: I am currently in the process of translating a book of John Dee's conjurations from the original Latin into English.
Lucid Dreaming and astral projection. My lucid dreaming practice has evolved somewhat, as I am now on a quest to discover that which is more advanced than Lucidity per se.
I am also exploring Fiction writing. Having experienced the occult in real-life, I am conscious that if I tried to write a fictional occult story that was completely authentic, it would actually be quite boring. As a fiction writer one should not write about ordinary characters – one should write about extraordinary ones – people who are the best at what they do, who take unusual risks, get into unusual scrapes, who have extraordinary adventures, etc etc. Thus, if I want to write about a villain in an occult novel, I cannot just describe someone who practices black magick – I would have to invent someone who practices magick which is sicker, blacker, more extreme and more evil than anything which would occur in real life.


If you're looking for a little distraction, I've found a new series on Netflix, a Netflix original called Tokyo Stories, which is about a Midnight Diner and its clients. It's all in Japanese, which strangely soothing. Anyhoo, the third episode features a knitter looking for love, knitting sweaters for all the men she likes.
It's a must watch for knitters. A knitting love story.
Tell me if you watch it, It's worth it.
It makes me want to knit love cables.
2) Stay informed in political groups so you know what we're fighting for.
3) Cry it out, but if you're finding that you can't function get therapy or see a doctor about anxiety.
4) Surround yourself with things that make you happy.
I've gotten myself back to pre-election kinda calm by resolving not to allow this man to take over my life, my thoughts and my worries, because if we do that. Trump Wins. We have to take our lives back.
If you're a Trump supporter I congratulate you and hope that you hold him to a high standard and ensure that all of our rights are upheld.
I never bought it. Don't miss it and look at the wall o knitting books and think to myself "uh, I don't need anymore knitting books".
I have not bought another one, mainly because they've been out of stock for months because the manufacturer has moved production to the United States, which is AWESOME. Jobs for Americans! It's a little more expensive, but it's worth the extra money knowing that the workers are getting fair wages and that children aren't producing it.
I have my knitting group. It's weekly, it's small and it's in a cafe. It's all I need. As much as I wish I could open up a yarn shop/knitting class business, I don't want to give up my life for that and honestly, yarn shops are not doing so well in the Bay Area. People are spending so much on rent that they spend little on other things.
I'm lucky I have three: Omama, and my mom and dad. It's just a lot easier (and cheaper) to wait until one of these family members is available. Half the time we go out and it doesn't feel worth the time, energy or money we've spent to do it. Plus we just like hanging out with our kids. We are old fuddy duddies now.
I could still use another massage. Something for this year's Christmas list.
It just so happens that I'm reading a historical fiction epic: The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. I'm on Quicksilver now. With any luck I won't finish reading them until the next Game of Thrones book comes out. So hey. I don't need any historical fiction recommendations!
It's kind of weird to go through an old wish list and see how many things just resolved themselves without any effort. Maybe that is life. Maybe all the things I worry about now: money, housing, purpose will all figure themselves out when I'm least expecting it and I'll forget just how much I wanted those things naturally. That's kind of a great feeling. Guess it's time for a new wish list. Stay tuned.
Recovering from lots of volunteering.
Getting ready for the next chapter.
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Q: Get dimensions of HTML5 video (playing region - not division) during playback I have a HTML video in a division.  When the user changes the size of the HTML window the playing area of the video changes to maintain its aspect ratio leaving boarders around the video (depending on how the window is resized).
Is there a way of obtaining the dimensions of the actual playback region of the video within a division (not the division itself).
I've tried:
console.log($("#video").css("height"));

Where #video is the id of the video itself, but it seems to return the division height, not the video playback area.
This needs to happen within a window resize event handler:
    $( window ).resize(function() {
    //Detect playback window size
    }

A: My solution was to get the original video size (see HTML5 Video Dimensions) and then compute the height and width based on the original aspect ratio.
The problem, as explained in that page, is that those dimensions are only retrieved after loading the metadata (which in my test page happened only after playing the video). The way to make the video load the metadata is to use the preload="metadata" attribute on the video tag.
The rest is just combining these:

var aspectratio=1;
resizeHandler();
$("video").on('loadedmetadata',function() {
 var width = this.videoWidth;
 var height = this.videoHeight;
 aspectratio=width/height;
 resizeHandler();
});

function dis(v) { return Math.round(v*100)/100; }

function resizeHandler() {
 var height=$('video').height();
 var width=$('video').width();
 var actualHeight=Math.min(height,width/aspectratio);
 var actualWidth=Math.min(width,height*aspectratio);
    $('#spnInfo').text('ratio: '+dis(aspectratio)+'  width: '+dis(width)+', height:'+dis(height)+'  ,actual width: '+dis(actualWidth)+', actual height:'+dis(actualHeight));
}

$(window).resize(resizeHandler);

$('#btnResize').click(function() {
  $('video').css({height:Math.random()*600+50,width:Math.random()*600+50});
  $(window).trigger('resize');
});

<input type="button" id="btnResize" value="Resize" />

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It is a rich and glorious season, this time of Eastertide.
As I plucked wilting blossoms off my Easter lilies near our front door I inhaled the sweetness of those remaining, taking care to avoid the staining powder of the yellow stamens. I then attended the roses that once sat on my dining table and now are over the kitchen sink. Five buds are left with shorter stems clustered together in a small pitcher between sculpted figures of Mary Magdalene and an angel. As I gaze at these reminders of the season, and especially of Easter Day, I wonder at it all.
The season of Eastertide, the fifty days linking Easter and Pentecost, provide a joyful time of quiet reflection on the meaning of the Resurrection. The immense implications of this historical event, when eternity intersected time, continues to stun me. And the scripture readings assigned for these days reflect as well, considering the meaning of this new world that was created by the empty tomb.
And indeed a new world was created with the death and resurrection of Christ. It is a revolution changing everything. In one of his first resurrection appearances to the disciples Jesus gently explains what has happened. As our preacher said this morning, Christ appears to them in an upper room where the doors have been locked. He has passed through material barriers to be in their midst. He has power over the world of matter in which we live. Is he a ghost? A vision?
St. John's eyewitness account describes how Christ points to his wounds in his hands and his side as proof he is no ghost or vision. The disciples can see and touch him. He has a material body of flesh and blood. He is real. And yet he has the power to pass through matter.
In much the same way he seeks to enter our hearts, our own bodily chambers, to dwell in us. How does he do this? He gives the apostles power to forgive sins by breathing his spirit upon them. From this time on, the apostles, who give life to the Church, act for God in the forgiveness of sins. Why?
Christ desires clean-swept hearts, hearts of light that have expelled the dark. He can only enter a heart that is full of light, enlightened, clean of sin.
It is a profound mystery and yet it is profoundly simple, just as each of us is a profound mystery and yet profoundly simple. All creation teems with intricate complexity yet delightful simplicity. The day turns to night. The rain falls on the earth. The sun shines. And the layered meanings and conclusions of learned theologians can be summed in one sentence: God is love.
Just as I pluck the dying trumpet blossoms with their staining stamens, I pluck out my own selfishness, greed, envy, pride, my own staining sin. I trundle to Mass and confess. I repent and am forgiven. I can now enter the open doors of the Eucharist through prayer and praise, Creed and Scripture, to meet Christ in the bread and the wine. He enters my body, heart, and soul. I am given life and light and joy, having partaken of the divine.
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Andrew Bogut impresses on defence as Golden State Warriors bounce back against Detroit Pistons
The Golden State Warriors win their 50th game of the season, holding off the Detroit Pistons 121-114.
By Benyam Kidane
(NBA Getty Images) https://images.performgroup.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/9c/6c/bogut_1n6twkzg5ro7l1sd678hx5mikw.jpg?t=-1546302383&w=500
In his fourth game back for the Golden State Warriors, Andrew Bogut made his presence felt on both sides of the floor in their 121-114 win over the Detroit Pistons.
The Splash Brothers led the way at Oracle, with Steph Curry (26 points) and Klay Thompson (24 points) combining to shoot 9-of-16 from the three-point line, while Kevin Durant and Draymond Green chipped in 14 points each.
Bogut recorded eight points, five rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the win, creating plenty of space for the Warriors shooters with his bone-crunching screens and playmaking from the elbow.
☔ @StephenCurry30 (26 PTS, 5 3PM) and @KlayThompson (24 PTS, 4 3PM) combine for 50 in the @warriors win at Oracle Arena! #DubNation pic.twitter.com/rPYvybqFuD
- NBA (@NBA) March 25, 2019
When he wasn't creating for others, he took matters into his own hands, getting the Oracle crowd going with this coast-to-coast effort in the third quarter.
'Point Bogut' takes it coast-to-coast #DubNation pic.twitter.com/oMRETQTLNo
- NBA Australia (@NBA_AU) March 25, 2019
Defensively, Bogut was immense, using his physicality to make life tough for the Pistons frontcourt in his 24 minutes of action. Blake Griffin recorded 24 points on just 6-of-14 shooting, while Andre Drummond managed just 12 points on 4-of-9 from the field.
Drummond grew frustrated with Bogut in the fourth qaurter, exchanging words after getting tangled up with the Aussie after a Griffin free throw.
Bogut and Drummond got tangled up and exchanged some words. Tempers flaring At Oracle tonight. pic.twitter.com/3lQmIjg7Rl
- TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) March 25, 2019
After losing to the Dallas Mavericks yesterday by 35 points, their largest home loss since 2007, Golden State went back to basics, turning up their defensive pressure and moving the ball with ease as they racked up 31 assists on 46 field goals.
"We know we didn't play well yesterday, terrible performance from start to finish so we just wanted to make sure we came out with right energy and mindset and we were locked in from the start, especially defensively and we got the win," Bogut said post-game.
"We committed to moving the ball. The first half the ball was going around the horn, everyone was getting a touch, everyone felt involved and we had easy wide open shots for the most part."
With Bogut in the lineup, the Warriors showed flashes of their 2015 selves on both sides of the floor, with the Aussie seamlessly fitting back into the rotation like he never left.
"It hasn't been too hard," Bogut said of adjusting to the team. "We're running a lot of similar stuff when I was last here. Obviously, a few more iso plays for KD because he's such a talented scorer and our defence is pretty much the same, so it didn't take me long to pick up it was more about getting some sleep and getting over the jet lag."
The Warriors reclaimed the #1 seed in the Western Conference after today's win, their 50th of the season. The Denver Nuggets remain a half game back at 49-23 with 10 games remaining in the regular season.


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Q: linking extrenal javascript file inside head tag not working i have linked my script.js file to my index.html file and both files are in same directory. i have linked that script.js file in  section but that is not working when i open-up the console it is shwoing
script.js:2 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getElementsByTagName' of null

but whenever i link that file in the last part of the  section perfectly, even putting that file in the first section of  also not working.
inde.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Sample</title>

        john

script.js:
var result = document.getElementById("name");
var final = result.getElementsByTagName("span");
console.log(final);

A: Scripts can go in the head so long as the logic that tries to find elements in the DOM, happens after the DOM is loaded.
As covered by the duplicate, the usage of a document ready or a load event handler on the window allows any logic to be put in the head, without having to worry about the DOM being loaded yet, as they delay the execution of the logic until the DOM is loaded.
Thank You @taplar