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Social network platform FLYX raises $200K in pre-seed funding
ET Bureau Last Updated: Jul 14, 2020, 05:58 PM IST
FLYX is a streaming social network that helps users find recommended content to watch, on the back of a unique algorithm that aggregates reviews from friends, family, and contacts across all major streaming platforms.
KPMG in its latest report, 'Unravelling the digital video consumer' estimated that India will have more than 500 million online video subscribers by FY 2023.
Delhi and New York-based, FLYX, a social network platform for OTT content on Tuesday said it has raised pre-seed funding amounting to $200,000 from High Networth Individuals (HNIs). The company will use the funds to accelerate product development and further expand services in India, according to a release.
Founded by seasoned technologists Shashank Singh and Mayank Mishra, FLYX is a streaming social network that helps users find recommended content to watch, on the back of a unique algorithm that aggregates reviews from friends, family, and contacts across all major streaming platforms. The app is available for free download on both iOS and Android stores and works across all streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Hulu, Google Play among others, the release added.
The value that FLYX provides is reducing time in decision making, and being able to find reviews from your social network, aligned to personal taste. Just by logging in, users can see what their contacts have recommended, and make informed choices. Users can also create a unified cross-platform watch-list, and keep track of shows watched in a private "seen list."
The platform lets them cross-post on social media platforms including Instagram and Snapchat. An interactive platform, where users can engage with their followers through the private or group chat feature - FLYX also enables watching trailers and exchanging notes and comments with followers about new and upcoming releases.
"It's fantastic to have the support of our investors as we look to grow and scale FLYX in India. We have seen encouraging growth over the last few months, and we consider this to be the right time to scale our operations and to strengthen our position as the one-stop-shop for reviews, feedback, and updates for entertainment across major streaming platforms in India. Our plan is to enhance our technology, add more streaming platforms and social networking platforms, to provide users a more comprehensive experience," said Shashank Singh, CEO & co-founder of FLYX.
"With content consumption at an all-time high, the need for a utility like FLYX is undeniable and I am confident that Shashank and Mayank are the right founders to scale this business and take it to the next level", said Raj Mishra, investor, chairman & founder, AIT Global Inc.
Consumers can use FLYX to know what friends and family are recommending and let them know what their favorites are. Be updated with what movies and shows are trending across various platforms, among other features.
KPMG in its latest report, 'Unravelling the digital video consumer' estimated that India will have more than 500 million online video subscribers by FY 2023. This would make it the second-biggest market in the world after China.
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Shahleena Musk
Penny Tweedie
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Shahleena Musk is Larrakia lawyer from Darwin. She was the first Aboriginal person to graduate from the Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University) and to be admitted to the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Musk was a Crown Prosecutor for the Director of Public Prosecutions in both the Northern Territory and Western Australia. In 2013 she was instrumental in the creation of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency youth team and took on the role of the Senior Youth Justice Lawyer. She joined the Human Rights Law Centre in Melbourne in 2017, working in the Indigenous Rights Unit. Since 2020 she has been the Manager, Koori Advisory and Engagement at the Commission for Children and Young People. Musk is also a director at the Larrakia Development Corporation, providing employment and business opportunities for Larrakia people, and is on the steering committee of the #RaiseTheAge Campaign, a national coalition to raise the age of legal responsibility from 10 to 14.
Penny Tweedie spent a year travelling around Australia in 2000 photographing and interviewing successful young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which resulted in her 2001 book Indigenous Australia: Standing Strong. This photograph was taken when Musk was a Crown Prosecutor in Darwin.
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Hyundai Bayon – new compact SUV for Europe named
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Hyundai will further expand its SUV line-up in Europe with the all-new Bayon, which is set to go on sale in the first half of 2021. The B-segment model will be the company's entry-level offering and slots in below the Kona, joined by the Tucson, Nexo and Santa Fe in the region.
Like many of its other SUVs, the Bayon is named after a place on Earth, Bayonne in this case, which is located in the southwest of France. "Positioned between the Atlantic coast and the Pyrenees mountains, the French town is a great location for those who enjoy activities such as sailing and hiking, fitting with the lifestyle character of the new model," the company explained.
Other Hyundai SUVs that follow this trend include the Tucson and Santa Fe, both named after cities in the states of Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. There's also the Kona that gets its name from the Kona district on the Big Island of Hawaii, while the Nexo's name is derived from one of the largest towns on the Danish island of Bornholm, called Nexø.
Aside from giving us a name, the company also dropped a teaser image of its upcoming B-SUV, which sports boomerang-shaped graphics in its taillights and angled sides on its bodywork. Further details remain a mystery, but the Bayon is rumoured to be based on the i20, similar to other small SUVs like the Toyota Yaris Cross (based on the Yaris) and Ford Puma (based on the Fiesta).
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Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3) #10
Staff: Joey Andrade (E-Mail)
Title: Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3)
The mysterious Titannus has been monitoring the Marvel heroes for unknown reason. After the Ringmaster got a hold of a piece of the cosmic cube, Spider-Man and Moon Knight both engaged him in a fight. An explosion was set off by the Ringmaster and nothing was left of our two brave heroes. Last issue, Daredevil and Luke Cage shared a meal and then witness from across town the destruction from the explosion; soon after they went to investigate.
Summary: Daredevil/Spider-Man
Arc: Part 5 of 'Master of the Ring' (1-2-3-4-5)
Editor: Tom Brevoort
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Scott Kolins
Articles: Sleepwalker (Cameo)
Captain America and Wolverine meet in a New York diner. Captain America questions Wolverine as to why Scott or Storm are not there to meet him and Wolverine simply says, "Look you got me, okay...deal with it." The waitress confuses Wolverine for Thor. Wolverine questions Caps true motive for wearing his uniform shirt out in the public. He jabs at the idea that Cap might just be enjoying the perks that come with being Captain America. An EXPLOSION erupts.
Wolverine steals a car and explains to Captain America that it is the only way to get there as quick as possible.
At ground zero, Spider-Man and Moon Knight stand with the Ringmaster among the debris. The Ringmaster tells them that he forgot to tell them that for the moment they are invulnerable, but quickly he gives them both a heart attack. Daredevil, without a sound, comes from behind the Ringmaster and kicks him in the head. The Ringmaster places all three heroes in cannons facing the ground, but before he can fire, another explosion erupts sending the Ringmaster back on his butt. It was Moon Knight's aircraft. The Ringmaster yells in anger. He tells them he is going to set them all on fire, however just before he can do that his finger is shot off. The Punisher from long range took away the Ringmaster's power. Captain America and Wolverine arrive but are too late. The fun is over. Cap picks up the finger and the ring and says he'll make sure S.H.I.E.L.D. get it. Spider-Man make the observation that this whole adventure was ridiculous. Everyone turns to him and give him the evil eye. The heroes depart. Spider-Man sneaks in to an almost upset wife but delivers the bag of food.
A mysterious figure surrounded by green smoke, says that the ring is closer to its true possessor. At the explosion site, the Sleepwalker hovers over the area and simply says, "Curious."
This was a long awaited wrap to a long story. It was a nice try at showing storytelling through the eyes of others and what finally happens when they come together. However, I agree with Kirkman and Spider-Man. This adventure was ridiculous! As a writer, sometimes your own self editing or subconscious comes out in your writing. So when Spider-Man says this is ridiculous, it is Kirkman trying to tell himself that what he has written is ridiculous. You see it all the time, when you hear a character make an observation about the situation. Like if they were to say, "Sheesh I wish things would hurry up." It can be a number of things but these are clues given to the writer by...the writer that something is amiss. Kirkman can write interesting stories but sometime they are too drawn out.
Not enough payoffs for the buildups.
Issue: Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3) #9 (Story 1)
Issue: Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3) #11
Review: Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3) #10


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Georg Heu (* 31. Oktober 1965 in Mödling) ist ein ehemaliger österreichischer Fußballspieler auf der Position eines Tormanns und nunmehriger Tormanntrainer.

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Als Fußballspieler
Sein Debüt in der österreichischen Bundesliga gab Georg Heu am 1. September 1987 im Trikot des VfB Mödling unter Trainer Sepp Schneider bei der 1:2-Auswärtsniederlage gegen den SK Austria Klagenfurt.

Insgesamt spielte Georg Heu drei Saisonen in der österreichischen Bundesliga: (1987/88, 1993/94 und 1994/95) für den VfB Mödling, eine Saison (1991/92) für den Kremser SC und fünf Saisonen (1997/98, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 und 2003/04) für den FC Admira Wacker Mödling. Dazu kommen zwei Spielzeiten (1996/97 und 1995/96) für den VfB Mödling in der zweithöchsten Spielklasse.

Nach dem offiziellen Abschluss seiner aktiven Karriere im Sommer 2005 musste Georg Heu in der Regionalliga Ost am 1. Oktober 2006 in der zweiten Mannschaft des FC Admira Wacker Mödling gegen den Kremser SC noch einmal als Torhüter einspringen.

Als Tormanntrainer
Noch während seiner aktiven Laufbahn startete Heu im Sommer 2004 unter Trainer Bernd Krauss seine zweite Karriere als Tormanntrainer. Nachdem Krauss am 22. September 2004 abgelöst wurde, war Dominik Thalhammer bis 16. August 2005 sein Chef. Danach folgte Robert Pflug, der wiederum am 16. Februar 2006 von Ernst Baumeister abgelöst wurde. Unter Ernst Baumeister stieg Heu vom 25. Februar 2007 bis 4. Jänner 2008 zum Co-Trainer auf. Danach wechselte Heu bis 30. Juni 2008 zum ASK Schwadorf und nahm unter Trainer Heinz Peischl wieder seine ursprüngliche Funktion als Tormanntrainer ein.

Bedingt durch das Engagement von Sponsor Richard Trenkwalder beim FC Admira Wacker Mödling, kehrten Peischl und Heu am 1. Juli 2008 wieder in die Südstadt zurück. Danach war Heu wieder Tormanntrainer unter den Coaches Heinz Peischl (5 Spiele, bis 8. August 2008), Walter Schachner (65 Spiele, bis 26. April 2010), Dietmar Kühbauer (124 Spiele, bis 11. Juni 2013), Anton Polster (4 Spiele, bis 10. August 2013), Oliver Lederer (5 Spiele, bis 19. September 2013) und nunmehr Walter Knaller.

Erfolge
 1999/00 Meistertitel in der Ersten Liga und Aufstieg in die Bundesliga

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Georg Heu ist ledig; er hat zwei Töchter.

Neben seinem Job beim FC Admira Wacker Mödling ist er gemeinsam mit dem Tormann-Kollegen Martin Krenn sowie Franz Kalla Geschäftsführer eines Herstellers von Torwarthandschuhen in Kottingbrunn. Dort ist er auch für den Bereich Eigenproduktionen und Entwicklung verantwortlich.

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A stylish yet warm shade of purple, Pantone®'s Royal Lilac is at the front stage in fashion. With its subtle red undertones and not to cool blue base, this color will give instant life and interest to your fall-winter wardrobe. Pair it up with gray and black for an intense contrast or complete the royal look by adding British-inspired pieces or lace to it. The possibilities are endless.
A.-Rosebud Studs by Forever 21; B.-Reginne Printed Top by Paul & Joe; C.-Leather Suede Fringe Boots by Asos; D.-Bellevivier Lounge Bag by Roger Vivier; E.-Chain Clutch by Forever 21; F.-Cotton T-Shirt Dress by Vanessa Bruno Athé; G.-Cashmere Coat by Ralph Lauren; H.-Silk Trapeze Dress by Thurley; I.-Smart Flat Shoes by Topshop; J.-Bow Blouse by Forever 21; K.-Bow Back Trench by Topshop; L.-Pleat-front Skirt by Vanessa Bruno.
I LOVE that color purple! I'm always drawn to it when I see it in the store!
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Syracuse native Gabrielle Tinto will sing with Seraphic Fire in April 6 Malmgren Concert at Syracuse University
Tuesday, March 25, 2008, By News Staff
Syracuse native Gabrielle Tinto will sing with Seraphic Fire in April 6 Malmgren Concert at Syracuse University March 25, 2008Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu
Syracuse native and Nottingham High School alumna Gabrielle Tinto will return to her hometown to perform with innovative Miami-based chamber choir Seraphic Fire in the final concert in Hendricks Chapel's 2007-08 Malmgren Concert Series at Syracuse University.
The free concert, co-sponsored by SU's Pulse performing arts series, will be presented on Sunday, April 6, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Free parking is available in the Quad 1 lot and adjacent lots.
The concert — "Sway: Music of Miami!" — celebrates Miami's musical roots. Under the direction of conductor and artistic director Patrick Dupre Quigley, the 16-member ensemble will perform a daring and eclectic program featuring early and contemporary choral music from Haiti, Colombia, Spain, Peru and the United States.
The program will feature the Northeast premieres of works of contemporary and early music from American, Caribbean and Latin American composers — Ingram Marshall (United States), Sydney Guillaume (Haiti) and Alvaro Bermudez (Colombia). Guillaume's "Dominus Vobiscum" interweaves Gregorian melodies with Creole texts and rhythms. "Padre Nuestro," by Bermudez, re-envisions the pasillo (a traditional Colombian dance form) through a modern lens. The transcription of an acoustic version of Marshall's "Hymnodic Delays" was commissioned by Suzanne Hatcher, longtime member of Seraphic Fire and professor of vocal studies at William Jewel College in Kansas.
Seraphic Fire has quickly established itself as one of the nation's top professional choirs. Gramophone Magazine proclaimed Seraphic Fire as "a treasure… no group programs more adventurously." The choir was founded by Quigley as a group that would bring the best ensemble singers from around the country to perform rarely heard early and contemporary music in a user-friendly environment.
"We wanted to do away with the Kabuki of classical music," says Quigley. "No formalized bowing, no tuxedos, no austere fourth wall between the performers and the audience — just amazing music performed at the highest level in a relaxed atmosphere."
Tinto, a soprano, has been praised by the Miami Herald for her "superb intonation and vivid musicality." She began singing at age 7 with Annette Riposo's "Notables" at Edward Smith Elementary School in Syracuse. She sang with the Syracuse Children's Choir, directed by Barbara Tagg, from ages 8-16, and began her solo vocal studies at age 16 with Helen Boatwright, an emerita faculty member in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts. Tinto received a bachelor's degree in music from Northwestern University and a master's degree in music from the University of Miami.
At home in a wide range of repertoire, Tinto has performed Baroque oratorio, French cabaret, comedic operetta and contemporary art song. She most recently appeared with Miami's New World Symphony as a soloist in their performance of Steven Reich's "Daniel Variations."
Tinto has performed with Seraphic Fire for six seasons and has served as the ensemble's artistic administrator. She now serves as the group's director of marketing and public relations. She is the daughter of Vincent Tinto and Patricia Price Tinto, both professors in SU's School of Education.
The concert is part of the Malmgren Concert Series at Hendricks Chapel. The series was made possible by a generous gift to Hendricks Chapel from alumna Esther Malmgren '42 in 1991. The free Sunday afternoon concerts, held throughout the year, feature a wide variety of music.
Pulse provides SU students and the local community opportunities to attend and participate in programs, performances, exhibitions and events in the visual and performing arts. It is a collaborative project of SU's Division of Student Affairs and the College of Visual and Performing Arts. For more information, visit http://pulse.syr.edu.
Call Hendricks Chapel at 443-2901 for more information.


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Whence the Indian Lotus?
I just received a query about the native range of the Indian Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), and whether it might have been introduced to India (e.g. by Indo-Europeans). Here are my thoughts
An introduction to India is not out of the question, but seems fairly unlikely. True there are no hard archaeobotanical finds of Nelumbo [formerly often Nelumbium] but this species is surprisingly rare archaeologically in any case. In favour of an ancient presence in South Asia is the linguistic evidence in Dravidian in which there are cognates in the South, South-Central and Central Dravidian subfamilies (see Dravidian Etymological Dictionary Revised entry 3163), which suggests an original term at a level as early as indigenous South Indian domesticates (Mungbean, horsegram) and many indigenous trees (teak, neem, etc.) [see Fuller 2007 pdf]. The absence of North Dravidian cognates is likely to be poor linguistics recording. These Dravidian, all something like #tamar, are presumably the source of Sanskrit tamarasa (unless one were to posit a shared, older substrate source for both). The true wild distribution is somewhat problematic because today this species is found largely in human-made or modified pools (tanks, etc), but this is to be expected as there are few natural ponds in much of India, where there have been quite dense agricultural populations for a few thousand years. Nelumbo is native in Iran and Southwest Russia, but also extends to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea and bits of Australia, so a natural presence in India, at least through the Indo-Gangetic river systems seems likely. Archaeobotanically the only really early evidence for lotus that springs to mind is from China, where charred tuber fragments are found at the Neolithic site of Jiahu (7000-6000 BC), where is constitutes part of a aquatic resource package along side Trapa water chestnuts, rice (probably morphologically wild) (as well as wild resources like acorns). There is a brief summary and graph of the Jiahu data published recent in English by 'Jimmy' Zhao in Archaeological & Anthropological Sciences 2.
I would also note that the fossil record is not very informative about where something is native (in the sense of wild prior to human involvement). Of course Nelumbo is present in Tertiary and late Cretaceous India, as it is a very early ('primitive') dictotyledon group, near the base of the lineages that are nowadays called the Eudicots (characterized by tricolpate pollen, as well as genetic monophyly). Nelumbo is in its own family and places in the Proteales (see Angiosperm Phylogeny website). Nelumbanaceae type fossils go back to the Albian, ca. 110 million years, and their presence in Tertiary India is not surprising, as at that time the India subcontinent was an island (formerly of Godwanaland) that was rafting north and had not yet crashed into Asia. Tertiary India included lost of flora which did no persist into the Quaternary: Gunnera is one example that springs immediately to my mind! [see Fuller & Hickey Gunnera paper] Instead, a later Pleistocene and early Holocene fossil record is what is needed to determine where something in 'native'.
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premendra said...
Regarding perennial mention of Aryan arrival/ invasion into India in this blog, I will only quote what learned genticists have ti say. Sahoo, Kivisild, Metspalu, Villems and their colleagues ruled out any Aryan migration to India (Sahoo et al, 2006, p. 845). They showed by detailed study that India is logically the ultimate source of M17 (R1a) and its ancestors. They noted: "The perennial concept of people, language, and agriculture arriving to India together through the northwest corridor does not hold up to close scrutiny. Recent claims for a linkage of haplogroups J2, L, R1a, and R2 with a contemporaneous origin for the majority of the Indian castes' paternal lineages from outside the subcontinent are rejected, although our findings do support a local origin of haplogroups F* and H." (p. 847) [Sahoo, Sanghmitra et al, A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: Evaluating demic diffusion scenarios, PNAS 2006 Jan., 103(4): 843-848]
URL: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/4/843.full.pdf+html
Earlier than Kivisild, Stephen Oppenheimer (2004) too had expresses his views in no uncertain terms: "And sure enough we find highest rates and greatest diversity of the M17 line in Pakistan, north India, and eastern Iran, and low rates in the Caucasus. M17 is not only more diverse in South Asia than in Central Asia but diversity characterizes its presence in isolated tribal groups in the south, thus undermining any theory of M17 as a marker of a 'male Aryan Invasion of India.' Study of the geographical distribution and the diversity of genetic branches and stems again suggests that Ruslan, along with his son M17, arose early in South Asia, somewhere near India."
But if someone is determined not to read others' writings, what can be done?


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University students in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have been delivering lectures on ethnic solidarity and policies to local residents in southern Xinjiang, a move to further unify the region, experts said.


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Q: ERROR TypeError: Cannot read property 'open' of undefined With Angular 6 I am calling on API in a service and then subscribing to the service in my controller. I successfully get back data, however I would like to restructure that data in my controller so I can get pass it into a Chart JS chart later on.
Here is my code I have put in a method inside my controller witch I then call in the OnInit method:
getStockData() {
  this.stocksService.getStockData()
    .subscribe(
      (response) => {
        for(var i = 0; i <= response.length; i++) {
          this.stockOpen.push(response[i]['open']); // Error points to this line
          console.log('Data: ', response[i]['open']); //This works
        }
      },
      (error) => console.error(error)
    );
}

I know at least part of this is working because I am successfully consoling the data from within the for loop, however I then get an error that I can't seem to figure out because when I console response[i]['open'] it works but when I try to push it into this.stockOpen I get the error.
Seems to me that the push method is the problem, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it correctly or a different way.
Here is the error:
ERROR TypeError: Cannot read property 'open' of undefined
    at SafeSubscriber._next (alpha.component.ts:26)
    at SafeSubscriber.push../node_modules/rxjs/_esm5/internal/Subscriber.js.SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub (Subscriber.js:195)
    at SafeSubscriber.push../node_modules/rxjs/_esm5/internal/Subscriber.js.SafeSubscriber.next (Subscriber.js:133)
    at Subscriber.push../node_modules/rxjs/_esm5/internal/Subscriber.js.Subscriber._next (Subscriber.js:77)
    at Subscriber.push../node_modules/rxjs/_esm5/internal/Subscriber.js.Subscriber.next (Subscriber.js:54)
    at MapSubscriber.push../node_modules/rxjs/_esm5/internal/operators/map.js.MapSubscriber._next (map.js:41)
    at MapSubscriber.push../node_modules/rxjs/_esm5/internal/Subscriber.js.Subscriber.next (Subscriber.js:54)
    at XMLHttpRequest.onLoad (http.js:1055)
    at ZoneDelegate.push../node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js.ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:421)
    at Object.onInvokeTask (core.js:3748)

A: Your for loop should be i < response.length, not <=.

With that said, you shouldn't use a for loop if you're just pushing to another array, nor when index doesn't matter. Use a for...of loop at the very least: better yet, [].map (or if the array is already populated, [].reduce with a starting value [or just combine them.])
this.stockOpen = response.map(item => item.open);

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Q: Why ring oscillator showing irregular graph ? I'm trying to design ring oscillator in CADENCE using 180 CMOS .Instead of showing inverted clocking output , output changes in less then millivolt ranges. When I connect only 9 inverter like this schematic:

output graph for last 3 nodes are like this:

zoomed view of this graph is:

this changes happening in less then nanovolt rage which should be considered as nothing but noise ( I presume )
If I increase the number of CMOS significantly (45 CMOS) then this graph become this where variation still do not cross milivolt range:

I did not do any calculation for this, as for a simulation purpose, I thought it would not be necessary I'm not looking for any specific frequency right now.Provided mosfet should be sufficient for sample design.
Where could I make mistakes ? What kind of calculation should I do to fast to design this ring oscillator properly ?

A: I don't have access to CADENCE.
But the first thing that hits me in the head right away is that your PMOS widths need to be twice (or more?) the width of your NMOS due to mobility. You probably want 20:1 on the PMOS and 10:1 on the NMOS, or something about like that. So when using \$\textrm{w}=2\:\mu\$ for your NMOS then use \$\textrm{w}=4\:\mu\$ for your PMOS.
Other than that, I don't yet see other problems. But I don't have your models and levels, either. (I use LTspice, only.)

Here is an example of my run using 9 stages:

Here's the schematic in LTspice I used:

Another possibility is the underlying models you are using. The detailed models I'm using are here:
.model  N_50n  nmos  level = 54
+binunit = 1            paramchk= 1            mobmod  = 0
+capmod  = 2            igcmod  = 1            igbmod  = 1            geomod  = 0
+diomod  = 1            rdsmod  = 0            rbodymod= 1            rgatemod= 1
+permod  = 1            acnqsmod= 0            trnqsmod= 0
+tnom    = 27           toxe    = 1.4e-009     toxp    = 7e-010       toxm    = 1.4e-009
+epsrox  = 3.9          wint    = 5e-009       lint    = 1.2e-008
+ll      = 0            wl      = 0            lln     = 1            wln     = 1
+lw      = 0            ww      = 0            lwn     = 1            wwn     = 1
+lwl     = 0            wwl     = 0            xpart   = 0            toxref  = 1.4e-009
+vth0    = 0.22         k1      = 0.35         k2      = 0.05         k3      = 0
+k3b     = 0            w0      = 2.5e-006     dvt0    = 2.8          dvt1    = 0.52
+dvt2    = -0.032       dvt0w   = 0            dvt1w   = 0            dvt2w   = 0
+dsub    = 2            minv    = 0.05         voffl   = 0            dvtp0   = 1e-007
+dvtp1   = 0.05         lpe0    = 5.75e-008    lpeb    = 2.3e-010     xj      = 2e-008
+ngate   = 5e+020       ndep    = 2.8e+018     nsd     = 1e+020       phin    = 0
+cdsc    = 0.0002       cdscb   = 0            cdscd   = 0            cit     = 0
+voff    = -0.15        nfactor = 1.2          eta0    = 0.15         etab    = 0
+vfb     = -0.55        u0      = 0.032        ua      = 1.6e-010     ub      = 1.1e-017
+uc      = -3e-011      vsat    = 1.1e+005     a0      = 2            ags     = 1e-020
+a1      = 0            a2      = 1            b0      = -1e-020      b1      = 0
+keta    = 0.04         dwg     = 0            dwb     = 0            pclm    = 0.18
+pdiblc1 = 0.028        pdiblc2 = 0.022        pdiblcb = -0.005       drout   = 0.45
+pvag    = 1e-020       delta   = 0.01         pscbe1  = 8.14e+008    pscbe2  = 1e-007
+fprout  = 0.2          pdits   = 0.2          pditsd  = 0.23         pditsl  = 2.3e+006
+rsh     = 3            rdsw    = 150          rsw     = 150          rdw     = 150
+rdswmin = 0            rdwmin  = 0            rswmin  = 0            prwg    = 0
+prwb    = 6.8e-011     wr      = 1            alpha0  = 0.074        alpha1  = 0.005
+beta0   = 30           agidl   = 0.0002       bgidl   = 2.1e+009     cgidl   = 0.0002
+egidl   = 0.8
+aigbacc = 0.012        bigbacc = 0.0028       cigbacc = 0.002
+nigbacc = 1            aigbinv = 0.014        bigbinv = 0.004        cigbinv = 0.004
+eigbinv = 1.1          nigbinv = 3            aigc    = 0.017        bigc    = 0.0028
+cigc    = 0.002        aigsd   = 0.017        bigsd   = 0.0028       cigsd   = 0.002
+nigc    = 1            poxedge = 1            pigcd   = 1            ntox    = 1
+xrcrg1  = 12           xrcrg2  = 5
+cgso    = 6.238e-010   cgdo    = 6.238e-010   cgbo    = 2.56e-011    cgdl    = 2.495e-10
+cgsl    = 2.495e-10    ckappas = 0.02         ckappad = 0.02         acde    = 1
+moin    = 15           noff    = 0.9          voffcv  = 0.02
+kt1     = -0.21        kt1l    = 0.0           kt2     = -0.042        ute     = -1.5
+ua1     = 1e-009       ub1     = -3.5e-019     uc1     = 0             prt     = 0
+at      = 53000
+fnoimod = 1            tnoimod = 0
+jss     = 0.0001       jsws    = 1e-011       jswgs   = 1e-010       njs     = 1
+ijthsfwd= 0.01         ijthsrev= 0.001        bvs     = 10           xjbvs   = 1
+jsd     = 0.0001       jswd    = 1e-011       jswgd   = 1e-010       njd     = 1
+ijthdfwd= 0.01         ijthdrev= 0.001        bvd     = 10           xjbvd   = 1
+pbs     = 1            cjs     = 0.0005       mjs     = 0.5          pbsws   = 1
+cjsws   = 5e-010       mjsws   = 0.33         pbswgs  = 1            cjswgs  = 5e-010
+mjswgs  = 0.33         pbd     = 1            cjd     = 0.0005       mjd     = 0.5
+pbswd   = 1            cjswd   = 5e-010       mjswd   = 0.33         pbswgd  = 1
+cjswgd  = 5e-010       mjswgd  = 0.33         tpb     = 0.005        tcj     = 0.001
+tpbsw   = 0.005        tcjsw   = 0.001        tpbswg  = 0.005        tcjswg  = 0.001
+xtis    = 3            xtid    = 3
+dmcg    = 0e-006       dmci    = 0e-006       dmdg    = 0e-006       dmcgt   = 0e-007
+dwj     = 0e-008       xgw     = 0e-007       xgl     = 0e-008
+rshg    = 0.4          gbmin   = 1e-010       rbpb    = 5            rbpd    = 15
+rbps    = 15           rbdb    = 15           rbsb    = 15           ngcon   = 1
*
.model  P_50n  pmos  level = 54
+binunit = 1            paramchk= 1            mobmod  = 0
+capmod  = 2            igcmod  = 1            igbmod  = 1            geomod  = 0
+diomod  = 1            rdsmod  = 0            rbodymod= 1            rgatemod= 1
+permod  = 1            acnqsmod= 0            trnqsmod= 0
+tnom    = 27           toxe    = 1.4e-009     toxp    = 7e-010       toxm    = 1.4e-009
+epsrox  = 3.9          wint    = 5e-009       lint    = 1.2e-008
+ll      = 0            wl      = 0            lln     = 1            wln     = 1
+lw      = 0            ww      = 0            lwn     = 1            wwn     = 1
+lwl     = 0            wwl     = 0            xpart   = 0            toxref  = 1.4e-009
+vth0    = -0.22        k1      = 0.39         k2      = 0.05         k3      = 0
+k3b     = 0            w0      = 2.5e-006     dvt0    = 3.9          dvt1    = 0.635
+dvt2    = -0.032       dvt0w   = 0            dvt1w   = 0            dvt2w   = 0
+dsub    = 0.7          minv    = 0.05         voffl   = 0            dvtp0   = 0.5e-008
+dvtp1   = 0.05         lpe0    = 5.75e-008    lpeb    = 2.3e-010     xj      = 2e-008
+ngate   = 5e+020       ndep    = 2.8e+018     nsd     = 1e+020       phin    = 0
+cdsc    = 0.000258     cdscb   = 0            cdscd   = 6.1e-008     cit     = 0
+voff    = -0.15        nfactor = 2            eta0    = 0.15         etab    = 0
+vfb     = 0.55         u0      = 0.0095       ua      = 1.6e-009     ub      = 8e-018
+uc      = 4.6e-013     vsat    = 90000        a0      = 1.2          ags     = 1e-020
+a1      = 0            a2      = 1            b0      = -1e-020      b1      = 0
+keta    = -0.047       dwg     = 0            dwb     = 0            pclm    = 0.55
+pdiblc1 = 0.03         pdiblc2 = 0.0055       pdiblcb = 3.4e-008     drout   = 0.56
+pvag    = 1e-020       delta   = 0.014        pscbe1  = 8.14e+008    pscbe2  = 9.58e-007
+fprout  = 0.2          pdits   = 0.2          pditsd  = 0.23         pditsl  = 2.3e+006
+rsh     = 3            rdsw    = 250          rsw     = 160          rdw     = 160
+rdswmin = 0            rdwmin  = 0            rswmin  = 0            prwg    = 3.22e-008
+prwb    = 6.8e-011     wr      = 1            alpha0  = 0.074        alpha1  = 0.005
+beta0   = 30           agidl   = 0.0002       bgidl   = 2.1e+009     cgidl   = 0.0002
+egidl   = 0.8
+aigbacc = 0.012        bigbacc = 0.0028       cigbacc = 0.002
+nigbacc = 1            aigbinv = 0.014        bigbinv = 0.004        cigbinv = 0.004
+eigbinv = 1.1          nigbinv = 3            aigc    = 0.69         bigc    = 0.0012
+cigc    = 0.0008       aigsd   = 0.0087       bigsd   = 0.0012       cigsd   = 0.0008
+nigc    = 1            poxedge = 1            pigcd   = 1            ntox    = 1
+xrcrg1  = 12           xrcrg2  = 5
+cgso    = 7.43e-010    cgdo    = 7.43e-010    cgbo    = 2.56e-011    cgdl    = 1e-014
+cgsl    = 1e-014       ckappas = 0.5          ckappad = 0.5          acde    = 1
+moin    = 15           noff    = 0.9          voffcv  = 0.02
+kt1     = -0.19        kt1l    = 0            kt2     = -0.052        ute     = -1.5
+ua1     = -1e-009      ub1     = 2e-018       uc1     = 0             prt     = 0
+at      = 33000
+fnoimod = 1            tnoimod = 0
+jss     = 0.0001       jsws    = 1e-011       jswgs   = 1e-010       njs     = 1
+ijthsfwd= 0.01         ijthsrev= 0.001        bvs     = 10           xjbvs   = 1
+jsd     = 0.0001       jswd    = 1e-011       jswgd   = 1e-010       njd     = 1
+ijthdfwd= 0.01         ijthdrev= 0.001        bvd     = 10           xjbvd   = 1
+pbs     = 1            cjs     = 0.0005       mjs     = 0.5          pbsws   = 1
+cjsws   = 5e-010       mjsws   = 0.33         pbswgs  = 1            cjswgs  = 5e-010
+mjswgs  = 0.33         pbd     = 1            cjd     = 0.0005       mjd     = 0.5
+pbswd   = 1            cjswd   = 5e-010       mjswd   = 0.33         pbswgd  = 1
+cjswgd  = 5e-010       mjswgd  = 0.33         tpb     = 0.005        tcj     = 0.001
+tpbsw   = 0.005        tcjsw   = 0.001        tpbswg  = 0.005        tcjswg  = 0.001
+xtis    = 3            xtid    = 3
+dmcg    = 0e-006       dmci    = 0e-006       dmdg    = 0e-006       dmcgt   = 0e-007
+dwj     = 0e-008       xgw     = 0e-007       xgl     = 0e-008
+rshg    = 0.4          gbmin   = 1e-010       rbpb    = 5            rbpd    = 15
+rbps    = 15           rbdb    = 15           rbsb    = 15           ngcon   = 1

The other thing is to provide the initial conditions to CADENCE. I've set the node called Osc to a volt, to start out.
LTspice is a little different in how it works, internally. So it could be something else.


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Pixel Scroll 7/27 Riffing on AD&D
Posted on July 27, 2015 by Mike Glyer
A long-eared geezer, eight stories and an embarrassing admission in today's Scroll.
(1) Today's birthday boy is… Bugs Bunny. He's 75 years old.
(2) David Steffen answers "Why Do I Value The Hugos?" on Diabolical Plots.
[Excerpt is the second of seven points.]
I've been following the Hugos closely for several years, trying to read and review as many of the nominated works as I can digest between the announcement of the ballot and the final deadline. I also follow the Nebulas, and I glance at the results from other SF genre awards, but for me the Hugos take up most of my attention come award season. With this eventful Hugo year, it crossed my mind to wonder why the Hugos specifically, and whether I might perhaps be better off devoting more of my attention to awards that don't collect controversy the way the Hugo Awards always seem to do, and in escalating fashion these last few years….
The Hugos Have a Long Reading Period
The Nebulas and the Locus awards have very short reading periods (the period of time between the announcement of the ballot and the voting deadline) of only about a month. If I want to read as much of the fiction as possible, that's not nearly enough time–I can't finish all the short fiction, let alone start the novels. The Hugo ballot is announced around Easter weekend (usually early April or so) and the voting deadline is at the end of July, so there are nearly four months to try to do all the reading. The Hugo Packet isn't released right at the beginning of the reading period, but usually enough of the short fiction was published in online venues so that I can fill my reading time with Hugo material.
https://twitter.com/LisaR_M/status/625448045316943872
(3) Then maybe Lisa would rather hear about – Worldcon site selection?
Spacefaring Kitten thinks it's only fair that Helsinki win the right to host 2017 because all the other contenders have already had a turn…or seven.
A few facts to consider:
Five last countries that have hosted a Worldcon: United States (2015), United Kingdom (2014), United States (2013), United States (2012), United States (2011). Next year, the Worldcon will be in United States. In case the bid for Washington DC in 2017 (that is sort of a favorite at the moment, I guess) is successful, that's third United States year in a row, and given the fact that there are only US bids for 2018 at the moment, it's quite probably going to be four years of back-to-back United States Worldcons and seven United States Worldcons in eight years. That's a lot of United States in one paragraph.
Competing for the 2017 Worldcon location, there are also bids for Montreal (in Canada) and Shizuoka City (in Japan). After 2000, the Worldcon has been in Canada twice (2009, 2003) and in Japan once (2007). Now, I'm sure that all proposed locations would hold a wonderful convention, but Helsinki would certainly be something new.
(4) Toymakers have got to protect the brand. Or, "Why Thomas the Tank Engine Doesn't Kill Anybody in Ant-Man".
"I believe in Edgar [Wright] and Joe Cornish's original drafts it was a train set," Reed recalls. "At some point in the process that predated my involvement it became Thomas. As I came on, they had not secured the rights to Thomas. We had to do this whole thing where we did this presentation for the people who own the rights to Thomas. Thank God they agreed and found it funny, but there were definite stipulations. For example, nobody could be tied to the tracks and run over by Thomas. Thomas couldn't be doing anything that could be perceived by children as evil Thomas. Thomas had to stay neutral in the battle, which was always our intention. Like anybody, they're protective of their brand. I didn't know what we were going to do if we didn't get the rights to that. There are certain things I was going to be devastated about if we couldn't have them. Thomas was one, because… you could do any kind of toy train, but the personality of that thing and the eyes moving back and forth give it a whole vibe and took it to another level."
(5) Another Castalia House child prodigy! Jeffro Johnson reports in "First Session Report for my Daughter's Dungeon Design!"
At the age of nine, my daughter has designed a 15 level dungeon, gotten paid for her work, and received back playtest report. It doesn't get any better than that…!
It's true – and entertaining, too.
(6) The Official Tolkien Calendar 2016 featuring artwork by Tove Jansson will be released on July 30. The cost is £9.99.
Jansson, who passed away in 2001, is well-known worldwide as the author and artists behind the popular Moomin series. As an accomplished artist, she provided the artwork for the Swedish editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Hobbit (also later used in Finnish editions). In Boel Westin's autobiography of Jansson, she is quoted as saying "The figures are banal: dwarves, gnomes, fairies, dark-elves. But the scenery is luring in its macabre cruelty … Haunted woods, pitch-dark rivers, a moon-lit moor with burning wolves."
(7) Ursula K. Le Guin is offering writing advice through an "Online Fiction Workshop" at Book View Cafe. Use the form at the post to submit your question.
I have enough vigor and stamina these days to write poems, for which I am very thankful. It takes quite a lot of vigor and stamina to write a story, and a huge amount to write a novel. I don't have those any more, and I miss writing fiction.
Reliable vigor and stamina is also required to teach a class or run a workshop, and so I had to give up teaching several years ago. But I miss being in touch with serious prentice writers.
So in in hope of regaining some of the pleasures of teaching and talking about writing fiction with people who do, I'm going to try an experiment: a kind of open consultation or informal ongoing workshop in Fictional Navigation, here on Book View Café.
I hope it will work its own process out as we go along, but here's how I plan to start:
I invite questions about writing fiction from people who are working seriously at writing fiction.
(8) Explore the author's earliest novels in Part I of SF Signal's Interview with Samuel R. Delany.
Q: Your new book, A, B, C: THREE SHORT NOVELS, takes the reader back to the beginning of your career by offering up your first three novels. What is it about these works that impelled you to offer them up again?
Samuel R. Delany: With all these books' clumsinesses and immaturities, I think—I hope—I was trying for something that is probably harder and harder to see with time's passing. Indeed, it may never have been there. The only thing that might have thrown some highlighting onto it at the time they were published were slight differences between them and what was then coming out in the genre. Because so many changes have taken place in the background against which individual works now register, however, it's harder and harder to read the signals.
(9) The Guardian included Neal Stephenson's Seveneves on its 70 title longlist for the "Not The Booker prize".
If you want to become part of this noble process, all you have to do is vote for two books from the longlist, from two different publishers, and accompany those votes with a review of at least one of your chosen books in the comments section below. This review should be something over 100 words long, although, as the rules state, we probably won't be counting all that carefully.
Readers have until August 2 to vote titles onto the shortlist.
(10) After using geometric logic to deduce the wrong writer behind "Ray Blank's" real-life identity, I was informed by a friend that it's not even a secret. Eric Priezkalns says it's him:
Ray Blank is the pen name I use when submitting speculative fiction to publishers.
And just in case I needed more convincing, my friend also ran comparative text samples through IBM Watson Personality Insights. Because science!
Really, though, it's just not any kind of a secret.
Membership data from Worldcon2015 demonstrates why the Hugo Awards should be run independently of any convention http://t.co/IVNVVdfugD
— Eric Priezkalns (@ericpriezkalns) July 25, 2015
[Thanks to JJ, Mark, Will R., Jonathan Olfert, and John King Tarpinain for some of these stories. Title credit to Soon Lee]
Posted in Pixel Scroll | Tagged Book View Cafe, David Steffen, Eric Priezkalns, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffro Johnson, Lisa Moore, Neal Stephenson, Ray Blank, Samuel Delany, SF Signal, Spacefaring Kitten, Ursula K. Le Guin, Worldcon 75, Worldcon bids
Pixel Scroll 7/25 – A Pixel in Time
Five stories, two videos and a tweet in today's Scroll. Now with extra subtitle goodness.
(1) What's that sound? Everybody look what's goin' down…. Aaron Reese writes audio history in "From vrrrramp to snikt: exploring sci-fi's most iconic movie sound effects".
This is also the decade of the Wilhelm Scream, which is perhaps the most ubiquitous sound effect on this list. Appearing in over 300 films, big blockbuster and indie alike, you've more than likely heard the Wilhelm Scream.
The Wilhelm Scream originated in a 1951 Warner Brothers western called The Distant Drums, recorded for a scene in the movie in which a character gets attacked by an alligator (the sample is aptly named ""man getting bit by an alligator, and he screamed"). The name, however, comes from the sound sample's use in 1954 western The Charge at Feather River, when the character Private Wilhelm, well… screams after being shot by an arrow.
While studying film at USC, friends Ben Burtt, Richard Anderson, and Rick Mitchell noticed the pervasive stock sound in a number of favorite flicks, and would jokingly use it for school projects. A few years later, however, Burtt would take the joke to Hollywood when asked by George Lucas to direct sound for Star Wars: A New Hope, using the Wilhelm Scream when a stormtrooper is shot by Luke Skywalker and falls into oblivion in the Death Star. Anderson would follow suit, sneaking it into the truck chase scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
(2) After I ran a Star Wars themed parody of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in yesterday's Scroll, Michael J. Walsh suggested people might be interested in a Western-themed instrumental cover of the Game of Thrones theme music. "There's the awesome ability of a guitar with no speakers to be playing so many instruments," says Mike. "Anyway, the idea of a spaghetti Westeros is amusing."
(3) Ray Blank – "one of several identities deployed by a confused cosmopolitan" – tells Superversive SF readers that the Hugos want to be free! Or at least a lot cheaper. And not run by the Worldcon. And have Korean and Indian films as nominees.
Worldcon members can vote for the Hugos online. But why should the "premier awards in the science fiction field" still be associated with a physical meet-up? That approach was optimal in the 1950's, and for a long while after. It is no longer a good way to serve your goal, if the goal is to promote an art form, and to engage with the greatest number of fans. The internet has changed what is possible. The internet connects us to millions, when we used to be satisfied with reaching thousands.
It appears that Worldcon2015 will have more non-attending members than attending members. The disproportionate growth in Worldcon supporting memberships demonstrates an inconvenient truth. The awards could be managed separately from the event. There are only two reasons to connect the two: marketing, and a subsidy for the physical convention. By connecting the two, the legitimacy of the award is undermined. This is supposedly an award given by all fans, wherever they are. So why confuse a voting electorate with a membership system that prefers some fans to others?
Associating an internet-based vote with a convention inevitably skews the vote towards the population who live near to the convention's location. If the organizers of a 'world' event really wanted to maximize the diversity of participation in SF, they would separate the convention from the award, and lower the cost of voting.
You may not have been aware of Superversive SF's commitment to diversity, a word Blank uses 10 times in his post. But yes, they support it just as strongly as Michael Z. Williamson.
(4) George R.R. Martin opposes the "nuclear option," nevertheless will be voting No Award in several Hugo categories.
I favor reading the work, and voting for the stories, books, and writers you feel are worthy of a Hugo. Those you do NOT feel are worthy of the Hugo can and should be ranked below No Award or left off your ballot entirely.
This does not mean I am entirely opposed to voting No Award in all cases. Far from it. Having now finished most (not quite all) of my Hugo reading, I can say that I will probably be voting No Award myself in… hmmm… at least three categories, maybe four, maybe even five. These are categories where in my judgement none of the nominated work is worthy of a rocket.
But in those categories where I do find one or more nominees to be of sufficient quality, I will be voting for him or her or them, regardless of whether or not they were on a slate. And yes, this is true even if only one nominee is worthy. To throw out that one worthy nominee because they "had no real competition" (as some have suggested) seems wrong-headed to me. If it is worthy of a Hugo, give it a Hugo, that's what I say.
Let me be specific here. Short Form Editor, Long Form Editor are all slate, but there are nominees in both who deserve a Hugo, and I'll be voting for them. The Puppies liked a lot (though not all) of the nominees in the two Dramatic Presentation categories as well… but you know, so did I, so I'll be voting for those as well. Sorry, but IMNSHO, only an idiot would want to "no award" GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY or INTERSTELLAR because the Puppies slated them. I am not going to tell you which movie or TV show or editor or novel I am voting for. I've mentioned some that I liked in older blog posts. Your mileage may vary; read, watch, consider, vote.
(5) I felt like I hadn't seen Natalie Luhr's name for a long time so I looked her up – darned if people aren't still paying her money to tweet her way through Vox Day's book.
Just a reminder, that I'm still $180 short of the goal which means that I'm near the end of #readingVD http://t.co/8HRpZ6jafU
— Natalie Luhrs (@eilatan) July 20, 2015
(6) Will Baird on The Dragon's Tales linked to an abstract that may show the origins of agriculture can be traced back to the Pleistocene – "The Origin of Cultivation and Proto-Weeds, Long Before Neolithic". Farming. Yes, people have been raising weed(s) for a long time.
Authors: Snir et al
Abstract: Weeds are currently present in a wide range of ecosystems worldwide. Although the beginning of their evolution is largely unknown, researchers assumed that they developed in tandem with cultivation since the appearance of agricultural habitats some 12,000 years ago. These rapidly-evolving plants invaded the human disturbed areas and thrived in the new habitat. Here we present unprecedented new findings of the presence of "proto-weeds" and small-scale trial cultivation in Ohalo II, a 23,000-year-old hunter-gatherers' sedentary camp on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel. We examined the plant remains retrieved from the site (ca. 150,000 specimens), placing particular emphasis on the search for evidence of plant cultivation by Ohalo II people and the presence of weed species. The archaeobotanically-rich plant assemblage demonstrates extensive human gathering of over 140 plant species and food preparation by grinding wild wheat and barley. Among these, we identified 13 well-known current weeds mixed with numerous seeds of wild emmer, barley, and oat. This collection provides the earliest evidence of a human-disturbed environment—at least 11 millennia before the onset of agriculture—that provided the conditions for the development of "proto-weeds", a prerequisite for weed evolution. Finally, we suggest that their presence indicates the earliest, small-scale attempt to cultivate wild cereals seen in the archaeological record.
[Thanks to Michael J. Walsh, John King Tarpinian, James Davis Nicoll, and Will Baird for these stories, or at least for leaving them in plain sight.]
Posted in Pixel Scroll | Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Natalie Luhrs, Ray Blank, Vox Day
Lord Foul's Baying 6/14
aka Spaceships and Solar Sails and Puppy Blog Tales.
In the roundup today: Brad R. Torgersen, George R.R. Martin, MD Laclan, Scott Alexander, Peter Grant, Vox Day, John C. Wright, Sarah A. Hoyt, J. A. Micheline, Ray Blank, Spacefaring Kitten, Mark Ciocco, Lis Carey, Russell Blackford, Rebekah Golden, Bonnie McDaniel and Silly But True. (Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editors of the day Bruce Baugh and Jack Lint.)
Brad R. Torgersen in a comment on George R.R. Martin's Not A Blog – June 13
Which of the Puppies are clueless? Is it me? The readers? Somebody else? From which way does the venom flow? There's a lady over at TOR who's in a lot of hot water right now, because she regurgitated venom she'd absorbed (or been spoon-fed) by folks on your "side" of this thing. Her chief mistake was in assuming that she knew who she was calling names, when she did not.
And now the customers are remarkably unhappy with her.
I've said it before: I don't mind people who criticize Sad Puppies 3 for either mode, or method. If you can criticize the method, without impugning the integrity of the man, all well and good. That's a conversation worth having.
Problem is, some opponents of Sad Puppies 3 have been impugning the man (singularly, collectively) from the get-go, and the invective has been of a type and kind so outlandish, so below the belt, so filled with promises both dire and dreadful, that I've struggled to understand why people who claim to tread the high frontiers of the world's most imaginative form of literature, can be frightened into nasty hysterics by the fact that a democratic process was exercised democratically.
Eric Flint's a friend of mine, and I trust him on most things. But he's not immune from getting it wrong. I think his criticism has been better then most, because he's tried to be fair-minded. But he's also gotten a few things out of whack.
CHORF came about because the SMOFs who are supporting Sad Puppies didn't want to be lumped in with the hysterical crowd calling Sad Puppies a lot of terrible stuff.
Puppy-kicker was suggested to me by a female member of the Sad Puppies 3 slate who was tired of seeing anti-Puppy ad hominem attacks. So, I adopted Puppy-kicker as a means of referring to people who are in it for the sake of personal vendetta, or who can't seem to stop themselves from being nasty churls at a personal level, against everything and everyone Puppy-related.
CHORF and Puppy-kicker may seem offensive to some, but they are attempts to refine the conversation while not letting the bad-spirited, badly-behaving actors off the hook.
And to be blunt about it, George, some of the folks on "your" side have been very, very bad-spirited, and made it their personal business to be fantastically terrible to not just myself, not just Larry Correia, but to all of Puppydom. And as Tom Doherty discovered, Puppydom also includes respected colleagues and authors with decades of investment in this field. As well as a heap-load of readers. You know, those people who pay us money for the crazy shit we make up and pull out of our heads?
I'd love to see things dialed down, but the bulk of the dialing has to come from your "side" and to be honest, I am not really sure the fans (aka: customers!) who've been tarred with the anti-Puppy brush, are feeling terribly pleased at the moment. This was never a top-down effort, it was always grass-roots. Larry, myself, Sad Puppies, we gave faces and a name to a sentiment that's been there for many years. Among the readership. Among people who were tired of being treated like they were second-class citizens, either because of their Fandom pedigrees, or because of their Fandom tastes and interests, or because they were professionals deemed to be "cut-rate" in the back-room conversations amongst other pros.
That kind of thing leaves bruises to the bone, George. And whether you like it or not, it's some of the people on your side eagerly doing the bruising.
George R.R. Martin replies in a comment – June 13
[First of five parts.]
I have spoken out against name-calling from the first, Brad. It is the Puppies and their supporters who started it, and who keep dialing it up. I will concede that you yourself have been mostly civil, but read the comments in your own blog, or Correia's, or even on FILE 770, and it is all venom and epithets.
>And now the customers are remarkably unhappy with her.
The vast majority of customers have no idea about any of this. The "unhappiness" here is a campaign orchestrated by the odious Mr. Beale, and once again you Sad Puppies have lined up behind the Rabids. Early in this debate, I heard a lot of stuff from your side about careers being threatened and your opponents saying "you will never work in this town again" and similar crap. Not one instance of that was ever substantiated. But now we are seeing a deliberate internet campaign to cost someone their career — and it is coming from VD, with the full howling support of Puppies of all stripes.
No one on "my side" ever threatened anyone's livelihood or career. Your side is doing just that. In public.
MD Laclan on Fantasy Faction
"Breakfast of bullshit: Futurephobia, the Hugos and the invention of SF's past" – June 14
What you doubtless wanted when you sparked up this blog was another comment on The Hugos controversy, where – summing it up – a bunch of right wing idiots have been acting like right wing idiots and annoying the good and sensible folk of the SF&F parish. OK, then.
SF – and the debate seems centred on SF rather than fantasy – shouldn't be about social issues, they say, it's rayguns and aliens. (I'm obviously making their argument slightly more complex than it is – it seems to reduce to 'er, girls, thinking, ugg, sissy, me feel insecure.')
Particularly annoying seems the inclusion of a diverse cast of protagonists – transgender people, homosexual people, female people and black people. They actually say this, which seems surprising in 2015 as opposed to, say, 1915.
Rightist light sabre rattler Brad Torgensen says on his blog that buying SF with a spaceship on the cover nowadays is like buying one kind of cereal but getting quite another.
Scott Alexander on Slate Star Codex
"Fearful Symmetry" – June 14
Likewise, when people wanted TV star Phil Robertson fired for saying (on his own time) that homosexuality was unnatural and led to bestiality and adultery, they said it wasn't about policing his religion, it was about how these were "hateful" comments that would make the people working with him feel unsafe. At the time I said that was poppycock and that people who wanted him fired for having a private opinion were the worst kinds of illiberal witch-hunters.
On the other hand, consider Irene Gallo. I know nothing of her except what the Alas blog post says, but apparently in science fiction's ongoing conflict between the establishment and the anti-SJW "Sad Puppies"/"Rabid Puppies" groups, she referred to the latter as:
Two extreme right-wing to neo-nazi groups that are calling for the end of social justice in science fiction and fantasy. They are unrepentantly racist, sexist and homophobic.
These are some pretty strong allegations, and range from "false" to "bizarre"; Brad Torgenson, leader of the group she called "extreme right wing neo nazi unrepentant racists", is happily married to a black woman. And the people she's talking about are her company's authors and customers, which hardly seems like good business practice. Some authors have said they feel uncomfortable working for a company whose employees think of them that way, and others have suggested boycotting Tor until they make her apologize or fire her.
Barry says that since she said these on her own private Facebook page, it is a private opinion that it would be pretty censorious to fire her over. Part of me agrees.
On the other hand, if I were a sci-fi author in one of the groups that she was talking about, I'm not sure I'd be able to work with her. Like, really? You want me to sit across a table and smile at the woman who thinks I'm a racist sexist homophobic extremist neo-Nazi just because I disagree with her?
Peter Grant on Bayou Renaissance Man
"Do empty vessels make the most sound?" – June 14
I've been quietly amused by the number of SJW's who are trying to dismiss the current brouhaha over Tor as something 'manufactured by troublemakers', individuals who don't have a following and are 'nobodies' making a fuss over nothing. They take great care to attack 'Puppies' supporters and commenters, often going so far as to attribute emotions and attitudes to them that have no existence whatsoever in reality – but they never address the real issues involved, as I pointed out recently. It's a very strange, almost surreal attitude to life.
I'm sure many of my readers have seen SJW attacks on Larry Correia, Brad Torgerson, Vox Day and the like. Even humble little me has come in for his share of them – as, for example, in comments to this article at File 770. For your entertainment, here are some of them, with links: ….
Vox Day on Vox Popoli
"The outrage is not manufactured" – June 14
So, now it is time to demonstrate that we are not bots. Now it is time to let Macmillan know that we truly exist and we do NOT approve of the senior SJWs at Tor Books who have been publicly attacking us for more than a decade. It is time to prove to Macmillan that the senior SJWs at Tor are lying to them by sending ONE email apiece to the following people on MONDAY morning. (Emphasis added as a result of already seeing emails in my inbox.) Send the emails separately, do not CC them or send out one email to the three email addresses at the same time. The point is to make it clear that you are NOT a bot, you are a human being, and therefore the people at Tor Books are lying to their superiors at Macmillan.
tom.dohertyATtor.com
andrew.weberATmacmillan.com
rhonda.brownATmacmillan.com
The three emails should be short, straightforward, polite, and respectful. It should have I AM A REAL PERSON in the subject, CC voxdayATgmail.com, and address the following points:
I am a real person and not a bot.
I do not approve of the behavior of the senior people at Tor Books, specifically Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Moshe Feder, and Irene Gallo.
I am requesting you to require Irene Gallo to resign from her positions at Tor Books and Tor.com as a consequence of her egregiously unprofessional public attack on science fiction readers and writers.
I request a response to confirm that my email has been received and read.
Something to that effect, anyway. There is no need to mention any possibility of a boycott, tell them how many books you buy in a year, or anything else. The people at Macmillan are smart, they are professional, and they know what is at stake. What they do not know is something we are going to have to demonstrate to them: SJWs always lie.
John C. Wright
"I Am A Real Person" – June 14
I have received more messages, publicly and privately, from fans who enjoy and buy my works but who, deeply offended at at least four, perhaps more, of the ranking officers of my publisher, have told me they can no longer buy my works.
This is unprecedented, or, I should say, at least I have never heard of readers disavowing books based not on the content or author, but the publisher.
Some have likewise written to Tor books to express their displeasure at this high handed and unprofessional treatment.
However, the latest slander issued from the enemy is that these readers do not exist.
They are trying to blank you out of their minds. You are unpersons. The claim is that the emails and letters sent to Tor expressing the displeasure of the customer are said to be faked, counterfeit, written by robots.
Sarah A. Hoyt on According To Hoyt
"This, That, The Other, Now With More Robots" – June 14
This bizarre belief that thousands of pissed off fans are just a "robot army" invoked by the Lord of All Evil is one of the ways of pinching off reality and self-insulating so the faith can stay strong. They know that those who disagree with their progressive view for the future are few, old, and frankly probably too dumb to read for fun. They know also that VD has some mysterious mastery of the dark forces of computing which they don't fully get. Ergo, presto, the annoying supposed evidence they might not be right is enemy action and fakery.
Ray Blank on Superversive SF
"On Worldcons and World Cups" – June 14
Torgersen is right about Worldcon and the awards it hands out. It is an event for Americans, by Americans. Everybody else assimilates, or is excluded. Worldcon might promote an American industry to customers overseas, but reveals little appetite for international diversity within that industry. That would imply more competition for American writers and American businessmen, and it would also mean more competition amongst ideas.
I like my science fiction to be challenging, and I find the world to be a challenging place. Not everyone is like me, and not everyone shares my tastes or opinions. It would be unreasonable to expect otherwise. So I must expect that some will prefer to observe the world whilst wearing blinkers or rose-tinted spectacles. They have a right to free speech, even if they only use it to talk amongst themselves. If it makes them happy, they should continue as they are. But nobody should pretend that the members of Worldcon aspire to realize the greatest, most diverse potential of the SF market. They may refer to their event as Worldcon, but this 'fandom' retreats from the world at large.
J. A. Micheline on Women Write About Comics
"A Message From Tom Doherty: We Are An Apolitical Island, Nothing to See Here" – June 14
Some of you may be familiar with the Rabid/Sad Puppies Hugo Award Scandal of 2015, which has basically been a study in gatekeeping, sexism, racism, and all the less-than-cute things we have all come to know and hate about…well, fandom. Last month, Tor.com's Associate Publisher and Tor Books' Creative Director Irene Gallo made statements on her personal Facebook page that expressed her disgust with the Rabid/Sad Puppy movement. She describes them as "right wing to neo-nazi," and "unrepentantly racist, misogynist, and homophobic." She also did not clarify that these statements were her own and not reflective of Tor.com/Tor Books as a whole.
You know. Even though they were on her personal Facebook page.
So, naturally, on Monday–coincidentally, mere days before the winners of the Nebula Awards were announced–Tom Doherty, Tor Books President and Publisher took to the Tor.com page to let everyone know that (1) that Sad Puppies is "not all (white) men," (2) that Tor is about publishing a diverse set of books and has no political agenda, and (3) that Irene Gallo has been tamed and put back in her cage, y'all, so let's get back to business and forget this ever happened.
I mean, I'm paraphrasing, but you get it.
I'm not going to spend time debunking the "not all (white) men" portion of the post because other people have already made this point about the Rabid/Sad Puppies' agenda. I'm just going to let it sit there that the odd circumstantial nature of this statement coming out a month after Ms. Gallo's words but just in time to distract from women basically sweeping the Nebula Awards. I will say that making a list of some of the women and people of color included on their slate to prove that they aren't racist or sexist is a very, very weird thing to do if your site and/or publisher has no political agenda.
JoeMama on Eaton Rapids Joe
"Sad Puppies" – June 14
Traditional publishing houses are still pretty good at putting physical copies of books on the shelves of physical book stores. It can do that because of its access to commercial credit….the ability to take on debt.
They also retain the ability to promote although most readers find a hundred favorable on-line reviews infinitely more compelling than a frothy blurb written by a shill-for-hire.
And, until this year, traditional publishing houses "owned" the Hugo award process and thus controlled the free publicity the Hugos generated.
But the chickens came home to roost this year. All of those writers that the gate keepers were discarding because their politics were not "good"….they never went away. They self published. They banded together to create pools of alpha and beta readers. They communicated.
And they got mad. These are smart people. They were able to synthesize the Big Picture. And they did not like it. They were filled with the anger of a spurned lover, one who had been ditched for a rich girl.
Here is the joke, the rich girl only looks rich. She is living on debt and past glory. She is about to collapse like a brittle drunk. The traditional publishing industry is doomed unless it has its own Counter Reformation.
Brad R. Torgersen in a comment to Eric Flint – June 10
4) Mike Resnick is an outlier, Eric. You yourself have always talked about outliers. And the reason Mike is an outlier is because Mike has been in Fandom (caps f) for his entire life, and is known and beloved to many, and he's never made it his business to broadcast his politics on social media. The great sin of the 21st century Fandom landscape, has been for conservatives and libertarians — like Michael Z. Williamson — to actually display their beliefs in the public square. I know you don't think much of William F. Buckley, but he was dead right when he said, "Liberals will often tell you that they are open to other opinions; then react with shock and dismay to discover that there are other opinions." That's progressive Fandom in a nutshell. Notice that Mike Resnick got his cojones rosted on a spit the second he and Barry Malzberg actually did express themselves, in the pages of the SFWA Bulletin. They were castigated, maligned, and ejected.
JT's German Adventure
"The REAL Hugo Controversy" – June 14
The Sad and/or Rabid Puppies may try to convince you that there's a bias at work in the Hugo Awards*, and they may be right. However, they've overlooked the REAL shameful secret of the Hugo Awards. That secret? No novel written in a language other than English has ever won. Do you really believe that the best sci-fi/fantasy novel of the year was originally written in English… for SIXTY consecutive years? This stretches credulity.
Spacefaring Kitten on Spacefaring Extradimensional Happy Kittens
"Grimm: 'Once We Were Gods'" – June 14
I had never watched an episode of Grimm prior to this year's Hugos, so it's a new show for me. I checked out a few of the very first episodes and then skipped to the third season, watching some of the episodes leading up to the 15th one that is up for a Hugo. Grimm seems to be the male version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with fairy tale backstory and some police procedural thrown into the mix. It's a decent show, with crimes perpetrated by different monster species, all with German names, and a council of unionized monsters to complicate matters here and there.
Mark Ciocco on Kaedrin Weblog
"Hugo Awards: The Dark Between The Stars"
The idea of a distinction between a true Auteur and a craftsman is what keeps coming to mind when I think of Kevin J. Anderson. I mean, books aren't collaborative in the way movies are, but the distinction between a craftsman and, let's say, a master, is what I'm falling back on here. He's a fine author, his prose gets the job done, and the books I've read by him are enjoyable. I still find them a little too diffuse, a little too derivative. So Anderson is a fine craftsman, and honestly, I could see myself revisiting this universe because I had a decent enough time with it. But he's not a master, and while this represents good old-fashioned SF comfort food, I'm not sure it's well executed enough to be worth the stretch.
Lis Carey on Lis Carey's Library
"Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth, by John C. Wright" – June 14
With a bit more restraint, his prose could be lyrical–the opposite of the transparent prose the Puppies say they're looking for, and certainly not to everyone's taste, but offering its own kind of enjoyment. Without that restraint, alas, it too often becomes word salad, and at best is tiring and annoying.
"Flight of the Kikayon, by Kary English" – June 14
Kary English is a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
This story is a rare treat in the 2015 Hugo Voters packet.
Russell Blackford on Metamagician and The Hellfire Club
"Concluding comments on "Best novelette" category – Hugo Awards voting 2015" – June 14
well, I don't know who will win this award. I will not be voting "no award" ahead of any of them. However, the standout is Heuvelt's surrealistic fantasy story, "The Day the World Turned Upside Down".
Rebekah Golden
"2015 Hugo Awards Best Fan Writer: Reviewing C Sanderson" – June 13
My eyes glazed over and I didn't learn anything new about some awesome corner of the sf/f community. Not my best fan writer.
"2015 Hugo Awards Best Fan Writer: Reviewing L J Mixon" – June 13
She writes about fandom and meta issues. Am I being unfairly focused? Is my definition too strict? It's harder to tell with someone whose politics align with my own. Still, for me, one of my favorite writers will not be best fan writer. She did not improve my understanding or love of works in the sf/f realm. I'm sticking to my definition. And feeling sad.
"2015 Hugo Awards Best Fan Writer: Reviewing J Johnson" – June 13
I opened up Jeffro Johnson's PDF in the voter's packet for the Hugo Awards and breathed a sigh of relief. This. This is what I've been looking for. Jack Vance and D&D. YES. Each article is full of Johnson's enthusiasm for the genre, tidbits of collected information, quotes, and references. This is a fan writer! After finishing reading I know more than I did, I appreciate more than I had, and I am (momentarily) interested in exploring more. Well done.
Bonnie McDaniel on Red Headed Femme
"The Hugo Project: 'Best Related Work'" – June 14
[After comments on each nominee…]
Mr. Noah Award in a runaway. In fact, Noah is the equivalent of the magnificent Secretariat thundering down the stretch in the Belmont Stakes, straight and true and overpowering, leaving his competitors in the dust.
Silly But True in a comment on File 770 – June 14
…Fifty-four rubbed his temples. Voting had been so much easier before the Dog Wars destroyed the world. It was a terrible thing to watch first hand as a civilization died from a lack of civility. And Fifty-four was old enough to have survived the those times — even the worst of the fighting of 2019 when the atomics and bioweapons started being deployed. He checked his Aggregator 9000 and saw he still had some time left to complete his recommendations, if he chose to make any more, which could count on the final ballot, or not, depending on how many people agreed with him, or not.
He thought about how it would be nice to take a morning stroll after being cooped up in his ever so small cubicle. But that was stopped after the Slate Cullings of 2021. The initial recommendation-based society had quickly imploded as people found they could convince others of their recommendations. Soon, what had begun as cliques grew into gangs, and then armies, and then nation states. Finally, after the tactics had become so vile, the last people left alive on earth set about enshrining rules for the recommendations that could never be gamed. One of the side effects is that all human contact with one another was stopped.
So, Fifty-four sat in his box. Alone. Thinking of whether he should maintain the strength of his single vote, or dilute it for a time by adding more.
That was odd. Lights blinked on his Aggregator 9000. That never happened before. But there it was. A series of blinks. Some long. Some short. Suddenly, an epiphany struck Fifty-four. The sequence was Morse code, but for the life of him, Fifty-four could not remember what letters the dits and dahs represented…..
Posted in Awards, Heard Online | Tagged Bonnie McDaniel, Brad R. Torgersen, George R. R. Martin, Hugo Awards, J. A. Micheline, John C. Wright, Lis Carey, Mark Ciocco, MD Laclan, Peter Grant, Ray Blank, Rebekah Golden, Sad Puppies, Sarah A. Hoyt, Scott Alexander, Spacefaring Kitten, Vox Day


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"Allie, I promise you that the passion that you have for your relationship with your ex, will be gone when you move to Thailand. I know that you will fill the feelings you have for him, with the passion you have for the country." My best friend said as she looked over at me from the passenger's seat in my car. It was nearing the end of summer, and I was getting ready to move abroad for at least the next year. I prayed that she was right, because after four years of a tumultuous relationship I needed something to help my heart.
It turns out she was right. She was really right. As soon as I moved to Thailand my heart began to heal, and while I still thought of him, it wasn't in the way that I used to. I became passionate about the new life I was living, and I fell head over heals in love with this beautiful country I have had the pleasure of calling home. I had been so scared of what it would be like if I wasn't in love with him, that I kept telling myself that I was.
For those of you who know me well, you know that I'm always kind of dating, in one form or another. I either always have a boyfriend or I am always seeing someone or there is a love interest in my life. I'm a very social person and I really enjoy the company of others and have always been lucky with having wonderful men fall into my life. When I look back at the people I have dated and been involved with, I feel honored by how many creative, intelligent, artistic, talented, funny and kind men have wanted to spend time with me. Of course it hasn't been all magic, but there has been more good than bad. I've had a lot of fun dating both seriously and casually.
But Thailand has been different. For the past seven months I have been living here single, have not done any dating/ not even been on a date, and really have lacked any desire to. While there is a person I am interested in, the reality is that I live in Thailand and he does not. End of story. For now.
For now I am loving having my life all to myself. I refuse to date/hook up within the teacher community because I don't like sharing my personal business with coworkers and here everything gets around. Instead I have took pleasure in living my own life, uncomplicated by physical/emotional relationships. I have a huge bed that I have yet to share with anyone other than the authors whose books lay beside me at night once I turn out the lights. Currently, I am sleeping with Edgar Allen Poe, and he fills my mind with stories of the gothic comedy. I love that all the plans I make are based solely on my desires. Where do I want to go? What do I want to do? Who do I want to hang out with? I'm never committed to spending time with anyone that I don't want to, and I don't have to make plans that will please others. I guess for me, being single means being as selfish as I want. It's all about Allie. But at twenty-five years old, I can't imagine it being any other way. I am writing everyday, laying in the middle of my bed with a cup of coffee, with nothing to distract me, I am making more art than I have in years, and I am allowing myself to get lost in my interests. When I was in a relationship I neglected the things that were important to me. I stopped focusing on myself and rather focused on me and him. I want to be the happiest most fulfilled person I can be, so that by the time I am falling in love again, I am not searching for fulfillment in that person, but rather adventure. I want to be with someone passionate, creative, inspiring and curious. I want a partner who is equal, and who finds those attributes in me as well.
As much as I love being single, there are things that, of course, I miss. I miss having someone to be really stupid with. Someone who you can lay in bed with and laugh with all morning. I miss having someone come up behind me and hug me and kiss me. I miss being able to just touch another person's body, because they are yours and you are theirs. I miss going out to dinner with a boyfriend and being able to eat off his plate, just because he is your boyfriend. I miss just sitting beside someone and knowing there is no one else who you would rather have by your side. Today. Tomorrow. For as long as you can imagine.


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Teens in tiaras
Dominique Barrett May 8, 2014	Features Leave a comment 808 Views
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Pageantry, the art of elaborate display and or ceremony. A common stereotype for the average person. These days, pageants are about confidence in women and ignoring the stereotype and learning about the progression of women and what they stand for.
"These scholarship pageants teach you what it's like to be a poised, confident young lady that speaks well and [you] meet plenty of fun people" junior Kendra O' Conell said.
Plenty have had the enjoyment of participating in these pageants such as junior Kelly Cota.
"I've been doing these for a year now and have received the title of Miss Teen Coastal City, Miss Teen North County and Miss Teen Poway." Cota said.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder for these scholarship pageants as no one is graded based on looks. The first phase is a group of judges that grade you on poise and delivery of speech. The judges also grade you on how confident you are and help you overcome these obstacles and become a better person.
Another "pageant girl" is junior Sally Yen. She has only one pageant under her belt but seems fairly optimistic of the pageants to come.
"These pageants are nothing like the stereotype. They judge you on your scholastics, talents, and how you present yourself to the judges. Everyone was really nice and I would highly recommend it to other girls" Yen said.
Likewise, these pageants are here to help you rather than judge you on aspects that are completely irrelevant to your intelligence and who you are as a person.
"It's taught me interviewing skills that I've used to acquire jobs and I would highly recommend this to other young girls" O'Conell said.
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The most important part of these pageants is what they stand for. The winnings go fully towards their tuition and help them make it through the incredibly expensive college years.
"It's all about what you have to say and how you want to say it. Many skills you can use in the real world" Cota said.
The true irony lies in the complete 180 turn pageants have created. No longer do girls have to worry about the looks, but rather one's true personality.
Dominique Barrett
About Dominique Barrett
Dominique was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She moved to San Diego her freshman year and started off high school as a Sundevil. She's played volleybal for the school since she's been here and is now on Varsity, she also joined staff as a sophomore. By her junior year she was appointed to the News editor. Another accomplishment would be when she was chosen to be a Sundevil Standout her sophomore year. Dominique has had a colorful Sundevil experience and looks forward to many more.
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