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Making a Photobook to Say "One Last Goodbye"
Many photographers want to make photobooks without knowing exactly what goes into the process—emotionally, logistically, psychologically. This essay takes us deep inside the creative journey.
Personal narrative by Jehsong Baak
Jack: "You know…fuck the New York publishers. Publish it yourself, Miles. I'll chip in. Just get it out there. Get it reviewed. Get it in libraries. Let the public decide."
As I began thinking about writing this article for LensCulture about my latest book, this scene from the movie Sideways came to mind. Jack is chiding Miles about a book that Miles has been working on with great agony for several years. Something about the desperate place that Miles (wonderfully played by Paul Giamatti) finds himself in, and the poignant portrayal of the mid-life crisis of a frustrated writer unable to find a publisher for his 1,000 page confessional about his dysfunctional family, resonated with me. Like Miles's novel in the movie, my third and latest book, One Last Goodbye, was universally rejected by too many publishers to count—in Europe, the U.S., and Japan.
Well, that's not exactly true. To be precise, four publishers—three well-known and one small—said they would publish it, on the condition that I bring them a pile of money, typically around 20,000 euros. This is nothing new for photographers. For years now, many—if not most—photography books are published with money given to the publisher by a sponsor—be it a museum, foundation, NGO, gallery with deep enough pockets to support their artists' books, the photographer him/herself, or the photographer's parents. In return for the money, the publishers offer two things: the prestige and legitimacy of having the publisher's name on a book, and a much wider distribution than the photographer could achieve alone.
So I made a shortlist of potential sponsors who could support my book (i.e. give me 20,000 euros), and over a period of several months contacted them one by one. A big Hollywood producer who had bought a few of my prints in the past: no. A wealthy French woman, who also owns some of my work and is known for having one of the largest photography collections in Europe: also no.
Urged by my friend and fellow photographer Kosuke Okahara, I began to contemplate publishing the book myself. I realized that I could wait another year, or longer, to find a publisher ready to spend his own money to make my book a reality, or hope for a sponsor to come around and give me the dough. Or I could grab the bull by the horns and birth the book on my own. I wouldn't be at the mercy of any publisher or sponsor. The book would come alive as soon as I was able to make it happen. That's what I chose to do—here's how it all went down…
Originally, the publication of One Last Goodbye was supposed to be a simple process. It began five years ago, when I was toying with the idea of making a book of my earliest pictures taken in New York from 1987 to 1990. I had thrown away most of the negatives from this period when, in a moment of youthful impetuosity, I had convinced myself that photography was not for me and that I would never take another picture again. Luckily, I had saved 200 or so frames of 6x6 and 35mm negatives before putting everything else in the garbage can. These precious frames went into a manila envelope and remained in a black vacuum for over 20 years. Five years ago, the lip of the envelope was finally lifted and I began looking through the negatives. Still, I didn't start working on the first dummy until early 2014. The deeper I plunged into it, the more I was compelled to publish my vision of this material in a book.
One of the (many) discarded titles and covers of the book
I showed the results of my early efforts to Robert Delpire, who had published my first book, Là ou Ailleurs. Delpire, or "Bob" as he is called by people who know him, is the legendary French publisher of Robert Frank's The Americans as well as countless other classic books from the past 60 years. Despite our close relationship, I have never known Bob to be overly generous in dishing out compliments. True to form, he was rather lukewarm. "Too many close-up portraits…and they're quite intense," he said. "You need some pictures of the city, the environment you were in, to provide an atmospheric backdrop to these people you knew." Who would argue with advice handed out by the great Robert Delpire? So I kept adding and subtracting, laying the laser workprints on the floor of my apartment in Montmartre, tiptoeing over them as I put the beginning at the end and the end at the beginning and mixing everything in between, trying to sculpt a coherent visual narrative out of my own past life.
By the summer of 2014, Bob and I had finalized the maquette and the cover. At that time, Bob had just sold his publishing company to a large Swiss group and the decision-making power was shifting. He sent the maquette to the managing director asking if he would finance my book. The answer came back: another no. As disappointed as I was not to be able to do my book with Delpire, deep down I knew that the book was not ready. There was more digging to do before the book would find true maturity and presence.
Though feeling rejected, I also saw that I had been given a new opportunity to review my work in greater depth. I began contemplating how to dismantle the maquette and piece it back together to make the book stronger and more complete. I thought about what Bob had told me: that the book needed backdrop images of the city to interplay with the many portraits. As I went through the archives of pictures that I had taken of Manhattan during my return visits to New York, I came across photographs of my father, taken in early 2013.
It was while looking at these portraits that I realized the book was not about the pictures of my youth, but really a back-and-forth dialogue between the older and calmer person that I am today and my tormented younger self.
More importantly, I understood that my underlying desire to see the book published had little to do with showing the world the turbulent life I had lived in my youth. Rather, it would be a universal tale about learning to let go of the past. If done well, I hoped it would resonate with many people out there who are having a rough ride: survivors of dysfunctional childhoods, bearers of psychological and spiritual scars that they would so badly like to leave behind them.
It is a common myth that artists are "freer" than non-artists when it comes to personal expression, as practiced in their medium of choice. On the contrary, I have found that some of the most uptight and emotionally paralyzed people I've ever met are artists. It is one thing to set out to bare one's soul and aim to make a book which comes from and speaks about the heart; it is another matter to actually do it. The heart is not a unitary chamber like a bank vault, which opens with the right combination, and presto, you have access to all of the elements inside. The heart, I think, is more like a Russian doll—we penetrate to a deeper layer if and only when we are emotionally and spiritually ready to take that next plunge. Once we get there, we begin yet another cycle of acquiring the capacity to be able to go one layer deeper.
Another title, another approach, still not quite right.
This was, in any case, the experience I had with One Last Goodbye. Floating over my head was this nebulous idea of "a book," but each time I changed the layout and became convinced that I had finally arrived at the final version, I was faced with the reality—as painful as it was to admit—that something was still being held back. I was not allowing the pure and truthful voice within me to speak unencumbered.
From June to the first week of October of this year, my daily life became an increasing obsession in pursuit of the final form of the book. As much as I could, I eliminated any and all unnecessary distractions. I began the day the same way: looking at the latest PDF of the layout while sipping tea. For food, I would make a big pot of something once a week; I did not want to lose time preparing meals. Then, the A4 inkjet prints that Mike (Mike Derez, Robert Delpire's longtime assistant with whom I had worked on my first book, who was also generously offering his help with the layout work for One Last Goodbye) had made of all the pages in the maquette were laid out on the floor of my apartment. I moved them around and sat above them on a chair to meditate on the new sequencing.
Suddenly, I would remember a picture that might work well over here but simultaneously would realize that I don't have a print of it. Phone call to Mike to see if he could make me a print. Metro to Vincennes to Mike's place to fetch said print. Deal with Mike's constant teasing that the layout was changing for the 97th time. Back home to insert the new picture. Happy with the sequence. The next day, don't like it any more. Etc.
View of the editing process, which consumed the floor of my apartment for months.
Still, outside points of view were helpful. In particular, my friend Dorian Francois came by several times to rework the layout and the cover and offer valuable suggestions. At last, by late September, the grueling summer boot camp had paid off: I was sitting on a maquette that I knew, in my gut, was finally ready.
Now for the nuts and bolts: in August, I worked alongside Felix Fouchet (of La Souris sur le Gateau, the image production studio in Paris that sponsored the production of my book) to scan and retouch the 100+ photographs and prepare them for engraving. Wendy Paton, a dear photographer friend, spearheaded the fundraising drive, and a couple of her friends purchased prints to support the book. Between that and the copies that were pre-sold, enough money had been raised to pay for the printing.
Meanwhile, Kosuke put me in touch with a printer in Verona, Italy where he had printed his Fukushima book. Another friend, Yusuf Sevincli, connected me to a printer in Istanbul. Both offered more or less the same price to print 500 hardbound copies. At the last minute, I ended up going with a printer in France whom I was introduced to at an opening. This offered the advantage of being able to go and see the printer at his office in Paris; our proximity allowed us to directly work out all the details like the choice of paper, embossing, etc. The date had been set at the printing facility for early October, and I was eagerly and anxiously waiting for the day to arrive.
The final cover before my dramatic, last-minute change of heart.
Except…I had a recurring doubt about the cover of the book. As well as the title. After many previous versions, I had settled on my self-portrait as an enraged 19-year-old in my college dorm-room and "Fading Fury" as the title. Aside from the fact that the cover looked like an effort to imitate a Bruce Lee movie poster, I knew that the word "fury" did not correspond to the underlying central theme of the book. I had been compelled to use that word as a reference to Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, given the many parallels between the family in the novel and my own.
It is not so much the fury and rage of my youth that the book communicates, but rather a desire to say farewell to the things which make us suffer.
A week before my date at the printers, I collapsed in bed around 3am. As soon as I dozed off, I woke up in a fit of panic: I knew I had to change the cover and the title while I still could. It was 4am. I heard a voice telling me to get up and turn on the computer, so I did. The voice told me to read lyrics of songs that I love. I pored over the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye, Cat Power…I spent the next three hours reading their lyrics and jotting down words and phrases that might work. The last batch of lyrics I read was from Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album. And as soon as I saw "Last Goodbye" on my computer screen, I knew I had found my elusive title.
Yet as I pensively studied the words LAST GOODBYE that I had written on a sheet of paper, my hand holding the pen moved, almost as if guided by a spirit, and scribbled ONE before the word LAST. One Last Goodbye. I looked at the clock. It was 7am. I returned to bed and quickly passed out, feeling indescribable joy and a sense of relief.
Three hours later, I woke up, tired but feeling the adrenaline starting to kick in fast. The right title had been found, but it didn't work with my angry self-portrait. With a calm sense of knowing, I flipped through the pages of the maquette. The last picture in the book, a picture of a test strip floating in a chemical tray of a boy that I had photographed on a train in Holland years ago, the last picture in the maquette—I knew it to be the right image for the cover. That boy is me and you and everybody else who is gazing into the distance, through space and time, looking at all the people and memories of experiences in the past, saying goodbye to them one last time, with a certain sadness, but also with great love. It then took less than a couple of minutes to compose the last paragraph in my text, my stream of consciousness doing all the work. It just so happened that "one last goodbye" ended up being the final three words I wrote…
One last thought about where we are today with photography book publishing. In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks created the United Artists Studio. The first sentence on the Wikipedia page says it all: "The studio was founded…[by the four artists]…with the intention of controlling their own interests rather than depending upon the powerful commercial studios."
The parallels to contemporary photobook publishing are clear. There are still, fortunately, some daring publishers who produce exciting and inspiring books with photographers whose work deserves support and recognition. A few of them even have the honesty and the integrity to put their own money behind the books they publish. But there needs to be a frank and open discussion about the vast majority of photography publishers today who have essentially become welfare recipients, subsisting primarily on the money brought to them by photographers.
Artists are desperate to get their books published, and they willingly do backflips in order to scrape together the money to hand over to the publisher.
Can we envision the founding of a publishing house called "United Photographers" by the Charlie Chaplins and D.W. Griffiths of the photo world today? Individuals who could lend their clout and expertise to help deserving photographers publish their books in their own best interests, rather than those of the publishers? Can a few of these stars come together to create an online structure for distribution that can offer visibility and viability to independent photography books? With such a publishing platform in place, photographers would need only to raise a fraction of what publishers typically demand to publish their book. And an intelligent marketing and distribution system—using the combined social network prowess of these heavy-weight photographers—would go a long way toward attracting attention from the photography-book buying public.
As Jack put it, "Let the public decide."
—Jehsong Baak
Editors' Note: Read our original interview with Jehsong Baak, which discusses the project in greater detail.
And of course, you can find Baak's book "One Last Goodbye" for sale—while supplies last.
Girl and Helicopter, St. Croix, 1989. © Jehsong Baak
Man on Bleecker Street Subway Platform, New York, 2002. © Jehsong Baak
Hotel Room on 86th and Broadway, New York, 1987. © Jehsong Baak
Neon Umbrella, New York, 2002. © Jehsong Baak
Swedish Girl Teardrop, New York, 1988. © Jehsong Baak
Mr. Weiss in the SRO Hotel Elevator, New York, 1987. © Jehsong Baak
John Gregory Light on Forehead, Provincetown, 1988. © Jehsong Baak
Me and My Father on Superimposed Negatives, New York, 1990. © Jehsong Baak
Mitchell Head Turned, New York, 1988. © Jehsong Baak
Picture of Me on the Darkroom Wall, New York, 1990. © Jehsong Baak
My Hand in a Tunnel, Border of Italy and France, 1999. © Jehsong Baak
One Last Goodbye. © Jehsong Baak
Bidean: Portraits of Metamorphosis, Adolescence
Miren Pastor
"To see the world for the first time or to see the world as children is to be amazed both by what is huge and by what is tiny, to observe and think that one is hallucinating—but what happens if we look at it with our eyes turned inside out,...
Sauna: Requiem from the North
Robert Blombäck
A poetic series on life in one of Sweden's remote archipelagos—shot against a stark, immobile landscape over a period of 20 years as a family grows, lives, ages, and diminishes.
Unravelled
Kajsa Gullberg
Comparing the raw natural world to edgy yet intimate portraits of women baring scars, these black-and-white images draw attention to our vulnerabilities but also to the power of embracing our imperfections.
Britta Jaschinski
Britta Jaschinski, winner of the 2010 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, makes charcoal-like photographs of wild animals in their native habitats, often as their natural environments are radically changing.
The Long Shadow of Chernobyl
Gerd Ludwig
A monumental work, spanning two decades, that conveys both the individual tragedies and historical consequences of humanity's greatest nuclear disaster.
Rephotographing Atget
Christopher Rauschenberg
Christopher Rauschenberg retraced Eugene Atget's steps in and around Paris 100 years later. The results are remarkable photo pairs, plus some new discoveries.


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Q: Find the derivative of $f(t)=(25-t)\times e^{0.1t}$ I've been trying to find the derivative of the function for quite a while but I just can't find it.
Can anybody please help me?

A: $f(t) = (25-t)e^{0.1t}$.
First understand that there are two functions: $(25 - t)$, and $(e^{0.1t})$. Thus we have to apply product rule, but notice that to differentiate $(e^{0.1t})$, we have a function in a function, so we must use chain rule here.
The derivative of $(25 - t)$ = $-1$.
The derivative of $(e^{0.1t}$) = $0.1e^{0.1t}.$
Doing the product rule, we have:
$$(h(x)g(x))' = h'(x)g(x) + h(x)g'(x)$$
$$((25-t)e^{0.1t})' = (-1)(e^{0.1t}) + (25 - t)(0.1e^{0.1t})$$

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Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Jan 6. doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04068-z. [Epub ahead of print]
Cut-off values for sufficient cortisol response to low dose Short Synacthen Test after surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenoma.
Kolnes AJ1,2, Øystese KA3, Dahlberg D4, Berg-Johnsen J5,4, Niehusmann P6, Pahnke J5,6, Bollerslev J3,5, Jørgensen AP3.
Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. a.j.kolnes@studmed.uio.no.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. a.j.kolnes@studmed.uio.no.
Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Neurosurgery, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Neuro-/pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
The aim was to study the prevalence of secondary adrenal insufficiency before and after surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenomas, as well as determine risk factors for developing secondary adrenal insufficiency. A secondary aim was to determine adequate p-cortisol response to a 1-μg Short Synacthen Test after surgery.
Longitudinal cohort study.
One hundred seventeen patients (52/65 females/males, age 59 years) undergoing primary surgery for clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas were included. P-cortisol was measured in morning blood samples. Three months after surgery, a Short Synacthen Test was performed.
All tumours were macroadenomas (mean size 26.9 mm, range 13-61 mm). The surgical indications were visual impairment (93), tumour growth (16), pituitary apoplexy (6) and headache (2). Before surgery, 17% of the patients had secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI), decreasing to 15% 3 months postoperatively. Risk of SAI was increased in patients operated for pituitary apoplexy (p < 0.001), while age, sex, tumour size and complication rate were not different from the remaining cohort. Three months after surgery, all patients with baseline p-cortisol ≥ 172 nmol/l (6.2 μg/dl) and peak p-cortisol during Short Synacthen Test ≥ 320 nmol/l (11.6 μg/dl) tapered cortisone unproblematically. In patients with intact hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, p-cortisol peaked < 500 nmol/l (18.1 μg/dl) during Short Synacthen Test in 48% of patient.
Pituitary surgery is safe and transsphenoidal surgery rarely causes new SAI. Relying solely on morning p-cortisol for diagnosing secondary adrenal insufficiency gives false positives and the Short Synacthen Test remains useful. A peak p-cortisol ≥ 320 during (11.6 μg/dl) Short Synacthen Test indicates a sufficient response, while < 309 nmol/l (11.2 μg/dl) indicates secondary adrenal insufficiency.
Non-functioning pituitary adenoma; Pituitary surgery; Secondary adrenal insufficiency; Short Synacthen Test
10.1007/s00701-019-04068-z

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Q: 'as much as' VS 'more than' Please, help me. I am so confused with my English task.

Very few books are read ___ Harry Potter by children.
  a) as much as
  b) more than
  c) the most

Very few channels are watched by children ____ the Cartoon Channel.
  a) as much as
  b) more than
  c) the most

I can't decide if it's 'as much as' or 'more than'.
I would like some advice. What do you think?

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Very [few books] are read ___ [Harry Potter]; by children

The logical choice, in my opinion would be to use b) more than, than a) as much as.
My reasoning for this is that more is the irregular comparative of the base adjective much and since the base adjective few is already used, another base adjective can't be used in the same sentence:

Very few books are read as much as Harry Potter; by children.

Therefore, since it is a comparative sentence, it would make much more sense if it was:

Very few books are read more than Harry Potter by children.
Very few channels are watched by children more than the Cartoon Channel.

While the latter sentence, does sound odd, so does [as much as/the most the Cartoon Channel]. But I could be wrong, this is just my take on this.
Source: https://www.ef.co.uk/english-resources/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative/


Last week, I wrote about the co-occurrence between personality disorders and eating disorders last week, describing the major eating disorders, and gave a few numbers on how frequently people with eating disorders can also be diagnosed with personality disorder. You might have wondered whether the presence of both a personality disorder and an eating disorder would affect the way these difficulties should be treated.
There are some clinicians who feel that the presence of a personality disorder can complicate the treatment of other difficulties, because people with personality disorders often have difficulties in interpersonal relationship. This can make it hard for someone with a personality disorder to bond with a therapist, to trust a therapist, or to attend treatment regularly and consistently over longer periods of time. Some people with personality disorders can be pretty self-destructive and might end up sabotaging the therapy process. Many people with personality disorders can have a tendency to first idealize and then devalue the therapist, which also makes it hard to maintain a relationship.
In turn, other clinicians believe that presence of an eating disorder can also complicate the treatment of a personality disorder. If someone is severely underweight, they might need medical attention. Some people who are restricting end up developing severe obsessions or compulsions (intrusive thoughts and behavioral rituals), and sometimes the low caloric intake can affect the way a person perceives reality. There are some clinicians who feel that the eating problems should be addressed and that a person might need to be in a residential treatment program that focuses on restoring a healthy weight, before the personality issues can be worked on.
According to Chiara Battistello, clinical social worker and coordinator of the Eating Disorders Program at the Columbia University day Treatment Program, the most effective treatment for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa requires weight restoration which is often provided in an inpatient or intensive outpatient setting. Once weight is restored CBT may help patients to work on body acceptance and challenge eating disorder thoughts and assumptions.


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News »MassBike Launches Statewide Safety Education Program, Partners With Top State Agencies
MassBike Launches Statewide Safety Education Program, Partners With Top State Agencies
MassBike is very excited to announce that today the Governor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Public Safety, and the DCR Commissioner announced their partnership with MassBike on our Same Roads Same Rules campaign and Bay State Bike Week. You can read the complete press release below.
Same Roads, Same Rules is aimed at both bicyclists and motorists. It is about coexisting in a shared space, respecting each other as human beings, using common sense, and keeping yourself and others safe by following a common set of rules. As the number of cyclists has skyrocketed in recent years, the need for more information has become urgent, with many on the road, bicyclists and motorists alike, unsure how to safely interact with each other.
The heart of the campaign is the website at SameRoadsSameRules.org, but you will also see our street teams handing out Same Roads, Sames Rules spoke cards. The spoke cards have simple safety tips for bikers and drivers, and we encourage bicyclists to stick them in your wheels and share them with others on the road.
The campaign is featured on the Registry of Motor Vehicles website, and the RMV will be distributing spoke cards to motorists at RMV branch locations. We expect other agencies to feature the campaign as well so that we reach as many people as possible.
TAKE ACTION: We need your help to get the word out, so please pass a link to SameRoadsSameRules.org to everyone you know who rides a bike or drives a car in Massachusetts.
And what better time to spread the word than Bay State Bike Week, May 17th-21st (next week)! Check the website for a complete calendar of events statewide and near you, then get on your bike and celebrate bicycling in Massachusetts at a bike breakfast, one of our own Pump n' Lube Stations, a film fest, and much more! Be sure to register your mileage for the Mass Commuter Challenge, whether you ride for fun, fitness, or transportation next week. Over 100,000 miles have been pledged already!
SURGE IN BICYCLING SPARKS "SAME ROADS, SAME RULES" SAFETY CAMPAIGN
State Agencies and MassBike Partner on Education Effort, Encourage Residents to Bike to Work on Bay State Bike Week May 17-21
BOSTON - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - In response to the sharp rise in bicycle commuters and recreational bicyclists, MassBike, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Public Health, has launched a new safety campaign to educate both bicyclists and motorists about the role of bicycles on the state's roads. The centerpiece of the "Same Road, Same Rules" campaign is an educational website unveiled today at www.SameRoadsSameRules.org.
The agencies and MassBike are also encouraging residents to bike to work and take part in Bay State Bike Week on May 17-21, a week long series of bike events occurring statewide. For a calendar of events and more information visit www.baystatebikeweek.org.
"Bicycling is a fun, healthy way to travel, whether you're just going to the store or commuting to work," said Governor Patrick. "Due to the increase in popularity of bicycling we encourage both drivers and bicyclists to educate themselves about their separate roles and responsibilities on the road."
The state's partnership with MassBike on the Same Roads, Same Rules campaign is part of the Healthy Transportation Compact, an initiative of the Patrick-Murray Administration's historic transportation reform that promotes collaboration between the departments of transportation and public health to adopt best practices, increase efficiency and achieve positive health outcomes through the coordination of land use, transportation and public health policy.
"It is thrilling to see all the bicycles during my morning and evening commutes. With so many bicyclists taking to the road it's increasingly important that bicyclists and motorists learn how to interact safely," said MassBike Executive Director David Watson. "Many of these bicyclists are new to riding in traffic, and many motorists are unsure what to do around bicyclists, but the common thread is that everyone wants to get where they are going safely."
The Same Roads, Same Rules website focuses on the most important things both motorists and bicyclists need to know about the role of bicycles on the road. Visitors can explore safety tips for bikes or cars, detailed information about state laws or common myths and misconceptions from both bicyclist and motorists perspectives. The MassDOT and DCR websites will promote the Same Roads, Same Rules website and MassBike plans to heavily promote the new site to bicyclists via postcards, stickers and other materials.
"The Same Roads, Same Rules campaign aims to welcome both new and old bicyclists to the road and educate all road users, including drivers, about both the rights and responsibilities of bicycles on our roads," said MassDOT Secretary and CEO Jeffrey Mullan. "MassDOT is working closely with the bicycling community to strengthen safety and education for our employees and to our customers throughout the state."
"This campaign complements the work we do with Mass in Motion to encourage residents to take steps to improve their overall health and wellness," said Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. JudyAnn Bigby. "Riding a bike is an easy way for residents to incorporate exercise into their daily routines. This initiative will help create an environment where residents who choose to ride their bikes on our roads can do so safely."
"Biking is practical, fun and healthy as long as riders and drivers alike share the responsibility of road safety," said Public Safety Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan. "To promote bike safety, we will provide 157 communities over 14,000 helmets, purchased with public safety grants, to be distributed free of charge at local events during the spring and summer months."
"The increased interest in cycling and bicycle safety is very heartening," said DCR Commissioner Rick Sullivan, "and the Same Roads, Same Rules campaign is an excellent initiative to educate cyclists and motorists alike in how we should all behave to keep everyone safe."
For transportation news and updates visit MassDOT at our website: www.mass.gov/massdot, blog: www.mass.gov/blog/transportation, or follow MassDOT on twitter at www.twitter.com/massdot.


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package org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Set;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.apache.cassandra.cache.JMXInstrumentedCache;
import org.apache.cassandra.io.ICompactionInfo;
import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.BufferedRandomAccessFile;
import org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil;

public class CacheWriter<K, V> implements ICompactionInfo
{
    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CacheWriter.class);

    private final File path;
    private final Function<K, ByteBuffer> converter;
    private final Set<K> keys;
    private final String columnFamily;
    private final long estimatedTotalBytes;
    private long bytesWritten;

    public CacheWriter(String columnFamily, JMXInstrumentedCache<K, V> cache, File path, Function<K, ByteBuffer> converter)
    {
        this.columnFamily = columnFamily;
        this.path = path;
        this.converter = converter;
        keys = cache.getKeySet();

        long bytes = 0;
        for (K key : keys)
            bytes += converter.apply(key).remaining();

        // an approximation -- the keyset can change while saving
        estimatedTotalBytes = bytes;
    }

    public void saveCache() throws IOException
    {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();

        if (keys.size() == 0 || estimatedTotalBytes == 0)
        {
            logger.debug("Deleting {} (cache is empty)");
            path.delete();
            return;
        }

        logger.debug("Saving {}", path);
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BOSTON — Newest Angel Mark Teixeira will be staying in his agent's guest house in the "short term." When — and if — he needs to shop for a more permanent housing arrangement is a question that will loom over the Angels in the next few months.
"I know Mark is very excited to come to the Angels," Boras said. "He turned down a great deal of money from the Texas Rangers (before being traded to the Atlanta Braves) for this kind of opportunity.
Teixeira deflected any talk of contract matters when he met the media before his Angels debut Wednesday at Fenway Park but said the idea of evaluating the Angels as his long-term home will "be in the back of my mind" as he plays for them over the next two months.
The combination of Teixeira's potential free agency and Boras' reputation has created the perception that the Angels have rented Teixeira for the stretch run. But that test drive goes both ways, Boras said.
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Boras maintains a suite behind the plate at Angel Stadium and is a regular presence there. He said he has yet to establish a relationship with first-year Angels general manager Tony Reagins. But he did go head-to-head with former GM Bill Stoneman after the Angels drafted another Boras client, Jered Weaver, with the 12th pick in the 2004 draft. Stoneman and the Angels held their ground and finally signed Weaver nearly a year after the draft.
Boras praised the Angels' management style under owner Arte Moreno.
"I think there's a collective relationship between on-field personnel (Manager Mike Scioscia), ownership and the GM's office, more so than other teams," he said.
The bidding for Teixeira this offseason is expected to start with seven years at more than $20 million per season — a $200 million commitment for any team looking to sign the 28-year-old switch-hitter. Boras would not talk numbers.
"I will only say when I'm asked these questions I always say the performance of the player is most important," he said.


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Take Off the Billion-Dollar Blindfold
Missy Fluegge
By	Missy Fluegge	/	December 18, 2010
Would you buy an unlabeled bottle of vitamins from a health food store? Would you give those vitamins to your child? Would you trust a stylist who didn't ask about your own wishes for your appearance? Would you have confidence in a salesperson's ability to give you sound advice about a purchase if you knew they received huge perks from the company they are promoting?
Most of us would not walk blindfolded into a salon and allow the stylist to cut or color our hair without our input. We would not consider giving our child a mystery pill from an obscure bottle of vitamins or a prescription with an unintelligible label. Yet many parents continue to accept vaccines and their long-lasting, dangerous effects without question, permitting doctors and nurses to inject their son or daughter with unknown ingredients, chemicals that they would certainly not allow their child to eat, drink, or even touch.
When parents do wonder about the safety of the vaccines recommended by our government and our healthcare providers, the information they receive from professionals and websites is often biased and misleading. Do you know who supplies the information about vaccines on mainstream, supposedly trustworthy websites? Do you know who funds the well-known medical organizations that support hefty vaccination schedules?
At the top of the list of results on a Google search for information about vaccines is a website that, on the surface, looks informative, scientific, and trustworthy. According to the site's homepage, it "provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare professionals, the media, and the public: everyone who needs to know the facts about vaccines and immunization." (http://www.immunizationinfo.org/)
How many parents will look beyond the fancy graphics and convincing words to discover that the website's parent organization, the National Network for Immunization Information (NNii), is funded by affiliate organizations like the American Medical Association and other groups who do indeed receive funding and influence from vaccine manufacturers?
The website further advises parents that "information should not be slanted in favor of a web site's sponsor or source of funding. Health information should be accurate and unbiased." (http://www.immunizationinfo.org/parents…) Yet the websites listed as "reliable sources of information" do receive funding, directly or indirectly, from organizations and companies with ties to the pharmaceutical industry. That website's disclaimer statement should include a clause about its hypocrisy!
Another Google result for vaccine information offers a link to one more website whose sponsoring organization is funded by numerous vaccine manufacturers, including GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis Vaccines, Sanofi Pasteur, CSL Biotherapies, MedImmune, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. (http://www.immunize.org/aboutus…).
What about the American Academy of Pediatrics? Most parents are familiar with the AAP as a group of doctors who are qualified to help us make recommendations and decisions about children's health. Yet on its website, the AAP states that it receives "unrestricted support from individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies." (http://www.aap.org/visit…) Their honor roll of donors includes vaccine manufacturers Sanofi Pasteur and Merck (http://www.aap.org/donate…).
Do you know who funds the World Health Organization? The WHO is portrayed by the mainstream media as a trustworthy organization with honorable intentions to meet the health needs of the world's citizens. That familiar group, the public health arm of the United Nations, receives more funding from organizations with hidden agendas than contributions from its member nations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…). One financial contributor, the Rockefeller Foundation, has huge ties to many pharmaceutical companies (http://vactruth.com/2010/03/16/dr-russell-blaylock…).
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is another donor with substantial financial contributions to the WHO. Among its causes, that so-called philanthropic organization is seeking to reduce world population through the use of vaccines (http://www.robertscottbell.com/blog/rsb-exclusive-bill-gates…). How can the World Health Organization provide unbiased information about vaccines when they are funded heavily through groups who are motivated by profit and self-serving interests to promote the widespread use of vaccines?
As parents, we must learn to not trust these organizations and their websites to make decisions about our children's well-being. Their donors profit from the widespread use of vaccines, so their information about the safety of vaccines cannot possibly be deemed reliable. The vaccine companies want us to keep wearing the billion-dollar blindfolds they distribute covertly through websites and respected medical associations so they can continue to reap the financial rewards from vaccinations and further their immoral social agendas. When we take off these blindfolds and do our own research, using unbiased sources that do not receive funding or support from vaccine manufacturers, we will discover the truth about vaccines for ourselves and our families.
We're "Anti-Vaxers" Because We Don't Have a Choice
Sep 03, 2012 / By	Jennifer Hutchinson
Vaccines Verse and Worse!
Dec 06, 2011 / By	Sandy Lunoe
UK Government Set Up Telephone Hotline to Big Pharma
Sep 28, 2011 / By	Christina England, BA Hons
Oct 12, 2010 / By	Christina England, BA Hons
The independent experts advising on vaccine policies are about as independent as links in a chain
Jun 06, 2010 / By	VT
FDA panel members support continued use of both rotavirus vaccines despite trace contaminants
May 08, 2010 / By	VT
Missy Fluegge is the mom of three children who have taught her abundantly about life, more than she learned in over sixteen years of formal schooling. Her passions include mothering, teaching fine arts, researching and serving as a parent educator. Many years ago, she traded her nightstand for a bookshelf, which always holds at least a dozen books-in-progress, mostly non-fiction reads that support her fairytale notion of saving the world one person at a time.


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International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees By Country (Japan)
Miho Takeda - 2018 Synchronized (Artistic) Swimmer
Miho Takeda was born and raised in the Kyoto Prefecture on Honshu, Japan's largest and most populous island. She began swimming at the age of five and turned to synchronized swimming two years later. She changed clubs at the age of thirteen to train under Masayo Imura, the national team coach and "Mother of Japanese Synchro."
Masako Kaneko - 2015 Coach
Masako Kaneko was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 17, 1944 and has contributed as both a swimmer and coach since the beginning of synchronized swimming in Japan.
Miya Tachibana - 2011 Synchronized (Artistic) Swimmer
Miya Tachibana grew up in Otsu, Shiga, Japan loving the water so much that by the fourth grade, she was competing in synchronized swimming. By high school, she was winning the Junior World Championships.
Ikkaku Matsuzawa - 2009 Coach
No other swimming coach has single-handedly developed, trained and organized a national team to Olympic and international prominence more so than Japan's Ikkaku Matsuzawa.
Mikako Kotani - 2007 Synchronized (Artistic) Swimmer
What Hall of Fame Olympic Champions Tracy Ruiz, Carolyn Waldo, Candy Costie, Michele Cameron, the Josephson twins, Sylvie Frechette and Kristen Babb were to the United States and Canada, the beautiful Mikako Kotani was to Japan.


The Winnipeg Art Gallery will run a free guided tour on Wednesday of the George & Tannis Richardson Collection of Inuit Sculpture.
Darlene Coward Wight, WAG curator of Inuit art, will lead the tour at 12 p.m.
"Assembled during the 1970s and early 1980s, the collection features sculpture by well-known artists such as Lukie Airut, from Igloolik, and Jimmy Arnamissa, from Inukjuak," says Wight.
Wednesday's tour is part of the Art for Lunch program, taking place bi-monthly, and includes talks, videos, and tours occur over the lunch hour.
The exhibit contains 39 significant works and is on display until February 15.


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Calculate determinants of the following real matrices:
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\(\begin{pmatrix} 18 & 11 & 11 \\ 11 & 11 & 11 \\ 11 & 11 & 24 \\ \end{pmatrix} \)
Use first row transforms.
The determinant of the matrix is \(1001\).
\(\begin{pmatrix} 4 & 1 & 2 \\ 0 & -1 & 1 \\ 1 & 2 & 1 \\ \end{pmatrix} \)
The determinant of the matrix is \(-9\).
\(\begin{pmatrix} 3 & 2 & -1 \\ -1 & 1 & 2 \\ 2 & -1 & 3 \\ \end{pmatrix} \)
The determinant of the matrix is \(30\).
\(\begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 0 \\ \end{pmatrix} \)
The determinant of the matrix is \(2\).
\(\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ -1 & 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 2 & 1 \\ \end{pmatrix} \)
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Just curious, what tools do people use to post to their blogs from a Treo or a Blackberry??
Radio has that feature, but the problem always was that you couldn't edit the post once you had sent the email.
I've used the internal browser to go directly to Typepad. I post to other blogs (including one at Typepad) with email and the signature gets stripped out.
My new fav? Typepad bought SplashBlog and has introduced this brain-dead-simple app that lets me select my blog, type in a Post Title, choose an image or snap one on the spot, and then type up text for the post body. It's got issues, (go here: http://www.iconnectdots.com/ctd/2006/08/this_post_broug.html ) as it puts in too many breaks between paragraphs, can't hyperlink, and other non-trivial gotchas.
Methinks email posting to secret addresses is the most universal method if there was a way to insert tags to put "" and a ":" and then a URL or some such scheme to enable hyperlinking.
Oops…forgot to add that I'm using a Treo 700p on Verizon's EV-DO network.
I use u*Blog (http://pam-ya.com/palmware/index-en.html#uBlog) is free and does picture upload, posts, edit. Occasionally flaky, but not too bad.
Haven't yet tried the WordPress WAP/mobile extensions/plugins. If they work, I'd just use the browser.
PocketSharpMT is a great Windows Mobile blog editor from randyrants.com, that supports the MetaWeblogAPI. It's written for MovableType, but I've used it on WordPress via MetaWeblogAPI (though recent versions didn't work for me).
I also generally use the web admin interface for WordPress in Pocket IE on my Samsung i730 Windows Mobile device on Verizon EVDO. Sure, the page looks smushed, but it's workable.
I liked VagaBlog when I had a data plan.
to VOX using a treo650 via Verizon whose internal messaging app adds stupid stuff about quicktime– very annoying.
Depending on the phone you have and the publishing system you use, you can post just fine from the web based UI. Nokia's latest browser has *great* CSS support and handles MovableType with ease. Opera Mobile and Opera Mini are pretty good browsers too, they should be able to handle most CMS UIs without too much of the dreaded horizontal scrolling.
They have a nice Blackberry client for scanning your RSS and you can post articles to your blog and edit them. Very simple but good.
People have been using FreeNews for reading all their blogs and then posting articles via email. Not as blog publishing per se, but more as article keeping and commenting on things that they read.
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Mac DeMarco Biography
Before you ancients out there turn your heads and scoff at the premise of a twenty-something rock-and-roll goofball calling himself an old-anything, consider this: said perpetrator, he who answers to the name Mac DeMarco, has spent the better part of his time thus far writing, recording, and releasing an album of his own music pretty much every calendar flip, and pretty much on his own. The fresh meat you're now feasting on, This Old Dog, makes for his fifth in just over half a decade—bringing the total to 3 LPs and 2 EPs. According to the DMV, MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco is 26. But in working-dog years, ol' Mac here could easily qualify for social security. To stay gold, turns out all he needed was some new tricks.
Though used to and pretty happy with that annual grind, it was a little space—in time, location, and method—that inspired DeMarco while making the record. Moving from his isolated Queens home to a house in Los Angeles helped give the somewhat transient Canada-native a broader base, and a few more months on his calendar to create did their job as well. Arriving in California with a grip of demos he'd written in New York, he realized after a few months of setting up his new shop—complete with a few new toys—that the gap was giving him perspective (insert tooth joke here).
"This one was spaced out," DeMarco says. "I demoed a full album, and as I was moving to the West Coast I thought I'd get to finishing it quickly. But then I realized that moving to a new city and starting a new life takes time. And it was weird, because usually I just write, record, and put it out; no problem. But this time, I wrote them and they sat. When that happens, you really get to know the songs. It was a different vibe."
DeMarco wrote some demos for This Old Dog on an acoustic guitar, an unusual yet eye-opening method for him. "The majority of this album is acoustic guitar, synthesizer, some drum machine, and one song is electric guitar. So this is a new endeavor for me."
And from the outset, from the pops and clicks of the CR-78 and acoustic strums on the album-opening "My Old Man," the synth-drenched beauty of the second track, "This Old Dog," and that ironic recurring word itself, it's clear that DeMarco's bag is filled with new tricks indeed. This Old Dog is rooted more in a synth-base than any of his previous releases, but he is careful not to let that tactic overshadow the other instruments and overall "unplugged" mood of the work. In fact, DeMarco recognizes that he might share more than just a geographical flight-path with a certain Canadian-cum-Californian songwriter.
"I think what I was trying to do is make Harvest with synthesizers," he laughs. "But I don't think I even came close to the mark—something else entirely came out. This is my acoustic album, but it's not really an acoustic album at all. That's just what it feels like, mostly. I'm Italian, so I guess this is an Italian rock record."
Speaking of roots, while it's known that DeMarco's family history is complicated at best, the songs here may be the closest glimpse into his personal life and relationships with his kin he's ever allowed. But then again, they may not be. Only one thing is certain: the titular mutt, naturally, is DeMarco himself, and as he brings us into his world, he makes sure it's from his own hard-earned vantage point and measured post.
"This record has a lot to do with my family and my life right now and the way I'm feeling and stuff," he says. "One of the main goals for this record was trying to make sure I retained some kind of realness. That's the bottom line. Being in any sort of spotlight can be jarring, especially when you're not preoccupied with touring and you're just sitting in your house writing songs. But wherever my bedroom is, the records are gonna be whatever is happening in there. I could be in Alaska and I'm sure it wouldn't change things much."
Despite the changes considered during the creation of This Old Dog, Mac DeMarco's mid-twenties masterpiece, it's clear that the engine that motors him is in no danger of slowing down.
"As long as I feel real then there's nothing else that matters," he says. "Making these albums is just something that I have to do, and so I do it."
This Old Dog is out now on Captured Tracks.
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A few of the designs within this book have been released and you can keep an eye on them on Ravelry here. This book brings together some very interesting ideas on the meaning of making, how ancient communication was carved in stone. So important was their story that they took the time to carve it out, letting it be seen and heard through generations. It makes you wonder what story we tell through our handcrafts?
This is just a taste and you can read the full introduction in Echoes of Heather & Stone. It is currently on pre-sale here and for further information, you can follow blog releases over on carolfeller.com. I really do hope that you enjoy this book, the designs are breathtaking. Each has its own unique style but I know that you will agree that they all echo, ancient Ireland within their stitches.


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NBA Jam – Wii Review
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Going to theme again this weekend. Got free tickets to a Pistons/Heat game last night. Seats were high, Pistons got drilled – but it was still a load of fun, so NBA is my theme this weekend. 🙂
EA Sports did not get around to releasing its "EA Elite" basketball series (based off of its longstanding "Live" series) this year. For the last several years, 2K sports has been releasing an NBA series that has been receiving better reviews and sales. Thankfully, EA had another NBA game in the works, and while it does not try to contend with 2K as a realistic sports simulation, NBA Jam is a game that brings back a lot of memories while being a whole lot of fun.
NBA Jam has been around for aged – I remember it from late high school/early college. It was a quarter muncher in the arcades, and it was a blast when it was brought to home systems. We still have a version of it bouncing around on one of our Nintendo systems – I want to say our Super Nintendo. I may have to look that one up for my Retro Reflections this weekend.
I imagine most people have at least seen or played a round of NBA Jam in one form or another over the years, but for the uninitiated it is an over the top 2 vs 2 arcade hoops game. Defense consists of soaring ridiculously high in the air to block shots, or to try and steal the ball – or to simply shove the ball handler in an effort to knock them down and take the ball, or maybe knock them out of the air on a shot or dunk attempt (which sort of reminds me of Arch Rivals now that I think about it).
Offense consists of dribbling, passing and shooting. Oh, and dunking. Lots of ridiculous, high-flying dunking. You can amp these options up, doing some fancy dribbling to try and ankle-break your defender. You can throw elbows to clear space around you (Bill Laimbeer and Charles Barkley would be proud of these swinging limbs) and are capable of flipping behind the back passes to your teammate. This is all well and good, but you play this game for the insane dunks and hope to hit 3 shots with one of your players while the defender does not score. Do this, and the insanity ratchets up a few more levels as you hear the announcer let everyone know that your player is "on fire!". You gain a tremendous bump to your shooting percentage, allowing you to rain down three pointers and perform roof-scraping dunks that leave the net burning when the ball passes through it. Flying alley-opps, summersault dunks and more are not only fun to watch, but something you see occur in almost every game as well.
There are some other modes as well. You can play the classic game, but we have a remix mode where it is NBA with Power-ups (like ones that make you really strong, really fast or really small for example). There's a backboard smash where the goal is to deplete the basket's 'health' and the win. Obviously picking high flying dunkers over three point shooters or nimble guards works best. There's 'boss battles' where you play against NBA legends like Magic Johnson or Larry Bird – I thought these were cool, but a bit frustrating at times, 21 – which is three guys doing what they can to be the first one to reach 21 points. So, how does the entire package hold up?
Graphics – 8:
The visuals themselves are fairly throwback – but I loved that about the game. There are Photoshopped heads tacked onto the bodies. No fancy 3D rendering of heads here – you get faces that are looking this way or that way; they're comical and fun (especially in Big Head mode). There's plenty of things going on in the background, and while none of it is rendered in incredible detail, the graphics all animate very smoothly. I am sure from a technical standpoint it's easier to craft an engine that only has four players on a court instead of ten like an actual NBA sim, but the quality was excellent all the same. The game oozes style, and it feels like one big highlight reel.
Sound and Music – 6:
You know, I don't recall most of the music. I recall a few tunes here and there that were okay, never really heard anything that made me go: wow – that doesn't fit. But the sound effects were good and the announcer was a treat. In the old games he rattled off comments and one-liners and they still did not get old for me. The enthusiastic presentation kept me grinning and I was looking forward to certain catch phrases – knowing they would inevitably occur. Obviously it's not amazing tech on display here – it's not as detailed as the kinds of audio you find in a game like NBA 2K11 or Madden, but it gets the job done and helps set the mood. Still, a bit more variety wouldn't have hurt, especially given how many games you do play to get through a 'season', and it really does not have the depth of a game like NBA 2k where you get a lot of color commentary about a player's background.
Gameplay – 8:
You can navigate the menus easily enough. There's several modes here. Still, none of it works if you don't have a smooth controls and a fun game to play. Luckily NBA Jam delivered this. The pacing is fast, and sure – sometimes it feels a bit cheap when you get laid out near the end of the game and the cpu hits a near-half court shot to win the game *ahem*, but pulling off huge dunks never gets old and watching a basketball that's on fire swish through the net, setting it ablaze from beyond the three point line is a great feeling. There are a few different control schemes too, for people who just want to use the Wii remote on its side, or use a more active scheme that takes advantage of the motion, or a classic controller hooked up to the Wii remote (I usually used the last option myself, but all of them worked quite well in my opinion).
Intangibles – 7:
The game is a hoot. When I first put it in, I played for nearly 3 straight hours. All three of my kids stopped to watch and ask questions. My oldest, who doesn't really care for sports or play many video games sat out on the sofa chatting with me and getting excited at some of the bigger dunks for nearly an hour. My son doesn't really play sports games, but he enjoys this one too. He's not interested in a post game that mirrors real life, or if Blake Griffon's dunk ability is an 80 or 90 or how his players will progress. Games like NBA 2k11, as well as they are made, have never piqued his interest once, but he wanted to play this – on his own and with/against me. This game really plays and feels like the classic game – right down to having a bunch of unlockable content, which is a lot of fun to find as well.
That said, there are some limitations here. The game does not offer a great deal of depth to the core game. There are obviously differences in the players, but really Lebron James never felt that much different to me than using Wade. Bed Gordon and Rodney Stuckey were just fine, but not much different either. The additional modes are interesting, but don't live up to the primary game for the most part. Playing locally is fine… but there's no online, and that feels like a tremendous missed opportunity. That would have added a ton of life to this title in my opinion.
Overall – 7.25:
I've really been enjoying NBA Jam. It was a Christmas present that I've finally had a chance to sit down and spend some time with, and overall I have to say it is one that I am going to enjoy playing through another season or two with. But, I suspect it will wind up in my trade-ins pile before spring, and that's a shame because a few more decisions would have furthered its value – like adding online support. However, when it's said and done, NBA 2K11 will be getting put back into my 360 sometime this summer when I get an itch to play some basketball again, because the year by year progression and online options will be there. Then again, consider the audience I suppose. None of my 3 kids will playing NBA 2K11, but at least 2 have played NBA Jam. It facilitated some discussion between my daughter and me about the NBA, some of my favorite players – and that probably would not have happened without this game. That will no doubt keep me thinking favorably about NBA Jam for the Wii, much as I have fond memories of it from the arcade and Super Nintendo days.
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Company One's "An Octoroon" may leave you breathless
anastasya / February 26, 2016
For me, growing up in Moscow meant growing up with Alexander Pushkin – a celebrated Russian poet whose silhouette, often inscribed on book covers, is as familiar to any Russian as Shakespeare's to any English-speaker. Thanks in part to my great-grandfather and in part to Pushkin's enthralling epic poems, I learned to read early and, like many Russian kids, had many of his works memorized.
My mother and great-grandmother often told me Pushkin's remarkable life story: he – an icon of Russian literature – was part black, the grandchild of an African man who was a favorite in the court of Peter the Great and the subject of Pushkin's unfinished story, "Blackamoor of Peter the Great."
At Company One's production of An Octoroon last night, this was the lens through which I watched the events unravel. Originally written in 1859 by Dion Boucicault and adapted for the modern stage by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ("The hottest play of 1859 is back! Sort of…"), it is the story of a female octoroon (a person who is one eight black) who grows up on a southern plantation beloved and treated as an equal by her aunt, but, through the family's loss of the property, is then subjected to the cruel fate of her fellow slaves.
That story may be the kernel, but the aspect of the melodrama (yes, you get to speak to the actors throughout, ooh, ahh, boo, cheer – the whole lot) that takes your breath away is the way Jacobs-Jenkins has transformed it into something that transcends time and place, and the "tricks" the troupe (in its own words, if I'm quoting correctly) uses to make the viewers "feel something."
Brandon Green is magnetic in his trilogy of roles: Jacobs-Jenkins himself, George (the white man who falls in love with Zoe, the octoroon) and M'Closky, the evil owner of the neighboring plantation. The play opens with "BJJ" speaking directly to the audience, describing how, through sessions with his comical therapist (Green "plays" her, too, to great effect), he arrived at the idea of re-creating the 1850s tale for modern audiences.
Brooks Reeves then arrives on the stage as the original playwright, Boucicault – and immediately builds up another mesmerizing character the likes of which I have never seen on a stage (and not just because he first struts around in just pajama bottoms, and later paints himself red to play an "Indian.")
One of the most dramatic elements of the night is perhaps the simplest: several characters paint their faces (black, white, and red) to become others, poignantly transforming a basic element of theater into a powerful statement on race.
Then comes a cast of characters who, despite the play's being a melodrama filled with bursts of exaggerated gesture and emotion, are often able to reach right into your heart and make you feel all the anger, frustration, joy and disappointment that comes with such a story of prejudice – heightened all the more because of its relevance in the year 2016.
Zoe (Shawna M. James) breaks your heart with her innocence and hope. Dido (Obehi Janice) and Minnie (Elle Borders) and Grace (Amelia Lumpkin) flawlessly (and tragically, and hilariously) embody the incredible resilience of the slave spirit, piercing you with their incredible humor, light-heartedness, and optimism in the face of a very uncertain future. Dora (Bridgette Hayes) is the essence of melodrama, playing a woman who pulls all the stops in an effort to attract a man – and, just when we find her predictable, ultimately surprises everyone. Harsh Gagooma (who also plays three roles: the assistant, Pete and Paul) is a chameleon able to inspire pity one moment, elation the next – but always with the melancholy undertone demanded by his roles.
Kadahj Bennett plays Br'er Rabbit, an enormous rabbit (the stuff of nightmares) who appears to magically control aspects of the set. In reality, however, you end up with the feeling that he is, perhaps, actually controlling us, and that as we are watching him, he is, silently, watching us. It gets eerie at times – and our confusion about how to respond to his gesticulations seems to be precisely what BJJ had in mind. (Toward the end of the play, we learn that inside the mask is a sea caption with the potential to change several of the characters' lives – but can he?)
There were moments last night when I felt certain that Zoe the octoroon – and the other slaves – were moments away from a life closer to that of Pushkin's grandfather and Pushkin himself: one of the equality and acceptance and love they deserve. And (no matter how the play ends) there are moments when you realize how far that type of life is from being a guarantee, in 1859 as today.
At the outset, BJJ (Green) declares that theater is no longer a place of novelty and that these days, we can experience anything we want any time we want to. By the end, he has – in the best possible way – proven himself wrong.
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A terminally ill secret agent accepts a risky mission in exchange for an experimental drug that might save him — if he can survive its side effects.
Certificate: 12
Director: McG
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Tómas Lemarquis, Richard Sammel, Marc Andreoni, Bruno Ricci, Jonas Bloquet, Eriq Ebouaney
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Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) is an international spy who has seen it all. He's on his last mission before he gives it all up and tries to build a relationship with his estranged wife and daughter with whom he has tried to keep at arm's length from all the shooting, danger and other spy things. He's also terminally ill. Only his last mission doesn't go to plan and the bad guy gets away.
Queue hot chick in a fast car (Amber Heard) who offers him a cure for his illness on the condition that he does one last job, meanwhile he tries to complete the biggest mission of them all…: understanding his teenage daughter. Oh and did I mention that this miracle serum that he is given to save his live acts as a hallucinogen and sends him loopy? It's OK, vodka takes the edge off… Ahh sweet vodka, it really is the answer to all life's problems.
You might think this sounds like a comedy: man close to retirement has to complete one last mission; magic life saving serum… Well it's not a comedy, at least I don't THINK it is. In some places the movie does bring a smile to your face, but more because of the lunacy of what is going on rather than it actually meaning to be funny.
Costner has done his fair share of action in movies such as 'The Bodyguard' and 'Waterworld' and he doesn't look out of place, but the script and action sometimes does. When this film hit the cinema and I saw the trailers it gave me the impression of a very different film and although this film was enjoyable to a degree, it would have been fun to see a straight up action film with Costner without the (what I assume were intentional) comedy elements.
The strange pacing and script all made a little bit more sense when I say the script was a story written by Luc Beeson who brought us 'Leon' and one of my favourites 'The Fifth Element'. Add that to the direction of McG (Anyone forgive him for 'Charlies Angels'?) and it explains how this film comes a little bit from left field.
Once I got past the 'is it a comedy or not?' question, I actually quite enjoyed the film. Like I mentioned, the script is a little weird but the action is OK and it's a good popcorn movie to sit back and all you need to think about is how ridiculous it all is!
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The court rejected the employer's argument that the employee never asked for an accommodation on the basis that an employer must reasonably accommodate a disability if it is obvious and the employer knew or should have known that the employee was disabled. In dismissing the Motion for Summary Judgment, the court relied upon the fact, among others, that the employee had put the employer on prior notice of his diabetes.
This case stresses the importance of engaging in the interactive process with employees when they are known to have or are believed to have a disability. Some tips to remember are to conduct an interactive accommodation process and to act in good faith in attempting to find a reasonable accommodation that will work for both the employee and the employer. Employers should ensure that their managers and human resource professionals are properly trained to recognize when the duty to begin the interactive process arises. Employers should also ensure that the lines of communication with the employee remain open and that input from the employee is invited. The employer should follow-up with the employee to ensure that the accommodation has been successful and be cognizant of the fact that circumstances could change which may necessitate revisions to the accommodation. Consider all feasible alternative accommodations including the ones suggested by the employee. Although employers do not have to choose the employee's proposed accommodation, it may be of benefit in litigation to be able to demonstrate that consideration was at least given to the employee's requested accommodation.
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