CBS Sports' NFL play-by-play announcer and Lamar University alumnus Bill Macatee will be interviewed on the next "LUTV on Fox" episode to premiere at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12.
The quarterly television program is produced by the students, alumni, staff and faculty of the Department of Communication. The 30-minute program highlights the people, organizations and departments that have helped Lamar become one of the fastest-growing universities in Texas.
The show will also feature Lamar graduate and musician Ashlynn Ivy, as well as industrial engineering major Elizabeth Wu and her mother, J.J. Chen, an associate professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Macatee earned a bachelor's degree in speech at Lamar in 1978 while working as sports director at Beaumont's KBMT Channel 12. Since 1995, Macatee has been at CBS Sports, where he handles NFL play-by-play and plays a major role in golf and tennis coverage, including the Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and Wimbledon. Macatee has covered events including the NCAA college basketball tournament, two Olympic winter games, Super Bowls and World Series. He was honored as a Lamar Distinguished Alumnus in 2011.
Lamar alumni Brittnay Champine of Orange and Josh Yawn of Beaumont are the hosts of "LUTV on Fox." The show was edited by student Kyle Brodeur of Bridge City, and features student reporters Enger King and Danyell Blough, both of Houston, and Evan West of Beaumont.
In June 2011, LUTV Productions earned second-place honors from the Press Club of Southeast Texas for "LUTV on Fox." The program garnered second-place honors at the Lone Star Awards at the Houston Press Club in 2011 and 2012.
Larry Elliott, associate professor of communication, and O'Brien Stanley, chair of the Department of Communication, are the program's executive producers.
"LUTV on Fox" will air at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12 on KBTV Fox 4.


It was not only Prof Attahiru Jega, the immediate past chairperson of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) who agonised over the issue at the occasion. Everyone else in that exclusive club of established scholars in Nigerian social science who attended the just concluded National Conference on Community Resilience to Boko Haram did. But it was Jega who made a sentence in which the words crisis, scholarship and Nigeria occurred during the discussion on the issue in question. He was complaining to no one in particular. Rather, he was exercising the power of the chair of the opening session of the conference to situate the briefing on that project that Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, its Coordinator, had presented.
Actually, Jega had made even a weightier comment earlier. In the briefing, Jibrin Ibrahim, aka Jibo, had made reference to abdication of responsibility by official leadership in relation to resilience to Boko Haram in many of the communities studied. While making general remarks before he threw the floor open for comments, observations, disclaimers and questions, Jega asked whether any sort of leadership emerged whenever and wherever official leadership abdicated. It was a pleasant evidence that the man has not lost his scholarly skills such as problematising to the many years he was out of the academic orbit as Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano and then Chairman of the INEC. It was after that poser that he turned to the part of the briefing that dealt with how methodology was such a problem for the research.
A brief note on methodology for the general reader may be apt here. By methodology, academics refer to the theory and practice of proof, how one knew what one claims to know. Some people would argue that methodology is what distinguishes scholars from none scholars. A Nigerian professor of Political Science reading the draft of a thesis recently told this reporter he had no concern with what the thesis was saying but with what the evidence of the argument were and how they were established. He was making a classical methodological statement. That is, if you say, for example, that Nigeria is a complex country, by how did you arrive at that? In the process, your sense of complexity would emerge and other people can be on the same page with what you are communicating. So, methodology is one's guarantee against magic. That is not to say that magic is not a technique for knowledge production but that is not an issue here and now.
In his presentation, Jibo had frowned at what he saw as the inadequacies of methods that emphasised facts and figures as basis of proof. He said what they got from that was a recipe for a dangerous research in terms of what would have emerged as the truth. So, the researchers had to be persuaded to explore what Jibo calls "the classical sociological and anthropological techniques". By that statement, Jibo was raising an alarm about the state of the art in Nigeria. He could equally be read as, deliberately or otherwise, stoking the fire of the wrangling between the two hegemonic traditions in research: the Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques divide. Or the war over how best to be scientific: is it through facts and figures or through the observing subject as source of meaning?
It is also not clear if Jega and the other professors understood Jibo from that angle or not. On the whole, Jibo's colleagues caught the bug and affirmed his position. Jega's comments were basically whether students or researchers even know how to use the facts and figures approaches, collectively called Quantitative Techniques. His argument is that that is where the problem lies because the problems the research encountered with quantitative techniques could also arise with the qualitative approaches. Then, along the line, he made the statement about this being "a crisis with scholarship in Nigeria".
That was certainly a hair raising enough statement in itself. It became even more so when professor after professor took up the matter, each showing how bad the situation is. No one who is still a student or has anything to do with research could fail to pay attention to what was going on in the hall. For, it is comparable to a situation in which John Ikenberry, Robert Keohane, Joseph Nye, Stephen Walt found themselves in one conference somewhere in the United States and were in agreement with each other that methodology is in crisis in the USA. They are bound to be dinner guests of the president of the United States the next evening to expatiate and proffer solutions to such a reality in the largest social science market in the world. The United States could not have become what it is today without the proficiency of its researchers. Even as dominated as American scholarship by quantitative preferences, it is still the homeland of the most astute promoters of the two hegemonic traditions in research. For all the advancement that Europe has made in qualitative research methods to the detriment of quantitative techniques, the 'Perestroika Movement' which gave qualitative movement its confidence erupted in the United States rather than in Europe. Whether Jega's statement will earn him and the professors at the conference on resilience a dinner invitation by Professor Osinbajo is to be seen.
But each of them said something in support of Jega's point. This reporter sat next to a Professor of Political Science. He whispered how bad it is in his university. He said the students simply sit down at home and cook up figures. That is something more dangerous than quackery in medicine because medicine itself is based on research findings. When this professor spoke, he strongly agreed with Jega, saying that it is not that any technique is particularly good or bad but the rigour in its application. The next professor took the same position. In fact, he said that "all the techniques are wonderful but the rigour and person using whichever one could be an issue". As a leading Sociologist, he was making a statement worth reflecting upon.
If the cream, the most exposed and some of the biggest names in social science in Nigeria are saying this and not students, then has it not come to a case of "What's to be Done"? But what might that be? Is it up to each university to reflect on what it can do or is a national policy required? Is it a curricula problem or quality control crisis? Is it a matter of deficiency in NUC supervision or a funding problem or just a Nigerian problem?
Methodology is a problematic realm across the world. First of all, students do not like to have anything to do with it. Wherever it is not compulsory, it is always a lean class. Where it is compulsory, especially in graduate studies, it is usually not an inviting class. In a British university recently, a 'Quant' (short, derogatory name for quantitative techniques) module had to start with why it is necessary. The tutors had to wave the attractions of 'Big Data' as far as employment, money making, etc are concerned to cue in the students. It worked but that didn't kill the idea of 'Quant' as an evil necessity. It is not that what Jibo calls the classical sociological and anthropological techniques are easier to score high marks either. It is that methodology, whether 'Quant' or 'Qual' is a dull, uninviting kind of thing, including the more philosophically fulfilling 'Qual'.
But the difference between Nigeria and elsewhere might just lie in the near complete absence of the meta-theoretical aspects in the teaching of methodology in most Nigerian universities. In Europe, for instance, this is not the case. As such, the average student has a good grasp of the philosophical grounds why only a particular technique can produce the type of information needed to answer the problem being researched. In other words, elsewhere, they do not just start by teaching questionnaire technique or key informant interview or documentary analysis. They start by situating the entire methodological inquiry in the meta-theoretical debates about evidence, admissibility, reliability, meaning, truth and all those guarantors of scientificity. It is very unlikely that many graduate students across Nigeria can rehash in a hurry what Keohane takes as science or scientificity in the quarrel he led against post-positivism in the current phase of the methodological wrangling. Irrespective of one's methodological preferences, one must be aware of Keohane's argument as a starting point. Although Keohane is about American social science fundamentally, these are the guys setting the parameters in the terrain and, even to do battle with them, you must start from what they have to say.
Of course, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, another American academic, has more than adequately replied Keohane. In fact, along with equally fortified attackers, he has forced the positivist establishment across the world to grudgingly concede that there is more than 'Quant' in knowledge production. Unfortunately, these exchanges have not been part of the methodological menu in much of Nigeria, except if they have come up recently.
The great thing is that the disquiet against this state of affair is taking place at the level of very senior academics with access to the global scholarship and research establishment, current literature and debates. Located in the larger Nigerian academic universe, they are perhaps too few to stage a successful 'revolution' in research methodology. But they are some of the most influential and, if they sound the alarm more persistently, a revolution could, indeed, take place. Except the very new universities, this may not be such a big budget affair in many of the older universities. But it is possible one is far off the mark in this statement, given the pressure on available resources, space and number of academics available by the phenomenon of newer universities.


We cannot ship to Israel. Israeli customs has very strict guidelines, not only with routers, but concerning any items that arrive in Israel from abroad. The government puts this in place officially for security reasons, but mainly to protect the local importers and distributors.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy are back and we can't wait to dive into action with them again this month! Before the movie is out though, here are some fun facts you might not have known about our favourite A-holes.
the most time-consuming makeup job was on Dave Bautista. Playing Drax the Destroyer, Bautista's makeup required five makeup artists working for five hours a day to apply 18 prosthetic pieces.
Since Drax wasn't a single color, like Gamora or Ronan, Bautista's makeup job required various paint layers and chemicals to be added to his skin, which meant he couldn't sit for the entire five hours.
Jason Momoa was all set to star as Drax before cameras rolled. With deals in place and negotiations ongoing, Momoa eventually dropped out at the last second. Though it's not sure why, some reports have claimed that negotiations for a higher pay fell through, while others say that Momoa didn't want to get typecast as the big brute following his role as Drogo in Game of Thrones.
Knowing they were already gambling by making a risky Guardians film, Marvel largely ignored all of the original run of Guardians of the Galaxy comics, despite their team existing in the pages of Marvel history since 1969. While that original team shares little similarities with the team from the film, the interesting thing is that not one of the main characters even made an appearance in Marvel's first Guardians film. Between Major Victory, Martinex T'Naga, Starhawk, Aleta, and Nikki, none of these characters are known among even the most well-versed Marvel nerds despite part of the original Guardians team, and Marvel decided to embrace the weird and jump straight into the Guardians' most obscure (but marketable) characters: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Groot, and Rocket.
the first people they went after to voice Rocket were Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler, two of the (once) biggest names in comedy that would've leant some high-energy shenanigans to the character. While it may be tough to imagine anyone other than Bradley Cooper voicing the lovable but insane genetically modified raccoon, these castings actually aren't that weird when we look at the finished product.
Eddie Redmayne, Lee Pace, Garrett Hedlund, James Marsden, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, and John Krasinski were all rumoured to be strongly considered for Quill at one point or another during pre-production.
While devising his plan to stop Ronan, Quill admits to only having 12% of a plan, the same percentage Tony Stark gives Pepper Potts in planning Stark Tower in The Avengers.
The cassette player Peter Quill/Star-Lord uses throughout the film is a Sony TPS-L2 released in 1979. It was originally called a Soundabout, and the name was later changed to Walkman.
After Olivia Wilde turned down the role of Gamora, Gina Carano, Rachel Nichols, and Adrianne Palicki also auditioned, with the role eventually going to Zoe Saldana.


The Soundgarden singer, who died Wednesday in Detroit, was 52.
Detroit Police said they were investigating the death as a possible suicide—a cause that was confirmed by the city's medical examiner.
Cornell's died Wednesday night after he performed with Soundgarden in Detroit's Fox Theatre—part of a tour the band was undertaking of the U.S. this month.
Soundgarden—which along with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and other Seattle bands defined the sound of an era—was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Kim Thayil, the guitarist, and Hiro Yamamoto, the bassist. Its third album, Badmotorfinger, catapulted the band to success—with songs like "Jesus Christ Pose" and "Rusty Cage" dominating alternative-rock radio. By 1996, the band had released five studio albums in all, including the super-successful Superunknown in 1994. It disbanded a year later due to creative tensions among the band's members. The band reunited in 2012 to release its sixth studio album, King Animal.
Between 1997 and 2012, Cornell had a solo career that produced four studio albums, each commercially successful that showcased his distinctive vocals, and the James Bond theme song for Casino Royale. Cornell also fronted Audioslave, a band he formed with Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Tim Commerford, former members of Rage Against the Machine. The band produced three commercially successful albums before disbanding in 2007.
Cornell had struggled with drug abuse since childhood, telling Rolling Stone in 1994, "I went from being a daily drug user at 13 to having bad drug experiences and quitting drugs by the time I was 14 and then not having any friends until the time I was 16." He told the Guardian in 2009 that he returned to drug use after Soundgarden disbanded in 1997. He said he used "everything," describing himself as a "pioneer" in the use of OxyContin. In the mid-2000s, amid much personal turmoil, he went to rehab: "I'm not sure if it was the best place for me, but it worked," he said.
Cornell had appeared to be active on social media before his sudden death.
When Soundgarden first emerged, Cornell's stunning, high wail and his band's heaving, blues-inflected odysseys brought them comparisons to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Cornell said in '94 that those bands didn't interest him "even slightly"; his insistence about that softened later, and the final song of his final concert, "Slaves and Bulldozers," featured a snippet from Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying." In any case, his full career proved his eclecticism, with his work ranging from acoustic singer/songwriter material to an amazing Michael Jackson cover to a bizarre 2009 dance album with Timbaland. About the latter effort, which earned him scathing reviews, he told The Guardian, "To me R&B means Aretha Franklin, who is otherworldly." Franklin, as much as anyone, is a good reference point for the abandon, hurt, and hope in Cornell's voice.


"Christmasland is waiting for you..." Starring Zachary Quinto as the malevolent, soul-sucking Charlie Manx, AMC's adaptation of Joe Hill's NOS4A2 will have its world premiere at this year's SXSW Film Festival, and a new batch of photos have been revealed, offering the first look at the series' cast.
You can view the new NOS4A2 photos below, and read on for the previous press release with more information from AMC.
Previously: LOS ANGELES, CA – AMC has cast Emmy®-nominated actor and producer Zachary Quinto ("Star Trek," "American Horror Story") and rising star Ashleigh Cummings ("The Goldfinch," "Hounds of Love") in the lead roles for its new supernatural horror series "NOS4A2" (working title). The network also announced Emmy®-nominated director Kari Skogland ("The Handmaid's Tale," "Sons of Liberty") will direct the first two episodes of the series based on Joe Hill's bestselling novel of the same name. Production began this week in Rhode Island. The 10 one-hour episodes are slated to premiere in 2019.


Bird feeding has become a year round hobby for many people. We have found that using a good quality bird seed allows our customers to see and feed more beautiful birds and puts less waste on the ground. Here are some suggestions on basic backyard bird feeding we learned from Bird Watcher's and Rutgers' Cook College Research and Extension.
Create a habitat for bird feeding sections: Birds have three basic needs. They are shelter, food and water. Providing those needs in your backyard will increase a bird's habitat. Thus, you will bring various bird species to your area. Creating a bird habitat will help you learn to care for them, forming a bond between you and your new friends.
Shelter: First, place a bird feeder in an area where it is protected from bird predators. Put your feeder in an isolated area, on a pole or a crane and have your feeder suspended in the air at least four feet off the ground. Put a squirrel baffle below your feeder so squirrels and raccoons cannot climb the pole to attack the feeder. In the isolated area, provide some shelter—small trees, small shrubbery, even stick some broken limbs in the ground so birds can escape from cats and hawks. Finally, place your feeder in an area with easy access.
Food: Cleaning and refilling a bird feeder will help attract a large variety of birds. Focus on attracting small birds to your feeder. Black oil sunflower is a value seed that attracts the greatest variety of birds. The shell covering is soft so small birds will be able to pick it open and get the heart off the seed. A mixed bird seed blend with ingredients such as millet, crack corn, thistle and black oil sunflower will attract even a larger variety of birds. Birds such as morning doves, wrens and cardinals are attracted to the millet and cracked corn. Morning doves will eat millet on the ground.
Clean the bird feeding area from debris, leaves and old birdseed to prevent mold and mildew from accumulating. Birds will be discouraged from eating from your feeder if it is not clean. Once a week take a leaf rake and clean up most of the debris in the feeding section.
A type of bird seed known as sunflower hearts or kernels are sunflower seeds without their shells. The seed is considered 100% edible, thus less debris to clean up. Another seed option is thistle or Nyjer seed. Thistle seed attracts goldfinch, house finch and morning doves. If you use thistle feeders during the warmer months, maintenance to the feeder is a must. Clean the feeder with hot water and a tube brush to eliminate mold and debris.
Water: Attracts more birds to your bird feeding station with water. Birds are attracted to shallow levels of water, one to two-inches of water in a bird bath located close to the ground is the most ideal situation for birds. Unfortunately, if cats are within the area, they will be near the watering stations. To prevent surprise attacks from cats, raise your birdbath to provide good visibility for quick escapes. Fill your birdbath with clean water and use a scrub brush to clean it every time it is refilled. Cleaning and commitment to constant refilling of water and food will attract the largest variety of birds.
In closing, providing a habitat for birds, shelter, food and water will attract a mixed variety of birds that will excite your new hobby of bird feeding. Expand on new ideas and receive expert tips from one of our garden centers.
This entry was posted in Fall, Landscape and tagged bird feed, bird feeding, bird seed, bird supplies, garden center new jersey, gardeners supply on October 28, 2013 by Mendham Garden Centers.


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Lufthansa announced on Monday it had reached an agreement that should finally allow it to buy British Midland (BMI) from the carrier's dominant shareholder, Michael Bishop.
The move is aimed at procuring around 15 percent of all take-off and landing slots at London's Heathrow airport, the largest in Europe.
In a first step, Lufthansa is to pay Bishop ₤175 million (€207 million) to cancel a 'put' option that would have forced the German airline to directly buy a stake of 50 percent plus one share in BMI.
A third company, Britain-based LHBD Holding Limited is then to buy the stake for around ₤48 million, while Lufthansa acquires 35 percent of the shares in LHBD. The remaining 65 percent would be held by a British national who "is not a stategic partner," spokeswoman Stefanie Stotz said.
She declined to identify the individual in question, while underscoring that it was neither British Airways nor Virgin Atlantic.
"After obtaining the necessary traffic rights, Lufthansa expects to be able to acquire 100 percent of LHBD," the statement said.
It did not say how much it would pay for the LHBD shares.
Lufthansa, which already holds 30 percent of BMI, would have had to take over Bishop's stake for about €400 million under the terms of the original contract, even though BMI is now in a much weakened state after record losses last year of some €114 million.
"With this transaction, Lufthansa is expanding its interest in an airline whose strategic asset is its control of more than eleven per cent of all the take-off and landing slots at London Heathrow, Europe's largest airport," the statement said.


Winterbourne is a large village in South Gloucestershire on the north side of Bristol, neighbouring Winterbourne Down, Hambrook and Frenchay. To the north east are the villages of Frampton Cotterell and Coalpit Heath.
Much of Winterbourne is located on a hill. The village is partially surrounded by woodlands and fields. Winterbourne Viaduct carries the railway over the River Frome. From the Cloisters area there are picturesque views of Frome Valley and the viaduct. Beneath the viaduct is the abandoned Huckford Quarry, a public nature reserve.
In the village there are national banks and a few chain shops, but also an independent bakery and butchers, a post office and a library.
All types of property can be found, from cottages to 1930s semis to modern detached houses in small developments.
Winterbourne is considered a commuter village as there are excellent links between local towns and villages as well as the city (via the A4174 or B4058) and motorways (via the Bristol Ring Road onto the M32/M4). It's about eight miles from the city.
The nearest railway station is about three miles away at Yate or 4.5 miles in the other direction at Bristol Parkway (in Stoke Gifford). There's an extensive bus network.
A choice of all property types from cottages, 1930s semis, modern builds.
Own a property in Winterbourne and want to know what it's worth?


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Revealed: Secret Service Foiled ISIS Assassination Attempt On President Trump
Virginia Kruta Associate Editor
October 14, 2018 9:35 AM ET
Just one year into his term, President Donald Trump was the target of a credible assassination plot attributed to ISIS — but the U.S. Secret Service managed to foil the attempt, according to a report that will air on National Geographic channel on Sunday.
According to Anthony Ornato, the Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protective Division, chatter led his agents to believe that a credible threat was present on the ground when President Trump was scheduled to touch down in Manila, Philippines, for the ASEAN 50 summit in November 2017.
The Daily Beast reports:
"There is credible information that an incident could occur during ASEAN," says Special Agent Gibson, leading the Secret Service's personnel brief in Manila. Pointing to a map of ISIS and ISIS-affiliated threat actors, she adds, "As of this week, the Philippines has escalated to a critical threat level." (Days before the president's visit, ISIS issued a series of threats—via video—that featured a picture of the president filled with bullets, and a message urging jihadists to "lie in wait" and "ambush" POTUS in the Philippines.)
Prior to President Trump's arrival on Air Force One, a PID agent informs Special Agent Gibson that he's come across a credible threat against POTUS—in the form of a tweet reading, "Gonna be in Manila the same time as Trump… I'll take one for the team lads," accompanied by a mugshot of Lee Harvey Oswald. And on his Instagram, they find a photo of the male suspect wielding a copy of the book How to Kill: The Definitive History of the Assassin. The PID agents then track his IP address and discover that the man is indeed located in downtown Manila, kilometers away from the president's hotel, and his social media posts reveal that he is traveling in the direction of the president's hotel. They continue to monitor him.
The situation came to a head when, 20 minutes prior to Air Force One touching down in Manila, Secret Service still did not have the suspect's exact location. Chad Ragan, the Secret Service agent in charge for the trip, demanded answers. "I need an update, NOW!" he said.
A Secret Service Agent works as U.S. President Donald Trump departs in his vehicle from the G7 summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Within minutes, the suspect was tracked to Luneta Park — just a mile from the hotel where President Trump was scheduled to stay — where he was meeting with someone. With the help of the Philippine National Police (FNP), Secret Service agents swept the park and apprehended the suspect. (RELATED: Trump: Five Most Wanted ISIS Leaders Captured)
Special agent Ragan attributes much of the Secret Service's success to technology, saying, "We were able to know that he was moving close to us, where he was, and track him. That was a huge piece of stopping the threat."
But Ragan also noted that their job would be much more difficult without all the help they get from local law enforcement everywhere they go. "That's an essential key to it that can't be understated, is how great these foreign governments are, or even locals," he explained. "If we go to Topeka, Kansas, the local law enforcement is such a help. We get so much support from the host committee, or the host country."
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Q: Ansible - Moving ssh keys between two nodes Here is the problem I'm working on.
I have an ansible server
I have another server M
I have other servers B1, B2, B3... all known by ansible
I have a hosts file such as this
[CTRL]
M

[SLAVES]
B1
B2
B3

I want to generate a ssh key on my master (not ansible itself) and deploy it on my other slave servers to permit the master to connect on the slaves by keys.
Here is what I tried :
- hosts: CTRL
  remote_user: root
  vars_prompt:
   - name: ssh_password
     prompt : Please enter password for ssh key copy on remote nodes
     private: yes
  tasks:
   - yum: name=sshpass state=present
     sudo: yes
   - name: generate ssh key on the controller
     shell : ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa -q -N /dev/null
   - name: copy ssh key to the other nodes
     shell : sshpass -p '{{ ssh_password }}' ssh-copy-id root@'{{ item }}'
     with_items: groups['SLAVES']
     delegate_to: "{{ groups['CTRL'][0] }}"

The key generation works but no matter how I work I have a problem copying the key to the slave hosts
failed: [M -> M] => (item=B1) => {"changed": true, "cmd": "sshpass -p 'mypassword' ssh-copy-id root@'B1'", "delta": "0:00:00.101102", "end": "2016-07-18 11:08:56.985623", "item": "B1", "rc": 6, "start": "2016-07-18 11:08:56.884521", "warnings": []}
failed: [M -> M] => (item=B2) => {"changed": true, "cmd": "sshpass -p 'mypassword' ssh-copy-id root@'B2'", "delta": "0:00:00.101102", "end": "2016-07-18 11:08:56.985623", "item": "B1", "rc": 6, "start": "2016-07-18 11:08:56.884521", "warnings": []}
failed: [M -> M] => (item=B3) => {"changed": true, "cmd": "sshpass -p 'mypassword' ssh-copy-id root@'B3'", "delta": "0:00:00.101102", "end": "2016-07-18 11:08:56.985623", "item": "B1", "rc": 6, "start": "2016-07-18 11:08:56.884521", "warnings": []}

Do you know how I could correct my code or maybe do you have a simplier way to do what I want to do ?
Thank you.

A: This is more neat solution without file fetch:
---
- hosts: M
  tasks:
    - name: generate key pair
      shell: ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa -q -N /dev/null
      args:
        creates: /root/.ssh/id_rsa

    - name: test public key
      shell: ssh-keygen -l -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      changed_when: false

    - name: retrieve public key
      shell: cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      register: master_public_key
      changed_when: false

- hosts: SLAVES
  tasks:
    - name: add master public key to slaves
      authorized_key:
        user: root
        key: "{{ hostvars['M'].master_public_key.stdout }}"

One of possible solutions (my first answer):
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- hosts: M
  tasks:
    - name: generate key pair
      shell: ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f /root/.ssh/id_rsa -q -N /dev/null

    - name: fetch public key
      fetch:
        src: /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
        dest: tmp/
        flat: yes

- hosts: SLAVES
  tasks:
    - name: add master public key to slaves
      authorized_key:
        user: root
        key: "{{ lookup('file', 'tmp/id_rsa.pub') }}"

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Credit Derivatives and a Sabaean Theft of the Oxen of the JPMorgan Jobses: Banking Laws and Legality: Time to Change the Rules of the Game?
The title to this posting applies to a highly informative article by Azam Ahmed at the New York Times on How Boaz Weinstein and Hedge Funds Outsmarted JPMorgan.
The market for credit derivatives has struck a "gambling" bank again.
Whatever the "croupier" regulators in Washington D.C. are doing about gambling with credit derivatives, it does not seem to be working.
Can keeping banks from "gambling" and keeping other "gamblers" from "counting financial cards" be that difficult?!
Or have we none smart enough in government to deal with the people they are supposed to regulate?
Maybe the government should hire some of the people who are MAKING billions to tell them how the system can outsmart those who are busy outsmarting the system. Why are all the top chess players on the private side of the equation?
On the other hand, we are very much in favor of wealth accumulating in the hands of those who understand wealth, and who know what to do with money, so perhaps this is just a battle for the survival of the fittest in financial circles.
But then again, what gain does the average citizen have from this, other than financial ups AND downs. Recessions are adjustments, nothing more.
After all, as a legal matter, all kinds of gambling can be prohibited by law, also financial gambling by banks and funds. Maybe also the government should hedge ITS bets!
But what then would be the cost of prohibition? Would the money all then run off to overseas gambling meccas? Perhaps.
Nevertheless, who says we have to play by traditional rules that always favor those who have deeply studied and best understand the game to be played, in which case the result of the game is determined by those same rules -- as John von Neumann game theory so aptly demonstrated.
It is perhaps time to change the rules and level the playing field -- again.
Pawn to King 5 to open the game!
That might bring things back to "square one".


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Being at the helm of an active self-development blog, I get sent a lot of press releases for the newest goal-setting apps, books that claim to reduce stress, and patented 'self help' techniques to help calm anxiety. It's a 6-week, self-led, self-paced personal development program that help individuals who suffer from anxiety or a stress overload that is preventing you from leading your best life. The first thing that really jumped out to me was how personalized and how custom tailored Mevii felt. Finally, I absolutely fell in love with the 'relax' features which play relaxing audio clips, focusing on breath techniques. I am thrilled that we can go on this journey together and would LOVE to hear your thoughts after you give Mevii a spin!
Whether stress is a passing transition or a full-time player in your life, Mevii feels like a real, actionable and interesting method to bring calm and happiness to the forefront of your life.
After asking a series of really detailed and thought provoking questions about my stress levels and my personal triggers it set me up with a custom 6-Module plan focusing on my behaviors, my thought-processes, my ability to connect and relax as well as a plan for moving forward. An immediate library of thought-provoking video content – based on evidence-based strategies and sound principles of mindfulness, was made available to me. Not only is this a key way to be able to manage my anxiety, but in isolation, was just a pleasant thing to do.
And frankly, because there is so much stuff out there to weed through, that in and of itself can cause stress and anxiety.
So right away, I felt like the program that I was about to embark on was routed in science proven techniques, with the supporting content to really inform me. So when a friend mentioned her great experience with Mevii – a new self-led app really moved the needle for her on her journey to better emotional health, I kind of let it go in one ear and out the other.
It wasn't until a colleague of mine mentioned the exact same app a couple of weeks later that I decided to take a look…and I was very surprised by what I discovered.
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Oops. Ethics board leader forgot to renew his law license
September 16, 2013, 6:55 pm CDT
Lobbyists and public officials who forget to register in New York can be fined by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics for failing to do so.
But a similar omission by attorney Robert S. Cohen, who serves is special counsel and director of ethics and lobbying for the commission, won't result in a penalty, the Associated Press reports.
Cohen, whose law license lapsed in 2012, when he didn't renew his attorney registration, took care of the problem as soon as he became aware of it, the article says.
"The Joint Commission expects every attorney on staff to strictly adhere to their obligations as members of the bar, and when Mr. Cohen was made aware of his registration status he immediately paid his required dues and rectified his oversight," a spokesman told the news agency.
Cohen formerly worked for Kirkland & Ellis in Manhattan.
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See those two white radishes? They were part of my edible garden harvest today!! I hadn't even planned on harvesting them, but this morning, as I was pulling out weeds in my containers and planters, I noticed these white radishes peeking through from the soil. I didn't even know they had grown so big!
I have a few more growing in my planters but they aren't ready for harvesting yet. These two homegrown white radishes will go into our vegetable soup this week! Hurrah!!
Hopefully this is a sign of more exciting surprises in store for the week!
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I haven't written a new post in a while. My original goal was to make sure I had at least one new post a month. Life got overwhelming early this year, and it was all I could do to keep up with the must-do list. Many of my other life goals had to be postponed for a while.
I recently started looking at Reddit posts, mostly for pictures. I expanded my groups to include my fan interests in the Beatles and Star Trek, and then I added some transgender groups.
One night last week, I was flipping through Reddit as I watched TV. The ftm posts were all celebrating a few months on T, the first changes, the new hair on the chin. I chuckled to myself, and said, well, let's show these boys what 22 years looks like. I flippantly took a selfie and calculated my time in grade, as it were.
I have been overwhelmed by the responses to the post.
I really shouldn't be overwhelmed. I remember how alone I felt. The first tenuous steps into an email list was the first contact – and I was already working full time by then. I was on T for a year, in my twenties, before I met another man like me. I know how much one of the younger "Camp Born This Way" kids crowed when he was 6 years old and knew that he was "just like me." I still get chills when I think how life altering that moment must have been.
#RepresentationMatters. We all need to share our humanity. We need to see ourselves in others in such a way that proves that our perception of our most fatal flaws do not doom us to failure and misery – and we all need to recognize that divine spark that exists in each of us, despite our flaws.


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New Year's Eve at Swifty's in 2007. Photo: DPC.
Social Diary• BY: David Patrick Columbia
Wednesday, December 30, 2020. Cold and moonlit here in New York in the middle of the last week in the old year, with no wintry snows in the forecast. Many New Yorkers who can be are away in much warmer, sunnier climes to celebrate the coming New Year.
Today, inspired by yesterday's Palm Beach Social Diary column, we are re-running a Diary written almost five years ago about the former New York restaurant Swifty's which is now a big success in the Colony hotel in Palm Beach. Swifty's was an outgrowth of Mortimer's a very successful Upper East Side restaurant with the social crowd back in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. We decided to run this account since it represents a time in New York not long ago, but now long past when it was part of the center of attraction. All about personality. Or personalities. Hope you enjoy the memory …
Thursday, January 14, 2016. Gale Hayman invited me to join her and Christopher Mason for dinner at Swifty's. It was a perfect spot on a cold winter's night in midweek in New York. It was very busy with a lot of the regulars from the neighborhoods surrounding. I saw Enid Nemy, Jeanne and Herb Siegel, Mark Gilbertson, Aerin Lauderwith Michael Kors and a handsome friend; Tommy Quick, up from PB was dining with Serena Boardman and Todd Meister and friends, Anthony Haden-Guest with Christina Zilkha, and many others whom I either didn't know or didn't see.
Stephen Attoe and Robert Caravaggi at Swifty's in 2007.
It was a extra special night although it may be there were many in the restaurant who did not know, because it was Swifty's last night in business. They closed for good after the last customer left. I cannot tell you why; I do not know. No doubt business had slowed up for them although their catering business was going great guns. Whether or not they're continuing that, I don't know.
Swifty's was opened in 1999 by Robert Caravaggi and Stephen Attoe, both graduates and exponents of the Glenn Bernbaum restaurant business at Mortimer's, the great go-to Upper East Side restaurant of the 1970s and 1980s through the early 90s. When Glenn died at age 76 in 1998, he left his entire estate to an AIDS charity, including the building that housed the restaurant.
DPC and JH at Swifty's, the day after leaving Avenue magazine to start up the NYSD in 2000. The enthusiasm on my face makes me laugh now. That kind of enthusiasm is aided by the naïveté of all new ventures. Hopes and dreams department.
DPC at Swifty's with Wilbur Ross and Laura Codman from a New York Observer article in 2001.
It became a multimillion dollar endowment. It also left those two guys, Caravaggi and Attoe without a restaurant. As it happened, two doors south on Lexington Avenue, between 72nd and 73rd Street was a small vacant space previously occupied by another restaurant – I can't recall its name. Robert and Stephen leased it and with some backers including several of the old Mortimers' regular customers opened a restaurant with a similar menu and atmosphere,. They named it Swifty's.
Mortimer's opening day menu, March 16, 1976. These were the prices of that time.
Swifty's dessert menu cover.
The name – Swifty's – was a celestial reference, in its way, to Mortimer's. Glenn Bernbaum had a pug that was a gift from a friend, and it was named (whether he gave it the name or not, I don't know) Swifty after Irving Lazar a/k/a "Swifty," the Hollywood literary agent who was a frequent customer when he was in town.
Bob Schulenberg's illustration of Swifty's in 2009. At the table next to us, Bob and Barbara Taylor Bradford were entertaining Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers.
Swifty the pug led a restaurateur's life, or rather a restaurant widow's life. He was walked by members of the staff three or four times a day, and he was housed in Glenn's office, across the hall from his apartment on the floor above Mortimer's. He only saw his master when his master went into the office where his accountant worked. Glenn was definitely not a dog person.
Another customer and friend of Glenn's realized that Swifty had no life. This woman had a house in Southampton, and she also had pugs. She suggested to Glenn that he let Swifty's spend the summer by the sea and have some dog friends. Glenn thought that sounded like a good idea, and so it was. When the summer was over, the lady told Glenn the terrible news that the dog had run away! I doubt Glenn was deeply disturbed because he never had a relationship with the dog in the first place. However, I later learned that Swifty, the dog, was fine, living with the lady with the house in Southampton, and well cared for.
Swifty's set for a dinner party.
The front room at Swifty's.
A back room scene at Swifty's.
Another back room scene at Swifty's.
Swifty lived beyond his master's life of course in the location at 73rd Street and Lexington Avenue. And it had a great run as the neighborhood club-like cozy restaurant with the comfort food menu. Last night I had the Ginger Carrot Soup, and then the Swifty's Meatloaf with Haricots Verts and French Fries. The original meatloaf menu came from Mortimer's and was said to be Bill Blass' personal meatloaf recipe. At lunchtime there was the Sunset Salad with Lorenzo Dressing which originated at Quo Vadis, the restaurant owned by Robert's father. I never ordered it but another major favorite on the menu was the Calves' Liver with Sauteed Onions and Smoked Bacon.
The steamed artichoke at Swifty's.
Another luncheon favorite was Swifty's to-die-for cheese souffle.
The restaurant was an overnight sensation. It was half the size of Mortimer's and it had a tiny bar (which is always a negative in a restaurant), and there were two rooms, front and back. Mario Buatta had a hand in the redecorating, creating a classic and cozy brasserie atmosphere.
In the mid-1990s, Liz Smith suggested Swifty's hold a block party/cocktail party fundraiser to the Mayor's Fund in New York. Over the next few years, the Fete de Swifty (so named by our friend Peter Rogers) took over the block of 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues for one night, erected a tent and held a festivity with buffet, bars, music and other diversions. It was very popular and ultimately raised well over a million dollars for the Mayor's Fund.
DPC at the 2008 "Fête de Swifty,"
Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Swifty's was one of the most prominent go-to restaurants on the Upper East Side of New York. It was small, with a total seating of not more than 70, if that, but it was welcoming and neighborly in that people dressed up a bit for the occasion – shirt and tie, suit or dress – or were more relaxed. Many a private dinner or cocktail party was held in the back room which was also the preferred location for many of their regular customers.
Friday night at Swifty's in 2012. Sitting, l. to r.: Jane Powell, Marc Rosen, Arlene Dahl, Anita Jaffe. Standing, l. to r.: Suzanne Mados, David Staller, Simone Levitt, Liliane Montevecchi, Stephen Schaum, Dick Moore, and Donald Stannard.
It even had its own "character" Zagat's rating: "If you don't own a house in the Hamptons", you probably "won't feel at home" at this UES "neighborhood club" where "the elite meet for meatloaf" and other "flatline" American standards; outsiders are exiled…" It was amusing to read although more caricature than reality, for Swifty's was always comfortable for anyone who came in for a table. Robert and the staff were not only polite and accommodating but kind and courteous. During those heydays some of the most famous people in the world came to dine along side the neighbors and whomever stopped in from wherever for a delicious repast.
It had a good run, but it will be missed by many who often had the pleasure of its company.
DPC and Linda Fairstein lunching at Swifty's in 2012.
JH, Betsy Messerschmitt, DPC, Gillian Miniter, Nancy Paduano, and Eleanora Kennedy lunching at Swifty's.
Carolyn Berthet, Bettina Zilkha, Alex Papachristidis, and Anita Sarsidiat a celebratory dinner at Swifty's in 2012 for Alex and his book "The Age of Elegance."
The cozy backroom at Swifty's transformed by David Monn for Alex's dinner party.
The late Arnaud de Borchgrave, Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave, and Patricia Patterson at Swifty's for a book party for Heavenly Order; Twenty-Five Meditations of Wisdom and Harmony. Below: Steve Millington, General Manager of Michael's, Polly Onet and Michael himself looking askance.
Liz Smith with Charles Masson in the back room at Swifty's for a reception for Mr. Masson and several of his paintings.
Susan Burke, Charlotte Ford, and Sydney Shuman.
Alexandra Schlesinger, Sam Peabody, and Mary McFadden.
Ambassador Brenda Johnson and Harry Benson at a cocktail reception for Sir Harry and a small collection of his photographs of the Beatles when they first came to America in February 1964.
Blaine Caravaggi, Serena Cataldo, and Iris Love.
Dominick Dunne with Peter Hong and Shiru Hong and daughter at Swifty's.
The birthday girl's table (Hilary Califano) gets invaded by DPC who is being iphoned by Joanie Howard. L. to r.: Hilary Califano, Derek Limbocker, Joanie Iphone, Jonathan Ingham, and Jeanne Siegel.
Three birthday cebrations in one night at Swifty's!: DPC, Cecily Davis (below, left), and Joan Israel (below, right).
Toasting another DPC birthday celebration at Swifty's.
Birthday celebrations were a common occurrence at Swifty's. Here's Debbie Bancroft celebrating one of hers with Geoffrey Bradfield looking on (She got her wish — whatever it was).
Barbara Carroll celebrating her 90th birthday at Swifty's in 2015.
Ann Rapp, the Birthday Boy (this one was number 68, I think), Robert Caravaggi, and Margo Howard.
The backroom at Swifty's set for Arlene Dahl's birthday dinner in 2008.
Arlene Dahl and her birthday cake with Douglas Rae watching over.
Arlene raises her glass to her husband Marc Rosen with Stephen Schaum, Yanna Avis, and Michael Feinstein.
Geoffrey Thomas and Isabelle Leeds.
Robert Osborne and Liz Smith.
Carole Holmes, Lorenzo Lamas, Arlene Dahl, and Stephen Shaum.
Yanna Avis and Michael Feinstein.
Sharon Sondes, Geoffrey Thomas, and Yanna Avis.
Diahn McGrath and Robert Zimmerman.
Tom McGrath and Donald Tober.
Geoffrey Thomas and Ann Downey.
Liz Smith and Duane Hampton listening and telling at Swifty's.
DPC and JH discuss the holiday luncheon logistics as people get ready to order at Swifty's, 2011. Photo: Annie Watt.
Good night Swifty's.
Guest DiaryDec 31
Bob's in New York. It's 1975. There's family, and weddings, and new ventures and family, all in the artist's memoir.
Social DiaryJan 11
It's the times we are living in; then, and now.
Guest DiaryJan 14
The What-to-Wear girls took a road trip, with Rocky in tow, from New York City to the sunny South. Click through to hop on board.
Social HistoryJan 12
The second and final installment on the life of Josephine Hartford, one of the richest American heiresses of the 20th century, by Charles Burns.
Today we're featuring a couple of short stories about life, love, a doggie, and a bear cub. Touches truth.
HouseJan 15
We revisit John Foreman's history of Eagles' Nest, the Long Island estate of Willie K. Vanderbilt Jr. Plus a 1932 travelogue, "Over the Seven Seas with Mr. & Mrs. Vanderbilt," documenting their 29,000 mile voyage around the world.
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Social DiaryJan 5
A look back at New York at this time of year when it was full steam ahead with some of the characters who played prominent roles in the community.
Palm BeachDec 29
Palm Beach Social Diary. Christine Schott's PB life under the pandemic, including the emergence of Swifty's at the Colony, an interview with owner Robert Caravaggi, a tour of the Colony; Fred Anderson's trunk show at a friend's cabana; and the Love Foundation's National Adoption Day.
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It's that time of the year again; Christmas cards and letters, season's greetings to all.
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Exit 13 Goes Bonkers
Posted in News with tags exit 13, Friday the 13th Massacre, mt. morris, SIN, wyandotte jaycees on January 17, 2017 by bluefall8
Last Friday, Exit 13 opened its doors for a little event known as Friday the 13th Massacre. But this was no ordinary night — well, there aren't really ordinary nights at Exit 13. Suffice it to say, this production by the Monsters of Mt. Morris was extra special. You see, once the clock rolled past 10:30pm, patrons were made to sign a waiver upon entrance and every pair of wrists were fitted with restraints.
I made this journey with members of my Jaycees family, all of whom were involved with SIN Haunted House last fall. Anticipation was high and the bladder of more than one haunter in our group was fit to burst. Oh, not mine of course. But there were those in the group who had to make an extra pit stop before we were granted access to the haunted halls of Exit 13. What's that? You want names? No, I can't do that. Not without being bribed anyway.
Once inside we experienced an outlandish landscape at a breakneck pace that left each of us covered in goop, theatrical blood and one supremely foul-smelling scent. There were actors around every corner who engaged us with enthusiasm, sarcasm and flat out abuse. It was wild and unpredictable, like the haunted house version of a choose-your-own-adventure book. Groups were broken up, folks were snatched up, heads were bagged.
Exit 13 has engaged in some interesting experiments over the course of several haunt seasons and in the process has become one of the best haunted attractions in the entire state. I suspect the tinkering has only just begun. A full review of this most raucous affair will be penned in the coming weeks.
Weird October
Posted in Preludes and Nocturnes with tags Awaken, Bates Haunted Saw Mill, bloodview, Bridgeport, broadview heights, cincinnati, Clio, Clio Manor, exit 13, flat rock, Haunted Elementary, Holly, hush, jackson, jackson's underworld, land of illusion, Leslie, Mason, michigan, Middletown, Millington, mt. morris, Nightmare Manor, ohio, psycho path, Rotten Manor, Shawhaven Haunted Farm, SIN, south rockwood, The Dent Schoolhouse, westland, woods of darkness, wyandotte on November 3, 2016 by bluefall8
It's been several years since I visited so few haunted attractions during the month of October. The season started normal enough on Saturday, October 1 with a trio of stops at Shawhaven Haunted Farm, Awaken and Jackson's Underworld. A pair of weeknight outings organized by the Michigan Haunters Association then brought me to Rotten Manor on Tuesday, October 11 and then Clio Manor and Exit 13 the following night.
Due to my budding love affair with SIN, an already streamlined haunt schedule was blown to bits by the second week of October. A return to the beloved Bloodview was dashed along with would-be maiden voyages to Haunted Elementary and Bates Haunted Saw Mill. Psycho Path was shutdown by the City of Flat Rock over safety concerns and was relegated to hosting a hayride — that put a serious damper on a night that included other nearby haunts, Woods of Darkness and Hush.
But perhaps it was all written in the stars, 2016 was a season of change. I found a second family at SIN and while I'm disappointed I didn't get to visit a bunch of new and exciting places this fall, I don't regret my decision to commit to SIN. It was a blast and I'll cherish the memories.
The lack of trips did leave me hankering for some post Halloween fun and lo and behold an opportunity presented itself. Tomorrow night we'll drive to Cincinnati for an overnight trip headlined by The Dent Schoolhouse where a most intriguing and timely event is set to take place — Lights Out: Clown Edition. If time permits we'll then make a break for Middletown, home to Nightmare Manor and Land of Illusion Haunted Scream Park.
Of Health & Havoc
Posted in SIN Chronicles with tags Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dr. Giggles, SIN, SIN Chronicles, Vermin, wyandotte, wyandotte jaycees on October 28, 2016 by bluefall8
I was feeling under the weather when I arrived and didn't plan to stay for the entire duration of the night. There was a gauntlet to be run over the next five nights and I had no desire to push myself to the limit on a Thursday and leave the tank empty for the homestretch of haunting that included Devil's Night and Halloween. I hung around until quarter to nine and then bowed out for the night, but before I departed I was a part of a couple of memorable moments.
I must say that I've been mightily impressed with Danielle's evolution during this haunt season. She's been forced to wear a lot of different hats behind the scenes at SIN and that has made it difficult at times for her to go full throttle with her signature character, Dr. Giggles. But not on this night. Dr. Giggles was a mason jar of piss and vinegar. She stalked the front of the house with a renewed menace and brandished that machete like a professional hit man. The good doctor even held sinister conversations with a pumpkin of all things. I thought it was a nice, new wrinkle for the character.
Some time not long before I departed things took a wild, unexpected turn in the stomping grounds referred to only as haunt zero. Dr. Giggles cracked her machete against one of the metal poles that served as a barrier for the line, a moment later she knocked that pole to the floor. With demons of his own to exercise, Vermin turned and booted a second to the floor. Suddenly, the scene transformed into a high stakes tag team match; it was the penultimate moment. The gold was within our grasp and we knew it! We clawed down deep in search of that finishing maneuver — posts, ropes and buckets clattered to the floor as we kicked and swatted our way to a championship.
When the chaos had ended, haunt zero resembled the aftermath of a smash and grab at a jewelry store. The following morning another member of the haunted house crew shared a Creature from the Black Lagoon montage that had been edited for comic effect which summarily nailed the regard Dr. Giggles and Vermin held for haunt zero on this night.
Cinnamon & Sloth
Posted in SIN Chronicles with tags SIN, SIN Chronicles, Vermin, wyandotte, wyandotte jaycees on October 25, 2016 by bluefall8
I entered SIN roughly a half an hour after open and changed into costume — Vermin's trademark flannel and tattered jeans. Once at the front of the house I found that there were no customers so I worked my way through the maze and discovered that a core of regulars were absent for the evening. It bummed me out that many of my favorite people weren't there but I believe in making the best of things so that's what I set out to do.
It ended up being a slow, mostly uneventful night but one group comprised of local high school football players afforded Vermin an opportunity to bare his teeth. There were four of them but one refused to exit the back seat of a car and for that he was ridiculed. The other three entered the building, purchased tickets and entered haunt zero. The players attended Roosevelt which is the high school in Wyandotte for you non-locals, each sported hoodies or other paraphernalia that identified them as members of the varsity squad.
I had already heard that the football team had lost to Woodhaven on Friday night, but those boys didn't know that — not yet anyway. I built them up for a minute, lured them in and then smacked them hard with an insult over the recent loss. I saw disappointment and, dare I say, shame in their eyes. It was a thing of beauty and it amused me greatly. If there's one thing on this planet for which I have absolutely zero interest or need it is high school football.
The players entered the attraction but we would cross paths once more when fate intervened — in the form of a bathroom break of all things. I was needed to cover for the actor in the Bundy room so I decided to whip up something special for the student-athletes. I tapped into Vermin's well of the anger and instructed one of the boys to sit in a chair while I delivered a haunting monologue about loss and regret. I told him to remember the moment and to recall it in a time of regret. I told him to understand it as truth and urged him to appreciate the gravity of regret. As the trio departed, the one would had sat in the chair stopped and said, "That's actually really good advice."
He was right, it was good advice. The kind of advice that only one who has known regret can deliver. I like to think that some day he'll think back on that moment and be supremely weirded out.
Revelers & Mischief Makers
Posted in SIN Chronicles with tags Adam the Clown, Charles Manson, Ed Gein, H.H. Holmes, Jack the Ripper, SIN, SIN Chronicles, Trunk r' Treat, Vermin, wyandotte, wyandotte jaycees on October 24, 2016 by bluefall8
I arrived at the house at 5pm — two full hours before the doors were set to open, but I needed to use that time wisely. My good friend, John, and I had planned to wire the house with five security cameras so that I could capture some video of the cast in action for use in the documentary about SIN. I stood in the parking lot and chatted with Grace while I waited for John to arrive.
CLOWN LIVES MATTER
John did arrive shortly but not before an unexpected arrival. A slim dude in full clown regalia walked purposely toward Grace and I. He had bright blue hair and a billy goat beard. In his right hand he clutched a piece of paper and in his left was a yellow, rubber chicken. How could this not be interesting? I have no fear of clowns. Nope, not even with the recent spat of clown related strangeness that has taken place across the country. I actually find the clown archetype a fascinating character study. What does creep me out, you ask? Dolls, man. Dolls are unnatural, evil little posers possessed by the worst kind of malice. Fuck those guys.
But back to the clown. Grace and I stared silently at the approaching stranger who stopped at a distance just outside of my personal bubble and asked for the person in charge. Hey, at least this clown was direct. Having just arrived myself, I wasn't sure who was even inside the house yet. The clown expressed an interest in working at the haunted house and it turned out that the piece of paper that he held to his heart was the waiver form required to work at the Jaycees Haunted House. Unsure who to direct him too and somewhat bemused by the whole encounter I asked, "You got a name, clown?"
It turned out that he did have a name. It was Adam. The clown's name was Adam.
John had arrived with the hardware so he, Grace and I made our way inside the haunted house with a clown named Adam in tow. After a bit of searching, I located Danielle inside of the ticket booth and explained the impromptu meeting with Adam the Clown. She looked at me skeptically, even incredulously, and said, "Are you serious?" I was serious and so was Adam the Clown. He did have his form filled out after all. The initial weirdness faded and Adam was welcomed into the fold as the latest edition to the SIN family; he worked the clown hall and proved an enthusiastic, competent scareactor.
ADVENTURES IN VOYEURISM
With Clowngate in the rear view mirror, John and I set about the task of installing a series of security cameras throughout SIN — a process that was expedited by the aforementioned Danielle. Thanks, Danny! It required the better part of an hour to install all of the cameras but when we were done John was stationed in the back of the building with a live feed of all of the activity in the following rooms: Ripper, Clown Hall, Manson, Holmes and Gein. John just finished converting all of the video to a user-friendly format so I haven't yet screened any of it but he did report the existence of quality reactions, most notably from inside the H.H. Holmes room. Way to be, Gracie!
The cameras did cause a few hiccups through the night but nothing that caused too much of a headache. The one stationed above the clown hall lost power which was an easy, quick fix. More challenging was the camera inside Ripper's White Chapel District that had some how come loose from the mount and was found dangling by a cable. That required a fair amount of attention as I crawled about the floor in an attempt to locate the screw that secured the camera to the mount. I found it and dropped it three times; much profanity ensued.
A couple of times I had to retreat to the space connecting Ripper and Borden because groups were coming through the attraction. I considered exiting to the back of the house through Borden but then realized I was still holding the drill I was attempting to fix the camera with, so I decided to improvise and use the power tool to my advantage. When patrons exited Ripper I muttered gibberish, tugged at my hair and brandished the drill in a threatening manner. It did the trick until I was able to fix that troublesome camera.
COME ALL YE CHILDREN
Every third Friday of the month, downtown Wyandotte is host to a special event and on this day a parade of costumed revelers descended onto Biddle for trunk r' treat. On the plus side, the occasion provided us a built-in audience albeit one that skewed considerably younger than the usual target audience for a haunted attraction. However, in order to safely organize the event, Biddle Avenue had been blocked off at Eureka and Oak. Naturally, this would strangle off any exposure SIN would ordinarily get from passing vehicles. In the end it was a fairly steady night and the trade off may very well have been a wash.
DRUNKEN SHENANIGANS
The night concluded with a visit from a lively group whose members ranged from buzzed to severely intoxicated. One fellow seemed friendly enough but he was hammered and as Mr. Sea Legs was already bumping chests with Dr. Giggles, I thought he might prove an issue so I immediately confronted him. He slurred that his name was Chris. It was his birthday. He was from Lincoln Park. "Well, hello Ch-ch-ch-ch-chris," I mocked. His friends howled with laughter as a couple of them propped him up. I insulted his drunken state and his hometown (which is actually my hometown for those interested).
As nicely as I could and while still in character I told Chris that his intoxicated state made his behavior suspect and that I wouldn't tolerate any mistreatment of my brothers and sisters. He didn't seem like a bad guy, he was just drunk as all hell. I followed the group through the entire house, lurking in the shadows. Chris popped a squat in a few rooms and did agitate a few workers but he never harmed any one or got out of control. He eventually gathered his wits and staggered to the next room until his spaghetti legs carried him out of SIN.
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Monday, October 17, 2016 marked the end of the Michigan Haunters Association Haunt Swap and it was time for SIN to play host. All in all it wasn't a bad showing as groups from Clio Manor, Exit 13, Hush, The Realm of Darkness, Rotten Manor and The Scream Machine each paid us a visit.
It was certainly a different vibe than an ordinary night of operation, after all haunters are a different breed. A couple of visitors even opted to remain in character just as they had been presented at their respective events; some balanced that approach better than others and it was a bit tricky finding the right chord with those individuals.
The folks from The Scream Machine had the largest contingent are were my favorite group with which to interact. They went back and forth with Vermin on all matters taboo and delighted in an exchange of sexual innuendo. Three young ladies even presented Vermin with snipped lockets of hair — what a sexy treat that was!
Jaycee alum, Blue-eyed Clyde made an appearance and had his prized head tossed around.
Beasts & Bastards
So, what's your pleasure? Be it beast or bastard? I'd like to start with the latter, so let's discuss difficult, no-fun customers.
WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?
It's a fair question and maybe it has a lot of answers but as an actor at a haunted attraction I'm sometimes baffled by the attitudes of some people. I think some individuals simply take themselves too seriously or want to be combative and others still are just trashy, insecure people who create drama just so they have a story to tell. These people are boorish and ignorant and they're not worth your time or effort.
The vast majority of my experiences at SIN this Halloween season have been positive, but a few unpleasant and odd exchanges do standout. As Vermin, I introduce myself to a lot of people and subsequently offer a handshake. Most people get a kick out of it — maybe it's the funny name or maybe it's the slightly ominous greeting or innuendo that accompanies the introduction. Whatever it is, it's generally met with some form of enjoyment.
One Saturday, I was talking to a pair of young guys who probed Vermin with some curious questions — they seemed to dig the character and wanted to know more about him. There was a woman of about the same age beside them so I included her in the conversation and offered her my hand. She seemed skeptical which is fine, she's not alone. Lots of people have refused the handshake and I have responses prepared for just such an occasion.
No big deal, it's all in good fun. Except in this particular instance, a woman with an entirely different group turned and said, "This isn't the 80's. You don't shake a woman's hand. You shake a man's hand." Uhh…what? She looked genuinely affronted. Maybe she was drunk. Maybe she holds some very strict guidelines on inter-gender social interaction that applied only to the 1980's. She then invited the girl to stand with her group as if my handshake posed some serious threat that only she and her unmatched haughtiness could neutralize. The two young guys looked at me apologetically and added that they didn't know this school marm of 80's etiquette. I didn't dwell on it because I do not suffer fools.
The most frequent negative experience comes from young males that range from late teens to mid-twenties. The tough guy posturing that comes from this crowd is insufferable and I always find it amusing that the worst offenders aren't exactly in peak physical condition. More often than not they're either scrawny and dressed in oversized clothes or short and porky with bowl haircuts. It's as if they possess zero knowledge of a haunted house and cannot fathom why a weird character is trying to creep them out. In some instances I've even overheard other members of their group tell them to calm down or chill out. I don't understand where these people come from or why they exist.
I don't make a point to interact with these people much because they aren't interested in having any fun and I'm not impressed with their baggage or undeserved sense of self-worth. It's nauseating. It all comes back to body language and verbal feedback. I'm here to have fun and entertain people just as the guest is there to have fun and be entertained. If you can't open yourself up to that then I've got nothing for you.
TEN FEET TALL AND BULLETPROOF
Interestingly, but probably not surprising to anyone who took high school psychology, truly intimidating and physically imposing guests do not typically exude combative or aggressive behavior. I love to engage these people and then pick on them in front of their friends, dates and spouses. Think about it. Guys who approach or exceed six and a half feet tall are used to being deferred to and it's probably been that way for them ever since they hit that crazy growth spurt in middle or high school. They're big and people just assume not mess with them.
One night there was a run of giants in the house and about three of these monsters were in haunt zero simultaneously. One by one these oddities traipsed in like a freak show on HGH. Vermin dashed to confront them and immediately issued comical insults which their respective groups enjoyed. I don't imagine they see these people approached so forcefully or spoken to so bluntly very often. I like to speculate on their abnormal size and usually label them Bigfoot, Sasquatch or otherwise refer to them as some sports figure who was freakishly tall like Manute Bol. Google it, kids.
So, there I was in haunt zero with a packed room that already featured two walking anomalies when a true mountain of a man lumbered into the room and dwarfed even them. He was 6'6″ and had to weigh 400 lbs. or more. He was, as we say in the common parlance, ginormous. He also smelled like he had just smoked a blunt but that is neither here nor there. I stared up at him and hurled some barbs his way. He said his name was Antoine and he probably could've crushed me with relative ease, but Vermin is not concerned with such pedestrian matters. Antoine seemed a jovial fellow and contentedly high so I poked and prodded his stunning stature and he took it all in stride.
I suppose the point of all of this is to instruct haunted house actors to be fearless in the face of odd, imposing and intimidating people. Get creative with your interaction and mess with expectations; don't fall into the trap of always preying on the weak link of the group. I think you'll find that it becomes more enjoyable for you as a performer as well. I know that's been true in my experience.
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Po Chien Chen
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Taiwan/Canada, 2019, 2 min
Crew: Producers: – Screenwriters: Chen, Po Chien – Music: Yong Eun Kim – Sound Design: WinSound Studio – Foley: Lin, Hsiao Chin, Lin, Szu Yu – Dubbing Mixer: Lin, Hsiao Chin
Email: chenpo1030@gmail.com
Web: www.artstation.com/artwork/A96Ykq
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With traditional painting experience over 15 years, Po Chien Chen is a computer animation artist making animated films with focus on our environment and human goodness. Po Chien is currently studying Digital Creature Animation at Sheridan College in Canada, focusing on surfacing, lighting and rigging. Po Chien's recent film, Selfish (2019), which talks about the marine debris issue, has been exhibited around the world and selected in several film festivals, such as Siggraph Asia 2019, London International Film Festival (LIAF), Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF), Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), Film Miami Fest, International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece), Taiwan International Student Design Competition and Oakville Film Festival.
Filmmaker's Note
Two years ago, an experience on a small island in Taiwan changed my life. It was the closest I'd lived to the sea, being only a 10 minute drive away. Everyone can enjoy the beach with its white sand and turquoise ocean. At the time, I went snorkeling almost every week. Seeing such alluring tropical fish and coral reefs still lingers in my mind. However, I also cannot forget the scenes of tons of human waste lying around the shore as if it was a part of nature. It makes me introspect: the ocean brings me happiness that I have never had in my life, but what I can contribute to our environment? The film is about now human beings are consuming delicious seafood, but sea animals are suffering from the trash we make — not only do we eat them but also make their living environment poisonous and miserable. As a person who grew up in a big city, this is common sense to me: under no circumstances would I change my lifestyle, or directly pay more attention and concern to the environment, if I hadn't witnessed the despicable garbage in person. In my opinion, it is necessary yet impossible for everyone to go see the pollution in the ocean; however, people love watching films, and films are an efficient way to express issues, and evoke people's goodness. Nowadays, our planet is suffering from the waste we've made. Countless animals ingest plastic pieces; the garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean, which may contain heavy metal and chemical components, is already three times the size of France. Moreover, the karma is here — research has found microplastics in our daily seafood, human body and stool. Nobody wants it, but only our actions can make a difference.
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