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Reavers (Earth-616)/Members
Mutants (Homo superior)
Nunzio DeFilippis/Creator
Christina Weir/Creator
Mark Robinson/Creator
Single Characters
Weight 140-159 lbs (63.5-72.57 kg)
Gold Skin
Krakoans
Geneticists
Joshua Foley (Earth-616)/Quotes
Power Grid/Intelligence/Gifted
Power Grid/Strength/Normal
Power Grid/Durability/Normal
Power Grid/Energy Projection/On Contact
Power Grid/Fighting Skills/Some Training
Post-M-Day Mutants (The 198)
Power Bestowal
Biological Manipulation
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Secondary Mutations
General Threats
Artificially Enhanced Intelligence
Moonstar Family
Orange-Flagged
Post-Secret Wars Mutants
Death Touch
Self-Resurrection
Joshua Foley (Earth-616)
Joshua 'Josh' Foley
Black Bishop,[1] Golden Boy[2]
Hellfire Club, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Utopians, X-Men (New Charles Xavier School member), X-Men, X-Force, New X-Men, New Mutants Squad, Xavier Institute student body, Reavers
Howard Foley (estranged father);
Grace Foley (estranged mother);
two unnamed older brothers (estranged);
Dani Moonstar (legal guardian)
5′9″ (1.75 m)
157 lbs (71.21 kg)
His skin moves from black to gold, according to the function of his powers use. It sometimes stays "regular-toned".
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York
American, Krakoan
Adventurer; former geneticist, student
Some high school and telepathically acquired PhD level human anatomy, physiology, and biology
Krakoa, Pacific Ocean
Asteroid M, Earth Orbit, Xorn's Temple, Tibet, China; New Charles Xavier School, Alberta, Canada; Utopia, San Francisco Bay, California; Graymalkin Industries, Marin Highlands, California; Angel's Aerie, Rocky Mountains, Colorado; Xavier Institute, Salem Center, North Salem, Westchester County, New York
Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Mark Robinson
New Mutants (Vol. 2) #5
Life. Death. Taking it, giving it. I give life. I take it. With everything my powers can do... Really Miss Pryde... What can't I do?
—Elixir[src]
1.1 Origin & Reavers
1.2 Xavier Institute
1.3 New Mutants Squad
1.4 Decimation
1.5 Quest for Magik
1.6 X-Force
1.7 Necrosha
1.8 Death of Wolverine
1.9 Utopians
1.10 Death and Resurrection
1.11 Hellfire Club
1.12 House of X
Origin & Reavers
Josh Foley joined the Reavers, an anti-mutant group led by Donald Pierce, at the behest of his then best friend, Duncan. When Cerebra detected a mutant in the area, Dani Moonstar and Karma were sent to investigate. Meanwhile, the Reavers engaged a group of students from Xavier's in a fight, and Josh discovered he was a healer by healing one of his fellow Reavers. By knocking him out, he was able to hide this for a short time until he felt compelled to heal the mortally-injured Laurie Collins. Laurie developed a crush on him as a result. When the Reavers discovered Josh was a mutant with healing powers, they rejected him and retreated. Angrily rejecting Moonstar's offer to go to the X-Mansion, he went home, to find his fellow Reavers waiting for him, where they delivered a severe beating. When his parents discovered he was a mutant, they disowned him.[3]
Mr. & Mrs. Foley signing over Josh's guardianship
Xavier Institute
With nowhere else to go, Josh reluctantly went to the Xavier Institute. He was paired with David Alleyne as a roommate; a situation that neither of them initially found appealing. Josh sent a letter home which only caused his parents to make their disowning of him formal, handing his legal guardianship to the school (or more specifically to Moonstar).[4] Initially, Josh became friends with Julian Keller, Santo Vaccarro, Cessily Kincaid, and Victor Borkowski; however, after discovering Josh's history with the Reavers, they rejected him too, and the New Mutants intervened to save him.[5]
Shortly after this, a depowered Rahne Sinclair visited the X-Mansion. Having only heard about her timid early days, Josh was instantly smitten by the new "wild child" Rahne much to Laurie's dismay, just as she was plucking up the courage to ask him out.[6] After Rahne was rejected for a teaching post due to immaturity, Josh sneaked out of the X-Mansion at night to a bar where she was playing pool. Over the course of a conversation, he rationalized that her new attitude was a way of letting out instincts she had previously been able to blame on "the wolf." Eventually, as they were returning to the mansion, she realized that she did want "the wolf" back, contrary to her previous declarations. As they kissed, he healed away the effects of the weapon that had depowered her, but she lost control as this happened, slashing him open and howling to the moon. Laurie, looking for Josh, came across this scene and (for the first time) managed to control her power to scare Rahne away. But she couldn't return the favor from before to heal the mortally-wounded Josh.[7]
Elixir as part of the New Mutants Squad
As he was rushed to the mansion's infirmary, they put him on an analgesic I.V. drip. Without the presence of Angel, the X-Men's other healer, there was little hope. Prodigy, however, realized that he could heal himself if only he was awake, and Surge could wake him up with a small jolt. Reluctantly, Beast went along with this, disconnecting his drip. Surge woke him up, and Laurie kept him calm long enough to for him to heal his wounds. There was one side-effect though which shocked Elixir: golden skin. This was possibly due to Elixir activating a Secondary Mutation in himself. Dani theorized that Elixir had turned his skin because he wanted to be the "golden boy".[8]
New Mutants Squad
Following the mansion's destruction and reconstruction, Cyclops and Emma Frost decided to organize the older students into six-member training squads. Josh was put on Dani's New Mutants Squad and was given the codename Elixir.[9]
When Wind Dancer failed on her first Field Day as leader, Laurie found her crying in their room after some harsh criticism from Josh. Laurie offered to speak to Josh. Trying to pluck up the courage to talk to him, she came across him just after he'd been turned down by Rahne again, who felt a relationship with him was inappropriate now that she was on the faculty. After Laurie mentioned the "Sofia thing", he suggested they get some dinner in town together. This date made both Rahne and Kevin Ford (who still had a crush on Laurie) very unhappy. Going to a video arcade, she confessed to Josh about what her father was like, how she didn't want to be like him, and that that was why she "avoided everybody."[10]
Halfway through their date they were interrupted by Rahne, who brought them back to the Institute because Agent Pierce and the FBI had caught up with Kevin in relation to his accidental killing of his father.[10]
Soon Icarus found the New Mutants Squad and told them the Hellions and Wind Dancer had gone to break Kevin out. The New Mutants and Icarus fought with the Hellions to try to stop them from taking on the FBI until the X-Men, alerted by Rahne, turned up and took them all back to the Institute. The charges against Kevin were dismissed, and Kevin swapped squads with Icarus.[11]
Elixir became renowned as the in-house healer. He was able to heal Wing's injuries from a fall orchestrated by Ord. However, Josh was unable to undo the effects of the "Hope Cure" at that time.[12]
Josh continued to pursue Rahne despite casually dating Laurie. Eventually Rahne decided to break things off with Josh permanently, but unbeknownst to either of them, Kevin overheard their entire conversation. Eventually, Kevin used the information to break Josh and Laurie up. Laurie was left embittered by the experience, going so far as to use her pheromones to manipulate Prodigy into kissing her at the dance in a successful attempt to make Josh jealous. This event might have gone unnoticed, but for Sofia realizing what was happening, and the event added to the fast disintegration of the squad.[13]
Elixir and Wallflower
One day, the Blob attacked the school. He busted open the front gate, which landed on Laurie's mother Gail, who was visiting her daughter. Gail was hurt and Laurie, in her terror, asked Josh to heal her mother as she attempted to make the Blob sleep.[14]
Thereafter, Wind Dancer pushed all the New Mutants into a camp out for one night on the Xavier Institute grounds. The initial attempt came to disaster: a fist-fight between Josh and David led Laurie to confess to Josh what had happened at the dance. Later that night, the New Mutants overheard Elixir pouring his heart out to Icarus, which led Laurie to forgive Josh, Josh to apologize to David for his behavior at the dance, and David to apologize for rejecting him.[15]
As the new school year began, the Danger Room became sentient and killed off the senior members of the X-Men in "her" attempt to find and destroy her "father," Charles Xavier. The senior members were not dead for long, however, as Josh was able to bring them all back from the brink of death. He was visibly exhausted by his efforts.[16]
On M-Day the vast majority of the world's mutant population was depowered. Elixir was one of only twenty-seven students to retain their powers. Emma Frost, fearing their safety, ordered that the depowered students and staff leave the Institute. Josh's guardian Moonstar, now depowered, was among those forced to leave. For their safety, the depowered students were brought through the Morlock tunnels to an awaiting bus. Unfortunately, the bus of depowered students was bombed by anti-mutant zealot Reverend William Stryker, killing forty-two of the former students on board.[17]
Josh trying to save DJ
The remaining students were placed by Emma Frost into an all-out brawl, and the ones deemed the best by Emma would become a group of New X-Men in-training. Josh made the team, and began training to become an X-Man.[18]
Meanwhile, Stryker consulted his "vision," and decided the "Omega threat" will be next, while holding a picture of Josh and Laurie.[17]
During one of their first training sessions, the New X-Men sparred with Colossus. Caught up in his emotions over the students killed as a result of Stryker's bus attack, Josh hit the powered-down Colossus over the head with a metal beam. Furious with his action, Emma kicked him off the team temporarily.
Laurie and Josh promptly had an argument about Josh's place on the New X-Men. Laurie explained that Emma was all wrong, that the team was merely about "violence and fighting," whereas Elixir could do a "beautiful thing." However, Josh told Laurie when he tried to heal DJ, "I could feel him dying...his life bleeding out of him," and that "when he died, he took a piece of me with him, a piece of me died, too." At that moment, Laurie was killed by a gunshot, fired by Matthew Risman, an agent of Stryker.[19]
Laurie's body and a distraught Josh were found by several of the X-Men and students. When Wolverine tried to restrain Josh from Laurie's body, his mutant power manifested and caused painful boils or blisters to appear on Wolverine's hands and wrists.[20]
Elixir's new black skin after the death of Stryker
When Stryker began his attack on the institute Josh sat unresponsive in the infirmary. However, Josh came to his senses, and enraged over the death of Laurie and the other students, killed Stryker by using his powers to cause massive swellings and organ failure. This action had the unforeseen result of turning his golden skin black, and Josh fell into a catatonic state.[21]
When X-23 was mortally wounded and unable to heal during the final battle with Nimrod, Hellion rushed her back to the Institute. Julian gave a motivational speech, and got Josh to move beyond the past. He successfully healed Laura, his skin returning to its gold color, although some black parts remained.[22]
Since waking from Laurie's death, Elixir took a more peaceful approach to life. He began to wear only white clothing, and, when not studying, was often lost in thought and introspection.[23] Following those events, Elixir was orange-flagged by the O*N*E.[24]
Elixir brooding in the dark
Quest for Magik
Shortly before the other students were teleported to Limbo, the Stepford Cuckoos helped Elixir learn advanced human anatomy, physiology, and biology by telepathically copying information from Beast's mind into his own. This allowed him to use his power with exponentially greater precision, allowing him to regrow Prodigy's heart from nothing after it was torn out by Belasco. This proved a severe strain to Elixir however and he fell unconscious for a few moments. Later he regained consciousness and was able to use his "black abilities" to attack Belasco; however the demonic master of Limbo proved more resilient than humans and quickly recovered from the attack before being killed by Magik.
When Mercury asked Elixir about his age, he sat alone in the dark and told her instead about feeling his cells aging and dying, freaking her out. When Surge interviewed him about what happened to David in Limbo, he told her nothing happened. Still later when Kitty Pryde tried to have a student/teacher conference, he still sat alone in the dark. When she asked him what he was doing, he told her he was thinking about life and death and how he could give it and take it. "With everything my powers can do...Really Miss Pryde...What can't I do?" This scared Kitty greatly, who suggested to the other teachers that, without proper guidance, they may be raising the next Magneto in Josh.
Later, Loa sought out Elixir. She went to his room and flat out asked him if he wanted to make out. Elixir replied with "um, sure?".[25] Elixir and Loa then began dating.[26]
After the first mutant birth since M-Day, some of the New X-Men decided to launch a preemptive strike against the Purifiers. Elixir sat out the fight for fear that he may lose control and massacre the Purifiers in retaliation for Laurie's murder. He did however offer his help as a healer if the students needed him. When the Sentinels attacked the mansion, Elixir and some of the students left behind were knocked unconscious.
After recovering from the Sentinel attack, Elixir was brought to Angel's Aerie to cure Wolfsbane after she was given a deliberate heroin overdose by the Purifiers. Upon healing Rahne, she attacked Josh before moving on to her real target, Angel, tearing out his wings and delivering them to Reverend Craig. Elixir healed Angel's wounds, but his attempts to regrow his wings were thwarted by the discovery that Warren's wings were never really organic and that he still carried the Apocalypse techno-organic strain.[27]
Due to Elixir being a "problem" to X-Force, X-23 contacted the Stepford Cuckoos to help Rahne and erase Elixir's memories of the team, by Josh's request. However, before his memories could be erased, X-Force was interrupted and sent on a mission. Elixir joined X-Force and received a dark-colored uniform.[26] He helped his new team capture Vanisher and reluctantly gave him an inoperable brain tumor.[28] While X-Force tried to retrieve a vial of the Legacy Virus, Elixir abstained from the battle with the Marauders' clones. He instead hid with Vanisher, and told him that he should join the fight and help his teammates. Elixir later kept X-23 from killing herself after she became infected with the Legacy Virus and helped her get rid of it.[29]
Elixir, along with the rest of X-Force, was transported to the future by Cyclops in order to bring Cable and the Messiah child back to the present. Once they arrived there Elixir became hysterical over being unable to save his friends from the Leper Queen.[30]
During their stay in the future, Elixir confronted Stryfe and along with the help of Wolverine and Warpath, managed to infect him with cancer. However, Stryfe telepathically forced Elixir to heal him, undoing most of the damage. After the battle with Stryfe, he and the rest of X-Force were pulled back to the present. He, Wolverine, and Archangel hurried to the U.N. in order to save Surge and Hellion. Elixir cured both of his friends, but as a result of healing them combined with the exertion of time travel, Elixir fell into a comatose state.[31]
Elixir turns black while killing Wither
Necrosha
Elixir was transferred to Utopia Sick Bay under the care of Dr. Nemesis. There he was revived by the Norse goddess of death Hela upon Hrimhari's request, so that he could save Wolfsbane and their unborn child. Elixir was able to save her by transferring some of her baby's power to strengthen Wolfsbane's body (to undefined limits) to endure the Asgardian embryo growing inside her.[32][33]
After being reunited with his team, X-Force headed to Genosha to take out Selene and her Inner Circle.[34] On Genosha, Elixir faced off against Wither in a fight to the death. Wither exclaimed he would kill Josh for failing to protect Laurie, that only Kevin himself could have saved her, and he was the only one to love her. Elixir shifted to his black form, told Kevin he always loved Laurie, and then reversed Wither's effects, turning Kevin to dust.
Elixir quit the X-Force team, citing difficulty in shifting out of his black form.[35] He opted to stay on Genosha, healing and burying the corpses left by Selene and her Inner Circle, but discovered he couldn't heal anymore.[36][37]
Death of Wolverine
In the aftermath of the death of Wolverine, Elixir was captured by the same individuals that had captured X-23, Sabretooth, Daken, Lady Deathstrike, and Mystique. As he was still stuck in his black form, he was unable to rouse Mystique after Sharp knocked her unconscious with the trigger words, however this proved to be unnecessary as Mystique had already recovered and was just feigning unconsciousness. When Siphon attacked the group shortly after, Elixir tried to use his killing powers to stop him, however these had no effect and Josh was quickly overwhelmed. Laura insisted that they needed to help, but Creed refused and demanded Sharp release them. Sharp, his team, and the captives then scattered to escape.[38]
Some time later, Elixir formed part of the Utopians, a group of mutants inhabiting the ruins of the island.[39]
The X-Men were reached out by S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate the island after a recon team went missing. The X-Men teleported to the island, and initially engaged the Utopians. After talking it out and discovering the Utopians wanted nothing but to be safe and undisturbed, the X-Men offered them a place at the New Charles Xavier School, which they gladly accepted.[40]
Several months later, Joshua was welcomed to a church, where he worked as a helper in order to figure out who he was. When the Dark Riders began a crusade against mutant healers, Magneto's X-Men pinpointed him as a high-risk potential target and tried to convince him to leave with them. Before they could finish talking to him, the church was attacked by the Dark Riders. Several of Joshua's friends were killed in the front yard, prompting him to go outside the building and resurrect them in panic. While he was bringing them back to life, Elixir was sniped down.[41]
Because of the nature of Josh's powers, however, he did not remain dead for long, regenerating in his grave before making his way back to Genosha. Emotionally and mentally unstable as a result of his experiences, he tested his expanding powers by torturing the Dark Riders, resurrecting them and killing them over and over again. Magneto and his team discovered his survival and tracked him down, eventually taking him to one of the medical centers where mutants were being treated for M-Pox. Josh was able to completely heal the mutants there, but the rush of destroying the disease ravaging him led him to nearly drain the life from the human medical personnel, and then the X-Men when they tried to stop him. Fortunately they were able to reach and stop him. Josh was taken to Xorn's retreat, in hopes the mutant could help Josh come to terms with the tragedies, and gain control of his powers.[42]
When a cabal comprised of Havok, Emma Frost, Miss Sinister, and Bastion spread the power-bestowing virus Mothervine on a global scale to create a sudden growth in mutants across the world, Magneto enlisted Elixir's help to patrol every Mothervine impact zone and reverse its effects. Joshua was subsequently taken to the cabal's base, where he neutralized all samples of the Mothervine serum.[43] Not long afterwards, Magneto decided to return to his previous ruthless methodology to ensure mutant's survival. As part of this approach, he established a new Brotherhood of Mutants, and Elixir was one of its members.[44]
Sometime later, Elixir became a member of Emma Frost's new Hellfire Club. While Joshua waited outside a clothing store with Vanisher they were surrounded by General Callahan and soldiers of the Office of National Emergency. Emma came out of the store with Marrow while Callahan held Josh and Vanisher at gunpoint. He had a conversation with Frost about not holding up her end of their deal. This led to Vanisher getting shot by a bullet filled with a cure serum created by the Beast. Vanisher's body turned into a goo substance while Elixir tried everything he could with his healing abilities but they were not strong enough to save him.
Elixir with the other Hellfire Club members
Elixir brought a note and some flowers from Callahan to Emma thanking her for locating Cassandra Nova for them. Josh asked her why was she helping the General hunt their own kind, but Emma replied that she didn't enjoy it and when the time came Callahan would get what was coming to him. All of a sudden Emma told Elixir to grab Marrow as they were about to depart. Josh stood outside of a diner while Emma talked to a revived Cyclops who didn't know Emma was there because she cloaked herself from him.
Elixir was next seen in the Hellfire Club's parking garage when Mystique, disguised as Captain America brought a captured Mister Sinister there. While there was some small talk among the group, Elixir looked over to notice Wolverine and Kwannon appeared to break up the party.[45]
Following the foundation of a sovereign nation state in Krakoa by the hand of Charles Xavier and his allies, Elixir became a member of The Five, a group of mutants capable of combining their powers into a process of resurrection. The Five together were able to create new cloned bodies for the deceased mutants, restoring their bodies, their powers, and their memories as they were at the time of their deaths. The Five were considered as something sacred to be treasured.
Xavier tasked The Five with resurrecting Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Husk, Archangel, Penance, Mystique, Wolverine, and Nightcrawler, who died stopping the creation of Nimrod.[46] The Five had previously resurrected other long deceased mutants, such as Banshee, and Sophie and Esme Cuckoo.[47]
Elixir is an omega-class mutant,[8][48][42][47] and an Omega Level Healer,[15] with Omega-class healing ability.[49] He was stated to be a General Threat by the O*N*E, at the time of the M-Day,[48] but was orange-flagged and allegedly reclassified by the O*N*E after he used his powers offensively.[24]
Biokinesis: Elixir is capable of controlling the biological structure of his own and other people's bodies down to the genetic level.[8] He can produce biomolecular energy at will to affect organic matter he touches. This allows him to heal physical damage done to his body or the bodies of others, reactivate suppressed mutant abilities, repair cerebral functions, and alter the composition of his own molecules in certain ways. Because of his control over his own biology, Elixir has proven to be very difficult to treat medically. He usually passes out after pushing his powers too far and remains in a coma for some time. Dr. Nemesis guessed that during these times, his DNA reboots itself.[50] Elixir was scared, that he only "scratched the surface" of what he can do,[41] and it turned out to be true, as his abilities gradually evolved from healing simple scratches to simultaneously healing dozens of people, resurrecting himself and others, manipulating life-force, etc.[42] At first he needed to touch his targets to heal/kill them, but later learned to use powers on several targets at the same time, without touching them.[41][42]
Healing: At first he was capable of basic healing, having successfully healed broken bones, severe burns and even a mortal stab through the chest. After gaining Beast's knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and biology, Elixir has demonstrated increased mastery of his powers: regrowing Prodigy's heart,[51] sedating an enraged Wolfsbane[26] and cleaning her body of drugs,[2] curing X-23 of the Legacy Virus,[29] etc. Before his death he wasn't able to heal the M-Pox, but after rebirth he simultaneously cured several mutants.[42] Josh also stated that he can burn away Emplate from Monet's body and cure Sabretooth from the inversion effect.[42]
Instant Regeneration: After rebirth Josh learned to heal himself almost as soon as he wounded.[42]
Resurrection: Elixir can bring people back from the dead.[41] This ability has expanded radically since his rebirth, to the point that Josh was able to affect 16 million deceased mutants on Genosha at once, and although it quickly drained him out of energy and he passed out, Monet and Magneto speculated, that Elixir was fully capable of resurrecting them all.[42]
Virtual Immortality: Although Josh can die,[41] he is able to resurrect himself.[42]
Life-Force Manipulation: At first Josh only possessed the ability to sense and detect life-forces, such as when he was able to feel Mark Sheppard dying, sensing his life bleeding out of him.[19] Later on he learned how to transfer life-force from one person to another, as he did with Wolfsbane and her unborn child.[33] After rebirth Josh demonstrated the ability to control, manipulate and absorb the life-forces of other living creatures.[42]
Genetic Detection: Josh is able to detect abnormalities in living beings: he detected techo-organic cells in Angel's body,[2] detected Emplate in Monet's body,[42] and even sensed the effect of magical inversion on Sabretooth.[42] When Josh started to cure the M-Pox he felt that the disease was afraid of him.[42]
Death Touch: He can use his powers to harm others, to cause different types of illness, massive swellings and organ failure. He managed to kill Stryker just by touching him for a few seconds,[21] deadly harm the powerful demon Belasco,[52] and almost instantly annihilate Wither's body.[35] His control over his abilities is now so refined that he was able to not only give Vanisher a brain tumor while healing his injuries, but even shaped it into the X-Men logo.[53] As with his healing abilities, Josh's ability to inflict harm has also expanded after rebirth and he now able to deadly harm even people with rapid regeneration and invulnerability, the only reason they didn't die is because he stopped in time and reversed the process.[42]
Josh's Secondary Mutation
Dichromatimorphic Skin: After Elixir used his mutant powers to heal himself, his skin turned a golden color. This is possibly due to Elixir activating a Secondary Mutation in himself.[8] Elixir's skin normally remains golden, but if he uses his powers to damage or kill his skin turns a deep metallic black,[21] and Prodigy theorized that it is also altered his brain chemistry.[54]This appears to be a completely involuntary reaction, and it has been stated that Elixir has a hard time converting from black to golden.[35]
Due to the psychic data transfer by the Stepford Cuckoos using the knowledge of Beast, Elixir now possesses genius-level understanding of human and mutant biology, anatomy, genetics, physiology and medicine.[55]
Average human.
Power Limitation: Using his powers for extreme feats of biological manipulation can wear out his body, causing him to collapse. There have also been a few times where his powers didn't affect or only temporarily affected his enemies like Belasco[56], Siphon[38], and Hulk.[57]
Mental Illness: Following his death at the hands of the Dark Riders and later self-resurrection, Josh has become dangerously emotionally unstable. Attempts to utilize his healing abilities at Magneto's direction to cure mutants afflicted with M-Pox resulted in his lashing out in madness at others around him with his death touch, severely injuring and nearly killing several innocent people before he could be subdued.[42]
X-Men Blackbird
Loa and Elixir were dating,[25][26] until his disappearance.[35]
Elixir's first case of activating suppressed powers was when he reactivated Wolfsbane's wolf powers when they kissed, which caused his gold skin when he recovered.
It is currently unknown if Elixir's gold/black skin is the result of a Secondary Mutation, as diagnosed by Beast, a side effect of his powers or a subconscious desire to be the "golden child".[8]
However, other speculation may be the writers poking fun at his codename, as the Philosopher's Stone, which is required to make the Elixir of Life, is also capable of turning Lead (Death form) into Gold (Healing form).
Josh was sixteen when he joined the New Mutants Squad.[58]
According to the New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook #1, Elixir enjoys basketball, baseball, Frisbee and video games. He was also voted "Most Athletic."
Before Uncanny X-Men and X-Men: Blue writer Cullen Bunn left the X-books, he planned to have Elixir join a group with other "absolute most power mutants" called the X-Ternals.[59]
Elixir demonstrated an interest in Zen Buddhism.[60]
143 appearance(s) of Joshua Foley (Earth-616)
5 minor appearance(s) of Joshua Foley (Earth-616)
7 mentions of Joshua Foley (Earth-616)
137 image(s) of Joshua Foley (Earth-616)
5 quotation(s) by or about Joshua Foley (Earth-616)
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↑ Bunn, Cullen (23 February 2019). Ending One 2nd @ a Time, What would Elixir's role in the Brotherhood have.... Tumblr. Retrieved on 23 February 2019.
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Off to be the Wizard (#1)
Scott Meyer
Next: Spell or High Water
Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little "tweaks" have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard.
An American hacker in King Arthur's court, Martin must now train to become a full-fledged master of his powers, discover the truth behind the ancient wizard Merlin…and not, y'know, die or anything.
"This is one of the more offbeat ideas for a novel we've come across lately. Martin Banks discovers that reality is a computer program, and he can hack it, tweaking reality to make it more to his liking. Unfortunately, his edits to the universe haven't gone unnoticed, and he faces prosecution for reality-hacking. So he goes back in time to the Middle Ages and becomes a wizard in the time of King Arthur. Bet you've never seen that story before."
Charlie Jane Anders, io9
"[This novel has] a lot of computer geek humor as well as some pop culture humor from the 80s and 90s that reminded me a bit of Ready Player One, a book I absolutely love. I think fans of that book may find similar things to like here. Scott Meyer does for fantasy geeks what Ernest Cline did for gaming geeks."
Rob Zak, SFF Audio
"OFF TO BE THE WIZARD is a very easy read. It's light-hearted and completely entertaining. Meyer knows what he's writing and the story doesn't take itself too seriously, hitting just about every note you'd want. Reading this novel reminded me of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, giving me that same feeling and putting a big smile on my face at every turn. It's full of love, pokes fun at many, many things, and is simply a joy to read. I can't recommend this novel highly enough, and the sequel — SPELL OR HIGH WATER — is at the top of my anticipated list. A must-read."
Mark Chitty, SFFWorld
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(http://www.mckesson.com/providers/home-care/agency-management/mckesson-homecare/) See section below with modules used. Physician portal to McKesson EHR under development.
(http://www.healthcare.philips.com/main/products/telehealth/) Cloud-based system, currently does not interface with McKesson EHR or HIE; however, plans underway for EHR integration (both home care & primary care). Telehealth nurse can set up the primary care physician as a user in the Phillips system.
(http://www.hinfonet.org/) Physician POC sent from the McKesson EHR to HIN. Working on sending lab results.
(http://www.homehealthgold.com/index.php) Data scrubbing & analytics application. Interfaced with McKesson Horizon EHR.
(https://www.hospicepharmacia.com/index.aspx) Interfaces with McKesson EHR.
EMHC has multiple software applications supporting their operations. Table J-5 provides a summary of the applications that support the home care and hospice operations. The EMHC division does not use the same EHR application as the EMHS hospitals and physician practices. The hospitals use the Cerner EHR application and the physician practices use GE Centricity. Cerner also has an application known as PowerChart (referenced earlier in the report). PowerChart supports organizations that have multiple entities by providing quick access and viewing of the most frequently used and/or clinically relevant information. The hospital provides access to its LTPAC partners to PowerChart to facilitate HIE at transition and during shared care.
Interface between Phillips Telehealth and McKesson Horizon EHR: EMHC is working on an interface between Phillips telehealth and the McKesson EHR so staff can access the patient's clinical information from a single source rather than two separate systems. Currently having issues with the different segments of HL7 being transmitted between systems. Once the interface is complete, staff will have access to the telehealth data transmitted from the patient home in the EMHC EHR.
Physician Portal to McKesson Horizon HomeCare: EMHC is completing a project to set up a physician portal so physicians, medical assistants, or care managers can log into the Home Care EHR. In May 2013, this project was in the demonstration phase. Primary care clinicians will have access to telehealth data (including results and trending), other clinical data in the home care record, and perform functions like write and sign the home care POC as well as other orders.
Home Health Lab Data to HIE: The IT department is working on an interface to send home health care lab results to HIN.


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8 minute read 8/19/22
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1. Diablo Immortal Hits a New Milestone Sooner Than Expected
A few weeks ago, Diablo Immortal, the mobile version of the game that shaped many childhoods, hit a new milestone.
It did it faster than another childhood favorite (for the younger generation), Call of Duty, which launched back in 2019.
The milestone I'm referring to is $100,000,000 (yup, million) in gross revenue on the App Store and Google Play.
According to our App Intelligence, Diablo Immortal's gross revenue reached the $100M mark on August 5th, 66 days after the game's official rollout in June of this year.
Call of Duty took 142 days to reach this goal. More than twice as many days!
Looking at where downloads are coming from, the US is in the lead with 51%. South Korea contributed 10% to this total, and Japan added another 7%.
As for platforms, unlike many apps and games I've looked at recently, Diablo Immortal drew a similar amount from both platforms. Wild. I know! But that's not all. Google Play actually drove more revenue for the game. Just a tiny bit more than the App Store, at $51M vs. $48M of gross revenue, according to our estimates.
And this is gross revenue, meaning before Apple and Google take their fee, the opposite of what I usually look at.
Normally, such even revenue would be a surprise, but considering how engrained Diablo is into the lives of most people who had a computer in the 90s, I find this normal and somewhat expected.
The real important bit here is that there isn't less money on Google Play. It's just harder to get.
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2. Audible's Revenue is Skyrocketing in 2022
Are you an e-reader or a physical book kind of person? I'm the latter. There's something about paper that makes it easier for me to read. But!
There's a category of books that's neither paper nor e-ink that's been growing like wildfire this year.
Audiobooks!
Audible, the most popular app for audiobooks these days, has seen demand go through the roof over the last few years, but 2022, in particular, has been extra growy.
In January of 2020, just a couple of years ago, Audible's in-app net revenue from the App Store was estimated at $417K. That's after Apple takes its fee, and I'm only looking at Apple because Audible's revenue on Android didn't exist until earlier this year.
Heading into the pandemic, our estimates show net revenue was already at $3 million by January of 2021, and by January of 2022, it ballooned to $14 million. No, that 1 isn't a typo!
And that's not the end. Audible's App Store peaked in May, hitting $17.5 million.
Growth reversed course and revenue dropped a bit as the economy shifted into rough waters, but June and July both ended with more than $15 million in net revenue.
A lot of "physical" things are moving into our phones. Streaming. Shopping. Fitness. And books joining the list makes perfect sense. That + the overall growth in money spent in the App Store + Audible's unique positioning, and lack of competitors allowed it to grow 3,948% in two and a half years.
3. It's Renewal time for Snapchat's New Subscription – Will They Renew?
Snapchat's new subscription service Snapchat+ has hit a critical moment in its short life – renewal time.
The honeymoon month is over and now it's time to see if those who subscribed before they knew what they'd get, continue to want it.
And the verdict is... Nope!
And if you remember my reaction when I first looked at it a few weeks ago, I'm not surprised at all!
Revenue from Snapchat+, which launched in early July, quickly rose and its first Monday in the App Store, resulted in $634K of net revenue in a single day! It went on to earn nearly $7M of net revenue in its first month, according to our estimates.
Renewal day, or the first day of the second billing cycle for the early subscribers was due August 7th, giving us a glimpse into how many people were still excited by Snapchat+.
In case you didn't know, Snapchat+ is Snapchat's premium tier which gives users who pay access to beta features first, along with some profile customization. In other words, bragging rights.
I was shocked at how many people subscribed when I first looked at it a few weeks ago, but looking at the renewal rate, I'm happy to say I'm not insane.
According to our estimates, Snapchat's in-app revenue in month two is about half of what it was in its first month. In more absolute terms, the peak, which crossed $600K in July, barely got to $300K in August. And that's net revenue.
The month isn't close to over, but if we look at the trend of July, revenue dropped pretty quickly after that peak, so I'm not expecting the rest of August to make up for the difference.
Now... I don't think this is bad news for Snapchat. I say that because the first month of something new and seemingly exciting that also isn't that expensive is likely to get interest from those who aren't expecting to keep it for a long time and are just curious.
Add political turbulence, a weird job market, and the word recession getting tossed around a bunch, and luxuries like being a paid beta tester for Snap are no longer a top priority for money burning.
Converting about half of the original group is still nice and still big. Now the question is – will Snap coast or will they rethink their strategy...
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4. Strava's Revenue is Growing Faster than Ever this Year!
Apps buying apps is usually interesting news, so when I read that Strava bought another app, I immediately got excited. Fitness has become a serious business on mobile, so this was going to be interesting.
It wasn't. But!
When I loaded Strava into our App Intelligence dashboard, I noticed a very interesting unrelated trend.
Strava's revenue has grown substantially in 2022!
Since 2018, Strava's mobile revenue has grown more than 10x, from under a million in monthly net revenue up to over $11 million.
Looking at the trend, it's pretty clear revenue started spiking in 2020. Lockdowns were a mega catalyst for the growth in demand for fitness apps. Peloton was one of the first to see this, but many other fitness apps rode the wave.
But for Strava, these were short-term spikes in 2020 and in 2021. Great spikes that saw revenue balloon 8x for a month, but it was only for a month or two.
And then 2022 hit.
Those spikes I highlighted were in August of 2020 and 2021. August isn't even done yet and Strava's monthly revenue has already crossed both previous spikes.
In May, Strava's net revenue jumped to $9.8M, and in July, it crossed $11.7M. What do you think will happen in August?
If you aren't convinced already, this should help you see two things. The first is that there's money in the banana stand, and by banana stand, I mean the App Store and even Google Play. And also that those two stores are becoming where people start their search for things they need – be it something to read, watch, or a way to keep active.
And guess what's powering all of this growth? Subscriptions!
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5. Some Food Delivery Apps are Hitting Pandemic-Level Downloads
Back in April of 2020, when the pandemic hit and forced the US into lockdowns, demand for food-delivery apps hit new highs. DoorDash was the winner in the US, doubling its downloads instantly.
Grubhub also grew, and so did Uber Eats (and even Postmates)!
But fast forward two years later and this excitement has (almost) all but cooled off. For some.
Things reopening, consolidation in the market, and most notably the end of free delivery and the introduction of fees (gasp!), have caused demand to shift.
Each of the popular apps saw demand change in different ways. Our estimates show that Uber Eats continued to grow steadily, Grubhub lost about 73% of downloads, Postmates beat it by losing about 78%, and market leader DoorDash was about 37% down – but still ahead in terms of absolute downloads.
That's as of the end of June, because July was something else!
All apps, except for Postmates, jumped significantly in July!
According to our estimates, DoorDash and Grubhub got very close to their April 2020 numbers, adding 3.2M and 1.3M downloads, respectively. Uber Eats also jumped but not as high, adding 1.7M new downloads. Even Postmates grew in July, but very little.
Postmates has been dying for a while, ever since it was acquired by Uber, which is an interesting strategy for retaining the users without cannibalizing Uber Eats' lunch. Pun partially intended.
The one thing to keep in mind here is that most of these apps are spending a lot on user acquisition and retention, and much of it comes in the form of one-off discounts. This isn't a sustainable strategy and I expect it to end at some point.
I think that point isn't too far, considering today's investment climate.
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Over 6,000 orphaned children and young people have the chance of a better life through AOCM. Young people who might other-wise end up living on the street with drugs, violence, criminality and prostitution. AOCM speaks on the orphans' behalf in Rwanda, by constantly reminding the government and organisations that the orphans exist.


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WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, could get a huge boost after defender, Tendayi Darikwa, moved another step closer to action.
He is battling to end more than a year on the sidelines.
Darikwa was named in Nottingham Forest's Match Day squad, at the weekend, in a major sign he is now ready to play again.
The 28-year old defender last played his competitive match, in Zimbabwe colours, during the 2019 AFCON finals in Egypt.
He was injured on the eve on the 2019-2020 season and as a result played no part in the whole campaign.
He also missed the Warriors' opening matches of the 2021 AFCON qualifiers, against Zambia and Botswana, towards the end of last year.
Chicken Inn fullback, Ian Nekati, was thrown into the fray by interim coach, Joey Antipas, to fill the gap during Darikwa's absence.
The Warriors started off slowly, with a goalless home draw against Botswana, before upstaging Zambia 2-1 in their backyard.
They were supposed to play group leaders Algeria, in back-to-back encounters, but the matches were put on hold following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
CAF have announced new dates for November but, with domestic football still in limbo, it means all local players may not be ready to compete at the highest level.
Although ZIFA have begun pushing for the return of football, Loga has since indicated he will not include home-based players for the matches against Algeria.
"I will be looking at those based in Europe and South Africa for selection as they are the ones in shape for the matches since their leagues have resumed and will also be commencing in September," Logarusic told The Herald recently.
The positive news for the Croatian coach is that most of Zimbabwe's foreign-based players have been involved with their clubs.
Skipper Knowledge Musona has featured in a couple of games for KAS Eupen in Belgium.
Tino Kadewere has also been seeing action at his French Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyon while another France-based player, Marshal Munetsi has been playing in both the Ligue 1 and the qualifying rounds of the Europa League with Stade de Reims.
Marvelous Nakamba has featured for Aston Villa and appears to be fighting for his place back in the starting team.
Macauley Bonne, who is yet to make his official bow for Zimbabwe, has also been playing regularly at Charlton Athletic who crashed to a 1-3 home defeat at the hands of Doncaster on Saturday in an English League One match.
The match was one of a selected number of games where the English Football League allowed some fans to attend for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
Darikwa, who has repeatedly spoken about his commitment to see Zimbabwe succeed, is yet to feature in a competitive game this year.
He was an unused substitute when Forest lost 0-2 to Cardiff City in their second game of the season on Saturday.
Darikwa was not included in the squad for the English Championship season opener against QPR the previous weekend.
Forest coach, Sabri Lamouche, has been monitoring him closely.
The defender has been out for over a year after he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on the eve of the previous campaign.
He announced his recovery a few months ago and sat out on the bench in some games, in the remainder of the 2019/20 season.
But, his involvement in the latest outing highlights major progress in the player's quest to reclaim his berth in the starting XI.
His counterpart, Bonne, who is being chased by a number of clubs in the English Championship, could see his value double inside a month after Queens Park Rangers lodged a second improved bid.
Rangers, and a host of other suitors, had their initial bids rejected by Charlton Athletic.
Bonne's market value currently stands at £1 million but QPR, and another Championship side, Barnsley, have upped the stakes by tabling £1.5 million bid for the 24-year old forward.
Huddersfield and Swansea are also interested in the forward, who has also been heavily linked with Preston North End throughout the English summer.
Charlton have already rejected a number of bids for Bonne and have stated that he is not for sale.
But, according to talkSPORT, Queens Park Rangers have submitted a fresh bid for the striker.
Bonne has attracted interests after he scored 11 goals in his first season in the second tier.
This was an impressive performance for a player who has jumped ranks all the way up from the National League.
He has scored 56 league goals between Leyton Orient and Charlton over the past three seasons.
It remains to be seen if Charlton will entertain the second bid from QPR.
Last week, team manager Lee Bowyer accused clubs of making "silly" offers for the duo of Bonne and Alfie Doughty.
Bowyer told the South London Press the Zimbabwean forward was not for sale.
"People are taking liberties with their offers. They are silly offers which we wouldn't entertain.
"The offers come to Steve (Gallen, director of football) and then it goes to the directors. The directors have said they are not for sale. We bought Macauley as a project and so far he is developing well.
"If we hadn't done a good job with him, there wouldn't be any interest in him.
"For us as a club, why would we sell Macauley now? Unless it was some crazy offer then we wouldn't sell Macauley. It would be tough to replace him. So it doesn't make sense," said Bowyer.
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La Lunetta's chef, Adam Shepard, said his new ramen bar, already creating some excitement after it was launched for a one-night gig on Dec. 1, will take place at La Lunetta on a "frequent but irregular" basis from here on out, and the next one should happen "soon." Very mysterious! He suggests following the restaurant on twitter or facebook to get notices of when the events will take place. Perhaps an easier method would be to follow our restaurant section right here at South Brooklyn Post.
Mostly, the ramen bar will open up after hours, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., but occasionally, Shepard will do a "longer day session," perhaps on holidays, he said.
The ramen bar will take place at La Lunetta, a lovely little Italian restaurant on Smith Street. Before it was Lunetta, it was Taku, Shepard's ramen and Japanese restaurant that delighted the critics but closed in less than a year.
The menu for the new late night bar will feature noodles, spicy chicken wings, and Koshihikari beer.


Breaking news, everyone! Wizkids has now updated their website with additional information on the upcoming X-men Forever set and its associated team packs.
Before going further, full credit to our commenter Magneto, who brought this information to my attention through his recent comments on my spoiler analysis article. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
Most characters seem to come with 2 dice, with two (Jubilee and Beast) showing up with 3, and only two (Magneto and Professor X) with 1 die. It looks like they're sticking to an average of two dice per character, so for each character that gets 3 dice, one only gets 1 die.
Now, because of what happened with Justice, this should not come as a shock. In fact, I hadn't caught on to that pattern, but Justice worked similarly: four characters had 3 dice (Ivy, Aquaman, Manta, Wonder Woman), and four had 1 die (Bizarro, Hall of Doom, Watchtower, Brainiac). Seems like that's a pattern we should expect to see repeated for the time being.
This page also reveals one mildly disappointing bit of news: white sidekick/BAC dice. I was hoping they'd stick with the black dice for a couple more sets. I hope they revisit the black dice in future sets.
Same as with Justice, we're seeing 24 different characters with 2-3 cards per character. It seems to be the model they want to stick with for the foreseeable future. As with Justice, expect to buy two boxes for max dice.
Oh, and as a side-note: it looks like we're seeing a reprint of Brave Sacrifice among the BACs. Not my first choice for a reprint, but okay, I guess? That's in addition, of course, to the other BACs we know (Teamwork, Too Big To Fly…).
There are some really sweet cards in there, and going over each of them would take a fair while; I'll leave that to DMArmada, since he always does a fantastic job of it. I will say though: personally, Iceman, Storm and Hope Summers (holy heck!) are huge standouts for me.
-they completely changed Dark Beast's die (they're now using the AOU Beast die, recolored to be dark red), presumably to make it easier to distinguish from Beast's.
And there you have it folks! With the set releasing in May (specific date unknown), hopefully we get the full spoilers soon. In the meantime, keep on rolling!
Edited to add the images of the actual spoilers to the article.
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Great News, and thanks for the quick posting about the new sets.. and can't wait for the spoiler videos.
I'm really hoping that you can build a decent Hellfire Club team with what is available.


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No. 1 of the Gnosssiennes arranged for solo Bb Clarinet & Piano, The Gnossiennes, are several piano compositions written by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. The works are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm and chordal structure. The form as well as the term was invented by Satie. Satie's coining of the word gnossienne was one of the rare occasions when a composer used a new term to indicate a new "type" of composition. Satie used many novel names for his compositions (vexations, croquis et agaceries and so on). Ogive, for example, is the name of an architectural element which was used by Satie as the name for a composition, the Ogives. Gnossienne, however, was a word that did not exist before Satie used it as a title for a composition. The word appears to derive from gnosis. Satie was involved in gnostic sects and movements at the time that he began to compose the Gnossiennes. However, some published versions claim that the word derives from Cretan "knossos" or "gnossus"; this interpretation supports the theory linking the Gnossiennes to the myth of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur. Several archeological sites relating to that theme were famously excavated around the time that Satie composed the Gnossiennes.
It is possible that Satie may have drawn inspiration for the title of these compositions from a passage in John Dryden's 1697 translation of the Aeneid, in which it is thought the word first appeared. The Gnossiennes were composed by Satie in the decade following the composition of the Sarabandes (1887) and the Trois Gymnopédies (1888). Like these Sarabandes and Gymnopédies, the Gnossiennes are often considered dances. It is not certain that this qualification comes from Satie himself – the sarabande and the Gymnopaedia were at least historically known as dances.
The musical vocabulary of the Gnossiennes is a continuation of that of the Gymnopédies (a development that had started with the 1886 Ogives and the Sarabandes) later leading to more harmonic experimentation in compositions like the Danses gothiques (1893). These series of compositions are all at the core of Satie's characteristic late 19th century style, and in this sense differ from his early salon compositions (like the 1885 "Waltz" compositions published in 1887), his turn-of-the-century cabaret songs (Je te veux), and his post-Schola Cantorum piano solo compositions, starting with the Préludes flasques in 1912. These Three Gnossiennes were composed around 1890 and first published in 1893. A revision prior to publication in 1893 is not unlikely; the 2nd Gnossienne may even have been composed in that year (it has "April 1893" as date on the manuscript). The piano solo versions of the first three Gnossiennes are without time signatures or bar lines, which is known as free time.
These Gnossiennes were first published in Le Figaro musical No. 24 of September 1893 (Gnossiennes Nos. 1 and 3, the last one of these then still "No. 2") and in Le Cœur No. 6–7 of September–October 1893 (Gnossienne No. 2 printed as facsimile, then numbered "No. 6").
The first grouped publication, numbered as known henceforth, followed in 1913. By this time Satie had indicated 1890 as composition date for all three. The first Gnossienne was dedicated to Alexis Roland-Manuel in the 1913 reprint. The 1893 facsimile print of the 2nd Gnossienne contained a dedication to Antoine de La Rochefoucauld, not repeated in the 1913 print. This de La Rochefoucauld had been a co-founder of Joséphin Péladan's Ordre de la Rose-Croix Catholique et Esthetique du Temple et du Graal in 1891. By the second publication of the first set of three Gnossiennes, Satie had broken already for a long time with all Rosicrucian type of endeavours.
Also with respect to the tempo these Gnossiennes follow the Gymnopédies line: slow tempos, respectively Lent (French for Lento/slow), avec étonnement ("with astonishment"), and again Lent.
A sketch containing only two incomplete bars, dated around 1890, shows Satie beginning to orchestrate the 3rd Gnossienne.
The first and third Gnossiennes share a similar chordal structures, rhythm and share reference to each other's thematic material.
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Abercrombie & Fitch accelerates transformation with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and Dynatrace
"Dynatrace gave us insight into things we didn't even know we wanted to see."
Jay Summerlot  - Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
About Abercrombie & Fitch
A&F Co. is a leading global retailer of apparel and accessories for more than 125 years
Operates two brands and two sub-brands; A&F, Hollister, and abercrombie kids and Gilly Hicks
More than 850 stores across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
More than $400 million investment in growing direct to consumer business since 2010
Retail & Ecommerce
Full-stack observability across OpenShift in hours
Faster transformation
Accelerated shift to a microservices architecture
Constant peace of mind
New microservices are automatically instrumented
Better digital services
AI-powered quality gates ensure software stability
Transforming to promote innovation
As part of the effort to grow its direct to consumer business, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F) needed to modernize its e-commerce platform and allow its IT teams to innovate faster. To enable this, A&F decided to move away from its traditional application environment and adopt a modern microservices and container architecture. It selected Red Hat OpenShift as the platform for this technology refresh, valuing the maturity of its cloud-native offering and the ease and speed with which it could be deployed.
With Red Hat OpenShift, A&F could optimize its continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline and more readily adopt DevOps to improve operational stability and achieve greater control and consistency during the rollout of e-commerce platform updates. However, the shift to a more dynamic cloud ecosystem made it difficult for A&F to maintain complete visibility with its existing monitoring solution. With its existing approach to monitoring, A&F's IT teams would need to manually inject script into individual container images, a cumbersome and time-consuming task. A&F realized it needed a new approach that was purpose-built for today's cloud.
"What enamored us with Dynatrace was that it gave us insight into things we didn't even know we wanted to see."
Jay Summerlot - IT Director, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Clear visibility in Red Hat OpenShift
After evaluating the market, A&F selected Dynatrace's AI-powered software intelligence platform. Aside from its partnership with Red Hat and compatibility with Red Hat OpenShift, A&F was attracted to Dynatrace by the simplicity with which it could be deployed. Dynatrace OneAgent® meant A&F could install it on a single cluster and then sit back as it automatically discovered and instrumented its entire Red Hat OpenShift environment. Dynatrace's zero configuration approach and powerful AI engine, DavisTM, also meant it was able to provide instant value, delivering performance insights that allowed A&F to increase operational efficiency and proactively improve customer experience.
"What enamored us with Dynatrace was that it gave us insight into things we didn't even know we wanted to see," explains Jay Summerlot, IT Director, Abercrombie & Fitch. "With other solutions, we had to know exactly what we wanted to see and then push and pull a load of buttons and levers to get the information out. Most other solutions are also blind to containerized environments and struggle to instrument Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. Dynatrace was purpose-built for these environments, giving us instant answers and out of the box value from day one."
Life with Dynatrace
Ease of deployment – A&F was able to achieve full-stack, visibility into applications running in Red Hat OpenShift in a few hours of deploying Dynatrace, as opposed to three days with the familiar monitoring solution it had been using for the past seven years.
Faster transformation – The initial migration to a microservices architecture was expected to last 12 months, but the unparalleled visibility from Dynatrace allowed A&F to accelerate the initial on-boarding project.
Peace of mind – Because Dynatrace OneAgent becomes part of the Red Hat OpenShift platform, any new microservice that is deployed is automatically discovered and instrumented, giving A&F's developers the observability they need to rapidly onboard applications without worry.
Greater stability – Dynatrace enables A&F to build AI-powered quality gates into the delivery pipeline, automatically detecting problems so that no bad code reaches production, to ensure quality and consistency in application performance and availability.
Seamless collaboration – The software intelligence from Dynatrace bridges the gap between the application and infrastructure teams at A&F, so they can work more collaboratively and pinpoint problems within minutes, without wasting time in war rooms.
"Dynatrace allows our teams to spend more time fixing problems than looking for them. It's given us a common language and true sense of partnership within IT, providing our teams with a single source of the truth so they can work together to resolve problems. There's a lot more eyes on Dynatrace than we ever had on our previous solution, which is testament to the value it provides. Looking to the future, we see Dynatrace as a major opportunity to consolidate our tools," adds Summerlot. "Ultimately, Red Hat OpenShift is allowing us to scale up our transformation to drive our business into the next phase of its growth, and Dynatrace gives us the confidence we need to do that without fear."


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His Midas Touch
Be it hospitality or entertainment business, Mahboob Rahman Ruhel has struck gold in both the fields and won a million hearts.
You grew up in Chittagong, and you spent your childhood there, the experience in Chittagong, how much did it shape who you are now?
I think it made me who I am now. Because the place I grew up in was actually the foothill of DC. At that time, we were roaming around the city, going to the hills, climbing trees, doing all kinds of things. My younger brother had a bicycle, that was one of my favorite activities. I remember stealing his bike, going out during winter afternoons, going up to the hill and then biking down. These experiences shaped me in a way; I liked the outdoors and outdoor-related sports. Still today I love mountain biking, surfing, running. It taught me not to be a risk-averse person.
On top of that, Chittagong was very safe at that time; I would go to the neighbor's house, maybe sometimes have lunch there, and spend time with the neighborhood children, there was no fear. People were more genuine; we had no social media or television. People were more keen to know each other and were more friendly. That kind of relationship we had with everybody there, I loved growing up in Chittagong.
The school I went to, in Chittagong Saint Classics High was a Christian missionary school. We stayed at Nomunkamin Buddhist temple, there were also a lot of Hindus living nearby, it was amazingly diverse, multi-cultural, and multi-religious. We celebrated all the religious festivals; my teachers used to invite us during Christmas, we were also invited to Hindu festivals like Kali Puja and Durga Puja. All these experiences shaped me to become a religiously neutral person- when I meet someone his/her religious background doesn't even cross my mind.
You are involved in a lot of things, cinema, patronizing sports, hospitality industry, etc. How do you move from one to the other? How did getting into the cinema come about?
I don't know how it happened actually. I studied computer science initially and then switched my major into MIS. I also loved programming; it was my passion. Somehow, I got bored with computer science. I started learning about business when I moved to MIS; then, I completed my MBA from Finland. When I moved back to Bangladesh, I started my business career; I started with training people in IT.
The movie thing happened by chance; I was talking to one of the owners of Bashundhara in an elevator. He said that they were building a new mall, and I asked if they had cineplex there; he said, 'no, can we talk?' That's how it all started. At that time, theatres were dying, 1200 theatres came down to 200 only. So, I thought to try and do something different. But it took me two years to educate the people again. I got creative with marketing; they (consumers) loved it. More importantly, I didn't see it as a business; it was more of a passion, I believe that's why it worked, if you think and do something for the sake of making money, then you're thinking in the wrong direction. When I think of doing things, I try to involve people and excite the minds of my customers and audiences.
I have the same approach in the hospitality business also. We focus on how to facilitate the best experience for our patrons. Most of the rooms of our hotel are facing the beach; the entire infinity pool makes you feel like you're on the beach. So you won't have to go to the beach to experience it. That is what our hotel provides to its customers.
Growing up you also leaned towards painting and drawings. Did you continue that?
No, unfortunately, but I want to. I was doing art quite passionately until I was 24 but the passion died down because I got busy.
What are you doing to increase the number of movies you're bringing out, the quality of the film you're bringing out, and to attract audiences to watch them? Are we too reliant on foreign movies?
When I started, I had to rely on foreign movies, but that was a different time. Nowadays, people have Netflix; it's more difficult to get them out of the home. Therefore, I have to specialize in 3D, Dolby Surround Sound, and state-of-the-art visuals. Unfortunately, right now films, don't come anywhere near that quality. We don't have 3D movies; we don't have proper sound mixing. Technically, we are much behind. So, I do have to rely on foreign films to bring people back to the theatre.
We had a massive crowd for Debi and Aynabaji. Debi generated much more business than Avengers. I ran it for 100 days, and it worked. It was a well-made film with a good storyline line. I believe the problem with Bangla films is that they cannot connect with Millenials.
I think there are a lot of beautiful stories in Bangladesh that needs to be told in a cinematic way, only then will people watch. This movie I'm making is titled No Dorai, which in Chittagonian language means, 'I'm not afraid.' In English, it's called Dare To Surf. It's about this girl who dared to surf and the struggles she faced for her passion. it's based on a true story. The first female surfer in Bangladesh, Nasima, inspired me to make this film. Her story inspired me. I saw how she struggled for her passion; she was forced to get married at age 15, she broke away from her marriage, religious bigotry, etc.
It's not her biopic, rather a story of all the surfer girls and the struggles they face. I think stories like this should be told.
We have a ban on Hindi movies being shown in cinemas, would you wish that you could show them?
Of course, we cannot draw the crowd back. The golden days are over. Now we have to think differently. You cannot protect an industry like this; like a protected species, once you confine them, they die.
MOST OF THE ROOMS OF OUR HOTEL ARE FACING THE BEACH; THE ENTIRE INFINITY POOL MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON THE BEACH. SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BEACH TO EXPERIENCE IT. THAT IS WHAT OUR HOTEL PROVIDES TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
Have you ever been involved in the policy level, to try and change that?
When we started, we had a punitive tax of 35 % entertainment tax in Bangladesh, a lot for an industry that's dying.
I lobbied a lot, made the finance minister and others understand, and now it's at a level where we are happy to give the government their share. Now they have reduced it to 10%. With the previous tax, I lost money for two years. Later, when they withdrew it, I was able to pay off my bank. At the policy level, more has to be done.
You've studied in the US, you were there for 12 years, then came back to Bangladesh and started working here, leaving many opportunities behind. Do you feel like that was a big sacrifice, or are you happy with the decision?
I saw a career in IT. I was not fond of the US lifestyle. In the US, I could serve myself; here, I could probably help millions. That's why I moved back.
Our honorable Prime Minister initially said that there would be dedicated spots in Cox Bazar, for tourists. How do you think that will help bring more people from abroad?
They have a plan for doing an exclusive tourist zone, which is useful in a way, depending on what kind of incentives they are offering to the tourists. They have to understand that tourists nowadays don't go anywhere for luxurious five-star experiences. They want to meet the locals, see the culture, nature. The government should not be in the service business. They should focus on creating policies, opportunities, infrastructure, and safety; so people could go and build hotels and create the experience. It includes creating a proper sewage treatment plan for every hotel.
In addition to establishing policies, there have to be set rules, like if you have a beachfront hotel, what activities you could do in the front, how you can have more of a beach lifestyle over there. And exclusive tourism for foreign tourists is a good idea; it will also ensure some safety for them.
Foreign tourist gets harassed or followed for selfies. So for them, there could be an exclusive beach, so the locals don't disturb them. You have to involve everybody in the integration of tourism, let the private sector be a part of it, as well as the policymaking.
What is your opinion about the human resources available for our hospitality industry?
We have a big problem with this. One of the biggest challenges is middle management training. I have two hotels, and both the managers are from Sri Lanka. We don't have highly skilled managers and chefs from Bangladesh. The good ones are all going abroad, that's why we have to rely on international chefs, general managers.
I'm the chairman of the Peninsula; we are now becoming a chain, opening the second one in Chittagong, near the airport. There we don't have enough people, whatever we are bringing in, other hotel takes away some of them. We are opening up a training center, a small one, but hoping for it to become significant in the future. We are doing it on our own, but there has to be a concentrated effort by the industry and government.
You're a very stylish person. Who is your inspiration for that?
I don't follow anyone, but movies from the 60s inspired me. I love the 50s-60s fashion which stayed with me. I used to watch old James Bond movies. My formal clothes follow very classic styles of the 60s. I wouldn't say that I am into trendy fashion. Nowadays, I see how Millenials are into fast-fashion and how bad that is for the environment. Being fashionable is good. If I buy a suit, I won't spend a lot of money on it, but it should have a classy style, and I should be able to use it for a long time.
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The purpose of this blog is really to give you the timing, liquid and place of ribs for the instant pot, and you can use your favorite rub or BBQ sauce. If using a rub, put the rub on before cooking in the IP.
Remove the membrane from the back of the rib if you chose to. In this picture, you can see I didn't, it does not make a big difference in tenderness, but, is a nice touch for you and your guests. Place the rack in the bottom of the IP, put the liquid in.
Secure the lid and put the vent to close.
Press the meat button and timer to 30 minutes. When done, do a natural release for 10 minutes and a quick release the rest of the way. Explanation of QR and NR can be found on this link! On this link, you can also find the water test and my favorite accessories to use with the Instant Pot.
Next, put onto the grill and slather on the BBQ sauce!
Look at these delicious tender ribs, getting a little burn on! YUMMY!!!
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk all ingredients until combined.
Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 1 hour.
I made these delicious ribs for a "Seahawk game" with our son and daughter-in-law. They got a night out without their darling children, my grand children and spent that night with us! I made my son's favorite! Amy has since bought a instant pot and is using regularly!
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New York is unlike any other city that has ever existed. It is arguably the center of modern culture, business, fashion, art and everything else that defines our society, and the city has its own specific personality and characteristics. With that come many quirks that could be surprising– or unfamiliar, at best– to those who have not spent significant time there. The subtleties of New York etiquette could be characterized as strange, but they are not without purpose.
In a city of over 8 million people, everyone is jammed in together in close quarters, and they are all in a hurry to get wherever they are going. In order to keep the city from spiraling into complete chaos, New Yorkers have developed a complex set of rules and standards to which all are expected to adhere. Although many of the actions within this etiquette come off as rude to those from the outside, they exist to be mutually beneficial for everyone who lives and travels in this cramped, busy and otherwise chaotic city.
This guide is designed to go over some of the more subtle elements of this code of behavior in order to help prepare visitors and tourists for what is ahead. Just remember that almost all New York etiquette is based on efficiency; natives are not being brusque because they do not like you– they just have their own lives going on and cannot waste valuable time to chit-chat or exchange unnecessary pleasantries.
The sidewalks in Manhattan are some of the most crowded and fast-paced parts of the entire world, and there is an unwritten set of rules that help guide the masses of humanity that flow along them each day. If you are totally unfamiliar with New York sidewalk etiquette, the simplest way to get by is to act as if you are driving.
Always walk on the right side.
Do not stop abruptly on the sidewalk.
Do not text and walk.
Do not take up more space than necessary.
Slower traffic, stay to the right.
As mentioned above, much of the etiquette dealing with New York foot traffic is based on efficiency. In fact, this is the governing characteristic of all New York traditions and customs, and you should always think efficiency over everything else. This can be difficult for tourists who want to take their time and take in all the amazing sights and sounds, but there is a balance you can find here.
The key is understanding when it is acceptable to take your time and when you should move along quickly. As a general rule, New Yorkers stay in constant forward motion, so there are times when it is acceptable to stop and smell the roses. However, anything that is designed specifically for tourists– such as the popular TopView bus tours, guided museum tours and other tourist-specific activities– may allow you to take your time.
When ordering at a counter, place your order quickly and get out of the way.
When viewing an exhibit at a museum, do not stand directly in front of it for 20 minutes when others are waiting to view.
Get in and out of bathrooms quickly– this is especially important for women.
In addition to the fast pace, the other defining characteristic of the city is its limited space. Crowds will exist no matter where you go in New York, and you should expect to alter your concept of personal space upon arrival. Always remember that there are over 8 million people living in this city– and countless others visiting it– and do not take any more space than you need.
When travelling as a group, do not spread out and take up all the room on the sidewalk.
Carry a small umbrella in case of rain.
Do not put your coat, shopping bags or other belongings in a seat on the subway or in a restaurant– an actual human would be much more grateful for that seat.
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You won't believe how long Dr. Fauci thinks it'll take for life to go back to normal
People walking through the streets in face masks to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Image source: vladimirhodac/Adobe
By Yoni Heisler @edibleapple
With coronavirus infections on the rise, Dr. Fauci believes that life in the U.S. won't return to normal until 2022.
Even if an effective vaccine is developed, it may only be 50-60% effective. Further, many people have indicated a reluctance to take the vaccine.
The U.S. is currently seeing upwards of 50,000 new coronavirus cases per day.
When the coronavirus pandemic started to get serious back in March of this year, it wasn't long before states started instituting strict lockdown measures. Naturally, life under lockdown was a challenging time. All non-essential businesses were forced to close and many people were effectively stuck at home for months on end. In the midst of the lockdown, it was widely assumed that life in the U.S. would return to normal after just a few short months. After all, the reasoning went, if people stayed inside and only ventured outside while wearing masks, it would only be a matter of time before the coronavirus would be nothing more than a distant memory.
Seven months later, things haven't exactly played out as expected. The sad reality is that we're not anywhere close to putting the coronavirus behind us. The U.S. is currently seeing anywhere from 40,000 to 50,000 new coronavirus cases per day. What's more, many states — like Wisconsin and Utah, for example — are currently experiencing a record number of new infections. The situation in Wisconsin recently became so dire that the state was forced to build a field hospital in order to handle an avalanche of new patients.
Back in August, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the U.S. would have to get the daily number of new coronavirus cases down below 10,000 per day before fall or "we're going to have a very tough winter in the next few months." Clearly, the U.S. isn't anywhere close to hitting that 10,000/day threshold. What's more, the number of new coronavirus cases has been steadily rising across the country for weeks now.
Looking ahead, the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better due to colder weather and the impending flu season. Indeed, many health experts believe that the two factors above are liable to result in a massive spike in new infections come November and December. In a worst-case scenario, some scientific models project that the coronavirus death rate could hit 2,900 per day by the end of the year.
All of this, of course, begs the question: when will the coronavirus pandemic end so that life can finally go back to normal? Tackling this question, Dr. Fauci earlier in the year said life won't necessarily return to normal just because an effective vaccine is developed.
"It's not like turning a light switch on or off at all," Fauci said. "Even with a vaccine, it's not going to be 99 percent effective. I'd love it to be but it's not." Recall that the FDA will likely approve a coronavirus vaccine even if it's only 50% effective.
"So let's say you have a 75% effective vaccine and 65 to 80% of the people want to get vaccinated," Fauci added, "you still have a lot of people in society. And let's take this country as a societal unit that are vulnerable to being infected. So, we're going to softly go to a graded degree of normality."
Consequently, Fauci believes that the U.S. will return to a semblance of normalcy by the summer of 2021. But life won't fully go back to normal until 2022, Fauci believes.
"I believe that by the time we get to the end of 2021," Fauci said last month, "if everyone gets vaccinated and we continue to implement the public-health measures that I have been talking about incessantly over the last several months — they're not universally adhered to — if we do that, plus the vaccine, we'll get to the point where the level of virus will be so low, and maybe even, you know, close to absent."
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A life long Mac user and Apple enthusiast, Yoni Heisler has been writing about Apple and the tech industry at large for over 6 years. His writing has appeared in Edible Apple, Network World, MacLife, Macworld UK, and most recently, TUAW. When not writing about and analyzing the latest happenings with Apple, Yoni enjoys catching Improv shows in Chicago, playing soccer, and cultivating new TV show addictions, the most recent examples being The Walking Dead and Broad City.
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Tshiuetin (Innu for North Wind) is a 2016 Canadian short documentary film directed by Caroline Monnet.

Subject
The short concerns Tshiuetin Rail Transportation, which has a line running from Labrador to Schefferville, Quebec that came under the control of a First Nations group in December 2005, an unprecedented situation in the history of Canada. Aboriginal groups have been proud of owning the line, with the documentary attempting to convey why the line is significant.

Release and reception
The film was featured in the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It was nominated in the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in the short documentary category, with Monnet being among numerous Aboriginal artists nominated.

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External links

Tshiuetin at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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2016 short documentary films
Canadian short documentary films
Documentary films about rail transport
Transport in Côte-Nord
Films directed by Caroline Monnet
Documentary films about First Nations
French-language Canadian films
2010s Canadian films
2016 films

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