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You have probably heard someone say that God works in mysterious ways. That's true enough, and sometimes the mystery doesn't become clear until the story has completely played out. But that's just like any good Agatha Christie mystery. Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple always got everyone together to explain the mystery and expose the murderer. But that little meeting at the end of the story is a very uncomfortable affair for the guilty.
So it must have been for the brothers of Joseph. Joseph's brothers, all heirs of a wealthy and powerful dynasty are jealous of him and plot to murder him, but instead sell him into slavery. After a time in prison, Joseph rises to great power in Egypt and rescues the whole nation and region from a time of famine.
The famine drives the guilty brothers into Egypt for food. Joseph recognizes them but they don't recognize him. So Joseph plays a deep game to get the whole family into Egypt, and allows the brothers' own fear and guilt to grow as he invites them to dine in his own home. Finally, in Genesis 45, he reveals himself to his brothers—and part of the plan of God is revealed to us.


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Q: "Good" Linear Combinations of a Perturbed Wave Function I'm currently working on a Quantum Mechanics problem and am stuck. The problem I'm working on is 6.7 in Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. The problem is:

Consider a particle of mass $m$ that is free to move in a one-dimensional region of length $L$ that closes on itself (for instance, a bead that slides frictionlessly on a circular wire of circumference $L$.

I'm stuck on part C. To save some space, I'll simply write the results of parts A and B, and my work for part C. Part C states.

What are the "good" linear combinations of $\psi_n$ and $\psi_{-n}$ for this problem? (Hint: Use equation 6.22) Show that with these states you get the first-order correction for the energy.

So, I understand how to do the second part of the question. My issue is finding the "good" linear combination. Here's my work so far, I believe I'm pretty close to the answer.

From parts A and B, I have the following equations:
$$ E_{\pm} = -\frac{V_0}{L}a\sqrt \pi \bigg( 1 \mp e^{-(2 \pi a^2 /L)^2} \bigg) \\   W_{aa} = -\frac{V_0}{L}a\sqrt \pi \\ W_{ab} = -\frac{V_0}{L}e^{-(2\pi a^2 / L)^2} $$
Equation 6.22 states:
$$ \alpha W_{aa} +\beta W_{ab} = \alpha E^1 $$
Where $E^1$ denotes the first order correction to the energy.
So, using these equations, I solved for $\beta$. To save some algebra, I'll skip a few steps here. I simply plugged in all the known equations into equation 6.22 and chose to solve for $\beta$. So,
$$  \beta = \alpha \frac{(E^1 - W_{aa})}{W_{ab}} = \mp \alpha  $$
Now, for the part I'm confused about. Part A gave me the following wave functions:
$$ \psi_a = \frac{1}{\sqrt L} e^{2 \pi i n x / L} \\ \psi_b = \frac{1}{\sqrt L} e^{-2 \pi i n x / L} $$
So, my goal with the following work is to find the wave function for when $\alpha$ is positive and when it is negative, as we have two results ($\beta = \mp \alpha$). So, starting out with $\beta = -\alpha$,
$$ \begin{align} \psi_+ (x) &= \alpha\psi_a + \beta\psi_b \\ &=\alpha\psi_a - \alpha\psi_b \\ &= \frac{\alpha}{\sqrt L} \bigg( e^{i2\pi n x /L} - e^{-i 2\pi n x /L} \bigg) \\ &=\frac{2i\alpha}{\sqrt L} \sin{\bigg( \frac{2n\pi x}{L} \bigg)} \end{align}$$
Now, the solution to this problem suggests that $\alpha = 1/\sqrt 2$, making the final result $$ \psi_+ (x) =i\sqrt{\frac{2}{L}} \sin{\bigg( \frac{2n\pi x}{L} \bigg)}  $$
I'm not sure how to find $\alpha$ here. My final result, for the positive case, is correct barring the value for $\alpha$. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

A: Normalization should do the trick.
$\int^{L}_0|\psi(x)|^2dx=1$

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Our Grandmothers probably didn't know the all the benefits of having raab but still used as the most natural remedy for almost everything. This is one recipe that probably has been passed along through generations.
Go on make raab for a sick person or just because you feel like having a hot energetic drink.
After reading all the benefits of the ingredients, would you like to make raab?
Put water and jaggery in a pan. Heat it till the jaggery melts. Strain the liquid.
Add ginger powder to it and mix well.
Heat ghee in another pan over very low heat.
Add carom and fennel seeds.
Add almond powder and mix for a few seconds.
Add the hot jaggery water. Be careful as the water will splatter.
Stir the mixture and cook it over low heat till it becomes slightly thick.
Add cardamom and black pepper powder. Add saffron and serve.
If you are going to serve this to an elderly person who had chewing problems then its best to grind the fennel and ajwain seeds into a powder.
Add sliced almonds for a more filling drink.
Stir fry the millet flour over low heat. Make sure it does not burn.
Can add more ghee if you like.
Sometimes a pinch of turmeric powder is added if having it to decongest the nose or chest.
For a thicker raab add 3 tbsp of millet.
You can add more ginger powder. Adjust the ingredients according to your taste.
Can add other nuts too.
I made this the otherday when I had the flu.Your recipe looks delicious I will try it next time.
There are certainly some great ingredients here guaranteed to make you feel well, grandmothers did know a thing or two back then!
Thanks Shobana,I'm glad your kids loved it.
Raab looks absolutely nutritious and lipsmacking. Love to have these sort of porridge for my breakfast. Delicious porridge.
Thanks Priya, its really very nutritious and healthy.


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In least squares regression, what do y and a represent?
Here are the meanings of the components or symbols used in the least squares equation of y = a + bx:
y is the dependent variable, such as the estimated or expected total cost of electricity during a month. The amount of y is dependent upon the amounts of a and bx.
a is the estimated total amount of fixed electricity costs during the month. It is the value of y, when x is zero. If the total cost line intersects the y-axis at $1,000 then it is assumed that the total fixed costs for a month are $1,000.
b is the estimated variable cost per unit of x. It determines the slope of the total cost line. If b is $5, this means that the variable cost portion of electricity is estimated to be $5 for every unit of x.
x is the independent variable. For example, x could represent the known number of machine hours used in the month.
bx is the total variable cost of electricity. If the company's electricity cost is estimated to be $5 per unit of x, and x is 4,000 machine hours, then the total variable cost of electricity for the month is estimated to be $20,000.
In our example the total estimated cost of electricity (y) in a month when x is 4,000 machine hours will be $21,000.
What is simple linear regression analysis?
What is the coefficient of determination?
What is the coefficient of correlation?
What are mixed costs?
What are the methods for separating mixed costs into fixed and variable?
What does M and MM stand for?
Standard Costing Improving Profits Nonmanufacturing Overhead

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Gwladys ferch Dafydd (died c. 1336) was the daughter of Dafydd ap Gruffydd, the last free Prince of Wales, and Elizabeth Ferrers. She probably spent most of her early life in the company of her father in England and Gwynedd.

Upon the death of his brother Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, on 10 December 1282, Dafydd ap Gruffydd briefly took over as Prince of Wales.  Hearing the news, Edward I gathered his forces to unseat the newly named prince. Dafydd, his family and a few stalwart supporters went into hiding in the forests of Snowdonia. Sensing a losing effort, most of his countrymen gave up hope of continuing the Gwynedd regime. In June 1283, Gwladys was arrested with her father, mother, brothers (Llywelyn and Owain) and sisters.

Dafydd was hanged, drawn and quartered for treason. Dafydd's sons were imprisoned. Gwladys was dispatched to the Gilbertine convent in Sixhills, Lincolnshire, as a young child. Edward I ordered annual payment of 20 pounds for Gwladys's upkeep at the Sixhills convent, where she spent the remainder of her life. She is thought to have died there in 1336, outliving her brothers. She is known to have had sisters, who were illegitimate. Their names and fates are unknown, but Edward I considered sending them to Lincolnshire convents; whether he did so is not entirely clear.

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A security flaw in an internet-connected male chastity device could allow hackers to remotely lock it, researchers have warned Fred TANNEAU AFP/File
A security flaw in an internet-connected male chastity device could allow hackers to remotely lock it -- leaving users trapped, researchers have warned.
The Cellmate, produced by Chinese firm Qiui, is a cover that clamps on the base of the male genitals with a hardened steel ring, and does not have a physical key or manual override.
The locking mechanism is controlled with a smartphone app via Bluetooth -- marketed as both an anti-cheating and a submission sex play device -- but security researchers have found multiple flaws that leave it vulnerable to hacking.
"We discovered that remote attackers could prevent the Bluetooth lock from being opened, permanently locking the user in the device. There is no physical unlock," British security firm Pen Test Partners said Tuesday.
"An angle grinder or other suitable heavy tool would be required to cut the wearer free."
The firm also found other security flaws in the Cellmate -- listed for $189 on Qiui's website -- that could expose sensitive user information such as names, phone numbers, birthdays and location data.
"It wouldn't take an attacker more than a couple of days to exfiltrate the entire user database and use it for blackmail or phishing," PTP's Alex Lomas wrote in their report on the device.
"A number of countries have oppressive laws that may expose users of these types of devices to unwarranted interest from law enforcement and bigots."
Qiui did not immediately respond to AFP's request for comment.
PTP said it reached out to Qiui in April this year, identifying the flaws.
Qiui fixed most of the issues by updating the software, but left the older version active and its users still vulnerable, PTP added, saying other researchers had found similar issues.
Such smart sex toys and devices are among the wave of new "internet of things" products and appliances introduced in recent years that are online and capable of being operated remotely.
Their connectivity has also made them vulnerable to security breaches and privacy violations.
In 2017, the Canadian maker of a smart vibrator agreed to a multi-million-dollar settlement after it was sued for collecting sensitive user information, though it did not admit any wrongdoing.
Next year, cybersecurity firm SEC Consult reported multiple vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit to hijack and control a smartphone-controlled vibrator called Vibratissimo. Sensitive user data was also left exposed.
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The Daily Express and The Independent lead with figures that diabetes in young people linked to obesity has soared by 41% in three years.
A "latte levy" on single-use coffee cups that will also see takeaway boxes taxed is close to being announced, the Daily Mail reports.
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In 2001 Chris Huffman was added on bass with Megan Garrett on keyboards and accordion, Andy Williams came in as the drummer. Casting Crowns at that time released two independent albums on CD, both of which were well received. Although the group was not searching for a record label, one of the group's albums found its way into the hands of...
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In 2001 Chris Huffman was added on bass with Megan Garrett on keyboards and accordion, Andy Williams came in as the drummer. Casting Crowns at that time released two independent albums on CD, both of which were well received. Although the group was not searching for a record label, one of the group's albums found its way into the hands of Mark Miller. Miller signed Casting Crowns to his fledgling label Beach Street Records.
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2005 was the year of the release of probably Casting Crowns most recognizable song, Lifesong from the album of the same name. The album went on to win the band their first Grammy award in 2006.
The band's third studio album The Altar and the Door was released in 2007, which again was a major success with high chart positions and radio single success. In early 2009 drummer Andy Williams left the band and was replaced by Brian Scoggin. Later that year the band released their fourth studio album Until The Whole World Hears. It debuted at number 4 on the overall Billboard album chart, selling 167,432 copies in its first week making it the largest selling debut by a Christian artist in Nielsen Soundscan history. Within four weeks the album had been certified gold.
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In 2011 the band released 'Come To The Well' which was well received from fans. The band soon released an acoustic album which featured 8 new versions of favourite Casting Crowns songs plus 2 brand new songs, and was available in early 2013.
The band said the album was "inspired in part by the acoustic medley portion of the Come To The Well Tour. Experience some of your favorite Casting Crowns songs in a fresh way on the new album."
New songs 'Delivered' and 'Only You Can Satisfy' sit alongside established tracks like 'Praise You In This Storm' and 'Set Me Free'.
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"The idea of THRIVE came out of our student ministry and what we've been teaching for years on what a believer looks like," says Casting lead singer, Mark Hall. "This record and book is an effort to draw a picture of what a believer would look like if they dug into their roots and understood God and themselves more. We must first learn who God is and who we are. With that, half of our record is all about learning who God is and who you are. The other half is about how that works out. How are you going to get out there and let God live His life through you?"
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Lebensbilder Der 2. Zwischenzeit: Biographische Inschriften der 13.-17. Dynastie. 34
Sabine Kubisch, Lebensbilder Der 2. Zwischenzeit: Biographische Inschriften der 13.-17. Dynastie. 34. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008. x, 383; 12 p. of plates. ISBN 9783110204957 $151.00.
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Kubisch's monograph, which is based on a doctorate completed at Heidelberg University in 2002, is a concise, clearly written study of the biographical texts inscribed on monuments of non-royal individuals during the Second Intermediate Period (SIP), a time of political fragmentation and foreign rule in Egypt (ca. 1755-1520 BC). The most well-known and well-studied sources are the royal and non-royal texts describing the wars of reunification at its end. However, the biographies span the period and, although many have been published separately, until now they had not been collected and analysed as a group; in this Kubisch's work is a significant contribution. The catalogue, in its detailed presentation of the monuments, is a research tool with considerable potential for students and scholars of SIP history and its political and social structure, as well as of developments in contemporary Syria-Palestine and Sudan. However, Kubisch's presentation is geared primarily to Egyptologists and will not be immediately accessible to scholars outside this area. For example, maps and basic chronological tables are not provided. I hope that this review may encourage the use of her material in wider contexts of research. A recent English summary of her results, including translations of extracts of some texts, is a useful guide to this full study.1
The Second Intermediate Period encompasses the 13th–17th Dynasties of Egyptian history; the composition of these dynasties in terms of time, territory and ruling group remains controversial. The period is most associated with the Hyksos, a name given to rulers of Asiatic origin who gained control over areas of the Delta and places further south from about 1630 BC. However, few texts are known from Hyksos areas of influence, and all the biographies Kubisch includes were found at, or are ascribed to, sites far to the south; the northernmost is Abydos. Kubisch's texts are mostly associated with local Egyptian kingship, either of the 13th Dynasty or that which later emerged in Thebes. A smaller number were found at sites in Upper Nubia (north Sudan) which came under the control of the kingdom of Kush; two of the texts belong to Egyptian officials who served the ruler of Kush (Buhen 1 and 2, pp. 166–171, see also pp. 87–88). Also included is a group statue from Ugarit in Syria, and a statue and two stelae of unknown provenance.
Kubisch's volume consists of two major parts, the analysis (chapters 1–6) and the catalogue (chapter 7). The catalogue presents the texts from 66 individual monuments and is, therefore, the foundation for the whole study. Her analysis is divided into four main chapters, each of which has further section subdivisions. These chapters are: a brief assessment of the physical contexts of the monuments (ch. 2), a large chapter exploring various themes emerging from the texts (ch. 3), a separate analysis of aspects of historical content (ch. 4), and a discussion of approaches to dating (ch. 5). A short introduction (ch. 1) and conclusion (ch. 6) frame the analysis. End materials include indices which are usefully organised under names, titles, Egyptian words, and sources, allowing targeted use for specific questions.
The catalogue is organised by site, with each monument designated by the name of its area of known or presumed provenance and a number, thus Abydos 1, Edfu 2. These are then ordered alphabetically which is user-friendly although arguably a geographical, south-north, order would have been preferable. The catalogue includes basic details for each monument, copy-texts or line-drawings, and transliteration, translation and commentary of the texts. Readable black and white photographs are given for just over half the monuments.
The translations are generally accurate and thoughtful, managing the more difficult texts, of which there are many, convincingly. The commentaries focus on citing parallels from biographies of the Middle and New Kingdoms, laying the ground for Kubisch's comparative thematic discussion (esp. sections 3.1–3.4). However, sometimes the meanings of particular phrases are not fully explained and the numerous secondary sources she cites are not evaluated. Although detailed discussions of all points could have doubled the size of the catalogue, fuller treatment of more unusual vocabulary or phraseology would have enriched the treatments and made the translations more accessible to a broader audience. Some interpretive points are developed in her chapter discussions and it would have been helpful for these to have been more clearly signalled in the notes.
Despite the geographic basis for the catalogue, the discussion of the archaeological context of the texts in the first major chapter (ch. 2) is limited. She briefly enumerates their media (pp. 7–9) – stelae, statues, architectural elements and rock and tomb inscriptions – and provides a useful list of the necropolis sites from which many originated (pp. 9–20). However there is little developed analysis of the evidence for or implications of a particular provenance. An exception which demonstrates the potential of more contextually based studies is her assessment of the ritual language of the texts on three biographical statues of a single individual, the 13th Dynasty vizier Iymeru, set up in the temple of Amun at Karnak (section 3.7; Thebes 1–3).
Kubisch's third and most substantial chapter offers thought-provoking discussions of particular themes and phraseology, pointing the way to further areas of work. It is divided into seven main sections, each summarising and assessing specific motifs or groups of material, such the expression of personal relationships to peers, king and gods (3.1), childhood and upbringing (3.2), and the presentation of desirable characteristics (e.g. eloquence, discretion: 3.3). Kubisch uses these themes to explore the social and political conditions which shaped the texts. She concludes that although there was a fundamental continuity of style and structure in biographies from the Middle Kingdom to the 18th Dynasty (p. 134), the SIP material develops some distinctive themes and motifs, including the relationship of individuals to gods, and pragmatic and realistic grounding in events and experiences (p. 135). An example of the latter is the expression of relationship to local areas. In contrast to generalised characterisations of Middle Kingdom individuals as patrons of their city, the SIP texts stress acts of service to the community (p. 24), in some cases expressed in speeches voiced by citizens (e.g. Edfu 6, El Kab 4). Such speeches may be modelled on the performance of praise which is a feature of royal courts. Themes that locate the individual firmly within his local environment are characteristic of First Intermediate Period biographies, an earlier time of political decentralisation in Egypt; throughout her discussions, Kubisch finds the most meaningful points of comparison in this material. This is broadly convincing, although the social and political structures of the SIP would have been very different so the selection of such motifs probably had a different range of connotations. For example, unlike many First Intermediate Period texts, traditional kingship remained crucial to self-presentation. However, as Kubisch argues, expressions of royal love and favour were often responses to particular acts of service in contrast to the all-inclusive statements of the Middle Kingdom, and thus were perhaps more limited (pp. 30–39).
As Kubisch observes, one of the most striking features of the SIP texts is the expression of personal relationships to gods (section 3.1.3), especially in the biographies of priests, to which she devotes a whole section (3.5). While biographies that record personal involvement in cult performances are attested in the Old and Middle Kingdoms, these usually focus on culminating events or are integrated with other activities. The biographies of SIP priests are more detailed in their evocation of daily cult activities, describing access to temple areas (pp. 70–73), recitation of cult texts (e.g. 'one high of voice in the place of silence': El Kab 4b, and pp. 75–76, cf. pp. 54–56) and actions such as breaking seals to sanctuary doors, cleansing central areas, 'revealing' cult statues, and participating in processions (e.g. Thebes 6, with pp. 74–80). An example is Edfu 10, a biography of a priest of Horus Behdety, which integrates the performance of offering ritual in the temple with ancient phraseology of community provision, the culminating verses drawing vividly on military vocabulary ('pounding of step before him (Horus)') to describe his return to the temple (see Kubisch's note to lines 16/17 on p. 213). While these texts offer insights into temple activities, hierarchies (pp. 77–79) and delineations of sacred space, others, including some belonging to civil officials, express a more mutually involving and transforming relationship with the gods: 'one who regenerated his god' (Edfu 18), whose excellence was 'perceived' by the god (e.g. Elephantine 6), who came under special divine protection (Elephantine 5) and who, exceptionally, 'knew the plan of god' (Gebelein 2; see p. 56). One of the most remarkable and well-known SIP texts, that of the priest Horemkhauef (Hierakonpolis 1), reports his receipt of an instruction from Horus, perhaps through an oracle, to travel North to retrieve cult statues from the royal residence (p. 82; cf. El Tod 1 which may also record an oracle). The texts themselves and Kubisch's discussions of them, will contribute to challenging the view, still widely held in Egyptology, that such intimate relationships with gods, especially direct communication, were only possible from the late New Kingdom. Her suggestion that these motifs show how royal patronage was replaced by divine in places far from a royal court is perhaps too limiting (p. 46); rather these texts expand and elaborate ideas that had been expressed earlier, and should be understood in the context of broadly innovating textual production in the SIP.
Section 6 of chapter 3 and chapter 4 explore how the texts thematize the complex political world of the SIP, both explicitly through statements concerning territorial borders and roles in military campaigns, and implicitly through characterisations; a stela fragment of a royal official from Gebelein describes him as: 'one who understands the speech of every foreign land' (Gebelein 2 with note on p. 308: also p. 52). Section 3.6 presents the texts that relate to or were dedicated in Nubia, using them to trace developments in Egyptian involvement during the period. Chapter 4 takes a thematic approach, defining military campaigns and royal building work as key historical events and setting out all the texts that deal with such matters. While these discussions offer few new perspectives on developments in the SIP, bringing this material together allows it to be quickly compared with other forms of evidence, textual and archaeological.
Kubisch's discussions and catalogue are a rich resource for on-going work on the historical and social conditions of the SIP, as well as self-presentation in ancient societies more generally. For example, since most of the texts have a certain or attributable archaeological provenance, contextually based analyses have considerable potential. The recent article by John Baines2 on the 13th Dynasty Abydos stelae of Amenysonbe (Kubisch's Abydos 1–2) shows how the study of biography, related iconography, and context can be productively integrated, in this case to examine questions related to the display of religious concerns. A discussion of iconographic elements of the monuments is included in Kubisch's chapter on dating (5.2, pp. 118–124), but this focus means that specific features cannot be related to the texts in any detailed way. Economic features of self-presentation also seem significant, such as texts which seem to record endowments to a wife (Edfu 17) or to a temple (Edfu 6), the building of houses and shrines (Edfu 3, Edfu 6, Esna 1, El Tod 1), and those which mention maidservants (Edfu 17), sometimes as gifts (Edfu 16, Edfu 21). These are just some examples of many. Thus the importance of Kubisch's work lies as much in the ground it prepares for future work as it does in the new perspectives it offers on this controversial period of Egyptian history.
1. Biographies of the Thirteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties. Pages 313–327 of M. Marée (ed.), The Second Intermediate Period (Thirteenth – Seventeenth Dynasties): Current research, future prospects. OLA 192. Leuven: Peeters, 2010.
2. The stelae of Amenisonbe from Abydos and Middle Kingdom display of personal religion. Pages 1–22 of D. Magee, J. Bourriau, and S. Quirke (eds.), Sitting beside Lepsius: Studies in honour of Jaromir Malek at the Griffith Institute. OLA 185. Leuven: Peeters, 2009.


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The Blu-ray release is titled "6-Film Masters of Terror V.2" and includes the films Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Hellraiser: Hellseeker, Venom, Cursed, Darkness, and Phantoms.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Leiv Schreiber and Ben Affleck
Director: Joe Chapelle
The film's poster came in two versions. The first has the film logo underground, beneath a street lined with buildings. The second version featured the faces of the four young stars, to capitalize on the popularity of a similar poster done for the film Scream.
In March 1998 many DC comic books included a full-page, color reproduction of the original film poster.
Phantoms placed ninth its opening weekend grossing $3,065,951 in 1859 engagements.
Phantoms has subsequently been re-released on both DVD and Blu-ray in conjunction with other films as with the original Blu-ray release and in a stand-alone DVD release.
Detroit News, "O'Toole tries a little horror", Nov 1, 1996 sec E p5
Cinefantastique, "Eagerly Awaited", v29, no2, August 1997 p4
Cinefantastique, "Phantoms", v29 no 3, September 1997 p6
Cinefantastique, "Dean R. Koontz' Phantoms", Steven J. Lehti, Vol. 29, No. 4/5, October 1997, p16-17,19-20
Cinefantastique, "Phantoms Effects", Dale Kutzera, Vol. 29, No. 4/5, October 1997, p18-19
Cinefantastique, "Phantoms: Peter O'Toole", Steven J. Lehti, Vol. 29, No. 4/5, October 1997, p21
Fangoria, "Phantoms: Shifting Shapes of Fear", #168, Nov 1997, p34(6), Anthony C. Ferrante
Boston Globe, "O'Toole rumpled but thrilling in Phantoms", Jan 15 1998 sec E p2
The Orange County Register, "The Dean's List", January 20 1998, Show Tuesday, p1,4-5
Associated Press, "Horror author pleased with film", Jan 21 1998 5:27am EST
Dallas Morning News, "The Dreams of Dean Koontz", Jan 21 1998, Charles Ealy
Hollywood Online, "Koontz exorcises the Phantoms within", Jan 22 1998, Nina Davidson
Reuters, "Phantoms spookily enjoyable", Jan 23 1998 8:47am EST
Post Gazette, "Shot in the Dark: Dim Phantoms Fails to Thrill", Jan 23, 1998 (online), Barry Paris
Variety, "Phantoms" review, Jan 23, 1998, Godfrey Cheshire
Hollywood Online, "Dean Koontz scares up Phantoms", Jan 1998 – Original URL: http://www.hollywood.com/pressroom/interviews/dkoontz/dkoontz.html
New York Times Online, "Phantoms: A monster hungry for attention", Jan 23 1998, Stephen Holden
Movie Mail, E-mail announcement of the opening sent on Jan 23 1998
TV Guide, July 25-31 1999 p31 (ad for video)
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An advance screening was held in Syracuse, NE on January 21, 1998. An unknown number of invitation postcards were distributed as tickets.
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1989 film version
According to an advertisement in a 1989 issue of Variety, New World International had started per-production on a film of Phantoms. Unfortunately, I do not have any additional details about this project or even which issue of Variety this ad appeared in.
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If you've been around our Reid-Hillview location within the past year, chances are you know SG already. He's become a welcome part of the family, and we are proud to annouce he passed his Private Pilot checkride with flying colors on the first attempt with DPE Yuzo Wakita!
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Outlaw King Is The Bloodiest, Beardiest Movie Of The Year
Anne Cohen
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Outlaw King makes me wish there was an Oscar category for hairiest movie of the year. All the lush beards are working so hard, they deserve some recognition! If only the battle for the Scottish crown had been a contest weighing which side had the wildest manes, all this bloodshed could have been avoided: All hail Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine), the titular outlaw king, and his band of merry hirsute boys! But historical conflicts are usually decided on factors other than facial hair, and so instead of a 14th century beauty pageant, David Mackenzie's Netflix film brings us deep into the mud of the boggy battlegrounds for Scottish independence — with mixed results.
The action begins in 1304, when Scottish nobles have gathered to pledge fealty to King Edward I of England (a deliciously wily Stephen Dillane, a.k.a. Stannis Baratheon from Game of Thrones — there are a lot of GoT cameos; you can basically think of this as an interim season) after eight years of failed rebellion. Among them is Lord Robert Bruce, who bends the knee to the English sovereign despite having a claim on the Scottish crown.
In an effort to promote an alliance between the two nations, Edward offers up his goddaughter, Elizabeth de Burgh (Florence Pugh) in marriage to Bruce. In a genre not known for being particularly kind to — or even remotely interested in — its women, Pugh is intoxicating, infusing the character with steely confidence and poise. She's not just a supportive wife who comes to love her husband. She's a smart person with inner thoughts and convictions, which she demonstrates throughout.
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As Robert, Pine is quiet, even aloof, a man who could have been happy raising his daughter (Josie O'Brien) and playing with his large dog had he not been called to be a wartime monarch. It's easy to root for him, though, especially once he renews his Hollywood Chris cred by not forcing Elizabeth to consummate their marriage until she initiates physical intimacy. But we never really get to know him as a person, beyond those sad eyes that progressively get sadder as he decides his path lies in rebellion, losing brothers and men to try and unite a people who are stubbornly resistant to that outcome. Despite Pine's good work, our attention inevitably strays to the more vibrant and colorful performances of his supporting characters. One of those is Aaron Taylor Johnson's James Douglas, a hairy dynamo of anger as he pledges his allegiance to Robert in response to King Edward's brutal treatment of his family.
And in a movie already known far and wide for having a full-frontal view of naked Chris Pine, Billy Howle is a scene-stealer as the Prince of Wales. King Edward's shrewdness is in sharp contrast to the boorish insecurities of his own son and heir, whose murderous bloodlust stems partly from a sad need to prove himself as a worthy future ruler to a father who views him as a supreme disappointment. He plays the prince as a disappointed white boy with the rage of a thousand incels, and his insane bowl cut, soon-to-be replicated by Timothée Chalamet in Netflix's The King, should really receive its own acting credit.
In a way, Howle's stellar performance works as a metaphor for the film itself. Outlaw King really wants to be a worthy successor to the ruling champion of the historical epic: Braveheart. And it does the absolute most to make that happen.
Mackenzie, who previously directed Pine in Hell or High Water, really commits to the sheer scale of medieval warfare, in all its bloody, dirty, smelly glory. Each battle scene will have you genuinely wondering how anyone might survive the barrage of arrows, swords, axes — you name it — flying around at any given time. And indeed many don't, including a number of beautiful, glossy horses. But the film punctuates those brutal scenes with gorgeous, sweeping shots of the Scottish landscape our band of outlaws are fighting to hold on to.
Outlaw King, which will be available to stream on Netflix on November 9, is nearly 20 minutes shorter than it was when it first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. That leaner approach is probably to ensure that people watching on their computers won't sign off before the end, but the film is better for the trim. Still, it's the kind of movie that would be a lot more engrossing on a big screen (even if it means you can't pause during that scene), and despite a very limited awards-qualifying theatrical release, most viewers will probably end up catching this one from their couch. Part of what made Braveheart so mythical in Hollywood canon was the sheer grandeur of the production. Outlaw King has assembled a stellar cast, but it lacks the urgency of why this all matters beyond the lives of the people we're seeing duke it out.
On the other hand, Outlaw King is the kind of movie that, were it not a Netflix release, I would wholeheartedly rewatch every single time it was on TV. It's not Braveheart. But it's also not not Braveheart. And we haven't had one of those in a very long time — especially one with this many good beards.
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DALLAS – Brad Barnett has been named Senior Vice President of Buckner Children and Family Services, according to Buckner International President and CEO Albert Reyes. His first day is today.
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"Brad's extensive business background, combined with his life's mission to 'live a life for Christ and use all the talent He gave me in the process' position him well for his new role with Buckner," Reyes said. "I am excited that Brad's knowledge of business tactics and processes are being linked with our BCFS staff's extensive knowledge and experience in quality care for vulnerable children and families. Buckner is blessed to have the most capable leaders in child care anywhere in the nation."
As senior vice president, Barnett will oversee Buckner's domestic and international child and family care operations, including adoption and maternity services and spiritual development.
A native of Oklahoma, Barnett most recently served as Vice President of Global Operations for Adams Golf in Plano, Texas. In his role at Adams, he helped the company strengthen its production processes. He was also involved in the merger and acquisition of Adams into TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in June of 2012.
Reyes emphasized that Barnett's personal and professional values were attributes that brought him to the forefront as a candidate for the position. "Brad's values encapsulate our Buckner core values. He exhibits Christ-like qualities, he has a Servant's Spirit, and he's Passion-driven."
Brad and his wife Julie are members of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship. They have three children.


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Q: How to Clear the ngModel value coming from other component? I have a component in which [(ngModel)]=attrProps._value is getting set on user input and also getting value when already present by default.
Now there is a button which leads to a toggle button for value option when the user wants to have custom value.
But when the user clicks on the refresh button the value in the input field should get clear?

@Component({
    selector: 'n-customValue',
    template: `
            <mat-form-field class="inputfield-attr-view">
                <input matInput [(ngModel)]="attrProps._value" placeholder="{{bKeeperService.getAttributeType(attrProps).displayAs}}">
                <mat-icon matSuffix (click)="revertIcon()" class="editButton">

                </mat-icon>
              </mat-form-field>
    `
})
export class customValueComponent implements OnInit {
    @Output() clickEvent: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();

    constructor(public myservice: customService) { }

    ngOnInit(): void { }

    revertIcon() {
        this.clickEvent.emit('REVERT_EVENT');

    }
}

I tried using element ref but could not solve it.

@Component({
    selector: 'n-customvalue',
    template: `
            <mat-form-field class="inputfield-attr-view">
                <input matInput [(ngModel)]="attrProps._value" #searchInput placeholder="{{bKeeperService.getAttributeType(attrProps).displayAs}}">
                <mat-icon matSuffix (click)="revertIcon()" class="editButton">

                </mat-icon>
              </mat-form-field>
    `
})
export class customvalueComponent implements OnInit {
    @Output() clickEvent: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
    @Input('nAttrProps') nAttrProps;
    @ViewChild('searchInput') searchInput: ElementRef;

    attrPropsValue;
    constructor(public myservice: customService) { }

    ngOnInit(): void { }

    revertIcon() {
        this.clickEvent.emit('REVERT_EVENT');
        this.searchInput.nativeElement.value = '';

    }
}


According to to Syriza politicians, Tsipras and Varoufakis a NO vote would have delivered the Greek people victory in its negotiation with the Troika with promises of an agreement already on the table and of course the banks would reopen Tuesday. Which just like a string of promises made for the whole of 2015 have proved totally worthless propaganda aimed at convincing a delusional Greek electorate that a paradise of sorts was awaiting them if only they voted NO / committed mass suicide, the reality of which is only slowly starting to dawn on an increasingly panicky Greek people who are experiencing economic collapse accelerate on a daily basis.
Similarly AFTER the NO vote the mainstream press and BlogosFear appears to have googled for what happens next and concluded that Greece has the nuclear option of printing euros as I wrote early on the 2nd of July (indexed 1st July).
02 Jul 2015 - Forget Drachmas Greece Syriza Government Could Instruct Central Bank to Print Euros!
In the face of this crisis, Greece does have the nuclear option, one that could threaten to blow the whole euro-zone apart as what apparently no one is reporting on is the fact that Euro's in Greece are printed by the Greek central bank. Therefore Syriza faced with empty bank vaults could just command the Greek Central Bank to start printing Euros without ECB authorisation, which would instantly result in a devaluation of Greek Euros that would be marked down in value against other nation Euros.
Greece printing euros would instantly wipe out the value of the debt denominated in euros as well as wipe out most of the value of savings and purchasing power of earnings i .e. Greece would effectively be printing money to inflate its way out of the crisis and thus the Greek inflation rate would soar.
The Guardian - With a return to the drachma unwanted, could Greece just print its own euros?
Faced with shuttered banks and ATMs all but drained of cash, but with most of its citizens saying they would rather stay in the eurozone than revert to the drachma, could Greece simply decide to print its own euro notes?
It is certainly physically capable of doing so: the Greek central bank owns a press in Holargos, a suburb of Athens, that once printed drachma and is currently one of 14 high-security currency printing works across the eurozone producing euro banknotes.
But actually going ahead and printing unauthorised notes would amount to a declaration of war on the European Central Bank.
All of which of course, is meant to suggest that there is no formal way to expel Greece from the Euro and only a slow (or not so slow) economic and financial collapse of Greece is what the Troika and ECB have left as a negotiating card.
However, this cuts both ways, because while Greece and the ECB may be on the verge of a terminal fall out, Greece still has something of great value: a Euro printing press.
It may not get to there: according to Telegraph's Ambrose Evans Pritchard who quotes what appears to be a direct quote to him from Yanis Varoufakis, Greece will, "If necessary... issue parallel liquidity and California-style IOU's, in an electronic form. We should have done it a week ago."
However, none so far have apparently realised the consequences of Greece printing own euro notes without ECB permission, which is that as soon as it starts to do so then that would mean that Greek EURO notes would no longer be accepted in other euro-zone nations regardless of any assurances from the ECB, which effectively means that Greece Euro notes have an EXPIRY DATE.
Again my earlier article covered the ramifications of what would happen as Greece's bank notes would no longer be accepted that would impact on the relative value of all PIIGS euro notes. Which effectively translates into every Euro note having an expiry date as their respective values adjust to the state of their domestic economies i.e. The euro notes of the member states would start to behave as free floating currencies rather than a single currency.
So, for example someone shopping in a store in Greece and eventually the other PIIGS would be able to buy MORE with the same denomination German Euro note marked with an X then the notes of other euro-zone nations and especially that of Greek Euro bank notes marked with an Y.
Whilst today the suggestion that Greece could start printing euros without permission may seem impossible, however so did Greece defaulting on the IMF loan and a collapse of its banking system just a week ago!
So all this talk in the media of it being impossible for Greece to launch and print its own currency for many months if not years is WRONG, for Greece already has printing presses ready that can immediately print Euros without limit.
In fact Greece may have been stealthily stock piling currency paper and ink in readiness of detonating its nuclear option. In fact Greece may already be printing billions of euros in secret that will only start to become apparent when Greece as if by magic is able to start to relax its capital controls such as limits on withdrawals. In fact the euro notes would be just the tip of the money printing ice-berg for the Greek central bank only needs to press a few buttons to electronically print tens of billion of euros and then eventually in the hundreds of billions as Greece goes through its own hyperinflation event and we will probably see inflation take off in all other euro-zone nations except Germany.
However, floating euro notes would only be the beginning of the real euro crisis which would manifest itself as a credit freeze across the euro-zone as bank customers will be unwilling to transact business with other less credit worthy euro nations so as to preserve the value of their bank deposits i.e. German bank deposits would be trading at a premium to Italian, Portuguese and Spanish amongst most others. Remember this is BANK DEPOSITS trading at different values and therefore there will be a rush to open to German bank accounts so as to preserve the value of euro bank deposits.
1. Pull cash out of the banks and keep your money in cash, euro notes, or better still German euro notes (X), though given the limited number in circulation when compared against bank deposits and sovereign bonds that may be a problem, but better to act now rather than later.
2. To open an account with a GERMAN bank and transfer as much of your euros into it because Greece pressing the nuclear button and printing its own Euro's will result in euro notes starting to only become acceptable on the basis of their country of origin which will be accompanied by a Credit Freeze as account holders will be less likely to accept transfers from other PIIGS nations bank that may lose a significant proportion of their value i.e. it would be the start of the market pricing in differing rates of exchange between euro-zone member states.
Again those with their wealth in euro accounts need to ACT NOW! As Greece goes bust tomorrow! Because Syriza BOTH want to have Greece's debt written down AND another LOAN of Euro 30 billion! "Write off our debt but we also want to keep borrowing money from you", which means there won't be an agreement. Which means that things may come to ahead long before the Euro 3.5 billion repayment due to the ECB on 20th July. Which means Greece will start to print euro notes or IOU's within a matter of days and that I now rate GrExit as a 90% probability, up from 85%.
08 Jul 15, 13:49 Greece just a game now.
Greece could buy a bit more time by agreeing to the terms of its creditors in order to free up some more money for a while but then just fail to actually implement any of them. At this point it all just looks like a sad game.


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Q: Help identifying 4-pin 2.5 mm pitch wire to board connector with latch I'm looking for a 4-pin version of this 5-pin cable connector. It is for the Bluetooth module on a LiFePo4 BMS. You can see both PCB connectors in the 3rd picture. 2.5 mm pitch.
Can anyone identify the specific connector name?

Figure 1: 5-pin latching connector, end view

Figure 2: 5-pin latching connector, top view

Figure 3: 4-pin and 5-pin PCB latching connectors

A: My connector identification utility found these possible matches:

*

*MANUF. - SERIES

*JST - XA

*Molex - Mini-Lock

Of those, the JST XA looks most likely.

A: I think this may be a "clone" of your connector. 2.50mm Pitch XHB crimp style connector.
Your images look more like the 2.0mm pitch version that I was looking for when I ran across your post. (mfg by Yeonho and TAIHUA)
2.0mm version image:


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- Tim Veletta
Earlier this year, myself along with a small army of friends and playtesters showcased TeleBlast as part of the PAX Australia Indie Showcase. It was an absolutely unreal experience not only to have people play the game but also enjoy it enough to bring back their friends and play it over and over again. For context, TeleBlast is a local multiplayer game where up to 4 of your friends attempt to blow each other up using explosive teleporters. It started out as a Global Game Jam game and has somehow made its way to become PAX Australia Indie Showcase worthy within the space of 10 months.
The Lead-Up
In the lead up to PAX I tried to make sure I was completely confident in the features that were in the game and pulled out anything I had any doubts about, the last thing I wanted was for things to go wrong during the game and for people to have a bad experience because of that. We arrived a day prior to 'move in' day which allowed me to run one final playtest and fix any minor bugs that came up and after that point, I had complete confidence in the product we were about to showcase which allowed me to get some sleep that night.
Move-In Day
The day before PAX I had planned to go and pick up a television I had hired to showcase the game then make our way to the convention center. All was going well until we arrived at the venue and found that there were 2 TVs already set up in the booth which I wasn't informed of. Initially, I had only considered running a single demo at any one time hence I had only brought 4 controllers and a single power board; luckily I had brought 2 laptops, one to allow me to fix any major bugs while we used the other one for the game. We ended up having to demo off both laptops which gave us some flexibility if when any issues arose.
We ended up going and buying more controllers, cables, and power boards to allow us to run the two screens and returned the spare TV that day so we didn't have to worry about it after PAX.
Move in day was also when I met Chris who owns Salty Studios and is a friend of a friend. Having been through PAX and knowing that this was my first big showcase he was able to give me all the support and advice I needed to remain calm and succeed. Meeting him was one of the greatest parts of my PAX experience; seeing the lengths that people would go to just to help each other out because at the end of the day, sharing is the only way the indie game development scene is going to grow particularly within Australia.
So my original plan was to press the button to release TeleBlast into Early Access the morning of PAX as the doors opened at 10 am however due to a mix of nervousness and excitement I couldn't sleep Thursday night and ended up releasing at around 2:30 am. I slept soundly until my alarm went out however it was a mad panic from there because the game was available and people were going to play it that day. Another issue arose upon arriving at the venue. The controllers weren't working with one of the laptops because conventions are a terrible place to use Bluetooth connected controllers, there is simply too much interference. So for the first hour of PAX, we only ran with a single demo machine and a highly stressed out developer. Luckily I had the support of my amazing demo team including my lovely partner who was able to run around doing what she could to get things working properly.
Once the doors opened, people came streaming in however they just kept walking, they didn't want to see any of these indie games or at least that's what I thought. Turns out people just wanted to make sure they got in line to see the big AAA games and would filter back towards the Indie Rising area later on. Once we started getting our first groups of players I was able to relax a bit more and get in the groove of pitching to people and getting them excited about playing the game. Since there isn't always going to be a game going on to show people and bring them in, our one sentence pitch became very important. Our pitch was
"A local multiplayer game where you blow up your friends with teleporters"
which was simple enough to tell people what it was about and intriguing enough for them to want to know more.
Our first group of players.
The first day of PAX was very much about learning how to best manage the booth, draw people in and then giving them the best experience possible. Some of the things we were able to learn and adjust during the weekend include:
- Only needing 3 people to run the booth at any one time. This gave us the flexibility to have 2 people demonstrating the actual game while we had one person trying to draw people in. Also because it was a local multiplayer game, it gave us the ability to join a game and showcase where it really shines which is at 4 players.
- How to best showcase the game. We would jump into the basic TeleBlast game mode since the pace of the game is largely dictated by the people playing and it was a simple introduction to the mechanics of the game. It was delightful to see that 'ah-ha' moment that people would have after a couple of rounds seeing them understand the game and then become highly competitive.
After the first game, we would set them up with the Capture the Flag mode with a few gameplay variations turned on, namely 'Black Hole Explosions', which draw other players in, and 'Phase Dash', which allows players to dash through walls. We chose these options because it allowed people to experience how alternate game modes and variations would change the game in the future and it left them wanting to play and explore more.
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What a great experience, very personal, perfect video and sound, really enjoyed it!
The Jim's Big Ego concert made for a delightful evening; creative, fun, foot-tapping tunes, with a message.
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Residents who live in lush areas with lakes and rivers are generally familiar with the potential for flooding, and there are often local guidelines in the case of overflow that can pose a safety risk and cause damage. Although they do not experience consistent rainfall, arid regions are also prone to flooding, though more commonly in the form of a "flash flood." These distinct flooding events are characterized by their rapid onset, generally within six hours of the causative agent (rain, the destruction of a dam or other barrier), and their potential to occur in areas that are not adjacent to a body of water (though they may also happen as a result of river overflow). Rain that is heavy enough to trigger a flash flood is often the result of a monsoon storm, which produces a heavy rainfall in a short period of time, or severe, prolonged thunderstorms that do not allow for sufficient roadway drainage. Despite their connection to dryer regions, flash floods result in more fatalities per year than standard flooding, causing 155 deaths, 230 injuries, and more than $2.5 billion in property damage from 2010 to 2012 (1).
Many of the injuries that occur during a flash flood are caused by drivers who enter an area with fast-moving water because they perceive the flooded street to be safe. Depth on a roadway is easy to misjudge, and vehicles as large as an SUV can be carried away in 18 to 24 inches of water (2). Not just personal vehicles are affected; in a recent incident in northern Arizona, a tour bus carrying 33 passengers was carried 300 yards down a wash after a storm that produced less than an inch of rain. The swiftwater rescues required to extricate motorists are also some of the most dangerous for first responders "because of the unpredictability (3);" conditions can worsen quickly, and vehicles can be swept away during the rescue attempt.
On the national and state-wide levels, several steps have been taken to reduce the number of preventable deaths that occur during flood season. Arizona's "Stupid Motorist Law," enacted in 1995 as a deterrent to entering flooded wash areas, allows the state to bill motorists for the cost of their rescue up to $2000 per incident. In order for the fines to be applied, the roadway must be submerged, and the driver must have evaded a barrier to access it. Taking a more educational approach, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's "Turn Around, Don't Drown" campaign highlights the dangers of entering a flooded area while in a vehicle.
Flash floods represent an underappreciated hazard that taxes the resources of first responder departments and results in dozens of preventable fatalities each year. Residents of flood-prone areas can minimize the risks they face by heeding flash flood warning advisories, and taking simple preventative measures in the event of flooding, such as not entering washes or driving on submerged roadways. Through the cooperation of community members and the skill of rescue organizations, the risk posed by these abrupt events can be limited, reducing the potential for injury for both first responders and the general public.
2. Tarp, Keli, Flash Flood Safety in a Car; That Weather Show, NOAA, 2008.


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Jul 15 Billie Jean King by Louis Staples
Illustration by Elena Durey
Louis Staples is a writer and editor from Edinburgh currently based in in East London. He writes about LGBTQ+ issues, culture and politics for publications including Dazed, i-D, The Independent, The New Statesman and Another Man.
Only a handful of times in a generation will someone rise to prominence in such a way that their influence transcends their industry. These people do not wait for change; they create it. Few embody this more than tennis champion Billie Jean King.
By 1972, King was the most successful women's player of her generation, winning more grand slams than any other American player. The previous year, she became the first female athlete of any discipline to earn over $100,000 in prize money in a single season. But as impressive as these achievements are, fighting to advance the rights of women and LGBTQ people is her lasting legacy.
I grew up assuming I was terrible at all sports. I used to literally run from the football, only to be placed in goal, where my terror intensified. My heart still races at the mere sound of a football being struck, particularly if one is kicked near me, and definitely if there's a possibility I might have to kick it back.
But my aversion to physical activity ended when I discovered tennis. What began as an attempt to copy my older brother quickly became one of my favourite pastimes. Unlike my brother, and I suspect most eight year-old boys, I was obsessed with female players, especially the Williams sisters. I suppose this is similar to how I always selected female characters like Nina to fight with when playing Tekken. Or how I loved She-Ra: Princess of Power and later idolised Buffy Summers. Growing up gay, strong women made me feel like anything was possible.
Tennis is has travelled further down the path to gender equality than most sports. Female players receive the same prize money as their male counterparts at each of the four annual "Grand Slam" tournaments, as well as prime time TV slots and endorsement deals.
Yet getting to this point has not been easy.
When King was twelve, she had an epiphany after a long day of practice. "I was daydreaming about my little tiny universe of tennis, and I thought to myself: 'Everybody's wearing white shoes, white socks, white clothes, playing with white balls, everybody who plays is white. Where is everybody else?' That was the moment I decided to fight for equality and freedom and equal rights and opportunities for everyone. Everyone. Not just girls. Everyone."
King knew that if she was good enough, she could use her platform to create change. Although she had not yet realised that she was attracted to women, many queer people, including me, can relate to this thought process. After years of being stifled in implicitly heterosexual, hierarchical institutions like schools, so many of us can barely wait to achieve great things and make our mark on the world.
King wasted no time making good on her promises. In 1967, when she first became world number one, the New York Times profiled her. In the interview she criticised the press's relentless focus on her body image. She is also complained that the elitist "club atmosphere" was holding tennis back and it should be brought into public spaces where everyone could feel welcome. Fifty years ago, when famous women were expected to smile politely and keep quiet, this was radical.
Despite being happily married to Larry King, her college sweetheart, King had realised that she was attracted to women by 1968. Three years later, she began a secret relationship with her secretary Marilyn Barnett.
In 1973, she was challenged to a tennis match by retired men's tennis star Bobby Riggs. As a former men's number one, Riggs believed that women's tennis was inferior to the male game. He thought that, at fifty-five, he could still beat any female player. Creating the public persona of a self-styled chauvinist pig, he set his sights on defeating King.
King finally agreed to play Riggs in a $100,000 winner-takes-all tie dubbed the "Battle of the Sexes". In the run up to the match, she endured a barrage or misogynistic news coverage. Her feminist beliefs were mocked and her achievements were minimized. Nevertheless, King defeated Riggs in straight sets in front of 30,000 fans and an estimated TV audience of 90 million, making it the most-watched tennis match ever.
Battle of the Sexes was more than just a tennis match. It represented a watershed moment. King estimates that in the years since the match, just as many men have spoken to her about its impact on them as women. President Obama told her in 2009 that watching the match when he was twelve "changed his life". She has also lost count of the women who have approached her to say that, having waited for years, they finally asked for a raise the following morning.
But there was also a wider political context. A year before Battle of the Sexes, Title IX, a Federal law that required education funding to be split equally between boys and girls, came into effect. This meant that women would have access to athletics college scholarships and equal sports resources for the first time. King states that building broader support for the law was one of her main motivations for playing Riggs. "It was about social change," she explained. "I remember thinking: 'If I lose it's going to put women back 50 years'".
Later in 1973, the US Open became the first grand slam tournament to offer equal prize money to the women's winner. This followed King's insistence that she would refuse to play if the prize money was not increased. Without a British tennis star applying this kind of pressure, Wimbledon did not follow suit until 2007.
Progress at smaller tournaments was also painfully slow. Male tournament winners regularly walked away with eight times more prize money than the women. In protest, King and eight other female players broke away from the US Tennis Association in 1974 to form an independent women's tour. The "original nine" played for just one dollar a day. "Our dream was for any girl, any place in the world, if she were good enough, to have a place to compete and make a living," she explained in 2017. "We knew it wasn't about our generation, it was about future generations." The "Virginia Slims Tour", named after sponsors, evolved into the Women's Tennis Association of today. This year, King presented the women's trophy at the Australian Open. The prize money was $4million, the exact same as the men's winner. Now that's progress.
But King also suffered setbacks. In 1981 her affair with Marilyn became public when she sued king for money following the breakdown of their relationship. This pushed King to come out as a bisexual, resulting in the loss of an estimated $2million in endorsements and forcing her to prolong her tennis career to pay attorneys.
King eventually found love with her doubles partner Ilana Kloss. She remains close to her former husband Larry, who named King and Kloss as godparents to his children from his next marriage.
Billie Jean King is more than just an athlete. Viewing sport as a microcosm of society, she used tennis as a platform to push for meaningful social change. Since retiring from tennis, she has strived to empower women leaders in all areas of life. The fact that King was so successful while grappling with her sexuality off-court resonates with queer people like me. People forget that we still have to pass the same exams, or do our jobs just as well, while coming to terms with who we are.
As a gay man, feminists like King, who rally against the patriarchal forces that label femininity as weak and inferior, are among my personal heroes. Feminists and gay men have long had an alliance, dating back to the days of the Gay Liberation Front and London's first Pride March in 1972. In such an uncertain world, these links have never been more precious.
King knew that that true equality leaves no one behind. She proves that all of us, if we dare to think ahead of our time, can change the world.
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