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Dear Hannah: LEarning (The People In My Neighborhood (TPIMN))
By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
Dear Hannah,
As the name suggests, The People In My Neighborhood (TPIMN) is a project that helps me learn more about where I live.
It began as an effort to organize the neighbors in our subdivision, then grew into an effort to learn about our adjacent communities - then their adjacent communities, etc.
It has grown into a powerful storytelling tool.
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"LEarning (The People In My Neighborhood (TPIMN))"
By Derrick Brown
About one year ago, I was able to formalize the project into a google map with several layers.
These layers include community building blocks like voting wards, subdivisions, apartments, schools, churches, businesses, and crime.
Based on recent direct feedback, nobody cares to be shown how the map was built.
Those are too many details.
Many folks, though, care about what the map reveals.
So, let's use the map to help tell a compelling story - by the numbers.
Let's tackle the numbers first.
I live in a voting ward with 3000 registered voters.
2000 are White - and live North of what I call our "Mason - Dixon Line".
1500 of those White voters live in 5 key "North Side" communities.
The other 1000 voters are Black - and live South of that "Mason - Dixon Line".
There are two candidates vying to be elected as representatives of our ward.
They both live on the "North Side".
Political campaigns have limited resources.
I would not blame these two candidates if they both focused their resources on targeting the 1500 votes in the 5 "North Side" communities.
So far - neither of them seem to be making themselves visible on the "South Side".
I ain't mad at 'em.
But they are overlooking an opportunity that is hard to see ... unless you have a visual aid.
Roll the demo ...
[Tour starts]
There are 50 registered voters in my community.
As I leave my community to drive my daughter to school, I pass a second community on my left.
There are 50 registered voters in that community.
Nearing the stoplight, the subdivision to my left has 50 registered voters.
The apartment complex on the right has 90 voters.
After we make a right turn, there is an apartment complex to the left with 230 registered voters.
Then there is another to the right with 100 voters.
If you are keeping score, that is 570 of my ward's 1000 Black voters ... who live within walking distance of my house.
It's a long walk, but they live within walking distance.
[End tour]
What does this say, and what does that mean?
Here's what it says to me - by the numbers.
The two "North Side" candidates will share 2000 votes.
Let's explore the possibilities of how that might happen.
If they split them evenly (1000 apiece), they will have created an opportunity for a third "South Side" candidate who targets Black voters.
If one candidate dominates the other, the third candidate who woos the "South Side" Black voters may have a say in which candidate wins.
Those are the two extreme possibilities.
Lots of other possibilities exist between those extremes.
So, the word to the wise is to make an effort to attract and organize those 570 voters who live within walking distance of my home.
It might matter more than we realize.
Selah.
About Derrick Brown (Principal Consultant)
I am Keisha's husband, and Hannah's father.
My *other* passion is empowering people via methods that balance skill & will, analysis & synthesis, ideas & execution, and activity & achievement.
I am the product of my mentoring relationships, peacemaking (and peacekeeping), and problem-solving ability.
I am a publisher, filmmaker, executive coach & registered mediator with engineering degrees from Clemson and Georgia Tech.
My education began when I finished school.
After school, I enrolled in a lifelong curriculum that includes the following classes ...
ministry (serving people)
entrepreneurship (developing solutions that serve people)
stewardship (taking care of relationships, possessions, talents, body, mind, and time)
literacy (reading & writing skills)
numeracy (math skills)
language (communication skills)
self-expression (sharing "who you are")
self-identity (knowing "who you are")
analysis & synthesis (solving problems & sharing solutions)
KnowledgeBase is a ministry that has evolved from wisdom earned through lessons learned.
I want to share this wisdom to build teams of "triple threat" fellows - mentors, mediators, and problem solvers.
We will collaborate in simple, powerful ways that allow us to help people.
I now know that power is work done efficiently (with wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise).
Copyright © 2017 Derrick Brown. All Rights Reserved.
"LEarning (Nine Men's Morris (9MM))"
Nine Men's Morris is an ancient board game combining the speed of checkers, the strategy of chess and the simplicity of tic-tac-toe.
It is easy to play, but difficult to master.
Opponents each start the game with 9 playing pieces.
The object ... is to either trap your opponent so he or she can no longer move or to capture all their playing pieces except for two.
The rules ... first person to play puts a piece over any of the white circles on your game board.
Then the second person does the same.
Your objective is to get three of your pieces in a row (which is called a "mill").
All the pieces in a "mill" must be on circles connected by lines.
In other words, diagonal mills don't count.
When you get a mill, you may remove and keep one of your opponent's pieces from the board.
The only time a piece can be removed from an opponent's mill is when there are no other pieces available except those in a mill.
Once both players have put down all their pieces (this is called the "placement" phase), they take turns moving their pieces along the lines in an effort to form a mill (this is called the "movement" phase).
You can only move one space at a time, and you can't move diagonally.
Also, you may only move to adjacent open circles.
You may not bump or jump an opponent's piece.
Remember, the forming of a mill allows for the removal of an opponent's piece.
If you plan well, it is possible to play a piece that forms two mills. If this occurs, you can remove two of your opponent's pieces.
Play continues until a player can no longer move or is left with only two playing pieces on the board.
Whichever outcome, this person loses the game.
I can show you better than I can tell you.
Let's see how it is done.
The game's speed, strategy, and simplicity combine to make it a subtle powerhouse.
Let me count the ways ...
1. Folks from similar and different generations can compete.
2. Games end in 5-10 minutes - so several games can be played simultaneously - or in succession - without folks getting bored.
3. "Gameboards" can be printed and placed in document photo frames from Dollar stores.
4. Game pieces can be formal game pawns (like the ones in the game "Sorry"), or any uniform household item with a flat bottom (pennies and dimes work well - so do colored applesauce caps).
These four elements I have shared allow Nine Men's Morris to be the centerpiece of a compelling, inexpensive, intra-generational event.
Imagine middle, high school, and college students - along with professionals and retirees - all playing each other in a large room with 16 tables.
Each table can host two games between two players simultaneously - this means 64 people can be engaged and play 32 games in the first round of a tournament.
Each game requires a gameboard - a printout of the Nine Men's Morris grid placed in a dollar store document frame.
These 32 gameboards will cost $32.
With games taking 5-10 minutes - each tournament round will take 20 minutes.
A 64-player tournament will require 6 "rounds" to crown a champion - which means 120 minutes are required for gameplay.
Add 5-minute breaks between every round - 25-30 minutes are required for breaks.
This means that 150 minutes (2.5 hours) are required to conduct a tournament with 64 participants.
Let's add 30 minutes for breakfast before the tournament.
So, on a Saturday morning from 9 AM - 12 PM - this game provides the main attraction of a great, inexpensive mentoring event.
Man, that is alright.
"LEarning (Now You Know History Quiz Bowl (NYK HQB))"
The NOW YOU KNOW History Quiz Bowl is a gameshow tells the story of 25 ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
These people have special connections to each other - and to us.
Our connections to their lives, stories and accomplishments help us to relate to them.
This allows them to disciple us - even though we may never meet them face-to-face.
The game is played in the tradition of "Jeopardy" - with a few stylistic departures.
First, I serve as host.
My role is to be the griot.
Each gameboard selection affords me the chance to introduce a person and tell their story - in 15-20 seconds.
Each story ends with a common knowledge "answer" that contestants then "question" for points.
Our second key departure - if contestants do not phrase their question properly, we chew the meat, spit out the bones, and keep LEarning.
Questions, answers, and phrasing are all of secondary importance.
The story and LEarning are our priorities.
Each of these stories used to appear as posters on the walls of my office when I was a school administrator.
They were great conversation pieces, and inspirations to all who engaged them - especially me.
Please note that I call this a History Quiz Bowl.
That is very intentional, and I fully embrace the irony there.
Human nature and conventional wisdom suggest that once the stories of two Black people are shared (within 5 minutes), then this becomes a "Black History" Quiz Bowl.
Au contraire, mon frere et ma chere.
This game is a walk through history, and the embracing of what our world calls diversity, sensitivity, and inclusion.
Writing the game helps me LEarn about and practice all three - at the same time.
It is my hope that playing the game helps us to all do the same.
"LEarning (Writing Your First Business Plan (WYFBP))"
Many years ago, I developed a six-week class called "Writing Your First Business Plan".
The purpose of the class was to help entrepreneurs with GOoD ideas (good ideas from God) "wrap their minds" around their vision, mission, and steps - in a way that established and built positive momentum.
Vision describes what your efforts will produce / create - it describes your "end".
Mission describes the concrete path to your vision - it describes your "means".
Steps describe specific projects and tasks required to navigate that path - your "who", "what", "when", "where", "why", and "how".
I developed the class after reviewing the path I had navigated thus far while implementing my own vision.
My path began with a one-page business plan - written in the Summer of 1993 - that outlined my approach to being a computer consultant.
I was 23 when I wrote it, but even by then I understood that using a computer was my strongest skill set.
Educating and empowering people by learning to use computers efficiently was my strongest interest (my passion).
In 1996, I wrote a more formal business plan that helped launch an African-related Internet directory called The Universal Black Pages (UBP).
My current venture, KnowledgeBase, was first UBP's marketing and outreach arm - then we went "solo" in 1998.
All of this was defined and outlined in that formal plan - which received a lot of positive feedback, and allowed us to run our business "on paper".
This helped us avoid a lot of costly mistakes (I mean financial ones).
We still made more than our fair share (especially management & leadership ones), and earned some painful wisdom through lessons learned.
Through it all, though, I remembered that one-page plan, and the confidence, clarity, and calm it brought when I finished it.
I wanted to outline a process that would help others achieve that same confidence, clarity, and calm.
Then I wanted to walk through that process with them.
Let me show it to you ...
I led 250 people through this process from 2001 to 2002 in multiple 6-week sessions that I recorded on my laptop.
These recordings prepared me for podcasting before I even knew what podcasting was.
Listening to them also helped me grow as a man.
There is nothing more humbling than listening to yourself teach others while realizing how much you have left to LEarn.
Suffice it to say that I am still LEarning, still teaching, and still have a long way to go.
But I am confident that I know how to get there.
And I am faithful that I will.


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16 hours for the Main Conference plus additional hours offered.
With a world-class faculty and like-minded colleagues, you'll learn new techniques, explore new thought and theories, discover new developments in research and take home best practice to become a more effective practitioner for your clients, community and families. You'll have access to 16 hours of conference presentations (CE approved hours) (plus an additional 19 hours of CE Hours available with the Instructor Gathering and Post Conference events) that will support you in your personal and professional growth.
Rejuvenate There are many difficult issues we deal with every day, both in our practices and in our lives. It is important to have the space and time to relax, laugh, and rejuvenate. As Janet would say, "Practice self-care to take care of the healer within". At this conference, we have built in time for self-care through our morning activities, daily meditations, group exchanges, a sound healing gong immersion and availability to the healing room. Many of our speakers will be leading you through energetic experiences that will make space for personal transformation. Our time together offers a safe place of coming together to foster healing on many levels, both personally, professionally and beyond.
Connect Starting or maintaining a practice, being a new student or adding Healing Touch to your healthcare practice can be challenging. Others don't always understand your profession and your passion for it. Sharing time with your Healing Touch community can give you new insights and a wholesom place where you can be yourself.
Do you identify as an introvert? Don't worry! We facilitate easy opportunities to network, share in small groups, fun exercises to get to know your peers and share meals together to make it fun and stress free (even if you tend to be shy). Sharing conversation and being heard through your own personal stories is a form of healing that can reach far beyond this event. Conference is where lifelong friendships are made and inspiration to take your work into the world happens.
Celebrate Singing, Dancing, Sharing, Laughing and Celebration is all part of this conference. This year we are bringing back Karen Drucker to lead us, through music and song to inspire us to be more joyous, self confident, and renew your spirit. She will help us take the "healing bridge" we create together back out into our healing work, our practices, and the world. Join us as we celebrate our practitioners that have achieved their Healing Touch Certification at the pinning ceremony. On Saturday evening we will dine, wine, sing, dance, laugh at our banquet celebration and end the evening with a Sacred Singing Event with Karen.
Self-Care: Dedicated time to focus on your own self-care and growth as well as treatment exchange with other practitioners.
Network and Connect: Connect with your tribe! Conference is an opportunity to meet with your peers, instructors to share experiences, stories and exchange healing work. Build lifelong friendships and immerse yourself in a heartwarming community of professionals who value the use holistic approaches.
Coming in February, internationally renowned authors, speakers, intuitive healers, scientist and visionaries are coming together in San Diego for one purpose . . . to support you in your growth and practice as a healing practitioner.
For the first time ever, we will be offering a Master Class on Sunday afternoon where you will work through your doubts to become a channel of the miraculous. Experience a group exercise to formulate miracles of light for society and the world.
At this event we weave in self-care focused activities to leave you refreshed, rejuvenated and spiritually connected. Join us for group healing sessions, sound healing and other guided activities to bring you back to balanced and centered.
And of course, you'll have 3-5 days to hang out with hundreds of energy healers just like you.
This is your chance to deepen your experience and increase your knowledge of Energy Healing.
Just getting started exploring Healing Touch? This conference is for people that seek personal growth and would like to connect with like-minded individuals wanting answers and information about energy medicine, alternative health and holistic business support. At this event, you hear from experts in the field of Energy Healing and let you get a taste of how good it feels to experience energy work. This community is loving and open to welcoming new people into our Healing Touch family even if you have never experienced energy work before.
Many of our conference attendees are trained in other related modalities. We welcome you to join us in expanding your knowledge and experience in the field of Energy Medicine. Our attendees are Health conscious, and holistically focused on wellness and prevention and practiced in energetic awareness, extrasensory perception and intuition. You should fit right in!
If you are a student or practitioner of Healing Touch then this is the perfect conference for you to attend. You will have the opportunity to meet hundreds of Healing Touch students and practitioners, add new tools and techniques to your practice.
If you are an instructor of Healing Touch you will also have the opportunity to join us for the 1 1/2 day Instructor Gathering before the main conference. At this event you will get in-depth support centered around teaching Healing Touch. We cover classroom development as well as business support to grow your teaching opportunities.
Vendors that LOVES Energy Practitioners!
If you have products or services that support and appeal to a group of professional, dedicated holistic healers who practice and teach Healing Touch energy therapy then you would be a great vendor at our conference. We invite you to see our Exhibitor Prospectus and apply to be a vendor at our 2019 Worldwide Conference.
Where can you go to have self-care for 3 days and learn great relevant information in the field of Energy Medicine. Go to the HTP Conference!"
These conferences are such a joy – they provide an invaluable opportunity for peer interaction, sharing, caring and learning from speakers and from one another. The conference speakers were excellent and the focus on self-care was especially appropriate in the time of increased tension and conflict in our country and world."
Truly an opportunity as a healer to stop, reflect, recharge, reconnect and remember our purpose."
Returned to my center of focus and joy due to the heart centered connections with this "festival of healers"!"
I have been attending HT Conferences since 2000. I really enjoyed the entire focus of this conference on the healer, self-care, and professional development. Excellent conference! The flow energetically, exponentially was very healing. Abundant Blessings."
Wonderful reminder of how important and crucial self-care is at all times and in all circumstances. Always love being in community and sharing challenges, successes, visions and hope."
Amazing wonderful conference – I loved it all! This was my first conference and I'll be back! I feel so inspired to keep going and "touch" all those people who are "waiting" for me. Thank you all so much!"
This was my first HT conference and I felt so welcomed and included. I knew I had found my tribe, my people."
This was my first conference. I attended Instructor meeting through the Sunday closing ceremony. It was better that I expected, honestly, the speakers were fantastic and all was personal value plus it inspired me to 'Do the Work"!"
My goal is help you open your "essential energy," the powers and perspectives unique to you.
I believe that each person can bring harmony and success into their life by aligning with circumstances.
Loves teaching Holistic Practitioners how to attract clients into their practice through Heartselling™ based on the Five Elements (Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood).
Karen lives where science meets spirit, where complex ideas are articulated in a most compelling way, and where laughter and joy are the keys to the alchemy of transformation.
The Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina Resort is our host for the 2019 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference!
The luxurious Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina resort is located on the Harbor Island waterfront with stunning views of San Diego Bay and the extraordinary downtown skyline. Each accommodation features its own patio, deck or balcony with views of the marina, pool or bay. Relax in the spacious seating area and enjoy the flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi access in each hotel room. Sink into the comfort of their Sheraton Signature Beds, featuring deluxe bedding, in every hotel room. You will also have access to treat yourself a pampering massage, facial, or other spa services at the Island Breeze Spa.
You can book your room through our Healing Touch discounted room block made special for our event (subject to availability).
The San Diego Airport is less than a mile away and the downtown area is 10 minutes away and conveniently accessed by taxi or shared ride services.
Bring the whole family to the 2019 Healing Touch Conference – there is plenty of fun things to do in beautiful San Diego!
2019 Healing Touch Worldwide Conference is being held in San Diego, California at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina Resort on Harbor Island, February 1-4, 2019 for the general conference and post conference events. If you're flying in from out of town, you should plan on flying in on January 31 or February 1 (morning flight) and departing February 5th.
If you are a Healing Touch instructor The HTP Instructor Gathering will be held on January 31- February 1, 2019. If you're flying in from out of town, you should plan on flying in on January 30 or January 31 (morning flight) and departing February 5th.
Discounted room blocks are subject to availability, available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If there are no longer hotel rooms available at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Resort, there are several nearby hotels available within short driving distance of the event.
You will also have Internet Access - In-room internet access is provided at no charge.
What is the refund / cancellation policy if I cannot attend?
Substitution Policy: For General Conference, Instructor Gathering and Post Conference, please notify HTP of any substitutions in writing. The appropriate registration fee will be applied to the substitute attendee.
Cancellation Policy: If you are unable to attend and wish for a refund the following applies: A refund (minus a $50 cancellation fee) will be given if your cancellation is received by January 9, 2019. Notification of cancellation must be sent in writing. Refunds will not be given for cancellations received after January 9, 2019, because of our guarantees to the hotel.
Can I get CE Credit for this Event?
Yes you can get CE Contact hours for the events that you attend.
Registered conference attendees may earn up to 16 continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours by registering for and fully attending all conference activities. Up to 22.25 additional CE contact hours are available through attending the Instructor Gathering, Master Class and Post Conference.
We suggest business casual. Please be comfortable! While the outside temperature will be mild, the hotel will be cool. We can't always achieve a temperature that is comfortable for everyone in the hotel. Remember to bring layers, such as a sweater, for your comfort. The hotel has an indoor and outdoor pool and fitness center.
For the general conference the hotel will be providing a reception on Friday evening, lunches on Saturday and our dinner buffet on Saturday night.
For breakfast the hotel provides a breakfast buffet or order by menu in their on-site restaurants. This will allow for more flexibility for meal selection and timing.
For the hotel provided meals vegetarian and gluten options will be provided to those who requested them on their conference registration. These are the only special dietary requests the hotel is able to handle.
All Inclusive Ticket Holders will get access to recordings of the main sessions (with the exception of any potential confidential results shared at the event, which will be edited out). *IMPORTANT: If you'd like to get access to the recordings of the event, be sure to choose the All Inclusive option when you claim your ticket.
Will there be any "hands on" sessions to get work done?
Yes! This type of conference we love to do energy work as much as possible! we have built in time for self-care through our morning activities, daily meditations, group exchanges, a sound healing gong immersion and availability to the healing room. Many of our speakers will be leading you through energetic experiences that will make space for personal transformation. Our time together offers a safe place of coming together to foster healing on many levels, both personally, professionally and beyond.
Where can I find out more about sponsoring, being a vendor and advertising at the event?
There are some amazing opportunities to get exposure for your business in front of 300+ holistic practitioners traveling from around the world to be at the HTP Worldwide Conference! If you'd like to find out more about how you can get exposure for your business and sponsor the event, send us an email at , telling us a little about your business, what your goals are in sponsoring the event, and we'll reach out to discuss possible opportunities to collaborate.
Expand Spirit Into Practice The purpose of your healing work and the life you dedicate to it is clear. Your journey embodies the artistry of a healer and the compassion of a practitioner. Share your joys, frustrations and questions with others in a deep and joyful way.
*Healing Touch Program is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
**Healing Touch Program is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider (#150588-00).
Note: Number of contact hours is subject to change. Completion of evaluations are required to receive CNE contact hour certificates.
The continuing nursing education (CNE) activities for this conference have been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses and holistic healers.
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Accredited status does not imply endorsement by AHNA or ANCC of any products displayed in conjunction with any conference activity.
The conference has not yet received any sponsorship or commercial support. This statement will be updated as necessary.
Conference CNE activities will not include discussions of products used for purposes other than what they have been approved for by the FDA.
*Number of contact hours is subject to change. Presenters cannot receive contact hours for their own presentation. Only paid registrants are eligible to receive contact hours.


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Q: The actual frequency of a wave that is the sum of sine waves with two different frequencies. I am just trying to understand something.
Suppose you had two sine waves with two different frequencies, same amplitude and no phase difference.
Freq 1: 1 hz and Freq2: 2 hz and you added them together, how would you calculate the actual frequency of the resultant waves?
Is there a quick formula I can stick it into?
Thanks

A: Saying no phase difference does not make sense if the frequencies are different.  If you have the first rising zero crossings together, then next one will not be.  The result will not be a sine wave, so there will not be one frequency.  The period will be the least common multiple of the to periods, assuming one exists.
 You can use the function sum identities to see that you have a product of two sine waves, one at the average of the two frequencies and one at half the difference.  In your example you would have the product of a $1.5 Hz$ wave and a $0.5 Hz$ wave.

It is easier to see if the frequencies are closer.  The envelope is half the difference frequency and the high frequency is the average.

A: The period of an oscillation is the reciprocal of the frequency.
If the ratio of the two periods is rational, write it in lowest terms as $a/b$. the sum is periodic with period the least common multiple of $a$ and $b$.  Whether you want to call the reciprocal of that period the frequency depends on the application. It won't be the frequency of a pure sine wave even if you began with those.
When the ratio is irrational I think you are out of luck.

A: I was looking for something else and saw this question. Sorry my answer is very late.
The short answer is that the average frequency of two sine waves of same amplitude but different frequency (phase is irrelevant) is just the average of the two frequencies. Interestingly, if the amplitude is different, the average frequency of the resulting sum wave is just the same as the frequency of the higher amplitude wave.
To do this mathematically, you can do something a little funny (this is what I was working on when I came across this question). If you create an equation for the argument (think phase) of the sum, you can get that with the following equation:
$$\arctan\left(\frac{A\sin(ax)+B\sin(bx)}{A\cos(ax)+B\cos(bx)}\right)$$
The trick is to take the derivative of this, since the derivative of phase is frequency. For the case where $$A=B$$, it reduces to the average of A and B. Otherwise you would need to integrate to get the average frequency. This is easy for rational frequencies but for irrational you have to integrate to infinity... but the rule above should hold.

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Robert Long lives in Florence, Massachusetts. His book, The Power To Die, will published by Cleveland State University Press this summer.
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Fall is just around the corner. We hope your summer has been filled with family, fun, and friends! The Plano quilt show was a great success. (Don't forget the quilt show in Sulphur Springs will be Sept. 19th&20th. Their raffle quilt won a ribbon and judges choice!) If you were not able to make it, you missed some beautiful quilts. Linda Neal's "Twas the night before Christmas" quilt won Best of Show and Viewers Choice.
This amazing quilt is going places for sure. Linda uses the P3 freezer paper starch method SO join the class in October and you can learn to do it!
We have enjoyed meeting many new quilters since we are participating in the Row by Row experience. We now have a winner and she used our row in her quilt!
Brenda Jeschke Embroidery Retreat September 5th-7th Project-Christmas Town by Anita Goode Designs. This retreat is for those of you that are comfortable using your embroidery machine but would like to learn skills to improve the end results and to simplify the process. Brenda is happy for you to work on any project with any machine. She is here to help with any issues you may be having with any project in your UFO stash. "Christmas Town" was a huge success at the Plano quilt show. See below.
Brenda Jeschke day class Saturday Sept. 6th from 9-6. Don't have time to spent the whole weekend at retreat? Come join us for Saturday only-$55. This class is for those of you that are familiar with your machine and use it upon occasion. Work on project pictured above or any embroidery design of your choosing. Five spots open for this option. Give us a call or e-mail asap.
Want hands on experience? Jackie is offering an afternoon class from 1:30-3:30 for $35 per person. Jackie will focus on Feathers! You have seen her awesome work- come learn from a master quilter. Limited to six students. Sign up now!
September 18th-21st Quilt Mercantile Fall Retreat. We have a few openings in our retreat. E-mail if you would like to join us.
Eileen Urbanek retreat November 14th-16th teaching Judy Niemeyer- any pattern. She is a certified educator and is absolutely wonderful with tips to simplify the process.
Brenda Jeschke Embroidery Basics Retreat December 5th-7th See description below with day class. She will go through all this and have you work on some basic blocks and techniques at retreat.
Basic Embroidery Machine class by Brenda Jeschke Dec. 4th from 10-4 for $45. We are so very excited about the success of Brenda's first class and retreat at our facility. If you want to use your embroidery machine (any brand) this is the class you have been waiting for!!! Brenda will teach you how to use the embroidery part of your machine. Any brand! This class covers using the proper stabilizers, how to hoop properly, discuss needles, threads, and bobbins, machine embroidery formats, printing templates, getting your designs to your machine, downloading designs from the internet, and design organization on your computer. Bring machine and laptop. We are very excited to have this brand new offering. Do you have a embroidery machine you have never used??? Bring it out of the closet and join this class. THEN you can learn more when she comes again for another retreat December 5th-7th! She has some gorgeous samples hanging in our store.
Jackie Brown Domestic Machine Quilting Retreat Dec. 12th-14th. Jackie will spend the weekend with you teaching skills needed to succeed at quilting on your domestic machine or sit-down quilting machine.
See retreat center link below for more information on retreats. See quilt store link for class information. OR send us an e-mail.


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In Kenosha, Wisconsin, a 15-year-old Tremper High School student was sent to juvenile court after assaulting a bus driver who had confronted him. He was hit with a first-degree charge of recklessly endangering safety and a felony battery to a public transit operator. The authorities have released him to his mother until his next court date.
The Kenosha Transit driver subsequently lost his job because he fought back during the attack, which then led to an automobile accident. While the bus driver was engaged with the young boy, the bus began to roll forward and ended up colliding with two parked vehicles. Previous to the altercation, the bus driver asked to see the teen's student ID, which angered the young boy. He then punched the driver. The teen, who was cited in the past for using expletive language and being disruptive on the bus, was upset at the prospect of losing his bus pass.
A teenager may face harsh penalties when convicted of criminal charges. A criminal conviction can follow a young teen around for years and have a substantial impact on their lives. An experienced lawyer may be the perfect way to guide a minor through the life-changing court process.
Source: WISN, "Student accused of attacking Kenosha bus driver," Nick Bohr, Feb.11, 2014
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From the jazz halls of Harlem in the 1930s to the hallowed halls of LA institutions like Roscoe's – and scattered across soul food spots around the country – fried chicken and waffles is an elusive dish with mass appeal.
With deep Southern roots, this sweet and savory combination of crispy, breaded chicken atop fluffy waffles with a mélange of maple syrup is a meal unlike any other. But despite its undeniable allure, it still hasn't made its way into the mainstream… until now.
A Kentucky Fried Waffle encases KFC's signature Hot Honey Chicken.
Chicken giant, KFC, has finally married these betrothed bedfellows in sandwich form, bringing fried chicken and waffles to the forefront for the first time, and I. am. here. for. it.
You can't beat the Colonel's crunch of seasoned chicken, now combined with a homemade waffle that resembles a liège you'd find at a boozy brunch in Belgium. But you don't have to travel to Europe to get your hands on this elevated Eggo that's made with imported Belgian sugar and deep fried, which is unlike any other waffle preparation. It's KFC. You knew they were gonna Kentucky fry their waffles, too. But I'm not complaining.
The crackling outer coating of the waffle houses a soft, airy center. Its plush flakiness is very reminiscent of a biscuit with a hint of sweetness that cradles your choice of tenders or a hot honey fried chicken filet. After one bite, you'll see why they went the deep-fried waffle route. It really stands up to the sticky syrup without sogging out, creating a satisfying sequence of textures and flavors. For only $5.99, that's some sandwich mad science right there.
A plate of KFC's Extra Crispy Fried Chicken with their new Kentucky Fried Waffles.
You can also get fried chicken pieces to accompany a plate of waffles for $5.49 with a side of trusty Mrs. Butterworth, so take your pick through December 31st and after you sink your teeth into this sinful combination, you might even forget you're at a fast food joint.


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Opinion | Restoring fairness in Nashville property taxes
For the first time since 2000, commercial property owners carried a greater share of the county's tax burden than residential property owners.
Opinion | Restoring fairness in Nashville property taxes For the first time since 2000, commercial property owners carried a greater share of the county's tax burden than residential property owners. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2018/04/02/opinion-restoring-fairness-nashville-property-taxes/477526002/
Vivian Wilhoite | Opinion Published 12:00 p.m. CT April 2, 2018 | Updated 2:27 p.m. CT April 2, 2018
Edgehill homeowners have choices to make as developers move in.
New houses go up along Archer Street in a neighborhood that was once built for affordable housing Jan. 18, 2017.(Photo: George Walker IV / The Tennessean)Buy Photo
Commercial property owners now carry greater share of tax burden than residential property owners.
Vivian Wilhoite is Metro Nashville Property Assessor.
As Metro Nashville government undertakes the budgeting process for the coming fiscal year, Mayor David Briley has asked departments to present budgets roughly equal to their current level of spending.
With a budget projected to be slightly larger than the current year, this fiscal caution has raised questions about Nashville's tax revenues and more broadly, the city's economy.
Metro finance officials say they are prudently planning for a slight decline in property tax collections, which seems to be at odds with what taxpayers are seeing in their property valuations and their tax assessments in 2017, a reappraisal year.
That has prompted taxpayers to ask how rising values and slowing collections square with each other.
I want to assure Davidson County property owners our office considers the 2017 state-mandated property reappraisal a success.
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Our experienced team of property assessors appraised 247,753 individual pieces of property and the result was that county-wide, the value of property in Metro rose an average of 37%. The value of commercial property in Davidson County is about $15.1 billion and the value of residential property is about $14.1 billion, which means for the first time since 2000, commercial property owners carried a greater share of the county's tax burden than residential property owners.
When I took office, I launched an effort to reach out to property owners to educate them on the reappraisal process and on their rights and deadlines for appealing their property value if they disagreed with our findings.
We adopted a mission statement to "accurately identify, list, appraise and classify all taxable properties in an effort to achieve fairness and equity in values." .
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Property owners have a number of options when appealing their appraisal. First, they can ask for an informal review from my office. This presents an opportunity to sit down with the property owner and take a second look at the appraised value, to consider market comparable properties, cost or income data regarding the property we haven't seen.
There have been 9,841 requests for informal reviews in 2017, lower than the 2005 and 2009 reappraisal year, but higher than 2013. In 2017, these informal reviews have resulted in valuation adjustments of more than $190 million.
April political cartoons from the USA TODAY Network
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The cartoonist's homepage, courier-journal.com/opinion Marc Murphy, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
The cartoonist's homepage, news-press.com/opinion Doug MacGregor, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press
The cartoonist's homepage, knoxnews.com/opinion/charlie-daniel Charlie Daniel, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel
The cartoonist's homepage, clarionledger.com/opinion Marshall Ramsey, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
OK, so did Donald Trump really get his wife only a card for her birthday? No wonder he got out of town for the weekend, the late-night comics say, https://usat.ly/2FnjwPC USA TODAY
The cartoonist's homepage, azcentral.com/opinions/benson Steve Benson, The Arizona Republic
The cartoonist's homepage, citizen-times.com/voices-views David Cohen, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times
Originally published in September 2006. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron share a 'special relationship' -- and they're better at holding hands than Trump and his wife, the late-night comics say, https://usat.ly/2Hr1T3j USA TODAY
It's a boy, the Duchess of Cambridge's third birth in five years, and he'll probably never reign. But comic Trevor Noah knows why, https://usat.ly/2HO6kZi USA TODAY
If Donald Trump runs in 2020, will you support him? Members of his own party are having a hard time answering that question, https://usat.ly/2HVvoLI USA TODAY
Originally published in April 2018. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
Trump still can't pronounce Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's name. And the late-night comics question whether the president ready for North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, https://usat.ly/2qK8TSI USA TODAY
Capt. Tammie Jo Shults piloted the Southwest Airlines plane whose engine fell apart. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
Republicans Todd Rokita, Luke Messer and Mike Braun are running against Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly in Indiana. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is running for Senate against incumbent Bill Nelson. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is running for Senate against incumbent Bill Nelson. The cartoonist's homepage, news-press.com/opinion Doug MacGregor, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press
Democrat Howard Sherman, husband of actress Sela Ward, is running for Senate against GOP incumbent Roger Wicker. The cartoonist's homepage, clarionledger.com/opinion Marshall Ramsey, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Tax Freedom Day, the day when the country as a whole has worked enough to pay its local, state and federal tax bills, is April 19, 2018, according to the Tax Foundation. Originally published in April 2013. The cartoonist's homepage, greenvilleonline.com/opinion Roger Harvell, The Greenville (S.C.) News
Exactly what does the tax day IRS glitch mean? the late-night comics ask. Well, the website said the outage was until 9999, https://usat.ly/2qHH10x USA TODAY
Originally published in February 2018. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
Originally published in April 2010. The cartoonist's homepage, citizen-times.com/voices-views David Cohen, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times
Originally published in January 2015. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
Originally published in March 2017. Roger Harvell drew cartoons for the paper from 1985 to June 2017. Roger Harvell, The Greenville (S.C.) News
Originally published in February 2003. David Jacobson drew cartoons for the paper from 1985 to 2003. David Jacobson, The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News
Originally published in May 2017. The cartoonist's homepage, clarionledger.com/opinion Marshall Ramsey, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Originally published in March 2014. The cartoonist's homepage, freep.com/opinion/mike-thompson Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press
Originally published in March 2007. Tim Benson drew cartoons for the paper from September 1992 to March 2008. Tim Benson, (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader
Originally published in March 2010. The cartoonist's homepage is now mccloskeycartoons.com Jim McCloskey, The (Staunton, Va.) Daily News Leader
Originally published in March 2011. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
Originally published in February 2018. The cartoonist's homepage, freep.com/opinion/mike-thompson Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press
What do you think of the revelation from Michael Cohen that his third client is Sean Hannity of Fox News? Watch our favorite jokes from the late-night comics, https://usat.ly/2H6JI6L USA TODAY
Matt Bevin is Kentucky's governor. The cartoonist's homepage, courier-journal.com/opinion Marc Murphy, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
So James Comey thinks our president acts like a mob boss. Late-night comic Stephen Colbert considers that an insult -- to the mobsters, https://usat.ly/2qB8i4G USA TODAY
Originally published in April 2015. The cartoonist's homepage, clarionledger.com/opinion Marshall Ramsey, The (Jackson, Ms) Clarion-Ledger
Originally published in April 2014. The cartoonist's homepage, freep.com/opinion/mikethompson Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press
Originally published in April 2012. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
Originally published in April 2017. The cartoonist's homepage, news-press.com/opinion Doug MacGregor, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Pres
Originally published in April 2017. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
Since President Trump has taken office, there have been rough weeks for his administration, super rough weeks. And then there was this week, according to the late-night comics, https://usat.ly/2qurFMK USA TODAY
Republicans have control of the state legislatures and governors' offices in half of the states; the same holds true for Democrats in six states. The cartoonist's homepage, courier-journal.com/opinion Marc Murphy, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
Late-night comedian Trevor Noah says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg already has been punished enough. Find out why, https://usat.ly/2GUdlrO USA TODAY
15 people died on the bus in which a Canadian teen hockey team was riding to a game. The cartoonist's homepage, azcentral.com/opinions/benson Steve Benson, The Arizona Republic
From more Stormy Daniels dirt to possible financial deals with Russia, the late-night comics speculate on what FBI agents may have found. USA TODAY
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is Senate majority leader. The cartoonist's homepage, courier-journal.com/opinion Marc Murphy, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
The president's latest riff has him sending National Guard troops to the border with Mexico. The late-night comics find flaws in the move, https://usat.ly/2qk81mu USA TODAY
Originally published in February 2014. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
The Russia investigation, Stormy Daniels, the border wall. If Trump commented on it this week, so did the late-night comics, https://usat.ly/2GICFx3 USA TODAY
Everyone's talking about Villanova's NCAA Tournament win, and students are recovering from the parties. Comics break it down, https://usat.ly/2q5lDSB USA TODAY
The cartoonist's homepage, tallahassee.com/opinion Nathan Archer, Tallahassee Democrat
April 4, 2018, is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The cartoonist's homepage, courier-journal.com/opinion Marc Murphy, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
People on the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, point in direction of gun shots April 44, 1968, after the assassination of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who is lying at their feet. Andrew Young is in front with Jesse Jackson mostly obscured to the right of Young. King is on the balcony floor with Marrell McCollough kneeling beside him. Mary Hunt is visible behind McCollough, Clara Ester is mostly obscured to her right, and Ralph Abernathy is partially visible to Ester's right. Joseph Louw, The LIFE Images Collection
Rick Scott is governor of Florida. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
The Bulldogs, Mississippi State University's basketball team, came in second in the NCAA Women's Championship Tournament. The cartoonist's homepage, clarionledger.com/opinion Marshall Ramsey, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Stephen Colbert has an alternative to Facebook for those concerned about privacy, https://usat.ly/2pVKNmC USA TODAY
Originally published in March 2012. The cartoonist's homepage, broadside.militarytimes.com/author/jbacon/ Jeff Bacon, Marine Corps Times
The cartoonist's homepage, clarionledger.com/opinion Marshall Ramsey, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Led
Originally published for Easter 2010. The cartoonist's homepage, indystar.com/opinion/varvel Gary Varvel, The Indianapolis Star
Donald Trump's pick to run the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Ronny Jackson, has late-night hosts scratching their heads,.https://usat.ly/2E7GSrT USA TODAY
Marion Hammer is the longtime National Rifle Association lobbyist in Florida. The cartoonist's homepage, pnj.com/opinion Andy Marlette, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal
The reason, we believe, the number of informal reviews was lower than projected was because of the more than 100 community presentations we conducted as well as our partnership with Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH), homeowners' associations, church groups, Metro Council members to distribute information and answer questions.
We made sure seniors knew they have until June 30 to sign up for property tax assistance from the Metro Action Commission by calling (615) 862-8860, extension 70124.
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Applications for the tax freeze, tax relief and tax deferral programs can be accepted by the Metro Trustee's Office at (615) 862-6330 until April 5.
If property owners aren't satisfied with the outcome of the informal review, they can request a formal appeal hearing before the Metro Board of Equalization (MBOE) or one of its hearing officers.
The MBOE is an independent board appointed by the mayor and approved by the Metro Council. In 2017, the MBOE and its hearing officers heard 7,177 appeals and made $753 million in valuation adjustments.
Vivian Wilhoite (Photo: Submitted)
In 2017, there were 1,954 Davidson Co. property owners who appealed the MBOE's findings to the Tennessee Board of Equalization, an independent state panel hearing cases from across Tennessee. Final resolutions on those cases are still pending.
Many property owners aren't aware they can still appeal their property values every year. You don't have to wait every four years for a re-appraisal year to appeal. In fact, the Metro Assessor's Office will be accepting notices of informal review until April 27 at 4:00 p.m.
In the end, it is not the number of appeals which impact property tax collections, but the decisions resulting from those appeals. Appealing valuations is a property owner's right under the law.
Vivian Wilhoite has served as Metro Nashville Property Assessor since 2016.
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Most states allow both types of exemptions, some only allow religious exemptions, and one state, Mississippi, allows only medical exemptions. As a progressive, there is little positive I can say about Mississippi, but this is a major positive. So congrats Mississippi for caring about children, at least in this one important way.
Some states carefully regulate PBEs through their vaccine exemption laws – while others basically want a signature on a piece of paper. There have been several court cases in New York (here, here and here), for example, that have stated that the state does have the right to regulate religious based PBEs in order to protect the safety of the vast majority of students. New York has show little patience in "fake" religious exemptions based on invented religious beliefs. Good for them.
There are various weaknesses in the regulation of religious PBEs and are frequently abused by antivaccination cultists who have no problem with lying on the forms and putting their own and other children at risk of disease. Ironically, hardly any mainstream religion (that is the majority of religions practiced by the US population) is opposed to vaccination.
In California, the PBE rate has increased 380% from 0.5% in 1996 to 2.3% in 2010. In response to the increase in rates of personal belief exemptions, in 2012 the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2109 (AB2109) in September 2012. Previously, California's law provided for a very simple process that allowed a parent to obtain a PBE by signing an affidavit that stated that any vaccination was contrary to their own personal beliefs. This affidavit was preprinted on the California School Immunization Record, making exemptions relatively easy. In fact, some parents signed it not because they were antivaccination, but sometimes because they just didn't want to spend the time to dig up the records.
Previous research demonstrated an association between easier state exemption procedures and higher exemption rates. In light of that, AB2109 mandates that parents filing an exemption must submit an attestation signed by a licensed health care provider stating that the parents have received information about the risks and responsibilities of refusing immunizations.
The governor is well within his rights to direct the Department of Public Health how to implement the law, and it is laudable that he did that in a transparent manner, via the signing statement, rather than behind the scenes. But instructing the Department of Public Health to create a religious exemption from this requirement is neither desirable nor legal.
Signing statements are useful and important. They can make transparent the views of the administration on how laws should be interpreted. They can provide courts with guidance on interpreting a statute (though scholars disagree about their role in interpretation), and can help direct public officials how to implement a statute. But a governor can only direct executive officials to act consistent with powers provided in the statute, and may not go beyond it. If the governor goes beyond the statutory mandate, his words in the signing statement do not carry the force of law. A governor is not authorized to add an exemption that is not in the statute without going through the legislative process.
It's possible that Governor Brown's signing statement may not have much material impact on the law. However, it's not clear to me how useful this law is going to be over the long run. It's going to make it an easier choice for some portion of those who have PBE's to get their children's vaccinations up-t0-date or to find the immunization record, because they're already fully vaccinated. This is just a mere accounting change, though it is critical for providing infectious disease specialists accurate data for why a disease spreads through a small community.
Of course, those who are vehemently opposed to vaccines, will merely be inconvenienced, but will still go through the trouble of getting the attestation of receiving information about vaccinations. And there's a middle group, who may be on the fence, who might listen to what is being told to them by the healthcare worker and change their attitude, which would be the best case scenario.
Parental hesitancy regarding vaccines is on the rise. In addition to showing that PBEs in California have continued their upward trajectory, our data reveal strong geographic clustering. This pattern suggests information diffusion or contagion, perhaps within social networks. On the basis of the evidence presented here, we expect that AB2109 may not be sufficient to combat continued increases in exemptions among the children at highest risk for vaccine-preventable childhood disease outbreaks: clustered subgroups of children whose parents have serious concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy. The reason is that these parents are unlikely to be swayed by increasing the opportunity cost of a PBE.
The data show us that some counties in California have up to 20% PBE rates, far above the level necessary to maintain a herd effect, and allowing for clusters of vaccine preventable disease outbreaks, as we've seen with whooping cough and measles in California.
Once again, with as much feeling as I can muster and as I've said numerous times–ban all non-medical exemptions. PERIOD.
Religious beliefs that drive antivaccination beliefs, which are mostly inventions unsupported by the actual religious doctrine, put children at harm. I guess that data that shows that children who learn about religion are incapable of distinguishing between fantasy and reality lasts until adulthood. Because vaccines are safe and effective.
Vaccines save lives of children and adults. And there are limited reasons to not vaccinate a child.
I can't believe I have to make these arguments in favor of vaccination in a modern world. What is this? The Middle Ages, where most children died before turning 5? Where wizards and dragons were believed to be real things? Where medicine was non-existent?
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Omer SB, Pan WK, Halsey NA, Stokley S, Moulton LH, Navar AM, Pierce M, Salmon DA. Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidence. JAMA. 2006 Oct 11;296(14):1757-63. PubMed PMID: 17032989.


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You may recall me talking about the NFT (National Film Theatre) in a piece I wrote recently about going to see Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D there.
It got me to thinking about when I went to see films there and the fact that there were critical analyses handed out for each film being shown so that the serious film connoisseur could peruse it before the film started. I wondered if I had kept any of the ones that I received. I have kept most of my ticket stubs, did I save these handouts also?
I just got notified on Facebook of what I was doing in years gone by. A few years ago I had scanned ticket stubs and keepsakes and dated them appropriately after putting them on my FB timeline. And one of these handouts came up!
This is one such handout from when I went to see Klute as part of a 1960/70's film season reflecting New American Film. The handout even has discolorisation on it from where it was in my pocket!
I saw The French Connection, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Warriors amongst other gems as part of this season.
I miss the NFT. But the world doesn't revolve around London anymore (unless you're stinking rich and woke) and I have plenty of great film establishments here in Leeds to more than satisfy my film needs.
Still, the memories come flooding back.
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Answer these questions to ascertain if you will enjoy Guy Ritchie's latest film-
Do you have the emotional intelligence of a 14 year old?
Do you have an IQ of 14?
Do you think the clothing worn in a movie is more important than other aspects of the film such as direction, plot and dialogue?
Do you regard Grime as a valid music genre? Do you listen to it without being strapped into a chair and being made to against your will?
Do you think it's OK for a posh gob to pretend to be a working class Cockney?
Do you think smoking weed is cool and edgy?
Do you think guns are cool and edgy?
Do you think gangs are cool and edgy?
Do you think Loaded was a great magazine?
Are there scabs on the back of your knuckles from them scrapping on the ground when you walk?
OK, it's time to tot up your score. You get 1 mark for each question above that you answered 'Yes' to.
0-3 marks- You have no reason to be here! Go and watch The Irishman or such like, you arty twat.
4-6 marks- You might be entertained by this if there was nothing else on.
7-10 marks- You'll think this film is a masterpiece. Guy Ritchie will be your new hero if he isn't all ready. He knows all about how to make a rip-roaring movie and this film is quite possible the best film ever made. Yes, even better than those straight to DVD films that Danny Dyer stars in.
Guns!
In all seriousness, this film is TERRIBLE! Facile, juvenile and base. A bit like Lock, Stock…really. At least Ritchie is consistent.
Weed!
More guns!
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I first discovered the documentary Who Took Johnny from Artforum magazine when John Waters named it as one of his Films of the Year for 2014. I found the trailer for it on YouTube and it REALLY freaked me out.
Johnny Gosch was a 14 year old boy who went missing whilst delivering newspapers in 1982. His parents reported his disappearance to the police but very quickly they appeared to just give up trying to find out what happened to him, where he is and if he was still alive. Johnny's mother Noreen quickly became a one-woman crusade trying to do what the police should have been doing all along- trying to locate her son.
After seeing the film's trailer I started to try to find the film but with no luck. And then the film was added to Netflix here in the UK!
The documentary doesn't disappoint and is indeed just as brilliant as Mr Waters stated. There is so much credence to the saying 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. This film epitomises it! Watch and be amazed, maddened and very, very surprised.
And another thing- this documentary isn't for the faint of heart. Not just that but after watching this YouTube will start to suggest similar documentaries relating to similar topics to you. PROCEED WITH CAUTION! I have seen some of these other documentaries and just like this documentary they require nerves of steel. It's a very dark rabbit hole to fall down.
Who Took Johnny is here.
By meathookcinemain 2010s, 80s, documentary, film January 10, 2020 247 WordsLeave a comment
I remember the Video Nasties furore like it was yesterday. With my father being an avid Daily Mail reader and staunch Thatcherite I felt like I had a front row seat with the then Tory government seeking to ban the very films I loved when they were released on video in the early 80's.
I saw most of the media coverage regarding this as it happened. I've also seen the later retrospective takes on the moral panic regarding the so-called 'Video Nasties' but there is one documentary that perfectly captures the sense of fear, paranoia and scapegoating for the ills of society unfairly placed on these horror films which some were even calling 'snuff movies' (!) I've uploaded this here for your delectation. Please watch and prepare for your jaw to drop as you witness a frankly unbelievable episode from history in which, at the time, there seemed to be plenty of authoritative voices against these videos but none in the mainstream media who were standing up for them. It was akin to book-burning.
Hopefully we can learn from this sad era. It could never happen again. Or could it? With this documentary reminding us what happened, more and more this seems like an episode of unjustified censorship which can be consigned to history where it belongs.
By meathookcinemain 80s, Culture, film, video January 8, 2020 217 WordsLeave a comment
Review- Psycho 2 (1983) ****
The project of Psycho 2 was a poison chalice. On one hand, it provided a director with the opportunity to prove themselves by making a sequel to a bona fide horror classic by a master auteur. It also made available the possibility of continuing a story of one of cinema's greatest and most complex characters, Norman Bates.
But on the other hand, the film would certainly be met with howls of derision from some cinema purists. Also, some would see a sequel to such a horror landmark as being cheap, an exercise in making a fast buck and the finished film would certainly draw comparisons to it's superior first film.
Richard Franklin accepted the offer to act as director and does a pretty good job.
Everyone's favourite Momma's Boy Norman leaves the asylum he has been an inhabitant of for the last 22 years as he is judged to be satifactorily rehabilitated enough to be let loose into the wider community. Marion Crane's sister Lila (Vera Miles returning to replay the role and a definite plus for the movie) vehemently opposes this move however and wants to see him locked up out of harm's way forever.
Norman takes a job in a small diner near his home and it's here that he meets Mary Samuels (Meg Tilly) who has just split up from her boyfriend and finds herself homeless. Norman offers her board and it's here that the freakiness starts. Norman starts to see notes supposedly from his dead mother. Unexpected murders occur. Could Norman be up to his old tricks again? Or is he being gaslighted into lapsing into his old murderous ways?
Put down the knife, Norman
It's interesting that for this 80's sequel the director knew that horror had not only advanced and evolved as a genre but that it was at that point in time enjoying somewhat of a renaissance with the slasher subgenre dominating the box office with seemingly new films being released almost every week. These films relied on gory and (in the best examples) innovative death sequences. Psycho 2 duly notes this and so we get some doozy gore scenes. The sequence involving a victim receiving a knife through the mouth exemplifies this. In this regard the sequel is like another sequel to a horror classic, Halloween 2. In the three years between the original John Carpenter classic and it's sequel the horror genre had accelerated forth like a cinematic juggernaut with deaths becoming more explicit and graphic. Whilst there is little gore, blood or graphic violence in Halloween, it's sequel includes scoldings, hypodermic needles in eyeballs and a hammer to the cranium to mention just a few ways as to how victims are disposed of.
The gorier Halloween 2 (1981)
There is even a nod to the slasher genre within Psycho 2 as we see two frisky teens break into the basement of the Bates House to indulge in atypical slasher teen activities like, y'know, making out whilst smoking pot. Mother wouldn't have approved.
The film has a great feel and look that I haven't experienced in any other film. It has a very grimy atmosphere. The fact that De Palma staple actor Dennis Franz is one of the cast playing a sleazeball who has turned the Bates Motel into a 'rent rooms by the hour' motel for those of lower morals also helps foster this dirty vibe. Psycho 2 feels like the innocence of Norman and the first film has been (for the audience's entertainment) been defiled and is irretrievably gone (in a good way). The film is very astute in this way as maybe it was a comment on society in general.
Another major factor that helps establish this sleazy air is the amazing cinematography by the ever brilliant Dean Cundey (another factor that helps lift Psycho 2 from just being a cash-in sequel). Check out the astonishing camerawork that almost levitates and prowls around the outside of the Bates House as we see first the teens and then later Lila gain entry via the basement. In these scenes the camera feels like an ever present supernatural and voyeuristic entity as we see events that only an ever watchful killer would.
Of course, we're waiting for Norman to go mad during the course of the film and this is brilliantly shown in the scene in which Norman is seen by Mary talking on the phone to his dead Mother and asking her what he should do next. This scene shows the brilliance of Anthony Perkins in this role. Psycho 2 would have been half the film it is if he hadn't have returned to reprise a role he made all his own.
Add to all of this a final scene which is one of the most unexpected scenes in horror history (no, I'm not going to ruin it!) and you have a very good 1980's sequel to a horror classic. No, it's not as good as Psycho but then few films are. But it's still well worth investigating.
By meathookcinemain 80s, film January 7, 2020 846 WordsLeave a comment
Excursions Into Hell: My Favourite Filmgoing Experiences
With the news that Female Trouble, John Waters' meisterwerk and design for living is being shown, my noggin got a joggin'.
I started thinking about the films that I've been lucky enough to watch on the big screen and with an audience.
My favourite filmgoing experience has to be when I got to see a film that I never thought I'd ever see in a cinema AND in the format that it was intended to be seen in. That film is the brilliant Friday the 13th Part 3D. I had moved to London from York in 1994 to study film and had started to go to the amazing but very high-brow (although it can't be that high-brow as they let me in…) National Film Theatre known as the NFT to London's cineastes and skinny latte drinking set.
Shortly after graduating from Uni and getting a job (real life is worse than ANY horror film) I heard that the NFT were to show a season of 3D films which were to be actually shown in 3D using the vintage technology that was required. I then read that the third Friday the 13th film would be part of the season. I have never bought a cinema ticket faster in my fucking life!
Friday the 13th Part 3D starts with the end of Part 2 which isn't in 3D. The NFT film snobs were sniggering at how corny this sequence was and were clearly thinking that their tastes in film were so much more elevated than this supposed generic slasher film they were watching on the screen.
But then, Part 3 started in earnest. If you haven't seen the film, the 3D is brilliantly done. The makers of the movie really knew how they could make full effect of the 3D process and were willing to use it to blow audience's minds.
The first glimpse of the 3D happens when the titles literally shoot out of the screen at the audience out of the decapitated head of Pamela Voorhees. But to really show how awesome the process was and how far it could be taken, the titles come forth but only part way before they come out even further so that they are right in front of the audience's noses. It was a great piece of showmanship on the part of the filmmakers- 'Here's the 3D. Oh, hang on, we can do better than that! HERE'S the 3D!'
With that first 3D one-two punch by the film I have never heard such a scream of excitement emitted by a cinema audience (and it sounded like every single member of that audience squealed in delight) before or since. The film was so well crafted with so much thought placed on the 3D aspects and how the gimmick could be used in so many innovative ways. A movie that was primarily made for horror fiends had just demonstrated that it could also work on the snobbiest film audiences imaginable and completely enthral them. Now that's genius.
The 3D was used for both comical purposes to make the audience chuckle ( these involve yo-yos, juggling, a joint being passed towards the audience) but more importantly it's also used so that spectators can experience the sheer pain of Jason's killings. There is one scene in which Mr Voorhees squeezes a bit too hard on a character's head and one of his eyeballs shoots out of it's socket and straight at the audience. In another we get an arrow shot from a harpoon that Jason has fired at another victim. This also shoots her in the eye (after wheezing towards us first). It's almost like the filmmakers wanted to exploit the 'eye injury' angle with this being a 3D movie. They were making the movie as painful as possible for the audience. Hooray for 3D!
We even get Jason staggering towards us whilst he's mid-battle with the film's Final Girl with an axe sticking out of his hockey mask.
This screening was such a success with the NFT's audience that there was even applause when it finished. The audience whooped, yelped and had a jolly good time. Job done.
I went to see Jaws 3D the following night. Even in 3D it's dreadful and further testament to the innovative use of the format by Friday's filmmakers.
Shortly after this screening I heard about a season of films showing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (known as the ICA), another establishment of all things high culture and respectability. All of the films chosen were then (1998) still banned by the British Board of Film Classification (the BBFC- as you can tell we like our acronyms here in the United Kingdom or UK *haha*) and were all banned horror movies with some appearing on the infamous Video Nasties DDP List. Through some legal wrangling the ICA had asked the BBFC to let them be shown for one day only.
Thus, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Driller Killer, Zombie Flesh Eaters, House by the Cemetary, Nightmares in a Damaged Brain and Zombie Holocaust were all shown whilst they were all still banned in the UK.
The thrill of seeing these forbidden fruits of the Video Nasties era when they were still banned was palpable. James Ferman was still the Director of the BBFC and was notoriously strict when it came to horror (it was under his regime that The Exorcist and Texas Chain Saw Massacre remained banned. He seemed inflexible when it came to art of any kind and clearly behind the times).
But things were about to change when it came to TCM. The movie was released in early 1999 in London when Camden Council were granted a license to show the film within it's area boundaries only. For this release the film even had it's own certificate of 'C' for Camden. Only people who were 18 and over would be able to watch the film in a cinema. I saw the film during this release.
I remember I had gone into London to browse the many film memorabilia shops that existed around the West End then (all sadly gone now unfortunately) and then to go onto the gay scene with it's numerous bars that were close to the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue. As I exited the excellent Cinema Store I walked past the ABC Cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue and saw that TCM was showing. I didn't know about this release until I saw the poster outside the cinema.
This was also my first visit to this particular cinema with it's gorgeous carved frieze on the outside. It reeked of history inside and out and with further investigation I found out that it went back decades and was even used for film premieres.
The afternoon screening of TCM only had two other people in it. Watching TCM is like going to Hell (in a good way) for an hour and a half and it seemed really perverse that one minute I was trolling the West End and was then immersed in one of the most intense and frightening horror movies ever made. I remember none of the punters in that screening left before we had seen all of the end credits through to the end. The house lights then went up, we exchanged looks to each other as if to say 'What the fuck have we just been through together?!', smiled and then left.
A favourite more recent screening that sticks in my mind was when my local arthouse cinema showed Pink Flamingos. The Hyde Park Picturehouse here in Leeds shows a cult film most Saturdays under the banner of Creatures of the Night. The cinema is located in a part of Leeds which has a huge student population. Hence, you have plenty of students who attend these screenings, a minority of whom think that 'cult' means 'rubbish'. These people obviously don't know what cult cinema is and wouldn't know shit from clay. I've attended screenings here of films such as The Terminator, The Warriors and Christine which, unfortunately, this clueless and jaded minority have thought it appropriate to snigger at and ridicule. As a side note, these people will never ruin a cinema screening for me. I would never give them the satisfaction or feed their narcissism in such a way.
A surefire way to tell if your film still has 'it' when it comes to cult cinema is to see and hear how the audience reacts. Right from the get-go Pink Flamingos shocked the audience at this particular screening into submission. At the start of the film there was a stunned silence of utter disbelief at what was being seen and then there were howls of laughter at all the right places with screams of disgust at all the appropriate scenes also (the dog poo scene especially) as Divine and co won the hearts of the punters.
In fact, there have been a few John Waters related screenings that stick in my mind. Firstly, the time I went to see his live film This Filthy World in New York which he attended. He answered questions after it. Also, the time he taught a film class that I was lucky to be invited to in which he showed one of his favourite films, Boom! starring Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. We all then talked about it and asked him about his career…But that has been covered by myself in a previous blog post. Talking about it again might be seen as bragging *walks away whistling*
By meathookcinemain Cinema, film January 6, 2020 1,593 Words1 Comment


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Michael Wolff claims book about Trump will end presidency
By Deputy Chief EditorJanuary 6, 2018
Author of 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' has defended his book
Journalist Michael Wolff writes Trump is a 'child' who didn't want to win election
He claims his biography has explosed Trump and will bring an end to his reign
By Katie French For Mailonline
Published: 07:17 EST, 6 January 2018 | Updated: 07:22 EST, 6 January 2018
The author of an explosive Donald Trump biography has claimed his book will bring an end to the US president's reign.
Journalist Michael Wolff's explosive bestseller 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' portrays Trump as a man who didn't believe he would win the 2016 presidential election.
Sources claim Trump's closest allies questioned his suitability for office and view him as a 'child'.
Speaking to the Today programme, Wolff said: 'I think one of the interesting effects of the book so far is a very clear emperor-has-no-clothes effect.'
President Donald Trump repeated his attacks on author Michael Wolff (right) and 'sloppy' Steve Bannon with a late-night tweet on Friday
He said: 'The story that I have told seems to present this presidency in a way that it says he can't do his job.
'Suddenly everywhere people are going, "Oh my God, it's true, he has no clothes."
He said the book was making people realise what the president was like.
When asked about what impact he expected the book would have, he said: 'We will end this presidency now.'
Trump's lawyers made threats of legal action and tried to stop Henry Holt & Co from publishing the critical book which the president has dismissed as full of lies.
Trump, 71, attacked Wolff and former top aide Steve Bannon, who was quoted in the book, on Twitter on Friday night.
He wrote: 'Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book.
Wolff is the author of 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'
'He used Sloppy Steve Bannon, who cried when he got fired and begged for his job.
'Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!'
The book claims Bannon called a meeting involving the president's son, Donald Trump Jnr, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign 'treasonous'.
The meeting is being probed as part of an investigation into possible collision between Trump's presidential election campaign and Russia.
After the comments attributed to Bannon were made public, Trump said his former strategist had 'lost his mind'.
Trump's lawyer has said that legal action is 'imminent' against Bannon.
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