Slice the cucumber in half lengthways and cut or scrape out the seeds – this is where most of the water content is. Grate the remaining cucumber.
Place the grated cucumber in a sieve, rest it on a bowl and add some sea salt. Give it a stir, and leave to drain for a few hours, or overnight in the fridge. Stir now and again, helping it along by pushing the liquid out with a spoon.
In the meantime, peel and finely grate or crush the garlic, then combine with the oil in a large bowl. You can allow this to sit for a few hours to mellow out the pungency, but it's not essential.
When most of the liquid has drained from the grated cucumber, spread it out over a tea towel and pat dry. Combine with the garlic mixture, then stir through the yoghurt until evenly distributed.
Fold the lemon juice through the yoghurt mixture. Season with salt to taste.
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Q: How do I display the key and updated values together obtained from a dictionary? My code is supposed to remove synonymous words in the dictionary that are 7 or fewer characters long and I will need to display it in key order once I have done all the removing. However, I have no clue how to get the key and the updated values together. The intended output should be exactly like this:
(Sorted keys alphabetically):
dangerous : ['hazardous', 'perilous', 'uncertain']
show : ['communicate', 'manifest', 'disclose']
slow : ['leisurely', 'unhurried']

word_dict = {'show': ['display', 'exhibit', 'convey', 'communicate', 'manifest', 'disclose'],
             'slow': ['unhurried', 'gradual', 'leisurely', 'late', 'behind', 'tedious', 'slack'],
             'dangerous': ['perilous', 'hazardous', 'uncertain']}

def main():
    edited_synonyms = remove_word(word_dict)
    key_order(edited_synonyms)

def remove_word(word_dict):
    dictionary = {}

    synonyms_list = word_dict.values()
    new_list = []
    for i in synonyms_list:
        new_list.extend(i)

    for word in new_list:
        letter_length = len(word)
        if letter_length <= 7:
            new_list.pop(new_list.index(word))

    value = new_list
    keys_only = word_dict.keys()
    key = keys_only
    dictionary[key] = value
    return dictionary

def key_order(word_dict):
    word_list = list(word_dict.keys())
    word_list.sort()
    for letter in word_list:
        value = word_list[letter]
        print(letter, ": ", value)

main()

An error that has occurred so far is "TypeError: unhashable type: 'dict_keys'"

A: Your problem can be solved with one-liner:
waka_dict = {key: [w for w in word_dict[key] if len(w) > 7] for key in word_dict}
It will return the needed dict:
{'dangerous': ['perilous', 'hazardous', 'uncertain'],
 'show': ['communicate', 'manifest', 'disclose'],
 'slow': ['unhurried', 'leisurely']}

(It will save the original lists order)

If you want to be your dict ordered, you should keep in mind that Python dicts are non-ordered. You should use collections.OrderedDict for it:
from collections import OrderedDict

ordered_dict = OrderedDict(sorted(waka_dict.items()))

A: word_dict = {'show': ['display', 'exhibit', 'convey', 'communicate', 'manifest', 'disclose'],
             'slow': ['unhurried', 'gradual', 'leisurely', 'late', 'behind', 'tedious', 'slack'],
             'dangerous': ['perilous', 'hazardous', 'uncertain']}

result = {i:list(filter(lambda x: len(x)>7, word_dict[i])) for i in word_dict }

key_sorted =sorted(result.keys(), key=lambda x:x.lower())
# sorting alphabetically
solution = {i:result[i] for i in key_sorted}

print(solution)

output

{'dangerous': ['perilous', 'hazardous', 'uncertain'],
 'show': ['communicate', 'manifest', 'disclose'],
 'slow': ['unhurried', 'leisurely']
 }

A:     value = new_list
    keys_only = word_dict.keys()
    key = keys_only
    dictionary[key] = value

This is the code that raises the error. key is not a single key, it's an object of type dict_keys (returned by word.dict.keys()). Such an object cannot be a single key because dictionaries use hashmaps and, like the error said, dict_keys is unhashable.
The easiest solution (keeping your code) would be putting your whole function in a loop iterating over the keys first so that at each iteration you deal with exactly one dictionary entry.

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Q: OLS model specification that includes all dummy variables with a predetermined coefficient I'm working with a OLS model that includes dummy variables (quarters of year). Here's what I would specify it:
$$y = \beta X + \gamma_1Q_1 + \gamma_2Q_2 + \gamma_3Q_3 + \epsilon$$
However, in the material I'm reading, the model specification is instead like this:
$$y = \beta X + \gamma_1Q_1 + \gamma_2Q_2 + \gamma_3Q_3 + (0-\gamma_1-\gamma_2-\gamma_3)Q_4 + \epsilon$$
So in essence the model include all dummy quarters but with the coefficient for Q4 is pre-determined by the other three.
My questions are:
1/ How does that specification avoid the dummy trap?
2/ I see this difference result in different estimates of coefficients $\beta$ and $\gamma$'s. Why is that?
3/ Given such a difference, what specification is better?
4/ Finally, I'm working with EViews if you know what it is. But it would be great if you can give a hint on how to put it in R or, more preferably, Python. I can do without $Q_4$ like this (assuming dataframe is prepared):
import statsmodels.api as sm

X = df[['x', 'Q1', 'Q2', 'Q3']]
y = df['y']
ols_model = sm.OLS(y, X, missing = 'drop')
ols_fit = ols_model.fit()

But I don't know how to add $Q_4$ to the model as in the other specification.

A: You can rewrite the second model like this: $$y = \tilde \beta X + \tilde \gamma_1 \cdot (Q_1 - Q_4) + \tilde \gamma_2 \cdot (Q_2 - Q_4) + \tilde \gamma_3 \cdot (Q_3 - Q_4) + \varepsilon$$
You can estimate this model by subtracting $Q_4$ from the other three before you fit the model. This still avoids the dummy variables trap, even if you have an intercept in X.
The coefficients will be different since the quarter variables on the RHS are transformed by subtracting $Q_4$. You have imposed a constraint on the $\tilde \gamma$ coefficients that they add up to zero. This is why I added tildes and changed the error in the equation above. These coefficients represent the difference in the predicted value of the dependent variable when comparing one quarter to the average of all the other quarters instead of relative to $Q_4$ (if that is the omitted quarter).
You can do a likelihood ratio test with the two models to decide which is better.


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Dec 5, 2022 | General Articles, Homepage News
Representing two separate securities broker-dealers, Neal Robb and Bryce Cullinane of Keesal, Young & Logan have been defending claims brought by public investors stemming from their investments in products issued by Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd ("Northstar").
In 2018, Northstar was purchased by BMX Holdings Bermuda Ltd. ("BMX"). BMX was wholly owned by a North Carolina insurance magnate named Greg Lindberg. On March 18, 2019, Mr. Lindberg was indicted on charges of attempting to bribe a North Carolina Department of Insurance Commissioner. Mr. Lindberg was subsequently tried in February 2020, and, on March 5, 2020, a federal jury convicted Mr. Lindberg of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. According to the liquidators from Deloitte who were later charged with unraveling Mr. Lindberg's fraud: "Following Mr. Lindberg's conviction in March 2020, the Bermuda Monetary Authority ["BMA"] received a number of complaints from Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda)'s policyholders regarding unpaid surrender requests . . . [and] the BMA became increasingly concerned about the solvency status" of Northstar. On September 18, 2020, the BMA "presented a winding-up petition" to the Court in Bermuda. In December 2020, Northstar and affiliated entities filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York. On March 26, 2021 Deloitte was appointed to oversee the winding up of Northstar.
Numerous claims have been filed by public investors against the securities broker-dealers who brokered their purchases of Northstar products. Invoking FINRA Rule 12206, Mr. Robb and Mr. Cullinane recently and successfully moved to dismiss three separate actions filed by public investors regarding their Northstar annuity investments (Case Nos. 21-01278, 21-02788, and 21-01701). The arbitrators in all three matters held that the FINRA eligibility rule barred the claims at issue and so the cases were dismissed.
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There are two carparks at the station, the large one to the west with one exit onto Latrobe Terrace, and access via the Gordon Avenue or Brougham Street underpasses. A smaller carpark is to the east, where there is also the main station entry forecourt, drop off point, and bus interchange.
Geelong was the original terminus of the Geelong to Melbourne Railway. The present station building dates back to the 1880s. It was originally surrounded by a loco depot and goods yards that have been progressively relocated. However V/Line does use the sidings to the west for stabling of their carriage fleet.
The first Geelong Station was a dead ended terminus located somewhere near the present Law Courts Complex. The station consisted of three high roof structures that covered four tracks.
In 1876 the railway was extended south to Colac via a new tunnel at the down end of the station. It is assumed some kind of modification was carried out to the station to allow the tracks to exit. At this time there was a locomotive depot located to the Latrobe Terrace side (now the station car park) of the station, carriage sidings to the west, and a goods yard to the east.
The present station was built in stages from 1877 to 1881. It consisted of two side by side train sheds, with station buildings to one side. Three platform faces were provided with a total of five tracks running underneath the roof. A footbridge provided access to the island platform. A Car Dock also existed at the Melbourne end of platform 1 until the 1970s, and Horse Dock also existed at the other end of platform 1 between 1922 and 1976. Both of these platform faces are still visible today, even though the track over through both has been removed.
The station building housed originally waiting rooms, a ticket office, and a large Railway Refreshment Room. The station building was altered to the current layout in the early 1990s, with much of the building at the Melbourne end being used for V/Line offices and train crew quarters.
The original locomotive depot was provided on the western side of the station. A turntable, roundhouse, and coal stage were provided. By 1917 the facility was insufficient for the growing traffic, and a new locomotive depot was opened on a new site closer to Church Street. The former sidings remained until the 1970s before being taken up by car park expansions.
The initial goods sidings were provided on the Latrobe Terrace side of the station, but were relocated to the other side sometime before the 1890s. A number of dead ended sidings ran from near Latrobe Terrace towards Johnstone Park. In 1952 the goods shed burnt down and cost £38,894 to replace.
The goods yard remained until 1990 when the V/Line Freightgate was relocated to North Geelong. The former yard is now occupied by the Geelong Law Courts and Police Station, which were built soon after.
In the early days there were level crossings at Latrobe Terrace and Gordon Avenue.
In 1917 the Gordon Avenue level crossing was replaced by an underpass, and a new crossing provided at Maitland Street (on the Melbourne side of Latrobe Terrace). It is believed that the underpasses at Brougham Street and Roy Street were also provided at this time.
1981 saw Latrobe Terrace upgraded as a bypass of the Geelong city centre, with the interlocked gates replaced with an an overpass. The footbridge at O'Connell Street was also provided at this time, and the Maitland Street gates abolished.
1909 saw the signal box at the centre of the platforms closed, and control of the entire Melbourne end of the station transferred to Geelong A. Further changes happened in late 1920 when the runaround road for platform 3 was removed, and the next year saw the entire approach to the station from Melbourne redesigned to allow for more flexible arrivals and departures from any platform.
In 1985 the Melbourne end of the station was simplified to cut down on point work maintenance. In late 1989 the centre platform road in the station was replaced by a panel provided at Geelong A to control the area. Also at this time the signalling on the short distance of line between Geelong and South Geelong was altered to be under the control of Geelong.
The final round of changes occurred with the Regional Fast Rail project, with Geelong A box and the remaining mechanical signalling abolished, and the entire area being controlled from the Geelong Signal Control Centre along with the rest of the Geelong line.
The bus terminus in the forecourt was rebuilt in the mid 2000s. In May 2008 the platforms were resurfaced, and the edges levelled. Purple Viclink signage was also installed from this time, being completed by August. In December the same year a new bike cage was provided at the up end of platform 1 for cycling commuters, under the exceedingly lame "Parkiteer" name. In July 2009 platforms 2 and 3 were extended by about 10 metres at the up end,to permit the operation of 7-car long VLocity trains on the Geelong line.
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Demonstration Against the Met's Production of "The Death of Klinghoffer"
Posted on September 23, 2014 by jewtee
Starting October 20, the Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York City is scheduled to begin eight performances of "The Death of Klinghoffer," an opera portraying the 1985 murder of Leon Klinghoffer by Palestinian terrorist hijackers aboard an Italian Cruise Ship, the Achille Lauro.
In 1985, Klinghoffer, a 69 year old wheelchair bound American Jew, and his wife decided to celebrate their wedding anniversary by taking a cruise on the Achille Lauro. On October 7, 1985 four Palestinian terrorists hijacked the ship off the Egyptian coast. They held the passengers and crew hostage, demanded that the ship sail to Syria, and that Israel release 50 jailed Palestinians.
The next day, after Syria refused to let the ship land, the Palestinians singled out Klinghoffer for murder. While sitting in his wheelchair, they shot him in his head and chest and then had some of the ship's crew throw his body and wheelchair overboard. The ship sailed back to Egypt and the hijackers disembarked.
The hijackers then tried to fly to Tunisia, but U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered a U.S. fighter plane to force the get away plane to land in a Naval Air Station in Italy. The Italian authorities arrested and tried the Palestinian hijackers, but let the leader of the group, Abu Abbas, fly to Yugoslavia.
The Syrians found Klinghoffer's body and returned it to the U.S. for burial. Three months later his wife died.
Their two daughters established a foundation to combat terrorism funded by a settlement paid by the PLO to settle the lawsuit brought by the daughters. This lawsuit helped to expedite the passage of the Anti Terrorism Act of 1990, which makes it easier for victims of terrorist acts to sue for damages.
Abu Abbas was captured by the U.S. in Iraq in 2003 and died in custody a year later of heart disease.
The Achille Lauro. continued to sail until it caught fire off the coast of Somalia in 1994 and sank.
"The Death of Klinghoffer," is an opera based on this hijacking incident. The music was written by John Adams and the English libretto by Alice Goodman. The idea for the opera came from theater director, Peter Sellers, who was a major collaborator, as was the choreographer, Mark Morris. First produced in Brussels and in New York in 1991, it was commissioned by five American and European opera companies and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The Opera seeks to "understand" the Palestinian hijackers and their motivations, and to see the humanity of the hijackers and of their victims. It romanticizes the terrorists and gives credence to the false narrative that the hijackers were driven to such acts of "resistance" because the Jews "stole" their land and massacred hundreds of Palestinian Arabs in the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon. Both rationales are false.
As the Klinghoffer daughters noted in 1991 when they saw the Brooklyn Museum production, "We are outraged at the exploitation of our parents and the cold-blooded murder of our father as the centerpiece of a production that appears to us to be anti-semitic. Moreover, the juxtaposition of the plight of the Palestinian people with the murder of an innocent disabled American Jew is both historically naive and appalling."
How can one condone the murder of innocent people in the service of a nationalistic or religious goal? One has to look no further than the recent murders of James Foley and Steven Sotloff to see that credo in action. Would it be fine to produce an opera which extols the humanity of the ISIS members who beheaded the two Americans and explains the ISIS justification for the killings, if it also included the American view of things? Are they really of equal moral standing? Why not compose an opera showing the humanity of Klu Klux Clan members who lynch an African American and their justification for the act? Where is our sense of morality? The Met wouldn't dare stage either such operas. Why does it feel its OK to stage an Opera spouting anti semitic sentiments?
A protest rally was held on Monday, September 22, opposite the Met, to coincide with its season opening. Speakers called for the Met to cancel the Opera, as it is anti semitic and glorifies terrorists. Those speaking included Elliot Engel, a New York City congressman, former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former New York State Governor, George Pataki.
Freedom Of Speech Is Not Freedom To Spread Hate
Victims of terror who survived a bus bombing in Israel, the World Trade Center attack and terror in Africa also spoke.
Speakers noted that freedom of speech does not include freedom to spread hate. Those believing the show not to be anti semitic should explain the following words uttered by the hijacker in the Opera," Wherever poor men are gathered they can find Jews getting fat. You know how to cheat, the simple exploit, the virgin pollute. Where you have exploited, defame those you cheated, and break your own law, with idolatry." Sound familiar? The German propaganda machine spewed similar sentiments.
The Met originally intended to simulcast this Opera on theater screens around the world. However, after receiving many protests that this would spread anti semitism, the Met decided to cancel the simulcast. Does the Met believe that it's still OK to spread anti semitism in New York?
The Met's general manager, Peter Gelb, said he did not believe the play to be anti semitic, but thought it could be so interpreted.
Event organizers also called for the Met to divulge the name of the individual who gave an anonymous multi million dollar donation to the show and promised to return in larger numbers on opening night, October 20, if the show was not cancelled.
All terrorists have some rationale for what they are doing. Understanding does not mean excusing. It certainly does not mean glorifying. Terrorism kills innocents. We must not condone it. Remember, a wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf. Anti Semitism disguised as opera and art is still anti semitism.
To protest the staging of this work, call 212-870-7457 or write to Gelb at Pgelb@metopera.org.
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Anti Semitism Disguised As Anti Israel Protests
Posted on August 10, 2014 by jewtee
Less than seventy years after the end of World War II and the Holocaust, it is frightening to see the amount of anti semitism being unleashed by Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza. The war didn't create anti semitism. It just gave people free reign to couch it as criticism of Israel.
In case you think I'm over reacting, check out these Youtube videos .
Anti Semitism In Europe
Anti Semitism In Europe 2
Anti Semitism In Paris
Anti Semitism In Spain
These are but a few of the videos showing how anti Israel pro Gaza Hamas rallies have turned into anti semitic hate feasts, and how hatred of the Jews has resulted in violent actions actions against Jews and their property.
Unfortunately, Anti Semitism is not limited to Europe. It is also growing in the United States. Here are a few links to videos showing what happened at Pro Gaza Anti Israel rallies in our country:
Anti Semitism Increases At Pro Gaza Rallies
Anti Semitism At Boston Pro Gaza Rally
The bottom line: It's OK to protest Israel's actions in Gaza. But when protestors start spouting anti semitic slogans, they have crossed the line from acceptable to totally unacceptable, from criticism of Israel to anti semitism.
Categories: Anti Semitism, Gaza War, Israel, Jewish, Middle East, Politics	| Tags: Anti Semitism, Gaza War, Israel, jewish, Middle East Conflict	| Leave a comment
Hypocrisy re Israel at the United Nations Human Rights Council
Posted on July 29, 2014 by jewtee
It is a well known fact that despite all the violations of human rights around the world, the United Nations seems to be preoccupied with Israel. Beginning in the 1960s, the Arab States and Russia introduced many anti Israel resolutions with the support of the Third World countries. In 1975 the UN adopted the" Zionism is Racism" resolution. This infamous resolution was not repealed until 1991.
The United Nations and its member agencies have continued their pattern of propaganda against the Jewish state. Sadly, one of the worst offenders is the body, created in 2006, charged with the equality and protection of Human Rights, the Human Rights Council (HRC). Its website claims that its mandate is "the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe."
In 2006, the Council passed a resolution calling for an annual review of Israel's alleged human rights abuses and the appointment of an individual to report on the Israel Palestine problem. No other country has such a review or reporter.
Also in 2006, Kofi Annan, then UN secretary-general, stated that the Council should not pay more attention to Israel than other nations, but should pay equal attention to violations by other countries. Needles to say, the Council did not heed him.
The UNHRC continues to single out Israel for alleged violations of human rights. As of 2013, Israel was condemned in 45 resolutions, almost as many as all the other countries combined. Myanmar was next with 10 resolutions.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is critical of Israel and has called Israel's response to rocket fire from Hamas "excessive."
The UNHRC is composed of 47 nations, elected for three-year terms. The current composition of the countries in the HRC is as follows: 26 Asian and African, eight Latin American, seven Western, and six Eastern European. 18 of the countries belong to an Islamic Organization. Current members include: such paragons of human rights as Algeria, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
The latest attack on Israel occurred on July 23, 2014 when the HRC voted 29-1 to authorize a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged Israeli abuses in Gaza. (The one vote against was cast by the United States. All 11 European countries on the Council abstained.) The resolution condemns "in the strongest terms the widespread, systematic, and gross violations of international human rights and fundamental freedoms arising from the Israeli military operations. "
The HRC resolution also "condemns all violence against civilians wherever it occurs, including the killing of two Israeli civilians as a result of rocket fire," and calls for "an end to attacks against all civilians including Israeli civilians." However, Hamas is not mentioned and, as of this date, no commission of inquiry studying the human rights violations by Hamas will be established. So, it seems that according to the HRC, shooting rockets into civilian areas, housing rockets and ammunition on homes, schools and mosques and firing from these places, using human shields, kidnapping, building tunnels to attack civilians, etc. are not war crimes when committed by Hamas or its supporters.
To see first hand the absurdity that is the HRC, spend a few minutes watching the Kafkaesque video of the Commission hard at work on this Israel National News link: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183294#.U9ExHGv5qLs.email
What a farce!
As Israel is not a member of the HRC, it cannot ask that investigators study Hamas' actions for human rights abuses. It falls to the United States to request that the UNHRC investigate Hamas for war crimes. If you agree, please call, email or write to the President asking him to do so.
Phone Number: 202-456-1111; White House Email; or
Another route is to contact your Senators or Congressional representatives and ask that they persuade the President to request an investigation of Hamas' actions.
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Posted on January 28, 2014 by jewtee
Yesterday was International Holocaust Memorial Day, a day established by the United Nations in 2005 to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp on January 27, 1945.
Israel, in 1953, designated the 27th of Nissan, which is a few days after the end of Passover, as its Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. Other countries have designated other days.
With all these Holocaust Memorial Day celebrations, is the world any closer to ending anti-Semitism? Unfortunately, the answer is a resounding NO.
In the years since the Holocaust, Jews have been physically attacked for no other reason than their Jewishness, in such countries as Poland, France, Germany, Austria, England, Sweden, India, Bulgaria, Australia, etc. Jews in Europe are now afraid to publicly display their Jewishness. This past year alone, there were anti-semitic incidents in North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. To date, only in Antarctica here have been no reports of Anti-Semitism.
In many parts of the world and, in particular, the Middle East, anti-Semitism is often disguised as anti-Israel sentiment. However, the Arabs cooperated with the Nazis during World War II and the Palestinian Arab leader, Mufti Haj Amin al- Husseini, who is still venerated by many Arabs today, was the first non-European to request admission to the Nazi party. He was one of the initiators of the plan for the systematic extermination of European Jewry and appeared regularly on German radio broadcasts to the Middle East to spread his anti-semitic hatred to the Arab masses. Today, the PLO charter still calls for the "liquidation of the Zionist presence," a euphemism for the State of Israel.
So, it appears that the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps was merely the end of one chapter. Unfortunately, the book of anti-Semitism is still being written.
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Tonight I had the pleasure of performing my close up magic at a surprise birthday celebration in the luxurious Mansion House at Port Lympne Safari Park.
Recently I had the pleasure of performing my close up magic at a surprise birthday celebration in the luxurious Mansion House at Port Lympne Safari Park.
In such an intimate atmosphere the close up magic was well received and proved a success with lots of gasps of amazement, applause and looks of astonishment! The magic was as interactive as always featuring effects with cards, money, a little mindreading and even magic involving fruit!!!
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Turning a new page with Catholic San Francisco magazine
June 13, 2021 // News
We are embarking on a new era in Archdiocesan communications – one suited to the modes of communications that define the 21st century. Catholic San Francisco as a weekly and biweekly newspaper is publishing its last issue with the newspaper you hold in your hands.
But Catholic San Francisco will remain a part of all our lives, continuing as a glossy magazine with inspiring articles about ministries of the Archdiocese, news you can use and Catholic content to nourish your faith and daily life. We will deliver it to you 6-8 times a year, beginning in September.
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That is where we are going. Where we have been is a history worth celebrating. Catholic San Francisco was launched in 1999, and delivered a weekly or biweekly newspaper to every registered household in the Archdiocese for many years. It brought the news and faith closer to Catholics in the tradition of The Monitor, the newspaper of the Archdiocese from 1858 to 1984. Inside these pages are photos and stories with some of those moments in the last 20-plus years. They saw three popes, three archbishops and more elected officials than we can list here.


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The Death of Glass-Steagall Was Carefully Planned and Highly Consequential
Arthur E. Wilmarth Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Law at George Washington University, Washington, D.C
Banking organizations
Glass-Steagall Act
Shadow banking
The death of the Glass-Steagall Act was the result of affirmative policy decisions by federal regulators and Congress. It was not the inevitable byproduct of market forces. Economic disruptions and financial innovations posed serious challenges to the viability of Glass-Steagall, beginning in the 1970s. The collapse of the Bretton Woods agreement, rising interest rates, and rapid growth in markets for deposit substitutes – including money market mutual funds, commercial paper, and securities repurchase agreements – created serious problems for banks during the 1970s and 1980s.
In my paper, 'Was Glass-Steagall's demise inevitable and unimportant?', I argue that federal regulators and Congress could have defended Glass-Steagall and made adjustments to preserve its effectiveness. For example, they could have enforced Glass-Steagall's prohibition on the creation of deposit substitutes by nonbanks, and they could have relaxed the limits on deposit interest rates imposed by Regulation Q. Instead, regulators and Congress supported efforts by large financial institutions to break down Glass-Steagall's structural barriers, which separated commercial banks from securities firms and insurance companies.
Federal agencies opened a number of loopholes in Glass-Steagall's barriers during the 1980s and 1990s. Regulators allowed banks to securitize loans and deal in over-the-counter derivatives, which offered synthetic substitutes for securities and insurance products. However, the loopholes created by regulators were subject to many restrictions and did not allow banks to establish full-scale affiliations with securities firms and insurance companies.
The largest banks needed two major pieces of legislation to achieve their longstanding goal of becoming full-service universal banks. First, big banks and their trade associations persuaded Congress to pass the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLBA). GLBA authorized the creation of financial holding companies that owned banking, securities, and insurance subsidiaries. Second, the financial industry convinced Congress to adopt the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA). CFMA insulated over-the-counter derivatives from substantive regulation under federal and state laws. The campaigns that led to the enactment of GLBA and CFMA lasted two decades and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The largest financial institutions and their trade associations would not have pursued those campaigns unless they believed that both statutes would have great importance.
GLBA and CFMA proved to be highly consequential laws. They enabled banking organizations to become much larger and more complex and to offer a far broader range of financial products. They transformed the U.S. financial system from a decentralized system of independent financial sectors into a highly consolidated industry dominated by a small group of giant financial conglomerates. GLBA and CFMA encouraged explosive growth in shadow banking, securitization, and over-the-counter derivatives between 2000 and 2007. All three markets played key roles in fueling the toxic credit boom and highly-leveraged financial bets that triggered the financial crisis of 2007-09.
The financial crisis has raised serious questions about the wisdom of removing Glass-Steagall's structural barriers. Preserving those barriers would have reduced systemic risk by limiting contagion between the banking system and other sectors of the financial markets. For example, if large banks had not been exposed to heavy losses from the capital markets, they could have provided liquidity assistance and other support to leading securities firms as they did during the stock market crash in 1987 and the Russian debt default crisis in 1998. In addition, maintaining and enforcing Glass-Steagall would have greatly reduced the size and potential risks of the shadow banking system by preventing securities firms and other nonbanks from funding their operations through run-prone deposit substitutes like short-term commercial paper and securities repurchase agreements.
Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr. is Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School
More JoMo Less FoMo: The Case for Voluntary Disclosure of Uncertain Information in Securities Regulation
Ido Baum | Dov Solomon
Securities regulation is one of the most harmonized fields of business law. Observing disclosures about cross-border transactions between public corporations traded in the United States and the...
Regulation is Coming for the Digital Transformation
David S. Evans
Over the coming months, years, and decades the digital transformation will raise questions as to whether we need new laws and regulations, should modify existing ones, or do nothing at all. Much of...
Lawmaking without Law: How Overreliance on Economics Fails Financial Regulation
Steven L. Schwarcz | Theodore L. Leonhardt
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Tekken 7 is getting an updated revision in the name of Fated Retribution. The Bandai Namco fighter should see the revision in arcades soon, but for those folks who are waiting on the console release shouldn't worry. Fated Retribution will be the version of Tekken 7 that will kick its way onto consoles after some localization tests in arcades. The update will include some graphics tweaks as well as extra content such as costumes and Akuma from the Street Fighter series as a guest character with ties to the story mode. No details on a release date, but there should be a new trailer fairly soon. Source NeoGAF.


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This is really really good for your first game jam game!
NOTE: It is impossible to search for this game name, maybe the ! messes with indexing - just a heads up.
Simple platformer with the beginnings of some nice mechanics. I would have liked to see more levels and difficult puzzles, as well as more variety in block types. It's a shame you didn't have time to incorporate more gameplay so this game could prove itself.
I also wasn't clear in the secondary fire to bounce. The icon probably has the right side highlighted but i can't make it out.
yeah i did find that you cant search the game i don't really care its already in the title when you start the game. i might change it i don't know.
as for the game being very clunky, this was my first jam and I've only been coding for 2 weeks before this game came out and it took me 8 hours to make.
I've been working on the game post jam and i fixed a lot of the problems you pointed out.
This game is an interesting concept, but I don't feel like it was given enough time to really show its potential! I can see the gun mechanic becoming more interesting for puzzles, but the few levels made the experience feel a bit lacking.
The game itself, I also feel did not tie too strongly into the theme! I can see the attempt being made by coloring objects, but because the player has control over what is being changed, I did not feel much significant for the color itself. This was also not helped by the fact that the jumping blocks have an arrow on them!
If the levels themselves already had colored blocks, that could make things interesting, since the player would have to be more mindful of what block they might need to land on.
Overall, I can still appreciate the attempt that was made, and for your first GM48, I think this is still a nice submission.
thank you for you feedback. i knew that the game didn't have much to do with the theme it was the only idea i had at the time and by the time i thought of better mechanics it was to close to the deadline.
As someone whom this is also their first jam, I'm impressed with what you made! The controls are nice, but they feel slightly too fast for the precise nature of the platforming, and the dual mechanic of the gun has real potential, especially if combined together. Good first entry!
thank you for your kind feedback. the movement needed to be slower i just didn't have much time to play test or think of what needed to be fixed. i'm glad you liked the dual mechanic of the gun it was my favorite thing to code. post jam i added slower movement speed and i changed the gun mechanic to have the ability to turn the green or blue block back to the normal wall. i'm also working on better level design and better looking art. as for your game i can't seem to get past one of the walls is there a mechanic i didn't find?
Really cool and fun concept!
But overall really good for the first time.
Not bad for 8 hours! Keep at it!


I'm trying to write a story about the first time I held hands with a girl.
Simple enough, right? It is, after all, something most people have done. I want to convey the experience of transitioning out of blissful, undefined childhood. I want to capture the sense of coming into consciousness, of being brought into orbit, of standing on the verge of an awakening.
But, I keep getting lost in random tangents that are necessary to anyone reading my story. I was in fifth grade. I hadn't seen my parents in five weeks. Forty other missionary kids and myself were huddled around a hexagonal wooden tower with television screens in each panel. We were watching an edited version of Dances With Wolves, in which words and entire scenes are blacked out. I searched the blackness desperately, because subliminally I knew there was some vital correlation between what it was hiding and what I was feeling. Oh, and all this happened in a forest somewhere in Kenya.
So by the time I get to the handholding story, I've found myself writing paragraph after paragraph attempting to preempt erroneous assumptions. Because I don't want my readers to interpret "white," "Kenya," and "boarding school," as "colonial," "exotic," and "privileged." I can find no momentum, no traction, and I feel powerless to tell the simplest of stories.
They say you should write what you know. But clearly "they" have never met a Third Culture Kid. If they had, they would know that, at best, this advice is incomplete. Because the assumption inherent in "write what you know" is that the context is what everyone else already knows.
But, what if your formative experiences – the fabric of your worldview and your imagination, the details to which you default, the everything that defines you – are only shared by a couple hundred people (if you're lucky)?
So I pose this question earnestly: How do you make your stories universal? Is it possible?
There are a few tricks. A storyteller might align herself with a larger subculture and repackage her experience for that audience, say the military or a faith community. Or he might focus exclusively on his own personal experiences, believing the only thing a Third Culture Kid can legitimately contribute is the very experience of being a Third Culture Kid. Or, he might spin his story as an adventure, an exotic anomaly.
But times are changing. The zeitgeist is evolving. People are international now. A global perspective is no longer something special. A paradigm shift is underway.
And here we are at the forefront. A part of me wants to shout, "This is our time! The world is finally ready for us to write what we know." But the rest of me is stuck at my computer trying to rework my short story, again, for the mainstream.
Gregory Collins is a writer and filmmaker. He was born and raised in Kenya and has lived in Brazil, Malawi and the United States. He is currently developing a film about the Third Culture Kid experience.
Thank you for writing this. Does it just so speak to us when we TCKs read each others' stories. I guess that is why we often don't share things, because to do so requires us to define the world first or it would just be a case of; "yeah, so what?".
This piece did a really great job of encapsulating the feelings that make writing difficult for TCKs. Stylistically it was also a really nice read, so thanks for this.
I definitely "see your problem".
I've been personally writing for some yrs, and now I'm trying make myself professional. But my stories have a feeling of being a bit different from('3rdy' maybe) usual works in my country.
The hardest time is when I see stitches of different languages inside my words.
This is one of my absolute favorite experiences articles.
Great article!! Thank you so much for putting into words my deepest inner thoughts!!
I feel that I have spent an huge part of my life just telling my life story again and again (and it gets longer as I keep moving). Heard 1000 times "you should write a book". So here I am, writing a script and asking myself the same question every paragraph: Will they understand?


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MCU Commits To Diversity; Valkyrie Gets A Bisexual Storyline
Posted By: Lorey de Guzman July 23, 2019
Marvel has confirmed that Valkyrie is the first LGBTQ+ character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige confirms that the Asgardian warrior will have an LGBTQ+ storyline in the new movie, Thor: Love and Thunder. The Marvel films producer also hinted that this LGBTQ+ representation would not be limited to the new Thor film alone.
Feige said, "How that impacts the story remains to be seen with that level of representation you'll see across our films, not in just Thor 4."
Valkyrie, who is played by Tessa Thompson, is confirmed to be bisexual based on reports. What's great is that Thompson is a real-life LGBTQ+ icon herself. Thompson's non-hetero-normative portrayal of Valkyrie earned praises when she first appeared in Thor: Ragnarok.
During the San Diego Comic Convention, Thompson teased about Valkyrie's LGBTQ+ storyline. When asked what Valkryie will do as the king of the new Asgard, Thompson responded that she would search for her queen.
"As the new king, she needs to find her queen," Thompson happily announces to a cheering crowd. "That will be her first order of business. She has some ideas. Keep you posted."
Valkyrie has always been Bisexual
The decision to make Valkyrie an LGBTQ+ character may seem like a sudden change of pace for Marvel. However, anyone familiar with the Fearless Defenders comic book series affirms that she has always been a bisexual character.
In the series, Valkyrie has an exciting relationship with Dr. Annabelle Riggs, an archaeologist who acquired an Asgardian statuette. Valkyrie met Dr. Riggs after she accidentally triggered a melody using the statuette on a Viking mass grave. In the very first issue of the comic, Valkyrie and Dr. Riggs share a passionate kiss.
Though only confirmed for Thor: Love and Thunder, Valkyrie's bisexuality were addressed earlier in Thor: Ragnarok. A scene was supposed to show her bisexuality through a glimpse of a woman leaving the Valkyrie's room. However, the filmed clip was ultimately cut because it distracts the audience to an essential point of the story.
Despite the scene being deleted, Thompson did her best to portray Valkyrie's sexuality. In the scenes of flashback, Valkyrie is shown training and fighting alongside her Valkyrie sisters. When the Hela, the Goddess of Death and Thor's exiled sister, murdered the rest of the warrior clan, Valkyrie's agony goes beyond her despair for her fallen sisters.
Thompson shares that she channeled the loss of a loved one in the scene to subtlety hint Valkyrie's bisexuality. "There's a great shot of me falling back from one of my sisters who's just been slain," Thompson shares in an interview. "In my mind, that was my lover."
In Twitter, Thompson also talked about Valkyrie's bisexuality right after the release of Thor: Ragnarok. Thompson answered fans' questions about the film and her character.
YES! Val is Bi in the comics & I was faithful to that in her depiction. But her sexuality isn't explicitly addressed in Thor: Ragnarok. https://t.co/hmb5lYN5to
— Tessa Thompson (@TessaThompson_x) October 23, 2017
Marvel and LGBTQ+ representation issue
Although Valkyrie is the first LGBTQ+ character in Marvel Studios' MCU, Marvel Comics have long included LGBTQ+ characters in their storyline.
Appearing in 1979's X-Men Comics, Northstar a member of a fictional Canadian superhero team called Alpha Flight. Northstar is a mutant with the ability to fly and create photonic energy blasts. He is the first openly gay character in the Marvel Universe. He's also the first married gay man, marrying his longtime boyfriend, Kyle Jinadu in 2012.
Drax's daughter, Moondragon, is also an openly-bisexual character in the Guardians of the Galaxy comic series. Also known as Heather Douglas, Moondragon is a telepath, telekinetic, and martial arts practitioner.
Speculation of Marvel introducing these characters soon has gained praise from fans and the LGBTQ+ community.
In the past, Marvel has not addressed the issue of representation well. Similar to the decision on Thor: Ragnarok's deleted scene, some of the known LGBTQ+ characters in Black Panther were not explicitly stated.
Two of Dora Milaje are lovers, but they did not get any speaking lines. Fans criticized Marvel for not taking the opportunity for LGBTQ+ representation.
In Avengers: Endgame, a Grieving Man in a support group, talked about losing his gay partner. Critics did not like this scene because it was a haphazardly thrown in to please those who've been clamoring for representation.
Marvel's Phase 4 has given hopes to a more diverse representation starting with Valkyrie's LGBTQ+ storyline. Marvel plans to introduce more superheroes with a slate of films and TV series until 2021. Fans hope that Northstar and Moondragon will be added to the MCU soon.
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Q: Recurrence relation between solutions of a quadratic Diophantine equation I have the fundamental solution of the following Diophantine equation:
$$\frac{x(x-1)}{y(y-1)}=\frac{m}{n} \hspace{5 mm}, \hspace{5 mm} m \le n$$
$$nx^2-my^2-nx+my=0$$
Is it possible to derive a recurrence relation using which we can get the complete set of solution?
For example, if $m=1$ and $n=2$, then initial solution is $(x,y)=(3,4)$ and we can get the next solution by the linear transformation $(x,y) \rightarrow (3x+2y-2,4x+3y-3)$.
Can it be generalised for all $(m,n)$?
My approach:
Let the transform be $(x,y) \rightarrow (ax+by+c,px+qy+r)$, then substituting these in original equation and after some simplification,
$$(na^2-mp^2)x^2-(mq^2-nb^2)y^2-(an-pm+2prm-2acn)x+(2bcn-bn-2qrm+qm)y+(2abn-2pqm)xy+(nc^2-nc-mr^2-mr)=0$$
Comparing with original equation we have to solve following set of equations:
$$na^2-mp^2=n$$
$$mq^2-nb^2=m$$
$$an-pm+2prm-2acn=n$$
$$2bcn-bn-2qrm+qm=m$$
$$2abn-2pqm=0$$
$$nc^2-nc-mr^2-mr=0$$
Is there any method using I can solve these equations efficiently to get $(a,b,c)$ and $(p,q,r)$?
$UPDATE:$
Using the method http://www.alpertron.com.ar/METHODS.HTM, I have to solve $r^2-mns^2=1$ and find the fundamental solutions.
Let $X_n$ and $Y_n$ be the initial solution, then next solutions will be:
$$X_{n+1}=(r^2+mns^2)X_n+2mrsY_n-(mns^2+mrs)$$
$$Y_{n+1}=2nrsX_n+(r^2+mns^2)Y_n-(mns^2+nrs)$$
For $m=1$ and $n=2$, $r=3$ and $s=2$,
$$X_{n+1}=17X_n+12Y_n-14$$
$$Y_{n+1}=24X_n+17Y_n-20$$
Which gives the solution $(x,y):(3,4) \rightarrow (85,120)$ instead of $(x,y):(3,4) \rightarrow (15,21)$. This recurrence does not give complete set of solutions.

A: The condition can also be written as
$$\iff n(x-\tfrac12)^2-m(y-\tfrac12)^2=\frac{m+n}4$$
$$\iff (2nx-n)^2-mn(2y-1)^2=n(m+n)$$
So with the substitution $u=n(2x-1), v = 2y-1$, we are looking for solutions to the Pell type equation $u^2-(mn)v^2=n(m+n)$, which allows recursive solutions (if you have any particular solution) depending on the value of $mn$.


brings excitement, hope, and joy to my day.
to meeting Christ face to face.
By Christina Wilson in Beauty, poetry on December 9, 2016 .
The Nutcracker ballet is one of my favourites, especially at this season. I really hope you have fun at the performance.
Thank you! I've actually only seen it one other time. I loved it.


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LUIGHI BEVILACQUA
After the period in Palazzo Labia, Luigi Bevilacqua Ltd moved to its present premises in the Santa Croce district, where the old looms found a permanent home. The Venice premises now house part of the production facilities – with 25 hand-operated looms – plus the warehouses and showrooms. Owned completely by the family, in recent years the company has sizeably developed both its national and international trade, with the significant increase in sales being due to the opening-up of new markets, the expansion of mechanical production to supplement the hand-operated looms and the development of a whole sector dedicated to furbishment contracts. The company, with his presence on the most important mondial markets, envisage further expansion, through the gradual extension of existing markets, particularly in Russia and the Middle and Far East, where the new luxury and wealth started the research for exclusive goods.


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The Lone Gunmen – "All About Yves"
Another week, another installment. This was the season finale, and might become the series finale. Read on for the review.
Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers
Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike
Dean Haglund as Richard "Ringo" Langley
Steven Snedden as Jimmy Bond
Zuleikha Robinson as Yves Adele Harlowe
Mike McKean as
Morris Fletcher
David Duchovny
as Fox Mulder
Written by Vince
Gilligan, John
Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz
Directed by Bryan Spicer
Original Airdate
All About Yves originally aired Friday, May 11, 2001.
The teaser begins with Morris Fletcher acting much the same as we saw
in Three of a Kind; hanging out in a bar trying to pick up
women, using his M.I.B. position for a pickup line. His current
target left him angrily when he dropped his wedding ring.
When he went out to his car, he was blinded by a bright light, and
soon delivered to a room much like the one Mulder was in for several
months. The stockiest alien the X-Files has ever shown came forward
with some sort of nasal probe, and managed to interrogate him.
The Lone Gunmen (including Jimmy) were soon celebrating as they drove
down the road. Frohike still had most of the alien costume on. They
were soon stopped by a military blockade, and Fletcher came forward to
find out how they found him. It seems they received an e-mail from a
government server named "Romeo 61" telling them where to find him.
Fletcher let them live, and they decided to track down this server.
When act one began, the Gunmen and Kenny were breaking into the US
Government to find information abuot Romeo 61. They found a list of
dates, all tagged successful. The dates corresponded to the
Exxon-Valdez accident, the Oklahoma city bombing, the JFK
assassination and other major disaters. Kenny panicked, wiped his
fingerprints off the keys, and ran. Jimmy tried talking the other
three out of pursuing this, since he felt it was out of their league,
but they refused to walk away. Instead, they met Fletcher in his next
hotel room. With Frohike posing as Fletcher's lover, convincing
Fletcher's newest floozy to leave was very easy. The gunmen
interrogated Fletcher, and eventually learned that information about a
project he was to give a presentation on had been stolen by Yves Adele
Harlowe (using one of her many aliases). Fletcher said that she had
set them up to find him, and that she was a member of Romeo 61, the
government group that he feared the most.
In act two, Fletcher was at Lone Gunmen headquarters helping them
track down Yves. They couldn't find her anywhere. (Even her cell
phone was billed to "Martha Stewart Living.") Jimmy then walked in
after speaking with her. He advised Byers, Langley and Frohike not to
trust Fletcher, since his job was spreading lies, while Yves had
helped them many times, and had always resorted to non-lethal means.
While the gunmen's investigation continued, Yves was working on her
own. She contacted Agent Mulder and arranged a meeting using
Frohike's voice. She also tried to dispose of something through what
seemed to be the black market. She didn't notice she was being
followed, but she obviously knew somebody was after her.
It didn't take long for the Gunmen to track down a hotel room
registered in Yves' name. They searched the place, and found a
receipt for a large sale in the amount of 10.13 million dollars. They
soon tracked down the purchasing company's headquarters, and started
working on a way in. They found the hardest part would be a face
recognition scanner, but they got an idea from Fletcher. Langley had
been bombed by a blue paint booby trap in Yves' hotel room. They
decided to use Hollywood's blue screening technique, paint their faces
blue, and leave only specific spots the system uses for identification
pink, so they'd look like someone in the computer's database.
While these three were trying to get in, Jimmy noticed an e-mail from
someone named Fox. The only fox he knew was Yves, so he went to the
specified meeting point to find Yves and hear her side of things.
Yves was in the parkade waiting for Mulder, but left hurriedly when
she noticed she was being followed. Instead, Jimmy and Mulder met
each other. The scene ended when Mulder realized that Jimmy knew
Frohike, and they decided to figure out what was going on.
The next time we saw Jimmy, he was hauling Kenny into the Lone Gunmen
headquarters to enlist his aid in finding the three Gunmen. Yves
showed up (after confronting and stranding her tail) and explained
that the disk she had contained a complete list of alien abductees,
and she wanted to give it to Mulder. With Kenny's help, they found
the building the Gunmen were heading for.
The arrived at the headquarters, and realized that the boys had gone
in. (Last time we saw Fletcher, he was waiting in the van, but the
van was empty now.) Jimmy volunteered to go in alone to protect the
others, but Yves drugged him and sent Kenny home with him, and then
went in alone.
The Gunmen had reached the vault inside, but couldn't open it. They
realized they had been trapped right before Fletcher, Yves' tail, a
group of soldiers, and Yves came out of the elevator. Yves was
handcuffed, and not in the fun way.
At this point, the words "TO BE CONTINUED" appeared on screen, and
the episode ended.
I loved seeing the focus of the episode return to the three original
Gunmen. These guys had a chance to do what they do best; hack and
expose various information. Seeing them return to that, especially as
they entered the final installation, was a nice way to end the first season.
Yves' "fury" at the black market contact was not convincing. I just
never seem to believe that she's actually mad when the script calls
This was a rather original entry in the series. The boys
used the skills they've always shown, and the plotline was well done.
The layers of manipulation were laid on fairly thick, and the exposure
to Yves' history was new. I give it 4 out of 6.
The effects were almost non-existant. Really, there was
the make-up effect of Langley's paint bomb, the opening interrogation,
and the falttened tires, all of which were well done, but well
established effects. I give the effects 4 out of 6.
The story and writing were well plotted and well mapped
out. Yves' character is on the verge of developing real depth. She's
not as callous as she first seemed, given her rescue of Jimmy.
(Unless, of course, that was faked to keep him on her side because
she's working with Morris Fletcher.) The setup that sucked the Gunmen
in but not Jimmy was well designed, and the unseen conversation with
Mulder leaves all sorts of openings for Jimmy to have received various
pieces of information. I give the story 5 out of 6.
The acting was very good from all but Zuleikha Robinson.
She can't convince me she's mad. John Billingsley in the role of
Timmy was great. He's perfect for this role, as is Mike McKean as
Morris Fletcher. I give the acting 5 out of 6.
In terms of emotional response, this did respectably. I
was compelled by the storyline, and it aroused suspicion around
Morris, Yves, and the supporting characters. I couldn't decide if I
wanted Jimmy to be right, or the other three gunmen. When the episode
ended, I was ready for more. I give it 4 out of 6.
The production this week was top notch once more. This
is a crew that knows what they're doing and how to work together, and
it shows. Mark Snow did an excellent job on the music, whether the
selections were pieces he composed or merely selected. I give the
production 5 out of 6.
The overall finished product was a good episode that
makes me want to come back next season, but it seems to have a hard
time deciding if it's comedy or drama. It switches between hysterical
scenes and serious ones. I give it 4 out of 6 overall.
Totalling this up, it seems this week's installment has a score of 31
The Future of the Series
This was the season finale of The Lone Gunmen. Fox announces
its fall schedule on Thursday May 17th, so I'll track down that
information and let you know on Thursday if The Lone Gunmen and
The X-Files are continuing next season. Seeing more
X-Files is a pretty safe bet, but the future of The Lone
Gunmen is uncertain. Rumour has it that Chris Carter is selling
the two as a package deal, which should virtually guarantee that both
shows will return. (The X-Files does well in its timeslot,
often winning its target demographic. It is the fourth highest rated
Fox show overall, so it's likely Fox will keep the Gunmen if that's
what they need to do to keep the X-Files.)
Assuming the show is renewed, they have set themselves up well for
using Mulder in a recurring role. Since Mulder's now unemployed,
he'll be needing something to do to keep busy. Duchovny has said he
can't take the character of Mulder anywhere new on the X-Files, but if
Mulder was a recurring role on a comedy series, he might be able to
manage it. His interactions with Jimmy and Yves could drive his
characters in new directions, especially given the comedic nature of
the show.
I also like the fact that they are starting to develop the character
of Yves. This is to be the season two story arc, and they're off to a
good start.
On Sunday, May 13 we'll see Essence, part one of a two part
X-Files season finale. It continues on May 20th with
Existance.
Published by W. Blaine Dowler, in The X-Files.
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3 replies on "The Lone Gunmen – "All About Yves""
dnaworks says:
The episode was a little better than you indicated
I think you meant 31 out of 42, which puts it into 'good episode' staus, I believe.
fiziko says:
Math error
Thanks for spotting the error. I'll go chance the HTML now, but for future readers, I missed a 4 out of 6 the first time, and totalled 27 rather than 31.
Jelly says:
Music in
Hey, your review mentioned a good choice of music inthis episode, and I cant agree more, but that one, hip, swanky bit of music thatgot played 3 or 4 times, I've heard before somewhere but can't place it, and it's driving me up the wall! it sounds kinda like The Art Of Noise, but not so 80s, y'know? if anyone has any insight, I'd be most grateful :)