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10 Essential Neil Gaiman Works, Ranked
By Elisabeth Donnelly
Over the course of a 30-plus-year career, Neil Gaiman has proven himself as a writer many times over, moving ably between genres and classifications, whether it's comics, journalism, fiction, or spooky books for children. Gaiman has a knack for creation myths and fairy tales, stories that feel like they're already part of the fabric of your life, the sort of legends that are retold, again and again, around a campfire.
The release of this week's The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains, a collaboration with illustrator Eddie Campbell, is another fine addition to the Gaiman library, a room somewhere deep in the woods which is absolutely groaning with mythical, magical stories, where Death meets Dream in a place like the London Underground. It may be an absolutely impossible, downright foolhardy thing to do, but we will try ranking some of our favorite Neil Gaiman works.
10. Make Good Art
Ah, the genre of the graduation speech gone viral and turned into a book! This one takes Gaiman's May 2012 speech at the Philadelphia University of the Arts and makes it into something inspirational.
A young man decides to retrieve a fallen star for the girl he loves. Romance, adventure, and a very real sense of the fantastic ensue. Gaiman can do his very own Princess Bride-esque book when he's in the mood.
8. Neverwhere
The novelization of the television serial, Neverwhere is a wonderful trip into the secret world below the London Underground, where a regular man rescues a magical girl named Door and finds a whole new level to London. A story that subtly alters your vision of a city.
7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
A seven-year-old boy, alone on his birthday, finds a mysterious family in the woods. But of course, they're secret guardians against a malign evil, and magical stuff ends up happening. (It's quite good, though.)
6. Death: The High Cost of Living
A Sandman series spinoff, this one follows around Death, one of the "Endless," a dysfunctional family of powerful god-like creatures who control the universe's desires. In Gaiman's eyes, Death is a friendly goth girl, gently bringing people into that good night.
5. The Graveyard Book
Winner of the Newbury Award, The Graveyard Book is about the only living boy in a graveyard, essentially. Orphaned Nod is raised amongst the gravestones and ghosts, learning about life while living with death.
4. Good Omens
Co-written with the brilliant Terry Pratchett, Good Omens is about an angel and demon who team up to keep the Apocalypse and the imminent arrival of the Antichrist, currently a regular old child, at bay.
3. American Gods
Two men looking for America in the margins. The recently widowed Shadow takes up with the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, and an odyssey ensues. The hint, of course, is in the title.
2. Coraline
Coraline feels like it will be around years from now. It's a terrifying fable about a young girl who's lonely and new in town, finding a portal with the Other Mother — a creepily perfect rendition of her own mother with black buttons for eyes. Eeeeek.
1. The Sandman
If there's a work that Gaiman will be remembered for 50 years in the future, his epic comic series, which ran from 1989 to 1996, may be it. In it, we follow Dream, one of the seven "Endless." The story starts with young Dream, or Morpheus, and goes on to color a whole world.


Well at least he got his bull .
i finally talked to my buddy. he is still on cloud 9. he didn't shut up for an hour. he had a great time. he shot his bull only 1/2 hour into his hunt. his shot was only 6" high. that's a lot better than i figured. i think he's the only guy i talked to that had a good elk hunt this year.
as for the bull. it was a 2-3 year old 5x5. they saw a ton of elk, but this was about as big as they get. it's definitely not a trophy hunt though. they were all happy and that the best part. their freezers are full and it sounds like yari is getting some steaks for his "helpful insights"
Excellent! Keep coaching him on the shooting skills, it'll take hold at some point.
Congrats to your buddy. I am glad it worked out for him. enjoy them Elk steaks I bet they will be excellent.


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The "Kings of Freedom": Four Sections of The Berlin Wall, from the Robert & MeiLi Hefner Collection on Exhibit at the University of Virginia
Four sections of the Berlin Wall entitled "Kings of Freedom" were unveiled at the University of Virginia on Friday, April 11, 2014 and is open for public viewing near the Alderman Library and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the university campus in Charlottesville. The sections are on loan to UVa by MeiLi and Robert A. Hefner III, owners of Ramiiisol Vineyards. On November 9, 2014 a remembrance ceremony was held onsite at the installation of the "Kings of Freedom" at UVa with remarks made by Robert A. Hefner III and then President Teresa Sullivan. The installation has been an inspiration to the community of Charlottesville through the programs affiliated with the university such as the Alzheimer's Association and Writer's Eye literary competition in which the "Kings of Freedom" are featured in the 2016 Anthology.
Mr. Hefner, sensing the long-term magnitude of human change and historical enormity of the people of East and West Germany tearing down the Berlin Wall, sent a representative to Berlin to negotiate for a substantial section of the Wall, as he believed it to be an icon of the "power of personal freedom". Measuring sixteen feet in length and twelve feet tall, these sections contain two murals by the graffiti artist Dennis Kaun; painted on the West German side is a brightly colored, joyful king, representing freedom, and a largely colorless, blindfolded king, oblivious to the needs and wishes of the people.
The East German side remains dull gray cement. The Hefners believe these two sides, the colorful, lively West German side, and the gray East German side, artistically represent the character of freedom and enslavement. As Hefner says, these pieces of the Wall represent a great monument to the "power of personal freedom", clearly symbolized by the fact that President Reagan came to the Wall in 1987 and said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!" But neither Reagan nor Gorbachev, the world's most powerful leaders, could tear down the Wall but, the people, exercising their free will, could and did. Thus, the "power of personal freedom".
West German graffiti artist Dennis Kaun created his Pop murals on the West side of the Berlin Wall using spray paint. Dennis Kaun says that altogether it took six hours over two sessions to create the murals he entitled, "Kings of Freedom". Every graffiti artist has their own unique style and signature. Over a period of years, Dennis Kaun became known for the art he created on the Berlin Wall and ultimately, he was invited to participate in international graffiti painting contests.
The "Kings of Freedom" murals have traveled across the globe and have been on display at; the Kirkpatrick Center in Oklahoma City, the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen Colorado, the Oklahoma City Omniplex, Bedok Reservoir in the Republic of Singapore, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.
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everybody wanting to come here it is it a serious long- term problem. >> lou: we appreciate it. thank you for being with us lauren: breaking news this morning, deal or no deal. taking on democrat saying they are refusing to make a deal on daca as the clock ticks before the government shut down before the end of the week. cheryl: ramping up before the hawaii missile mistake to send the entire aloha mistake into panic mode. making sure it never happens again. dream for u.s. markets closed today for martin luther king day. cheryl: same story nearer. all of the indices are in the red just lightly this morning. lauren: it's a miracle in
minneapolis. >> to the right vikings punching their ticket to the game as the clock runs out. "fbn:am" starts right now. trying to 5:01 a.m. here in new york. monday, january 15th. good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: happy monday. i'm cheryl -- lauren simonetti. train to a lot of breaking news from the weekend. president trump saying an agreement on daca from the program that protects immigrants brought to the u.s. is probably dead. trump leading democrats for the lack of progress. >> honestly i don't think they want to make a deal.
they talk about daca, the data will help the people. lauren: democrats just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our military. trump wants a wall along the southern border as part of any deal on daca. cheryl: president trump also denying charges that he's a racist after uses vulgar language and some other african countries during a meeting on immigration last week. >> i'm not a racist. i'm the least racist person you've ever interviewed. cheryl:.com and triggered a backlash from some democrats. >> i was raised not to call people racist that it was hard for them to be rehabilitated once he said that. someone saying that senator durbin and senator is going to make something up that the president of the united states
president of the united states has said in thinking that they would do that in order to jenna people in one way or another is wrong. lauren: republicans are coming out in defense of the president. >> i didn't hear it in our city no further way from donald trump and durbin watson i know what they've said about the president's repeated statement is incorrect. senator durbin has misrepresented what is happening before. he was corrected by officials. >> you are saying flat out definitively they do not say those words. >> i am saying this is a gross misrepresentation. it is not to. lauren: house democrats will seek resolution this week. cheryl: the state employee in hawaii or accidentally triggered chaos on saturday by sending a false alarm about an incoming missile reportedly reassigned.
state officials time the "washington post" the worker made an honest mistake and will not be fired. new measures to prevent a future incident. lauren: fcc chairman ajit pai said it caused panic across the state was absolutely unacceptable. kirsten nielsen on "fox news sunday." >> we're working with state and locals to ensure not only the messaging is clear for what to do next is clear as well. how we can to support them and work with them if they are in the bass lines and in first responders. unfortunate situation but we are working together to make sure it doesn't happen again. lauren: state lawmakers politically and on friday but not only did the mistake happened, took them 30 minutes to fix it. cheryl: my family in hawaii had in the basement. many people took it seriously, which was good. back here on the mainland, a new
dunkin' donuts store come in massachusetts testing a shorter name. lauren: tracee carrasco joins us more without. >> duncan without the donuts. and as far as the name is concerned. i'm usurping tamara and quincy massachusetts come a suburb of boston is dropping donuts for mixing bowl beat the first in the nation to simply go by duncan. part of a broader rebranding to the new next-generation will pile another concept including multi-high-tech drive-through lanes. lauren: the box office this weekend, how did it go? >> hanging onto the number one box office this weekend. >> wearing hats assured in shorts in the jungle. >> the film raked in $27 million despite a number of new challenges like second place
winner steven spielberg's pentagon papers charm of the costarring meryl streep and tom hanks as editor ben bradlee. a word season hopeful is forecast at $122.2 million for the four-day holiday weekend with a current total of 18 points 6 million. liam neeson thriller the commuter bringing in $1,325,000,000 rounding out the top five with $12 million in the greater showman with around 11 million. lauren: paddington to with just 10 points $6 million but earning an impressive 100% on rotten tomatoes. the film originally distributed by the weinstein co. but was sold to warner brothers at the last minute following harvey weinstein sexual assault scandal. cheryl: let's talk about what's happening with the new sofia. everyone out about it on the social media.
>> have you ever wondered who your art doppelgänger is? this uses computer vision tech to examine whether similar about your faith to the thousands of pieces of art shared with google by museums and other institutions? they became the most downloaded free top on the store over the weekend. there i am. claudia coco. self-portrait by claudia coco located in peru. i don't know if that looks like me, but here is lauren. there'll by dank. that is a british street artist in london. >> i'll take it. >> cheryl, here you go. located in the picture gallery in the u.k. cheryl: i want a redo. can i put in a different southeast. that lady is 90 years old. if you ever wondered what by to look like at the start, there it
is. cheryl: or if you're 90. tracee, thank you. lauren: sarah huckabee sanders has a question for alexa. we have a problem with my 2-year-old can order a batman toy by yelling back and over and over again into the echo. no word if it made it to the press secretary's hotel but she used out. cheryl: paper thing is unprofessional, she should use her personal account which he does have one on twitter. that toy is 80 bucks. i'd be upset too if i was a parent. lauren: do think she's going to return it? cheryl: yeah, don't know. 50 passengers to jump into icy waters. >> we went back into water several times and help people get out because people got stuck
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lauren: welcome back. the trump administration preparing to withhold money from the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees. officials say president trump is not made a final decision but appear slightly 2 cents less than half of the plans 125 million as a way to pressure the palestinians to reach peace talks with israel. casino boat in florida goes up in flames causing 50 passengers to jump into icy waters great
police say this increase casino boat forcing an immediate evacuation into the gulf of mexico which is freezing cold right now. at one point there was up to 40 people in the water swimming to safety. more dramatic video in times square, new york trader reckless driver zoom in so fast that the tires of his mercedes were smoking. he tried to stop the driver but was practically run over when the driver ignored him. the officer suffered minor injuries in the till on the loose. incredible video that is come viral. cheryl: new york's finest, they just don't lead. the president calling on democrats to instill mode over over -- stalemate over daca ready to sign a stalemate. the rhetoric heating up. ginny didn't get done on daca? a lot of distractions have been in washington.
can this reform. good morning. the president over the weekend definitely like to twitter and is defending himself even more now. he said i is president want people coming into our country you're going to help us become strong and great again. people coming into a system based on merit. he is defending now and some senators are saying he did not make those remarks are not meeting and he is not a racist. if the president doing good damage control. >> the press video coming on video coming under lagos and i'm not a racist or traditional pr. usually don't want to say i am not anything people are calling you not a good thing. president trump has consistently rewritten the rules of what is good pr and what is not good ear strategy. we'll have to wait and see how midterm voters see as well. daca west end and books like they have coded.
i think this has more to do with leverage as the immigration debate continues on into this week. it has to do with him wanting to take away one of the main democrats bargaining chips in trying to make them feel like it's the only thing they can push forth or going to get a deal done. more rhetoric than it is reality. cheryl: there are some democrats are at the bargaining table but the president's demands are frankly unattainable in. listen to what john lewis said on abc. >> we must take care of these young people. we must take care of these young people who know america has this country, the only country they know. it's not fair, not right and not just. we must not give up or give in. we must press on a gated deal. cheryl: this is john lewis who is in famed for his dedication
in this life or the civil rights movement say we do want a deal on daca. >> i think what president trump is doing if he came out and say don't worry dreamer's daca is safe, not going anywhere. the democrats would say daca is on the table, let's start pushing for more demand before we come to the table. president trump by keeping the starting point's daca will happen the democrat don't feel as comfortable demanding more things. so the bullying tactic hopping. >> something like that. more rhetoric than real estate. also interesting to see the strategy with the midterms coming up they are really banking on this immigration issue been something that gets people out to the polls. think about whatever your opinion about daca how incredible it is the democrat party is openly saying we could shut the government down to protect these people and keeping them from having to leave the
country. that is an astounding move any think it shows how democrats really feel this is an issue that will help them get their base out to the polls in the midterm. cheryl: there's others that have said they are going to boycott the state of the union because of the president's action. over immigration, over the budget but the deadline is this friday this is the week. at the same time come that people are coming out saying they are not going to the state of the union. nothing else to say that the president. does that hurt the negotiation do you think? >> it absolutely does and it shows how horribly partisan and in how big of a divide it has now become. it's hard to accuse republicans of being intolerant and not willing to listen to you and not show up to the state of the union and here at the president has to say. i'm getting attention to themselves, trying to stay
relevant in saying i up to big bad trumpet it doesn't mean anything. it's been doing childish actions. cheryl: they are playing politics. listen to what the deputy press secretary had to say yesterday. this goes to your midterm point. just listen. >> i think earlier in the week you had the president hosts both democrats and republicans at the white house. they had a great discussion. they came together in four pieces they wanted to look out for further legislation and democrats appear to be moving the goalposts. you don't have a meeting in the oval office and make the contents of the meeting if you're serious about cutting a deal. cheryl: so, to his point, why would they do that? leaked details of the meeting? the midterms it's been absolutely. been trying to paint a picture as trump as a picture is trumpet summoned his race has been unwilling to come to the table on this. that is what we'll continue to
see from the white house. that will be their response. they're really serious about trying to call names of republicans and what we'll see from the white house has been saying democrats will shut the government down, take away funding for the military. they would rather do that and keep illegal immigrants safe. cheryl: i think you are right. probably the smart move if they want to get this figured out by friday night. thanks for getting up early on this holiday weekend. we appreciate it. lauren: coming up, thousands gathered to pay tribute to the california mud fights this crew scrambled to clear the debris before another storm about to hit southern california. warm weather didn't last long. freezing temperatures back for most of the country and they may bring some snow with them. genistein coming up with the monday forecast. we will be right back.
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preservers of ice calling scripts in the northeast. followed by heavy rain causing several states where each sheet of ice shutting down the roadways. cheryl: now we've got another round of snow we are told in our forecast you are tracking the storm. what are you seeing. reporter: good morning. a fast-moving winter storm will bring some snow to portions of the central u.s. in the northeast, but the big story will bring snow across areas like san antonio, texas. the arctic air is arriving in minneapolis and kansas city in memphis and dallas from his thinking as far south as the gulf coast. minus 10 with the windchill. feels like seven in chicago. for new york on the the
short-lived warm-up. the clipper system across the great lakes. watch what happens in our future radar is the front moves through and picks up the gulf moisture and we will see snow in portions of northern and central texas across the mississippi river valley and in towards the northeast. a cold or thinking as far south as the gulf coast. winter storm watches and warnings for taxes as far south of san antonio by getting into the gulf coast as well and we will see the system tuesday night into when day. not a big storm system, but it will cause for a messy commute on wednesday morning. keeping you up-to-date on the fox news extreme weather center. >> weather casters either. cheryl: janice dean, thank you, janice. lauren: winter came early and espresso date aired steve
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cheryl: breaking news this morning. deal or no deal. taken and democrats saying they are refusing to make a deal on daca. lauren: investigation ramping up into the hawaii alert missile
mistake to send the entire state into panic mode. officials are now doing to make sure that never happens again. cheryl: u.s. markets are closed for the martin luther king jr. holiday vacations.rockets coming in with a mixed performance. shanghai and hang seng to downside company can kospi out. lauren: stocks are trading at this hour. downer is across the board. dax and germany down a third of a percent. cheryl: a miracle in minneapolis. the vikings punching their ticket to the nfc championship game as the clock runs out. "fbn:am" continues right now. ♪ lauren: 5:30 a.m. in new york monday, january 15th.
lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning. i'm cheryl casone. the other guys are asleep, so we are here for you. lauren: president trump to end the stalemate over daca saying it's ready to sign a bipartisan bill as long as it includes his water bill. cheryl: griff jenkins has the latest on that story. reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. the president is hiring back that he's racist in the expletive uttered in the office that he's the least racist person they've ever interviewed. >> i'm not a racist. on the least racist person you've ever interviewed. reporter: this is the deadline for daca deal tied to the spending bill is fast approaching the president blaming democrats for failing to deliver trading yesterday daca is probably dead because
democrats don't really want it. they just want to talk and take this really needed away from our military. one proposal put together by south appointed group of six senators voted just did last week you may recall by the white house but did it fail to address the four pillars increasing border security, ending chain migration, ending visa lotteries and fixing daca for the dramas and as lawmakers work to avoid the government shut down this friday. democrats like john lewis holding out on daca. >> we must continue to press on and get a deal. i for one will not vote for government funding until we get a deal on daca. >> secretary of homeland security kirsten nielsen doesn't think the program for the dreamers instead or rather something that can be part of a larger immigration deal and does not need to be tied to friday spending bill deadline.
>> waiting to fund our troops come or protect them, increase homeland security to tie them to a daca deal for march is responsible. >> where does this leave us? clock is ticking that the president remains in florida will continue we expect to push for a merit pay system. we will see if they can get it done by the end of the week. lauren: the state employee in hawaii like stanley triggered chaos on saturday morning by sending out a false alarm about an incoming missile has reportedly been reassigned to the state official time the "washington post" the worker made an honest mistake will not be fired, the new measures have been put in place to prevent a feature in sudan. cheryl: fcc chairman ajit pai also weighing in singular yesterday in hawaii caused panic across the state them as absolutely unacceptable. the dhs secretary kristen
nielsen was on "fox news sunday." >> we are working with state and locals to ensure not only the message is clear but what is asked to do as clear as well, how we can best support them and work with them as another in the first line but are the first responders. unfortunate situation, but we are working together to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> it took 40 minutes before there was no missile. lawmakers plan to hold a hearing this coming friday. >> freer chrysler recalling thousands of vehicles because of an engine problem. >> tracee carrasco has that story and other headlines this morning. >> good morning. 150,000 minivans. the chrysler pacifica on the engine problem is the software can make it all come and make the car shut off so all of these are being recalled good reports of one-act event potentially related. no injuries and dozens of complaints. dealers are going to be a ratings software for people who
might have this vehicle or problems. cheryl: apparently some people are saying we should not drink coffee on an airplane. >> we are going to defer to you. i want your take on this. this comes from an unidentified flight attendant. she said you shouldn't drink the coffee on an airplane because it could be potentially unhealthy. she says that this is the same water that goes through the bathroom system of these airplanes. cheryl: what i understand is it's possible water, two separate systems. it either goes to the restroom system. >> there is a good diversion. cheryl: on the 737 that's my understanding. >> i choose to believe you. i drink the coffee. >> i drink the coffee in the water as well.
>> a flight attendant also says you shouldn't drink the hot tea. cheryl: she's unidentified. >> and then -- lauren: there's more? >> yes. martin luther king day. if you want to celebrate, look for something to do, national parks offering free admission today. april 21st from the start of national park week september 22nd national public lands day in november 11th veterans day. you can get in for free richer still have to pay for certain tours or campaign, before hundred national parks in the united states to take advantage of this if you've got some good weather. nice day too -- way to spend the day. thank you, tracee. trained tiamat winick getting your car. automakers are coming off their best three years still stretching to keep the momentum going they unveiled their best
be auto week this week. lauren: "forbes" is going back to the future. >> ford has resurrected to at the detroit auto shows darting with new ranger pickup which marks the return to the small pickup segment for the first time in eight years. a very modern truck in all of the latest safety technologies including cruise control and not a monaco urgency break. before then you'll be able to buy this mustang bullitt, which is a high-performance version of the gt based on the car for the steve mcqueen film of the same name. the same green paint. if you don't believe me, with a look at that car over there because that is the actual kara steve mcqueen drove in the film. out of the public eye but they pulled it out to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film.
you'll never go to buy that one because the guy who owns it is not interested in selling it but will be on sale. gary gaster lu, fox news. lauren: see more cool cars. jeff fox is at the detroit auto show. one of the themes as americans love their cars. suvs you haven't seen in decades, they are remaking them again. cheryl: fast cars, we'll see a lot of that today. coming up from a former presidential candidate mitt romney could soon announce a run for the u.s. senate in utah. we will have the details. from convicted secret to candidate. >> you could actually take the reins of power from them. we need to challenge them at every level. cheryl: chelsea manning is running for senate. you are watching "fbn:am".
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rumors started swirling last month that he would replace orrin hatch. yesterday romney text of a top utah business man that very clear answer i'm running. stay tuned. meanwhile, chelsea manning confirms her senate run in maryland with the campaign onto youtube. manning county women formerly known as bradley manning liska bric-a-brac court-martials of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. in the wake of a public outcry over the hollywood pay gap, mark walberg will donate $2 million for the times legal defense fund could walberg earned roughly 1.5 million for re-shoots on the set of all the money in the world. costar michelle williams was paid a fraction of that amount. making things right, lauren. cheryl: you know who was donated? their agent. the record run continued since
2003. david miller. good to see you. >> good morning. does the run-up continue on friday? up 197 points away from 26,000. >> absolutely. the dollar continue. momentum will not be stopped. lauren: come on. it took us 23 days to get from 24,025,000 after hitting 25,000. can this momentum really continue? if your answer is obviously yes, then why? >> goes back to the fundamentals with the new tax land and everything that happens in washington, new york and wall street loves it. you can't really stop the dial from going up. lauren: earnings continue to be relatively strong. there was concern about the banks what the tax law, perhaps
affecting them for one quarter. we heard from jpmorgan a from jpmorgan the most part 1 friday, but this was briefed by city, goldman, bank of america, america next press. what are you expecting for the banks? >> i expected thanks to come out and still look into the implications and ramifications of the tax plan, but ultimately they will come out and say they are looking for 28 teen better than anyone expected for the mere fact is people get into understanding and implications of the tax plan it will be better for big business. lauren: not only is it the tax plan, but also the regulatory environment under the current administration that makes the u.s.a. friendlier place for investors. you'd agree? >> i absolutely agree. deregulation is moving everything around for these come needs to go back to days of yesterday. a couple years ago they were allowed to do these investments in the type of marketing they wanted to do at the banks moved
back into feeling comfortable under deregulation will see more risk on the banks that should yield higher returns for their shareholders. lauren: what do you feel about big type? >> at the end of the day tech is finding its footing. now that it's matured into a more stable environment to being true businesses of scale, and a look at what is next and what is next as we saw facebook announcing they change their fees. facebook announcing crypto currency and we saw kodak announced they would get into the ico market. everybody in the tech industry looking at what they can do moving into the future as they become a stable company. lauren: speaking of kodak, that brings us to bitcoin.
where you stand on crypto currency? >> they are going to handle different types of regulation. i've been a big proponent of crypto regulation. i think that korea announced that they are going to try to ban crypto currency and the jamie dimon they retracted and said maybe not. it may be herein may be real, so i'm a believer that crypto currency was standing on the news this week the higher the price, the more likely it is to sustain. it will be a good week for crypto currency. lauren: david, thank you very much. cheryl: coming upcoming minnesota vikings punching their ticket to the nfc championship game as the clock runs out. lifelong vikings and jared maxwell have all of the nfl playoffs highlight.
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cheryl: no juice on the podium outfits are available for non-olympians. you cannot buy the official gear online or in some nike stores. winter gear most of which are held outside in very low temperatures. olympians will need to stay warm. lauren: very nice outfits to do so. last night in minnesota. lifeline vikings fan jared max. congratulations. what a win for your team. >> what a win. as a lifelong vikings fan favorite been on the other end of this so many times. foo.? they blew that. maybe the greatest if they've ever received. minnesota hosting new orleans. vikings were up nothing after one quarter. takes in from one yard out. 17 nothing vikings. frozen in place for 318 yards.
the most improbable 61 in vikings history included a path to added healing. four lead changes in the final three minutes of the game after the saints took a 21-20 lead bid to vikings kicked a 53 yarder that new orleans goes up to 29 seconds to go. the saints held the lead through the vikings had a third-down intent from their own 39-yard line. 10 seconds to play. watch what happened. >> shawn lot amar, and get up, fire to the right side. >> we were stunned. i kept screaming in my living room. and it kept going for over a minute. how he made this catch him in
the defender of his head down in october 1 of his players in the next i know this happens. he caught the winning touchdown and talks about the minneapolis miracle. >> today was when all the work paid off. god put me in a position i tried to take advantage of my opportunity. vikings went 29-24. cheryl: i do want to jinx anything but if the vikings go to the super bowl, the first nfl team in history to play at their home field. >> are you making history. no team that host the super bowl has ever made it this far in the playoffs. we are closing in on something really special. lauren: might be wrong, but the jaguars, the vikings, they've never been to a.
>> afc divisional playoff, what a game. jaguars and steelers combined for 97 points. blake scored them from jacksonville for 45 yards. i set up a touchdown runs. the rookie ran for three scores. 35-21. ben roethlisberger threw five scores hits tommy and the huge upset. 45-42. the final four in the nfl. not sunday 3:00 p.m. eastern pretend you're there at the patriots the patriots will pay for the super bowl tribute to jack wires in late sunday in nfc championship is all about the birds and the bees come eagles and vikings on fox 6:40 eastern. again making history no team has ever made it as far while hosting a super bowl. could this be an end of an era? forget about tom brady and bill
belichick. teachers defensive coordinator reportedly expect it to become the head coach of the detroit lions and the offensive coordinator josh mcdaniels drunk when what to believe the next coach of the indianapolis colts. you can't spell australia without the u.s. but there's not much flavor at the australia opening. venus williams knocked out the first rounders in the australia open. coq au vin delay, jack thought , john is there. let's start there. nothing can take away this mile today. lauren: love in the purple tie to commemorate. cheryl: thank you, jerry. lauren: you can catch the headlines fox news headline sirius xm channel 115. lauren: will switch our focus to the u.s. dollar. given the cold shoulder
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lauren: investors putting their money to work with the yen, euro but not the u.s. dollar.
someone told us by the dollar is getting the cold shoulder this year. >> good morning. it looks as though it's not a good year for the dollar at all. some of that related to the passage of the tax cuts, which means people are expecting an expanding fiscal deficit in the u.s., but a lot of it has been people reassessing fundamentals in europe and japan thinking things up pretty good of the economy on pace and we have it priced in a major change in what central banks will do. everyone has known for a long time the fed will raise interest rates. the meeting came out last week in the bank of japan started tweeting its bond purchases in the markets. investors became really, really sensitive to them the sense of the euro is around a three year high against the dollar. also seemed pretty big gains in the yen and the british pound that maybe we've been underestimating the global central banks will have to do
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Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News
Maynard was a champion of the idea that newsrooms needed to reflect the communities they covered and served.
By Dani McClainTwitter
Dori Maynard (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
Yesterday I talked to a group of college students about what I do for a living, why I do it and how. I always appreciate such an opportunity, particularly when there are young people of color in the room and I might help convince them to pursue journalism. There are so few of us, and the need is great—the percentage of journalists of color in newsrooms has been stuck at around just 12 percent for the past two decades. People who aren't white make up about 39 percent of the US population.
I was especially glad to do so on the day that news of Dori Maynard's passing hit many of us hard. Not only could I tell the students a bit about her legacy, but having Dori on my mind also helped focus the points I wanted to make about why it's crucial that news organizations reflect the audiences they want to reach. That accurate reporting and storytelling depends on it is something to which many in the industry pay lip service, but that far fewer seem committed to addressing. Getting outlets to understand how vital integrated, representative newsrooms are was Dori Maynard's life work.
Because I live in Oakland, Dori's hometown and home base for her nationwide efforts, I had the chance to spend time with her on a few occasions. Each time I did, I knew that I was in the presence of someone great—kind and funny, too, and eager to connect with younger journalists. I also felt sure that I had only ever worked for metro daily papers such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Miami Herald because she and people like her had demanded that I be allowed in and that I be taken seriously once there.
I was also aware of the weight that Dori's family name carried. Her father, Robert C. Maynard, had been editor and publisher of The Oakland Tribune, and owned a controlling interest in the paper that held the distinction of being the country's first black-owned major metro daily until it was sold in the early '90s. Her father was also a co-founder of the Institute for Journalism Education, which helped "integrate newsrooms nationwide by recruiting, training and placing African-Americans, Asians and Latinos in reporting, editing and management jobs," according to Wayne Dawkins' book Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim in the Mainstream.
That what little diversity we have in media today is the result of organizing and pipeline development rather than benevolent action on the part of newsrooms is an important point, and one I emphasized yesterday when talking with students. When mainstream metropolitan dailies started hiring people of color—specifically black reporters—in the late '60s, it was because they finally recognized that news events demanded it. As uprisings took over American cities, many of these newspapers were simply unable to tell an accurate story. Black Power sentiments had, in many places, overtaken the integrationist ideals of the earlier civil-rights movement, and some of the most important sources simply would not speak—or at least would not speak freely—with white reporters. As Dori herself wrote about this history:
"It was white journalists who reported on the civil rights movement (except for those reporters from the black press), while it was mainly black reporters who covered this other era—Black Power, black consciousness, and the black revolution. In fact, this became the only time that mainstream media put an important story entirely in the hands of black reporters. That was a decision borne from necessity. With cries of 'white reporter out,' black journalists were the only ones who were able to get the story."
It's fair to argue that we're at a similar moment now, with today's net-neutrality win ensuring that the many online voices breaking and interpreting news and demanding more of mainstream news accounts will continue to flourish. This is critical, but it doesn't take the place of trained reporters rooted in a place and committed to local coverage, or else with the budgets to travel and see what's actually happening. Dori Maynard tried to ensure that such news gathering was done by as an inclusive group as possible. She made great strides. There's still much work to do.
Dani McClainTwitterDani McClain is a contributing writer for The Nation and a fellow at Type Media Center.


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Wild Stallion is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan and Martha Hyer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Martin Obzina.

Cast
Ben Johnson as Dan Light
Edgar Buchanan as John Wintergreen
Martha Hyer as Caroline Cullen
Hayden Rorke as Maj. Cullen
Hugh Beaumont as Capt. Wilmurt
Orley Lindgren as Young Dan Light
Don Haggerty as Sgt. Keach
Susan Odin as Caroline - as a child
I. Stanford Jolley as Bill Cole
Barbara Wooddell as Abigail Light
John Halloran as John Light
Don Garner as Cpl. Thompson
John Hart as cavalry corporal
Perc Launders as army doctor
William Newell as Sergeant
Bob Peoples as cavalryman
Stanley Price as cavalry sentry
Lee Roberts as Cavalry Corporal
Elizabeth Russell as Dan's school teacher

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Q: Shapes in tf.test.compute_gradient_error In addition to 2 tensors, tf.test.compute_gradient_error takes two shapes. Why are they required? Why can't we just evaluate the tensors and calculate their shapes?

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27 thousand 259 sports equipments will be used in 500 special education schools starting from Ankara
Erdogan personally thanked the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of National Education, and the Ministry of Family, in his speech at the distribution of sports equipment for special education school sports at the Milet Congress and Culture Center in Bestep. On behalf of the social service and his nation to be helpful in this beautiful meeting.
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Congratulating all the disabled people on Disability Week, Erdogan said that people with disabilities have set an example for everyone with their perseverance and determination and their outstanding success in all walks of life.
President Erdoানan reminded that, especially recently, people with disabilities have achieved great success in various fields of sports around the world.
"We do not avoid any sacrifices."
Congratulating the disabled people in the hall, everyone is a symbol of courage, for their struggle, efforts and endeavors, especially for the nation, Erdogan continued his words as follows:
"Among our athletic brothers and sisters here, on behalf of my country and nation, I would like to express my gratitude to all our athletes who have flown our glorious flag everywhere. We do not acknowledge and will not do so so that our disabled people, whom our Lord has entrusted to us, can make their dreams come true. "Let the people live so that the state can live," as well as the principle of our social state, which is enshrined in our constitution, tells us to be fair, to treat people equally, not to discriminate between us.
Erdogan said that in their understanding of politics and the state, no one can be marginalized because of their human qualities and instincts.
Erdogan stressed that no one can be discriminated against because of their ethnic identity, community, opinion, especially their appearance:
"No one can be excluded from social life due to physical disability. We can never ignore our disabled siblings even if others turn to us. We cannot ignore our disabled even if others neglect. In particular, we are ignorant of our disabled citizens. , Being trapped between two walls for reasons like ignorance or impossibility cannot be tolerated. Make sure that all of our humanity benefits equally from opportunities and privileges. We attach great importance to the participation of disabled brothers and sisters in their lives. "
26,259 sports equipments for 500 special education schools in 61 provinces
President Erdoয়an said that this meaningful program, jointly organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of National Education, is one of the best examples of their desire to overcome barriers for the disabled.
"The love of sports knows no barriers," Erdogan said, adding that 27,259 pieces of sports equipment produced under the National Ministry of Education's 500 special education schools in 81 provinces would be launched to offer the use of different disability groups. Send to all corners of the country.
Erdogan said they would provide sports opportunities to thousands of students with disabilities in 81 provinces, from Hakkari to Edirne, Artivin to Hatay. We want our disabled brothers and sisters to make the most of these opportunities and achieve success that will make us proud in all areas of life, especially sports. We've seen it in Tokyo, I hope we see it now in Paris. " He said.
Speaking on the floor from Hall's athletes about the success in Paris, Erdogan said: "I hope we will return from Paris with a completely different victory after Tokyo." He spoke.
Erdogan interrupted his speech and told a disabled athlete that he loved him, "I love you too." He replied.
Sport is a very important field of activity that ensures the active participation of people with disabilities in addition to human and public health, Erdoয়an said. Neglected. "They have been the victims of prejudice and stereotypes. Our disabled people have not been given the necessary opportunities, and their confidence in constantly saying 'you can' has been shattered. Don't do that, you can't succeed. "
Erdogan said that when they took over the country in 2002, there were serious problems with disabilities, as in many other areas.
Erdogan said that the responsibility of people with disabilities has been largely left to their families. Unfortunately, the steps we have taken in the last 20 years do not suit our country and our nation. We have radically changed this picture. By changing it radically, we have done something really good. Relieve and remind our disabled brothers and sisters that they are equal citizens of this country. " He said.
Emphasizing the Disability Act enacted in 2005, they have taken historic steps in many areas related to persons with disabilities, from education to care, from employment to prevention of discrimination.
More importantly, President Erdogan said they have ensured that people with disabilities can get the services they need with their families, without the need to be stuck in a nursing home or similar place.
"We will not leave you alone, we will do what needs to be done."
Expressing that they have implemented unique practices such as Home Care Support, Home Care Assistance, Day Life Center, Hope House, Erdogan went on to say:
"We have made accessibility accessible in many areas, from transport vehicles to buildings. Similarly, by expanding the practice of inclusive education in schools, we have ensured the development of empathy and responsibility in our society. We are transforming homes and hospitals." Can't
We provide training to a total of 453,000 children and youth in need of special education across the country. The number of persons with disabilities studying in special education classes has increased to 6,800. We provide education to 993 of our disabled children in hospital classrooms and 10,552 of them at home. Another task conducted for our special students is to increase the number of support learning rooms and enrich their content. The number of support training rooms, which was 79 a while ago, has risen to 638 as of 2022. We are building 10,000 support training rooms in 61 provinces. We will not leave you alone, we will do what we need to do, we are determined to do it. "
"Our disabled brothers and sisters say I am into sports, art, academia and politics."
Noting that they have set up coordination centers for students with disabilities at all universities, Erdogan said they provide unprecedented opportunities for people with disabilities in every field, from sports to the business world, from government jobs to politics.
"Thanks to all these steps, the confidence of our disabled brothers has increased, their confidence in society and the state has increased," Erdogan said. Says
"People with disabilities are not neglected in any aspect of life today, but are nurtured," Erdogan said. . " He said.
Noting that when people with disabilities are supported and given the necessary opportunities, what they can achieve is most clearly seen in sports, Erdogan made the following statement in his speech:
"Our people with disabilities, who were previously able to show limited presence in many sports, have written legends in every field of sports today. The numbers reveal where our country came from in sports. 20 years later, 2020 Tokyo We participated in the Paralympic Games with 87 athletes and returned to our country with a total of 15 medals, including 2 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze.
Tokyo 2020, with 13 branches and 87 athletes, is an organization where we have participated with the largest number of branches and athletes in the history of our Paralympic Games. Our athletes have made our nation proud by winning many medals at world, European and other international championships. Undoubtedly, our state's support for federations and clubs, as well as infrastructural investment, has played a key role in this historic achievement.
"Every year we increase the budget for sports federations for the disabled."
Every year the budget for the sports federations for the disabled increases, and this year they allocate about 70 million lira to the four sports federations for the disabled alone, Erdogan said:
"We've made significant improvements in support, numbers and amounts for support for our sports clubs with disabilities. The amount of aid, which was only 159,000 lira in the past year, has increased to 6.5 million lira for 1,101 sports clubs in 2020. The number of athletes with disabilities was 2,763 in 2002, increasing to 45,441 as of 2021. In addition, we have restructured all sports facilities. As we see, we are continuing our efforts for greater success. "
Noting that they have already begun preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics, President Erdoan said: "I believe we will set a new record in Paris for both the number of athletes and the number of medals. A valuable tool for raising. " I see this as a step. I hope that this study, which will be conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, will benefit all our youth and our country, "he said.
Erdogan thanked everyone who contributed to these services for the disabled and said, "I wish success to our athletes with disabilities, each of whom has his or her own success story." Says
Notes from the event
Prior to the ceremony, President Erdogan visited the area where trucks and sports equipment are located, talked to athletes with disabilities and took pictures of them.
Etimesgut gives a concert before the event by a music group consisting of students from the Science and Industry Center. The students performed the song "Everything reminds you".
In the program where the video of the project "Love for sports is no barrier" was seen, national athletes with disabilities Öznur Cüre and Merve Seda Özsu gave a welcome speech and thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emin Erdogan for sports and their contribution. Education
After President Erdogan's speech, trucks carrying sports equipment left for the presidential complex.
"Let their roads be open. May my lord protect them from accidents and trouble. The love of sports knows no obstacle," Erdogan said. He said goodbye to the truck.
To commemorate the day, National Athletes with Disabilities presented President Erdogan with a signed national team jersey and a hand-embroidered saint painting.
Deputy President Fuat Okte, Family and Social Services Minister Daria Yannick, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Casapolu and National Education Minister Mahmut Ozar were present on the occasion.
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I knew I would come across the burial of Matthew Hopkins, "witchfinder general", when I came to transcribe Mistley's earliest parish register. It was still a strange feeling, to add his name to the database along with all the other residents. But along with Matthew, there was one other Hopkins in the register, and his burial seems to explain just what Hopkins was doing in Mistley in the first place, and perhaps how his campaign took hold.
As I've mentioned many times before, perhaps the best book on Hopkins is Malcolm Gaskill's Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-century English Tragedy. He brings to life the period, and explains how the exertions of Hopkins, along with John Sterne, lead to the execution of many people for the crime of witchcraft. Whether they were witches or not, whether they were believed by locals or themselves to be witches, is something for another time. But what impressed me was how I could look through my transcriptions and find the names of people who appear in the book.
For instance, Gaskill mentions two women from Wivenhoe who were employed by Hopkins for the task of performing intimate body searches on suspected female witches (it was believed that the teats used for suckling familiars could sometimes be found around the genitals). These women were Helen Mayor and Elizabeth Hunt, and, yes you can find them in the parish register. Elizabeth is perhaps the wife of Richard Hunt, by whom she had two children – George (about 1648) and Elizabeth (about 1652), or she was his mother and was also called Elizabeth. Helen Mayor was born Helen Harvey or Hardy, the wife of John Mayor (or Mayre). Between 1619 and 1622, they had three daughters: Helen, Agnes and Jane (and perhaps a son, Edward, in 1613). But when Jane was buried in 1628, Helen was a widow. So it perhaps isn't surprising that Helen willingly worked for Hopkins – she probably needed the money.
But to return to Mistley. It's long been known that Matthew Hopkins' burial appears in the register:
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No mention is made of his claim to fame – he's recorded as the son of Mr James Hopkins, Minister of Wenham, buried 12th August 1647.
And the other Hopkins in the register?
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"John Hopkins sonne to Marie Hopkins (wiffe to Mr. Tho. Witham parson) was buried on December 24th" in 1641.
This one burial entry solves a mystery that has long hovered over Matthew Hopkins – why was he in Mistley? Well, he was in Mistley because his mother (widowed by the death of James Hopkins in about 1634) had married Mistley's rector, Thomas Witham.
The Withams
Thomas Witham and his delightfully neat handwriting first appear in the parish register for Mistley in 1610 (he followed the previous parson, John Linton, who was buried 2nd July 1610). Thomas has several children baptised who appear in the register. It's only from 1619 that his wife's name appears with these, so it's not immediately obvious if the first children were also those of Freegift (yes, really, that's her name).1)Bearing in mind Thomas has two daughters baptised before he names the third Freegift, I do wonder if he in fact married Freegift between 1617 and 1619. I haven't yet found the marriage of Thomas and Freegift, however, the note beside Freegift's burial suggests that these were, in fact, her daughters.
Frances, baptised 1613 (died 1616)
Dorcas, baptised 1615 (married George Ward in 1636)
Mary, baptised 1617 (died 1638, having married John Haies in 1637)
Thomas, baptised 1619
John, baptised 1622
Freegift, baptised 1625 (died 1632)
James, baptised 1629
Freegift, Thomas' wife, was buried in the chancel of Mistley church in 1633, "by some of hir children there lyeing." Great Wenham in Suffolk, where James Hopkins was rector, is only about 8 miles from Mistley – it wouldn't be surprising if Mary Hopkins married Thomas Witham not long after she was widowed around 1634. Certainly they were married by 1641, when her son was buried in Mistley.
James Hopkins' will
We don't know much about Matthew Hopkins' family, as Great Wenham's registers don't start until 1642, after the Hopkinses had left. A resident of Great Wenham, Daniel Wyles, mentions three Hopkins boys in his 1619 will – James, Thomas and John. They are described as the children of James Hopkins and his wife, which suggests that Matthew was yet to be born. James Hopkins' will, written on 25th December 1634, says that he has six children, only two of whom he names – Thomas and James. As each child reached the age of 21, they were to receive an inheritance of 100 marks. Thomas was to be sent to "our friends" in New England, to stay there until he was 22, when he would be able to claim his inheritance – and if he didn't stay until he 22, he was to inherit nothing (one wonders if James thought Thomas rather wild and was sending him away from local bad influence).2)Transcriptions of the wills of Daniel Wyles and James Hopkins can be at witchtrials.co.uk.
So it seems that between 1619 and 1634, three more Hopkins children were born. Matthew would have been 16 at the most when his father died, and not much older than that when his family decamped to Mistley.
A woman's hand
I was rather excited by what I'd worked out – that Matthew was in Mistley because his stepfather was the incumbent. I emailed Malcolm Gaskill to let him know, as this fact wasn't in his book. He graciously replied and said that, indeed, he hadn't spotted this either when researching Witchfinders, but another academic had: Frances Timbers, in the journal Women's History Review had spotted it, and she also noted the other appearances of Withams in the register.3)Women's History Review, vol. 17, 2008, pp.21-37 Although their baptisms don't appear in the Mistley register, there are other Witham girls, besides Dorcas and Mary, who were married at Mistley:
Anne Witham, married Bezaleel Angier in 1630
Susan Witham, married Richard Edwards in 1639
We don't know for certain that Anne and Susan were Thomas Witham's daughters, but there are no other Withams in the Mistley register besides his family. There are scraps of circumstantial evidence which suggest they were Thomas' daughters. His mother, Anne Eve, was buried in Mistley in 1625 and although Anne is not an unusual name, it could be that Anne, wife of Bezaleel Angier, was Thomas' daughter as she was named after her grandmother. Frances Timbers further points out that as Susan Edwards' named her second daughter Freegift, she had named her daughter after her mother. I would add that Thomas Witham has a habit of writing entries concerning his family in slightly larger handwriting than he does everyone else (this practice is not unusual – sometimes vicars add elaborate curlicues or take up most of the page to record the baptism of their own child). So below you can see what are the baptisms of his two granddaughters, Dorcas Ward and Freegift Edwards, standing out from the entries around them:
Malcolm points out in Witchfinders that Thomas Witham left Mistley in 1643. The parish register grinds to a halt – the last baptism he writes down was on 23rd September 1643 (not long after the baptisms in the above image). The last burial he records was also on the 23rd – the mother of Dorothy Vale, whom he baptised the same day. The last marriage was on the 24th May 1643. The will of William Jaye of Mistley, written on 20th October 1643,4)ERO ref D/ACW 14/282 bequeaths Thomas Witham 20 shillings for him to preach at William's funeral. Now, we know that Thomas left for London, to preach, and given the last date in the parish register – 23rd September 1643 – we must suppose that he left at the end of September/early October. But then, was he still in the parish a month later, when William Jaye wrote his will? Or did William hope Thomas would come back especially? As it is, Thomas Witham was buried at St. Mary Woolnoth in London on 3rd May 1644.
Not that it was unusual for Thomas to appear in his parishioners' wills. Regarding wills at the Essex Record Office, he crops up in the 1623 will of Thomas Francis (Frauncys), bequeathed 20 shillings (the going rate?), described as "my pastor and teacher". Witham witnessed this will, including his clover-leaf design that appears in the parish register too. John Witham, Thomas' son, appears in the 1625 will of William Linn – John was Linn's godson, and Sir Harbottle Grimstone was the executor of Linn's will, and also that of Lettice Lynn, William's wife. Grimstone would later be one of the Justices of the Peace who Matthew Hopkins would turn to with the Mistley witchcraft accusations. One of the others was Sir Thomas Bowes, a gt-several-times uncle of yours truly.
Sir Thomas Bowes, by (after) Daniel Mytens. From Wikipedia
Malcolm writes that following Thomas Witham's trip to London, there was a power vacuum in Mistley, which Hopkins took advantage of. As the son of a vicar, and – as now seems certain – the stepson of the last incumbent of Mistley, Matthew Hopkins was a figure of authority who could fill the void. Susan Edwards, his stepsister, was married to a wealthy local man, which would have added to Matthew's perceived authority, and Malcolm points out that Susan endorses most of the indictments against the local "witches". Matthew's involvement began when his stepsister accused a local woman of killing her child with witchcraft – so Matthew Hopkins' reign of terror seems to have begun as a personal vendetta. What has seemed to be a crusade against witches which sprang from Matthew Hopkins being "evil" or a witch himself (there is an idea afoot that Hopkins was 'swum' and burnt as a witch) in fact is a product of the social milieu in which he lived. The viciousness of Civil War, the zeal of Puritans against Catholicism and witchcraft, and a parish without any clear leader except Hopkins and his stepsister.
After the witch-hunts
I won't reiterate Malcolm's book or Frances' article – please do get hold of them and read them because they are very enlightening. Feel free to check the people who come up against the transcriptions I've done. What might interest you too is what happens afterwards.
According to the Clergy Database, John Witham became Mistley's rector in 1647, and the first burial he performs is that of his stepbrother, Matthew Hopkins. One wonders where John was following his father leaving for London. We know that John went to Cambridge in 1639, so perhaps he was studying there for several years, or in the confusion of Civil War, he didn't immediately make his way back to Mistley. He seems to have had an aversion to using the parish register which his father had kept so neatly throughout his incumbency. He records six baptisms in 1647 (the first in May of that year), and records one in 1646, which presumably was not performed by him, although we don't necessarily know. That said, the 1646 baptism was of Mary, daughter of Richard and Susan Edwards, so he might have travelled to Mistley to perform the rite for his niece. He records three in 1648 – one of which is his own son, John. In 1649 and 1650, he appears to have got into the swing of recording baptisms, but records only five in 1651, and there after its peters out almost entirely. Of course, Puritans weren't really fans of baptism, and often during the Commonwealth, under the Directory of Worship which temporarily replaced the Book of Common Prayer, births are recorded instead of baptisms. The Directory did allow for baptisms, and certainly John was baptising his own children – the side of one leaf of the Mistley register shows a list of six of his own children.
There is also a gap in the register with regards to burials and marriages during John Witham's incumbency. Were they happening at all in Mistley, or did John Witham just not record them? Or were they being recorded by someone else (the 'Register' under the Commonwealth was a person, often the rector, although not necessarily) and they were never copied up into the original parish register?
After John's death in 1688, there appears to be an attempt in the register to retrospectively add births and baptisms of children who hadn't been recorded before, but this is by no means complete for the whole parish.
To London
And then the Essex Record Office's catalogue throws up an intriguing document from 1657. So, ten years after Matthew Hopkins' death, and John Witham's incumbency at Mistley began, one James Witham of St. George, Southwark, a surgeon (or "chirurgeon" as the original document would have it) was in trouble for begetting a bastard child on Mary, of Manningtree. Mary's surname doesn't appear in the catalogue entry but perhaps it might actually on the document, but without many baptisms surviving from this period, we can't identify Mary or her child. The document is a recognizance, a bond, which tied in James Witham with Peter Hopkins, victualler, and Richard Edwards, gent, both of St. Saviour Southwark. It's a form of bastardy order, which means Hopkins and Edwards were signing up to ensure Witham answered to the child he had had.
Now, it goes without saying that this document is very likely to refer to people already mentioned here. James Witham, surgeon, is quite likely the son of Thomas Witham and Freegift, baptised in 1629 – he would have been about 28 at the time of the recognizance. Peter Hopkins might well be one of the six children of James and Mary Hopkins (one of the three born after 1619). And Richard Edwards is possibly Susan Witham's husband. The last appearance of Richard and Susan in Mistley's register is a baptism of a son in 1649, so they could have gone to London after that. And because Thomas Witham had gone to London, it's likely he took his son James with him – he would have been 14 when Thomas left Mistley.
Added to the recognizance is a further one that Estell was to prosecute Witham. There's several people called Estell alias Till in Mistley in the early 1600s, so the mother of James Witham's illegitimate child might have been an Estell or one of the churchwardens who was dealing with parish relief was prosecuting Witham for the cost of the child.
What remains opaque is what happened to Mary, first James Hopkins' wife and later Thomas Witham's. It appears that she didn't leave a will, and neither did Thomas. Her husband's will left nearly all his property to her, from which she was to derive the payment of 600 marks amongst their children. If she died before Thomas Witham, what would have happened to this property, as a married woman's property automatically became that of her husband? The will stipulates it is to go to Mary "and her heirs", which doesn't rule out it falling to Thomas. But if Mary survived Thomas, then with her property she may well not have married again. If Peter Hopkins is her son and James Witham her stepson, then perhaps we need to look for her in Southwark, where these men were living in 1657. Perhaps significantly, Southwark is exactly on the opposite side of the Thames from the location of St. Mary Woolnoth, where Thomas Witham was buried.
NB: there are some leads which I plan to follow up, which are not mentioned here. But perhaps will be…. mwahahahahahaha……
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1. ↑ Bearing in mind Thomas has two daughters baptised before he names the third Freegift, I do wonder if he in fact married Freegift between 1617 and 1619. I haven't yet found the marriage of Thomas and Freegift, however, the note beside Freegift's burial suggests that these were, in fact, her daughters.
2. ↑ Transcriptions of the wills of Daniel Wyles and James Hopkins can be at witchtrials.co.uk.
3. ↑ Women's History Review, vol. 17, 2008, pp.21-37
4. ↑ ERO ref D/ACW 14/282
17th century, Essex, Matthew Hopkins, Mistley, panic, parish registers, witches


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Hindu arti worship held weekly at Harvard
A weekly arti is reportedly held at Harvard University (HU), one of the world's top and United States' oldest institution of higher education established in 1636.
Organized by Harvard Dharma (Harvard's Hindu Students Association), it is held in Dharma Prayer Space at Canaday Basement in Harvard Yard of HU in Cambridge (Massachusetts) on Fridays at five pm, reports suggest.
Arti is a Hindu worship ceremony/offering performed in adoration/honor of deity/deities by circular movement of a lighted lamp accompanied by hymn singing and may include sounding of handbells and other instruments. Worshippers pass their hands over the flames of the lighted lamp and then touch their faces/heads with these hands, thus transferring the deity's blessings.
Applauding Harvard for reported provision of dedicated prayer space, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, described it as a step in the positive direction. Zed commended Harvard for recognizing the intersection of spirituality and education, which was important in Hinduism.
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged all USA universities, colleges and residential schools; both public and private; to respond to the spiritual needs of diverse student body and provide permanent and dedicated Hindu prayer/meditation room for rituals, quiet reflection, festivals and spiritual exercise. It would help in the personal growth of Hindu students who were present in substantial numbers on various campuses. It was important to meet the spiritual needs of these students, Zed added.
Rajan Zed suggested that these Hindu prayer rooms should have an altar containing murtis (statues) of popular Hindu deities like Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Krishna, Durga, Venkateshwara, Ganesha, Murugan, Saraswati, Hanuman, Lakshmi, Kali, etc.; besides being equipped with ghanta (big metallic bell hanging from the ceiling), dholak (two-headed hand-drum), Shiva-linga, etc. He or other Hindu scholars would be glad to help, if asked, regarding the structure of "Hindu Prayer Room", Zed indicated.
Harvard Dharma, focusing on Hindu spiritual and cultural life at Harvard University, also celebrates various Hindu festivals like Deepavali, Holi, etc.; organizes discussions and speaker events about Hinduism and related issues on the campus; etc. Priyanka Kumar, Gunjari Raychaudhuri and Aniket Zinzuwadia are Co-Presidents.
HU, whose motto is Veritas (Latin for "truth") and which has about 22,000 students, boasts of "48 Nobel Laureates, 32 heads of state, 48 Pulitzer Prize winners". The Harvard Library—claimed to be the "largest academic library in the world"—includes about 20.4 million volumes. Drew Gilpin Faust is the HU President, while Kenji Yoshino is President of its Board of Overseers. It was named after John Harvard, a Christian minister.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal. There are about three million Hindus in USA.


An estimated 155,000 people across the EU are expected to take part in Europe Code Week, aimed at highlighting what is being described as the 'new third literacy'. Some 155 events will take place in 14 countries.
The aim of Europe Code Week is to increase awareness of and build interest in computer programming.
Across Ireland, primary school children in their classrooms and pensioners in their active retirement groups from Donegal to Valentia Island have registered to take part.
CoderDojo, Scratch and Robotics events are happening in schools, community centres and computer clubs all over the country.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, highlighted the importance of the new third literacy.
Ireland is widely regarded in Europe for being the birthplace of CoderDojo, and so the goal of the Irish team is to see Ireland as the European 'hub' for coding.
It is just over two years since the first CoderDojo took place in Cork. Since then, the movement has grown to become a global phenomenon. On any given Saturday, between 10,000 and 20,000 children worldwide are taught to code in more than 120 dojos in 26 countries, including places such as LA, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Africa and the Caribbean – all on a voluntary basis.


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MRD Testing With Next-Generation Sequencing Can Guide Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Gayathri Ravi, MD, further discussed findings from a presentation at ASH 2022, and the role of minimal residual disease testing in multiple myeloma.
Quadruplet induction/consolidation therapy, autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), and minimal residual disease (MRD)-informed treatment modification was proven to be feasible and led to similar responses to what has previously been observed in clinical trials, in patients with multiple myeloma.
In patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, MRD is a strong predictor of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). This is especially true in patients who have received ASCT.
According to a presentation at the 64th Annual ASH Meeting, in a clinical academic-community pathway, investigators evaluated the optimal treatment and MRD-based monitoring of patients with NDMM who were eligible for ASCT.
Within research published in Blood, patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma were assessed with the institutional standard for induction therapy with subcutaneous daratumumab 1,800 mg, bortezomib 1.3 mg/m2 days 1,8,15, lenalidomide 25 mg twice a day on days 1-21, and dexamethasone 40 mg twice a day on days 1,8,15,22 of each 28-day cycle.
Among the 69 patients included in this analysis, 59 have reached post-ASCT response assessment. Findings reported at ASH showed the median follow-up was 15.5 months (range, 3.7-27.6) and that MRD testing by NGS was trackable for 61 (88%) patients.
Additionally, 16 of the 42 patients (38%) with trackable MRD and >12 months post initiation of therapy achieved 2 consecutive MRD-negative results 10-5. This ultimately led to subsequent treatment discontinuation and entry into the MRD surveillance phase of the study.
In an interview with Targeted OncologyTM, Gayathri Ravi, MD, assistant professor at University of Alabama, Birmingham, further discussed these findings, and the role of MRD testing in multiple myeloma.
Targeted Oncology: Can you discuss the study you presented at ASH 2022?
Ravi: Our main objective of the study looked at the reproducibility of the quadruplet induction in the real-world setting. We know the data from clinical trials like GRIFFIN [NCT02874742], but we don't know if that's reproducible in the real-world. That was 1 of the objectives, and the other one was MRD. It's becoming more and more relevant in today's practice of myeloma, so we tried to see how we could apply MRD-adapted treatment management in real-world practice, as well as to see what the feasibility of that is, not just in an academic center, but also involving our community partners.
What were the findings of this research?
The response rates are similar to what was seen in clinical trial setting in terms of response rates, post-induction, post-transplant, and post-consolidation. For MRD, it was similar to what came out of GRIFFIN, ours was 21%. Our primary objective was to look at the MRD data or the feasibility of obtaining it in the real-world setting. We were able to get MRD results in 88% of our study population, which was impressive considering 60% of them were induced in the community. The MRD negativity data were also like the clinical trial setting, which was encouraging as it's applicable in real-world practice.
What role does MRD play in decision making and treating patients with cancer?
MRD is a strong prognostic factor. We do know that people who are not able to achieve MRD negativity have early-risk of progression and relapse. At this time, most of the trials have been conducted during treatment time points to measure MRD to look at post-induction therapy, post-transplant, post-consolidation, and periodically during maintenance therapy, mostly in the trial setting and not outside in the real practice.
What we do not know is if MRD alone is sufficient to decide on discontinuation of therapy, or should we monitor additional parameters in addition to the regular myeloma labs that we measure? If so, how frequently should we measure that, especially when we decide of taking patients off treatment? We do not have data on that, so that is something that is critical, especially if we are looking at MRD-based therapies where we talk about monitoring patients off treatment. Then, we need to know when we need to measure them, how frequently we need to measure them, and what else we need to measure.
What are the next steps for research in this space? What do you expect to see in the future?
The main thing is to find a balance between using an MRD-adapted treatment in the real-world setting. In our study, we offered patients a chance to stop treatment, which has not been done outside of a large-scale clinical trial setting, to look at monitoring MRD. We stopped treatment of patients who achieved MRD negativey 10-5, at 2 different timelines during their treatment scheme. If we were able to achieve that, then we offered the option of cessation of treatment. If they did not achieve that, they would go with standard of care, consolidation, maintenance, down the path that's been in practice.
What we noted was that monitoring MRD was very helpful in the sense that there was an MRD resurgence in only 1 of the patients in whom we stopped treatment for. There was no clear evidence of clinical progression of the disease at that time. We were able to capture the possibility of a relapse sooner, even before it became clinically measurable with the regular myeloma labs monitoring. Every patient wants to be able to come off treatment at some point, which I think in the current myeloma landscape, it's not done yet, or not figured out yet in a complete way. I think the chance that this could offer our patients the possibility of cessation of treatment is what I'm excited about. Again, there's still a lot of fine details that need to be figured out in terms of once we stopped treatment, how we monitor them, how frequently we monitor them, what kind of imaging and what kind of labs in addition to MRD are needed. We don't have answers to that yet.
What are the key takeaways?
The main thing is that it's possible to engage our community partners because in real-world practice, a majority of our patients get their treatment in the community and come to an academic center for transplant or for a second opinion if multiple lines of treatment have been through. It's important to engage our community partners earlier in the treatment course so that we can reproduce what we can in the clinical trial setting, outside of a trial setting, and in the real-world practice.
What we also found in the study that was useful was engaging the patients in their care. A majority of them do not know what MRD is. Unless we educate on how there is a test like this, it is irrelevant. It can potentially offer you a chance to stop treatment at some point. We don't know if you're going to get there, but there is a possibility of that. Then patients get very involved. In fact, I've had patients come back and ask me, what was my number that you told me was a deeper layer of testing? As a physician, we have to own up and take responsibility for engaging with our patients and our community partners. It's important for us to engage our community partners and patients in their care, so that we can adapt to a rapidly emerging treatment landscape and provide our patients the best of care.
Gayathri Ravi, Smith Giri, Susan Bal, Kelly N. Godby, Vishnu V.B. Reddy, Donna Salzman, Omar Alkharabsheh, Scott A. McDaniel, Melissa Sentell, Luciano J. Costa; Induction quadruplet therapy and minimal/measurable residual disease (MRD)-informed treatment adaptation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM): results from an academic-community pathway. Blood 2022;140 (Suppl 1):8048–8049. doi:10.1182/blood-2022-170099


As someone who has lived their entire life feeling 'not enough', the knowledge in this blog is not new. However, timing is everything in terms of being in a head space and place in life to be sufficently open and capable for integrating and transforming awareness and understanding into true wisdom, action and change. Whether I'm actually able to get to being 'enough' with and for myself remains to be seen. What I do know for sure is the 'audit' of my values and choices about what and who is important in my life has been occurring for some time, and slowly but surely, there is an internal shift towards a greater sense of peace, contentment, and liberation with me and who I am. Could this be it? Is this what feeling 'enough' and 'lovable' feels like? Is this what being the 'real' me feels like? Yes, I believe it is.
Start with an audit of your life… and then get ready to be courageous. Because all of this stuff is easy to understand with our brains… and a whole other story to face and change. Why? Changing parts of our identity, especially a core belief (that we're unlovable), can be challenging because of the neural pathways we've built and the foundations of our life (jobs, religion & relationships) have been constructed upon our identity in order to reinforce it. We'll even fight wars and kill others to preserve our beliefs.
…to truly understand, …to truly feel, to awaken to the truth… that the loneliness you fear, the paralyzing concern that if people met the real you, you won't be loved… is happening right before you're eyes. Because if you don't share your deepest truths with the world, you're sending the message to yourself that you're not lovable. The thing you fear most you're already living in… so it can't get worse. It can only get better. And the people who are meant to love you for the real you, will. That's a fact. But they can't find you till you find you.
It never ceases to amaze me how the Universe delivers little miracles of the divine. This image was delivered via a beautiful woman, inside and out, who I am blessed to know. She posted it. I saw it. Then I truly saw it – the image's significance. How it perfectly symbolizes and reflects the vision that I had in mind when creating Tether Abundance. I imagined infinite number of balloons containing all different types and forms of abundance, that only humans are able to think and feel about. Abundance in the physical, from the air we breath, the water we drink, the food we eat, the breathtaking beauty we see, and the symphony of sounds we hear, to touch of a hand, hug from a friend and kiss of loved one. Abundance in the mind, from thoughts we think, the art we create, and the science we discover, to the conversations we share, the communities we build, and the nations we grow. Abundance in and of the soul, from the rainbow of emotions we feel, whether it is joy of celebration or tears of grief, to the peace and grace of the divine I believe we all have within.
All this, and infinitely more, is here, now, all around and above us. Ethereal strings hanging down from the balloons of abundance, waiting for us to choose to see and decide to go for it. All we need to do to get it, is love. Love by opening our hearts to open our eyes. Love by lightening the load holding us down in letting go of all the baggage of pain from past wounds and false beliefs, assumptions and expectations our human ego tells us we need to carry around. Then reach up, leap, and jump as high as you can, grab tether that abundance, and carry it along with you on your journey through life, loving and trusting with faith and grace that all will be well as intended. Amen.
Thank you and bless my friend, a beautiful brilliant spirited woman, for sharing this image on Facebook, which allowed me to see it, grab and tether it to then share with others. I'm so looking forward to watching her, and many others, whomever they are, where ever they are, soar even higher and brighter than ever before in 2014 and beyond.
via In the Human Brain, Size Really Isn't Everything – NYTimes.com.
Size doesn't matter when it comes to the human brain? Hmmm….I guess that like many, perhaps even most, things in life, its about quality rather than quantity. In regards to our human brain, it is about the neurological qualify of the functional abilities of neurons and not the quantity, or number of them. More of the same is irrelavent. Its simply more, not necessarily better. Better as in improved, comes with increasing the functionality per amount ratio. In simpler terms, it's about relative effectiveness and efficiency. Or in our capitalistic focused society, getting the most value returned with limited resources invested – the biggest bang for the buck.
Why the eff didn't you watch these TED Talks? The 2013 edition.
Awesome collection of the best of Ted Talks for 2013.
Perhaps you are looking forward to a new and hopeful 2014; perhaps you see late December as the perfect time for reflection and resolution. I'm pleased to let you off the hook. This is the time when you should look back at your year and focus on the question: What TED Talks did I miss? Lucky for you, the 2013 edition of "Why the eff didn't you watch these TED Talks?" — which, amazingly, you seemed to like last year — is here. New and hopeful is fine and good, but I'm more in favor of not forgetting the old, the weird, the mystifying, the liminal and the hidden. And so I give you: My favorite 11 under-loved TED Talks of 2013. Be ready to be mildly chastised for missing out on them the first time around.