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sundance 2020 Jan. 31, 2020
When Documentaries Make You Question Everything
By Bilge Ebiri
Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood's Happy Happy Joy Joy. Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute
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"Imagine yourself more than a hundred years back, when most of the things that define our modern life were invented," says Austrian director Hubert Sauper in the opening moments of his documentary portrait of Cuba, Epicentro. Among these inventions: machine guns, movies, and American hegemony. He tells us about the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898, an event that helped launch the Spanish-American War and the subsequent U.S. colonization of Cuba, America's first overseas colony. Coming right after the birth of cinema, the Maine disaster was replicated in motion pictures of the time; images of the tragic wreckage and of valiant American sailors' funerals were shown across the U.S., helping feed the public appetite for war. As Sauper puts it: "The machine of dreams also brought humanity into the macabre theater of war."
But then his camera shifts, to a group of Havana schoolchildren working on an alternate portrayal of the Maine incident, using a giant tub and model boat; in this one, the Americans are decidedly less valiant. And then a Cuban artist creating his own animated version of the sinking, in which Americans sabotage their own ship as a false-flag operation to justify their imperial designs on Cuba. (History isn't entirely settled on this matter, but modern investigations suggest that the Maine explosion was caused by an internal fire.)
One of the main questions posed by Sauper in Epicentro is what happens when the marginalized — be they individuals or entire oppressed populations — create their own narratives against the dominant ones. It's an idea expressed in many of this year's Sundance documentaries: how stories change when different people start telling them. Of course, any good drama is, to some extent, a tale that turns into a different tale, and questions of point of view have haunted cinema since its very beginnings. (That is actually part of Sauper's thesis.) But this year's festival has been unusually focused on the question of narrative control: who has it, who demands it, and the seismic shifts that can happen when it changes hands. As a result, many of these films avoid the clinical, social-issue approach all too common to documentaries. Instead, they let their subjects relay their own experiences. The results are both formally daring and invigorating.
Take, for example, Garrett Bradley's sublime and haunting Time, a picture spanning more than two decades as it follows the life of Fox Rich, who was arrested with her husband Rob for holding up a credit union. Rob was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Fox, after serving a far shorter sentence, had to raise her six children largely on her own. Along the way, she continued to fight for her husband's release. That may sound like the makings of a standard-issue longitudinal documentary. But Fox had shot reams of video footage of herself and her family since leaving prison, to show her husband what he was missing while behind bars. As a result, Time unfolds as a kind of collaboration between the director and her subject, driven by Fox's own footage, shaped by Bradley into a film that is as much about the wonders of Fox's life as it is about her struggle to get Rob back.
Another family uses cinema to their own ends in director Irina Tsylik's The Earth Is Blue As an Orange, which follows a single mother and her four children in Ukraine as they begin making films to cope with the tedium, trauma, and terror of war. Shells fall in the distance as they huddle in their cellar with a camera. They re-create events they lived through, at one point even enlisting a tank full of soldiers to participate. The eldest daughter starts taking cinematography classes, and they sit at night planning out shot lists, trying to figure out the best way to depict the utter devastation of their city. The material is there, and plentiful — the devastation has already happened, and is still happening — but now they get to craft their own stories around it. Director Tsylik shoots all this with an eye toward further blurring the line between fiction and nonfiction; sometimes we will see a stark, disturbing scene, and only realize later that it's being staged for the movie this family is making.
As a result, The Earth Is Blue As an Orange not only becomes about how an ordinary family uses film to reframe their life, it also makes us question our attitude towards the subjects of narratives about war: Despite the danger and horror surrounding them, these people are not victims, or passive subjects. They seize the means of representation and find something true and beautiful within it — which in turn, of course, better captures the horror and tragedy swirling around them.
Irina Tsylik's The Earth Is Blue As an Orange. Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute
The subject of Susanne Regina Meures's Saudi Runaway has a similarly direct connection to the moving image. Muna is a young Saudi woman preparing to escape the repressive kingdom, and she films her experiences with a determination that would put Ross McElwee to shame. Muna is frustrated with her status as a second-class citizen, and dreading her upcoming arranged marriage to a man she doesn't really know. With iPhone in hand (often under her hijab), she documents her reality — including its occasional joys — with a startling degree of closeness and honesty. She also includes lengthy passages where she mulls her decision: She can't stay in Saudi Arabia anymore, but she's heartbroken about leaving her loved ones behind, including her beloved younger brother (who is beaten nightly by her father) and her mom (who reveals that she's thinking of leaving her dad). The entire film is based on Muna's own footage, and this lived-in, ground-level perspective is electrifying. It feels like something we would not have seen a few years ago, not just due to the limits of technology, but also because we would have longed for some kind of overarching, Western directorial perspective on it.
[They] feel like games of rock-paper-scissors in which a fourth option — a camera — becomes the most dominant object of all.
The idea of grabbing hold of and reshaping a narrative gets a different kind of expression in Kirsten Johnson's deeply moving, occasionally hilarious Dick Johnson Is Dead, in which the director, in an effort to cope with her aging father's growing dementia and frailty, starts making a series of films that stage his death in shocking ways, starring her father. The production of these vignettes — complete with effects and stunt doubles — serves both to bring her dad closer into her world and to the work that she does, but it also suggests an alternative approach to dealing with grief. Every time Dick Johnson comes back from the dead, it's a gift. For a brief period, death becomes just another element in a movie — manageable, manufactured, temporary. Comforting, yes, but also empowering. Films like Time, The Earth Is Blue As an Orange, and Dick Johnson Is Dead all feel like games of rock-paper-scissors in which a fourth option — a camera — becomes the most dominant object of all.
That camera can open wounds as well. Several of the documentaries here appear to have started production as one thing, only to turn into something entirely different and more troubling. In Maite Alberti's engaging Chilean film The Mole Agent, an elderly man is recruited by a private investigator to infiltrate a nursing home, spurred to sniff out any signs of elder abuse by a client worried about her mother. The cameras follow our subject into this world, and as we spend time among these elderly residents, we (and he) realize that the truth is far more troubling and less sensational. These people are sad and lonely. They're not being abused, they're being ignored — by their own families. The filmmaker goes in to tell one tale, and discovers a very different one. A far more disturbing variation of the trend occurs in the documentaries Into the Deep and Happy Happy Joy Joy, which began as celebrations of their subjects (Danish inventor Peter Madsen and Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi, respectively) before the filmmakers discovered new information late in the game. (Madsen turned out to be a murderer, and Kricfalusi was accused of sexual misconduct.) To add an extra complication to the notion of cameras opening wounds: Since the premiere of Into the Deep, one of Sullivan's interview subjects has tweeted out that she does not want to be included in the film, as it "would endanger my health due to trauma." Again: Who gets to tell these stories?
Maite Alberti's The Mole Agent. Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Sometimes, as with Epicentro, the films are directly about how images and ideas are created and misused, and how they can be resisted. Sam Feder's Disclosure: Trans Lives Onscreen actually tackles cinematic depictions of trans people and how such depictions have influenced our many misconceptions of trans identity. Jerry Rothwell's The Reason I Jump immerses viewers in the experiences of nonverbal autistic people through innovative use of cinematic technique. Arthur Jones's Feels Good Man profiles Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, an unassuming indie comic character that was then appropriated by alt-right trolls and online neo-Nazis; the film (which I have not yet seen) chronicles Furie's attempts to take back control of his creation.
Watching these movies, we become more keenly aware of how meaning is created, and how the perspective of the person shaping a story can insinuate itself into what might otherwise seem like raw reality. It's an idea that reverberates beyond the screen, too, for a festival that has made serious strides over the past few years to open itself up to a diverse range of voices — an important development in an independent film industry that has for many years been only slightly less homogenous than its richer, glitzier Hollywood cousin.
But nowhere do we see the consequences of how unseen forces can deliberately change the narrative of our lives more pointedly than in Diana Neille and Richard Poplak's Influence, which offers a dense look at the now-shuttered legendary British public relations firm Bell-Pottinger. In 2017, that company became mired in scandal in South Africa when it was discovered to be involved in an attempt by then-President Jacob Zuma's government and some powerful real-estate magnates to foment discord over the racially charged concept of "white monopoly capital." Using ad campaigns, moving images, fake websites, and armies of social-media bots, government-allied PR firms managed to turn an academic term into a household phrase — which in turn led to chaos and violence in the streets. However, once the PR firm's role was revealed, they were subjected to an equivalent pushback, again fueled by different forms of media. The scandal (whose complexity can in no way be summarized here) brought down Zuma's government, and led to the end of Bell-Pottinger.
It's the kind of story that makes you question everything, because it suggests that we now live in a time when the very texture of our lives can be defined, designed, and manipulated by powerful forces. We may think of ourselves as smarter and savvier, but the machine of dreams isn't done with us yet.
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This Thursday (tomorrow) will mark my one year anniversary of me being part of an online community known by the name of seanwes. so much has happened in the span of one year. Let me recap and share a few things. Prior to joining, I was binge listening to all the podcast episodes and then I reached episode 71 - I felt guilty. After every episode Sean and Ben would ask their listeners to leave a positive review if they found that the show helped them.
It was clearly helping me. I joined the community September 17, 2014. Everyone was so welcoming. They asked what my story was, what made me join, and what my interests were. I was able to do a few hangout sessions and connect with other people. I would listen live on my lunch break on my android using a podcast app - I can't recall the name - and I kept losing the live stream. Sean sent me his old iphone 5 - for free.
In my head I kept wondering, "why anyone in the world would do something like this?" Sean didn't know me. I was still fairly new in the community. It dawned on me that he cared about my well being, and that I was able to tune in and listen in on the conversations. His generosity will not go unnoticed.
Soon after, I landed a new job which was perfect timing because Sean had the spousal episode on scarcity mindset. Prior to switching jobs I was working an 8 am to 5 pm, then a 6 pm to 11 pm. It made no sense to me why I should work this way barely making ends meet. I was still living paycheck to paycheck at home with my mom. I was angry and bitter. I did what I was told to many kids, " go to school, get an education, find a (Decent) job and pay the bills".
Well the bills were barely getting paid, and I was the only one with a degree where I was working. I began to feel undervalued and needed a change. I missed doing design. I felt a dark cloud over me. Half way through the year, when I could finally take a vacation, I went to California.
I LOVED IT THERE! I made it a point to leave the two jobs before the year was over. Thanks to a relative, and a few connections, exactly one year from when I started I resigned to enter packaging design. After switching jobs, I had so much free time left, I realized this was the perfect timing to start practicing hand lettering. This started the journey of Donia Studio.
I started practicing daily and eventually incorporated writing daily; this lead me back to blogging. Fast-forward to January 2015 and I unofficially launched my new blog. I was posting regularly but not really putting the word out until someone called me out. That pushed me to learn a simplified platform and keep going, to share what I am doing. I eventually met Sean and his wife Laci, on their sabbatical while in NYC. We had so much pizza!!! I even had the chance to meet a few other people from the community that day - real people, in the flesh.
Most recently I've linked up with a weekly accountability partner from that community. I needed to push myself to see more results for my goals to happen. Sean talks about accountability in episode 107. While most of the community has taken place online, it's made me recognize that I need to be intentional with the people in my life. There have been outside factors unrelated to the community as well that have helped me grow. I won't go into too much detail, but life is short and it's what you make of it.
Authentic, genuine relationships are hard to come by because you have to be willing to give some part of yourself away. Find your purpose, share what you know, and you're bound to help someone in the process.
The seanwes podcast has taught me so much more in business than all my classes I took on entrepreneurship while in college - and to think I considered going back. You will learn so much more by doing, asking specific questions, getting feedback on ways to improve. You will learn what to do to grow your audience, your business, and make connections with people in all different walks of life. I've learned about money, setting goals, commitments, communication - health even! - It's really endless. I write this to say that a lot can happen in a year. A lot has happened in a year. Cheers to the next year!


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25 Argyll Street W1F 7TU
25 Argyll Street Office Space - W1F 7TU
This spectacular building is opening soon in February 2021. Newly refurbed, to provide bright, open spaces it is accessed via a stunning reception area featuring an art display by world. A hassle-free solution for an office with easy office management. The space provides each floor for 2 x 8-person meeting room, 6 x 4-person meeting room, 5 x phone booth, a fully fitted kitchen, breakout and collaboration areas, reception & lift. The most excellent office space eventually depends on your business needs and goals. The centre deal with the full procedure for clients from fit-out to workplaces the executives, to all the seemingly insignificant details like ensuring the espresso machine is constantly bested up.
11 Argyll Street W1F 7TH
11 Argyll Street Office Space - W1F 7TH
The location is a characterful office building with newly refurbished workspaces a stone's throw from Oxford Circus underground station. Bright spacious newly refurbished workspaces. Openable windows with new LED lighting. This suite offers professional reception services, modern fully furnished offices, state-of-the-art equipment and fast network and Internet access all creating an environment that encourages idea generation. The 3rd floor is fully fitted out with a meeting room, kitchenette and break out space and 6 open plan desks. In addition, the workspace allows clients to have 24 hours access in 7 days of the week with high speed internet. There are lounges and breakout areas where you can take a break during a hectic workday.
22 Great Marlborough Street W1F 7HU
22 Great Marlborough Street Office Space - W1F 7HU
A limited number (two-five) of desk spaces in a fantastic Soho office at a subsidised rate of £350 per month per desk for a fixed term contract of 6-12 months. This should appeal particularly to small design agencies, design freelancers, PR consultants or PR freelancers - as the office comes with scope for business opportunities i.e design and PR work. The office has floor-to-ceiling windows, access to a roof terrace and communal kitchen area, stripped wood floors, designer desks, free Wi-Fi access, a meeting room and a friendly and social team.
6 Ramilies Street W1F 7TY
6 Ramilies Street Office Space - W1F 7TY
Shared and co-working solutions along with private offices are available at this stunning Soho property. With offices designed to meet the needs of different types of businesses, spaces range from 100 square feet to 3,000 square feet in size. For entrepreneurs and businesses looking for added flexibility, there are hot desks in bright shared spaces. Each space of this impressive workspace incorporates contemporary trends and designs, including quirky features that create unique and attractive work environments. You also benefit from modern telephone lines and high-speed internet connections. Striking a balance between productivity and worker comfort, there are plenty of amenities at this refurbished property. A modern kitchen provides you with a space for making a cup of coffee or tea and enjoying your lunch. Communal lounge areas and breakout spaces provide a collaborative and friendly atmosphere for you to work and meet. There are also dedicated meeting rooms if a formal space is needed for a discussion. A reception area is staffed with friendly personnel that greet visitors and provide you with helpful support services. Staff also deal with any maintenance issues with the building to ensure your workspace is efficient and professional.
Audley House W1W 8RH
Audley House Office Space - W1W 8RH
Blending modern amenities with period character, this Grade II listed building dates from the 1890s. Seven floors of refurbished office accommodation at Audley House are accessible from a striking glass-fronted entrance. A gorgeous mezzanine leads to a unique breakout space and meeting rooms. The beautifully designed interior respects the past with remarkable Victoria features. At the same time, contemporary style is infused throughout the property with fashionable Scandinavian furniture. The result is a bright and fresh space to work. First class amenities are available at this boutique business centre. Fully furnished office spaces are offered with simple licence agreements and flexible terms that let you quickly move or adjust your space with just two months' notice. Stylish meeting rooms feature comfortable designer seating and attractive decor for discussions with clients, investors and others. The business centre is fitted with state-of-the-art fibre optic broadband and is accessible 24 hours a day. There is also daily office cleaning that keeps your space looking tidy and professional.
16-19 Eastcastle Street W1W 8DY
16-19 Eastcastle Street Office Space - W1W 8DY
This brand new, unique space is located in the heart of Fitzrovia, with signature design, technology and high-class facilities. Available on your flexible terms, choose from a flexi-desk in an open plan area or an owned office, which is private and secure, with glazed or unglazed quiet space for up to 30 people. With a members' club service culture, you'll feel part of the community in this state of the art building. Take advantage of the super-fast WiFi, workshops and networking events that take place throughout the year. There is plenty of meeting rooms, breakout spaces and conference facilities, perfect to meet and entertain your clients, with catering services available on request and free tea, coffee and cookies all day, every day. Accessible 24 hours a day and with on-site shower facilities, come and make this space a place to call home!
Ramillies House W1F 7LN
Ramillies House Office Space - W1F 7LN
This building offers you 24-hour access. The offices are decorated to a superior standard, fully carpeted with central heating. Suites are also fully furnished with modern desks, chairs and cabinets. There are also entry phones and intruder alarms.
Foubert's Place W1F 7QF
Foubert's Place Office Space - W1F 7QF
The office is currently shared between two companies, one PE/VC fund and one overseas company. There are 2-4 desks available in this 9-person furnished office in bright top-floor with use of large separate boardroom. The office is situated on the top floor in the building, which has a lift. The desks are available for a minimum 6-12 month commitment. Open to sharing with non-finance industries as well. £900-1000 per desk per month all in, includes utilities / rates / Internet / use of boardroom / reasonable printing etc.
34-35 Eastcastle Street W1W 8DW
34-35 Eastcastle Street Office Space - W1W 8DW
Stunning office space situated inside a Grade II Listed building on Eastcastle Street. The interior of this modern is airy, bright, modern, and filled with an abundance of natural light. Members have access to a brand-new communal kitchen, modern meeting rooms, showering facilities, and high-speed internet. The interior of the building, however, is sleek, stylish, and has a modern feel. In addition, the workspace allows clients to have 24 hours key access in 7 days of the week. There are lounges and breakout areas where you can take a break during a hectic workday. This stunning workspace is the ideal location and will impress both clients and colleagues alike.
10 Margaret Street W1W 8RL
10 Margaret Street Office Space - W1W 8RL
An attractive red-brick building constructed in the early 1900s, this business centre has recently been completely refurbished whilst retaining a number of its original features. The centre also benefits from a high-quality reception, has good natural light throughout and well-appointed office suites in a variety of sizes. Meeting rooms and virtual offices are also available at this location, as well as other amenities designed to help with productivity. member will benefit not o0nly from 24-hour access to this centre, but from the ability to work from a number of centres located across the country.
Serviced from £342 per person per monthCoworking from £169 per person per monthVirtual from £84
Mappin House W1W 8HF
Mappin House Office Space - W1W 8HF
This exclusive business centre is housed in a stunning Edwardian-style building. Originally built in 1906, it has been beautifully transformed into modern offices with contemporary décor. Occupying an enviable position at Mappin House, 4 Winsley Street, these serviced offices and shared workspaces are complemented by a comprehensive suite of amenities means tenants have access to services that can be tailored to their needs. Whether you need a small office or something larger with room to grow, there is a range of unbranded and furnished spaces that cater to your business and number of employees. Shared spaces and hot desking options are also available for smaller businesses and freelancers. All offices are fitted with cutting-edge broadband, Wi-Fi and telephone systems. You can meet in beautifully designed meeting rooms, each of which is equipped with audiovisual equipment and whiteboards. There are also comfortable lounge areas for networking and other casual meetings. Helpful on-site supports also help you keep on track, including a friendly reception area, convenient admin services and reliable IT support.
Serviced from £729 per person per monthCoworking from £369 per person per monthVirtual from £122
23 Great Titchfield Street W1W 8AZ
23 Great Titchfield Street Office Space - W1W 8AZ
An incredible space in the heart of buzzing Fitzrovia offers an exciting new opportunity for your business. The recently refurbished space is available on flexible terms and is finished to the highest standard. 3100 square feet of workspace can be customised to meet your business' needs and exact requirements, allowing you to design the work environment you really want. The rent is fully inclusive of the designing, fitting out and servicing of your office space. This includes high-speed WiFi, cleaning services, utility bills and good quality coffee. The opportunity to have a unique space, designed with your influence is one that shouldn't be missed.
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74 Great Titchfield Street W1W 8BE
74 Great Titchfield Street Office Space - W1W 8BE
This business centre is accessible 24/7, so it is well suited for any kind of business needs. The building is modern and the offices are available furnished and on flexible terms. Located in a prime area of London makes it easy to get around with transport links running through the area frequently.
Henry Wood House W1W 7FA
Henry Wood House Office Space - W1W 7FA
An iconic example of modern architecture, with everything the modern worker craves; lounges on the ground floor for members to work, collaborate, socialize and grow their business. Meeting spaces for 2 -100 people topped off with a penthouse meeting space. A large range of private offices catering for companies large and small, kitted out with dining areas, kitchens and lounges.The offices are designed to create a work environment that is simple, flexible and design led. Clients are also welcome to personalize their space to make it their own. Also fully kitted out with a lounge, a screening room and editing suite, a gym for Yoga, Pilates or suspension training alongside bike storage and showers.
5 Margaret Street W1W 8RG
5 Margaret Street Office Space - W1W 8RG
Is your company looking for outstanding office space complete with comfortable lounge and break out areas for staff and visitors, conference rooms for you to use for lectures, presentations, or other discussions and unbranded space for added professionalism? Then look no further because we have the ideal office suites for your business needs on Margaret Street in Fitzrovia. This building offers tastefully decorated and furnished offices along with a number of other excellent features.
70-71 Wells Street W1T 3QE
70-71 Wells Street Office Space - W1T 3QE
The centre is a boutique co-working space based just off Oxford Street, near Oxford Circus. Situated in the heart of Fitzrovia, the space is eponymous to its past. First built as a school adjoining a church in 1889, and used as a haberdashery and then a photography studio, the space was leased and completely modernised by GT:Spaces in 2018. The space has been repurposed into a functional and modern office, and importantly retains its original character. The magnificent arched hall braced by eye-catching trusses and bundles of light from large rectangular windows were just some of the features embodied in this Victorian masterpiece. The height of the room provides the space with a wonderful airiness, and a sense of calm. Situated on the third floor, the space consists of over 33x desks, a large boardroom, a small meeting room, two soft seating areas, a kitchen, and an outside balcony. The design of the space has focused on providing physical and mental wellbeing, ergonomic, and environmentally sustainable solutions for the workplace. All energy consumption is through a green energy supplier. The desks are made from reclaimed scaffold boards. The chairs are ergonomic Herman Miller Sayl chairs. With a long term leased signed, the space is pleased to contribute further to the story of this wonderful space. The centre is so named as a tribute to the former photographer, Ian O'Leary, who occupied it. It was a name he used to go by.
69 Wells Street W1T 3PA
69 Wells Street Office Space - W1T 3PA
The workspace offers a range of office suites fully refurbished to the highest standard. This business centre contains offices with a fresh appearance and an abundance of natural light. All offices contain central heating, air-conditioning, carpet, security entry phones and security intruder alarms.
St Margarets House W1T 3PQ
St Margarets House Office Space - W1T 3PQ
For those who would like to spend their day in a beautiful Grade II listed building that is set in the heart of Fitzrovia, this centre will prove an exciting proposition. Set to be opening its doors early 2019, this centre offers a wealth of amenities. Tenants will have 24 hour a day access, allowing you to adhere to your own working schedule – whether that be an early start or an all nightery – and ditch the traditional 9 till 5. The space will also boast meeting rooms to host clients and team meetings, as well as breakout space to allow you to mix up your working environment. The building is also served with WiFi.
Serviced from £1005 per person per month
Gilmoora House W1W 8HS
Gilmoora House Office Space - W1W 8HS
This impressive period property houses high quality furnished office suites, benefiting from access to video conferencing facilities and meeting rooms. The building has recently been fully refurbished, retaining a range of original features.
Serviced from £600 per person per monthVirtual from £65
1-7 Harley Street W1G 9QD
1-7 Harley Street Office Space - W1G 9QD
This lovely period building in the W1 are of Central London provides premium office space solutions furnished to an excellent standard and benefiting from a fully staffed sophisticated reception area. A range of business support services and facilities are included.
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Jimmy Kimmel to play Kraven in the upcoming Spider-Man film?
The film is expected to go on floors this week in Queens, but the casting is still in progress
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Jimmy Kimmel has said that he is going to play Kraven the Hunter in the upcoming Tom Holland-starring, yet-to-be-titled third instalment of Marvel's Spider-Man franchise. The television host and comedian tweeted, "Thrilled to announce I've been tapped to play Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man 3."
However, given Kimmel's jokester personality and the randomness of the tweet, it's not clear if he is truly part of the friendly neighbourhood superhero's next adventure.
The film is expected to go on floors this week in Queens. Since the first schedule will not include major cast members, casting is still in progress.
Jamie Foxx is reportedly reprising his role as Electro from the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Benedict Cumberbatch is also said to be on board as Doctor Strange and will double up as the mentor figure for the web-slinger post the demise of Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame.
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Here is the third part of 2017 cards.
I do keep my instagram account active, the handle is zehrarosebest.
I love the rose from mft stamps. it is a good layering rose and a beauty by itself, I used mft inks and added rajnichawla crystals to make it shine. This is an mft sentiment. I have added glossy accents all over. The next card i used an acrylic block and added different distress oxide inks over it, sprayed water and stamped that. Once it was dry I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment as it took at least three attempts to make it dark and crisp. The rose soap has rose clay and is so soothing. It is made with olive, palm and coconut oil. It has shea butter, castor oil and sweet almond oil to fatten them.
This set is colorful and I love this stamps. The roses are from mft, the lily is from Altenew. I used both mft and altenew inks here. On the roses I embossed the sentiment and on the lily I just stamped over the lily. I also added stickles and sequins for the final touch. The lavender soap has lavender buds and smells heavenly. The essential oils and the ingredients helps soothe the skin.
The set above was cool to do. The first was stenciled with tim holtz stencil with distress oxide inks and then the sentiment was stamped. The butterflies are from mft and then stickles were spread on it. For the second card i stamped the hero arts flower, masked it and added leaves. After i colored it with zig clean color pens I added a sentiment. I added glossy accents on the center of the flower and popped a ladybug on it with glossy accents on the top. I added a simple sentiment to it.
The lip balms are awesome. They have cocoa butter, castor oil, sweet almond oil and beeswax. The bubblegum flavor is loved by many.
The set below was quick cards to do. The first one was all mft dies layered over one another and then the sentiment stamped just before i adhered the leaves. I added a few gems. for the second card it was all embossed snowflakes from mft. And then embossed with versa mark ink and different embossing powders. i added a four layer sentiment. I cute it from three white card stock pieces and one on the top in pink.
The lip balms are Pina colada.
The above cards were from mft stamps. The first one is just layering of stamps and mixed leaves from another stamp. I added a ribbon and the sentiment at the bottom. I added some rajnichawla crystals. For the second card i masked the center and then stamped the flowers on both sides. I colored them with gel pens. I added glossy accents and a twine for the final touch.
The soaps are 1 oz. They come in 1oz, 4oz and 1 pound size.
The last card for this post was for a birthday.
This was just stenciling with distress inks. I added a sentiment and some small stars and confetti in black ink. I added some novo drops since this was for a male.
Have you seen my soaps or lip balms, the body butters are awesome.
Thank you for your sweet comments and thank you for visiting.
Hello everyone here is part 2 of 4 posts to show all that was done in 2017. My instagram handle is Zehrarosebest.
They use products from mftstamps, stencils, inks. The rose is from Fredshesaid and colored with copics. The golden sentiment is gold heat embossed. The wake me up soap is filled with peppermint leaves, peppermint and spearmint essential oil. It helps you be rejuvenated. I love the scent in my room after a bath with it. Made with pure oils it is a luxury.
the next set of cards has more coloring and uses lots of diecuts. The lemon, sage and ginger soap is one of my best sellers.
Here is one more set of two cards. The lavender soap is great for skin that erupts a lot.
Closeups, I love this fish from hero arts, and the flower is from honeybee stamps.


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There was indeed ONE good intervention. In the entire history of mankind.
Following my last post The real lesson of Iraq: there are no good interventions. several people got in touch to remind me of the Vietnamese intervention in Cambodia. There seems to be a consensus that the only ever good intervention in the entire history of humanity is that one. I stand corrected, the generalisation was inaccurate. Because the Vietnamese intervention in Cambodia was the exception. There's a phrase about rules and exceptions that I can't remember now, but it will come to me.
By Karl Sharro at March 19, 2013
Chaplinesque 19 March 2013 at 20:22
A suggested change to the title: "The real lesson of Iraq: There are no good imperialist interventions."
It was otherwise a brilliant piece, I think.
Fatima 20 March 2013 at 03:52
The exception proves the rule.
Peter Gilkes 20 March 2013 at 05:32
Tanzania's intervention in Uganda is another one, perhaps.
piersy 20 March 2013 at 05:55
I supose one of the reasons Blair was so misguided was because of his genuinely good intervention, the one in Sierra Leone.
This probably allowed him to conflate moral intention with successful outcome.
This is because he was a well meaning idiot, but of course we all know what good intentions pave...
Also Indian intervention in Bangladesh in 1971.
Possibly also UN/Australasian intervention in East Timor in 1999 and UK in Sierra Leone in 2001. But I agree that most interventions are problematic.
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Alfred Poling (né le ), plus connu sous le nom de 911, est un catcheur (lutteur professionnel) américain semi-retraité, ayant travaillé à la  de 1994 à 1996.

Carrière

Début de carrière
Poling est entraîné par Larry Sharpe. Il débute en 1990 en catchant dans les circuits indépendants sous le pseudonyme «  ».

(1994-1996)
Poling a atteint une visibilité nationale à l' au milieu des années 1990. Il a commencé comme un « gardien » anonyme de Sabu le  dans un épisode de  en battant Chad Austin.

Il rejoint la Stable  de Paul Heyman avec Sabu et . Sa gimmick est celle d'un homme de main représentant l'attitude « extrême ». Il est nommé 911 lors de l'épisode  le , lorsqu'il bat Chad Austin dans un match revanche. En tant que , il porte régulièrement des chokeslams sur des adversaires ou des participants aux shows à la moindre provocation, ce qui l'a rendu rapidement populaire en en faisant un favoris. Il reçoit sa première opportunité pour un titre de l'ECW lors de l'épisode  quand il affronte Mikey Whipwreck pour le  mais est disqualifié après avoir porté un chokeslam sur l'arbitre. Il entre en rivalité avec  Hughes qu'il bat à . Le , lors du , un tournoi déterminant le porteur du titre de champion de la NWA, alors vacant. Il bat  en quart de finale après 4 chokeslams, avant de perdre contre  en demi-finale. Il termine l'année en battant  dans un Handicap match lors de . Poling reçoit le titre de  de la part du , dû à son immense popularité à la ECW en 1994.

Poling a deux matchs importants en 1995. Il bat Ron Simmons à  et Jim Steele à . En 1996, lors de , 911 fait équipe avec Rey Mysterio  et battent  dans un match par équipe qui sera son dernier match à la ECW. Il sera impliqué dans une bagarre avec Taz après le match dans une feud naissante, mais elle a été annulée après que Poling quitte la fédération au début de l'année 1996 après une dispute en coulisse avec Paul Heyman concernant le traitement de l'équipe technique par le premier.  et  évoquent un conflit d'égo venant du fait que Poling voulait un plus grand rôle, mais Heyman considèrait qu'il ne savait pas assez bien catcher et que c'est pour cela qu'il ne lui faisait porter que des chokeslams.

(1996-1997)
Poling catche à la  (WCW) en 1996 et 1997 sous le nom de ,  et . Poling ne reprend pas son rôle de  lors de sa feud avec Tank Abbott au début des années 2000. Il est alors interprété par Alexander Gerke.

Retour à la ECW (1998)
En 1998, Poling retourne à la ECW pour le show  à Philadelphie pour porter un chokeslam à Bill Wiles. Il est alors accompagné de son manager Judge Jeff Jones qui proclame 911 comme le vrai géant du catch professionnel. Ils sont interrompus par Spike Dudley et prennent part à un match improvisé que Poling perd en moins d'une minute.

Circuit indépendant
Dans les années 1990, 911 apparaît à la  dans le  et remporte le championnat poids-lourds de la JAPW à deux reprises. Il participe au show  de la fédération  le , à Philadelphie en Pennsylvanie, en interférant dans un match après une demande de Tod Gordon et Sabu de porter un chokeslam sur le  (qui venait de trahir son partenaire Bill Alfonso). Lors du show , il porte un chokeslam respectivement sur Danny Doring et . Il catche à la  en 2008.

Vie personnelle
Poling réside à  dans le .

Palmarès

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Year-end movies stir annual debate
On December 26, 2015 December 26, 2015 By aronsbarronIn Culture, Uncategorized
It's that time of year: movie time. The industry wants its best products out before the New Year to compete in the Oscars. The only question for my husband, my sister and me is whether to go to the theatre or wait for the video to come out. I'm not Ty Burr or Joyce Kulhawik, but here are my thoughts.
Spotlight tops many lists as critics' top pick for best movie of 2015, and I have to agree that it is masterful. The story, that of the Boston Globe's dogged investigation of the Catholic Church's child sexual abuse scandal and high-level cover-up, had far-reaching impact, which continues to this day. The script is focused and tight, laying out the hard work of solid journalism and resisting the temptation to sensationalize. The understanding of the Boston community is spot on; the casting, largely excellent. Prime example: Leiv Schreiber as editor Marty Baron is Marty Baron. (Mad Men's John Slattery as Ben Bradlee, Jr. doesn't work as well.) Spotlight should be shown in university journalism as a compelling demonstration of the courage and determination required when reporters are pursuing a story of this magnitude. Don't wait for the video.
Pursuit of truth, even when rattling the most entrenched and powerful institutions, is the central story of Concussion, with Will Smith playing the role of Dr. Bennet Omalu. The forensic pathologist identified chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that destroys the lives of football players who can endure tens of thousands of brain traumas during their career. CTE can only be confirmed through autopsy, which made it easier for the NFL for years to deny any link between game impacts and serious brain disease. All through the film, I wondered how I would be able to watch the Patriots game Sunday. Smith gave an award-winning performance. The script is tight; the videography intense. Small screens sanitize football impact. Must see in theater.
Trumbo also tells a reality-based story of principled individuals standing up to authority. Bryan Cranston plays Dalton Trumbo, a highly successful screenwriter who stood up to the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950's, did time for contempt of Congress and was blacklisted in Hollywood with a number of his colleagues. They couldn't get work under their own names for years but were ultimately vindicated. There's lots of high power acting talent in Trumbo, (Helen Mirren as Hedda Hopper, John Goodman as a B-movie maker who allows Trumbo to write under a pen name), though there were several places where the movie dragged a bit. Call it good, not great. Either theater or video.
Bridge of Spies was also based on historical events and was spell-binding. Set in the Cold War of the late 1950's, it tells of the exchange of spies (Russian spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers between the USSR and the US), which took place on the bridge between Potsdam and Berlin early in 1962. Tom Hanks turns in a masterful performance as James Donovan of Brooklyn, an insurance lawyer pressured by his law firm to represent Abel against charges he was a KGB spy. After a guilty verdict, Donovan persuades the judges to sentence Abel to life imprisonment rather than the death penalty so he would be available as a bargaining chip. Donovan is later tapped to negotiate just such an exchange, and manages to get Powers back along with an American graduate student studying in Berlin. Bridge of Spies was beautifully shot, compellingly acted and, even though I knew the ending, had me on the edge of my seat much of the time. A terrific movie. Definitely theater.
Brooklyn, the movie, based on Brooklyn the book by Colm Toibin, is also set in the 1950's, and centers on the decision by a young Irish woman ( played by Saoirse Ronan) to come to America for a better life. It's all about the difficulties of making her decision to leave her family, the challenges of a rough crossing, her life in a boarding house for young women, her working in a department store and going to night school, and, of course, her romance with a lovely young Italian plumber. She's homesick, her sister dies, she goes home for the funeral, is torn about returning and then……. (No The-Lady-or-the-Tiger spoilers here.) Brooklyn is a beautiful, painterly movie. Ronan's performance is delicate and nuanced, but you can really wait for the Netflix DVD.
Room tells of a woman imprisoned in a room in a garden shed, taken by a psycho when she was 17, held for seven years and repeatedly raped by him. (The plot draws from two long-time abductions, one in Ohio and one in California.) Two years after her abduction, she gives birth to a child. The movie takes place on his fifth birthday. The world as he knows it exists only in that small, grubby place. They have a television, and he spends a lot of time sorting out the TV world from what he knows. The performances are riveting, especially that of little Jacob Tremblay, who plays Jack. Life in "room" is the first half of the movie. The second half deals with inevitable questions about what happens afterward. Because of the small setting, Room could theoretically be dismissed as a video rental, but seeing it in the theater antes up the already intense emotion. Go now.
The Big Short is the film adaptation of Michael Lewis' book on the Wall St. meltdown, especially the guys who predicted the crash of mortgage-backed collateral debt obligations (cdo's) and bet on the collapse of the housing market. The telling of the story, still complicated despite the gimmicks employed to demonstrate what was happening in banking and financial services, is laced with cutting wit and character-based humor, but you walk out of the theater thinking no, that wasn't funny. The outcome for most people was difficult, if not tragic; the banks are bigger than ever, the little folks are still getting screwed, and Washington is still run by the institutions with power and money. And maybe that's just what director Adam McKay wants us to take away. Theater movie, but you can wait till the lines abate.
Joy, played by Jennifer Lawrence, is a single mom, with a totally dysfunctional family, all living in or near her house. The savagery of her home environment may have prepared her for the business world, but, as she designs a new and better household mop, develops a prototype and takes it to a home shopping network, she confronts a shoddy patent attorney, cheating manufacturers, a sister not unhappy about undercutting her business. She has always had an independent streak, and that underpins willingness to go into debt and her drive to succeed. Set in the 1990's, the story is based on Joy Mangano, inventor of the "miracle mop" and other household items, whose business took off on QVC. It could also be the story of thousands of other would-be entrepreneurs who tried to develop products when they lost their jobs in the Great Recession. The movie is reasonably entertaining, but there are better ways to spend your movie time and dollars. Video.
Four more movies on our list to see: Youth, Carol, The Hateful Eight and Revenant. The last two cry out for big screen. The first two seem to be more intimate and okay for DVD, but, for my sister and me, infinitely more appealing to go to now. The debate goes on.
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Margie, We haven't seen any of them yet, but expect to go to Spotlight today. We did manage to see The Martian Wednesday, and loved it. I haven't seen Steve that happy with a movie in a long time. And what about The Danish Girl? I have a friend returning on the 30th and I expect to see some movies with her. I think that one, Carol and Brooklyn are good possibilities. I guess you don't need to review Star Wars!
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Thank you for this Marjie. Carol deserves the big screen; Youth disappointed –Still haunted by Room. Happy New Year. 😍
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Thanks for the advice. I'll take it to heart. Happy New Year to you too.


As may of you know this weeks quest marks Irolustre's return to AQ. This release is in a way fairly bittersweet because while Irolustre returns to the game and we get to see some of the Artist's lovely work again it is puntuates that Irolustre herself has moved on for now to other things. Her removal from the team is a loss as some her art was quite stellar.
Curse you real life. Curse you horribly!
The Ecliptus quest chain, is a short and sweet one but I think its pretty fun and introuces some interesting information both about the Irolustre NPC and about lore in general.
Speaking of Coding and Code.
As something of an aside several of us have gotten messages about Paxia and read messages in here about Paxia as well. We even recieved some thoughtful and creative poetic verse about Paxia recently, begging us to hearken on to Paxia's plight.
I know for some of you it may seem that Paxia is forgotten and collecting dust. This is not the case.
There are a few separate things to note about Paxia and plans ahead. Many of these however are very involved.
We want to do Paxia correctly are plans for Paxia are quite big, will involve engine changes, and many other things. This project is not small. We dedicated a considerable portion of a development meeting recently on Paxia alone.
Paxia will continue to become progressively more involved in the affairs of Lore as a whole. Events like Kabaks apperance and other similar things will continue to establish that Paxia is very much part of the world.
Major arcs will involve paxia. Arcs mind you, not even merely quests or sagas but peices of the entire meta storyline of lore will be tied here.
I am playing this close to the vest because it is big and it will involve many releases over time. The core question of the Battle System reset is not lost on us. Even that however, to be done properly requires some considerable work.
I will say, It is not outside of the realm of possibility that as the hall of memories expands beyond the Darkovian questions that Paxia, will join Deren and Falconreach as areas of historical inquiry as well.
I will leave to the discretion of Zephyros (who in particular is closely involved with me on this project) and to the other Developers to decide what if any hints they might give.
Suffice to say Paxia is not forgotten, paxia is important, and big things are coming. Eventually.
Like Assassin however which many people pulled their hair out waiting for. It is important we get it right.
Zephyros can likely attest that even just our plans for the battle system and core of paxia entire is a big job....We are talking... well.. i will let others tell you.
It sounds like people are very interested in hearing what's planned for Paxia, so I'll offer a few insights into my current plans. Note that these are subject to change at any time.
The biggest change is I would like to use the war zone counters to enhance the experience. As you accrue more victories, you gain access to better shops. If you spend your time attacking other clans or the other unaligned forces on the island, you'd get access to weapons, spells, and similar offensive items; if you spend your time defending your clan's base, you'd gain access to better or higher-level armors. But the clan equipment would only be useful if you're a member of that clan, and if you leave your clan you'd lose your counts, so it's not a decision to make lightly. Unity and Chaos would still be around, of course, but there might be other developments on the island as well.
We have a few other thoughts, and I'm obviously not going into detail, but that's the core of it.
Yes, everything would need a reset. With the magnitude of changes we'd be making, it's important to start with a level playing field. The different clan zones need equally-difficult monsters, so nobody ends up an unfair target because they're "easy to farm."
This also requires several high-level changes to the way the war zone counters work, so it's not actually possible right now. We're hoping to get some of those in soon, but there's really no way of knowing when they'll happen. On top of that, we would need things like armor and weapons for the clans that don't have them. It's the kind of release, in other words, that makes a class look like a normal week -- and that's saying something.


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The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever
In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Olympic Games as part of the World's Fair—and produced a spectacle that incorporated all the mischief of the midway
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America's first Olympics may have been its worst, or at least its most bizarre. Held in 1904 in St. Louis, the games were tied to that year's World's Fair, which celebrated the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase while advancing, as did all such turn-of-the-century expositions, the notion of American imperialism. Although there were moments of surprising and genuine triumph (gymnast George Eyser earned six medals, including three gold, despite his wooden leg), the games were largely overshadowed by the fair, which offered its own roster of sporting events, including the controversial Anthropology Days, in which a group of "savages" recruited from the fair's international villages competed in a variety of athletic feats—among them a greased-pole climb, "ethnic" dancing, and mud slinging—for the amusement of Caucasian spectators. Pierre de Coubertin, a French historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee, took disapproving note of the spectacle and made a prescient observation: "As for that outrageous charade, it will of course lose its appeal when black men, red men and yellow men learn to run, jump and throw, and leave the white men behind them."
The Olympics' signal event, the marathon, was conceived to honor the classical heritage of Greece and underscore the connection between the ancient and modern. But from the start the 1904 marathon was less showstopper than sideshow, a freakish spectacle that seemed more in keeping with the carnival atmosphere of the fair than the reverential mood of the games. The outcome was so scandalous that the event was nearly abolished for good.
Javelin contest during the Anthropology Days.
Photo: St. Louis Public Library (www.slpl.org)
A few of the runners were recognized marathoners who had either won or placed in the Boston Marathon or had placed in previous Olympic marathons, but the majority of the field was composed of middle-distance runners and assorted "oddities." Americans Sam Mellor, A.L. Newton, John Lordon, Michael Spring and Thomas Hicks, all experienced marathoners, were among the favorites. Another American, Fred Lorz, did all his training at night because he had a day job as a bricklayer, and earned his spot in the Olympics by placing in a "special five-mile race" sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Union. Among the leading oddities were ten Greeks who had never run a marathon, two men of the Tsuana tribe of South Africa who were in St. Louis as part of the South African World's Fair exhibit and who arrived at the starting line barefoot, and a Cuban national and former mailman named Félix Carbajal, who raised money to come to the States by demonstrating his running prowess throughout Cuba, once trekking the length of the island. Upon his arrival in New Orleans, he lost all his money on a dice game and had to walk and hitchhike to St. Louis. At five feet tall, he presented a slight but striking figure at the starting line, attired in a white, long-sleeved shirt, long, dark pants, a beret and a pair of street shoes. One fellow Olympian took pity, found a pair of scissors and cut Carbajal's trousers at the knee.
Cuban marathoner (and former mailman) Félix Carbajal
Photo: Britannica.com
On August 30, at precisely 3:03 p.m., David R. Francis, president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, fired the starting pistol, and the men were off. Heat and humidity soared into the 90s, and the 24.85-mile course—which one fair official called "the most difficult a human being was ever asked to run over"—wound across roads inches deep in dust. There were seven hills, varying from 100-to-300 feet high, some with brutally long ascents. In many places cracked stone was strewn across the roadway, creating perilous footing, and the men had to constantly dodge cross-town traffic, delivery wagons, railroad trains, trolley cars and people walking their dogs. There were only two places where athletes could secure fresh water, from a water tower at six miles and a roadside well at 12 miles. James Sullivan, the chief organizer of the games, wanted to minimize fluid intake to test the limits and effects of purposeful dehydration, a common area of research at the time. Cars carrying coaches and physicians motored alongside the runners, kicking the dust up and launching coughing spells.
Fred Lorz led the 32 starters from the gun, but by the first mile Thomas Hicks edged ahead. William Garcia of California nearly became the first fatality of an Olympic marathon we he collapsed on the side of the road and was hospitalized with hemorrhaging; the dust had coated his esophagus and ripped his stomach lining. Had he gone unaided an hour longer he might have bled to death. John Lordon suffered a bout of vomiting and gave up. Len Tau, one of the South African participants, was chased a mile off course by wild dogs. Félix Carvajal trotted along in his cumbersome shoes and billowing shirt, making good time even though he paused to chat with spectators in broken English. On one occasion he stopped at a car, saw that its occupants were eating peaches, and asked for one. Being refused, he playfully snatched two and ate them as he ran. A bit further along the course, he stopped at an orchard and snacked on some apples, which turned out to be rotten. Suffering from stomach cramps, he lay down and took a nap. Sam Mellor, now in the lead, also experienced severe cramping. He slowed to a walk and eventually stopped. At the nine-mile mark cramps also plagued Lorz, who decided to hitch a ride in one of the accompanying automobiles, waving at spectators and fellow runners as he passed.
Hicks, one of the early American favorites, came under the care of a two-man support crew at the 10-mile mark. He begged them for a drink but they refused, instead sponging out his mouth with warm distilled water. Seven miles from the finish, his handlers fed him a concoction of strychnine and egg whites—the first recorded instance of drug use in the modern Olympics. Strychnine, in small doses, was commonly used a stimulant, and at the time there were no rules about performance-enhancing drugs. Hicks' team also carried a flask of French brandy but decided to withhold it until they could gauge the runner's condition.
Meanwhile, Lorz, recovered from his cramps, emerged from his 11-mile ride in the automobile. One of Hicks' handlers saw him and ordered him off the course, but Lorz kept running and finished with a time of just under three hours. The crowd roared and began chanting, "An American won!" Alice Roosevelt, the 20-year-old daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, placed a wreath upon Lorz's head and was just about to lower the gold medal around his neck when, one witness reported, "someone called an indignant halt to the proceedings with the charge that Lorz was an impostor." The cheers turned to boos. Lorz smiled and claimed that he had never intended to accept the honor; he finished only for the sake of a "joke."
Thomas Hicks, assisted by his trainers.
Hicks, the strychnine coursing through his blood, had grown ashen and limp. When he heard that Lorz had been disqualified he perked up and forced his legs into a trot. His trainers gave him another dose of strychnine and egg whites, this time with some brandy to wash it down. They fetched warm water and soaked his body and head. After the bathing he appeared to revive and quickened his pace. "Over the last two miles of the road," wrote race official Charles Lucas, "Hicks was running mechanically, like a well-oiled piece of machinery. His eyes were dull, lusterless; the ashen color of his face and skin had deepened; his arms appeared as weights well tied down; he could scarcely lift his legs, while his knees were almost stiff."
He began hallucinating, believing that the finish line was still 20 miles away. In the last mile he begged for something to eat. Then he begged to lie down. He was given more brandy but refused tea. He swallowed two more egg whites. He walked up the first of the last two hills, and then jogged down on the incline. Swinging into the stadium, he tried to run but was reduced to a graceless shuffle. His trainers carried him over the line, holding him aloft while his feet moved back and forth, and he was declared the winner.
It took four doctors and one hour for Hicks to feel well enough just to leave the grounds. He had lost eight pounds during the course of the race, and declared, "Never in my life have I run such a touch course. The terrific hills simply tear a man to pieces." Hicks and Lorz would meet again at the Boston Marathon the following year, which Lorz won without the aid of anything but his legs.
Books: Susan Brownell, The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008; David E. Martin, The Olympic Marathon. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2000. George R. Matthews, America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005; Pamela Cooper, The American Marathon. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1998; Daniel M. Rosen, Dope: A history of Performance Enhancement in Sports From the Nineteenth Century to Today. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2008; Charles J. P. Lucas, The Olympic Games, 1904. St. Louis, Mo: Woodward & Tieran Printing Co., 1905.
Articles: "The Olympics of 1904: Comedic, Disgraceful, and 'Best Forgotten." Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2004; "Marathon Captivated Crowd at 1904 Olympics." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 14, 2003; "New York Athlete Wins Marathon Race." New York Times, April 20, 1905; "1904 Set Record for the Unusual." Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1984; "The 1904 Marathon Was Pure Torture." Cedar Rapids Gazette, August 3, 2008; "Marathon Madness," New Scientist 183 (August 7-13, 2004); "St. Louis Games Were Extremely Primitive By Today's Standards." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 2004; "One Man's Poison In a Brazen and Forgotten Incident of Doping." Boston Globe, February 22, 2009.
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Karen Abbott is a contributing writer for history for SmithsonianMag.com and the author of the books Sin in the Second City and American Rose. Her forthcoming book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, will be published by HarperCollins in September.


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Harry, A History is a New York Times bestselling book about the Harry Potter phenomenon. It has been published in the US (S&S Pocket), Canada (S&S Pocket), the UK (S&S Pocket) and Australia (Penguin) and is currently slated for translation in Germany (edelkids, May 2009) and Norway.
It features exclusive interview material with key figures involved in the publication and production of the Potter books and films, as well as a foreword written by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
"In her vivid and illuminating book, Anelli unravels what lies beneath the Harry Potter phenomenon and how it feels to be so wrapped up in the mystical world.
Crammed with details and facts, this is a heartfelt, well-written book by a true insider.
Here is the North American cover and blurb!
And as webmistress of the Leaky Cauldron, one of the most popular Harry Potter sites on the Internet, Melissa Anelli had a front row seat to it all. Whether it was helping Scholastic stop leaks and track down counterfeiters, hosting live PotterCasts at bookstores across the country, touring with the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters, or traveling to Edinburgh to interview J.K. Rowling personally, Melissa was at the center of the Harry Potter tornado, and nothing about her life would ever be the same.
The Harry Potter books are a triumph of the imagination that did far more than break sales records for all time. They restored the world's sense of wonder and took on a magical life of their own. Now the series has ended, but the story is not over. With remembrances from J.K. Rowling's editors, agents, publicists, fans, and Rowling herself, Melissa Anelli takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenon -- from his very first spell to his lasting impact on the way we live and dream.
Melissa Anelli can truly say that Harry Potter changed her life. An unemployed graduate when she first fell under the boy wizard's spell, her growing passion for the books opened the door to a career which must surely be the envy of every Potter fan, giving her privileged access not only to J.K. Rowling but to all the VIPs of the Potterverse. Now, looking back in the aftermath of the seventh and final instalment of the saga, Harry: A History is both a thoroughly entertaining study of the global impact Potter has had on popular culture, and an engaging personal account of Melissa's own journey as a fan. As well as knowing everyone who is anyone in the world of Harry Potter -- from the agent who first took a leap of faith in an unknown chidren's author to the stars, big and small, of the Harry Potter films -- Melissa is ideally placed to write about how it feels to be enraptured by an invented world. Anyone with the least interest in how Harry Potter became the cultural phenomenon of its time will welcome her insights into its rise and rise; while Potter fans will love her book -- because she is one of them.
Dieses Buch zu lesen, war eine unglaubliche Erfahrung für mich. Es war, als hätte ich endlich erreicht, was ich mir seit Jahren gewünscht hatte: Unerkannt und unentdeckt zu einer Harry Potter-Veröffentlichung um Mitternacht in einen Buchladen zu gehen und einfach nur zuzusehen und zuzuhören (J.K. Rowling)Die Bücher waren nur der Anfang und doch sind sie das Herz von Harry Potter. Die Romane sind in 67 Sprachen übersetzt worden. Weltweit wurden mehr als 400 Millionen Exemplare verkauft. Harry Potter ein Phänomen. Die Serie ist abgeschlossen, die Geschichte nicht vorbei. Ob im Gespräch mit J. K. Rowlings Lektoren, ihrem Agenten Christopher Little, Verlegern oder der Autorin selbst Melissa Anelli nimmt uns mit auf eine ganz persönliche Reise durch Harrys Welt: von seinem ersten Zauberspruch bis hin zu dem bleibenden.
Einfluss, den er auf das Leben und die Träume seiner Fans hat. Coming soon: info on the Australian, German and Norwegian editions, and any more that come along!
© Melissa Anelli, 2008-2010. All rights reserved.
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I've only been to Siggraph once before, in 2006 when it was held in Boston. It happened to coincide with a trip I wanted to make to see some friends / clients of mine anyway so it dovetailed in quite well - I also held a Birds of a Feather (BOF) meet-up for the OGRE community while I was there, and it was good to meet a few of our users.
I enjoyed the experience but given my small / micro business status it's hard to justify the expense to get out there, especially with airline prices seemingly increasing by the second. It's generally just more cost- and time-effecient to cherry-pick the papers I'm interested in afterwards, unless I have a specific business case to be there in person.


Along with this claim were several other coincidental connections made by users of the /r/darknetmarkets subreddit. Several website owners have made DDOS announcements, such as Quantik and ScamLogs.
Quantik has specifically stated that these attacks are "massive", and directly linked his finding to the TOR Project's metrics website. At the time of posting, the graph clearly indicated that "1/3 of TOR relays simultaneously crashed". However, it is important to clarify that it was only at the time of posting – since then, the graph detailing the November 4th crash appears to show only a slight decline, not anything like it was at the time of posting.
One user speculated that this was simply a glitch in the TOR metrics website.
While the "glitchy graph" theory does explain a lot, one of the biggest recent "mysteries" was the disappearance of the Abraxas Marketplace. While this was most likely just an elaborate exit-scam, with the site mysteriously disappearing after the Bitcoin price increased, it's important to not disregard it entirely, as it does contain some unusual evidence.
For days before Abraxas ceased to function, users reported very slow servers and difficulty logging into the marketplace. This could be synonymous with a targeted DDOS attack, and even more suspiciously,this image was posted on the /r/darknetmarkets subreddit by user /u/BoxersCompany. The validity of this is obviously a huge concern – for one, the operating system looks completely unsecured and vulnerable, as well as unprofessional. While this could be /u/BoxersCompany simply trolling the "community" for drama, it is still worth mentioning as it could be a clue to something larger.
At this time last year, early November, The DNM community witnessed Operation Onymous, an international law enforcement operation targeting many Darknet Markets and many other hidden services on the TOR network. There were over 400 seized sites, including SilkRoad 2, Cloud 9, and Hydra. This was a collaborative joint effort by the FBI, ICE, HSI, and European Law Enforcement acting through Europol and Eurojust.
It seems unlikely that law enforcement would simply stop pursuing a large criminal platform, and with more unusual events springing up, such as Agora voluntarily shutting down only to be replaced by Abraxas, who is currently MIA. Arrests are plausible, and certainly not a stretch to assume, however, exit scams are far more prevalent than an event of this magnitude, so it's important to note that this is all purely speculation.
There seems to be an array of puzzle pieces strewn across the dark net, and all we can do is try and put them together to form a bigger picture and a wider perspective of the situation. Let's just hope that law enforcement doesn't come along and solve the puzzle for us, as anything is possible at this point.
Remember, stay safe and informed. Now more than ever, the community needs to come together and advocate safe practices while remaining vigilant.