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Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, Trucking (Erica) by Denise N. Fyffe
September 18, 2015 November 12, 2015 Leave a comment
It's the witching hour, 2 a.m. and Erica was lying on her back, in a trailer! Totally awesome! Her first road trip in such a monstrous vehicular beast and her adventure was rife with intrigue, scary stories and yep, women of the night. They had stopped to get some food at a rest stop near … Continue reading Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, Trucking (Erica) by Denise N. Fyffe
Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, Eternal Love and Relationships (Dahlia) by Denise N. Fyffe
Love and relationships were certainly not what Dahlia thought they would be cracked up to be. All her misconceptions were flushed down the sewer and she was hurt, again. When Dahlia thought that maybe, she needed patience, maybe it was her turn, maybe, just maybe this was it; it seemed not to be so easy. Just when she … Continue reading Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, Eternal Love and Relationships (Dahlia) by Denise N. Fyffe
Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, I can do bad all by myself (Christine) by Denise N. Fyffe
Christine had asked herself how much worse could she do? Well it seems a whole damn lot! It's like she unleashed a dare-devil, a temptress, a darn idiot! She was very aware of the fact that she was a sensible and intelligent young woman, but somewhere that claim to fame, has temporarily flown the coup. The … Continue reading Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, I can do bad all by myself (Christine) by Denise N. Fyffe
Jamaican Storytelling : Excerpt from Gray Shades, 6 months (Beverly) by Denise N. Fyffe
September 15, 2015 April 7, 2018 Leave a comment
6 months! 6 months of denial, 6 months of anger, 6 months of hatred, 6 months of bargaining,6 months! It was time to accept what was clearly before her and stop this waste; before it continued for another 6 months. Beverly had enough and she could no longer lay in bed, closing her eyes to what was so conspicuously laid before her. … Continue reading Jamaican Storytelling : Excerpt from Gray Shades, 6 months (Beverly) by Denise N. Fyffe
Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, Muddy and Friendless (Alana) by Denise N. Fyffe
It is the witching hour and Alana needed a friend. Where were the so called friend's when she needed them? In moments like this, when she felt her soul creeping over to the dark side. Throughout her life she was always questioning either the quality of friends or the function of her friends in her life. … Continue reading Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Gray Shades, Muddy and Friendless (Alana) by Denise N. Fyffe
Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Corporate Psychopaths, Moving On by Denise N. Fyffe
January 17, 2015 November 12, 2015 Leave a comment
Life has corners that you cannot see around. Francine received the news that her world may be changing sooner, rather than later. She felt like her world was always in flux, and not in a good way, but this time should be different. No matter, just like all those times before, she would fasten her … Continue reading Jamaican Storytelling: Excerpt from Corporate Psychopaths, Moving On by Denise N. Fyffe
Commonwealth Writers Announces 2014 Short Story Prize Shortlist
May 1, 2014 October 4, 2017 Leave a comment
The writers shortlisted for the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize are revealed today. The Prize provides a platform for writers from the 53 countries of the Commonwealth to inspire others by bringing compelling short stories to a wider audience.
Full list of shortlisted stories and authors:
Janine Mikosza, Monkey Boy, Australia
Michael Hunt, Playing the Stringless Guitar, Australia
Daniel Anders, Hummingbird, Australia
Lucy Treloar, The Dog and the Sea, Australia
Julian Novitz, Tenure, New Zealand
David Herkt, Rhododendrons in Mist, New Zealand
Adelehin Ijasan, Ikanre, Nigeria
Michelle Sacks, All Them Savages, South Africa
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Let's Tell This Story Properly, Uganda
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Grandmother, Singapore
Sara Adam Ang, A Day in the Death, Singapore
Idrissa Simmonds, On The Other Side, Canada
Jack Wang, The Night of Broken Glass, Canada
Tracy Fells, Household Gods, United Kingdom
Lucy Caldwell, Killing Time, United Kingdom
Luiza Sauma, Agnes Agnes Agnes, United Kingdom
Helen Klonaris, Cowboy, Bahamas
Maggie Harris, Sending for Chantal, Guyana
Charmaine Rousseau, Miss Annie Cooks Fish, Trinidad and Tobago
Prize promotes strongest new stories from across the Commonwealth
Regional winners for the Commonwealth Short Story prize will be announced on 14 May for each of the five regions: Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The overall winner will be announced in Kampala, Uganda, on 13 June to coincide with a series of Commonwealth Writers initiatives in East Africa.
This year unpublished stories were entered by almost 4,000 writers from the five regions of the Commonwealth: Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific. For the first time entries from the Cayman Islands, Mozambique, Swaziland and Tonga were received for the Prize. The judges reflect…
Three Jamaican Novels Up For Burt Award
March 20, 2014 April 7, 2018 1 Comment
Diane Browne's Island Princess in Brooklyn (Jamaica, Carlong Publishers Caribbean), A-dZiko Simba Gegele's All Over Again (Jamaica, Blouse & Skirt Books) and Colleen Smith Dennis' Inner City Girl (Jamaica, LMH Publishing) have been named as nominees for the award. An initiative of the Bocas Literary Festival, held in Trinidad, the Burt Award's aim is to stimulate growth in the region's novel writing sphere, especially in the area of young adult novels.
The Gleaner celebrates the fact that three of the six books shortlisted for the inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature are written by Jamaicans. The article stresses that "Jamaica continues to blaze a trail in the region's literary field." See excerpts with a link to the full article below [also see previous post Finalists for Inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature]:
Diane Browne's Island Princess in Brooklyn (Jamaica, Carlong Publishers Caribbean), A-dZiko Simba Gegele's All Over Again (Jamaica, Blouse & Skirt Books) and Colleen Smith Dennis' Inner CityGirl (Jamaica, LMH Publishing) have been named as nominees for the award. An initiative of the Bocas Literary Festival, held in Trinidad, the Burt Award's aim is to stimulate growth in the region's novel writing sphere, especially in the area of young adult novels.
When The Gleaner contacted Gegele, she expressed her gratitude at being considered for the award. While stating that…
Jamaican Writers: Diane Browne
February 21, 2014 November 18, 2014 Leave a comment
jamaican writer Diane Browne
Diane Browne has written over 40 stories/books. She has been published by Ginn in the United Kingdom; Harcourt Brace and Friendship Press in the USA; Heinemann Caribbean, Carlong Publishers, Arawak Publications, and the Ministry of Education in Jamaica.
She has been a visiting author for the Students' Encounter Programme at the Miami Book Fair, and has presented papers on children's literature at the National Association of Teacher's of English, UK; the International Association of School Librarianship, the International Reading Association and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. She has frequently participated as trainer/consultant in writing workshops for both writers of children's fiction and textbooks, in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.
My journey began when I was quite young; I loved books. I read the usual books, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys as well as listened to Anancy stories. But I knew that I wanted someone to write books about us, people who looked like us and lived like us. I longed for this. And then when my two girls were little, I realized that this person could be me. There was nothing for them to read that represented them. There was a particular Enid Blyton book ( a British children's author) in which there was a golliwog, which was a doll depicting black people, a caricature really, and he was always the one giving trouble or getting into trouble. A subtle but significant message. My older daughter, was then only about eight, and she remembers feeling uncomfortable about this. Our story book heroes were still the golden haired girls and princesses. I had to write children's stories so my children, all our children would have books reflecting positive images of themselves.
However, my journey is not only a story of my writing for children. It became a journey as a children's writer with a passion for raising the consciousness, here and in the Caribbean region, of the importance of our own children's stories to validate our children and their lives. Children must see themselves in books.
My actual writing journey began on a project for the Ministry of Education. The project was to write supplementary readers, the Dr. Bird Readers, for our government-run primary schools (elementary schools), which the majority of the children in the island attend. This was in the late 1970s early 1980s, and it was revolutionary. Story books which featured snow, ice skating, sledding and firesides and chimneys were presented as the norm for children, who lived in a country which was hot all year round, where beaches and palm trees and towering green mountains and tropical vegetation were what they saw. When our writing team went into schools to meet our target audience, we discovered that the children thought that all writers were either foreigners or were dead. The Dr. Bird books changed this. They are still in schools, and even now, I run into adults, a policeman, a nurse, who remember favourite books from that series. My most recent experience was last year with a team interviewing at risk youth, ages 15 – 20, all male. When asked what books they could remember reading, we got the not unexpected looks of astonishment. How could anybody expect them to remember a book? And then they began to recall books they had read in school and call out their names – books I had written.
I grinned with pleasure, as it dawned on them: "Is she write it?" (Amazement!) "Yes, is she write it!"
(Discovery): And I replied, "Yes, is me write it." Creole is often used to express surprise, a familiarity one with the other. Grins and laughter all round. We were one in this delight of writing and reading our own stories. These were their story books. These are what they remember.
One of my picture story books produced by Heinemman Caribbean at this time was Cordelia Finds Fame
and Fortune. This was also published in the USA in a library series called Passports by Harcourt Brace and Company. Although I had only used Creole structures in the dialogue, and very modified ones, the American edition totally changed those so that a folk song in the book, the first line of which read , 'Oh Cordelia Brown, whe mek you head so red?', became 'Oh Cordelia Brown, what makes your hair so red?' Nonetheless, I was thrilled that there had been an American edition; at the recognition. And I was fortunate to be part of a Student's Encounter Programme for the Miami Book Fair where we were able to sing the original version of that folksong.
Cordelia Finds Fame and Fortune, is about a little girl who is teased because she has red hair with dark skin, an anomaly. That was connected to my younger daughter's experience, although I did not realize that that was my inspiration then. Our passions inform our writing journey even when we aren't looking.
My journey has taken me from picture story books to 'tween' books, two Time Travel novels in which the protagonists go to historical events in our past,( because we can do time travel too just like people in big countries); and to my most recent book, a novel in the YA genre, Island Princess in Brooklyn, published by Carlong Publishers, Jamaica, 2011.
THE BACK STORY
ISLAND PRINCESS IN BROOKLYN is a coming of age story of a 13 year-old protagonist, who reluctantly leaves her Granny with whom she has grown, to join her mother in Brooklyn. Princess has to adjust not only to a mother she barely knows, but also to a stepfather she never knew existed, a new country and a new school.
My connections with New York go way back. Most of my father's family migrated in the 1930s and eventually lived in Jamaica, Long Island (which we always said, to differentiate it from our own Jamaica.)
Did this back story begin with my 15 year-old self who went to visit them, and had such a magical time discovering more family, and Radio City Music Hall, and the United Nations (where she planned to work when she grew up) that she fell in love with New York?
Did that girl reach out across the years to Princess? Or was the genesis of the back story more in the present? Some few years ago when my older daughter was in New York as her husband was doing a fellowship at a hospital in Brooklyn, I went up for the birth of my two grandchildren. And I fell in love again! Big time – with Brooklyn; the Brooklyn of migrant peoples and old-time houses turned into apartments buildings, laundromats where people who did not speak English helped you anyway, dollar stores, grandmas watching children in small front yards, old men sitting on steps in the sun. Different ethnic groups, all there working for the American dream; I saw their lives, our lives.
I was dizzy with joy! I would have written an ode to Brooklyn. Instead Princess McQueen turned up and said, 'Tell my story'. I wrote in the first person, so it is Princess' voice we hear. By the end of the story, Princess grows to discover that it may be possible after all to love both Jamaica and New York, that family, may not be perfect – but they are family.
This theme of migration is a part of the fabric of our lives. Everybody has family or knows of someone who has migrated to the USA, the UK or Canada. And therefore there is the social construct of the absent parent who has left children to make a better life overseas before sending for them. These children left behind here are often called 'barrel children' because of the barrels of goodies sent home by the parent, 'evidence' of their love and success.
Many have told me how much they love this book; women from cultures as different as Puerto Rico and Uganda said it speaks to them of their lives, the dynamics of their families. They recognise the various levels in the story, including that of the women in a family. In this novel there are three pivotal female figures circling around one another, Princess, her Mum and Granny. As Princess' Mum says about the relationship to Granny: She was my mother before I was your mother, she was my mother before she was your grandmother.
We all belong to each other. Nothing can change that.
However, the character who has the greatest impact on Princess's coming to terms with her new life is an African American boy. I didn't plan that; he just stepped forward and played that role.
In a way Island Princess in Brooklyn celebrates my father's family and their journey. Interestingly enough, Cordelia Finds Fame and Fortune celebrated the fact that fame and fortune can be found here at home (no need to migrate). However, Princess is forced to migrate and forced to make a new life or return home. Is this back story then part of the journey, a journey in which I am now able to look outwards from our island to our people overseas? This circle of family, of story, fills me with wonder.
"This delightful well-wrought novel . . . All the challenges of the young protagonist, who tells her story in the first person, are handled with emotional impact and veracity of experience. We are treated to the world as seen by the new migrant. It is a fresh and appealing point of view that makes for fast-paced reading that often melds the two countries . . . Browne builds a solid map of Jamaican culture and mores that her youthful migrant can use to comfort herself in the strange new situations she encounters without being obtrusive or in any way false or forced. This is one of the attractive features of the narrative, for the young protagonist becomes more and more appealing as she faces each challenge that comes her way." Mary Hanna: Bookends, The Sunday Observer: Jamaica
"a delightful read" — Geoffrey Philp
Diane Browne has won awards for her children's stories/books in Jamaica, including a prestigious Musgrave Medal for her contribution to the field of children's literature from the Institute of Jamaica.
She also won the special prize for a children's story in the Commonwealth, (a worldwide association of countries) from the Commonwealth Foundation, 2011.
My journey began when I was quite young; I loved books. I read the usual books, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys as well as listened to Anancy stories. But I knew that I wanted someone


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St. Louis Call Newspapers • March 2, 2020 • https://callnewspapers.com/doctor-ceo-mounts-campaign-for-siftons-senate-seat-will-face-rep-doug-beck/
Doctor, CEO mounts campaign for Sifton's Senate seat, will face Rep. Doug Beck
By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter
The race to replace term-limited Sen. Scott Sifton in the 1st District Missouri Senate seat is now competitive, with political outsider David Lenihan organizing a campaign to flip the recently Democratic seat Republican.
David Lenihan
Lenihan has yet to have a formal campaign kickoff event, but he announced his candidacy for the Senate seat at a St. Louis Young Republicans Club meeting Feb. 13.
Lenihan will challenge Rep. Doug Beck, D-Affton, who jumped into the race more than a year ago. The district includes Green Park, Affton, Lemay and Oakville and has been held by Sifton, a Democrat, since 2012. It was previously held by Jim Lembke, a Republican.
This is the first time Lenihan is running for an elected position. A doctor, he is currently the president of Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, Puerto Rico and co-founder and CEO of Tiber Health in New York. He is the former dean of Touro College in New York City.
Lenihan, a Chicago native, received his doctorate degree from the University of Edinburgh. There, he opened his own practice, becoming one of the first private health-care providers in Europe prior to 2000.
After he and his wife had their two children, they moved back to the U.S. in 2003, landing in South County, where his wife was raised along Telegraph Road.
"What I find amazing about that question is that's pretty much what everyone asks me. Like why in the world do I want to do this," said Lenihan in an interview with The Call on why he decided to run. "My whole career has been about helping people that I think society has overlooked and giving them an opportunity. I want to expand helping to politics. I've ran fairly complex things… I thought, you know, maybe it's time… to bring some different ideas to the Legislature that people haven't thought of."
The idea to run came to Lenihan in 2018, after his two sons moved away for college.
"My wife and I had been talking about it for awhile. I've been interested in the political side for a few years now. I think when the boys left… we had chatted about it and I started reaching out to some people," said Lenihan. "We made it official in summer 2019."
If successful, Lenihan hopes to focus on making "Missouri the center point of the Midwest in regards to cultural medicine."
At the Young Republicans meeting, Lenihan said, "Just understanding how you talk to a patient, understanding what to do, how to say it, when to say it, is worth lots of money to our health systems."
Another priority for Lenihan includes making Missouri competitive on a global scale.
"We can all talk about what we want to do in politics and business, but if you can't get constituents to believe in it, it'll fail. I want to help promote Missouri on a global scale. We aren't competing against Kansas and Illinois anymore," said Lenihan. "Davos (World Economic Forum) just happened in Switzerland. They discussed health care, sustainability, energy, food… all those things are a product of the Midwest, but we sent nobody to these meetings. If we really want to drive industry and jobs to our state, we have to start competing on a global scale and having a different vision."
Lenihan sees innovation and business as a bipartisan issue that will give him the opportunity to work across the aisle.
"It doesn't matter if you're Republican or Democrat. You still want industry, you still want jobs. I think we can work together to provide a vision for jobs to come to the state," he said. "Jobs mean that all of our districts are working together."
Lenihan also sees another hot-topic issue in the region as a way to work together: crime.
"Everyone wants crime reduced and nobody is really sure what to do," said Lenihan. "If we can provide mental health facilities and ways to treat these individuals, we can effect dramatic change… We always talk about how we can throw someone in jail off the street, but we need to think outside the box on how to (keep them off the street)."
So far, Lenihan is the only Republican who has publicly announced a run for the 1st District. Former 95th District Rep. Marsha Haefner was rumored to have been thinking about a run as well but will no longer seek the seat.
"I just want to help people. My whole career has been helping people who have been overlooked," said Lenihan. "I understand the politically charged nature of government right now, but I'm a guy who wants to get things done… In government, I can do more… to provide opportunities. That's what I hope to do."
So far, Beck was the only candidate to officially file.

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My son says the books he reads that he holds in his hands stay with him longer. I might be inclined to agree. But in the end, I just love books. For ease of transport and instant gratification ( - eBooks.
Great question! This doesn't happen very often, does it. I'm so glad they turned outlander into a show so we could keep the detail that made the book so extraordinary. The Beach, The Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – oh, and Fifty Shades of Grey!


But I'll watch the show.
Trailer looks good, but the story sounds so cliché. Zombie outbreak, looking for family, heading for military camp.
The zombie-covered tank scene was nice.
Edit: here's a picture of my ocarina!
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I actually forgot how 28DaysLaterish it starts off. But the basic premise of the comic is what it's like to try to live during a zombie apocalypse that never ends whereas in most movies the people escape (and don't know what becomes of them) or die. In the comic you actually forget about the zombies every so often because it's more a human drama than anything else.
Skip to 32 min in for the Robert Kirkman show. Hilarious.
Plus cast and crew from the Walking Dead get ambushed.
Has it been on for a while?
What channel does it air on?
Dear Science I must know.
It premieres this Sunday if you watched the interview.
Just saw the first episode and am really digging this series.
1) The series, like the book, looks like it will focus on the characters and not the zombies. The zombies are just the "crisis" that creates the drama; as Hitchcock called it, "the McGuffin".
2) They made the zombies sympathetic characters, victims, instead of monsters. You feel for what they once were, not what they are now. Its also reminds us of what our main characters could become, which is where the true horror lies. This is why the slow, dim zombie is so much more effective. Its hard to sympathize with a raving mad zombie trying to run you down.
What was conceived first; 28 days later, or the book/comic this show is based on? Because they both started basically the same way.
Anyways, I loved the first episode. It was so intense/suspenseful. The part where it's completely dark and he's going down the staircase was one of the most suspenseful things I've seen in anything in a long time.
According to Wiki, 28 Days Later was released in the UK in summer of 2002, The Walking Dead Came out sometime in 2003.
Anyhow, the show was awesome. So many moments where you thought he would get it, and then nothing.
Somehow, the killing of the zombies felt more impactful.
It was written around the same time more or less, and the creator admitted he wasn't aware of 28DL at the time of writing. If anything, they were BOTH inspired by Day of the Triffids written in 1951, which involves a man waking up in hospital to find everyone around him is blind and society has collapsed.
Kirkman has stated that he's banned himself from consuming any Zombie related media so as not to be influenced...and that he can't wait to read The Zombie Survival Guide if he ever concludes the series.
I thought the episode was ok. Interesting to see what they changed/added/subtracted from the comic. For those keeping score, the pilot covered one and a half issues.
I'm really hoping they get past the first trade this season. Sure it would be a great season break but would have to be a short season.
I'm not sure how I missed this....I never saw any commercials or anything for this show.
Great episode, but too bad he lost his transport at the end.


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Timeline since 1975 for the Barbican Estate
[I haven't been very successful yet in piecing together information about this period.]
1 April 1975. Responsibility for the management of the residential premises in the Barbican estate was passed to a new committee, the Barbican Management Committee.
19 May 1978. The Barbican Management Committee was renamed the Barbican Residential Committee.
1980. The Housing Act 1980 came into force on 3 October 1980. This Act gave residents of council-owned properties the right to buy their homes at a discount.
1984. The Queen Mother planted the little 'umbrella' Mulberry Tree near the children's playground in Thomas More Garden. No one is quite sure how she got in without a resident's key.
Late 1987. After all other solutions had failed, a canopy roof with a steel frame and polycarbonate barrel vaults was installed above Brandon Mews to keep it watertight.
Late 1980s. Victorian-style lamp posts and bollards were installed in the square north of St Giles' church.
5 September 2001. The buildings of the Barbican estate were designated listed buildings (Grade II).
May 2003. A referendum took place on whether the residents should take over management of the estate. It was heavily defeated.
2003. The Residents Consultation Committee was created, whose members are Barbican flat owners and residents, as an advisory group to make recommendations to the Barbican Residential Committee.
2004. The lakes were refurbished. This included installing 'berms' – small islands of natural reeds – to give shelter to wildlife. The ducks pecked it to death. But in the end they gave up the struggle in the face of repeated re-plantings.
2005. The TV system was upgraded and a new service was provided by Sky.
2009. The top three floors of Frobisher Crescent were converted into flats by the City and the flats were sold. These have been incorporated into the Barbican estate.
2010. Milton Court (the former public services building) which was part of the original estate, was demolished. The land was taken out of the estate and 'The Heron' began to be constructed in its place.
2012. Beech Gardens and the lake in front of Bryer Court were dug up and the whole area relined to prevent water penetration into the commercial properties below.
September 2013. The highwalk along the south of the estate was cut off as part of the demolition of St Alphage House, one of the original commercial towers built along London Wall in the 1950s.
August 2014. Eddie Stevens, the City officer in charge of the Barbican Estate, retired. His role was taken by Michael Bennett, as Barbican Estate Manager.
2014. Vision Fibre Media began to supply broadband and TV to the estate.
May 2015. After completion of the water-proofing and re-surfacing works in Beech Gardens, new flower beds designed by Nigel Dunnett were laid out.
2015. The former YMCA building between the Barbican estate and the Golden Lane estate was converted into flats by Redrow with interiors designed by Conran and Partners. The building was renamed Blake Tower. The flats have all been sold off, and Blake Tower and its flats have been incorporated into the Barbican estate.
March 2016. Wooden log planters outside Willougby House were replaced by concrete ring planters.
8 October 2018. The Barbican estate was declared to be a conservation area.


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Q: MemoryLeak problem in following case I am getting a memory leak when i click the play button....
I am testing with that "Leak" tool under "Run and performance tool"....on simulator
I am getting that leak when i click the play button first time.....
Here is my code....
-(IBAction)play
{

    [self setPlayer];
    [self playme];
}

-(IBAction)stop
{
    [self stopme];
    [self releasePlayer];

}

-(void)setPlayer
{

    NSURL *file = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:
                   [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"shut up.mp3"]];
    NSError *err = nil;
    player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:file error:&err];

    [file release];
    player.numberOfLoops = -1;
    [player prepareToPlay];
    player.volume=1.0;

}

-(void)playme
{
    if (!isPlaying)
    {
        [player play];
        isPlaying=YES;
    }
}

-(void)stopme
{
    if (isPlaying)
    {
        [player stop];
        isPlaying=NO;
    }
}

-(void)releasePlayer
{
    if(!isPlaying)
    {
        [player release];
        player=nil;
    }
    isPlaying=NO;
}

A: I think, the below statement is the source of memory leak,
player = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:file error:&err];

Here is the SO posts which has discussed the same issue.
AVAudioPlayer memory leak
AVAudioPlayer memory leak
AVAudioPlayer Memory Leak - Media Player Framework
Here is the blog post
AVAudioPlayer Memory Leak
EDITED:
As per the blog tutorial your code must be look like below.
-(void)setPlayer
{

    NSURL *file = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:
                   [[[NSBundle mainBundle] resourcePath] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"shut up.mp3"]];
    NSError *err = nil;

    NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:file];
    AVAudioPlayer *player = [AVAudioPlayer alloc];
    if([player initWithData:audioData error:NULL])
     {

        player.numberOfLoops = -1;
        [player prepareToPlay];
        player.volume=1.0;
        [player autorelease];
    }
    else
    {
        [player release];
        player = nil;
    }
    [file release];
}

The leak-free version stores the pointer returned by alloc, rather than the pointer returned by initWithData:error:. That way, whatever happens, the player can still be released.

A: The blog post in Jhaliya's answer describes a leak that's specific to the situation when your player can't init the audio, for example when it can't find the file.
The real problem with your code is that you only release the player if the user explicitly stops the audio. If the audio plays through to the end, you have a player instance with a retainCount of 1. Then if the user hits play again, you create a new player and assign it to the player variable, leaking the old one.
The easiest solution to this is to make player a retained property:
@property(nonatomic,retain)AVAudioPlayer *player;

Then, instead of assigning to the ivar directly, use the mutator to set the player, which will implicitly release the previously set instance, if there is one:
[self setPlayer:[[[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:file error:&err] autorelease];

And don't forget to release it in your dealloc:
-(void)dealloc {
    [player release];
    [super dealloc];
}

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Home » Unexplained Mysteries » Bizarre Story of Little Pauline Picard
Bizarre Story of Little Pauline Picard
by Les Hewitt May 1, 2017
by Les Hewitt
Pauline Picard disappeared but then they found her … or so they thought.
Most parents know that raising a child is a full-time job and requires the deepest love a human can give. Being a parent of a child that goes missing must surely rank as one of the most horrendous experiences anyone can suffer. It was April 1922 when two-year-old Pauline Picard was playing on the family farm in Goas al Ludu, Brittany, France, when she disappeared.
The town of Goas al Ludu, Brittany, France. Source: Wikimedia Commons, Henry Moreau.
The Search for Pauline Picard
Pauline's frantic parents enlisted the help of the local police and scores of volunteers in the search for her. This thorough search turned up no trace of the missing girl and hopes began to fade. Pauline's parents, however, never stopped believing or hoping that something would turn up. A few weeks after Pauline Picard vanished, it seemed as though fate had smiled down on her worried parents.
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News broke that a girl matching Pauline's description was seen in Cherbourg. A local police officer found the girl and placed her in a hospice for caretaking. Authorities showed a photograph of the toddler to Pauline's mother and she burst into tears with recognition of her daughter. Le Matin French newspaper reported on May 8 that Mrs. Picard said, "That's my daughter." The Picards quickly boarded a train to Cherbourg to retrieve the little girl at the hospice, but after spending about two hours with her, they realized that the little girl didn't recognize the couple. She looked like Pauline, but she wasn't behaving like her.
Reunion With the Family
Nonetheless, they took the lost toddler home to the family farm with the hope that her memories would return. Also according to Le Matin in their May 12 article, the other Picard children immediately recognized Pauline. The neighbors too believed her to be Pauline, and local police believed they had reunited the family. Everyone was overwhelmed with the relief of finding the toddler, and no-one seemed too concerned about how she ended up in Cherbourg in the first place. How could she have made that journey of some 200 miles in just several weeks?
The headline in Le Matin, May 8, 1922, reads, "Why has this two-year-old baby been stolen? We find in Cherbourg the little Pauline Picard which was removed a month ago, in the courtyard of the farm of her parents in Brittany. Google Translation. Image source: imgur.com.
The reunion between the Picards and their daughter did not go entirely according to plan. From the very beginning, Pauline seemed to be very fearful and shy, and at no time did she converse in her native dialect. Her parents attributed these discrepancies as trauma and largely ignored them for several more weeks. At one point, the Picards reported that Pauline was becoming herself again and seemed to remember the farm. However, the more time the family spent together, the more the Picards were uncertain if it was really their daughter.
Discovery of a Little Body
On May 27, Le Petit Parisien reported that a cyclist had found the body of a little girl about 800 meters from the Picard farm. The body was badly decomposed and the hands, feet, and head were missing. Next to the body were neatly folded clothes. Pauline's mother indicated that the clothes were the ones Pauline had on when she disappeared. Interestingly, the body was in a place that investigators searched multiple times during the initial investigation of Pauline Picard's disappearance. Residents also indicated that they passed that exact spot numerous times and had never seen a body there. They speculated that someone must have placed the body there rather recently.
The same article reported that a local farmer by the name of Yves Martin who had gone raving mad asked the Picards if they had found little Pauline. When they said they had, he asked if they were sure if it was her. Then he made a comment that he was guilty and then he left with a crazy look in his eyes.
Also on May 27, Le Matin reported that investigators had found a head near the body. Subsequently, they determined that it was too large to belong to the small body.
Unexplained Mysteries and Questions
At that point, there was a little girl who looked like Pauline Picard but didn't act like Pauline living with the Picards. Nearly a kilometer away from the farm, a cyclist found the body of a little girl with Pauline's clothing lying nearby. The most identifying parts of the body – the hands, feet, and head – were missing, while the parts animals mostly attack first were still intact. A strange skull found near the body was not hers. Furthermore, a crazy farmer had stated that he was guilty, but of what was anyone's guess.
There are still so many questions. Many of the townsfolk believed that Pauline was still alive somewhere. Assuming that this is true, then who was the little girl that had wandered Cherbourg alone, and why didn't her real parents ever claim her? How could the Picard family and neighbors identify the girl as Pauline? What did Yves Martin mean? Was he responsible for one or both victims? And who's skull did they find? Is this simply a situation in which, like the Bobby Dunbar case of 1912, everyone wanted to believe so desperately that the missing child was still alive, the family easily adopted a child that wasn't theirs?
The Picards spent the rest of their lives wondering what ultimately happened to their daughter. In June, the little girl found in Cherbourg sadly went to an orphanage and spent the rest of her life in anonymity.
Note: This article relies on reports by French reporting agencies (as translated). Some details from the New York Times report are inconsistent with those original French sources. English translations of French newspapers, Le Matin and Le Petit Parisien, are by nursejessika on Reddit.com.
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Sam Roberts Band – I Like the Way You Talk About the Future
by Megan Delaney on September 8, 2020 September 7, 2020
As we head into fall, "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future," carries the luminescent easiness of summer into the end of the year, while staring into the unknown vacuum of what is to come. Following "Ascension," this is the second song release by Canadian group, Sam Roberts Band, since 2016. The track takes you on a trip with its playful music video, a dancing collage of lyrics and eclectic animations.
From car-eating monsters and retro video game clips, to black-and-white sketches and psychedelic visualizers, the video is a kaleidoscope of imagery directed and edited by Jordan Allen. It's organized chaos. It begins with illustrated lyrics: a vintage van hitting the road, following a disoriented treasure map aimlessly in the desert. As Roberts sings of the inevitable future he's moving into — "Too far gone, I'm moving on / No going back now where I came from" — the motion graphics flip through each other mimicking the anxiety of heading into the unknown.
"Essentially, in my mind, it comes back to the need for some light. A way forward. To shine some kind of bright light on the future, the path that we're walking and not giving in to despair."
The last ⅔ of the track reveals this light Roberts aims for, "I don't know your name / But I like the way you talk about the future / I like the way you talk / About the future." Perhaps the future lacks certainty, but the unidentified "you" provides an optimism paralleled with trippy instrumentals. Tight drums, keyboard riffs, and surf-rocky guitars unleash as the colorful animations continue to roll over the screen.
Video messages towards the end, "Don't panic," "Only Hope," "Silence is the Enemy," assist in bringing clarity to the subliminal messages of hope infused in "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future," lifting the mood from a confused expression at the beginning of the song.
Across his almost two decades in the music industry, Sam Roberts has been nominated and won multiple music awards. Such achievements include Artist of the Year and Rock Album of the Year for his 2008 album, Love at the End of the World at the Juno Awards. "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future," presents a shift in sound, which deems appropriate for the message of the single and everything to come.
The final question in the visualizer, "Where are we going?," no longer feels like aimless wandering past dry rivers and ghost towns. It's hopeful. A new beginning and renewal. Maybe there's no going back, but whatever lies ahead has infinite potential.
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As a human, coffee is enjoyable and I love it. As a human mom, coffee is a must, and I can't live without it. A little dramatic? Maybe, but it gets the point across. Despite the difference between simply enjoying coffee and needing coffee, there's something about it that just seems comforting and cozy. I definitely don't do anything special with mine; I just add a little creamer and call it good! Maybe no one really cares, BUT I love coffee and I love taking pictures so why not make a short post including both? My morning coffee has been keeping me sane the last few weeks with Basil going through sleep regression and this loud screaming phase.
I used the HUJI app (#notspons, just love the app), so they're not very high-quality photos, but I really like the style. Without further rambling, here are a few pictures of my coffee!
I've found that it's easier to start out with iced coffee because by the time I find a minute to drink it it's cold anyway, but sometimes it's just nice to at least *attempt* to have a hot cup. We'll see how this goes once it starts getting colder outside though… the microwave might have to become my new best friend! I hope you enjoyed this super simple post – I had a lot of fun making it!


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The Girls golf team capped off a busy Friday, Saturday and Monday with a win in one tournament and a 4th place finish in another. The girls went into the Regional Preview at Eagle Pointe Golf Course in Mont Belvieu on March 3rd and 4th after not playing a tournament since the end of Janruary. The team on Katie Shepherd, Sarah Zimmerle, Kathleen Escobar, Karen Alvarez and Christabell Siboro showed a strong finish and came back to end up 3 strokes from a 3rd place finish to the best teams in the region. The team shot a 349 on Day 1 and a 333 on day 2.
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Kościół świętego Wojciecha Biskupa i Męczennika – rzymskokatolicki kościół parafialny należący do dekanatu otwockiego diecezji warszawsko-praskiej.

Obecna świątynia została wzniesiona w latach 1794–1797 podczas urzędowania księdza proboszcza Kazimierza Józefa Czerwińskiego dzięki dużemu wsparciu finansowemu księżny Marii z Lubomirskich Radziwiłłowej. Została zaprojektowana zapewne przez Szymona Bogumiła Zuga – twórcę licznych budowli na terenie Warszawy. Kościół został zbudowany w stylu empire. Wspaniała fasada jest ozdobiona jońskimi kolumnami, pilastrami i frontonem z szerokim portykiem kolumnowym zwieńczonym trójkątnym szczytem.

Budowla została konsekrowana w dniu 24 kwietnia 1890 roku przez biskupa Kazimierza Ruszkiewicza. Kościół jest jednonawowy i posiada wymiary: 26,5 metrów długości i 11,5 metrów szerokości. Jego wnętrze jest skromne i oszczędne w dekoracje. Świątynia posiada sześć okien łukowych znajdujących się w nawie, trzy okna okrągłe umieszczone w prezbiterium, dwa okna okrągłe znajdujące się na wysokości chóru oraz jedno okno łukowe umieszczone nad drzwiami wejściowymi.

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W 1903 roku w kościele została ochrzczona przyszła błogosławiona Hanna Chrzanowska. W kościele znajduje się chrzcielnica, przy której bł. Chrzanowska była chrzczona. Na miejscu znajdują się także relikwie.

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Q: Can touch api be used to create custom touchpad events for windows 10? Have been looking to try and create some custom events for the windows precision driver touchpad on windows 10, have seen many old forums saying that it isn't possible, however I have read that touch api includes the touchpad, is that true?
If not are there any good drivers that can be worked on in order to create custom events? Only app on windows that I have seen modify the touchpad events is multiswipe, is there any idea how they were able to do that?
Thank you


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Q: Reading Info.plist from UITests in iOS? Is it possible to read from the Info.plist file which is within the UITests folder file while UITesting ? If so, how.
So far I have tried that:
if let url =  Bundle.main.url(forResource: "Info", withExtension: "plist"),
        let myDict = NSDictionary(contentsOf: url) as? [String:Any] {
        print(myDict)
    }

Though, that returns some plist which is not event the one I have in my main project folder.

A: There is a special bundle for your test class that you will need to read (or inject). Try this out. Replace OSTests in the Bundle(for:) call below with the name of your XCTestCase subclass.
  func testExample() {
    let testBundle = Bundle(for: OSTests.self)
    if let url = testBundle.url(forResource: "Info", withExtension: "plist"),
      let myDict = NSDictionary(contentsOf: url) as? [String:Any] {
      print(myDict)
    }
  }

Then you will need to make sure that the test bundle is copied into your test app. Select your test target. Disclose the Copy Bundle Resources section in the Build Phases tab. Click on the + icon and select your test target's Info.plist file.

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}

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while ( $row = $stmt->fetch() ){
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}

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}

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?>
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by Admin · Published September 17, 2018 · Updated April 4, 2019
Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro and Zazie Beetz star in director Todd Phillips' Joker origin movie, based on characters from DC Comics. A first look video has arrived online along with the official cast and plot synopsis. Check out the video and details below! Before he was a supervillain and the archenemy of Batman, Arthur Fleck was a man disregarded by society. The film is being produced by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) and Bradley Cooper under their Joint Effort banner.
Genre: Action, Crime, Adaptation
Director: Todd Phillips
Screenwriter: Scott Silver, Todd Phillips
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, Shea Whigham
Running Time: Unknown
MPAA Rating: Not yet rated
Joker centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips' exploration of Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale.
"Joker" is a gritty hard-boiled crime film set in an early-'80s Gotham City meant to evoke the grounded feel of Scorsese's films like "Taxi Driver." The story centers on how the popular comic book villain, known as "The Joker," became The Clown Prince of Crime in Gotham City. It will be the first film under a Warner Bros./DC's "Elseworlds," which will expand the canon of DC Comics properties and create unique storylines with different actors playing the characters.
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Chief Market Analyst Michael Hewson looks ahead to next week's ECB meeting, Fed minutes and the ongoing Brexit saga as yet another EU Summit gets under way. He also looks at the latest key levels on the DAX, S&P 500, GBP, euro and US dollar.
EU Summit & Brexit deadline
Wednesday & Friday: It's set to be another seminal week for the EU and UK as we approach another Brexit deadline. While it remains the legal default that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Prime Minister has already written to EU Council President Tusk requesting an extension to 30 June. She has more or less copy and pasted her previous request, which was rejected in favour of the 12 April deadline. Talks between the Labour party and the government are likely to continue under the pretence that they will try and agree a common position. It seems more likely that any extension will be a longer one and that the UK will have to put up candidates for the European elections. This is likely to be unpopular with Brexit supporters, however, the window for finding an agreement before 12 April is pretty much closed, which means that an extension is the most likely outcome. The alternative is 'no deal' with the EU throwing Ireland under the bus, and France won't escape scot free either. President Macron already has problems of his own, and for all his tough talk, he would be unwise to exacerbate the tensions with the gilets jaunes in trying to make a political point.
ECB rate decision
Wednesday: At its most recent meeting the European Central Bank announced that it would be introducing a new TLTRO later this year, over concerns that both growth and inflation were likely to come in below expectations. Recent data would appear to suggest that this can't come a moment too soon, with Germany and France in recession territory and core prices in the EU at 0.8%, just above a three-year low. The reality is the ECB is already at the limits of what it can do from a monetary policy point of view, which suggests that rates are likely to remain at current levels, or lower, for years to come.
Tesco – full-year results
Wednesday: It's been a long road back but Tesco appears to be fending off the slow rise of Aldi and Lidl into its own market share of the food retail sector. It still remains by far the biggest player in UK food retail, and had a strong Christmas performance, beating its peers. That said, the company is continuing to review its cost base, with reports at the beginning of the year that it might look at cutting up to 15,000 jobs in its bakery and fresh food counters, as it looks to cut costs of £1.5bn. New accounting rules are likely to see profit come in lower, as rental charges on its leases are replaced by depreciation costs. Management confirmed these higher costs won't impact cashflow.
Asos – half-year results
Wednesday: A surprise profit warning at the end of last year saw Asos shares plunge sharply, losing nearly 40%, with the company blaming the performance on weak November sales growth. The company had previously predicted full-year sales growth of 20-25%, which was downgraded to 15%. Profit margins were also sharply revised lower to 2% from 4%. Since that warning the shares have struggled to recover against a backdrop of weak consumer spending, and while the company posted a positive update last month, the pace of growth does appear to have slowed. Retail sales for the three months to the end of February rose by 11%, and while it looks set to meet its lower sales forecast from December, this could come at the expense of margins.
Fed minutes (March)
Wednesday: The biggest surprise to come out of last month's Fed meeting wasn't the fact that policymakers said they would be patient on future rate rises, it was the dovishness of the overall message, especially so soon after the central bank raised rates again at the end of last year. In the space of ten weeks we've gone from the prospect of three rate rises this year, to no rate rises at all, and for the balance sheet run off to end by September. The Fed also downgraded its growth forecasts for this year, and for those who were holding out for one more rate rise this year, those expectations have also gone. This would appear to shift the calculus as to when can we expect a possible rate cut. While the Fed may want to push back on such expectations, the reality is markets are already starting to price in the prospect. This makes this week's minutes all the more instructive in the context of the tone of the debate, and how much consensus there was around the sharp turnaround in the central bank's guidance.
China trade (March)
Friday: A rebound in the latest manufacturing PMIs has raised expectations that the Chinese economy might have hit bottom and started to rebound. In the February numbers, China trade deteriorated quite sharply – exports declined 20% and imports by 5.7%. It should be remembered that these numbers would have been skewed by the Lunar New Year holiday, which means that the March numbers could see a significant rebound, and in doing so introducing a skew the other way.
JP Morgan Chase – Q1 earnings
Friday: JP Morgan's share price has been mediocre since its September peaks last year, though it has had a decent run since its December lows. Banks across the board are finding it difficult to maximise returns in the current low rate environment. Trading in the first three months of this year has proved to be even more difficult with inversion of the US yield curve, prompting the bank to review its staffing levels. With the bank missing profit estimates in its last quarter for the first time in 15 quarters, and given the recent announcement of job cuts in its asset and wealth management divisions, this week could be another disappointment. Profits are expected to come in at $2.37c a share, which seems optimistic when set against the $2.20c a share analysts were expecting in Q4, and which came in much lower at $1.98c.
Wells Fargo – Q1 earnings
Friday: Wells Fargo's performance provides a good guide to how the US economy is performing given its sensitivity to the ebb and flow of both the economy and the housing market. This is one area which has struggled in the last 12 months with the bank still under Fed scrutiny for previous indiscretions. Its Q4 numbers were slightly better than expected, though this was mainly down to cost-cutting measures. Across the board revenues were lower, from mortgages, to business and consumer lending. Profits are expected to come in below Q4's $1.21c a share at $1.10c a share.
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Monday 8 April Results
No major US or UK companies reporting
Tuesday 9 April Results
Lindsay (US) Q2
Nanoco Group (UK) Half-year
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Wednesday 10 April Results
ASOS (UK) Half-year
Bed Bath & Beyond (US) Q4
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Delta Air Lines (US) Q1
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MSC Industrial Direct (US) Q2
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Vince Holding (US) Q4
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Entergy (US) Q1
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Rite Aid (US) Q4
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Friday 12 April Results
First Republic Bank (US) Q1
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PNC Financial Services (US) Q1
Wells Fargo (US) Q1
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On August 10, 2014 over 500,000 Dominicans are expected to fill the streets of 6th Avenue with pride and joy. The Annual New York Dominican Day Parade was established in 1982. Delegations from the Dominican Republic participate in the Parade's festivities, which includes floats, music, dances and costumes symbolize unity, happiness and continuity of the Dominican community.
Our good friend and former cover model Henry Santos has been named for the first time in his career, the GodFather (El Padrino) of the the 33rd Annual National Dominican Day Parade 2014.
Very well deserved not only for his talents but he heavily works on fighting childhood obesity and teaching Latinos on how to obtain a healthier lifestyle, he also joined CHALK's "Vive Tu Vida" campaign which is set to offer healthy food menus designed by him in local Latin restaurants in Washington Heights. From your LatinTrends family we congrugulate you.
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If the wait for Ridley Scott's adaptation of The Martian is too much for you to bear, then today is your lucky day. We have new video of the ARES-3 crew, and if the clip below is any indication of what to expect, the humor of Andy Weir's book is very much intact.
Through the ARES: Live archive, we've been given access to snippets of the crew's psychological evaluations after a 10-day isolation period. While we saw the crew before in their farewell video before departing on their launch, this new video gave us an even better look into the crew's already vibrant personalities. With a manned mission to Mars in the balance, and the eyes of the world on them, this is the best time for the crew to really ponder all of the big questions plaguing the mission.
For instance, Matt Damon's Mark Watney wonders just how Aquaman can control whales despite the fact that they are mammals. A little further up on the scale, we have Michael Pena's Rick Martinez and Sebastian Stan's Dr. Chris Beck, who are the chief smart-asses of the ARES-3 mission. Both are apparently men of healing, as they've credentialed themselves as practitioners of tension relief and the soul, respectively. Though, Dr. Beck is the only actual medical expert of the two, as Major Martinez is the mission's pilot.
And all the way on the other end of the spectrum are the mission's two badasses: Jessica Chastain's Commander Melissa Lewis and Askel Hennie's Alex Vogel. Both are fearless, and adapted to all of the extreme conditions that their mission will throw at them. Commander Lewis's submarine story is an especially inspired piece of background that shows us just why she's been picked to be the first female mission commander to head to Mars. Which leaves one crew member to occupy the dead center of the spectrum. She knows it all and isn't afraid to tell, and she's Kate Mara's computer guru Beth Johanssen – our guide to the personalities and quirks of the ARES-3 crew.
While The Martian promises to be a harrowing journey of survival and ingenuity, much like the source novel that it's adapting, it also needs to have a fair amount of humor and wisecracks. Watney's narration through the book can get a bit snarky at times, and since the man practically promises to "science the shit" out of Mars, you know he's good for some colorful commentary.
This psych evaluation video that Fox has released is another effective tool in building the emotional attachment to the characters in The Martian, because we get to see the crew at their normal operating capacities. Considering the Ridley Scott film will push everyone to the brink, testing their limits and their sanity, it'll be even more rewarding thanks to the foundation these ARES: Live videos are building. Here's hoping we get a tour of Mission Control soon, as their side of the story is just as important as the trials of Watney's battle to survive the Martian wastes.
The Martian launches into theaters on October 2nd, and will be present at this year's Toronto Film Festival, as well.
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"I am delighted to see more entries this year from Asheville and Western North Carolina," states Carlos Steward, festival director. " Of the 500 entries so far, this year we have over 12 entries from the area competing for the Western North Carolina Media Achievement Award. Entries from Western North Carolina can be submitted up to May 8th at the regular fee.
The other entries from throughout the US and the world include entries from Switzerland, the UK, Russia, Spain, Greece, Iran, Thailand, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Japan, France, Italy, Iran, South Africa, and Ireland. This year's festival already includes 85 World premiers, and 8 more North American premiers, promising exciting new film experiences for our audiences in Western North Carolina.
The festival, that will take place at the Courtyard Galleries and Courtyards is, scheduled to begin on Friday May 29 in the Courtyard Gallery at 8pm, with the feature film winner screened in the weekly World Cinema Series. The festival continues May 30 and 31st with animation, short drama, documentaries, Commercial, Audio Art, features, Experimental and Outdoor films. Please see www.ashevillecourtyard.com for a complete schedule listing on May 17th.
The advent of the social networking site has changed the way people stay in touch in modern society. A social networking site dedicated to artists is a great tool for networking and communication. Many of theses networking site are geared toward dating, socializing or keeping in touch with friends, but one designed specifically for artists is an invaluable tool for competing in the tough world of professional arts and crafts. These days, it is harder than ever to make a living as an artist, and any advantage and tool that is available should be used to its fullest extent.
A social networking site for artists would offer any invaluable tools for the professional artist. Having an artist's directory is one way that such a networking site would benefit the art world. Immediate access to a database of artists, mediums, locations and other things related to the art industry is a great idea and would make it much easier to galleries and other artists to find each other. Connecting with galleries is one thing that is crucial for the success of any artist and a networking site devoted to artists and art appreciators would be key way to connect.
A networking site for artists would offer a place to create an online portfolio complete with photos of the work, biography of the artist and any important information such as dates of opening, places to see the work and other important aspects of the artist's career. This would serve as a way for the artist to keep all the vital information at hand and easy for anyone to access and review. This would make it much easier to connect with galleries and get work shown and sold. Customers and art buyers from many different backgrounds could use this site as a way to find the work they need or want, and offer the people struggling to make a career in the professional art industry a way to sell their work and become more successful.
Online social networking sites have been around for a long time, and have served many different purposes, but one dedicated to artists is important and should be fully embraced. There are many places to go to find music and other performing artists, but visual artists have been neglected. A social networking site for artists is a way for visual artists to fully embrace the internet as a viable marketing tool and use it to connect with people all over the world. Social networking sites are a great way to find people in all corners of the world and collaborate on projects and trade ideas. Who knows what kind of creative process could be facilitated by a sculptor from Europe connecting with a painter from the United States via the internet.
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Another great thing about an online illustrated map is the fact that they are interactive. You can zoom in and zoom out of the map to focus on smaller or larger areas of the city. You can get detailed information about the city and then zoom out to get the big picture. This makes an online map much easier to deal with than a traditional paper map.
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Owning a second home is a wonderful idea, but for many people is not realistic. The costs and labor involved in maintaining a second home can often become a deterrent to actually acquiring one. A great way to own a second home without having to worry about these inconveniences is to invest in a private residence club.
Fractional ownership is a great way to get all the benefits of owning a second home while avoiding all the negative aspects of it. With fractional ownership, you will get the financial and luxury benefits of second home ownership without having to worry about the day to day operations of the second property. Lawn maintenance, house repairs, painting, keeping up with bills repairmen, and worrying about security all become things of the past with fractional ownership in a private residence club. Unlike traditional timeshares, fractional ownership in a private residence club offers many more benefits as well.
Another great thing about private residence clubs is the level of service that can be expected. A traditional time share may not include the services of a full time concierge and maintenance staff. Having a full time concierge staff that is tuned in to you personal preferences is a luxury you would not normally get with traditional second home ownership. Someone who knows the events you enjoy going to, the concerts you enjoy seeing, the foods and beverages that you would like to see stocked in your kitchen, the music you enjoy listening to and all other aspects of your personal tastes and preferences is a wonderful way to ensure that you are being treated with the highest level of service.
Having a full time maintenance staff is wonderful, because you never have to worry about coming to you second home only to find some kind of emergency repair that needs to be done, and having to worry about scheduling time with a repair man. All of these details are taken care of by the maintenance staff and there is nothing to worry about. These labor intensive duties tend to sap ones time and make the pleasure of enjoying a second or vacation home more like a chore. With fractional home ownership, this problem is immediately remedied, and all these little details become a thing of the past. All you will need to do is enjoy your second home in luxury.
Getting all the financial and investment benefits of second home ownership is important and membership in a private residence club is one way to achieve these financial goals without having to deal with all the hassles of owning a second home in the traditional way. This is a great way to use the money you normally would invest in a typical second property and get something even better. Private residence clubs offer the luxury and style of a top notch, upscale vacation rental resort while giving you the benefits of owning the property yourself. In fact, it is very much like owning your own private resort. You get access to your own perks such as tennis courts, pools, golf courses and all the other wonderful benefits of a resort while actually owning the property you are living at. Another great benefit is that unlike a traditional timeshare, there are no restrictions on how long you stay or when you can come. Arrive as often as you like, enjoy your home for as long as you like and leave whenever you want to. The property is yours to do as you like.


Animals Saving Animals - my fav!
The #1 story is truly amazing. Watch them all! There is a purpose for EVERY animal that exists...ALL have the breath of God!
Wonderful friendship here...and her other pets as well!
I am kinda freaked out by all his facial muscle responses...very lifelike! Ignore his talk and emotions, it's the details that are unnerving!
Interestingly, I saw Trump's son-in-law standing in the corner (my right or their left) from the table. Beside him, stood a man shrouded in darkness; a man of mystery. I knew he was wearing a suit but I couldn?t identify him. I actually asked Jesus about this man and He said: "It's not the time to know that yet".
I was wondering if the man was the antichrist but I didn't receive a confirmation of yes or no.
I am not an alarmist by any means but Jackie sent this and I feel it is worth posting!
Awesome stuff full of encouragement for those of us who have lost loved ones.