Jason Day 2016 schedule: When will he play next?
Jason Day's 2016 schedule starts balancing out being a top-three player in the world with now being a two-time father, with daughter Lucy born in November 2015.
Day will start his season at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January, a spot into which he earned with five PGA Tour victories last season. His first defense is his first mainland U.S. start of the year at the Farmers Insurance Open in the San Diego area. Then, he'll play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in mid-February.
While Day hasn't announced his schedule beyond Pebble Beach, we shouldn't expect to see him again until the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, near Miami, in March. We should see him at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, then the WGC-Dell Match Play.
He'll be in the Masters, as well the other three majors, and is likely to play the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He'll compete in The Players and the Memorial Tournament.
Like with many other players, it's hard to predict his schedule beyond the U.S. Open in June because that's when the year gets wacky because of the shuffling required to accommodate the 2016 Olympic golf tournament in the schedule.
Day is skipping the Olympic tournament, but we'll see him in the FedEx Cup playoffs. He'll then head home to Australia to play in the Emirates Australian Open in November at Royal Sydney Golf Club.


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Hugh Jackman says he loves his 'gay icon' status
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Hugh Jackman has happily accepted his status as a gay icon, saying he's "all for" tackling discrimination through storytelling. Jackman visited an Auckland university on Wednesday, where he sang with students and announced his upcoming world tour The Man. The Music. The Show. On the tour, the 50-year-old will perform songs from The Greatest Showman, …
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Hugh Jackman's new musical has been a long time in the making. The film, helmed by Australian director Michael Gracey, tells the story of legendary circus showman P.T. Barnum's rise from poverty-stricken childhood to the launch of his first circus in New York in the mid-1800s. It's been in development for seven years and will …

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Annual Look at the Oscars 2013
For the last 44 years or so, I've made predictions about Oscar winners. 2012 was a good year for movies, but there are very few "Oscar locks" this year, which may make the show a little more interesting I saw most of the Best Picture nominees, and liked most of them (haven't seen Amour (and would really like to) or Life of Pi (and have very mixed feelings about that, much as I love most Ang Lee movies or Zero Dark Thirty or Django Unchained (again, mixed feelings on those two))
I noted several hopeful trends in my last year's Oscar notes, including several movies with large, strong casts of actresses. Sadly, I can't say I noticed that trend this year. There was some interesting, ambitious SF - Hunger Games, Looper and Cloud Atlas. Sometimes, Hollywood remembers it takes a little more than strong production values or a superhero to make a science fiction movie. Sadly, Cloud Atlas tanked at the box office. I think it's the sort of movie people will look back at and appreciate as it's a fascinating movie.
I'm going to an Oscar party again this year, and expect to be there for all of it as I'm going to the Hollywood Theater Oscar Party in Dormont.
[[Comments made after the show.]]
Argo WON (will win)
Lincoln (should win)
This is a tough category but for weird reasons. I really loved Lincoln. I'm a huge history buff and love it when a movie gets so much of it so right. Some of the complaints about Lincoln are on the strange side - it shouldn't win because of Spielberg - it shouldn't win because 20th Century Fox (AKA Rupert Murdock) was involved. I liked Argo very much, and Ben Affleck really captured the chaos around the Iran hostage crisis very well. However, upon a second viewing, its flaws really bothered me (lack of distinctive characterizations outside of the Hollywood guys, severe Hollywoodization of the last half hour of the movie). Beasts is simultaneously the most naturalistic and the most fantastic movie of the lot. I loved Q. Wallis' fierce performance (and, I'm sorry, you can't call it anything but that). Silver Linings Playbook had a very smart script and terrific performances all the way around, but is a little light for a Best Picture Oscar. This might be the year of the surprise winner, so maybe something like Django Unchained or Silver Linings Playbook could win. However, I think Argo will win, mostly as an apology to Ben Affleck who didn't get nominated for Best Director, but I think Lincoln deserves to win.
[[By the end of the show, it looked like Life of Pi could have pulled a massive upset.]]
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis WON - Lincoln (should win, will win)
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
There are two Oscar locks, and this is one of them. Daniel Day-Lewis will be the second person to win three Best Acting Oscars (after Katharine Hepburn (4) (Meryl Streep has only won 2 + 1 for supporting). His performance as Lincoln was spot-on and very moving. And, remember, DDL is only 55 so he could be winning them for decades to come. Both Bradley Cooper and Hugh Jackman gave strong performances in their respective movies.
[[After a rocky night of humor onstage, Daniel Day-Lewis, who's often kind of shy in public, told a great joke when he said that he was supposed to have played Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep had given him his Oscar) and Streep was due to play Lincoln. He knew who he was talking to. Seth McFarlane struggled with this all evening.]]
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook (should win, will win)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz WON- Django Unchained
I'm really not sure how Oscar voters are going to go on this one. I've heard a lot about De Niro possibly getting an Oscar for this as he's only won 1 for support and 1 for leading. That's possible; also, this is one of his comic roles, and he's become a brilliant comic actor over the years. If Django Unchained or The Master don't get other awards, perhaps Waltz or Hoffman will win here. I liked Tommy Lee Jones, but I found his performance much weaker the second time I saw Lincoln.
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence WON - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour (will win)
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible (should win)
Naomi Watts gave one of the best performances ever in the little-seen The Impossible. It's about the most harrowing performances since Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (though for slightly different reasons). I liked Jennifer Lawrence very much in Silver Linings Playbook, but I think I liked her performance ever more in Hunger Games. Quvenzhané Wallis was perfect in Beasts. Jessica Chastain (based on the many ads I've seen for Zero Dark Thirty) gives a solid performance.
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway WON - Les Misérables (should win, will win)
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
OK, this is the other lock. Anne Hathaway gave a short but amazing performance in Les Mis. I thought Sally Field also gave a very strong performance - I half wish this category could see a tie.
Brave WON - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie - Tim Burton (should win, will win)
Paranorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Peter Lord
Wreck-it Ralph - Rich Moore
This is a surprisingly tough category. I loved the design and voice casting of Brave, and the script was a little stronger than a typical kid's feature. Frankenweenie is marvelously weird. While I didn't see Wreck-it Ralph, it's very clever.
Best Cinemetography
Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
Life of Pi WON - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall - Roger Deakins (should win, will win)
Moderately tough category.
Anna Karenina WON - Jacqueline Durran (will win)
Les Misérables - Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka (should win)
Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood
This category has the most bizarre nominees. The costumes in Les Mis and Snow White were so-so. I liked the costumes in Mirror Mirror since everything in that movie was meant to be over-the-top and on the cartoony side, and the nominee died before the movie even opened.
Best Directing
Amour - Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi WON - Ang Lee
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg (should win, will win)
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
Despite the anti-Lincoln backlash, I think Spielberg deserves the Oscar.
[[This was the biggest surprise of the night. I generally like Ang Lee movies very much, but didn't like the sound of Life of Pi]]
5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers - Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
How to Survive A Plague - David France and Howard Gertler (should win, will win)
The Invisible War - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Searching for Sugar Man WON - Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
I haven't seen any of these documentaries this year, but the two movies I've heard the most about are How to Survive a Plague (about AIDS) and Searching for Sugar Man (about an obscure American singer/songwriter whose works were huge in South Africa). One of these two is the most likely to win, and I think it's more likely to be How to Survive a Plague.
Best Documentary Short Subject
"Inocente" WON - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
"Kings Point" - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
"Mondays at Racine" - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
"Open Heart" - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
"Redemption" - Jon Alpert and Matthew o'Neill
I think I'll ever skip guessing on this one as I have no idea.
Best Film Editing
Argo WON - William Goldenberg (should win, will win)
life of Pi - Tim Squyres
Lincoln - Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
I thought the editing for Argo was especially good.
Best Foreign Langauge Film
Amour WON - Austria (should win, will win)
Kon-Tiki - Norway
No - Chile
A Royal Affair - Denmark
War Witch - Canada
Hope to see Amour.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane (should win, will win)
Les Misérables WON - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
This has the single worst nominee - Les Mis. Sorry, the make-up was good here and there, but mostly way, way overdone. But The Hobbit has a similar problem - some of the make-up is good, and others of it is overly cartoony.
Best Music (Original Score)
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi WON - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams (should win, will win)
Skyfall - Thomas Newman
My favorite score was ignored - Cloud Atlas was the best from last year.
[[The little snippets they played from Life of Pi sounded very nice.]]
Best Music (Original Song)
"Before my Time" Chasing Ice - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" Ted - Music by Walter Murphy Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
"Pi's Lullaby" Life of Pi - Music by Mychael Danna Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
"Skyfall" Skyfall WON - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (should win, will win)
"Suddenly" Les Misérables - Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Anna Karenina - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer (should win, will win)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Production Design: Dan Hennah Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
Les Misérables - Production Design: Eve Stewart Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi - Production Design: David Gropman Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Lincoln WON - Production Design: Rick Carter Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Lincoln had detailed, accurate production design, and I wouldn't object at all if it won. But Anna Karenina was fresh and inventive and I love its playing around with stagecraft.
"Adam and Dog" - Minkyu Lee
"Fresh Guacamole" - PES (should win, will win)
"Head Over Heels" - Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin o'Reilly
"Maggie Simpson" in "The Longest Daycare" - David Silverman
"Paperman" WON - John Kahrs
I hadn't seen any of these, but Sunday Morning played "Fresh Guacamole" this morning and it was very inventive
"Asad" - Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
"Buzkashi Boys" - Sam French and Ariel Nasr (should win, will win)
"Curfew" WON - Shawn Christensen
"Death of a Shadow" ("Dood van een SchaduW") - Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
"Henry" - Yan England
"Buzkashi Boys," about boys in Afghanistan, has had incredible buzz.
Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Skyfall WON - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers (should win, will win)
Zero Dark Thirty WON - Paul N.J. Ottosson
Haven't seen most of these so I'll guess Skyfall.
[[A very rare tie]]
Best Sound Mixing
Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Les Misérables WON - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
Life of Pi - Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin (should win, will win)
Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
[[Now, that's a Les Mis win I really can't complain about, particularly given that the songs were sung live during the filming and the music sounded great.]]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Life of Pi WON - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Marvel's the Avengers - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick (will win)
Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill (should win)
Snow White and the Huntsman - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
I'm torn on this category. It was a year when the most visually interesting movie (Cloud Atlas) was completely shut out. Movies like Prometheus and Snow White weren't very good movies, though the effects in Prometheus were really great. The Hobbit has strong effects...but, sometimes, they, like its make-up, were very cartoony and out of place.
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Argo WON - Screenplay by Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Screenplay by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - Screenplay by David Magee
Lincoln - Screenplay by Tony Kushner (should win, will win)
Silver Linings Playbook - Screenplay by David O. Russell
A very tough category with four very strong options (haven't seen Life of Pi). I think ultimately it goes back to Lincoln, but if the Oscars turn out to be an Argo or Silver Lingings Playbook sweep, this award will go to one of them.
[[Much of the script for Argo is pretty good...but...*sigh*]]
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Amour - Written by Michael Haneke
Django Unchained WON - Written by Quentin Tarantino (will win)
Flight - Written by John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom - Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (should win)
Zero Dark Thirty - Written by Mark Boal
Moonrise Kingdom was one of my favorite films of last year. I'm still surprised it wasn't nominated for its unique production design. I would love to see this win, but I expect this is the award Tarantino will get.
The show was kind of a mixed bag. The focus was on movie music and it went very well - Shirley Bassey, Jennifer Hudson and Adele really rocked the hall. Seth McFarlane is a decent singer and song and dance man, but..."I Saw Her Boobs" went on for too long. His opening joke about "Making Tommy Lee Jones laugh" was great, but it went down hill from there. It was a very glittery night, both set design and gown wise.
I had a very good time at the Hollywood Theater Oscar party. I won a mini Oscar statuette for answering some movie trivia questions correctly. Comfy seats, snacks and watching the Oscar show on a large screen.
I had one of my worse years of making Oscar predictions ever - I probably only guessed about 20% right. Mostly, it was from my failure to appreciate Life of Pi, which I haven't seen yet. [[[And, when I finally saw it, I really didn't like it that much, though it looks great.]]]


On Wednesday, commodity currencies, including the Australian and New Zealand dollars, have ascended considerably during Asia trade amid a large-scale weakening of the evergreen buck.
The evergreen buck is still under pressure. It's because tensions in trade relations between China and the United States keep edging up - after the USA announced duties of $ 50 billion on imported goods from China, causing Beijing's immediate response.
The escalation of tensions in trade between the USA and China could have a very negative impact on the global economy and surge in America.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration dared to raise the rates of a strengthening trade clash with China, by announcing 25% duties for up to 1,300 products of industrial technology, transport as well as medical products in an attempt of bringing about changes in Beijing's intellectual property practices.
On Wednesday, China's Ministry of Commerce told that it strongly condemns and strictly opposes the newly-imposed duties of the United States and it's on the verge of taking adequate counter measures.
The Australian dollar was underpinned by seasonally adjusted data on retail sales in Australia, which, according to the national statistics report, inched up in February 0.6%. It definitely surpassed hopes for growth by 0.3% after a leap of 0.1% in January.
It has also become known that in February 2018 the Australian retail trade turnover tacked on by 2.7% compared to February the previous year.
In addition to this, market participants ignored the downbeat data on the index of business activity in the services sector of China from Caixin / Markit, which hit 52.3 in March, and which is lower than the previous outcome of 54.2 and economists' forecast of 54.5. However, notwithstanding the decline, the index remains above the value of 50, which divides the expansion from the reduction.


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/ How Fiction Works, Last Week's Links, Reading / By Mary Daniels Brown / November 22, 2020 November 22, 2020 / narrative structure
See What the World's Reading Habits Look Like in 2020
The Lockdown Lessons of "Crime and Punishment"
Why Narrative Structure Is One of the Crime Writer's Most Valuable Tools
The Limits of the Viral Book Review
So You're (Still) in a Pandemic Reading Slump
The editing and proofreading service Global English Editing gathered statistics from various sources, including Pew Research and Amazon's bestsellers page, that demonstrate how the world's reading habits changed over the course of 2020: "35 percent of web users worldwide reported reading more during the pandemic, and 14 percent said they read significantly more. This trend was most dramatic in China, where 44 percent of respondents said they increased their reading time due to the coronavirus."
At the age of 76 in the fall of 2019, David Denby enrolled in Columbia University's required year-long freshman course called Literary Humanities. The class began discussing Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment in April 2020, after the campus had been shut down for four weeks.
Here Denby discusses his experience with studying Dostoyevsky's novel on a computer screen rather than around a seminar table and how the novel's ideas resonate in today's reality.
How writers manipulate narrative structure for novelistic effects fascinates me so much that I've written a couple of posts about it:
How Narrative Structure Works in Fiction and How It Differs from Plot
5 Novels With Unusual Narrative Structures
So I was delighted to come across author Sara Foster's discussion of how she and others have used it in their works. Read her explanations here of how particular novelistic techniques can affect a story's meaning and impact.
"Why are literary critics fixating on one quality nowadays?"
That one particular quality, Larissa Pham writes, is self-awareness.
As a recent wave of literary criticism seems to demonstrate, this self-awareness falls neatly along political lines: Even within their texts, authors find themselves in the position of navigating their privilege, some of which very well might have helped land them the book deal.
A lot of us have had trouble, either periodically or continuously, concentrating enough to read since COVID-19 emerged last spring. I wrote about my own such problems here.
In this article article Danika Ellis offers six approaches you might take if you're still having trouble settling back into a reading routine.


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RPS is the world's most popular method choice-making process. It's an fascinating sufficient setting, and a number of narrative materials has been generated out of it, but as a result of the bottom line is that every one the armies should remain up for sale all the major factions are decked out in plot armour, which is sort of anathema to the idea of storytelling.
As most individuals assumed this is able to be another single-participant RPG, I believed it was self-explanatory after it turned out it wasn't. Like others have said, I hope the shooter bit is solid enough and never too cluky, and the net element straightforward enough to set up. If that's the case, this could possibly be just the game for me for a while.
I finished playing it after 3 hours, but I feel I'm in the mood to select it up again. Splatoon and Half-Life are two of my favourite games of all time. Borderlands you've gotten an open world with quests and loot, character ranges up, boss fights and so on. RPS.
The name Bioware seems to lose its significance as the years goes on. It may be a superb factor for EA to contemplate folding Bioware altogether and simply assign the its employees to inner teams earlier than the identify lose relevance fully.
But in case you nonetheless have friends who recreation, then you may nicely need to play co-op stuff with them. And now, unsure why, brutal legend is extremely anticipated, this Borderlands is in the identical form of mood", it is fun to see such modifications. RPG fans just want RPGs, FPS fans normally simply need FPS, there is not much of a house for hybrids.


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Q: assigning different data types for different columns in a numpy array I have a numpy array, with (8000000, 7) shape.
I want to keep the first 6 columns of the numpy array as float32 data type, and last column as int8 type.
And at the end, I want to save it as a csv file.
How can I manage this?

A: You could construct a structured array, but I wonder if you need to, especially if all you want is a csv file.  The fmt parameter controls how savetxt writes the columns.
First with the default fmt and column_stack:
In [1484]: a=np.random.rand(5,3)
In [1485]: b=np.arange(5,dtype=np.int8)

In [1486]: np.savetxt('test.txt',np.column_stack((a,b)))
In [1487]: cat test.txt
3.513972543477327237e-01 8.468274950931957701e-01 6.587019305719005180e-01 0.000000000000000000e+00
...

With a simpler float format:
In [1492]: np.savetxt('test.txt',np.column_stack((a,b)),fmt='%f')
In [1493]: cat test.txt
0.351397 0.846827 0.658702 0.000000
0.566257 0.419570 0.183939 1.000000
0.276351 0.341277 0.706639 2.000000
0.515183 0.296801 0.321054 3.000000
0.305349 0.407097 0.328825 4.000000

Or by specifying format for each column:
In [1496]: np.savetxt('test.txt',np.column_stack((a,b)),fmt=['%f']*3+['%d'])
In [1497]: cat test.txt
0.351397 0.846827 0.658702 0
0.566257 0.419570 0.183939 1
0.276351 0.341277 0.706639 2
0.515183 0.296801 0.321054 3
0.305349 0.407097 0.328825 4

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A nice way of constructing a structured array with data like this is to define 2 fields, and make the first an array:
In [1503]: dt=np.dtype('(3)f,i8')
In [1504]: A=np.empty((5,),dtype=dt)
In [1505]: A['f0']=a
In [1506]: A['f1']=b
In [1507]: A
Out[1507]:
array([([0.35139724612236023, 0.846827507019043, 0.6587019562721252], 0),
       ([0.566256582736969, 0.41956955194473267, 0.18393920361995697], 1),
       ([0.27635079622268677, 0.3412773013114929, 0.706638514995575], 2),
       ([0.5151825547218323, 0.29680076241493225, 0.32105395197868347], 3),
       ([0.30534881353378296, 0.4070965051651001, 0.3288247585296631], 4)],
      dtype=[('f0', '<f4', (3,)), ('f1', '<i8')])

Unfortunately savetxt can't handle that kind of 'nested' dtype.  The best I can do is format the first field as a string, with []
In [1509]: np.savetxt('test.txt',A,fmt=['%s','%d'])
In [1511]: cat test.txt
[ 0.35139725  0.84682751  0.65870196] 0
[ 0.56625658  0.41956955  0.1839392 ] 1
[ 0.2763508   0.3412773   0.70663851] 2
[ 0.51518255  0.29680076  0.32105395] 3
[ 0.30534881  0.40709651  0.32882476] 4

Instead I need to make a flat dtype; with the same bytes layout I can apply it with a view (or construct the array from scratch)
In [1512]: dt1=np.dtype('f,f,f,i8')
In [1514]: A.view(dt1)
Out[1514]:
array([(0.35139724612236023, 0.846827507019043, 0.6587019562721252, 0),
       (0.566256582736969, 0.41956955194473267, 0.18393920361995697, 1),
       (0.27635079622268677, 0.3412773013114929, 0.706638514995575, 2),
       (0.5151825547218323, 0.29680076241493225, 0.32105395197868347, 3),
       (0.30534881353378296, 0.4070965051651001, 0.3288247585296631, 4)],
      dtype=[('f0', '<f4'), ('f1', '<f4'), ('f2', '<f4'), ('f3', '<i8')])

Now I can write it with the same fmt as before:
In [1515]: np.savetxt('test.txt',A.view(dt1),fmt=['%f']*3+['%d'])
In [1516]: cat test.txt
0.351397 0.846828 0.658702 0
0.566257 0.419570 0.183939 1
0.276351 0.341277 0.706639 2
0.515183 0.296801 0.321054 3
0.305349 0.407097 0.328825 4

If one or more of your columns was strings then you would need to use structured array.  But as long as all the columns are numbers, you can get by with an all-float array, and control the print with the fmt.

A: Well you can construct the dtype then use zeros or empty to get an empty shell ready for data.  Hopefully this will give you a few ideas
>>> import numpy as np
>>>
>>> flds = ["f{:0>{}}".format(i,2) for i in range(7)]
>>> dt = [(fld, 'float32') for fld in flds]
>>> dt.append(('i01', 'int8'))
>>> a = np.zeros((10,), dtype=dt)
>>> a
array([(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)],
      dtype=[('f00', '<f4'), ('f01', '<f4'), ('f02', '<f4'), ('f03', '<f4'), ('f04', '<f4'), ('f05', '<f4'), ('f06', '<f4'), ('i01', 'i1')])
>>>

Mess around with this example def
def num_45():
    """(num_45)...
    """
    import numpy as np
    flds = ["f{:0>{}}".format(i,2) for i in range(7)]
    dt = [(fld, 'float32') for fld in flds]
    dt.append(('i01', 'int8'))
    a = np.zeros((10,), dtype=dt)
    b = np.arange(10*8).reshape(10,8)
    c = np.copy(a)
    names = a.dtype.names
    N = len(names)
    for i in range(N):
        c[names[i]] = b[:,i]
    return a, b, c

Result
>>> a
array([(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0),
       (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0)],
      dtype=[('f00', '<f4'), ('f01', '<f4'), ('f02', '<f4'), ('f03', '<f4'), ('f04', '<f4'), ('f05', '<f4'), ('f06', '<f4'), ('i01', 'i1')])
>>> b
array([[ 0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7],
       [ 8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
       [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23],
       [24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31],
       [32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39],
       [40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47],
       [48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55],
       [56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63],
       [64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71],
       [72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79]])
>>> c
array([(0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7),
       (8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15),
       (16.0, 17.0, 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, 21.0, 22.0, 23),
       (24.0, 25.0, 26.0, 27.0, 28.0, 29.0, 30.0, 31),
       (32.0, 33.0, 34.0, 35.0, 36.0, 37.0, 38.0, 39),
       (40.0, 41.0, 42.0, 43.0, 44.0, 45.0, 46.0, 47),
       (48.0, 49.0, 50.0, 51.0, 52.0, 53.0, 54.0, 55),
       (56.0, 57.0, 58.0, 59.0, 60.0, 61.0, 62.0, 63),
       (64.0, 65.0, 66.0, 67.0, 68.0, 69.0, 70.0, 71),
       (72.0, 73.0, 74.0, 75.0, 76.0, 77.0, 78.0, 79)],
      dtype=[('f00', '<f4'), ('f01', '<f4'), ('f02', '<f4'), ('f03', '<f4'), ('f04', '<f4'), ('f05', '<f4'), ('f06', '<f4'), ('i01', 'i1')])

Another example with a few lines of manual code to see the construction
n = ['It', 'is', 'easy']
dt = [(n[0], '<f8'), (n[1], '<i8'), (n[2], 'U5')]
d = np.zeros((10,), dtype=dt)
for i in range(len(n)):
    d[n[i]] = b[:, i]

yields
>>> d.dtype.names
('It', 'is', 'easy')
>>> d.reshape(10,-1)
array([[(0.0, 1, '2')],
       [(8.0, 9, '10')],
       [(16.0, 17, '18')],
       [(24.0, 25, '26')],
       [(32.0, 33, '34')],
       [(40.0, 41, '42')],
       [(48.0, 49, '50')],
       [(56.0, 57, '58')],
       [(64.0, 65, '66')],
       [(72.0, 73, '74')]],
      dtype=[('It', '<f8'), ('is', '<i8'), ('easy', '<U5')])

A: I thought it would be relatively easy to break up the array into floats and ints and then use a combination of zip and np.savetxt to put it all back together in the csv. But Support zip input in savetxt in Python 3 suggests that way lies madness.
However, being stuck on the zip idea, I just moved the work to the standard csv module. Since numpy data needs to be converted to python types it may be a bit slower. But we're talking csv writing here so hopefully its just lost in the noise.
First, generate the test array
>>> import numpy as np
>>> array = np.arange(0., 18.*5, 5., dtype=np.float32).reshape((3,6))
>>> array
array([[  0.,   5.,  10.,  15.,  20.,  25.],
       [ 30.,  35.,  40.,  45.,  50.,  55.],
       [ 60.,  65.,  70.,  75.,  80.,  85.]], dtype=float32)

Split out the final column and recast as uint8
>>> floats, ints, _after = np.hsplit(array, (5,6))
>>> ints=ints.astype(np.uint8)
>>> floats
array([[  0.,   5.,  10.,  15.,  20.],
       [ 30.,  35.,  40.,  45.,  50.],
       [ 60.,  65.,  70.,  75.,  80.]], dtype=float32)
>>> ints
array([[25],
       [55],
       [85]], dtype=uint8)

Use the python csv module to do the writes. You need to cast the zipped array rows to tuples and add them together to go from np.array to python data types.
>>> import csv
>>> writer = csv.writer(open('test.csv', 'w'))
>>> writer.writerows(tuple(f)+tuple(i) for f,i in zip(floats, ints))
>>> del writer
>>> print(open('test.csv').read())
0.0,5.0,10.0,15.0,20.0,25
30.0,35.0,40.0,45.0,50.0,55
60.0,65.0,70.0,75.0,80.0,85

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The visit is part of the Wolf Administration's efforts to encourage all eligible Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The pediatric vaccine is safe and the best way to give our children the power to safely learn, play, and be a kid.
With parental consent, children ages 5 through 11 can receive the free FDA-authorized, CDC-approved and pediatrician recommended Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. In addition to clinics at many schools, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is available at pediatrician offices, health centers, pharmacies, and other healthcare provider facilities.
"We knew as a district that we wanted to offer our facilities to host a vaccine clinic for students as soon as the approval was given for 5–11-year-olds," said Wilson School District Superintendent Dr. Richard H. Faidley. "We worked proactively with local medical professionals and Esterbrook Pharmacy so we could provide this opportunity to families as soon as possible. We were extremely pleased with the response we received as the clinic filled up about three hours after we shared it with our community. We recognize that vaccinating children against COVID-19 is a personal family choice, but we are honored to be able to collaborate with our local medical community to provide this service."
According to the CDC, Pennsylvania ranks 5th among all 50 states for total doses administered with vaccine providers administering 15,482,008 total vaccine doses. Of those, 189,882 pediatric vaccines have been administered. For more information on Pennsylvania's COVID-19 progress, visit the Department of Health's vaccine dashboard here.
Pennsylvania is encouraging all eligible individuals to get vaccinated and get boosted against COVID-19 as it is the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against the virus. To find a vaccine provider near you, use Vaccine Finder.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Department of Education, please visit the website or follow PDE on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or Pinterest.
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When setting up a business for your offline consulting, it is important to remind yourself not to work yourself to death.
Many small business offline consultants that I know are working 12 to 18 hours a day to fulfill orders. They range from designing blogs to building backlinks for their customers' blogs. For every project that they have completed, they take on another way and continue working to help their customers.
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Well, perhaps you need to oversee the system and tweak it to be more efficient so you have even lesser work.
In the offline consulting niche, one has to understand that the purpose is to meet the need of your customers who are the business owners. Let's narrow down and I personally prefer to work with small business owners mainly for these two reasons.
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– Small business owners have many many tasks to handle daily and they are always more than delighted to have you coming in to help them and most of them really appreciate your help.
One of the needs of a small business owners is tight budget and they lack IT expertise. Even if they know how to set up a blog or site, they will not have time to do it because they have other prioritites such as fulfilling orders for their own customers.
– your customer can rent your blog and decide after a few months if having online presence works for him.
In my coaching, I have taught my student this method and he ended up making US$8000 in residual monthly income within 30 days. So anyone can easily do it, including you.
So what should you prepare now, even if you want to test it just for the next 30 days.
Remember now is the testing phase and you got to keep your cost low.
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Set up a blog and add about 2 to 3 pages so that there is content on your blog.
If you want to add more pictures, use stock free images.
Now, let's work out the Maths.
To make $5000 a month, all you need to find 50 customers.
a part time freelancer at about $400/ month to do it for you.
So you will still have $4600 passive month every month and there is no need for you to do much work.
Feel free to share with me your thoughts by leaving your comment below.
In this new email interview, I am delighted to feature one of my mentors who has helped me alot in starting my Internet marketing business back in 2006.
His name is Stuart Tan. He is an excellent coach and he has been my role model all these while.
1. Please share with my readers who you are and what nature of business you are running.
I'm a trainer and the Executive Director of Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group. I primarily do coaching and training of corporate managers and executives.
2. What motivates you to create your business?
We started in 2002 and have built a sizable business over the years due to a positive combination of teamwork. Our main desire is to empower and develop people in as many ways as possible ranging from children to adults.
3. Were there any challenge you face along the way? Please share one which almost stop you from pursuing your dream.
2 hours day – Are You Committed To Your Plan?
I was talking to a fellow subscriber on Skype a few days ago.
Just a month ago, he did not know much about internet marketing. He was trying a few stuff online and didn't make much money from the things he did.
Amazingly, he made over a $1000 in 2 weeks later and I asked him about his secrets in making things worked for him.
He did not say much about the money-making method he is using.
He did not say much about what he has been doing.
He did not say much about the tons of materials he has.
Today, I am pleased to have the honor of posting the email interview I did with a millionaire in Singapore. She made her first million when she was 26!!!
Coincidentally, she is the wife of my very good friend, Alva which I met in a Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner course 8 years ago.
While reading her replies and after exchanging a few emails with her, I learnt many positive attributes from this inspiring lady. One of them is she is really humble and she is really quick in agreeing and replying my email.
I hope you can too, as you are reading this post, be inspired by this young entrepreneur and follow your own dream.
1.	Please share with my readers who you are and what nature of business you are running.
Merry Riana, Founder and Chairlady of Merry Riana Organization, made her first million when she was 26 years old. After graduating from Nanyang Technological University with a $40,000 study loan debt, zero capital and no network, she dived into a career in sales. Relying on pure determination, hard work and a positive attitude, Merry astounded her chosen sales industry by breaking many achievement records and setting new ones. In four short years after University she earned her first million dollars.
Hi, my series of email interview is BACK!!!
For this new series, I am interviewing local entrepreneurs. And the questions will be based more on "Mindset of Entrepreneurs".
From my own experience, striving to be successful for online and offline businesses requires you to have a strong mindset.
[Violet:] I am Violet, happily married with two wonderful kids and I am a professional matchmaker.
Recently, I met my good friend Perry Lai on MSN chat and we did discuss about the topic on building authority. He will be doing a workshop soon and this post is for his subscribers and participants.
Hi, this post is about building your authority – from someone new to someone of authority.
It is not easy. There are many hurdles.
I ventured into the world of make-money-online niche while everybody else was saying it was too saturated and it was impossible.
No one knows who John Yeo was. No one had ever heard of this name.
I knew these were true BUT I persisted on.
I guess I am the little fly which kept on flying while being swapped a few times.
Now, 4 years later, I managed to slice myself a piece of the big pie with my own list of subscribers (over 12,000!) and my own line of blogging products.


Please go read the issue before continuing.
First off, the title. "Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign," is part of the lyrics to "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band. It has some relevance, but not much. I think I chose it because everyone was signing papers all over. Action packed paper signing!
Nasty gets to school, late, because of what happened in issue 7. This is where what Nasty perceives as reality and actual reality start separating. Little Jimmy's school called ahead to let Seward know to expect Nasty late. Nasty is expecting the worst of the school, a lecture on the merits of being late without further punishment. Oddly, that is working on Nasty, just not the way the school expects. Nasty just wants to avoid lectures, so she'll toe the line. And, yes, she's been late before without an excuse, so she is well aware of the lecture she's expecting.
Seward also uses praise as part of maintaining discipline. Do something wrong, like be late, get lectured. Go above and beyond, even if it means being late and risking a lecture, get praised. Nasty just doesn't expect the carrot, being used to the stick part of the equation. So, when she's praised by authority, she's a little out of her depth. The reality of Nasty's school is different from her perception of it.
The next scene puts the focus on Maria, with her reaction to everything that has happened in the previous issues. She and Nasty don't get along, not under the same roof. Part of the reason is the bombshell Maria drops; she is twice the age of her daughter. Maria wasn't emotionally ready to have a child when Nasty was born. Worse, she got a kid who was just like her. Her last line shows that Nasty keeps a few secrets from her; a selfish person doesn't stop a kid from being bullied.
The final scene is the big one. The last few issues have been building up to this moment, when the Consortium strikes. The commentary for issue 7 explains why the Treasury Department. Nasty suspects something's wrong, especially with Agent Walsh. The agents also manage to upset Nasty enough to trigger her power punch, then warn her about hurting others, even by accident. Then Nasty's world spins and fades to black.
Subject 13 Issue 9 will be up Friday evening. Over at Fan To Pro, Lost in Translation will look at superhero universes and adaptations. I may have other posts here over the coming week, too.
Sometime back, I posted the character sheet and interpretation of Hfyustiykoarl, the Aslan mercenary who is best treated as dumb rocket. Dumbass seemed to generate interest, so I'm continuing this intermittant series. This time, I head to the other side of the IQ bell curve.
Her base stats, after character generation. Her full name reflects a mix of Solomani (what we Terrans call ourselves in 3600 years) and Vilani (a variant human species, originally from Vland). Sylea, aka Capital, is a High Tech, High Population, Water World. Other than her Social Status, physically, Philomena is average, but a little smarter than the norm with a good educational background.
A quick explanation of the world code: Capital is an Earth-sized world, with a standard oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere covered completely in water. Capital has a population equivalent to modern Earth's, is ruled by a civil service bureaucracy, and has very restrictive laws. Technologically, Capital has the very best of the Imperium.
Now that Philomena is ready to go off into the galaxy, she realizes that she's not going to be able to shine compared to the noble offspring around. Philomena heads over to the Imperial Naval Recruiting Office and enlists.
Philomena's naval career ends abruptly with a mishap. In a turn of good luck, she's not drummed out. Instead, she proves her worth in a battle, manning a laser turret. She probably should have received a medal; that'll be up to me to discuss with the GM if I play her. This result also allows her to keep her benefit roll from this term.
Happy to have survived, Philomena still needs a job. Realizing now that the Navy is a dangerous place to be in, especially for a young Spacehand fresh out of basic training, Philomena heads into the safety of world administration. Being so highly placed, she automatically enters the Noble career, and becomes an administrator. At this point, I should just choose a world, but I want to work with the GM on that. Ideally, Philomena is now in the Spinward Marches or whichever sector the campaign is happening in, so she can meet the other PCs.
Hey, not bad. Much safer, both feet on the ground. A chance to shine. Even got a promotion, something she never received in the Navy. (To be fair, she received an honourable discharge before she could come up for promotion.) Philomena breathes a happy sigh of contentment as she lives the life of an advisor to a minor noble.
This is going to take some explaining. As mentioned for the second term, I see Philomena as an advisor, not a ruler, especially given her Social Status. So, here, I have to somehow explain how an advisor gets the hate from one person. My take: Philomena took a look at a development and realized that the area to be redeveloped included a park much beloved by the people of the world. She advised the noble to reconsider and he or she did. That decision, though, got her on the wrong side of a developer.
Obviously, the maneuverings were orchestrated by the unhappy person in the last term. Philomena leaves her second career, and decides that a new world or even working on a starship might grant her a new view on her life.
This is the result of mustering out of both the Navy and her noble service. The one roll she got from being honourably discharged got her the choice of four ship shares or two shares and a ship's boat (small craft, usually carried by starships as both a lifeboat and as a shuttle from orbit to surface). If something happens to my PC in the game I'm currently in, I'll opt for the ship's boat, to donate it to an in-game fledgeling casino partially owned by the PCs. Otherwise, it'd depend on what the PCs as a group need; including using the ship's boat to reduce the cost of a starship.
Philomena's skill list. If you take a look at Dumbass, he had skills reaching level 3 with several at level 2. Philomena, though, has her best skill, Advocate, at level 2. Part of this comes from the change in careers. Philomena's careers have different focuses. The other part is the lack of promotions. Dumbass received four promotions, thus four extra skill rolls. As a result, he doesn't have many at the minimum level. Philomena, though, has a wide spread of skills, but mostly at the just-trained level. That said, she should have an easier time getting a position on a vessel, even if it's just back-up gunner. She knows how to get around a ship, thanks to her naval training. So, why did I call her a lawyer in this entry's title? Advocate 2, Writing 1, Persuade 1. She knows the law, can write depositions, and can be persuasive in a court of law. Add in Diplomat, and she's most likely a civil lawyer, able to get favourable settlements without having to enter a courtroom at all.
Unlike Hfyustiykoarl, Philomena isn't hired muscle. She has seen combat, but her forte is the social scene. Her role in a party is to make sure that the group gets a fair shake, and she can back up the combat types when needed.
For those who aren't aware, I write Lost in Translation, a column about adaptations, reboots, and remakes in the media, mainly movies. As a result, I watch a lot of movies. Unfortunately, not every movie I watch is a good one, though some are still fun to watch.
Some spoilers follow, so here comes the cut!
Nasty arrived at school late. Traffic had slowed her down, and the lights never helped. She parked her motorcycle, then walked in through the front doors. A teacher sat behind a small desk in the foyer, signing a late slip for another late student. Nasty sighed. Better get this over with. She walked over to the teacher.
As always, go read the issue. It makes the commentary easier to follow.
Rennie's habit of hitting snooze is one familiar to me. I tend to keep hitting snooze until I have maybe ten minutes to wake up, get dressed, treat the cats, and dash for my bus. Nasty's nightwear is based on a few minutes of thought - what would a tomboy who isn't confident about her looks, like Nasty, wear to bed. And, naturally, I worked in a shower scene. It's something that appeared in my early works; oddly, none of them are really fan-service-y. They just followed from what was happening.
Rennie's mother, despite changing her name with every marriage (possibly number three, though I haven't delved too much into Mrs. Hayes' background yet), knows about the relationship between Nasty and Maria. It pains her to see the two fight, though she knows why they do. Mrs. Hayes also lets the reader in on the actual relationship, not just Nasty's view of it.
Meanwhile, the Treasure Department makes an appearance. (Well, if you've read issue 6, you'd know who they are.) This, if anything, dates the web series. Remember from the intro, I mentioned writing this mainly during 2001 and 2002. Issue 7 was written the summer of 2001. The Al Qaeda attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City hadn't happened; meaning, the massive reorganization and added level of bureaucracy known as the Department of Homeland Security hadn't happened. My thinking, in that summer of 2001, was that Treasury, specifically, an off shoot of the Secret Service, would handle the tracking of metahumans. Today, that'd be handled by Homeland Security.
While I'm on this tangent, the attack on the World Trade Centre created a problem*, for me and for writers at DC and Marvel. A Spider-Man movie trailer had to have an image of the WTC editted out, because of raw emotions. DC and Marvel had to figure out how, in a universe filled with heroes, could terrorists succeed at destroying two buildings and coming close to destroying a third**. With DC, their iconic heroes lived in fictional cities like Metropolis and Gotham. Superman can't be everywhere. Marvel, though, has most of their heroes living in New York City, including the heavy hitters of the Avengers. And, I, although not in the same league, have to figure the same thing out. The S13-verse (my shorthand for the setting) is based on ideas from DC and Marvel, with analogues. So, why couldn't my Avengers-analogue prevent the destruction? And, how real time is the story? At some point, I may even have answers.
Back to issue 7. Maria signed over her daughter to what she thinks is Treasury. Nasty, meanwhile, showed that being a hero is something she can do already. She didn't have to help little Jimmy. She didn't have to make sure he got to school safely. She did, though. Many people would have stood by, thinking "kids will be kids" or not even noticing. Being the one to act is tough; it means having to put yourself in a position of responsibility.
The last scene is there to remind people what really is going on, in case something got missed in a previous issue. The two people are still nameless and faceless, though at this point, I know who they are. I just couldn't think of a way to show that. Besides, nameless, faceless people of an evil corporation? There's a reason why it's a cliche.
Tomorrow, Subject 13 #8, "Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign", will be up.
Saturday, over at Fan To Pro, Lost in Translation takes a look at the nature of remakes, as I get ready for the penultimate and ultimate parts of The Avengers Adaptation.
Coming soon here, why Sharktopus was a better movie than Battleship.
* Not to trivialize the loss of family and friends who were working at or just visiting the World Trade Centre. The destruction of the WTC is a major event in American history, from the attack happening to the reaction by the American people and the American government.
Nasty woke up in the morning with a start. The alarm sounded wrong, and the bed was uncomfortable. She sat up, then realized where she was. I'm in Rennie's room. No need to panic. Nasty looked around. Rennie turned over in her bed, her dark hair a tangled mess.
"Stupid alarm," Rennie grumbled. She smacked it, turning it off. "What time is it?"
"Seven," Nasty answered. "Why so early?"
"So I can hit snooze for another half hour." Rennie flipped over on her stomach and was soon asleep again.
Nasty considered doing the same thing, but instead got out of her cot. She stretched, working out the kinks the cot left her. As quietly as she could, she gathered her school uniform and underwear, then left her friend's room. She tiptoed to the bathroom, where she ran the water for a shower. Making sure the water was hot enough for her, Nasty stripped out of her T-shirt and sweatpants, and stepped in.
The shower worked out Nasty's muscle aches, and she stepped out of the shower a few minutes later feeling refreshed. She dressed, then walked downstairs into the kitchen. Rennie's mother sat at the table, reading the newspaper. She looked up as Nasty entered.
"Hi, Ms, um, Hayes," Nasty said.
"'Morning, Natasha. It's 'Mrs.' now," Mrs. Hayes said. "Sleep well?"
"I see. You know where the cereal is?"
"Think so." Nasty opened a cupboard and looked over the choice of cereals. She grabbed the box of rice crispies, then found a clean bowl.
"Another fight with your mom?" Mrs. Hayes asked as Nasty sat down at the table.
Gee, how'd you guess? "Yeah, another," Nasty answered. She poured milk on her cereal. "It's getting bad between us. I just want to move out."
"So she doesn't know you're here?"
"We weren't exactly speaking to each other."
"You should really try to get along with your mother, Natasha. It's a shame, really, about you two."
"I can't live with her anymore," Nasty said, keeping her voice level. "As soon as I'm in college, I'm out of there."
"Your mom's just looking out for you."
"She's got a funny way of showing it." Nasty finished her breakfast. "I'll see if Rennie's up." She stood up, then left the kitchen. Returning to her friend's room, she knocked softly. Nasty heard soft grumbling from inside. She entered.
"Up already?" Rennie asked as she turned over in her bed.
"I'm going to head off," Nasty said. "I'll see you tonight."
"School?" Rennie scrambled out of bed. "Why don't you skip class today and spend it with me?"
"Can't. The school'd call Mom, and then she'll storm in. I just don't want a major scene."
Maria Giuliano woke at the sound of hammering. She rolled off the couch, knocking over a couple of beer bottles. "Alright already!" she grumbled. Clutching her head, she shambled to the door. She looked through the peephole and saw a blond man and a dark-haired woman, wearing similar suits. Maria opened the door. "Yeah?" she said.
"Ms Giuliano?" the woman asked. "Maria Giuliano?"
Maria smoothed her clothes. "That's me."
"May we speak to you about your daughter?" the man asked.
"What has that girl done now?" Maria said. She turned, then yelled, "Natasha Teresa! Get out here right now."
"May we come in, please?" the woman said, stepping into the doorway.
Maria turned back to the pair. "Who are you? The police?"
The man pulled out a badge and identification. "Adam McArthur, Karen Walsh," he said. "We're from the Treasury Department."
"Treasury? Is this about the altie around here? Shouldn't you be talking to the FBI?"
"The Secret Service takes over when a metahuman has been identified," Walsh said. "Please, ma'am, may we come in?"
Maria stepped to the side to let the agents in. She picked up the empty beer bottles around the couch. "Please, have a seat. I'll go get Natasha." She left the living room to go check her daughter's bedroom. "Natasha, I called you once. Get out of bed, now." The door to Nasty's bedroom was open. Maria looked in the room, puzzled over why the door was open. "Natasha?" She looked around the room from the doorway. Her daughter was nowhere to be seen. Did she even come home last night? Hell with her. I've had enough. She returned to the living room, where the agents sat on the couch. "My daughter isn't home," Maria said.
"That's okay, Ms Giuliano," Walsh said.
"We just need you to sign some papers," McArthur said. "Natasha is still a minor, so her parent or guardian has to sign the authority for her."
"Ms Giuliano," Walsh said, "your daughter turned herself in last night. We're not pressing any charges against her, but we would like to get her into a proper training program so she can control her power."
"What about her school?" Maria asked.
McArthur removed papers from his suit pocket. "We can take care of the school's paperwork, too, Ms Giuliano. All you need to do is sign these, and your daughter will get the best care for metahumans."
Maria took the papers. She unfolded them and read them over. "I suppose. Do you have a pen?"
Nasty mounted her motorcycle and left her friend waving to her. Her jacket blocked the morning chill in the air, and she easily slipped through traffic. Away. I need to get away from here. Maybe Rennie is up for a road trip. A crowd on the sidewalk caught Nasty's attention. Several girls and boys stood around a smaller boy. None looked to be older than eleven years old. Nasty pulled over to the curb to watch, taking off her helmet. The gang pushed the smaller boy around, causing him to fall. Nasty dismounted, took off her helmet, and walked over.
"Leave him alone," Nasty ordered, looming over the children.
"We're just playin'," a girl said.
"Yeah. Tell her, Jimmy," a boy added.
"We're just playin'," Jimmy, the boy on the ground, snuffled.
"See?" the first girl said.
Nasty glared at the children. A younger boy fidgeted under Nasty's gaze, then slowly began to back up. "Leave him alone," Nasty repeated. "Don't you have school to go to?"
The children slowly walked away, warily watching Nasty. She bent down beside Jimmy, who inched away from her. Nasty smiled, trying to reassure the boy. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"Do you live around here? Where are your parents?"
"I shouldn't talk to strangers."
Nasty held out a hand to Jimmy. "Let me help you up."
Jimmy got back to his feet on his own. "I hafta go to school." He ran off.
Nasty returned to her motorcycle. They're gonna wait for him. She checked her watch. If I'm late, I'm late. She started the engine, and followed little Jimmy. Nasty saw the group of children several times, waiting. A rev of her engine sent the kids scurrying away each time. Jimmy reached his school and found his friends on the playground. Nasty kept an eye on him for a few minutes before turning off her bike. She saw the gang of tormentors still around, watching Jimmy.
They're not going to leave him alone today, Nasty thought. She spotted a teacher in the yard. Nasty took off her helmet and jacket as she dismounted her motorcycle. She walked to the edge of the playground, then waved to get the teacher's attention.
"This is school property, young lady," the teacher, a middle-aged woman said. "You'll have to leave."
"There was a problem with one of the kids," Nasty said. "Some older kids were picking on him, pushing him around." She pointed at the pack. "Over there. They kept trying to ambush Jimmy."
"I'll make sure the issue is dealt with," the teacher said.
"Can you keep an eye on Jimmy? I think they'll still go after him after school."
"I'll keep an eye on him and call his parents." The teacher looked over Nasty. "Seward? You're a little out of your way. How long have you been watching Jimmy?"
"Are you going to be late?"
Nasty shrugged. "School isn't as important as a kid's right to left alone by bullies. I just don't like seeing a gang preying on someone."
"I'll look after Jimmy. You should get going, too, um, I'm sorry, I never caught your name."
"You should get going, Natasha. Do you need a note or anything?"
"Nah, I think I can get there in time." Nasty started to return to her motorcycle.
"Thanks for looking after Jimmy."
"Sir, Subject 6 has reported in. The girl's mother has signed her over."
"Excellent. They are bringing the girl in now?"
"The girl wasn't home when Subjects 6 and 11 visited. They're going to her school to pick her up. The girl's mother was very helpful in telling them what the school expects."
"Will we have the girl by the end of the day?"
"I have full confidence in Subjects 6 and 11."
Hair colour changes upon the whim of Subject 7.
Enhanced reflexes, best estimate through testing is five times the human norm. Strength and endurance appear to have been improved, however causality is still being investigated.
See file:\\FS16735-1\Subjects\7\analysis.doc - Subject 7 will, without warning, change her mind drastically. This has threatened at least one assignment. It is expected that she will turn on us in the future. When, not if but when, this happens, Subject 7 is expendable and to be eliminated.
Next Issue: Now that Maria has signed her daughter away, what will happen to Nasty?
As always, better read the issue before continuing.
Issue 6 wraps up the night of interviews. The issues are short in part because this is an early writing attempt by me (summer 2000), and in part because I was at work for most of the writing and had to do this between calls (and sometimes during; still solved the caller's problem). Nasty stormed home despite her mother using her full first and middle names. Then, Nasty ran away from home. Sort of.
Along comes a info mini-dump. Basically, what Nasty knows, what she can't figure out, what happened to her shoulder (I bet people were wondering if I forgot about that). Nasty's going through a cultural shift; her old school was up to deal with students who pushed the boundaries. Seward goes for counselling instead; private school, wouldn't really want to lose a source of income; at the same time, the school has students there who want to learn. Maria might be on to something.
Rennie's family is slightly complicated. Her parents are divorced and have been for a while. Both have new spouses, though Rennie isn't all that impressed, especially with Paula. Rennie and Nasty understand each other, though. Nasty's best friend her age.
And, at the end, Maria returns home finally. And, to show how upset she is with her daughter, she unleashes the full name. No one persists in their behaviour after their mother uses first, middle, and last name. So, the lack of response is odd, to say the least. And, well, Nasty picked up her language skills from someone.
Friday, look for Issue #7. Over at Fan To Pro, I'll have Lost in Translation 52 up Saturday morning, continuing the Avengers Adaptation series.
Back a bit, I gushed over D&D Next's ability to allow swashbucklers right out of the box. I even figured out three different ways to create a swashbuckler. With the new season of D&D Encounters, I decided to put one into action.
Meet Rufus. Rufus takes the cleric build I mentioned in the previous entry. Jester background, cleric of a trickster god, with a switch up on the specialty to add a bit more healing oomph. But the mechanics are just one part of any player character, a minor part at that. This is where Rufus goes beyond the race-class combo. You see, Rufus is loosely based on his namesake in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Some of the idea comes from being a jester. A benefit of the background is to land performing jobs at taverns and inns in return for room and meal. "Performing" covers a wide area, from song and dance to instrumentals to comedy. Stand-up comedy. Got me to thinking. What would be the best prank to pull on an audience in a tavern that doesn't involve spiking the ale? What if a cleric could give a sermon and not have anyone realize it yet still spread the message of his deity until the reveal at the end?
Rufus owes a lot to George Carlin, not only for the name, but for the approach to sermonizing. Carlin knew the best way to get people thinking is to get them laughing. That's the approach my Rufus is taking. His message, representing his deity's, is "Be excellent to each other." A simple, yet powerful message, meant to crossover societal levels. To introduce it to the masses as a stand-up routine? Best prank ever.
The world this season of Encounters is in isn't as fleshed out as Greyhawk or the Forgotten Realms. The gods are so-far unnamed, with a lawful/chaos dichotomy going. Trickster gods tend to slide to the chaotic side of the chart. The town guard trends towards lawful. There will be a bit of conflict there, though Rufus is set to talk himself out of trouble if needed. However, as part of an adventuring party, his role will be to tend to the wounded. He just happens to be able to tend to the morale of the party, too.
So, I am looking forward to seeing how Rufus as a PC does when he encounters the plot. D&D Encounters tended to focus on combat encounters, but that was a product of D&D 4th Edition[link]. D&D Next feels more organic, less designed for set pieces. This season of Encounters was designed for both versions (locally, there'll be at least one table of each version).
I'll end this by letting Rufus get the last words. "Three things to remember. First, tip your waitress. Really, they work hard getting you ale. Second, be excellent to each other. And, third, party on, dudes!"
"Natasha! Natasha, where are you?"
Nasty stared at her right hand as it glowed purple. C'mon, stop already!
Again, go read the issue before continuing.
The past three issues have built up the setting, expanded the cast, and introduced plot elements. A slow build up, but, like winter, a payoff is coming.
Issue #5 starts off with the Consortium, and sets out their plan. And the title of the series should now make sense, even if it took five issues to get to the call out. The Consortium has people who understand bureaucracy, too. Bureaumancy isn't a superpower.
The big thing is Nasty's mother finally got a name! Maria! Nothing special about the name; I just figured an Italian Catholic would name her eldest daughter that. Nothing special about the teacher's name, other than Nordberg comes from Police Squad and the subsequent Naked Gun movies. Sometimes I can find a decent name; other times, I have to reach. Nordberg was a character needed for the role of "English teacher" and not necessarily a major persona outside of allowing me to show off Nasty and Maria. I could probably do an entire entry on how I go about naming characters at some point.
Nasty also does some flip-flopping. To be fair, she had her reasons that seemed important at the time but now she wants to go back on them. The confidence Nasty exudes is somewhat superficial at times, especially when she's out of her element. Nasty can also be a little vindictive. She's not a perfect person by any stretch. She has a mean streak and will find ways to take it out on others. Room for character growth, though. Something that a serial drama needs.
Tomorrow, Issue #6 hits the blog. Saturday, look for my post at Fan To Pro as Lost in Translation looks at the upcoming Superman reboot and his origins, along with superhero origins in general.
* She also got to hit people without getting into trouble, but that's out of scope for this issue.
Once again, Nasty uses strong language. Reader discretion advised.
"Sir, Subjects 4 and 7 have checked in. The Giuliano girl was the metahuman behind the attack. Subject 4 confirmed that with a scan of her mind. The girl's mother knows about her ability, too. The power manifested recently."
"Your hunch paid off again."


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The draw is bad result for both Arsenal and Manchester City. Arsenal had lost its last two games and needed a win to get back on track in the League. Sitting at the 6th spot and trailing Manchester City by 7 points for the Champions League berth, it seems unlikely the Gunners will play with the best of Europe next year, it would be the first time in over two decades.
Man City is stagnating with a third consecutive draw and missed another chance to close the gap on leader Chelsea who lost at home.
"Overall, yes 2-2 was a fair result. You could see that we played with a bit of nerves as we started the game in a nervous way. Our confidence was not at its highest. Today was a real mental test about how united we are and how ready we are for a fight.
"Could we respond when we were a goal down against Manchester City who are very dangerous in the transitions? On the mental front it was a very positive response from our team. I hope and I'm sure it will help us to restart with more confidence in the next games.
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Kate Kinninmont MBE reveals what happened at a lively event where British Council Ukraine unveiled its findings on equality in the arts.
As CEO of Women in Film & Television in the UK, I was delighted to be invited to speak at this year's Odessa International Film Festival. The lively festival, directed by Julia Sinkevych, ran an excellent series of industry events from 15-20 of July, including Cinema: Backstage, a new initiative organised by Tamara Tatishvili, the Georgian representative of Eurimages and European Film Promotion.
The Cinema: Backstage conference focused on the theme, Gender Equality: Myth and Reality, and saw strong contributions from Roberto Olla, Executive Director of Eurimage, Ewa Puszcynska (producer of Ida and Cold War), Georgian director Nana Janelidze, Croatian director Hanna Slak, and Eric Garandeau, adviser to the Minister of Culture in France.
Olla opened the discussion by remarking that he had been very complacent about Eurimage's track record on equality, believing that, while some individual countries may have a problem, Eurimage itself did not. Then he commissioned a review of Eurimage funding – and discovered that in fact everyone has a problem! He referenced Sweden's Anna Serner as one woman who has tackled the problem successfully, and demonstrated that the problem lies not with the women filmmakers but with the commissioners.
A packed room witnessed the launch of the British Council's report on Gender Equality and Empowerment in the Creative and Cultural industries, covering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine. Irina Prokofieva, manager of the research project, used a highly visual presentation to demonstrate the extent of the challenges facing the region and detailing how low gender awareness significantly influences the creative process.
A member of the audience pointed out that, until last year, the Ukrainian government had a list of 450 occupations deemed unsuitable for women. The list was issued by the Department of Health as these jobs were considered to be damaging to a women's reproductive health. Yet another rule, which restricted women from working from 10pm to 6am, goes back to 1919, when women and men were prohibited from staying together during the night. Apparently, there were great celebrations when this list of banned jobs was cancelled last year!
Irina pointed out that there is something of a Soviet legacy, and made the point that, as elsewhere in Europe, there is a generational shift in attitudes towards gender and sexism, but her statistics demonstrated that the region has a long way to go to really overcome this issue.
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The third day, in the morning, the wind having abated overnight, the sea was calm, and I ventured: but I am a warning to all rash and ignorant pilots; for no sooner was I come to the point, when I was not even my boat's length from the shore, but I found myself in a great depth of water, and a current like the sluice of a mill; it carried my boat along with it with such violence that all I could do could not keep her so much as on the edge of it; but I found it hurried me farther and farther out from the eddy, which was on my left hand.
Then sleep overpowered me, and I stretched myself on my couch of zostera, and slept profoundly, whilst the Nautilus was gliding rapidly through the current of the Black River.
The last band of Crow warriors had scarcely disappeared in the clouds of dust they had raised, when our voyagers arrived at the mouth of the river and glided into the current of the Yellowstone.
The current bore them along at a rapid rate; the light spirits of the Canadian voyageurs, which had occasionally flagged upon land, rose to their accustomed buoyancy on finding themselves again upon the water.
I rose and walked backward and forward, and tried to turn the current of my thoughts in some new direction.
And, even then, we could not resist atmospheric currents of any considerable strength.