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Q: Quasar drawer toggle status problems I have a basic SPA with two child components, a header and a side menu (left drawer).
From the header I have used a custom event to trigger the variable to be updated in the parent and this variable is then passed to the side menu via prop.
Parent Component
<MainHeader @toggleLeftDrawer="toggleLeftDrawer()"/>
<LeftDrawer :leftDrawerOpen="leftDrawerOpen" />

export default {
  components: { MainHeader, LeftDrawer },
  setup () {
    const leftDrawerOpen = ref(false)

    return {
      leftDrawerOpen,
      toggleLeftDrawer () {
        leftDrawerOpen.value = !leftDrawerOpen.value
      }
    }
  }
}

Header
<q-btn dense flat round icon="menu" @click="toggleLeftDrawer" />

export default {
  setup (props, context) {
    const toggleLeftDrawer = () => {
      context.emit('toggleLeftDrawer')
    }
    return {
      toggleLeftDrawer
    }
  }
}

Left Drawer
<q-drawer
  show-if-above
  :model-value="leftDrawerOpen"
  side="left"
  :width="283"
  bordered
>
</q-drawer>

export default {
  props: ['leftDrawerOpen']
}

I have identified two problems/bugs with this setup of separating the code into components:

*

*As the variable is initially defined with a value of false it takes two clicks of the "hamburger menu" to close the drawer. The 1st sets it to true (current state) and the 2nd sets it to false and hides the drawer

*If the drawer is closed by clicking the "hamburger menu" the variable is set to false however if the drawer is closed by clicking the background the drawer does not close.

A: Few things you need to correct.

*

*In the Left Drawer component, you can't directly use that props variable in the v-model. You need to create copy of that variable and watch that.

    props: ['leftDrawerOpen'],
    setup() {
      return {
        essentialLinks: linksList,
        drawe: ref(true)
      }
    },
    watch: {
      leftDrawerOpen: function () {
        console.log("In Watch")
        console.log(this.leftDrawerOpen)
        this.drawe = this.leftDrawerOpen
      }
    }

<q-drawer
    v-model="drawe"
    show-if-above
    bordered
  >
    <q-list>
      <q-item-label
        header
      >
        Essential Links
      </q-item-label>

    </q-list>
  </q-drawer>

*In header Component you are missing emits
   emits:['toggleLeftDrawer']

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Harvard Business SchoolHBX emphasizes interaction among its students.This week, Harvard Business School launched an innovative new online education program to the public that it thinks is so far ahead of free online courses that it's worthy of a $1, 500 price tag.
The 11-week pre-MBA program called CORe accepts about 500 students and is taught in the school's signature case-study method. The first official session started on Feb. 25, and applications are open for spring and summer sessions.
CORe is made up of three courses — economics for managers, business analytics, and financial accounting — and primarily targets young professionals with liberal arts backgrounds who aspire to rise to management or are considering getting an MBA.
Students who pass the program receive a certificate that carries the weight of one from HBS's executive education program.
HBX chair Bharat Anand tells Business Insider that most online course offerings are still in their infancy, where long video lectures posted alongside multiple choice questions is the norm.
Conversely, HBX CORe is built on a proprietary platform that uses the case-study technique that distinguishes HBS. "This has some very interesting and exciting potential for education, " Anand says.
It started as a way to find an online tool to address the "non trivial" 20% to 30% of students accepted to HBS's MBA program who lacked the necessary background in "the language of business": accounting, economics, and data analysis. These students always had access to a two-week primer before matriculating in the fall, but Anand says the short time was insufficient for achieving a thorough understanding, and traveling to HBS's campus before the school year officially starts could be an inconvenience for many students.
HBXThe CORe program includes three courses that represent the "language of business."
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Q: How to reload my google chart based on button click? This is my code used to display chart and display number of votes. It was working perfectly.
In this code when I click refresh button votes will be update without refreshing page. How can I do this?

<button>Refresh</button>

<?php
$q_id = $row['q_id'];
include "connection.php";
$sql1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM votes where q_id='$q_id'");
$count1 = mysql_num_rows($sql1);

$sql2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM votes where q_id='$q_id' and answer='Yes'");
$count2 = mysql_num_rows($sql2);

$sql3 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM votes where q_id='$q_id' and answer='No'");
$count3 = mysql_num_rows($sql3);
?>


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34. _____ + 79 Across and a 17 Down + 22 Down + 30 Down from RF Cafe!
50. Control language used by Hewlett Packard printers, abbr.
67. International phonetic alphabet letter "U"
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Agency takes an agile approach to meet growing client demand for ESG and purpose-driven communications campaigns
NEW YORK, November 30, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kite Hill PR, an award-winning agile tech PR and B2B communications agency, is establishing a dedicated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice, formalizing the agency's rapidly growing work in helping clients navigate and develop earned media and thought leadership strategies for mission-driven and pro-social initiatives.
"This builds upon our ongoing commitment to help clients navigate today's most pressing issues in authentic and transparent ways," said Tiffany Guarnaccia, CEO & Founder, Kite Hill PR. "As we enter into a new era of purpose-driven communications, clients have been increasingly reliant on us for insight and execution of strategic public relations programs that highlight how ESG initiatives are interlaced into an organization's overarching business strategy."
The Kite Hill PR team brings a track record of award-winning work, in areas such as clean energy, mobility, logistics, and the growing number of media, advertising and enterprise technology clients who rely on the company for strategy and thought leadership. In addition, Kite Hill has counseled and launched multiple mission-driven initiatives from across its client base related to public health, DE&I as well as climate change and sustainability.
The move builds on one of Kite Hill PR's missions to advance the PR industry itself, including Guarnaccia's work to launch and grow Communications Week; a global community and conference property that was acquired by Ragan Communications in 2021. Guarnaccia remains co-chair of Ragan's Communications Week board. The agency also pioneered the PR Sprint(™) model, an agile workflow for the industry and is active with various industry groups including PR Council and PRSA, as well as the British Consulate.
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Based in New York City with team members in the UK and across North America, Kite Hill PR is a leading B2B communications and tech PR agency specializing in connecting enterprise technology, media and advertising businesses with key stakeholders. The company's winning approach combines thought leadership, strategy and media relations to drive clients' businesses forward. Kite Hill PR has been recognized as a "Top PR Agency in the US" by Forbes, as one of the "Top Specialist PR Agencies" by the New York Observer and as a "Top Place to Work in PR" by PR News.
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.Shared.Extensions;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Host.Mef;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Shared.Extensions;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Commanding;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.Commanding.Commands;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities;

namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.CSharp.FixInterpolatedVerbatimString
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Replaces <c>@$"</c> with <c>$@"</c>, which is the preferred and until C# 8.0 the only supported form
    /// of an interpolated verbatim string start token. In C# 8.0 we still auto-correct to this form for consistency.
    /// </summary>
    [Export(typeof(ICommandHandler))]
    [ContentType(ContentTypeNames.CSharpContentType)]
    [Name(nameof(FixInterpolatedVerbatimStringCommandHandler))]
    internal sealed class FixInterpolatedVerbatimStringCommandHandler : IChainedCommandHandler<TypeCharCommandArgs>
    {
        [ImportingConstructor]
        [Obsolete(MefConstruction.ImportingConstructorMessage, error: true)]
        public FixInterpolatedVerbatimStringCommandHandler()
        {
        }

        public string DisplayName => CSharpEditorResources.Fix_interpolated_verbatim_string;

        public void ExecuteCommand(TypeCharCommandArgs args, Action nextCommandHandler, CommandExecutionContext executionContext)
        {
            // We need to check for the token *after* the opening quote is typed, so defer to the editor first
            nextCommandHandler();

            var cancellationToken = executionContext.OperationContext.UserCancellationToken;
            if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
            {
                return;
            }

            try
            {
                ExecuteCommandWorker(args, cancellationToken);
            }
            catch (OperationCanceledException)
            {
                // According to Editor command handler API guidelines, it's best if we return early if cancellation
                // is requested instead of throwing. Otherwise, we could end up in an invalid state due to already
                // calling nextCommandHandler().
            }
        }

        private static void ExecuteCommandWorker(TypeCharCommandArgs args, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            if (args.TypedChar == '"')
            {
                var caret = args.TextView.GetCaretPoint(args.SubjectBuffer);
                if (caret != null)
                {
                    var position = caret.Value.Position;
                    var snapshot = caret.Value.Snapshot;

                    if (position >= 3 &&
                        snapshot[position - 1] == '"' &&
                        snapshot[position - 2] == '$' &&
                        snapshot[position - 3] == '@')
                    {
                        var document = snapshot.GetOpenDocumentInCurrentContextWithChanges();
                        if (document != null)
                        {
                            var root = document.GetRequiredSyntaxRootSynchronously(cancellationToken);
                            var token = root.FindToken(position - 3);
                            if (token.IsKind(SyntaxKind.InterpolatedVerbatimStringStartToken))
                            {
                                args.SubjectBuffer.Replace(new Span(position - 3, 2), "$@");
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public CommandState GetCommandState(TypeCharCommandArgs args, Func<CommandState> nextCommandHandler)
            => nextCommandHandler();
    }
}

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This time around, one of these bands is about to release an album 10 years after their last one (a bit more dramatic then the referenced earlier episode). The same question applies: is it worth it? Well, listen to find out, and make sure you stick around for the new bands!
Anybody who has listened tot his show more than once knows Nick and Brian tend to have pretty similar tastes. However, it has been a while since every review in an episode received the same rating number. Did the albums this week hit a sweet spot? Let us know your thoughts in the comments! Oh, we also start the show with by continuing a conversation from last week, so feel free to chime in on that too.


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Up-and-Coming Athletes Dominate Age-Group Nationals
August 22, 2009 | By Colorado Triathlete
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August 22, 2009 (Tuscaloosa, AL) – A couple of youngsters crashed the party with surprise victories at the 2009 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships on Saturday. A year after two 37-year-olds won overall national titles in Portland, Ore., two athletes from the 20-24 age group took the top podium spots.
The athletes had to contend with an unexpected challenge – a strong river current, which resulted in slower than expected swim times. Heavy rains earlier this week caused the city to open a flood gate, causing the strong current, which was more of an issue for the competitors than the heat and humidity (mid-80s and 40 percent humidity) of this southern college town.
Joe Maloy, a 24-year-old from Brighton, Mass., edged newcomer Sean Jefferson, 27, (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) with a time of 1 hour, 57 minutes and 23 seconds. In the women's race, 20-year-old Kaitlin Shiver of Satellite Beach, Fla., posted a time of 2:08:13 and finished over 2 minutes ahead of runner-up Lindsay Woodward, 24, (Gainesville, Fla.) and over 5 minutes ahead of the third-place finisher.
In an era where athletes are aging gracefully and staying competitive longer (see Lance Armstrong and Dara Torres, among others) this day belonged to triathlon's up-and-coming athletes. Eight of the top 10 male finishers and six of the top 10 women were under 30 years old.
Shiver, who runs track and cross country at the University of Florida, surprised even herself when she found out about her victory.
"This is incredible," said Shiver. "I came here and thought that if I got top 5 in my age group, I'd be happy. I've never been to a race this big. I just do races locally and my coach at the University of Florida says that I have to be a runner during the year, so during the summer I get to be a triathlete a little bit."
Maloy, who swam for Boston College, was ecstatic about his win, especially in light of his recent triathlon mishaps.
"I always hope to win no matter what the race or what the competition," he said. "But this is my first year competing in triathlon, so I'm getting used to all the rules. In Philly I was penalized 6 minutes because I didn't know all the bike rules. So I keep learning every race I go to. There's just so much more that goes into this sport."
Over 1,000 athletes competing from 46 states can also attest to what goes into this sport. Countless hours spent training all came down to one event with national titles and Team USA spots on the line. Athletes earned national titles in 28 age groups with the top 18 in each category qualifying to compete at the 2010 ITU World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Jeff Dyrek, the National Events director at USA Triathlon, talked about what it takes to put on an event like this, which included a pre-race expo, awards ceremony, a post-race food tent, big screen live video and more, for the athletes.
"The support from the city of Tuscaloosa allows this to become a great event," Dyrek said. "We do this event to showcase our annual members and the best in the nation. That's why we go so big for this event."
Following the Age Group National Championship, the elites took the stage for the USA Triathlon Elite National Championship where Matt Chrabot and Jasmine Oeinck were crowned national champions.
USA Triathlon Winter Nationals Slated for Saturday in Utah USAT Collegiate Nationals Returns to Tuscaloosa Athletes Shine at USAT Duathlon Nationals Davison, Hart, and Dukat Named USAT Age Group Athletes of the Year Williams, Kahsar Race to Overall Titles at USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals
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Here are your summer wine picks!
Sh'Bubbles is a California sparkling wine. It retails for $26.99.
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Albariños are always easy to drink and great to serve to company. Sold for $11.99.
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This is a popular German wine that tastes like "summer in a glass" and is sold for $14.99.
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CFP: Black Gay Men's Anthology (3/15/05; anthology)
F. Leon Roberts
thesoulsofblackfolk@gmail.com
CFP: BLACK GAY MEN'S ANTHOLOGY (3/18/05;6.15.05)
Published by the New York State Black Gay Network, Institute for Gay
Men's Health (AIDS Project Los Angeles & Gay Men's Health Crisis);
Black AIDS Institute and The National Black Justice Coalition
Co-edited by Frank Leon Roberts and Marvin K. White
Submissions are currently being accepted for the second volume of the
2004 LAMBDA Literary Award-nominated anthology Think Again to be
published by the New York State Black Gay Network, The Institute of
Gay Men's Health (a collaboration between AIDS Project Los Angeles and
Gay Men's Health Crisis), The Black AIDS Institute and the NBJC
(National Black Justice Coalition). The first volume, which featured
contributions by a diverse array of writers, critics and artists such
as Roderick Ferguson, Lyle Ashton Harris, Tim'm T. West and Vincent
Woodard, among others, attempted to re-think the relationship between
black men and HIV/AIDS. It is through this "re-thinking" that new
truths were told, old lies unearthed and the way forward made clear. A
forum for black men practicing same-sex desire to hear and read one
another's experiences was born; narratives were connected.
This new volume will speak in even greater volume to and from black
gay men and black men who practice same-sex desire about the
intersections of family and social value. In Think Again 2 our
personal narratives, poetry and cultural criticism will speak to how
black gay men and black gay men anchored in various communities of
same sex desire, construct, are denied, and (re)imagine notions of
kinship and belonging as well as the social value of their lives,
practices, and performances in the age of the global AIDS pandemic.
Think Again 2 will be a gathering of diasporic black voices,
re-locating our (dis)located bodies, minds and spirits to these pages,
the family album of our dreams. Think Again 2 will be a landmark
conversation about same-sex marriage, the "down low" and black
masculinities in the age of AIDS as well as the institutions of black
cultural belonging (church, 'home,' etc.) to which same sex desiring
black men are often excluded.
Submit your stories about family, both your biological and your
extended. Tell the story of how you got your name: gay, DL, SGL or
Other. Answer the question "Are you family?" Is there/has there
been/will there be "value" in identifying as gay or as being "family?"
Tell the story of when you changed your name from one to the other.
Speak to feeling like "The Other." Speak to constructing virtual and
on-line family and how your electronic life is performed and played
out. Speak to the exclusion of your life from your family's history.
Speak to a literary lineage. Speak to fatherhood, yours and your
fathers. Speak to your children, both biological and found. Speak to
the media shaped masculinities that you choose from and the
"hand-me-down"ness" of labels that just might not fit you. Tell your
story of aging in or aging out of "the family." Speak to 'staying in'
and 'coming in' rather than 'coming out' to black communities. Write
to love and how your love is re-enforced or torn apart by the places
where love is supposed to reside. Write about our lives' worth, our
heart's worth, our mind's worth.
Committed to reaching various and broad publics, we especially welcome
submissions from those involved in activist and community based
organizations; unofficial historians of black gay cultures, those that
have "seen and heard it all", public health agencies targeting black
men of diverse sexualities and their clients; writers from film,
performance, and entertainment industries; 'queer' burgeoning and
subcultures including cultures of hustling, public sex and
"ballroom/house/club" and J-Sette cultures; black gay and black
communities of same-sex desire outside of the U.S., including by not
limited to London and Europe, Jamaica and the Caribbean, Africa and
'Latin' America, as well as those centered in traditional academic
institutions.
The volume will be edited by Frank Leon Roberts, a young scholar,
activist and editor of Brownstone Magazine based in New York City and
Marvin K. White, former member of Pomo Afro Homos, co-founder of
B/Glam, and author of the LAMBDA Literary-Award nominated collections
of poetry Last Rights (Redbone Press) and Nothin' Ugly Fly (Redbone
Press), based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
All submissions should be single-spaced, copied in the text of the
email and sent as an attachment to THINKAGAIN2_at_GMAIL.COM, and should
not exceed 3,000 words. Please include a brief two to three line
biographical sketch at the end of your submission. Do not attach jpeg,
tif, or mpeg images with your work. Also, while we encourage
narratives to be both poetic and critical, please do not send poetry
(unless it is incorporated into your essay) or traditional academic
essays (large blocked quotes, extensive footnotes, etc).
Submissions will be accepted for consideration until March 15th, 2005.
or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
Received on Wed Feb 16 2005 - 06:45:50 EST


OLD PARKED CARS.: 1980 Commuter Vehicles Comuta-Car.
Still driven daily by its enthusiastic original owner.
Well what the heck am I supposed to post after that?!
Oh, it lost a hubcap. Pretty interesting thing, this one.
This has to be my favorite post so far. I wish it had an owner to go with it, I'd love to see who drives this.
Ha! I love the little note, "Cord?"
Just out curiosity, how short is this? I would imagine shorter than a smart car. And half of it is bumper!
Looks like a Johnny Cab from Total Recall.
Was wondering when you guys would find one of these. The Cars Of Bridgetown beat you to it.
Quite the specimen, that's for sure.
It looks just like a 'smart car' except dumb!
No, you got it mixed up.
The Smart Car looks like a "Comuta-Car" except it's dumb.


M D Mallya, Chairman & MD, Bank of Baroda, announced that the bank is planning to hire 20,000 people over the next 4 years. The public sector bank will also add 500 domestic branches during the next 6 months in addition to expanding its foreign presence with 4 new offices in Uganda, Kenya and Dubai. BoB is also undertaking an enhancement of security measures, including installing CCTV cameras in ATMs, reported Business Standard.
Godrej Appliances entered into an exclusive partnership with Times Internet Limited's (TIL) shopping.indiatimes.com to launch its online store. "Given the increase in online shopping, Godrej was keen to reach out to its customers on the online platform . With our expertise in the best in class products space and indiatimes.com's expertise in the online retail space, we hope to bring greater value" said Kamal Nandi, VP Sales & Marketing, Godrej Appliances. The consumer durables giant is expecting revenues of Rs. 100 crore in the next 5 years and Rs. 15 crore in the first year alone from this online venture.
Nissan launched Evalia in India, a Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) with an ex-showroom price tag of Rs. 8.49 lakh for its base model. All the variants of the seven seater are powered by a 1.5 litre diesel engine and have an ARAI certified mileage of 19.3 kmpl. The MPV with sliding doors for back passengers debuted on Indian shores during the 2012 AutoExpo earlier this year and is already in production at Nissan's Chennai facility.
Sensex surpassed previous highs from the weeks before to climb 183 points to 18,763. NIFTY crossed the psychological barrier of 5,700 to end 54 points higher at 5703. Positive market sentiments at the back of policy reforms, optimism in foreign markets and the rupee's rise to a 5 month high against the US dollar are said to have driven the index to a 15 month high.
"The joint venture is in line with Tata Global Beverages' strategy of growing through strategic alliances in addition to organic growth. We are excited about the opportunity to innovate in the retail space and bring new beverage moments to more consumers." said Harish Bhat, CEO, Tata Global Beverages, as Starbucks announced that its first store in India would open in Mumbai by October end.
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited announced that it had acquired Meghalaya based Adhunik Cement Ltd for Rs. 560 crore. Adhunik Cement has one of the largest manufacturing units in North-East India and its plant in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya has an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes. "The divestment of the cement business is aimed at reducing the debt at the group level and also raise equity money at the group level that will be invested in other group companies" said Mahesh Agarwal, MD, Adhunik Cement, reported ET.
National Electronic Fund Transfers (NEFT) of up to Rs. 1 lakh could soon be free of fees and charges. Earlier during the week, the Finance Ministry asked public sector banks to take necessary action to charge zero fees for e-transfers of up to Rs. 1 lakh.
IDBI Bank became the first public sector bank to get BS 25999 certification from global inspection and certification agency Intertek's India arm.
"The certification validates the robustness of BCM in IDBI Bank, in the event of disaster. It aptly demonstrates the Bank's commitment towards enhancing customer satisfaction, quality of customer service delivery, improvement in organizational performance and regulatory compliance" said a statement.
Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries will be acquiring BP's petrochemical plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. "Reliance has agreed to purchase BP's interest in BPCM for $230 million in cash and both parties anticipate completing the transaction in 2012" announced BP, the fourth largest company in the world by revenue.
"This is an efficient plant with a good market position in the region. RECRON Malaysia, part of the Reliance Group, is already our largest customer in Malaysia and Reliance Industries is a significant feedstock supplier at Kuantan, so Reliance is a natural owner of this plant" said James Yin, Head of BP's aromatics business in Asia.
"United Spirits and Diageo Plc confirm that the UK-based company is in discussion with it and United Breweries Holdings in respect of possible transactions to acquire an interest in the liquor firm" said a company filing to BSE, reported TOI.
Diageo plc is the world's largest spirit, beer and wine producer with leading brands under its umbrella including best sellers like Guinness stout beer, Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey, Smirnoff vodka and Bailey's liqueur. Dr. Vijay Mallya led United Spirits Ltd is the largest spirit company in the world by volume, claims the company website.
Bank Employees' Salary To Be Linked With Performance; Unions Say No Way!


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Hydrogen Tools
Center for Hydrogen Safety (CHS)
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The Elemental
Hydrogen Safety Panel
Hydrogen Safety Panel Info
Hydrogen Certification Guide
Safety Resources and Reviews
Request HSP Services
H2FIRST
Learnings & Guidance
So You Want to Know More About Hydrogen
Compatibility of Materials
Papers & References
Hyarc
Hydrogen Analysis Resource Center (Hyarc)
Hydrogen Properties
Hydrogen Delivery
Hydrogen Consumption
Supporting Data
Hydrogen Glossary
Guidelines & Assumptions
Risk Reduction Potential of Accidnet Prevention and Mitigation Features
J.L. LaChance
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) can help to establish a set of design and operational requirements in hydrogen codes and standards that will ensure safe operation of hydrogen facilities. By analyzing a complete set of possible accidents in a QRA, the risk drivers for these facilities can be identified. Accident prevention and mitigation features can then be analyzed to determine which are the most effective in addressing these risk drivers and thus reduce the risk from possible accidents. Accident prevention features/methods such as proper material selection and preventative maintenance are included in the design and operation of facilities. Accident mitigation features are included to reduce or terminate the potential consequences from unintended releases of hydrogen. Mitigation features can be either passive or active in nature. Passive features do not require any component to function in order to prevent or mitigate a hydrogen release. Examples of passive mitigation features include the use of separation distances, barriers, and flow limiting orifices. Active mitigation features initiate when specific conditions occur during an accident in order to terminate an accident or reduce its consequences. Examples of active mitigation features include detection and isolation systems, fire suppression systems, and purging systems. A concept being pursued by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hydrogen standard development is to take credit for prevention and mitigation features as a means to reduce separation distances at hydrogen facilities. By utilizing other mitigation features, the risk from accidents can be decreased and risk-informed separation distances can be reduced. This paper presents some preliminary QRA results where the risk reduction potential for several active and passive mitigation features was evaluated. These measures include automatic leak detection and isolation systems, the use of flow limiting orifices, and the use of barriers. Reducing the number of risk-significant components in a system was also evaluated as an accident prevention method. In addition, the potential reduction in separation distances if such measures were incorporated at a facility was also determined.
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Abstract: The methanol and acetone extracts of 14 plants belonging to different families were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against five Gram-positive bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus flavus; seven Gram-negative bacteria: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhimurium, Citrobacter freundii; and three fungi: Candida tropicalis, Cryptococcus luteolus and Candida albicans. The in vitro antimicrobial activity was performed by agar disc diffusion method. The extractive yield was more in methanol than in acetone. The methanol extracts showed more antibacterial activity than acetone extracts. The most susceptible bacterium was K. pneumoniae and the most resistant were P. vulgaris, S. typhimurium, P. aeruginosa and E. coli. Preliminary phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of tannins, cardiac glycosides, steroids and saponins. Among the plant species screened, the best antimicrobial activity was shown by Aristolochia indica; hence, this plant can be further subjected to isolation of the therapeutic antimicrobials and to further pharmacological evaluation.


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Amanda Knox acquittal tossed because victim died in possible 'erotic game,' says high court
Tue., June 18, 2013timer2 min. read
ROME—Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the teen.
In March, the Court of Cassation overturned Knox's acquittal in the 2007 murder of flatmate Meredith Kercher and ordered a new trial. On Tuesday, the high court issued its written reasoning for doing so.
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Kercher's body was found in November 2007 in her bedroom of the house she shared with Knox in Perugia, a central Italian town popular with foreign exchange students.
Knox, now 25, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 29, were initially convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms, but a Perugia appeals court acquitted them in 2011, criticizing virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors. The appellate court noted that the murder weapon was never found, said that DNA tests were faulty and that prosecutors provided no murder motive.
A young man from Ivory Coast, Rudy Guede, was convicted of the slaying in a separate proceeding and is serving a 16-year sentence.
In the 74-page Cassation ruling, the high court judges said they "had to recognize that he (Guede) was not the sole author" of the crime, Italian news agency LaPresse reported. The judges though said he was the "main protagonist."
They said the new appeal process would serve to "not only demonstrate the presence of the two suspects in the place of the crime, but to possibly outline the subjective position of Guede's accomplices." It said hypotheses ran from a simple case of forced sex involving Kercher "to a group erotic game that blew up and got out of control."
The high court faulted the Perugia appeals court for "multiple instances of deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions. The new court must conduct a full examination of evidence to resolve the ambiguities, it said.
Knox left Italy a free woman after her 2011 acquittal, after serving nearly four years of a 26-year prison sentence. Now a University of Washington student in Seattle, she has called the reversal by the Cassation "painful" but said she was confident she would be exonerated. Italian law cannot compel Knox to return for the new trial and her lawyers have said she has no plans to do so. It is unclear what would happen to Knox if a possible conviction from the new trial is upheld on final appeal.
No date for the new trial has been set. Florence's appeals court was chosen since Perugia only has one appellate court.
Knox and Sollecito denied wrongdoing and said they weren't even in the apartment that night, although they acknowledged they had smoked marijuana and their memories were clouded.


"We both remember what it was like to begin life all over again in a new world where education was our salvation and the arts were our greatest joy," said Maria, who moved for love from Florence, Italy.
They both achieved their dreams, attending college and leading successful careers—Maria as the principal force behind Gucci's integration into American department stores and Jan as the founder of Clos Pegase winery. They were dreams that were fueled and inspired by the arts.
It was this love of the arts that united them together, first as friends and then as a married couple. It was also what inspired them to connect to UC Davis.
In 2011, Jan Shrem made a $10 million gift to name the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. The museum, which breaks ground on March 1, 2014, will feature a grand canopy that will be an architectural work of art and embrace the seminars, lectures, exhibits and programs that will flourish within the museum's walls.
"Our philosophy of giving rests on simple concepts. We believe that education and the arts should be accessible to all people and that a curious, open mind should be nurtured and supported," Jan said.
"I think the museum will lift the soul of the students, will be an important asset for the rest of their lives and will make their dreams come true," Maria said.


This week, the UK government announced that it would be ending its commitment to take in up to 3,000 child refugees under the 'Dubs' scheme, after taking in only 350 children.
Meanwhile, across the pond, President Trump recently signed an executive order known as the 'Muslim ban', to bar travellers to the US from seven Middle Eastern countries including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The order even included Syrian refugees, who were to be barred indefinitely.
In both cases, human beings have been reduced to numbers on a page, a political problem to be dealt with. Instead of being seen as human people, they are seen as a mass of the 'other' – those who speak the 'wrong' language, were born in the 'wrong' country, whose skin is the 'wrong' colour, and are a threat to 'our' way of life. Is this how God sees people?
Hearteningly, people are rising up to resist these policies of excluding the stranger and to affirm our common humanity. Thousands of Americans assembled at airports across the US to protest the travel ban, and lawyers and judges were quick to take legal action. As of today, the travel ban has now been overturned by the US courts.
As well as praying against these worrying trends and the spirit of disunity and suspicion, we can also advocate for those who don't have a voice. Why not write to your MP to ask them to speak up and support allowing more child refugees into the UK, and/or sign the UNICEF petition?
Now more than ever, we must remember Jesus' words – that we should welcome the vulnerable, the poor and the stranger as though we were welcoming Jesus himself.
Pray for world leaders such as Donald Trump and Theresa May, that they would have ears to hear their people, and show compassion for refugees.
Thank God for those who are speaking up for justice on behalf of the people of the Middle East, like our Christian leaders, the US court, and thousands of ordinary people. Pray that we, like them, would have the courage to challenge injustice and stand up for the marginalised.
Thank God that the ban has been stayed and that people from Middle Eastern countries are now being allowed in to the US again.
Pray for the refugee children who are waiting to hear if they will be allowed into the UK – that the decision would be made quickly to let them in, and that God's peace would be with them in the meantime. Pray also for their safety, as they are currently extremely vulnerable to human trafficking and sexual violence.
Ask your MP to join the government debate on reuniting refugee children with their families. Click here to email your MP via the Unicef website – it only takes a few seconds!
You can also sign Unicef's petition to ask the government to speed up the process for child refugees trying to join their families in the UK - click here to find out more.
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Volume 4, Issue 2 – Winter 2012
BookREVIEW: Medicine, Miracle, and Myth in the New Testament
J. Kier Howard
Resource Publications 2010
Reviewer Lorraine Quinn.
J Keir Howard writes authoritatively as an experienced doctor and practicing Anglican priest; he looks closely at the language used to describe healing in the Old and New Testaments through comparison with contemporary texts and suggests biological and psychological rationales for the cures effected by Jesus, the apostles and other recorded figures.
Academics have traditionally attributed many of the supposed cures by Jesus in the course of his ministry to the skills of some sort of travelling folk healer, who created myths that were gradually appropriated for theological reasons by the early Christians and eventually found their way consolidated into written texts. This short and accessible book systematically examines many of the instances of illness mentioned in the gospels and elsewhere in the bible and lays out possible factual medical diagnoses for each one.
In this, Howard offers little that is new. For years scriptural scholars and scientists have theorised over the exact nature of the medical conditions referred to in the Old and New Testaments. Each generation in turn has interpreted biblical accounts of blindness, demonic possession, paralysis and other manifestations of unwellness in the light of the medical knowledge and practices prevalent in their own era, thus reflecting the development of medicine over the years. Accordingly, the author suggests credible biological explanations for many of the illnesses referred to in the bible.
One example is the condition that has traditionally been translated as 'leprosy' but which in modern times could be more accurately diagnosed as psoriasis and which is known to go into spontaneous remission within a short period of time. Another example would be instances of blindness, which, if due for example to cataracts as the author suggests, could be simply cured through the ancient method of 'couching'. This is still used in some cultures today to relieve the condition and involves pressing on the front of the eye, similar to Jesus' described technique of healing through touch. In addition the narrative time compression in the bible can make any cure seem immediate and therefore even more miraculous when captured in the written word and read. To an extent, the author follows the pattern established by previous academics of interpreting biblical illnesses through the lens of contemporary medical thinking. The approach makes the book appealing and accessible to any reader who is curious about the history of medicine.
Interpreting the bible in the light of contemporary science is particularly evident in relation to conversion disorders which he defines as a 'term used to describe mental illnesses in which the patient displays the symptoms and signs of physical illness…in order to escape from some form of unpleasant or demanding situation which may not always be recognised by the patient' (p111). For example Howard works from the assumption that Zechariah's temporary loss of speech and hearing in Luke's gospel (Luke 1:18-33 and 59-65) was a genuine event. He suggests that physically it could have been brought about by a medical condition such as stroke, resulting in aphasia, and old age, causing deafness.
However the psychological origin he puts forward for the same set of symptoms also rings true – Zechariah had an emotionally charged dream that he would become a father despite his old age and that of his wife Elizabeth. Zechariah then developed these two sensory disorders in order to avoid the subject and as a defence mechanism against the people around him, essentially rejecting his wife and denying reality. His symptoms were essentially psychosomatic, and improved somewhat following another emotional episode at the naming ceremony of his child.
The notion of abreaction that the author describes in treating patients with apparent conversion disorders in the bible is especially absorbing, where they work through suppressed emotions that have been converted into physical symptoms, resulting in the release of those symptoms. Issues such as guilt and sin, the importance of forgiveness in alleviating suffering and the after-effects where the former sufferer is described as re-entering society and re-establishing relationships with their fellow men are some of the additional topics related to abreaction which are discussed in the book as elements of Jesus' ministry.
In a moment of whimsy I did wonder what kind of counselling or psychotherapy training He had which allowed Him to practice so successfully. More seriously and as a result of reading this book, I have thought about how many of our cases as therapists in the twenty-first century are due to spontaneous improvements which would have happened anyway, but which appear almost miraculous to our credulous clients. The corollary of course is that there is indeed something soulful, the transpersonal, about the connection between client and therapist that allows healing to take place, irrespective of the modality in operation.
As a therapist I would have liked a deeper exploration of how psychology and Christian theology co-exist, although the bibliography is especially useful as it gives a balanced range of references from medical and spiritual perspectives. In addition the overall layout of the book is clearly structured, with each instance of illness and cure from the bible presented and analysed as a separate stand-alone section. Having the chapter and verse references for the story makes it easy to find in any edition of the bible and as a result encourages further independent reflection.
Lorraine Quinn is a UKCP registered integrative psychotherapist with an academic background in linguistics and textual criticism. She currently works as a group facilitator and counsellor for a nationwide mental health network with links to the NHS. She is particularly interested in working with client groups who find it difficult to engage with services, and in the alchemy through which transformation can occur in the transpersonal space created by the client and therapist.
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Motorsport.com spoke with RAB team owner Robby Benton and driver Justin Marks ahead of the Duels at Daytona tonight, who have reunited to take on NASCAR's biggest race.
Tonight, 49 cars will fight over 43 starting spots with six of them going home, leaving empty-handed. One of the teams fighting for their right to race in the Daytona 500 is RAB Racing, headed by Robby Benton. RAB has never made a Cup start, despite multiple attempts, including the 2012 Daytona 500.
"We were in a transfer spot comfortably," Robby Benton told Motorsport.com about that day. "But it was the first year of fuel injection. One of the censors read a fault code, turning the ECU back into what they call limp mode and we fell off the pace."
Three years later, the team is back and ready to launch another assault on the Daytona 500. This time around, it's going to be Justin Marks behind the wheel, a driver who has never took part in The Great American Race, but one Robby knows well.
The duo worked together in ARCA between 2006 and 2007 and have remained friends since, "We won some poles, set a track record, almost won a couple times," Benton recalled. "We planned to have him in the car again in 2008 but Germain gave him a deal where he could graduate to the Trucks. Justin and I are good friends and that was a good opportunity for him, so I was glad he got that chance."
Since then, Marks won the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona and seven years after their ARCA partnership, they've reunited to take on one of the biggest races in the world.
"If we could make this our first Cup start, it would kind of bring things full circle," said Benton. "It will be a very tough race to make with a lot of circumstances that could either hurt you or help you."
"For American Born Moonshine to come in and be a part of my deal for Daytona, that's why we're doing the triple trying to get as many cars on the track as possible," Marks told Motorsport.com "Robby's stuff is very good and he is very well prepared for the 500. He was in the 11th hour looking for a driver and my deal came together very late. Everything was already in place before I came along so it was a no-brainier with the quality of the equipment, the people, and I know Robby well. It was easy to just get right into the team because of that."
Going into pole day, you'd think the group qualifying format would help a team such as RAB Racing, but it did not work out that way in theend.
"It hurt me, but it could have helped if I had better circumstances," explained Marks. "I think we would have been higher if it was single-car runs, but only by a few positions."
"It can either make your day or ruin your day ... You are really at the mercy of the cars around you," said Benton. "You can be a really bad car and get a nice draft, and suddenly you're on pole."
So now the No. 29 must race their way in tonight and unlike most rookies, Robby believes that Justin won't be avoided because of that yellow rookie stripe on the rear bumper.
"Usually, they treat rookie drivers like they have the plague."
"Justin is a rookie but at least half of the Cup drivers are good personal friends of his. He co-owns a sprint car team with Kyle Larson and he has the GoPro Motorplex. Jamie, Kasey, Jimmie, Jeff ... All these guys want to see him in the race and if they have a chance to help him where it's not going to hurt them, they will I think."
27 cars have been torn up during Speed Weeks thus far, but that American Born Moonshine Camry has not been one of them. Marks did have a scary moment during an early practice, but he is actually thankful that the it took place. "He (Gilliland) hit me from behind and I've never been in a Cup car, so I didn't realize how the bumpers matched up. It was a good experience for me and now I can anticipate how the car is going to react when it gets sideways like that."
As for his strategy going into tonight, expect to see Marks slicing and dicing his way towards the front.
"I think it is risky hanging back," he told Motorsport.com. "We came down here to race and I think if you race, you can control your destiny a little bit more. If you hold back, that's just not the way to make the Daytona 500 in my opinion. Guys have hung back and gotten in the wreck or hung back and it never happened."
"We have a good race car and I want to race."
"I'm anxious but just really excited to get it started. I'm sitting around thinking of scenarios and how the race is going to go. We have our work cut out for us but I just want to get going. I have confidence in the car now after two really good practices yesterday. "
"The first couple practices, I would just ride, but yesterday, I tried to get behind some cars and draft and it felt like I could make some forward progress. I've never raced a Cup car here, but I guess we'll just have to see how it goes."
"It's one of the biggest races in the world of course. I've won a race on the road course here and then to make the 500, it would be two incredible things to have in my career."
We're going to try to run the whole season, but it all depends on how we come out of the box here at Daytona.
Marks is also attempting to pull off the triple this weekend, running Trucks, XFINITY, and Cup. "In the Truck, you can be really aggressive and make big moves, but the Cup car is a more methodical, more strategic form of driving is needed."
"It's not so hard (to run all three) because everything is pretty close together. The Cup car has taken priority of course and will continue to. It's going to be some busy days, but it's much better than not driving any car."
As for the plans for the future, the fate of the Cup program relies heavily on what happens this weekend and more specifically, tonight.
"We're going to try to run the whole season," Benton revealed to Motorsport.com. "But it all depends on how we come out of the box here at Daytona. If we can have some luck, our prayers are answered and we can make this race, do the same thing at Atlanta ... We'll be in a really good spot to be able to continue. Once you have a seat at the table, it's much easier with funding and everything. It's hard to sell a deal to a sponsor when you're on the outside looking in."
The No. 29 rolls off the grid 21st in Duel #1 tonight.


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a big tent under a huge umbrella
An excerpt from a recent interview I did with the fantastic Shane Douglas Keene who said of my work in Eidolon Avenue
"I'm just going to tell you what I think really makes these novellas work and what makes me think Jonathan Winn is a brilliant young author. There are two things that really stand out for me. One is that Winn's characters are fantastic, so incredibly well developed for such short works, and, love em or hate em, they make you feel something, and they make you interested in their fates. The other thing, and this one is huge for me, is that his endings are fucking perfect. Some of the hardest hitting, wickedly horrific finales I've ever read. Because of that, the stories stay with you long after you've read the last word."
Now, on to the excerpt!
My stories do trend darker but I absolutely chose to focus on horror. Why? Because it's limitless. I can be brutal and strange or sly and surprising. Horror is a big tent under a huge umbrella. What other genre can you turn a field of golden grass into something it's not? Something sinister? Or a simple piece of string into the most horrific of inescapable nightmares? Or have an unexpected tattoo – one the character doesn't remember getting – come to life, multiply, burrow under the skin and bring bloody retribution fed by guilt and regret? My imagination is allowed to run free when it comes to horror. I'm not sure it'd be that way with other genres.
You can read the rest over here.
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I got an interesting email the other day. And although I've hemmed and hawed about whether or not to share this, I decided to do so because I suspect others might benefit from my experience.
The note was from someone who claims to be an editor. Someone I know of through social media. Someone who had, on the advice of "high ranking writers" — we have ranks? I had no idea! are there medals? sashes? a dental plan? — decided to take a chance and see if this new guy — me! — is as good as they said he is.
I suck.
And, in their opinion, not only do I suck, but my work was LITERALLY unreadable. (Btw, that was in ALL CAPS in the email, so I REALLY feel the need to be consistent) Like, they couldn't EVEN — again, ALL CAPS — get four pages in before they threw it across the room.
Now, what's interesting about this isn't the criticism — it comes with the job and I've heard much worse — it's the list they kindly offered me.
Yes! A list!
Whoops, forgive me. I meant THE LIST. You know, a gentle reminder of what I can and cannot do as a writer. A little something to help me out — paraphrasing here — before I go back to school and take a ton of seminars and learn how to actually write a book, etc and so on.
So, this list of "Can'ts" included
I can't structure my sentences the way I do
I can't break formatting and ignore punctuation
I can't ever, ever begin a chapter with dialogue
I can't blend past and present in a narrative
I can't ever start a chapter in the middle of action.
It was a very generous list. An exhaustive list. I needed a cookie and a nap after navigating, like a less-ambitious, slightly disinterested version of Marco Polo, this list. A great deal of thought went into this list.
Toward the end of THE LIST I found myself envying their free time.
Of course I responded and thanked them for writing and wished them well. I did not apologize for my work and I did not apologize for the way I write.
Because my answer to that list of Can'ts is
Yes I Can.
Again, the criticism is not the issue. Art is subjective and, hey, everyone has their own opinion. What I do is sometimes unique and it won't always be to everyone's liking. And that's okay! No harm, no foul, right?
I'm just gonna do what I do regardless because it's who I am.
What is the issue is an industry – which this person had decided to speak for, I guess – that actively bemoans everything sounding the same and the lack of new voices taking risks and then, when someone does find the courage to throw a curve ball, smacks them down because it breaks their rules. Raps them on the knuckles, brands them with the He Can't Write label and pushes them to the back of the line until they "learn how to do it right."
Well, even if it slows my ascent, I've never really paid attention to the rules. Hell, I can't imagine a life (which is limiting enough, thank you very much) where I choose to limit MYSELF by quieting my voice by following rules.
Because you know what?
Those who do well, and I mean those who do well enough to break down walls, destroy boundaries and flip the script when it comes to how society see things, don't do so by following the rules. They know the rules, understand the rules, know the limits and have worked within the limits. They've mastered building castles in that sand box and now spend their lives slowly pushing, testing, forcing these rules to stretch and bend and change.
But when they do this they put a target on their backs for all those armed with Lists lying in wait to bury them in an avalanche of Can'ts. And they endure that, all while paving the way to Freedom for everyone else. They go unread and misunderstood and discarded so the next crop can come in to find those earlier boundaries changed. And these new voices then build their castles in a bigger, somehow better sandbox.
Those who, supported by the rules, then decide to break them do this understanding the path they're agreeing to walk. But do so anyway because their need to create the way THEY want to is stronger than their desire to be the Flavor of the Month.
So, if I write something that's roundly rejected by Those Who Follow the Rules, that's fine.
No, really. It is.
Listen, I have a voice, a unique voice, which often results in interesting stories uniquely told. That's not going to change and if the bending and breaking of those rules disturbs someone's sensibilities, I'm okay with that.
Because, truth be told, I spend my days surrounded by people telling me No, You Can't. And, every day, week after week, year after year, my answer has been and will always be
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where the big stories are
I recently ran across an interesting – albeit brief – read about the current state of Hollywood. In it, the writers says
Part of Hollywood's current decay was unavoidable. As a monoculture splintered permanently into niche groups, the idea of a film everybody sees and everybody can't stop talking about fades further into the cultural past. The rise of cable networks willing to spend serious money on shows like "Game of Thrones" further dents Hollywood's ability to be the main supplier of big stories.
The article then goes on to discuss how the business model they've created has painted them in a corner where heartfelt sincerity is out, out, out and big, big, big profits are in, in, in. Where audiences have, when it comes to summer movie-watching fare, either this superhero movie (where things explode, buildings crumble and people are saved -or not) or that superhero movie (where things explode, buildings crumble and people are saved – or not).
And if the superhero movies are all basically interchangeable and easily forgotten, where's the magic in going to the movies? Short answer: there is none. Which is why people are staying home and watching Stranger Things or Game of Thrones or whatever.
Now, I understand the financial logistics of this. I know foreign markets (China, Russia, Israel, Germany) drive profit. That Hollywood, being a global business – as in the whole world and not just America, a fact we somehow forget here in the States – isn't necessarily making movies just for the domestic audience which, in truth, feed less and less into their bottom lines.
Really, though, Hollywood knows films that are heavy on action, explosions, dudes in capes and light on dialogue are easily translatable for Chinese, Russian, German audiences. And if your business is making money – and Hollywood's is – a film that translates easily regardless of borders is, or could be, the way to go.
But they're forgetting one important fact. They're ignoring the one thing that makes it harder and harder to get those butts in the seats:
Where are the big stories?
Really. Where's the frickin' magic? Why go to the movies anymore? Where's that one film that slyly incorporates those special effects audiences love while giving us characters audiences care about, feel for and never forget? Because that's the film this industry needs. Desperately.
Being the relentless optimist I am, I strongly believe you can have action and magic in a film without relinquishing heart and soul.
If you revisit franchises like Harry Potter or even The Hunger Games, those movies ticked a lot of boxes. Centered around strong narratives – remember those? – they both successfully blended the fantastic with emotion. They married action with heart. And they gave audiences necessary, important battles without abandoning reason or hope. Cities didn't need to crumble, the universe didn't need to quake and thousands of cars didn't have to get trampled underfoot for those films to make their point and make an impact on audiences.
You see? If you have a true big story – not just a loud story – you can go simple. If you're supported by a strong narrative peopled with unique, relatable characters, you can be quiet. And if those people are imbued with hope, heartache, anger, fear, helplessness, frustration, loneliness, doubt, strength, the story they tell, even without the predictable Armageddon, will be unforgettable.
Why? Because no matter how different that person on the screen is from those in the audience, they'll be speaking the same language. A language which doesn't rely on translation or destruction or annihilation. A language that can be felt in a place deeper than words.
Emotion.
If you really want to find the big stories in today's Hollywood, the stories audiences are truly craving – reminder: everyone's staying home watching cable — that's where you begin. With what people feel. And if you can bring to life a solid story with a character who is blessed – or cursed – with the impossible and yet is still driven by their hopes and dreams, fears and frustrations, disappointments and dread, a person driven by their emotions, that's where audiences will go. In fact, that's where audiences will go again and again and again.
I believe if you can reach into someone's heart, speak to that part of them that wants to feel – it's why we go to the movies, right? – and reawaken that innate hope we all have being part of something bigger while still entertaining, still dazzling, still scaring and surprising them, they'll come. They'll leave their homes, come to the theater, make a night of it and see that film. They will. We've seen it happen before. And, god willing, we'll see it happen again.
But that journey has to begin with the heart.
Because that's where the big stories are.
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First of Five
In a rare confluence of events — think a massive meteor shower pummeling the earth while a rare comet circles the heavens around a total Solar Eclipse as we discover a Kardashian with actual talent — I'm going to have five book releases over the next three months.
First up, Horror 201: The Silver Scream
The definitive guide to filmmaking and filmmakers by the best in the field.
Horror 201: The Silver Scream, the follow-up to the Bram Stoker Award nominated Horror 101: The Way Forward, delves into the minds of filmmakers to see what it takes to produce great horror films, from the writing and funding process, to directing, producing, and writing tie-ins.
It's a tome of interviews and essays by some of our favorite artists.
That's right, film legends and authors such as Wes Craven, George A. Romero, Ray Bradbury, Ed Naha, Patrick Lussier, Stephen Volk, Nancy Holder, Tom Holland, John Shirley, William Stout, and John Russo want to share their expertise with you through informative, practical, career-building advice.
These are the folks behind movies and novelizations such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Dark Shadows, Sleepy Hollow, Supernatural, Buffy, Resident Evil, The Stand, Sleepwalkers, Masters of Horror, The Fly, Critters, Tales from the Crypt, Child's Play, Fright Night, Thinner, The Langoliers, Ted Bundy, Re-animator Unbound, Halloween, Apollo 18, The Eye, Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, The Mist, Pan's Labyrinth, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Horror 201 also entertains. You'll see a side of your favorite authors, producers, and directors never seen before – combining fun and entertainment with informative career-building advice.
Horror 201 is aimed at arming generations of authors, screenwriters, producers, directors, and anyone else interested in the film industry, from big budget movies to the independent film circuit, as well as the stage.
Whether you're an accomplished author or screenwriter, writing as a hobby, or have dreams of writing screenplays or making movies, Horror 201 will take you on a behind the scenes tour of the Horror movie industry from Hollywood to the UK and Australia.
Horror 201 covers:
Horror as culture
The evolution of the horror film
Viewer desensitization
Watching your story come to life
Screenwriting advice
Dissecting screenplays
A production company case study
Advice on Producing
Advice on Directing
Information about funding and distributing a film
Entertaining tidbits and anecdotes
But wait, there's more!!!!!!!
Horror 201: The Silver Scream is perfect for people who:
are looking to delve into screenplay writing
want to write their first screenplay
are fans of the horror movie industry
like to follow the careers of their favorite directors
are planning on infiltrating a different field in horror writing
are looking to pay more bills with their art
are trying to establish a name brand
are looking to get published
are looking for motivation and/or inspiration
are seeking contacts in the film industry
Amazing, right?
How about a cover?
Honestly, I love how the red of the car echoes the red in the title and the red in that other car. And the silver of the screen? With the woman screaming? To me, it's ever so slightly reminiscent of —
So, one release down, four to go. And what are those other four books?
An essay in the second volume of Horror 201: The Silver Scream; Forever Dark, an award-winning short story in Tales from the Lake, Vol. 2; an essay in Writers on Writing, Vol. 2; and Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast.
All between now and January.
It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Okay, but, still, how cool is this!
Will update with links as the rest of these roll out.
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