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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) (SPOILERS) Looking at Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare , by some distance the least lauded (and laudable) of the original Elm Street sextet, you'd think it inconceivable that novice director and series old-hand – first as assistant production manager and finally as producer – Rachel Talalay has since become a respected and in-demand TV helmer. For the most part, Freddy's Dead is shockingly badly put together. It reminded me of the approach the likes of Chris Carter and Sir Ken take, where someone has clearly been around productions, absorbing the basics of direction, but has zero acumen for turning that into a competent motion picture, be it composition, scene construction, editing or pacing. Talalay's also responsible for the story idea here, which does offer a few nuggets, at least, but her more primary role actively defeats any positives.
Oh hello, loves, what year is it?
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) (SPOILERS) Simu Lui must surely be the least charismatic lead in a major motion picture since… er, Taylor Lautner? He isn't aggressively bad, like Lautner was/is, but he's so blank, so nondescript, he makes Marvel's super-spiffy new superhero Shang-Chi a superplank by osmosis. Just looking at him makes me sleepy, so it's lucky Akwafina is wired enough for the both of them. At least, until she gets saddled with standard sidekick support heroics and any discernible personality promptly dissolves. And so, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings continues Kevin Feige's bold journey into wokesense, seemingly at the expense of any interest in dramatically engaging the viewer.
I don't think Wimpys still exist.
Last Night in Soho (2021) (SPOILERS) Last Night in Soho is a cautionary lesson in one's reach extending one's grasp. It isn't that Edgar Wright shouldn't attempt to stretch himself, it's simply that he needs the self-awareness to realise which moves are going to throw his back out and leave him in a floundering and enfeebled heap on the studio floor. Wright's an uber-geek, one with a very specific comfort zone, and there's no shame in that. He evidently was shamed, though, hence this response to criticisms of a lack of maturity and – obviously – lack of versatility with female characters. Last Night in Soho goes broke for woke, and in so doing exposes his new clothes in the least flattering light. Because Edgar is in no way woke, his attempts to prove his progressive mettle lead to a lurid, muddled mess, one that will satisfy no one. Well, perhaps his most ardent fans, but no one else.
No one throws away more than fourteen euros worth of sandwich and juice like that.
Riders of Justice aka Retfærdighedens Ryttere (2020) (SPOILERS) Anders Thomas Jensen's ruminative comedy-thriller (or should that be thriller-comedy? Neither option does it justice) is one of those perfectly pitched pictures that gauges its tonal shifts with deceptive ease. The kind of movie that might have been no more than a slickly well-oiled genre vehicle, satisfyingly cathartic in its action beats and laugh out loud in its eccentric character foibles, were it not for the genuinely affecting meditation on loss and forgiveness at its core. To that extent, Riders of Justice put me in mind of the work of Martin McDonagh.
He's just an old man in strange skins.
Doctor Who An Unearthly Child Aka The Tribe of Gum . Aka 10,000 BC . Aka where it all began. There's a line of thought that An Unearthly Child is one blinder of an episode and three of grunting Gum-bies delivering lacklustre stone-age man impressions, without even Raquel Welch or the odd anachronistic dinosaur to alleviate the boredom. It's definitely the case that, on its own plot merits, this budget-strapped Quest for Fire would be no great shakes. Deposit it any other era, and you'd have sound grounds to complain. What makes it work, though, and work extremely well, is that it serves as a lens through which to establish and observe the developing dynamic between our main quartet. And in particular, charts the rocky first steps of the series' title character, in all his caveman's head stoving-in glory.
You can't ask the truth of a man who trades in lies.
The X-Files 4.14: Memento Mori If ponderous, turgid, self-inflated rumination is your bag, Memento Mori is doubtless an X-Files classic. It seems to be held up as one of the mythology arc's finest (Frank Spotnitz certainly believed so) as Scully gets all introspective – cue the interminable voiceovers comprising the level of content alluded to in my first sentence – over her cancer and Mulder refuses to accept her fate. In some respects, then, there's a mirroring of the kind of philosophy-action approach of the Scully-focussed One Breath two seasons earlier, and like that one, it's in the "do, don't talk" arena that the episode works best.
The universe is not chaos. It's connection.
Mission to Mars (2000) (SPOILERS) The history of duelling Hollywood projects has tended to see one clear winner, invariably the one with the head start. Dangerous Liaisons was a critical, commercial and Academy Awards hit; Valmont was none of those things. Tombstone was a surprise success, Wyatt Earp a prize turkey. Dante's Peak cleared up more than Volcano . In the cases of Deep Impact and Armageddon , though, both did very well, but Armageddon did better. And then, when it came to Mission to Mars and Red Planet , neither did well, but Red Planet did worse. What was it that fuelled such assumed Mars appeal at the turn of the millennium?
Just try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose.
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) (SPOILERS) More a trifle than a Grand Bouffe, The French Dispatch is every bit as dry and distancing as The Grand Budapest Hotel was warm and welcoming, as if Wes Anderson's set upon pushing as far as he possibly can in his studiously stylised direction, just to see how many are willing to come along for the ride. He's done stories within stories before, but they've never been as conspicuously detached as they are here. Perhaps Wes watched The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and decided it was a good way to develop some sketchy ideas. However, one gets the impression a series of five-minute tableaux running to 100 minutes would be the ideal form for such aesthetic/ intellectual posing.
Give poor, starving Gurgi munchings and crunchings.
The Black Cauldron (1985) (SPOILERS) Dark Disney? I guess… Kind of . I don't think I ever got round to seeing this previously. The Fox and the Hound , sure. Basil the Great Mouse Detective , most certainly. Even Oliver and Company , so I wasn't that selective. But I must have missed The Black Cauldron , the one that nearly broke Disney, for the same reason everyone else did. But what reason was that? Perhaps nothing leaping out about it, when the same summer kids could see The Goonies , or Back to the Future , or Pee Wee's Big Adventure . It seemed like a soup of other, better-executed ideas and past Disney movies, stirred up in a cauldron and slopped out into an environment where audiences now wanted something a touch more sophisticated.
Monster nom nom?
The Suicide Squad (2021) (SPOILERS) This is what you get from James Gunn when he hasn't been fed through the Disney rainbow filter. Pure, unadulterated charmlessness, as if he's been raiding his deleted Twitter account for inspiration. The Suicide Squad has none of the "heart" of Guardians of Galaxy , barely a trace of structure, and revels in the kind of gross out previously found in Slither ; granted an R rating, Gunn revels in this freedom with juvenile glee, but such carte blanche only occasionally pays off, and more commonly leads to a kind of playground repetition. He gets to taunt everyone, and then kill them. Critics applauded; general audiences resisted. They were right to.
Is that why you're here? To see if your baby's having nightmares?
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (SPOILERS) The main takeaway from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child , found in post-mortems and general hindsight, was that its box office was so poor (less than half that of its predecessor) because it failed to offer the fans what they wanted. I'll be the first to admit the premise isn't a great one, or a very original one (hearkening back to the demon offspring cycle, spanning Rosemary's Baby to The Omen ), but it's at least attempting to stretch itself, for all that director Stephen Hopkins' approach is decidedly scrappy and the dream sequences are less than elegant.
I'm going to get my chimp.
Planet of the Apes (2001) (SPOILERS) Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake is one of those movies, like Roland Emmerich's Godzilla , where everyone knows it's terrible, so there's nothing much else to discuss. Except that neither of those movies are terrible. They may not be what fans wanted, but in many respects they're both much more interesting "failures" than the later, heralded incarnations where the studios concerned "got it right" (which, in Apes ' case, entailed getting bogged down in a highly pedestrian human-ape war, and in Godzilla 's, failing to find a means to instil interest in the token human element). Burton's movie is probably the least Burton-esque picture he has made, and it's irreversibly crippled by a flat-out terrible choice of lead actor, but I maintain there's a lot here that deserves respect, up to and including that ending.
Three. Two. One. Lift with your neck.
Red Notice (2021) (SPOILERS) Red Notice rather epitomises Netflix output. Not the 95% that is dismissible, subgrade filler no one is watching but is nevertheless churned out as original "content". No, this would be the other, more select tier constituting Hollywood names and non-negligible budgets. Most such fare still fails to justify its existence in any way, shape or form, singularly lacking discernible quality control or "studio" oversight. Albeit, one might make similar accusations of a selection of legit actual studio product too, but it's the sheer consistency of unleavened movies that sets Netflix apart. So it is with Red Notice . Largely lambasted by the critics, in much the manner of, say 6 Underground or Army of the Dead , it is in fact, and just like those, no more and no less than okay.
It looks like a digital walkout.
Free Guy (2021) (SPOILERS) Ostensibly a twenty-first century refresh of The Truman Show , in which an oblivious innocent realises his life is a lie, and that he is simply a puppet engineered for the entertainment of his creators/controllers/the masses, Free Guy lends itself to similar readings regarding the metaphysical underpinnings of our reality, of who sets the paradigm and how conscious we are of its limitations. But there's an additional layer in there too, a more insidious one than using a Hollywood movie to "tell us how it really is".
Death to Realism!
eXistenZ (1999) (SPOILERS) eXistenZ has more going on, more ideas and layers, than any of its thematic late '90s bunkmates – The Matrix , Dark City , The Thirteenth Floor – even if it's the least polished of the quartet. It's engaging, and engrossing, and David Cronenberg creates a sense of recursive, entropic remove from any original point via a range of baseline realities, but his movie is perhaps more satisfying thematically than it is in terms of storytelling. It doesn't even make its rules of gameplaying entirely clear.
It becomes easier each time… until it kills you.
The X-Files 4.9: Terma Oh dear. After an engaging opener, the second part of this story drops through the floor, and even the usually spirited Rob Bowman can't save the lethargic mess Carter and Spotnitz make of some actually pretty promising plot threads.
I think we'd all like to know what's in that rock.
The X-Files 4.8: Tunguska The usual two-part caveat applies here, of avoiding reaching a definitive appraisal before one has seen the finale. But obviously, I have, and obviously, it doesn't live up to Tunguska . Actually, that's something of an understatement. Nevertheless, much of this episode is really good, throwing in not-quite-ancient mysteries and reteaming Mulder and Krycek to engagingly conflicting effect. Plus, it throws in some simple-yet-starkly iconic imagery for the cliffhanger.
Encumbered by idiots, we pressed on.
Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory (1990) (SPOILERS) Revisiting the favourites of one's youth can be a sobering experience, particularly if they're reflective of one's then age. Brat pack movies were always hit and miss, and the grouping itself was generally more a lazy catch-all for anything from the mid '80s to the early '90s that starred actors of a certain age who weren't Tom Cruise (although, he might be squeezed in right at the start, a good few years prior to the phrase's formulation). Young Guns , which I'd considered decent enough, didn't really stand the test of time, so how does Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory fare, given I rated it more highly?
What you're about to witness is not magic. It is purely science.
The Prestige (2006) (SPOILERS) If you hadn't heard, The Prestige 's ending is divisive. The very fact of this is something I find, frankly, bizarre. The idea that it's somehow perceived as a cheat or cop out. The ending as it unfolds is everything to the movie. It's intrinsic to it and makes explicit its thematic content in a powerful and resonant way. Without it, the film becomes an above-par Now You See Me (one with tricks that actually have some degree of coherence and less CGI). With it, it amounts to a classic.
I work very hard to keep any President from knowing I even exist.
The X-Files 4.7: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man The popularity of this one has always mystified me. But then, trading off the "appeal" of CSM was never something likely to pique my interest. Combine that with the most tired backstory conceivable – " Some of it may indeed be true, and some of it may – well, never mind " commented Frank Spotnitz – that takes in riffing on/ripping off/homaging – take your pick, depending on your disposition – then recent touchstones JFK , Dark Skies and Forrest Gump , and you've got forty-odd minutes very thin on inspiration.
You're looking at the future, Mr Mulder.
The X-Files 4.1: Herrenvolk The very so-so Season Three finale gets a very so-so conclusion in Herrenvolk . It's a good title ("Master Race"), but once you contextualise it, it's rather too derivative. After all, what do these blonde, blue-eyed not-human boys (okay, not the girls) wandering about a rural aviary evoke if not John Wyndham's Village of the Damned ( The Midwich Cukoos ), with its bunch of superior juniors?
Why, it's just a hat, darling, belonging to a small-headed man of limited means who lost a fight with a chicken.
James Bond 007 Ranked So the Daniel Craig era is over. Some might suggest it took more than long enough to make a measly five movies. Connery managed it in less than a third of the time. Moore in just over half. And still Daniel looked glum and resolutely unsuave, indifferent to the unfeasible sums they kept paying him to keep on coming back and keep those massive man tits in tip-top condition. Who knows where the series goes from here, if the series goes from here (if anything goes from here). I dare say Eon would be more reluctant than most movie production companies to institute a radical shift in the lead's casting, be it via race or gender. Certainly much more so than the major studios. It is, after all, their only asset. But pressure can be brought to bear. I mean, they did just kill Bond off.
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NSDC, Microsoft join hands to provide digital skills to over one lakh youth
AnukritiJuly 8, 2020
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Microsoft on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership aimed at providing digital skills to more than one lakh youth in the country over the next one year.
"Microsoft will collaborate with NSDC's eSkill India portal to provide free access to learning resources and conduct digital skilling awareness drives, equipping the next generation of learners with the skills they need to thrive in a digital economy," a release said.
Under the partnership, Microsoft's learning resource centre, Microsoft Learn, will be integrated with eSkill India digital platform to provide access to personalised learning paths and resources that are in-demand in today's economy and are well-positioned to continue to grow in the future.
"These learning paths will cover a broad range of skills, from entry-level digital literacy to advanced product-based skilling in critical technologies like AI and cloud computing, providing numerous opportunities for people to reskill and upskill, placing roles that are in-demand within reach of job seekers," the release said.
The partnership with NSDC is an extension of Microsoft's global skilling initiative to help 25 million people worldwide acquire new digital skills needed for the COVID-19 economy.
"The digital transformation of India is driving demand for tech-enabled jobs across every industry and with it the need for digital skills. We are deeply invested in creating a digital skills ecosystem that prepares India's workforce for jobs of the future," Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari said.
"Our partnership with NSDC is a strong step in that direction, equipping learners with easily accessible tools and resources needed to succeed in a digital economy," he added.
NSDC MD and CEO Manish Kumar said the collaboration aims at accelerating online learning for enhancing employability of the young workforce in a rapidly evolving digital environment.
In another initiative, M12, the venture capital arm of the software giant Microsoft, opened its India office in Bengaluru to focus on investment opportunities in B2B startup space.
Formerly known as Microsoft Ventures, M12 has been remotely in India since 2019 with investment in startups such as Innovaccer and FarEye, and is now looking at segments such as applied AI, business applications, infrastructure, security, and vanguard technologies, stated a press release.
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Last week, we talked about the best thing about running. It was pretty easy for me to narrow down my favorite thing about being a runner. This week, though, we're talking about the hardest parts of running. For me, this one is a little more difficult.
Because I can't narrow it down to just one thing, here are the three hardest things about being a runner for me.
Dealing with injury has to be one of the hardest things to deal with as a runner. I am grateful I haven't been injured many times but even the luckiest of runners will deal with something over the course of their career. While training for my first marathon, I was sidelined with awful IT Band issues. I had to defer my registration to the following year (when races still did that!) and even though I ran it, I was dealing with my unresolved IT Band issues for the entire race. I had to take 3 months off to deal with it. It was depressing and hideous and hopeless, for the injured runner has no idea how long they will remain injured. I couldn't even look at a runner running down the street without getting teary. Ugh. I've also been sidelined by plantar fasciitis, hamstring issues and pregnancy (I wasn't allowed to run while pregnant and ultimately was on months of bedrest with all my kids). Oh and I broke my foot and dislocated my baby toe (how this happened does not need to be disclosed). I was in a cast for 3 weeks and then one of those stupid ugly shoe things for another 4. Needless to say, these times were not good.
Second to injury is burnout and/or lack of motivation. For someone that races a lot, I am constantly on the verge of burnout. With high miles, early mornings to either train or race and lots of fatigue, sometimes it takes more strength to get ready to run than to actually run. Thankfully things like running partners, social media accountability, fun running clothes, great race experiences and a supportive family really really help.
The third hardest thing about running, for me, is time management. This one gets super tricky for most runners. As a coach and trainer, my schedule is pretty crazy. In between clients, I'm often doing kid-stuff, house-stuff or something else and there's not always time to get a run in. This leaves early mornings (if I don't have a client session) or later at night after the kids have gone to bed. It's hard. Some days I'm running 2 or 3 times just to get my miles in. It gets exhausting, both physically and mentally.
What are the hardest things about running for you?
Injuries are the worst, and early in my career I was sidelined with a stress fracture of my femur. Since then, however, my injuries have been minor and short-lived. But the hardest thing about running for me is running "solo," when a partner or group is not around. It's too easy for me to not push myself, to finish early, or to lose motivation to get out the door at all, and this is something I'm having a very difficult time pushing through. But somehow I'll get over it and come back into the running world as I was before.
I would say the hardest thing for me is the same as Steve. Running solo. But hey, I got over my fear of the treadmill. I can get over the fear of "being alone" too!
Sometimes I really don't mind running alone for the quiet time. But I definitely wouldn't want every run to be solo.
Yes! Injury is such a difficult thing to deal with, I too had ITB issues and it was so hard to not run!
Being an injured runner is the worst!
Yes, running with no pressure is so joyful!! I'm sure you will be doing all the races after the baby comes!!
I run all the time and never think I get burned out. But honestly after I take some time off due to other commitments. I also come back feeling refreshed and my runs go so much better.
Taking a short break is really important to just regroup and refocus. Runs always feel so good even after the shortest breaks!
I'm so with you on all of these. What is it about ITBS and first marathons? I think I didn't know enough to realize what was going on with mine until it felt like a gunshot. Thanks for linking up!
I haven't had to deal with real injuries, but I have had excruciating leg cramps that lasted for hours after long runs! Finally found the right combo of supplements for me. Enjoy those runs!
Leg cramps are awful! I find that staying on top of my magnesium and potassium intake helps tremendously.
Yes, yes and yes! I dealt with all three of these especially during my marathon training! I was so close to burn out it was kind of scary. My personality is when I'm done with something, I AM DONE! Thankfully it happened right before taper and I was able to recover just fine!


Keep your old clothes. Give cash to groups that help survivors deal, heal, and rebuild.
People send used clothes. Stuffed animals. Canned goods.
A fine sentiment. But these things are just not very useful and require too much work to sort through and distribute.
If you really want to help survivors of a catastrophe like the Camp Fire in Paradise, the Woolsey Fire in Southern California, or the devastating Sonoma fires of a year ago, give cash to larger local organizations that know their communities and are well positioned to dole it out to groups that work directly with survivors who need shelter, cots and bedding, hot meals, prescriptions, baby supplies, and transportation—because their cars have been reduced to charred hunks of misshapen steel and aluminum. Survivors also need money and long-term help, because many lost everything. The Camp Fire killed at least 85 people—more than 150 remain unaccounted for—and wiped out 13,972 homes, 538 commercial structures, and nearly 4,300 other buildings.
The United Way of Northern California is also helping victims with direct cash assistance.
As of Wednesday, Benson-Valavanis said, some 550 people remained in temporary shelters set up immediately after the Camp Fire. Others were living in tents as heavy rains swept into to the area. NVCF is now working closely with FEMA and with Butte County to determine what the transitional housing situation will look like: "We are in a rural community and there aren't a lot of hotels and motels available to begin with, so the challenges are steep," Benson-Valavanis said.
One thing to think about is short-term vs long-term relief. The news cameras come to town and everyone donates. Then the cameras go away and the cash flow tapers off. But people's needs are still epic. They have to find stable living situations, clear and assess their burned-out properties, and start rebuilding homes and dealing with insurers, architects, contractors, government agencies, and lots and lots of paperwork. There are medical and legal issues. Possibly funerals to arrange. Childcare to deal with. There are all kinds of lingering mental health problems and difficulties finding new work. A person has to eat, too.
CFS has raised about $14 million to date, and has held on to most of it for long-term efforts while other funders focused more on the short-term needs. "We learned that long-term can mean anywhere from 5 to 10 years," Childs says.
The Sonoma fires destroyed 5,300 homes. More than a year later, only 106 have been rebuilt.
Housing is a massive challenge. The Sonoma conflagrations destroyed 5,300 homes. More than a year later, just 106 have been fully rebuilt, according to Childs, and "only 43 percent are even in the process of having applied for a permit." That's worrisome because most insurers only cover two years of housing for fire victims. When the coverage lapses, and those houses aren't ready, a lot of families could be in trouble: "There's going to be a pretty major effect when we hit October of next year," Childs says.
As part of its long-term efforts, CFS supports Legal Aid of Sonoma County and United Policyholders, a nonprofit that's also active in Butte County (where Paradise is located) that offers insurance assistance for people in need. Paradise victims can seek free legal help from Legal Services of Northern California.
Another helpful nonprofit, particularly for immigrant families unwilling or unable, because of undocumented family members, to seek help from FEMA, is California Human Development. The United Way of Greater Los Angeles, meanwhile, has created a fund to give long-term help to victims of the Woolsey fire, which destroyed at least 1,500 structures and damaged hundreds more in Malibu and Ventura County.
We want to hear from you: How have the recent wildfires affected you? And how has your outlook on life in California changed? If you have been directly affected, or know someone who has been affected, please get in touch. You can fill out the form below, send us an email at talk@motherjones.com, or leave us a voicemail at (510) 519-MOJO. We may use some of your responses for a follow-up story.


We're starting to learn about design research in class, and I spent yesterday's class teaching about the three core pillars of contextual and behavioral research: focus, context, and partnership.
Focus describes the goal trajectory of your research – the container you put on your frame of reference in order to drive participant selection and identify where to conduct your research. It reveals data, but it also conceals, because you'll be tempted to only pick up signals related to your focus. A good focus helps steer context selection.
Context describes the interrelated conditions in which work and play are done – the environment, social setting, and culture. Arguably, it's one of the most important parts of design research, because getting into context allows you to witness real behavior rather than gather summary data. If you spend time at a homeless shelter, you are in context; if you bring homeless people to your design studio, you've sterilized the research. This means you won't encounter the societal fabric in which your participants' wants and needs occur. You won't meet their friends or their supporters, and you won't see how the policies of the shelter work for or against them. You won't see the community, or the noise, or the serendipitous encounters. Getting into context is harder than bringing someone to you, and it gets particularly difficult (both logistically and ethically) in settings with at-risk populations or dangerous environments. Perhaps that difficulty signals something of the importance of the task.
Finally, partnership describes the relationship you try to forge with your participants, and the goal is a specific form of partnership: a master/apprentice relationship, where you are the apprentice. You are there to learn, and the person you are conducting research with is the teacher. In a typical art studio, an apprentice would work for many months to understand the craft of the master. They would ask questions, but mostly, they would observe. And they would try things, slowly building up both confidence and skill. The same are true in design research. This is a long process, driven by small amounts of behavioral questions, and complete with hands-on experience.
There's nothing easy about design research. It's socially awkward for most people, logistically difficult, time consuming, and – in many humanitarian contexts – emotionally draining. But it's fundamental to pursuing understanding and empathy.


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Shelter in Place: A Living Room Vaudeville
Nathan and Julie Gunn and Friends: An Evening on Broadway
On October 6th, Nathan and I sent the Krannert Center its 50th Birthday present: a concert celebrating everything about the University of Illinois that we have been so lucky to be a part of as students, faculty, and performers.
Alongside current students, alumni, faculty, emerging artists and seasoned professionals, we shared some Broadway heritage, from Street Scene and Carousel to Fun Home and Parade. We did this not just for the beautiful music, but to showcase some of the incredible talent of the new generation of young musicians.
This premiere project is available in varied forms to young artist programs all over the country. If you want to share in this celebration, we'd love to hear from you.
Shot in the Dark Productions Inc.
Classical Recitals
Nathan and Julie Gunn combine forces in an evening of art song alone, or mixed with folk and popular songs.
Cabaret Evenings
Nathan and Julie in an evening of cabaret and conversation. Songs like "The Piano has been Drinking" (Waits) and "Time" (Thalken), "If ever I would leave you" (Lerner/Lowe) and "I love a piano" (Berlin)
Poetry and Chamber Music
Nathan, Julie and the Jupiter String Quartet in an homage to their favorite American and British poets.
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Jon Gray's Fantasy Scouting Report
The latest projections exactly match what is expected of Jon Gray, at least in terms of position ranking. Based on ownership percentage (94%), Jon Gray has a market rank of #44 among starting pitchers. Projections also rank him #44. He is projected for 29 fantasy points in 12 remaining games. His projected average FP rank is the same as his rest of season total rank. The market ranks Jon Gray behind Rodriguez and above Kluber but the projections rank these players in reverse order.
Week 18 starting pitchers comparisons show these are 5 better options at lower start percentages: Homer Bailey (3.8 FP), Max Scherzer (5.1 FP), Mike Fiers (5.4 FP), Michael Pineda (3 FP), and Sonny Gray (4 FP). He is projected for more points than 4 other starting pitchers starting in more leagues: Madison Bumgarner (2.4 FP), Lance Lynn (1.9 FP), Patrick Corbin (2.1 FP), and Brandon Woodruff (1.2 FP). Starting in 75% of leagues he is expected to produce 3.6 fantasy points (WK 18). At his start percentage, he is expected to be the #33 starting pitcher of the week, but he is projected to be the #41 starting pitcher. In terms of total fantasy points he projected to come up 0.9 short of expectations.
He is projected for 2.7 fantasy points in week 18 (#41 SP) in 4 games.
Based on 7/18 start percentages, Jon Gray is valued behind Soroka and above Keuchel and the projections agree for this week.
LAST DAILY FANTASY PERFORMANCE 7/17 VS SF
Loss 5.1 IP, 3 K, 10.59 ERA, 2.75 WHIP
FanDuel: $7500, 7 FPs (-$5592 value, -20.5 FPs)
Out of 17 fantasy weeks, he was +50% above his weekly average of 1.1 FPs in 8 of them. He had 8 bad weeks where he was 50% below average.
He averaged 33.7 FD points and 18.5 DK points per game. We looked at all of his games that were between the 10th and 90th percentile where the 10th percentile is his floor and the 90th is his ceiling. On DraftKings his floor was 1.9 and on FanDuel it was 7 fantasy points. His DraftKings ceiling was 25.6 fantasy points and 46 on FanDuel. He has had more bad FanDuel games (below average by 20%) than good games (20% above average), and the same was true on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.
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2019 COL 21 20 120.3 9 7 0 124 45 122 4.11 1.38 0 0
2018 COL 31 31 172.3 12 9 0 183 52 180 5.11 1.34 0 0
2016 COL 29 29 168.0 10 10 0 185 59 153 4.60 1.26 1 1
2015 COL 9 9 40.7 0 2 0 40 14 52 5.53 1.62 0 0
Career (5 Seasons) 110 109 611.3 41 32 0 644 200 620 4.54 1.34 1 1
IBBI
GDAO
2019 COL 57 55 17 3 3 132 86 1.5 0 0 5 12.71 0
2018 COL 102 98 27 6 1 183 138 1.3 2 2 6 12.43 0
2016 COL 92 86 18 12 2 159 143 1.1 3 0 7 12.00 0
2015 COL 26 25 4 2 2 36 41 0.9 2 0 3 15.05 0
Career (5 Seasons) 324 309 76 25 8 623 499 1.2 9 3 24 12.44 0
2019 Situational Stats
March 0 1 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 3 1 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 89 .208
April 2 2 3.56 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.1 26 12 12 5 1 15 24 1 2 0 0 467 .248
May 2 1 5.65 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.2 32 18 18 5 0 9 34 0 3 0 3 482 .288
June 5 1 2.65 7 6 0 0 0 0 37.1 36 13 11 2 1 15 43 5 0 0 1 569 .248
July 0 1 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 12 5 5 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 195 .267
Home 4 1 3.24 9 8 0 0 0 0 50 45 19 18 5 1 17 50 2 2 0 2 761 .250
Away 5 5 4.29 11 11 0 0 0 0 65 66 32 31 10 2 25 71 5 3 0 3 1041 .264
Day 2 1 3.75 5 4 0 0 0 0 24 19 10 10 2 1 12 26 1 0 0 2 388 .218
Night 7 5 3.86 15 15 0 0 0 0 91 92 41 39 13 2 30 95 6 5 0 3 1414 .268
vs. Ariz. 1 1 3.31 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 7 6 1 0 6 10 2 0 0 2 264 .292
vs. Atl. 0 0 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 5 5 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 87 .381
vs. Cin. 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 98 .174
vs. LA-NL 1 1 4.97 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 15 8 7 1 1 4 12 0 1 0 0 198 .333
vs. Miami 0 1 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 3 1 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 89 .208
vs. Milw. 1 0 7.94 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 5 1 0 2 9 0 0 0 1 106 .292
vs. NY-NL 0 1 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 4 4 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 1 89 .348
vs. Phil. 1 1 4.22 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 5 5 1 0 7 13 0 2 0 0 195 .194
vs. Pitt. 1 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 3 3 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 105 .259
vs. S.D. 2 0 3.72 4 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 20 8 8 4 0 7 23 0 1 0 1 286 .270
vs. S.F. 1 1 0.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 9 1 1 1 0 5 12 1 1 0 0 198 .196
vs. Tor. 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 2 0 0 0 87 .091
Coors Field 4 1 3.24 9 8 0 0 0 0 50 45 19 18 5 1 17 50 2 2 0 2 761 .250
Citi Field 0 1 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 8 4 4 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 1 89 .348
Marlins Park 0 1 4.05 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 3 1 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 89 .208
PETCO Park 1 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 89 .136
Citizens Bank Park 0 1 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 5 5 1 0 3 8 0 2 0 0 98 .294
SunTrust Park 0 0 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 5 5 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 87 .381
Miller Park 1 0 7.94 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 5 1 0 2 9 0 0 0 1 106 .292
PNC Park 1 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 3 3 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 105 .259
Oracle Park 1 1 0.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 9 1 1 1 0 5 12 1 1 0 0 198 .196
Turf 1 1 3.27 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 14 5 4 1 0 4 8 2 0 0 1 180 .304
Grass 8 5 3.89 18 17 0 0 0 0 104 97 46 45 14 3 38 113 5 5 0 4 1622 .253
Post All-Star 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 98 .174
Pre All-Star 9 6 3.92 19 18 0 0 0 0 108 107 49 47 14 3 42 115 7 5 0 5 1704 .263
RISP 0 0 8.22 20 0 0 0 0 0 30.2 20 30 28 1 0 8 33 4 0 0 1 385 .194
RISP w/Two out 0 0 5.27 20 0 0 0 0 0 13.2 6 9 8 0 0 6 19 0 0 0 0 184 .128
Runners on Base 0 0 6.28 20 0 0 0 0 0 53 46 39 37 3 0 16 51 7 5 0 5 696 .260
Bases Empty 0 0 1.74 19 0 0 0 0 0 62 65 12 12 12 3 26 70 0 0 0 0 1106 .257
Bases Loaded 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000
Late Inning Pressure 0 0 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 2 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 31 .667
LIP-Runners On 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 .500
with 0 outs 0 0 3.32 19 0 0 0 0 0 40.2 42 15 15 9 2 10 47 2 2 0 0 650 .271
with 1 out 0 0 4.14 19 0 0 0 0 0 41.1 35 20 19 2 1 17 40 3 0 0 5 613 .243
with 2 outs 0 0 4.09 20 0 0 0 0 0 33 34 16 15 4 0 15 34 2 3 0 0 539 .260
w/Bases Full 2 Out 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000
Last 7 Appearances 4 1 2.92 7 6 0 0 0 0 37 38 14 12 3 0 11 38 3 0 0 1 588 .262
SVO (incl. Holds) 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
> 5 Days Rest 0 4 6.23 7 7 0 0 0 0 39 49 27 27 9 2 14 42 1 4 0 3 650 .329
5 Days Rest 8 1 2.57 10 10 0 0 0 0 63 51 19 18 5 0 22 65 3 1 0 2 968 .220
As Reliever 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000
< 5 Days Rest 1 0 1.42 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 2 1 0 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 95 .240
As Starter 9 6 3.85 19 19 0 0 0 0 114.2 111 51 49 15 3 39 121 7 5 0 5 1790 .259
Chase Field 1 1 3.27 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 14 5 4 1 0 4 8 2 0 0 1 180 .304
2019 Game Log
03/31 @ L 0-1 0 4.50 1 0 0 6.7 5 3 3 1 1 10 1 0 0 89
04/06 vs L 0-2 0 6.00 1 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 1 2 4 1 0 0 92
04/11 @ L 0-3 0 4.50 1 0 0 6.7 5 1 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 102
04/16 @ W 1-3 0 3.60 1 0 0 7.0 3 1 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 89
04/21 vs W 2-3 0 2.90 1 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 97
04/27 @ L 2-3 0 3.86 1 0 0 4.7 8 5 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 87
05/02 @ W 3-3 0 4.50 1 0 0 5.7 7 5 5 1 2 9 0 1 0 106
06/13 vs W 6-5 0 4.67 1 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 1 0 10 0 0 0 96
06/29 vs W 9-5 0 4.08 1 0 0 6.7 7 3 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 106
07/17 vs L 9-7 0 4.34 1 0 0 5.3 11 6 6 2 3 3 0 0 0 95
Past Projections
Daily Fantasy Projection: Jon Gray
Jon Gray Scouting Report: Rest of Season Fantasy, Current Week and DFS
Gray Projected to Average 2.4 FPs (#41 SP) And Meet Expectations
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COO Angus Macaulay discusses how six-year-old Stat has grown to 70 people and over 10,000 paid subscribers
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For episode 3 of The Rebooting Show's mini-season focused on modern B2B media, I spoke to Angus Macaulay, COO of Stat, the health-focused site that's one of my favorite niche media brands. Please send me an email with any feedback. Also, please rate and review the podcast. Thanks to Niceguyappreviewer, who said The Rebooting Show is "such a valuable podcast for media entrepreneurs," noting the "insightful, actionable and relevant information." Thank you, Niceguyappreviewer.
Politico's model has long been an aspiration of many niche media companies, even before Axel Springer shelled out $1 billion to buy it. The reason: Politico was able to pull off the "prosumer" model of providing in-depth, insider coverage of a niche (politics) that straddled the line of consumer impact but with the advantages of a B2B business model that typically affords an opportunity for high-priced subscriptions.
Stat, born out of the Boston Globe Media in 2015, wants to pull off the Politico model for life sciences. The site, which operates independently and has 70 people, had a breakout moment during the pandemic as the world's attention by necessity turned to the issues that are squarely in Stat's wheelhouse. Stat's monthly traffic peaked at 23 million in March 2020 vs 4.7 million the prior month. The site's revenue was up 40% in 2021 vs 2020, with subscription revenue up 24%.
"Before Covid, when we'd talk to people at conferences or to advertisers, it was either we know Stat and love it or I never heard of it," said Angus Macaulay, Stat's COO. "We were still a new brand. There was still an awareness brand. When Covid exploded, people in the healthcare industry were also trying to keep up on all the breakthroughs, and many in the ecosystem relied on us as a source. Our awareness in the healthcare ecosystem went through the roof."
Here are five key takeaways from the conversation:
Find a local story with global impact
The idea for Stat came out of a dinner Boston Globe Media owner John Henry had with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who noted that while Boston didn't have the tech scene that Silicon Valley has "you have the life sciences and the entire infrastructure with the academia in Boston as well." While the Globe is mostly a local news company, the opportunity was to build a niche publication with global impact from the position of Boston's outsized role in life sciences as home to over 1,000 biotech companies. "If you lived in Boston and Cambridge over the last 25 years, you can't miss how life sciences has changed this area, it's just exploded," said Macaulay.
Use "stars" to establish credibility
Many news sites focus on keeping costs low, particularly early on. That often means hiring less experienced journalists who command lower salaries. With the backing of a larger media company, Stat was able to take a different path. Its founding executive editor was Rick Berke, a 27-year veteran of The New York Times, sending a signal of the ambitions Stat had, Macaulay said. "They didn't find someone working at a niche B2B trade site. They wanted someone who understood high-end investigative journalism." The site went on to hire several well-known reporters with deep experience in their fields, including Helen Branswell, an infectious diseases reporter who has covered pandemics for nearly 20 years, and Matt Herper, a former j-school classmate of mine who has focused on medical innovation for two decades.
Moving fast is critical
The startup life is often glamorized but comes with many downsides. The tradeoff for being able to move fast and try new approaches as the company figures out its product often comes at a cost of fewer resources and more chaos. Of course, being part of a larger organization means more process and bureaucracy that slows companies down -- and is often deadly for young companies in growth mode. With the backing of Henry, Stat was for the most part kept separate from the larger organization, carving out its own space within headquarters and building out its own tech stack. "It gave us the ability to do things quickly, do things differently, and not be tied to legacy systems or processes," Macaulay said.
Email is an MVP
Email newsletters have long served an important role for B2B publishers. One of the less appreciated roles email newsletters have played is as a minimally viable publishing product. Spinning up a newsletter is cheap and easy, giving an opportunity to test a concept and begin learning immediately rather than going through a long planning and development process. Time spent planning is time wasted not learning. Stat used the development time in building out its site to launch Morning Rounds, which remains its main daily newsletter. "You get direct feedback, but also in the forms, you can start to build a profile of what kind of people you're attracting and is that agreeing with your hypothesis," said Macaulay. "As you build out the profile, you know these are the kind of people we're trying to serve."
Ads are a bridge to subscriptions
From the start, the goal of Stat's business plan was to rely on subscriptions. But where you end up isn't where you start. Stat spent its first year relying on advertising and sponsorship. Selling ads isn't easy, especially for a new publication, but thanks to Stat's experienced editorial team and big-name backing, potential advertisers could be assured the brand would have impact, Macaulay said. Subscriptions are a "longer haul," as a publication builds brand credibility, habit and loyalty. "Advertising was the best first step," he said. "It also gave us the run time to give us a year to build up readership, get them engaged with the brand and coming back without any of the friction of a paywall." Since its launch, Stat+ has grown to encompass more of the site's output, currently 60-65% of all content is exclusive to subscribers.
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We'll likely see new types of media brands, built with a community not just at the center but as active participants. Troy Young smartly maps out how the shift from scale to community will necessitate the creation of collectivist brands that seek to have the benefits of individual creator brands while defraying the infrastructure costs. The trick to these brands is going to be less technological, in my view, but more getting the economics right.
All statistics are liable to be gamed, including subscriber numbers. Joshua Benton hits on the obfuscation going on in discussing the pivot to paid. Reporters are regularly mixing paid and free subscribers in trying to ascertain the progress tight-lipped publications are making. This FT article is a good example. But beyond that, many big subscriber numbers -- and these should usually be reported as subscriptions -- many are on cut-rate trial plans. These are closer to leads than customers.
It's already media outlook time. On Wednesday, Dec. 1, I'm participating in the launch of the "Media Moments" report by the team at Media Voices, home to a podcast I recommend checking out. The Zoom starts at 11amEST. Register here.
One of those media trends is the continuing shift from institutions to individuals. This will only accelerate next year, particularly since we'll start to see the emergence of decentralized autonomous organizations for purposes beyond buying a copy of the Constitution. I spoke more about this on my old friend Chris Cunningham's Superpowers podcast.
Labor conflicts will likely grow worse. The Black Friday strike at The New York Times' Wirecutter is likely a sign of things to come, as labor continues to flex its newfound muscles amid a tight labor market and continued inflation that hits wage earners the hardest. Many publishers will continue to reap what they sowed by treating the people who make the product as swappable widgets.
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On Wednesday's Capital Radio 2CC drive program, long time radio personality Mike Welsh revealed details of a highly intimidating telephone call he received from CSIRO's Media Liaison Manager, Mr Huw Morgan.
It is reported that Mr Morgan is unhappy with the drive program's reporting of the allegations of systemic workplace bullying plaguing the Commonwealth agency and that previously, Mr Morgan has made a number of phone calls to the radio presenter insisting that he desist from providing any further airtime in regards to the matter.
It is understood that CSIRO CEO, Dr Megan Clark has declined a number of invitations to speak with the radio announcer in relation to workplace bullying allegations within the organisation and that the only public response which the CSIRO has been prepared to make to date is one of "no comment".
Those who are familiar with the CSIRO's previous communicators and communication strategies will recall the media debacle during the time of former tobacco industry lobbyist, Donna Staunton's employment in which the CSIRO is alleged to have "black balled", journalist Peter Pockley after Mr Pockley wrote an article on the gagging of scientists by senior management within the CSIRO at the time.
It has been reported that in recent weeks, CSIRO representitives have also contacted a number of other parties critical of the CSIRO's handling of workplace bullying issues placing similar pressure on them to desist from further public comment.
CSIRO deputy chief executive of operations Mike Whelan told a Senate estimates committee in Canberra in February some of the claims on the VoC website were "dodgy". "Lots of allegations have been tossed around by stakeholders and media in recent times and I would have to say the basis for some is pretty dodgy," he said. "Over the last three years, to October 2012, there have been 11 allegations of bullying and harassment made in the CSIRO and 10 of those have subsequently not been substantiated." Whelan criticised claims made on the website. "There are entries that purport to detail the case studies of at least 14 victims of CSIRO and I know for a fact two of the individuals cited there have indicated to CSIRO that they are not victims, that they have not supported the material being put on that website and that they are uncomfortable about being associated with this," he said. Hooley accused Whelan of "pre-judging" the investigation's outcome, which was "inappropriate given CSIRO's legal department have largely been responsible for drafting the ToR document". He lobbied for a "truly independent investigation" because many VoC members were "terrified of the ramifications in making public disclosures of information". "Most of the allegations submitted are likely to be invalid for consideration in the second more thorough phase within the current ToR," he said. "(The ToR) does not oblige CSIRO to act on the findings or even publish the findings, the process is not transparent and does not allow for any challenge to the findings." In December, Comcare issued CSIRO a work health and safety improvement notice and ordered it to review its management of workplace misconduct and bullying. In a bulletin to the organisation's 6,600 workers, CSIRO chief executive Megan Clark said its Black Mountain installation in Canberra was now fully compliant with the improvement notice. The CSIRO spokesperson told OHN the notice related to procedures that dealt with people with a pre-existing mental health condition.
The Coalition has complained it was not briefed on the inquiry details. A spokesperson for shadow science minister Sophie Mirabella told OHN a "promised" briefing was an email "shortly before they were publicly released". "We weren't briefed, we were emailed," the spokesperson said. The CSIRO spokesperson said "Mirabella's office was briefed on the terms of reference by the minister's office".


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Vaccinations are very important and protect your kitten against infectious and potentially fatal diseases including: Feline enteritis, Cat 'Flu', Chlamydia and FIV. Find out more about these diseases.The vaccines given will depend on the lifestyle of your kitten. Kittens are vaccinated at certain weeks of age, to give them full immunity and then once every 12 months to maintain this immunity throughout life. Find out more about our vaccination procedure.
Somehow, fleas always seem to find their bothersome way onto our cats' coats and are a major source of skin problems. They come from any environment where dogs and cats have previously been. Flea eggs are deposited and hatch over a period of time and jump onto the next passing 'meal ticket' (dog, cat, or even us). Fortunately, there are now some excellent flea control products available which are safe and effective and easy to use. They come in a variety of forms, such as spot ons which provide a month's protection against fleas and are water resistant. Read more about fleas here.
As a starting point for your kitten's diet we recommend using a good quality prepared pet food that is complete and balanced for this stage of life and made out of high quality ingredients. This can be supplemented with small amounts of fresh food and table scraps (no cooked or small bones, please) and a ready supply of fresh water. Read more about feeding your cat here.
Teeth cleaning and gum massage are very important and probably best achieved by supplying the appropriate things to chew on. Raw rabbit bones and beef strips are excellent. Good habits start early in your kitten's life. For cats with problem teeth there is even a specific dental diet "Hills t/d" to encourage oral health. Learn more about dental care here.
We recommend a permanent form of identification - microchipping. A microchip is implanted under the skin of your kitten by injection and includes lifetime registration with a central registry such as NZCAR (www.animalregister.co.nz). In addition pet tags with your phone number on them are a good idea for quick return of wandering kitties.
Kittens generally do not require much bathing, however if this becomes desirable make sure you use a mild cat shampoo. Cat skins are very different to ours. Unless completely necessary do not bathe more than once a week. Click here for tips on bathing your cat.


Letters of credit (l/c) and cash against documents (documentary collections, cad) are the most frequently used payment methods in international trade. Their combined share is more than 50% in all trade finance practices. Letters of credit and cash against documents have some similarities. We can distinguish some common points of these two payment methods as follows : Both payment methods are executed by banks, documents play a key role, they are governed by internationally accepted rules etc. Despite these similarities they have some differences as well. On this article I would like to identify the main differences between Letters of credit (l/c) and cash against documents (documentary collections, cad).
What are the main differences between cash against documents vs letters of credit?
Governing Rules : Letters of credit transactions are governed by UCP 600 and cash against documents are governed by URC 522 rules. You can get detailed information regarding these two set of rules by reading my articles.
Transaction Flow : Letters of credit are opened by the issuing banks with the request and authorization which they have received from the applicants. Applicant is the importer in a commercial letter of credit. As a result letters of credit are initiated by the importers. On the other hand, cash against documents or documentary collections as we called them in trade finance are initiated by the exporters.
Risk Degree : Letters of credit give more assurance to the exporters than cash against documents for this reason letters of credit accepted as a more secure payment methods in international trade than documentary collections.
Responsibilities of Banks : Banks play a key role in letters of credit transactions and they have high levels of responsibilities against exporters. On the other hand in documentary collections banks have almost no valid responsibilities against exporters. As an example banks do not control the documents in documentary collections but in documentary credit transactions banks check the documents to determine whether the presentation is complying or not.
Complexity : Documentary collections are much more easy in operational perspective than documentary credits.
Cost : The cost of the documentary collections is less than the cost of the documentary credits. Letters of credit are one of the most expensive payment methods in international trade.
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RAF Lossiemouth
My overwhelming impression here is a sense of direct connection with the fighting spirit of the past in a modern world still sadly filled with uncertainty and threat. Having close-up tours of the Typhoon and Tornado brought to the fore that unbroken link of innovation and development which means that, surprisingly, I can now see as many of the similarities as differences between these fast jet fighters and the Spitfires, Hurricanes, Beaufighters, Defiants, Typhoons and Tempests of seven
Sgt Stuart Smylie, presenting me with a print of the Typhoon behind me, signed by crew of II (AC) Squadron.
decades ago. At first, it seemed to me that all had changed and the old planes were unrecogniseable in the new, but beside the computer screen displays in the Typhoons, you open a tiny flap to discover three small instruments dials, by which the pilot can bring the plane home if the computer system should fail. The glass screen that displays green-lit information between the pilot and the bubble of the cockpit canopy are showing him the old instrument information in a different visual format, generated by computer, but still the same information, albeit with loads of other stuff available at whim.
My father wrote a long description (in Flying Blind: The Story of a Second World War Night Figher Pilot, Fonthill Media) of chasing a Heinkel bomber across the English Channel, with his Radar Operator, Deryk Hollinrake, struggling to keep its 'blip' on his small radar scanner; and the desperation to get a visual on the aircraft, as this was the only means of shooting it down. The old Mark I Eyball, as they say. Today, suffice it to say, it's very different indeed. As the amazing technology was explained to me (a little), I kept thinking, 'What would Dad have said to all this?'
Controls, Beaufighter 1943
Controls Typhoon 2015
One thing has not changed in all the years: the RAF family here – and elsewhere – has made me feel I belong, even though I know that belonging is because of my dear father, because of those years he served in the 1940s, and for whom it really was a family in more than just name.
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Tagged as Aircraft, airfields, aviation, Aviation history, Bryan Wild, Fonthill Media, RAF Benevolent Fund, RAF Lossiemouth, second world war, Typhoon jet
The Spirit of Coltishall
The Spirit of Coltishall Association is an aptly-named group of people whose aim is to keep alive just that. Having served at the RAF airfield, they consider it to have been one of the friendliest stations they experienced in their various RAF careers, something with which my father would have concurred. Though he was only there for a number of weeks, the name 'Coltishall' was quite familiar to us, but we couldn't think why. Having visited and met these lovely people, and seen the site, I am beginning to understand that 'the spirit of Coltishall' is indeed a happy one. The place is remembered with affection and pride, and now that it has been sold off, this small group of enthusiasts represents an unofficial guardian of the site and the memory of those who served here.
And it is a special site. It was finally vacated three years ago, and is now in the care of the borough and county councils, but its future is being decided carefully and gradually, and the Spirit of Colishall Association are consulted at every stage. The wartime hangars, control tower, runways, officers and sergeants mess – in fact a whole siteful of buildings – are all intact.
Especially impressive is the existence of wartime revetments, or aircraft dispersal bays. These were where the aircraft were scattered around the site in concrete enclosures, cleverly placed so that enemy aircraft could not hit more than one in a single run. Two aircraft would have been parked here in back-to-back double bays, with their own air raid shelter and a dispersal hut where airmen would lounge around ready to scramble. Discarded tea cups have been found in the ground here, dropped when the call came. The walls of the bays are remarkable.
They made me think of the walls of Machu Pichu, as their stones are rounded and fit closely, curving into one another. These are not stones, however, but sandbags mixed with concrete, that set into each other to form this beautiful wall. I am very glad that the Spirit of Colishall Association is here to guard them for the future.
Filed under Airfields, Aviation history, Royal Air Force, Second World War
Tagged as Aviation history, Coltishall, Norfolk, RAF Colishall, Royal Air Force, second world war, Spirit of Coltishall Association
A soaring lesson – Great Gransden
It's a real shame that my version of the group photograph at Great Gransden airfield, at the Cambridge Gliding Centre, have not come out. I'll have to wait until I get home next weekend and can download the pictures from my old digital SLR. It's a shame because I had the chance of a lifetime (for me, anyway) to go up in a glider. What a fantastic day for it. The horizon was clear from edge to edge when we first started. The land here is flat so it was like being over an ocean of land. We were towed up by Chris (thank you, Chris); the glider lifts gently before the towing aircraft leaves the ground. I'm in a Perspex bubble, in a comfortable seat at the front, so the view is spread out all around me, and my pilot, Andrew Watson, talks me through what is happening, what he is doing to catch the thermals below the clouds, and what are the different landmarks we can see dropping away below us. The towing plane departs and suddenly the speed drops, with the noise of wind against the canopy, and it is very calm up here, under the clouds as they sail past just over our heads. We climb to 3,000 feet. The land is far below us. I find it difficult to relate to it up here. The fine detail has gone and it's the land itself that we see stretched out like a drum skin over the world. Andrew offers me the controls but as he demonstrates and the glider dips and moves I feel a bit queasy, a legacy of some ear problems left over from a flu virus back in January, so sadly I passed on this one one for now.
As we circled back towards the airfield, and the houses came back into view amidst the outline of Great Gransden village (a car ambling along a country lane like a little ant) I thought of my father and his four visits here, making this same circling approach in 1944, seeing the same view, the same villages, those far horizons encircling his vision – our vision – and rushing down towards the awaiting grass. And, not for the first or last time, I wonder what on earth he would have thought if he'd known that I would be here now; after 70 years, in his air space.
[photographs to follow]
Filed under Airfields, RAF history, Second World War
Tagged as airfields, Aviation history, Cambridge Gliding Club, gliding, second world war
Itinerary Sat 16th – Fri 22 May: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Essex
My NEW, REVISED schedule for next week (for the whole WTS Calendar go to SCHEDULE page:
Note, this is taken from my working spreadsheet. I am still waiting to hear back from Cranfield.
Filed under Airfields, Aviation history, Second World War
Tagged as 25 Squadron, airfields, Aviation history, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Castle Camps, Cranfield, Essex, second world war, vintage cars
Fly Llanbedr
Carl, Pin, 1932 Alvis, Gary, Owen, Austin 7, Ed, Elizabeth, Chattie, Ian
What a great bunch of folks at Fly Llanbedr! They were all welcoming, and had arranged perfect weather for my tour, though it was not brilliant for flying today. Apparently the east wind comes off the mountains having been buffeted into turbulence, and today was one of those days.
Llanbedr Control Tower – original building
Llanbedr was re-opened last year and looks as if it has been lovingly cared for. The cafe on the first floor of the original control tower has clear views, of course, across the air field. It is light and airy and serves all-day breakfasts and light snacks. It's a lovely place to gaze at the open view and watch the light aircraft movements. Dad landed here a couple of times, and Ian, a volunteer who knows the history of the airfield, told me that today's cafe used to be where Dad would have come to check in and out. Two slots in the walls were where he would have posted his paperwork for his aircraft, and receive it back after it was checked and stamped.
Night Flying Equipment Store
Out of the window he pointed out another newly-painted building. 'That's the NFE Store,' he said, 'Your father was a night-fighter, right? Well, that's the Night Fighter Equipment store, which was where he would have collected his gear and kit before coming here to clear the paperwork.' Dad – walking in here in his flying gear ready to go – 74 years ago. That's touching.
Filed under Alvis, Austin, Singer Le Mans, vintage cars
Tagged as Alvis, Austin 7, Aviation history, Fly-Llanbedr, Llanbedr Airport, RAF Llanbedr, second world war, Singer Le Mans, vintage cars
RAF Valley and the start of my Where They Served tour
It's quite a feeling to drive up towards the flat horizon, knowing that beyond the little village of Valley is the airfield where Dad first flew as a night-fighter pilot in 1941 (456 Squadron). I wondered which of the older little terraced houses might be the one where a lady made a bit of extra cash by serving home-cured ham and fresh eggs in her front room, which Dad and his friends used to frequent. They kept it as secret as they could from the rest of the Squadron. It was quite a feeling to drive through the Station and then for Chattie to be lined up with a Hawk jet for our official photograph. As I shook hands with Station Commander Group Captain Peter Cracroft I couldn't help picturing my Dad's amazed reaction if he could have known that this would be happening. He was always proud of serving at Valley. The Station Commander told me that the highest risk at the Station was still that of vehicles straying onto the runway. Seventy-four years after Dad hit that stray cook-wagon while trying to land at 110 miles an hour, it seems that potential hazard has not changed! The lovely Cerys, who supports my efforts from the RAF Benevolent Fund, had flown up from Cardiff in the morning; my thanks go to her, and to Darren at RAF Valley who escorted and guided us throughout our stay. After leaving the Station, and I said goodbye to them both at the 'spotters' car park' nearby, a jet thundered by right over our heads. 'I would like to say I had arranged that for you!' said Darren. From that car park, I sat a little while looking over the airfield. From here, in a way, it is easier to get a feel for it as it was in 1941. Just the grass between the runways, and a few older hangars and airforce buildings over to the right. In front of me, Darren had pointed out a red light in the grass, where the perimeter track turns in towards the live runways. 'That is the same system your Dad would have known – that is what the cook wagon ignored when your father was landing his Defiant.' A strange feeling to finish with, contemplating that red light nestling in the grass, and thinking how close a shave it was that day for my Dad when he crash-landed on the one remaining oleo leg and finished up in the dunes beyond my line of sight. If he had been only 11 feet off the ground when he hit the cook wagon, instead of 12 feet, he would probably not have survived. Then I wouldn't have been here to visit RAF Valley in a 1935 Singer Le Mans, that's for sure.
Filed under Aviation history, RAF Benevolent Fund, Second World War, Singer Le Mans
Tagged as Aviation history, Boulton Paul Defiant, RAF Benevolent Fund, RAF history, RAF Valley, second world war, Typhoon jet, Where They Served, World War II
Mystery airfield solved?
With a little help from various friends, including Graham and Amanda of GA Promotions (Militaria Fairs). I think I have now identified Dad's 'mystery' airfield. On his list, I picked out the 60 UK airfields where he landed during the war, all except 'Uppingdon'. There were several contenders for this, including 'Uppingham' north of London, suggested by several people. But this didn't open until 1943, and it's pretty clear (because he listed them in chronological order) that Dad's visit to 'Uppingdon' took place in 1941-2. It was in the list next to RAF Shawbury and RAF High Ercall, so I identified the nearby village of Uppington as a possibility. But…no airfield at Uppington. However, RAF Atcham, also a US air base at one stage, was in the same parish district, only a few miles away from Uppington village. My father wrote his airfields list neatly in the back of his log book at the end of the war, and he might well have known the airfield by the name of Uppingdon/Uppington as well as RAF Atcham. Besides, what more natural that in recording a single stop-off at Atcham, he remembered it by an evening in the pub at nearby Uppington?
Filed under Aviation history, Second World War
Tagged as airfields, auctioneers, Aviation history, RAF Atcham, RAF Benevolent Fund, second world war, Where They Served
Want to find your relative's service record?
Want to find your relative's service record?. Since publishing 'Flying Blind', so many people have asked me how to go about finding the service record of someone in their family that I have given some information about it on my Flying Blind website: www.flyingblindnightfighter.com
Tagged as Flt Lt Bryan Wild, Night-Fighter Pilot, second world war
Why do we – why do I – celebrate the past so much? There is a resurgence of interest in the first and second world wars. I know that I am drawn to the fact that ordinary people endured and acted with incredible courage in the most testing of circumstances. Some had a naturally daring spirit, and those people are particularly celebrated as heroes – they seemed to have a reckless bravado which propelled them into exultant action and drew others with them. But for me, that exceptional sense of defiant daring is not what I celebrate most. The majority of people did not have that positive desire for risk, that kind of madness. Even so, they did have a sense of adventure, they did experience the thrill of risk and action and wanted to come out of it well, whether they survived it or not (I speak for my father here, as I think that's how he felt about it). They knew they could die at any time, but pushed that fear down and got on with things, doing the best they could and believing completely that what they were doing had to be done and couldn't be shirked. The first world war saw thousands of people facing certain death day after day, for months and years, living in the most apalling conditions while in the trenches, bearing the loss of their comrades, the ever-present trauma of that warfare, and the hellish conditions. Staving off despair in the those circumstances – all that was courage, the courage of those days, the courage they were all called to embrace.
But this week particularly I been wondering about courage today and what it means for us to be courageous. Let's not think that courage belongs to the past, or to those who serve in the armed forces or rescue services today. It belongs to all of us. It has been shown in France this week, and wherever there is an attack on freedom, there will be the courage that rushes in to help victims, combat the threat. It's shown in the Ebola outbreak where people continue to put their own lives on the line to work in healthcare in those areas. This, too, is easy to celebrate. There is the required courage to speak out and not be silent when something is happening that one knows to be wrong; that is encumbent on all of us.
There is also courage shown in daily life that is not so easy to celebrate because it's harder to see, and 'celebration' seems a difficult word. The shining courage of someone like Kate Gross, who faced dying of cancer in her 30s with such grace and openness and authenticity. The courage of those who get on with their lives after suffering bereavement; of those with long-term illness, or paralysis, and of those who look after them every day; of those facing loneliness in old age: these also are trenches where nobody wants to be; where the endurance seems to have no end in sight, and where, often, there is a sense of loneliness. Living hopefully and positively here is also a kind of warfare: courage on a slow fuse. Let's not forget that courage of many kinds is around us in many guises; perhaps not to be 'celebrated' but recognised, acknowledged, respected: let's support it in others where we can, and live it in ourselves where we must.
Filed under first world war, Second World War, social history
Tagged as Courage, ebola, first world war, Je suis Charlie, Kate Gross, second world war, trenches
New 'FLYING BLIND' website
A new website for all matters relating to my father's memoirs,
'FLYING BLIND: THE STORY OF A SECOND WORLD WAR NIGHT-FIGHTER PILOT' by Bryan Wild and Elizabeth Halls, with Joe Bamford
is now launched.
READ ALL ABOUT IT! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
URL: www.flyingblindnightfighter.com
Short link: http://wp.me/P5zBn5-1
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Tagged as aviation, Aviation history, books, Flt Lt Bryan Wild, memoirs, Night-Fighter Pilot, RAF Valley, second world war


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First Mining's Partner, Auteco Minerals, Increases Land Package at the Pickle Crow Gold Project
February 18, 2020 – Vancouver, BC – First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce that its partner, Auteco Minerals Ltd ("Auteco") (ASX: AUT), has increased its landholding near the Pickle Crow Gold Project ("Pickle Crow" or the "Project"). Auteco staked an additional 130 km2 of land contiguous to Pickle Crow, increasing the combined property's land package to over 320 km2.
Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining, stated "We are pleased to see such quick progress being made by the Auteco team to advance the regional potential of Pickle Crow. The team has added vacant, underexplored and prospective greenstone belt to the property, securing more than 30 km of strike length in a past-producing, high-grade gold district. We are excited about our partnership with Auteco, an accomplished group with a strong technical team and track record of generating value through exploration success."
Ray Shorrocks, Auteco's Executive Chairman, stated "The exploration team at Auteco is looking forward to getting started on the Pickle Crow asset and the Auteco management team is currently in Ontario establishing relationships with the key stakeholders and readying for the commencement of exploration at the property. We look forward to keeping the market updated as work progresses."
First Mining entered into a binding term sheet with Auteco on January 27, 2020 whereby Auteco may earn up to an 80% interest in Pickle Crow. Auteco can earn a full 80% interest in the Project by incurring a total of $10 million in exploration expenditures over five years, making cash payments to First Mining totaling $4.1 million, and issuing 125 million shares of Auteco to First Mining. Upon completion of the second stage of the earn-in (at which time Auteco would have a 70% interest in the Project), First Mining will be granted a 2% Net Smelter Returns ("NSR") Royalty, 1% of which can be bought back for US$2.5 million. Further details are set out in the announcement news release available here.
First Mining has a right of first refusal over the increased landholding that has been staked by Auteco, with the option to allow some or all of the increased landholding to form part of the joint venture on Pickle Crow once formed.
The Pickle Crow Gold Project is located in northwestern Ontario and is one of Canada's highest-grade historical gold mines. The mine operated from 1935 until 1966, during which time it reportedly produced almost 1.5 million ounces of gold at an average grade of 16.14 g/t. The property consists of ~190 km2 (19,000 hectares) of tenure covering a major gold province. First Mining acquired the Project in November 2015 through its acquisition of PC Gold Inc.
A map showing the Project boundary and the additional ground staked by Auteco can be viewed at:
https://www.firstmininggold.com/_resources/maps/2020-02-FF-NR-Pickle-Crow-Land-Tenure.pdf
About Auteco
Auteco Minerals Limited (ASX: AUT) is an emerging mineral exploration company currently focused on advancing high-grade gold resources at the Pickle Crow Gold Project in the world class Uchi sub-province of Ontario, Canada. The Auteco Board of Directors and Technical Management team has a proven track record of discovering gold and creating wealth for shareholders and all stakeholders in recent years.
Hazel Mullin, P.Geo., Director, Data Management and Technical Services of First Mining, is a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of NI 43-101, and she has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
About First Mining Gold Corp.
First Mining Gold Corp. is an emerging development company with a diversified portfolio of gold projects in North America. Having assembled a large resource base of 7.4 million ounces of gold in the Measured and Indicated categories and 3.8 million ounces of gold in the Inferred category in mining friendly jurisdictions of eastern Canada, First Mining is now focused on advancing its material assets towards a construction decision and, ultimately, to production. The Company currently holds a portfolio of 24 mineral assets in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
ON BEHALF OF FIRST MINING GOLD CORP.
Daniel W. Wilton
Mal Karwowska | Vice President, Corporate Development & Investor Relations
Direct: 604.639.8824 | Toll Free: 1.844.306.8827 | Email: info@firstmininggold.com
www.firstmininggold.com
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "plans", "projects", "intends", "estimates", "envisages", "potential", "possible", "strategy", "goals", "objectives", or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to future events or future performance and reflect current estimates, predictions, expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: (i) the timing of any cash and share payments set out in the binding term sheet that the Company has signed with Auteco; (ii) the timing for completion of all earn-in stages under the binding term sheet; (iii) the timing of the grant of a 2% NSR to First Mining over the Pickle Crow Gold Project; (iv) the timing for completion of all exploration expenditures required under the binding term sheet; (v) the potential for Auteco discovering and developing new project scale, high-grade, near surface gold resources at the Pickle Crow Gold Project; (vi) the timing for Auteco commencing exploration work at the Project; and (vii) funding by Auteco to conduct exploration. All forward-looking statements are based on First Mining's or its consultants' current beliefs as well as various assumptions made by them and information currently available to them. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the respective parties, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and the parties have made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: regulatory approvals; shareholder approval from Auteco shareholders; receipt of necessary financing by Auteco; the presence of and continuity of metals at the Pickle Crow Gold Project at estimated grades; success in realizing proposed drilling programs; fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in the currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar); changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration and exploration drilling programs, development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins and flooding); the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities, indigenous populations and other stakeholders; availability and increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development; title to properties.; and the additional risks described in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on EDGAR.
First Mining cautions that the foregoing list of factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on our forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to First Mining, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. First Mining does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by the Company or on our behalf, except as required by law.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors
This news release has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of U.S. securities laws. Unless otherwise indicated, all resource and reserve estimates included in this news release have been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum 2014 Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators which establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. Canadian standards, including NI 43-101, differ significantly from the requirements of the SEC, and mineral resource and reserve information contained herein may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by U.S. companies. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term "resource" does not equate to the term "reserves". Under U.S. standards, mineralization may not be classified as a "reserve" unless the determination has been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally produced or extracted at the time the reserve determination is made. The SEC's disclosure standards normally do not permit the inclusion of information concerning "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" or "inferred mineral resources" or other descriptions of the amount of mineralization in mineral deposits that do not constitute "reserves" by U.S. standards in documents filed with the SEC. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. U.S. investors should also understand that "inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an "inferred mineral resource" will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimated "inferred mineral resources" may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies except in rare cases. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an "inferred mineral resource" exists or is economically or legally mineable. Disclosure of "contained ounces" in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute "reserves" by SEC standards as in-place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures. The requirements of NI 43-101 for identification of "reserves" are also not the same as those of the SEC, and reserves reported by the Company in compliance with NI 43-101 may not qualify as "reserves" under SEC standards. Accordingly, information concerning mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable with information made public by companies that report in accordance with U.S. standards.


Prayer is the basis of our Christian life through which we come to know God. Prayer is the source and substance of our experience of Jesus Christ our the Risen Lord. Prayer is not an option; it is an indispensable necessity for every human being through which we come to know God.
Every human being yearns for grace and peace; but these come to us only in the knowledge of Jesus our Lord (cf. 2 Peter 1:2). Every human being has needs in this life and aspires to do good; but all things necessary to life and to godliness are given to us through knowledge of Jesus Christ (cf. 2 Peter 1:3). Every human being ends this life and enters eternity; and eternal life is to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom He has sent to the world (cf. John 17:3).
The human condition cries out in pain and want, and it is fulfilled only in knowing Jesus Christ; the answer to all of our fears and desires is to know Him. And this is fundamental: we know Jesus Christ existentially through prayer.
The goal of the Christian life is théosis, the divinization of the human being through union with God. Théosis is the "exceedingly great and precious" promise given to us by God: that in knowing God we may be "partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust" (cf. 2 Peter 1:4).
Prayer is a living reality, a deeply personal encounter with the living God, and as such it cannot be limited to a prescribed set of "prayers" and "practices" although these are essential, especially in the beginning, in cultivating a prayer life.
Learning to pray, or growing in prayer, is an indispensable aspect of spiritual growth, and the phases of prayer are correlated with spiritual development. Orthodox spirituality evolves through the stages of purification, illumination, and théosis. Orthodox prayer similarly progresses from oral and interior to noetic prayer. It should also be noted that these stages and phases are not strictly sequential, but often take place concurrently.
When embarking on a spiritual life, we first endeavor to cleanse our soul and our body of passions and lusts. In this stage of purification we employ the many practices and traditions of the Church, such as fasting and vigils, to help mold us and prepare us for illumination. Likewise when starting to develop a life of prayer, we learn to pray by reading the prayers given to us by the Church, such as those in this book and in the divine services.
According to Saint Theophan the Recluse oral prayer is very important, even though it is still external, providing "verbal expression and shape" to our prayers. This Prayer Book was prepared specifically to assist us in learning oral prayer.
As we move from purification to illumination in our spiritual lives, the Light of Christ begins to enlighten our thoughts and actions. Similarly, as we practice the externals of a prayer life with steadfast dedication, we gradually begin to enter into interior prayer. At that point we begin to pray without distraction and, as Saint Theophan remarks, "the mind is focused upon the words" of prayer, "speaking them as if they were our own."
It has always been the universal and unvarying counsel of the holy fathers that a spiritual father is essential to healthy progress toward théosis. One should never embark upon developing a prayer life without the blessing and guidance of their priest.
This is especially true as oral and interior prayer lead to noetic prayer, or prayer of the heart. In this stage of contemplation prayer is no longer something we do but, rather, prayer is who we are because it is attaining its highest goal of uniting us to God.
Noetic or contemplative prayer is a gift of the Holy Spirit, and it is not given to all. Prayer of the heart is our return to the Father in the manner of the prodigal son (cf. Luke 15:32). The prayer of the heart is the prayer of adoption, when God sends forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, which cries out "Abba, Father" (Galatians 4:6).
Saint Theophan writes, "Growth in prayer has no end, and if this growth ceases, it means that life ceases." The progress in the spiritual life, and growth in prayer, are endless because the God Whom we seek is infinite in the depths of His glory.


HORACE TWISS, on being told that the workmen employed at the New Houses of Parliament struck last week, to the number of 468, declared that he would follow their example unless Bob raised his wages.
SIR RHUBARB PILL, M.P. & M.D.
For a case of indigestion.
Would recommend the Poor Law.
There is at present in London a gentleman with an enormous beard, who professes the science of animal magnetism, and undertakes to deprive of sense those who come under his hand; but as those who flock to his exhibition have generally left all the sense they possess at home, he finds it difficult to accomplish his purposes. If it is animal magnetism to send another to sleep, what a series of Soirees Mesmeriques must take place in the House of Commons during the sitting of Parliament! There is no doubt that Sir Robert Peel is the Lafontaine of political mesmerism—the fountain of quackery—and every pass he makes with his hand over poor John Bull serves to bring him into that state of stupefaction in which he may be most easily victimised. While Lafontaine thrusts pins into his patient, the Premier sends poor John into a swoon, for the purpose of, as it is vulgarly termed, sticking it into him; and as the French quack holds lucifers to the nostril, Peel plays the devil under the very nose of the paralysed sufferer. One resorts to electrics, the other to election tricks, but each has the same object in view—to bring the subject of the operation into a state of unconsciousness. If the Premier would give a Matinee Politique, it would prove a formidable rival to the Soiree Mesmerique of the gentleman in the beard, who seems impressed with the now popular idea, that genius and a clean chin are wholly incompatible.


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Business Work starts on Hanoi airport's second terminal
Work starts on Hanoi airport's second terminal
Work started Sunday on a Japan-funded new passenger terminal at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
The four-story passenger terminal T2 will cover an area of 139,216 square meters. It is expected to be finished in November 2014. Once complete, the terminal will be able to receive up to 10 million passengers per year.
Construction costs are estimated at 75.56 billion yen (US$968 million), of which the Japan International Cooperation Agency has pledged a loan of 12.6 billion yen (US$161 million).
The project's contractor is Japan-Vietnam joint venture Tasei Vinaconex.
Air traffic in the Noi Bai International Airport the only air gateway to the capital exceeded the capacity in Terminal 1 in 2007, according to airport authorities. The Ministry of Transport are hailing Terminal 2 as a priority project for the country.
Japanese fashion retailer Miniso comes to Vietnam
The chain plans 12 stores this year and 200 by 2021
Uber must pay tax for drivers in Vietnam: finance ministry
German companies eye young solar energy market in Vietnam
Emerging markets in longest slump since june as volatility jumps
Vinamilk seeks to buy second U.S. dairy company in growth push


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