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Days of Our Lives Renewed For Season 52 By NBC!
February 21, 2017 by RenewCancelTV 5 Comments
Days of our Lives has received a reprieve. Despite reports of its cancellation, NBC has renewed the soap opera for one extra season, taking the series to Season 52, TVLine reveals.
Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement:
"We feel so privileged to be able to continue the remarkable legacy of Days of our Lives. We thank [exec producer] Ken Corday and his team for their incredible accomplishments and look forward to all the stories from Salem that will continue to unfold."
Added Corday:
"It's a great day in Salem… We are grateful to our incredible network and longstanding partner Sony for their continued support, and we look forward to what the future will bring under the new creative direction of the show. I'm especially proud to be able to shepherd Days into the new season, continuing my parents dream and the show's legacy."
It remains to be seen whether Season 52 will be the last in the run of DOOL, as recently suggested. Stay tuned…
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Great I'm so glad they renewed it I love ❤ Days and the actors.
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Well that's the good news. Bad news is that they hired Ron Carlivati as head writer, and he's going to tank the show so terribly that they probably will not get another reprieve for Season #53


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Filmmaker dies in course of duty
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President of Directors' Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Mr Fred Amata, on Friday, confirmed the death of Nollywood filmmaker, Ifeanyi Onyeabo, saying he died while shooting a movie in Jos.
Amata told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Onyeabo's death was shocking and unbelievable, and had left him pondering on what may have gone wrong.
He, however, could not say the cause of the incident, saying "we are still trying to ascertain what went wrong while at the venue of the film shooting.
"We do not have the details yet, until we reach the hospital to ascertain the cause of his death.
"He will be greatly missed by the entertainment industry.
Pedro Aganbi, former chairman, Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Lagos chapter, said that Nollywood had lost an icon who had contributed to the development of the entertainment industry.
"Ifeanyi has been there from the very beginning of Nollywood and he has been a major contributor to the development of the entertainment industry.
"It is a fall of another 'Iroko' and we will surely miss him," Aganbi said. (NAN)

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'Cluck, Pluck & Luck' offers look at poultry industry
In 1923, Ocean View housewife Cecile Steele placed an order for 50 baby chicks, but ended up receiving 500. From that one mistake, the Delmarva poultry industry was born.
"Aside from Caesar Rodney riding up and Delaware voting for the Revolutionary War, this is probably the biggest, longest-lasting event that occurred in Delaware, as far as economic and cultural change," said Ocean View Historical Society President Carol Psaros.
"The poultry industry has, to some extent, even outlasted the DuPont Company, which certainly was a big event — when the DuPonts immigrated here during the French Revolution.
"Chickens have played a big part in Delaware history. Our colonial troops were know as fierce fighters because they fought like a blue chicken called the Delaware blue hen which was a fierce gamecock back in the Revolutionary War time," Psaros noted.
"It became folklore, and eventually the University of Delaware adopted it as their mascot — the Fighting Blue Hen. So chickens have had a long history here in Delaware, even before Cecile Steele."
To share that history, the Ocean View Historical Society will be hosting the Sussex County premiere of the film "Cluck, Pluck & Luck: The Improbable Early History of Delmarva's Chicken Industry" this Wednesday, Aug. 12, beginning at 7 p.m., at Mariner's Bethel United Methodist Church. The screening is free and open to the public.
Producer and director Michael Oates of 302 Stories Inc. will introduce the film and be available for questions afterward. Oates has produced more than 31 films for various historical and industrial groups — notably ones involving the environment, such as the locally well-known documentary "The Storm of '62," and "Dollars on the Beach," an Emmy-nominated film on Delaware horseshoe crabs.
"We were familiar with his work," said Psaros of Oates. "His work is very remarkable and performs a great public service, because a lot of these people have already died, that were in the early chicken houses."
Psaros said anyone who is interested in history — and particularly in Delaware history —should attend the screening.
"It is filled with old pictures from the Delaware Archives, of early Delaware farms. This industry was really started by small family farms, people that were trying to figure out how to raise chickens en masse. It was a lot to contend with. A lot of the early farmers lost their shirts because they made mistakes…
"Chickens don't like heat, they don't like cold. They have to be fed the right kind of grain to put on weight. The early chicken houses were very labor-intensive. There was disease — chicken vaccinators became key to making sure your flock didn't die. There was a lot to learn.
"There was no Purdue, there was no Mountaire. The family farmers were on their own to figure out how to raise chickens in a cost-effective way. And those who figured it out became quite wealthy and quite successful, which was a buffer for them during the Depression."
Delaware state officials and industry representatives have been invited to the screening, including Delaware Agriculture Secretary Ed Kee and Delmarva Poultry Industry Executive Director Bill Satterfield.
"It's really our strongest story," said Psaros. "The broiler industry is a billion-dollar industry that started here in little Ocean View, Del. It's an incredible story that one woman's determination and ingenuity created this long-term industry."
The film takes viewers from to a time when many residents relied on subsistence farming to when chickens accounted for a multi-billion-dollar industry.
"Cecile Steele and the development of the poultry industry was just paramount in Ocean View and now internationally," she said. "It is Delaware's largest export item and a huge economic boost for the state. Sussex County still produces, by county, more chickens than anywhere else in the world. It's very much a part of our way of life here in Sussex County and worldwide.
"The industry started in 1923. The stock market crashed in '29. By the time the broiler industry got under way and got its legs, it was a great buffer for Sussex County and Delaware during the Depression. It gave a lot of people work at a time when they would not have had it."
Psaros said she hopes those who see the film will be moved to learn more about the history of the chicken industry and visit the Ocean View Historical Complex on summer Wednesdays for free tours, from 1 to 4 p.m.
"We have a replica of Cecile Steele's chicken house that her husband build her in 1924," she said, adding that docents are always present at the complex on Wednesdays. "We're hoping that once people see the film, they'll want to come by and look at Cecile Steele's first chicken house. That's why we're so proud in Ocean View to be the downstate premiere, because this is where it all started."
Earlier this year, Psaros — a historian and author — penned "Chickens and Mosquitoes: The Art of Uncertain Times," in which she depicted life in the camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps and inside the early Sussex County chicken houses when the broiler industry was in its infancy. The book will be available for purchase on Wednesday evening, as well.
Members of the Ocean View Historical Society will also be on hand to answer any questions or inquiries about donations or becoming a member.
Psaros said preserving Ocean View history is the society's driving mission, and screening "Cluck, Pluck, and Luck" fits in with that mission.
"One of our goals is to provide educational programs for people in Sussex County — to tell the history of our region, our town and country. This fits right in with our purpose and our mission as a historical society."
Psaros said she is excited for the screening, and hopes visitors and community members will attend to learn more about an industry that started in a back yard in Ocean View.
"I'm really looking forward to this event, which tells the story of the growth of the Ocean View initiated broiler industry from 1923 to the present. Without a doubt, chickens are Delaware's most important commodity and global export."
For more information on the Ocean View Historical Society, visit www.ovhistoricalsociety.org. The society's historical complex is located at 39 Central Avenue in Ocean View. To view a preview of "Cluck, Pluck & Luck," visit vimeo.com/107035006. Mariner's Bethel United Methodist Church is located at 81 Central Avenue in Ocean View.


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The Tusken Raiders are just like any other native alien in "Star Wars". Like the Gungans or even the Ewoks from the original trilogy, they are slow to trust outsiders who enter their lands, but are fiercely loyal to those who earn their respect. Boba, as seen in "The Tribes of Tatooine," wins this and more. Not only does he coax them out of their reluctance with technology, but he also defends them – and their ancestral land! – the invasive Pyke syndicate.
This kind of "Dancing with the Wolves" story can get old quickly when it is a white man who adopts the "simple" cultures of the Other. But Temuera Morrison, who first gave Jango Fett a face and later Boba, is deeply in touch with her own native roots. As a result, he in turn was able to influence the Tusken culture.
"I'm from the Maori nation of New Zealand," Morrison told The New York Times in 2020, "and I wanted to bring that kind of spirit and energy, which we call wairua."
Morrison passed on his cultural dance, the haka, to the Tuskens. Even the handling of the gaffi stick was inspired by the Polynesian fighting style. At the end of "The Tribes of Tatooine", Boba has been trained to fight like the Tuskens do and performs a ceremonial dance with the whole tribe. It was a moment that put a surprising smile on my face. It warmed my heart to see the Tuskens – a group coded not only as people of color, but as a monolithic threat in general – treated with such reverence.
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Albrecht Christoph Wilhelm von Diez, né le  à Bayreuth et mort le  à Munich, est un peintre bavarois qui fut aussi illustrateur et qui appartient à l'école de Munich.

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Il étudie d'abord le dessin à Bayreuth, puis entre 1853 et 1855 fréquente l'école polytechnique de Munich et ensuite devient l'élève du fameux Carl von Piloty à l'Académie des beaux-arts de Munich, mais il y reste peu de temps et continue sa carrière en autodidacte.

Il travaille comme illustrateur aux Fliegende Blättern (Les Feuilles volantes) et illustre L'Histoire de la Guerre de Trente Ans de Schiller. Ses dessins sont diffusés en gravures au trait léger. Il se tourne aussi vers la peinture, en particulier la peinture de genre, les sujets animaliers et les paysages. Il devient alors professeur en 1871 à lAcadémie des beaux-arts, qui est dirigée par Wilhelm von Kaulbach et où il a entre autres comme élèves Robert Breyer, Paul Hoecker, , Ludwig von Löfftz, Fritz Mackensen, Franz Marc, Fritz Osswald, Max Slevogt, Wilhelm Trübner, Viktor Weisshaupt, etc. Cependant son influence dépasse largement l'académie et son colorisme marque plusieurs générations de peintres travaillant à Munich, comme Bruno Piglhein. Il est remplacé par Angelo Jank en 1907.

Il reçoit une grande médaille d'or à l'exposition internationale de Munich en 1883, pour une Adoration des bergers.

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Naissance dans le royaume de Bavière
Décès en février 1907
Décès à Munich
Décès dans le royaume de Bavière
Décès à 68 ans

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Genetics can play a role in whether or not a person is at risk for developing non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cancer. Recent research focuses on height, a genetic factor not usually given much consideration. Findings suggest tall people have a lower risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease and a greater risk of developing cancer.
According to Allentown senior care professionals, a comprehensive study of the medical impact of height shows mixed results. While the mortality rate for heart disease decreases by 6 percent for every 2.5 inches of height, the mortality rate for cancer increases by 4 percent. Body fat and other factors don't seem to have an impact on the correlation between height and the increased risk of developing cancer.
The Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) plays an important role in tissue growth and development. Various studies note a link between certain levels of IGF and cancer risk. Tall people tend to be more sensitive to insulin, which may explain why there's a lower rate of heart disease and type 2 diabetes within this demographic. Yet, according to researchers, insulin sensitivity may facilitate cell growth, increasing the risk of abnormal cell growth.
These findings on height and an increased cancer risk are significant since the average height of the global population has been steadily increasing through the decades. In the Netherlands, for instance, men are about 8 inches taller than they were more than a century ago.
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Laptops are convenient because they can go wherever you do. It is incredibly convenient to have access to your photos, videos, documents and the Internet while on the move. Problems occur when a single component breaks, and you are stuck with having to deal with a major repair such as getting a laptop screen replacement before your device is functional again.
A broken screen makes a laptop inoperable in many cases. Sometimes the problem is minor and is mainly an inconvenience or blemish, but other times the screen may be completely out of commission. This is especially true with LCD screens. The liquid inside the screen spreads and makes it impossible to see graphics or text since the screen has a pool of white liquid inside it now. In these situations you have no option but to replace the screen.
The first thing you should do if you suspect the screen needs to be replaced but think that the rest of the laptop components are okay is to connect the laptop to an external monitor or television. If it functions normally, than the screen is the culprit and you can continue on the process to getting a replacement. Keep in mind if you are experiencing problems with the backlight such as flickering or shutting off after only a few minutes of use, you may need to replace a different part of the laptop.


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Series: Voter ID In Wisconsin
With the passage of Act 23 in 2011, Wisconsin joined a nationwide push by Republican-controlled state governments to require voters show photo ID at the polls in order to cast a ballot. Supporters of the law say it serves a protection against voter impersonation at any frequency, but have offered little specific evidence of this type of fraud being a problem. Multiple lawsuits at the state and federal level have challenged the law on constitutional grounds, with opponents saying it is an attempt to discourage voting among African Americans, college students and the elderly. The status of these court challenges has led to years of uncertainty over when the law would actually be in effect, how it would be enforced, and how the state would help voters who didn't already have photo ID comply.
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In a study commissioned by the Dane County Clerk that was released Sept. 25, 2017, University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Kenneth Mayer found that the state's voter ID law did keep significant numbers of people from voting in Dane and Milwaukee counties in the November 2016 election.
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Wisconsin's voter-ID requirements, signed into law in 2011 as Act 23, is a signature agenda item for Gov. Scott Walker and the state legislature's Republican majority. But its passage set off more than five years of wrangling in the courts — a struggle that has yet to be settled.
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Miami Hurricanes 2018 Season Review: LB Position Recap
The Bermuda Triangle 2.0, with the help of others, helped make the Miami Hurricanes defense one of the best groups in the country.
By Gabriel Urrutia@GabyUrrutia22 Jan 13, 2019, 7:15pm EST
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Every group of linebackers that comes through the University of Miami from this point forward will be compared to three guys that walked onto campus and gave their all to this program from day one: Shaq Quarterman, Michael Pinckney, and Zach McCloud. Collectively, they have led this Hurricanes defense for the past three years and will be sticking around for one more shot to finish their career out successfully.
This past season was a special year for the defense in general who led the nation in multiple categories including tackles for loss and passing defense. Those accomplishments would have never been possible without a group of linebackers that went far beyond the Hurricanes Bermuda Triangle.
Mike Smith might have been one of the most underrated players not only on this defense, but on the entire team. As a senior we saw the type of player that Smith was always capable of being. He finished with 41 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss in nine games this year, mostly serving as a reserve. Before 2018, he had never had a complete tackle for loss in his career. His effort and efficency provided a massive relief for the core of linebackers.
Another guy that made a tremendous jump in 2018 was Romeo Finley, who excelled as the Hurricanes striker. Finley was basically a hybrid linebacker that was able to provide coverage while also serving as a free rusher in Manny Diaz's attacking defense. Prior to the development of this striker position, Finley had played in just seven games throughout his first two seasons and accumulated just thirteen career tackles.
Those numbers changed drastically this past year. The junior played in all thirteen games and collected 28 tackles, five tackles for loss, and two interceptions for Miami, including a pick six against North Carolina in a game where the Hurricanes scored three defensive touchdowns:
Sophomore striker Derrick Smith was Finley's backup at the striker position and saw action in 12 of 13 games this year. He had six total tackles.
While both Smiths and Finley provided necessary depth at linebacker, there is no doubt about who ran that unit. Quarterman, Pinckney, and McCloud combined for 200 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss, and 11 sacks. The impact that those three have on this defense cannot be measured solely on those numbers; their leadership deserves a level of praise all on its own.
Quarterman led the unit with 82 tackles and 14 tackles for loss with six sacks, earning him first team All-ACC honors. He also started every game for the Hurricanes for the third consecutive season giving him the longest current starting streak of any Hurricanes player (39).
Pinckney has been another reliable linebacker for the Hurricanes. He started all twelve games that he was active for in 2018 and started every game of his freshman and sophomore year. His 75 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks earned him All-ACC honorable mention honors for the second consecutive season. One of Pinckney's biggest plays of the year was when he picked off Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois in the third quarter of the game that eventually allowed Miami to score to make it a one-score game.
McCloud has not had the luxury of health as his two counterparts have. Although he's played in almost every game of his career, he has constantly had a nagging injury or something that has kept him from being 100%. It is exciting to know that his best football is still ahead of him, despite collecting 44 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss.
Those three guys returning for their senior years instantly keeps Miami relevant and dangerous defensively. Had they left, I'm not sure what the Hurricanes would have done at the position moving forward.
Young guys like Patrick Joyner, Bradley Jennings Jr., and Waynmon Steed and also helped the unit from the depth standpoint. Jennings Jr. led the group with eight total tackles in four games. Sophomore linebacker De'Andre Wilder missed a majority of the 2018 season with a neck injury, but he could fit in very nicely at the striker position.
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We Lack Discipline Watches: Domina
Posted byKarl Anthony Mercer May 23, 2021 October 20, 2021 Posted inClassics, History, rome, TelevisionTags:Agrippa, antigone, Atlantic, Augustus, augustus impotent, BBC, BBC TV, Claudius, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Domina, Drusilla, Fifty Fathoms, Gaius, gaius julius caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, History, I claudius, Kasia Smutniak, Livia, Livia Drusilla, Livia's father, Marcus Aemilias Lepidus, Marcus Agrippa, Marcus Antonius, Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Matrona, Nadia Parkes, Octavian, Original, reaction, review, Robert Graves, roman history, Roman matron, romanitas, rome, Series, Siân Phillips, Sky, Sky Atlantic, Sky Italia, Sky Original, Television, Telly, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Tiger Aspect, TV, Was antigone real domina, Watches, we lack discipline, working-class
The poster for Domina – Showing Kasia Smutniak in the lead role. Going back to my 'Halo effect' article I wonder how many extra views I will get for having an attractive woman in the lead image!? (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
WARNING: Whilst I have attempted to be spoiler-free I promise nothing.
It's rare a TV series about Rome happens without my attention. Being a humble peasant lad we didn't just have copies of Ovid laying around the house, or Virgil on the shelves. We didn't sit around the hearth and read Livy's histories to each other. We watched the fucking telly. Movies and TV shows were my first introduction to Roman history, before I began to bury my nose bridge-deep into books and texts.
When I found out Sky were making a TV series about my second favourite Roman figure in history I knew this show would be like pizza. Even bad pizza is still pizza, you can enjoy it! I knew any show about this period in history, exploring the life and relationships of Livia Drusilla was going to be worth watching for good or for ill.
Well it is my opinion this show is for good.
The plot is about 2,000 years old so I won't go into detail. If you know it, you know it. If you don't, I don't want to spoil it.
The first couple of episodes are a bit of a slow-burn, telling the story of Livia's first marriage to Tiberius Claudius Nero, her cousin and a respected patrician, and their exile during the proscriptions (legally mandated murder) and civil war of the second Triumvirate (Three man power-trip) of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (later Augustus, but referred to as 'Gaius' throughout the show), Marcus Antonius (or Mark Antony if you prefer) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.
I found these episodes compelling but definitely a weak opening act compared to the rest of the series. The generic 'trauma inspired' behaviour change in Livia was signposted from the start but still, for me, unwelcome. No doubt Livia did go through trials in her younger life, but the way they are presented gives me two problems.
Firstly, I feel the idea of suffering as 'character building' merely fetishes suffering and promotes an unhealthy attitude of positivism that ignores the feelings of survivors of tragedies. Secondly, I feel it underplays the emotional traumas experienced by survivors and can make them feel like failures if they don't turn their tragedy into opportunity like those presented in media.
They had already placed Livia in a position whereby her father had educated her "Like a boy", she was intelligent, maybe a little naïve, but was otherwise demonstrating every skill able to craft herself into this iron-willed Matron of the Roman state without needing the events that happened to her to have happened.
At the same time that kind of stuff was ever more common back then than it is now, especially at a time of civil upheaval. It's not gratuitous, or even unbelievable, but it is yet another powerful woman only having been forged in the fire of trauma. Given the other artistic liberties taken for the series could we not use those to do away with this trope for a little bit?
Liam Cunningham as Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, Livia's father, is a highlight of the early episodes. He gives Livia a very progressive education giving a solid foundation to the establishment of her ability to fit into the 'masculine' world of Roman war and politics. (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
Then we have the presentation of a young Gaius who is a little too cocksure for my liking and needs to get a damn haircut, and I'm saying that as a long-haired man! To me, presentations of Gaius always end up complicated. We have to balance the notion of one of the most powerful men in history with the fact that for his most significant battles he was 'sick' in his tent, we was known to be sickly and frail and was, by so many accounts, a bit of a wimp.
Marcus Agrippa being presented as a young mockney with a 'Guy Ritchie' like outlook was a little un-Agrippan to me, but honestly…I liked it! If anything my problem was he was nowhere near broad enough, his historical busts present him as a dense chunk of man, although they are also taken later in his life when he may have fattened up a little. We'll forgive it.
But those interpretations and my problems with them are nitpicking. As I said that opening is the weakest and the show gets better from there.
This Kurt Cobain/Emo scene kid presentation of a young Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianius (AKA Augustus) is jarring. Long hair on a 'man' in those days would have been considered effeminate, more Greek than Roman. That said, I wasn't there, maybe Gaius was an emo!? (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
We'll skip how the characters are presented for now then. Actors change after the teenage period of the first two episodes and we are post-Actium, dealing with the establishment of the Principate of Rome and the creation of the Emperor Augustus.
A few character niggles aside – For example I have few doubts Marcus Agrippa was a bad mother fucker, but he was also a canny enough politician not to be seen as an upstart, a charming enough man to slip into the upper-echelons of Roman Society with ease and was more than just Augustus' grunt.
Livia grows, magnificently.
I'm not sure I enjoyed the idea of Tiberius as a creepy weirdo, and as an autistic they seem to be dancing around the idea he was too, but also presenting him as a dangerous person. I don't like that. It's different and I get it, but I am a little uncomfortable with it.
Character presentations out of the way I'm going to talk about is my main take away from the series.
Nadia Parkes as a young Livia Drusilla. She presents a Roman girl with a strong sense of duty, and a bit of idealism and naivety. I had no problems with this presentation besides the use of 'trauma' as a 'character building' trope. (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
Given the title is 'Domina' it should come as no surprise that the main theme is power. Now usually Power in Rome is represented by senators and emperors, soldiers and fighters. That's not really how power works, though, is it? In fact I can't remember exactly where but at some point someone in the show, I think it's Piso, talks about how creating a void of power only leads to people filling it.
The women, the poor, the disenfranchised, the enslaved – These are all people in Rome traditionally presented as without 'power'. Many of the poor, though, had their collegia. Their colleges, like a union, to help them when needed and ensure a good burial when the time comes.
Women like Livia also give as an excellent example of how women wielded their power in Rome. They were grey eminences, behind the scenes they had their husband's ears, but they also pulled the strings of family friends, ties, bonds and betrothals. This is presented well in Domina, in a manner where we see these common tools of female power crafted into a gladius by Livia, so she can penetrate and fuck her enemies.
If you've read my short article on sex and gender (Contains NSFW language), as well as my article about Livia Drusilla, you'll know that Roman gender was more one of action than genitals. Men penetrated, women submitted. The woman who does not submit, and penetrates, is masculinised.
At one point, after finding out Livia has been left incapable of having children by a miscarriage, Gaius asks his confidante Mycaenas what he should do. Mycaenas' reply "Nothing. Your wife is the cleverest man in Rome; and the prettiest!" is a remarkable bit of dialogue reflecting this notion of gender fluidity.
But in speaking about the power of women it is hard not to mention the power of men. I have written an article about Augustus' wife, Livia Drusilla, who I think was a more capable politician than her husband. I have written an article about Augustus' general, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, the man who built himself from very-little into a-hell-of-a-lot through hard work and a lot of capable killing. I consider both of those people to have been more pivotal to the power of Augustus than the supposed Imperator, the conqueror, the Emperor ever was.
Kasia Smutniak as Livia and Matthew McNulty as Gaius in one of their scenes oozing in subtext and subtlety. (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
This show actually explores that in detail. One of the most striking scenes in the first two episodes is a heavily pregnant Livia being sexy as hell letting Gaius know marrying her will earn him the name he needs to have respect in Rome.
In fact the powerlessness of Gaius, especially compared to his wife and general, seems to be one of the key themes of the show and by the final episodes there seems to be a power struggle between Gaius and Livia that sets up a conflict in a future series. To make things a bit crude, if Roman masculine power is about penetrating and fucking, both Livia and Agrippa show they've got more cock and balls than Augustus ever had. It's a fascinating presentation.
So to anyone wondering why I have written about Livia and Agrippa for We Lack Discipline, but not about Augustus, this is exactly the reason! To me he is the world's most successful middle-manager. His skill was in having the right people around him and delegating responsibility. It makes him a difficult contradiction for me to parse. This show covers that well.
But it is not just the power of women explored in Domina. Her former slave, the freedwoman Antigone, is an excellent spearhead for representing the underground power of the disenfranchised. Through a network of slave-spies Livia keeps her ears and mind filled with the goings-on around Rome.
One of the stand-out performances is Colette Dalal Tchantcho as Antigone, Livia's former slave who is freed on her first marriage to Tiberius Claudius Nero. As far as I know not a real historical figure but a character created for the show. Though initially Livia's slave they are more akin to sisters, and Antigone serves to dull the reputation of Livia as poisoner – Rumours which date back to history. Antigone is a skilled physician, knowledgeable in medicinal herbs and uses these skills to push the advantage of Livia and herself with poisons. (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
As a working-class man, reading Roman history there is always the fantasy that I could be an Agrippa, a trusted general working his way up the ranks from obscurity to having one hand on the seat of power.
Of course the reality is I would have been lucky to strike a living as a Roman peasant, more likely than not I'd have been a slave.
It makes it hard to 'own' Roman history, a history which includes the occupation, and eventual abandonment, of the country of my birth.
Yet Domina presents an image of slaves not in passivity and obedience, but with their own power, their own networks of their power, their own arrangements. A bit like the later Cosa Nostra of Sicily – the establishment of your own networks of power is an inevitable consequence of removal of agency. There are characters in Tycho and Antigone who I can relate to. Whose motivations and actions I can understand, and they have a network of enslaved people who they use, sometimes abuse, but such is the nature of power in Rome.
A basalt sculpture of the face of the Augusta, Livia. From the Louvre in Paris (Credit: Fould Collection; purchase, 1860 Photographer: Marie-Lan Nguyen)
The power structures mimic each other. The Patrician men commit atrocities in the name of their righteousness. The women play games that lead to affairs, starts and ends of careers and the starts and ends of lives. The enslaved people have their own power games, lives get ruined and changed to suit their ends.
It is here where I think the series is most clever and well presented. Yes, it presents the same story of the same few powerful people, but it frames it through lenses not before seen and as someone who admires Livia's political mind and ability a lot more than Augustus' and see her as the true founder and initial maintainer of the Roman Principate, it is a different way of looking at it.
Robert Graves 'I, Claudius' and the BBC TV adaptation of it present her as similarly powerful, but she is a shady schemer behind the scenes. In 'Domina' she takes centre-stage, and is presented as a leader of events, not a puller-of-strings behind the scenes. She is a Domina, a strategist not a schemer.
What's more her motivations for this manipulation of power are multi-faceted, a combination of personal advantage, love and a Romanitas deeply implanted by her Republican father. Especially once Kasia Smutniak takes over the duty of 'grown up' Livia this is acted magnificently. It must be hard to act 'Roman' such was their stoicism, their poker-facing, the public-political act.
Welsh actress Siân Phillips portraying Livia in the BBC adaptation of Robert Graves' 'I, Claudius'. She plays Livia based mainly upon Tactitus' rumour and innuendo, as a scheming Machiavellian. Here she is pictured in front of her husband Augustus (played by Brian Blessed) (© BBC – Used without permission)
In many presentations Livia is the stiff-upper lipped schemer behind the scenes and the 'woman' in public. In 'Domina', however, she is the stiff-upper lipper Roman Matrona in public and only in private is she permitted to express her feelings, change her face, cry, quiver, furrow her brow. She is power incarnate in public and only in private is she allowed to be human.
The men fly off the handle all the time, public or private. But early on her father teaches Livia a valuable lesson. Never lose your temper. Throughout the series I cannot think of a time when she does. She can be emotional, she can be cold, she can be hot, she can be fiery, but in her decisions and actions she is always cold and calculating. She knows what she does and why. Sometimes she does it with a view to something greater, sometimes she acts merely in the moment to survive.
I rarely expect anything good from a TV series. Indeed, I'm a watcher of things waaay past the point of hype. I haven't even finished 'Breaking Bad' yet, for crying out loud. At least I was spared the misery of the investing heavily in 'Game of Thrones' only to be disappointed by the finale.
The fact is, whatever you want to call it, a respect, an admiration for this 1st century woman playing by 21st century rules, the fact that if you study the history, the family trees, she is the one who has a hand in all the Julio-Claudian line, and either through accident or manipulation had that massive responsibility.
And let's be honest, as a heterosexual man there is, always, the potential I just have a habit of crushing on intelligent, powerful women! I can't rule out a historical crush for Livia Drusilla colouring my opinions here. I would be being dishonest if I did not suggest this. This series does not merely objectify Livia but she is presented as overtly sexy, and someone who uses that sexiness to get what she wants. Livia is damn sexy!
The fact is I'd love nothing more than to find things to complain about. Kicking mass media in the arse is kind of a thing I like to do. But this is possibly the closest to my imagination Livia has been presented and…I enjoyed the show!
Again, to pick some nits, the first couple of episodes with all the characters in their Teenage Dirtbag phase is a little…off…
But past that, I was gripped. There are likely anachronisms and mistakes aplenty but I didn't notice them. I was just busy enjoying the show, and at the end of the day that's kind of what telly is all about.
Kasia Smutniak showing the Domina, Livia Drusilla, as a proud, stoic, Roman woman. Yet behind the exterior of the calm, pliant matrona is the essence of auctoritas, authority and Romanitas, romanness. (Credit: Copyright Sky TV, Fifty Fathoms, Tiger Aspect – Used under fair use without permission)
So, I'd recommend it if you have the chance to watch it. It's a very easy-to-watch and accessible. I suspect there will be a community that has problems with it. Misogynists particularly!
I also can't speak about the representation of minorities. To me it seemed they made an effort to include some of the multi-racial, multi-ethnic qualities that Rome would have had, however it did still feel very 'white'. I'd be interested to read someone's take on the presentation of race in the show.
But it's a good show. You can't say fairer than that! Give it a go, I'd be interested to hear your ideas so leave a comment below or get in touch on Twitter to tell me whether you agree/disagree.
'Domina' is available to watch in the UK via Sky Atlantic.
Want to read more about Romans? We've got a little for you.
The Mother of Rome: Livia Drusilla – Before the hit Sky TV series 'Domina' there was me espousing the life and works of Livia (Some might argue I did it better…), the canny politician, the Patrician, the Patron and the wife and mother of an Empire.
The Pleb who Built Rome: Marcus Agrippa – It is my belief that the right-hand-man of Augustus had a much bigger part to play in the building and management of the Empire than did his friend with the titles. Find out why.
A New Lease of Life? – A Discussion about the new floor in the Flavian Amphitheatre, the Colosseum, and what Vespasian, who initially commissioned the building, might think.
Bad History: Boudica and Bullshit Nationalism – Looking at the use of historical figures for current political or social agendas.
Bad History: Did Rome ever Actually Fall? Questioning the 'Decline and Fall' narrative and looking at structures inherited from the Romans we have to this day.
The Fan-TAS-tic Virtues of Rome – A look at the moral virtues of Roman life.
What are the 'Ides of March' – Because I envitably get asked by my dad every Ides, I wrote about it!
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Introduction
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Easily available abortion (CW)
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Drawing dicks on things.
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Energy Drinks
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Gender and Sexuality Liberation (CW)
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Travel and Tourist Tat.
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – AirBnB
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Bipartisan Politics
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Fast Food
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Pro-Wrestling
Top Ten Modern Things Romans Would Love – Social Media (Especially Insta and Twitter)
Only just getting started with Rome, why not read our 'Roman History in a Nutshell' Series?
The Founding – 753 BCE and Before
The Kingdom – 753 BCE – 509 BCE
The Patrician Era and the Conflict of the Orders – 494 BCE – 287 BCE
Wars with Etruscans Pre-753 BCE – ~264 BCE
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On Edge: Anticipating Captain Marvel
By Louise Chase	on	 March 1, 2019 Features, Film
Following the heavy-hitting culmination of Phase Three that was Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel announced the arrival of a new hero: Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is at the height of its popularity having gone from strength to strength in recent years, and the on-screen debut of such a wonderful character therefore couldn't have come at a better time.
The story will follow Danvers (Brie Larson) as the titular Captain as she comes to terms with the truth about her past, as well as the introduction of the Kree-Skrull War into the MCU. Among the cast is Jude Law as her mentor and MCU veterans Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser (who was last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy). The trailer hints towards a somewhat distant past, questioning who to trust and who not to; after all, if Skrulls can disguise themselves as anyone, who can you trust? Is Captain Marvel's declaration at the end of the second trailer hope for Avengers: Endgame? Will this explain where the Captain has been for the past 20 years before being called upon by Fury? We can hope so, and also hope that Captain Marvel is the beginning of a new wave of female-led superhero movie.
Let's not forget the soundtrack either! Marvel films always seem to have such unique and captivating scores, each displaying the hero or villain's personality in more than just words. From the samples found in the trailers, I am more than excited to hear the music style in Captain Marvel. The samples are suggestive of an ability to initially evoke a 90s style, but also suggest something more than what it originally appears – almost like Carol in a way.
Marvel's recent years have shown that its style and creativity can still deliver: Black Panther recently made Oscars history by being the first superhero film nominated for an Academy Award and having major success at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Captain Marvel itself has other big shoes to fill; besides filling in some of the gaps for Avengers: Endgame, it may also be introducing some new villains and cast members for Marvel's Phase Four.
The movie itself follows the rise of the female superhero – Gal Gadot's stint as Wonder Woman in the 2017 DC movie (directed by Patty Jenkins) shows female superhero movies can and, most importantly will, be successful and powerful. This could be the beginning of Marvel acknowledging this, and the start of movies focusing on Black Widow, Pepper Potts, Gamora, to name a few. Fans have been calling for a Black Widow origin film since Avengers Assemble in 2012, so perhaps this is Marvel testing the water to see how female-led films might be received? Will fans finally get their wish?
Captain Marvel is looking to be an enjoyable rollercoaster, mixing comedic timing with its tension and drama and carting onto the trend set by the Guardians movies and Thor Ragnarok. It deserves its status as one of 2019's most anticipated movies and it's clear that the universe building this movie is set to undertake will have ramifications throughout the MCU for years afterwards.
Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, will be released in the UK on the 8th March (International Women's Day) via Marvel Studios.
Louise Chase
Culture Editor 2019/20 Second year archaeology & history student who loves archery and Assassin's Creed.


July 23 - Mark Consuelos co-hosts with Kelly this morning. Kelly and Mark welcome actor Vince Vaughn from new film "The Watch," and "Grilling with the Stars" continues with "Jersey Shore" cast member Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.
July 24 - Today, Kelly is joined at the desk by the winner of "LIVE's Coast-to-Coast Co-Host Search," and they'll interview "The Campaign" star Will Ferrell. Plus, "The Bachelorette" herself, Emily Maynard, visits.
July 25 - "The Soup" host Joel McHale co-hosts with Kelly this morning. Kelly and Joel speak with comedian Zach Galifianakis about the new film "The Campaign," and country star John Rich previews the new music competition series "The Next."
July 26 - McHale returns to co-host with Kelly today, and they sit down with "The Campaign" star Dylan McDermott.
July 27 - McHale finishes the week as Kelly's co-host, and "Newsroom" star Olivia Munn stops by. Plus, "Grilling with the Stars" continues with a special recipe from "Longmire" star Lou Diamond Phillips.


When you are in Utah at the end of July, you simply must do as the locals do--Celebrate the 24th of July. We get extra fireworks and parades and everything. Known as Pioneer Day or the Days of '47, it is a celebration of the arrival of the first pioneer settlers in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24th 1847.
It is a founder's day celebration of sorts--only bigger than you've probably seen other places. There are great parades, family barbeques and events across the state. Everyone takes a break and enjoys another summer holiday.
In Salt Lake, many families will grab the blankets and sleeping bags and camp out the night before with the huge slumber party that happens along the parade route. Then at 9:00am on the morning of the 24th, the parade starts, with great floats, bands, antique cars and thousands of people celebrating. The map of the route can be found at the official parade site.
That evening, the place to be is the Maverik Center at the Days of 47 Rodeo. Nationally known professional cowboys compete for prizes in several different events. The rodeo actually goes for several nights (starting this year on the 19th) culminating in the last evening on the 24th. Tickets can be purchase at the rodeo website.
But I think the best way to celebrate the 24th is with a visit to This Is The Place State Park. I know I've talked about it here before, but it is the perfect place to celebrate the occasion. They celebrate Pioneer Days with special events, including a breakfast at the Huntsman Hotel, a flag ceremony, pioneer games, the watermelon eating contest, the candy cannon and lots of pony rides and special craft projects. You can really get into the pioneer spirit learning more about the settlers to the area amid the historical buildings and talented interpreters.
Have a safe and fun 24th of July!
Reprinted from The Chart Chick Blog. Read more about Janet and her genealogy chart printing company at Family ChartMasters, where you can also download or purchase her Genealogist's Guide to Salt Lake City.


In early spring leaves emerge red with green center in sunny locations. In more shade the leaves are green with red tint on the lobes. Either way they are totally green in a matter of days. However, the reason to grow this tree is for the wonderful bright red fall color. 'Tsukubane' is fast growing and becomes a large round topped specimen with age. Older trees regularly achieve heights of more than 25 feet. The Japanese name means ridge on Mount Tsukuba.


Swirl up on your porch.
Let the tides scallop and gallop.
Love each other each day.
That's all we have. For now.
Let's not say a word……….
Oblivion covering me like a tarp.
Till, still slumbering and somehow lapsed….


Himalayan Dolomiaea is a prostrate stemless perennial herb with a dense central domed cluster, up to 10 cm across, of rather large purple flower-heads, and a rosette of longer spreading lobed leaves often with purple mid-veins. Flower-heads are up to 4 cm long, very shortly stalked, in an umbel-like head. There is an involucre of outer lanceshaped hairy bracts, and inner, narrower, long-pointed, dark red papery bracts. Leaves are oblong blunt in outline, pinnately lobed. The lobes are toothed or shallow-lobed. Leaves are white woolly beneath, stalked, arising from the rootstock, and radiating up to 30 cm. Himalayan Dolomiaea is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to E. Nepal, at altitudes of 3000-4300 m. Flowering: July-September.


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Report: The Netflix-Marvel Characters Can't Appear on Disney+ For a Long Time
When Netflix cancelled Daredevil recently, the social media channels for the show responded the same way as with Iron Fist and Luke Cage by saying the characters would live on. But now a new report says they may not be able to appear in a new way on Disney+ for some time.
According to Variety, the deal that Marvel signed with Netflix locks those characters on Netflix for two years after the series has been cancelled:
"Sources tell Variety that the deal for the original four Marvel shows includes a clause that prevents the characters from appearing in any non-Netflix series or film for at least two years after cancellation. That means that "Daredevil," "Luke Cage," and "Iron Fist" — which were all canceled this year at Netflix — could not come to the Disney streaming service until 2020 at the earliest."
They go on to point out that since The Punisher and Jessica Jones have yet to debut, and cancel, their final seasons; they'll be locked onto Netflix even farther past 2020.
That means that we won't be seeing new versions of Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher, or Jessica Jones for several years thanks to the deal Marvel struck with Netflix when originally planning these series. And if it's going to be several years before Marvel can use the characters again, it's very possible they'll be recast when it happens.
Tags: Defenders, Marvel, Netflix
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Hydraulic fracturing is a process of injecting fluid into the ground to fracture shale in order to release natural gas. This lecture introduces the basic principles behind hydraulic fracturing (known as "fracking"), illustrates the health and social impacts of fracking, and explores the role of the nurse in caring for and advocating for affected patient populations.
OPEN FRACKING LECTURE
This lecture explains helpful search techniques used for finding information on hydraulic fracturing via the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET database. Nurses can then utilize this information for creating evidence-based recommendations on health monitoring, advocacy efforts, further areas of research, and more. Specific resources discussed include the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Haz-map, and Tox Town.
Tox Town
HSDB
ToxMap: http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/
From the National Library of Medicine. A geographical information system (GIS) that allows users visually explore data primarily from the US Environmental Protection Agency. Watch this brief video to learn how to add a census overlay to ToxMap data (a census overlay will display population information, income, schools, etc)
USGS Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing: http://www.usgs.gov/hydraulic_fracturing/
From the United States Geological Survey. USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on environmental topics, and this page provides an introduction to the science surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing as an energy source.
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) backgrounder http://www.cfr.org/energy-and-environment/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking/p31559
From the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. CFR publishes Backgrounders, an overview of a complex issues, similar to what one would find in an encyclopedia. The Fracking backgrounder provides information about the global & national implications of fracking.
Physicians, Engineers and Scientists for Healthy Energy http://www.psehealthyenergy.org/
Physicians, Engineers and Scientists for Healthy Energy is a non-governmental organization that tracks the science and policies regarding fracking and other issues related to energy production in the U.S.
FracTracker http://www.fractracker.org/
The FracTracker Alliance is a non-governmental organization that shares maps, data, and analyses to communicate impacts of the global oil and gas industry and informs actions that positively shape our energy future. It supports a mapping tool that allows you to find frack sites by state and by country. It also provides excellent photos of a wide array of fracking-related activities.
The following is a compendium of resources that was created by the Union of Concerned Scientists as part of its toolkit for communities that are impacted by fracking: (A link to the whole toolkit can be found here: http://www.ucsusa.org/center-for-science-and-democracy/events/fracking-forum-toolkit.html#.VvxUaseCo1E )
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing (U.S. Geological Survey) http://www.usgs.gov/hydraulic_fracturing/
Summary of hydraulic fracturing, with links to USGS studies and energy assessments related to fracking.
"Breaking Fuel from the Rock" (National Geographic) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101022-breaking-fuel-from-the-rock/
Provides an interactive and easy-to-follow animation of each of the steps in the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing process, with detailed information about each step and the process as a whole.
Natural Gas Maps: Exploration, Resources, Reserves, and Production (Energy Information Administration) http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/maps/maps.htm
Maps of shale plays, tight gas plays, and coal-bed methane fields, all of which are accessed through hydraulic fracturing, as well as detailed maps of known oil and gas fields.
Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: Separating the Frack from the Fiction (Pacific Institute)
http://www.pacinst.org/publication/hydraulic-fracturing-and-water-resources-separating-the-frack-from-the-fiction/
Detailed assessment and synthesis of existing research on fracking as well as the results of interviews with representatives from government, industry, academia, and community groups highlighting current concerns.
Fractracker http://fractracker.org/
Maps of well sites and community regulations, as well as downloadable data for individual drilling sites.
FracFocus
http://fracfocus.org/
Data about well locations, state regulations, and chemical usage related to hydraulic fracturing. The data are self-reported by industry, and may vary in accuracy.
Natural Gas Extraction—Hydraulic Fracturing (Environmental Protection Agency)
http://www2.epa.gov/hydraulicfracturing
Overview of EPA studies and laws related to fracking; provides links to other sources that contain more detailed information about shale gas and the hydraulic fracturing process.
Shale Maps (Resources for the Future) http://rff.org/centers/energy_economics_and_policy/Pages/Shale_Maps.aspx
Provides a breakdown of state fracking regulations in various formats, including tables and maps.
Municipalities and Hydraulic Fracturing: Trends in State Preemption
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/environmentallawprogram/files/2013/03/Municipalities-and-Hydraulic-Fracturing-Trends-in-State-Preemption.pdf
Overview of regulatory approaches that municipalities can consider when faced with fracking. It also offers examples of where each approach has been implemented and the challenges these communities face.
RISKS AND IMPACTS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING DEVELOPMENT
Resources for the Future http://www.rff.org/centers/energy_economics_and_policy/Pages/Shale-Matrices.aspx
A risk matrix that identifies the potential risks (i.e., those that could plausibly occur under normal operating conditions) to be considered when developing a well, examining impacts from widespread drilling activities, or writing regulations.
Information on Shale Resources, Development, and Environmental and Public Health Risks (Government Accountability Office)
Findings of the GAO in response to congressional requests for information about shale resources, development, and possible risks.
Fracking Outpaces Science on Its Impact (Yale University) http://environment.yale.edu/envy/stories/fracking-outpaces-science-on-its-impact
Outline of all the potential environmental and health impacts associated with fracking, emphasizing uncertainty and the need for more research.
Hydraulic Fracturing and Information Forcing http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2283904
Overview of the gaps in information about hydraulic fracturing's impacts; offers recommendations for what should be done to correct them.
How Should We Think about the Economic Consequences of Shale Gas Drilling?
http://cce.cornell.edu/EnergyClimateChange/NaturalGasDev/Documents/Green%20Choices%20Papers/Marcellus_SC_NR.pdf
Discusses the potential economic impacts of shale gas development on communities, using Pennsylvania as a model. Considers both the short- and long-term benefits, the costs of extraction, and related activities.
GO TO NEXT MODULE - ADULT ONSET OF ASTHMA IN NURSES
Use the Fractracker resource to find out about fracking activity in your state: http://www.fractracker.org/map/us/
What did you find? Click "Start a topic" to join the conversation.


I am just an ordinary guy who made a decision in March 2005 that changed the course of my life forever.
In March '05 I had been out of college for 10 months. I graduated with a pre-med degree, but was terrified to pursue a career in medicine because every doctor & health care professional I came in contact with told me to get into sales! "The industry's not what it used to be" and "I never get to see my family because I'm on-call 24 x 7" were very common to hear from my mentors and it scared the hell out of me.
In addition to realizing what a day in the life of a doctor would really be like, I wasn't quite ready to give up on my dream of becoming a professional musician.
If you've had ANY experience in the music industry then you know that it is extremely difficult to make money playing as an original rock band. However, money wasn't the reason we were playing music. It was because we loved playing music.
But here's the catch… after about 10 months of 50+ hr weeks bartending and pursuing a music career I had saved $2,000. $2,000 in 10 months! That's well below the poverty line… at this rate by the time I was 40 I'd have about $34,000 to my name if no expenses came up!
How was I going to support my family with the wife I hadn't met yet, and pay for the mansion, the cars, the vacations, the beach homes, the boats, the toys, all of which were in my lifelong game-plan?
I knew it was time for a change and I certainly was NOT ready to give up on my dream of becoming a professional musician… giving up isn't in my DNA and it wasn't an option.
So I did what any kid would do… went to the internet!
It was on that one fateful day in March of 2005.
I clicked this ad to find a long-winded, poorly written, hyped-up, 15+ page letter that gave no real information on how to make money. I read the entire website word for word… and I was sold! I bit the whole thing, hook, line, and sinker.
There were TONS of testimonies about people making $15,000, $30,000, and even $50,000+ PER MONTH and I thought to myself, I have no idea what this is but if these guys can do it, then so can I!
And I never looked back. My MLM career was underway.
My first 3 years in this industry were a nightmare. I had NO idea what I was doing. I didn't even know what MLM stood for until about 3 months into the game.
I knew I wanted to leverage the internet because that's how I found this industry. And because I found this industry via the world wide web, I was social proof that YES this MLM thing could be built through vast power of the internet!
BUT I had NO experience in internet marketing.
I was given a cookie-cutter crappy website promoting my business.
I was trying to "sell" and "convince" people I had the best business.
I was purchasing HUNDREDS of leads.
I was HORRIBLE on the phone.
I was posting bandit signs around my area.
I was cold calling prospects out of the yellow pages.
And the worst part:Â I had the mindset of a $2,000 per year income earner because that was my reality!
I quickly piled up over $20,000 in debt over the course of 3 years with nothing to physically show for it, and I stress the word physically.
While I hadn't yet made a single dime in profit in that 3 year period, what I had done was laid the groundwork for what was about to happen.
For 3 straight years I had embraced personal development. I learned from every self-made millionaire I could find. I read countless books, attended daily teleconferences, and I flew across the country with money I didn't have to put myself in the same room as these self-made millionaires so that I could become one.
I learned how they thought, what they focused on, how their minds worked, and I worked diligently every single second of every single day to mold my brain into that of a successful self-made multi-millionaire.
And I was starting to learn how to attract things into my life.
The leaders and mentors I had been seeking for years finally walked into my life and it was GAME OVER!
They taught me EXACTLY what they were doing to make millions of dollars per year online…. How they were attracting 100+ leads per day to their businesses…. How they were building their MLM empires effortlessly… and it had NOTHING to do with their actual businesses!
I was blown away! "Where the hell was this information 3 years ago!" I kept thinking to myself.
Nonetheless I went to work, and the results are staggering.
*** Within 3 months I was one of the top 5 income earners in my primary company.
*** I learned how to generate 100+ leads per day, all of which were sold on "ME" before I even spoke to them, which allowed me to sponsor reps effortlessly!
*** I never had to "convince" or "sell" my prospect on anything ever again.
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Norwalk, CT, May 14, 2001—Gary S. Schieneman, Director, Comparative Global Equity Analysis of Merrill Lynch & Co., has been named to a two-year term as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), effective July 1. Mr. Schieneman will complete the term of Anthony T. Cope, who resigned from the FASB to join the International Accounting Standards Board. The appointment was made by the Financial Accounting Foundation's Board of Trustees, which oversees the activities of the FASB.
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Since 1995, Mr. Schieneman has been responsible for global accounting, financial reporting and related issues affecting cross-border investments at Merrill Lynch. From 1990 to 1995, he was Vice President, Director of Latin American Research at Smith New Court, where he was the firm's Latin American strategist and was responsible for its Latin American research product. In 1987, Mr. Schieneman joined Prudential-Bache Securities as Vice President, International Equity Research where he was responsible for identifying and researching accounting issues impacting international investment decisions.
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Belle Chasse es un lugar designado por el censo ubicado en la parroquia de Plaquemines en el estado estadounidense de Luisiana.  En el Censo de 2020 tenía una población de 10,579 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 500.04 personas por km².

Es casi desconocido el origen de Belle Chasse. En francés, Belle Chasse, literalmente, significa "bella caza". Se cree que fue nombrada así gracias a la abundante fauna silvestre que los primeros colonos franceses observaron cuando se asentaron en la región. Otros dicen que Belle Chasse fue nombrada en honor al Coronel Joseph D. Bellechasse, que vivía en Nueva Orleans a finales del  y principios del . Belle Chasse fue la ciudad de residencia del Estadista Confederado Judah P. Benjamin.

Historia
Esta ciudad es también el hogar de una Estación Aérea Naval de la Marina de Reserva de los EE. UU. Se fundó en 1941 en la costa sur del lago Pontchartrain, pero en 1957 se trasladó a su ubicación actual y ha sido designado como un sitio de las Fuerzas de Reserva de la estación aérea. Es el hogar de varias unidades aeronavales, así como una reserva de cazas de la Fuerza Aérea y un escuadrón de una unidad de helicópteros de la Reserva Marina.

Guardia Nacional
Belle Chasse sirve como sede de la Guardia Nacional de la Fuerza Aérea de Luisiana. Sus helicópteros cumplieron un papel funamental en la zona de operaciones de rescate durante el huracán Katrina.

Geografía
Belle Chasse se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Belle Chasse tiene una superficie total de 73.5 km², de la cual 64.52 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (12.21%) 8.98 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 12679 personas residiendo en Belle Chasse. La densidad de población era de 172,51 hab./km². De los 12679 habitantes, Belle Chasse estaba compuesto por el 84.12% blancos, el 7.91% eran afroamericanos, el 0.99% eran amerindios, el 2.33% eran asiáticos, el 0.23% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 1.62% eran de otras razas y el 2.8% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 6.31% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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'Joker' hits movie theaters with controversy and extra security
Posted 3:55 am, October 4, 2019, by CNNwire, Updated at 03:56AM, October 4, 2019
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The movie featuring Joaquin Phoenix is about a marginalized clown that goes on a killing rampage. The story's told in a manner that seeks to evoke empathy without rooting for him, says CNN's Brian Lowry.
It takes place in 1981 and tells the backstory of Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who finds salvation by turning to murder in Gotham City. Even before its release, Warner Bros. faced protests from the families of mass shooting victims who feared it would lead to violence or copycat attacks.
Man in Joker Makeup Arrested at Florida Theater
Heightened concern about the movie's premiere grew because of the 2012 mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater on the opening night of "The Dark Knight Rises" — another Batman movie. That attack left 12 people dead and dozens wounded at a midnight showing.
Stepped up security nationwide
In a joint bulletin, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security warned law enforcement after online threats called for mass shootings at movie showings. The bulletin shared with police this week said while federal authorities had no information leading to specific or credible threats to particular venues, they had received tips of threats posted on social media since at least May.
In response, major cities beefed up security for the movie's opening night. The Los Angeles Police Department said it'd maintain a high presence at theaters and urged moviegoers to be vigilant and report anything unusual. Some theaters even banned costumes at the "Joker" premiere.
"While there are no credible threats in the Los Angeles area, we do encourage the public to know that the police department will be out there in high visibility," police spokesman Jader Chaves told CNN's Lucy Kafanov.
Some moviegoers are unbothered
Matthew Clarke attended the opening night Thursday, and said he was not concerned about the security warnings.
"When I first heard about the mass shooting controversy, it didn't really bother me. To me, it was just another stupid thing that was going on," he told CNN's Jason Kravarik.
"I remember at least a decade (ago), the same thing happened when 'The Dark Knight' came out. It didn't really bother me, and nothing's going to stop me from seeing the Joker."
Clarke defended the movie, saying it's not glorifying killers because it's fictional. "It's just a movie about a character that's going through a transformation. To me, it just feels like, I don't know how to put it into words, it's just not a big deal," he said.
Movie star speaks out
Phoenix defended the movie amid the controversy.
His portrayal of the character is meant to provoke, he said. "I think it's really good … when movies make us uncomfortable or challenge us or make us think differently," he added.
"Joker" is being released by Warner Bros., which is a unit of WarnerMedia, as is CNN. In a statement, WarnerMedia said the movie does not aim to "hold this character up as a hero."
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"1917," "Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood" win Golden Globes
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Posted on Sep 24, 2017 in All Blog Posts, Travel
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH
FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON
JULY 1969, A.D.
WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND
(Plaque left on the Moon by Apollo 11 astronauts)
Since time began, man has looked to the heavens in wonder, attempting to master the secrets of the universe. As we discovered in Take Flight, once man mastered the rudiments of air travel, he forevermore strove to fly higher, further, faster.
Few could conceptualize what lay beyond the Milky Way, but imaginations soared, assisted by sci-fi writers – Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, etc., television shows – the Outer Limits, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, etc., comic books – The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and more.
A bounty of children's handkerchiefs are devoted to space travel. Many are quite worn, from multiple treks to Mars and Pluto, I assume, so bear with their condition, as they survived a significant period in history, and deserve a look. Many contain images as detailed as comic books graphics of that era.
To enhance your viewing, the Best of Star Wars, composed and conducted by John Williams,
Skywalker Symphony, Skywalker Ranch, published 2012
https://handkerchiefheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spacetravel1.mp3
Little blue men with remarkably humanoid features.
"It's a fixer-upper of a planet, but we could make it work."
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, speaking in May 2013 about the possibility of humans eventually settling on Mars.
No clever explorer would venture forth without his trusty ray-gun.
"I have a strong feeling about interesting people in space exploration. . . .
And the only way it's going to happen is to have some kid fantasize about
getting his ray gun, jumping into his spaceship, and flying into outer space."
George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars movies
Ray-guns at the ready, these junior space travelers stand at attention, able to snap to at a moment's command from Captain Kirk. What a handsome, sophisticated hankie for a young boy to carry. Perfection.
Dodging planets and satellites, we hope our intrepid travelers don't land on a planetary volcano. Note the congested sky traffic, even then. Portents of things to come?
On the left, Fido navigates in the cockpit alongside his master. Below, this homey space ship even has window boxes full of greenery.
There is so much detail in the next quartet, just enjoy…
"Space is a laboratory, and we go into it to work and learn the new."
John Glenn Jr., First American to orbit the earth
"I'm coming back in… and it's the saddest moment of my life."
Astronaut Ed White expressing regret at the conclusion of the first
American spacewalk during the Gemini 4 Mission June 3, 1965.
"When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried."
Alan Shepard, recalling his time on the lunar surface during the
Apollo 14 mission in February 1971
"Space is less than 80 miles from every person on earth – far closer than
most people are to their own national capitals."
Daniel Deudney, 'Space:The High Frontier in Perspective', August 1982
These precariously tethered astronauts call to mind the exploits of George Clooney and Sandra Bullock in the movie GRAVITY. It's uncanny how these 50 yr. old images could be so prescient.
The artist employed the same care and attention to detail with space hankies for tiny tots. Bunnies, ducklings, puppies, and pint size pachyderms explore space – complete with helmets and oxygen tanks.
"I'm really excited. It feels really good."
Kathryn Gray, age 10. The youngest person to discover a supernova
(SN2010lt in UGC 3378). Reported by the BBC, January 4, 2011
Additional images from different artists attest to the fact that interest in space was enormous and started early! Note the girl (teddy bear) astronaut in her skirt, and the fanciful galaxy border of stars.
Even Disney got in on the action. Astronaut Mickey is about to zip off the blackboard.
On the left, a French hankie features the requisite "little green men from Mars." Made in France and exported to the USSR in the mid-80's, the owner's mother bought it in Moscow, and had it in her collection for more than thirty years. The daughter brought it to Boston last year, and it's now in my collection. It may not have made it to the moon, but it did a pretty fair job of navigating planet earth! I'll do my best to preserve it for future generations, who may actually get to participate in space travel. On the right, Rocket Boy, a Japanese manga, swoops through the universe to save humanity.
On April 12, 1961 Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, igniting the "Race for Space." Shortly thereafter, speaking to Congress on May 25, 1961, John F. Kennedy intoned "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." The following handkerchief illustrates that ever important race. Regardless of the pop colors used in the flags, we wonder – are these countries tied together in a united cause, or engaged in a tug of war for supremacy?
The 1950's – 60's were an era of "cold war" détente, ICBMs, and cuspidate competition. In this climate, rational minds reasoned that space, of necessity, had to be a province of peace for the planet to survive.
"No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there
go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore,
must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind."
President Lyndon B. Johnson, news conference, August 29, 1965
The next handkerchief exemplifies that universal spirit, featuring the Apollo 11 flight, with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. It reads:
The Event of the 20th Century.
The first man walked on the moon.
"To go places and do things that have never been done before—
that's what living is all about."
Apollo 11 was the first space flight to land humans on the moon on July 20, 1969. Six hours later, on July 21st, Neil Armstrong was the first man to step onto the lunar surface. An estimated 530 million people were watching as he exclaimed "One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."
The event was commemorated on stamps from Iran to Grenada and beyond.
Sad to contemplate:
"The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class.
Now they say, we are reading about you in history class."
Neil Armstrong, July 1999
"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit."
Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist, cosmologist
Some have questioned the effort, energy, and expenditure on an endeavor which seems so removed from our daily lives. They might be surprised to learn that anything cordless, fireproof, lightweight, miniaturized or automated had its beginnings in the space program. According to Mary Roach, in her book Packing for Mars, objects derived from the space program include cordless power tools, artificial limbs, implantable heart monitors, solar panels, computerized insulin pumps, firefighter's masks, trash compactors, bulletproof vests, and yes, even sports bras and dust busters. Perhaps most meaningful to those reading this – High Speed Wireless Data Transfer originated from the space program. Applause please, and perhaps a wee bit of genuflection is in order.
Per Aspera, Ad Astra.
John F. Kennedy's address to Rice University September 12, 1962 challenging America to embrace the race for space. (It's a bit longer (4:11 min) than the usual version, but worth the watch.
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Lynn Fraley says:
Looks like some UFO's in those hankies! I keep hearing that Obama is poised to reveal some of the government data on UFO's, and then those intentions seem to .. fade into space.
Great blog post ..
Linda Roggemann says:
I love your blog – and this one is spectacular. Your prose is so beautiful.
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Streetlend.com was a website that helped neighbours and friends lend items to each other. Ladders, drills etc.
The site was modern, mobile-friendly and easy to use. Scroll down to see how Streetlend worked, and why it was reluctantly shut down.
Lenders listed hundreds of items, mainly in London. Many friction-free transactions were made, at no charge to lender or borrower.
Streetlend's business model involved affiliation with Amazon. When members searched for an item to borrow, they were also shown items to buy, and Streetlend earnt a cut of the sales revenue. Did it turn a profit? No, sadly not, but running at a loss was fine as my day job covered the bills.
With sadness, StreetLend was shut down in April 2018, after five years of operation.
GDPR threatens website owners with fines of 4% of turnover or €20 million (whichever is higher) if they do not jump through a number of ambiguously-defined hoops. The law, combined with parasitic no-win-no-fee legal firms, puts website owners at risk of vindictive reporting. Young websites and non-profits cannot afford legal teams. Therefore the risk posed by GDPR is unacceptably high.
Perversely, this new EU law hurts small and ethical startups and helps reinforce the dominance of Facebook, Google and Twitter, who are able to prepare and defend themselves using established legal teams and cash reserves, and who now face less competition from startups. The EU Cookie Law, EU VAT regulation and now the EU GDPR are all examples of poorly-implemented laws that add complexity and unintended side-effects for businesses within the EU.
Streetlend supported Facebook / LinkedIn / Twitter / Email+Password login. A couple of clicks, and you're in.
Visitors see all nearby items for rental as soon as they land on the site (with their permission, the user's location is shared electronically with the site).
Any nearby friends (or friends of friends) are highlighted on the list of lenders (you'd be surprised how many local people you have a second-degree connection with).
It was free of charge to list items, and free of charge to borrow items.
Streetlend was created by Chris Beach as a side project in 2013, using Scala, Play Framework, jQuery, Neo4J and MongoDB. Google Maps provided mapping and location search.