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Att säga att någon är ett hår av Hin, det vill säga "har vuxit ut från djävulen" (Hin), är ett svenskt idiomatiskt uttryck för att någon är en mycket ond människa.

Uttrycket kan också användas om barn som är busiga.

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Mrs. Barbara Brandel
6th Grade Homeroom - Middle School Science/Living Environment Regents/Religion
About Mrs. Brandel
My husband and I reside in Malverne, where we raised our three children.
I am a graduate of Hofstra University with a Masters of Business degree in Finance and a Masters of Science degree in Education. I am certified in Birth through 9th Grade Education.
How long have you been a teacher?
I have been a Catholic School teacher for 21 years mainly teaching middle school science and STREAM.
My favorite Saint is:
St. Francis of Assisi - "Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
My favorite quote is:
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"- Eleanor Roosevelt
2022 - 2023 School Year
I am excited to join the St. Joseph School family! This year we will have many science topics to explore on the middle school level, including hands-on lab experiments to reinforce our learning experience. We will be in the science lab on a regular basis and we will be constantly discovering!
Greetings Parents
I look forward to meeting both parents and students when school begins!
The first day of school for students is Wednesday, September 7, 2022 with dismissal at 1100 A.M.
Our Meet the Teacher Night is scheduled for Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:00 P.M.
I understand how important communication is between parents, teachers, and students. I hope to work together with both you and your child so all are informed about the classroom and St. Joseph school life.
I can be reached at my St. Joseph email. I look forward to getting to know you and I will get back to you as soon as possible for any questions or concerns you may have.
Contact Mrs. Brandel
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Lately there has been an interesting trend of people wishing to eat and grow unusual vegetables. If you are like many people, you are sure to stop and think, "What exactly are these unusual vegetables?" The best way to explain what can be classified as unusual in the vegetable arena is anything that is not your traditional common vegetables like broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, etc. People frequently use these vegetables and many more in their favorite recipes. However, many people are currently looking to discover vegetables they do not eat on a regular basis and add them to their diet. Therefore, throughout this article we will explore a few of these "unusual vegetables" to heighten your knowledge on the subject matter.
Recently many people have begun trying to cook international dishes, which obviously requires the use of some relatively foreign vegetables to our kitchens. One example includes the tomatillo, which is used in Mexican food for making salsa verde (green salsa). This vegetable may be a great addition to your Mexican dishes adding the flavor that is thought to only be found in oriental kitchens. Another interesting vegetable is romanesco, which is a close relative to cabbage, collard greens, broccoli, etc. This new addition to your kitchen can be cooked like those similar vegetables and proves to be quite nutritious.
On the other hand, arugula may be of interest to those who enjoy salads with a variety of different greens. This vegetable adds a spicy flavor (like horseradish) but is actually within the cabbage family. The leaves are what are used to add this nice flavor to your favorite salads. Another great vegetable for salad lovers is escarole, which is very common in Italian dishes. However, you can also cook this vegetable to your liking. Tatsoi (often called spinach mustard) is also very unusual and looks like a lilypad but is edible. Other relatively interesting vegetables such as choy and mizuna fall into the same family as this vegetable. The Asian vegetable can also be used as a shredded form of lettuce for your salads. Finally, white tomatoes make an excellent addition to any salad and are relatively sweet to taste. This exotic looking vegetable plant is also a beautiful addition to your balcony or porch when placed within a hanging pot or basket.
Although most people have eaten asparagus from time to time, most people have not eaten asparagus peas on a regular basis. These peas can be grown from seeds and only slightly taste like asparagus but are very similar to beans. On the other hand, you can also grow your own dill and use it for cooking everything from fish and other types of meats to cucumbers.
Although growing these unusual vegetables is relatively common, you can actually find vegetables that you have rarely used before in your local supermarket. Sometimes you can even find books that explain how you can use them, how to tell if they are fresh, and methods for cooking the given vegetable. Some fresh markets will offer unique items such as star fruit, acerola, and possibly some of the vegetables mentioned above.
In conclusion, many people have frequently been interested in growing their own vegetables or at the very least finding new vegetables to incorporate into their diet. There are a variety of vegetables that are commonly used throughout the world (Mexico, Asia, etc.) that can be used to add flavor and even oriental décor to your favorite salad, meats, or even side dishes. Be sure to look up ways to grow, clean, and cook these new unusual vegetables before adding them to your meals.


Bronx should have been completed in class today.
Tonight- vocab. # 9- complete the sentence.
Bronx- read pp. 128-155 for tomorrow.
Vocab. # 9- syn. & ant.
vocab. # 9- 103 & 104.
Bronx- due WED. read pp. 102-127.
Vocab. test # 8 this FRIDAY.
spelling quiz # 6 tomorrow.


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"a private meeting," French, tête-à-tête, literally "head-to-head," from Old French teste "head" (see tester (n.2)). The adjective, "privately," is recorded from 1728.
He never interrupted a confidence; never marred a tete-a-tete.
Pardon me for interrupting your tete-a-tete, but do you know who has charge of the games?
He seemed embarrassed by the tete-a-tete which, nevertheless, he had sought.
We literally burst unannounced into the tete-a-tete on the porch.
Jewel was not late to lunch, but eating it tete-a-tete with aunt Madge was not to her taste.
But I am afraid, my dear fellow, that I must leave you to a tete-a-tete with Eleanor.
I would rather keep my seat where I happen to be—and continue the tete-a-tete.
Us, in a tete-a-tete, is the most traitorous word in the whole language.
The sweetness of a tete-a-tete might diminish the bitterness of recollections.


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"Liberté" (Liberty) is a 1942 poem by the French poet Paul Éluard. It is an ode to liberty written during the German occupation of France.

Description
The poem is structured in twenty-one quatrains, which follow the same pattern. Éluard names many places, real or imaginary, on which he would write the word liberté. The first three lines of each begin with Sur (On) followed by the naming of a place, and the last line is twenty times, like a refrain, J'écris ton nom (I write your name). The 21st stanza reveals that name, saying Pour te nommer Liberté. (To name you Liberty).
The first stanza reads:

Background
The original title of the poem was Une seule pensée (A single thought). Éluard comments:

Publication
The poem was published on 3 April 1942, without apparent censorship, in the clandestine book of poetry Poésie et vérité 1942 (Poetry and truth 1942). According to Max Pol Fouchet, he convinced Éluard to reprint the poem in June 1942 in the magazine Fontaine, titled Une seule pensée, to reach the southern Zone libre. The same year, it was printed in London in the official Gaullist magazine La France libre and thousands of copies were dropped by parachute by British aircraft of the Royal Air Force above occupied France maquis. In 1945, the poem was published by Éditions de Minuit in Eluard's poetry book  Au rendez-vous allemand.  The complex history of Éluard's collections is detailed by the editors of his complete works, Lucien Scheler and Marcelle Dumas, particularly in Vol. 1 of Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1975, p. 1606–1607.

Legacy
Francis Poulenc composed in 1943 Figure humaine, FP 120, a cantata for double mixed choir of 12 voices on this and seven other poems by Éluard. Written during the German occupation of France, it could not be performed in France, but was premiered in a radio broadcast of the BBC in English on 25 March 1945.

Liberal quotings from the poem created an underlying theme in the 2014 drama film Maps to the Stars.

References

External links
 Full English text
 Liberté, read by Paul Eluard on YouTube
 Liberté de Paul Eluard frenchtoday.com. This link leads to a translation by a native French-speaker who understands her own language, even if native English-speakers might argue with some of the phrasing. The Full English text linked to above contains at least one error in understanding the French. "Les places qui débordent" means quite simply "squares which overflow (with people)". There are also some doubtful choices of vocabulary or interpretation. There will be many other translations on-line.
 Third page of the poem Liberté in the book Poésie et verité 1942 by Paul Eluard (Paris: , 1947) art.famsf.org
Paul Eluard's poem Liberté used in a film by David Cronenberg: conflicting rights regarding the use of the poem in a film.
 Fifth page of the poem Liberté in the book Poésie et verité 1942 by Paul Eluard (Paris: Roger Lacourière, 1947) art.famsf.org
 Paul Éluard, "Liberty" (1943) shmoop.com

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An estimated 25.4 million refugees around the world, more than half of which are under the age of 18, have been forcibly displaced due to war, persecution and famine. With many facing no safe, available routes to the UK to seek asylum, a record amount of deaths were reported in 2017, and Help Refugees wants to change this. They have once again teamed up with Katharine Hamnett to build on their success of the iconic 'Choose Love' T-shirt, to create a Choose Love organic cotton lingerie range, exclusive to ASOS.
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Home » News » Rep. Krishnamoorthi urges FDA to clear the market of e-cigarettes during COVID-19 pandemic
Rep. Krishnamoorthi urges FDA to clear the market of e-cigarettes during COVID-19 pandemic
By Liz Carey | April 3, 2020 | E-Cigarettes
Out of concern over who is most at risk because of the coronavirus, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking it to clear the market of all electronic cigarettes for the duration of the pandemic.
Krishnamoorthi, the chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, said the FDA should use its authority to get vaping products and supplies out of the market place and use all its available tools to encourage Americans to stop smoking and vaping.
"Allowing e-cigarettes to remain on the market during this period would harm children and adults throughout the country and exacerbate the coronavirus crisis in critical ways," wrote Krishnamoorthi. "Reducing the number of smokers and vapers that fall ill with coronavirus will not only help them but the entire health system."
At the end of March, the FDA asked a federal court to give e-cigarette manufacturers another four months to submit applications to remain on the market. While Krishnamoorthi's committee did not oppose the request, it did ask the FDA to use all available tools to encourage Americans to stop smoking combustible cigarettes and using e-cigarettes; suspend all approvals of Premarket Tobacco Product Applications; and commit to immediately clearing the market of all e-cigarettes by prioritizing enforcement against them.
"FDA has both the authority and an obligation to start enforcing the law against all e-cigarettes in order to protect the public health," added Krishnamoorthi. "Vaping will add to the stress on our hospitals as more people take up intensive care beds and require ventilators and other critical equipment. Eliminating the preventable accelerant of vaping is a public health necessity."
Krishnamoorthi argued that according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, vaping and smoking increase risks for coronavirus patients. Additionally, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that smokers are much more likely than non-smokers to suffer severe outcomes and need ventilators or intensive care.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be the world's greatest fisherman. Leave behind the dazzle of the modern world and row out to the middle of still water, hold a worm between my fingers, the ends of its body coiling around my thumb as I load it onto a barbed hook. Cast the line long, the plunk barely makes a splash.
Sense the tap on the line.
Pull the fish into my net, and yank it out of the water. Estimate its weight--impressive. Hold the firm flesh wriggling in my grip. Watch it struggle, the eye rotating in the socket. Count the seconds between the pulse of the gills. Know that I am the world's greatest fisherman.
Instead, I became a teacher.


Liven up your living room with this Mellow Yellow Throw. Bright and colorful, this crocheted afghan pattern is great for beginners and is a fun way to instantly transform your home decor. The openwork lacy look of this afghan makes it perfect for all seasons. You could make one in your favorite color or add a flair of vibrant color to your couch or bed with this bright yellow yarn. Let the sun shine in year round with this fantastic and fabulous crochet afghan pattern!
Special Stitch: V Stitch (V St) – (dc, ch 4, dc) in space or stitch as indicated in instructions.
Note: Design is crocheted in multiples of 10 plus 7.
Row 1: Ch 157, dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each of next 3 chs, [skip 2 chs, V St in next ch, skip 2 chs, dc in each of next 5 chs) across, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, dc in each of next 4 sts, [ch 2, sc in ch space of V St, ch 2, skip dc of V St, dc in each of next 5 sts] across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, skip next st, V St in next st, [skip next 2 sts, 2 dcs in next ch 2 space, dc in next st, 2 dc in next ch 2 space, skip 2 sts, V st in next st] across to last 2 stitches, skip next st, dc in last st, turn.
Row 4: Ch 5, sc in ch space of V St, ch 2, [skip dc of V St, dc in each of next 5 sts, ch 2, sc in ch space of V St, ch 2] across, dc in last st, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3, dc in ch 2 space, dc in next st, [2 dcs in ch 2 space, skip 2 sts, V St in next st, skip 2 sts, 2 dcs in ch 2 space, dc in next st] across, dc in last ch 2 space, dc in last st, turn.
Color Scheme: Repeat Rows 2 – 5 for pattern for a total of 66 rows.
Work along top edge (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in right corner dc, [skip 2 dcs, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in next dc, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in next sc] across, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in last dc.
Work along side edge [sc in space between 2 rows, (sc, ch 3, dc) in space between next 2 rows] across, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in first bottom ch.
Work along bottom edge [skip 2 chs, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in next ch, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in ch below V St] across, (sc, ch 3, 2 dcs) in last corner ch.
Work along side edge [sc in space between 2 rows, (sc, ch 3, dc) in space between next 2 rows] across, join to beginning sc and fasten off.
There is no v-stitch in the throw shown here. Looks like the instructions and the photo got mixed up here. I like the photo throw though.
The picture of the completed throw is not the same pattern as the close up photo presented here.


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Russia Preparing Property Restrictions for Foreigners – Paper
https://sputniknews.com/russia/20131016184185649-Russia-Preparing-Property-Restrictions-for-Foreigners---Paper/
Russia is drafting changes to the law that will bar foreigners from owning or renting real estate in the country without official permission, a state-owned newspaper said Wednesday.
MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is drafting changes to the law that will bar foreigners from owning or renting real estate in the country without official permission, a state-owned newspaper said Wednesday.
The Economic Development Ministry told Rossiiskaya Gazeta that it is in consultation about the legislation with law enforcement and migration agencies including the Federal Security Service and Federal Migration Service. The law could come into force by 2015, officials told the paper.
Under Russian law, foreigners are currently entitled to buy property and land on almost the same terms as Russians. They are forbidden, however, from owning real estate in border zones, agricultural land, land near sea ports, infrastructure hubs and military sites, according to the paper.
It was unclear Wednesday what government agency would be responsible for granting permission for foreigners to buy or rent real estate if the new law is passed.
The proposed legislation has been designed to prevent the emergence of ghettoes based on racial or ethnic lines in Russian cities, Izvestiya newspaper reported Tuesday. Senior officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, have expressed their opposition to such neighborhoods.
News of the proposed legislation comes just days after a southern Moscow suburb was hit by some of the worst riots seen in Russia in years, when a mob attacked a food market and fought running battles with riot police after a Russian man was knifed to death by a man thought by police to be foreign.
Millions of migrant workers live in Russia, most of them from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. There are high levels of hostility towards increased levels of migration in Russian society.
Russian Ministry of Economic Development, Federal Security Service, Russia's Federal Migration Service, Sergei Sobyanin, Vladimir Putin


Always happy to have some friends around!
There is an installation built by Sebi all about Naruto.
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Microlith
For the catalytic reactor, see Microlith (catalytic reactor). For other uses, see Microlith (disambiguation).
Kebaran culture microliths from a flint prepared core, 22,000-18,000 BP.
Microlith productions, Kebaran culture, 22,000-18,000 BP
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimetre or so in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from around 35,000 to 3,000 years ago, across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowheads.
Microliths are produced from either a small blade (microblade) or a larger blade-like piece of flint by abrupt or truncated retouching, which leaves a very typical piece of waste, called a microburin. The microliths themselves are sufficiently worked so as to be distinguishable from workshop waste or accidents.
Two families of microliths are usually defined: laminar and geometric. An assemblage of microliths can be used to date an archeological site. Laminar microliths are slightly larger, and are associated with the end of the Upper Paleolithic and the beginning of the Epipaleolithic era; geometric microliths are characteristic of the Mesolithic and the Neolithic. Geometric microliths may be triangular, trapezoid or lunate. Microlith production generally declined following the introduction of agriculture (8000 BCE) but continued later in cultures with a deeply rooted hunting tradition.
Regardless of type, microliths were used to form the points of hunting weapons, such as spears and (in later periods) arrows, and other artifacts and are found throughout Africa, Asia and Europe. They were utilised with wood, bone, resin and fiber to form a composite tool or weapon, and traces of wood to which microliths were attached have been found in Sweden, Denmark and England. An average of between six and eighteen microliths may often have been used in one spear or harpoon, but only one or two in an arrow.
1 Types of microlith
1.1 Laminar and non-geometric microliths
1.1.1 Truncated blade
1.1.2 Backed edge blades
1.1.3 Micro points
1.2 Geometric microliths
1.2.1 Microburin technique
2 Weapons and tools
3 Discoveries
3.2 Scandinavia
3.3 England
Types of microlith[edit]
Backed edge bladelet
Laminar and non-geometric microliths[edit]
Laminar microliths date from at least the Gravettian culture or possibly the start of the Upper Paleolithic era, and they are found all through the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. "Noailles" burins and micro-gravettes (see § Micro points, below) indicate that the production of microliths had already started in the Gravettian culture.[1] This style of flint working flourished during the Magdalenian period and persisted in numerous Epipaleolithic traditions all around the Mediterranean basin. These microliths are slightly larger than the geometric microliths that followed and were made from the flakes of flint obtained ad hoc from a small nucleus or from a depleted nucleus of flint. They were produced either by percussion or by the application of a variable pressure (although pressure is the best option, this method of producing microliths is complicated and was not the most commonly used technique).[2]
Truncated blade[edit]
There are three basic types of laminar microlith. The truncated blade type can be divided into a number of sub-types depending on the position of the truncation (for example, oblique, square or double) and according to its form, for example, concave or convex. "Raclette scrapers" are notable for their particular form, being blades or flakes whose edges have been sharply retouched until they are semicircular or even shapeless. Raclettes are indefinite cultural indicators, as they appear from the Upper Paleolithic through to the Neolithic.
Flint blade
Truncated bladelet
Dufour bladelet
Backed edge blades[edit]
Backed edge blades have one of the edges, generally a side one, rounded or chamfered by abrupt retouching. There are fewer types of these blades, and may be divided into those where the entire edge is rounded and those where only a part is rounded, or even straight. They are fundamental in the blade-forming processes, and from them, innumerable other types were developed.[3] Dufour bladelets are up to three centimeters in length, finely shaped with a curved profile whose retouches are semi-abrupt and which characterize a particular phase of the Aurignacian period. Solutrean backed edge blades display pronounced and abrupt retouching, so that they are long and narrow and, although rare, characterize certain phases of the Solutrean period. Ouchtata bladelets are similar to the others, except that the retouched back is not uniform but irregular; this type of microlith characterizes certain periods of the Epipaleolithic Saharans. The Ibero-Maurusian and the Montbani bladelet, with a partial and irregular lateral retouching, is characteristic of the Italian Tardenoisian.[4]
Micro points[edit]
These are very sharp bladelets formed by abrupt retouching. There are a huge number of regional varieties of these microliths, nearly all of which are very hard to distinguish (especially those from the western area) without knowing the archaeological context in which they appear. The following is a small selection. Omitted are the foliaceous tips (also called leafed tips), which are characterized by a covering retouch and which constitute a group apart.[5]
The Châtelperrón point is not a true microlith, although it is close to the required dimensions. Its antiquity and its short, curved blade edge make it the antecedent of many laminar microliths.
The Micro-gravette or Gravette micro point is a microlith version of the Gravette point and is a narrow bladelet with an abrupt retouch, which gives it a characteristically sharp edge when compared to other types.
The Azilian point links the Magdalenian microlith points with those from the western Epipaleolithic. They can be identified by a rough and invasive retouching.
The Ahrensburgian point is also a peripheral paleolithic or western Epipaleolithic piece, but with a more specific morphology, as it is formed on a blade (not on a bladelet), is obliquely truncated and has a small tongue that possibly served as a haft on a spear point.
The next group contains a number of points from the Middle East characterized as cultural markers.
The Emireh point from the Upper Paleolithic is almost the same as one found in Châtelperrón, which is likely to be contemporary, although they are slightly shorter and also appear to be fashioned from a blade and not a bladelet.
The El-Wad point is from the end of the Upper Paleolithic from the same area, made from a very long, thin bladelet.
The El-Khiam point has been identified by the Spanish archeologist González Echegaray in Protoneolithic sites in Jordan. They are little known but easy to identify by two basal notches, doubtless used as a haft.[6]
Châtelperrón points
Micro-gravette
Azilian point
Ahrensburguien point
Emireh point
El-Wad point
El-Khiam point
Adelaide point
Helwan points (Abu Salem points sub-type)
The Adelaide point is found in Australia. Its construction, based on truncations on a blade, has a nearly trapezoidal form. The Adelaide point emphasizes the range of variation in both time and culture of the laminar microliths; it also shows their technological differences, but sometimes morphological similarities, with geometric microliths. Laminar microliths can also sometimes be described as trapezoidal, triangular or lunate.[7] However, as we will see below, they are distinct from the geometric microliths because of the strokes used in the manufacture of geometric microliths, which mainly involved the microburin technique.
Geometric microliths[edit]
Geometric microliths are a clearly defined type of stone tool, at least in their basic forms. They can be divided into trapezoid, triangular and lunate (half-moon) forms, although there are many subdivisions of each of these types. A microburin is included among the illustrations below because, although it is not a geometrical microlith (or even a tool),[8] it is now seen as a characteristic waste product from the manufacture of these geometric microliths:
Microburin
Lunate
Geometric microliths, though rare, are present as trapezoids in Northwest Africa in the Iberomaurusian. They later appear in Europe in the Magdalenian[9] initially as elongated triangles and later as trapezoids (although the microburin technique is seen from the Perigordian), they are mostly seen during the Epipaleolithic and the Neolithic. They remained in existence even into the Copper Age and Bronze Age, competing with "leafed" and then metallic arrowheads.
Microburin technique[edit]
The most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles such as this harpoon.
Trapezoid microliths and arrow with a trapeze used to strengthen the tip, found in a peat bog at Tværmose (Denmark)
All the currently known geometric microliths share the same fundamental characteristics – only their shapes vary. They were all made from blades or from microblades (nearly always of flint), using the microburin technique (which implies that it is not possible to conserve the remains of the heel or the conchoidal flakes from the blank). The pieces were then finished by a percussive retouching of the edges (generally leaving one side with the natural edge of the blank), giving the piece its definitive polygonal form. For example, in order to make a triangle, two adjacent notches were retouched, leaving free the third edge or base[3] (using the terminology of Fortea). They generally have one long axis and concave or convex edges, and it is possible for them to have a gibbosity (hump) or indentations. Triangular microliths may be isosceles, scalene or equilateral. In the case of trapezoid geometric microliths, on the other hand, the notches are not retouched, leaving a portion of the natural edge between them. Trapezoids can be further subdivided into symmetrical, asymmetrical and those with concave edges. Lunate microliths have the least diversity of all and may be either semicircular or segmental.
Archeological findings and the analysis of wear marks, or use-wear analysis, has shown that, predictably, the tips of spears, harpoons and other light projectiles of varying size received the most wear. Microliths were also used from the Neolithic on arrows, although a decline in this use coincided with the appearance of bifacial or "leafed" arrowheads that became widespread in the Chalcolithic period, or Copper Age (that is, stone arrowheads were increasingly made by a different technique during this later period).
Weapons and tools[edit]
Not all the different types of laminar microliths had functions that are clearly understood. It is likely that they contributed to the points of spears or light projectiles, and their small size suggests that they were fixed in some way to a shaft or handle.[10][11]
Backed edge bladelets are particularly abundant at a site in France that preserves habitation from the late Magdalenian – the Pincevent. In the remains of some of the hearths at this location, bladelets are found in groups of three, perhaps indicating that they were mounted in threes on their handles. A javelin tip made of horn has been found at this site with grooves made for flint bladelets that could have been secured using a resinous substance. Signs of much wear and tear have been found on some of these finds.[citation needed]
Specialists have carried out lithic or microwear analysis on artefacts, but it has sometimes proved difficult to distinguish those fractures made during the process of fashioning the flint implement from those made during its use. Microliths found at Hengistbury Head in Dorset, England, show features that can be confused with chisel marks, but which might also have been produced when the tip hit a hard object and splintered.[12] Microliths from other locations have presented the same problems of interpretation.[13]
An exceptional piece of evidence for the use of microliths has been found in the excavations of the cave at Lascaux in the French Dordogne. Twenty backed edge bladelets were found with the remains of a resinous substance and the imprint of a circular handle (a horn). It appears that the bladelets might have been fixed in groups like the teeth of a harpoon or similar weapon.
In all these locations, the microliths found have been backed edge blades, tips and crude flakes. Despite the great number of geometric microliths that have been found in Western Europe, few examples show any clear evidence of their use, and all the examples are from the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods. Despite this, there is unanimity amongst researchers that these items were used to increase the penetrating potential of light projectiles such as harpoons, assegais, javelins and arrows.
Discoveries[edit]
France[edit]
Two skeletons in the Tomb of Téviec
In France, one unusual find stands out: in the Mesolithic cemetery of Téviec, in Morbihan, one of the skeletons that has been found has a geometric microlith lodged in one of its vertebra. All indications suggest that the person died because of this projectile; whether by intention or by accident is unknown. It is widely agreed that geometric microliths were mainly used in hunting and fishing, but they may also have been used as weapons.[14]
Scandinavia[edit]
Well-preserved examples of arrows with microliths in Scandinavia have been found at Loshult, at Osby in Sweden, and Tværmose, at Vinderup in Denmark. These finds, which have been preserved practically intact due to the special conditions of the peat bogs, have included wooden arrows with microliths attached to the tip by resinous substances and cords.
England[edit]
There are many examples of possible tools from Mesolithic deposits in England. Possibly the best known is a microlith from Star Carr in Yorkshire that retains residues of resin, probably used to fix it to the tip of a projectile. Recent excavations have found other examples. Archeologists at the Risby Warren V site in Lincolnshire have uncovered a row of eight triangular microliths that are equidistantly aligned along a dark stain indicating organic remains (possibly the wood from an arrow shaft). Another clear indication is from the Readycon Dene site in West Yorkshire, where 35 microliths appear to be associated with a single projectile. In Urra Moor, North Yorkshire, 25 microliths give the appearance of being related to one another, due to the extreme regularity and symmetry of their arrangement in the ground.[15]
The study of English and European artifacts in general has revealed that projectiles were made with a widely variable number of microliths: in Tværmose there was only one, in Loshult there were two (one for the tip and the other as a fin),[16] in White Hassocks, in West Yorkshire, more than 40 have been found together; the average is between 6 and 18 pieces for each projectile.[15]
India[edit]
Early research regard the microlithic industry in India as a Holocene phenomenon, however a new research provides solid data to put the South Asia microliths industry up to 35 ka across whole South Asia subcontinent. This new research also synthesizes the data from genetic, paleoenvironmental and archaeological research, and proposes that the emergence of microlith in India subcontinent could reflect the increase of population and adaptation of environmental deterioration.[17][18]
Dating[edit]
Crystal spear tips, ca. 8000–7000 BCE, on display at Sion History museum
Laminar microliths are common artifacts from the Upper Paleolithic and the Epipaleolithic, to such a degree that numerous studies have used them as markers to date different phases of prehistoric cultures.
During the Epipaleolithic and the Mesolithic, the presence of laminar or geometric microliths serves to date the deposits of different cultural traditions. For instance, in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa, the end of the Upper Paleolithic period coincides with the end of the Aterian tradition of producing laminar microliths, and deposits can be dated by the presence or absence of these artifacts. In the Near East, the laminar microliths of the Kebarian culture were superseded by the geometric microliths of the Natufian tradition a little more than 11,000 years ago. This pattern is repeated throughout the Mediterranean basin and across Europe in general.[3][19]
A similar thing is found in England, where the preponderance of elongated microliths, as opposed to other frequently occurring forms, has permitted the Mesolithic to be separated into two phases: the Earlier Mesolithic of about 8300–6700 BCE, or the ancient and laminar Mesolithic, and the Later Mesolithic, or the recent and geometric Mesolithic. Deposits can be thus dated based upon the assemblage of artifacts found.[20]
^ Piel-Desruisseaux, Jean-Luc (1986). Outils préhistoriques. Forme. Fabrication. Utilisation. Masson, Paris. ISBN 2-225-80847-3. (pages 147–9)
^ Pelegrin, Jacques (1988). "Débitage expérimental par pression. Du plus petit au plus grand". Journée d'études technologiques en Préhistoire (Notes et monographies techniques, nº 25). Technologie préhistorique. ISBN 2-222-04235-6. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) (pages 37–53)
^ a b c Fortea Pérez; Francisco Javier (1973). Los complejos microlaminares y geométricos del Epipaleolítico mediterráneo español. Universidad de Salamanca. ISBN 84-600-5678-3.
^ Brézillon, Michel (1971). La dénomination des objets de pierre taillée. París: Editions du CNRS. pages 263–7.
^ Brézillon, Michel (1971). La dénomination des objets de pierre taillée. París: Editions du CNRS. pages 292–340.
^ González Echegaray, J. (1964). Excavaciones en la terraza de El Khiam (Jordania). Bibliotheca Praehistorica Hispana.
^ Geometric shapes, as we have seen, are present in many laminar microliths: for example the Dufour bladelet is an elongated lunate shape, the El-Emireh point is a triangle and the Adelaide point is a trapeze, the El-Wad point is spindle shaped; and there are many other examples.
^ Some of the earlier researchers, such as Octobon Octobon, E. (1920). "La question tardenoisienne. Montbani". Revue Anthropologique. page 107. ), Peyrony and Noone ( Peyrony, D. y Noone H. V. V. (1938). "Usage possible des microburins". 2 (numéro 3). Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française. Cite journal requires |journal= (help), believed that these microburins had a useful function. Currently it has been demonstrated that these microburins did not have a function, at least not intentionally, although it cannot be ruled out that they were not reused at some point.
^ Bordes, F. y Fitte, P. (1964). "Microlithes du Magdalénien supérieur de la Gare de Gouze (Dordogne)". Miscelánea en homenaje al Abate Henri Breuil. Vol. I. Barcelona. page 264. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Laming-Emperaire, Annette (1980). "Los cazadores depredadores del posglacial y del Mesolítico". La Prehistoria. Editorial Labor, Barcelona. ISBN 84-335-9309-9. (page 68)
^ Piel-Desruisseaux, Jean-Luc (1986). Outils préhistoriques. Forme. Fabrication. Utilisation. Masson, Paris. ISBN 2-225-80847-3. (pages 123-127)
^ Barton, R. N. E. y Bergman, C. A. (1982). "Hunters at Hengistbury: some evidence from experimental archaeology". 14 (Number 2). World Archaeology. ISSN 0043-8243. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ M. Lenoir has found knapping similar to that used in chiseled bladelets from Gironde, but considered this to be a coincidence and attributed the marks to the fact that the microliths were mounted on the tip of a projectile. A similar line of enquiry has also been followed by Lawrence H. Keeley, who has studied a wide range of bladelets from the French site at Buisson Campin, in Verberie, Oise.
^ a b Myers, Andrew (1989). "Reliable and mantainable technological strategies in the Mesolithic of mainland Britain". Time, energy and stone tools: New directions in Archaeology (edited by Robin Torrence). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 78–91. ISBN 0-521-25350-0.
^ Petersson, M. (1951). Microlithen als Pfeilspitzen. Ein Fund aus dem Lilla-Loshult Moor: Ksp. Loshult, Skane. Meddelanden fram Lunds Universitets. Historika Museum. (Pagies 123–37).
^ Petraglia; et al. (2009). "Population increase and environmental deterioration correspond with microlithic innovations in South Asia ca. 35,000 years ago" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (30): 12261–12266. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810842106. PMC 2718386. PMID 19620737.
^ Malik, S. C. (1966). "The Late Stone Age Industries from Excavated Sites in Gujarat, India". Artibus Asiae. JSTOR. 28 (2/3): 162. doi:10.2307/3249352.
^ Professor Fortea has been able to distinguish two traditions in the Epipaleolithic period based in the Spanish Mediterranean , the "Microlaminar Complex" (with three separate phases: that of Sant Grégori de Falset, that based on the Cova de Les Mallaetes in Valencia and that of the Epigravettian) and the "Geometric Complex" (with two phases: the Filador and the Cocina, which receive their names from caves located on the eastern coast of Spain).
^ Myers, Andrew (1989). "Reliable and mantainable technological strategies in the Mesolithic of mainland Britain". Time, energy and stone tools: New directions in Archaeology (edited by Robin Torrence). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-521-25350-0. The same author has suggested that the geometric microliths may replace one or two rows of teeth in the bone harpoons commonly found in the Upper Paleolithic at the end of the Upper Magdalanian (page 84).
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Litecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer (P2P) digital currency that enables users to send and receive payments without the need for intermediaries. Litecoin is based on an open source cryptographic protocol, and its source code is published openly on Github. Its transactions are verified using a proof of work consensus algorithm called 'Scrypt.' With the launch of Litecoin, developers sought to create a more efficient and convenient payment system than Bitcoin.
Put simply, Litecoin is a cryptocurrency that allows for faster, more affordable transaction times. It was designed to be a 'lighter' version of Bitcoin, providing users with an alternative method for transferring funds worldwide without incurring high fees or delays.
The most crucial feature of Litecoin is its use of the Scrypt algorithm. This was designed to make it more secure, making it much harder for malicious actors to conduct a '51% attack' (wherein one party can control 51% of the network). The result is a more secure and reliable network that helps protect users from fraud and other malicious activities.
In addition, due to its faster transaction times and lower fees, Litecoin has become a popular choice among merchants who want an easy way to accept payments in cryptocurrency. Finally, Litecoin also offers users innovative features such as atomic swaps, which allow users to quickly and securely exchange their funds without the need for an intermediary.
Litecoin is a form of digital currency that is based on a decentralized network. Its purpose is to provide users with an alternative method for transferring funds worldwide without incurring high fees or delays. Litecoin was designed to be lighter than Bitcoin, providing users with faster transaction times and lower costs.
Litecoin is highly sought after by investors and traders due to its low transaction fees and fast confirmation times. While Bitcoin processes transactions within 10 minutes, Litecoin can do it in just 2.5 minutes – making it much faster when compared to traditional payment methods like credit cards or bank transfers. In addition, its low fees have made it an attractive option for those looking to send or receive money without incurring additional costs.
Software engineer and former Google employee Charlie Lee created Litecoin in 2011. Since then, the project has become one of the most popular cryptocurrencies in use today. The Litecoin network is maintained by a community of developers, miners, and users dedicated to making this revolutionary technology a success.
Despite its humble beginnings, Litecoin has become an established cryptocurrency trusted and used by millions around the world. It continues to grow in popularity as more users continue to discover its amazing features and potential.
Let's look at four major features defining how Litecoin works.
Block Time: Litecoin's block time is 2.5 minutes, four times faster than Bitcoin's 10-minute block time. The quicker block time allows users to send and receive payments faster and more efficiently.
Consensus Mechanism: Litecoin uses a proof-of-work consensus mechanism called 'Scrypt.' This algorithm was designed with the aim of making it harder for malicious actors to control 51% of the network. It also acts as a deterrent, as those who try to take control of the network will need to dedicate huge amounts of computing power in order to do so – thereby incurring high costs and risking their investments.
Atomic Swaps: Litecoin allows users to quickly and conveniently exchange their funds without an intermediary. This is done through atomic swaps, which enable individuals to trade Litecoin with other cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, with minimal effort.
Litecoin Halving: Every 840,000 blocks (roughly every four years), the reward for mining a single block is halved. This is known as the 'halving' and helps keep inflation in check by reducing the supply increase rate.
So far, we have looked at the features and purpose of Litecoin. Now, let's look at how to purchase this cryptocurrency from Huobi.
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Create an Account on Huobi
To get started, you will need to create a Huobi account by going to their website and clicking on 'Sign Up.' You will need to provide some basic information, such as your name, email address, and date of birth. After submitting these details, you should be able to access your account.
Next, you will need to verify your identity to complete the registration process. This is done by providing proof of identity, such as a driver's license or passport. Once your documents have been successfully uploaded, it should take no longer than 24 hours for the verification process to be completed.
Select Litecoin and Click on Trade
After verifying your identity, you can then proceed to select 'Litecoin' from the list of available currencies. You will then see an option to click on 'Trade,' which will bring up a new page with more detailed information about this cryptocurrency.
Set Up a Payment Method
Before you are able to purchase any Litecoin, you will need to set up a payment method. This can be done by linking your bank account or entering your debit/credit card details. Once this has been completed, you should now have access to all your funds that are required for the purchase.
Specify the Amount of Litecoin to Purchase and Execute the Trade
Once your account is set up and ready to go, you can then specify how much Litecoin you would like to purchase. After doing this, click on 'Buy' and confirm the transaction to be executed.
Finally, let's look at how Litecoin compares to a few of its main competitors.
Ethereum is another popular cryptocurrency that was launched in 2015. It differs from Litecoin in that it uses a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, as opposed to proof-of-work like Litecoin does. While Ethereum's use case is more focused on providing a platform for decentralized applications and smart contracts, Litecoin's is more focused on making low fees payments. Ethereum has a much larger market cap than Litecoin, currently sitting at around $149 billion compared to just over $5 billion for Litecoin.
Bitcoin Cash is another offshoot of the original Bitcoin blockchain and uses a proof-of-work consensus mechanism like Litecoin does. They both have the same blocksize limit of 1MB. However, Litecoin has a market cap of over $5B, while Bitcoin Cash has a market cap of $1.9B.
Lastly, we have Dogecoin, launched in 2013 and uses a proof-of-work consensus mechanism like Litecoin. The main difference between the two currencies is that Dogecoin has an unlimited supply, while Litecoin has a hard cap of 84 million coins. Furthermore, Dogecoin also has a larger market cap of $10B, while Litecoin has a market cap of $5B.
Litecoin Ethereum Bitcoin Cash Dogecoin
Market Cap $5B $149B $1.9B $10B
BlockTime 150 seconds 12 seconds 600 seconds 60 seconds
Consensus Mechanism Proof of work Proof of stake Proof of work Proof of Work
Maximum Supply 84 million coins Unlimited 21 million Unlimited
Now that we have looked at Litecoin's features and compared it to a few of its competitors, you may wonder whether it is a good investment. Generally speaking, Litecoin has been doing reasonably well since its launch in 2011, and its market cap has consistently increased over the years. Furthermore, given that it is one of the most popular cryptocurrencies around with a strong development team behind it, there could be potential for this currency to increase even further in the future.
When it comes to safety and security, Litecoin takes measures such as using advanced encryption protocols to ensure that your coins are safe from external threats. Additionally, they also use SegWit (Segregated Witness), which helps to reduce the size of transactions and consequently lower fees. Furthermore, Litecoin has also implemented lightning network technology, allowing faster and more secure payments than ever before. All these features make Litecoin a great choice if you want to purchase cryptocurrency with safety in mind.
Litecoin is a popular cryptocurrency that offers its users low transaction fees, fast speeds, and advanced security measures. It can be purchased on platforms like Huobi and is a good investment for those looking to diversify their portfolios. It also has a strong development team behind it, so we expect to see more innovative features in the future.
That said, always make sure to do your research and understand the risks before investing in any cryptocurrency.
We Coin-Labs provides only objective information about Litecoin.
Therefore, we are not responsible for the investment decision in Litecoin and the resulting loss.
Litecoin Basics
The primary characteristics of Litecoin are as follows.
Publisher or Developers Charlie Lee
Jurisdiction of Incorporation (Registration Number) Singapore
Symbol LTC
Platform BTC
Max Supply 84,000,000 LTC
Investment Suitability of Litecoin in 2023
The results of the Litecoin investment suitability evaluation conducted by Coin-Labs are as follows.
Company Activation Rate / 10.0 CAR
Communication Rate / 10.0 CR
Technology Transparency Rate / 10.0 TTR
Development Participation Rate / 10.0 DPR
Listing Status on the Top 4 Exchanges in Korea Listed on Exchanges
The table above shows the result of investment suitability evaluation for Litecoin.
Litecoin Price
The price and recent trading volume of Litecoin are as follows. (Data of 2023-01-27 17:30:25)
Price and Trading Volume of Litecoin
Litecoin Price 108,656.433 KRW
Trading Volume Change 24h -6.84%
You can check the development status and social media information of Litecoin through the links in the table below.
🌎 Official Website https://litecoin.org/
📖 White Paper
🛰 Source Code (GitHub) https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin
🐦 Twitter https://twitter.com/LitecoinProject
🤖 Reddit https://reddit.com/r/litecoin
🎺 Message Board https://litecointalk.io/
Korean Crypto Exchanges where Litecoin is Listed
Korean crypto exchanges where Litecoin is listed in 2023 are as follows.
Upbit Not listed
Coinone Not listed
Bithumb Not listed
World Crypto Exchanges where Litecoin is Listed
World crypto exchanges where Litecoin is listed in 2023 are as follows.
Binance Listed https://www.binance.com/en/trade/LTC_BTC?theme=dark&type=spot
Huobi Listed https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/ltc_btc
Coinbase Listed https://pro.coinbase.com/trade/LTC-USD
Kraken Listed https://trade.kraken.com/ko/charts/KRAKEN:LTC-AUD
KuCoin Listed https://www.kucoin.com/trade/LTC-USDT
Bitfinex Listed https://trading.bitfinex.com/t/LTC:USD?type=exchange
Gate.io Listed https://www.gate.io/trade/LTC_USDT
Bitstamp Listed https://www.bitstamp.net/markets/ltc/usd/
What is the current price of Litecoin?
Litecoin price today is 108,656.433 KRW. Furthermore, the price of Litecoin has fluctuated by -1.25% from 24 hours ago, and by 4.93% from a week ago.
Where is Litecoin listed?
Currently, it is listed on a total of among the 4 largest exchanges in Korea, and is listed on a total of 8 among the world top 10 exchanges.
What is the market cap of Litecoin now?
Currently, Litecoin has a market cap of 7,839,191,221,545 KRW, which is ranking 13 among cryptocurrencies worldwide.
How much is the trade volume of Litecoin?
Currently, 72,146,591 LTC coins are circulating through 869 market pairs. As a result, in the last 24 hours, 606,922,060,451 KRW of LTC coins were traded in the market.


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Now, I add a layout transform to the above XAML to get:
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It seems like the Rectangle Height/Width properties which are data bound to the image Actualheight/ActualWidth properties are not altering to respect the new image aspect ratio as a result of the LayoutTransform applied to the image. The Rectangle is still expressing the pre-transformed aspect ratio. Why is this and how can I achieve behavior such that the Rectangle adjusts itself according to the images transformed dimensions as I intended with the binding?

A: Layout doesn't work out of the box with Brushes.
When you assign a LayoutTransform to the Visual in a VisualBrush it doesn't impact the layout of the element that's filled with the Brush. You would instead have to assign the LayoutTransform to the Rectange instead if the Image. However, that would also stretch the Rectangle's Stroke.
Better don't use a VisualBrush at all, but just an Image in an appropriate parent element, e.g. a Border. This would also avoid the need for binding to the Image's ActualWidth and ActualHeight.
<ScrollViewer HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto">
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            <Image.LayoutTransform>
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To the rest of the world it's just a day, but to Americans, July 4th is "Independence Day." It's the day when firearm toting, flag waving southerners unite alongside the scarf-wearing, Prius-driving yankees up north to celebrate our common love of blowing stuff up.
There's not a whole lot of reflection on things like the Declaration of Independence, the meaning of freedom, or the heroism of our veteran-dead anymore on this holiday of ours; but then again, we don't spend much time talking about Race Riots, the Trail of Tears or Imminent Domain either. So I guess it evens out.
What we Americans do end up doing on the Fourth of July is the most American thing there is to do these days: A whole lot of nothing.
You might think that's lazy, but if so, you're probably over in England or Canada or somewhere else, not doing a whole lot of nothing. In which case, that's a shame. I'll be here, sitting around my house, eating unhealthy food and watching all the best jingo-powered TV shows, movies and broadcast specials I can get my hands on.
If you're like me, and you are looking for something really "merica" to watch on Independence Day, or, if you're not like me but you want to revel in the once-a-year awesomeness that is "merica," then let me offer you my top "four for the Fourth" list of best things to watch on Independence Day. Sure there's no way to watch all of these shows in one day, not when there's afternoon naps and leftovers to eat, but since the fourth falls on a Tuesday this year, you can easily knock these out over the festive four-day weekend leading up to the big day.
This is our third year in a row doing this article (check out last year's edition here, and 2015's list here) and this year's edition is focused almost entirely on two aspects of American history that seem likely remain subjects of fascination for generations to come: World War II and Baseball.
Picking a "favorite" Tarantino movie is like picking a favorite Beatles song: The choices can vary wildly in style and the only common denominator among all options is the high quality. Some people prefer his debut noir thriller, Reservoir Dogs, or his convention-busting breakout hit, Pulp Fiction. Some people swear by Kill Bill Vol. 1 while others favor Vol. 2. Some diehard will surely call out Jackie Brown as their choice. For me, the man's true masterpiece is Inglorious Basterds.
The film is a delightful bit of alternate history—it even begins with the words "once upon a time…"—that follows a team of military mercenaries (led by Brad Pitt) who hunt Nazis around 1940's war-torn Europe. In addition, there's a tension-packed plot featuring a Jewish escapee playing cat and mouse with a ruthless SS Jew hunter (played by Christoph Waltz). The two major plotlines offer wildly different tones, with the Brad Pitt's storyline offering more comedy and escapism, while Waltz' story will raise your blood pressure while you grip the edge of your seat. The tone is set in the opening scene, a tour de force of tension as Waltz' Hans Landa interrogates a suspected Jew smuggler…
The climax features, now-famously, Hitler himself being drilled with a hundred rounds of machine gun fire before being blown to smithereens. Again, it's not real history; it's a happy little fairy tale. And what's more American than fantasizing about a beautiful Jewess burning a theater to the ground and helping to put Hitler six-feet under in a much more satisfying way than what really happened. It's two-and-a-half hours long, so it'll take a big chunk of your evening, but the film never drags; on the contrary, it's one of the smoothest, breeziest films of Quentin Tarantino's catalogue.
To be completely honest, I don't even like baseball. I think the sport is boring and slow and stuffy with its rules. But when Field of Dreams is on, I can half-convince myself that I've always been a fan. The movie's real gift is making the sport feel like it's as essential to the story of America as Washington crossing the Delaware or the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. It's just a game…unless you're watching Field of Dreams. When you are, the game becomes a channel…a cathartic conduit through which all of your anxieties, consternations and even daddy issues can be set aside and forgotten or even resolved entirely.
I never played a game of catch with my dad. He worked from sunrise to sunset almost every day I lived at home and the rest of the time my nose was either in a book on stuck to a video game screen. And yet the film's signature moment, when Ray asks his dad if he want's to toss the ball around, is so perfectly executed—from lighting to music to acting—that it brings tears to my eyes almost every time.
What's more American than James Earl Jones telling us nothing's more American than baseball?
There's no crying. There's no crying in BASEBALL!
Tom Hanks today is primarily seen as a dramatic actor, but the five-time Best Actor Oscar nominee (two-time winner) cut his teeth doing silly little comedy movies in the 80's. In lesser hands, the material might have sunk the shows, but Hanks natural charisma and inability to be anything other than likeable make those old movies (Turner and Hooch, Big, Dragnet) a treat every time they pop up on cable. The cream of that crop is 1992's A League of Their Own. Director Penny Marshall crafted a relaxing, charming, occasionally poignant and often hilarious tribute to the upstart women's major league baseball teams that started up while the men were away fighting in World War II. Truth be told, Tom Hanks is a supporting actor here; the movie belongs to Gena Davis and Lori Petty, but it's Hanks who gets all the best lines and funniest moments.
What's more American than a baseball manager chucking a glove at the nose of a snotty brat jeering at his team from the sideline?
STRANGER THINGS (SEASON ONE)
Just to end things on a stranger note, you could do a lot worse this Fourth of July than (re)watching the first season of Stranger Things on Netflix. The second season is coming in just a few months so this is a great time to get caught up before it drops. Why Stranger Things? What's it have to do with America's annual celebration of itself? Stranger Things is a love letter to the 1980's, and the 80's are the new 50's. America loves "Americana," the celebration of the "feel good, good old days gone by" with its distinctive (rose-colored glasses maybe needed to enjoy) fashion, music and pop culture artifacts. In the 1980's Americana was rooted in the 1950's sock hop era of black and pink polka dot dresses, rockabilly music, and cheesy 3D movies at the drive-in. But now we're as far removed from the 80's as the 80's were from the 50's. Now we look back on that era with fondness, and celebrate big hair, hoop earrings, Michael Jackson and all things Amblin' Entertainment.
Stranger Things is a love-letter to the heyday of Steven Spielberg, whose Amblin' movies, which he produced and occasionally directed, defined the cinematic experience of the 1980's (E.T., The Goonies, Gremlins, Back to the Future and many more). In and of itself, there's nothing that screams "Fourth of July" here but the series is as much a celebration of a bygone era of simpler times as it is a horror/sci-fi mystery series. What's more American that sitting back and laughing at the wardrobe, hair and music choices we had thirty years ago, while occasionally getting scared by a lurking monster that kidnaps children?
I'm far from the most "Merica! Yeah! We're Number One and Stuff!" person out there. But I allow myself to indulge in my inner jingo once a year and declare my land the greatest. If you disagree, that's fine. 364 days a year I won't fight you over it. But on the fourth it's all about the 'merica baby. If you need me I'll be in front of my TV, with a hamburger in one hand and a remote in the other.
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