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Students share favorite books, artists and more for Black History Month
By Dora Totoian | February 28, 2020 12:07pm
UP students reflect on their favorite books, shows, and music in honor of Black History Month.
Media Credit: Annika Gordon / The Beacon
For Black History Month this year, The Beacon set out to cover and celebrate it in a way mindful of recent conversations about how to completely and truthfully teach, write about and celebrate the month. Teaching Tolerance, a site that provides resources for educators to talk about identity, diversity and social justice, proposes teaching the history of liberation movements, honoring black civic engagement, recognizing black intersectional identities, and celebrating black literature as some ways to honor this month. With the last point in mind, The Beacon talked to students about their favorite literature, movies, music, art and more to celebrate the month.
We asked students three questions that they could answer in as little or as much detail as they wanted:
What did you choose, and why?
How does what you chose relate to your experiences at UP?
What vision do you have for UP, and/or how does UP have to change?
Below is a selection of quotes from what they shared with us. To hear audio of the conversations and more details, click on the SoundCloud button.
Melissa Allen, senior English major
Senior Melissa Allen loves listening to the artist Sampa the Great who sings about the struggles she encounters as a black musician.
by Annika Gordon / The Beacon
"I chose Sampa the Great. She's a fantastic artist. I think there's so much energy in her music. She sings about issues that she goes through as a black musician and as a black woman who is from Africa and is living in the United States, and that's an experience that I am very familiar with. (One of my favorite albums is) 'The Return.' There's just so much variety, there's not just one consistent theme. There's so much going on in the album, I think there's something for everybody in it.
I feel like being at UP, there's so little black culture that I gravitate more toward it in social media and music and artwork. It's not just Sampa the Great, there are a ton of other black musicians that I like. But I think I'm just listening to her more just because her album came out, and I'm going to go see her in April.
The biggest thing is that there's so little black culture here, and I can't speak for everybody obviously, but I think that's something that I've seen a lot of other people of color on campus say, is that their culture isn't present on campus at UP. There's a huge pull toward that in other ways, like how you dress or what you watch or who you listen to or who you follow on Instagram and Facebook.
'How can UP change?' There are so many things that UP says they want to work on, and so many initiatives that ASUP is working toward. Expanding the Diversity Center is something they're working toward. It's a good step in the right direction. I think anything like that is helpful. But I feel like that's a way bigger question."
Jordan Ducree, freshman English and biology major
Freshman Jordan Ducree says she discovered the album "Broke with Expensive Taste" by Azealia Banks while preparing for her radio show where she discusses black women artists.
"I chose the album 'Broke with Expensive Taste' by Azealia Banks. I really discovered it this year for my radio show. I talk about black women artists who may have contributed something significant to art history or music history, but they're overlooked. I picked Azealia Banks as the first subject because whenever I heard of her, she was framed by controversy. She's very opinionated, and when she's covered by the media, it's always just about the saucy things that she said. So I did some research into her background. She does some really influential music and paves her own way.
She has said some off-color things, and I don't want to defend those, but other people maybe because they're white or they're men, are still respected as artists, even if the things they've said are far worse or the things they've done are much more harmful … They are often revered.
This album has been my soundtrack for my first year here. I listen to it when I'm studying because it's upbeat enough to listen to while walking around and feel pumped up, but it's not too overwhelming where you can't just listen to it while you're studying. It's a very versatile album for any occasion.
Part of what Azealia Banks stands by is to be proud of who you are as a black woman … She's very vocal about refusing to bend to mainstream standards people have for that kind of music and for black women in general. I think that's very inspiring to me. When you go into a new environment, you have to remember to not silence yourself and feel pressured that you have to swing one way or another — you can just be who you are.
I really like it here, the culture is very similar to where I was back home. I appreciated the efforts that UP has made pushing diversity to the forefront of the activities that they do here and the programs — you can go to dialogues to learn something about a new culture or learn why such-and-such is problematic. At the past institutions I've had to deal with, they say that diversity is important to them, but it's more like a footnote than an actual thing they try to strive for. And yes, there are some things here that are a little bit awkward and there's always room for improvement, but they're doing a pretty good job of moving toward that in terms of the things that they offer here."
Gloria Joseph, sophomore sociology major
Sophomore Gloria Joseph says the show "A Different World" is part of the reason she wanted to go to college.
"I chose 'A Different World' since that has been my show since the dawn of my existence and also because it's part of the reason why I wanted to go to college. I wanted to originally attend an HBCU, a historically black college or university, but I could not afford to since UP gave me more money. Still love the show. Honestly, the experiences portrayed in the show, some of them I do have here. Not all of them, but some of them do occur, and it taught me how to deal with things on this campus.
Like not to be the angry black chick when I'm in a class where my voice needs to be heard. Or conversing with other black students on campus — not everyone is going to have the same ideas or way to go about things or working to achieve a common goal, which is getting the black voice more out there on campus.
'A Different World' kind of relates to the vision that I have for UP but not entirely, in more that providing BSU and just black students on campus a larger space outside of, 'You get Black History Month and you get MLK Day Day of Service … Also, in the hiring process, seeking out more people of color, and more black people of color. Having more events, different events, because in BSU, you have black students from the Caribbean, you have black students who are directly connected to Africa, and so celebrating their identities and celebrating the identities of African Americans on this campus as well. Celebrating other cultures and educating the mass of students who are not black or POC on these cultures … White students can't be blamed for what their ancestors did, but however, they do benefit from those systems. Understanding how you can be an ally to get the voices of POC out there more on campus. Spreading the knowledge and letting people know, you have culture on this campus — explore it. Learn to be culturally competent and understanding of other people and how things work.
Creating that space for us to feel space to embrace our cultures and to not have to code-switch. I have my white voice, and I have my black voice. I have a white way of acting when I'm on campus, and then when I'm with other black people, I have my black way of acting on campus. Being able just to be myself in all of my identities rather than having to code-switch 24/7 while I'm on campus. It gets tiring. The code-switching is the most exhausting thing on campus."
Karl Kahambwe, sophomore political science major
Sophomore Karl Kahambwe's favorite poet is Langston Hughes because of the way his poems touch on topics like heritage.
"I chose 'The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes.' He's probably my favorite poet. The one poem that I have in particular is 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' because of the themes it has regarding roots and heritage. That's an important topic for me, especially it being Black History Month and knowing where your lineage comes from.
In my fourth and fifth grade class, we'd do a wax museum. We'd choose a historical figure and make a tri-fold poster and then act out the person and hold a pose for 30 to 40 minutes. I chose Langston Hughes.
I recently got this book in November of last year and thought, 'Oh yeah, I remembered this guy from back in the day.'
Again, regarding the heritage thing and knowing where you're from and especially going here, at a majority white institution, I just feel that it's more important to know who you are and where you're from as a minority student. He talks about the roots that he has being kind of muddy and not always clear just because he doesn't know where he's from. For me, I know where I'm from, both of my parents were born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I have a differing viewpoint from the one he has. But I'm at this school where there aren't students like me, so it's an interesting dichotomy. That's the relation to UP — knowing who you are in a place where you're not necessarily common.
I recognize that UP will never be a big school, but I'd like to see more diversity. But not just any particular ethnic group or race, but multiple groups because that's what contributes to the learning process. Being exposed to a lot of diverse groups, that's part of the enrichment process that we signed up for in college. Also, on the part of the administration, I'd like to see more hiring of professors of color. I'm starting to see more of that. I'd also like to see more support from the administration for diversity clubs and students of color … They don't have to cater to us, that's not quite what I mean, but to make it a point that you're trying to do something for this specific community."
Dora Totoian is a reporter and the Opinion editor for The Beacon. She can be reached totoian20@up.edu.
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In their first match for 12 months, Ireland succumbed to a lame 1-0 loss to Switzerland at Richmond Park.
The Swiss, smashed 5-0 by Scotland last week, strolled through the game WITHOUT star Ramona Bachman.
Irish coach Susan Ronan, dubbed SuRo, now faces a grilling over tactics and selection.
Yank right-back Mary McDonnell has not played any club football for over a year, while too many others have been wasting their time in Ireland's hopeless domestic setup.
Out-of-form strike duo Fiona O'Sullivan and Aine O'Gorman again forgot their shooting boots.
Last night's debacle will hardly strike fear into the hearts of France, Wales and Scotland - Group 4 opponents in the Euro 13 qualifiers which start next month.
Re: Sad Ireland lose at home to Swiss
France fears no one in the group but will do the homework and scout Ireland when they play Wales in Newport. Ireland is 31st at the FIFA ranking, they are unlikely to be feared. Scotland 23rd, Wales 47th Israel 60th. I would say the race for 2nd place in the group is very open.
I think that Wales v Ireland will be feisty and give us a good idea if improvement has been made over te recent years or not as well as the games against us.
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Cincinnati's mayor and other city officials are criticizing the actions of an off-duty officer who used a stun gun on an 11-year-old girl suspected of theft at a grocery store.
The officer was on an "outside employment detail" for the store when he investigated several girls, all juveniles, allegedly stealing items, according to a news release from the Cincinnati Police Department. The officer approached the 11-year-old but she walked away, ignoring several commands to stop, the release said.
He fired his Taser at the girl, striking her in the back, according to the release. The girl was taken into custody and charged with theft and obstructing official business. She was evaluated at a local hospital and then released to a parent's custody.
"Tasing an 11-year old who posed no danger to the police is wrong. I'm sorry for the harm to her and her family," Mayor John Cranley said in a statement released Wednesday.
Cranley said he asked prosecutors to drop chargers against the girl, and they agreed.
The police department is doing a "very thorough review" of the incident and its use-of-force policies, Police Chief Eliot K. Isaac said. "We are extremely concerned when force is used by one of our officers on a child of this age," Isaac said in a statement.
The officer, who has not been identified, was placed on restricted duty "pending the outcome of the investigation," Isaac's statement said.
The girl's mother, Donna Gowdy, said the stun gun struck her daughter at the base of her spine and between her shoulder blades, leaving a small mark in her back.
"If you can't handle an 11-year-old child, then you really need to get off the police force. You here to protect these kids," Gowdy told CNN affiliate WCPO.
"I find it disheartening that police and city leaders abandon this officer who was simply doing his job," Hils added.
Cincinnati police procedures allow the use of a stun gun on suspects as young as 7, WCPO reported. City Vice-Mayor Chris Smitherman released a statement saying he has introduced a motion to raise the age to 12.


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The very term "participants" in research of this nature has problems of definition, because, unlike quantitative research or those qualitative studies that interview, survey and anonymise their subjects, there is one central subject who can not be hidden. In effect the participants fall into three categories, all of which have their own recruitment issues.
Passive participants – people around me with whom I engage on a regular basis but are not directly involved in the research.
Active participants were recruited to take part in surveys, interviews, video-taped collaborative activities and reflective activities. They were drawn from the staff and student bodies at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and the JMC Academy in Brisbane, and from my network of professional collaborators.
My position as full time Head of Department at the JMC Academy and previously as a sessional lecturer in the Conservatorium's music technology department put me in a past, present or future assessment relationship with virtually all the student cohort, and other potential research participants. In most creative projects there is an element of hierarchy, in many cases with myself acting in a "producer" or "directorial" role with a degree of authority inherent in the role, in addition to a perception of seniority or experience within the student / teacher relationship. The issue of perceived coercion and unequal relationships was therefore a critical aspect to be dealt with in terms of recruiting.
The topic and the nature of the research was openly discussed in various live and web based forums within the campuses, allowing potential participants to become familiar and to indicate their interest in involvement. This openness about the investigation of my own practice and cognitive function also helped to reduce the psychological stress implications. The recent exposure of Autism and related conditions in the media and other public forums was reflected in the level of interest in the targeted community.
The majority of people I was particularly interested in engaging with for the purposes of the research were musicians engaging in collaborative activity with me in cross-disciplinary projects, or practitioners of other disciplines within those projects.
Circumstances where observational research could be conducted were identified from existing projects rather than being initiated specifically, and all these were outside teaching and assessment activities. However some participants were still involved in a direct assessment relationship in other activities. To remove any perception of coercion, a third party assisted with recruitment in these instances, explaining the nature of the research, the expectations on participants and defining the collaborative rather than assessable nature of the activity. In most cases where video was to be used for observation, there were several people involved in the project, and all were approached privately. Only if all members of the group were comfortable to participate was the group formally inducted into the process through the informed consent documentation. This documentation describes the purpose of the research and the methods, including video of group interaction for analysis, interview and paper based questionnaire tests. The use of video in the final thesis was subject to additional consent from participants.
In virtually all cases, the individuals invited to participate were quite eager to do so, expressing an interest in the process and outcomes as well as the topic itself. Approximately half those directly involved in the research had some prior contact with Asperger's Syndrome or autism, and this, along with the knowledge that there was an intention from the beginning to publish the work in a form that is accessible to lay people as well as scholars, had a significant impact on people's willingness to participate.
Recruiting one's self for a study that will be assessed, published and hopefully read by others has certain considerations. There is no doubt that an autoethnographic study requires that the author open himself to scrutiny of a professional and personal nature. In this instance I am declaring myself to have a "mental disability", and am disclosing things that no-one besides my psychologist has heard before. It is harder than it might seem and there have been many occasions where I have been tempted to withdraw my own data. Impossible of course.
Most important, however are those who really have no choice in their participation.
The passive participants presented a very different ethical issue. Their involvement is automatic – they are people around me, with whom I interact on a regular basis. They are family, friends, colleagues. Their involvement is also informal in that they have not participated in the videos, surveys or interviews, yet they are implicated by association. After much consultation, reading and discussion with those involved it was decided to avoid any explicit mention of those closest to me and not to seek their active participation unless it was volunteered, as was the case with some colleagues. It is not possible to completely exclude these people without resorting to writing under a pseudonym but I have attempted to respect their privacy and right to anonymity as much as I can.
Anonymity and Confidentiality: Keeping secrets.


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Stefan Wolff is vice president of the Product Engineering Group and chief operating officer of the Wireless Platform R&D. Until November 2013 he served as general manager of Multicommunications in the Mobile and Communications Group. Wolff joined Intel in 2011 through the acquisition of Infineon's Wireless. For the first years at Siemens Semiconductor prior to the Infineon spin off, Wolff headed Marketing for Cellular Radio Transceivers. He took over Radio Engineering for Mobile Phones and built a new site at Siemens Mobile Phones in San Diego in 2000. In 2003, Wolff transferred to Infineon as vice president Marketing for Mobile Platforms. He became vice president and general manager of Infineon's RF Business Unit in 2005, where he lead engineering, marketing and business development of all Cellular Radio transceivers, components, and systems. Wolff took over the 3G baseband and platform business as vice president and general manager of Smartphones & RF in 2009. Prior to Siemens, Wolff held development and marketing functions at Robert Bosch and Omecon Electronics. Wolff holds an Electronic Engineering degree from University of Applied Science, Berlin.
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By Walter Isaacson
Read by Dylan Baker
Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster Audio
• 25.31 Hours • 10/24/2011 • Unabridged
Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs.Isaacson, the bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Einstein: His Life and Universe, began work on the book in 2009 and has conducted extensive interviews with Mr. Jobs and family members, key colleagues from Apple, as well as competitors.
A 2011 Time Magazine Top 10 Book for Nonfiction
A 2012 Financial Times Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, November 2011
Finalist for the 2012 Audie Award
Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, drawn from three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews Isaacson has conducted with Jobs.
Isaacson, the bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Einstein: His Life and Universe, began work on the book in 2009 and has conducted extensive interviews with Mr. Jobs and family members, key colleagues from Apple, as well as competitors.
"[Steve Job's] story calls for a book that is clear, elegant, and concise enough to qualify as an iBio. Mr. Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" does its solid best to hit that target." —New York Times
"This is a timely and complete portrait that pulls no punches and gives insight into a man whose contradictions were in many ways his greatest strength." —Amazon.com, editorial review
"A must read." —Sunday Times (London)
"Exemplary." —Independent (London)
"Richly entertaining." —Mail on Sunday (London)
"Astounding." —Evening Standard (London)
"Isaacson's exhaustively researched but well-paced, candid, and gripping narrative gives us a great warts-and-all portrait of an entrepreneurial spirit—and one of the best accounts yet of the human side of the computer biz." —Publishers Weekly
"Dylan Baker's narration is straightforward and precise, and maintains listener interest throughout—even during sections of text that detail the dryer aspects of the industry." —Publishers Weekly (audio review)
"Jobs was an American original, and Isaacson's impeccably researched, vibrant biography—fully endorsed by his subject—does his legacy proud." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
by Darren 9/13/2017
i like this book
This is very good book which gives you an insight into the inner workings of Steve Jobs' brilliant mind.
by Christopher 1 9/13/2017
Jobs might have been a bit of an ass but he was a GENIUS. We have him to thank for where technology is today. Absolutely brilliant. The Einstein of the computer age. Great auto biography. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Great book, wish it could have be read by Steve
Great book, but unfortunately all I could think about was wanting to hear Steve Jobs voice. The story is interesting and compelling, but the reading is just lacking that spark which made Steve great.
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio


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Q: WebAudioAPI sometimes drops scheduled fade values Ehy everyone,
I'm developing a musical web-application using the Web Audio API, and I'm facing a problem that I cannot understand.
The app basically works like this: the user navigates through a full-screen image, on which there are some specific points associated with specific sounds. The app plays the sounds that are closer to the user, and fade them out when the user gets away.
The problem occurs (not every time) when the user is in a position where there are more than two sounds (3 or 4, but sometimes also 2 is enough) playing, and then goes in a "silent" position.
In that case the fades are somehow dropped and the sounds are abruptly interrupted. I can see from the logs that it enters the fading function, but it doesn't execute the scheduled gain curves.
To be more clear, here's an example of the steps my algorithm does:

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*when the user is in the position A, let's say 3 sounds are playing;

*the user moves to position B and an event is fired when the action is finished;

*the algorithm calculates how many sounds are associated to position B: zero;

*performs a comparison with sounds in position A and calculates that sound 1, 2 an 3 are gone and they need to be stopped with a fade out;

*for each sound invokes fadeOut function, which schedules fade values with WebAudioAPI methods, and schedules stop action with setTimeout();

The result is that the sound remains with maximum volume till the stop function is invoked.
Here's the fadeOut() function:
StreamSound.prototype.fadeOut = function (fadeTime) {
const self = this;
if (self.isPlaying()) {
    if (!fadeTime) {
        console.warn(`Missing argument fadeTime. Set to 1 second`);
        fadeTime = 1;
    }
    var currGain = self.masterGain.gain.value;
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I suppose that probably that's due to scheduling issues, or can it be something related with JS thread management?
I know is not easy to help me just with these informations, but maybe someone had a similar problem.
Thanks in any case,
Francesco

EDIT: I opened another post with a more general description and also a link to the source code and an online beta version ->
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Australia yesterday held a special citizenship ceremony at Canberra's Manuka Oval during the women's one-day international between Australia's Southern Stars and India.
It is the third time a cricket match in the country has hosted a citizenship ceremony in the past few months. The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton, presided over the citizenship ceremony and praised the efforts of Cricket Australia for hosting the ceremonies.
"From the WACA to the Adelaide Oval, and now here at Manuka, we have seen new Australians welcomed at iconic sporting venues across our nation," the minister said.
The latest ceremony saw the nation's capital welcome 20 new Australian citizens from 11 different countries. The captain of the ACT Meteors, Kris Britt, led the affirmation at the ceremony, while Minister Dutton took the opportunity to remind Australians to come together and stand united in the country's democratic beliefs and values and acknowledge the importance of what it means to be an Australian citizen.
"Citizenship is the common bond uniting all Australians. Whether you are a citizen by birth or by pledge, we are reminded by the numbers of those affirming their loyalty to Australia and its people, that we truly do live in the 'lucky country'," Mr Dutton said.
In order to qualify for citizenship, a non-Australian must have lived lawfully in Australia for a period of four years and lived as a permanent resident for at least 12 months. However, if you have spent more than 12 months in the last four years outside Australia or three months in the last 12 outside Australia, you will no longer meet the residence requirements for citizenship.


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Q: newbee wants to know about 315 / 433MHZ i want to send some signals on the 433 MHZ band.
Now i've bought a device (CDT-88) and it says 315/433 MHZ
(RF Wireless Transmitter Module 315 of 433,92 MHz CDT88)
after some searching i see a lot of sites where that frequency combination is used together.
Now i wonder: what does that mean? do i send at both frequencies?
What you might have guessed: it does not produce the desired result yet :-)

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does it matter when i send at 315 mhz and the receiver is at 433? (it sounds like a yes, but i'd better be sure)

A: Those will most likely be two different versions of the same module. It's either 315 MHz or 433 MHz, not both. A different crystal frequency is used to define the type.

A: It appears that you cannot choose. The part on the image you show us, says "BX R315A". Here is one that says "BX R433A":

So this module probably sends on the frequency showed on the metal can. Now it's your job to get the right one...
And yes, it does matter when you send at 315MHz and the receiver listens at 433MHz. Your transmitter and receiver should have the same working frequency, or nothing will happen.

A: /* The receiver has a screw that you need to tune in order to pair with your transmitter. Therefore, the receiver is compatible with transmitters of different frequencies. On the other hand, the transmitter has a fixed frequency, which is stamped on the metal casing. Sometimes the sellers shipped transmitters of one frequency when you ordered another. Most of the time, the transmitter/receiver pair is not pre-tuned in the factory. So, you need to tune the receiver frequency with your own software. Networks of different frequencies cannot talk with each other. Receiver should not be powered by power pins from the micro controller. They should be powered by separate external power source. */


Workshop on "Improving Cervical Health in the Community"
A workshop was organized on the theme "Improving Cervical Health in the Community" at Mata Gujri Hostel for Girls of University Campus on 30 August 2016. It was conducted by Dr. Rosy Chhabra, Assistant Professor, Prevention Intervention Research Centre Albert Einstein, New York, USA. She said that HPV infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection and is the primary cause of cervical cancer in women worldwide and primary prevention of cervical cancer can possibly involve a risk reduction approach through behavioral intervention for health seeking behaviour i.e immunization and cervical screening. The workshop focused on the causes, symptoms and screening of cervical cancer. Dr. Rosy trained the women (Young girls) to become Health Advocates, that is to become peer educators to women in their own social network and communities. About 50 girls and women participated in this educational workshop. All the participants were awarded a certificate on the completion of the workshop. Dr. Ravneet Kaur , Associate Professor introduced the theme of the workshop. Dr. Ritu lehal, Director of Women's Studies Centre, formally welcomed the guest speaker and honoured her with Phulkari. Dr. Naina Sharma, Dr. Sumanpreet Kaur, Mrs. Neena Sekhon, all senior warden and wardens of girls' hostels were present on the occasion.


There's a growing push to use video games to treat mental health issues of all sorts, with research supporting those efforts on many fronts. Whether we can gameify depression or anxiety treatment remains to be seen, but treatments of some disorders already include game-like experiences. PTSD can be helped with virtual reality therapy and Tetris, for instance, and it's possible that games could also be helpful for Tourette Syndrome.
Writing for ZAM, Mike Joffe shared his experiences with Tourette's, describing the terror he experienced as a child when his body stopped responding to his instructions. For him, video games became an escape from the upsetting tics caused by Tourette's.
Even the in-game deaths were calming. By now I was used to a life where my body might do something I didn't ask it to do, or do something I did ask it to do completely wrong. It was frustrating, being unable to accomplish a certain task not because I wasn't able to, but because my body wasn't listening to me. Meanwhile, in well-made platform-game worlds, the characters responded perfectly to each command I made. If Mario died, it was because I didn't make the right move, not because I tried to but he refused. It was comforting that whether I succeeded or failed in the game, it was consistent. Failure that I could understand was another reason to retreat into these worlds.
Escape wasn't all they had to offer. In his teens, Joffe explored biofeedback therapy — still a fairly experimental treatment for Tourette Syndrome. With the help of an EEG and some very specific games, he was able to come to better terms with his tics.
One such biofeedback game involved a rocketship race. I was asked to concentrate on the rocket, and as long as my brain produced the right ratio of brain waves, the rocket would move faster. If I slipped out of focus, the rocket would drop in speed and the others would pass it. Another biofeedback "game" might work in the opposite manner. I would be asked to relax, and as long as I produced the appropriate delta brain waves, the non-copyright-infringing Pac-man knockoff would move away from the ghosts at a consistent speed and the music would play normally. If my OCD started kicking in and I began to hyper-focus instead of relax, the animation would become jagged and the music discordant and out of rhythm. Naturally, my brain wanted to experience the consistent music, and so was "tricked" into learning new ways to relax or focus. Both games would also monitor the theta wave activity, and if my brain started to produce too much of those, the on-screen activity would become jagged as well.
While there's no way to "cure" neurological conditions like Tourette's or OCD, as an adult I have virtually no physical tics anymore. The biofeedback therapy is not the sole reason for this, but if nothing else it helped make me aware of how that childhood terror of my body and subsequent retreat into the mind was based on a false dichotomy. A false idea that the mind and the body were separate entities at odds with each other.
ZAM has the full story, including Joffe's description of his experience with Tourette Syndrome. If your image of the disorder is still informed by really bad comedy, you owe it to yourself to check out the full article.


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Share this Story: The super advocate: How a shared family disease spurred an Ottawa mother
The super advocate: How a shared family disease spurred an Ottawa mother
Teresa Buffone had never heard of myotonic dystrophy when her 32-year-old nephew died suddenly in 2002.
Elizabeth Payne
Teresa Buffone, with a photo of her family, had never heard of myotonic dystrophy when her nephew died suddenly of complications from it. But now it has taken over her life. Her husband, who died in 2012, had the disease, and her son and her daughter also have it. Teresa has become a tireless advocate for changes to help patients with the disease get better care. Photo by Wayne Cuddington /Ottawa Citizen
He had a heart attack, but he had been having other mysterious symptoms before his death. At a wedding just weeks before he died, family members noticed he was having difficulty walking and showing signs of muscle weakness. Only after he died was he diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy, an inherited disorder marked by progressive muscle wasting, weakness and other symptoms.
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Family members learned they could also have the disease and needed to get tested. Eventually, Buffone's husband and both of her adult children were diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy.
The devastating diagnoses changed the direction of Buffone's life in many ways. A manager of Health Canada's programs on HIV/AIDS and Thalidomide compensation for 35 years, Buffone retired early and began caring for her ailing husband until his death in 2012 at age 69. She also supports her son who suffers numerous digestive and other chronic health issues related to myotonic dystrophy. Her daughter, Buffone says, has not had the same health effects.
And the 67-year-old Ottawa mother turned her vast energy to changing the landscape for other families with the disease.
"Maybe I am crazy," she said, "but I just know there is something that is pushing me."
Buffone began devoting her life to raising awareness about, improving treatment for and expanding knowledge of the rare disease that has touched her entire family. Her work is shining a spotlight on the fact that Ottawa and Eastern Ontario have one of the highest rates in the world of the relatively rare neuromuscular disease.
Buffone is a super advocate who works relentlessly writing letters, raising money and pushing for more support for patients. And her efforts are making a difference for families like hers.
In September, the U.S.-based Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation gave her a special award for her advocacy and leadership.
"Her enthusiasm is inspiring and contagious," said Elizabeth Florence, a board member at the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation. "It's also exhausting!"
She writes letters to politicians, hospital officials and others advocating her cause. Among other things, her advocacy played a role in the creation of the Centre of Excellence in Neuromuscular Neurology at The Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus, set to open in 2016. The centre will treat patients with myotonic dystrophy as well as ALS and other neuromuscular diseases.
"Her advocacy has been very important to bring this on the radar," said Dr. Jodi Warman, a neurologist at The Ottawa Hospital. She and neurologist Dr. Pierre Bourque are principal organizers of the centre. "Because of advocates like Mrs. Buffone, the game has changed for patients with neuromuscular diseases."
One of Buffone's key concerns was the high risk patients with myotonic dystrophy can face when they undergo anesthesia for surgery.
Both her husband and her son experienced difficulty while undergoing surgery, something that not all patients or physicians understand about myotonic dystrophy, she said. Her husband, she said, had to be resuscitated twice while under general anesthetics.
Buffone asked that guidelines for myotonic dystrophy patients be distributed to hospitals and anesthesiologists across the country. Ottawa Hospital CEO Jack Kitts, she said, had them distributed. She has also written to provincial and federal health authorities asking the same thing.
"I feel I am working toward institutional change," she says. "More information needs to be given to patients at diagnosis."
Among other work, Buffone has set up Canada's first support group for patients with myotonic dystrophy and a registry of patients. She has also led a fundraising drive to push for more research.
Although myotonic dystrophy is relatively rare, it is much more common in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario than in the rest of the world. Around the world, it affects about one in 8,000. In Ottawa, the prevalence rate is about one in 1,000. In the past, it has often been misdiagnosed and misunderstood. That is beginning to change. And Buffone is doing her part to make sure it does.
Buffone said she believes there are still many people who do not know they carry or have the disease, which can begin later in life in some people and with varying levels of severity.
"It affects a multitude of people and we don't even know how many people out there are undiagnosed."
Buffone said her love of her family helped push her toward advocacy on behalf of other patients and families. Her work has helped her realize there are gaps in knowledge and treatment of myotonic dystrophy patients that need to be closed.
"There is a need here." She said her background working with Health Canada and her family's experience have helped her see the need. Her passion to change things, she said, "is what spurs me on."


In this paper, we introduce a game-based learning system, called "Price Game," using TCP/IP communication, in which multiple players can gain experience in decision-making for market price, the price at which a commodity or service is selling in the open market. To solve problems of inconvenience in business gaming education, this system does not require a server for data communication, instead using a client-to-client model. The system, which has been equipped with an accessible interface and menu system for students to operate very simply, will develop to enable students to practice at their own pace with instructors serving as guides throughout the learning process. The system is a synchronous environment which supports live interaction between students and teacher. This provides the motivation to learn decision-making to almost all students. This paper highlights the ensemble learning approach in business gaming implementation.


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The Great 88 survey for the best songs of 1959 set a new record for the number of songs returning to the Top Five from the previous year. Four of the five top songs in the survey were the same as in 2016, with songs by Jackie Wilson and Dion and the Belmonts among the most popular four years in a row. The only new song among the top hits was by the Elegants.
Here's the top five songs from 1959 alphabetically by artist:
"The Angels Listened In" by the Crests
"A Teenager in Love" by Dion and the Belmonts
"You Were Mine" by The Fireflies
"Sea of Love" by Phil Phillips
"Lonely Teardrops" by Jackie Wilson
This was the last of our first-round surveys in the sixth annual Great 88 listener poll. The polls in the final round for 2017 will be posted on Thanksgiving Day. Check out the first round results here, and get updates on Twitter.
Listen to "The Grooveyard" Saturday nights from 7-10 PM. We offer the Grooveyard Top Ten each week at 8 PM, and our Party Hour at 9 PM. You can hear us following "Rick's Redneck Ranch" on 88.1 in Nassau County or by clicking the 88.1 FM link on wcwp.org or via the TuneIn app. You can also follow us on Twitter. We have the Greatest Hits and Forgotten Favorites on . . .
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Top Ten: November 18, 1958
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P53 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma: influence on the radiotherapeutic response of the hepatocellular carcinoma
Yu Rim Lee, Soo Young Park
DOI : https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.230
Lee and Park: P53 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma: influence on the radiotherapeutic response of the hepatocellular carcinoma
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology 2015; 21(3): 230-231.
Published online: September 30, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2015.21.3.230
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
Corresponding author: Soo Young Park. Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, 130 Dongdeok-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 41944, Korea.
Tel: +82-53-200-5519, Fax: +82-53-426-8773, psyoung0419@gmail.com
Received August 07, 2015 Revised August 27, 2015
See the Original "Influence of P53 on the radiotherapy response of hepatocellular carcinoma" on page 257.
Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiotherapy; P53
See Article on Page 257
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer related death with increasing incidence.1 The standard treatments of HCC consist of surgical resection, liver transplantation, radiofrequency ablation and transarterial chemoembolization. However, because a large proportion of HCC patients are diagnosed in advanced stage, long-term prognosis is disappointing with few available therapeutic modalities.23
Although Radiotherapy is not included in the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) algorithm, it has shown acceptable therapeutic efficacy as one of the therapeutic options for HCC patients.4 However, as HCC often acquires radioresistance which are correlated with treatment failure,5 only a small number of radionuclides, such as iodine-131, yttrium-90, rhenium-188 and holmium-166, have been used to the HCC treatment.67 The P53 protein is a transcription factor related to DNA damage repair, growth arrest and apoptosis leading to uncontrolled proliferation, associated with more than 50% of human cancers.8910 P53 normally exists in low steady level, but the expression and activation of P53 increases after radiation. The P53 is thought to be one of the key elements involved in the response to radiotherapy.8 Many studies have been conducted for elucidating relationship between P53 and effectiveness of radiotherapy in cancer and revealed that mutation or inactivation of P53 causes genetic instability, resulting in development of tumors and ineffectiveness of radiotherapy.91011
In this issue, Gomes et al. reported influence of P53 on the radiotherapeutic response of the HCC. In this study, investigation of the effect of iodine-131 radiotherapy in three human HCC cell lines with different degrees of P53 expression was conducted to assess the influence of P53 on the HCC cell survival after radiation therapy. As a result, Hep3B2.1-7 cell line, which has a homozygous deletion in the TP53 gene, did not express P53, HepG2 expresses its normal form, and HuH7, which has a mutated codon, overexpressed P53. For HepG2 and HuH7 cell lines, an increase in P53 expression was observed after both external and internal radiation with I-131, especially in HuH7. Level of phosphorylated P53 was higher after external irradiation than internal radiation with highest levels of phosphorylation in HepG2 cell line. The Hep3B2.1-7 cells were less radiosensitive than other two cell lines. More radiosensitive cell lines, which exhibit a great decrease in cell survival (HepG2, HbH7) showed a higher expression of P53. Thus, P53 protein, encoded by the TP 53 tumor suppressor gene, might be an important factor in radiotherapeutic response in HCC, which is consistent with previous studies.910
Although P53 triggered most apoptotic cell death, in this study, cells died by late apoptosis/necrosis and necrosis. We must consider the possibility of the aggressiveness of radiation to cells or observation of cell death in later stage. Moreover, HepG2 cell line is more sensitive to both external and internal radiation than HuH7 cell line. It might be related to the character of HepG2 cell line which expressed the normal and more functional form of P53.
Further studies are warranted about more detail signaling pathways. It would be an important target for HCC treatment.
BCLC
Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer
hepatocellular carcinoma
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5. Kim JJ, Tannock IF. Repopulation of cancer cells during therapy: an important cause of treatment failure. Nat Rev Cancer 2005;5:516-525. 15965493.
6. Keng GH, Sundram FX. Radionuclide therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2003;32:518-524. 12968558.
7. Raoul JL, Boucher E, Rolland Y, Garin E. Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with intra-arterial injection of radionuclides. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010;7:41-49. 20051971.
8. Gudkov AV, Komarova EA. The role of p53 in determining sensitivity to radiotherapy. Nat Rev Cancer 2003;3:117-129. 12563311.
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Adapted from the papers & photographs of my late Grandfather
William Frederick IVEY
Linked very closely with fishing is boat building, an old established industry dating back to 1850. Messrs. Kitto & Sons were the principal boat builders. During their years of business they turned out from their shipyards, fishing boats for Lowestoft, Yarmouth and Aberdeen, as well as boats for Cornish fishing ports. They also built some boats for the Hudson Bay Company, Newfoundland.
The boat-building yards at Porthleven employed many hundreds of men at one time and another. On serving an apprenticeship, many builders went into Government dockyards, and others found employment in the shipyards of America.
Fishing boats of all descriptions, and pleasure craft of every type were turned out from the boat-building yards. The late Earl de la Warr, while spending a holiday at Porthleven some years ago, had a beautiful yacht built, The Lady Hilda.
In the 1914-18 war some important boat-building contracts were carried out for the Government.
Unfortunately, the time came when the fashion in fishing-boat building changed from wood to steel and on top of that, in 1922 depression came to the herring trade. This double misfortune put the Porthleven boat-building industry out of action. The old established boat-building yards have now disappeared and boat-building at Porthleven is now extinct.
KITTOW`S Boat Building at the Harbour Head, Porthleven 1912
Postcard sent by Kelly O`Connor, Canada
MY EARLY RECOLLECTIONS
I came to live in Porthleven in 1935 and discovered a very strange state of affairs. At the harbour head there was a large, by local standards, ship or boat building shed with the name BOWDEN painted on the roof in very large white letters and easily discernable at many vantage points in the village.
BOWDEN & SON boat builders launching a yacht. This could very well be the The Lady Hilda.
There was also a `Steam Box`, a contrivance to accommodate the heavy planks which went into the construction of the boats on the stocks in the long sloping shed, which reached almost to the waters edge at normal high tides.
These planks were subjected to a thorough process of steaming in a long box shaped container, longer than the plank itself. When sufficient time was deemed to have elapsed to process the wood plank, each piece was hurriedly removed by a number of men, each wearing padding and protective wear to their hands.
Even Porthleven men, accustomed as they might have been to handle hot pieces of timber, would not tackle this maneuver without ample protection.
With tapping and banging the piece would be secured with heavy copper nails on to the rib of the craft under the expert eye of the foreman. The process of caulking and pitching would follow and the whole performance would be repeated as the boat gradually took shape.
Rear of the boatyard showing the timber yard with St Bartholomew`s Church in the background.
There was a weighbridge associated with the local timber yard of Messers Harvey & Company sited in the roadway. All these items of trade and industry were the life stream of Porthleven. The strangest and perhaps the most puzzling of all to the initiated was the lack of explanation of the reason for the terrible state of the short length of roadway from the Square to the corner at the end of the harbour head. This portion was administered by Harvey & Co, who would not carry into effect repairs so urgently needed. When rain fell large pools of water had to be negotiated and at one spot vehicles had almost to perform an `S` bend to eliminate the possibility of becoming `stuck`.
To maintain their rights, the owners used to close the right of way to all traffic one day a year and even a public service vehicle was not excused this insistence of the Company in establishing their `rights`. This state of affairs existed for a while but eventually it was all sorted out. The weighbridge was dismantled and removed. The steam box together with the boat building shed also disappeared
NET MAKING
PORTHLEVEN NETS
Coupled with boat-building was net-making. It was the firm of Kitto s who were the pioneers in this business. The first net-making loom in Cornwall was installed in 1850. The firm made nets for all the big fishing ports of the country, and during the war employed 1,000 cottage workers in making camouflage nets and other war paraphernalia. But it eventually met with crippling competition. Japan was making nets in such mass production that no British manufacturers could compete. The net machine which, for 109 years had done such yeoman service, was dismantled and sold for scrap, and the old firm of Kitto's closed down in 1959.
KITTO`S OF PORTHLEVEN
Adapted from an article first published on Thursday 29th October 1959 in "The CORNISHMAN" newspaper)
When in 1847 the King of Norway sent a testimonial to a Cornishman in recognition of his gallant services in the rescue of lives from the Norwegian schooner "Elizabeth" wrecked in Porthleven the previous year, the recipient was Richard Kitto, a native of Breage.
Kitto's feat of gallantry was probably his first successful endeavour in the public eye, but others were soon to follow and when, in 1850, he started a boat building business at Porthleven, there opened a chapter of the port's history which was to continue for 109 years. The story can now be told with the closing of Messrs. Kitto and son on the retirement, because of advancing years, of the founder's grandson, Mr. James Richard Kitto.
Before embarking on his own account in 1850, Richard Kitto served his apprenticeship at Symons' yard at Penzance. For a year or two he went to sea in the Mercantile Marine, but returned to set up business ashore. 1850 was a crucial year to "launch out" in industry at Porthleven, because in 1843 and again in 1852, Porthleven harbour, the basis of Mr. Kitto's aspirations, came up for auction as a result of trading depressions, but these events, apparently did not deter the indomitable shipwright and he began by building small coasting schooners of about 50 tons and also fishing craft, principally for the Cornish ports.
At the onset, he envisaged a potential market for net making and in 1853 he was responsible for bringing the first net making loom into Cornwall. The loom came from Bridport and was installed in a shed at the rear of his residence from where the net making business began. Porthleven was now in a position of being able to build the boats and equip them with sails and nets: a unique achievement for a village of its size.
Richard Kitto·s boat building and net making went hand-in-hand to meet increasing demands for craft of varying kinds. Orders came from South Coast ports, including Ramsgate, Brighton, Folkstone, and from East Coast ports of Lowestoft and Yarmouth. The firm also did considerable trade with France for the building of the ·Dandee· and ·Yorkee· class of fishing vessels. The Porthleven fleet which sailed to Aberdeen in search of fish was evidence of the sound craftsmanship of Kitto·s boats; many orders came from the Scottish ports and Kitto·s adapted themselves to the transition from sail to steam and motor driven boats. They built a number of steam drifters and those for Lowestoft and Yarmouth were among the first to operate on the East Coast. Portheleven built steam trawlers were also provided for the well known Aberdeen Glen Line Company. They cost £2,100 compared with about £25,000 today.
At the end of the century, Porthleven was an extremely busy port, with Kitto·s employing over 100 shipwrights and subsidiary trades from within the village and district. Timber was obtained mainly from the estate at Trelowarren and, occasionally by coastal route from Exeter and Southampton. Gangs from the yards would cut the trees at the local estate and after felling, the huge trees were transported on long wheel base wagons over rough roads and hauled by teams of six, and sometimes 12 horses, Messrs. Tyacks of Carleen, were regarded as the biggest carters in the county and the arrival of their wagons in the village was an impressive sight. The task of the sawers too, was a long and arduous one, often involving an operation lasting from early morning until late in the evening.
Among the biggest commissions undertaken by Kitto·s was the building of motor vessels for the Hudson Bay Company and designed for their fur trading expeditions in the Arctic. The first of two vessels, the Fort Churchill was completed in 1913 and she left Porthleven in July on the start of her long voyage. In September of that year she was laid up in ice in the Far North and in the November was carried away when the ice snapped. Nearly 12 months later in August 1914, the Fort Churchill was found 800 miles away, off Greenland, with her hull in perfect condition, an event which brought immense prestige to the Porthleven builders.
Before the discovery, however, the Hudson Bay Company had placed an order for another vessel, the Fort York. She was completed just as the First World War broke out and was sailed to Falmouth for clearance. Her departure resulted in an amusing incident. She had been given a code flag by the Admiralty authorities and had sailed round the Lizard to anchor off Porthleven for a farewell celebration. In the meantime the allocation of her code flag had not been reported to the coastguards, who read it as having its International Code significance ·I require the service of a doctor·. Accordingly, coastguards and medical assistance was forthcoming to the Fort York as she anchored off Porthleven, but there was both relief and amusement when the purpose for wearing the flag was revealed.
As well as the various fishing and commercial craft, Kitto·s built a number of yachts for services far afield. Some of them eventually competed in the famous Keil Regatta and there was intense delight when the Commodore of the Keil Committee placed an order for his personal yacht. The building of this yacht was considered of great importance and prestige. Work was about to commence when a European incident intervened. The heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, Archduke Ferdinand, was murdered in June 1914 and the Commodore was prompted to write Messrs. Kitto and Son advising the delay in building of his yacht until it was seen how the European situation was going to turn.·
World War 1 followed in a few weeks and the men were employed instead on work for Admiralty contracts: barges, pontoons and numerous small craft.
The immediate post-war years proved fatal to the industry: ·fashions· had changed and the herring trade depression finally forced the closure of the boat building interests of R. Kitto and Son.
In the heyday of shipbuilding at Porthleven, as many as twenty apprentices were employed by Kitto·s and when trained were regarded as among the best to be found. From time to time, many went to work at other yards; a number also went overseas to the Camden shipyards in the USA, but wherever they went, the reputation of Kitto and son was an acknowledged passport for employment. Many became foremen of their respective yards and each enjoyed the respect and prestige they had inherited from their native village.
Fortunately, the business of net making never suffered to the same degree as ship-building from the post-war depression, for when fishing net orders declined, the firm was able to direct its resources to the manufacture of netting for the commercial market, and consignments were sent to all parts of the British isles. The products ranged from nets for horticultural purposes to the supply of goal nets for the famous Arsenal Football Club.
Another branch of the firm·s activities was the curing of pilchards. When, at times, the Porthleven fleet landed enormous quantities of pilchards, Kitto and Son could handle as many as 1000 barrels for their storage tanks. The fish were salted-in for a three-week period and then packed for shipment to Italy. The fish curing industry was relatively short-lived as foreign competition increased and the Italians began to enjoy a better standard of living.
When the Second World War came the resources of Messrs. Kitto and Son were once more geared to the war effort and at the peak of hostilities the firm employed as many as 1000 cottage workers in the manufacture of camouflage nets in addition to the production at the firm·s works of these and other paraphernalia. In the immediate post-war years, a steady demand for nets for the fishing industry kept production at a good level but the gradual effect of foreign competition and the wider use of automatic looms had a serious effect. There was a remarkable upward trend in prices too. A pilchard net today costs £26 compared with 75 shillings (£3.15s) in 1938. In 1872 the net would cost 35 shillings (£1.15s).
Recently, the looms which still produced fishing nets with a marked degree of greater precision than that made by the automatic machine were sold to the scrap merchant. The looms were in good working order and included the original loom which came from Bridport over 100 years ago. Now, with the transfer of the premises to a newly formed company as carpet manufacturers, the retirement of Mr. James Richard Kitto marks the end of a chapter of Cornish industry.
The new company of Bradshaw Ltd, in addition to manufacturing carpets, are also producing fishing nets.
·The Cornishman· Thursday 29th October 1959


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Butt Boy (2019)
January 21, 2023 January 20, 2023 / Chwineka / Leave a comment
So, uh... hey. How you doin'? Well, I'm doing just fine! Sorry there hasn't been a post on this blog since... October? Holy hell. I burned out real hard, got super stressed at work, and now I'm in the process of moving! So sadly there hasn't been that much time or energy to keep this blog up to date. I'm hoping once the move is done things will change, but I make no promises. All I can say now is that every so often a movie will stun me in such a way that I'll have no choice but to brush the dust off this site and talk about it. And so it is with Butt Boy, a movie about a man who puts anything and anyone up his own ass.
Joker's Poltergeist (2016)
June 3, 2022 September 20, 2022 / Chwineka / 2 Comments
I just don't understand Joker's Poltergeist, AKA Joker's Wild. Arguments could be made for it being pro-gun, anti-gun, and also some weak ass middle ground just "trying to start a discussion." I'm afraid the answer may be the third option, which makes the movie being obviously inspired by the 2012 Aurora, Colorado theater shooting incredibly distasteful. Like, the main character's name is Aurora and she survives a shooting in a theater done by people in clown masks. Fuckin' yikes.
Blood Freak (2020)
May 27, 2022 May 26, 2022 / Chwineka / 1 Comment
I have no one to blame but myself. Not only did I willingly invited suffering into my life, but I sought it out. And all it cost me was a piece of my soul. And $13. Free shipping, though!
Red Christmas (2016)
December 24, 2021 December 24, 2021 / Chwineka / Leave a comment
I had the option to watch something good for today's post. Friends have recommended Make the Yuletide Gay to me for a while now, but for whatever reason I just wasn't feeling it at the moment. No, I was in the mood for something absolutely awful. Just some utter dogshit. But because it's December--Christmas Eve today, in fact--it has to be festive. Well good thing there's Red Christmas, a movie about an aborted fetus that survived and seeks revenge on his mother (Mrs. Dee Wallace). No, this isn't the only "survived being aborted" movie, and yes, I'll get to Hanger someday. But today we talk about Cletus the fetus in this movie that's barely about Christmas.
The Gay Bed & Breakfast of Terror (2007)
November 3, 2021 November 3, 2021 / Chwineka / 1 Comment
During October, I came across a list of queer horror movies recommended by writers for NBC News. I'd already reviewed four films on it--Fear Street: 1994, Bit, The Perfection, and Stranger by the Lake*--and the rest are saved to my to-do list. One movie not mentioned was The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror, probably because while this is an undoubtedly gay film, it's fucking terrible. I honestly don't know how else to describe it beyond it being an incredibly homophobic gay film.
September 27, 2021 September 27, 2021 / Chwineka / 1 Comment
Tag caught my attention the first time I read a summary of it and thought, "Holy shit, are they fucking serious?" Before I get to what made my jaw drop, I want to specify which Tag this actually is. It's not 2018's Tag about grown men playing a game of tag. It's not 1982's Tag: The Assassination Game with Linda Hamilton. It's not even 2015's Japanese Tag where heads explode. No, this is 2015's American Tag--or 2012, or 2014, or 2016 depending on which site you check--where McLovin gets sucked into one man's plan to spread HIV to as many people as possible.
Joe Bell (2020)
July 28, 2021 July 28, 2021 / Chwineka / 3 Comments
When I first saw the trailer for Joe Bell, I thought to myself, "What kind of hetero nonsense is this?" It told too much of the story: a young gay man kills himself, and his father feels really bad about it. I joked that the real title should be A is for Ally and just assumed that it would be a movie that would make my eyes roll. But oh, dear reader, I was wrong. This movie pissed me the FUCK off.
Noobz (2012)
July 14, 2021 October 17, 2021 / Chwineka / 2 Comments
I am an asshole. Well, at least to one of my friends. We've known each other since middle school, and that level of continued friendship comes with it's own little quirks; ours is giving each other just some of the worst presents. I get him things like a Trumpy Bear--oh yes, they're real--and then he gets me a DVD copy of Noobz, a movie starring Mr. Jason Mewes from Clerks. I can't say for certain that we've given each other equally awful gifts, but after finally sitting down and watching this movie, my next present to him will be something truly horrendous.
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009)
February 19, 2021 October 11, 2021 / Chwineka / 2 Comments
All good things must come to an end, and this is especially true of so-so things. Feast was a fun romp, Feast II: Sloppy Seconds overstayed its welcome, and now we have Feast III: The Happy Finish. Is that a sex thing? I immediately think "happy ending," but that would indicate that someone makes it out of this franchise unscathed. Urban Dictionary says it's a handjob thing, so I'm going with that interpretation. And with that lovely mental image, let's finish this.
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008)
A good sequel ups the stakes of the original. If it has the same threat and energy level, then it's more of the same and begs the question, what's the point? Feast II: Sloppy Seconds takes the chaotic energy of Feast and absolutely raises it through more monsters, more bloodshed, and more dark comedy of questionable taste. This one has a bit more of a focus on story and characters than the previous one--although just barely--so a kill count would miss some... subtlety. Back to the regular review format, I guess!


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Lately, there has been so much movement at ZEALS. As we've expanded, we've been able to meet so many new clients. This has been both a tremendous boon for us as a company, and presented both interesting and tough problems for us on the engineer team to solve. As the our amount of clients increase, so does the amount of data. And as the data increases, our approach to handling said data must be a scalable solution, to free our hands to allow us to focus on bigger and better things. Recently, people would have to manually fill in web forms, which was draining worker's time. One strategy to increase our productivity is to use a headless browser to automate the task. This was suggested to me by our technology lead, and I went ahead and did the implementation, so I'd like to do a sort of introduction as to how I did it.
However, there are small details to be considered. While all of these choices are technically controlled by JS, what you get is slightly different.
On the other hand, we have Puppeteer which "is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control headless Chrome over the DevTools protocol". Given that it was the best choice for what I wanted to do, has the most stars on Github, is provided by the Chrome team, AND has great documentation and a modern API, I had my winner. I can't stress this enough, Puppeteer really blows the competition out of the water. If you have a decent knowledge of async/await in ES7 and are aware of which scripts are being executed in the headless browser, as opposed to Node, then this is really just a joy to use.
1. Headless browsers are browsers.
In Puppeteer's case, it's Chromium. And it does everything that that Chromium does. I mean EVERYTHING. It may seem obvious, but there were some weird things I had to learn. For example, a had one case where sending a webform caused an alert box to popup. Of course, since it's headless, I wasn't able to see that. I just assumed the script was hanging for some strange reason. It wasn't until I turned headless mode off (you can do that), that I realized my mistake. You can handle these sort of events with code, but you have to handle them! My advice is to debug with headless mode turned off, and learn to use events well.
2. Just because you have Puppeteer, doesn't mean you have Chromium.
Of course developing using Puppeteer was simple. I already had the Chromium process on my PC. When it comes time to deploy, you need to make sure whatever server/virtual machine/docker instance you're using has the proper software on it for this work. I went ahead and used docker and if you're interested to see how that works, you can check the official Puppeteer docs!
See I told you the docs were great.
Browser automation has been a blast to do, and I hope I can do a bit more in the future and it remains part of our toolset. It's a bit hard to wrap your head around, but when it all comes together it really is beautiful!