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A Battle for My Life
I had just finished filming Season 1 of "Game of Thrones." Then I was struck with the first of two aneurysms.
By Emilia Clarke
Photograph by Carlota Guerrero for The New Yorker
Just when all my childhood dreams seemed to have come true, I nearly lost my mind and then my life. I've never told this story publicly, but now it's time.
It was the beginning of 2011. I had just finished filming the first season of "Game of Thrones," a new HBO series based on George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels. With almost no professional experience behind me, I'd been given the role of Daenerys Targaryen, also known as Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Lady of Dragonstone, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons. As a young princess, Daenerys is sold in marriage to a musclebound Dothraki warlord named Khal Drogo. It's a long story—eight seasons long—but suffice to say that she grows in stature and in strength. She becomes a figure of power and self-possession. Before long, young girls would dress in platinum wigs and flowing robes to be Daenerys Targaryen for Halloween.
The show's creators, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, have said that my character is a blend of Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Lawrence of Arabia. And yet, in the weeks after we finished shooting the first season, despite all the looming excitement of a publicity campaign and the series première, I hardly felt like a conquering spirit. I was terrified. Terrified of the attention, terrified of a business I barely understood, terrified of trying to make good on the faith that the creators of "Thrones" had put in me. I felt, in every way, exposed. In the very first episode, I appeared naked, and, from that first press junket onward, I always got the same question: some variation of "You play such a strong woman, and yet you take off your clothes. Why?" In my head, I'd respond, "How many men do I need to kill to prove myself?"
To relieve the stress, I worked out with a trainer. I was a television actor now, after all, and that is what television actors do. We work out. On the morning of February 11, 2011, I was getting dressed in the locker room of a gym in Crouch End, North London, when I started to feel a bad headache coming on. I was so fatigued that I could barely put on my sneakers. When I started my workout, I had to force myself through the first few exercises.
Then my trainer had me get into the plank position, and I immediately felt as though an elastic band were squeezing my brain. I tried to ignore the pain and push through it, but I just couldn't. I told my trainer I had to take a break. Somehow, almost crawling, I made it to the locker room. I reached the toilet, sank to my knees, and proceeded to be violently, voluminously ill. Meanwhile, the pain—shooting, stabbing, constricting pain—was getting worse. At some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.
For a few moments, I tried to will away the pain and the nausea. I said to myself, "I will not be paralyzed." I moved my fingers and toes to make sure that was true. To keep my memory alive, I tried to recall, among other things, some lines from "Game of Thrones."
I heard a woman's voice coming from the next stall, asking me if I was O.K. No, I wasn't. She came to help me and maneuvered me onto my side, in the recovery position. Then everything became, at once, noisy and blurry. I remember the sound of a siren, an ambulance; I heard new voices, someone saying that my pulse was weak. I was throwing up bile. Someone found my phone and called my parents, who live in Oxfordshire, and they were told to meet me at the emergency room of Whittington Hospital.
A fog of unconsciousness settled over me. From an ambulance, I was wheeled on a gurney into a corridor filled with the smell of disinfectant and the noises of people in distress. Because no one knew what was wrong with me, the doctors and nurses could not give me any drugs to ease the pain.
Finally, I was sent for an MRI, a brain scan. The diagnosis was quick and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a life-threatening type of stroke, caused by bleeding into the space surrounding the brain. I'd had an aneurysm, an arterial rupture. As I later learned, about a third of SAH patients die immediately or soon thereafter. For the patients who do survive, urgent treatment is required to seal off the aneurysm, as there is a very high risk of a second, often fatal bleed. If I was to live and avoid terrible deficits, I would have to have urgent surgery. And, even then, there were no guarantees.
I was taken by ambulance to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, a beautiful redbrick Victorian pile in central London. It was nighttime. My mum slept in my hospital ward, slumped in a chair, as I kept falling in and out of sleep, in a state of drugged wooziness, shooting pain, and persistent nightmares.
I remember being told that I should sign a release form for surgery. Brain surgery? I was in the middle of my very busy life—I had no time for brain surgery. But, finally, I settled down and signed. And then I was unconscious. For the next three hours, surgeons went about repairing my brain. This would not be my last surgery, and it would not be the worst. I was twenty-four years old.
Listen: David Remnick interviews Emilia Clarke on The New Yorker Radio Hour.
I grew up in Oxford and rarely gave a thought to my health. Nearly all I thought about was acting. My dad was a sound designer. He worked on productions of "West Side Story" and "Chicago" in the West End. My mother was, and is, a businesswoman, the vice-president of marketing for a global management consultancy. We weren't wealthy, but my brother and I went to private schools. Our parents, who wanted everything for us, struggled to keep up with the fees.
I have no clear memory of when I first decided to be an actor. I'm told I was around three or four. When I went with my dad to theatres, I was entranced by backstage life: the gossip, the props, the costumes, all the urgent and whispered hubbub in the near darkness. When I was three, my father took me to see a production of "Show Boat." Although I was ordinarily a loud and antsy child, I sat silent and rapt in the audience for more than two hours. When the curtain came down, I stood on my seat and clapped wildly over my head.
I was hooked. At home, I played a VHS tape of "My Fair Lady" so many times that it snapped from wear. I think I took the Pygmalion story as a sign of how, and with enough rehearsal and a good director, you can become someone else. I don't think my dad was pleased when I announced that I wanted to be an actor. He knew plenty of actors and, to his mind, they were habitually neurotic and unemployed.
My school, in Oxford, the Squirrel School, was idyllic, orderly, and sweet. When I was five, I got the lead part in a play. When it came time to take the stage and deliver my lines, though, I forgot everything. I just stood there, center stage, stock-still, taking it all in. In the front row, the teachers were trying to help by mouthing my lines. But I just stood there, with no fear, very calm. It's a state of mind that has carried me throughout my career. These days, I can be on a red carpet with a thousand cameras clicking away and I'm unfazed. Of course, put me at a dinner party with six people and that's another matter.
With time, I got better at acting. I even remembered my lines. But I was hardly a prodigy. When I was ten, my dad took me to an audition in the West End for a production of Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl." When I got inside, I realized that every girl trying out for this part was singing a song from "Cats." The only thing I could come up with was an English folk song, "Donkey Riding." After listening rather patiently, someone asked, "How about something more . . . contemporary?" I sang the Spice Girls hit "Wannabe." My dad's hands practically covered his face. I didn't get the part, and I think it was a blessing. My dad said, "It would have been hard reading anything bad about you in the paper."
But I kept at it. In school productions, I played Anita in "West Side Story," Abigail in "The Crucible," one of the witches in "Macbeth," Viola in "Twelfth Night." After secondary school, I took a gap year, during which I worked as a waitress and went backpacking in Asia. Then I started classes at the Drama Centre London to pursue my B.A. As fledgling actors, we studied everything from "The Cherry Orchard" to "The Wire." I didn't get the ingénue parts. Those went to the tall, willowy, impossibly blond girls. I got cast as a Jewish mother in "Awake and Sing!" You should hear my Bronx accent.
After graduation, I made myself a promise: for one year, I would take only roles with some promise. I made the rent working in a pub, in a call center, and at an obscure museum, telling people that "the loos are just to the right." Seconds lasted days. But I was determined: one year of no bad productions, no plays above a bar.
Read: More from The New Yorker on "Game of Thrones."
In the spring of 2010, my agent called to say that auditions were being held in London for a new HBO series. The pilot for "Game of Thrones" had been flawed and they wanted to re-cast, among other roles, Daenerys. The part called for an otherworldly, bleached-blond woman of mystery. I'm a short, dark-haired, curvy Brit. Whatever. To prepare, I learned these very strange lines for two scenes, one in Episode 4, in which my brother goes to hit me, and one in Episode 10, in which I walk into a fire and survive, unscathed.
In those days, I thought of myself as healthy. Sometimes I got a little light-headed, because I often had low blood pressure and a low heart rate. Once in a while, I'd get dizzy and pass out. When I was fourteen, I had a migraine that kept me in bed for a couple of days, and in drama school I'd collapse once in a while. But it all seemed manageable, part of the stress of being an actor and of life in general. Now I think that I might have been experiencing warning signs of what was to come.
I read for "Game of Thrones" in a tiny studio in Soho. Four days later, I got a call. Apparently, the audition hadn't been a disaster. I was told to fly to Los Angeles in three weeks and read for Benioff and Weiss and the network executives. I started working out intensely to prepare. They flew me business class. I stole all the free tea from the lounge. At the audition, I tried not to look when I spotted another actor––tall, blond, willowy, beautiful––walking by. I read two scenes in a dark auditorium, for an audience of producers and executives. When it was over, I blurted out, "Can I do anything else?"
David Benioff said, "You can do a dance." Never wanting to disappoint, I did the funky chicken and the robot. In retrospect, I could have ruined it all. I'm not the best dancer.
As I was leaving the auditorium, they ran after me and said, "Congratulations, Princess!" I had the part.
I could hardly catch my breath. I went back to the hotel, where some people invited me to a party on the roof. "I think I'm good!" I told them. Instead, I went to my room, ate Oreos, watched "Friends," and called everyone I knew.
That first surgery was what is known as "minimally invasive," meaning that they did not open up my skull. Rather, using a technique called endovascular coiling, the surgeon introduced a wire into one of the femoral arteries, in the groin; the wire made its way north, around the heart, and to the brain, where they sealed off the aneurysm.
The operation lasted three hours. When I woke, the pain was unbearable. I had no idea where I was. My field of vision was constricted. There was a tube down my throat and I was parched and nauseated. They moved me out of the I.C.U. after four days and told me that the great hurdle was to make it to the two-week mark. If I made it that long with minimal complications, my chances of a good recovery were high.
One night, after I'd passed that crucial mark, a nurse woke me and, as part of a series of cognitive exercises, she said, "What's your name?" My full name is Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke. But now I couldn't remember it. Instead, nonsense words tumbled out of my mouth and I went into a blind panic. I'd never experienced fear like that—a sense of doom closing in. I could see my life ahead, and it wasn't worth living. I am an actor; I need to remember my lines. Now I couldn't recall my name.
I was suffering from a condition called aphasia, a consequence of the trauma my brain had suffered. Even as I was muttering nonsense, my mum did me the great kindness of ignoring it and trying to convince me that I was perfectly lucid. But I knew I was faltering. In my worst moments, I wanted to pull the plug. I asked the medical staff to let me die. My job—my entire dream of what my life would be—centered on language, on communication. Without that, I was lost.
I was sent back to the I.C.U. and, after about a week, the aphasia passed. I was able to speak. I knew my name—all five bits. But I was also aware that there were people in the beds around me who didn't make it out of the I.C.U. I was continually reminded of just how fortunate I was. One month after being admitted, I left the hospital, longing for a bath and fresh air. I had press interviews to do and, in a matter of weeks, I was scheduled to be back on the set of "Game of Thrones."
The "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have said that Daenerys Targaryen is a blend of Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Lawrence of Arabia.
Photograph by Helen Sloan / HBO
I went back to my life, but, while I was in the hospital, I was told that I had a smaller aneurysm on the other side of my brain, and it could "pop" at any time. The doctors said, though, that it was small and it was possible it would remain dormant and harmless indefinitely. We would just keep a careful watch. And recovery was hardly instant. There was still the pain to deal with, and morphine to keep it at bay. I told my bosses at "Thrones" about my condition, but I didn't want it to be a subject of public discussion and dissection. The show must go on!
Even before we began filming Season 2, I was deeply unsure of myself. I was often so woozy, so weak, that I thought I was going to die. Staying at a hotel in London during a publicity tour, I vividly remember thinking, I can't keep up or think or breathe, much less try to be charming. I sipped on morphine in between interviews. The pain was there, and the fatigue was like the worst exhaustion I'd ever experienced, multiplied by a million. And, let's face it, I'm an actor. Vanity comes with the job. I spent way too much time thinking about how I looked. If all this weren't enough, I seemed to whack my head every time I tried to get in a taxi.
Read: George R. R. Martin on his "Song of Ice and Fire" series.
The reaction to Season 1 was, of course, fantastic, though I had very little knowledge then of how the world kept score. When a friend called me exclaiming, "You're No. 1 on IMDb!" I said, "What is IMDb?"
On the first day of shooting for Season 2, in Dubrovnik, I kept telling myself, "I am fine, I'm in my twenties, I'm fine." I threw myself into the work. But, after that first day of filming, I barely made it back to the hotel before I collapsed of exhaustion.
On the set, I didn't miss a beat, but I struggled. Season 2 would be my worst. I didn't know what Daenerys was doing. If I am truly being honest, every minute of every day I thought I was going to die.
In 2013, after finishing Season 3, I took a job on Broadway, playing Holly Golightly. The rehearsals were wonderful, but it was clear pretty soon that it was not going to be a success. The whole thing lasted only a couple of months.
While I was still in New York for the play, with five days left on my SAG insurance, I went in for a brain scan—something I now had to do regularly. The growth on the other side of my brain had doubled in size, and the doctor said we should "take care of it." I was promised a relatively simple operation, easier than last time. Not long after, I found myself in a fancy-pants private room at a Manhattan hospital. My parents were there. "See you in two hours," my mum said, and off I went for surgery, another trip up the femoral artery to my brain. No problem.
Except there was. When they woke me, I was screaming in pain. The procedure had failed. I had a massive bleed and the doctors made it plain that my chances of surviving were precarious if they didn't operate again. This time they needed to access my brain in the old-fashioned way—through my skull. And the operation had to happen immediately.
The recovery was even more painful than it had been after the first surgery. I looked as though I had been through a war more gruesome than any that Daenerys experienced. I emerged from the operation with a drain coming out of my head. Bits of my skull had been replaced by titanium. These days, you can't see the scar that curves from my scalp to my ear, but I didn't know at first that it wouldn't be visible. And there was, above all, the constant worry about cognitive or sensory losses. Would it be concentration? Memory? Peripheral vision? Now I tell people that what it robbed me of is good taste in men. But, of course, none of this seemed remotely funny at the time.
I spent a month in the hospital again and, at certain points, I lost all hope. I couldn't look anyone in the eye. There was terrible anxiety, panic attacks. I was raised never to say, "It's not fair"; I was taught to remember that there is always someone who is worse off than you. But, going through this experience for the second time, all hope receded. I felt like a shell of myself. So much so that I now have a hard time remembering those dark days in much detail. My mind has blocked them out. But I do remember being convinced that I wasn't going to live. And, what's more, I was sure that the news of my illness would get out. And it did—for a fleeting moment. Six weeks after the surgery, the National Enquirer ran a short story. A reporter asked me about it and I denied it.
But now, after keeping quiet all these years, I'm telling you the truth in full. Please believe me: I know that I am hardly unique, hardly alone. Countless people have suffered far worse, and with nothing like the care I was so lucky to receive.
A few weeks after that second surgery, I went with a few other cast members to Comic-Con, in San Diego. The fans at Comic-Con are hardcore; you don't want to disappoint them. There were several thousand people in the audience, and, right before we went on to answer questions, I was hit by a horrific headache. Back came that sickeningly familiar sense of fear. I thought, This is it. My time is up; I've cheated death twice and now he's coming to claim me. As I stepped offstage, my publicist looked at me and asked what was wrong. I told her, but she said that a reporter from MTV was waiting for an interview. I figured, if I'm going to go, it might as well be on live television.
But I survived. I survived MTV and so much more. In the years since my second surgery I have healed beyond my most unreasonable hopes. I am now at a hundred per cent. Beyond my work as an actor, I've decided to throw myself into a charity I've helped develop in conjunction with partners in the U.K. and the U.S. It is called SameYou, and it aims to provide treatment for people recovering from brain injuries and stroke. I feel endless gratitude—to my mum and brother, to my doctors and nurses, to my friends. Every day, I miss my father, who died of cancer in 2016, and I can never thank him enough for holding my hand to the very end.
There is something gratifying, and beyond lucky, about coming to the end of "Thrones." I'm so happy to be here to see the end of this story and the beginning of whatever comes next.
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Novak Djokovic and Adrian Mannarino square off early in the second round of the 2016 Wimbledon.
Novak Djokovic is coming off a straight sets win over James Ward that took almost exactly two hours. In the victory, Djokovic got 89 percent of his first serves in play and had 29 winners to 21 unforced errors. Djokovic looked sharp, moved well around the court and simply isn't going to lose if he continues to play clean tennis. Djokovic has lost just one match since the Madrid Masters and is simply making his opponent work for every single point. Nothing more to say about Djokovic and his play. Djokovic hasn't lost in the second round of a grand slam since the 2008 Wimbledon. Djokovic has won 15 straight matches on grass.
Adrian Mannarino is coming off a straight sets win over Kyle Edmund that also took just over two hours. In the victory, Mannarino lost just eight first serve chances and had 31 winners to 28 unforced errors. Mannarino has to be very happy with his performance considering he dominated a top-70 player from start to finish and didn't play anymore tennis than he needed to. Mannarino now has a chance to get the biggest victory of his career, as the 27-year-old looks to slowly climb back up into the top-50 rankings in the world. Mannarino has to be consistent with his first serve in order to have any chance. Mannarino has not made the third round of a grand slam since the 2014 US Open. Mannarino has won six of his last eight matches on grass.
Mannarino is no pushover for a second round match, as this is someone who was a top-30 player last season. However, you guys know by now, picking against Djokovic isn't a wise idea, especially when we're talking about a lesser talent.


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Waldport woman reported missing, found dead near beach
McRib returns this week: McDonald's fan-fave back for 1st time in 8 years
Posted: Nov 30, 2020 / 05:18 AM PST / Updated: Nov 30, 2020 / 05:18 AM PST
McRib (Credit: McDonald's)
(NEXSTAR) — McDonald's McRib sandwich will return Wednesday, its first nationwide comeback since 2012.
"The McRib has been a beloved menu item at McDonald's since its inception nearly 40 years ago," Vice President of Menu Innovation Linda VanGosen said in a release. "We're proud to serve the McRib nationwide for everyone to enjoy."
it's always "when is the McRib coming back" and never "how are you doing person who runs the McDonald's account"
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) October 23, 2020
The popular sandwich, which debuted on menus in 1982, will be back in the U.S. for a limited time, unlike in Germany, where it's available year-round.
Now available: McDonald's adds 3 items to its menu
The McRib features boneless pork topped with barbecue sauce, onions and pickles. Last year, McDonald's sold the sandwich at 10,000 of its 14,000 restaurants in the U.S.
got 10,000 McRib sandwiches in my office rn
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) November 29, 2020
by Amanda Arden / Jan 17, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A Waldport woman was found dead in the surf near the beach Friday night after she took her dogs for a walk and never returned home, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies say 60-year-old Toni L. Goessman's husband reported her missing at around 5:15 p.m., two hours after she had left to walk their two dogs. Goessman's husband said he grew concerned when one of the dogs returned home alone and soaking wet.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Unlike the several pro-Trump rallies happening around the country at statehouses Sunday, very few demonstrators showed up at the Capitol in Salem.
Journalist Zane Sparling of KOIN 6 News' media partner the Portland Tribune tweeted the the number of journalists prepared the cover the event was significantly larger than the number of protesters who showed up.

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Q: How to solve $\int_0^x f(t) dt = g(f(x)) $? How to solve an equation of this type :
$$\int_0^x f(t) dt = g(f(x)) $$
for a given function $g$.
Im not so good with differential equations and integral equations.
I know how to solve $h'(x) = j(h(x)) $ in general and some approximations of specific cases of $k'(x) = k(l(x))$. But even my knowledge of those is limited.
However for this $$\int_0^x f(t) dt = g(f(x)) $$ I do not even know how to begin.
It seems very fundamental and simple though so my intuition assumes there must be a way.
I considered differentiating both sides but that got me to
$$ f(x) = g'(f(x)) f'(x) $$
Many thanks !

A: Let $F(x):=\int_0^xf(t)dt=g(dF/dx)$ so, if $g$ has a functional inverse $g^{-1}$,$$dF/dx=g^{-1}(F)\implies x+C=\int dx=\int\frac{dF}{g^{-1}(F)}$$with $C$ an integration constant. In theory, this obtains $x+C$ as a function of $F$, say $h(F)$. If $h$ is invertible, $F(x)=h^{-1}(x+C)$.

A: As you wrote,
$$ f(x) = g'(f(x)) f'(x)$$
That is, $y = f(x)$ satisfies the differential equation
$$ \dfrac{dy}{dx} = \frac{y}{g'(y)}$$
at least when $g'(y) \ne 0$.
For $x=0$ we have $g(y(0)) = 0$.  Depending on $g$, this may have no solution, or one, or several.    If it happens that $g(0) = 0$, one solution of the integral equation is $f(x) = 0$.
The differential equation is separable, with solutions in implicit form
$$\int \frac{g'(y)}{y}\; dy = x + c$$

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On my way north toward Connecticut yesterday afternoon, I got the call. The one I'd been waiting for.
My son had finally been released from prison after two and a half years and had arrived at the halfway house to begin his six month sentence.
I expected the irony. Predicted it, actually.
At the very time I was driving north on the New Jersey Turnpike to attend presenter training for a youth violence prevention program, one that I never would have even known about had my own son not suffered from a serious mental health crisis years ago, I missed the chance to go see him in person without prison glass between us for the first time in nearly three years.
I saw it coming. As clear as if it were a vision in a crystal ball, I knew it would happen this way.
He called and my Bluetooth sent his voice swimming into every corner of my little sedan. He said, "I'm here, Mom. Can you bring me my stuff now? There are some rules though. Can you write this all down?"
"I can have razors, but no liquid soap. It has to be bars.
I can only have a travel size toothpaste. Nothing bigger.
I need a towel and two wash clothes, and they have to be white.
I can't have more than nine pairs of anything, no more than nine pairs of socks, or t-shirts, or pants. No more than nine, Mom."
I scribbled it all down in my purple pen, the one I use to grade English papers. My handwriting was haphazard, frenzied; I made giant circles and squiggly lines pointing to notes about what my husband needed to remove from the pre-packed duffel I'd left in our hallway and what he needed to add to it.
My little blue sedan sat along the New Jersey Turnpike for what felt like hours and only seconds all at once. It was as if somehow time had stood on its end. Tilted slightly, almost falling over, but not quite.
If you scroll back to my very first blog entry here, you'll find it's dated December 2012, and you will see something.
You will see that my first blog entry was inspired by the tragic events that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Two years after my son walked out my door in 2010, the tragedy of Sandy Hook finally WOKE ME UP and MADE ME SEE what lies I'd been telling myself. What shame I'd allowed myself to live with. What stigma I'd hidden behind for so long.
At that moment yesterday afternoon on the shoulder of the road, two worlds finally collided.
My son's entire world --the one of self-hatred, of self-medication, of self-destruction had finally collapsed, completely deflated.
And my entire world--the one of a mother's fear, the one of a mother's blame, the one of a mother's regret had finally imploded, too.
And yesterday, in the middle of New Jersey somewhere, our two worlds, my son's and mine, began, at that very moment, to breathe life again, renewed with the power of hope, the strength of acceptance, and the force of love.
Do I regret my choice to travel to Sandy Hook, Connecticut to attend a two-day training session so that I can make school-wide presentations, teaching students how to "Say Something" and prevent school violence, identify kids in crisis, secure safer, healthier school communities?
Do I wish that instead of my husband, I had been the one to deliver the duffel bag and give that first real hug to my son last night? Of course I do.
But if given the choice again, I would do the very same thing.
Two worlds, our worlds collided yesterday, even if we didn't touch each other at all.
After reading your blog I feel a sense of upliftment and positivity. I could not even imagine being a mother and one of my children being locked up, much less already had done time and now out in the world. Keep your head up and everything will be just fine. God will never hand you something you can not handle and you seem like a very strong woman.


Our local English-language newspaper has an article this week about the monarch butterflies of Michoacan. Unfortunately, the number of butterflies is down by about 30% and the number of people visiting them is down by an equal amount. It seems that environmental stress and the threat of cartel violence are the causes. I'm glad we went a couple of years ago in better times.
The hike up to the butterflies was pretty tough for me because the air was cold, the trail was steep, and the altitude high. With my asthma, we had to stop a lot to rest - for some reason Terry worried when he noticed my lips turning blue - but we saw many guides pass by with small packs on their backs. We had started early and climbed slowly and only later did I learn that all those packs carried small oxygen canisters, for visitors just like me.
The experience was well worth the struggle, though . We got to the top of the trail a few minutes before the sun came up over the mountain, which is the goal. We saw 'sleeping' butterflies dotting the ground and park rangers carefully moving them so they wouldn't be trampled. Above us, the tree branches, heavy with butterflies, were more orange and black than green. Who would have ever thought that butterflies could cause large branches to droop under their weight?
The magic began as the rising sun struck the branches, for as the butterflies felt the warmth, they took flight by the thousands. The sky was literally full of the fluttering orange and black creatures. I'll never climb that mountain again, but it was an experience that I'll never forget.
Equally as fun, and a lot less work, was our visit to Ocampo, the town nearest the park entrance where we slept the night before our climb. We drove around the white-washed village looking for an inexpensive hotel, but we couldn't seem to find anything. When we saw three men standing on the street corner, we pulled over so I could ask for information. "Disculpe, senores. Donde esta un hotel economico?" (Excuse me, gentlemen. Where is an inexpensive hotel?) The three guys looked at each other and one turned to me and said, "No hablo Ingles." (I don't speak English.) For just a minute I was confused, and then I told the guy that I wasn't speaking English! I think he was so convinced that I would speak English to him that his brain just kind of shut down before he realized that I was speaking Spanish.
We decided to look elsewhere for someone to ask and as we drove by the shady plaza, we came to the police station. We stopped again to ask and, before we knew it, we had a police officer sitting in our back seat holding his M-16 in his lap and giving us directions. Having heard stories about bad cops in Mexico, I was very uncomfortable about the situation, but what could I do? He took us to a nice little hotel, and when no one was around, he had us wait while he walked to the owner's house to find someone to check us in! We tried to give him a tip before he headed back to the station, but he wouldn't accept it.
We had a few other surprises in store for us in Ocampo. The first was the discovery of a street named 'John Lennon'. I would have loved to find out how that came about, but before I could ask, we were sidetracked by the number of children who were greeting us in English as we walked around the plaza. It is not unusual to run across one or two that might give a shy "Hello" but we had never seen so many! Finally, after one little girl said, "Hello. How are you?", we asked her parents why so many of the kids spoke English. The father explained that most of the adults in that town had been to the US to work and,realizing the value of being bilingual, they insisted that the school teach English to the children in all grade levels.
On our way back to the hotel that evening, we ducked into a candy store - literally. This place had so much candy that it was even hanging in bags from hooks on the ceiling. Mexicans tend to be short, especially if they have a lot of Indian blood, so these bags of candy hung down to about five and a half feet off the ground. Terry, at 6' 2", had to walk through the store bent over at the waist! Even so, he was delighted to discover some giant marshmallows, at least three inches across, so when we returned to our room we each carried a big bag.


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The race to build the world's first 3D-printed house is on. Italian civil engineer Enrico Dini (the subject of an upcoming documentary called "The Man Who Prints Houses") has plans to print future houses from the world's largest 3D printer, known as the D-Shape. In addition to plans to build the Möbius strip-shaped Landscape House, there are also plans afoot to 3D-print a classic "Canal House" in Amsterdam and a radical, futuristic "Protohouse" made out of super-fibrous materials. And that doesn't even include the relatively mundane plans to 3D-print doors, windows, roofs and just about anything else a decent-size 3D-printer might be expected to extrude out these days.
Beyond being a showcase for 3D Printing – the latest and greatest exponential technology – why does printing a 3D-printed house matter?
For one, a 3D-printed house would be a proof of concept of the radical new topologies made possible by 3D printing. After all, printing a 3D house is not like printing a regular house – you don't print all the bricks, stack them up one-by-one and put a roof on the top at the end. Instead, the 3D-printed house comes out magically, printed all together out of a piece of seamless material. You then can add steel and glass to the exterior as needed. This design process permits shapes that once were the exclusive province of our imaginations – like the Möbius Strip. With a single technological stroke, we have challenged the relationship between form and function and created the basis for upsetting every traditional convention of architecture.
That's the logic that's missing in standard critiques of the 3D-printed house. Earlier this week, for example, Lauren Hockenson of GigaOm wrote about a study suggesting that building a 3D printed house with today's technology — a state-of-the-art MakerBot Replicator 2 -– would take 220 years, 4 months and 11 days. That's assuming a quaint two-story, 2,500-square foot house and not a McMansion or something architecturally striking. But that logic was based on a faulty premise – that the MakerBot Replicator 2 would be extruding out identical 8 x 3.5 x 2.75-inch bricks every 2.9 days, and that people would then assemble homes, brick-by-brick.
But that's not what The Man Who Prints Houses has in mind.
Doing away with conventional bricks and replacing them with biodegradeable materials printable as one continuous object leads to some interesting possibilities. What if, for example, the 3D-printed house could be used to solve the housing crisis in developing nations around the world? By using innovative, lightweight materials, we could create 3D-printed houses at a fraction of the cost of today's best technology. And talk to Bill Gross and the innovators behind WorldHaus – the major challenge in building affordable housing in the world is the cost of "shipping air" – with a 3D printer, you don't need to ship anything. You'd show up in a city and start printing away – not just single homes, but maybe even entire neighborhoods.
Or, to get really creative, what about the potential impact of the 3D-printed house on our efforts to colonize nearby planets, moons and asteroids? If a 3D printer can be used to 3D-print pizza for astronauts on long-haul missions to Mars, what's to stop them from being used for printing out space colonies once astronauts have arrived at their planned destination. If, as NASA astronaut hero Buzz Aldrin suggests, a "Mission to Mars" is a one-way mission, then we need to start preparing for the inevitable. Certainly, 3D-printed houses made out of materials conducive to the Martian landscape would be preferable to what's currently on tap: huge inflatable structures. For example, architectural firms and the European Space Agency are now working on plans to 3D-print lunar bases from moon dust.
As Ian Steadman of WIRED suggested in an article about the race to build the first 3D-printed house, in the end, it's not really about the choice between conventionally-built houses and 3D-printed houses, it's more about the right mix at the right time: "Think of the race to build the first 3D-printed house as less like companies competing over street cars, and instead think of it more like Formula 1 — bits of it will end up in your family car years down the line, in ways you might not expect." That means that, the next time you visit a suburban neighborhood, take a closer look at the cookie-cutter homes lining the streets: you might spot the telltale signs of a massive, 3D printer at work.
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"Vision 2020 provides students with the most critical competencies to successfully lead in their post-secondary pathway"
Over the past 6 months the district has been working on developing a new strategic plan, "Vision 2020". Strategic planning is recognized as best practice in accelerating an organization and keeping it on an upward trajectory. We would like to extend our deepest appreciation to the teachers, staff, parents, administrators, Board of Education, and community members who contributed to this strategic planning process designed to shape the teaching and learning of the Carlisle School District for the next four years.
This plan is focused on a District-wide systemic effort. The first section of Vision 2020 is focused on four main goals that provide an over-arching view of what the district finds to be the most important aspects of a PK-12 education. In conjunction with the goals are six competencies that lead to student success. Within each goal, specific key performance indicators (KPIs) have been developed. KPIs will be progress monitored at the building and district level. At the end of the school year the district will report out progress on goals via a district report card.
By 2020, two-thirds of the jobs in the American economy will require some postsecondary training. As the Center on Education and the Workforce explains, "Postsecondary education and training is no longer just the preferred pathway to middle and upper income classes – it is, increasingly, the only pathway". Vital components of Vision 2020 are six competencies that our students will need as they prepare for their post-secondary pathway.
Annually, our district leadership team will develop action plans to move the plan forward. This step will keep the district on a course toward continued excellence.
Finally, we will come back to this plan annually with additional refinements and additions to the performance indicators and benchmarks. It is difficult, if not impossible, to set a four-year plan with absolute certainty. That's why we will have annual reviews and annual development of action plans to ensure progress toward the plan's over-arching outcomes. We are extremely excited about what this plan holds for the Carlisle School District.
Vision 2020 reaffirms the District's commitment to the goals that have focused our energies and efforts on producing incredible outcomes for students; namely, unprecedented academic success and unparalleled personal growth for every student.
As you can see, it is an exciting time to be a part of the Carlisle School District. In closing, please visit our website, www.carlislecsd.org to remain updated on all of the events occurring across the district as we start the new school year.
Vision 2020 Goals
Provide a comprehensive education experience that prepares students to thrive in their chosen pathway after graduation.
Cultivate a positive culture, committed to a safe learning environment, based on mutual respect among all district stakeholders.
Promote partnerships with parents and community to extend and enrich learning experiences within and beyond the classroom.
All members of the learning community commit to collaborative practices that ensure continuous improvement and progress
Vision 2020 Competencies
Master Core Academic Content
Think Critically and Solve Complex Problems
Work Collaboratively
Learn How To Learn
Develop Academic Mindsets
Goal #1: Provide a comprehensive educational experience that prepares students to thrive in their chosen pathway after graduation.
Third grade reading proficiency rates
High school graduation rates (4 & 5 year rates)
Number of college credits earned by High School students
Participation rates for Advanced Placement exams
Advanced Placement exam performance
Participation rates in CTE courses
Number of students earning CTE 3rd Party Credentials
Number of High School course credit earned by Middle School students
Percent of ACT tested students ready for college-level coursework
Number of students entering post-secondary placements
Post-Secondary school performance of graduates
Percentage of students completing a college & FAFSA applications
Goal #2: Cultivate a positive culture, committed to a safe learning environment, based on mutual respect among all district stakeholders.
Number of student conduct referrals by building level
Number of bullying/harassment referrals
District Student Culture/Climate Survey Results (Developed for Spring 2017)
Attendance rates (students & staff)
District staff retention rates
Participation rates in co/extra-curricular activities
Goal #3: Promote partnerships with parents and community to extend and enrich learning experiences within and beyond the classroom.
Number of student community service hours
Percent of parent attendance at parent/teacher conferences by building level
Number of community/parent/family curriculum-based events
Percent of parent attendance at community/parent/family events
Number of career awareness experiences/internships completed with community and metro businesses
Number of business partners
Number of parent/community volunteer hours in schools/classrooms
Parent 360 survey data (Developed for spring 2017)
Goal #4: All members of the learning community commit to collaborative practices that ensure continuous improvement and progress.
Percent of students who meet their academic growth goal based on state assessment in math and reading
Student proficiency rates in district essential learning targets (ELTs)
Percent of students identifying as "self-assessed" learners on district rubric
Percent of students receiving special services (SPED, ELP, ELL, Title I)
Percent of students who progress out of academic intervention in math and reading
Percent of district ELTs with vertical learning continuums
Number of teachers participating in advanced studies/degrees
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A by-invitation only, 4-year savings scheme for members who had participated in and successfully completed the 4-year term in Subscription-to-Savings Scheme Series 4, maturing on 31 October 2018.
1. Only members who have successfully completed the 4-year term under STSS Series 4 would be eligible to participate in STSS Series 7 ("Series 7").
2. For the four (4)-year term of Series 4, the Board of Directors of the Society ("Board") shall administer and members shall participate in Series 7 in accordance with the rules set out in the Annex A. For any subsequent terms of the STSS, the Board shall be permitted to administer and members shall participate in the STSS in accordance with any rules the Board may approve and implement from time to time.
3. In the event the STSS is terminated by the Society, the principal sum belonging to each member shall be, at the option of the member:
(i) returned to the member; or
(ii) used by the member to participate in any scheme that the Board may approve and implement from time to time.
(i) The duration for a member's funds to remain in the STSS is four (4) years. At the end of the said four (4) years, the member will be at liberty to withdraw the principal sum deposited into the STSS. Alternatively, the member may wish to continue with his participation in the STSS if it is extended for another term.
(ii) In the event that the STSS is extended for subsequent terms, an invitation letter will be sent to members at least two (2) months before the expiry date for them to participate in the new series. Members can opt to either:
1) "Roll over" the whole principal by utilising it as principal for the new series; or
2) Withdraw the full principal.
The Society reserves the right to send such invitation letters to eligible members with different terms and conditions.
(b) Return
(i) A member must confirm his/her participation in Series 7 by 25 September 2018.
(ii) A return of 3.25% per annum would be paid on the principal sum deposited for Series 7 for the period from 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2022. Interest accrued would be paid to the member every six (6) months based on (actual number of days for the 6 months) / (number of total actual days for the Series) x 3.25% x 4 years.
(c) Early Withdrawal by Member
(i) In the event of an early withdrawal from the STSS by a member before the maturity of term, the following interest rates, instead of the interest rate return set out above, will apply on the principal sum deposited:
Less than 12 months
12 months to less than 24 months
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(ii) In the event that the STSS is extended for subsequent terms, the applicable interest rate payable for any early withdrawal shall be determined by the Board.
(iii) For early withdrawals by a member, there will be a pro-rata claw-back of the interest paid out with a corresponding deduction made to the principal sum that would be repaid to the member.
For example, if the early withdrawal is done on the 19th month, there will be a claw-back of interest of 1.75% per annum for the first twelve (12) months, which will be deducted from the principal.
The claw-back interest will be based on (actual number of days calculated up to the day before the money is in the member's bank account) / (number of actual days for the Series) x 1.50% x 4 years less total accumulated interest already paid to a member.
(iv) If a member wishes to make an early withdrawal, only a withdrawal of the entire principal sum deposited in the STSS is permitted. No partial withdrawal of the principal sum is allowed.
(v) Forms will be furnished by the Society for any withdrawals by members.
The deposit under STSS may be used as collateral to apply for a secured loan from the Society.
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Of what is your fellowship knitted? Have you mixed the fibers of truth with those of wickedness and lies? The fruit of your life is abundant when you have adhered to what is right, especially when you have attained knowledge of my books. But to attain knowledge and be bound, even by the thread of incontinence, to what is not of purity, is to be sanctified by lies rather than truth. Returning to the life that lies is then to find yourself in a worse state than before. It is the perfect escalation of evil's intent. Then the lies pour forth with no restraint.
It is better for you that evil comes in its form of purity, that you know its face in an instant, but evil lives in lies and presents itself in the most disarming ways. The one who melds truth and lies and lives truth and lies, is most sinuous, leading astray the pure by the words of justice that turn toxic. Have I not shown you from the beginning how well the unfaithful one knows my words. He changes form as he changes the shades in meanings, and the shades become more vibrant and blatant as the lies take the form of truth, disguises, they are…in form and words, thoughts and emotions.
There will be those who fall away, deceived, fearful, and who let go of their self will to be given over to the evil pursuer. There will be those who have fallen, but will know the ring of truth in their hearts and turn again that they would honor one god, the only god who is the creator.
Adhere to what you learn in living the full body of truth. Listen closely to the voices that call and use the power of the spirit that you discern those that are of the evil spirits. Take your meat from the depths of my words for life, searching, striving, diligently sharing with one another those things that are revealed, not holding back for the nay sayers. And I will pour out my spirit that you would speak forth with power and wisdom, that you will speak with the voice of the prophets, revealing the hidden truths of my words of words, and foretelling of those things that have not yet been seen.
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RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - iMarkeh - 01/08/2018 23:34
Some very interesting changes ahead. Here's a list of all the changes due to happen from both Rock Ferry and Chester depots from September 2nd. Timetables are also put in if they are online. Hopefully this provides a good summary for people. I will edit this post if/when more timetables become online though CWaCC are known for being slow to update the bus and coach database. I don't know how good Merseytravel are at updating it.
1 Liverpool - Timetable amendments
https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/getting-around/timetables/AllTimetables/1%20Liverpool%20-%20Chester%20(from%202%20September%202018).pdf
5 Huntington - Extended to Wrexham General Train Station (via Farndon, Holt and Wrexham Bus Station) every 90 mins. Earlier bus as well (Judging by timings this is a placement for the 06:10 53). Also an extra Sunday trip added at 18:44 into Chester. For some reason, it looks like Holt village has no services in the change (Could this be to do with the bridge closure causing issues? I doubt this will remain like this and if it is omitting Holt, it will probably go back when the bridge reopens)
M-F https://bustimes.org/services/5-chester-boughton-huntington-3?date=2018-09-03
Sat https://bustimes.org/services/5-chester-boughton-huntington-3?date=2018-09-08
Sun https://bustimes.org/services/5-chester-boughton-huntington-3?date=2018-09-09
5 Mold - Retimed. giving between 2 and 7 minutes longer per journey. Also finally fixed the very daft timings between Cheshire Oaks and Queensferry Asda which are currently (in my opinion) the cause of most delays on this service
M-F https://bustimes.org/services/5-chester-boughton-huntington?date=2018-09-03
Sat https://bustimes.org/services/5-chester-boughton-huntington?date=2018-09-08
5A Stanney Grange - Timetable amendments due to the interworking with route 5
M-F https://bustimes.org/services/5a-ellesmere-port-stanney-lane-stanney-grange-shop?date=2018-09-03
Sat https://bustimes.org/services/5a-ellesmere-port-stanney-lane-stanney-grange-shop?date=2018-09-08
8 Pipers Ash - Timetable amendments. (CWaCC says extra trips to/from Guilden Sutton but some others have told me this is a incorrect)
No timetable yet
9 Pipers Ash - Timetable amendments (CWaCC says extra trips to/from Guilden Sutton but some others have told me this is a incorrect). Apparently it will be interworking with the 51 instead of the 53 due to timing issues.
16 Saltney - Reverting to pre-summer timetable.
23 Mollington - NEW SERVICE 2 return, hail and ride trips from Chester to Mollington
38 West Kirby - Timetable amendments
https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/getting-around/timetables/AllTimetables/38%20West%20Kirby%20-%20Bromborough%20or%20Mill%20Park%20(from%202%20September%202018).pdf
51 Plas Newton - Timetable amendments. Apparently interworking with route 9 instead of 53 from September.
G3 Blacon-Greyhound Park - Re-routing via Shelley Road and Saxon Way. No longer serves Hartford Way. Also minor timetable amendments.
No timetable online or details online however I bought the registration and found out the exact changes.
605 Bishops School Bus - Extended to Mollington
https://bustimes.org/services/nw_02_scme_605_2
X2 Runcorn - Timetable amendments
https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/publictransport/pdf/BusTimetables/TimetableX2NEW.pdf
X8 Liverpool - Timetable amendment to Saturday 16:04 from Liverpool. Also 1 extra round trip added on a Sunday 17:45 Chester, 19:10 Liverpool
https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/getting-around/timetables/AllTimetables/X8%20Liverpool%20-%20Chester%20(from%202%20September%202018).pdf
RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - chester285 - 02/08/2018 16:48
(01/08/2018 23:34)iMarkeh Wrote: Some very interesting changes ahead. Here's a list of all the changes due to happen from both Rock Ferry and Chester depots from September 2nd. Timetables are also put in if they are online. Hopefully this provides a good summary for people. I will edit this post if/when more timetables become online though CWaCC are known for being slow to update the bus and coach database. I don't know how good Merseytravel are at updating it.
8 Pipars Ash - Timetable amendments. (CWaCC says extra trips to/from Guilden Sutton but some others have told me this is a incorrect)
9 Pipars Ash - Timetable amendments (CWaCC says extra trips to/from Guilden Sutton but some others have told me this is a incorrect). Apparently it will be interworking with the 51 instead of the 53 due to timing issues.
38 West Kirby - Timetable amendments. No information online except TC N+Ps
X8 Liverpool - Timetable amendments including extra trips on Sundays & Bank Holidays
Don't you mean Pipers Ash?
(02/08/2018 16:48)chester285 Wrote: Don't you mean Pipers Ash?
They go there as well on the way Pipars Ash
RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - busdude - 03/08/2018 11:46
The new 1/2, 38 and X8 timetables have been on Merseytravel for a few days now
(03/08/2018 11:46)busdude Wrote: The new 1/2, 38 and X8 timetables have been on Merseytravel for a few days now
Wow. they put timetables up before they have even done the service changes. Merseytravel never fails to surprise me. Thanks for letting me know. I have just edited the post and updated the links.
RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - mr t - 03/08/2018 13:05
(03/08/2018 12:15)iMarkeh Wrote: Wow. they put timetables up before they have even done the service changes. Merseytravel never fails to surprise me. Thanks for letting me know. I have just edited the post and updated the links.
Merseytravel always do start a month before
RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - knutstransport - 08/08/2018 15:56
Stagecoach have registered a 41C Chester to Waverton service which is showing as 'not supported by subsides' on the registration.
RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - wirralbus - 08/08/2018 16:54
(08/08/2018 15:56)knutstransport Wrote: Stagecoach have registered a 41C Chester to Waverton service which is showing as 'not supported by subsides' on the registration.
Are these depot journeys , instead of dead mileage
RE: Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots - CTL45 - 08/08/2018 18:20
(08/08/2018 16:54)wirralbus Wrote: Are these depot journeys , instead of dead mileage
A couple of journeys to compensate in part for the loss of the C56 service along the Waverton to Boughton Heath section.
(08/08/2018 18:20)CTL45 Wrote: A couple of journeys to compensate in part for the loss of the C56 service along the Waverton to Boughton Heath section.
What the actual heck? All that for 4 bus stops. I think that will be a partial coverup. It will be the 'bus' duty on the staff shuttles (normally there is the minibus plus a bus on shuttles). While it is on driver shuttles, give it a reason to make 50p. (plus earn 30% fuel rebate which you don't get running dead). It is better and saves money running in service even if it takes no normal passengers. It was was actually to compensate for the loss of the C56, it would start in Saighton as the post office and primary school aren't served. The only stop Saighton now has is the unmarked stop at Abbey Gate College which most drivers don't know about. (I know due to the bus and coach database and also transport-points.co.uk which logs every single bus stop whether used or not).


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Jungle Love
Disney scores again with spectacular retool of Rudyard Kipling classic
Starring Neel Sethi
Directed by Jon Favreau
British author Rudyard Kipling wrote the stories that came to be know collectively as The Jungle Book more than a century ago, setting the best-known of the tales in India, where he'd spent his early childhood. It entered the pop-cultural mainstream in 1967 when Walt Disney turned The Jungle Book into a full-length animated musical children's comedy.
Things have certainly changed in the world—and in the world of filmmaking—since then. Director Jon Favreau has steered steely summer blockbusters (the Iron Man franchise) as well as fluffier family fare (Elf), so he was a wise choice—by Disney, again, 40 years down the road—to retool Kipling's ripping, roaring allegorical fable for a new generation of moviegoers weaned on spectacle as well as sentiment.
The Jungle Book is the tale of a young boy, Mowgli, raised by a pack of wolves. All is well until a fearsome tiger—bearing horrific scars that remind him of what humans can do—catches the scent of the "man cub." With his life in danger, and knowing that his very presence is a threat to the other creatures, Mowgli begins a journey to rejoin human civilization.
But the trip isn't an easy one, as Mowgli learns more about himself and the meaning of friends, family and the "law of the jungle."
The biggest spectacle the new Jungle Book is the sight of Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi, the only human, flesh-and-blood actor onscreen for the entire film, except for a fleeting flashback) in a jungle teeming with wild animals. But none of them are real—they're all digital effects, down to the last bit of fur, fang and feather.
And not only do they look, move and "behave" like real animals, they also talk—constantly. Remember the computer-generated tiger in Life of Pi? Well, imagine it conversing with Pi, and with every other living thing it encounters. Around The Jungle Book's watering hole, the DirectTV horse, Smokey Bear, the GEICO gecko and Tony the Tiger would feel right at home.
The effects in The Jungle Book are so casually spectacular, you even forget they're effects. You become so completely, convincingly immersed in the realistic, storybook world, just like Mowgli, it doesn't seem unnatural that a menagerie of creatures can speak—or sing—just as easily as they can growl, prowl, crawl or climb.
The all-star animal voices belong to Bill Murray (the slothful bear Baloo), Scarlett Johannson (the seductive snake Kaa), Lupita Nynog'o (the nurturing wolf Rakasa), Idris Elba (the vengeful tiger Shere Khan), Christopher Walken (the monstrous ape King Louie) Ben Kingsley (the protective panther Bagherra) and the late Gary Shandling (a comically possessive porcupine). Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Sidney Glass in TV's Once Upon a Time, provides the voice of alpha wolf Akela.
It's rated PG, but there are periods of action, peril and intensity that might be a bit much for very young viewers—especially if their parents, or grandparents, bring them into this Jungle with sugarplum visions of the candy-coated, song-and-dance Disney version. This isn't that movie; it's darker, more dangerous—and far superior, in almost every way.
It's the same jungle Rudyard Kipling described 120 years ago, and it's even got a trio of familiar soundtrack tunes ("Trust in Me," "The Bare Necessities" and a reworked "I Wanna Be Like You") from 1967. But it's come to life in remarkable, resounding new technological, 21st century leaps and bounds. With this outstanding upgrade to yet another childhood classic, Kipling still gets a writing credit, but Disney—as it usually does—again gets the final word.
Tagged Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Disney, Gary Shadling, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Favreau, Lupita N'Yongo, Neel Sethi, neil pond, Scarlett Johannson, The Jungle Book
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Not So Far, Far Away Anymore
'Star Wars' comes roaring and soaring back in 'The Force Awakens'
Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Issac
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Deep into the most anticipated movie of the year, two central characters—one old, one new—are on a desperate mission and in a very tight spot.
"People are counting on us," veteran smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) growls. "The galaxy is counting on us."
That pretty much sums up the lofty expectations placed on the movie, as well. The first new Star Wars film in nearly a decade, the seventh in the franchise, and the first since Disney bought the rights from founding father-director-creator George Lucas, it comes cloaked in secrecy and with a mothership of baggage. Diehard fans have been waiting for it for years. Speculation has been building for months. What will J.J. Abrams, the director of two Star Trek movies, bring to it—or do to it? It's expected to be the biggest box-office moneymaker of the year, if not the decade, and maybe of all time.
So people—and perhaps the whole the galaxy—are indeed counting on this new Star Wars, and I don't think they'll be disappointed. It's got everything any fan could want: powerful nostalgia, exciting new characters, rousing action, stirring emotion, spectacular scenery, eye-popping effects, and a plot that threads things that happened decades ago with things unfolding now—and points to things yet to come.
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
You probably already know that several iconic actors return. Harrison Ford's Han Solo is still the coolest space cowboy of all time. Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) has become a general. And Jedi legend Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)…well, everybody spends most of the movie looking for Luke, and so will you.
You'll delight in seeing some very familiar other things again—X-Wings and TIE Fighters, the Millennium Falcon, two particular droids, a tall, hirsute biped and one very special light saber, in particular. And you'll hear a couple of familiar phrases, too.
And there are some very impressive newcomers, as well. British actress is Daisy Ridley is terrific as Rey, a spunky junk scavenger on a desert planet who becomes a major player on a much larger stage—and provides young female Star Wars fans a rockin' role model the likes of which they've never had before. Newcomer John Boyega makes a fine leading man as Finn, a stormtrooper who defects when his conscience won't let him continue to fight for a cause he knows is wrong. Oscar Issac plays Poe Dameron, the cocky top-gun pilot of the Resistance.
Oscar Issac is Resistance pilot Poe Dameron
Adam Driver is Kylo Ren, a disciple of Darth Vader, whose formidable powers were shaped by a treacherous past. Domhnall Gleeson drips evil as the fascist intergalactic general Hux. Lupita Nyong'o is cool but completely unrecognizable as the alien proprietress of a way-out-there interplanetary saloon frequented by a spectrum of crazy cosmic characters.
And the new little bleeping, beeping, cooing, purring "snowman" of a robot, BB-8, is a real scene-stealer.
With composer John Williams' spectacular, swelling orchestral score once again providing the soundtrack, Star Wars has come roaring and soaring back, a fabulous, bountiful, richly rewarding payoff for anyone who's been waiting, patiently or otherwise. You'll cheer, you'll chuckle, you'll gasp, you'll be giddy and you'll maybe—likely—even shed a tear, or possibly two.
And come next December, when Disney's eighth installment, Rogue One, hits theaters, you'll be back in the ticket line again—won't you?
Tagged Adam Driver, BB-8, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Darth Vader, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn, George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, J.J. Abrams, John Boyega, John Williams, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker, Lupita N'Yongo, Mark Hamill, neil pond, Oscar Issac, Poe Dameron, Rey, Rogue One, Star Wars, The Force Awakens
DVDs, Movies
Liam Neeson takes charge on a ticking time bomb with wings
Blu-ray $34.98, DVD $29.98 (Universal Studios Home Entertainment)
If I'm trapped on a plane about to blow, Liam Neeson is someone I'd want nearby—especially after seeing how he handles that exact scenario in this action-packed thriller, playing a federal air marshal with more than his hands full trying to save his fellow passengers, find the hidden bomb, discover who on board who put it there, and why. Everyone's a suspect (even Liam!), including Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery from Downton Abbey, and Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong'o from 12 Years a Slave. Bonus features include a behind-the-scenes look at shooting the stunts and staging the gripping drama inside a 20' by 30' set the shape of a tube.
Tagged 12 Years a Slave, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Lupita N'Yongo, Michelle Dockery, neil pond, Nonstop
Trials & Triumph
Terrific cast, searing true story in Oscar-winning 'Slave'
Blu-ray $39.99, DVD $29.98 (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
With its Oscar for Best Picture capping off a run as one of the most celebrated films of 2013, director Steve McQueen's epic adaptation of a true American slave's odyssey is often difficult to watch, but becomes something triumphant to behold. The all-star cast (which includes Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano and Paul Giamatti) is anchored by the riveting powerhouse performances of Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, a free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery, and Lupita Nyong'o, who received the Academy Award for Supporting Actress as Patsy, a fellow captive. Extras include several behind-the-scene features, including Ejiofor reading passages from Northup's autobiography, on which the movie was based.
Tagged Academy Award, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita N'Yongo, Michael Fassbender, neil pond, Oscars, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Solomon Northup
Texts on a Plane
Liam Neeson kicks butt at 30,000 feet
Starring Liam Neeson & Julianne Moore
Directed by Juane Collet-Serra
His name may not have the same action-hero ring as "Willis," "Norris" or "Stallone," but 61-year-old Liam Neeson has carved a pretty successful niche for himself a one-man kick-butt machine.
Those other stars might have more brawn, but the "everyman" personas of Neeson's characters, pushed to their limits physically and psychologically but always finding ways to overcome, connected with audiences in movies like the 2008 revenge thriller Taken, its sequel, and Unknown.
Now, working again with Unknown director Juane Collet-Serra, Neeson stars in Non-Stop as a stressed-out federal air marshal on a six-hour transatlantic flight, once more a rumpled, crumpled underdog, this time grappling with a plane-full of life-or-death stakes high above the clouds. Just after take-off, his character, Bill Marks, gets a cryptic cell-phone message: Unless he arranges for an immediate transfer of $150 million dollars, people on the plane will begin to die, one at a time.
And eventually, something even more catastrophic will happen—and it's all been rigged to look like Marks did it.
Who sent the message, and others that follow, taunting Marks, spelling out the devious details? It's obviously someone else on the flight, someone who knows him—and the heavy emotional baggage he's carrying. Everyone becomes a suspect, and the guessing game is part of what keeps the movie—otherwise contained in the closed, confined space of the airliner—moving along at a brisk, breathless clip.
Lupita N'yongo, who received a supporting actress Oscar for her role in "12 Years a Slave," plays a flight attendant.
No one is above suspicion, including Marks' overly (?) friendly seatmate (Julianne Moore); two flight attendants (Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey, and Oscar-winning Lupita N'Yongo from 12 Years a Slave); a Middle Eastern-looking doctor who practically has "TERRORIST" stamped on his kafi; a mild-mannered school teacher (Scoot McNairy); and a computer programmer (Nate Parker).
There are twists, turns, some cheesy laughs, a serious tussle in the lavatory, a murder by improvised peashooter, and a rip-roarin' finish that had one woman seated behind me whooping, gasping and hollering "Save the baby!!!"
The specter of 9/11 hangs over the plot in more ways than one, but this isn't a movie with much of an agenda beyond being a high-flying, B-grade thrill ride that takes you up, shakes you up and sets you back down when it's over.
So don't' buy a ticket to Non-Stop looking for award-winning performances or a profound message (although it clumsily, hurriedly tries to tag one on at the end). As the captain tells Marks at one point, just sit back, buckle up and "Enjoy your flight"!
Tagged Juane Collet-Serra, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Lupita N'Yongo, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, neil pond, Scoot McNairy, Taken, Unknown


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Modern Storage Unit Features Stylized Shelving Mimicking a Crack in the Earth's Surface
By Kelly Richman-Abdou on October 6, 2016
Renowned for his unique aesthetic and love of asymmetry, Belgian interior and furniture designer Filip Janssens has created Rupture, an unmistakably modern cabinet that features a stylized "crack" fracturing its façade. With ample cupboard space and shelves of various sizes, the striking storage unit is as practical as it is beautiful.
Like many of Janssens' statement pieces, Rupture incorporates a fissure motif in its design. A cluster of wooden drawers and shelves cut through its pristine white exterior, running the entire length of the piece and forming an irregularly-shaped, meandering rift. The rupture, which can be illuminated by LED-lighting, is accented with panes of opalescent and textured glass in lava-like, fiery tones of red, yellow, and orange, further illustrating the design's earthy inspiration.
While Janssens typically creates bespoke, made-to-order pieces, Rupture is a fixed-measurement readymade. Though it diverges from his usual oeuvre, it retains his signature aesthetic and still demonstrates his experimental approach: "Designing is like painting an abstract geometric artwork but in 3D. Lines become dimensions and volumes. I'm testing all possibilities with modular volumes: using a volume inside another volume, asymmetry, working in different layers or depths, open and closed volumes, working only with the outline of the volume…"
Functional and flashy, Rupture will make its groundbreaking debut at the Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk, Belgium, on October 14.
Here are other versions of Janssens' functional and intriguing shelving concept:
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All images via Filip Janssens.
Kelly Richman-Abdou
Kelly Richman-Abdou is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met. An art historian living in Paris, Kelly was born and raised in San Francisco and holds a BA in Art History from the University of San Francisco and an MA in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University. When she's not writing, you can find Kelly wandering around Paris, whether she's leading a tour (as a guide, she has been interviewed by BBC World News America and France 24) or simply taking a stroll with her husband and two tiny daughters.
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One important question can reset and refocus your prayers.
1 in 5 teens are Christians — church buildings are in fashion!
Does your church building communicate the Gospel?
Good Friday told through eyewitness statements and social media.
Does God care about media?
Why do we need Facebook, Twitter or blogs in God's Kingdom?


Uganda Cranes B will be desperate to get their campaign up and running when they lock horns with Group B's second placed Nambia in a 2018 African Nations Championship (Chan), showdown at the the Grand Stade Marrakech at 7.30pm Local time (10.30pm EAST).
Having stood firm for most of their clash against Zambia in the opening game of this year's tournament, Sebestien Desabre's team would ultimately suffer a disappointing 3-1defeat at the very same venue this past weekend.
And the Frenchman has cautioned his players not to relax. "Nothing is impossible in football. I believe you all know what is expected of us on Thursday," Sebastien told his players in Marrakesh.
Uganda must beat earn positive results against Namibia and Ivory Coast to reach the quarter finals and Desabre says his players know what is demanded of them.
But Uganda will have to do without striker Shaban Mohammed who suffered what appeared an innocuous knock in training on Monday but has failed to recover in time for tonight's must-win game.


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I've been posting about technical interviews, but with Build 2014 going on right now, I wanted to make a point about work.
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I can't talk about what we're doing right now, but what I can say is that it's going to be amazing. The stuff that we're working on is going to be very compelling. If you've ever wanted huge challenges to come in and win a market, with a huge playing field (millions to billions) of customers, you should come join us. The problems we solve are big and fun.
So, come do it. If you're interested, leave me a comment and we'll connect offline. Feel free to leave an email; comments get moderated and it won't get crawled.
I'm completely unqualified, but it sounds fun!


There are six types of walnut trees in the United States, each having a specific geographical distribution. Walnut trees have long been valued for their fine-grained wood and the delicious nuts they produce. The American walnut trees differ in such features as height, the appearance of their leaves and the size of the walnut the flowers eventually turn into.
Black walnut has the largest range of native walnuts in the U.S., with the tree growing in the wild in most of the eastern half of the country. It is also the tallest of the walnuts in this country, growing as high as 100 feet. Black walnut has compound leaves, with each stem as long as 2 feet and featuring as many as 23 narrowed leaflets. The fruit, encased in a round green husk and growing in clusters, ripens by midfall and tumbles from the tree. The casing has a brown dye that will stain the hands when touched.
Butternut is another prominent walnut, often call white walnut. Butternut is in the northeastern quadrant of the United States and does not match the black walnut in height, with a 60-foot butternut tree being a huge one. The compound leaves possess from 11 to 17 leaflets, but the entire length of the stem can exceed 30 inches. Not as plentiful as black walnut, the butternut tree has oval nuts about 2.5 inches long, with a green-brown protective husk that exudes a yellowish dye. The nut itself is quite oily; it was common practice at one time to boil them to extract the oil, which then served as butter.
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Arizona walnut, which grows from Arizona through western parts of Texas, can make it to 50 feet high but is more often a shrub. The grooved nuts develop in a thin-husked shell.
The Hinds walnut favors moist soil in northern California and southern Oregon, and sometimes exceeds 50 feet in height.
The little walnut, a tree of Texas and Oklahoma, is shrub-like, with the tallest about 30 feet but most growing in the form of a multi-stemmed bush. The walnuts are predictably small, averaging half an inch wide.


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I pledge that UNODC will continue to work with its partners to help eliminate corruption, and to support the wider UN's work in the area of protecting and promoting sustainable development.


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The Ford Focus RS RX Will Be Ken Block's 600 Horsepower Rallycross Beast
At the end of Ken Block's most recent tire-destroying drift madness video (AKA Gymkhana 8), we caught our first glimpse of what Ford was calling the Ford Focus RS RX. We didn't know much about it, but now we know just how wild it is. 600 horsepower, over 650 lb-ft of torque, and zero to 60 mph in less than two seconds.
Gymkhana 8: Ken Block Invades Dubai With Drifting In Gorgeous Insanityfest
Finally, we get to see Ken Block hoon his spectacularly reflective flame-spitting Ford Fiesta…
All of that is pretty standard for international rallycross, but it's still enough to be faster than any car you will ever drive (if you have a car that can accelerate to highway speeds in less than two seconds, I do not want to hear from you. Go back to quoting Immanuel Kant with pictures of your dog, Lewis.)
We sort of inferred that it was for rallycross competition, but in the absence of any information, we were grasping at straws. Was it purely for rallycross? Was it for something else? Would it be available to the public in any way, shape, or form? How does one car?
And the answers to those questions we now know are yes, no, probably, and an enthusiastic maybe!!!!!!!!
Created by a mixture of Ford, Hoonigan, and British racing outfit M-Sport (which has built a number of Ken's previous cars), the Focus RS RX will race in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.
And while Gymkhana 8 said that we'll be seeing the new car in Gymkhana 9, we'll actually be able to get a much better glimpse of it much sooner.
The Ford Focus RS RX will debut at the FIA World Rallycross stop in Portugal next month, with Block driving along with teammate Andreas Bakkerud.
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In a world where the focus seems to be less and less about driving and more about crossovers and the electrification of everything, this is very, very refreshing. I'm grinning ear to ear looking at this thing, and yes I agree, it looks totally Group B bad ass. Bravo Ford!