Starting off a whole new year always can be a basketful of emotion – including forethought and contemplative hindsight…and new, calculating, resolutions which may or may not result from the previous two. Whether you are upbeat or downbeat, I'm letting some of Peggy (of Marvel's "Agent Carter" fame) inspire me with a dress she had on while uttering her best, most inspirational quotes. I'm including one especially in my mottos to remember for the New Year as I wear a sewn "Agent Carter" look-alike 1940s burgundy wool dress with Peggy's trademark floral pearl earrings (also self-made).
"I know my value…" is perhaps the best line Peggy is known by from Season one. This is a short, to the point one-liner which needs some potent self-confidence to pronounce properly. Knowing one's own self-worth and humbly but proudly believing in it is invaluable. Hmmm…sewing for oneself also provides a healthy dose of self-assurance (from both the creative "high" and the new dress excitement). Thus, here's a newly made, awesome Peggy Carter dress to help me not just "step in her shoes" but step into wearing her clothes! It's like understanding a character on the inside by starting on the outside.
She needed to be authoritative to hold her own in the 40's when it was primarily a man's world, so for her undercover mission to "rescue" Steve's (I mean, Captain America's) blood in Season 1's episode "The Blitzkrieg Button" she went with a strong rich sanguine colored dress. The center of her chest is tightly held together yet pulled open, like her emotions, while the rest of the dress is simple and subdued with the vintage pearl buckle and earrings giving just enough class. I adhered very closely to the inspiration dress designed by Gigi Melton, even using wool crepe, while still basing it off a mid-1940's vintage pattern (with significant re-drafting and re-sizing).
PATTERN: Simplicity #1016, year 1944. My copy is actually a Juniors' half-size 12 pattern that I bought for cheap because of its size and because it was missing pieces.
NOTIONS: I had everything I needed on hand already from awhile back, all I needed halfway through was an extra spool of thread and a zipper. The buckle is vintage carved shell. The flower backs that are put between my ear and the pearl of my earring are simply buttons (LaMode style #46455).
TIME TO COMPLETE: This dress took me at least 20 hours (I stopped counting after that) over the course of a week and a half (much longer than my 'normal' time spent on a dress). It was finally finished on January 11, 2016.
THE INSIDES: I started off with good intentions, so all the skirt seams are French. Then, I realized this project was involved, so I went to bias bound seams for all the main edges (side seams). The armholes are left raw…just wanted it done enough to wear when the end was in sight!
TOTAL COST: The wool was bought on clearance for dirt cheap when there was a Hancock Fabrics store closing in 2015. I believe the fabric was two or three dollars a yard – insane, right!!! This is why I got about 5 yards…enough for a dress and a vintage coat (to be made yet). The lining for the bodice was a remnant bought at Jo Ann's Fabric for only 4 dollars. So I suppose my dress came to a total of about $10 with everything, notions included.
First off, making this dress was a beastly affair, one that I wrestled with insensibly for being such a basic shape. This was a hard way for me to start off my new year of sewing. The pins keeping it together scratched me mercilessly, the seams of the lined portions were too thick, the dress kept falling off my machine into a dusty corner of the basement, and almost every dart had to be adjusted and taken in many times post-completion. This isn't counting the unpicking (which I absolutely hate doing) plus the few times each day (between working on it) that the dress needed to be tried on just to see if my adjustments did the trick. In all, it gave me trouble in every which way…all except for the neckline, which was the trickiest part as well as being the self-drafted part, and it turned out great. It figures. You know, I can take a difficult project, or even a challenging one, but one that refuses to co-operate no matter what I do is almost more than I can handle. No kidding, sometimes fabric can seem to have its own mind. Weird, huh?
The wool crepe itself was great to work with, wonderfully smooth, free of itchiness, and flowing. I know, bad me – a 40's dress out of such a fine fabric would probably not be seen in the real WWII times unless you had a stash or saved up bunches from rationing in other departments of life. However, it was the perfect color match to Agent Carter's original dress, besides being something I both had plenty of on hand and never sewn with before. All this is aside of the practical fact it is both soft and warm, perfect for the near freezing winter we've been having so far.
It was very serendipitous for me to have found several points of reference to go on helping me draft, make, and base my dress on authentic history. Even finding these attributes were part of the reason I decided to go ahead and make this dress (which had been on the "back burner" of my mind since Season 1 in 2015). I figured I had enough help and ideas to go on and another Agent Carter dress is always a good thing for me to have – so why not?! Please visit my Pinterest board of inspiration for this dress to see the patterns and pictures that motivated me.
This dress might not be "up there" as one of my awesome creations, but to me it has all the best that the 1940s has to offer for modern wearing. It has simplicity of style enough (especially the back view) to be classic and not too obviously vintage, like some 30's or 20's fashions. It also has practicality with the sneaky low-key pockets, ease of movement front pleats, basic short sleeves, and high neck for both warmth and demureness. Yet, there is a subtle alluring factor keeping the dress so feminine – the low slashed front opening with interesting pleating. I think the floral of the earrings and the pearl of them and the buckle breaks things up (besides dressing things up) just enough, with the rich deep color and different finish of the fabric lending a richness. Not meaning to toot my own horn here too much, but, hey – I guess it shows how much I really like this dress! All that effort was worth it for me to end up with something like this.
As the base for my dress, I was looking for a very basic mid-WWII pattern with a high neck that had a tie. I found it in Simplicity #1016 and my first step was to trace out a copy on sheer medical paper then hack, resize and adapt it. Being a teen size, I added a swath of horizontal 2 inches above the bust, under the chest, right at the level of the bottom of the armhole to bring the bust, waist, and hips down to the right proportions. This sort of adjustment has always worked before when I've re-sized Juniors' patterns from the 60's and 70's, and it worked this time for the 40's too! Then I added in an overall 4 inches to be on the safe side since it was for a tiny size. As I was working with a copy, I had leeway to add in the inches properly, vertically across in increments and not just on the center or on the side seams. I believe my problems with fitting came merely from the pattern running large and me not completely accounting for the extra room coming from the front details. The junior-to-adult change was right on.
Finally, I re-drafted to add in the pleats. The inspiration dress had ties pulling the chest opening open, sort of like ties on curtains, but I wanted something sewn in place to give the same immovable illusion so I drafted slanted, sun-ray-style, open pleats underneath. I had done similar pleats when I made my 1940s dance dress, Simplicity #1587 (posted here), in a different direction but I just studied how it was drafted and turned it around (like figuring out a puzzle piece) to see how it would work in a different angle. Then I chose how wide I wanted the darts, how far apart, and how long then slashed and taped accordingly. Looking at the envelope backs of my inspiration patterns also helped justify that I was on the right track. When it finally came to stitching the front bodice together, it was an awesome moment when I realized that not only did my drafting work but sewing is like working on a flat plane yet seeing through it to create in 3-D. Sewing is really so insanely awe-inspiring…some times more than others make me perceive so much.
The neckline ties were still sewn on as the pattern originally planned, except I folded them in, tacked them down, then brought them back out from inside to form the band that seems to 'pull back' the pleats along the chest opening. It was almost more hand sewing than I could handle invisibly stitching the tie strips in place arching upwards along the neckline. The tie strips wrap around to end lapped over one another at the back neckline.
Agent Carter's original dress has a full back zipper as the method of closure – seen in a fleeting screen shot when she hangs up her coat in the S.S.R. office (on the episode "Blitzkrieg Button"). Now, I hate to criticize full back zippers in 40's dresses because I'll confess to having sewn them in some of my own garments, besides the fact that the original dress by Gigi Melton is too lovely to find fault with. However, with all the fine details to my dress (much hand sewing, wool crepe fabric, etc.), I wanted to go all out authentic 40's and have only the side zipper in conjunction with a working front closure in the neckline details. Ugh, was it tough to figure but there is a hidden hook-and-eye where the neckline meets.
Now, besides the front neckline, I also changed up the pattern a bit more by eliminating all the small gathers and sewing darts in the same place instead, both above and below at the waist in the skirt and in the bodice. This smoothes out the silhouette and makes it simple and unfussy, like Agent Carter's dress. This was not a problem anywhere else but in the skirt front. I made darts at first, but after the rest of the dress was done, I went and made two knife pleats in the front instead. These type of pleats in the front of skirts and dresses were used more in the early 40's before rationing started being enforced, but these are only two in number and not very deep so these are a plausible effect to a 1944 design – the pleats also compliment the neckline!
At first, I considered leaving out the pockets, but they are discreetly unnoticeable on this dress and always so handy! They were sewn as if in a really basic welt pocket method and yet sort of like a facing – right sides together, sewn in a small loop, slashed and turned in to the wrong side. Then half of the entire pocket was sewn to itself and turned towards the middle. Easy! I've never seen pockets like this yet. They're not hidden by some clever trick or made to look like part of the design, just basic and practical. I love the 1940s!
What I don't love about the 40s is the harsh facts of the bloodier side to the decade, like the Blitz that the dress I made is remotely associated with. England endured the Blitz admirably. Germany, late in the Blitz, began to start dropping some its very successful heavy high explosive bombs, showing their aptitude for forward thinking inventions. Both sides came after each other hard with the best of what they had – and sadly many people suffered in between. Peggy's dress and my blog title is not trying to be flippant about the blitz or England. On the contrary – just as what happens in Peggy's 'life' when she wears this dress, much of history is sad, powerful, and full of emotion but good nevertheless to learn of and re-visit at times. Fashion is intertwined with history…the combo of a dress just as strong as the woman who wears it can do big things.
Every woman could do with a little bit o' Peggy in their life – it's lovely. I'm going to miss not having a Season 3 of "Agent Carter" this 2017. She might not be relevant for this year but her message and persona is always appropriate. We need non-super-power, down to earth, heroes like Peggy, one who can help you with her own attitude and outlook not just someone up on a pedestal, unattainable.
"I know my value…anyone else's opinion really doesn't matter." It was an attitude like this that got Britain through the awful Blitzkrieg. It is always important and supremely empowering to believe with Peggy you do not need the world's support to see yourself as awesome and capable. Thank you, Agent Carter, for the reminder.


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David DePape "stripped down to his underwear, grabbed a hammer, and jogged all the way to Nancy Pelosi's house."
By Ciara O'Rourke November 2, 2022
No, DePape didn't strip to his underwear and jog to the Pelosis' house
David DePape, who is charged in an Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi, was wearing shorts when police officers found him in Pelosi's San Francisco home, according to a federal criminal complaint filed against him.
DePape had at least one hammer with him, according to the complaint, but we found no evidence that he had jogged more than 15 miles to the Pelosis' house carrying it while wearing only his underwear.
A recent Instagram post expresses skepticism about allegations that David DePape broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home on Oct. 28 and attacked her husband, Paul — and also paints an incredible picture.
"So if we're to believe the media…" the Oct. 31 post says, DePape "stripped down to his underwear, grabbed a hammer and JOGGED all the way to Nancy Pelosi's house."
KTVU-TV, , a San Francisco Fox News affiliate, initially and incorrectly reported that police found DePape in his underwear, leading to an avalanche of misinformation. But that story has been corrected with a note that says an earlier version "misstated what clothing the suspect was wearing when officers found him."
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In California, there were "10 million mail ballots unaccounted for" in the November midterm election.
DePape was wearing shorts when San Francisco police officers restrained him, according to a federal criminal complaint filed against DePape.
Paul Pelosi was wearing "a loose-fitting pajama shirt and boxer shorts," San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said during an Oct. 31 press conference.
When DePape broke into the Pelosis' residence, the complaint says, DePape had "zip ties, tape, rope, and at least one hammer with him." We found no evidence that DePape "jogged" to the Pelosis, as the post claims. The complaint says DePape lived in the garage of a residence in Richmond, California, which is at least a 16-mile journey by foot, including a ferry ride, to the Pacific Heights neighborhood where the Pelosis live.
We rate claims that DePape stripped to his underwear and jogged to the Pelosis with a hammer False.
Instagram post, Oct. 31, 2022
Politico, Pelosi's San Francisco home has long-drawn unwanted attention, Oct. 29, 2022
Criminal complaint against David DePape, Oct. 31, 2022
KTVU, Alleged Pelosi intruder has manifesto of conspiracy theories: sources, Oct. 28, 2022
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A Parliamentary committee strongly favoured a cap on airfare and luggage rates in various sectors and pulled up airlines for misleading passengers by not passing the cut in excise duty on aviation turbine fuels besides criticising the poor food quality and inconvenient airlines seating arrangements.
The Parliamentary standing committee report on civil aviation tabled in Rajya Sabha recently also castigated the airlines for unruly behavior of their staff towards passengers.
Strongly recommending an upper cap of airfare in each sector to discourage the airlines from predatory pricing of air tickets, the committee felt that high luggage charges were due to global practices blindly followed by the local carriers. This is a faulting premise as Indian conditions are different. The need of the local people should be given due consideration while regulating airfares and luggage charges.
Civil aviation ministry and DGCA should come forward to regulate baggage charges and airfares in such a way to facilitate and benefit the air passengers, it said.
"Almost all airlines have introduced a 'no-fly'list for the unruly passengers, but when it comes to the turn of airlines to contain their unruly staff, they escape from their responsibility by saying that necessary training being imparted upon. It is very essential that the airlines adopt a friendly approach," it said.
In fact, 'cooperative, courteous and polite behaviour' should be a pre-requisite for a person to join the airline sector, it said adding one should continue to exhibit the same qualities till they are in the service of the airlines.
The 268th report of the standing committee was on action taken by the government on the recommendations and observations of the committee on issues related to improving consumers' satisfaction of airlines.


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Heavy Metal Horizons: An Ultra-Hot Jupiter That Rains Liquid Iron
by Jamie Wilson | Mar 14, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries | 0 comments
Title: Nightside condensation of iron in an ultra-hot giant exoplanet
Authors: David Ehrenreich, Christophe Lovis, Romain Allart, et. al.
First Author's Institution: Observatoire astronomique de l'Université de Genève, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Status: Published in Nature, open access on arXiv
Thousands of exoplanets have now been detected beyond our Solar System and many have challenged our expectations of what an exoplanetary system ought to look like. Before the first confirmed discoveries it was generally assumed that other planetary systems would more or less resemble our own – with small, rocky planets located close to the host star and larger gas giants residing farther out. But the discovery of the class of 'hot Jupiters' – large gas giants similar to Jupiter orbiting excruciatingly close to their host stars – showed that exoplanetary systems can exist in far more exotic configurations than was previously believed possible. Now an international team of researchers led by David Ehrenreich at the University of Geneva have discovered one of the most exotic exoplanets yet – an ultra-hot Jupiter where liquid iron rains from the skies.
Figure 1: An illustration of the day-to-night transition zone on WASP-76b. Strong winds carry iron vapour from the hot dayside of the planet to the cooler nightside where it can condense and fall as liquid iron droplets. Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser.
The team observed the exoplanet known as WASP-76b as it crossed the disc of its host star using ESPRESSO, the Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations, at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. ESPRESSO is a fibre-fed, high-resolution spectrograph and was originally designed to hunt for Earth-size rocky planets around Sun-like stars by detecting the tiny wobble of the star due to the orbital motion of an unseen companion planet (known as the radial velocity method).
Figure 2: The diffraction grating of the ESPRESSO spectrograph being tested at ESO Headquarters in Garching bei München, Germany. ESPRESSO is capable of combining the light from all four Unit Telescopes of the VLT to create a virtual 16-metre aperture telescope. Image credit: ESO/M. Zamani
WASP-76b is located about 640 light-years from the Earth and orbits at only about three times the radius of its host star – much closer than Mercury does to our own Sun. The planet is about the same mass as Jupiter but about twice as large, and completes a full orbit in only 1.8 days. The planet is so close to its star that it receives thousands of times more radiation than the Earth does from the Sun, resulting in extreme temperatures on its surface and establishing WASP-76b as a member of the 'Ultra Hot' class of exoplanets. At such close proximity the planet is also likely to be tidally locked, meaning that it takes the same time for the planet to rotate on its axis as it does for it to complete an entire orbit. One hemisphere of the planet therefore constantly faces towards the star, similar to our own Earth/Moon configuration. The consequences of this are an estimated dayside temperature exceeding 2400 degrees Celsius and a nightside which is a relatively cooler 1500 degrees. The temperature on the dayside is so high that most matter will exist in atomic form and is high enough that metals such as iron will vaporise. The large temperature gradient between the day and night sides also drives extremely strong winds across the planet.
The team used the technique of high-resolution spectroscopy to examine the atmospheric composition of WASP-76b. This technique can be used to resolve the doppler shift of absorption features originating in the planet's atmosphere from those of the host star (which is essentially stationary compared to the motion of the planet). Chemical species in the planet's atmosphere can then be detected by isolating the planet's signal and cross-correlating its spectrum with a template spectrum containing that species.
The researchers found a strong absorption signature corresponding to iron at the day-to-night border, which was blueshifted due to the combination of the rotation of the planet and the strong winds blowing from the hotter dayside. The team also found that the signal was not apparent at the morning border showing that absorption is not taking place there and therefore that iron is much less abundant or even entirely absent on the nightside and morning terminator of the planet. The team concluded that the most likely explanation for these observations is that iron vapour travels from the hot dayside of WASP-76b to the cooler night side via the strong day-to-night winds, where it can then condense into clouds and fall as liquid iron droplets.
Figure 3: A polar view of the WASP-76 system. a shows the planet and star (to scale in size and distance) at different stages of the transit. b shows the observed absorption signature as the transit progresses. At ingress (1) absorption from iron atoms on the dayside can be observed through the leading limb at around 0 km/s. At (2) the iron is no longer visible at the leading limb as it rotates out of view and only the absorption at the trailing limb contributes to the signal which is blueshifted due to rotation and the day-to-night winds. (3) The absorption signal remains at the same blueshifted velocity until the end of the transit indicating a lack of contribution from the leading limb. Figure 3 in the paper.
These results are the first to show different atmospheric chemistry between the day-to-night and night-to-day terminators for an ultra-hot exoplanet atmosphere and were obtained during the very first science observations made with ESPRESSO in September 2018. The techniques used offer an exciting way to explore the climates of other extreme exoplanetary atmospheres and could also help to refine 3D global circulation models.
About Jamie Wilson
I am a PhD student at the Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast. My work focuses on the characterisation of exoplanet atmospheres in order to better understand their chemical compositions, formation conditions and evolutionary histories. When not doing science I can usually be found playing drums and touring with my band.
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Jury returns with one fewer person: Was someone booted?
Live from the courtroom: The jury in Samuel Dieteman's sentencing trial returned after the lunch break this afternoon with one fewer person sitting on it, though it's not clear why.
Late Wednesday and early today, Judge Roland Steinle talked to attorneys about a note he received from one of the jurors, which said several members of the jury had been talking about the case — a violation of rules they're under.
At least one of those chatty jurors apparently was also overheard saying he or she had already made up his or her mind, following just one day of testimony, about whether Dieteman should be sentenced to death.
Just after lunchtime today, the attorneys in the case walked out of Steinle's chambers, followed into the courtroom a short time later by the jury, which had one fewer person in it. It is unclear whether the attorneys and Steinle agreed to kick the juror off the trial, but it was clear the jury was smaller.
The disappearance still leaves the trial with 13 jurors — one more than the number needed to continue.


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Karen Gomyo and Jun Markl Intrigue in Lighter Fare
Canada Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss: Karen Gomyo (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jun Markl (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 30.5.2015 (GN)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, 'Classical'
Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60
When the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs in the 1300-seat Chan Centre rather than its larger home, the Orpheum Theatre, I always hope for programmes that mesh well with the acoustic of this smaller venue. This concert with 33-year-old Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo and conductor Jun Markl fit the bill almost perfectly, featuring lighter works by Prokofiev and Richard Strauss, coupled with Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Gomyo, who was born in Tokyo but grew up in Montreal and New York, was one of the last students of Dorothy Delay and a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2008. Markl has built up a strong reputation through his performances and recordings in Europe. Both have made appearances with the VSO before.
It may be standard to play down Prokofiev's 'Classical' Symphony as a beginner's piece but, frankly, I have not seen it performed in years. And it was as delightful as ever! Markl also did something I also had not seen in years: he split the first and second violins, though he reverted to standard format for the Strauss after the intermission. This was a very conscientious performance, taking great care over with balance and detailing, but tending in the first and third movements to be somewhat mammoth in size and emphatic in its accents. Nonetheless, even at its deliberate pace, there was colour, warmth and considerable cunning, and the Finale certainly exhibited the type of effervescence and delight that the work must have.
Karen Gomyo has a remarkable stage presence, tremendous life and intensity in her tone, and a feisty side too – and this pretty well carried the Mendelssohn concerto. The violinist's clean articulation, individual phrasing and her bravura – always simmering just beneath the surface – gave the work a fresh feeling overall. But, while great to watch, not all of this was entirely happy, for the ease and lyrical flow of the work did not fully materialize. In the opening movement, Gomyo's dramatic emphases and frequent stabbing hairpins doubtlessly yielded insights but at the same time they often undercut the music's natural motion. Combined with Markl's bold and methodical conducting, I felt that the movement ended up rather laboured, not free or radiant enough.
There was sweetness aplenty in Gomyo's treatment of the lovely Andante, but here her youth showed: it was not as deeply felt or tender as it might be. Her occasional retreat to a soft, whispering tone seemed distracting: self-conscious and slightly sentimental. I felt that she was trying almost too hard to be emotional. The buoyant feelings of the Finale certainly came out, and this may have been the best movement. For all the clipped staccato phrasing, pushes and pulls, and almost demonic attack that sometimes came forth, this still added up to quite an experience: absolutely riveting in some ways, but also revealing that the artist is still 'young'.
Perhaps the highlight of the night was Richard Strauss' Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite (1911/17). Championed by both Clemens Krauss and Fritz Reiner, it is infrequently heard in the concert hall these days. Markl gave a devoted performance, keenly aware both of the composer's characteristic string textures and the work's Baroque roots in Lully. The orchestra played very well, establishing a convincing Straussian feeling, with concertmaster Dale Barltrop finding just the right type of expressive sweetness in his many violin solos. Perhaps the opening Overture and Menuet were a touch on the careful side – lacking caprice – but the work built more and more strongly as it progressed, finding some ravishing moments indeed.
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Obama wins final debate, but does it matter?
Now the candidates hit the road for the final sprint to Election Day, focusing on the handful of battleground states considered still up for grabs and therefore vital to both their chances in a razor's edge race.
Obama kicks off his "America Forward" tour Tuesday with events in Florida and Ohio, where he will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden, while Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, campaign in Nevada and Colorado.
On Monday, Obama displayed the experience of a commander-in-chief in explaining U.S. policy under his leadership and attacking the views and proposals of Romney, a former Massachusetts governor with less experience on international issues.
Romney ended up supporting most of the Obama administration's steps involving hotspots, such as the civil war in Syria and preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, giving the president the advantage in a debate in which his GOP rival needed to question foreign policy of the past four years.
Analysts agreed that Obama won on points, but questioned if the result would have a big impact on voters and the race as a whole.
"There's no question debate coaches would score this one for the president," said CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, while CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen said Obama "dominated the middle of the debate" and emerged as the winner.
Both King and Gergen agreed that Romney avoided sounding like an overzealous advocate of military action — which is how Obama and Democrats seek to portray him.
Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist and CNN contributor, conceded Obama "won tonight on points, no doubt about it," but added that Romney showed the leadership style of a commander-in-chief to demonstrate that making a change in the White House would be safe.
A CNN/ORC International poll of people who watched the debate showed 48% favored Obama compared to 40% for Romney, a result considered statistically even under the margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.5%. Another poll by CBS scored it a clear victory for Obama.
At the same time, the CNN/ORC poll showed viewers thought Romney established credibility as a leader, which former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, a Republican strategist and CNN contributor, said was very important.
"This isn't going to change the trajectory of the result," Fleischer said, noting the poll showed 24% of respondents now were more likely to vote for Obama and 25% for Romney, with 50% saying they emerged favoring neither candidate.
The poll also reinforced a gender gap in the race, with women favoring Obama as a strong leader by 59%-39%, while men chose Romney by 53% to 43%. Obama needs to repeat the strong support from women voters — who comprise half the electorate — that helped him win in 2008.
The third and final face-to-face showdown occurred with the candidates running even in national polls and the race hinging on a handful of battleground states — particularly Ohio, Florida and Virginia.
According to the latest polls, Obama has a slight lead in Ohio. Romney is ahead in Florida, and Virginia is a dead heat.
In the debate, Obama more than once sought to highlight Romney's lack of foreign policy experience.
The president took a jab at his challenger's world view — paying him a backhanded compliment for his analysis of the threat of terrorism to the United States.
"Governor Romney, I'm glad that you recognize that al Qaeda is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not al Qaeda; you said Russia," Obama said, adding that "the 1980s, they're now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War's been over for 20 years."
Romney countered that in that speech, he had argued Iran was the nation's greatest security threat and identified Russia as a "geopolitical foe."
"Attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the Middle East, and take advantage of the opportunity there, and stem the tide of this violence," he said.
Romney added that Obama's foreign affairs policies have made the United States less respected and more vulnerable, particularly as it relates to Iran.
"I think from the very beginning, one of the challenges we've had with Iran is that they have looked at this administration, and felt that the administration was not as strong as it needed to be," Romney said.
Romney also repeatedly tried to shift the discussion to his strongest issue — the continued high unemployment and slow economic recovery under Obama — arguing that a strong foreign policy and national defense depends on a strong economy.
"We want to end those conflicts to the extent humanly possible," Romney said. "But in order to be able to fulfill our role in the world, America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home."
Romney also accused Obama of supporting policies that undermine the nation's military preparedness.
"Our Navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917," the Republican nominee said, also noting that "our Air Force is older and smaller than at any time since it was founded in 1947."
Obama fired back, suggesting Romney "maybe hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works."
"You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916," Obama said. "Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed."
Sarcastically noting that the Navy now has "these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them" as well as "ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines," Obama concluded that "the question is not a game of 'Battleship,' where we're counting ships — it's what are our capabilities."
Romney applauded the Obama-approved mission that killed Osama bin Laden and his efforts to take out other al Qaeda leaders but insisted that "we can't kill our way out of this mess." Rather, he pushed for "a comprehensive strategy" to curb violent extremism in the Middle East.
"The key that we're going to have to pursue is a — is a pathway to get the Muslim world to be able to reject extremism on its own," Romney said, proposing U.S. policies to promote economic development, better education, gender equity and to help create institutions.
However, he was unable to express any significant policy difference with Obama on how that would happen.
Obama responded by criticizing his opponent on a host of foreign policy issues — claiming Romney had favored positions that would have hurt the United States or offered sometimes contradictory views.
"What we need to do with respect to the Middle East is strong, steady leadership — not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map," the president said.
Romney's economic plan seeks trillions in tax cuts while increasing defense spending, which would increase the deficit, Obama said.
For his part, Romney repeatedly shifted back to his stump speech criticism of the nation's sluggish economic recovery under Obama's policies, which he says have hindered growth through high taxes and onerous regulations.
The candidates were at odds as well about how Washington should ultimately respond to the continuing violence in Syria.
Talking about the need to provide those fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces with arms, Romney said the Democratic incumbent has not done enough to curb violence that has left tens of thousands of people dead and also destabilized the region.
"We should be playing the leadership role," Romney said.
That precipitated a quick response from Obama, who pointed to American efforts to organize international efforts to address the issue as well as its support for opposition factions. "We are making sure that those we help will be our friends (in the future)," he said.
A strong performance by Romney against a lackluster Obama in the first debate October 3 in Denver helped the GOP challenger tighten the race and even pass the president in some polls.
The president fought back to win the second debate last week in New York, according to polls and pundits, setting up Monday night's showdown at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, moderated by CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer.
Until recently, polls showed Obama ahead of the former governor on foreign relations issues, and the Romney campaign has mounted pointed attacks in an attempt to narrow the president's advantage.
Other issues discussed in the debate included Iran's nuclear ambitions, China and the war in Afghanistan. Both candidates pledged to support Israel if the Jewish state comes under attack, and Romney backed the 2014 date set by Obama and NATO for withdrawing combat troops from Afghanistan.
Romney has landed blows thus far in the campaign by promoting his own business background while arguing that continued high unemployment and sluggish growth showed failed policies under the president.
In a major foreign policy address on October 8, Romney promoted a traditional U.S. foreign policy dating back decades, based on exerting global influence through military and economic power. While the speech sought to distinguish himself from Obama on foreign policy, specific proposals he cited then were similar to what the administration is doing.
Obama's campaign has accused Romney of shifting positions on foreign policy matters and mishandling a trip to England, Israel and Poland this summer when he publicly questioned London's preparedness to host the Olympic Games and cited cultural differences as a reason for economic disparities between Israelis and Palestinians.
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2012 Health Datapalooza: Open health data is no longer a government initiative, it's an American initiative
Dylan Scott | Governing Newsletter | June 6, 2012
One hundred applications and websites, all powered by open data, took center stage at the [Health Datapalooza]. In their honor, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park announced a revamped HealthData.gov during his opening keynote address Tuesday. "More and more innovation is happening with more and more data being made available," Park said. "Health data is no longer a government initiative. It is an American initiative."
A New Breed: Ceo Robert Wentz positions Oroville Hospital as major open-source EHR player
Christine G. K. LaPado | News Review | September 1, 2011
...under the Affordable Care Act everyone has to get on an electronic health records system (EHR) by 2015. If health-care systems such as hospitals and primary-care clinics are not able to demonstrate "meaningful use" of a certified EHR system by the end of 2014, they will be subject to financial penalties that will increase over time. Read More »
Big Data Saves Michigan $1 Million Each Business Day
Tom Groenfeldt | Forbes | January 11, 2012
Big Data is saving the state of Michigan $1 million each business day, while consolidating 40 data centers into three saved $19 million the first year. Read More »
CHIME Asks ONC to Rethink NwHIN
Jeff Smith | Healthcare Informatics | July 5, 2012
CHIME submitted comments this week to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, responding to the agency's vision for nationwide health information exchange. ONC officials in May released a Request for Information (RFI) that sought feedback on how to establish a governance mechanism for the nationwide health information network (NwHIN). Read More »
Datapalooza Spotlights Public, Private Hunger for Health Innovation
Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | June 5, 2012
Innovators are using federal health and population data to jumpstart online and mobile applications to make information more usable and relevant to clinicians and consumers. The Health Data Initiative Forum is featuring the work of 100 companies or applications solutions culled from 245 that applied to demo at the show.
Department of Health APIs to Expand Web Content
Andy Oram | EMR & EHR | October 21, 2015
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) appeal mostly to statisticians and researchers whose careers depend on access to data. But these programming tools are also a useful part of a Web that is becoming increasingly supple and sophisticated. I have written a series of articles about the use of APIs to share and run analytics on patient data, but today I'll cover a cool use of an API developed by the Department of Health and Human Services for disseminating educational material. The locus for this activity started with the wealth of information created by the Centers for Disease Control for doctors, public health workers, and the general public. Striving to help the public understand vaccinations, West Nile fever, Ebola (when that was a major publicissue), and even everyday conditions such as diabetes, the CDC realized they had to make their content simple to embed in web sites for allthose audiences.
eHealthInitiative Calls for Flexible Health Information Exchange Regulations
Dan Bowman | FierceHealthIT | July 5, 2012
Regulations proposed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT for governing health information exchange could "stifle innovation" and "hinder growth," warned the Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services last week. Read More »
Electronic-Records Goals Aren't Met by 80% of U.S. Hospitals
Alex Wayne | Businessweek.com | May 1, 2012
More than 80 percent of hospitals have yet to achieve the requirements for the first stage of a $14.6 billion U.S. program to encourage doctors to adopt electronic medical records, the industry's largest trade group said. Read More »
Enroute to Health Datapalooza, Esri's Davenhall Sees Opportunity in Apps
Bruce V. Bigelow | xconomy | June 5, 2012
The Health Datapalooza, which began in 2010 as the Community Health Data Initiative, convenes today and continues through tomorrow in Washington, DC. An estimated 1,200 people are expected to attend the conference, which opened this morning at the Washington Convention Center... Read More »
FCC to Look into Possible Problems Using Wireless Medical Devices
Deborah Hirsch | HealthTechZone | June 6, 2012
Studies show that mobile medical devices, such as the ability to recieve dialysis at home for kidney disease patients, could save as much as $197 billion over the next 25 years while improving patient care. Read More »
GAO Finds That 16 Percent of Eligible Hospitals Received EHR Incentives
Bernie Monegain | Government Health IT | July 27, 2012
More than two-thirds of the hospitals that received Medicare EHR incentive payments for 2011 are in urban areas, according to a new GAO report, which slices and dices who received how much, when, and where. Read More »
Getting Medical Info Digitally in a Disaster -- How One SAMMIES Finalist Made It Happen
Emily Jarvis | GovLoop | June 26, 2012
When disasters strike -- think hurricanes, wildfires or terrorists attacks-- and you are in need of medical care, Dr. Herman Allen Dobbs is the guy to call. As the Chief Medical officer for the National Disaster Medical Systems at the Department of Health and Human Services, Dobbs worked to significantly improve the way disaster victims receive heathcare. Read More »
Government's Push to Unleash Health Data 'Transformative'
Dan Bowman | FierceHealthIT | October 18, 2011
FierceHealthIT recently caught up with founder and Chief Instigator Mark Scrimshire in Washington, D.C., to ask him about the importance of HealthCamp and to get his thoughts on the state of health IT in the U.S. today. Read More »
Health IT Groups Criticize Information Exchange Regulation Plan
Ken Terry | InformationWeek | July 5, 2012
Organizations representing private-sector stakeholders have reacted negatively to the framework for governance and operations of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) that the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) described in a recent request for information (RFI). Read More »
HHS Harnesses the Power of Health Data to Improve Health
Press Release | CMS, IOM, HHS, ONC | June 5, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with the Institute of Medicine (IoM) and other members of the Health Data Consortium, are co-hosting the third annual "Datapalooza" focusing on innovative applications and services that harness the power of open data from HHS and other sources to help improve health and health care.


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Salt Life is now open for lunch and dinner. We will update our information and reviews as we try new food items.
St. Augustine has been waiting for this restaurant to open for a very long time and for good reason. The food is beyond fantastic! The location across the street from St. Augustine Beach Pier doesn't hurt either, nor do the great prices and fabulous views. From the roof top deck you have the best of both worlds; sunset on one side and the Atlantic ocean on the other.
This fabulous bar area is half inside and half outside and so is the fish tank! How cool is that? They just open up these huge garage door type windows and "It's on!" You're living the Salt Life. Rainy day, no worries, the bar is home to 17 TV's to watch your favorite game. They have a very large dining area on the ground floor too with all size tables and really comfortable seating. Salt Life is pet friendly on the lower outdoor patio, so your pooch won't be left out while your living the Salt Life.
It has everything including an elevator to get you there, a cozy fire pit, gas lit tiki torches, a huge bar and a comfortable lounge area to hang out with a group of friends or meet a few new ones. There are nice wooden tables for dining or you can grab a bite at the bar. The view is incredible with the Atlantic on one side and the sunset on the other. I felt like an Eagle on my perch up there overlooking it all. You can see all the activity below, volleyball games, kites soaring in the air and the waves crashing and don't forget the sunset.
Bahamian Conch Chowder– $3.99 for a cup.
Caliche's Poke bowl – $17.99 – Fresh Tuna seasoned with Caliche's secret marinade, served with steamed spinach over sticky rice. Finished with avocados, green onions and sesame seeds.
Shack Burger -$8.49 – A signature wood grilled burger served with lettuce, tomato, onion and Shack sauce.
Tropical Yardbird-$8.99 – Wood grilled chicken breast topped with grilled pineapple and provolone, drizzled with maple-soy glaze and honey mustard, lettuce, tomato.
Shrimp Taco – $5.49 – Sautéed shrimp with bacon, onion and cilantro. Finished with Ensenada slaw, Pico and Mexican cheese.
Beach Boil – $18.99 – Shrimp, snow crab legs, sausage, corn, onions and potatoes served in a seasoned bowl.
If you are looking for a souvenir, they have a fantastic assortment of Salt Life retail items including T shirts up to Double X. You can pick up a key chain, decal, iPhone cover, towel, face shield or even a small cooler to take home with you as a reminder of the Salty life.
There is no doubt in my mind that Salt Life will be "Local Approved" in no time. It will be the hottest spot in town to cool off with an ocean breeze and a cold drink. If you check it out, leave us a comment and let us know what you think.
Salt Life offers free Valet parking every day and the rooftop deck is handicap accessible via an elevator.
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Glad you showed the Poke Bowl, so good and our favorite thing at the Jax location. I'm really excited to have this here in town now!
This is what Ive been waiting for ! Healthy good food ..seafood at its best! Rockin lobster roll is fantastic ! Great island atmosphere !


RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The prime minister in Ramallah denounced Israel's "resort to force" against non-violent protests in the West Bank, after a demonstrator suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest.
Salam Fayyad said he held the Israeli government completely responsible for "this crime," but he said the international community should do more to compel Israel to end its "recklessness" toward Palestinian life.
"We have already warned all components of the international community, especially the international Quartet, on several occasions of the dangers of maintaining silence while Israel's violence continues against non-violent protests our people carry out," a statement said.
Fayyad reiterated that he has regularly denounced Israeli assaults and asked the international community to exert efforts to try and get the government to stop acting so aggressively.
Fayyad said that not long before Talat Ramia was killed near Qalandiya, another young Palestinian man Mustafa Tamimi was shot dead during a non-violent protest in Nabi Salih village.
"While the international community and the Quartet issues statements only, the killing of Palestinians, settlement expansion, land confiscation, house demolitions and settler terrorism among other violations of international law seem to continue," Fayyad said.


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The Art of EPs: Why They're Important
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**Guest post written by Ellie Batchiyska, a writer for SoundStageDirect, the number one online source for the best vinyl records and turntables.
"As an aspiring artist, you probably understand the significance of self-promotion. Creating a following involves allowing the world to familiarize itself with you and your music as a joint entity. So, in attempts to do this, you've created your Facebook page, released your first single, and perhaps even created a video to go with it. The final step in your self-promotion efforts, however, should be none other than creating an EP. For those new to the industry terminology, an EP refers to an "extended play record", a compilation of 4-6 original songs from an artist that is typically released prior to a full-length album. Having an EP is great for giving people a taste of your musical sound and style. Think of it as your curriculum vitae, a summary of your most impressive and promising work.
+What We're Learning About The Music Industry
Benefits of an EP
EPs are an especially great solution for rising musicians on a budget. After all, recording a professional sounding EP requires high-caliber equipment often only found at studios. Therefore, if you need to book a studio to get this done, at least this way you pay for less studio time than a full-length album. In addition to this, EPs allow you to test out new music styles or sounds. So, if you're really looking to test out your idea of hybrid classical and jazz fusion music but aren't sure if it'll fly, this is the best way to do it.
The limited length of EPs also give you a great opportunity to really assess your overall quality of work. Since they serve as an insight to potential singles also, they allow you to begin cherry-picking which songs best represent your vision and sound as an artist. And, if you're worried that your classical/jazz fusion hybrid doesn't sound the way you want it to, use the EP as a way to gain constructive feedback about your sound. Whether you send it to friends, studio heads, or just post in on social media, it's an excellent way of determining whether you're headed in the right direction.
+10 Things Artists Often Overlook
Using your EP
Okay, so, you've recorded your EP and you like the way it sounds. Now, what is it good for? As we mentioned, EPs are promotional material at their core, but there are more specific uses for your now-finished product:
Advertising a tour. Maybe you plan on playing some live shows soon. If you're trying to entice newcomers to your show, handing people a free copy of your EP is a great way to get them hooked on your sound.
Pitching to publishers. Think of your EP as a pre-recorded audition tape. You may even want to send a few out to record labels. Who knows, it might just get picked up!
Gratitude. Handing out your EP or selling it at a low cost to fans who attend a live show can be a nice way to say "thank you for your support." This also keeps your music in their mind, and serves as an incentive for them to attend future shows.
+What to Have Ready When Approaching Music Publishers
The Evolution of EPs
Music's ever-changing format has also changed the way we define EPs. Extended play records, in conjunction with long-playing records (LPs), were originally used to describe vinyl records. LP's typically referred to full albums, while EPs referred more to extensions of singles. They typically consisted of bonus material, such as remixes or demos of the single, but did not necessarily contain much varying content. While vinyl records have recently risen to popularity once again, streaming is music's main contemporary format. With this change in format, the meaning of EPs is also changing.
Nowadays, artists are more likely to use EPs to release material between albums. Where EPs previously served as an intro tool whose material was later featured on the artist's full-length album, modern-day EPs actually often serve to introduce entirely new content. They are also used for songs that didn't make the cut on the full-length album, serving almost as a B-side.
Now that you're all filled in on the nature of EPs, remember that your EP doesn't need to be a bestseller. It's just your introduction to the world. Share it on social media, pass it along to friends, or even take a chance and mail it to Capitol Records. Self-made musicians are the majority, and even the best started somewhere."
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Yesterday, Jason Cheang – Metia's Head of Digital, APJ – spoke at Twitter's #Emerge2018 conference in Singapore and shared how we are working with Twitter to deliver success for our clients in the region.
It was a great event, with speakers from Intel, Oracle, and Bloomberg joining Jason in discussing how Twitter can be used to generate measurable value as part of a B2B demand generation program.
That is something we have a lot of experience in, as documented in a new case study of our work by social intelligence platform Brandwatch: How Metia Group doubled lead-gen ROI using Brandwatch Audiences.
In the featured project, we used Brandwatch Audiences as part of our proprietary Micro Profiling methodology to focus a technology client's lead generation investment through Twitter on individuals with commercial value to its business. We then applied Active Optimization techniques to minimize budget wastage and maximize the quantity and quality of leads generated.
The data speaks for itself: versus a control segment of traditional Twitter targeting, our approach achieved a 22% higher click-through rate, a 59% higher landing rate (from ad clicks to landing page visits), and a 144% higher conversion rate.
The end result: we generated 1.5x more leads than if we had followed a traditional targeting approach, hitting the client's target with 33% less budget.
You can read the case study in full on the Brandwatch website, and if you'd like to learn more please get in touch.
I'll also be sharing these results at the upcoming Brandwatch NYK conference in Chicago on May 7th – if you're reading this from the American Midwest then come along and say hello.


Suhasini, the daughter of late N. Harikrishna, is contesting from Kukatpally Assembly constituency in Hyderabad as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate.
"I am entering the public life with the blessings of my grandfather, father and uncle and I seek the support of Telugu women," she told reporters.
TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao's grand-daughter N. Suhasini, who is contesting the next month's elections to Telangana Assembly, on Saturday received support from her brothers and popular Telugu actors Junior NTR and Kalyan Ram and uncle and veteran actor N. Balakrishna.
Harikrishna, a leader of TDP and former minister and former MP, died in a road accident on August 29.
Balakrishna, Junior NTR and Kalyan Ram are likely to campaign for Suhasini in Kuktpally, a constituency with large chunk of 'settlers', as people from Andhra Pradesh are usually called.
Accompanied by Balakrishna, Suhasini on Saturday visited NTR Ghat here to pay tribute to her grandfather before filing her nomination.
Balakrishna said Suhasini will be carrying forward their ideals. He appealed to people to support her the way they had been supporting TDP. He urged youth, fans and party workers to come together and ensure Suhasini's victory with a huge majority, saying this would be the best tribute they can pay to Harikrishna.
Meanwhile, junior NTR and Kalyan Ram also expressed their best wishes for their sister's victory.
They said in a joint statement that the TDP is a sacred organisation for them as their grandfather founded the party with the belief that people are god.
The young actors said that their family believes that woman should play an important role in the society. "Our sister wants to serve the people with the same spirit. We wish her all the best," they said.
The TDP, which is the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh, is contesting Telangana polls in alliance with Congress and two other parties.
Elections to 119-member Telangana Assembly are scheduled on December 7. The TDP has been allotted 14 seats under a seat sharing agreement in 'Mahakutami' or grand alliance led by Congress party.
TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu picked Suhasini as the party candidate for Kukatpally, a seat won by the party in the 2014 elections.


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Readers React: L.A. has enough money to take thousands of people off the street and house them in motels — right now
The former residents of a cleared-out encampment along the Santa Ana River wait to board buses to motels on Feb. 20.
Feb. 24, 2018 4 AM PT
To the editor: Thanks to U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who would not allow Orange County officials to clear a large riverside homeless encampment without providing services to the residents, the people who were evicted from their campsites received motel vouchers that provided for monthlong stays. ("Orange County's riverside homeless begin trading tents for motel vouchers, other aid as camp is cleared," Feb. 20)
We can do this, Los Angeles. Rooms at small motels cost about $85 per night. It usually takes about three months to get a person traumatized by homelessness stable enough to work, or to get those who are disabled qualified for Social Security payments.
Los Angeles' Measure HHH is projected to bring in about $100 million annually. Each member of the City Council has pledged that 222 housing units for homeless people will be built in his or her district. But building all that housing will take years.
Do the math: The cost to house someone in a $85-per-night motel for three months comes to $7,650. Do that for 222 people in 15 City Council districts, and the grand total would be about $25.5 million. That's a fraction of what Measure HHH is supposed to bring in a year for new housing.
Using motels and case management, the city could get about 1,000 people off the streets every month starting now — and now's the time to start.
Marsha Temple, Los Angeles
The writer is executive director of the nonprofit Integrated Recovery Network.
To the editor: Three cheers for Judge Carter and his pragmatic and humanitarian approach to clearing the homeless encampment near the Santa Ana River. Instead of just ruling "yes" or "no" on the removal, he went to the scene and got an agreement from local officials to do what they obviously should have done in the first place: provide motel vouchers, food coupons, bus rides and other help before removal.
The rest of California should take note and follow this as a Judge Carter precedent: no removal without help. Don't constantly kick homeless people out just for them to land somewhere else.
The idea that gobs of money will buy us out of homelessness by someday (maybe) building thousands of housing units is fantasy. Steve Lopez wrote of one such proposal to house homeless people with new construction that could cost up to $660,000 per unit — and there's no guarantee it will get done.
Think what even half that amount per homeless person could do right now and not someday (maybe) in the future.
Lore Spangler, Los Angeles
To the editor: As long as we insist on funneling our money to the wealthy, homelessness is here to stay.
What good is accomplished by having billionaires who couldn't possibly spend the wealth they have amassed at the expense of the average citizen? Wealth that could provide solutions for homeless people and universal healthcare?
We have the billionaires who worship money and power and periodically give away a couple of million to show how generous they are. Do we have a trillionaire yet?
Charles Christian, Santa Barbara
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Appearing initially in a 1942 Merkelbach sales catalog, the intervention of World War II resulted in most production of this "handgeritzt" stein actually occurring in the 1950s through 1970s.
Central image taken from No. 2176/5 (not currently available), a pre-WWI design by Ludwig Hohlwein.


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The pandemic effect is slowing
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It's inspired by what the weekday Exchange column digs into, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here.
Our work this week kicked off in China, dug into African startup activity, dealt with China once again, took a very deep dive into the Latin American startup ecosystem and wrapped with a second look at the Robinhood IPO. In other words, not much was really going on at all!
You may have been surprised to see Amazon's stock fall off a cliff Friday. After all, the company posted huge revenue gains to just over $113 billion during the quarter. And AWS, its public cloud business, seemed to tick along nicely.
But investors had expected more growth and had priced the Seattle-based e-commerce player accordingly. When Amazon missed revenue expectations and projected Q3 2021 growth of "between 10% and 16% compared with third quarter 2020," investors let go of its stock.
But as some in the financial press are noting, it's not just Amazon that's taking stick from investors. Etsy and eBay also fell this week. It appears that investors are anticipating that a period of turbocharged growth in e-commerce thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing at least, and may in fact be over. That means valuations are going to get reset at a host of companies, startups included.
Not that every company slowing down after the pandemic's early phases is suffering, Duolingo managed a strong opening week as a public company despite slowing growth. But delta variant or not, the investing classes are changing their market framing. We'd be smart to keep that in mind.
It's the products, stupid
Something that is stuck in my teeth this week is how much Robinhood has changed the game regarding consumer investing. Sure, this week was mostly about the company's IPO and its somewhat relaxed early trading performance. But, buried in its final S-1/A filings is new evidence of Robinhood's cultural impact.
At the top of the U.S. consumer investing unicorn's filings is a pair of statistics. They look like this:
Image Credits: Robinhood
Dang, you are thinking, that's a lot of funded accounts and monthly active users. But then again, those are March 31, 2021, numbers. They are out of date. In the same filing, Robinhood indicated that its June 30 quarter saw its funded accounts tally grow to 22.5 million. That's 25% growth in a single quarter!
Naturally, there were a few things going on in the second quarter of this year that won't happen again, but it's still a bonkers result.
Early Robinhood investor Jan Hammer of Index sent over a comment in the wake of his investment's public offering, arguing that the company is part of work being done by tech companies to shake up financial services. Companies like Robinhood, he wrote, are "not just a fresh coat of paint for the same old financial products."
I think that is correct. And the point is pretty damning of incumbent players still in the market with dated websites and medium-grade mobile experiences. Can you imagine getting a Gen Zer to swap out Robinhood or eToro or M1 Finance for, I don't know, John Hancock? The toothpaste, as they say, is not going back into the tube.
How might Fidelity and Vanguard convince Robinhood users to move to their services? Will they be able to, or has an entire generation of investors skipped the traditional finance players entirely? Robinhood bulls must think so, and I can't really find it in me to fight the perspective.
I do not know how Robinhood will perform in the coming quarters, but it does feel — given the MAU numbers from Robinhood, AUM figures from M1 and so forth — that fintech startups stole several marches on your trusty 401(k) provider. A market that I am sure the fintechs will soon dig more deeply into.
More about Africa
Circling back to Africa, how about some July data? Our exploration of the continent's strong H1 2021 performance stopped in June, so let's add some data. Per Africa-watching publication The Big Deal, African startups raised $308 million across 71 deals in the quarter. That's a run rate of around $3.7 billion. Or in simpler terms, African startups are still on pace for their best year ever when it comes to raising venture capital.
Hugs, and get vaccinated.
— Alex


Paco Romane is a comedian, actor, writer, voice-over actor, improviser, and podcaster. His hilarious, engaging, and authentic comedic style has established him as an audience favorite. Paco had been described by Cole Stratton ( Co-Founder SF Sketchfest) as a "mashup of all things funny – stand up, sketch, improv, you name it", and he'll regularly spin any unpredictable moment with the crowd into his act. He has appeared on Comedy Central, Drunk History, Nickelodeon and was a writer for the Gilbert Gottfried Roast. He's also been a frequent guest on The Todd Glass Show!
"Paco is a funny f*ck. He's in a good league with comedians like Andy Kindler, Eddie Pepitone, James Adomian. People like that. So Funny" –Todd Glass, comedian, host of The Todd Glass Show!
Growing up in a small, racist town with a white mom, a Hispanic-sounding name, with a black step-father whose last name was White started Paco down the path to being a comedian. An idea further realized when a chance meeting with Robin Williams found the legendary actor-comedian urging Romane to quit his day job and give comedy a try. "One day I met Robin Williams who was my comedy idol. He told me to just dive into comedy and acting headfirst and not look back. A year later we ended up performing on the same stage together and he said "Well look at you now!" Years later the late Robin Williams hailed Paco as "sharp as a knife and quick as lightening with just the right amount of charm".
Although a versatile performer, Paco truly shines at stand-up having twice been voted "Best Comedian in San Francisco" by the SF Weekly and SF Bay Guardian. A regular at comedy clubs and festivals throughout the nation, Romane thrills crowds with his engaging style and lightening fast wit. He recently recorded his debut comedy album "Shaped Like A Thumb" on iTunes and he's the creator and co-host of the documentary/comedy podcast Sup Doc (100+ episodes).


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Other than using a blog, how would someone who has an interest in game writing create a portfolio? For example, developers have Github and various other platforms to host there projects. Are there any platforms for writers to post samples of there work? I don't have a problem using a blog, but I was just wondering if there are better options, and I wasn't aware of them.
I don't know if it's considered a blog, but I've read a lot of writing about games on medium. I prefer the experience of it over reading wordpress sites or other blogs, but I can understand that it isn't as centralized as a blog can be. This probably isn't that helpful, but I'm not a writer personally. I can only give my experience as a reader.
Hope you get some more responses!
Hi Nexusfactor, I'm not sure how helpful I can be, but you raise an interesting question as I don't think that there is an obvious precedent set for game-writing portfolios. If there is, I don't know and I'm sure someone will come along and post, but otherwise it might be helpful to try and think of some creative ways to get your work out there.
YouTube videos - building on the screenshots idea, perhaps make a 'highlight reel' of some lines or exchanges you like. You could even get creative editing them.
Those are all I can think off the top of my head, and they may not prove useful but I hope it gave you some ideas, and if not I hope someone can answer your question.
I completely agree with previous posts. Unfortunately, cannot suggest a specific blog... well, what about starting your own blog or a blog where others can also write about games?


Tears of pearls for the delicate wounds of unsung melodies deep within harmed hearts and suffering souls. I wept and watched, through tear stained lashes, as those wounds explicitly expressed birthed healing and blossomed to cast rose petals of comfort in their stead. Never before have I felt quite so moved by human suffering shared. Courage, strength and wholeness before my humbled eyes and lonesome, yet hardened heart that whispered of magical miracles and roads untraveled…or travelled anew without the baggage. With nothing more than a seed of hope in my mind, a rosebud of meaning in my heart and starlight in my soul…I carry on…eyes on the sky and the many meaningful constellations it shines down on me and around me. Universally constellating…grateful to have been your witness!