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Inherent Vice: The Lovable Film and Incomprehensible Page
Posted on February 18, 2019 by Brogan
People look forward to whatever Paul Thomas Anderson does with eager anticipation. The man is immensely talented and everything he does warrants attention and praise. I looked forward to his 2014 film Inherent Vice with my own anticipation. I discovered both PTA and the author of the book the film was based on, Thomas Pynchon, in college. As with any pretentious stoner, I loved any excuse to praise obscure or critically acclaimed material. Anderson had a muted yet colorful style, Pynchon had a style that was omnipresent in his work (to put it kindly). In retrospect, I put the bong down and still found a lot to love about both these creators. I still love the book and still love the film.
Did regular people like it? Not really. For a thousand reasons, but I think the biggest one is expectation. Not just because of the names attached to this thing, but the sort of film they saw. Inherent Vice is a noir film based in the early seventies, during the decline of the flower power movement. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Larry "Doc" Sportello as he tries to uncover a giant conspiracy involving the disappearance of his old flame.
Del Toro actually makes the character of Sauncho less eccentric, if you can believe that.
People didn't like it because it felt low in stakes and confusing in the plot. This is completely fair, but also not a problem of the film. You could say that it's a vice inherent to the story. Heh. To explain:
Pynchon's style is widely regarded as dense and near inaccessible. Stories are hard to follow but they're built to be enjoyed in the moment, not as a whole. Let me give you an example in his work The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), recommended as a perfect entry level into his work. Keep in mind this is the introductory paragraph:
"ONE summer afternoon Mrs Oedipa Maas came home from a Tupperware party whose hostess had put perhaps too much kirsch in the fondue to find that she, Oedipa, had been named executor, or she supposed executrix, of the estate of one Pierce Inverarity, a California real estate mogul who had once lost two million collars in his spare time but still had assets numerous and tangled enough to make the job of sorting it all out more than honorary. Oedipa stood in the living room, stared at by the greenish dead eye of the TV tube, spoke the name of God, tried to feel as drunk as possible. But this did not work. She thought of a hotel room in Mazatlan whose door had just been slammed, it seemed forever, waking up two hundred birds down in the lobby; a sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west; a dry, disconsolate tune from the fourth movement of the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra; a whitewashed bust of Jay Gould that Pierce kept over the bed on a shelf so narrow for it she'd always had the hovering fear it would someday topple on them. Was that how he'd died, she wondered, among dreams, crushed by the only ikon in the house? That only made her laugh, out loud and helpless: You're so sick, Oedipa, she told herself, or the room, which knew."
If this paragraph was a movie, people would've walked out after "executrix". This paragraph is overwhelming to say the least, but it's not trying to be. It expresses the main character's personality, and more importantly, prepares the reader for how the book is going to read. The paragraphs don't get easier folks. There's lengthy diatribes and digressions into every little thing that feels like a possible detail the reader would like to explore. It would almost feel like a stream of consciousness if it wasn't so well researched. Sentences, paragraphs, and pages are dedicated to setups, explorations, and punchlines. You're completely forgiven if you miss a punchline, because there's another one in the next sentence. You're forgiven if you miss the plot, because that's often the point. When the sentences are all added up you still understand the major themes, characters, and any moment that made you burst out laughing. Whatever sticks with you is what's important.
As an Adaptation
Why Inherent Vice? Why Pynchon? Inherent Vice is probably the most accessible Pynchon book as of this writing (and probably ever, the guy's like ninety.) Lot 49 was written many decades ago, and its theme that excused its incoherence was paranoia. Here, the drugs are the excuse for it. The mystery is also put through more of a noir lens than ever in his previous work. Detective Mysteries lend well to Pynchon's style because it makes the grand plot threads feel intentional. Doc being an actual detective feels like he's lost in something big contrasts with someone meandering through a conspiracy. Doc is also incompetent, sleeps through major events, and is high for most of it, but he never feels particularly unreliable morally. He means what he says and always tries to do the right thing. This is a major component of noir, founded on the type of dime store pulp detectives Raymond Chandler would write like Philip Marlowe. The world around our hero is corrupt to the core, but our hero is the guiding light in a world of seedy madness. The seeds this time are in nuggets of weed. Pynchon deliberately modeled much of the actual plot after Chandler novels as well. Pynchon's sub-plots included multiple references such as a mysterious counterfeit money operation with fake president heads like The Long Goodbye and used genre staples such as mysterious women and secret names that people think is one thing but might totally be another. Anderson would remove most of this stuff.
The famed Pynchon digressions are also more pop-centric than earlier works. Explorations in the book are stoner centric, mentioning hip artists like Robert Crumb, particular strains of weed, the history of rock and roll, and explorations into Looney Tunes and Donald Duck shorts. These are way more digestible to a modern audience than, I don't know, the rocket science and WWII politics of Gravity's Rainbow or the dives into history of Mason Dixon or the cultural diversity and ambitions of Against the Day. Inherent Vice is also short, and probably the easiest of his stories to portray in film and resolve without people wanting their money back.
Doc usually has a lot of unusual conversations, but this is the first time he's met a talking car.
The moment is really where PTA and Pynchon belong with each other. PTA makes a great composition as a whole, but our cultural memory of him is rooted in scenes and performances. There Will Be Blood (2007), the Master (2012), Magnolia (1999) and Boogie Nights (1997) all have a depth to the characters provided in each frame, that the audience feels like they have full permission to let their own humanity imprint and run with them. In Pynchon's prose running with the characters might as well be the style.
So how did Anderson adapt the novel? He took a relaxed approach. He rightfully abandoned the complexity, but also abandoned context. To put the two side by side, Anderson decided to try to give the audience something to latch onto by making it more sentimental and romantic. The relationship between Doc and Shasta has way more focus in the film and thematically makes it way more personal. Anderson threw out Pynchon's digressions and sub plots for the sake of time, then sought to have the audience care about Doc through us relating to his emotions. Anderson completely retooled the appeal of Pynchon's work in fear that Pynchon wouldn't be adaptable. He instead replaced it with physical comedy (I recall a throwaway line in the novel being a major joke on the screen where Josh Brolin's character slurps on a frozen banana), compelling performances, and Doc's emotional relationship to old love Shasta Hepworth.
Yet, I don't mind the differences. I think that's because the changes weren't cynical. If a movie producer wanted to make these changes, it would've been clear and insulting to the audience. Anderson genuinely loves the material and is just exploring avenues for any audience to connect with, not just the incredibly niche Pynchon fans. He keeps what's important where it counts: the same colorful characters are littered throughout, almost entirely faithful save for some pretty drastic changes in the screen time. Some entire sections of the book are given in narration and dialogue. Joanna Newsom has a pretty good Pynchon voice.
The faithfulness of the adaptation is surprising given Anderson's drastic departure from the source material in There Will Be Blood. This might be why many felt that Inherent Vice was weak; There Will Be Blood added complexity to a simpler book where Inherent Vice had to remove complexity. I gotta make clear, I mean complexity in a thematic sense. A lot of stuff is hinted at in the film through character dynamics, but major concepts are not addressed that are in the book. The big stuff I'll address later, but there's a lot of little stuff that is unavoidably missed. Like there's a good bit of words dedicated to the racist housing practices of California, and it creates a deeper understanding of the characters it deals with and more importantly: the setting. The setting was a fictional location in California, called Gordita Beach. It had a fictional, detailed history that felt fleshed out. In the film, Gordita Beach didn't seem to have its own distinct identity. I would say this is a problem prevalent in the film, and I'm not sure if it's a product of Anderson's style here (being focused on characters over the locations) or just the general feeling of the film creating a lack of awareness to locations (meaning: if you're lost, how well can you remember where you are?) There's at least one or two notable exceptions to this, such as the mental hospital, and that's done a lot because of the contrast between Doc's color and the sterile whiteness inside. Those stick out.
You're correct. This is a Last Supper reference.
But PTA also diverts from the source material in exploring themes. Again, Anderson abandons the broad context of the "dying hippie movement" and instead explores the emotional heart of Doc's core relationships. Bigfoot, Shasta, and Coy's family don't provide the same big picture they used to but still help Doc as a character shine. Music is always greatly used in Anderson's films, but it's never allowed to be as thematically essential as it did in the book. In the book, music is a prime example of the death of peace and love, contrasting the love of music in the yesteryear to a corporate sale of the message and brand in the current day. The fictional band explored in the book- The Boards– start as a family and by the time of the book's events are a rotating door of faces to sell records. Doc's interactions with Coy and the band simultaneously show Doc's heart and give yet another perspective on the cultural era. What remained in the Anderson adaptation was Coy's search to reunite with his family. Heartwarming, but entirely different in approach.
California, Bigfoot, and The Coen Brothers
Let's contrast Inherent Vice the film to The Big Lebowski (1998), inevitable comparisons occurred even when the book was released. I mean, I love me some Dude. I'm not comparing it solely because they're similar and they yield to better insights, but also because I think audience goers wanted another The Big Lebowski. It's that expectation of Humphrey Bogart being in a Cheech and Chong movie that is the central appeal of the story. Still, I think people dismissing this film because of its similarities missed out on something really special.
Pound for pound, Doc is a better character than the Dude. The Dude is very petty and passive, and is hard to love as a person. You appreciate The Dude's zen and stoicism man, he just wants his rug back, you know? It doesn't really inform the viewer in the same way Doc does. The Dude's setting is the nineties, in a sort of morally vacant California where wheels and tumbleweeds still spin. The Dude's company of characters include Vietnam vets, pornstars, and nihilists. These characters explore themes such as masculinity and identity, but they don't explore the Dude. The Dude is static in a mythical sense.
Do not mistake the nicely paced trailers and this shot for something exciting.
In contrast, the setting of Inherent Vice is early seventies California. Post Manson murders, the hippie movement is the equivalent to a heroin junkie fading away – which is a metaphor Pynchon eagerly utilizes and is maintained as one of the few subplots Anderson kept. Doc is the one character that believed full stop in the hippie ideals, even if no one else did. His free spirit and love of doing the right thing is explored and expanded with each character dynamic. Throughout the twentieth century the California police departments had some of the most corrupt police forces ever, represented by Bigfoot Bjornsen (Josh Brolin). Bigfoot is a direct contrast to Doc, a squeaky clean criminal bashing fascist that sells apartment units and turns hippies into informers is the complete opposite of our Doc with the heart of gold. Bigfoot also regularly commits unethical practices that strain his relationship with Doc. I'd rather have Thanos in my apartment than Bigfoot, yet it's not just a clear dichotomy. Doc and Bigfoot also see something in each other, and the book struggles to identify that with grace and this is something Anderson actually does in a scene totally original to the film in Bigfoot's "bust down the door and eat Doc's weed" scene. This is where film really excels, and Brolin shows an incredible emotional depth inside his character's rigidity and Phoenix shows Doc's open and forgiving soul through his eyes. Anderson's visual flair in the film is in the close-up. He knows the actors are what is selling this film. To bring back the contrast, The Dude wore sunglasses a lot and the only scene I really remember his eyes being a thing was when he was dancing to Kenny Rogers in a dream.
Anderson is able to maintain character dynamics and depth in a way I don't think the Coens ever really try to. For a film that leaves audiences confused, it's very streamlined from the novel. Dead ends and non sequiturs from the novel are hinted at but never followed through on – to Anderson's credit. The Coens don't try to mine for depth, their technique is more naked – especially in their more comical works. Not saying they're not great, but the Coens tried to make people laugh more than anything. That might have been the reason why people didn't like Inherent Vice.
Should I Give This Movie Another Chance?
Yes. Go into it wanting a good time and stop worrying so much. Maybe smoke a doobie.
It's a reality that the film was always going to be confusing, so Anderson tried his best and settled on making characters and relationships the core appeal the audience can easily grasp and appreciate. He made delivery and physicality the main source of humor, but did not sacrifice any sort of dignity for the sake of it. I think this will be the only Pynchon adaptation for a long, long time. It's now one of my favorite Anderson films, but I think it's hard for people to love without additional perspective. That will forever be the film's biggest flaw.
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Audio EXP: #176 – Does Roll20 own DriveThruRPG and OneBookShelf?
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This is Audio EXP for the 17th of December 2022, and the title of this episode is "Does Roll20 own DriveThruRPG and OneBookShelf?".
[The following is a transcript of Audio EXP: #176]
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Handiwork Games are in the spotlight this month, as voted for by Patreons.
I'm talking to Jon at Handiwork, and I know we're sneaking on towards the end of the month, but I figure we've a few more days yet.
In the geeky this news week, we've got two bits from Roll20.
Roll20 now supports Pathfinder and Starfinder community content
One of those two is that Pathfinder and Starfinder community content will come to Roll20. That's more third-party-created content available for those two popular tabletop games.
The other is that the DMsGuild community content program will expand to Roll20.
The original agreement is between OneBookShelf, who own DMsGuild, and their partners, Wizards of the Coast, who have a connection to it. Through the community content program and the DMsGuild, third-parties, that's people like you and me, can create material intended for D&D players, sell it and keep some of the money.
Wizards of the Coast's community content program now includes Roll20
Expanding the program to Roll20's marketplace means that third-party creators can sell D&D-appropriate stuff, not just 5e labelled content for the virtual tabletop. That means setting expansions for Spelljammer, Dragonlance, Ravenloft and the others.
It's good news for Roll20. In the future, with One D&D, Wizards will have their own virtual tabletop to compete with Roll20, but for now, the two companies are working together.
Roll20 is now in a place to have these conversations with Wizards as it joined with OneBookShelf in July. At the time, it wasn't accurate to call it a merger. I think that's important for legal reasons.
So, I've asked in this podcast whether Roll20 owns OneBookShelf yet? Simply put, I don't know for sure, but I think the answer is; not yet.
Roll20 isn't a company. It's a brand, and the parent company is The Orr Group.
I know that my contacts at OneBookShelf now have Roll20 email addresses, and I've been told the two companies are operating as one. Ankit Lal is the boss.
I also know that my affiliate payment from OneBookShelf now comes from a Roll20 PayPal account. Thank you, by the way, to you if you buy DMsGuild, Storyteller's Vault or DriveThruRPG downloads from links via Geek Native. You're helping me and other Geek Native writers.
My prediction is that when the legal and financial timing is right, the two will come together and make one company.
Competition: Roll20Con 2022 and Roll vs Evil t-shirt
Oh, the other bit of Roll20 news I have for you is the Roll vs Evil Roll20Con t-shirt competition.
I was one of the few people, less than a hundred of us, to donate to Roll vs Evil during Roll20Con 2022 and buy an especially designed t-shirt. I've been sent two.
So, if you're in the UK and wear or know someone who'd want a medium t-shirt, then you can win my spare. It's never been worn. I've also put donate to Roll vs Evil links in that competition because that's the point of the exercise.
If The Orr Group and Roll20's virtual tabletop represents good technology in today's podcast, let me now talk about evil tech.
On the blog this week, link in the show notes, I talked to Glyn Moody who argues that Twitter and most big tech is rigged against creators.
Glyn Moody interview: Is Twitter rigged against tabletop creators?
Glyn's point is that social media platforms just use the content others create as raw material for their own empires and make more money doing so than the content creators.
In the interview, we talk about what, if anything, you can do about that about D&D and Mastodon. We even discuss whether big companies are abusing copyright, and there's a link to Glyn's free book about the subject.
That's not all. DMsGuild designer Alex Brandon, who has just released the Ananthia Campaign Guide, also wrote The (Old-School) People v. Modern D&D presented as a balanced legal debate. There are pros and cons for both sides, and, of course, even more for not picking unnecessary sides.
Give it a read.
The (Old-School) People v. Modern D&D
A game that's not a million miles away from D&D rules but absolutely not D&D is Pugmire. That's a tabletop RPG from Pugsteady and Onyx Path in which most PCs are humanoid dogs who explore ruins from the age of man.
Realms of Pugmire, the second edition, has just been announced and I've seen a lot of love for the setting on social media.
What struck me is that Pugmire 2 won't be out until 2025.
Onyx Path and Pugsteady announce a new edition of Pugmire
Would you buy a copy of Pugmire 1 at the tail end of 2022, now that you know it'll be replaced in two years? If not, what will happen to Pugmire sales? Will Onyx and Pugsteady put a note on their DriveThruRPG pages to say that edition two has been announced as a way to be transparent for potential buyers? Do they need to? There's always backwards compatibility.
I'm also struck that I've not encountered this ethical and marketing debate before, as we've had Kickstarters for new editions. I guess what we have here is Onyx Path's savvily long lead dates on their Kickstarter projects.
Another RPG I want to talk about – and yes, this one more Audio EXP podcast that's dominated by RPG news – is Rivers of London.
Chaosium's streamlined BRP take of the wizards in muscle cars series from Ben Aaronovitch is spot on.
Rivers of London RPG review: Rich with Ben Aaronovitch's magic
Set in London, where the rivers are powerful spirits or little gods, there are one or two cops who study magic and try and keep the peace. It's a very successful novel series, a comic book franchise, and a TV series that keeps on trying to happen.
I think it's more important you know a bit about roleplaying than you need to know Rivers of London to enjoy the game, but you don't need to know about either.
Rivers of London gets the thumbs up.
Or, if you're looking to make the most of your existing library of RPGs, then what about the newly released and free to download Savage Rifts conversion guide that takes Savage Worlds rules and helps you adapt them to Palladium's system.
Free to Download: Savage Rifts – Palladium Gaming Using Savage Rifts
Usually, conversion guides go from old to new, but this is new to old, and it makes sense since you might have Savage Worlds rules you fancy trying in Rifts while preferring the original Rifts system. We're back to discussing third-party content and other nuances of licenses here.
The other freebie I've called out is Star Trek Adventures: Mysteries. This is the ninth set of mission briefs for the 2d20 game, showing incredible support for the line. You can get the eight that came before all via the blog, as I've put all the links in one post, so you won't have to hunt around.
Free to Download: Star Trek Adventures gets into mysteries
On to bundles, and talk about timing…
There are two Rifts offers in the Bundle of Holding. There's the Core Mega bundle, which gets you the Ultimate Edition of the Palladium version, and a host more. There's also another offer for Rifts Land and Sea which has different world books such as Rifts Atlantis.
What do you think of DC dropping Henry Cavill as Superman? I hope he didn't walk from The Witcher for the role.
However, Cavill's latest project has already been announced, and I think it'll be really hard to do well but amazing if it works. It's a Warhammer 40K series.
We're talking about bundles, right? Yep! Humble has a Wrath & Glory deal. That's the latest Warhammer 40K RPG.
Beyond the Great Rift: Warhammer 40K's RPG Wrath & Glory launches grimdark bundle
Lastly, just a quick update on Genre Police. At the end of November, I published Ben's All Adventurers Welcome piece about inclusion at the gaming table. I was supposed to follow it with Making Mistakes which was about the mistakes you might make while trying to do the right thing. Yep, I made a mistake, and while Making Mistakes is live now, I put Pacemaker in between. Pacemaker is an article on episodic design in campaigns.
I think you can read them in any order, but the two diversity ones work best together. Perhaps in 2023, I'll find the time to link all the Genre Police articles together in a handy way!
So, let's finish up there; I hope the month is treating you kindly, and I'll see you next week.
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The official opening of Southeastern Carolina Crossroads will be celebrated this Sunday, June 28th, from 2 pm until 4 pm with an Open House to show off all the Lord has given to help those with addiction problems. The entire campus will be open and guests will be able to tour the facility.
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Sauce: 5 sporks. Again, not much flavor, but at least there isn't too much of it.
Cheese: 7 sporks. A tiny bit too much of it, but nicely browned.
Other toppings: 6 sporks. Spicy pepperoni, with a shiny red oil puddle. I don't like it much, but I'll bet some people like it.
Price: 7 sporks. I'm still chasing that true 99-cent slice.
Sides: 5 sporks. Pale, lukewarm coffee and a few chunks of watery romaine with cucumbers and olives. Meh.
A quick note: one of the great rules of blogging, according to Margaret Mason of Mighty Goods, is this: no one cares what you had for lunch. Now, given the astonishing success of plenty of food blogs, this rule isn't strictly true. But the fact remains that unless you live in San Francisco and work near City Hall, my reviews won't be of much use to you. So I'll be trying to generalize some lessons. This weeks lesson: The west coast cheap pizza scene leaves a LOT to be desired.


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Odili takes NIS to Court
in News, Politics
The Former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has filed a suit against the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, challenging the seizure of his passport at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Odili in the suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja claimed that his international passport was seized from him on June 20, by operatives of the NIS and is yet to be returned.
He prayed the court to compel the NIS to release his passport and order a perpetual injunction against the respondents, from harassing him any further and interfering with his fundamental rights of movement.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed subsequently fixed September 28, 2021, for hearing.
Lookman Finds Home in Atalanta
14-Year-Old Housemaid Arrested for Allegedly Abducting Baby in Ogun State


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has adopted the new U.S. DOT rule regarding the use of hand-held mobile phones in commercial vehicles.
3. Reaching for a mobile telephone in a manner which requires a driver to maneuver so that he or she is no longer in a seated position.
Guidance: This rule does not prohibit a driver from using a mounted mobile phone which can be easily accessed from the driver's seat and activated with a single button.
The term mobile telephone does not include two way or citizens Band Radio services. However, the term mobile telephone does include mobile services which are provided for profit, have inter-connected service and is available to a substantial portion of the public.
The penalties for non compliance are severe, with federal civil penalties of up to $2,750 for each offense by a driver, and disqualification from driving for multiple offenses. This only applies if driving a commercial motor vehicle. Commercial truck and bus companies that allow drivers to use hand-held phones while driving will face a maximum penalty of $11,000.


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Q: Export flash-games as "embedables" to iOS and Android Our situtation right now is that we have a couple of games built with flash / actionscript3, that we want to port to iOS / Android. If necessary we could potentially re-write all of these small games, though if that has to be done I want to redo it properly, which leads to my question:
Does it have to be re-written? Is there a way to export as3-based games in a way that they can later on be "embeded" into a native iOS / Android App? Or if not is there any setup that would enable us to develop games cross-platform while the "app-container" itself remains native.
So far I was pointed towards Adobe Air, Haxe and Cocos2D which could suite our purpose well, but since I dont have any particular experience to draw from I´m struggeling to make a educated decision.
I would love to hear your opinion on that "native-container" + "embeded-games" idea, or your suggestions towards cross-platform development mainly with desktop, iOS and Android in mind. Seperating games and the app from each other sounds a whole lot cleaner to me and should make simultaneous development easier, but thats only a wild guess.
thanks a whole lot,
Jery

A: I'd argue for porting to Haxe. Having never used Haxe before, I ported the entirety of an ActionScript MMO client into Haxe in a weekend. It's that easy. Definitely worth the time investment, as it frees you from dependency on a potentially dying platform. The only pain in the language is lousy pascal-style for() loops.
However, be aware that there are limits to what it can accomplish.
For example, the HTML5 compile target requires (because of HTML5 limitations) that you use WebSockets instead of Sockets, which will require some work on the server side, too.
And rich text boxes are a pain when cross-compiling: there's pretty much no web language that has them right, and they all require a lot of work to get anything even close to decent: the Flash Text Engine has not been ported to Haxe to my knowledge, so you can't do anything portable with that.

A: Since you have already written the game in AS3 I would suggest using Adobe Air to publish on iOS and Android. The performance should be decent enough depending on the game. This seems to be a decent tutorial for packaging Air apps on iOS, http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/packaging-air-apps-ios.html.
For future development I agree with Dewi Morgan in looking at Haxe and OpenFL (the X is no longer capitalized). The API matches Flash and in the majority of cases will work similar. The OpenFL wiki is a great place to get started. There are also two popular ports of Flash frameworks, HaxeFlixel and HaxePunk, which may speed up the development process.
Cocos2D is definitely an option as well although if you're already familiar with the Flash API then OpenFL makes a whole lot more sense.

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An abstract with oils, watercolor, and gloop transformed and pasted to each layer.
Wow this is fabulous and very interesting.
Very cool and beautiful abstract, Alexandra!
Paul, Thank you, I am so happy that you liked it. I also wanted to mention that your avatar is so cute!
Peter, Thank you! I always feel cheerful when I see the smilies, and it means so much to me that you liked it! I have enjoyed your work so much.
Valerie, Thank you so much for your kind comment and for viewing!
Eileen, Thank you! I made this last night, and I thought I would use this as my wallpaper for a bit. I love abstracts.
You sure have a wonderful sense of color and composition! This is gorgeous!
Terrific Sandy - the reds are luscious. Cool design. Engaging.
Great Abstract Sandy, I like the lighting through the middle and what looks like smoky plumes, great effect achieved.


Pharma and biotech are some of the departments that face great challenges today. This comes because they have to work extra hard to have their drugs approved. The breakthrough for medicines hasn't been better despite having global laboratories that generate great ideas. However, it is these challenges that made Jeff Aronin come up with Paragon Biosciences. This Chicago-based investing incubator is out to ensure biotechnologies grow to the expected levels. It is focused on offering patients world-class treatments. It does so by analyzing the cause of the disease and focusing on the needs of the patient. Jeff through his Paragon Biosciences has developed 13 new drugs and most of the drugs have been approved.
Before Paragon does anything else, it pays much attention to the needs of the patients. Paragon is committed to finding an effective treatment for debilitating diseases. Jeff has a passionate team that is interested in finding the needed solution. Paragon believes that every disease has a solution even if it hasn't been identified now. The team is curious to know how the disease comes to be and what treatment would be best for it. Harmony Biosciences and Castle Creek Pharmaceuticals are the two firms that work closely with Paragon in finding out the best treatments for the patients.
Jeff has been an established biotech entrepreneur for over 20 years now. He happens to be the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Paragon Biosciences. His entrepreneur energy and industry expertise are paramount to the professional incubator and investor he has ever desired to be. He knew healthcare was his passion when he was still young in his career (https://angel.co/jeff-aronin). He noted that a particular physician chose to use medicines to treat a seizure child instead of performing a major brain surgery. This made Jeff curious about the power of pharmaceuticals.
In 2000, Jeff started his own company called Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. In 2009, Lundbeck purchased Ovation Pharmaceuticals from Jeff at $900 million. However, Jeff continued to be the CEO and President of the company to ensure transition was successful. Jeff has helped over 200 companies in different development stages while at a healthcare incubator called MATTER.


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March 10, 2014 | by wp_admin
CAN THERE BE A MORE intimidating endeavor for a singer than to cover Bob Dylan? And yet, so many seem unable to resist the challenge. In fact, it's probably easier to assemble a list of artists who haven't covered the Bard than those who have, which means we have plenty of selections to choose from when listing our favorite Dylan covers by Texas artists.
BY PETER KEANE
On the 70th anniversary of Dylan's birth — officially May 24 — we asked singer-s on gwriter Peter Keane to do the honors of selecting a Lone Star honor roll of Dylan interpreters. And who better than Keane, himself responsible for three stellar interpretive efforts, including his sublime take on "I Want You"? (His versions of "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "One Too Many Mornings" would be contenders for this list as well.)
1. ELIZA GILKYSON
"Love Minus Zero/No Limit"
A Nod To Bob
Gilkyson offers a remarkably personal and moving take on Dylan at his most cerebral and abstract (not to mention mathematical). It's quite a surprising performance in the way that it manages a good dose of pathos and passion without downplaying the literary dispassion of the lyric. A beautiful performance of a beautiful song.
2. TEXAS TORNADOS
Hangin' on By A Thread
Count on Doug Sahm to take one of Dylan's most touching ballads, transform it into a norteño waltz, and have it sound like that was Dylan's intention all along. Freddy Fender's Spanish vocals make it all complete. Sahm, Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiménez, along with Dylan himself, were part of the "band" on Sahm's classic early '70s Atlantic recordings. Perhaps it makes perfect sense that they're able to offer such a complete recasting while capturing all the longing and tenderness of the original.
3. WILLIE NELSON
"What Was it You Wanted"
Here we get a rendition of a cut from Dylan's critically acclaimed Oh Mercy that's quite close to the original in arrangement and feel. And yet Willie manages to completely own it. You sense that this could be a continuation of the story behind "Bloody Mary Morning" told from an older, perhaps wiser, certainly more grizzled point of view.
4. SUE FOLEY
"If You Gotta Go"
The Antones Collection
I'm not exactly sure why there are so many fine Dylan covers sung by women. The songs work on so many levels (and often a bunch of levels at once) and often don't fully resolve. It's left for the listener (or in some case the interpreter) to fill in the missing bits. This is a rare Dylan song that's pretty much operating on just one level. Foley hits it spot-on, transforming a funny-but-kind-of-predictable rocker into a raucous celebration of sexual desire and independence.
5. SHAWN COLVIN
"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"
Shawn Colvin has always been an astute interpreter of other people's material, often reworking tunes into wholly new listening experiences. This gentle take on a track from Blood on the Tracks captures a wistfulness and musicality that, while not missing from the original, is certainly not as front and center as is it is here.
6. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
"Dark Eyes"
Alejandro finds a gem in this tune from one of Dylan's more obscure efforts, Empire Burlesque. The spare piano, voice and strings provide just the right setting for the haunting melody.
7. NANCI GRIFFITH
"Boots of Spanish Leather"
Other Voices, Other Rooms
This is a straight-ahead folk take on this early Dylan classic. And it's quite perfect — reminiscent of the best of the sixties folkies such as Ian and Sylvia. Very fine production and performance.
8. JIMMY LAFAVE
Buffalo Return to the Plains
LaFave is known as a fine interpreter of Dylan. Here he captures all of the menace and humor of Dylan's original in an appropriately grand, almost Springsteen-esque setting.
9. ROSIE FLORES
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You"
Whatever Colors You Have in Your Mind
Straight-up Texas honky-tonk from Flores. Dylan as dance music par excellence.
10. ELIZABETH MCQUEEN
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry"
Unreleased (live at Bob Dylan tribute, Jupiter Records, Austin, 4/18/03)
I don't know if there's a recording of this show, but Jupiter Records put on quite a Dylan celebration in '03, and one of the highlights was McQueen (who was just beginning to make her name on the Austin scene), belting this number out with a swagger worthy of Loretta Lynn.
Waylon Jennings — "Don't Think Twice It's Alright"
Jerry Jeff Walker — "One Too Many Mornings"
Norah Jones — "Heart of Mine"
Johnny Winter — "From a Buick 6"
Rodney Crowell — "Shelter From the Storm"


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Dr. Peter illustrated the role of shame in St. Peter's life and decisions, highlighting his internal structure and mapping his parts. Dr. Peter explored how St. Peter switched among parts, the times he was carried away by his parts, and typical patterns in how his parts functioned.
Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, where by God's grace, you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth right now, in these days, all grounded in a Catholic worldview. This podcast is about transformation -- a radical transformation of self, overcoming anything that gets in the way of us loving God our Father and Mary our Mother with the trust and dependence of a little child. This podcast is all about real love in real relationships and it's messy. I'm clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski and I am here with you, to be your host and guide. This podcast is part of Souls and Hearts, our online outreach at soulsandhearts.com, which is all about shoring up our natural foundation for the Catholic spiritual life, all about overcoming psychological obstacles to being loved and to loving God and neighbor -- This is episode 47, released on December 21, 2020
and it is titled: Shame and Redemption: St. Peter and You
it is the 11th episode in our series on shame.
Thank you for being here with me.
This episode stands alone
Episodes 37, 38 and 39 lay out the conceptual foundations on shame
Last episode we discussed how shame can lead to tragedy in the story of Judas Iscariot.
Continuing to illustrate shame and related concepts with stories
Now we are going to look at an story of intense shame and redemption.
The story of the Apostle Peter
Really going to look inside of Peter's mind, heart, body and soul today
Really focus on understanding what happened in his life
Making sense of his decisions, his choices
I share his name. I connect with him, he makes so much sense to me. Very similar parts.
In our fallen world, in our fallen human condition, all of us have elements of what Peter struggled with.
We can learn from Peter's redemption
Profiling St. Peter
Teaching you to recognize parts in other, parts in yourself
I am an IFS therapist -- really interested in parts of people
Understanding parts really helps us grow in the understanding of ourselves and others
Socrates: Know thyself
Jesus: Removing the beam in your own eye
Recognizing, identifying your parts and the parts of others is really helpful for loving the other person. Why?
Loving a person means accepting loving all their parts. All of them.
It is really helpful to know a part in order understand what it needs.
Doesn't mean affirming every action
Doesn't mean agreeing with every opinion
Doesn't mean endorsing every desire
Doesn't mean encouraging every impulse
See what you resonate with
What are parts?
Discrete, autonomous mental systems, each with own idiosyncratic range of emotion, style of expression, abilities, desires views of the world.
Modes of operating
Subpersonalities
Orchestra model
Focus is on integration.
Get forced into extreme roles -- attachment injuries and relational traumas
Three roles
Exiles --
most sensitive -- become injured or outraged. Threatens the system, external relationships
Exploited, rejected, abandoned in external relationships
Want care and love, rescue, redemption
shame. Need for redemption
Protective, strategic, controlling environment, keep things safe
Obsessions. Compulsions, reclusiveness, passivity, numbing. Panic attacks, somatic complaints, depressive episodes, hypervigiliance.
Stifle, anesthetize, distract from feelings of exiles
No concern for consequences
Binge eating, drug/alcohol use, dissociation, sexual risk taking, cutting
Parts can take over the person
Like in Pixar Movie Inside Out -- anger taking over the control panel of the main character Riley
We call it blending.
IFS on the Self -- (recorded)
Self defined as the seat of consciousness
Self can be occluded or overwhelmed by parts
When self accepts and loves parts, those parts transform back into who they were meant to be
Self-led mind is self-righting.
self -- Active inner leader -- more than mindfulness
Parts find the relationship with the self very reassuring
But to reap the benefits they have to unblend from and notice the self
This is frightening can challenging to parts
Agency in the parts -- parts are making decisions about unblending in IFS model
Intrinsic qualities of the self
The self can be easily occluded, obscured, hidden by protective parts who take over in response to fear, anger or shame
St. Peters Parts -- or modes of operating
Boldness, self confidence Overconfidence
Manager Part.
Fisherman who owned his own boat
A part that wants to be big.
Have to make quick decisions
Dangerous occupation
Respected in Galilee, a leader
Courage, Fortitude
Leads to forgetting the teaching of Jesus
Established, married.
Defends against a shame exile.
Spontaneity/Impulsivity
Manager leaping in
Quick reactions -- this part leaps into action instantaneously
Courage here too
Trusted his instincts.
Capable of intense emotion
Driven by that emotion
Seizing opportunities as they arise
See opportunity, seize opportunity
No dithering
Can lead to rash actions
Not pausing for reflection, discernment, prayer -- can lead to some internal disorganization
Also a big part -- wants to command.
Defends against a shame exile
Caretaking of others
Manager Part
A big heart. Very affectionate, paternal
Very protective of others.
Moral Part Obedience Like my "Good Boy" Part
Strong sense of duty. Responsibility.
Aware of his sinfulness, his weakness. A familiar part
Peter examined his conscience
Motivated to repent -- can experience grief.
Need for integration
A young part -- childlike
Fearful Part
Depression is not his thing. Anger not his thing. Control and anxiety
Part that reaches out for help in need
When it is desperate. Unlike Judas.
This part is small and willing to be rescued.
Transparency. What you see is what you get. No guile. Opposite of Judas.
Bold manager part -- self confidence
Teams up with Spontaneous Part -- impulsive, acting on instinct
Gets into trouble, pain, is corrected
Repents, seeks relationship and starts over in humility.
The story of Peter
Stories are so important
Really enter into Peter's world, see Christ, see the world through his eyes
Jesus calls Peter
Matthew 14:18-20: 18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Mark: 1: 16-18: "immediately"
Luke 5:1-11: While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes′aret. 2 And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." 5 And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, 7 they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zeb′edee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men." 11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
Jesus walks on the sea
22 Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land,[a] beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately he spoke to them, saying, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."
28 And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." 29 He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; 30 but when he saw the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
Relied on Christ, then relied on himself, then on Christ again.
Jesus allowed him to sink
Jesus reached out to him
Painting by Christian artist Yongsun Kim "Save Me-- The Hand of God"
How many times to forgive? Matthew 18:21-22 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ
Mark 8:27-30 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare′a Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?" 28 And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Eli′jah; and others one of the prophets." 29 And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ." 30 And he charged them to tell no one about him.
Peter is rebuked by Jesus
Mark 8:31-33 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men."
Douay Rheims; Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter, saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savorest not the things that are of God, but that are of men.
ESV & NASB: But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."
Peter at the Transfiguration
Mark 9: 2-8 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, 3 and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Eli′jah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, "Master,[a] it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli′jah." 6 For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid. [DRA: They were struck with fear; NASB and ESV: They became terrified] 7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son;[b] listen to him." 8 And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only.
Luke 9:28-36 28 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white. 30 And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Eli′jah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep but kept awake, and they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33 And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli′jah"—not knowing what he said. 34 As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen;[a] listen to him!" 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
Peter and the washing of feet
John 13:3-9 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel. 5 Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. 6 He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?" 7 Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand." 8 Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part in me." 9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"
Peter's Denial foretold
John 13: 36-38 36 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow afterward." 37 Peter said to him, "Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." 38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the cock will not crow, till you have denied me three times.
Matthew 26:30-35 And after singing a [l]hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31 Then Jesus *said to them, "You will all [m]fall away because of Me this night, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' 32 But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." 33 But Peter replied to Him, "Even if they all [n]fall away because of You, I will never fall away!" 34 Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." 35 Peter *said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" All the disciples said the same thing as well.
26 And after singing a [l]hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus *said to them, "You will all [m]fall away, because it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' 28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." 29 But Peter said to Him, "Even if they all [n]fall away, yet I will not!" 30 And Jesus *said to him, "Truly I say to you, that [o]this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times." 31 But [p]Peter repeatedly said insistently, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And they all were saying the same thing as well.
Luke 22:31-34 31 "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,[d] that he might sift you[e] like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren." 33 And he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." 34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you three times deny that you know me."
Boldness, overconfidence. Does not take Jesus' admonition to heart. Doesn't accept the word of God. Insisting he knows more about himself and his future actions than Jesus does.
Bluffing. Bluff and bluster. Trying to fake it till he makes it. He didn't make it.
Humility. Yes Lord, even if he doesn't understand.
Addictions, problems -- I can overcome by sheer force of will.
Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane
Matthew 26: 51-56
51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus [t]reached and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and [u]cut off his ear. 52 Then Jesus *said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword will perish by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve [v]legions of angels? 54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?"
55 At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a man inciting a revolt? Every day I used to sit within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me. 56 But all this has taken place so that the Scriptures of the prophets will be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left Him and fled.
32 They *came to a place named [q]Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed." 33 And He *took with Him Peter, [r]James, and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. 34 And He *said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and [s]keep watch." 35 And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began praying that if it were possible, the hour might [t]pass Him by. 36 And He was saying, "Abba! [u]Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will." 37 And He *came and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not [v]keep watch for one hour? 38 [w]Keep watching and praying, so that you will not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." 39 And again He went away and prayed, saying the same [x]words. 40 And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to say in reply to Him. 41 And He *came the third time, and *said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough. The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being [y]betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Get up, let's go; behold, the one who is betraying Me is near!"
43 And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up, [z]accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who were from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. 44 Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; arrest Him and lead Him away [aa]under guard." 45 And after coming, Judas immediately went to Him and *said, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him. 46 And they laid hands on Him and arrested Him. 47 But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and [ab]cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a man inciting a revolt? 49 Every day I was with you within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me; but this has taken place so that the Scriptures will be fulfilled." 50 And [ac]His disciples all left Him and fled.
John 18:10-11 10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus. 11 Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"
Peter's Denial
Matthew 26:69-75 69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a slave woman came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean." 70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." 71 When he had gone out to the gateway, another slave woman saw him and *said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72 And again he denied it, with an oath: "I do not know the man." 73 A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You really are one of them as well, since even the way you talk [ae]gives you away." 74 Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed. 75 And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had [af]made: "Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.
Luke 22:61-62 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times." 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
Crushing shame. He went out. He didn't stay. He withdrew, he hid.
Think about that moment.
Enter into Peter's world -- get to know your parts
Was he possibly suicidal?
Consequence of being big
Shame can get in the way of repentance -- the shame boat. No room for guilt.
John was able to stay small enough to be near Christ.
John 18:15-18 15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he entered the court of the high priest along with Jesus, 16 while Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the maid who kept the door, and brought Peter in. 17 The maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are not you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not." 18 Now the servants[b] and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves; Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
John 18:25-27 25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, "Are not you also one of his disciples?" He denied it and said, "I am not." 26 One of the servants[c] of the high priest, a kinsman of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?" 27 Peter again denied it; and at once the cock crowed.
Did he pray?
Peter not at the crucifixion
P. 207 Seeing in vision how Peter denied his Master three times, Mary wept and prayed fervently for him, and her prayers earned him the grace of an almost immediate repentant. Suddenly the door of the hall opened, and Peter rushed out, weeping bitterly. In the glare of the torches, he recognized John and Mary. His conscience was already deeply stirred by the penetrating look which Jesus a given him and now he trembled as the Blessed Virgin said to him: "Oh Simon, what about my Son? What about Jesus?"
Being unable to speak or to endure Mary's questioning eyes, Peter miserably turned away. But Mary approached him and said in a voice choked with emotion: "Simon, are you not going to answer me?" Then Peter exclaimed: "Mother, do not speak to me! Your Son is suffering cruelly. They have condemned him to death – and I have shamefully denied Him three times!"
As John came near to speak to him, Peter ran off and made his way to the cave on Mount Olivet. Because of his perfect contrition, Mary obtained that God should soon forgive him, and she sent one of her angels to console him invisibly.
P. 220 John met Peter coming to the Cenacle after having spent the night weeping and repenting in a cave near the Holy City. They found some of the Apostles and went to the Cenacle. Peter alone went in to see Mary first. Falling at her feet, he said the sobs of intense sorrow: "I have sinned, Lady. I have sinned before my God, and I have offended my Master and you!" The Blessed Virgin knelt beside him and said: "Let us ask pardon for your guilt from my And Your Master." Then she prayed for Peter and reminded him of the Lord's many acts of mercy toward great sinners and of his own obligations as head of the apostles to give an example of strength in the Faith.
Peter and the Resurrection
John 20:3-10 Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag′dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. 2 So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." 3 Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. 4 They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; 5 and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, 7 and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9 for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went back to their homes.
Luke 24:33-34 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them,34 who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tibe′ri-as; and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathan′a-el of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zeb′edee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing.
4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." 6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved[b] said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards[c] off.
9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
Jesus and Peter
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 16 A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.[d] 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." 19 (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him, "Follow me."
Exercise: Consider which part of the story resonated with you the most. What did you connect with? Probably some resonance with a part of you and a part of St. Peter. How do you feel toward that part of you? What gets in the way of you loving that part of you? If you reject that part of you in you, you will reject similar parts in other people. That will get in the way of you loving them.
Next week St. Dismas -- the thief on the cross next to Jesus, I will discuss his story in a bonus podcast just for RCC members. - Shame and the cross.
Will do a bonus podcast on how I relate with St. Peter's parts. How I see them in me.
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Q: Dotnet core 3.0 project encounter cors issue because of configuration in startup.cs for uploading file function The frontend is react project and backend is dotnet core, they are hosted in different places, that's why I need to configure the cors in startup.cs in my dotnet project.
The problem is very weird. After configuration, there is no cors issue if I run the project in my local environment(on my: pc-frontend and backend), however, on the testing server, every request from the frontend encounter cors error. The error message from console is something like this:
Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'http://dummybackend.com' from origin 'http://dummyfrontend.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.
After a whole day's research, I found the problem has someting to do with one part of the configuration, which is app.UseStaticFiles,
 app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions()
        {
            ServeUnknownFileTypes = true,
            OnPrepareResponse = (ctx) =>
            {

                var policy = corsPolicyProvider.GetPolicyAsync(ctx.Context, "CorsPolicy")
                    .ConfigureAwait(false)
                    .GetAwaiter().GetResult();

                var corsResult = corsService.EvaluatePolicy(ctx.Context, policy);

                corsService.ApplyResult(corsResult, ctx.Context.Response);
            },
            FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"Uploads")),
            RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles"),
        });

which is the configuration for file uploading. If I comment this out, there is no cors issue on the testing server(AWS EC2), but of course, I need this for successful file submitting.
I've found one solution from this blog
https://www.bytefish.de/blog/aspnetcore_static_files_cors.html
But it doesn't work
Below is the configuration I made based on the blog.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        // Add CORS:
        services.AddCors(options =>
        {
            options.AddPolicy("CorsPolicy", policyBuilder => policyBuilder
                    .WithOrigins("http://dummyfrontend.com", "http://localhost:8080")
                    .SetIsOriginAllowedToAllowWildcardSubdomains()
                    .AllowAnyMethod()
                    .AllowAnyHeader()
                    .AllowCredentials());
        });
        SetConfigurations();
        services.AddDbContext<DBContext>(options => options.UseMySql(Configuration.GetConnectionString("LocalDatabase")), ServiceLifetime.Transient);

        services.AddDbContext<DBContextMail>(options => options.UseMySql(Configuration.GetConnectionString("MailDatabase")), ServiceLifetime.Transient);

        services.AddControllers().AddNewtonsoftJson();

        services.Configure<JWT>(Configuration.GetSection("JWT"));

        services.AddScoped<IUserService, UserService>();
        services.AddScoped<IAffiliateService, AffiliateService>();
        services.AddScoped<ICommissionService, CommissionService>();
        services.AddScoped<IReferrerProfileService, ReferrerProfileService>();
        services.AddScoped<IApplicationService, ApplicationService>();
        services.AddScoped<IDashboardService, DashboardService>();
        services.AddScoped<ITeamService, TeamService>();
        services.AddScoped<IHistoryService, HistoryService>();
        services.AddScoped<IScheduleService, ScheduleService>();
        services.AddScoped<ISettingService, SettingService>();
        services.AddScoped<IUserRolesService, UserRolesService>();
        services.AddScoped<IEmailTemplateService, EmailTemplateService>();
        services.AddScoped<ISMSTemplateService, SMSTemplateService>();
        services.AddScoped<IImportReferrersService, ImportReferrersService>();

        if (Environment.IsDevelopment())
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
            {
                c.SwaggerDoc("v1.0", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "Referrer Api v1.0", Version = "v1.0" });
                c.AddSecurityDefinition("Bearer", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                {
                    Description = "JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Example: \"Authorization: Bearer {token}\"",
                    Name = "Authorization",
                    In = ParameterLocation.Header,
                    Type = SecuritySchemeType.ApiKey
                });
                c.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement {
                   {
                     new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                     {
                       Reference = new OpenApiReference
                       {
                         Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
                         Id = "Bearer"
                       }
                      },
                      new string[] { }
                    }
                  });
                c.CustomSchemaIds(type => type.FullName);
                var filePath = Path.Combine(System.AppContext.BaseDirectory, "ReferralSystem.xml");
                c.IncludeXmlComments(filePath);
            });
            services.AddSwaggerGenNewtonsoftSupport();
        }

        var key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Configuration.GetSection("JWT").Get<JWT>().Secret);
        services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
        .AddJwtBearer(x =>
        {
            x.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
            x.SaveToken = true;
            x.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
            {
                ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(key),
                ValidateIssuer = false,
                ValidateAudience = false
            };
        });

        services.Configure<FormOptions>(o =>
        {
            o.ValueLengthLimit = int.MaxValue;
            o.MultipartBodyLengthLimit = int.MaxValue;
            o.MemoryBufferThreshold = int.MaxValue;
        });
    }

    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, ICorsService corsService, ICorsPolicyProvider corsPolicyProvider)
    {
        app.UseRouting();
        loggerFactory.AddLog4Net();
        app.UseCors("CorsPolicy");

        // To serve PBF Files, we need to allow unknown filetypes
        // to be served by the Webserver:

        if (env.IsDevelopment())
        {
            app.UseHttpsRedirection();

            app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
            app.UseSwagger();
            app.UseSwaggerUI(c =>
            {
                c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1.0/swagger.json", "Referrer Api V1.0");
                c.DocumentTitle = "Referrer System API Document";
                c.DocExpansion(DocExpansion.None);
            });
        }

        app.UseAuthentication();
        app.UseAuthorization();
        app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
        {
            endpoints.MapControllers();
        });

        app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions()
        {
            ServeUnknownFileTypes = true,
            OnPrepareResponse = (ctx) =>
            {

                var policy = corsPolicyProvider.GetPolicyAsync(ctx.Context, "CorsPolicy")
                    .ConfigureAwait(false)
                    .GetAwaiter().GetResult();

                var corsResult = corsService.EvaluatePolicy(ctx.Context, policy);

                corsService.ApplyResult(corsResult, ctx.Context.Response);
            },
            FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"Uploads")),
            RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles"),
        });
    }

A: I found the solution myself, it is because inside the app.UseStaticFiles configuration, I define a folder which is @"Uploads", and after publishing the project, there is no such folder inside the publish folder, therefore, the project encounter startup exception.
The solution is simply manually add the folder in the published file folder, so that the project wont encounter startup exception.


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Viktor Frankl: The Founder of Logotherapy
From Concentration Camp to Lectern
Rodney Dieser, PhD, LMHC
Rodney is the author of five textbooks and over 100 articles on the topic of leisure. His writing about leisure have appeared in the USA Today and in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. He is a professor of recreation, tourism and nonprofit leadership at the University of Northern Iowa and works part-time as a therapy provider at Covenant Family Solutions.
Seventy-five years ago, Viktor Frankl wrote one of the greatest books in mental health. First published in 1946, Viktor Frankl's memoir Man's Search for Meaning remains one of the most influential books of the last century, selling over ten million copies worldwide and having been embraced by successive generations of readers captivated by its author's philosophical journey in the wake of the Holocaust.
Mental Health, Viktor Frankl, Logotherapy
Please note, the information in this post is not a replacement for personal medical advice.
Rodney Dieser, PHD, LMHC is a Therapist at Covenant Family Solutions. In addition to mental health counseling, Rodney is a faculty member at the University of Northern Iowa in the Department of Health, Recreation and Community Service, and is an affiliated faculty member in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. He is also credentialed as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. Rodney has written several books on the topics of Leisure, Recreation, and Parks and has contributed to countless research works.
Founder of Logotherapy
Seventy-five years ago, Viktor Frankl wrote one of the greatest books in mental health. First published in 1946, Viktor Frankl's memoir Man's Search for Meaning remains one of the most influential books of the last century, selling over ten million copies worldwide and having been embraced by successive generations of readers captivated by its author's philosophical journey in the wake of the Holocaust. In 1991 it was voted as one of America's ten most influential books in a Library of Congress 1991 survey and today is still on Amazon's list of 100 books to be read in one's lifetime.
Viktor Frankl is widely known as the founder of Logotherapy, which is a form of existential counseling. Logotherapy has been called the "Third Viennese School," after Freud's School of Psychoanalysis and Adler's School of Individual Psychology (Freud, Adler and Frankl were Jewish, all three lived in Vienna, and for a time Alfred Adler lived across the street from Frankl's birth home). The main difference between Frankl's Logotherapy with these other two Viennese Schools is that Frankl rejected Adler's doctrine of will to power and Freud's will to pleasure as the main motivation for living and instead argued that humans' main motivation is a will to meaning. One of Frankl's main arguments is that happiness is a by-product of meaning.
In this book, Frankl describes his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. He later explained the book seemed to pour out of him. Originally it was meant to be published anonymously and, only after much urging from his friends, did he allow his name to be associated with it and then added an explanation of Logotherapy. Logotherapy is based on the idea of identifying and discovering meaning in life and then imagining and working toward that purpose-outcome or future goal. Frankl self-discloses, in Man's Search for Meaning, of a time he was depressed and in physical pain in a concentration camp in which he "forced" his thoughts to a future purpose where he saw himself standing on the platform of a well-lit and pleasant university lecture room. In front of him, Frankl saw in his imagination, an attentive audience listening to him give a lecture on the psychology of concentration camps. Frankl eventually become that person standing in front of students and giving university lecture across the world on logotherapy.
Logotherapy in practice
When Frankl revised his book for Beacon Press in 1962, its titled was changed to Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy. Gordon Allport, who today is considered a pioneer in personality psychology, wrote the preface that outlined one of Frankl's great contributions to mental health counseling, was to have frank and open discussions with clients about suicide, and then to ask clients "Why do you not commit suicide?" From their answer, Frankl assisted the client in finding their logos (Greek word for meaning) and built therapy around it. Today, this counseling technique consists of having client think about what they want to be known as after they die – such as a dedicated father, mother, brother, sister, friend, co-worker, writer, youth leader, community volunteer or activist, plumber or accountant with high integrity, – and then stive to develop that logos. Allport also noted that unlike many European existentialists, Frankl was not pessimistic. Allport remarked that Frankl, a person who experienced so much suffering, took a remarkable hopeful view of people's capacity to transcend their predicaments and quandaries.
Frankl's paramount contribution is the development of logotherapy, which postulates that people are motivated by a "will to meaning," or an inner pull to find and discover a meaning in life. Three basic principles of logotherapy are (1) life has meaning under all circumstances, even the most miserable ones (such as life in a concentration camp); (2) the main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life; and (3) people have freedom to find meaning in what they do, and what they experience, or at least in the stand they take when faced with a situation of unchangeable suffering. As Frankl stated in many of his writings, lectures, and presentations, people can discover meaning in life in three ways: (1) creativity or by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude they take toward life and unavoidable suffering. As Frankl outlined in Man's Search for Meaning, based on his concentration camps horrors, everything can be taken from a person but one thing, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances (what Frankl referred to as the last of the human freedoms).
Another main idea from logotherapy is self-transcendence, which is the human capacity to reach out beyond oneself, toward meaning to fulfill, people to love, and causes to service. Today, the idea of serving something larger than the self, which can result in an abundance of positive emotion, is a core axiom of positive psychology. However, Frankl suggested this a long time ago and before positive psychology existed. Connected to self-transcendence, Frankl also wrote about self-distancing, which is the capacity to step away from ourselves and look at ourselves from the outside, such as using humor and laughing at oneself, instead of being too serious about oneself.
A gem of that era
At the end of the preface of Man's Search for Meaning, Gordon Allport wrote that this book is a gem that provides a compelling introduction to the most significant psychological movement of that era. As mentioned earlier, Allport commented that Frankl, a person who experienced so much suffering, took a remarkable hopeful view of people's capacity to transcend suffering and pain. To this end, and not to trivialize the suffering and death that occurred, I end this blog by sharing a hopeful thought that Frankl wrote about in Man's Search for Meaning.
One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly ground and see the wonderful sunset . . . after minutes of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, "How beautiful the world could be!"
Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
How to Defeat your Inner Critic and Find Self-Worth
Compassion implies that a person sees the suffering or another and wants to help them. What if we could replace our inner critic with inner self-compassion?
Jacob Christenson, PhD, LMFT	January 15, 2021
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Covenant Family Solutions Launches Virtual Mental Health Therapy Platform
"If the past year has taught us anything, it is that those of us in the mental health field need to be prepared to meet people where they are at — quite literally," states CFS CEO Dr. Jacob Christenson.
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How to Handle Adults That Bully Others
When we think of bullying, we typically envision the kid stealing lunch money or shoving their peer to the ground at recess. Sure, these are the most common depictions of bullying in pop culture, but bullying doesn't end when we graduate high school. So how can we handle adults who bully us?
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David S. Goyer to direct sci-fi thriller The Breach
By George Wales 2014-02-04T13:07:00.34Z News
Lionsgate set to fast-track the project
David S. Goyer might be snowed under with all manner of superhero shenanigans over at Warner, but his schedule is about to get even busier with the announcement of his next directorial project, The Breach .
Lionsgate has picked up the sci-fi thriller, adapted from the novel by Patrick Lee, beating Warner to the punch by virtue of their desire to get the project fast-tracked.
The film will follow a former cop turned ex-con, who discovers a strange artefact among the wreckage of a crashed 747 that just might hold the key to the fate of the future...
The Breach will be Goyer's first directorial effort since The Unborn back in 2009, although he has gone behind the camera for TV work since then.
It is still thought that Goyer will pen the script for Warner's Justice League adaptation, but with that film yet to receive a release date, nothing has been officially confirmed as yet...


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"Prospective evaluation of electronic medical record penicillin allergy" by Mary L. Staicu, Matthew Plakosh et al.
This study was presented as a poster at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; December 4–8, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada.
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