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Benjamin Breen, after Leopoldo Galuzzo's Altre scoverte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschel. Napoli, 1836.

EDITOR'S NOTE: While unrequired, chapter 1 of this narrative may be read here.

It is the evening of June 2, 1836, and Richard Adams Locke, editor of the New York newspaper The Sun, listens as a surgeon tells the court how Helen Jewett was murdered.

Locke is the surgeon's friend, and has likely heard it already. How on a cold Sunday morning in April, the coroner called Dr. David L. Rogers to Jewett's bedroom in a brothel in downtown Manhattan. How Dr. Rogers and a fellow doctor moved Jewett's body from her half-burnt bed to the floor. How they probed the wounds on her forehead. How Rogers, a thirty-six year-old "operator of rare dexterity, and consummate skill," sliced Jewett's corpse from neck to pelvis and examined her insides.

Does the prosecution ask whether Dr. Rogers knew Jewett, a prostitute, before she died?

They do not. The historian Patricia Cline Cohen, who read Dr. Roger's report, considers it possible that Dr. Rogers had visited Jewett, a well-read and charming twenty-two-year-old who began life as Dorcas Doyen, a servant girl in Maine. Jewett had one unknown doctor friend, and Dr. Rogers ministered to prostitutes, living not far from Jewett's brothel.

Was she unfamiliar to his friend, Richard Adams Locke?

She was not. Locke wrote in The Sun of "her well-known reputation for beauty, intelligence, accomplishments, and gentility of appearance."

The prosecution presents Dr. Rogers with a hatchet found behind the brothel where Jewett lived and died. Does he recognize it?

He does not, but Dr. Rogers, who has testified in murder cases since he was nineteen, says that Jewett's wounds are consistent with the blade.

Also found was a cloak. Both cloak and hatchet are linked to the young clerk on trial today, Richard P. Robinson, a nineteen-year-old in a new blue suit twirling his cap in the front row.

Does Locke, the journalist for The Sun, think that Robinson did it?

Jewett's fellow prostitutes at the brothel, along with their guests, placed Robinson, Jewett's on-again-off-again lover, in her room in the hours before her body was discovered. A source at the Police Office let Locke read and publish excerpts from Robinson's journal, which revealed a two-faced, amoral braggart "engaged in fantasies of power and contagion."  Alternate explanations beggar belief. The Sun, the city's pioneering penny paper, ridiculed The Herald—run by Locke's nemesis, James Gordon Bennett—when it ran a confessional letter from the "real killer," who claimed to have hid under the bed while Jewett and Robinson slept, and to have killed the prostitute without waking the clerk, to frame him.

Locke doesn't think that Robinson did it; he knows he did.

And yet—

—the trial goes poorly. Over the next four days, Locke watches as Robinson's defense team outclasses the prosecution time and again. Robinson's journal is ruled inadmissible. Jewett's ghostly voice is forbidden: letters between Jewett and Robinson—which devolve from passionate love to Robinson's thinly veiled threats, to Jewett's knowledge of some undefined wrong-doing by Robinson—are ruled inadmissible. The defense produces a shop owner who "remembers" that Robinson spent the evening smoking in his store. The killing stroke comes late the last day when the judge tells the jury to give more weight to that shop owner than to Jewett's friends, who admitted Robinson to Jewett's room, and saw him there shortly before her body was discovered.

Why?

Because they are women, and they are prostitutes, and this is New York in 1836.

The jury returns: not-guilty. Robinson heads to Texas, to make a new life.

Is Locke surprised?

He and The Sun spend the next several weeks working leads that the prosecution had fumbled. Locke breaks Robinson's alibi and finds a second false alibi waiting in the wings. The Sun concludes that Robinson had been embezzling from his employer, had killed another young woman, and had killed Jewett to keep those secrets.

But is Locke surprised?

He is not. Locke knows a lie's anatomy, inside and out. He is notorious for it.

It is two months earlier, February 25, 1836, and Richard Adams Locke watches as his friend Dr. Rogers slices open the 161-year-old African-American Joice Heth.

Who, while living, had been exhibited by Phineas T. Barnum as the "oldest specimen" living of our human species.

Who was a "living automaton," said skeptics.

Who sang, performed, and talked of her time as George Washington's nursemaid.

Who was still a slave when she died, having made ten to twelve thousand dollars for Barnum while living.

Who, now dead, is making seven hundred dollars more for Barnum in ticket sales.

How did she end up beneath Dr. Roger's knife?

Dr. Rogers, the resident surgeon at New York Hospital, asked Barnum for the opportunity to perform Heth's autopsy if she died in America. Once, New Yorkers rioted when they discovered medical students 'resurrecting' the recently dead for dissection. Now, Dr. Rogers—himself trained by one famed bodysnatcher—has easy access to the dead marginalized by the law: murder victims, blacks, the poor, and criminals. Dr. Rogers often dissects them in public. His friend Locke had hoped that "poor old Joice Heth should have been sacred from [such] exposure and mutilation," but acknowledged the autopsy's value for "anatomical science."

And perhaps his friend's career?

There are fifteen hundred paying New Yorkers in the audience today, likely Dr. Roger's largest audience yet.

Dr. Rogers makes the incision. What does he find?

With his hands inside the frail frame that many claimed was a puppet, Dr. Rogers finds little of the ossification expected of a person of such great age. Heth's viscera are healthy. Heth's heart is healthy. Heth's skull resists unfolding, but her brain is healthy. Dr. Rogers finds that Heth died not of old age, but tuberculosis. He sets down his knife and gives his opinion: "Joice Heth could not have been more than seventy-five, or, at the utmost, eighty years of age!" The amphitheater rented by Barnum erupts, and Richard Adams Locke runs the news the next morning in The Sun.

Barnum claims innocence. Does anyone believe him?

Not when he and his accomplices are still fanning the flames. His assistant convinces The Herald that Barnum has just hoaxed Dr. Rogers; that Joice Heth is in fact alive and well in Connecticut. James Gordon Bennett, The Herald's dirt-seeking editor, takes the bait. He even accuses Dr. Rogers of being in on the trick—and of being involved in an even more famous hoax, from six months before.

And Heth?

Truly, she is dead, but her captive performance is never ending. Barnum later claims to have buried her "respectably" in Bethel, Connecticut, where Barnum was born, though records of her burial do not exist.  Shortly after the autopsy, though, someone, perhaps Barnum, jokes to Locke, of The Sun, that Heth would be embalmed like a mummy and shipped overseas with the body of a "180-year-old" black man, to 'humbug' the English.

Again, is Locke, an Englishman himself, surprised?

Still, he is not. He knows this fraudulent play upon race and control, intimately. He has even performed in it. It was his humbug that The Herald said Dr. Rogers had co-authored.

Which was?

Six months before, Locke convinced almost all of New York that the moon was a paradise inhabited by unicorns and man-bats, and then tried to argue that that belief in a lunar paradise, real or not, cooled tempers over the most divisive issue in American history: the abolition of slavery.

'Man-bats'?

It is a morning in the last week in August 1835, and a crowd gathers outside the office of The Sun, despite the New York summer's heat. Richard Adams Locke, Dr. David L. Rogers, and a few other friends watch from the doorway. There have been many crowds already this summer.

Not crowds.

Mobs. Against the release of over two million black slaves owned in a country of thirteen million. Against the right of free, laboring, middle class blacks to form abolition groups with whites—and possibly marry them. Against abolitionism reaching the South. A looming reprise of the year before, when mobs in New York—a city swelling with cotton's profits, home to an estimated seven thousand Southerners—looted black homes and churches, rioted against English actors, broke up abolitionist meetings, and ransacked the homes of its wealthy leaders.

It was also about nationalism, then? And class?

The still-nascent American Anti-Slavery Society is not dissuaded. In 1835, the Society decides that to "sow the good seed of abolition thoroughly over the whole country"—and drum up funds—it would flood the South with 170,000 copies of antislavery literature.

How mad did the South get?

This was the summer that 'Lynch's law' entered the national vocabulary; by the following year, 'to lynch,' the verb, was widespread.

Anti-abolitionist rallies intercept and burn the mail, along with effigies of white abolitionists Arthur Tappan and William Lloyd Garrison. Southerners call for Tappan's extradition and hunt for antislavery material in cities' black quarters.  In Madison County, Mississippi, in July, a rumored slave insurrection is magnified and shredded through the deployment of lynch law, the torture of blacks and sympathetic whites, and the hanging of seven whites and many, many, many more blacks.

And in New York?

Silk merchant Tappan receives threatening letters daily, rumors swirling that New Orleans assassins lurked at street corners to perforate his lungs. The six-penny Morning Courier and Enquirer, read by the city's wealthy, calls for New Yorkers "to crush the reptilian egg of abolition underfoot" before it brings on civil war.

And the city's black abolitionists? What of them?

Tappan remains unhurt. National antislavery societies leap from 200 to 527. Record numbers of tracts and society handkerchiefs are sold.

Where is Locke and The Sun in all of this?

The New York Sun defends the abolitionists. Locke runs news of violence against Southern abolitionists and blacks, and gleefully cancels the subscription of a reader offended by The Sun's pro-Abolition sentiment, adding a full-throated condemnation of slavery.

[I]f there are any more of our subscribers who think that to tell the truth is to be an abolitionist, we shall be happy to stop theirs also.

Was that why a crowd has gathered outside of The Sun's offices this hot morning in late August? To cancel their subscriptions?

No. They were there for something more … celestial.

On August 21, one day after Locke made his stand for 'truth' and abolition, The Sun ran a very small notice promising a major astronomical discovery.

On Wednesday, August 26, the city's mayor and worthies announce a mass meeting for those "opposed to the incendiary proceedings of the abolitionists."

On Wednesday, August 26, The Sun starts reprinting what it claims is a firsthand account from the "Edinburgh Journal of Science": new findings from the improbably massive new telescope of the famed astronomer Sir John Herschel. In January, Herschel had trained that new telescope on the moon and found—

Paradise. A field of poppies—

—a lunar forest—

—an inland sea—

—bison-like animals, eyes protected from sunlight by a "fleshy appendage"—

—a goat-sized unicorn.

Here the narrative breaks off, to be resumed on Thursday.

On Thursday, ten thousand New Yorkers meet in a park to reassure the South that the city won't tolerate abolitionists' interference with the peace, rights and the (north-flowing) trade of slaveholding states.

On Thursday, the moon narrative resumes, briefly. And on Friday, the telescope revealed the Moon's most surprising inhabitant: four-foot tall copper-haired, translucent man-bats.

Did they have a scientific name?

Vespertilio-homo. They conversed, flew and expressed affection in ways that required The Sun to censor the Edinburgh Journal's text. Two more varieties of man-bats will be found, each more beautiful than the last.

Who believes?

According to Edgar Allan Poe, who takes a competitive interest because he believes someone at The Sun has plagiarized his own moon fantasy: almost everyone. "[N]ot one person in ten discredited" the story, "and (strangest point of all!) the doubters were chiefly those who doubted without being able to say why—the ignorant—those uninformed in astronomy—people who would not believe, because the thing was so novel, so 'entirely out of the usual way.'"

Strangest point of all! Faith in science?

Or faith's place in science. Paradise on the moon is a comforting thought.

The Sun's hollering newsboys sell out their stacks, over and over. On Friday, the day that man-bats take Manhattan, The Sun's publisher reveals the moon story's effect on sales. The Sun's circulation has hit 19,360—five times what other New York newspapers have ever sold daily. The Sun will sell as many as sixty thousand copies of the series' reprint—"equivalent, in today's population, to over one million copies," one historian estimates.

What does that mean?

That The Sun's publisher is now a very, very rich man.

And that while the mayor exhorts New York to stand against the abolitionists, one of the city's most radical papers is "besieged by thousands of applicants, from dawn to midnight," demanding fresh accounts of man-bats and moondust.

But is none of it true?

The Sun's editor, Richard Adams Locke, and his friends Dr. David L. Rogers and William N. Griggs, watch the crowd clamor. On that particular morning, Griggs later remembers: "a highly respectable-looking elderly gentleman, in a fine broadcloth Quaker suit," convinces the crowd that the moon story was true because he had seen the astronomer Herschel's seven-ton telescope leaving England's docks for South Africa.

Locke regards the man with a "look of mingled astonishment and contempt."

How long does the enchantment last?

The series ends on Monday, August 31. That same morning, dirt-hunting editor James Gordon Bennett's Herald "praises" Locke for such a marvelously constructed fraud—and accuses him of getting an English chambermaid pregnant, for good measure.

James Gordon Bennett, ever charming.

Locke responds with an open letter to the editor of the Evening Star. He fends off the ad hominem accusation handily, but is cleverly cagey when it comes to the moon story. He hadn't made the discoveries, Locke writes, with lawyerly honesty.

Does Locke admit that the "Edinburgh Journal" does not exist?

Bennett's editorials continue, and Locke offers this instead:

We go from the genuineness of the discoveries because we like a sprinkle of the marvellous [sic] and because we hope that, by directing all eyes to the ladies and gentleman of the moon, there will be less devilment practiced on earth. We are curious to know whether Lynch Law exists amongst our Lunar neighbors, or whether they have not yet arrived at that degree of refinement!

Benjamin Breen, after Leopoldo Galuzzo's Altre scoverte fatte nella luna dal Sigr. Herschel (Napoli, 1836).

It is Friday, September 4, 1835. On the corner of Broadway and Lispenard, someone sets fire to the bookstore of a black abolitionist and printer named David Ruggles.

For three nights in the week following, a white mob will gather before his store. He will relocate to Chapel Street, continue to sell The Liberator, educate blacks free and enslaved, and mentor Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.

But today is not a good day.

It is Friday, September 4, 1835.

A pistol fires.

A woman screams.

And shortly after midnight, a night watchman rouses Dr. David L. Rogers from his sleep. One sailor has murdered another over the love of a woman, it seems. The murderer was apprehended at the scene, but there's an autopsy to be done.

Dr. Rogers walks from his home and office on Chambers St. to a boarding house on Monroe St. belonging to Mrs. Harriet A. Shoults.

He finds a sailor named John "Little Jack" Roberts, shot through the eye.

Does Dr. Rogers move Roberts' from the bed to the floor? Does he make an incision?

Roberts's dead body has been moved already, to a passageway. Rogers rolls Little Jack's body over to inspect the wound. The brain is "much torn." Dr. Rogers finds the ball on Mrs. Shoults's pillow. It "must have rolled out when the scull was taken off [sic]."

Is Locke at the coroner's inquest the next morning to see the murderer?

He is not. His fellow journalists say that Locke, who may have been fired from his last newspaper job for drinking, has been at the bar more often these days. Whether to celebrate, or from the pressure, is unclear.

Edgar Allan Poe later credits Locke's "genius" for the hoax's success, but Locke has perhaps realized that he has sold himself too cheap.  The Sun's circulation remains unimaginably high, the reprints are selling out, and The Sun's publisher is making much more than the $300 to $500 that he paid Locke for the moon series, let alone the $12 Locke gets per week.

Sometime over the next several weeks, over a drink with a fellow reporter, whose newspaper was about to reprint the Moon story, Locke comes clean. "Don't print it right away," he says. "I wrote it myself."  The reporter runs that story instead.

Was it only for the money? And who killed "Little Jack"?

It is Monday, September 14, and a play about lunar man-bats opens at the fashionable Bowery Theater to sold-out audiences. A character blows up a flock of man-bats "with a highly combustible bundle of abolitionist tracts."

The Sun approves. That Friday, without claiming authorship for what he only knows was a satire, not a hoax, Locke writes that the moon series had usefully "[diverted] the public mind, for a while, from that bitter apple of discord, the abolition of slavery." By giving the other newspapers something else to get angry about, Locke claimed, The Sun had prevented escalation of New York's rancorous war on abolition.

Does he truly believe that? Why would anyone trust anything else he writes?
It is Tuesday, September 22, and Richard Adams Locke is in City Hall, in New York's Court of Oyer and Terminer. The court brings in the man accused of murdering John "Little Jack" Roberts, the sailor shot through the eye.

The accused is named Richard Jackson, and he is also a sailor.

He is a sailor. His name is not 'Richard Jackson.'

As Locke transcribes the proceedings in shorthand, he realizes that the case against Jackson is strong. His friend, Dr. David L. Rogers, is a witness for the prosecution.

What does Dr. Rogers say?

That he inspected Roberts' wound and matched the bullet he found to the gun taken off Jackson. That he cannot say whether the old three-inch scar on Jackson's head gradually made him insane. He sees no such symptoms. He "cannot say that dark swarthy complexioned men are more subject to insanity than persons of a light complexion; although those persons who are insane are generally dark complexioned men."

The District Attorney asks: why are the dark complexioned more insane?

"Because insanity usually effects [sic] the liver, and the disease of the liver is thrown back upon the skin," says Dr. Rogers, "and this is apt to produce a dark swarthy complexion."

Does Jackson, the "dark complexioned" man in question, defend himself?

He has said enough already. Other witnesses testify that he threatened to "blow out the brains of Roberts" over Harriet Shoults, with whom Jackson lives when he isn't at sea. Shoults herself testifies that she saw Jackson shoot Roberts. Eliza Seymour, who was also in the room that night, confirms the story.

Locke is nevertheless impressed by the "eloquent, pathetic" closing speech made by Jackson's lawyer, arguing that his client is insane; that in madness he attempted to hang himself after his arrest.

Does it work?

The jury comes back with a verdict of Guilty.

Richard Jackson is to be hanged by the State instead.

Does Jackson show remorse? Does he weep? Does Jackson know that Dr. David L. Rogers—

—who finds him dark-complexioned, but not insane—

—will be offered his body for dissection after the execution?

"The prisoner remained during the whole trial, which lasted till ten at night, in a reclining posture, and heard the verdict of the jury with dogged indifference, bordering on insensibility," claims the New York Commercial Adviser.

Jackson is led out of the courtroom. He will go to a small cell in Bellevue.

Locke walks out of the courtroom. It is the moon-hoaxer's thirty-fifth birthday.

Does he walk home to celebrate with his wife and daughter in their modest apartment on Franklin Street?

More likely that he walks to The Sun to write up the trial for the next day's paper. He is curious. There are two stray threads hanging from Jackson's story. He will pull them.

The first?

Goes in his trial account for The Sun: that Jackson, in an earlier examination, had revealed that had been born in Portugal. It follows that his name likely isn't 'Richard Jackson'.

This on its own isn't notable—

—it's simply New York. Many sailors, who come and go with the tides, are born far from the Isle of Mannahatta, and adopt Anglo names at their convenience.

But the second fact?

Changes the first. Locke keeps this one to himself. Jackson is a more interesting sailor than most, it seems. He had been tried in Boston, a few years before, for Piracy.

From man-bats to pirates!

A wonderful birthday present to open, and write about, provided that Locke gets to it before his friend Dr. Rogers opens Jackson's ribs.

But after everything that's happened, who will trust a hoaxing journalist with the story of a murderer waiting to die? Who will believe it?

It is after midnight, September 23, 1835, and a sailor whose name is not Richard Jackson, who could not afford good lawyers, who likely does not know his birthday, whose body is no longer his, faces one of his last nights on earth.

Does he weep?

Will we believe it?

**Christopher Heaney** is a co-founder and editor of _The Appendix_, a PhD candidate in history at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of _Cradle of Gold_.

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              Letter from the Editors

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              Letters to The Appendix

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              Lieutenant Nun

              4.
              The Double World: One Man's Search for Meaning in the Seattle Public Library

              5.
              The Phantom Punch

              6.
              The Fourth Skull: A Tale of Authenticity and Fraud

              7.
              Death of a Sailor: Chapter 2: The Hoaxers

              8.
              Local History: Drumnadrochit, Scotland

              9.
              Bespelled in the Archives

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              Showing His Monster

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              From the Aviary: Haliaeetus leucocephalus

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              Mother Machine: an 'Uncanny Valley' in the Eighteenth Century

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              The Many Lives of Ned Coxere: Were British Sailors Really British?

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              Spectral Passages

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              The Lady Vanishes

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              Woman Filing Her Nails

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              Andean Atlantis: Race, Science and the Nazi Occult in Bolivia

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              The Woman in Green: A Chinese Ghost Tale from Mao to Ming, 1981-1381

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              Jepp, Who Defied the Stars

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              Anthropology, Footnoted: Jared Diamond's The World Until Yesterday

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              Levitation: Physics and Psychology in the Service of Deception

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Pupils in London and surrounding areas are attaining much better results than those who live in other areas, such as Yorkshire and Humber who are achieving the lowest results.
The study found that between 2013 and 2014, 70% of 16-year-olds in London achieved five good GCSEs on average compared to 63% in Yorkshire and Humber. The study stated that although family background still remains important, but the findings suggest that the geographical area that a child comes from has become more important.
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MRSA is a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it.
Staph bacteria are normally found on the skin or in the nose of about one-third of the population. If you have staph on your skin or in your nose but aren't sick, you are said to be "colonized" but not infected. Healthy people can be colonized and have no ill effects. However, they can pass the germ to others.
Staph bacteria are generally harmless unless they enter the body through a cut or other wound, and even then they often cause only minor skin problems in healthy people. However, staph infections can cause serious illness. This most often happens in older adults and people who have weakened immune systems, usually in hospitals and long term care facilities. But in the past several years, serious infections have been occurring in otherwise healthy people in the community, for example athletes who share equipment or personal items.
* Unnecessary antibiotic use. Like other superbugs, MRSA is the result of decades of excessive and unnecessary antibiotic use. For years, antibiotics have been prescribed for colds, flu and other viral infections that don't respond to these drugs, as well as for simple bacterial infections that normally clear on their own.
* Antibiotics in food and water. Prescription drugs aren't the only source of antibiotics. In the United States, antibiotics can be found in livestock. These antibiotics find their way into municipal water systems when the runoff from feedlots contaminates streams and groundwater.
* Germ mutation. Even when antibiotics are used appropriately, they contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria because they don't destroy every germ they target. Bacteria live on an evolutionary fast track, so germs that survive treatment with one antibiotic soon learn to resist others. And because bacteria mutate much more quickly than new drugs can be produced, some germs end up resistant to just about everything. That's why only a handful of drugs are now effective against most forms of staph.


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I have a daughter and I sometimes wonder about exactly what our relationship should be. I was surprised how much Elder Ballard's talk about the things I should be teaching my daughter actually taught me about myself as a woman. I love this talk. You will too. Tell me about your favorite parts in the comments.


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Belmont University and HCA Healthcare announce plans to launch new College of Medicine
(Left to Right) Belmont University Board of Trust Chair Marty Dickens; former HCA Healthcare CEO and current Board Member Milton Johnson; Belmont University President Dr. Bob Fisher; Heather Rohan, president of HCA Healthcare's TriStar Division; Dr. Michael Cuffe, president of HCA Healthcare's Physician Services Group (PSG)
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Press conference held on Oct. 15, 2020 to announce that Belmont University intends to start a new College of Medicine in partnership with HCA Healthcare at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
For the past several years, HCA Healthcare has stood up strategic programs to tackle the United States physician shortage head-on through initiatives in clinical and medical education. Building on that momentum, Belmont University announced today its intent to start a new College of Medicine in collaboration with HCA Healthcare. We're honored to team up with Belmont University to shape the physicians of tomorrow in constant pursuit of our mission to care for and improve human life.
HCA Healthcare's Nashville-based TriStar Health will provide clinical elements in support of Belmont's plans to pursue Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation for the new college.
Sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, LCME is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the M.D. degree in the U.S. (and Canada). Belmont College of Medicine would seek to become the nation's 156th LCME-accredited medical school, and its graduates would be well positioned to help fill the significant physician gap anticipated to be felt between now and 2033.
"According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the shortage of U.S. physicians continues to worsen, and we share Belmont University's commitment to address this critical need," said HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen. "We appreciate our long history of collaboration with Belmont, and we look forward to supporting their pathway to be a successful LCME-accredited medical school."
This new medical school further builds on a lengthy legacy of connections between Belmont and HCA Healthcare, one that traces back to the company's co-founder Jack Massey, a staunch Belmont supporter. Since those early years, the organizations have worked together on a number of vital initiatives, including the Partners in Nursing Consortium to address a nursing shortage in Tennessee. HCA Healthcare also is working with the University as the local health advisor for the Oct. 22, 2020 Presidential Debate at Belmont.
"As seen with all of the efforts observed this week as we prepare to host a presidential debate, Belmont University settles for nothing less than excellence in everything we do. That is certainly our intent with this new College of Medicine, and working with HCA Healthcare, I have no doubts that this program will produce the next generation of healthcare leaders," said Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher. "HCA Healthcare will bring world-class expertise to Belmont's College of Medicine, offering our students extraordinary faculty instructors and a pathway to residency and clinical placements. A College of Medicine is the natural next step in Belmont's healthcare offerings. It's not an easy step, but it's characteristic of Belmont University to take on challenges and do big things, and do those things well."
In addition to being a leading healthcare provider, HCA Healthcare also is the leading provider of graduate medical education in the country. HCA Healthcare's TriStar Health will provide third year medical students core clinical clerkships and fourth year medical students clinical elective rotations. HCA Healthcare also will provide a pathway to outstanding graduate medical education opportunities for Belmont College of Medicine graduates and will support existing members of the medical staff who may be interested in faculty positions in Belmont's College of Medicine.
HCA Healthcare is a leader in clinical and medical education, and its affiliates currently include 58 teaching hospitals. The health system is the largest sponsor of Gradual Medical Education (GME) programs, with more than 4,300 residents and fellows in 272 programs and a growing commitment to medical education. In addition, HCA Healthcare affiliates include Galen College of Nursing, Research College of Nursing and Mercy School of Nursing. HCA Healthcare also has several Centers for Clinical Advancement that provide nursing training in simulation environments.
HCA Healthcare executive Dr. Michael Cuffe speaks during an announcement that Belmont University intends to start a new College of Medicine in partnership with one of the nation's leading healthcare providers, HCA Healthcare at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, October 15, 2020.
As the largest and most comprehensive healthcare provider in the region, HCA Healthcare's flagship, Tristar Health, will provide a vast learning environment for Belmont College of Medicine students and residents.
The academic and clinical expertise HCA Healthcare brings to the table along with the countless opportunities presented by being located in the nation's healthcare capital aren't the only advantages Belmont medical students will receive. They will also benefit from numerous interprofessional healthcare opportunities already embedded on the Nashville campus. The University is heavily invested in the health sciences, currently offering degrees in nursing (bachelor's, master's and DNP), physical therapy (DPT), pharmacy (Pharm.D.), occupational therapy (OTD) and public health (bachelor's) as well as an MBA in Healthcare.
Furthermore, the need for qualified, compassionate healthcare practitioners is substantial. According to data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in June, "the United States could see an estimated shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians… by 2033." Of those numbers, a shortage of approximately 21,400-55,200 primary care physicians alone are anticipated. Interestingly, the data for this study was gathered prior to the advance of COVID-19 into a worldwide pandemic, an emergent crisis that has demonstrated "the need for a strong and sufficient health care workforce." Other key findings from the report suggest that physician demand will also be impacted by population growth and aging as well as that "a large portion of the physician workforce is nearing traditional retirement age."
Belmont aims to help address this coming shortage by welcoming an inaugural class of 150 students, with an expected enrollment of 500-600 students when the College of Medicine reaches full capacity.
Belmont's strong financial status, impeccable health science academic programs and longstanding commitment to excellence provide the perfect foundation for a dynamic, state-of-the-art new College of Medicine. As next steps, the University will immediately launch a nationwide search for the inaugural dean of the new Belmont College of Medicine. The dean will begin to build a team and initiate the required steps to pursue candidacy status with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and also establish timelines for potential openings.
A prominent site for a building to house the College of Medicine has been identified, and preliminary plans are being developed for the approximately 150,000 square foot building. More detailed information will be announced at a later date after review and approval by all parties and the accrediting body.
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It is no secret that Justin Bieber is not the most constructive celebrity to grace the world's presence; in fact, the singer's reputation has been declining faster than most can keep up. From a petition to get him deported, to vocal questioning of whether or not the star gets the justified amount of punishment for his heinous attitude, Bieber's fans have rapidly turned away from him in shame.
The devotion of a fan is a hard thing to taint. Many Bieber fans loved him through his first mishaps, with hopeful admiration and naivety that his bad behavior was a phase. Everyone, fans and neutrals alike, now know that Bieber's seemingly constant shenanigans are not a phase. The 20-year-old entertainer has a knack for disrespecting everyone, authority or not, and a disinterest in keeping fans in love with him. Many fans have lost interest in looking for the good in Bieber, and instead have turned away from him, possibly due to a series of particularly bad episodes.
According to many previous fans, Bieber has some serious character flaws. He disrespected Anne Frank while visiting her former home by writing that he hoped she would have been a "Belieber" had she been alive during his fame. This stunt in particular sparked so much distaste for the star, but it did not end there. Some fans remained after this shameful episode, though more were lost due to ensuing actions.
Bieber has disrespected police officials, whole nations of people and fans looking for a conversation or photo. He was detained for reckless driving while intoxicated and was faced with charges for resisting arrest. The singer very recently negligently congratulated Japanese war criminals by photographing himself in front of a war shrine in Tokyo. Bieber has also been known to completely ignore fans, even if they speak directly at him while sitting next to him. Many tweets aimed at Bieber showcase fans tired of his disrespect and immaturity, as well as once-were fans who cannot understand why the star is still so popular.
Egging a neighbor's house is not out of line in the eyes of Bieber. The singer recently egged his neighbor's house with friends and was caught on a surveillance camera celebrating the event. The piling criminal history for the star has made traveling out of the country a headache for himself and his entourage. Bieber was recently held at LAX for his loaded criminal history and should probably get used to such treatment if he plans to continue on harassing the world and breaking the law.
It is not possible to pinpoint one specific incident that has caused many of Bieber's fans to turn away from supporting him. It is a possibility that many of the people who signed his deportation petition were once devout fans who are tired of his disrespect for just about everything. The majority of Bieber's recent publicity is negative; though, the singer is still in the spotlight even if it is only highlighting the bad. For many famous people publicity in general is wanted with no specific desire for positive or negative exposure. The star has grown up in the public eye, which is extremely hard for many people. Time will tell if Bieber is a lost cause, or if he just has a huge amount of growing up to do.
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By Meera Dolasia on February 22, 2013
On February 9th, 2013, Kansas City resident Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she encountered a homeless man by the name of Billy Ray Harris.Instinctively, she reached into her change purse and emptied out all the coins she had into his collection can. Little did either realize that this small act of generosity, would change their lives forever.
It was not until the following morning that Sarah realized that not only had she given Billy all her change, but also, her platinum and diamond engagement ring that she had placed in her change purse earlier, because it had been bothering her finger. She and her husband Bill Krejci, rushed to the see if they could locate Billy, hoping against hope, that he would confirm her suspicion about where she had misplaced her precious jewelry. Not only was the homeless man in the same spot, he also, immediately returned the ring. The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the cash they had – about $60USD.
However, Bill Krejci, a web designer felt as though he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man especially, after the story went viral and hundreds of people reached out to see how they could help Billy. So on February 18th, he set up a special page for him on fundraising site Give Forward with a goal of raising $1,000USD in 90 days. In just four days, the donations have ballooned to over $85,000USD and there seems to be no end in sight yet.
If that is not enough, Billy is off the streets and currently living with an unnamedsamaritan. And that's not all – Thanks to all the media coverage, he was reunited with his older brother, Edwin Harris who he has been unable to locate for 27 years. Not only did the two talk for 45 minutes on the phone, but Edwin is also planning to come get Billy in mid-March and take him to his home in Lubbock,Texas.
All this good fortune just because Billy did the right thing – Return something that did not rightfully belong to him. Honesty is definitely the best policy! If you want to donate some of your allowance to better the life of Billy Ray Harris or just keep up to date with how this heartwarming story ends, check outgiveforward.com/billyray.
Resources: newsyahoo.com, nydaily, huffingtonpost.com
http://www.dogonews.com/2013/2/22/homeless-mans-honesty-pays-back-in-spades
Do You Love Yourself? Here are 12 ways to start!
by LOUISE L. HAY
The wonderful adventure of self-love.
I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS only one thing that heals every problem, and that is: to love yourself. When people start to love themselves more each day, it's amazing how their lives get better. They feel better. They get the jobs they want. They have the money they need. Their relationships either improve, or the negative ones dissolve and new ones begin.
Loving yourself is a wonderful adventure; it's like learning to fly. Imagine if we all had the power to fly at will? How exciting it would be! Let's begin to love ourselves now.
Here are 12 Commandments to help you learn how to love yourself:
Stop All Criticism.
Criticism never changes a thing. Refuse to criticize yourself. Accept yourself exactly as you are. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself, your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive.
Forgive Yourself.
Let the past go. You did the best you could at the time with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge that you had. Now you are growing and changing, and you will live life differently.
Don't Scare Yourself.
Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. It's a dreadful way to live. Find a mental image that gives you pleasure, and immediately switch your scary thought to a pleasure thought.
Be Gentle and Kind and Patient.
Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself as you learn the new ways of thinking. Treat yourself as you would someone you really loved.
Be Kind to Your Mind.
Self-hatred is only hating your own thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having the thoughts. Gently change your thoughts.
Praise Yourself.
Criticism breaks down the inner spirit. Praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every little thing.
Support Yourself.
Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is being strong to ask for help when you need it.
Be Loving to Your Negatives.
Acknowledge that you created them to fulfill a need. Now you are finding new, positive ways to fulfill those needs. So lovingly release the old negative patterns.
Learn about nutrition. What kind of fuel does your body need in order to have optimum energy and vitality? Learn about exercise. What kind of exercise do you enjoy? Cherish and revere the temple you live in.
Do Mirror Work.
Look into your eyes often. Express this growing sense of love you have for yourself. Forgive yourself while looking into the mirror. Talk to your parents while looking into the mirror. Forgive them, too. At least once a day, say, "I love you, I really love you!"
Love Yourself . . . Do It Now.
Don't wait until you get well, or lose the weight, or get the new job, or find the new relationship. Begin now—and do the best you can.
Remember the things that gave you joy as a child. Incorporate them into your life now. Find a way to have fun with everything you do. Let yourself express the joy of living. Smile. Laugh. Rejoice, and the Universe rejoices with you!
Louise L. Hay, the author of the international bestseller You Can Heal Your Life, is a metaphysical lecturer and teacher with more than 50 million books sold worldwide. For more than 30 years, she has helped people throughout the world discover and implement the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Showand many other TV and radio programs both in the U.S. and abroad.
Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's CAPTAIN CHARACTER!
Staff photos by Steve Muscatello , The Journal
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Captain Character, also known as Principal Les Koppendrayer, crashes through a paper sign at the beginning of a Character Counts assembly on the first day of school at Washington Elementary School in New Ulm Tuesday.
The event is to promote good character by focusing on six pillars: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. A Character Counts trophy will be awarded weekly to a classroom that is being recognized for good character.
For more photos of this event go to cu.nujournal.com
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Stand-Up For Kids Visits a Village in Northeast Thailand!
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Isaan Children Cheering After a Fun Day:)
The wonderful children and me in Mahasarakham Province of Northeast Thailand
We are off and running in 2013 as Stand-Up For Kids is now in Thailand. Yes, that's right! I am in Southeast Asia, one of the most enchanting, interesting parts of the world. I've come to know quite a bit about Thai culture, traditions, etc. and I have done my fair share of traveling around the "Land of Smiles". The Thai people have a very lovely disposition. It seems that no matter what part of the country you visit, Thai people make eye contact with you and smile:) It's rather comforting, if not perplexing, to see an entire nation of people who subscribe to this philosophy that every person with whom they come into contact deserves to see them smile and that every unsuspecting stranger should humbly smile in return. What makes it even more remarkable is that most of the Thai population has a standard of living that is far lower than what we experience in the U.S., yet the street cleaners, day laborers, people pushing rackety food carts, and just about every person you encounter, offers you a smile:)
Thais also love to laugh and get silly. Of course, this is perfectly suited for my personality because my mission in life is to bring laughter and smiles to everyone. After my first trip to Thailand about five years ago, I decided to teach myself to speak Thai so that I could communicate with the locals on subsequent trips, not to mention that I really enjoy learning another language and I thought that it would be fascinating to take up the challenge of learning something with which previously I was completely unfamiliar.
So my language prowess has allowed me to perform in Thailand on many occasions. I'm quite skilled in speaking Thai, and although I am not fluent, I can certainly hold my own. While Central Thai is taught in schools nationwide, about one third of the country's population lives in the region referred to as Isaan; Generally speaking, Isaan is farmland, rice fields, etc. and the people there live in villages that seem like a trip back in time or something inside of a National Geographic magazine. People in Isaan also speak the Isaan language, which is extremely similar to Laos, the language of the neighboring country, Laos. Needless to say, last weekend when I was cordially invited to visit my friend Keng's village in Mahasarakham Province in Thailand, I knew that I had my work cut out for me because the village residents normally speak Isaan; While they also speak Thai, I knew that the slang, colloquial language, and idiomatic expressions in Thai that I'm still not familiar with would make things a little more difficult to communicate.
From the moment we arrived at the market at 5 a.m. on Saturday morning, the Isaan people stared at me in amazement because it is very unusual to see an American, or any other "farang" (the term that Thai people use to refer to foreigners) at the market, especially at the crack of dawn. But once I started speaking Thai with the people, it became instantly evident that laughter is universal in any language. Keng and some of her family members and I paced up and down the market aisles, talking and laughing with the vendors and buying insane amounts of exotic Thai fruits, vegetables, fish, and other locally grown products.
Once we returned to the village, the game was on……..Driving down the dirt road that served as the main artery in Keng's family's section of the village, scores of children noticed me and began gravitating to Keng's childhood home. Only one foreigner lives in their village, so my arrival most certainly set off a frenzy of curiosity and excitement. Thai people are naturally very shy, but once you break down that barrier, you'll find them to be the most engaging, polite, and friendliest people on the face of the planet. So the moment that I began saying hello to the elementary school aged children, I was not surprised that they were afraid to speak to me. Of course, once I turned on the charm and began speaking Thai and making some of the children laugh, the others began slowly gravitating closer and closer to the "performance area", which at that time was the large area on the side of Keng's house where everyone assembled to eat the massive amount of food that her family prepared. As a side not, Thai people are obsessed with eating, but I'll save that topic for another time;)
Soon after I broke into some improvisational English games that included my usual silly antics, the children were fully engaged and asking for more. The intoxicating sound of their innocent laughter fueled me to continue uninterrupted for nearly two hours, until it was time to eat. Following a wonderful meal, I helped several ladies wash dishes in the plastic containers that were situated in the grass near the dining area. I asked the children if they could help transport the dozens upon dozens of dishes to the storage area and they were more than willing to help. Little did they know that once we finished, I would offer to buy them the ice cream of their store at a family owned village "shop" down the main dirt road. As I teach in my show, one must do good things and demonstrate solid character in order to live a fulfilling life. If only you could have seen the caravan of children following me to that shop in anticipation of a delicious dessert that served as a reward for their good deeds. It was truly a priceless scene!
The adults in the village were truly appreciative that I spent most of my time entertaining the children; At one point, during a ceremony that was taking place in the house, the children and I walked through the village to the nearby Buddhist temple, where they took me inside and paid their respects to the giant Buddha statue. The fifteen or twenty kids clung to me as if they were laying claim to their prized possession who had magically appeared in their village that day. We stopped at house after house and I would continue with my antics, much to the delight of the lovely children AND the unsuspecting villagers who were more than happy to see me drop by just to say hello and exchange pleasantries. As the weekend went on, I was continuously reminded of how lucky I am to have a special gift to bring laughter to people everywhere I go. It doesn't matter where you are, what language you are speaking, whether people are rich or poor, white, black, or any other color for that matter, laughter is truly universal. The poor children of the village that I visited last weekend were begging me to come back at my earliest opportunity. In fact, it was so cute when one little girl asked me if I wanted to marry her older sister and teach English at the local elementary school! I respectfully declined the marriage offer, but I promised the children that I would return again. On Sunday night, as Keng and her two nieces and I were packing the car with our belongings, the children and adults took their turns hugging me and sending all of us on our way back to Bangkok (a six hour drive). As I got into the car, I heard one of the little children say, "We love him." The truth is that I love them too:) Stand-Up For Kids rolls on…….
Improvisational Stand-Up Routine Dazzles the Audience!
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I was performing at a school last month and suddenly, I broke into an improvisational routine about runway models and Barbie. Over the years, I have often done this on stage, both during my kids show and my adult show. I love to perform my classic routines, but I also enjoy the freedom that I have on stage that allows me to do "stream of consciousness" stand-up. It brings out so much of my energy and inner thoughts and it is so wonderful for the creative process. In fact, many of the funny, insane thoughts that I have on a daily basis swirl around in my head and I subconsciously write routines on a daily basis. The moment of truth arrives when something bothers me enough to the point that I have to "unleash" it on stage and usually those moments are purely magical. They are unadulterated, uninhibited, and very much like a train running off the tracks. Those stretches on stage are high-powered, electrifying, and without any kind of comedic boundaries in the sense that, unlike tried and tested comedy routines, there is not a planned beginning, middle, and end. The routine has been written in my head and now it is simply my vocal cords and physicality that take over. So, enjoy this brief glimpse into my heart, mind, and comedy soul. The children sure did! Bye for now…….:)
I apologize for not posting in a while, however, I have had so many tour dates, interviews, etc., not to mention that I was spending time with my mom and she is my biggest fan and the one person I absolutely love and cherish:) At any rate, I have been having an absolute blast entertaining kids all over America and as my stand-up show takes each school by storm, more and more people have been asking me (in some cases, begging me) to post some videos on Youtube. So, without further delay, I am here to announce the first few Stand-Up For Kids video clips that I've just uploaded on my Youtube channel. Here are the links:
Enjoy the performances and thank you for your love and support as I continue my quest to take this show to the masses!
Michael:) ∞


We're going to the Caribbean to look at a few examples of Tube Worm Blennies, species which belong to the genus Acanthemblemaria. Many of them, like the Roughhead Blenny, are barely an inch long!
Secretary Blennies are bigger at 5 cm (2 inches) in length but they're still dwarfed by the corals they call home.
Tube Worm Blennies get their name from their habit of living inside the abandoned housing of tube worms. The worms burrowed into the coral to provide themselves with a safe place to live and when they die, the blennies take over from the dearly departed. The tube worm's endeavours will not go to waste!
With nothing but their head poking out of the safety of their tube, these blennies can look out for any tiny prey that may drift by. They rush out to grab it in their toothy maw before returning to their hidey-hole.
We should all have a special place in our heart for tiny, spiny blennies.


Day 1 & Day 2 Metagame Breakdown!
What's better than coffee, bacon, and eggs in the morning? For a coverage writer, it would be waking up on Sunday morning to find out that the metagame breakdown was all done up for us!
Not just for Day 1, but for Day 2 as well! Thanks to Willy Edel's dedicated team, particularly a diligent William Marques, we are able to present the full overview of São Paulo's metagame. After poring through the 1,429 pages in Day 1 and also 232 in Day 2, here are the numbers for your viewing pleasure.
At first glance, Mardu Pyromancer and Tron represent the top-two most played archetypes in Day 1. However, White-Blue Control decks and Jeskai Control decks, if you considered them the same strategy, added up to more than ten percent of the entire field, which meant that there was a chance to play against Teferi, Hero of Dominaria once every ten encounters. The next three most popular archetypes were aggro decks, namely Humans, Burn, and Affinity (with Hardened Scales and without).
25 decks occupied at least one percent of the field, while 50 other unique archetypes made up the rest of the metagame. What were some examples? Lantern Control, Blue Moon, 8 Rack, Amulet Titan, Taking Turns, Restore Balance, Faeries, Wizards, Soul Sisters, Polymorph Combo, and more! If you consider each and every single of these distinct decks, that's at least 75 different ways to play Modern!
Don't you love this game?
Moving on to Day 2, the top performing decks were Tron, Humans, and Burn, followed by a three-way tie between Mardu Pyromancer, Affinity, and Krark-Clan Ironworks.
How can we interpret this data when we place the numbers side by side? Mardu Pyromancer took 8.9% in Day 1, but only 6.1% in Day 2, meaning that the conversion rate wasn't quite what these players had hoped. Similarly, Jeskai and White-Blue Control had lackluster win rates. On the other end of the spectrum, the Krark-Clan Ironworks did amazing, going up from 2.7% to 6.1% of the metagame!
Once again, thanks to the tournament organizers and their dedicated staff for making this extensive metagame breakdown happen. We hope this will help you decide what deck to bring to your next Modern tournament!
With 75 different decks represented at São Paulo, it was Hardened Scales Affinity which was the freshest archetype from among the lot. Despite breaking into the Modern scene only recently, it was not clear who the original designer of this masterpiece was. Variants of the modern iteration could be traced back to 2017, and some versions even had the black splash for Winding Constrictor. This decklist by Themata surfaced on Magic Online about a year ago, and it featured synergistic cards such as Winding Constrictor, Dromoka's Command, and also Lingering Souls out of the sideboard.
Fast-forward to 2018, the archetype came under the spotlight when Matt Nass went 5-0 with this list. Originating from the Affinity shell, the innovative Throne of Geth – an ingenious and advantageous engine - took the place of Winding Constrictor while easing the mana base significantly. Sparring Construct and Damping Sphere were additions from Dominaria.
Since then, there had been numerous advocates for the product we see today, including Matt Nass himself, Sam Pardee, Ross Merriam and so on. However, it was Johann Fink who piloted the deck to its biggest success yet. Fink was entangled in a six-way tiebreaker tussle but lost out by a hundredth of a percent, eventually placing a heartbreaking 9th. This was a testament to the deck's ability to shine on a bigger stage.
Early in Day 1, word on the street was that numerous Hardened Scales Affinity decks had surged to the top of the tables. The deck was seen on camera. The deck was featured at the Featured Match tables. Watching it in action was truly sensational.
However, by the time Day 2 rolled around, the deck seemed to have "crashed out". Speaking to Juliano Gennari Souza, who made the Top 4 at Grand Prix Santiago earlier this year – but failed to make the Day 2 cut this weekend - he meticulously watched all of Matt Nass's videos, took down extensive notes, and fine-tuned the sideboard plan against all the major decks in Modern. He felt that the deck was consistent enough, although it relied heavily on its namesake card, but it was truly powerful and had a solid game plan against the rest of the field.
Interestingly, Vinicius Karam made the Top 8 with a "regular" version of Affinity, the original version which did not play Hardened Scales. Which was better? Perhaps I'll ask Frank Karsten for a "totally unbiased" opinion.
Do you know what makes up a friendship?
Let me tell you a story between two Magic players.
Jody Keith from New Orleans had been a Magic player for a long time and was known for his mastery in Legacy. In the past few years, he racked up numerous high profile finishes on the StarCityGames circuit, including a Legacy Open win in Atlanta last year.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the equator, Bruno Vierira Ramalho was also known locally as one of the most experienced Legacy players in Brazil.
Aside from their love for Magic and Legacy, what did these two players have in common?
They were both huge fans of the Lands deck, a deck harnessing the power of Exploration, Life from the Loam, and the deadly combo of Thespian's Stage and Dark Depths. While most Constructed decks keep between twenty to twenty-five lands, the Legacy Lands deck can go up to thirty-five.
Their unwavering love for this unique deck was the unique bond between these two men.
Ramalho dropped Keith a Facebook message after watching him dominate the StarCityGames circuit with Lands, and a budding friendship began to blossom. "When I saw him make the Top 8 at a StarCityGames Legacy Open in 2012, I knew he was probably the best Lands player at that time. I'm one of the very few Lands players in Brazil at that time, and I wanted to learn from the best, which was why I decided to send him a message. After a few conversations, it was clear that we were going to be friends for life. He didn't know it yet, but I did think he was going to earn a reputation eventually for being one of the best Lands players in the world."
In Brazil, Ramalho shared that they had a lovely Legacy community, where everyone tries to help everyone. As one of the most vocal persons in the city, and also a Legacy writer for Ligamagic, he would regularly rope in his friends and their friends to play in his favorite format.
"I didn't even own any cards when I started playing Legacy. However, many Legacy players didn't mind lending me their decks to attend tournaments. This culture lives on to this day, and we even have local judges bringing up to five decks to lend to players so that they could play. We also have an unofficial Legacy National Championship – organized wholly by players and judges – and we're now in our ninth year. Last year, there were nearly 200 players in attendance, and it's amazing what a long way we've come."
São Paulo boasted the largest Legacy community in Brazil, while the number of Legacy players in the US also saw huge jumps over the last decade. Keith, who writes for StarCityGames, was glad to find someone as interested in Legacy as he was.
Jody Keith and Bruno Vierira Ramalho, huge advocates of the Legacy Lands deck.
"Bruno and I hit it off almost instantly. We began brainstorming new brews, finding new technology, and even think of ways to develop the community. From there, we started to get to know each other even more. Nowadays, we pretty talk about everything, our friends, our families, and our lives."
It is said that one of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and be understood. Both Ramalho and Keith consider each other among their best friends, as unlikely as that would seem considering that they live in entirely different parts of the world.
Throughout the six years of being "virtual pen-pals," Ramalho had been asking when Keith was going visit. "Flights were usually quite expensive. However, I did want to go to Brazil eventually. I knew it was going to be the best vacation ever. The chance came when I made Top 16 at Grand Prix Seattle. With the $1000 prize money, I decided to buy an air ticket to come to Grand Prix São Paulo, not only to play Magic but finally meet Bruno."
Ramalho started chuckling. "Are you gonna tell the story about your visa?"
"Oh, that's an amazing story. So, I put in my application for a visa, and I also purchased my air ticket. Due to some hiccups, I was expecting the application to be delayed. I didn't have the heart to tell Bruno yet, but I did cancel my air ticket. I also canceled my leave and went back to work on Tuesday morning. Bruno was expecting me to hop on the overnight flight and arrive on Wednesday morning, but I did not even have my visa yet. In the nick of time, I received the notification that my application had gone through, so I called my airline to say that I wanted my flight back. That very same night, I was on the plane to South America for the first time in my life."
Ramalho was overjoyed. He resided in Campinas, a 60-mile drive away from São Paulo. That didn't stop him from picking Keith up at the airport and then driving all the way back. Ramalho would host Keith in his own home for a week, and together they embarked upon the greatest adventure of their lifetime.
"Bruno brought me to the city where he grew up in and brought me to taste the local food. I have fond memories of Cachorro Quente, which is the Brazilian version of a hot dog except it's filled with mashed potatoes. We have hot dogs and mashed potatoes in the States, of course, but this was simply delicious. We went sightseeing around Avenida Paulista, visited the São Paulo Museum of Art, and on Friday, we came to the tournament site to watch the live FIFA soccer match."
Ramalho added, "I'm just overjoyed to be here with my friends, especially Jody. I did not make Day 2, but I will say that I don't mind it that much because my goal was to meet Jody and show him our community and my country. Regardless of whether I win or lose, I'm just happy to be playing Magic and being with my friends. Jody didn't make Day 2 either but he's currently playing the PTQ. This evening, I hope we will be able to show him the Liberdade Street Market, an art and handicraft fair which operates only on weekends. Also, tomorrow is a national holiday, and I've organized a huge BBQ cookout party. We're expecting around 30 people to come to enjoy traditional Brazilian churrascaria and play Magic together!"
Magic is indeed a game without borders. As the adage goes, though miles may lie between us, we're never really far apart, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart. This story between Jody and Bruno is but one of the millions of friendships forged through this game we all love. I know for a fact that my best friends – and likely lifelong friends – came out of our shared interest in Magic.
Was this what Richard Garfield was going for when he designed this card game? Probably not. Much like all he envisioned, everything turned out better. Maybe this is the true meaning of the word 'gathering', which appears on the back of every single Magic card.
Eduardo Terranova, 40, and Fabio Pinto, 50, have been friends for 25 years. In fact, they were among the first few players in Brazil to receive their DCI number! To call them a pioneer would be a gross understatement. At one point, they were possibly the only twenty Magic players in all of South America.
Eduardo Terranova and Fabio Pinto, two of the first Magic players in Brazil.
At one point, nobody had DCI numbers in Brazil. The only reason we got a DCI number was because Fabiano de Castro e Castro – winner of the first Brazil Nationals – had to attend the 1995 World Championship. Everyone who wanted a DCI number put in their name and that list was sent to Wizards. Everyone on that list was given a six-digit DCI number, beginning with the numbers 115. Because Fabiano was the National Champion, I believe he received 115000 or 115001. The rest of us received our DCI numbers in alphabetical order. Those were the first ever DCI numbers in Brazil.
"When Magic first arrived here, it was sold at a few newsstands, the Devir store, and a couple of other places. There were so few boosters in circulation that we had to try so hard to get out hands on them. For example, if I wanted to get ten boosters, I would have to contact five places which sold Magic, place an order for ten boosters each, and only get maybe 1 or 2 boosters from each location!"
It's hard to believe, I know. As a Magic player of over two decades, I myself find it incredulous yet fascinating. Terranova and Pinto continued to tell me their tale, as I continue deliberating whether they were presenting fact or fiction.
That's only the story about the boosters. You must be wondering how we even built our decks. Most of the time, we did not have enough cards to make 60, and we basically had to play with whatever we had. Every deck looked like a Sealed Deck, and nobody wanted to let go of his or her cards unless he or she got something precious in return. I even witnessed a player trading a Bayou for two basic lands, because he was desperately trying to scrape together 60 cards to play. You don't get an unlimited supply of basic lands back in those days, so things were kind of crazy.
Building on that, it took me four months to get a play set of Counterspell. I was trading like crazy, basically begging anyone who had any cards to let me take a look. There was no such thing as a market, and there were just so few cards in existence. Eventually, I put together a White-Blue control deck (oh my god, that deck was the nuts, back then). I started by playing a lot of counterspells and removal, and I thought about how to win. I did not want to play with creatures because I wanted to prevent my opponents from using their removal spells. Besides, it was challenging to find Serra Angel back then. Since we lived in an era with no internet, no card lists, and no information, it wasn't until six months later when I discovered the card Millstone.
Oh, speaking of the metagame! It was hilarious now that we think back. Since the community was so small and Devir was the only store running tournaments, we pretty much knew everybody and even what cards they had! For example, we would say to each other, "hey, you're playing that Disintegrate guy" and "your opponent is the one with the Nova Pentacle." Every single card we owned, even the basic lands and the bad commons, were prized possessions. Our one-and-only deck was also extremely personal, and there was no such thing as "netdecking."
By then, Magic had just stepped into Necro Winter, one of the most epic eras of our history. Terranova added Winter Orb and Icy Manipulator to his White-Blue control deck. With sufficient permission and removal, he was occasionally able to beat the sea of Necropotence decks.
In such a well-connected and globalized world we are in, it's difficult to believe the hardship which our pioneer Magic players go through. Word of mouth communicated everything – either by meeting up in person or over the telephone – or from the message boards at local stores.
The grapevine was your only source of legitimate information, and the rumor mill was the most reliable resource you had. There was no confirmation as to which cards existed in which expansion and many times players did not even know the rarity of each card. Players had to share contents of boosters and display cases with one another and work together as a team to figure which were the rares and which were the uncommons!
So, there was one time, I got a phone call from a friend. I was sitting at home, and I was told that there were a few booster packs at a store nearby. I jumped out of my seat and ran to that store, hoping to get it. This happens all the time, Sometimes I get lucky, and I would be extremely, extremely happy if I managed to buy a few boosters. Other times, I walk out of the store disappointed.
Wow. I can't even imagine. I only started playing in The Dark and Ice Age, as I shared with Terranova and Pinto, and that was just a few months after.
Oh, few months made a huge, huge difference! Let me tell you a story. My first tournament was at Devir, and there were like 26 players. A year later, there was a major tournament at a local bookstore with 64 players. The community grew by around 40 people in a year. Yes, only 40! At that time, I owned a restaurant, and I decided to try running tournaments myself. We advertised, once again by word of mouth, and we were astonished to get 66 players! I was so happy I made hot dogs for everyone! We eventually got that tournament sanctioned but that process took three years! Anyway, I'm glad to see it in my Planeswalker Points log as my first ever sanctioned tournament. After 1996, we felt extremely sharp growth.
To put things in perspective, Pinto's first Brazil National Championships in 1997 capped out at 256 players.
By then, we were able to get 4th Edition Portuguese language boosters rather easily. I guess Wizards of the Coast realized that Magic was exploding. It was sold out all over North America. It was sold out all over Brazil, and I imagine it to be sold out everywhere around the world. They stepped up on production, and we managed to survive that drought.
As the game proliferated beyond belief, as did Organized Play. The first Grand Prix in Brazil arrived in 1998 and was hosted at the National Historical Museum of Rio de Janerio. It attracted 638 competitors from all around the Americas. The legendary Jon Finkel took it all down, and his only loss all tournament was in Round 1 - because his cab driver brought him to the wrong museum! From just five Grand Prix in the 1996 – 97 season, we now have around fifty Grand Prix all around the globe.
I guess the most significant difference between then and now was how much the game had grown. I lived during a time where 26 players were considered many, and over 600 was the most anyone had ever seen. Today, you can visit any Grand Prix and expect at least a thousand to a few thousand.
Eduardo Terranova and Fabio Pinto did not play in the main event. Instead, they dropped by to meet old friends and soak in the magical atmosphere. Just like Magic: The Gathering, these two veterans have come a long way. I'm delighted I was introduced to these two fine gentlemen. I relished every moment as they poured out their stories and as I was writing this story, I felt intermittent goosebumps arising from the sheer nostalgia.
Think about it. It would be disastrous if our paths never crossed. These untold tales would quietly fade into oblivion rather than becoming a cherished chapter of our illustrious history.
Anet Carolina was a film producer by trade. Aside from creating a few short films and a web series, she was currently working on her first full-length feature. As a driven professional with a strong desire to excel, it was not difficult to imagine her transformation from a totally new Magic player into a seasoned grinder within two months! Nearly three years into the scene, she quickly became a household name all around Brazil.
Carolina's first event was a Friday Night Magic tournament, followed by the Magic Origins Prerelease. A month later, she was participating in Pro Tour Preliminary Qualifiers (PPTQs) almost every week.
"My ex-boyfriend used to play a long time ago and he decided to return to the game. While we were dating, he taught me how to play and I went straight into the competitive scene in under two months. Even though we are not seeing each other anymore, we are still best of friends and we continue to play Magic together to this day!"
She won her first PPTQ using a White-Black Control deck but professed that she favored aggro decks more. "Don't get me wrong, I really liked that White-Black Control deck because it was proactive and it was also really powerful. However, I switched quickly to aggro decks because I felt it suited my play style more. I'm not the type who enjoys sitting around hiding behind my Islands, for example. I like my games with a little more excitement!"
Despite being a relatively new tournament goer, Carolina quickly garnered a lot of attention, mostly due to the great results she amassed so speedily. She only played in four Grand Prix so far (including this one) and she already made Day 2 at two of them. Bringing her Naya Burn deck to the tables this weekend, Carolina started out strong in Day 1, finishing the day at 7-1, but ended up 9-6. Nonetheless, this was her best record so far and she hoped to do better in the upcoming months. She also participated in two Regional Pro Tour Qualifiers (RPTQs) for a shot at attending the Pro Tour. Overall, that's a really solid showing for a player with less than three years experience.
"There's a nonprofit, Played Forward, and they were awarding a free playmat and free entry to any Grand Prix to the girl who finished highest in the main event. There are a lot of girls playing this weekend but sadly I was the only one who made it to Day 2. I intend to use the reward at Grand Prix Mexico City or Grand Prix Orlando. I haven't quite decided yet, but I'm roping in a few of my best friends to go with me!"
Three months ago, Ligamagic approached her and she began contributing content on a regular basis. Her articles generate an average of a few thousand views, with her most popular pieces breaking fifteen thousand hits. Quickly rising from a novice into an influencer, she shared with us some of her thoughts about the future of Magic.
"I'm interested to see what Magic: The Gathering Arena will do for the community and I feel that there is a lot of potential. I'm also hoping that more girls will start playing Magic, and Arena might be a way to reach more female audiences. It is a great game and I think everyone should try it. I'd like to thank everyone for their support, including my team, my friends and family, as well as all my readers. Thanks for taking me in and making me feel like part of the family."
With that, we bade goodbye to Carolina as she headed over to watch the Unlimited Edition booster draft. By the time we got to the giant screens, we witnessed Time Vault being cracked open. "Oops, I don't know all the cards yet, since I'm still quite new But, don't worry, it won't take long for me to learn everything about our world!"
As Anet Carolina and I parted ways, the crowd was roaring. In Gabriel Fehr's first booster pack, he cracked Time Vault, the first of two of the evening. The enthusiastic crowd gathered around the giant screen, hoping to see a Black Lotus emerge from twenty-four Unlimited Edition boosters. However, we were mildly disappointed to not see any Power 9, but there were still tons of goodies up for grabs.
Going into the tournament, the crowd favorites were 4th-ranked Luis Salvatto and 5th-ranked Márcio Carvalho. In Cavalho's case, he was going for his second Unlimited Edition draft victory in eight days and he put together a rather formidable Esper Control deck featuring Icy Manipulator, Drain Life, Guardian Angel, Jade Idol, and the mighty Mahamoti Djinn.
In a cruel twist of fate, it was the flying fattie which eliminated Salvatto, when they played each other in the semifinals.
Márcio Carvalho's Esper Control deck was truly amazing!
In the finals was Gabriel Fehr, who made Top 8 at the the 2014 World Magic Cup as a member of Team Brazil, as well as the Top 8 at Grand Prix Porto Alegre 2015. Despite playing a deck with twenty-six lands – and two more additional mana sources in the form of Dark Ritual and Basalt Monolith – he was able to secure a victory against Carvalho.
Congratulations to Gabriel Fehr for winning Grand Prix São Paulo's Unlimited Edition draft!
"Kormus Bell was the most important card of my deck and I had two. Since I was also playing so many lands, it made my two Frozen Shades and Disintegrates more dangerous. I had a lot of fun and I enjoyed every moment of the Unlimited Edition draft."
São Paulo in High Spirits!
Even among a slew of archetypes like Amulet Titan, Ironworks, Affinity, and Tron, the two players who met in the finals both ran very fair, very interactive decks.
A veritable purgatory of Spirits flooded the feature match area, as Jose Echeverria and his Mardu Pyromancer faced off against Leonardo Giucci's Abzan Traverse. Lingering Souls didn't linger long but went to work on both sides. It proved the most important card of the match, although Echeverria's Faithless Looting and Bedlam Reveler did of course help to keep the Spirits flowing.
Mardu Pyromancer had been the number one deck in the metagame overall, taking up almost nine percent of the Day 1 field. In the hands of Jose Echeverria, it claimed the number one spot in the tournament too. Brazil's community was in high spirits, and we'll join in saying: Congratulations to Jose Echeverria, champion of Grand Prix São Paulo 2018!


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Seven children—boys ages 11, 7, 6, 6, 2, and 18 months, and a girl of unknown age—were medically neglected and starved by their parents, Adrienne Bartholomew and James Brothers, and their grandmother Debra Nelson. The children were homeschooled: the 11-year-old attended online school, and the 7-, 6-, and 6-year-old boys had individual education plans whereby they attended the public school one day per week to receive special education services. Five of the children (the 7-year-old, the two 6-year-olds, the 2-year-old, and the 18-month-old) were disabled by a rare genetic disorder that made them unable to retain healthy fat deposits.
Despite the children's complex medical needs and the presence of the children's grandmother as an in-home caregiver, the 11-year-old boy was primarily responsible for caring for and feeding his younger siblings while the adults in the home neglected them, bathing them only once a week and cleaning the house only in preparation for social worker visits.
The abuse came to light when the 18-month-old, Isaac Brothers-Bartholomew, died of dehydration and malnourishment and his parents called the police. When the other children were rescued, they were covered in vomit and urine and severely malnourished—one of the 6-year-olds weighed only 23 pounds. Bartholomew, Brothers, and Nelson were each charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering children, and patient endangerment. Brothers was sentenced to six years in prison while Bartholomew received three.