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Ruby and the Rockits (Interviews) – Part Two
[Ruby and the Rockits premieres Tuesday, July 21 at 8:30pm ET/PT on ABC Family]
[You can read Part One of this article here.]
[You can read Part Three of this article here.]
During my set visit to the new ABC Family series Ruby & the Rockits, I had the opportunity to interview the main cast and executive producers of the series. Here are excerpts from those interviews:
Shaun Cassidy and Marsh McCall (Series Executive Producers)
SWL:	Did you approach ABC Family or did they approach you about doing this show?
Shaun Cassidy:	I have a deal at Disney. I did a show a couple of years ago called "Invasion" with ABC. And I was developing a whole bunch of stuff, primarily dramas, but a couple of comedies, and I pitched this to them. I wanted to do a show that had brothers, sort of a, you know, this duo thing is really funny because most of them don't get along, and yet they're stuck working together. You know, Oates doesn't do very well without Hall. Garfunkel without Simon. And I just think that's a funny dynamic, especially if you've got brothers, because there's all this history that you can mine for laughs and emotion, or whatever. I pitched that to ABC and they said, "Well, we really don't do the old school family comedies any more." And this is sort of a throw back to "Cosby' and "Family Ties" and that, it's not really aimed at kids and it's not completely aimed at adults, it's for really for everybody.
This is Marsh McCall. He ran a show called "Just Shoot Me" for a number of years, and used to be the head writer on Conan. And he's much funnier than me.
Anyway, I pitched it to ABC, and they said, ABC Family, they're sort of developing this market that's aimed at teenagers and their parents, which is the only network really doing that. So, and they're doing great, so we're thrilled to be here. They don't really do the Cosby like stuff on network anymore. Weirdly.
SWL:	Did you come up with this show with your brothers in mind, or did that just fall into place?
Shaun Cassidy:	No, I actually pitched it with my brothers. And we went in with David and Patrick and initially David was going to be the dad and Pat was going to be the one. And they saw David and Pat and they said, hmm, and it turns out, they were right.
SWL:	So how does writing for this show differ from working on "Just Shoot Me"?
Marsh McCall:	Well, "Just Shoot Me" was a makeshift family and this is a real family, so I guess, ultimately, I think, most successful shows are at some level about family, whether it's a family of convenience or need, like "Cheers", or a real family like here. But, it's interesting how there are definitely, there are definitely parallels. Both shows had a, sort of grounded central female role with sort of zaniness going on around her. David Cassidy's character in some ways reminds me of George Segal's character because George was a guy whose character was so loveable, that he could do the most horrible things and you would always forgive him. You know, someone said to me once, that if George Segal, if you saw him kick a baby, your reaction would be, "What dummy put that baby in [George's way]?" And David is kind of the same way. You can't help but be charmed by him.
Ryan Cassidy (Set Dresser)
SWL:	As set dresser, what does your typical week look life on a TV series?
Ryan Cassidy:	The week starts actually with a script that we get, our department gets the script, obviously, along with the other departments, all the actors. We break down the script. We have an idea already, based on what the production designer has been told, what sets we have to dress—decorate, dress, for that episode. We come in, we see the three walls that are up that are, you know, it's basically an empty set. And we then, based on our script, based on our blueprints, we have to figure out what we have to get for that set. We go out, there's a variety of vendors and rental houses and prop houses that we use and we get what's appropriate for that set. And we try to get it decorated, dressed in—we call it dressing—dressed in for the actors to use so the actors know basically where they're going. So, that's what we do. And depending on what the script calls for, it will depend on if it's a pizza parlor, if it's a beauty salon, that set will apply to that episode and then that set comes down and the new set goes up. That's what we do. There's myself and the set decorator. I'm what they call the lead man, set dresser, which is that I oversee it being done. The decorator and I work hand in hand. And that's kind of how it works. You know, there's also a set, there's a set dresser that works that we've hired to oversee everything during the course of the shooting. He has to move things in and out for a particular scene.
SWL:	How did you get into set dressing/design as a career?
Ryan Cassidy:	I had always liked decorating, if you will. And being a straight male that I am—I had a hard time explaining that to people. But, I always liked decorating and I had to figure out some way to earn a living outside of being an actor because I wasn't working enough and I was getting very frustrated with the process of what actors go through, which is so much rejection, as you all probably know. I would get down to the wire on jobs and then somebody else would get it. Be called back four or five times for the same audition. I got a job on a movie and then they lost their financing. So I was in a direction of, like, I gotta, this isn't going nowhere for me. I didn't want to be the guy walking down the street saying, "Well, I'm an actor but I'm not really working, and I'm not—." Wasn't making, you know, a lot of money. So I had to, not that it's about the money, but I had to find something that I felt was more concrete, that also was creative. So when I bought my house in the early nineties I was working for Jim Hensen productions. And my brother Shaun would always come over and see my house would always look different every time he'd come in. And he said, "You know, you may be in the wrong line of work."
Patrick Cassidy ("Patrick Gallagher") and Katie Keane ("Audie Gallagher")
SWL:	So, why don't you talk about the audition process and the casting process and your screen test?
Katie:	Well, can you imagine walking into a room of all Cassidys? Like I had no idea what to expect when I got the first call for this. I thought it was just going to be with the Cassidy directors as is standard. A lot of times, it's just with casting. And then once you pass them, they pass you along. But my first audition I walked in, there was all these guys sitting in like a circular couch just staring at me.
Patrick:	And it was a small room. We were really close to her.
Katie:	It was a small room. And this was with stand-ins, right? They're not shooting, shooting.
Patrick:	Yeah, not shooting.
Katie:	So, I walked in and they were so welcoming and so like open and friendly and just made me feel at home like instantly. I had the best time with these guys. But we didn't like, screen test or anything. So, I didn't actually read with him to see if there was any chemistry until the first table reading, right?
Patrick:	Right. And I didn't have to read at all. It was the first time I got a job without even auditioning. And Shaun kept saying to me—because I asked, "Should I read? Should I [read to some of the] audience?"
"No, you can only hurt yourself." [laugh]
And I think they just wanted it to—because I think the network—I mean that was the other thing. The network hadn't seen David and I perform together. So, that was still uncharted territory. And they wanted everybody to focus in on Katie and the guys auditioning for the boys, and Ruby too. You know, it was really about that. And if you'd start reading, well, then it would be [potent] focus and who do you focus on.
Katie:	Which we did towards the end too. And after the initial audition obviously, with them, then you go to the studio and you go to network and all these kind of things. Everyone has to sign off on you and say, "Yes, this is the girl we want." So, it is quite a process.
But I got to read with a couple of the Kurts. Towards the end, they brought me in to read with him. But, you know, we're just so lucky. We feel like all of the stars have aligned because the first week of shooting the pilot, I mean it just felt like family. Obviously, a lot of them are—were family. But it just felt like amongst all of us, we just kind of all clicked. And that's something you really just hope for, you know.
Patrick:	You know, when you cast a show and getting to be on the other side this time, which was such, such an amazing process for an actor, because I've always been a person, like Katie, like Austin in the chair auditioning. I've done that a lot, probably more than any of my family members all put together. I've done so much of that.
But to be on the other side and watch actors come in, and watch what they do, wow, you know, it's amazing. You learn so much. Every actor should have that chance.
And you know, we cast wonderful actors. We knew they were all wonderful actors—Katie, Kurt, Austin, Alexa—they were all fantastic actors. But the one tangible thing that you never know is going to happen is that chemistry, because you can cast the best people for the job but you never know if they're going to click. That's something that you can't manufacture. It is either there or it's not there.
Friends was a show about six friends but what made it so incredibly interesting was the chemistry of these six people together.
Well, the pilot felt like we had been doing the show five years. The magic that happened with each of us and sort of coming together as a unit was just—it was by God's graces, I mean so, so fortunate, so lucky I think. And I do think that when people see the show, I think that's what they're going to pick up on.
Katie:	Hopefully, yeah.
Patrick:	The writing's great. It's got a lot of heart. And the music's great—all that stuff. But what really is going to make this show fly is the connection that we all have with one another, because it comes off on screen.
Kurt Doss ("Ben Gallagher")
SWL:	So, tell us about the audition and casting process you had to go through.
Kurt:	At the time of auditioning for Ruby and the Rockits, I was in Erie, Pennsylvania. I was visiting family recently. And they wanted me to film a tape for them. At first, I was like, "Well, I'm [out of State]. I don't know how well it's going to go."
And I was like, "You know what? I'll do this. I like the script."
I sent them the tape. And they wanted to meet me. So, we flew back to Los Angeles. We met with the director, the producers, and I actually met Katie. The first cast member I meet was Katie. And I was like, "Hi, Mommy." And at first, it was just like instant connection with me and Katie.
We went in there. We did our scenes. I came out feeling great. We were laughing in there. They asked me things like, "Do you like it in the eighties, man?"
And I was like, "I cannot live without my Journey." And they're like, "Don't Stop Believing."
And I was like, "Yes, favorite song."
A couple weeks later, I got the call saying they would like me to be their original character, Max Gallagher. I, at first, was shocked. Like I thought—I was out of State! It was amazing! And they brought me here to do the pilot episode. And I met the rest of the cast. I met David and Patrick. And, oh, my God! It was magical—absolutely magical. I've been here ever since.
Austin Butler ("Jordan Gallagher")
SWL:	Why don't you tell us about the audition and casting process that you had to go through?
Austin:	When I saw the audition, when my manager told me about it, I didn't want to go in because I didn't sing, and they wanted me to sing. And so I was like, "Let's see how this is going to go." My manager convinced me to go, and I went, and —they thought I was all right. So we went through all the auditions. And I didn't really know Shaun or David by just looking at them, and my mom of course went crazy when she heard that I was going to be there.
And so I went in there, and I did the thing, and I remember seeing David and Shaun. And I kind of knew Shaun because I had looked on YouTube videos, trying to see him, and I saw him performing at the Grammies in tight, white pants and stuff. And then David, I remember him laughing at my song because I picked this really emo song on purpose, because that's kind of how my character is. So I picked this Death Cab for Cutie song that was really emotional. It was fun.
SWL:	Do you play guitar?
Austin:	I do. I've been playing for about four, five years. Yeah.
Alexa Vega ("Ruby Gallagher")
SWL:	So can you talk a little bit about the audition and casting process you went through?
Alexa:	Yeah. I didn't want to do TV for a while. I had done it when I was younger, and then after Spy Kids I just kind of decided I wanted to stick to either film or TV film, but not a series. And I kind of did that for a while. And I went and visited my friend's series last year, and during that time I was just kind of like, "You know what? I really miss being on a sitcom. I haven't done this in years." And I felt what the audience felt like, and I was watching her and she was having such a good time, I'm like, "I've got to get back on a show."
And I told my agent, I'm like, "If you guys see a good script coming along, will you please send it my way? But it has to be special or else we'll pass it up." And six months later Ruby, the Ruby script was sent to me, and it was completely different than what the pilot ended up turning out to be. There were so many rewrites. But it was such a special kind of thing and idea that I was like, "You know what? I really want to go in on this. I will totally do it."
And I went on the first audition, and I forgot how hard it was to land a TV show because the process is, like, eight auditions. You have to screen test. You have to meet with the producers, the executive producers. And then you have the whole network that you have to go through. It's just such a process that I really felt like I worked so hard to get this job. Whereas, you know, for a while it was really nice that you didn't really have to audition to get certain jobs. They were kind of offering you roles. But this is something I had to work hard for, and it made me appreciate it a lot more.
But it was definitely a hard process. I mean, we had to sing, and there were a lot of lines. I don't think I've ever had that many lines in an audition. But yeah, it was really great. It was a good thing that I went through.
SWL:	Do you know how many girls you were up against for this role?
Alexa:	You know, I don't. But I think they were definitely auditioning girls from ages 15 to probably about 20, and I felt really bad because in the end I ended up being up against three other 15- to 17-year-old girls, and I felt like some of them actually maybe looked older than me, even though—because I'll be 21 in August, but everybody thinks I'm 15, so I was like, "Oh, good. I can get away with it." But I kind of felt bad because they were like, "You're not 15." I'm sorry. But it was a good process, and all the girls were really, really nice.
And, you know, you kind of make friends with all the people you audition with because you just see them over and over and over again. But it was really interesting being back in that 15-year-old group. After Spy Kids, I just wanted so bad to be in more grown-up films and kind of play in adult movies and stuff like that. I was just like, "I need to be a little edgier." So it became about doing edgier films and edgier roles instead of, "You know what? If I could still play younger roles, why not?" I mean, it's so rare for people to still, you know, be 21, almost 21, and playing 15, so I better scoop that up while I can instead of trying to get away from it.
David Cassidy ("David Gallagher")
SWL:	Let's talk about how you were brought into the project and how your brother was involved.
David:	Well, my brother and I had a phone call about a year and a half ago—Shaun and I. And I had the germ of the idea of doing a family show, which we have talked about—Patrick and I have talked about working together and said, "Wouldn't it be great if we could,"—I'm trying to think of the original conversation that just sparked the idea. And he ran with it, you know. That's what he does and he does it well. I said a music show satirizing our family, my persona, his, and Patrick and I have always wanted to work together.
And I said, "You know, it'd be great if we could get Ryan as well. Then the four of us can work together for the first time," because the only other time any of us have ever worked together was when—well, we did an AIDS benefit, which was hysterical, but that was just three of us. I won't even discuss that. But it was hysterically funny.
If you all know anything about the theater and—I won't go into this. It's not important. But we did a [Suntime] song called—the original choreography called "You Can Drive A Person Crazy," which was—the show was funny.
So, we did all the original choreography. And it was originally "Three Women," and it was very funny.
And a couple of the incidents that occurred during that rehearsal has melded their way into this production, into this show, because it's what we do with each other, it's [the speak] that Shaun and he have, that Shaun and I have, Patrick and I have, our father—a lot of it is incorporated into this show. And we had so much fun doing it. We did like four performances of it, I think, and it was just great.
So, I called him and said, "What about doing something before we die," that kind of thing. And he went, "Hmm." And he started running ideas, I guess, through his head and put those tiny little fingers on the computer, and he said, "Come on out. I pitched the idea to the studio. They liked it, and they want to meet with us."
So, we met with the studio and then with the network, and we just were ourselves, which, it wasn't a performance, it was just being as natural and as real with ourselves and kind of taking the piss out of each other, which is a British expression. I hope you understand that it's a British expression. But that's what we do all the time with each other. And that's what we do in this. And it comes from Shaun and Patrick's, Patrick and mine, Shaun and mine.
And there are some rough parallels to our lives in this show. But it is truly the most family you could ever put on a—I mean Shaun and I have written, my wife, Sue, has written song. Melissa's our choreographer. Other than my daughter, Katie, and my son, Beau, and his kids coming in on it, you know—Katie, actually, we got together last weekend, all of us. And Katie just started doing Melrose Place. And she said, at the end of the day, she said, "I really want to do it, write me a really good guest shot." And Shaun went, "Hmm, I think we could do that."
I have no idea what kind of a role she would play. But that would be great too. I mean, it's just really—it's the best job I ever had. I mean you've been here all day. And I'm sorry you got to see this particular episode. It's not usually what—I mean, I'm usually not—I'm not this low, but man I get to play. I mean I get to play. And there's just no—this is my playground and boy they let me go. And I do.
So, you're here. You saw the process and I've never had as much fun as I've ever had doing anything. And I've said this a few times recently. I can't stand it when actors come on television, not so much in print, but I guess even in print, and you listen to them on the radio and they're doing an interview about their new project, their new movie, their new television show, their new Broadway show, and they're there promoting it. And you hear the Arnold Schwarzenegger quote: "This is the greatest movie ever made."
Don't say that. But this is the best thing I've ever done, in my opinion, for me. It's the best role I've ever had, the best cast I've ever worked work. Every single person is fantastic. And you can't—I mean you can say they are people you can hand the ball to and they'll score a touchdown. Every person on this show can deliver the punch line. You know, bottom of the ninth, two outs, bases loaded, you're down three runs, pop, boom. And it feels so good to have that kind of support and to genuinely like all of the people you work with.
Alexa and I were talking about this yesterday. Do you know how rare that is that you like everybody, and you genuinely like them, not just, "Yeah, he's okay." I mean they're really good human beings, grounded, not full of themselves. There's no, "He's getting all the funny lines." There's none of that stuff. It's all, "Whatever we have to do together to make it great, to make it—let's make it the best we can."
And we have a fantastic writing staff, man. Wow! They come in—the next day you go, "Wow! What they just did to this script!" And it's better. I mean it was good when we read it on Monday but—and every day. And I really genuinely believe that every week this show has gotten better. I mean it's—because I've seen the pilot now five times or something. It's a good pilot. We did a lot of exposition in it, that was really quite cleverly done by them. It didn't feel—I mean there's a lot of backstory in this. How did you two break up, and how did she end up in your house, and how did she end up at his house, and what's your relationship with–? You know, there's a lot of that but the episodes are absolutely, in my opinion, better and better and better every week.
Every element of it, to me—and I've done some bombs—you can feel it when it's just, "Well, it might be okay." But this one just feels so good. It feels so right for this network, just so right for working—all of us working together. I don't know. I think it's a genuine family comedy. I think it has a lot of adult stuff.
It is not a kid show, you know, it's not. Kids love it. They come every week, [and] they like [it]. And I think that has a lot to do with Alexa and with Austin. I think that's probably the case. And I'm sure their grandmothers have told them about me. I did [indiscernible]. "Excuse me, could I have your autograph for my grandmother?" It was comedy though.
Click here to read Part Three with reviews of the Pilot and eps 2 and 3 of Ruby & the Rockits.
Also check out Part One with my set visit by clicking here.
Author IanPosted on July 18, 2009 August 7, 2009 Categories Celebrities, Interview, Preview, TV ShowsTags ABC Family Original Series, Alexa Vega, Austin Butler, David Cassidy, Katie Keane, Kurt Doss, Marsh McCall, Patrick Cassidy, Ruby and the Rockits, Ryan Cassidy
4 thoughts on "Ruby and the Rockits (Interviews) – Part Two"
Justin Brogan says:
The thing that really pops out for me about this is Alexa Vega. I didn't care much for Spy Kids, but she was in a movie directed by Saw II to IV director Darren Bousman called Repo! The Genetic Opera.
She did a great job in the movie as one of the main characters, and really showed how great of a singer she is in it. Brilliant movie, hopefully some of that will translate into this TV series.
David Rodriguez says:
Never knew Alexa Vega was a singer.
Yeah, she did a few songs after Spy Kids 2 came out I believe. Probably her attempt at becoming a triple threat actress. She's a surprisingly good singer too.
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Keith Chegwin Discusses The Nutcracker On Ice
Posted byentssouthwales November 8, 2013 Posted inTheatreTags:Dance, Musical Theatre, Theatre
Keith Chegwin may be best remembered to a generation of TV viewers for his Saturday morning stints swapping children's unwanted toys on freezing rugby pitches in TV's Multi-Coloured Swap Shop or hosting the long running game show Cheggers Plays Pop but as he reminds me his career goes back much further than that.
"I started when I was 10," he says, "Basically I enjoyed copying anything Des O Connor did! I used to come out with a straw hat and a cane singing much to the annoyance of my family. We were on holiday and we went to see a seaside show. A guy got up and said "Is there anyone here who'd like to sing? We've got a talent competition!" I remember running down the aisle and my mother shouting "come back here!". I got on stage and was spotted by this talent scout who got me to join a concert party and we used to sing in clubs and we eventually formed a group called The Chegwins."
Keith's appearance on TV's Junior Showtime saw Keith spotted by agent June Collins (Phil Collin's mother) who invited Keith to attend stage school in London. Numerous roles in TV series and films opposite such stars as Peter Sellers, Ronnie Barker and Clive Dunn followed.
"When I got to 18 years old, it was like what do I do now? So I wrote to the BBC suggesting a Michael Parkinson type show for kids. They wrote back and said "we don't like the idea but pop in". Two hours later I was at the Beeb, It was my lucky day because they turned around and said "we've got a new show happening have you done any presentation?" I told them a lie and said "yes". I was on Swap Shop in parks on cold winter mornings swapping stuff with kids.
My producer in those days was Roger Gale. We turned up in Cardiff Arms Rugby Ground on November 8, 1976 and I said "no-ones going to turn up for this are they?" He looked at me and said "you haven't presented a thing in your life have you?" I went "No," and he went "Oh My God! I'll teach you to be a presenter!" that man made my career everything it is."
Keith went on to present the game show Cheggers Plays Pop concurrently with Swap Shop and later Saturday Superstore, his other presenting work has included The Big Breakfast, GMTV and more recently competed on the TV show Dancing on Ice with professional dancer Olga Sharutenko. The pair captured the nation's hearts with their fun and energetic routines.
Keith is now recalling his earlier acting skills and returning to ice from today with Olga as he skates as Drosselmeyer with The Imperial Ice Stars in The Nutcracker On Ice at The Wales Millennium Centre. "This is the highlight of my career," he says, "playing with 26 of the world's top skaters. Between them they have 250 gold, silver and bronze medals for the commonwealth Olympic Games. They've put me through a grueling course but I'm absolutely loving it. I'm flying and doing tricks and really on the edge of the blades. It's a real compliment to be taken seriously For this role I've had to drag up all the things in the past that I've done because I'm not allowed to talk! I've had to incorporate all my acting skills to make the character more believable. They tell me they've had the best reaction ever at the Wales Millennium Centre so I can't wait to get on that stage."
A version of this article by Andy Howells appeared in The South Wales Argus entertainment supplement The Guide on November 8, 2013
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The Cheater's Guide to Beating Alzheimers: New Research and Prevention Breakthroughs
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Sometimes I walk into a room and can't remember why. I lose my keys. I blank on names. So I wonder: Could I be heading for Alzheimer's, the way my dad and my grandmother did?
Or is there a way I can beat such a fate?
That's how I found myself in a New York City doctor's office one recent winter afternoon, playing computer card-matching games and identifying smells like lemon and Play-Doh. These brain tests were part of my extensive workup at Weill Cornell Medicine's Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, the first of its kind in the U.S. and one of only a handful of centers to focus on the emerging science of dementia risk assessment and prevention strategies.
I came in at a great time, clinic founder Richard S. Isaacson, M.D., a neurologist, tells me. Even five years ago, the idea that Alzheimer's was preventable was laughed at. "In medical school, I was taught that dementia just starts one day," Isaacson says. "Today we know differently."
Scientists now think a complex mix of lifestyle, genes, age, environment and health conditions leads to the brain changes of Alzheimer's—up to 20 or 25 years before obvious symptoms. That's another reason I came to the clinic at a good time. At age 57, I'm exactly 25 years younger than the average age of my relatives when their memory loss and odd behaviors first showed up.
"There's been a shift toward changing the progress of disease before symptoms occur that's really exciting," says Maria C. Carrillo, Ph.D., chief science officer of the Alzheimer's Association.
"Alzheimer's is finally joining the list of diseases we can have an early effect on," says Harvard neurologist Reisa A. Sperling, M.D. She compares it to heart disease or diabetes, which are treated preventively with a mix of lifestyle fixes (like diet) and targeted medications (like statins), and to cancer, for which there are routine screenings.
The idea of treating Alzheimer's "upstream," long before we fail to recognize family or forget what a phone is, was sparked by the ability to finally see and track the biomarkers showing early brain changes. Given that hundreds of drugs have been thrown at cases of full-blown disease, only to wipe out during testing, starting further back makes sense. As with heart attacks, not every case might be avoided—but what if you could delay the onset for five or 10 years? Or until there were a cure?
Related: Follow These 15 Tips to Help Lower Your Alzheimer's Risk Factor
Predicting Alzheimer's Risks
At the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, I step on a large machine that looks like a cross between a fancy scale and a treadmill. As I stand still, it "reads" my body fat, lean body mass, muscle strength and more. A clinician measures my waist and asks how it's changed since my 20s. (Oops, 4 inches bigger.)
These body measures, or "anthropometrics," represent the A in what the clinic calls the "ABCs of Alzheimer's prevention." The B stands for blood biomarkers. Blood tests reveal nutritional, lipid, metabolic, inflammatory and genetic markers of possible problems—everything from my cholesterol numbers to whether I have one of the genes linked to Alzheimer's risk. And C stands for cognition (thinking skills), measured by 1½ hours of those brain tests.
I also supplied an intensive health history about my diet, exercise, stress level and more. Among the more curious questions: my high school rank (18 in 650), because early achievement has been shown to be protective, and whether I dream (oh, yes!), a sign of good sleep.
The goal: to assess threats and identify fixable issues known to affect brain health. You can't do much about some things that raise your risk of Alzheimer's, like your genes, gender (higher risk for women) or age (about 1 in 3 adults get dementia, but by age 85, the odds are 50-50). The big opportunity lies in modifiable risk factors: what you eat, how you sleep, blood pressure, overall fitness, even your waistline (abdominal fat raises your risk threefold).
"Genes are not your destiny," Isaacson says. The hot word is epigenetics: changing the expression of our genes by changing how we live.
Fish and Wine Are A-OK
Reviewing my data, Isaacson grades me an A on my A's, anthropometrics. They show 21.9 percent body fat, "pretty darn good," if short of optimal. My wider waist is still OK but a spot to watch. Though my legs are superstrong (I walk or run every morning), my core strength is sad (I slouch at a desk all day).
My blood work reveals a few surprises. I eat fish two to three times a week, but I'm low in DHA, EPA and ALA, omega-3 fatty acids linked to brain and heart health. I'm also low in vitamin D and, despite my "clean and green" diet, poorly absorb B vitamins. (My triglycerides rock, though, "so that wine isn't harming you," I'm told. Yay!)
At least my cognition scores are great. "I don't think that extra inch in your waist is affecting your cognitive function," Isaacson tells me. We all lose keys and forget names due to normal aging, distraction and stress; it's when mental slips interfere with everyday life that doctors get concerned.
The ABCs are interconnected. Memory and metabolism (indicated by body fat) often go together, for example. Those with an APOE-4 gene, a type linked to higher risk of Alzheimer's, respond differently to certain drugs and nutrients. (I don't have it.) So Isaacson bases recommendations for reducing risk on a patient's individual data picture, an approach called precision medicine.
Up to one-third of dementia cases can be delayed or prevented by steps we already know, found a 2017 Lancet report. But there's no single "magic bullet," says Mary Butler, Ph.D., of the Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center, whose recent reviews showed no single drug, supplement, exercise or brain-training program has been proven to do the trick. Scientists are also exploring drugs that could, like statins for heart disease, work preventively in high-risk patients.
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Relief! My assessment reveals that most of my modifiable risk factors seem under control, with some room for improvement. I could still, of course, get Alzheimer's; who knows what genes lurk undiscovered? And what if I'm among the 47 million Americans who, according to a new UCLA study, have no disease symptoms but already have neurodegeneration or buildups of amyloid protein in their brains?
Normally this protein is routinely cleared away, but if that doesn't happen it forms clumps that, for some, lead to Alzheimer's. Increasingly researchers think any brain can become less efficient at "clearing out the trash" over time.
It's impossible—too costly—to scan every brain for amyloid right now.
Luckily what's already known about prevention is cheap and safe. Isaacson employs a "tech team" exploring digital ways to spread this info and more quickly train more doctors how to do assessments.
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Attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence
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A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of fraudulent conduct [...] intending to further voluntary exchanges that are not mutually beneficial", as they "benefit con operators ('con men') at the expense of their victims (the 'marks')".[1]
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Synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam, and stratagem. The perpetrator of a confidence trick (or "con trick") is often referred to as a confidence (or "con") man, con-artist, or a "grifter". The shell game dates back at least to Ancient Greece.[2]
Samuel Thompson (1821–1856) was the original "confidence man". Thompson was a clumsy swindler who asked his victims to express confidence in him by giving him money or their watch rather than gaining their confidence in a more nuanced way. A few people trusted Thompson with their money and watches.[3] Thompson was arrested in July 1849. Reporting about this arrest, James Houston, a reporter for the New York Herald, publicized Thompson by naming him the "Confidence Man".[3] Although Thompson was an unsuccessful scammer, he gained the reputation as a genius operator mostly because Houston's satirical tone was not understood as such.[3] The National Police Gazette coined the term "confidence game" a few weeks after Houston first used the name "confidence man".[3]
A confidence trick is also known as a con game, a con, a scam, a grift, a hustle, a bunko (or bunco), a swindle, a flimflam, a gaffle, or a bamboozle. The intended victims are known as marks, suckers, stooges, mugs, rubes, or gulls (from the word gullible). When accomplices are employed, they are known as shills.
A short con or "small con" is a fast swindle which takes just minutes, possibly seconds. It typically aims to rob the victim of money or other valuables which they carry on their person or are guarding.[4]
A "long con" or "big con" (also, chiefly British English: long game)[5] is a scam that unfolds over several days or weeks; it may involve a team of swindlers, and even props, sets, extras, costumes, and scripted lines. It aims to rob the victim of huge sums of money or valuables, often by getting them to empty out banking accounts and borrow from family members.[6]
In Confessions of a Confidence Man, Edward H. Smith lists the "six definite steps or stages of growth" of a confidence game.[7] He notes that some steps may be omitted. It is also possible some can be done in a different order than the one shown or carried out simultaneously.
Foundation work
Preparations are made in advance of the game, including the hiring of any assistants required and studying the background knowledge needed for the role.
The victim is approached or contacted.
The victim is given an opportunity to profit from participating in a scheme. The victim's greed is encouraged, such that their rational judgment of the situation might be impaired.
Pay-off or convincer
The victim receives a small payout as a demonstration of the scheme's purported effectiveness. This may be a real amount of money or faked in some way (including physically or electronically). In a gambling con, the victim is allowed to win several small bets. In a stock market con, the victim is given fake dividends.
The "hurrah"
A sudden manufactured crisis or change of events forces the victim to act or make a decision immediately. This is the point at which the con succeeds or fails. With a financial scam, the con artist may tell the victim that the "window of opportunity" to make a large investment in the scheme is about to suddenly close forever.
The in-and-in
A conspirator (in on the con, but assumes the role of an interested bystander) puts an amount of money into the same scheme as the victim, to add an appearance of legitimacy. This can reassure the victim, and give the con man greater control when the deal has been completed.
In addition, some games require a "corroboration" step, particularly those involving a fake, but purportedly "rare item" of "great value". This usually includes the use of an accomplice who plays the part of an uninvolved (initially skeptical) third party, who later confirms the claims made by the con man.[7]
Vulnerability factors
Confidence tricks exploit typical human characteristics such as greed, dishonesty, vanity, opportunism, lust, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, desperation, and naïvety. As such, there is no consistent profile of a confidence trick victim; the common factor is simply that the victim relies on the good faith of the con artist. Victims of investment scams tend to show an incautious level of greed and gullibility, and many con artists target the elderly and other people thought to be vulnerable, using various forms of confidence tricks.[8] Researchers Huang and Orbach argue:[1]
Cons succeed for inducing judgment errors—chiefly, errors arising from imperfect information and cognitive biases. In popular culture and among professional con men, the human vulnerabilities that cons exploit are depicted as 'dishonesty', 'greed', and 'gullibility' of the marks. Dishonesty, often represented by the expression 'you can't cheat an honest man', refers to the willingness of marks to participate in unlawful acts, such as rigged gambling and embezzlement. Greed, the desire to 'get something for nothing', is a shorthand expression of marks' beliefs that too-good-to-be-true gains are realistic. Gullibility reflects beliefs that marks are 'suckers' and 'fools' for entering into costly voluntary exchanges. Judicial opinions occasionally echo these sentiments.
Accomplices, also known as shills, help manipulate the mark into accepting the perpetrator's plan. In a traditional confidence trick, the mark is led to believe that he will be able to win money or receive some benefits by doing some task. The accomplices may pretend to be strangers who have benefited from performing similar tasks in the past.[citation needed]
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The Good Liar (2019) starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren
American Hustle (2013) starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner
Confidence (2003) starring Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia
Matchstick Men (2003) starring Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman and Sam Rockwell
Heartbreakers (2001) starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt
Heist (2001) starring Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo and Danny Devito
Nine Queens (Spanish: Nueve Reinas) (2000) starring Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls and Leticia Brédice
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Curly Sue (1991) starring Jim Belushi, Kelly Lynch and Alisan Porter
The Grifters (1990) starring Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine
House of Games (1987) starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna
Paper Moon (1973) starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
The Sting (1973) starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman
A Face in the Crowd (1957) starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau
^ a b Huang, Lindsey; Orbach, Barak (2018). "Con Men and Their Enablers: The Anatomy of Confidence Games". Social Research: An International Quarterly. 85 (4): 795–822.
^ "Shell Game." Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/539702/shell-game
^ a b c d Braucher, Jean; Orbach, Barak (2015). "Scamming: The Misunderstood Confidence Man". Yale Journal of Law & Humanities. 72 (2): 249–292. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2314071. S2CID 148270133.
^ Maurer 1999, Ch. 8. Short-Con Games
^ Yagoda, Ben (June 5, 2012). "The long game". Not One-off Britishisms. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. This language blog, while not a reliable etymological source, provides statistically gathered usage data that demonstrates neutral as well as critical usage, and that it is of British origin, only recently making notable inroads into American English.
^ Reading 2012, Ch. 1. Confidence
^ a b Smith, Edward H. (1923). Confessions of a Confidence Man: A Handbook for Suckers. Scientific American Publishing. pp. 35–37.
^ Crimes-of-persuasion.com Archived 2007-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Fraud Victim Advice / Assistance for Consumer Scams and Investment Frauds
Bell, J. Bowyer; Whaley, Barton (1982). Cheating and Deception (reprint 1991). Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0887388682.
Blundell, Nigel (1984) [1982]. The World's Greatest Crooks and Conmen and other mischievous malefactors. Octopus Books. ISBN 978-0706421446.
Dillon, Eamon (2008) [2008]. The Fraudsters: Sharks and Charlatans – How Con Artists Make Their Money. Merlin Publishing. ISBN 978-1903582824.
Ford, Charles V. (1999) [1999]. Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!: The Psychology of Deceit. American Psychiatric. ISBN 978-0880489973.
Henderson, Les (2000). Crimes of Persuasion: Schemes, scams, frauds. Coyote Ridge. ISBN 978-0968713303.
Kaminski, Marek M. (2004). Games Prisoners Play. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691117218.
Konnikova, Maria (2016). The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It...Every Time. ISBN 978-0525427414.
Lazaroff, Steven & Rodger, Mark (2018) [2018]. History's Greatest Deceptions and Confidence scams. Rodger & Laz Publishing S.E.N.C. ISBN 978-1775292128. CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Maurer, David W. (1999) [1940]. The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man and the Confidence Game. Bobbs Merrill / Anchor Books. ISBN 978-0385495387.
Maurer, David W. (1974). The American Confidence Man. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN 978-0398029746.
Reading, Amy (2012). The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con. Knopf. ISBN 978-0307473592.
Smith, Jeff (2009). Soapy Smith: The Life and Death of a Scoundrel. Juneau: Klondike Research. ISBN 978-0981974309.
Sutherland, Edwin Hardin (1937). The Professional Thief (reprint 1989). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226780511.
Weil, J.R. "Yellow Kid" (1948) [2004]. Con Man: A Master Swindler's Own Story. Broadway Books. ISBN 978-0767917377.
Zhang, Yingyu (2017). The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231178631.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Common scams.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Confidence tricks.
"Arrest of the Confidence Man". The Lost Museum, (GMU). Police Intelligence. New York Herald. July 8, 1849.
Book of Swindles. ChinaFile.com. 2017-11-15. Confidence tricks in China.
"Prepaid funeral scam". FBI.gov.
"The Blonger Bros". blongerbros.com. Lou Blonger was the head of a large gang of confidence men running the Big Con in 1910s Denver.
"To Catch a Con Man". Dateline NBC investigation. Archived from the original on 2007-03-24.
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A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Russia Mulls New Role for its Post-Soviet Military Bloc
Black Sea Strategy Papers
Russia Mulls New Role for its Post-Soviet Military Bloc
Eduard Abrahamyan
Eurasia Program
Final stage of the Search 2017 exercise in Armenia (Source: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation)
In October and November 2017, Central Asia and the Caucasus witnessed yet another set of Russian-led military exercises under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Codenamed "Combat Brotherhood-2017," the exercises engaged the CSTO's entire collective forces—from Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan—and reportedly involved 12,000 personnel and 1,600 armored vehicles, hardware, and aircraft. Given Combat Brotherhood-2017's massive scale and scope, many interpret the exercises as the southern component of the Russian-Belarussian Zapad-2017 strategic combat maneuvers held in Eastern Europe in September 2017.
Combat Brotherhood-2017 in Focus
In 2016, the Russia-dominated CSTO Security Council reconceptualized the alliance's annual multi-scenario exercises by adopting a single, overarching objective of improving the command-and-control (C2) structure. This change suggests that the complete cycle of annual exercises will be integrated under operative command and planning, which CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov of Russia has stressed will enable the bloc to tackle the full spectrum of challenges it might face in Central Asia and the Caucasus in the foreseeable future. At the Combat Brotherhood-2017 commencement ceremony, CSTO Chief of Joint Staff Anatoliy Sidorov of Russia noted that this approach aims "to embody the three patterns of potential operational environments: pre-conflict situation, intensive warfare stage, and post-conflict peacekeeping mission." Devised as future crises foresight, the Combat Brotherhood-2017, thus, correspondingly featured a special-tactical exercise called "Search-2017," a joint special-operation training called "Interaction-2017," and situational-peacekeeping maneuvers called "Unbreakable Brotherhood-2017."
The military drills formally commenced on October 3 with Search-2017, which gathered special forces and reconnaissance units from CSTO member states in the Rostov oblast in southern Russia. Two days later, the troops and their command centers practiced a prompt redeployment to Armenia's Bagramyan training facility to initiate the key element of the military games. According to the exercise's fictional scenario, once the armed group that had infiltrated Armenia was identified and localized, reconnaissance missions were conducted, and military intelligence special forces engaged the enemy units.
From October 7-15, the maneuvers under Search-2017 transformed into the rapid response-oriented operation codenamed Interaction-2017. This stage comprised the main phase of combat maneuvers, which simultaneously occurred in Armenia's Bagramyan and Russian-military-affiliated Alagyaz training facilities. Interaction-2017 was designed specifically to utilize the CSTO's Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF), a combined force of reportedly 17,000 troops that has been in operation since 2009. According to CSTO planning, in the event of a crisis, the CRRF is to be reinforced by the joint Armenian-Russian battle group, a combination of Russia's 102nd base and Armenia's 5th Corps. On this matter, Armenian lawmakers ratified a package regulating the functions, command system, and responsibilities of the joint ground force in early October 2017. During the Interaction-2017 drills, the Armenian-Russian joint forces played such a large role that their involvement rivaled that of ordinary CRRF battalions.
The next phase of the joint military exercises, dubbed Unbreakable Brotherhood-2017, took place on October 16-20 in Kazakhstan and involved over 1,500 servicemen of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Operation Force (CPOF). The fictional scenario stipulated that the peacekeeping mission extended "beyond of the region of CSTO commitments" in a situation reminiscent of the current Syrian operative environment. For the first time in CSTO practice, Moscow proactively applied the convergence of situational awareness measures—intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)—with information and psychological warfare capabilities.
While Combat Brotherhood-2017's three official phases concluded in October, a final, lessons-learned exercise took place on November 10-20 when roughly 5,000 troops rehearsed an antiterrorist stage. The troops were tasked to challenge an imaginary terrorist incursion from Afghanistan in order to test the interoperability of the organization's rapid response units. This exercise culminated in the combat launch of the 9K720 Iskander-M short-range missile system dispatched by Russia's Central Military District command.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization's Importance to Russia
From Moscow's perspective, the CSTO is the most critical and legitimate instrument to pursue hard power projection in the post-Soviet space. To this end, Armenia and Tajikistan play the special role of regional pivots; by hosting large Russian military contingents, the 102nd and 201st bases, Armenia and Tajikistan cement Moscow's regional dominance.
Aside from providing geo-strategic advantages to Moscow, Armenia and Tajikistan are also considered the most likely areas where CSTO forces might be practically applied. Tajikistan's security environment has grown increasingly volatile due to terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan, and Armenia feels that it faces an "existential threat" from Turkey due to its lingering conflict with Turkey's close partner, Azerbaijan. The widespread narrative of Turkey's "military threat" to Armenia, however, is somewhat overstated. Moscow, in particular, deliberately exploits these sentiments to influence Armenian public opinion about the country's security environment and foreign policy options. Moscow's motivation to "weaponize" this narrative is clear; Armenia is the only "bay" in the South Caucasus where Russia may permanently anchor. Following this logic, it is no surprise that the CSTO named the fictional adversary in the Interaction-2017 drills "Osmania," a clear allusion to the House of Osman, or the Ottoman dynasty.
Having gained endorsement in February 2009 at the CSTO Dushanbe summit, the CRRF represents the alliance's main joint task force and serves the primary function of countering limited military aggression against member states. On a secondary level, the CRRF also handles counterterrorist and counterinsurgency related tasks. The force, however, suffers a range of tactical shortfalls. For instance, limited transportation capabilities of some CSTO allies—such as Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Tajikistan—severely hamper the CRRF's operational efficiency and, in some cases, render the task force useless. As a result, Russia assumes the responsibility of staging rapid-response operations in areas of strategic security interests. Another weakness of the CRRF is its composition diversity: allies assign units to the force with varying levels of readiness, and there is inconsistent tactical doctrines as well as insufficient coordination to reconcile such differences. The lack of enthusiasm among allies for fulfilling commitments should a crisis erupt is an entirely separate issue. Overall, the coalescence of these outlined vulnerabilities makes high interoperability of the CRRF somewhat elusive.
Russia's Aspirations for the CSTO
On a declaratory level, Moscow's aspiration to attain recognition of the CSTO as a viable military alliance akin to NATO is nothing new. For years, Russian senior officials have expressed the view that the borders of the Caucasus and Central Asia are Russia's borders as well. They meant that, because these regions faced broad challenges, Moscow had to retain a formidable military presence. Thus, the forward defense strategy was predicated on the belief that the defense of Russia's borders starts at the CSTO edges in Caucasus and Central Asia. This logic explains why Moscow is sensitive to political developments in countries that are part of CSTO. Given Russia's desire to entrench the authoritarian-leaning regimes in the post-Soviet space and to prevent any prospect of democratization in the CSTO, Russian President Vladimir Putin has unequivocally emphasized that Russia "will never let Colour Revolution-style developments happen in CSTO-member republics."
The Kremlin wants the United Nations to name the CSTO as the legitimate security organization for former Soviet space, conferring on it a monopoly over peacekeeping responsibilities on Russia's southern periphery. To do so, the UN Security Council must certify the alliance's peacekeeping capabilities and readiness. To this end, at the commencement of Combat Brotherhood-2017, CSTO Secretary General Khachaturov underscored the importance of the UN specialists' assessments of the bloc's preparedness and declared that the UN has a genuine interest in authorizing the CSTO to carry out international peacekeeping missions. On the other hand, Khachaturov often complains that NATO shows no intention of coordinating or cooperating with the Russia-led bloc. In Moscow's strategic consciousness, the CSTO serves as a tool to impede NATO's enlargement from the West and to obstruct China's politico-military expansion from the East. More structurally, the CSTO's current adaptation aligns with the principles of Russia's Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov's purported "doctrine." It entails a set of joint air/missile defense systems and rapid-response combat groups arranged between Russia and its satellites. From the strategic point of view, these undertakings provide an institutional platform to build up a system of military defense beyond Russia's borders.
As Russia seeks to absorb its allies' military infrastructure, Moscow's overriding political goal for Combat Brotherhood-2017 was to demonstrate to the West that it is capable of staging alliance-level multifunctional operations. This messaging is of particular note considering the amplifying calls for the CSTO to carry out a peacekeeping mission in Syria under a UN mandate and Vladimir Putin's plea for a UN peacekeeping presence in Ukraine. On a military-tactical level, the key agenda of Combat Brotherhood-2017 was to identify the inhibitors in the path of developing an integrated battlespace and maximizing the use of C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance).
However, after almost 16 years of existence, the CSTO still hardly qualifies as a full-fledged collective security alliance, while its purpose remains ambiguous. As its adherence to collective defense commitments often appears only on paper, the CSTO primarily remains a vehicle for Moscow's geopolitical consolidation in the security deficient South Caucasus and Central Asia. Setting aside the demonstrative aspect of CSTO activities, relations between the allies are far from cooperative. Persisting irritants within the organization reflect the absence of a shared security vision and threat assessment among members, while the region's current politico-security atmosphere magnifies "unhealthy competition." The traditionally strained relationship between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the profound dissention among member states with regard to the Armenia-Azerbaijan confrontation offer just two examples of such tension. Ultimately, dissonance within the bloc is unsurprising; member states have little in common other than 70 years of Soviet past underpinned by Russia's manipulative means to keep the bloc afloat. Frictions between these so-called allies will likely only intensify and, in the case of any real military crisis, could lead to the stagnation, or even collapse, of Russia's beloved alliance.
The viability of the CSTO, its often-questioned credibility, and its relevance to Eurasia's shifting security environment remain highly uncertain. Regardless of whether Russia's military deployment in Central Asia plays a stabilizing role in the short term, the membership and sustained institutional integration of Armenia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan emboldens Moscow to further subordinate its neighbors' interests and benefit from their security vulnerabilities. The provision of a peacekeeping mission mandate to the CSTO would, thus, be imprudent. Such a decision would leave the regions, where Russia-led coalition troops are fielded, facing even greater uncertainty and insecurity.
Eduard Abrahamyan is a defense and security policy analyst and doctoral research fellow at the University of Leicester, UK.


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Q: Phase velocity definition and direction in Thorne/Blandford Optics Following the book's very introduction to optics:
Suppose we have a monochromatic wave described by $$\psi = A e^{i (\mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{x} - \omega t)} = A e^{i \varphi}.$$
The apparent intuition given to the definition of the wave velocity is this: given a fixed value for $\varphi$, say, $\varphi_0$, the geometrical (3D) locus of the "phase of the wavefront" associated with $\varphi_0$ is propagating on space (as time passes), this displacement described by:
$$
\varphi_0 = \mathbf{k} \cdot \mathbf{x} - \omega t.
$$
Now it makes sense to wonder what is the velocity of said propagation of geometrical locus as it evolves with time. Therefore, we might implicitly differentiate the above expression w.r.t. time and get:
$$
0 = \mathbf{k} \cdot \left(\frac{\partial{\mathbf{x}}}{\partial t}\right)_{\varphi = \varphi_0} - \omega \;\; \Longrightarrow \;\; \frac{\omega}{k} = \left(\frac{\partial{\mathbf{x}}}{\partial t}\right)_{\varphi = \varphi_0} \cdot\mathbf{\hat{k}}
$$
If we define $\mathbf{v}_\varphi = \left(\frac{\partial{\mathbf{x}}}{\partial t}\right)_{\varphi = \text{constant}}$ we get from above:
$$
\frac{\omega}{k} = \mathbf{v_\varphi} \cdot \mathbf{\hat{k}}
$$
we get the usual textbook definition of phase velocity $v_\varphi = \frac{\omega}{k}$ only if $\mathbf{v_\varphi}$ is parallel to $\mathbf{\hat{k}}$. My question is:
Where exactly does that supposition ($\mathbf{v_\varphi}$ is parallel to $\mathbf{\hat{k}}$) come from? Are there cases where it fails and, if it does fail, does the above dot product relation ($\frac{\omega}{k} = \mathbf{v_\varphi} \cdot \mathbf{\hat{k}}$) and definition of phase velocity still hold?

A: If your phase is given by
$$
\phi(\vec{x},t)=\vec{k}\vec{x}-\omega t
$$
the phase fronts are by definition propagating along the direction of $\vec{k}$.
This is apparent as $\phi$ only changes in direction $\vec{k}$. Independent of time the phase is invariant under translations orthogonal to $\vec{k}$ and therefore definitely not propagating in these directions. To easily see this choose your coordinate system such that $\vec{k}\parallel\hat{z}$, that is
$$
\phi=kz-\omega t \tag{1}
$$
and observe how $\partial_x \phi=\partial_y \phi=0$.
So when we talk about propagation velocity of the phase it only makes sense to speak about phase propagation (and therefore a phase propagation velocity vector) in direction of $\vec{k}$
$$\vec{v}_\phi\parallel\vec{k}$$

To me it also does not make much sense just to apply the time derivative on the space coordinate and define this to be phase velocity. This is not inutitve to me. I think better is to ask the question by how much $\delta z$ does a phase front $\phi(z,t)=\phi_0$ travel during a time $\delta t$.
$$
\phi_0=\phi(z+\delta_z,t+\delta_t)=k(z+\delta z)-\omega(t+\delta t)=\phi(z,t)+k \delta z-\omega \delta t
$$
$$
\rightarrow \frac{\delta z}{\delta t}=\frac{\omega}{k}
$$
Interpreting this ratio as phase velocity is now obvious, as the phase travels the distance $\delta z$ in ime $\delta t$.


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Japanese Celebrate Labor Thanksgiving Day
By Dave Whitney · Sep 03, 2018
The few years I have been in Japan for our US Labor Day not much has been going on. Yes, the Japanese do have a Labor Day called Labor Thanksgiving Day. Instead of falling in September as ours does, it falls close to our US Thanksgiving Day in November.
Labor Day in Japan
On Japan's Labor Thanksgiving Day the Japanese celebrate labor by giving thanks to those who toil honorably in the factories and fields of the country. Labor unions in Japan are vertical unions. Each company has one. They're not horizontal ones as we are familiar with in the US; one union by trade that serves across company lines. Japanese Labor Unions praise their members on Labor Thanksgiving Day but the shop doors do not close. Only government offices in Japan are closed in observance of Labor Thanksgiving Day.
There are few turkeys in Japan if I remember correctly. I do remember eating big American Thanksgiving turkey dinners in the mess halls on the military bases in those years I was in Japan. On the other hand, about all we did to observe the US Labor Day in Japan was throw down an extra drink or two at the club if we weren't on duty elsewhere.
The thing I remember most about our Labor Day in Japan is a day the Japanese observe on the third Monday of September. The Japanese call it Keiro no hi (Respect for the Aged Day and Seniors Day). Like our US Labor Day, don't even try to get on the highway in Japan during its Respect for the Aged Day and Seniors Day.
Everyone loads up with gifts and tries to get to their grandparents to celebrate with them. I like that. It's a cut above burning hamburgers on the grill, trying to empty the beer cooler and cheering on one's favorite football team.
Elderly in Japan
Elderly people are defined as those 65 and over in Japan. They now comprise nearly 28 percent of the Japanese population. More than 2 million are over 90 years old. Those 100 or over receive a silver platter in recognition from the government.
Japan has struggled with the growing cost of supporting its elderly over the years. Concern for those family members who have reached the elderly stage grows each year; as the younger population continues to shrink. The birthrate in Japan has dropped below the level that can sustain its unique ethnocentric culture.
Japan's Other Disaster: Seniors
You are either Japanese or not. Only those whose bloodlines are historically Japanese are entitled to be Japanese citizens. The pool from which these can be drawn is slowly shrinking.
Keiro no hi that began in 1947 and was declared a national holiday in 1966. It has become increasingly more important in the Japanese culture each year. Due respect to one's elders is duty younger Japanese are culturally bound to observe.
A little more respect for our elderly here in the U.S. would be a nice addition to our typical Labor Day observances.


Known as Pea Shrubs or Trees (if they get large enough), the Caragana species are in the Legume Family, and they really do produce edible pods and peas. The Pea Shrubs are on my list of Permaculture super-plants! They are edible, fix-nitrogen, attract beneficial insects, can be used as a pioneer plant, a windbreak, and a hedge, are used to stabilize erosion-prone soil, can feed livestock, and are pretty with fragrant flowers. What more could you ask for in one plant?
Native and widespread through Asia and eastern Europe, this plant has been used by native peoples for its edible pods and seeds, fiber from the bark, and dye from its leaves. It has been spread around the world first for its pods and seeds by settlers and in more modern times for its ornamental properties. It is also very recently begun to be used as a windbreak, erosion control, and degraded land reclamation plant.
Pea Shrubs are considered invasive species in many locations in the United States… this just tells me there is a void which this plant is filling.
Pea Shrubs can withstand -40 F (-40 C) temperatures – perfect for very cold locations!
There are many uses for the Pea Shrubs – seen here is Siberian Pea Tree/Shrub (Caragana arborescens) being used as a windbreak/hedge.
Edible Pods – Young pods are eaten raw or cooked in Summer.
Nitrogen Fixer – this plant creates its own nitrogen through a symbiotic relationship with microorganisms (bacteria) in its roots. It typically produces an excess of nitrogen that can be used by neighboring plants. This is a leguminous plant; Clover, Cowpea, Lupine, Soybean inoculation groups.
Fodder Crop – chickens particularly enjoy this plant's pods and seed, but there is also research supporting its use as fodder for sheep, goats, cattle, deer, reindeer, and camels!
Yield: No reliable information can be found, but these plant yield high quantities of pods each year.
Harvesting: Summer – pods can be harvested when very small (just over an inch). Autumn – if the pods are older but still green, they the peas can be eaten raw or cooked. If the pods have turned brown, pick them before they split and harvest the dried peas.
Storage: Use pods and young peas within a few days. The dried peas will keep for years if kept in a dry location.
The pioneering Caragana species will help rebuild poor soils.
Russian Pea Shrub (Caragana frutex).
Chill Requirement: No reliable information is available, but it is likely considering its origination location.
Cultivars/Varieties: There are a number of varieties of Caragana arborescens available, but these were all developed for flowers, not for other beneficial characteristics. Other than that, almost no development has been undertaken.
There are a variety of sizes in the Caragana genus.
Here is the medium-sized Russian Pea Shrub (Caragana frutex).
Fragrant flowers are just the icing on the cake of this multi-use "wonder-shrub"!
Moisture: Dry to medium-moisture soils. Can tolerate failry dry conditions once established.
Special Considerations for Growing: None.
Typically from seed. Soak for 24 hrs first. If the seed has not swollen, then scarify and soak again for 12 hrs. Typically germinates in 2-3 weeks. Not dormant. Can be propagated from cuttings and layering as well.
Most species have thorns which can be annoying to problematic depending on where they are planted and how they are used.
In some areas, the Caragana species are considered invasive; however, this appears to be more of a case in disturbed areas… which is why this is considered a great pioneer species. If the land was not mismanaged in the first place, and repeatedly disturbed, then there would be no place for pioneer species like this, and there would be no "invasive" label to this plant.


i asked my friend (who lives far away and happens to be an amazing poet and also carried me up the stairs one time and also brought me avocados to eat and coconut water to drink after going out for a walk with his dog) to send me some poetry that he likes, so that i could have some poetry to read. It was funny because I asked him on a day that I felt sad, and I told him that it would cheer me up to read poetry but of course every poem he sent me was very melancholy. Can you be happy, and write good poetry? Unsure.
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In this day of scientific scrutiny, even love can be examined in the lab.
The brain hormones such as oxytocin, serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine create an emotional chemical stew. This complicated chemical mixture influences our functions that involve memories of care givers, sight, smell and, yes, love. All work together to ultimately decide how we play the mating game.
In the 1970s, Paul MacLean M.D., a research scientist, discovered that the brain has three distinct parts: the reptile brain, the limbic brain and the neocortex.
The reptilian brain is approximately 200 million years old, the limbic 100 million years old and the neocortex several hundred thousand years old.
Each brain has its own competing agenda. The limbic is a repository for our emotions, instincts and hormones. The reptilian brain influences bodily functions, heart beat and flow of blood. The neocortex enables us to think, write, speak and plan.
Guess who holds the most sway when it comes to the matter of love? The limbic and reptilian.
Our earliest care from parents and guardians are also factored into the mix. These are referred to as "emotional memories" that become encoded into our system affecting our choices for mates later on in life. Even when the memories are not healthy or are painful, we can become attracted to energies that resonate with these early childhood memories.
Sexual attraction is visual, auditory and olfactory. In other words, the nose knows. Does that mean love is just a chemical cocktail combined with our social mores? Is our biology our destiny? How can a Yoga practice affect our love life?
Rodney Yee maintains that Yoga has been crucial to his marriage "by promoting listening and knowing your true self.
"The study of yamas and niyamas creates reflection and observation in your life. Clear communication is based on clear observation."
We can see with new eyes. In Yoga it can be done physically through the asanas; energetically through pranayama and pragmatically through such observances as nonviolence, truthfulness and non-hoarding. Yoga puts you in a "listening state ... learning to respond and not react."
Yoga is seen as a "metaphor for relationships since, after all, Yoga means union," says Peter and Tara Gruber, another committed couple.
Jenni Fox's and Paul Gould's focal point are not children, but Yoga: "Any deep connection with another will inevitably push us against our edges."
What is the antidote? A willingness to surrender to what is present enabling us to be with the conflict whether in relationship or on the mat. In this way we can return to the harmony within ourselves and with each other.
The fruit of such a path is a spiritual transformation, one that draws us to be mindful and compassionate of our own essential Being and that of our partners.
In that awareness space is created, enough to hold all of our human imperfections. The relationship becomes a spiritual practice. The conditions that can sever a relationship can be a catalyst for communion.
I'm personally not in a relationship, but I can practice on or off the mat. And the good news is that every encounter is an opportunity for awakening my mind and heart.
Please forgo the flowers, just send love.
Lillian Strauss is a Yoga practitioner, reflexologist, Thai massage therapist, movement and music teacher at Energy Works. For information on her classes, contact her at 393-4541 or lillianstrauss@yahoo.ca.