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Brad Pitt Talks Divorce, Quitting Drinking, and Becoming a Better Man
Summer is coming and, in America, that means it's time to hit the national parks. So we took Brad Pitt and photographer Ryan McGinley tumbling across three of them: The Everglades, White Sands, and Carlsbad Caverns. Then we sat down with Pitt at home in L.A. for a raw conversation about how to move forward after things fall apart.
By Michael Paterniti
Photography by Ryan McGinley
Brad Pitt is making matcha green tea on a cool morning in his old Craftsman in the Hollywood Hills, where he's lived since 1994. There have been other properties in other places—including a château in France and homes in New Orleans and New York City—but this has always been his kids' "childhood home," he says. And even though they're not here now, he's decided it's important that he is. Today the place is deeply silent, except for the snoring of his bulldog, Jacques.
Pitt wears a flannel shirt and skinny jeans that hang loose on his frame. Invisible to the eye is that sculpted bulk we've seen on film for a quarter-century. He looks like an L.A. dad on a juice cleanse, gearing up to do house projects. On the counter sit some plated goodies from Starbucks, which he doesn't touch, and some coffee, which he does. Pitt, who exudes likability, general decency, and a sense of humor (dark and a little cockeyed), says he's really gotten into making matcha lately, something a friend introduced him to. He loves the whole ritual of it. He deliberately sprinkles some green powder in a cup with a sifter, then pours in the boiling water, whisking with a bamboo brush, until the liquid is a harlequin froth. "You're gonna love this," he says, handing me the cup.
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Serenity, balance, order: That's the vibe, at least. That's what you think you're feeling in the kitchen of Brad Pitt's perfectly constructed, awesomely decorated abode. Outside, children's bikes are lined up in the rack; a blown-up dragon floatie bobs on the pool through the window. From the sideboard, with its exquisite inlay, to the vase on the mantel, the house exudes care and intention. And it carries its own stories, not just about when the Jolie-Pitts were a happy family, but also from back in the day, when Jimi Hendrix crashed here. It's said he wrote "May This Be Love" out in the grotto, with its waterfall (Waterfall / Nothing can harm me at all…). "I don't know if it's true," says Pitt, "but a hippie came by and said he used to drop acid with Jim back there, so I run with the story."
And yet Pitt is the first one to acknowledge that it's been chaos these past six months, during what he calls a "weird" time. In conversation, he seems absolutely locked in one moment and a little twitchy and forlorn in the next, having been put on a journey he didn't intend to make but admits was "self-inflicted." The unfortunate worst of it surfaced in public this past September. When he was on a flight to Los Angeles aboard a private plane, there was a reported altercation between Pitt and one of his six children, 15-year-old Maddox. An anonymous phone call was made to the authorities, which triggered an FBI investigation (ultimately closed with no charges). Five days later, his wife, Angelina Jolie, filed for divorce. By then, everything in Pitt's world was in free fall. It wasn't just a public-relations crisis—there was a father suddenly deprived of his kids, a husband without wife. And here he is, alone, a 53-year-old human father/former husband smack in the middle of an unraveled life, figuring out how to mend it back together.
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And yet the enterprise known as Brad Pitt inexorably carries on. In November, the movie Allied came out, starring Pitt and Marion Cotillard. At the premiere he was described as "gaunt," and rumors of an affair with Cotillard, and an on-set encounter between her and Jolie, had been so virulent that Cotillard took to social media to deny them, underscoring her love for her own partner, with whom she was pregnant with their second child. Meanwhile, Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, found itself winning an astonishing third Oscar for Best Picture, with Moonlight. (Pitt spent the Oscars ceremony at a friend's house.) This month Netflix will release Pitt's War Machine, a satire based on the incidents surrounding the firing of General Stanley McChrystal. In the film, he plays a gruff, ascetic stand-in for McChrystal, General Glen McMahon, with both big-gestured comic panache and an oblivious unknowingness that seems to be a metaphor for the entire American war effort.
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But on this overcast spring morning, catching Pitt at this flexion point, I would say he seems more like one of those stripped-down Samuel Beckett characters, in a blank landscape, asking big questions of a futile world. Even the generalities he employs for protection seem metaphoric. (He mentioned his estranged wife's name only once, when referencing her Cambodia movie, First They Killed My Father, telling me, "You should see Angie's film.") The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting. ("Did you ever have the uncle that came over with emphysema, and had to sleep in your room when you were 6?" he says. "That's Jacques." And then: "Come here, boy. Friends for life!")
When I ask Pitt what gives him the most comfort these days, he says, "I get up every morning and I make a fire. When I go to bed, I make a fire, just because—it makes me feel life. I just feel life in this house."
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GQ Style: Let's go back to the start. What was it like growing up where you grew up?
Brad Pitt: Well, it was Springfield, Missouri, which is a big place now, but we grew up surrounded by cornfields—which is weird because we always had canned vegetables. I never could figure that one out! Anyway, ten minutes outside of town, you start getting into forests and rivers and the Ozark Mountains. Stunning country.
Did you have a Huck Finn boyhood?
Half the time. Half the time, yeah.
I grew up in caves. We had a lot of caves, fantastic caverns. And we grew up First Baptist, which is the cleaner, stricter, by-the-book Christianity. Then, when I was in high school, my folks jumped to a more charismatic movement, which got into speaking in tongues and raising your hands and some goofy-ass shit.
So were you there for speaking in tongues?
Yeah, come on. I'm not even an actor yet, but I know… I mean the people, I know they believe it. I know they're releasing something. God, we're complicated. We're complicated creatures.
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So acting came out of what you saw in these revival meetings?
Well, people act out. But as a kid, I was certainly drawn to stories—beyond the stories that we were living and knew, stories with different points of view. And I found those stories in film, especially. Different cultures and lives so foreign to mine. I think that was one of the draws that propelled me into film. I didn't know how to articulate stories. I'm certainly not a good orator, sitting here telling a story, but I could foster them in film.
I remember going to a few concerts, even though we were told rock shows are the Devil, basically. Our parents let us go, they weren't neo about it. But I realized that the reverie and the joy and exuberance, even the aggression, I was feeling at the rock show was the same thing at the revival. One is Jimmy Swaggart and one is Jerry Lee Lewis, you know? One's God and one's Devil. But it's the same thing. It felt like we were being manipulated. What was clear to me was "You don't know what you're talking about—"
And it didn't fuck you up?
No, it didn't fuck me up—it just led to some eating questions at a young age.
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The best actors blur into their characters, but given how well the world knows you, it seems you have a much harder time blurring these days?
I have so much attached to this facade. [gestures]
But then, in War Machine, you find the little gesture that makes the Glen McMahon character ours. Like the way he runs, which is hilarious.
The run to me was important because it was about the delusion of your own grandeur, not knowing what you really look like. All pencil legs, you know. Not being able to connect reality to this facade of grandeur.
The other equally distinctive characteristic is Glen's voice. Where did it come from?
You know, it's a little bit of a cliché, but I just enjoyed it too much: There's, you know, of course, Patton in it. But I could not get Sterling Hayden out of my mind. I'm just fascinated with Sterling Hayden, off-camera, between films, and I couldn't escape that. There's even a little bit of Chris Farley in mannerisms. And then Kiefer Sutherland in Monsters vs. Aliens, you know, doing the cartoon voice. It just wouldn't go anywhere else; it kept coming back there.
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Have you ever felt the need to be more political?
I can help in other ways. I can help by getting movies out with certain messages. I've got to be moved by something—I can't fake it. I grew up with that Ozarkian mistrust of politics to begin with, so I just do better building a house for someone in New Orleans or getting certain movies to the screen that might not get made otherwise.
You're good at playing that kind of character, the one that doesn't have a truly accurate vision of himself.
It makes me laugh. Any of my foibles are born from my own hubris. Always, always. Anytime. I famously step in shit—at least for me it seems pretty epic. I often wind up with a smelly foot in my mouth. I often say the wrong thing, often in the wrong place and time. Often. In my own private Idaho, it's funny as shit. I don't have that gift. I'm better speaking in some other art form. I'm trying to get better. I'm really trying to get better.
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And the movie really pokes at this, too, right—America's hubris?
When I get in trouble it's because of my hubris. When America gets in trouble it's because of our hubris. We think we know better, and this idea of American exceptionalism—I think we're exceptional in many ways, I do, but we can't force it on others. We shouldn't think we can. How do we show American exceptionalism? By example. It's the same as being a good father. By exemplifying our tenets and our beliefs, freedom and choice and not closing borders and being protectionists. But that's another issue. You want me to tell you something really sad? I thought this was so sad. We were looking at—let me say, a certain war film that was looking to promote itself. The European posters had the American flag in the background, and it came back from the marketing department: "Remove the flag. It's not a good sell here." I was, like, Man, that's America. That's what we've done to our brand.
You've played characters in pain. What is pain, emotional and physical?
Yeah, I'm kind of done playing those. I think it was more pain tourism. It was still an avoidance in some way. I've never heard anyone laugh bigger than an African mother who's lost nine family members. What is that? I just got R&B for the first time. R&B comes from great pain, but it's a celebration. To me, it's embracing what's left. It's that African woman being able to laugh much more boisterously than I've ever been able to.
"For me this period has been about looking at my weaknesses and failures and owning my side of the street."
When did you have that revelation? What have you been listening to?
I've been listening to a lot of Frank Ocean. I find this young man so special. Talk about getting to the raw truth. He's painfully honest. He's very, very special. I can't find a bad one.
And of great irony to me: Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear [Gaye's touchstone album about divorce]. And that kind of sent me down a road.
Intense.
But beautiful—and quite honest.... You know, I just started therapy. I love it, I love it. I went through two therapists to get to the right one.
About These Parks: To choose the locations for this summertime celebration of America's national parks, Brad Pitt, Ryan McGinley, and GQ Style all collaborated on potential destinations. Pitt requested the lunar dunes of White Sands National Monument. Ryan McGinley had previous experience shooting in the underground labyrinths of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. And we nominated the swamps of Everglades National Park. Then we came together and covered all three over a stretch of eight days in March.
Do you think if the past six months hadn't happened you'd be in this place eventually? That it would have caught up with you?
I think it would have come knocking, no matter what.
People call it a midlife crisis, but this isn't the same—
No, this isn't that. I interpret a midlife crisis as a fear of growing old and fear of dying, you know, going out and buying a Lamborghini. [pause] Actually—they've been looking pretty good to me lately! [laughs]
There might be a few Lamborghinis in your future!
"I do have a Ford GT," he says quietly. [laughs] I do remember a few spots along the road where I've become absolutely tired of myself. And this is a big one. These moments have always been a huge generator for change. And I'm quite grateful for it. But me, personally, I can't remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn't boozing or had a spliff, or something. Something. And you realize that a lot of it is, um—cigarettes, you know, pacifiers. And I'm running from feelings. I'm really, really happy to be done with all of that. I mean I stopped everything except boozing when I started my family. But even this last year, you know—things I wasn't dealing with. I was boozing too much. It's just become a problem. And I'm really happy it's been half a year now, which is bittersweet, but I've got my feelings in my fingertips again. I think that's part of the human challenge: You either deny them all of your life or you answer them and evolve.
Was it hard to stop smoking pot?
No. Back in my stoner days, I wanted to smoke a joint with Jack and Snoop and Willie. You know, when you're a stoner, you get these really stupid ideas. Well, I don't want to indict the others, but I haven't made it to Willie yet.
I'm sure he's out there on a bus somewhere waiting for you. How about alcohol—you don't miss it?
I mean, we have a winery. I enjoy wine very, very much, but I just ran it to the ground. I had to step away for a minute. And truthfully I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I was a professional. I was good.
So how do you just drop it like that?
Don't want to live that way anymore.
What do you replace it with?
Cranberry juice and fizzy water. I've got the cleanest urinary tract in all of L.A., I guarantee you! But the terrible thing is I tend to run things into the ground. That's why I've got to make something so calamitous. I've got to run it off a cliff.
Do you think that's a thing?
I do it with everything, yeah. I exhaust it, and then I walk away. I've always looked at things in seasons, compartmentalized them, I guess, seasons or semesters or tenures or…
Really? So, this is the season of me getting my drink on.…
[laughs] Yeah, it's that stupid. "This is my Sid and Nancy season." I remember that one when I first got out to L.A. It got titled afterwards.
So then, you stop yourself, but how do you—I don't know why this comes to mind but I think of a house—how do you renovate yourself?
Yeah, you start by removing all the decor and decorations, I think. You get down to the structure. Wow, we are in some big metaphor here now.… [laughs]
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Inside Brad Pitt's GQ Style Cover Shoot
Editor-in-Chief Will Welch takes you behind the scenes of Ryan McGinley's shoot in America's national parks, from the dunes of White Sands to the swamps of the Everglades.
By Will Welch
Metaphors are my life.
You strip down to the foundation and break out the mortar. I don't know. For me this period has really been about looking at my weaknesses and failures and owning my side of the street. I'm an asshole when it comes to this need for justice. I don't know where it comes from, this hollow quest for justice for some perceived slight. I can drill on that for days and years. It's done me no good whatsoever. It's such a silly idea, the idea that the world is fair. And this is coming from a guy who hit the lottery, I'm well aware of that. I hit the lottery, and I still would waste my time on those hollow pursuits.
That's the thing about becoming un-numb. You have to stare down everything that matters to you.
That's it! Sitting with those horrible feelings, and needing to understand them, and putting them into place. In the end, you find: I am those things I don't like. That is a part of me. I can't deny that. I have to accept that. And in fact, I have to embrace that. I need to face that and take care of that. Because by denying it, I deny myself. I am those mistakes. For me every misstep has been a step toward epiphany, understanding, some kind of joy. Yeah, the avoidance of pain is a real mistake. It's the real missing out on life. It's those very things that shape us, those very things that offer growth, that make the world a better place, oddly enough, ironically. That make us better.
Would there be art without it? Would there be any of this immense beauty that surrounds us?
Yeah—immense beauty, immense beauty. And by the way: There's no love without loss. It's a package deal.
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Can you describe where you've been living—like, have you been in this house since September?
It was too sad to be here at first, so I went and stayed on a friend's floor, a little bungalow in Santa Monica. I crashed over here a little bit, my friend [David] Fincher lives right here. He's always going to have an open door for me, and I was doing a lot of stuff on the Westside, so I stayed at my friend's house on the floor for a month and a half—until I was out there one morning, 5:30, and this surveillance van pulls up. They don't know that I'm up behind a wall, and they pull up—and it's a long story—but it was something more than TMZ, because they got into my friend's computer. The stuff they can do these days.... So I got a little paranoid being there. I decided I had to pick up and come here.
"If I'm not creating something, putting it out there, then I'll just be creating scenarios of fiery demise in my mind."
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How are your days different now?
This house was always chaotic and crazy, voices and bangs coming from everywhere, and then, as you see, there are days like this: very…very solemn. I don't know. I think everyone's creative in some way. If I'm not creating something, doing something, putting it out there, then I'll just be creating scenarios of fiery demise in my mind. You know, a horrible end. And so I've been going to a friend's sculpting studio, spending a lot of time over there. My friend [Thomas Houseago] is a serious sculptor. They've been kind. I've literally been squatting in there for a month now. I'm taking a shit on their sanctity.
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So you're making stuff?
Yeah, I'm making stuff. It's something I've wanted to do for ten years.
Like what? What are you working with?
I'm making everything. I'm working with clay, plaster, rebar, wood. Just trying to learn the materials. You know, I surprise myself. But it's a very, very lonely occupation. There's a lot of manual labor, which is good for me right now. A lot of lugging clay around, chopping and moving and cleaning up after yourself. But I surprise myself. Yesterday I wasn't settled. I had a lotta chaotic thoughts—trying to make sense of where we are at this time—and the thing I was doing wasn't controlled and balanced and perfect. It came out chaotic. I find vernacular in what you can make, rather than giving a speech. I find voice there, that I need.
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All the bad stuff: Do you use it to tell your story?
It just keeps knocking. I'm 53 and I'm just getting into it. These are things I thought I was managing very well. I remember literally having this thought a year, a year and a half ago, someone was going through some scandal. Something crossed my path that was a big scandal—and I went, "Thank God I'm never going to have to be a part of one of those again." I live my life, I have my family, I do my thing, I don't do anything illegal, I don't cross anyone's path. What's the David Foster Wallace quote? Truth will set you free, but not until it's done with you first.
Is the sculpting a Sisyphean thing: rolling the rock up the hill, action obliterating all thoughts? [Jacques interrupts, nuzzling]
I know you've been lonely. I know you've been lonely....
I find it the opposite. Well, I guess so, in that there's a task at hand. You have to wrap your stuff up at night and bring order back to your chaos for the next day. I find it a great opportunity for the introspection. Now you have to be real careful not to go too far that way and get cut off in that way. I'm really good at cutting myself off, and it's been a problem. I need to be more accessible, especially to the ones I love.
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When you go dark, do you retreat, disconnect?
I don't know how to answer that. I certainly shield. Shield, shield, shield. Mask, escape. Now I think: That's just me.
You were talking about the Glen character in War Machine and the idea of delusion, that we have to create our own mythologies, our own stories, to explain the things we're not proud of.
At a real cost to ourselves.
How do you not delude yourself? I worry about that—
You don't have to worry about it. [laughs] Delusion is not going to let you go. You're going to get smacked in the face. We, as humans, construct such mousetrap mind games to get away from it all. You know, we're almost too smart for ourselves.
Okay. But if you had a slideshow of all your worst moments as a human, you wouldn't want anyone to see that slideshow. The way you've had to live for years, that slideshow has been public.
But so little of it is accurate, and I avoid so much of it. I just let it go. It's always been a long-run game for me. As far as out there, I hope my intentions and work will speak for themselves. But, yes, at the same time, it is a drag to have certain things drug out in public and misconstrued. I worry about it more for my kids, being subjected to it, and their friends getting ideas from it. And of course it's not done with any kind of delicacy or insight—it's done to sell. And so you know the most sensational sells, and that's what they'll be subjected to, and that pains me. I worry more in my current situation about the slideshow my kids have. I want to make sure it's well-balanced.
"People on their deathbeds don't talk about what they obtained. They talk about their loved ones or their regrets—that seems to be the menu."
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How do you make sense of the past six months and keep going?
Family first. People on their deathbeds don't talk about what they obtained or were awarded. They talk about their loved ones or their regrets—that seems to be the menu. I say that as someone who's let the work take me away. Kids are so delicate. They absorb everything. They need to have their hand held and things explained. They need to be listened to. When I get in that busy work mode, I'm not hearing. I want to be better at that.
When you begin making a family, I think you hope to create another family that is some ideal mix of the best of what you had and what you feel you didn't have—
I try to put these things in front of them, hoping they'll absorb it and that it will mean something to them later. Even in this place, they won't give a shit about that little bust over there or that light. They won't give a shit about that inlay, but somewhere down the road it will mean something—I hope that it will soak in.
It's a different world, too. We know more, we're more focused on psychology. I come from a place where, you know, it's strength if we get a bruise or cut or ailment we don't discuss it, we just deal with it. We just go on. The downside of that is it's the same with our emotion. I'm personally very retarded when it comes to taking inventory of my emotions. I'm much better at covering up. I grew up with a Father-knows-best/war mentality—the father is all-powerful, super strong—instead of really knowing the man and his own self-doubt and struggles. And it's hit me smack in the face with our divorce: I gotta be more. I gotta be more for them. I have to show them. And I haven't been great at it.
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Do you know, specifically, logistically when you have the kids?
Yeah. We're working at that now.
It must be much harder when visitation is uncertain—
It was all that for a while. I was really on my back and chained to a system when Child Services was called. And you know, after that, we've been able to work together to sort this out. We're both doing our best. I heard one lawyer say, "No one wins in court—it's just a matter of who gets hurt worse." And it seems to be true, you spend a year just focused on building a case to prove your point and why you're right and why they're wrong, and it's just an investment in vitriolic hatred. I just refuse. And fortunately my partner in this agrees. It's just very, very jarring for the kids, to suddenly have their family ripped apart.
That's what I was going to ask—
If anyone can make sense of it, we have to with great care and delicacy, building everything around that.
How do you tell your kids?
Well, there's a lot to tell them because there's understanding the future, there's understanding the immediate moment and why we're at this point, and then it brings up a lot of issues from the past that we haven't talked about. So our focus is that everyone comes out stronger and better people—there is no other outcome.
"I know I'm just in the middle of this thing now—not at the beginning or at the end, just smack-dab in the middle. And I don't want to dodge any of it."
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And the fact that you guys are pointing toward that—that clearly doesn't always happen. If you ended up in court, it would be a spectacular nightmare.
Spectacular. I see it everywhere. Such animosity and bitterly dedicating years to destroying each other. You'll be in court and it'll be all about affairs and it'll be everything that doesn't matter. It's just awful, it looks awful. One of my favorite movies when it came out was There Will Be Blood, and I couldn't figure out why I loved this movie, I just loved this movie, besides the obvious talent of Paul T. and, you know, Daniel Day. But the next morning I woke up, and I went, Oh, my God, this whole movie is dedicated to this man and his hatred. It's so audacious to make a movie about it, and in life I find it just so sickening. I see it happen to friends—I see where the one spouse literally can't tell their own part in it, and is still competing with the other in some way and wants to destroy them and needs vindication by destruction, and just wasting years on that hatred. I don't want to live that way.
What in the past week has given you immense joy? Can you feel that right now?
It's an elusive thing. It's been a more painful week than normal—just certain things have come up—but I see joy out the window, and I can see the silhouette of palms and an expression on one of my kids' faces, a parting smile, or finding some, you know, moment of bliss with the clay. You know, it's everywhere, it's got to be found. It's the laughter of the African mother in my experience—it's got to come from the blues, to get R&B. That'll be in my book.
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Are you going to write a book?
No! I find writing too arduous.
But do you worry about the narrative others have written for you?
What did Churchill say? History will be kind to me: I know because I'll write it myself. I don't really care about protecting the narrative. That's when I get a bit pessimistic, I get in my oh-it-all-goes-away-anyway kind of thinking. But I know the people who love me know me. And that's enough for me.
Do you remember your dreams?
Yeah. A few months ago I was having frightening dreams and I'd consciously lie awake trying to ask, What can I get out of this? What can I learn from this? Those ceased. And now I have been having moments of joy, and you wake and realize it's just a dream, and I get a bit depressed for the moment. Just the moment, just glimpse moments of joy because I know I'm just in the middle of this thing now and I'm not at the beginning of it or at the end of it, just where this chapter is right now, just smack-dab in the middle. It's fucking in the middle of it and, you know, I just don't want to dodge any of it. I just want to stand there, shirt open, and take my hits and see, and see.
There's obviously incredible grief. This is like a death—
There's a process—
Yeah, I think for everyone, for the kids, for me, absolutely.
So is there an urge to try to—
The first urge is to cling on.
And then you've got a cliché: "If you love someone, set them free." Now I know what it means, by feeling it. It means to love without ownership. It means expecting nothing in return. But it sounds good written. It sounds good when Sting sings it. It doesn't mean fuck-all to me until, you know—
Until you can embody it.
Until you live it. That's why I never understood growing up with Christianity—don't do this, don't do that—it's all about don'ts, and I was like how the fuck do you know who you are and what works for you if you don't find out where the edge is, where's your line? You've got to step over it to know where it is.
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For the photo shoot you went to three national parks in a week. It sounds like a boondoggle.
What's the definition of a boondoggle?
I think of it as a sort of ridiculous adventure—
Sounds very Ozarkian. Like something I should know but I don't. Yeah, it was great. Ryan [McGinley, the photographer] had us jumping in the Everglades, you know, like gators. I figured, Well, if they do it on Naked and Afraid, I can do it. But they had the old wrangler, he's got his snake pole and it's got this grabber, like something Grandma would use to pick something off the top shelf, but fine. He took a little walk-through, and if he didn't get eaten, then reportedly I wouldn't get eaten. At least that was the logic behind it all, but he said to me, "When you get to be my age, never pass up a bathroom. Never trust a fart. And never waste a boner."
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Whoa. Then White Sands?
I've never seen anything like it. I mean the dunes are so sculptural and modern and simple and vast and just incredible shapes. To see them white and reflecting white—the sky's actually darker than that ground. It's an odd, beautiful place.
And then the third?
We did Carlsbad Caverns. If we're going to do a celebrity shoot, let's make something, work with an artist, see what we come up with. It's always more interesting.
After all this, do you feel constrained as an actor in some ways?
No, I don't really think of myself much as an actor anymore. It takes up so little of my year and my focus. Film feels like a cheap pass for me, as a way to get at those hard feelings. It doesn't work anymore, especially being a dad.
On the pie chart, what is acting?
Acting would be very small slice.
Do you see yourself as having been successful?
I wish I could just change my name.
Come out as a new person?
Like P. Diddy. I can be Puffy now or—what is Snoop? Lion? I just felt like Brad was a misnomer, and now I just feel like fucking Brad.
What other name would you have put on yourself?
Nothing. When outside success comes, the thing I've enjoyed the most is when there's a personal discovery in it. But when I find it repetitious or painfully boring, it's absolute death to me.
When you're talking, you kinda rub your thumb against your fingers a lot—it's just an observation.
I don't know. I'm tactile—I'm a tactile individual. "I like to feel things up," he said. [laughs]
Yeah, in high school he was the boy voted most likely to—
To feel you up. [laughs] I don't know, I guess it's back to feeling. I think I spent a lot of time avoiding feelings and building structures, you know, around feelings. And now I have no time left for that.
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When is the acting still exciting?
I would say more in comedic stuff, where you're taking gambles. I can turn out the hits over and over and I just—my favorite movie is the worst-performing film of anything I've done, The Assassination of Jesse James. If I believe something is worthy, then I know it will be worthy in time to come. And there are times I get really cynical, you know. I spend a lot of time on design and even this sculpture folly I'm on, I have days when—it all ends up in the dirt anyways: What's the point? So I go through that cycle, too, you know? What's the point?
Oh man, that's a big question.
I know what the point is—it's communicating, it's connecting. I believe we're all cells in one body; we're all part of the same construct. Although a few of us are cancerous. It's helping others. Yeah, we help each other, that's it.
So what's on the agenda later?
I'm anxious to get to the studio. I think it was Picasso who talked about the moment of looking at the subject, and paint hitting canvas, and that is where art happens. For me I'm having a moment of getting to feel emotion at my fingertips. But to get that emotion to clay—I just haven't cracked the surface. And I don't know what's coming. Right now I know the manual labor is good for me, getting to know the expansiveness and limitations of the materials. I've got to start from the bottom, I've got to sweep my floor, I've got to wrap up my shit at night, you know?
A metaphor again. But it works.
Right now I've got to hammer my own nails.
Michael Paterniti is a GQ correspondent. This is his first piece for GQ Style.
This story appears in the Summer 2017 issue of GQ Style with the title "Monumental."
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Facebook has apologized to a Texas newspaper after flagging a post containing text from the Declaration of Independence as "hate speech."
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Facebook removed an excerpt from the U.S. Declaration of Independence, claiming the text violated the social network's policies on "hate speech."
The Liberty County Vindicator had been uploading the Declaration of Independence in parts to their Facebook page, only for the tenth part to be removed by the social network.
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He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Casey Stinnett, managing editor of the Liberty County Vindicator, suspects the term "Indian Savages" might have triggered Facebook's "filtering program." He said the censorship was an "automated action."
Stinnet wrote: "This is frustrating, but your editor is a historian, and to enjoy the study of history a person must love irony. It is a very great irony that the words of Thomas Jefferson should now be censored in America."
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In September the Advancement Team gained a new member. Andrew Summers has been attending Mount Hermon camps since the age of 8 and has spent the last six summers on staff at both Ponderosa Lodge and the Conference Center. Andrew's decision to pursue full-time ministry as a career was made after a life-changing encounter with God at Mount Hermon as a high school student.
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in Africa for two years where he worked with wrongfully imprisoned youth. In 2010 he returned to Mount Hermon, serving a summer as a custodian at Family Camp and then beginning a two year internship as a Guest Services Host at Ponderosa Lodge and as a Program Specialist for Adult and Family Ministries.
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Six-year-old Dylan Walker of Plevna, who is winning his battle with neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system that is now in remission, was invited by seven-year-old Jakob Vlasic of Northbrook to make the first cut of the latter's blonde locks on Sept. 25 at the Kaladar Community Centre.
Jakob spent the last two and half years growing his hair in order to raise money for Locks of Love, which donates the hair to wigs for young cancer patients in need. Jakob decided to grow and donate his hair after finding out at that time that a friend of the family was diagnosed with cancer, and after becoming aware of Dylan's battle as well.
The event was part of the Kaladar Neighbourhood Block Party, which included live entertainment by the bands Bordertown and Day Street Brothel, a silent auction and barbeque. Two members of the First Canadian Army Veterans' Motorcycle Unit, Tim McCully and Pat Owen presented Jakob with a cheque for $130 to be put towards the cause. The event, which was attended by friends and family of both boys along with members of the community, raised over $500 for children's cancer through the Canadian Cancer Society. Anyone who missed the event but would still like to donate can do so through Facebook at "helpmehelpthem", where they will find a link to the Canadian Cancer Society.


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Self-sufficiency taskforce offers tax plan today
By Mary Moszynski
As appeared on page A1
Business groups are anxiously awaiting today's release of the province's self-sufficiency taskforce's final report, hoping the blueprint for economic independence focuses on a competitive tax regime.
Francis McGuire and Gilles LePage, the taskforce's chairmen, are set to release their final report complete with a series of recommendations this morning.
However, already groups are skeptical of the report's findings based on previous comments and reports from the taskforce.
"First thing is there are a lot of concerns the taskforce will recommend either financial or tax incentives that may favour large businesses," said Andreea Bourgeois of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. "Small businesses are the economic engine of New Brunswick." The taskforce has already said it favours a tax regime in which businesses must earn their tax breaks by investing in employee training and infrastructure.
As well, McGuire has said it will be large businesses that will ultimately push the province towards economic self-sufficiency.
However Bourgeois said she hopes the taskforce doesn't forget about the province's small businesses.
About 98 per cent of the province's firms have fewer than 50 employees, she said.
The taskforce has said self-sufficiency means boosting the province's population and increasing wages so they're on par with national averages.
"There is no economist at the head of the taskforce because high taxes and high wages don't go hand-in-hand," Bourgeois said.
David Plante of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters said he's equally concerned about the taskforce's musings about higher wages.
"The issue with regard to wages won't be driven by public policy but by the marketplace," he said.
"And government intervention in the labour market will only lead to less productive, less flexible and a less competitive workforce." Plante said he sees the taskforce as a positive initiative and hopes to see a blueprint that will attract needed investment to the province.
However he said he hopes the taskforce realizes the importance of an aggressive tax regime.
"Providing relief in terms of making investments would seem to be a solid approach," he said. "But the problem lies in the fact you need a positive taxation regulatory regime to attract the investments in the first place." Charles Cirtwill, acting president of the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies, said it's understandable business groups have some concerns.
"I think that you're seeing all kinds of reasons to be concerned. You've got costs of operating going up, you've got people saying businesses have got to earn their tax cuts."
The real problem is that behind the taskforce's controversial statements and proposals are some interesting ideas that could attract new businesses, he said.
"Hidden in the tone and the language around basically some very anti-business proposals are some things that could open New Brunswick for business."
By Atlantic Institute for Market Studies| 2007-05-07T00:00:00+00:00	May 7th, 2007|In the Media|Comments Off on Self-sufficiency taskforce offers tax plan today


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100% Family Owned & operated
76 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
Hartley Dodge Bingham
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
271 Roseland Avenue
Essex Fells, New Jersey, United States
Obituary of Hartley Dodge Bingham
Hartley (Lee) Dodge Bingham, Jr.
October 1, 1941 - April 21, 2019
Hartley (Lee) Dodge Bingham, Jr., age 77 of Cedar Grove, N.J. passed away after a lengthy illness. Lee was born in Glen Ridge on October 1, 1941. He leaves his wife of 56 years, Brenda, two children, son Hartley Dodge Bingham III and daughter Whitney B. Crosby and six grandchildren.
He graduated from the Loomis School in 1959, Lafayette College in 1963 and Columbia Business School in 1965. He served as Captain in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany. Lee began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1968, and owned and operated Elmco Distributors and Elm Manufacturers.
In 1963, Lee married Brenda Landrum of Hobbs, N.M. During his very active life, Lee co-founded the Montclair Hockey Program, served as President and Trustee of the Montclair Golf Club, and served on the board of the Mannington Mills Company for 35 years. He and Brenda enjoyed seasonal stays at Skytop, P.A. and Santa Fe, N.M.
A memorial service will be held Friday, May 10 at 11AM at St. Peter's Episcopal Church at 271 Roseland Ave., Essex Fells, N.J.
Memorial donations in Lee's memory may be made to: The Salvation Army at 13 Trinity Place, Montclair, N.J. 07042 or 1-800-SAL-ARMY or (973) 744-3312 or Van Vleck House and Gardens at 21 Van Vleck St. Montclair, N.J. 07042.


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Journalists across Pakistan stand with Dawn
ISLAMABAD - Journalists and media workers across the country Wednesday warned the government that any attempt to muzzle press freedom would be dealt with strongly.
"We will go to any length to protect the freedom of expression and speech if the government takes any action against the Dawn newspaper, its editor or reporter," said Afzal Butt, President Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
The union had dedicated the Press Freedom Day (May 3) to Dawn for upholding the principles of journalism and refusing to succumb to any government pressure to reveal the source of its story.
A PFUJ release said rallies and protest demonstrations were organized in all major cities and towns to condemn the government's directive to the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) to take "disciplinary action" against Dawn.
Camps were also set up outside Dawn offices across the country while rallies were also taken out to express solidarity with the newspaper.
In Islamabad, journalists set up a camp outside Dawn. Holding placards and banners inscribed with slogans, the protestors raised slogans against the government's directive to APNS.
"JIT (Joint Investigation Team) report has vindicated Dawn's stance," read a placard. "We reject any disciplinary action against Dawn," read another.
Speaking to the protestors, Afzal Butt criticized APNS for its "willful silence" over the issue. "APNS is maintaining a criminal silence on this issue," he said, adding: "It should have rejected the government direction the day it received the letter."
He said that the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP), of which APNS is also a member, has already dismissed government's case against Dawn even before the JIT was formed. "After the dismissal of this case by PCP, the APNS has no jurisdiction to hear it or take any disciplinary action against it."
Veteran journalist and PFUJ leader Nasir Zaidi recalled that journalists had rendered unprecedented sacrifices to achieve freedom of the press. He said that every institution in this country must respect press freedom. "Institutions need to change their mind-set," he said. "We are living in the 21st century and no country can prosper without freedom of expression."
Veteran journalist and member Federal Executive Council of PFUJ, Nasir Malick, warned the government that journalists will not tolerate any bar on freedom of expression. "We reject any JIT recommendation to take disciplinary action against Dawn," he said. "National security can only be interpreted by the court and not by any JIT."
He said it is shameful that a democratic government has resorted to such tactics and "closed BOL News" on a day when the entire world is observing Press Freedom Day.
RIUJ Acting-President Nasir Hashmi also condemned the government for following an undemocratic path.
General Secretary of RIUJ, Al Raza Alvi said journalists will not allow the government to take any action against Dawn. "We stand here today with our colleagues and assure them that we will not allow the government to step on their freedom."
National Press Club Secretary Imran Yaqub Dhillon said journalists stood united and would do everything possible to protect their own rights.
The News, March 29, 2019
Non-bailable arrest warrants issued for Dr. Shahid Masood


Pakistan's iconic fashion force HSY has launched a nationwide campaign to recruit new male and female models through #CastMeHSY.
The interactive campaign gives aspiring models an opportunity to be part of Pakistan's fashion industry with a campaign that includes a chance to be featured in a HSY photo shoot and to walk the ramp for HSY in Lahore.
The new campaign kick-starts 29th July 2015 and is being done in collaboration with Sunday Times with the photo-shoot set to appear on the cover of the magazine. The last day for submission for #CastMeHSY is 12th August 2015.
All models have to do is to upload and tag a full length photo of themselves with Instagram and/or Twitter and hashtag it #CastMeHSY for a chance to star in an HSY fashion shoot and be a part of his ramp show at PFDC L'Oreal Bridal Week Show in September 2015.
The height requirements for female models is 5'7″ and that for male models is 6′.


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Q: What will be the e-closure(r) in following NFA Sorry guys I cannot provide the pic here...I was unable to upload the pic...so.. I will give the transition table of the problem.
(S/I)....a...b.....c.......e(elipson)

p>.......{p}.....{q}...{r} ..¤(phi)

q>.......{q} ....{r} ..¤.... {p}

r(final)>..{r}...¤....{p}....{q}

Here ¤ is phai
p is starting state
And r is final state
My doubt is...Will e-closure of final state {r} have starting state {p}......,even if starting state will not have a direct reach through elipson to final state
.....but...final state reach the starting state through elipson to state {q} and then to starting state {p}
In my book it is given that
e-closure (r)={r,q}

But my question is why it is not ....{p,q,r}...while final state {r} is reaching starting state {p} as well...

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ϵ-closure(s) is a set of NFA states reachable from NFA state s on
  ϵ-transitions alone.

You were correct in thinking the same. Please follow the definition mentioned above.
So, ϵ-closure(r) = set of NFA states reachable from NFA state r on ϵ-transitions alone = {p,q,r}. Hence, your book has incorrectly computed it.
The answer has to be {p,q,r}.
NOTE that state {r} is included because a state will always remain on itself at ϵ-transition. State {p} was possible because p is reachable from NFA state q on ϵ-transition, which was reachable from NFA state r on ϵ-transition.


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using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using OpenKh.Engine.MonoGame;
using OpenKh.Kh2;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace OpenKh.Tools.Kh2MapStudio.Models
{
    class MeshGroupModel : IDisposable
    {
        private readonly GraphicsDevice _graphics;
        private KingdomTexture[] _kingdomTextures = new KingdomTexture[0];
        private readonly Mdlx _model;

        public MeshGroupModel(GraphicsDevice g, string name,
            Mdlx map, List<ModelTexture.Texture> texture, int index)
        {
            _graphics = g;
            _model = map;
            Name = name;
            Texture = texture;
            Index = index;
            IsVisible = true;
            InvalidateTextures();
            Invalidate();
        }

        public string Name { get; }
        public Mdlx.M4 Map => _model.MapModel;
        public List<ModelTexture.Texture> Texture { get; }
        public int Index { get; }
        public MeshGroup MeshGroup { get; private set; }
        public bool IsVisible { get; set; }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            foreach (var texture in _kingdomTextures)
                texture?.Dispose();
        }

        public void InvalidateTextures()
        {
            foreach (var texture in _kingdomTextures)
                texture?.Dispose();

            _kingdomTextures = Texture?
                .Select(texture => new KingdomTexture(texture, _graphics))
                .ToArray() ?? new KingdomTexture[0];

            if (MeshGroup != null)
                MeshGroup.Textures = _kingdomTextures;
        }

        public void Invalidate()
        {
            MeshGroup = new MeshGroup
            {
                MeshDescriptors = MeshLoader.FromKH2(_model).MeshDescriptors,
                Textures = _kingdomTextures
            };
        }
    }
}

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DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
BRANDED AND LICENSED PRODUCTS
HP LOVECRAFT: REANIMATED
At Blackthorn Communications we have a track record in producing digital magazines, running big brand websites, and engaging with audiences online.
We design and deliver a digital edition of Bizarre each month for distribution on the Zinio platform, as well as a tablet-optimised, censored version of the magazine that's sold via the Apple App Store. With a wealth of experience in digital content production, we know what works, and are skilled in negotiating the complex technical and legal issues involved in digital publishing.
Blackthorn Communications also manages Bizarre's official website, Bizarremag.com, which attracts 300,000 unique visitors each month. We deliver fresh news, videos and features each week on the site so that Bizarremag.com serves as a shop window for the printed product, and also directs traffic to the brand's other revenue-driving sites Ultravixens.net and Savagehearts.com.
Blackthorn Communications also has unrivalled skills in building and managing online communities. Over the past five years we've developed a 90,000-strong Bizarre reader community, first using a bespoke platform, then across popular social media sites. Using these platforms to engage directly with readers, we've developed a rich understanding of audience needs, as well as generating high-quality, cost-effective content for the reader-supplied sections of Bizarre magazine and its spin-off books.
Blackthorn Communications also has extensive experience in using social media to promote upcoming issues of the magazine, marketing Bizarre events, delivering sponsor and advertiser messages as part of commercial deals, and managing the Bizarre brand online to ensure it's at the heart of the global alternative culture scene.
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Q: removing UIView Animation acceleration How does one remove the acceleration and deceleration animation that UIView Animations do?
If you don't understand what I mean, when an animation starts up it accelerates and then when it get to the end, it decelerated. I want the animation to be a constant speed.
Here is an example of what my code looks like (I MUST use the old animation ways).
-(void)animate:(NSString*)animationID finished:(BOOL)finished context:(void*)context {
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
    [UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:@selector(animateStop:finished:context:)];
    [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:3];
    Motion.center = (*PathPoints)[Location];
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

A: [UIView setAnimationCurve: UIViewAnimationCurveLinear];


This is not your trendy, wellness-and-lifestyle blog "bone broth."
Not even "pork bone soup" can do this immaculate bowl justice. Meat, buttery soft, falls right off the bone into your spoon or in the spicy and savoury broth. You get that unmistakeable Korean fermented bite, too; sesame and soybean paste perfume the nostril with every sip, or every effervescent taste of pork.
Not filling enough, you dare say? Sink your teeth into the hot and crispy cabbages, or into succulent root vegetables, with spoonfuls of white or purple rice.


Brookside, first known as Windsor Crest, is located on the southern portion of the Hancock Park Los Angeles area and was carved out of the original Rancho Las Cienegas (Ranch of the Marshland), owned by Mexican native Don Francisco Avila. Bounded by Wilshire and Olympic Boulevards, Highland Avenue and Muirfield Road, this neighborhood in Hancock Park Los Angeles known as Brookside, with its diverse architecture, is named for the natural stream running through many of its backyards. The neighborhood was established in 1921, when the Rimpau Estate Company began to sell home Brookside sites to L.A.'s wealthiest families. According to the plan, two-story homes on Longwood north of 9th St. would cost "at least $10,000″ while homes on the south side can cost as much as $5,000 to $7,500. The most luxurious properties in Brookside were along Longwood Ave., where the developers laid out deep rear lots bisected by a natural underground stream known as El Rio del Jardin de las Flores. Surfacing briefly on its journey from the Hollywood Hills to Ballona Creek, the stream wanders from one side of Longwood to the other. Not wanting the stream to run on only one side of the street, the planners developed around it, preserving some of the natural arroyos, barrancas and hills of the original tract which are still there to this day.


Rejoice diabetics, you can safely eat fruits!
No fruit is a bad fruit; it's just that when you have diabetes, it is important to control your blood glucose levels at all times, which means that you also have to look at the glycaemic index (GI) of foods. GI is a measure of the effects of carbohydrate-rich foods such as fruit on blood sugar levels. Because fruits are often eaten on their own, GI is an important consideration while consuming them. Fruits with a low glycaemic index (GI value of 55 or less) are a safe choice for diabetics as they help to regulate blood sugar levels better. Even though some fruits are very sweet, they are still generally low-GI, which makes them an excellent substitute for unhealthy sweet snacks (such as chocolate and sweets) or savoury snacks, which should be avoided by diabetics. Here is a list of fruits that are safe for diabetics.
Nothing beats a bowl of strawberries as a sweet treat. You are good to go with a 250g basket of strawberries. Berries of all kinds, such as blackberries, raspberries, young berries and gooseberries have a low glycaemic index (low-GI) and a low glycaemic load (low-GL) per typical serving. If you eat them, you will stay full for longer, your blood sugar levels will remain steady and, subsequently, your energy levels will be sustained for longer. You could enjoy strawberries on their own, or could have them with a bowl of plain low-fat yoghurt.
Apples are the perfect fruit for diabetics. Benefits: They're low-GI, available throughout the year and a great snack to pack for on-the-go, because they don't bruise easily. Apples contain abundant pectin, a soluble fibre which helps to lower cholesterol and regulate blood sugar levels and bowel function, and also has an anti-inflammatory affect which may help diabetics to recover from infections faster. They are Quercetin, a strong antioxidant found in high concentrations in apple skins, is associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes. It is also associated with preventing heart attacks, reducing the risk of cancer and warding off eye disease.
The sweet aroma of a ripe, juicy peach is a sure sign that summer has arrived. Peaches are low-GI and packed with fibre, vitamins and antioxidants, especially immune-boosting vitamin C. Peaches are best enjoyed fresh - avoid the canned, syrupy peaches. One medium sized peach (weighing about 150g) equals one fruit portion.
Yet another low-GI fruit option available throughout the year is pears. They're rich in vitamins and minerals and a good source of fibre - which helps to regulate blood sugar levels, lower cholesterol and improve digestive health. Although not well documented, pears are among the least allergenic of all fruits and are therefore recommended by health practitioners as a safe alternative in the preparation of food products for allergy sufferers.
Grapefruit also contains the flavonoid narigenin, which has been found to increase the body's sensitivity to insulin and helps to maintain a healthy weight, which is a vital part of diabetes treatment. Grapefruit is also low-GI and rich in soluble fibre which helps improve blood circulation, lowers blood cholesterol levels and is thought to reduce the risk of some cancers.
When one mentions oranges, the first thing that comes to mind is vitamin C. However, oranges are also low-GI and low-GL per serving, thanks to their high content of soluble fibre, which helps to keep blood sugar levels under control and lowers blood cholesterol levels. Furthermore, oranges are rich in Vitamin A and B-complex vitamins, and immune-boosting flavonoids such as hesperetin and narigenin which all help to reduce your risk of disease.
Plums and prunes (dried plums) are a well-known remedy for constipation and regulating the functioning of the digestive system. However, did you know that plums are also a rich source of antioxidants and phytonutrients? In fact, one plum has the same amount of antioxidants as a handful of blueberries. Plums are also high in minerals such as iron, fluoride and potassium and vitamins A, C and E. Remember not to peel your plums as many of the antioxidants are found in the skin.


Digital transformation has impacted the entire spectrum of the Life Sciences industry in a multitude of ways. This includes areas such as drug development, patient diagnostics, patient journey management, and treatment.
High throughput drug screening has allowed manufacturers to quickly screen millions of compounds and molecular entities. This enables them to select the most appropriate candidates for further exploration. Additionally, high throughput diagnostic platform systems allow labs to quickly analyze and process samples. This reduces hands-on time for laboratory personnel and eliminates errors. Smart wearable technology is going beyond fitness tracking and carrying over to medical diagnostics and real-time reporting tools. Wearable technologies help to inform patients and health care providers about patients' health statuses. From there, the right actions can be taken to mitigate possible health issues or adverse events.
Drug delivery devices have also seen major improvements and will continue to develop along with digital transformation. Smart technologies, such as auto injectors and pumps that contain visual and auditory cues and reporting mechanisms, provide patients with better delivery experiences. Patients are experiencing better ease-of-use and pain management.
Patient medical records, health status and outcomes tracking, and disease and treatment diagnostics has also been influenced by digital transformation. Patient healthcare records are now utilized throughout the entire patient journey. The challenge for any organization that collects and maintains patient medical records relates to security. Organizations must work to ensure that these records are not subject to cybersecurity and healthcare data breaches. Since 2009, the number of healthcare data breaches has significantly increased. According to HIPAA, over 189 million people had exposed medical records. The penalties for HIPAA violations are stiff. Many organizations are looking for a digital solution to help secure their patients' medical records.
Patient journey management has been largely impacted by digital transformation. Social media platforms, mobile apps, online patient service portals, marketing automation tools, and a host of other technologies have had a major influence on the Life Sciences industry. Ultimately, these digital transformations have allowed for better patient education, communications, and networking.
In years to come, we will continue to see significant digital developments that will evolve the Life Sciences industry.
Digital transformation has brought profound changes to the CPG world. The rise of ecommerce and the collapse of traditional brick and mortar retailers that have refused to adapt has been apparent for years. If we move beyond the digital transformation of how we shop, we can find even more disruption that continues to gain momentum. One noticeable example is seen in the personalized online retail/consumer goods fulfillment space. To clarify, when we say "online," we essentially mean automated. The days of browsing web pages are essentially over. Now, AI makes the shopping decisions for us.
Stitch Fix, an online personal styling service, led the way in bringing this technology to market. In less than six years, Stitch Fix grew to a $1 billion dollar plus company. The clothing styling company was able to achieve this growth through a robust suite of AI tools. These tools track trends, body types, customer feedback, and other ques that cull down potential outfit combinations. The combinations are used by personal stylists to pick outfits that should fit consumers perfectly and match their unique style preferences.
Stitch Fix continues to outpace its competition by constantly modifying and updating its algorithms. The algorithms are not static. Instead, they evolve with the client as they go through different life stages. For example, pregnancy or career moves may alter consumers' clothing needs. The Stitch Fix AI tools take these factors into consideration and continue to make appropriate styling recommendations based on consumers' evolving clothing preferences. This level of precision can support inventory management in ways that could even make Amazon nervous. With a gross margin comparable to other major clothing retailers, Stitch Fix is poised to invest in greater advertising and apply increased pressure to both brick and mortar and ecommerce models.
Fletcher/CSI regularly supports major CPGs with primary research insights about their competitors' ecommerce, retail, and direct-to-consumer business models and strategies. Understanding competitive investments in each channel allows CPGs to preemptively position themselves in the market.
War games and scenario planning sessions allow leaders from across a company to come together and put on the competitor's hat to anticipate their strategies. Looking through the eyes of a competitor allows industry leaders to better understand their own weaknesses so they can refine their strategies. Recently, we hosted a war game that allowed participants to strategize about disruption in the transportation industry driven by the growth of Uber and Lyft. Results of the event painted a bleak picture for regional public transportation as it failed to adapt to market demands.
As homes, cars, and wearables continue to mass data, more consumer and industrial goods will offer unique delivery models. This evolution will continue to leave manufacturers behind unless they are able to adapt to changes caused by digital transformation.


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Q: Jquery conflict in dnn module Hi i am working on dotnetnuke modules . I have developes a module . This module has different effects . I am using different repeaters for different effect . If i add two modules in a single page . Jscript is not working properly . How can i solve this problem .

A: The problem is probably that the javascript you're using is being added twice, once for each instance of the module. You should be using RegisterClientScriptBlock and/or RegisterClientScriptInclude from the code-behind in order to add the Javascript to the page. By using that, it will prevent the script from being added twice.


EXCLUSIVE: Grandview, the management company run by Matt Rosen and Jeff Silver, has promoted Laura Leonard to Manager.
Leonard, who was previously a literary co-ordinator at the company, already has a number of clients including a slew of up-and-coming writers including Debra Moore Muñoz, who started writing on HBO's Westworld and is now working on Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy spin-off The Mayans for FX.
She also represents Adam D'Alba, whose horror script The Infinity Reel is being made by Arrival and Stranger Things producer 21 Laps for Paramount Pictures and The Maiden, an adaptation of his own horror short, for James Wan's Atomic Monster and New Line, as well as British novelist and screenwriter James Smythe, whose sci-fi novel Way Down Dark was optioned by Studio 8, and who recently wrote the sequel to a major tentpole action feature.
Prior to joining Grandview, Leonard worked at Paramount and Joy and The Blacklist producer Davis Entertainment.


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Where I'm Waking
Review of Slow Club's Paradise
Laura PannackEven though I was very much a fan of Slow Club's 2009 debut Yeah, So?, I don't think I ever did a proper write-up for it – I guess I hoped that seeing them twice at SXSW as well as having them play our Eastbound & Found day show would be sufficient implied endorsement… but still, by way of compensation, here's my thoughts on the Sheffield, UK duo of Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor's follow-up Paradise a couple of weeks ahead of its September 13 release. Just in case I get distracted again.
Doing so still requires I talk a bit about Yeah, So?, though. If I were to distill what I liked about it down to a couple points, it'd be how they were able to take their fairly rudimentary setup of guitar and drums (and occasional piano) and make it sound deliriously fun, thanks to their tandem vocals, irresistibly hooky yet sardonic songcraft and the sense of giddy abandon they injected into much of it while still retaining their ability to get sad. It was like power-folk-pop and wonderful in its simplicity.
That the pair would seek to evolve sonically from their debut wasn't in question – they couldn't really go very far in the other direction – but the degree to which they've refined their sound on the second go-around is pretty significant. The old-school soul influence that lurked underneath Yeah, So? is brought to the fore on Paradise and bolstered with some richer arrangements and production values. The busker-y aesthetic that permeated their debut is largely kicked to the curb in favour of some unabashed Motown moves; it's an ambitious move, but Taylor has raised her game as a vocalist to match and the results give Slow Club a bare, emotional depth that's surprising. It comes at the cost of some of their immediacy and gleefulness, but that's growing up for you. There's a part of me that wishes they'd taken an extra album or two to get where they are, but kids these days. What are you gonna do… besides sit back, listen and appreciate?
Slow Club will be coming over to North America in November, but for now only dates in New York and Los Angeles have been confirmed. Here's hoping the "more TBA" in the press release isn't just a tease.
Stream: Slow Club – "Where I'm Waking"
Video: Slow Club – "Where I'm Waking"
Video: Slow Club – "Two Cousins"
Newcastle's Lanterns On The Lake are offering another taste of their forthcoming debut Gracious Tide, Take Me Home, in audio and video forms, ahead of its September 19 UK release.
MP3: Lanterns On The Lake – "Keep On Trying"
Video: Lanterns On The Lake – "Keep On Trying"
How much does The Line Of Best Fit like I Break Horses and their out-this-week debut album Hearts? In addition to streaming the whole thing, they went all the way to Sweden to record a video session with the band, the first installment of which – "Winter Beats" – is now online. And not to be left out, Clash has track-by-track notes on the album from songwriter Maria Linden.
Stream: I Break Horses / Hearts
NME is pointing to a stream the b-side from Anna Calvi's next single, "Suzanne & I". It's a cover of The Shirelles' "Baby It's You", which was also tackled by The Beatles way back when. And while you're at it, stream the b-side of Calvi's last b-side from the "Desire" single – another cover, this one of Leonard Cohen's "Joan Of Arc". Anna Calvi is at Lee's Palace on December 8.
Stream: Anna Calvi – "Baby It's You"
Stream: Anna Calvi – "Joan Of Arc"
Gemma Hayes has released a video from her latest album Let It Break.
Video: Gemma Hayes – "Keep Running"
Portishead's Geoff Barrow tells Spinner the band intends to put out new material following their upcoming North American tour, which sees them play two nights at The Sound Academy on October 10 and 11.
The Quietus gives Blur's generally dismissed debut album Leisure a re-evaluation.
Tags: Anna Calvi, Blur, Gemma Hayes, I Break Horses, Lanterns On The Lake, Portishead, Slow Club
whats the ny date(s)?
Frank Yang says:
Nov 03 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Nov 04 – Brooklyn, NY – Rock Shop
Nov 06 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
meant to update the post with a link to them this AM, forgot. thanks
Future Bible Heroes and The 6ths with Lloyd Cole cover The Human League →
← Wild Flag is pretty effin' wild


HOME on the Range - The Front Range!
To the Right, Downtown - Mt. Meeker and Long's Peak - one of the most challenging 14er Climbs in Colorado - Check out the "Narrows" of the Trail on the Long's Peak Link Below.
To the Left- The Inidan Peaks Mountain Range - Wonderful hiking opportunities including the 4th of July Trail to Diamond Lake!