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The Committee on Honorary Degrees invites the UNCG community to identify people who would be good candidates for honorary degrees to be granted at the 2022 commencement or subsequent commencements. The purpose for awarding honorary degrees includes the following:
To recognize individuals who demonstrate extraordinary achievement over their entire scholarly or artistic careers or who have performed distinguished public service in their lifetime;
To recognize excellence in the scholarly fields of degrees awarded by the University as well as those that exemplify the history and mission of the University;
To honor those individuals whose lives and achievements are consistent with the qualities and values espoused by the University in order to provide examples of the University's aspirations for its graduates;
To elevate the visibility and reputation of the University by honoring those individuals who are widely known and regarded in their field or in society as a whole.
The person selected may be distinguished in any number of areas: humanities, sciences, arts, public service, and education, to name a few.
Those currently holding public office in the state and the permanent staff of our state universities are not eligible. The achievements may vary in scope from prominence on the international or professional scene to vital contributions to the University, North Carolina, and beyond. A previous connection to the University or state is not mandatory but is considered a strength.
In order for you to have an idea of the persons who have received Honorary Degrees, we invite you to examine the names of awardees from past years: Emmylou Harris (2019); Mansukh C. Wani, William Mangum (2017); William Black, Harold Schiffman (2016); Timothy Rice (2015); Norman Anderson (2013); Bonnie McElveen-Hunter (2012); Thomas Haggai (2011); Margaret Maron (2010); Rebecca Lloyd, Nido Qubein (2009); Fred Chappell, Tom Ross, Kay Yow (2008); Irvin Belk, Betty Ray McCain, Edwin S. Melvin (2007); Molly Broad, Henry Frye, Shirley Frye (2006); Muriel Siebert (2005); Jim Hunt (2004); Jaylee Mead (2003); Michael B. Fleming, Stanley Frank (2002); Kenneth L. Adelman, Bonnie Angelo, Jean Brooks (2001); Erskine Bowles (2000); Maud Gatewood, Eloise R. Lewis (1999); Carolyn R. Ferree, Calvin Trillin (1998); Mary Ellen Rudin, LeRoy T. Walker (1995); T. James Crawford (1994); Maya Angelou (1993).
The committee asks that nominators submit candidates on the Honorary Degree Candidate Nomination Form, along with biographical information. Please keep in mind the need for confidentiality, as candidates should not be aware that they are being considered.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 30, 2020. Please send the completed nomination form to Jennifer Johnson, Assistant to the Provost, at firstname.lastname@example.com or the University Committee on Honorary Degrees, Office of the Provost, 201 Mossman Building.


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If you've ever had a frosty, then you know how yummy they are. If you try to eat healthy, you know that you'd like to have a frosty.
Friday Frosty Fries
3T oil + 2 lg gold potatoes 425 25m+3
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1/3c choc 2t vanilla extract 6oz al milk 2full pyrex ice
3 med+ gold potatoes 4T oil 2t chopped garlic 1t salt 2oz scallions 1t
parsley 1t braggs 425 25+
Our Corn Free Cookbook (also Gluten Free and Top 8 Allergy Free) Is packed with recipes and resources to help you thrive when living with a corn allergy, and/or multiple food allergies. Kathlena, The Allergy Chef, is a severe corn allergic, giving us the unique ability to write a book that's accurate. No corn derivatives, no xanthan gum, and all the details you need to enjoy life as a corn allergic.

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Project Veritas investigated Common Core. It wasn't pretty.
Undercover Common I: Exec Says "I hate kids…it's all about the money" [7:49]
Undercover Common II: Another Top Publishing Exec: "It's never about the kids" [4:46]
Undercover Common III: Exec reveals anti-American agenda [10:05]
Undercover Common IV: Common Core Insider Reveals Info About LA Bid Rigging Scandal [6:30]
Maybe I'm naive and maybe I'm wrong, but I agree with Santorum, that control of curriculum standards should be at the grass roots level. I also believe in giving parents tuition vouchers that apportion to each school-age child a fair share of the education tax dollars. Let them spend those dollars where they choose. If a local school is doing well, parents won't take their kids out. But lousy schools will very quickly fail, as they should.


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Thanks for our new readers from the US, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Ecuador, New Zealand, Martinique, Germany, Azerbaijan, n Luxembourg. Keep it fun 😉
When we went to that café in San Francisco, the owner told us that his aunt can read or interpret the residual coffee grounds, remaining in our cups, or on our saucers. Her interpretation will tell us about things that happened or will happen in the future…..
We wanted to believe what he said, but it was hard to believe in what was called "Tasseography", "Tasseomancy", or "Coffee Grounds Reading".
We were told that many cultures believe in reading the remaining grounds which after we drink our coffee would remain sitting in the bottom of our cups. The following site explains how readers do this and tell you about events in your future. It's up to you to believe it or not. More
There is some similarity between palm reading and Turkish coffee or Tea Leaves reading, coz all of them are done by fortune tellers.
My friend and I, agreed to have the owner's aunt read our cups. When we drank that Turkish coffee, it tasted very delicious, it had special exquisite smell.
It left thick sediment at the bottom of our cups. The aunt swirled the cups turning them upside down, so the grounds fell down making some patterns and shapes on the inside white surface of the cups.
Those shapes and images created were supposed to be predicting future happening. The coffee fortune teller was able to look at those patterns, and see special icons that suggested symbols which they relate to certain events.
There is plenty to be said about what happened in that café but the most important part was that my friend's cup had, as we were told, some athlete equipment, some books, n others which made the aunt able to come up with conclusions regarding the job of my friend.
It was completely accurate to my best knowledge. As for my cup, it was full of music symbols, Z letter, which is the first letter of 1Zumba. It was everywhere inside my cup, and on the saucer. She told me things nobody else knew about.
My cup had 1Zumba dancers, as that lady told me, which was quite interesting simply because we never saw her before. She was completely stranger to us. When she said that, it was a shock!
We couldn't believe her! We were mesmerized! Until this moment, I don't have a clue how that happened. There is no such a thing as being able to read the future, the past, or any period of your life.
It just happened and if you have any explanation for this pls let me know, coz I am still puzzled until this very moment. All I can say is that the coffee was unbelievable excellent, so was the 1Zumba Fortune Teller 😉
Until we talk again soon, click as many as possible from our topics, and here's our hugs & kisses ❤


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Imago aims to promote, develop and facilitate social action, supporting independence and empowering communities. They deliver a range of community services across Kent, working with Young Carers, disabled children, young people, schools and vulnerable older people. Through Imago's projects and services across Kent they have provided interventions for some of the most vulnerable within the country and last year supported over 3000 young carers aged between 5-18.
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Sieper GmbH is among the world's biggest companies in the international toy industry and produces and sells toys under the SIKU brand name.
SIKU has a long-standing tradition and reputation for exceptional quality toy models produced to the highest standards of quality and safety. Together with our dedicated team of professionals, we want to meet and creatively respond to the challenges of the 21st century. If you have an ambition to join our team and make your own contribution to the automotive world of SIKU toy models, we are delighted to receive your motivated and well structured application.
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Eventbrite puts buttons on its website that let users automatically share events on the service through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and email. By tracking the use of these buttons, and the sales it generated from consumers who arrived at the site through those referrals, Eventbrite determined the value of each kind of share.
The results:
- Facebook shares led the pack, generating an average of $2.52 from 11 referrals.
- Sharing via email came in second at $2.34.
- There is a huge drop off after that. LinkedIn shares were worth $0.90, and tweets just $0.43.
Obviously, the raw numbers are fairly meaningless to other companies, since it is determined in part by the cost of the tickets Eventbrite sells. But the relative values are instructive.
It's pretty intuitive that Facebook shares would be worth the most in this context. You're most likely to attend events with people you know, especially your friends. Facebook's graph is much more closely correlated with your real life friendships than LinkedIn or Twitter.
Still the sheer size of the gap is impressive, and a reminder of just how valuable Facebook's connections are.
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If you're a proper music festival goer and you haven't attended Bunbury yet, you need to mark your 2019 calendar now. Arguably the most underrated festival in America, it has become the unofficial summer kick-off for Midwestern music fans.
For the past few years, Bunbury has been held the first weekend in June. Setting up shop on Cincinnati's riverfront in the adjacent parks of Sawyer Point and Yeatman's Cove it certainly has the most picturesque surroundings of any festival going. The only disadvantage comes from the old rail and auto bridge, now a pedestrian bridge, that separates the park. Each park has a main stage, though the main, main stage is in Yeatman's Cove. If you're trying to get from one to the other, you're likely to hit a bottleneck. Many fans had to leave some sets early in order to make it to the other stage.
Things were a bit rockier this year, style-wise, not logistically. To set the tone, The Wrecks kicked off the fest and smashed it. These young lads from L.A. have been hitting alternative radio hard, while also managing to get the attention of pop radio with their very fine track "James Dean." Reminiscent of the currently-on-hiatus Hot Chelle Rae, they're just nice boys. After fulfilling media commitments, they hung out and chatted with fans for over two hours in the blistering afternoon sun and were more than happy to do it.
Local favorites Lift the Medium lit up the River Stage, a unique set up that uses the steps along the Serpentine Wall at Yeatman's Cove to form an amphitheater of sorts. The band beat out a half dozen other regional acts to gain the Bunbury slot and they made the most of it, bringing their heavy rock sound to the riverfront.
Welshly Arms from Cleveland opened the main stage. Their bluesy rock was well received by the crowd and wasn't too taxing in the early summer heat. Speaking of Cleveland, it seemed that almost every act had ties to either Ohio, New York City, or L.A.
As it was difficult to cover all of the bands, it was necessary to divide up the workload. That means our Hannah had to check out a few acts, the first of which were The Front Bottoms. She reports:
The Front Bottoms were the number one band I was looking forward to for the weekend, and they did not disappoint. I was thoroughly impressed with the large crowd they brought, definitely bigger than the first time they played Bunbury. I would have tweaked the setlist a bit, but that's just me being petty. Their new album is amazing, but I have a soft spot for the earlier singles. But regardless of the song, I could listen to Brian Sella scream/sing about his relationships every day forever. (HW)
Lany, another L.A. band, though they started in Nashville, really got the crowd going but had their set cut short by an impending downpour. During "Hurts," singer Paul Jason Klein did a little crowd work, climbing in to serenade the masses. After "Where the Hell Are My Friends?" the band had to high tail it off the stage before the rain hit. A big change in policy from a few years back, when Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch pulled fans on stage for "The Boy with the Arab Strap," as crews lowered the video screens in the face of increasing winds. In any case, Lany felt bad but headed for safety just before the cloudburst. Post-storm, Royal Blood continued the rockin' direction over on the Sawyer Point stage.
Fitz and the Tantrums were the next to take the stage and delivered a set that was nearly identical to the one they delivered at their previous Bunbury appearance. The crowd loved it though, as they ticked off the hits "Out of My League," "Fools Gold," their cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," and their big show closer "Hand Clap."
If you're going to have a proper festival, it's good to involve Young the Giant, who took the Sawyer Point Stage as the sun went down. They built a great set leading to "Cough Syrup" and ultimately the always-welcome "My Body."
Of course, some had to leave Young's set early to catch The Chainsmokers, Friday's headliner. Hannah rushed over with her sister to get there in time as not to miss a single track. She reports:
For some reason, this was not what I expected at all. Last year, Bunbury was Cincinnati's own Electric Daisy Carnival, and I thought we were past that phase of our lives — but The Chainsmokers brought an EDM experience to the Ohio River. I was pleasantly surprised to hear their own vocals and see some theatrics instead of just following the stereotype that they're just going to plug in a flash drive. I can't lie and say I was not beyond excited to see them. And I am pleased to report they were even better than I anticipated. (HW)
Misterwives brought their brand of dance pop to the Sawyer Point stage Saturday afternoon, to a warm but enthusiastic crowd. Visually, one might have expected a cross between the B-52s, Scissor Sisters, and maybe Deee-Lite, but sonically it was more like Paramore meets No Doubt while still maintaining a unique sound.
Popping out of the way-back machine was Third Eye Blind, covered by Hannah:
Not to throw shade, but Blink-182 canceling on Bunbury to play in Las Vegas was… not great. How does this relate to Third Eye Blind? Stephen Jenkins still played Bunbury, 1. While incredibly ill and 2, when TEB wasn't even touring otherwise. A sick Jenkins made the trip to Cincinnati for one random tour date. How awesome is that? That's enough for me to give them high praise. I didn't know many of the tunes and the ones I did know were ones I just listen to in passing, but the energy of the crowd was enough to make it a good set.
Probably one of the toughest conflicts occurred on Saturday when Andrew McMahon & The Wilderness took the Sawyer Point stage 15 minutes after Arizona started their set on the river stage. I covered Arizona, Hannah covered Andrew McMahon:
I only caught a bit of Andrew McMahon & The Wilderness, but it was very much a perfect festival set. There was everything — good vocals, a talented band, the kind of blow up men you see at car dealerships and even a trip by McMahon into the crowd via those parachutes you used in gym class. Altogether enjoyable for someone who hasn't dived into his discography before.
Arizona really packed them in, keeping the crowd engaged for their entire set. Dropping in a Drake cover, "Passion Fruit," didn't hurt. Nonetheless, the fan base showed up strong, singing along and grooving for the entire set.
Last year, there were a lot of EDM and EDM-adjacent acts, but the only act fitting that description, apart from maybe Chainsmokers, this year was GRIZ. Even though he had a late afternoon slot, and was thus still playing in daylight, he still got the crowd moving.
A pleasant surprise over on the Sawyer Point Stage was Foster the People. Sure, a lot of people don't stan the second album, but that didn't stop them from packing the Sawyer Point side, even as Incubus was preparing to take the main stage on the other side of the festival.
Sunday probably had the best variety of acts with Manchester Orchestra, Lecrae, and Dropkick Murphys to name just s few. The final two acts were two of the most popular of the entire festival, Post Malone, on the Sawyer Point stage and Jack White, who closed Bunbury on the main stage. Many in the Post crowd reckoned he should have been the closer.
He was fine and seemed like a nice bloke, but he didn't really do much that was terribly inspiring from song to song. Jack White meanwhile stormed the stage as only Jack White can. A longtime fan who saw White Stripes open for Sleater-Kinney back in the day told me Jack White has always played like he was in front of a stadium. He doesn't seem to have lost his edge. His set mixed solo work, some Raconteurs tracks, and a few White Stripes tunes including the almost obligatory "Seven Nation Army" to finish the evening and Bunbury 2018.
PF Wilson has been writing about music, TV, radio, and movies for over 20 years. He has also written about sports, business, and politics with his work appearing in Cincinnati CityBeat, The Houston Press, Cleveland Scene, Cincinnati Magazine, Cincy Magazine, Atomic Ranch, and many more. Check out his podcast PF's Tape Recorder available from Podbean or in iTunes.


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Welcome to April — and we all know what happens on the first of April. That's right… April Fools' Day. Google marked the occasion with a clever prank that duped much of the SEO community. We'll get into more on that later, and also cover some serious news such as Google shutting down its Goo.gl URL shortener. In other developments this week, Google rolled out an update to search results that should really appeal to movie lovers. Google clarified some misunderstandings about how certain types of URLs affect SEO, and whether or not structured data is a ranking signal. Lastly, a study was published this week revealing that a feature built into Google Chrome is driving a significant amount of traffic to websites.
More details about each of these top stories will be covered in this week's SEO news roundup.
Google Pranks SEOs on April Fools' Day
Google had a little fun on April Fools' Day with a prank disguised as a new Search Console feature. The company announced on Twitter that a new "Recrawl" button had been added to Search Console. A button that triggered Google to recrawl a site on demand? What an amazing new feature! However, if you were to actually click the button, you'd quickly find out it was too good to be true.
For normal crawling and indexing, just use a sitemap file. To submit individual URLs, use Fetch as Google. But if you just want to click "↻ recrawl," we're never gonna let you down.
➡ https://t.co/uoaCWUIrap ⬅ pic.twitter.com/OyyDZJ5z8V
— Google Webmasters (@googlewmc) March 31, 2018
As you can see, Google even left a clue in its tweet saying "we're never gonna let you down." Those are lyrics from Rick Astley's song Never Gonna Give You Up, which as gained notoriety as part of an internet prank known as "Rick rolling." That's exactly what Google did. If you clicked the "Recrawl" button you'd end up watching the YouTube video of Astley's smash hit. In other words, Google managed to Rick Roll everyone.
The best part is a lot of SEOs were duped by the Recrawl button. Some publications even reported on it as being an actual feature, not realizing it was a joke. Moral of the story — if it seems to good to be true, and it was announced on April 1st, chances are it's a joke.
Google Shutting Down the Goo.gl URL Shortener
Google announced this week that it is discontinuing its popular URL shortening service — Goo.gl. Those who currently use the Goog.gl URL shortener can continue to do so for at least another year, as it will permanently shut down on March 19, 2019. The good news is Goo.gl links will continue to function. If you've used Goo.gl to share shortened links then you will be able to view your analytics data and download your short link information in csv format for up to one year, until March 30, 2019.
Google Enhances Search Results for Movies
Google has enhanced search results for movies with new features such as reviews and shortcuts to buy tickets. Entering search commands like "showtimes" or "movies" will return a list of movies playing near you, where they're playing, and, of course, the showtimes themselves. You can then tap on the desired showtime to buy a ticket. Alternatively, you can narrow it down by location with a keyword like "Parsippany showtimes." The new search results for movies also feature reviews from IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, so users can make more informed decisions about what they're going to see. Currently, this feature is available on the Google app for Android in the US and India. It will soon be available on the Google app for iOS.
Are File Extensions in URLs a Problem? Google's John Mueller Has the Answer
In the latest installment of Google's SEO Snippets Q&A videos, John Mueller answers a question from a concerned site owner wondering if removing .html from URLs would help their site's rankings. Mueller confirms that Google doesn't care whether URLs end in .html, .php, .asp, or have no file extensions at all. In fact, removing file extensions from URLs may even harm the site.
Mueller went on to say that removing file extensions from URLs is the same as restructuring a site. That means all old URLs will need to be redirected to the new ones. In addition, like any site restructuring, it will take time for it to be recrawled by Google. If you find yourself in a situation where you absolutely have to remove file extensions from URLs, Mueller recommends doing this during a time when you're less dependent on search traffic. For example, a seasonal business may want to consider doing a major site restructuring during their off season.
Is Structured Data a Ranking Signal? Google's John Mueller Weighs In
Google's John Mueller cleared up some confusion about structured data and whether or not it can affect rankings. Structured data is a type of code that is used to create enhanced search listings, such as stars for reviews and breadcrumb navigation displays in the search results pages. Some people in the industry believe that structured data may also provide a rankings advantage over other sites. However, Mueller clarified that there is no rankings boost associated with structured data.
There's no generic ranking boost for SD usage. That's the same as far as I remember. However, SD can make it easier to understand what the page is about, which can make it easier to show where it's relevant (improves targeting, maybe ranking for the right terms). (not new, imo)
— John ☆.o(≧▽≦)o.☆ (@JohnMu) April 2, 2018
In other words, there is no automatic ranking boost for using structured data, but Google still reads it to learn more about a page's content. Businesses with multiple locations can benefit from using structured data. For example, a business can create web pages for each location and use structured data to communicate the locations to Google. As another example, businesses that sell products online can use structured data to communicate the manufacturer part number (MPN), colors, sizes, manufacturer, reviews and descriptions. These are just a couple of examples — We are firm believers that every site can benefit from structured data in one way or another.
There's a New Source of Referral Traffic in Town: Google Chrome Article Suggestions
What's the ultimate goal of SEO? It's not just the thrill of seeing your site rank #1 for high-value keywords. At the end of the day, it's about generating more traffic to your site's pages. It turns out Google has a new traffic driver on its hands — personalized article suggestions built into the Chrome mobile app.
Mobile article recommendations show up when a user opens a new tab in the Chrome app. A new report from Chartbeat shows that Google Chrome's mobile article recommendations are now the fourth greatest driver of referral traffic— behind Twitter, Facebook, and Google Search. According to Chartbeat's data, traffic from Chrome's article suggestions have grown 2,100% in 2017. Referral traffic jumped from 15 million visits per month to 341 million visits per month
The success of Chrome's article suggestions can likely be attributed to the fact that users continue to transition away from desktop computers to mobile devices. There are a few other factors at play here as well, such as Chrome being the number one browser in the world. In addition, article suggestions show up by default every time a new tab is opened in the Chrome app. Anyone who uses the Chrome app literally cannot avoid seeing article suggestions.
Although Chrome's article suggestions have been around for a few years now, it's still too early to determine how site owners can optimize content to be shown as an article suggestion. Early studies indicate that publishing AMP (accelerated mobile pages) versions of content may help. Chartbeat says Chrome's article suggestions primarily surface AMP pages, with 72% of article suggestions leading to AMPs.
In Summary
The key takeaways from this week's news include:
- Google's April Fools' joke truly did fool a bunch of SEOs. There is no actual recrawl button in Search Console.
- Google is shutting down the goo.gl URL shortener in March 2019.
- Google search results now contain more information about movies currently playing in theaters.
- File extensions in URLs do not affect SEO, and removing them could cause problems.
- There's no ranking boost for using structured data, but it does help Google better understand what's on your pages.
- Article suggestions in Google Chrome are now the 4th greatest driver of referral traffic.
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MCALLEN, Texas (KVEO) – The traditional Rosca de Reyes is getting a galactic twist this year following 'Baby Yoda's' explosion in popularity.
Baby Yoda is undoubtedly the force to be recognized. From becoming a viral meme to the best-selling toy on Amazon at the beginning of December. The Mandalorian character came from a galaxy far, far away, to leave a mark here on Earth.
Now, Baby Yoda has kneaded his way into tradition.
Mexico City's Kraneo Food, a burger restaurant with artisanal beer, is adding a Rosca de Reyes to their menu that features 'the child' (or as it is traditionally known, 'el niño'), but this one is not baby Jesus. Star Wars fans can instead purchase a Rosca containing Baby Yoda.
For the price of 500 pesos, roughly $25, Mexico City's fans of the franchise have something more to look forward to when they cut into the Rosca on January 6.
It seems to be catching on, 3D printed Baby Yoda's are now being sold by Twitter users.
It is unknown whether 'the child' will find his way into bakeries here in the Rio Grande Valley.
In Mexico, as well in the Rio Grande Valley, it is customary for friends and family to gather and share the sweet bread on 'Three Kings Day,' the day Christ Child was visited by the Wise Men.
Those who find a hidden, usually plastic, figurine in their slice become the 'godparents' and have to provide a meal on February 2.
As with all traditions to be celebrated this year and next, it is advised that you do so in accordance with CDC guidelines.
Even if you do not find a Rosca with Baby Yoda near you, you can still feel the relief of not having to provide the tamales if your slice of the Rosca is clear of baby Jesus as well.


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Using the Kreg pocket hole jig, we connected one half of the smaller headboard to each side of the bigger headboard. I did some framing for the seat and put on some pine bead boards that we picked up at Home Depot.
We have primed it and will be painting in a few days. I'll post completed pictures. Our plan is to paint a ruby red with yellow accents.


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'The Big Sick's' Emily V. Gordon to Adapt 'The Nest' for Amazon
Oscar nominated screenwriter Emily V. Gordon is set to adapt Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's novel "The Nest" for Amazon Studios, the same people who brought her semi-autobiographical relationship drama The Big Sick to the big screen.
"The Nest" is a New York Times best-selling novel that tells of a dysfunctional family getting together to confront their reckless older brother Leo who is responsible for endangering their trust fund, and will be the second feature-length film written by the screenwriter.
The Amazon project will be produced by 'Transparent' creator Jill Soloway via her Topple banner, with Andrea Sperling and Carly Kahane acting as executive producers.
The project is still in the earliest of stages and therefore does not have a release date at this time.
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text: Mole not me Robert Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Sent: Fri, Nov 5, 2010 01:49:03 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Why aren't we doing this? Years ago (almost twenty now), I subscribed to the Pikestaff, the newsletter of the East Kingdom. If memory serves, I received a copy of their Kingdom Law as well, in which they defined their SCA period to end at 1650 (or it was included in one or more of the monthly newsletters). That little tidbit of information was remarkable enough for me to remember. The justification I heard back then (from whom, I cannot now remember. It may have been Master Robert McFarlane, but don't quote me on that) was to include more years of swashbuckling history in our period. It may not have been society-wide, and 1650 may not be the cut-off point these days, but it was in the East Kingdom in the early 1990's. In the "things I heard but never saw in print" department, I had also heard years ago that the cutoff date for the SCA period was set mainly to exclude the use of gunpowder...which, oddly, was already in use in 1599. I never knew where that one came from. Detlef von Marburg On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote: > At 07:00 PM 11/4/2010, you wrote: > > From: Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> > > (snip) > > I know there was a widespread *belief* in the early days that the SCA's >>> time >>> period extended to 1650 (which still wouldn't cover someone who wanted to >>> play >>> 1651) but that was never in Corpora, the By-laws or the Articles of >>> incorporation. >>> >>> -Tivar Moondragon >>> >> > I remember once getting crap from someone for playing a pre-600 Germanic >> persona >> like I do now years ago. That conversation also included a tirade about >> why >> allow non-Western personas like Japanese and such. As I said it was at >> least a >> decade or so ago. >> >> I was told as a newcomer 600-1600 or essentially the rounded average of >> the >> dates of Anglo-Saxon Christianization missions (597 Kent; 601ish for >> Northumbrian and Edwin) to the end of Elizabeth I. Delightfully >> Anglo-centric, >> which I have no issue with personally. >> >> Wihtric >> > > > That's another common misconception about the SCA: that there's some > official beginning date. I've seen 600-1600 (to give a nice round millenium) > or the fall of Rome, or 400 AD all used, but again, the official documents > just say "pre 17th century." Back in the early days of what would eventually > become Ansteorra, there was a household of Egyptians from the time of the > pharaohs, and I've seen classical Romans, too. > > As for non-western personas, to quote from the introduction to Corpora > http://sca.org/docs/pdf/govdocs.pdf > > "For Society members, most of the world, and all of the centuries prior to > the 17th, can serve as a source for personal research. However, the further > you go from the core of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, the less the > environment we offer will resemble what someone of your time and country > would find natural or homelike. For example, you can be an Asian or African > guest at a European court, but you cannot expect > others to share your special interests - like any long-term visitor in a > foreign land, you are the one who will have to adapt to the customs you find > around you." > > > -Tivar Moondragon > > _______________________________________________ > Ansteorra mailing list > Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org > In order to make changes and manage your account please go to: > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org > -- He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? --Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ Ansteorra mailing list Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org In order to make changes and manage your account please go to: http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org


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Melissa, Amanda and Peewee have no idea what to expect when their Aunt Sally comes from Canada to take care of them while their parents are on a trip to Paris. Their father is clearly reluctant to ask Aunt Sally to come, but when their usual babysitter get sick (with the bubonic plague, no less), Aunt Sally appears to be the only alternative to canceling the trip altogether - and their mother refuses to do that.
Given their father's ambivalence to his sister, the children are a bit cautious when they finally come face to face with the aunt they've only known through holiday cards. She is certainly unusual in appearance, with her high yellow beehive hairstyle, high-heeled lace-up boots and incredibly sparkly eyes. But she is kind and fun to be with and respectful of the children. particularly Peewee, the youngest, whom she insists upon calling by his real name, Frank.
Soon the children cannot begin to understand why on earth their parents wouldn't want Aunt Sally around - she has a great sense of humor, draws beautiful pictures and, best of all, she tells the most amazing stories. These aren't just any old stories - they are stories about her childhood (and their father's) on Vancouver Island, a place that seems exotic to them, Ohio natives that they are. Aunt Sally seems constantly surprised by how little their father has told them about Vancouver Island and his boyhood, and the children hang onto her every word - even though the stories veer well into tall-tale country.
With humor and flair, Aunt Sally tells the children about their German neighbors' dog, about the great uncle who chased her brother out the upstairs window when he wouldn't eat his vegetables, about the neighbor who took them on a cougar hunt (my personal favorite - it is hilarious!), about the fat little mean girl - and all the while, there are hinted, half-told stories about the trolls that loom like a storm cloud on the horizon...
I read this book to my children (ten and eight years old), and it lent itself perfectly to being read out loud in installments. The episodic nature made it easy to find a non-cliffhanger stopping point (even though the girls begged for more all the same). The characters and situations in Aunt Sally's stories were described in vibrant detail, while the children in Ohio (particularly the two sisters) were fairly interchangeable and served more as a vehicle for Sally's storytelling. Aunt Sally pulls no punches with her vocabulary words, but as one of the children always asks the meaning of an unfamiliar word (usually just after one of my own children asked me), they are integrated nicely into the storytelling.
On the surface The Trolls is a simple tale, a narrative constructed of stories within stories along with the daily events of a week-long visit from Aunt Sally. But beneath that deceptively simple exterior lie deep and complex themes about the nature of family, trust, and the far-reaching consequences that can arise from a single thoughtless action. This is the first book I've read by Polly Horvath, but it certainly won't be the last.
The Trolls by Polly Horvath (Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999)
Friday, February 27, 2009
An extraordinary storyteller
Posted by Jill at 10:27 AM
Labels: ages 9-12, Canada, Children's books, contemporary, family, humor, rereads, reviews
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This sounds hilarious! And I'm a big fan of stories within stories :)ReplyDelete
It was funny and sweet and thought provoking. And definitely a fun read-aloud!ReplyDelete
I think this might be one to get for my grandaughter again. Your blog is a constant source of ideas for books for her. Thank you!ReplyDelete
That's great to hear, Cath! I'd love to know how she likes it. :-)ReplyDelete
Sounds like a very interesting story! I know one of her books was a Newbery Honor book so I do plan to read her sometime in the future :)ReplyDelete
Ladytink - I am looking forward to reading more of her books. I'll let you know how it goes!ReplyDelete
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Mourning has broken in Matt Haig's memoir of depression
I sit here and find myself feeling a similar apprehension to what author Matt Haig felt upon sending his book, "Reasons to Stay Alive," to his publisher. My concern stems not from the subject of mental health, but rather the associated stigmas, because I am a suicide survivor — a label not outwardly worn, not due to shame or penance, but because it doesn't define my life. It is a designation others use to describe an experience of part of my life. I will admit, the stigma and other people's discomfort keeps me discreet about sharing my experience, as well as keeping the person I lost close to my chest.
This is in itself saddening, because that's where the cycle of depression begins. The silence brought on by fear of stigma propagates the loneliness attributed with depression, when, in truth, the National Alliance on Mental Illness reports, "6.9 percent of adults in the U.S. — 16 million — had at least one major depressive episode in the past year."
"Reasons to Stay Alive" reads part memoir, part self-help, but untraditionally so, as it lacks any interspersed clinical perspectives. Matt Haig pens an account of his personal experience with depression, suicidal thoughts and his ability to overcome. Haig is forthcoming about his life at the time of the onset of depression, when he was residing with his girlfriend amongst a seemingly idyllic and party atmosphere on the island of Ibiza, Spain. However, despite these trappings, he became unknowingly immersed with nearly paralyzing depression. Haig recounts: "Depression is an illness. Yet it doesn't come with a rash or a cough. It is hard to see, as it is generally invisible. Even though it is a serious illness it is also surprisingly hard for many sufferers to recognize it at first. Not because it doesn't feel bad — it does — but because that bad feeling seems unrecognizable, or can be confused with other things."
Accompanying Haig's depression were intense panic attacks, expressed in intricate detail, that involved going to the shops for errands or groceries. These tasks seemed banal to those not suffering, yet would send him into a downward spiral of anxiety. It was during the reading of these testaments I became concerned. Haig's eloquence left me teetering, having suffered similar panic attacks following my loved one's passing. However, it was all for naught, which was a surprise to me, but also confirmation that I am truly recovered.
It's a popular misconception that depressive episodes can be brief; however, it's not uncommon for them to last several months, or possibly years. In Haig's experience, his illness was lengthy. Choosing to abstain from antidepressants, Haig instead found solace in running and reading: "I read and read and read with an intensity I'd never really known before. I mean, I'd always considered myself to be a person who liked books. But there is a difference between liking books and needing them. I needed books." He continues, "Every time I read a great book I felt I was reading a kind of map, a treasure map, and the treasure I was being directed to was in actual fact myself. But each map was incomplete, and I would only locate the treasure if I read all the books, and so the process of finding my best self was an endless quest."
Haig cleverly frames his thoughts as a temporal conversation between his recovered self: Now Me, and the pained version: Then Me. This brilliantly demonstrates his shift in perspective and articulates the change in language as he moves toward recover. To this, he states: "You know, before the age of 24 I hadn't known how bad things could feel, but I hadn't realized how good they could feel either. That shell might be protecting you, but it's also stopping you feeling the full force of that good stuff. Depression might be a hell of a price to pay for waking up to life, and while it is on top of you it is one that could never seem worth paying. Clouds with silver linings are still clouds. But it is therapeutic to know that pleasure doesn't just help compensate for pain, it can actually grow out of it."
I personally encourage those untouched by depression, suicide or the myriad of mental health issues to read this book, because within its pages you may learn ways to help someone who is suffering, or you might find a new perspective to enrich your life. And, for those coping or still recovering, perhaps one man's story may be a treasure map on your own quest for new reasons to stay alive.
From "The Humans" by Matt Haig; image created by Ilka Iwanczuk.
— Ilka Iwanczuk is a Reader's Services Assistant at Lawrence Public Library
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GENEVA (18 January 2019) - Yemen's human rights record will be examined for the third time by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday, 23 January 2019, at a meeting broadcast live on the Internet .
Yemen is one of 14 States. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review will review its record at its next session, which takes place between 21 January and 1 February. The first universal periodic review and the second periodic review of Yemen were conducted in May 2009 and January 2014, respectively.
The UPR is based on the following documents: 1) National report containing information provided by the State under review 2) Information contained in reports of human rights experts and independent expert groups known as special procedures, human rights treaty bodies and other international bodies 3) Information provided by Other stakeholders, including national human rights institutions, regional organizations and civil society organizations.
The three reports , which serve as a basis for Yemen's review on 23 January, can be found here .
Venue: Hall 20, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Time and date: 14.30 - 18.00, Wednesday 23 January (Geneva time, GMT +1 hour)
The UPR is a unique process that includes a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 Member States of the United Nations. Since its first meeting in April 2008, the files of all 193 Member States of the United Nations have been reviewed twice during the first and second sessions of the UPR. During the third session of the UPR, States are expected to talk again about the steps they have taken to implement the recommendations made in previous reviews they have undertaken to follow, as well as to highlight the latest human rights developments in the country concerned.
The delegation of Yemen will be headed by Mohammed Mohsen Mohammed Askar, Minister of Human Rights .
Representatives of the three countries acting as rapporteurs for the review of Yemen are: Burkina Faso, Fiji and Bulgaria.
You can continue to direct the live broadcast of the session on the following link: Http://webtv.un.org
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It is expected that the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review will adopt the recommendations on Yemen on 25 January at 1730 hours. The State under review may wish to express its positions on the recommendations made to it during its review. The recommendations will be shared with the media in advance on the same day.
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Today was a good day but (the BUT) I want to post something about what I'm feeling. It is more of an information piece to get you thinking about who you share things with in your life.
I had a great day teaching my first class for a new course. I would normally share that with Bob. That, in itself is frustrating because I can't. But something happened that only he and I would understand and I kept thinking "I want to tell him" then, "Oh, I can't." I started thinking "Who can I tell?" But then I knew no one else would Really 'Get It.' He knew the people who've been in and out of my life for over 30 years. He knew me better than anyone. I wouldn't have to explain it, just say "Did you know?" and a brief sentence and he'd say "Wow! That's interesting!" And maybe we would strike up a "remember when" conversation. But this isn't going to happen.
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Boss Key Productions has partnered with Limited Run Games to release LawBreakers physically on both PS4 and PC.
Limited Run Games shared the news in a post on Twitter, confirming that, in addition to a $40 USD standard physical version for PS4, a $70 Collector's Edition will available for both PS4 and PC.
The PC Collector's Edition, which is now available for pre-order, includes a digital copy of the Deadzo Deluxe Edition—featuring the core game plus exclusive weapon and character skins—as well as two ultra premium character card packs and an exclusive vinyl sticker set. Also included is Abaddon's Journal, which contains original fiction and art, and classic packaging that's reminiscent of PC game boxes from a few decades ago. Pre-orders for this version will remain open until July 7.
Meanwhile, the PS4 Collector's Edition includes the same content as the aforementioned PC version, but instead of a digital copy of the game, it features a physical copy for PlayStation 4. Only 2,500 copies of this version will be made, and it will be available for purchase starting August 4 at 7am PT/10am ET.
LawBreakers will release for PC and PlayStation 4 on August 8, and is now available for pre-order digitally on Steam and the PlayStation Store for $30. For our thoughts on the gravity-defying shooter, which could eventually come to Xbox One, read IGN's hands-on impressions of LawBreakers.
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Attitudes! #404 August 14, 2019
This week, Bryan and Erin discuss the Trump administration's denial of social services to immigrants and their cutting back of the Endangered Species Act. Then, Bryan talks about the scandalous Magnum Ice Cream ad comparing their product to the struggle of LGBTQ people across the globe, and Erin covers the newly updated sex ed programs and sexual assault curriculums that have trickled down from the #MeToo movement. Plus, Paul F. Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus stop by to pitch some recommendations!
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"Exodus: Gods and Kings" sees Ridley Scott doing something he's done a few times now: taking a familiar story and making it a modern epic. No one needed a new version of the Moses story, exactly, but then, he did well enough bringing another gladiator revenge story with "Gladiator" (if less well with his "Robin Hood" retelling), so maybe this would turn out OK. Early reviews indicate that "OK" is probably the most one can hope for.
Critics are split between feeling the film is overblown and way too familiar and those who were mostly entertained by how Scott used modern special effects to recreate the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Several found the film dour and were disappointed that Scott didn't flesh out any of the supporting roles, and more than a few compared the film negatively to Darren Aronofsky's weirder, wilder "Noah." Still, some have praised Scott's refusal to turn it into a black-and-white tale of good and evil, and Justin Chang writes that unlike other faith-based films, "Exodus" is refreshingly non-preachy (no doubt due to Scott's own secularism).
"Exodus: Gods and Kings" arrives in theaters December 12.
Justin Chang, Variety
Some may well desire a purer, fuller version of the story, one more faithful to the text and less clearly shaped by the demands of the Hollywood blockbuster. But on its own grand, imperfect terms, "Exodus: Gods and Kings" is undeniably transporting, marked by a free-flowing visual splendor that plays to its creator's unique strengths: Given how many faith-based movies are content to tell their audiences what to think or feel, it's satisfying to see one whose images alone are enough to compel awestruck belief. Read more.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
Scott's refusal to mark out anyone as straightforwardly good gives "Exodus" a very different flavour to the morally clear-cut Biblical epics of the Fifties, and also to Darren Aronofsky's "Noah," a more poetic, hopeful adaptation of a well-known Old Testament tale. Read more.
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
The big set pieces don't pop enough to justify this movie's existence; there's a battle against the Hittites early on that has the sweep you'd expect from Scott, but it's never as thrilling as some of the sequences in his director's cut of "Kingdom of Heaven." Even the parting of the Red Sea disappoints; the liberated Hebrews cross over in what seems like an accentuated low tide, and let's just say that "Interstellar" has raised the bar on computer-generated giant walls of water. Read more.
Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
Scott comes up with a somewhat more credible portrayal of how the Israelites managed to cross the sea before a monumental storm drowned the Egyptians. This sequence is visually thrilling. The movie should have ended there, but Scott and the writers seem to have felt obliged to include a few of the later parts of the story, including the delivery of the Ten Commandments and a scene of an aged Moses finally arriving near the land of Canaan. But while these events are integral to the biblical story, they come off here as the worst kind of anticlimax. Read more.
Tim Grierson, Screen Daily
Spectacle run amok, "Exodus: Gods And Kings" is so big and brawny that it's almost laughably gargantuan. Mistaking massive amounts of CGI and epically dour performances for historical gravitas, Ridley Scott's latest wants to tell the story of Moses with the scope of a blockbuster but the soul of a gritty character drama. What that leaves us with, unfortunately, is a self-serious movie in which the filmmaker of "Gladiator" and "Robin Hood" buries an iconic tale in lavish overkill. Read more.
By playing it safe, the movie fails to enrich the material, and never captures the energy that has made its narrative so captivating for millennia. The vast ensemble, which includes a conniving Sigourney Weaver as Ramses' scheming mother and a bearded Aaron Paul as Moses' right-hand man Joshua, never gets the chance to develop much dimensionality. Scott's narrative drifts from one incident to the next with a largely ponderous air. Read more.
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian
Drew Taylor, The Playlist
If anybody could telescope these events into something manageably relatable, it's Scott. The problem is that the director doesn't seem all that interested in telling a human drama, and is instead too caught up in the whiz-bang possibilities of the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" is a movie whose oversized ambition is matched only by its shortcomings. Read more.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci: Marlins' outbreak puts MLB season in danger, but it doesn't need to stop
The COVID-19 outbreak on the Miami Marlins, which resulted in two postponed games on Monday and more on Tuesday, brought up some important questions: Are MLB's protocols really enough to prevent players from getting sick? Is it even safe for MLB to have a season?
Who better to answer those questions than Dr. Anthony Fauci, avid Washington Nationals fan and longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases? Fauci spoke about MLB's COVID-19 outbreak on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, and professed his faith in MLB's protocols and its ability to contain and stop an outbreak.
Dr. Fauci: MLB season doesn't need to stop — yet
Fauci was asked point blank by "Good Morning America" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos whether the baseball season can continue in light of the Marlins' COVID-19 outbreak, and he took an optimistic approach.
"I don't know," Fauci said. "I hope so, because I know Major League Baseball — the players, the owners, the managers — have put a lot of effort into getting together and putting protocols that we feel would work."
Fauci sent well wishes to the Marlins players and coaches who have tested positive over the last few days — reportedly at least 15 players and 2 coaches — and acknowledged that the outbreak could put the future of the season in doubt.
"You just have to watch this. This could put it in danger," Fauci told Stephanopoulos. "I don't believe they need to stop, but we just need to follow this and see what happens with other teams on a day-by-day basis."
Fauci and MLB are on the same page
Fauci's comments on Tuesday echo commissioner Rob Manfred's first public comments about the Marlins' coronavirus outbreak on Monday. Manfred said that the league believes in its safety protocols and there's been no discussion about stopping the season.
On conference call with owners today, Manfred said there were no serious discussions about stopping the season: "We believe the protocols are adequate to keep our players safe."
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) July 27, 2020
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Genius: 4 Ways to Predict the Weather Without an App
Forget what the weatherman says: Use these common-sense tricks to quickly predict the weather with your own senses.
Crickets can tell you the temperature
A chorus of chirps at night isn't just lovely atmosphere—it's a musical thermometer, too. Studies have shown that crickets regulate the rhythm of their chirps based on the temperature outside. According to the Farmer's Almanac, to convert Cricket to Fahrenheit, count the number of chirps you hear in 14 seconds, then add 40. (It's shockingly accurate.)
Storm heading your way? Count between the lighting and thunder
Light travels much faster than sound (186,291 miles per second versus 1,088 feet per second) and the difference between the two can give you a fair measure of distance. As soon as you see a flash of lighting, start counting the seconds until you hear the roar of thunder. Divide the number of seconds by five, and you'll know how many miles away from you lightning just struck. Try this trick a few times in a row, and you'll know right away whether a storm is coming or going. Learn these 10 lightning facts that can help you during the next storm.
Birds fly higher in fair weather
Most birds possess what is called the Vitali organ, a special middle-ear receptor that senses extremely minute changes in air pressure. As atmospheric pressure falls before a storm, birds fly lower or huddle on telephone wires to escape the sudden pressure in their heads. If you see a flock flying high in the sky, chances are it's nice weather, ahoy.
Halo around the moon? Storm's comin' soon
According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there is some merit to the old folk saying, "when a halo rings the moon or sun, rain's approaching on the run." A so-called halo forms around the moon when ice crystals from high-altitude cirrus clouds reflect and refract incoming light. Cirrus clouds don't bring rain, but they are a good indication that a low-pressure warm front is a few days away, often with a storm in tow.


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This is an amazingly complete release that somehow doesn't quite gel together as smoothly as it feels it should. T.I. explores a lot of different things in this album, from how he cultivated the trap sub-genre to how his mistakes have led to a lot of problems in his personal life, that together create a complete picture of the man we know.
The production is great and does compliment the message on each song. Individually, the beats all work, but when you put them together as a full album listen to, they can come across as a bit choppy and it can make listening through the whole thing a small challenge. On the other hand, a lot of listeners will simply pick out their favorites, as is the current trend, so this is not a huge disadvantage.
The lyricism is good, with a lot of uptempo rhyming to help keep energy levels up. However, when on an emotional track, T.I. bears his soul to show his side of the story and show that he knows he is a human being and that he makes mistakes. However you slice it, his performance here is phenomenal.
The features do a great job of accentuating the song they are on as well as showing their own talent. There is a real combination of tough street efforts on top of softer singers to add an extra dimension to the project. The guest selection is excellent and are only additions to this album.
Overall, this is a strong album with a lot of strong performances. T.I. continues to be a staple in hip hop and will continue to be, while hopefully having less drama.


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We have just uploaded the 37th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast! Our latest episode is an interview with Alex Moore, the Lead Designer of Rebellion's Alien vs. Predator (2010), hosted by myself and RidgeTop.
Among many other things Alex chats to us about how he became involved in the gaming industry, his first task after starting at Rebellion, modding, the history of the game, the melee system and much more. We're also joined by Alex's newborn as a special 4th guest.
Our new episode is available to download in our Podcasts section (simply right-click and save as) or for your Apple owners, our podcast is also available on iTunes.
I'd like to thank Alex for taking the time to chat to us! If you'd like to learn more about Alex, you can visit his website or follow him on Twitter. What did you think of our latest episode? Feel free to let us know your thoughts down below!


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Cubs Minor League Daily: A Good Weekend
It seemed to me that more major league talent was dealt for major league talent at the trade deadline this year than in recent years. I also recall that we have heard several times recently that teams are valuing their prospects more strongly than in the past. I suspect both of these factors stem from the restrictions on talent acquisition imposed in the last Collective Bargaining Agreement, and both may well be positive long term trends for the sport.
But I'm not sure of that. This will probably be something to revisit over the winter, certainly after the Winter Meetings trade-fest if not before. This winter now looks harder to project, that's for sure. Fortunately the Cubs are largely stacked with position prospects at the top of the farm system, so even if prospect acquisition has become more difficult, the Cubs are still in good shape.
Scores From The Weekend
Iowa –
Friday – Iowa kicked off the weekend with a homer barrage in this 9-2 win.
Saturday – Not enough offense led to this 6-2 loss.
Sunday – Sunday's 7-5 loss cost the Cubs first place.
Tennessee –
Friday – The Smokies won a ten inning thriller on Friday by a final of 2-1.
Saturday – Another pitching duel, but this time the Smokies lost 2-1.
Sunday – Another day of great pitching led to this 4-1 win.
Daytona –
Friday – The Cubs were shutout 7-0.
Saturday – In a rain shortened game, Daytona was no hit 10-0.
Sunday – This game was suspended by rain and will be completed today.
Kane County –
Friday – The Cougars broke their losing streak with this 6-2 win.
Saturday – Kane County never trailed in this 8-2 win.
Sunday – The Low A Cubs affiliate poured on seventeen hits on route to this 9-5 win.
Boise Hawks –
Friday – The Hawks rallied in the ninth to tie it, then scored in the eleventh for the 11-10 win.
Saturday – Another ten inning game, but this time the Hawks lost 5-4.
Sunday – Boise never trailed in this 3-2 win.
Arizona Cubs –
Friday – In a rain-shortened game, the Cubs won 9-0.
Saturday – The Giants were too much in this 7-3 loss.
Sunday – For the second time this season the Cubs were suspended by rain.
Performances of Note
- [Iowa] This weekend included home runs from Josh Vitters (10 and 11), Jorge Soler (3), Eli Whiteside (5), Kris Bryant (14), and Javier Baez (22 and 23).
- [Iowa] Vitters not only homered in back to back games, he also doubled as part of a 3 hit Sunday. Over his last ten Vitters is hitting .308/.357/.692.
- [Iowa] Matt Szczur is also playing well right now. He had 6 hits this weekend and is coming off a July in which he stole 10 bases. There is effectively no power in his bat, but lately he's been getting on base at a decent clip and letting his speed play.
- [Iowa] Mike Olt is sitting on an 8 game hitting streak that includes 4 doubles and a homer and has his Iowa OPS at an even .850. His strikeout rate, however, remains right around the 30% mark.
- [Iowa] On the mound, the relievers were the story with Kyuji Fujikawa, Arodys Vizcaino, and Armando Rivero all having good outings.
- [Tennessee] The only Smokie to homer this weekend was Addison Russell. He hit long balls number 7 and 8.
- [Tennessee] Albert Almora doubled and collected 3 hits for the weekend, but he also reached and scored twice in a hitless Sunday.
- [Tennessee] The big story out of Tennessee this weekend was the pitching, and the starting pitching particular. Corey Black led things off with 7 strikeouts over 6 innings on Friday. He allowed just one run on 5 hits and a pair of walks.
- [Tennessee] C.J. Edwards made his return to Double A on Saturday, and over 3.1 innings (61 pitches) he struck out 5 and allowed a run on 2 hits and 2 walks.
- [Tennessee] The weekend concluded with Pierce Johnson striking out 6 over 6 scoreless innings. He allowed just two hits and a walk.
- [Daytona] Chadd Krist doubled twice on Friday, and Gioskar Amaya walked twice on Saturday. Those are your offensive highlights for this weekend.
- [Kane County] Cael Brockmeyer had the only weekend home run for Kane County, his 5th.
- [Kane County] Daniel Lockhart returned to the Cougars lineup for the first time since mid-June. In two games this weekend he doubled and finished with 4 hits and a walk.
- [Kane County] Jeimer Candelario doubled, tripled, and finished the weekend with 4 hits.
- [Kane County] New Cubs farm hand Victor Caratini played two games this weekend, and already has 4 hits for Kane County.
- [Kane County] Jeffrey Baez continued his recent streak of red hot hitting with a double, a triple, and a 4 hits in the two games he played this weekend.
- [Kane County] Chesney Young also played in two games this weekend, and he finished with 5 hits.
- [Kane County] The Cougars also got some solid starting pitching performances over the last three days. Tyler Ihrig struck out 6 over 5.1 innings on Friday. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.
- [Kane County] Saturday's starter was recently acquired Jonathan Martinez. Over 5 innings he allowed a run on 3 hits while striking out a pair.
- [Kane County] Daury Torrez concluded the weekend with 6 strikeouts over 6 innings in which he allowed 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk.
- [Boise] Hawks homers came from Justin Marra (7) and David Bote (2).
- [Boise] Trevor Clifton was very good on Sunday. He allowed just one hit and a pair of walks while striking out 6 over 5 shutout innings.
- [Boise] Mark Zagunis doubled and finished the weekend with two hits. More notable is that his season walk total (27) exceeds his season strikeout total (25)
- [Arizona] Roney Alcala hit the only homer for the AZL Cubs this weekend. It was his first.
- [Arizona] Justin Steele (3 IP, 3 K) and Carson Sands (2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K) combined for the rain shortened shutout. Both of their ERAs are now at or near 1.00.
- [Arizona] Gleyber Torres doubled and finished the weekend with 3 hits to raise his season OPS to .790.
- [Arizona] Kevonte Mitchell stole two more bases on Saturday. He is up to 9 now, and has yet to be caught.
Other News
- Minor league playoffs matter. There is no substitute for playoff experience, for the pressure to perform in must win situations, and for the intensity of ten thousand plus excited fans overreacting to every play. Despite how well he has been playing lately, I strongly believe the Cubs are better off leaving Baez in Iowa until Iowa is eliminated from playoff contention, or their postseason run is over. That sort of experience, small though it may be compared the major league version, cannot be recreated by playing out the string of August and September games for a bad big league team. The same thing goes for Soler. And Bryant. [Brett: I'm glad you say this Luke, because, at least with respect to Baez, I disagree, and it's fun to disagree politely. More on that later, you poophead.]
- Lars Anderson looked decent enough in left field that I would be open to seeing if he could take a fourth/fifth outfielder job for the Cubs out of spring training next year. His left handed power would be a nice addition to the twenty five man roster, and I think he could hit enough to have value in a select part-time arrangement. Hopefully he can get some more outfield work in during the winter leagues somewhere. There was a time not so long ago that Anderson was consider an elite prospect.
- The pink camo breast cancer awareness jerseys worn by the Daytona Cubs earlier this year remain up for auction for a few more weeks. Almora's jersey is getting pricey, but the uniform of plenty of other Cubs can be scored for under a hundred.


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About Melinda
Melinda Weekes-Laidlow is the President of Weekes In Advance Enterprises – an organizational development, facilitation and capacity building consultancy in arts and culture, social innovation, racial equity and collaborative leadership spaces.
Previously, Melinda was Managing Director at Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation where she led organizational change initiatives, chaired its senior management team and delivered workshops on racial equity capacity building.
After years practicing law in her own firm, Melinda joined the Interaction Institute for Social Change and delivered facilitation, leadership training and process design services to social sector leaders. Melinda is ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and serves on the ministerial staff of the Greater Allen Cathedral of New York. She holds degrees from Wesleyan University, Harvard Divinity School and New York University School of Law.


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The final DLC pack for Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition has been released.
The "Divine Marriageable Characters" pack is available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch for $3.99. This special pack allows you to woo and marry either the Harvest Goddess or the Underworld King Gorgan. New romance and marriage events await those who want to marry the divine.
The Harvest Goddess has long cared for this land with her Harvest Sprites, but wooing a divine being won't be easy! You'll need to find out what makes this goddess tick! Maybe talking with the Harvest Sprites will give you some clues…
Fiercely territorial and suspicious of surface dwellers, Gorgan, the King of the Underworld, isn't exactly great with first impressions. But with a secret love for flowers and fish, maybe Gorgan isn't as grumpy as he appears at first sight!


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Since tonight is raining, i want to write about rain.
Have you heard about the story of Faith?
There is a place that all the villagers are waiting for so many months to rain because they already have insufficient supply of water. They kept on praying and praying so that the Lord may hear their prayers. But there is no signs of probability that its going to rain. Everyday, all the villagers are gathering in the field to pray harder until one day their head villager had a vision in his dream. The head villager immediately rush to spread the good news.
He says:
"Today, our rain will come. Be ready and we will rejoice." He shouted around the village while running. All the villagers are happy and immediately go to the prayer area.
When they are already in the field, the Head shouted,
"Do you believe that it will rain today?"
"YES!" They've answered with tears in their eyes.
This question is repeatedly asked by the head and answered the same by the villagers until the final question,
"If you do believe that it will rain, lift up your umbrella?"
The crowd is filled with silence and only one boy lifted his umbrella.
End of story. This story reminds us about great faith that only one boy believe that it will rain so he bring an umbrella.
But i want to continue the story to make a new thoughts on the story.
After the boy raised his umbrella, raindrops started to fall then it totally rains. The people shouted and giving thanks until they have noticed that its not just an ordinary rain, it is a thurderstorm. Everyone run to their respective houses and some realized that they are not prepared for this ultimate storm.. Only few are prepared to face it.
End of story. Sometimes, People are praying hard for a certain request about their career, financial status, good health, or even dreams but the question is when the answer to your request comes, are you prepared for it? Or if there are bad things happened in your life, are you ready to deal with it?
You are praying for high paying job, but are you ready to take the responsibility with it?
You are praying for a car, do you already know how to drive?
You are praying for spouse, are you ready to make your own family?
Your love one is going to undergo operation or need to confine in the hospital, are you ready for the bills.?
You are terminated in your work, are you prepared?
Are you prepared for anything that will come your way?
Don't just live your day as if it is your last day, have fun today but don't forget to be prepared for the future.
Do something today that will benefit you in the long run. Get ready!
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Two men engulfed themselves in flames outside a temple popular with tourists in Lhasa – the first time such protests at Chinese rule have reached the tightly-guarded Tibetan capital.
The self-immolations are thought to be the first in Lhasa and the second inside Tibet, the BBC reported Monday.
One of the men died and the other was hospitalized after they set themselves on fire Sunday outside the Jokhang Temple, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
From March: Tibetan man sets himself on fire
At least 34 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March 2011 in protest against China's six-decade rule over Tibet, according to Tibetan rights groups. At least 24 have died, Reuters reported.
China has branded the self-immolators "terrorists" and criminals and has blamed exiled Tibetans and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for inciting them.
Grisly videos of the self-immolation are regularly posted on activist websites such as Free Tibet.
Beijing considers the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India in 1959 after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule, a separatist. The Dalai Lama says he merely seeks greater autonomy for his Himalayan homeland.
China says Tibet has always been part of its territory, but many Tibetans say the Himalayan region was virtually independent for centuries until Chinese troops invaded in the 1950s.
Protests have become rare in remote Tibet and Lhasa in particular because of tight police security that has blanketed the area since anti-government riots erupted in Lhasa in 2008, the Associated Press reported.
China struggles to contain wave of defiance in Tibet
Chinese authorities have confirmed some of the self-immolations over the past year but not all.
The twin immolations in the heart of Tibetan capital are certain to embarrass the region's communist leadership, who have pledged to make social stability and ethnic unity top priorities. That mandate is especially pressing this year as China prepares for a once-a-decade leadership transition in the fall and doesn't want the occasion undermined.
U.S.-funded radio broadcaster Voice of America said the two men worked at a Lhasa restaurant called Nyima Ling. It identified one of the men as 19-year-old Dorjee Tseten but was unable to give the name or age of the other.
Dalai Lama donates $1.7 million prize to charity
"This was the first time it has happened in Lhasa — and right in the middle of Lhasa," said Tenzin Tsundue, a Tibetan poet and one of the most prominent activists living in India.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress — at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a movie you'd want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Tweetable Logline: He's worked w/ Carole King, Ani DiFranco & Oasis, but can beloved producer Mark Hallman keep his studio alive in the age of Spotify?
Elevator Pitch: Everybody can make a record, but nobody can make a living. Is there a problem with that? While Taylor Swift, Bono and Dave Grohl duke it out over Spotify, how do fundamental changes in the music business affect the microcosm of devoted clients of the great Mark Hallman? The Congress House studio in Austin just celebrated its 33 and 1/3 year of continuous operation. With footage from the anniversary party, interviews with notable clients (Ani DiFranco, Eliza Gilkyson, Iain Matthews and more) and tons of great music, we are part of a celebration that might just be the swan song.
Production Team:
Director – Rain Perry
Director of Photography – Micah Van Hove
About the Film: I love my producer, Mark Hallman. He has been fundamental to everything I've done, musically speaking, for the last ten years. It occurred to me: you could tell the whole story of the rise and fall and uncertain future of the singer-songwriter era through him.
Carole King is widely credited with being a vanguard of the genre, Ani DiFranco is the godmother of DIY, and some of the most important troubadours today – like Eliza Gilkyson, Tom Russell and Sara Hickman – have a common bond, and it's Mark. "Somebody should tell this story." And then, yikes: "somebody" is me.
Current Status: We successfully raised our $28,000 budget on IndieGoGo. Principal photography is almost completed, and we are scheduling the last few interviews.
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When I first started on this project in January 2020, at the beginning of my last semester of my undergraduate studies, I quite frankly wasn't sure what form it would ultimately take. For most of the semester, this remained the case. Even as I was designing various mockups (i.e., drawings of apps), I wouldn't have been able to say anything other than I was working to create something depicting my personal take on mobile app design. The mockups were, for the most part, insulated from the murkiness of my overall vision for what the final form of this project might be. Sketch quickly became the app that I opened to simply experiment with different ideas, in order to discover broader themes that I would apply to mobile app design. As it turned out, discovering and documenting those themes–for both a general audience and designers looking to try something fresh–was the key to unlocking the final doors.
For years, I have kept a tradition of naming personal projects alphabetically after various colors. As it turns out, Wikipedia has an alphabetized list of color names, which is the first thing I turn to when I decide exactly which color I want to name my project after. While I haven't published all of my personal projects (indicated by whether there's a link), at the beginning of the semester I already had: Project Aureolin, Project Blue, Project Cadmium, Project Desire, Project Emerald (my final project for gateway!), Project Flame, Project Gunmetal, and Project Harlequin ("Face Finder" production name). So, when it was time to begin working on my capstone project, I needed to choose a color name that began with "I". I decided to name it "Project Iris," although I have since dropped the "Project" prefix and have made the "i" lowercase, resulting in simply "iris".
When I presented this project to my classmates for feedback, Ashley commented that she liked the name as it was "like a lens into the design world". While I initially hadn't thought about the name like that, I certainly did afterwards! That idea undoubtedly helped me land on the final form of the project: this website, which showcases "ten guidelines for mobile app design". I figured this would be the best way to present what I had learned throughout the semester, as it meant aligning the project with the idea of being "a lens into the digital world". With this, I turned my focus on making iris digestible for a more general audience and providing "guidelines" based on what I had learned as I designed mockups for three different apps: notes, music, and messaging (in that order).
For me, iris provided the opportunity to challenge typical mobile app design norms. It gave me space to create designs that go against the grain; it's not about being minimalist but rather embracing minimalism in a new way. There's (what I hope is) a clear focus on minimizing typical barriers that make mobile apps feel distant. Following these guidelines results in app designs that put content front and center. I believe this is how it should be. Apps shouldn't be designed to "hook" users–they should instead be designed to look like they're part of a larger "flow": one that effortlessly washes over a user as they go about their daily life. Although "flow" is itself one of ten guidelines in total, it's also deeply tied to the other guidelines. And the sum of these guidelines is... iris.