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Fil-Ams give 'Crazy Rich Asians' rave reviews
WASHINGTON, DC – After sold-out sneak previews across the country, including here in Metro DC, Filipino American leaders are urging community members to see this "incredible," romantic, and funny movie about a crazy Asian family. But more importantly, a strong showing at movie theaters, they assert, will show Hollywood the power of Asian Americans in this country's entertainment industry. Not only as consumers but also as performers and producers.
"Such a great movie – visually stunning and a unique take on many tropes that could potentially be overdone: rom com; inter-generational conflict; cultural conflicts," says Ben de Guzman, a communications specialist and a policy director at DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's office. He went to an advanced screening at the National Archives on August 8 with lawyer Hector Vargas.
"It's funny, heartwarming, and I recommended it unflinchingly," adds Irene Bueno, a political consultant and accomplished ballroom dancer. "It was a great movie – there was drama, comedy and romance! You don't need to be Asian to enjoy this film, so go to a theater near you and see it."
The movie, based on the worldwide bestseller by Kevin Kwan, opens in area theaters on Wednesday, August 15.
The story follows New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick's family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. Not only is he the scion of one of the country's wealthiest families, but also one of its most sought-after bachelors. Being on Nick's arm puts a target on Rachel's back, with jealous socialites and, worse, Nick's own disapproving mother (Michelle Yeoh) taking aim.
It soon becomes clear that the only thing crazier than love is family, in this funny and romantic story sure to ring true for audiences everywhere.
"Crazy Rich Asians" features an international cast of stars. Kris Aquino has a small but fun part. The movie was filmed entirely on location in Singapore and Malaysia.
Celebrating 'Asianness'
Eliza Romero of Baltimore, Maryland — activist, blogger and founder of Aesthetic Distance — posted this comment on the Aesthetic Distance Facebook page recently: "This is what's good today. A super fun film that celebrates Asianness without talking about oppression has a 100% fresh rating. It is not a dismissal of real issues to celebrate your awesomeness regularly. They can, and should, coexist.
"We need people building up culture as well as people fighting for our right to exist. We have an imbalance because honestly, it's easier to sit back and criticize, even if it's righteous, than to do the hard work to create something new and exciting.
There is unanimous agreement that this will be the first step towards Asian movies with Asian values showing up at Hollywood. To movie buff Richard Anthony Tagle of Washington, D.C, "It is very seldom to see a Hollywood-backed film feature Asian Americans in the lead. But I am not hungry for the presence of Asians on the big screen since I love watching Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and Chinese films. Filipino comedies, Korean horror, Japanese rom coms, Bollywood musicals, Chinese action films. When you act globally, the world offers a very wide perspective. I'll applaud Hollywood when it features Harry Shum as the new lead in Mission Impossible, or Daniel Kim as the lead on an Oceans 11 remake. When the movie doesn't have to be Asian themed to star an Asian actor. I mean – yeah, Julia Roberts could have fallen for Ken Watanabe as a tycoon staying at a penthouse suite in Beverly Hills."
The release of "Crazy Rich Asians" is hailed as another history in the making. On February 2015, Eddie Huang's best-selling memoir, "Fresh Off the Boat," became a popular TV sit-com. It was the first network TV show in over 20 years to center an Asian American story. Now heading into its fifth season, it is the first network show starring Asian Americans to reach syndication.
"Fresh Off the Boat" takes a humorous look at the lives of immigrants in America. In the 1990s, Eddie, a hip-hop-loving 11-year-old, relocates with his parents and two brothers to suburban Orlando from the Chinatown section of Washington, D.C. As Eddie's dad, Louis, pursues the American dream by opening a Western-themed restaurant named Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse, Eddie and the rest of the family try to acclimate to their new, strange surroundings.
Movie critic Ava DuVernay, in her review of "Crazy Rich Asians," says that Asian Americans "can be the heroes of their own stories … We all have a story. Immigrant stories are the stories of dreams, of love, of sacrifice, of courage, of honor. They are truly what make America great."


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Session 3 : Scary Pirates (33 mins)
This selection includes lively action songs, pirate dances, instruments section, a drawing demo and a little bit of musical theatre. There is a lovely blues inspired song about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, some brilliant pirate songs to get you giggling, jumping and climbing the rigging, and one of the funniest body parts songs you'll ever sing in the Boa Constrictor! Plus a classic counting song to finish in The Animals Went In Two By Two.
- It's Great To Have You Here Today
- Can You Touch Your Nose?
- The Caterpillar Blues
- What Shall We Do With A Lazy Pirate?
- The Scary Pirates
- One Eyed Jack
- Boa Constrictor
- Trot Trot Trot
- Can You Play Along With Me 1 2 3
- Kookaburra
- The Animals Went In Two By Two
- Drawing demo
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Provider (Customer) Success Specialist at Alto Pharmacy
We're building a new kind of pharmacy to cure one of our healthcare system's most startling ills: over 50% of prescriptions are never picked up. Because staying on track with doctor's orders requires more than just delivering pills, we're managing everything from insurance logistics to pricing, late-night questions to supply chain, and anything else that could stand in the way of effective treatment. Our more than 400 employees are dedicated to fulfilling medicine's true purpose: to improve the quality of life for everyone who needs it. We've filled over 1 million prescriptions to date. To aid our calling, we've raised $354 million in funding, and we're on track to achieve $1 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by 2021. Join us as we prove just how much a pharmacy can deliver.
Our Provider Success team is responsible for ensuring that Alto delivers a best-in-class experience for practitioners who work at our partner clinics. The Provider Success Specialist will be responsible for the continued growth of their Alto relationship. The Provider Success Specialist role is responsible for identifying and resolving pain points for all new clinic customers. You will be the contact at Alto responsible for managing and growing the clinic relationship once a successful pilot has been completed. As a strategic contributor to the Alto Growth team, you will have the opportunity to dramatically accelerate adoption of Alto by partnering on day-to-day needs with clinics to help them succeed, applying sound operational practices, inventing and simplifying onboarding practices cross-functionally, and communicating and providing input to the Growth team and cross-functionally on training on best practices for efficiency.
Role & Responsibilities
- Work closely with Partner Managers (Sales) and Onboarding Specialist to transition accounts from pilot to adoption and engagement lifecycle stages.
- Own, troubleshoot and resolve any and all account issues.
- Facilitate the resolution of any internal workflow needs to ensure that new clinics experience a friction-less, delightful Alto experience.
- Show clinic users how to accomplish their goals with Alto tools.
- Teach, train, and empower new clinic users from your book of business on the AltoMD platform and Alto processes.
- Confidently communicate how Alto addresses common pain points encountered by clinic back-office procedures.
- Document and track clinic issues, feedback, and requests - escalating to other parts of the organization as needed.
- Develop and implement initiatives to increase Alto engagement and retention.
- Work cross-functionally to provide Voice of the Customer feedback to Product & Engineering
- Work cross-functionally to design relevant solutions for roadblocks with clinic adoption
- Ensure all processes and documentation with clients or patients are compliant
- Escalate all high severity incidents with clinics or providers to the appropriate channels
Proficient verbal and written communication skills are a must as this role is responsible for communicating complex pharmacy solutions to a variety of internal and external stakeholders. The ability to get up to speed rapidly on Alto internal processes and all clinic-facing workflows is essential. Desire and willingness to resolve multiple disparate requests on a tight timeline will be key to success in this role.
- A passion for Alto's mission and values
- 5+ years of frontline customer service/support experience in a rapidly growing start-up. Pharmacy Operations experience a plus
- Experience engaging and retaining strategic customers or vendors
- Executive presence
- Passion for helping and empowering others
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability and desire to work on disparate and multiple issues on a rapid resolution timeline
- Motivation to solve unique problems creatively and efficiently
- Self-directed and problem solver with demonstrated experience developing and improving processes
- Ability to flourish in a high growth tech environment where change is constant
- Proven ability to thrive working in a highly collaborative team environment
- Strong communicator with the ability to partner and influence across levels and functions
- Proficient in Google Suite applications such as Sheets and Presentation, Salesforce a plus
- Strong ability to self-reflect, learn, and be honest about development areas
- A sense of humor and ability to not sweat the small stuff
- BA/BS or equivalent work experience strongly preferred
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By Emily Black
Sarah placed 1st in the Chief Architect Residential Design Contest! She is a home design hobbyist, but you can see her eye for design shine through in her winning home design.
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"I'm Leila Laskujarvi, a designer, artist, amateur photographer and all around crafty girl! I currently live in Toronto, Canada with my husband Mike. I first moved here to go to art school at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University), where I studied commercial design (advertising/graphic design). I then freelanced at some ad agencies in Toronto and got a job as a junior art director in Helsinki, Finland. Eventually, I came back to Canada and started working in graphic design, working for The Financial Post newspaper and Rogers Publishing (at Canadian Business, MoneySense and PROFIT magazines), both in the Creative Services department. I really enjoyed the creativity and teamwork and I actually met a lot of my friends at work.
"When it first came on television, I got totally hooked on watching HGTV shows about interior design. Then the idea struck me, I could learn to do it myself. We had recently bought a house, that needed work (the bathroom was totally scary) and I was feeling like I needed a change in my career, so I decided to go back to school for 4 (very long) years. I didn't quite know what I was getting into, but I have no regrets. I got my Bachelor of Interior Design degree from Ryerson University, a top-rated school here in Canada. I've been working independently for several years doing mainly residential design and occasionally collaborating on projects with an architect friend of mine. I'm thinking of branching out into hospitality design since I'd love to design a restaurant! But, first, I'll have to take a crack at the building code books. Continue reading…
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"I am originally from Ireland and moved to Eugene, Oregon 5 year ago. I started designing in school and attended the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland where I received a Bachelor of Design specializing in glass. I started interior design about a year ago and have been working for John Webb Construction and Design since June of 2017.
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When you have been designing Kitchens and Baths for 32 years and teaching the process to others for 14 more, it is next to impossible to not know your stuff. Robin Rigby Fisher is no exception, and it shows in the Large Bath she submitted for 2017's NKBA Design Competition.
"I teach part-time at Portland Community College, an NKBA Accredited College. One of the reasons I continue to teach is to make sure that I stay at the top of my game. I want my drawings to be as meticulous as possible because I expect that from my students. I think they are synonyms. I'm at the top of my game because my students are at the top of theirs. They are highly desirable, highly regarded. They are easy to hire. That's what I like about teaching.
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Danielle has been using Chief Architect since 2015 and made beautiful work of her bath design using the software. I simply asked to start from the plan file and then made some edits that matched her drawings to the drafting style of the other designs in our project.
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Having eaten at most every fine dining establishment in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, I can say that this is the BEST restaurant. Atmosphere, service, and food are spectacular. The chef is an artist. Every bite was pure joy!! Thank you!!Alfonso
My husband, family, and I just celebrated our 3rd daughter's Baptism with a party at Le Manhattan Bistro. I cannot say enough good things about this establishment. Jesse the manager was awesome from the moment I called to make the reservation, through the planning, and even right till the end of our party. He was well organized and was able to assist me in all my choices for the event. His staff was kind and courteous and worked very hard to make sure our guests had everything they needed. The food was absolutely top-notch with the French toast being my favorite. The restaurant provided a beautiful atmosphere and is very clean and well maintained. If we are ever in need of another venue for a party this will absolutely be our go-to spot.Sarah M.
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délicieux repas et excellent service! Delicious meal and excellent service...my children and I have enjoyed two very nice Sunday brunches at the new Le Manhattan Bistro with my father and sister, the staff is very friendly, welcoming and attentive, the food was fabulous. Hope to get back for a third soon...thank you!Michael S.
This was a true dining experience that I look forward to enjoying again soon. The food was beautifully prepared and presented. It also had a variety of interesting selections to choose, hence my need to return. The service was as you requested not set by the servers who if you wanted to hurry I'm sure they would accommodate and as by my request a leisurely, well-paced dinner. The noise level was a pleasant tone which lent itself to conversation. A true gem in the area.B.D.
New owner and manager have raised the bar. The food is even better. New menu kept the old French classics and upgraded the rest. The duck special was incredible and the poached pear was over the moon. Shrimp cocktail and steamed clams marvelous and new scallops also improved. We loved the old bistro but you will be amazed by the new one.Sandy S.


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Google Earth Studio – It's AMAZING!
I recently gained access to Google Earth Studio and decided to take it for a spin. It's super easy to use, and the exported files work great for both Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. What do you think? Planning on a more extensive tutorial showing all of the compositing options it gives for After Effects exports. Very, VERY cool.
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What is "Public Health Nursing"?
Often the "accomplishments" of public health are not readily identifiable by the general public. The essence of public health is that it focuses on disease and injury prevention and health promotion in the community. A public health nurse practice incorporates the core functions of public health: assessment, policy development, and assurance.Public health nurses collaborate to empower their diverse clients, an individual, family, community or population, to improve health and reduce health disparities. The delivery of nursing care occurs at the individual, community or systems level and within the context of the global environment.
Internal and external environmental factors also influence the health of populations, so knowledge of emergency preparedness planning, response and recovery is included as part of a public health nurse's repertoire. Finally the public health nurse of this century identifies, analyzes and prioritizes the health needs and trends for all.
There are many types of nurses and they are all important! Broaden your horizons and search for new types of nursing that may interest you!


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The seasons turn and we have Bluebells in our woods now.
So I wrote this today.
Bluebell time
There in most of our shady dells,
Now most of Spring has been,
We have the beauty of bluebells;
They make a tranquil scene.
The snow drops they are now long gone.
Anemones all fade.
Narcissus here is now out-shone
In this blue painted glade.
The bluebells show, will seem but brief,
Here on the ground below.
The trees are coming into leaf,
Their shade will slowly grow.
The seasons turn, but each returned,
And earth warms with each spring.
In February how, we yearned,
Hark, hear each Robin sing.
And then in most out shady dells,
As each new spring is seen
We have the beauty of bluebells;
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PSquare escape death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is notorious for incessant fatal auto crashes. The busy expressway would have been in the headlines today if not what could be termed divine intervention.
The singing duo, PSquare were involved in an accident on the expressway in the early hours of Sunday on their way back from a show in Ibadan.
Their red Range Rover SUV in which they were travelling with their assistant manager was hit by a lorry and was dragged for about 12 seconds.
The twins and their co-travellers escaped unhurt from the accident.
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AAA opens new driver training school in Hamden
The local Triple A is now offering the mandatory eight-hour Safe Driving driver training classes for both teens and adults, who are seeking Connecticut drivers licenses.
Classes are open to AAA members and non-members and initially will be held at a Hamden facility. Venues in Fairfield and Litchfield counties may be added in the future.
The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles granted AAA Southern New England a license to operate a driving school in May.
Fulfills state requirements
The eight-hour class for teens, which fulfills the minimum state requirement to receive a driver's license, includes the mandatory two-hour parent/guardian portion for individuals younger than 18.
The adult eight-hour class is offered to students 18 years and older, who never learned to drive or is an experienced international license holder who needs a Connecticut license.
Both classes cover the dangers of operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs and alcohol, or of texting and electronic use while driving. The two-hour parent class covers the state's graduated driver law requirements.
Class dates and fees
An adult (18 and older) class will be conducted from 5-9 p.m. on Aug. 14 and 15.
A teen class will take place from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 and 24.
Classes initially will be conducted at 35 Worth Ave. The fee is $125. Graduates of the eight-hour Safe Driving teen class, whose parents are AAA members, will receive a free associate-level AAA membership.
Register by calling 855-222-1050 or visiting www.aaa.com/drivertraining.
About the local Triple A
AAA Southern New England serves more than 3.5 million members at 46 offices in western Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island. It offers travel, insurance, finance and auto-related services such as driver's license renewals, international driving permits, and theme park and movie ticket sales.


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Tonight the Fringe Festival hosted their kick-off to the eleven day drama festival, with more than 50 companies performing in more than 400 performances. The theatre space at the Lincoln Alexander Performing Arts Centre was filled with eager attendees looking for a taste of what the next week and a half will bring. The night was packed with the companies pitching their shows to the crowd, but also a host of guests looking to steal the show.
The kick off was hosted punk-rock inspirational speaker Talli Osborne.
With so many shows filling the many venues over the next eleven days it's not possible to take them all in. There are certainly more shows that I want to see than there is time. Below you can a few of the shows that stood out to me tonight.
I'll see you at the FRINGE!
Scaredy Cat
Squirrel Suit Productions (Hamilton, ON)
Comedy | 60 minutes | BYOV # 1: Staircase Cafe Theatre (Elaine Mae Theatre)
Audience: Parental Guidance
Award-winning storyteller Carlyn Rhamey (SAOR (Free), The ADHD Project) returns with tons of new comedic true tales of being afraid…of everything. From the things that go bump in the night to scary movies, haunted houses, the ocean, everything in the ocean, everything in the water, needles, bugs, thunder, her job, wrinkles, death, FOMO, dropping a baby, Jackson Square, auditions, mystery meat, rodents, reptiles, glitter, her teeth falling out, sleepovers, dinosaurs, seaweed, cheese graters, first graders, ghosts, the cover of Goosebumps novels and… her mother. Jam-Packed with stories, rants and tangents, SCAREDY CAT explores a not-so-typical but totally relatable mother/daughter relationship while childhood fears transition into real life big girl fears, and what it could all possibly mean.
Cast: Carlyn Rhamey
I Sound Like Mom
Squirrels At War (London, ON)
Comedy | 60 minutes | Mills Hardware
Warnings: Strong Language| Audience: Parental Guidance
The age old story of resistance, denial, rebellion and struggle as one woman turns into the only person she never wanted to be. Join Meghan on this personal, heartbreaking and hilarious journey of becoming the strongest woman she knows: her mother.
Director: Paige Miller
Playwright: Meghan Brown
Cast: Meghan Brown
Sheer Criminal Genius(TM) – A Cartoon
The Lonely Asp (Hamilton, ON)
Theatre | 50 minutes | The Zoetic
Warnings: Strong Language | Audience: Parental Guidance
The world's greatest super-criminal has kidnapped his "Lois Lane" and is in the midst of his latest bid for global domination! Naturally, we all know that his version of Superman will stop him and save the day—but what if it's a case of everything REALLY not going according to plan? What if "Lois" is fed up from being constantly kidnapped? What if none of the usual death traps or weapons work? What does a "snowball" day look like for a supervillain?
Playwright/Director: Gregory Cruikshank
Stage Manager: David Rundle
Cast: Phil Krusto, Concetta Roche, Kyle Billie
Whose Opera Is It Anyway?
Loose Tea Music Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Comedy | 60 minutes | Mills Hardware
Warnings: Mature Content, Strong Language | Audience: Parental Guidance
Using audience suggestions, a hilarious marriage of opera and comedy where professional opera singers will sing about the craziest and most ridiculous things, turning fortune cookies, everyday products or text messages into mini operas. They might even make up an opera on the spot! Whether you're an opera fan, or never seen opera before, you won't want to miss this unique comedy-opera experience featuring Canada's only improv opera group!
Cast: Amanda Cogan, Gregory Finney, Natasha Fransblow, Gillian Grossman, Rachel Krehm, Erin Stone and Michael York
Creator and Director: Alaina Viau
Producer: Craig Logue
Under The Apple Tree
Theatre Erebus Inc. (Hamilton, ON)
Musical, Theatre | 59 minutes | The Zoetic
Warnings: Mature Content, Gun Shots | Audience: Parental Guidance
November 1921, in downtown Hamilton! At the old Lyric Theatre on Mary Street, a shooting occurred backstage during the run of a touring musical comedy vaudeville "girlie" act. A brand new musical play, that explores a bit of bygone real life local history. A 'jazz era' Hamilton, that is gone but not forgotten.
Directed and Written by: Brian Morton
Songs composed by: Darl MacBoyle & Walter L. Rosemont
Stage Managed by: Valerie Van Landschoot
Cast: Susan Robinson, Chris Cracknell, Michelle LaHaise, Claire Shingleton-Smith, Erynn Garland, Brian Morton, Larry Smith
Musical, Theatre | 90 minutes | The Zoetic
Warnings: Mature Content, Strong Language, Nudity | Audience: Mature
B!tch Island doesn't take any shit. It's 90 minutes of in your face women-in-prison musical… starring men. Riots! Romance! Revenge! Bitch Island isn't screwing around. It's more than Orange is the New Black for the Book of Mormon crowd, it's a heart-racing, toe-tapping Rocky Horror style orgy of behind-the-bars mayhem… and man-hem. Karma's a bitch. Island.
Directors: Lezlie Wade and Ray Hogg
Cast: Dave Comeau, Benjamin Doncom, Devin France, Thomas Putman, Jordan Shore, Greg Solomon, Benjamin Todd, A'mar Wharton-Matthew, Joseph Zita
Book: Matthew MacFadzean
Music and Lyrics: Bruce Dow
Costume Design: Mikayla Stranges
Production Manager & Stage Manager: Jen Cooper
Princess Penelope's End-of-the-World, Magical Musical Super Happy Fun Time Show!
Flat Earth Global (Hamilton, ON)
Comedy | 45 minutes | BYOV #1: Staircase Cafe Theatre (Main Space)
Warnings: Mature Content, Strong Language | Audience: Mature
Ever since civilization collapsed, things have been tough for the survivors. Avoiding death by starvation, gang murder or lack of medical attention is becoming increasingly difficult but, Princess Penelope is going to do her best to cheer you up. She'll welcome you into her hideout where you can take your mind off of all your lost loved ones over a glass of water that is 85% e-coli free, which if it was a math test, it's a score you'd be pleased with! Princess Penelope will, through a combination of song and positive reinforcement, do her darned best to help us see the good in what remains of the world.
Written by: Vicktoria Adam, Luke Brown
Directed by: Luke Brown
Designed by: Mark Carreiro
Cast: Vicktoria Adam, Ryan Sim
Steeltown Sister – Darla Biccum (Hamilton, ON)
Theatre | 60 minutes | BYOV # 1: Staircase Cafe Theatre (Elaine Mae Theatre)
Warnings: Mature Content, Strong Language | Audience: Mature
[PANK – Professional Aunt No Kids] Hamilton 7 core member Darla Biccum brings her inimitable style of humour and storytelling to the Hamilton Fringe. A story about taking care of other people's kids and keeping the inner child happy.
Written by: Darla Biccum
Directed by: Juno Rinaldi
Stage Managed by: Sharon Nowlan
Cast: Darla Biccum
The ABCs of Love with Adult Baby Cupid
NOT Still Your Friend (Toronto, ON)
Comedy | 80 minutes | The Pearl Company
Warnings: Mature Content, Strong Language, Nudity | Audience: Mature
Adult Baby Cupid comes to earth to answer your questions about love and relationships in 2018, with advice that has lasted through the ages. What could possibly go wrong? Award winning cabaret performer and theatre creator , Adam Bailey, takes on love, relationships and life as Adult Baby Cupid. A character created for Toronto's Lunacy Cabaret, Adult Baby Cupid has been an audience favorite. Now sharing the stage with the operatic voice and co-hosting skills of Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Cupid will be enjoying his first full length theatrical outing. There will be singing , jokes, and audience participation as the God of Love and his singing side kick try to rediscover what makes them relevant in a rapidly changing world.
Cast: Adam Bailey as Adult Baby Cupid and Kristen Mueller-Heaslip as Herself
Created and Performed by the Cast
Photographic Evidence
RJ Deverell Productions (Toronto, ON)
Theatre | 60 minutes | The Zoetic
Warnings: -none- | Audience: All Ages
Visionary artist. Granddaughter of famous writer Susanna Moodie. Follow Geraldine Moodie on her journey to becoming one of the first female professional photographers in the nation while wrestling with her and her husband's complicity in the Canadian colonial enterprise. Photographic Evidence is an exploration of feminist artistry and reconciliation through the eyes of an early Canadian woman trailblazer. This production was developed in association with Mixed Company Theatre.
Cast: Kat White, Louis Adams, Lisa Nasson
Playwright: Rex Deverell
Director: Simon Malbogat
Stage Manager: Lucas Andersen
Trailblazing Ladies (Toronto, ON)
Comedy | 60 minutes | Theatre Aquarius Studio
Warnings: -none- | Audience: Parental Guidance
During the Victorian era bicycle craze, doctors warned women riders they would undoubtedly cultivate "bicycle faces": becoming over-exerted, wild-eyed, un-sexed vulgarities, when faced with nothing before them but the wide, open road. A hundred years later, the story of BikeFace takes off. It's a one-woman whirlwind retracing a real-life bicycle adventure across Canada, challenging the outdated gender stereotype. Filled with strange-but-true tales of Wild West proprietors, haunted graveyards, and wanderers with secrets only fit for strangers. BikeFace will tickle your funnybone but, above all else, will ignite your thirst for adventure!
Playwright: Natalie Frijia
Director: Mandy Roveda
Cast: Clare Blackwood


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Articles | MARINe
Listed below are articles regarding work done by the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe). Additional articles specific to Sea Star Wasting Syndrome can be found here.
An Intertidal Study: Surveying California's Farallon Islands (Mar 21, 2018)
Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Gerstle Cove State Marine Reserve (Mar 3, 2018)
10 Years Later: Restoring Injured Natural Resources after Cosco Busan (Nov 7, 2017)
Ten Years After the Spill, a Look at Where the Cosco Busan Settlement Funding Went (Nov 7, 2017)
Just What Lives on the Rocks of Calvert Island? (Oct 5, 2017)
On the Importance of Long-term Monitoring (Jan 30, 2017)


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Liverpool have made enquiries regarding the possibility of signing Joao Pedro from Fluminense, despite the forward having an agreement with Watford, reports suggest.
The Brazilian has already agreed to sign for the Hornets and is due to arrive at Vicarage Road in January 2020, but reports from several sources, including the Mail Online, suggest the Reds are looking to snap up the 17-year-old themselves.
Were they to do this, it is believed they would have to pay Watford around £20million, as per a clause in the contract signed between the player and the Hornets.
Liverpool scouts reportedly watched Pedro score a hat-trick for Fluminense in their 4-1 win over Atletico Nacional on Thursday. He has scored seven goals in his first ten games.


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The downstairs accommodation is open plan and comprises a spacious entrance hall leading to a bright, airy dining room, kitchen and lounge. The first floor mezanine has 4 double bedrooms, 2 shower rooms and separate WC. Explore La Vieille Etable in the 3 galleries below.
Ground Floor
Our downstairs accommodation is light spacious and airy. Modern furnishings, fixtures and fittings mix harmoniously with oak beams and an open-plan layout to give the perfect space for relaxing with family or entertaining with friends. And with underfloor heating and a wood burning stove, you can relax at La Vielle Etable all year round.
Our lounge is equipped with 3 sofas, a 37" flat screen television with DVD, surround sound, aux in for your own device and iPod dock. You will also find a WII games console, coffee tables with lamps and a large wood-burning stove with blown air controls. The dining area is a wonderful space benefitting from the full height of the barn and large glass windows and sliding doors. The original barn doors can also be closed over the glass for extra privacy, cooling or warmth. The dining area has a large table with 8 chairs, and 4 bar stools looking into the kitchen.
Our well-equipped kitchen comes complete with ceramic hob and multifunctional oven, an undercounter fridge with freezer compartment, a large dishwasher a wine cooler and a microwave. You will also find a comprehensive selection of kitchen utensils, cookware and ovenware. An American fridge/freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer, iron and ironing board are located in the garage which leads off the kitchen. Our large secure garage houses a selection of gym equipment for your use. This includes a cross trainer, weights bench and turbo trainer for mounting your own bicycle. It is ideal for those wishing to bring motorcycles, bicycles or other sporting equipment.
First Floor
First floor accommodation is located on a mezzanine landing looking over the full height dining area. La Vieille Etable has 4 double bedrooms, 2 of which have king size beds. Each bedroom is equipped with a bed, 2 bedside tables each with a lamp, a radio alam clock with iPod/iPhone dock, a dressing table and stool with lamp, mirror and hair dryer, a chest of drawers and a wardrobe with full length mirrored door. All of our beds have luxury pocket sprung mattresses with a thick layer of memory foam to ensure your comfort every single night. The largest bedroom also has a television with DVD player
The first floor also houses a separate WC and 2 shower rooms each with a multi-jet shower cabinet, where you can luxuriate under the shower head, body spray or rainfall setting.
Terrace, Grounds & Lake
La Vieille Etable is located in 4 acres of private grounds with its own lake. Our deck terrace enjoys an uninterupted panoramic view of the grounds and surrounding countryside and benefits from both sun and shade throughout the day. Why not enjoy the scenery from the comfort of the hot tub, soak up the sun in one of our loungers or enjoy the best of al fresco dining.
The grounds are mown so that you can walk around the lake or picnic at your leisure.
Our freshwater lake is fed with a constant supply of clean water from the nearby lavoire (old communal laundry house), making it a haven for wildlife and excellent for swimming. Our lake deck with secure ladder gives easy access and egress for those who enjoy wild swimming in a natural environment with no chemicals. Please remeber that swimming is at your own risk.
For our guests who enjoy fishing, the lake is home to carp, perch and roach, making it a perfect place to while away a few hours with a rod and line.


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"According to an article on the New York Times, a historical cross-over has occurred because of the declining costs of solar vs. the increasing costs of nuclear energy: solar, hardly the cheapest of renewable technologies, is now cheaper than nuclear, at around 16 cents per kilowatt hour. Furthermore, the NY Times reports that financial markets will not finance the construction of nuclear power plants unless the risk of default (which is historically as high as 50 percent for the nuclear industry) is externalized to someone else through federal loan guarantees or ratepayer funding. The bottom line seems to be that nuclear is simply not competitive, and the push from the US government to subsidize it seems to be forcing the wrong choice on the market."First off, the study doesn't read like much of a scientific study. The PDF has lots of colors and select quotes. It's a PR press release by a company called NC WARN who define their mission as:
NC WARN is a member-based nonprofit tackling the accelerating crisis posed by climate change – along with the various risks of nuclear power – by watch-dogging utility practices and working for a swift North Carolina transition to energy efficiency and clean power generation. In partnership with other citizen groups, NC WARN uses sound scientific research to inform and involve the public in key decisions regarding their wellbeing.Still it's possible that they could have conducted an impartial study. However, it's clear they did not. It relies heavily on future projections, and includes a number of factors that are just silly.
Ten billion dollars has been expended over two decades to license the Yucca Mountain repository for used commercial fuel rods, but in 2010 the Obama administration is attempting to cancel the project. That wasted sum was accumulated through utility bills, so it was included in the kilowatt-hour cost of nuclear power. To date there are no credible plans or cost estimates for managing this highly radioactive waste for thousands of years, but much or all of the outlay will be borne by the federal taxpayer.Why should nuclear power have to foot the bill of the political Yucca Mountain project? Also, as for plans for managing nuclear waste, how about what we are already doing? That is storing it on site. Also, by definition if nuclear waste is highly radioactive then it can't be radioactive for thousands of years.
While the study includes subsidies for both solar and nuclear power, it estimates that if subsidies were removed from solar power, the crossover point would be delayed by a maximum of nine years.So it's not actually cheaper today, unless you get someone else to pay for it, but hopefully it'll be cheaper in a decade. I'm thinking about publishing my own earth shattering study. It turns out living in your parent's basement beats nuclear, solar, and coal. I use several hundred watts and pay $0.


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Just before former President Barack Obama left office, he reportedly advised the inbound commander in chief that North Korea would be his administration's biggest problem. The warning has proven prescient.
Earlier this week the Washington Post reported that the Hermit Kingdom has achieved, in the assessment of at least one U.S. intelligence agency as well as the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the ability to install a miniaturized nuclear warhead within its intercontinental ballistic missiles. The development prompted President Donald Trump to threaten "fire and fury" if the Kim regime refused to end its aggression. Though White House aides cautioned that Trump had spoken extemporaneously, he later doubled down, saying his threat wasn't "tough enough."
The President is continuing to come to grips with the realization that this foreign policy quagmire is "not so easy," as he famously described a preliminary reversal of opinion on the matter to the Wall Street Journal in April, after his first ever meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "Ignorant of the long history of the problem, Trump at least brings fresh eyes to it," wrote The Atlantic's Mark Bowden, taking the optimist's point of view, if only momentarily, in an excellent feature that surveys the host of unsavory options at Washington's disposal in dealing with the looming crisis. As the piece pessimistically concludes, "There are no good options for dealing with North Korea."
America has long forestalled conflict with its reckless adversary, preferring economic sanctions, spy operations, and cyber sabotage to direct military intervention. Despite Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's assertion earlier this year that the United States' policy of "strategic patience is over," the present administration's course has yet to look much different. Unless entering an era of a rhetorical game of chicken counts.
Amid the fomenting tension, a particular line in a centuries' old text has haunted me. Niccolò Machiavelli, history's least subtle statesman, once advised in The Prince, his manual for tyrants-to-be, "war is not to be avoided, but is only put off to the advantage of others."
This grim edict takes as its context a situation in which war is inevitable. Specifically, Machiavelli cites the Romans in their conquest of foreign lands, where bloodshed was certain. His point is that the longer one delays, the more leverage one's enemy may gain. There is something to be said for Machiavelli's cynical doctrine; North Korea has greatly expanded its nuclear arsenal and weapons capabilities in recent years.
War is not inevitable when it comes to North Korea, one hopes. Diplomacy, or deterrence by other means, is obviously preferable.
Still I wonder about that quote often, and it makes me squeamish.
Robert Hackett
Welcome to the Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, Fortune's daily tech newsletter. Fortune reporter Robert Hackett here. You may reach me via Twitter, Cryptocat, Jabber (see OTR fingerprint on my about.me), PGP encrypted email (see public key on my Keybase.io), Wickr, Signal, or however you (securely) prefer. Feedback welcome.
HBOh-no! Hackers broke into HBO's computer network and stole episodes of Game of Thrones as well as other materials, including executive email archives, that they've since been leaking. The thieves have demanded a ransom in Bitcoin. Apparently, the Time Warner video unit has offered the hackers $250,000 as a "bounty payment," usually recompense for security researchers who have reported cybersecurity flaws to a company. (Reuters, Fortune)
"You can check out any time you like, but…" A campaign of cyberespionage attacks targeting hotels guests in Europe and the Middle East is believed to have been conducted by Russian military intelligence agents, according to a report from researchers at FireEye. The hacker group sought to steal passwords from business travelers and government workers. Though the researchers have associated the attack with Russia's GRU agency (also known as APT28 or "fancy bear"), Moscow has denied the claim. (Reuters, CyberScoop)
Coinbase becomes Unicornbase. Virtual currency broker Coinbase is now what Valleyites call a "unicorn"; that is, a startup worth $1 billion or more. The company raised $100 million at a $1.6 valuation including the capital raised this week. A recent boom in digital assets, like cryptocurrencies and tokens, no doubt helped Coinbase to get there. (Fortune)
Can't we all just get along? A cybersecurity firm called DirectDefense tried to blow up the spot of Carbon Black, another computer security firm, by pointing out what it deemed to be a data-leaking flaw in its product. Turns out the feature is an option to upload files to VirusTotal, a malware database owned by Google, that is not turned on by default and which most security pros understand has privacy risks. The security community quickly debunked the FUD and criticized DirectDefense for its poor form. (Krebs on Security)
Salesforce'd out. Salesforce fired its director of offensive security and another senior security staffer after they revealed details about an internal hacking tool, colorfully dubbed MEATPISTOL, during a presentation at the hacker conference Defcon last month. Salesforce apparently signed off on the talk initially, and it reportedly planned to open source the tool eventually. The duo is now being represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (ZDNet)
Fun fact: sailors are resorting to WWII radio tech in preparation for hacking on the high seas.
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Bitcoin recently split into two separate cryptocurrency networks: Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. We ran a pair of op-eds from industry insiders as a point/counterpoint on the contentious division.
The first commentary, by Samson Mow, chief strategist at Bitcoin startup Blockstream, criticizes the bifurcation as poorly planned.
The creation of Bitcoin Cash was an orchestrated scheme, rushed to the point of engendering significant safety risks…. Bitcoin Cash's birth has shown that markets can be manipulated with just a bit of computing power, a participating exchange, and a healthy dose of greed.
The second essay, by Jake Smith, a manager at Bitcoin.com, serves as a rebuttal.
Far from being a "rushed spinoff," as Mow claims, the split was a long time coming…. And the markets seem to agree. The price of both tokens combined is now greater than the price of one Bitcoin before the split. Read both on Fortune.com.
Researchers made DNA into malware. A group of University of Washington researchers encoded malicious software into strands of DNA. A theoretical attack based on this gimmick would infect gene sequencing equipment with a virus that then spreads across a computer network. Despite the academics' feat, this attack is still more sci-fi than reality. Still I love this sort of hacker whizbangery, don't you? (Wired, IEEE Spectrum)


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Stranded September 2019
#1 sun surfer 09-01-2019, 04:47 PM
Help select what we'll read and discuss next!
By the way, this will be the lit club's
The topic is
Stranded in some life activity or relationship, on an island, someplace, some job, transported, etc.
Detailed nominating and voting guidelines can be found
. Basically, nominations are open for about four days and each person may nominate up to three literary selections which will go automatically to the vote. Voting by post then opens for four days, and a voter may give each nomination either one or two votes but only has a limited number of votes to use which is equal to the number of nominations minus one. Any questions, feel free to ask.
We hope that you will read the selection with us and join in the discussion.
Nominations are complete.
Voting is complete.
Final results-
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
. 288 Pages . Votes 0 . 1719 . England
For the Term of His Natural Life
by Marcus Clarke
. 534 Pages . Votes 3 . 1874 . England & Australia
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
. 592 Pages . Votes 7 . 1971 . U.S.
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
. 232 Pages . Votes 8 . 2005 . U.S.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
. 480 Pages . Votes 4 . 2010 . England
Two Old Women
by Velma Wallis
. 148 Pages . Votes 4 . 1993 . U.S.
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
. 236 Pages . Votes 6 . 1861 . England
Concrete Island
by J.G. Ballard
. 178 Pages . Votes 0 . 1974 . England
Drums of Mer
by Ion L. Idriess
. 222 Pages . Votes 1 . 1933 . Australia
An Island to Oneself
by Tom Neale
. 255 Pages . Votes 0 . 1966 . New Zealand
#2 AnotherCat 09-01-2019, 09:30 PM
Robinson Crusoe
- Daniel Defoe (*)
on an Island classic novel. Too obvious a choice? but have read this several times and due for another go for me.
For the Term of His Natural Life
- Marcus Clarke (*)
in Australia through transportation, an (the?) Australian classic novel. Available in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library. Have read this several times and due for another go for me
Angle of Repose
- Wallace Stegner
A loose take on
, narrator is stranded, isolated in a wheelchair and has lost wife and all contact with his family, escape is through writing. An American (and world literary) classic and Pulitzer Prize winner. Has been on my list to read for a while.
(*) these two I felt sure I had seen used in the groups here before but I could not find them in the check list. Maybe my memory is playing tricks
#3 Bookworm_Girl 09-02-2019, 08:07 PM
I think this is a great theme! I haven't decided what to nominate yet. All 3 are great selections, AnotherCat.
Robinson Crusoe is on my TBR. I can't believe I've never read this book. I am not familiar with Clarke. Stegner recently was recommended to me and is an author on my TBR List.
#4 gmw 09-04-2019, 08:36 AM
The following is not a nomination (I don't expect to be able to participate at the moment), just some thoughts I had when I saw the topic:
I had recently noticed some books by Australian author Ion L. Idriess had been appearing as ebooks. At least three of his works would fit this topic quite well, but only one has made it into ebook so far. I mention all three books because they are based on true incidents that (I think) are interesting in their own right.
Isles Of Despair
is about
Barbara Thompson
being shipwrecked in the Torres Strait in 1844.
Drums of Mer
is about two young boys that survived the wreck of the
Charles Eaton
off the coast of Northern Queensland in 1834.
Head-Hunters of the Coral Sea
is the same story as
Drums of Mer
but retold in a manner suitable for younger readers (by 1940 standards, anyway).
Drums of Mer
is the only one that has made it into
ebook on Kobo
that I have seen so far. It's also the only one I haven't actually read. Idriess's comments,
noted on Wikipedia
, about the book are amusing.
#5 astrangerhere 09-04-2019, 10:49 AM
Based on the prior nominations, I am going to take the opportunity to nominate a tome of emotional stranding:
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion - This powerful book is Didion's attempt to make sense of the "weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness . . . about marriage and children and memory . . . about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself."
It won the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography.
#6 Bookworm_Girl 09-04-2019, 11:31 PM
My first nomination is
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell. A young clerk is stranded on the island of Dejima when war breaks out between the Dutch and English.
From Goodreads:
The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the "high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island" that is the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes, and typhoons comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fiancée back in Holland.
But Jacob's original intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken. The consequences will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings. As one cynical colleague asks, "Who ain't a gambler in the glorious Orient, with his very life?"
#7 Bookworm_Girl 09-04-2019, 11:52 PM
My second nomination is
Two Old Women
by Velma Wallis.
From Goodreads:
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.
Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Velma Wallis depicts a landscape and way of life that are at once merciless and starkly beautiful. In her old women, she has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community and forgiveness "speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness and wisdom" (Ursula K. Le Guin).
#8 Bookworm_Girl 09-05-2019, 12:03 AM
My third nomination is
Silas Marner
by George Eliot. A twist on the concept of stranded about how an exile and an orphan help each other.
From Goodreads:
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of Eppie, the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.
#9 sun surfer 09-05-2019, 02:28 PM
Some great book options put forth so far. There's a few hours left for nominations. As usual I'm having trouble narrowing mine down, though it's especially hard this time because I especially love this topic. Bookworm_Girl, you helped me out though, as I also had The Thousand Autumns on my shortlist.
#10 sun surfer 09-05-2019, 02:48 PM
First I'll nominate
Concrete Island
by J.G. Ballard. It's the first thing that popped into my mind when I heard about this topic. It's sort of a modern-day psychological take on Robinson Crusoe.
178 pages, 1974, England
On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament in Concrete Island soon turns into horror as Maitland - a wickedly modern Robinson Crusoe - realizes that, despite evidence of other inhabitants, this doomed terrain has become a mirror of his own mind. Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory.
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My wife is complaining and the children shy away from me. I don't really realise how I'm being until it's too late. What would you advise?
A: There's an embarrassing scene in a Noel Coward play that might help.
A couple given to uncontrollable rows invent a word (I can't remember what it is, but it's a silly one). Whenever a row is clearly imminent, one of them says 'Crumchocks!' The row evaporates.
Since you're so clearly aware of what's happening, agree on such a word with your wife. Whenever you adopt the worst of your call centre persona, she should simply say 'Crumchocks!' The sillier the word, the more likely it is to be effective.
Jeremy Bullmore is a former creative director and chairman of J Walter Thompson London. His book Another Bad Day at the Office is published by Penguin at £6.99. Address your problem to Jeremy Bullmore at: firstname.lastname@example.com. Regrettably, no correspondence can be entered into.


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Today, I am delighted to be hosting one of Brook Cottage Books Tours so please meet Thorne Moore and find out about her latest book.
Genre: Domestic noir
Release Date: 21 July 2016
Publisher: Honno Press
From the Top Ten Bestselling Author of A Time for Silence
The Unravelling
When they were ten everybody wanted to be Serena's friend, to find themselves one of the inner circle. But doing so meant proving your worth, and doing that often had consequences it's not nice to think about – not even thirty-five years later.
Karen Rothwell is randomly reminded of an incident in her childhood which just as suddenly becomes an obsession. It takes her on a journey into a land of secrets and lies; it means finding that gang of girls from Marsh Green Junior School and most importantly of all finding Serena Whinn.
Praise for Thorne Moore's novels
'A true page turner'– www.gwales.com
'The most chilling part of Thorne Moore's skill is the way that she represents evil' – Helen Tozer, sideline jelly
Thorne Moore was born in Luton but has lived in in the back of beyond in north Pembrokeshire for 32 years. She has degrees in History and Law, worked in a library and ran a family restaurant as well as a miniature furniture craft business, which is still in Production, but she now concentrates on writing psychological crime mysteries.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thorne.moore.7
Twitter: @ThorneMoore
Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6562052.Thorne_Moore
Website: thornemoore.co.uk
My review:
Brilliant! I devoured this book. Beautifully written, frighteningly real, Ms Moore expertly takes the reader through the devastating labyrinth of a complete breakdown, a breakdown that started thirty five years ago. As Karen Rothwell slowly begins to try and unravel what had happened on that bleak January day in 1966 you find yourself caught up in a griping and chilling story of how young children can be swept into deceit and have no idea of the long term consequences of their actions.
A psycho-thriller that once you start you will not be able to put down.
Already recommended to my family and friends.
As always thank you for stopping by and I hope you have found a new author to follow, and that the sun is shinning in your face and in your heart.
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HURLEYVILLE — A team of health care professionals and designers at The Center for Discovery want to turn the wheelchair industry on its head — and Google donated a lot of money to help make that happen.
It all started when John Damiao, power mobility program director at The Center for Discovery, saw how much his patients missed out on by only having access to manual wheelchairs.
Many of the children and adults who live or get treatment at the Center are not independent enough to drive power wheelchairs regularly, but Damiao wanted a power chair option to be available to anyone.
Increased mobility allows people with disabilities to more fully participate in life, he said.
Damaio teamed up with occupational therapist assistant Jason Kean and Mark McNamara, director of the Center's Hurleyville Makers Lab.
Together with other health care professionals and engineers at the Center and in the Makers Lab, they designed the indieGo, a platform that a person in a manual wheelchair can roll onto, and then control as an adapted power chair.
The indieGo will be cheaper, more manageable and more accessible than traditional power wheelchairs.
After building several prototypes, the indieGo team applied for a Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities grant, and was awarded $1.125 million to help streamline the design and begin to produce and market the device.
There are a lot of problems with the current medical device industry, Damiao said.
Equipment like power chairs are too expensive, bulky and difficult to get covered by insurance, and the technology is proprietary.
"The goal is to build something that turns the present industry on its head," Damiao said.
The indieGo will be small and light enough that it can be carried up a flight of stairs and fit in the trunk of a car.
It won't look like a medical device, and the controls for the platform will be designed as an open interface that can be adapted to different disabilities - from a handheld joystick to buttons a person can touch with their head.
For people who cannot walk, having a chair they can move on their own is therapeutic and rehabilitative, Damiao said.
Making sure the indieGo does not look like a typical medical device is important, McNamara said.
He noted that recreational hover boards are sleek, sexy and modern, but no one attempts to design mobility devices in a similar manner.
"It's a massive gap, and we hope to fill it," McNamara said.
Their target price for an indieGo is $1,000, compared to the $7,000 cost of an average power chair, and it will be available to order online.
It will not be priced for profit, McNamara said. Any profits will go toward improving the design or developing more projects.
Under the terms of the Google grant, the team will begin a user study within a year, and the indieGo will be on the market in two years.
All plans for the indieGo will be open source, so anyone will be able to access them online and build their own indieGo.


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Music You Don't Know You Like Yet
2009-05-11My first date with Wayne Hancock. Viper of Melody is literally a blend of Hank Sr., Asleep at the Wheel and The Stray Cats. (w/a little bit of Buck Owen's Bakersfield sound). Wayne puts the "T" in twang. If you like your country music "traditional" with a distinct rockabilly beat you should enjoy Wayne Hancock. If you don't, this probably isn't the sound for you!. Wayne has an intense retro- honkytonk/barroom vibe and it is no surprise he has a loyal following- especially for those liking their music unique and authentic. Here is a quote from Wayne: "I'm like a stab wound in the fabric of country music in Nashville. See that bloodstain slowly spreading? That's me." http://www.waynehancock.com/ Standout (and artist recommended) tracks include: #1 Jump the Blues. #4 Throwin Aawy My Money, #5 Your Love and His Blood, #6 Working at Working. There really is no need to describe the sound more than traditional honky tonking, rockabillying, country music swing. And don't forget the TWANG
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Noodlehead Road Trip Case Pattern
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You'll take it with you wherever you go. This case is for anyone! Get organized! It has a pocket option with flaps (great for anything from crayons to sewing notions, embroidery or cross stitch goodies), pocket option for rubber band looms (specifically Rainbow Loom) and case/or additional loom, a see-through vinyl pocket to quickly see what you have, is portable and easy to customize, hang it over a door knob when you're at home
Skill level: Great for an advanced beginner and beyond, although it could be tackled by an adventurous beginner!
Finished Dimensions: 13.5in wide, 9'in tall (12.5'in including handles), 18'in tall when fully opened
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If you want to build yourself up as an influencer, you should make sure that you are following successful influencers.
By following influencers that are already successful, you can learn more about what tactics they are using to succeed. You can even consider reaching out to those popular influencers for tips, mentorship opportunities and more!
I personally follow a lot of influencers, and I learn a lot from studying their posts and habits.
Here are some influencers that I suggest you follow if you want to learn more about what it takes to be a successful influencer.
1. Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee)
Niche: Entrepreneurship/Motivation
Where to Follow: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gary/
Gary Vaynerchuk has built his reputation on being a no-nonsense businessman that does NOT accept failure or excuses. This mentality has helped him to reach the top, and has helped him to inspire millions of people around the world.
2. Daymond John
Niche: Entrepreneurship
Where to Follow: Twitter: @TheSharkDaymond
Daymond John is an angel investor on Shark Tank and is an extremely successful businessman with a lot of excellent tips and pieces of advice to offer budding entrepreneurs.
3. Thomas DeLauer
Niche: Health and Fitness
Where to Follow: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomas.delauer/
Thomas DeLauer has become one of the top names in fitness—especially when it comes to fat-based nutrition and fasting. He offers amazing free advice and content, while also offering more in-depth paid options.
4. Tim Ferriss
Niche: Personal Development/Entrepreneurship
Where to Follow: Twitter: @Tferriss
Tim Ferriss has built a reputation around hacking everything from the human body to the average work week. His content is extremely informative—which helps him to reach a wide audience.
5. Huda Kattan
Niche: Beauty
Where to Follow: Instagram: @Hudabeauty
Huda Kattan has amassed an insanely large following built around her work with makeup and beauty supplies. Her Instagram is also filled with giveaways and other successful campaigns to grow her viewership.
6. Paige VanZant
Niche: Fitness
Where to Follow: Instagram: @Paigevanzant
Paige VanZant is a popular UFC fighter that does an excellent job of mixing up her content and keeping her fans interested. With a great personality, good looks, and skill, she draws people in. From there, she occasionally promotes a product.
7. Joe Rogan
Niche: Just About Everything
Where to Follow: Podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience, Twitter @JoeRogan
Joe Rogan has amassed an extremely large following of people from all walks of life. Whether they are fans of the UFC or astrophysics, Joe Rogan's podcast and social media reaches people with a variety of interests due to his excellent guests. He also does an excellent job of not only supporting his brands, but the brands of his sponsors.
8. Chiara Ferragni
Niche: Fashion
Where to Follow: Instagram: Chiara Ferragni
Chiara Ferragni is a fashion designer and blogger that has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry. When she posts about fashion, people listen! Not only does she have a ridiculous 15.5 MILLION followers, but she also has an insane amount of post engagements for each post.
9. Tony Robbins
Niche: Personal Development
Where to Follow: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyRobbins/
Tony Robbins is one of the biggest names in personal development—to the point where when most people talk about "self-help," his name comes up! He has been able to leverage this success to not only reach the top of his industry, but also become a top influencer in his industry.
10. Jake Paul
Niche: Internet Personality
Where to Follow: Instagram: @Jakepaul
Jake Paul has turned his everyday life into social media gold. Not only that, he has also found a way to use his status to advertise products to his millions of fans! Jake Paul is a great person to follow to learn more about how to run your social media campaign with a human touch.
11. Kayla Itsines
Niche: Fitness
Where to Follow: Instagram: Kayla Itsines
Kayla Itsines is one of the biggest names in fitness right now, and she has taken that momentum and created her own app with it! Kayla Itsines is able to succeed in the fitness niche by not only showing off selfies, but also client before-and-after photos and workout videos.
12. Tai Lopez
Niche: Entrepreneurship
Where to Follow: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaiLopezOfficial/
Tai Lopez helps to show people how to get their hustle on, while also providing them with motivational tips and strategies. This has helped him to reach an audience of millions.
13. Marques Brownlee
Niche: Business/Tech
Where to Follow: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee
Going since he was just 16 years old, Marques Brown has made quite the name for himself over the years. He's worked with several major brands, and his review videos regularly get millions of views.
14. Alpha M
Niche: Fashion/Personal Development
Where to Follow: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlphaMconsulting
Alpha M is an excellent example of an influencer that people absolutely love. He is genuine, fun, and engaging—which has led to him gaining over 4 million subscribers on YouTube.
15. Emily Skye
Niche: Fitness
Where to Follow: Instagram: @Emilyskyefit
Emily Skye is an excellent example for those looking to get and stay fit. She has also been able to leverage her success to build a strong client base of others that want to look great and get in shape.
Best Influencers To Follow
The above influencers were specifically chosen not only because of their popularity, but also how effective they are at reaching their audience and getting their audience to take action!
Make sure to follow these influencers, as well as any other up-and-coming influencers that you may find.
By following successful influencers, you'll get a much better understanding of what it takes to be a popular influencer and how you can better reach your influencer goals.
Start looking at what others are doing, and start making adjustments to make your own social media strategy that much better!


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Fair warning, there are spoilers for content up to and including 8.2.5 in this blog.
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The Creative and Opinionated Tendencies of Jean Prior
Fair warning, there are spoilers for content up to and including 8.2.5 in this blog.
Continue reading "[Gaming] Blizzard Does Alliance Another Disservice"
In just two weeks from today, the latest expansion of World of Warcraft will be unleashed upon the world… assuming the servers don't catch on fire or angry gamers don't DDoS Blizzard. Battle for Azeroth returns the game back to the main story of the Warcraft franchise, the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde.
Legion is by many accounts the most successful WoW expansion, although there is still much strong nostalgia for both vanilla and Wrath of the Lich King. However, when I comb through my social media to see how players rate Legion, on the whole it seems more positive than negative when compared to expansions other than Wrath. Unlike previous expansions, Blizzard spaced out its content and added new facets to the story along the way, so players didn't have to spend half of its two-year life cycle complaining about content drought as happened with Warlords of Draenor.
Continue reading "[Gaming] A Legion Retrospective and Battle for Azeroth Conjecture"
Before I get into the actual story, I should provide full disclosure of bias here. I'm on the official LotRO stream team and am privileged to be friends with a couple of the devs at Standing Stone Games. That being said…
I've been a Lord of the Rings fan since I was in single digits *mumblemumble* years ago. I was 'forced' to read The Hobbit when I was in school, and the teacher of course mentioned LotR, saying it was a bit more mature reading (not as happy/playful as The Hobbit). I remember the school library having two versions of the trilogy on hand: a large hardcover edition featuring nifty fold-out maps and the paperbacks featuring the amazing realistic art by the sadly late Darrell K. Sweet. Fun fact: Darrell K. Sweet's art was also on the cover of the edition of Elfstones of Shannara where I originally derived my nom de plume of Druidsfire. I also went back years later and found used copies of that original paperback edition of LotR but never found reasonably-priced versions of the hardcover edition.
BlizzCon 2017 has to have been perhaps the most legendary and satisfying convention I've attended in recent years, if not ever. The highs were stratospheric but the lows were relatively minor.
There is a banner hanging in the Standing Stone Games studio, a gift from the LotRO Stream Team to the developers for the launch of Lord of the Rings Online's Mordor expansion. This is a blog detailing its creation for those who might be curious.
On July 1st, 2017, I embarked on a journey. I had arranged to stream for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, intending on playing through Lord of the Rings Online's 10-year anniversary scavenger hunt from beginning to end. The event featured ten weeks of 3 quests each, but you could do them back to back after the 10th week launched. The trio of quests per week were named Tales (centered around a single character's story), Travels (go to places and collect Remembrances or go on pub crawls in various zones), and Trifles (often instanced content). For the sake of brevity and sanity, I chose to complete the ten Tales quests back to back. For the charity fundraising, I set a modest goal of $500, but honestly, I felt nervous and decided I'd be happy if we even got half of that. As I said during the actual stream, repeating a lesson taught to me by a dear friend, when it comes to charity work, any donation is helpful and needed.
Hi there, my name is Jean Prior, and I occasionally go by Druidsfire on the forums and social media, or Phoenix or Kyriana in-game if you're on one of the North American servers. As Lord of the Rings Online has surpassed its 10th anniversary, I felt like I should write some kind of retrospective on my experiences with the game over the past decade. This interest was magnified when I discovered to my own surprise that I have an uninterrupted screenshot archive from the past decade despite hard drive crashes and new PCs. While I have written about the game as a member of gaming press, I am also one of the players granted permission to stream on the game's official Twitch channel. This may sound familiar to those who watched my anniversary stream on the official, as I used the following document as my script, but the stream occasionally went off into the tide pools. I wrote this not only for the players who remember what the game was like back in the day, but also newer players who may never have seen some of these things before.
Continue reading "[Gaming] LotRO 10-Year Retrospective [170+ Images]"
As Lord of the Rings Online approached its 10th anniversary, I went and wrote a rather lengthy retrospective after digging up my screenshot archive and finding an uninterrupted stream of pictures from the entire past decade. Sort of like a Buzzfeed article for an actual writer, I would like to share the 15k-word article and the 170+ screenies. However, given that some folks have a data cap or are reading on mobile, I chose to post this teaser article before linking you the actual full article with the embedded screenshots.
Click here if you're entirely sure your connection and data usage can handle this.
In World of Warcraft: Legion, players can unlock special cosmetic skins of their artifact weapons by completing certain tasks. The way the system works is on a progression basis. Each artifact currently has 5 rows of appearances going left to right with four slots per row (except Guardian Druid). You can't unlock any slot in the row if you don't unlock the first one. The rows are roughly analogous to:
Each row's slots generally show a clear progression left to right either in terms of difficulty or time needed to invest to unlock an option. Each unlock is on a per-character (not spec) basis with the exception of the Glory of the Legion Hero option in row 3, fourth slot. That unlocks account-wide due to the nature of the achievement.
The cosmetic skins are obviously just that. There are no power or gameplay advantages to unlocking any of them, and players aren't required to use them. Hell, some class's players who don't like their unlocked artifact skins can mog to other weapons entirely. For example, I have cheerfully mogged my troll shaman's Doomhammer into the Tankard o' Terror just because I can.
So, all of this is optional. No one is forced to do any of this content. It's just a side thing to encourage players to consider doing content outside of their usual stuff if they want a cosmetic they like. For example, I'm not a PVPer, but my utterly favorite Holy Priest artifact skin is the one that requires 1000 Honorable Kills in PVP while using the hidden skin. Acquiring a hidden skin varies from class to class, and in this case, I have to get a drop from Hyrja and be exalted with the Valarjar. Not too rough, and again, it's my choice if I want to jump into PVP afterwards and grind out the skin I want.
The third row is the problem here. To unlock the entire row, a player has to complete the Balance of Power questline, which resembles the laundry list players from Mists and Warlords remember when acquiring the legendary cloak and ring respectively. Even if you complete the second, third, and/or fourth items in that row, you can't use them unless you finish BoP on each character you want any of them on. BoP is in effect holding that entire row hostage. In a recent livestream, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas answered a question about making BoP account-wide, and I actually agree with him on the notion that it doesn't have to be. However, he missed the overall point of why people were asking for it to be made account-wide. BoP isn't a problem in and of itself, it's the fact that it's the unlock for the entire row. If the notion of third row is to celebrate organized group content, BoP in slot one and Unleashed Monstrosities in slot two make no sense. On Wowhead's guide to unlocking appearances, UM is the lowest ranked in difficulty of all four slots in the row, listed as Medium.
In terms of time spent, the second slot unlocked by completing the UM world boss achievement is hardly anything. One world boss a week, eight total needed for the achievement, easy. In fact, I got it accidentally on my main the other day. To call it 'organized group content' is misleading at best. Group content, yes. Organized? It's about as organized as a birthday party of 6-year-olds hopped up on sugar and cake, armed with cans of silly string. It takes hardly any effort at all to accomplish even by my filthy casual standards.
When I've done WBs on my main, no one was organizing anything. No discussion of strategy, no planning for where the tanks were going to position the boss, no worries about if we had enough healers, no one cared if the hunter or warlock pets were on aggro. It really is a 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am' sort of situation.
The best solution for this problem of front-loading a legendary-style questline is to flip the UM achievement into the slot one/unlock row option and put BoP in as slot two. Flip-flopping the skins to stay with the original achievements is still something to consider, but in terms of basic time to complete and effort to expend, this makes more sense.
Will it happen? I don't foresee it being so. Hazzikostas was quite firm on a recent livestream when he said that they had no plans to change things beyond perhaps increasing the drop rate of the Corrupted Essences needed during one segment of the BoP quest chain. He added that this questline was for an unlock for a cosmetic so it's different from alt-catchup mechanics for things like Artifact Knowledge or other things that actually affected a character's power. Granted, but I stand firm on my point is that it's an unlock for up to four cosmetics, and it doesn't match the progression-style methods of the other rows' unlocks.
The fact that this is for a cosmetic, which means it doesn't actually matter in the grand scale of things, makes the issue even puzzling. It doesn't matter in terms of power, so why stick to keeping four unlocks gated behind a legendary-style questline?
Watcher, pls.
Winter is my favorite season of the year. While I might prefer spring and autumn in terms of temperatures, in temperament, it's all about winter. Despite the poor traffic conditions, people complaining about the cold, and having to put my ride in the garage the few times every winter that it actually snows or ices up enough to warrant it, I find more peace in the winter months than any other time of the year. Ironically, I tend to be more depressed around the winter holidays because I can never spend time with family or friends for various reasons, mostly due to work and all of them living so far away. Still, winter is when my favorite constellation Orion the hunter marches high in the night sky, so all is well.
When it comes to the video games I play, winter-themed zones and holiday events tend to resonate with me in some fashion. Aside from the blue-tinged snow and ice covering the landscape, I find there is an overall tone to much of the music that game composers use for their winter areas. Whether you're roaming Hoth in Star Wars the Old Republic, flying through Dun Morogh or Dragonblight in World of Warcraft, or trying not to fall into the deadly abyss outside Snowhead Temple in Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, there seems to be an aural commonality to the themes used in these areas. Some of my favorites are pieces that play in Belusran Winter Field from the game Aion. To me, there is a kind of serenity to these places and it's mostly due to the music.
Now I'm not a musician, so my impressions are from someone who merely knows what she likes and only occasionally why that might be. Certainly, you won't find any music theory coming out of me beyond the basic layman's appreciation for the art form. Most of the wintry music I notice focuses on a single stately melody featuring piano, harp, or a flute. The melodies tend to be slow and elegant. With the addition of hollow wind sounds in the background, like in the Ice Cavern of Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, it often completes the imagery of a bleak and desolate area.
While not entirely meant to be a winter seasonal theme, the primary zone theme in Frostfire Ridge in WoW's Warlords of Draenor xpac hits on this as well. That theme is called 'Magnificent Desolation', and its composer Russell Brower once said during a performance at Gamescom that he named the song after Buzz Aldrin's remarks upon setting foot on the Moon, calling the lunar landscape a magnificent desolation. Frostfire Ridge certainly warrants the homage. Brower also hit that particular nail on the head almost a decade ago with the opening and closing riffs in the theme to Wrath of the Lich King, since of course most of the action is set on the continent of Northrend, a most inhospitable land on Azeroth.
While other holidays get their own music, I keep finding myself gravitating to the ones around winter holidays in-game as well. One of my utterly favorite composers, WildStar's Jeff Kurtenacker, did winter arrangements of both faction's capitals' themes, making them these grand traditional holiday themes with jingle bells in the background, sweeping French horns, churchbell chimes, the whole nine yards. Of course, WildStar's winter holiday event is all about consumerism rather than a more sentimental form of holiday, so his department store commercial music with a pulp sci-fi twist was utterly perfect for it. EverQuest II also went with altering their theme music in Frostfell, mixing it in with some traditional RL Christmas tunes like 'Jingle Bells'.
For the first time, even World of Warcraft got into the new holiday music thing this year. In their two main holiday hubs, Ironforge and Orgrimmar, and also the Greench's cave where people go to save Metzen the Reindeer (*sniffle*), players who hang around can hear one of several variants of the same tune. It's a soft melody that invokes the spirit of the season, whether the lead in each variant is a chorus, cello, piano, or woodwind. I find each variant to be rather peaceful and reflective, and in a holiday season where my mother spent much of the week before Christmas in the hospital with pneumonia, somehow it was the thing I needed the most.
Without realizing it, all of these wonderful composers who write music for the snow-covered landscapes in their games, they all get me. I look forward to hearing these pieces of winter and holiday music, and any new ones in future games, with quiet anticipation.


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