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1941 (film)
1941 is a 1979 American period war action comedy film[2][3] directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, and Robert Stack. The story involves a panic in the Los Angeles area after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
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|Directed by
|Steven Spielberg
|Produced by
|Buzz Feitshans
|Screenplay by
|Robert Zemeckis
Bob Gale
|Story by
|Robert Zemeckis
Bob Gale
John Milius
|Dan Aykroyd
Ned Beatty
John Belushi
Lorraine Gary
Murray Hamilton
Christopher Lee
Tim Matheson
Toshirō Mifune
Warren Oates
Robert Stack
Treat Williams
|Music by
|John Williams
|William A. Fraker
|Edited by
|Michael Kahn
A-Team Productions
|Distributed by
|Universal Pictures
(North America)
Columbia Pictures
Release date
Running time
|118 minutes
|United States
|$35 million[1]
|Box office
|$94.9 million[1]
Although not as financially or critically successful as many of Spielberg's other films, it received belated popularity after an expanded version aired on ABC and its subsequent broadcasts on cable television and home video reissues, raising it to cult status.[4]
Co-writer Gale stated the plot is loosely based on what has come to be known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942 as well as the bombardment of the Ellwood oil refinery, near Santa Barbara, by a Japanese submarine. Many other events in the film were based on real incidents, including the Zoot Suit Riots and an incident in which the U.S. Army placed an anti-aircraft gun in a homeowner's yard on the Maine coast.[5]
On Saturday, December 13, 1941, at 7:01 a.m. (six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor), a Japanese submarine surfaces off the California coast. The sub is commanded by Commander Mitamura. A Nazi General, Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt, is along as an observer. Mitamura wants to destroy something "honorable" in Los Angeles and decides to target Hollywood.
Later that morning, a 10th Armored Division M3 Lee tank crew, consisting of Sergeant Frank Tree, Corporal Chuck Sitarski, and Privates Foley, Reese, and Henshaw, are having breakfast at a cafe where dishwasher Wally and his pal Dennis both work. Wally is planning to enter a dance contest at a club that evening with his girlfriend, Betty Douglas. Sitarski instantly dislikes Wally, particularly his civilian attire, and trips him, causing a fight.
In Death Valley, crazy, cigar-chomping United States Army Air Forces Captain Wild Bill Kelso lands his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter near a roadside store and gas station; while refueling, Kelso accidentally blows up the station.
In Los Angeles, Major General Joseph W. Stilwell attempts to calm the public who believe California will be attacked by Japan.
At a press conference at Daugherty Field in Long Beach, Captain Loomis Birkhead, Stilwell's aide, meets his old flame Donna Stratton, who is General Stilwell's new secretary. Aware that Donna is sexually aroused by airplanes, Birkhead lures her into the cockpit of a B-17 bomber to seduce her. When his amatory attempts fail, Donna punches him and knocks him out; as he falls, Birkhead accidentally releases a bomb, sending it rolling towards the podium just as the General promises, "There will be no bombs dropped here." The assembled reporters and audience panic and scatter as the bomb strikes the grandstand and explodes, though Stilwell and the crowd are unhurt.
At the Santa Monica ocean side home of Ward Douglas and his wife Joan, Wally is told by Betty and her friend Maxine, who have both just become USO hostesses, that they are only allowed to dance with servicemen as they are now the only male patrons allowed in the club. Wally is forced to hide in the garage when Betty's father Ward, who disapproves of Wally, appears. Sgt. Tree and his tank crew arrive and inform Ward and Joan that the army wants to install an anti-aircraft battery in their yard; Sitarski begins flirting with Betty when Wally falls from the loft where he was hiding. Wally and Sitarski recognize each other from the cafe, and Ward and the soldiers pick up Wally and dump him into a passing garbage truck.
Meanwhile, the Japanese submarine has become lost trying to find Los Angeles after the ship's compass malfunctions. A landing party goes ashore searching for "Hollywood" and instead discovers Hollis "Holly" Wood, a lumberjack, who is selling Christmas trees. After Hollis is taken prisoner aboard the sub, he is searched and the crew is excited to find a small compass which was the toy surprise inside a box of "Popper Jacks". Hollis snatches the compass and swallows it. After the crew attempts to make Hollis pass the compass by forcing him to drink prune juice, he manages to escape from the submarine and swim to shore. Later that evening, Ward's neighbor, Angelo Scioli of the Ground Observer Corps, installs Claude and Herb in the Ferris wheel at the Ocean Front Amusement Park where they have volunteered to spot and report enemy aircraft. Herb has brought his ventriloquist's dummy along, much to Claude's annoyance. Meanwhile, General Stilwell attends a showing of the Walt Disney film Dumbo at a theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Determined to get Donna up in an airplane, Birkhead drives her to the 501st Bomb Disbursement Unit in Barstow, where the mentally unstable Colonel "Mad Man" Maddox shows them the unit's aircraft. The demented Maddox, convinced the Japanese have a secret airbase hidden in the alfalfa fields of Pomona, lets Birkhead and Donna borrow a plane, after Birkhead offers to go on a reconnaissance flight in an attempt to locate the fictional Pomona airfield. Donna, aroused by at last being up in an airplane, eagerly begins to ravish the nervous Birkhead during the flight.
Outside the USO club, Sitarski literally kicks aside Wally and drags Betty into the dance. Wally eventually sneaks in by knocking out a member of the Shore Patrol and stealing his uniform. He snatches Betty from Sitarski, and they end up winning the dance contest whilst evading Sitarski, who is being relentlessly pursued by Maxine. As the contest ends, Sitarski finally punches Wally, setting off a brawl between soldiers, sailors and zoot suiters. The free-for-all spills into the street and becomes a riot.
Sgt. Tree arrives with his crew and breaks up the melee, just as L.A. goes to Red Alert with unknown aircraft sighted over the city. At the Douglas' home, Ward spots the surfaced submarine offshore. Birkhead and Donna, still in the throes of passion, fly over L.A., where anti-aircraft batteries open fire. Kelso pursues Birkhead's plane and shoots it down, causing it to crash into the La Brea Tar Pits. He then spots the submarine near the amusement park, but before he can return to attack, his plane is shot down by Claude and Herb, who are still in the Ferris wheel, mistaking Kelso's P-40 for a Japanese "Zero".
Back on Hollywood Boulevard, Sitarski is dragging away Betty, when she is rescued by Wally, who knocks Sitarski out cold. Kelso, who has crash landed his plane on the street, informs them of the sub near the amusement park. Sergeant Tree, knocked silly during the melee, tells Wally to go after the submarine. Wearing an Army uniform, Wally commandeers Tree's tank and heads toward the amusement park. Back at the Douglas home, Ward begins firing the anti-aircraft gun at the submarine, all but destroying his house in the process. The sub returns fire, hitting the Ferris wheel, which causes it to roll down a pier and into the ocean, sending Claude, Herb and the dummy into the water. The tank fires at the sub and then sinks when the pier collapses and Wally, Dennis, Tree and the crew jump into the ocean. Kelso has stolen a motorcycle and drives it off the pier, and he swims to the submarine, where he is captured by the Japanese; undaunted, he declares, "Turn this tub around! You're takin' me to Tokyo!"
On Sunday morning, December 14, Stilwell and soldiers arrive at the remains of the Douglas home, where the other protagonists have gathered and spent the night. Ward delivers an inspirational speech to everyone present, vowing that their Christmas will not be ruined by the enemy; to symbolize his point, he nails a Christmas wreath to his front door, jarring the unstable house so that it collapses down the hillside. Stilwell, observing the motley disheveled crowd who have begun arguing and fighting, tells Sgt. Tree, "It's going to be a long war", and he walks away.
- Dan Aykroyd as Motor Sergeant Frank Tree
- Ned Beatty as Ward Douglas
- John Belushi as Captain "Wild" Bill Kelso
- Lorraine Gary as Joan Douglas
- Murray Hamilton as Claude Crumn
- Christopher Lee as Captain Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
- Tim Matheson as Captain Loomis Birkhead
- Toshirō Mifune as Commander Akiro Mitamura
- Warren Oates as Colonel "Madman" Maddox
- Robert Stack as Major General Joseph W. Stilwell
- Treat Williams as Corporal Chuck Sitarski
- Nancy Allen as Donna Stratton
- Bobby Di Cicco as Wally Stephens
- Eddie Deezen as Herbie Kazlminsky
- Dianne Kay as Betty Douglas
- Slim Pickens as Hollis P. Wood
- Wendie Jo Sperber as Maxine Dexheimer
- John Candy as Private First Class Foley
- Perry Lang as Dennis DeSoto
- Patti LuPone as Lydia Hedberg
- Penny Marshall as Miss Fitzroy
- Frank McRae as Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones
- Steven Mond as Gus Douglas
- Dub Taylor as Mr. Malcomb
- Lionel Stander as Angelo Scioli
- Michael McKean as Willy
- David Lander as Joe
- Joe Flaherty as Sal Stewart/Raoul Lipschitz
- Ignatius Wolfington as Meyer Mishkin
- Lucille Benson as Gas Mama
- Elisha Cook Jr. as The Patron
- Hiroshi Shimizu as Lt. Ito
- Akio Mitamura as Ashimoto
- Mickey Rourke as Pvt. Reese
- Samuel Fuller as Commander Hawkins
- John Landis as Mizeraney
- Dick Miller as Officer Miller
- Andy Tennant as Babyface
- Jack Thibeau as Lt. Reiner
- Jerry Hardin as Map Man
- Robert Houston as Cpl. Taylor
- James Caan as Fighting Sailor (uncredited)
According to Steven Spielberg's appearance in the documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Kubrick suggested that 1941 should have been marketed as a drama rather than a comedy. The chaos of the events following Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 is summarized by Dan Aykroyd's character, Sgt. Tree, who states "he cannot stand Americans fighting Americans."[5]
1941 is also notable as one of the few American films featuring Toshirō Mifune, a popular Japanese actor. It is also the only American film in which Mifune used his own voice in speaking Japanese and English. In his previous movies, Mifune's lines were dubbed by Paul Frees.[5]
Both John Wayne and Charlton Heston were originally offered the role of Major General Stilwell with Wayne still considered for a cameo in the film. After reading the script, Wayne decided not to participate due to ill health, but also urged Spielberg not to pursue the project. Both Wayne and Heston felt the film was unpatriotic. Spielberg recalled, "[Wayne] was really curious and so I sent him the script. He called me the next day and said he felt it was a very un-American movie, and I shouldn't waste my time making it. He said, 'You know, that was an important war, and you're making fun of a war that cost thousands of lives at Pearl Harbor. Don't joke about World War II'."[6]
Susan Backlinie reprised her role as the first victim in Spielberg's Jaws by appearing as the woman seen swimming nude at the beginning of the film.[5] The gas station that Wild Bill Kelso accidentally blows up early in the film is the same one seen in Spielberg's 1971 TV film, Duel, with Lucille Benson appearing as the proprietor in both films. Inadvertent comedic effects ensued when John Belushi, in character as Captain Wild Bill Kelso, unintentionally fell off the wing of his airplane, landing on his head. It was a real accident and Belushi was hospitalized for several days, but Spielberg left the shot in the movie as it fit Kelso's eccentric character.[7]
During the USO riot scene, when a military police officer is tossed into the window of a restaurant from the fire truck, Belushi plays the patron eating spaghetti. He is in makeup to resemble Marlon Brando in The Godfather, whom he famously parodied in a sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi told Spielberg he wanted to appear as a second character and the idea struck Spielberg as humorous.[5] At the beginning of the USO riot, one of the uncredited "extras" dressed as a sailor is actor James Caan. Making his first screen appearance in 1941 is Mickey Rourke as Private First Class Reese of Sgt. Tree's tank group.[8]
The M3 tank Lulu Belle (named after a race horse) and fashioned from a mocked-up tractor, paid homage to its forebear in Humphrey Bogart's 1943 movie Sahara where an authentic M3 named Lulubelle was prominently featured.[9]
Renowned modelmaker Greg Jein worked on the film, and would later use the hull number "NCC-1941" for the starship USS Bozeman in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Cause and Effect".[10] Paul De Rolf choreographed the film.[11]
1941 is dedicated to the memory of Charlsie Bryant, a longtime script supervisor at Universal Studios. She had served in that capacity on both Jaws and Close Encounters, and would have reprised those duties with this film had she not unexpectedly died.[12]
Special effects
The Oscar-winning team of L.B. Abbott and A.D. Flowers were in charge of the special effects on 1941. The film is widely recognized for its Academy Award-nominated special-effects laden progressive action and camera sequences.[13][N 1]
The advance teaser trailer for 1941, directed by the film's executive producer/co-story writer John Milius, featured a voice-over by Aykroyd as Belushi lands his plane and gives the audience a pep-talk to join the armed forces, else they will find one morning that "the street signs will be written in Japanese!"[15]
Musical score and soundtrack
The musical score for 1941 was composed and conducted by John Williams. The titular march is used throughout the film and is perhaps the most memorable piece written for it. (Spielberg has said it is his favorite Williams march.) The score also includes a swing composition titled "Swing, Swing, Swing" composed by John Williams. In addition, the score includes a sound-alike version of Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", and two 1940s recordings by The Andrews Sisters, "Daddy" and "Down by the Ohio". The Irish tune "The Rakes of Mallow", is heard during the riot at the USO.
The LaserDisc and DVD versions of the film have isolated music channels with additional cues not heard on the first soundtrack album.
In 2011, La-La Land Records, in conjunction with Sony Music and NBCUniversal, issued an expanded 2-CD soundtrack of the complete John Williams score as recorded for the film, plus never-before-heard alternative cues, source music, and a remastered version of the original album. Disc One, containing the film score, presents the music as Williams originally conceived based on early cuts of the movie.[16][17][18]
Home media
The film was previewed at approximately two and a half hours, but Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios, which both had a major financial investment, felt it was too long to be a blockbuster. The initial theatrical release was edited down to just under two hours, against Spielberg's wishes.[19] After the success of his 1980 "Special Edition" of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg was given permission to create his own "extended cut" of 1941 to represent his original director's cut. This was done for network television (it was only shown on ABC once, but it was seen years later on The Disney Channel). It was first released on VHS and Betamax in 1980 from MCA Videocasette Inc. and from MCA Home Video in 1986 and 1990. A similar extended version (with additional footage and a few subtle changes) was released on LaserDisc in 1995. It included a 101-minute documentary featuring interviews with Spielberg, executive producer John Milius, writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, editor Michael Kahn, composer John Williams and others involved. This set also included an isolated music score, three theatrical trailers, deleted scenes, photo galleries, and reviews of the movie. This cut was later released on VHS in 1998, and later on DVD in 1999.[20] The DVD includes all features from the 1995 Laserdisc Set. It was released again on DVD in 2000 in a John Belushi box set along with the collector's editions of Animal House and The Blues Brothers.
On October 14, 2014, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released 1941 on Blu-ray as part of their Steven Spielberg's Director's Collection box set. The disc features both the theatrical (118 minutes) and extended version (146 minutes) of the film, a documentary of the making of the film, production photographs (carried over from the LaserDisc collector's edition), and theatrical trailers, although the isolated score that was included on the Laserdisc and DVD releases is not present on the Blu-ray. The standalone Blu-ray version was released on May 5, 2015.
Heavy Metal and Arrow Books produced a magazine sized comic tie-in to the film, by Stephen R. Bissette & Rick Veitch, which rather than being a straight adaptation, varies wildly and humorously from the film.[21]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 39%, based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The critical consensus reads, "Steven Spielberg's attempt at screwball comedy collapses under a glut of ideas, confusing an unwieldy scope for a commensurate amount of guffaws."[22] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[23]
Writer Bob Gale defended the film in a DVD documentary:
- It is down in the history books as a big flop, but it wasn't a flop. The movie didn't make the kind of money that Steven's other movies, Steven's most successful movies have made, obviously. But the movie was by no means a flop. And both Universal and Columbia have come out of it just fine.
Spielberg joked at one point that he considered converting 1941 into a musical halfway into production and mused that "in retrospect, that might have helped."[24] In a 1990 interview with British film pundit Barry Norman, Spielberg admitted that the mixed reception to 1941 was one of the biggest lessons of his career citing personal arrogance that had gotten in the way after the runaway success of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He also regretted not ceding control of 1941's action and miniature sequences (such as the Ferris wheel collapse in the film's finale) to second unit directors and model units, something which he would do in his next film, Raiders of the Lost Ark.[25] He also said "Some people think that was an out-of-control production, but it wasn't. What happened on the screen was pretty out of control, but the production was pretty much in control. I don't dislike the movie at all. I'm not embarrassed by it — I just think that it wasn't funny enough."
Parodies of 1941 have cropped up in a number of unusual ways, including one by Spielberg himself. In an episode of Spielberg's Animaniacs, where Yakko, Wakko, and Dot inhabit a giant video store, a video copy of 1941 is used as a weapon, an exploding bomb.[26]
According to Jack Nicholson, director Stanley Kubrick allegedly told Spielberg that 1941 was "great, but not funny."[27]
The film received three nominations at the 1980 Academy Awards.[28]
- William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers and Gregory Jein for Best Effects Visual Effects (lost to Alien)
- William A. Fraker for Best Cinematography (lost to Apocalypse Now)
- Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene S. Cantamessa for Best Sound (lost to Apocalypse Now)
- Quote: "The special effects are beautifully done."[14]
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- Erickson, Glenn. "1941 - A giant comedy, only with guns!" DVD Savant, 1999. Retrieved: December 16, 2012.
- Heard 2006, p. 22.
- Nelson, Erik. "The Perfect Double Bill:'The Hurt Locker' and Bogart's 1943 'Sahara'." Salon, January 12, 2010.
- "First Person: Greg Jein." CBS Entertainment. Retrieved: October 19, 2011.
- Washington, Arlene (2017-06-26). "Paul De Rolf, Choreographer for 'Petticoat Junction' and Spielberg's '1941,' Dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- "Review of 1941 (1979)." Time Out, New York.
- Culhane 1981, pp. 126–129.
- Dolan 1985, pp. 98–99.
- "Trailer for 1941" on YouTube. Retrieved: October 10, 2012.
- "La-La Land Records, 1941." Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine La-La Land Records, September 27, 2011. Retrieved: October 8, 2011.
- 1941: Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Liner notes by Mike Matessino, La-La Land Records/Sony Music/NBCUniversal, 2011.
- "JWFan Exclusive – Interview with Producer Mike Matessino about '1941′." JWFan.com, September 26, 2011. Retrieved: October 8, 2011.
- McBride 2011, p. 298.
- Hunt, Bill. "1941 (Collector's Edition)" digitalbits.com, March 23, 1999. Retrieved: September 16, 2011.
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- Animaniacs: May 1996. "Animaniacs." Retrieved: February 10, 2007.
- Ciment et al. 2003, p. 297.
- "1941 Cast, Credit & Awards." The New York Times, 2011. Retrieved: September 16, 2011.
- Bonham, Joseph and Joe Kay, eds.Bombs Awaayyy!!! The Official 1941 Magazine. New York: Starlog Press, 1979.
- Bonham, Joseph and Joe Kay, eds. 1941: The Poster Book. New York: Starlog Press, 1979.
- Ciment, Michel, Gilbert Adair and Robert Bononno. "Interview: Jack Nicholson." Kubrick: The Definitive Edition. New York: Faber & Faber, Inc., 2003. ISBN 978-0-571-21108-1.
- Clarke, James. Steven Spielberg. London: Pocket Essentials, 2004. ISBN 1-904048-29-3.
- Culhane, John. Special Effects in the Movies: How They Do it. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981. ISBN 0-345-28606-5.
- Crawley, Tony. The Steven Spielberg Story. New York: William Morrow, 1983. ISBN 0-688-02510-2.
- Dolan, Edward F. Jr. Hollywood Goes to War. London: Bison Books, 1985. ISBN 0-86124-229-7.
- Erickson, Glenn and Mary Ellen Trainor. The Making of 1941. New York: Ballantine Books, 1980. ISBN 0-345-28924-2.
- Freer, Ian. The Complete Spielberg. New York: Virgin Books, 2001. ISBN 0-7535-0556-8.
- Heard, Christopher. Mickey Rourke: High and Low. Medford, New Jersey: Plexus Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-0-85965-386-2.
- McBride, Joseph. Steven Spielberg: A Biography. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60473-836-0.
- 1941, the making of (DVD Commentary). 1999.
- Sinyard, Neil. The Films of Steven Spielberg. London: Bison Books, 1986. ISBN 0-86124-352-8.
- "Steven Spielberg: The Collectors Edition". Empire Magazine, 2004.
Further reading
- "Review of 1941". Time Out, New York. 1979. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
External links
- 1941 at AllMovie
- 1941 at Box Office Mojo
- 1941 on IMDb
- 1941 at Rotten Tomatoes


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By Stephen Hawkins
AP Sports Writer
Texas Tech pitcher Davis Martin remembers what he was told when he got to the College World Series as a freshman two years ago, a message the right-hander appreciates much more with another opportunity.
"Enjoy every second of this because you never know if you're going to come back," Martin said. "Then we left, I was like 'Oh my gosh, I didn't embrace it enough.' And then just the blessing to go back again is just unbelievable."
The Red Raiders (44-18) are going from their Lubbock campus to Omaha for the third time in five seasons. Their CWS opener is Sunday night against defending national champion Florida — the Gators were also the No. 1 national seed in 2016, when they lost to Texas Tech in an elimination game in which Martin pitched seven scoreless innings.
Coach Tim Tadlock hasn't revealed his CWS pitching plans. Among the potential starters are Martin (7-5, 4.50 ERA), sophomore right-hander Caleb Kilian (9-2, 3.04 ERA) and lefty Dylan Dusek (3-0, 2.03), the fifth-year senior dealing with a blister on his finger and the only player to be on all three of Texas Tech's CWS teams.
The lone position player still in the lineup from the College World Series two years ago is senior shortstop Michael Davis, then the second baseman and a kid who grew up across the street from the Tech campus.
"Honestly, I almost gave up baseball when I was probably 13 or 14," Davis said Wednesday. "I went to Lubbock High School, kind of fell in love with it again my freshman year, made varsity, played varsity for four years, and really got back into it. … I couldn't be happier with where I'm at in my life right now."
Davis' 12th homer of the season was a tiebreaking two-run shot that put Texas Tech ahead to stay in their super regional clincher against Duke.
While the Red Raiders didn't win the Big 12 regular season title this year after being the preseason favorite, or even the conference tournament, they swept through the NCAA Lubbock Regional and got to host their third super regional after Duke upset No. 8 national seed Georgia in the Athens Regional.
Texas Tech lost seven of 10 games late in the regular season. That stretch included losing consecutive Big 12 series at TCU and at home against Texas, the other Big 12 team going to Omaha and in the same bracket as the Red Raiders.
"Really proud of the team," Davis said. "Battled back and showed up Monday and walked away with it."
After dropping a pair of one-run games in their first CWS appearance in 2014, including the opener to Big 12 foe TCU, the Red Raiders dropped their 2016 opener in Omaha — another one-run loss to TCU. The victory over Florida followed before being eliminated by national champion Coastal Carolina.
They didn't get to go back to Omaha last year. Needing to win only one more game in the Lubbock Regional, they instead dropped consecutive one-run games to Sam Houston State.
"It was one of those things that you have such high expectations every year now. When I got here my freshman year, they had just gotten to Omaha," Davis said. "When you lose the way we did, you're 2-0 and then you drop the next two in that regional, it hurts."
During a team meeting Wednesday, Tadlock asked if any of the older guys had anything they wanted to say. Martin told his teammates about one of his 2016 memories — not his seven scoreless innings, but about the kids in the outfield stands during batting practice.
"I think coach Tadlock was expecting something inspirational," said Martin, who recalled the team going through about three buckets of balls their first day in Omaha two years ago. "I said about 3,000 kids want a ball. … you get one ball to give away."


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- 100 grams egg whites
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- 14 grams cocoa powder
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup nutella
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2-4 tbsp milk more, or less, as needed
Macaron Shells
- Before you start, get all of your ingredients ready. Prepare a large piping bag, fitted with a large round tip. Set aside.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon mat or a prepared macaron mat!
- Measure out all of your ingredients.
- Sift powdered sugar, almond flour, and cocoa powder together. Set aside.
- Place egg whites and granulated sugar in a heat proof bowl or in a double boiler. Over a pan of simmering water, whisk the whites and sugar until frothy and sugar completely melted. It will take a couple minutes. You can test by touching the mixture between your fingers, and if you feel any sugar granules just keep whisking mixture over the water bath. Make sure to whisk the whole time so the eggwhites dont set!
- Make sure the bottom of the bowl isn't touching the simmering water.
- Transfer mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment!
- start whisking mixture on low for about 30 seconds, then gradually start increasing speed to medium. Whisk on medium for one to two minutes, until mixture is white and starting to become fluffy. Raise speed to high for a few minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Best way to check this is to keep your eye on the whites. Once they get glossy and you start seeing streaks formed by the whisk, it might be time to stop.
- Whisk until stiff peaks have formed. When you pull your whisk up, the peak should form a bird's beak shape, but shouldn't be falling to the side, the peak should be stiff, forming a slightly curved shape at the top.
- Pour powdered sugar and almond flour into the stiff whites.
- Start folding gently forming a letter J with a spatula.
- Add the food coloring at this point, if using. You can add a bit of brown food coloring to enhance the color of the shells if you want to.
- It's time to stop folding when the batter is glossy and has a thick and flowing consistency.
- I pick up some batter with my spatula and try to draw a figure 8 with the batter that is dripping off the spatula. If you can form several 8 figures without the batter breaking up, that's one indication that it might be ready.
- What helped me is to think of a spongcake batter. Close to that consistency will definitely work. Rather a little too thick than loose. Once its too loose its hard to save it.
- Transfer batter to a piping bag fitted with a round tip.
- Place piping bag directly 90 degrees over the center of each macaron template. Apply equal pressure and carefully pipe for about 3 seconds, and then quickly pull the bag up twisting slightly.
- Once you've piped as many circles as you could, bang the trays (hard) against the counter a few times each. This will release air bubbles that are in the batter and prevent your macaron shells from cracking.
- Use a toothpick or cake teater to gently poke any bubbles of air that may have formed on the surface of the macaron shells.
- Let your trays sit for a while so the shells will dry out a little bit. I usually leave about 20-40 minutes, depending on how humid the day is. You'll know they're ready when you gently touch the surface of a macaron and it seems dry. I topped mine with somw sprinkles before i let them dry but that is optional.
- Pre-heat the oven to 325F.
- Bake one tray at a time.
- Bake for 5 minutes, rotate tray.
- Bake for 5 more minutes. Rotate again.
- I bake each tray for a total of 14-16 minutes rotating every 5 minutes. But this all depends on your oven. You might have to gonlonger or shorter depending on how big or small you make your macarons.
- When baked, the macarons will have a deeper color and formed feet. Let cool completely before taking them off the mat and they will come off effortless.
- Remove from the oven and bake the other tray. Let the macarons cool down before proceeding with the filling.
- Place butter in the bowl of an electric mixer with a whisk or paddle attachment.
- Cream the butter for 1 minute.
- Add Nutella and mix to combine.
- Add sifted powdered sugar and salt.
- Mix on low until powdered sugar is incorporated.
- Raise speed to medium high and cream for another minute.
- Add milk, as necessary. If the buttercream has the perfect consistency, skip on adding the milk. If the buttercream seems dry, add milk. If the buttercream is too runny after adding the milk, add more sifted powdered sugar. Add one tablespoon at a time so it doesnt get too runny.
- Add to a piping bag with desired tip.
- Pipe some filling in half of the macarons. Top with another shell.
- Once done place in a air tight container and keep in fridge for up to a week. Take out 10-15 minutes before eating.


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Object of the game is for each player to construct his or her own 'cootie' first. Roll the dice see if you match up to put parts on your weird looking bug.
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With Wilshire Country Club closed to players on Sunday, Lydia Ko took the day off and went to the beach in Santa Monica where a seagull, making a dive for her sandwich, managed to take a bite of her too.
Ko knows all too well what it's like to be bombarded – with questions, expectations and requests. Having a bird try to steal her lunch might be the most normal part of her day, particularly after winning for the first time in three years the day prior.
For rookie Patty Tavatanakit, however, the increased attention has already felt a bit overwhelming. Tavatanakit, 21, held off a hard-charging Ko at the ANA Inspiration earlier this month for a wire-to-tire victory in the desert. She returns to the tour at this week's Hugel Air Premia LA Open, where she and Ko are grouped together in the first two rounds along with Jessica Korda. The trio tee off at 4:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
"I feel like I had to constantly be self-aware and just tell myself to calm down or focus more," said Tavatanakit moments after signing an autograph. "I've been kind of trying to be disciplined on doing my meditation to help with that."
Tavatanakit is friendly by nature and while she doesn't want to change her demeanor, she is aware that increased attention leads to a decrease in energy.
"I just feel like sometimes, I just want a moment to myself," she said, "and just everyone please ignore me like I'm not here."
At least the vibe this week is a familiar one for Tavatanakit as she went to school 7 miles down the road at UCLA. On Sunday, the Thai bomber brought Randy's doughnuts out to the Bruins' practice. The UCLA team typically practices out at Wilshire on Wednesday mornings.
"I basically like grew up as a good dominant player in college here in this city," said Tavatanakit, who won seven times as a Bruin, "so it means a lot just to come back and play here."
Ko, meanwhile, is navigating a different kind of comeback. The former No. 1, who turns 24 on Saturday, followed up a closing 62 at the ANA with a seven-stroke victory at the Lotte Championship, finishing at 28-under par. She's 38 under in her last 90 holes.
The Kiwi's 16th career victory moved her to No. 7 in the world, cracking the top 10 in the Rolex Rankings for the first time since February 2018. Ko has been ranked in the top 10 for 40 percent of her career.
"To say that my life was turned upside down after the win, I don't think that is the truth," said Ko. "Obviously it was great just to be in contention and then end up winning. I think that settled some of the doubts I had in myself.
"But after that, yeah, you know, I think there was some mixed emotions, but I felt pretty calm about everything and just I felt pretty calm playing. That's where I feel like it should be."


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Chef in the Market
Our Chef in the Market program is temporarily paused during the pandemic until we have clearance from the Health Department on proceeding. Thanks for your understanding.
We are always looking for something with that extra sparkle to help make your visit on Tuesday just a bit more special. One popular event is our 'Chef in the Market' program.
Coming to your Market this season!
Chef in the Market
Bringing it fresh and local, from the farm to the frying pan, right on site at the Market. On select weeks we will invite a special guest chef to come in with a recipe or two using ingredients from our vendors. Watch them cook it up, ask questions on preparation, taste the result then make up your own batch at home. It's that easy!


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On October 25, Lei Fanpei, chairman of China State Shibuilding Corporation, met with Thomas Topfer, chief executive officer of Rheinhold & Mahla, in Beijing. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges and reached consensus on strengthening exchanges and cooperation to promote mutual benefit and win-win result. Nan Daqing, deputy general manager of CSSC, attended the meeting.
Lei Fanpei welcomed Thomas Topfer's visit and gave a briefing on the latest development of the CSSC and the progress of the large cruise project. At present, CSSC is actively developing ocean defense equipment industry, shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment industry, ocean technology innovation and application industry and shipbuilding and offshore engineering service industry, and striving to build the world's leading ocean technology industrial group, Lei said. The large-scale cruise project is a major scientific and technological innovation project of CSSC. It is speeding up the implementation as planned. In the process, we need to cooperate closely with all parties. R&M has advanced technology and rich experience. We hope that the two sides will strengthen exchanges and communication, carry out pragmatic cooperation, promote mutual benefit and win-win result.
Thomas Topfer agreed with Mr. Lei's proposal and introduced the business development of R&M. Thomas Topfer said CSSC is a world-class shipbuilding group with mighty strength in ship design and shipbuilding. R&M hopes to be able to participate in CSSC's large cruise project and cooperate more closely with CSSC.
Responsible persons of relevant departments and relevant member units of CSSC headquarters attended the meeting.
About CSSC
China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) ,established on the I st of July,1999,is an extralarge conglomerate and state-authorized investment institution directly administered by the central government of China.It boasts its being the mainstay of the shipbuilding industry in China. CSSC's main business is shipbuilding, covering both the naval and civil products. As for the naval ships,CSSC is capable of building almost various kinds of warship and auxiliary vessels as well as the related equipment for the Chinese Navy,thus earning the position as the backbone forces backing-up the Chinese Navy in terms of its construction.In the field of civil ships,CSSC is adept in building any kinds of modern ships fully complying with the rules and regulations of any classification societies in the world and meeting the requirements of any international general standards and safety conventions and being able to travel through any sort of waterways.CSSC boasts its wide spectrum of products, ranging from the conventional oil tankers and bulk carriers to the sophisticated and state-of-the-art vessels,such as LNG carriers,VLCCs,chemical carriers,ro/ro passenger freight ships,large containerships,large LPG carriers,large self-un loading ships,high speed ships and various civil ships and offshore engineering facilities.So far,CSSC has already exported a large number of ships to more than 50 countries and regions all around the world.
About R&M
R&M is a global provider of individual and turnkey solutions for interior outfitting on board all types of ships. The extensive portfolio comprises all interior design services, including consulting, engineering, design, planning, implementation and production of new builds, conversions, and repairs.
In addition, thermal and acoustic insulation, noise and vibration protection, installation systems (walls, floors, ceilings, doors, bathrooms and cabins), design and installation of air conditioning and ventilation systems (HVAC) as well as the construction or installation of piping, sanitary facilities and furniture belong to our services.


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Eggplant or zucchini ikra (caviar), which should really be called a spread or a dip – both words have made it into Russian – has been a Soviet staple for quite some time.
Allegedly the dish came to Russia in the seventeenth century, and by the 1970s became widely available in supermarkets, often among the very few things available. It is something every Soviet citizen was familiar with. I grew up with a jar of the stuff almost always in the fridge or on the table, and used to really like it (and still do). What I didn't know was that people used to laugh at it. Widely available but little desired, it was the subject to jokes (oh, the Soviet sense of humor!) and ridicule.
Recently, Russian food blogger Yulia opened my eyes to the story behind eggplant or zucchini caviar, as told by Russian food historian Pavel Syutkin. A very famous Soviet comedy film, Ivan Vassilyevich Changes his Profession, is about a Soviet engineer who invents a time machine and ends up in the time of Ivan the Terrible, where he is mistaken for the tsar. And he is taken to a banquet where black and red caviar are served in huge quantities, along with a drop of eggplant ikra, called "zamorskaya," or overseas ikra. It was obviously a joke, but after the movie (all Soviet movies were viewed by everyone, as there simple wasn't much other entertainment on offer) came out, the fashion of serving eggplant caviar began, and the stuff started flying off the shelves.
That's store-bought caviar, but in the southern parts of the USSR, where eggplants and zucchini grow in abundance, a home-made variety was made.
It was also made by those who love their dacha, a Russian summer house outside of town, that people either love or hate, or love to hate. Yulia is one who outright hates it. Her memories of weekends spent at the dacha are of the hard work of pulling weeds, less than perfect conditions, and a desire to return home as quickly as possible.
Yulia didn't start appreciating the whole farm-to-table, organic and homegrown produce thing until her 20s. Sometimes you need to go away to start appreciating what you had, and that's what happened with Yulia. She went to university in the city to study PR. She then did an internship at a big cosmetics company, which was supposed to turn into a job, which would have been a dream. But that crashed and burned thanks to a rude and sexist HR head who, having never seen Yulia before, told her that her English was no good and that there was no place for her in the company. Yulia cried for a week, and then got on a bus for six hours to Chelyabinsk, where she applied for an overseas job through ISIC. She was given a choice between postings in Poland or Sri Lanka, and chose Sri Lanka.
The decision to go to Sri Lanka was fateful for Yulia. She was shocked at first, especially since the young overseas exchange workers didn't have the best of living conditions. But she also met people who opened her eyes to the world and who became great friends. She also met her husband there.
And it was in Sri Lanka that she learned to cook: on her way to the bus stop she saw a sign reading "cooking school." Intrigued at what it might be, she walked in and met an older French chef who, having worked in expensive hotels and restaurants, had semi-retired to Sri Lanka and opened a small cooking school. The school was small and there were times when Yulia was the only student. It was quite cheap, so she could afford it, and made Yulia fall in love with cooking. She was so excited to make her own tiramisu – a dessert she'd only had in restaurants before! And she always liked going out to restaurants, as soon as she could (kind of) afford it: out of her R500 weekly allowance she would spend R100 on one cup of coffee at a cafe. Because it was a cafe, and to a 90s kid, cafes are extra special.
Fast Forward to today, Yulia lives in Germany with her Sri Lankan husband and one-year-old son. She has a successful English language blog where she writes about her cooking and travel adventures. Still, she misses some childhood treats, including eggplant caviar. It goes well with rye bread and Soviet movies, especially Ivan Vassilyevich Changes his Profession.
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Nokia has announced the availability of the Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB phone, worldwide.
Featuring dedicated keys for music and gaming, the Nokia N81 mobile phone also provides 3D Multimedia Menu to bring a new user interface to the Nokia Nseries range.
With the new menu, it makes it easy for users to find digital content and the internet as well as share the memorable experiences with others, including family and friends.
Jonas Geust, vice president, Multimedia, Nokia, commented "Accessing your portable music and games collection is not enough anymore. Today people want to be more in control of how and where they consume their digital entertainment. They want to discover new favorites and share them without being confined to one location – and it's devices like the Nokia N81 that facilitate this."
Nokia N81 phone also features a built-in Nokia Music Players to create playlists and manage music collections on the move. User can also experience advanced sound quality by high-quality headphones or speakers with the standard 3.5mm headphone connector.
Nokia also provides a preview of the N-Gage games service, including playable demos of EA SPORTS FIFA 07, Asphalt 3: Street Rules and Space Impact Light. After the launch of N-Gage later this year, the full N-Gage application will also be available for download. Thus, users can play all N-Gage games for free and buy only the ones they want.
Nokia N81 and N81 8GB Multimedia handsets carries a price tag of 360 EUR (approx. Rs. 20,492) and 430 EUR (approx. Rs. 24,477), respectively, before subsidies and taxes.


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Thanks to her powerhouse voice, Thembeka Mnguni's now booking gigs left, right and centre -- and she couldn't be happier.
"I keep laughing because I can't believe that all of this is happening to me," The Voice SA finalist gushes. "It's all very exciting and I'm very happy."
Read more: Incredible news for The Voice contestants! The songstress released the video for her single, Brave, under Universal Music with whom she signed earlier this year. Her fast-growing career means not only success for Thembeka (33), but for her five-year-old autistic son, Sabelo, too.
Some quality time with my amazing son. ... I love him so much
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"I sit and cry sometimes, because I can't believe that God picked me to do this. It's amazing that I don't have to pick up the phone and call my manager to ask 'what gigs do we have?' because we are inundated with calls for jobs and gigs, it's been such a blessing," she says.
"Most of all, I'm glad that I am now able to pay my son's school fees. He is doing so well at his autistic school and I don't have the worry I had before, it's all coming together."
Thembeka released her first music video for her single, Brave, today. PHOTO: Supplied
The Voice SA is in fact what got her back into her lane. After a promising start to her singing career with a part in a musical that toured the Far East, life didn't go as planned and several hard knocks saw Thembeka give up on a career in music and work as a recruitment specialist instead.
But then a friend persuaded her to try out for The Voice SA and she used the last bit of money she had – all of R13 – to take a taxi to the auditions.
Read more: Ashton Kutcher shares The Voice SA contestant's video on Facebook
She couldn't have chosen a more appropriate song than Alicia Keys' Brand New Me for the blind auditions, during which contestants sing while the judges' chairs face away from them. And her heartfelt had judge Karen Zoid turning her chair around 15 seconds after she started singing.
Legions of fans have joined Karen in Thembeka's camp – and her success is all the more heartwarming when you hear just how full of potholes her road to The Voice's stage has been.
Thembeka didn't win the main prize -- the honour went to Richard Stirton -- Universal Music South Africa wasn't going to let her get away.
The record label announced they were offering Thembeka and fellow finalist Zoë Modiga record deals of their own soon after the show ended.
So now that her dream has finally come true, what was the highlight of her music video experience?
"I think the fact that I had my own dancers behind me and the smoke machines, it was all so amazing and surreal," she says.
What do you think of Thembeka's new video? Have your say on our Facebook page.


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This beautiful gift box contains three of ItalianaVera's incredible sauces:
+ Vegetariana, with eggplant, zucchini, and bell peppers
+ Aulive e Chiappariell, with olives and capers
+ Mamma Mia, with eggplant.
Italianavera sauces are handmade and slow-cooked in small batches over a long period of time in Campania, Southern Italy by Owner Diana Attianese. You will immediately notice on the ingredients the fresh, natural, whole Italian ingredients of the highest quality. This is what makes the difference in her sauces' visual appearance and flavor.
Net weight: 3-9.88 oz jars
Ingredients: Vegetariana (diced tomatoes 74%, vegetables 27% (eggplant, zucchini, pepper), extra virgin olive oil. garlic, salt, fresh parsley, fresh basil)
Aulive e Chiappariell (diced tomato 83%, Gaeta pitted black olives 9%, extra virgin olive oil, Sicilian capers 3%, garlic, fresh basil, salt)
Mamma Mia (diced tomato 73%, hand cut eggplant 21%, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, fresh basil, salt)
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Nest Home Staging & Design also works with contractors and property investors to prepare their investment property for market. From design conception to selecting finishes, we provide knowledgeable, on-trend design services to contractors and investors.
Whatever the client's need, Nest Home Staging & Design has an affordable solution. We deliver professional, friendly service and a high quality product at the best price.


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My original plan for writing this piece had been to follow the course of one of London's 'Lost Rivers' downstream to the Thames. The aim was to take a walk, meandering around side streets and trickling along 'A' roads, as somewhere far beneath, the ghost of an old river, perhaps now in a gutter, ran towards its mouth.
London is home to several such lost rivers, including the Fleet, the Walbrook, Falcon Brook, Neckinger, Ambrook and my local, the mysterious sounding Effra, which are just some of the city's vanished, or vanquished, Thames tributaries.
If you're of a certain disposition, it is hard not to feel the tang of romance that such names can evoke. For many of these old watercourses, at least in written records of their senile stages, the story is one of human-driven decline, as they silted up, slowed, flooded inconveniently and began to stink of the…
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Classrooms are important. Though the concept of learning within the four walls is widely criticized in the light of modern advances in education, it remains a fact that a lot of actual learning does happen within these four walls! Further, how much the students learn and how much they retain has a lot to do with the features of the classroom. A good school classroom should imbibe a set of features that provide for a conducive learning environment for the children.
At Hallmark, we are amongst the top 10 schools in panchkula, and we are glad that we have set up our classrooms adhering to the best standards of teaching and learning.
Here are some of the salient features of a Hallmark classroom that make it an ideal classroom:
Classroom Layout
The planning and layout of a classroom have a lot of impact on the students' learning experience. All the classrooms have been laid out in such a way that each student, even the one sitting at the last corner feels involved in the happenings of the classroom. Students often sit facing each other, which is our way of promoting interactions and starting constructive discussions amongst students. Our classrooms are adequately spacious and air-conditioned.
Teaching & Learning Aids
The classrooms have been equipped with state-of-art equipment like projectors, audio-visual systems, and other digital learning aids which have helped the students gain immensely. Our students are able to pick up concepts faster and retain them thoroughly by the use of the teaching and learning aids.
Creative Environment
Hallmark being a top school in Panchkula truly believes that a creative mind breeds only in a creative environment. Therefore, we have made sure that all our classrooms exhibit the qualities and characteristics that portray creativity at the best. We have aesthetically pleasing furniture, well-maintained interiors and a clean environment which is adorned with the students' creations, which inspire students to be at their best when in the classroom.
Together through all these, and more features, the Hallmark classrooms certainly make the students look forward to each day at school!


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As on 9th Dec 2021 Lloyds Steels Industries (LSIL) Share Price closed at 11.30. And today again on upper circuit.
It's a good time to enter. Stock is not in the overbought zone now.
About LSIL
Lloyds Steels Industries is the designer and Manufacturer of Heavy Equipment, Machinery and Systems for Hydro Carbon Sector, Oil & Gas, Steel Plants, Power Plants, Nuclear Plant Boilers and Turnkey Projects.
Fundamental Analysis
The PE ratio of the company is greater than 40. Currently it is 1,991.23 while the sector PE is 65.54 as per Ticker Tape. This is not a good indicator.
But what's more interesting is the increased promoter holdings in the company. In last 6 months, promoter holding in the company has increased by 7.30% which is a positive indicator. It reflects the confidence of promoters in the company. Pledged promoter holdings is also insignificant
Standalone net profit rises 236.21% in the September 2021 quarter though sales decline 55.01%
Technical Analysis
The price pattern is promising
Last week (From 3rd Dec 2021 to 9th Dec) it has resulted in a 20 % return and in the last year 927.27% return.
A long-term increase is expected in this stock.
Pic: Ticker Tape.
The views and investment tips expressed here are purely based on my intuitions out of the mathematical analysis done and current news. What suits you better is something to be decided by you. What is in fancy today may become outdated tomorrow. So above every recommendations, it's your logical intuitions, investment objectives and risk tolerance that matters the most. After all, it's your money at stake!!


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The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. – Frank Zappa
Analytics has never been sexier in the world of business. Big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are all terms that fill executives with excitement at their potential, or with dread at falling behind.
Yet as recently as three years ago, an online job search would have returned very few AI-titled jobs. Now there are hundreds. What changed? What do these terms mean, really? How seriously should they be taken?
AI is essentially 60 years old. From 1960 on, top scientists, particularly at MIT, Carnegie Mellon and Stanford began attempting to replicate human intelligence. The research was funded by DARPA, the Pentagon's research funding arm. If you are spending billions on defense, and the smartest people out there say they are five years from building autonomous robots, giving them millions to prove it seemed like a bargain. Research continued through the decades but was not taken seriously by industry.
Here are four of the principal methods of artificial intelligence and their historical impact:
Expert systems. In the '70s and '80s, researchers attempted to extract the knowledge of human experts and embed them in "rule-based systems" that would act as digital experts.
The expert system works, up to a point. Expert systems could do a credible job solving narrow, complex problems that responded well to decision trees. They were able to optimize the mapping of complex computer networks and, interestingly, were as good at doctors at diagnosing patients at the point of intake — most medical diagnosis follows a narrow (but deep) list of possibilities to eliminate or explore until a diagnosis is made.
But for seemingly simpler tasks, expert systems faltered. It turns out that the number of implicit rules in even simple human activities are vast and difficult to document, let alone replicate.
Classic machine learning. As it became apparent that computers could not be force-fed information and respond consistently with actionable intelligence, more ambitious efforts were made to create computers that would learn from experience and become incrementally smarter, like a child learning.
Here too, it quickly became apparent that human cognition is complex to the point that we really don't understand it, let alone how to model it. So artificial intelligence was viewed as a noble failure.
But there was always a sense that the research investments in AI were paying off. The efforts at defining rules led to the development of Object Oriented Programming, a foundational element of modern programming. And rule-based systems became subsumed under the category of algorithms, central to data science today.
An old joke in the AI community alluded to this pattern — "AI is the stuff we can't do yet" Still, the goal of autonomous intelligence was not close to being realized.
Behavioral robotics. As it became clear that modeling the operations of human brains was beyond current science, a professor at MIT, Rodney Brooks, turned the problem on its head: Why not apply machine learning to imitating the simplest of creatures — bugs, even amoebas? Those are simple enough to understand.
This "bottom up" vs. "top down" approach to artificial intelligence proved successful and dovetailed nicely into research in the '80s and '90s on complexity theory, the study of how simplicity naturally coalesces into complexity in nature.
Deep learning. This brings us to artificial intelligence today, and its chief success, Deep learning. Deep learning takes advantage of the low cost of IT technology and the massive amount of data produced by the internet and attached devices. What was brittle 30 years ago when machine learning and neural networks produced shallow results, deep learning now allows the system to run far more iterations and learn more rigorous lessons from the data.
As for the question you are all really pondering: Will computers become our benevolent overlords? They are unlikely to become our overlords, but if they do, they are unlikely to be benevolent.
Isaac Cheifetz is a Minneapolis-based executive search consultant focused on leadership roles in analytics and digital transformation. Go to catalytic1.com to read past columns or to contact him.


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Self-care is touted as a way to treat ourselves with feel-good products and services that restore our mental and physical health. But contrarians think that the wellness industry has taken this buzzword to an unnecessary level of extravagance. (I mean, do you really need to attend $36 fitness classes for the sake of your well-being?) At least we can trust kids to know that the true meaning behind taking care of yourself is doing more of what makes you feel good — without breaking the bank. With that in mind, fourth-year kindergarten teacher, Azel "Zel" Prather Jr., created a "Holiday Hook-up" self-care day for his students in Washington, DC. He went above and beyond by reaching out to hairstylists, barbers, nail techs, and other volunteers to pamper his class.
"Students have to know someone who looks like them and talks like them, and cares about them…inside and out of the classroom," he told Because of Them We Can. Zel explained how important it is for parents to see their children getting the care that they deserve — especially when some don't have the resources or time.
"I believe if you look good, you feel good and if you feel good, you do good. I just want them to feel good for the holidays," he said.
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As the Executive Director of the Prather Foundation, whose mission is to "inspire, empower and connect the youth with purposeful programming and the commitment of devoted mentors," Zel enriches the lives of his students by helping them become successful leaders. Beyond preparing his students for the holidays with haircuts, braiding, and nail polish, he also hosts an annual "Zelf on the Shelf" toy drive," where his foundation partners with primary schools to provide holiday gifts to students.
Zel is not the only teacher who acknowledges that students deserve a day to themselves. Some states and cities have gone as far as passing laws that allow students excused absences for mental as well as physical reasons. After all, school stress can be the reason your child needs a mental health break in the first place.
When burnout gets overwhelming for students, their first instinct is to stay home. But, imagine an institution where self-care comes to you? Now that's a school I'd want to send my child to.


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This is so horrible, but so funny. It's a must see. And we can be glad that Disney did not make the original Star Wars films, although this may have been an improvement over the prequels.
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We've enjoyed an exciting week, here at the Scheu abode. Matt finished up his first senior year at U Indy and came home for the summer. We got to meet Ms. Taylor, who seems very sweet. Abby continued to wind down her high school dance career as she had pictures along with classes this week. Pictures are a sure sign that the year is nearly done. She attended her senior prom with Trevin and was received a big surprise! Luke continued to be a two-sport athlete with baseball practices, track practices and a track meet this week. Ann's hard work culminated with her After-Prom at the Fieldhouse this weekend. It was a huge success and she received numerous compliments again this year. She had a smaller team this year behind the scenes, but they did a great job! It is a labor of love for Ann, organizing this shindig every year, but she pays the price for it as she can barely move as I write this entry today. I feel old as we are about to embark on a time period where we have two kids in college and one in high school. The next time we'll have one in junior high will be as a grandchild – yikes! Despite the busy schedule, I was able to get in nearly 21 miles of walking this week. I was bummed to hear that I missed the annual mini marathon in Indy as I would love to try and walk it one of these years. I'm hoping I can do the Columbus one this year; as I'd really like to challenge myself to accomplish this distance. I hit the 30-pound milestone of my diet this week. Don't get me wrong; I'm still a lard-ass, but I've noticed little things like being able to fit into the booths at El Reparo w/o having to move the table, which is pretty cool! The results of this diet are a little slower than I'd like, but I'm getting there. I'm almost to the halfway mark of my goal… Dad & Lynn made it back up to Jersey safely, riding a cool train that also brought their car as well! This is the start of their busy season as they visit lots of family this spring. We still haven't seen Ms. Phyllis but hope we can see her soon – we miss those Hellmichs… Speaking of Spring; seems we missed ours again this year. This week it went from winter to summer. It was just last week we were having frost warnings and now this week, we had the windows open and the fans running. We don't even have the crawl spaces open yet. Hello again and welcome to the latest entry of the Scheu Family Blog.
It was a cool start to the week as we returned to work and school. Luke had track practice. After school, Abby & Ann went to Dixon for the night for dance pictures and practice. I walked a 5K on a gorgeous afternoon. I wish every day could be like that! When we got back in to town, Luke & I had baseball practice out on diamond 1 at the complex. I was thrilled to see Stargate SG-1 return to TV that night (thanks Comet!), so of course we (by which I mean me with Ann sleeping) watched the first five episodes of the series this week. As promised, here are the rest of the Show Stopper pictures from Breach Grove – Abby's final Regional dance competition.
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Luke had detention after school on Tuesday due to jacking around in class with Drew too much last week then went on to track practice. As he knows, if he gets in trouble at school, he also gets in trouble at home. He lost his phone and PS4 when he got home that night. Abby did not go into work after school so that she could attend Senior Night at Trevin's varsity track meet. Ann worked on After Prom stuff and graduation announcements when we got home from work. After a fast day at work, I walked a 5K on a hot, 85-degree afternoon. Bryan, Matt & I had a coaches meeting at the Sunken Boat Bar that night. We now have a pitching rotation, a batting order and some ideas on our defense, so things are coming together for our young team. But we have a lot of work to do…
Luke went to track practice after school on Wednesday. Abby & Ann had tap and jazz classes at DDS that evening. I got in another 5K in the nearly-90-degree heat that afternoon. Luke & I had baseball practice with Bryan & Drew that evening on diamond 1. We worked on batting but still have a long way to go. Here are pictures from Abby's Senior Trip to Chicago last week.
On Thursday, it rained mid-morning but cleared up in time for me to walk another 5K after a long day at work on a humid but dry afternoon. Ann & I left Columbus early to attend Luke's track meet vs. Jennings County. He participated in the same four events again that night: discus – 4th (75'), high jump – 2nd (4' 10"), shot put – 2nd (41' 2"), and 4 x 100 relay – 1st (51 seconds). We'll have pictures from tonight in next week's blog. Abby went to Trevin's for dinner on his 18th birthday. Luke & I grabbed drive thru for a quick dinner then watched DVR'ed shows. Here are pictures from Luke's track meet last week vs. rival Batesville.
Ann had the day off on Friday, which was May the Fourth (Be With You) to begin decorating the Fieldhouse for After Prom. Luke enjoyed a rare day off from sports. Abby & Trevin went to prom dinner with their friends to the Eagle's Nest, which is a rotating restaurant at the top of the Hyatt Regency (way cool!). The four of them stopped for pictures at the Fieldhouse and Gigi hooked Bu up with the Escape! Thanks Gigi! Matt took Taylor out for their 1st lunch date to a nice Italian restaurant in Indy called Iozzo's Garden of Italy. I left work early to come help Ann setup at After Prom. This year's theme is "Vintage Carnival." We'll have lots of pictures next week. The kids looked good all dressed up for dinner. I walked the 5K track at the high school on another gorgeous day, up around 80 degrees. Matt came home for the summer after his last final exam that night then went out to dinner with his buddies at ElRep. Luke & I grabbed drive through for a quick bite and then he drove solo for the first time as we picked up Abby's car at Memaw & Gigi's and he drove it home. Way to go, Dukester! Ann came home fairly early as compared to years' past, worn out from her long day. Here are some random pictures from our recent adventures.
Ann was up early on Saturday to get the Fieldhouse inspected by the Fire Marshal…they passed with flying colors. Luke & I had baseball practice out at the complex with Bryan, Drew and our new Marlins team. Luke was supposed to puppy-sit for Gma & Gigi, but Jamie did it instead, which allowed Luke to go with Matt up to Indy to get more stuff out of his apartment and move it home. Ann went with Abby to Columbus all day to get her hair & makeup done for Prom. I wrote out bills and when Luke got home, we went over to Mom & Sandy's and mowed / trimmed their lawn. We got home and quickly began working on our lawn. Thanks to Luke for finishing up the back yard as I had to jump in the shower when people started showing up at our house to get pictures of the kids. We got to meet Taylor, who was as cool as advertised. Trevin's mom and dad came over and Memaw, Gigi, Dee & Pixie also came out to see Ms. Abigail off. We did family pictures out in the front yard then went to the neighborhood behind us to the West's for more pictures before the kids went off to see other friends and get more pictures on their way to the big event. Luke went out to Oakley's house to spend the night. Matt, Taylor & I went to ElRep to grab a bite to eat on Cinco de Mayo. Ann went back to the Fieldhouse for last-minute preparations. I ran out to Bryan & Angie's to borrow a pair of flood lights (thx guys!). After dinner, we met up with Ann and the Messers at the Elementary to watch the kids walk in to Prom. Abby & Trevin got to drive a late model red, convertible Mercedes Benz. Thanks to Britney & her mom for the last-minute rescue after the Crossfire broke down yesterday. Matt & Taylor went back to the house while Ann & I did a couple late-minute prep things before her open house for the public. When I finished, I went for a 3-mile, twilight walk in the park and then did some grocery shopping at Walmart before heading home. Matt went back out to the Fieldhouse to help Ann at After Prom while Ms. Taylor drove back home. Abby & Trevin came home to change clothes and I learned that Abs had been named Prom Queen! Way to go, Bu!! They said they had a lot of fun and were looking forward to heading back out to school to join up with Ann & Matt at the After-Prom event. I enjoyed a quiet night with the dogs, watching the taped NASCAR races until late. After being up nearly 24 hours, Ann finally made to bed about 530 or so in the morning. She said it went very well with no drama. We will have a ton of pictures from today's fun in next week's blog… For now, we have lots of social media pictures to share this week.
After only an hour or so of sleep, Ms. Ann was right back up to go open-up the Fieldhouse on a cool Sunday morning so the vendors could come get all their stuff moved out. She came home and took a nap for a couple hours. That allowed me to get started on our weekly household chores. We were all asleep when Abby called, wanting to be picked up from Trevin's house, where she had stayed the night. She & Matt went out for lunch and woke up Ann so we could join them for lunch at El Reparo. I got Abs one of their Cinco de Mayo t-shirts, as she was wondering why Matt got one yesterday and she didn't! I checked the fluids in all five vehicles and went out and got Luke from the Bests' house. Abby went in to work and Matt napped all afternoon after he & enjoyed a couple margaritas at lunch. Ann & the Wests went back out to the Fieldhouse to finish the clean-up and return some items. She & I returned the Escape to Gigi on a warm, summer day. Unfortunately, the sun didn't last as a cold front blew through and dropped a little rain on us. It remained mostly cloudy the rest of the day as we all took naps until the early evening. We took it easy the rest of the night as the boys played video games in the family room while Ann & I watched Fear and Talking Dead. I turned in early so I could be up at the ass-crack of dawn tomorrow in order to cook omelets for the staff to kick off Nursing Week.
Next up is our Waybac section, which continues to feature the last several pix from our next three family photo albums of our young family in the new century…with a few new pictures of Mom. We lead off this week with Mom & Moe in Rossville, decorating the house on the hill for Christmas in December 2001; next we move on to May 2002 for our big Florida vacation at Walt Disney World – first in Downtown Disney, then on Main St in Magic Kingdom, and a character dinner at the Polynesian; next we move on to December 2002: Bryan Family Christmas at Vird & Belinda's, Christmas Day in Ryle, Christmas lunch on Main St., Dee & Chad's bday party, and Scheu Family Christmas in Buck Creek with Dad & Barb; and finally, January 2003: Monster Jam in Indy, Matt & Abby in their "nightgowns" and then playing around the house during Christmas vacation.
Our final segment features our videos. This week, we have two new family home movies from this week as well as several from around the internet.
And that does it for this entry into the Scheu Family Blog. Thanks for keeping up with us this time out and we'll catch up with you again next time. Until then, have a good one. We miss you, Mom.
Later, Scheu


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Leukemia cutis preceding bone marrow relapse in acute monocytic leukemia
2 Department of Medical Laboratory Techniques, Technical Institute of Halabja, Sulaimani Polytechnic University; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Science, Komar University of Science and Technology, Iraq
Correspondence Address:
Najmaddin Khoshnaw
Department of Haematology, Hiwa Hospital, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region
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Khoshnaw N, Muhammad BA. Leukemia cutis preceding bone marrow relapse in acute monocytic leukemia. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2016;82:713-716
Leukemia cutis is a non-specific term used to describe an extra-medullary manifestation of any type of leukemia characterized by skin infiltration (epidermis, dermis or subcutaneous tissues) with neoplastic leukemic cells resulting in clinically identifiable skin lesions.[1],[2],[3]
A 50-year-old woman presented to the hematology department with a 2-week history of generalized nodular skin lesions along with mild bone pain and fever. The patient had a history of acute monocytic leukemia which was diagnosed 6 months prior to the present admission. She experienced a complete remission which lasted for 5–6 months following an induction course of chemotherapy with cytosine arabinocide and daunorubicin (7 + 3) and three additional consolidation courses of the same protocol (5 + 2).
On examination, we found that the skin lesions were of different shapes and sizes ranging from small to large nodules (0.5–3.0 cm in diameter), bullae and erythematous plaques distributed all over the body including the trunk and the ventral aspect of extremities. Tender nodules were felt on the extensor surface of the hands and shin [Figure - 1]a,[Figure - 1]b,[Figure - 1]c,[Figure - 1]d. She also had mild splenomegaly. A biopsy from the largest skin nodule on the upper part of the right leg revealed extensive mononuclear blast cell infiltration in the dermis and the subcutaneous tissue. The blasts had relatively abundant cytoplasm with dispersed chromatin [Figure - 2]a,[Figure - 2]b,[Figure - 2]c. Bone marrow examination at this point revealed 2% blasts and no blasts were detected in the peripheral blood film.
|Figure 1a: Morphological appearance of the skin lesions. Generalized skin lesions, consisting of violaceous subcutaneous nodules, papules, bullae and erythematous lesions on abdomen, per-umbilical
|Figure 1b: Morphological appearance of the skin lesions. Generalized skin lesions, consisting of violaceous subcutaneous nodules, papules, bullae and erythematous lesions on extensor surface of the hand showing a large nodule (3 cm × 2 cm).
|Figure 1c: Morphological appearance of the skin lesions. Generalized skin lesions, consisting of violaceous subcutaneous nodules, papules, bullae and erythematous lesions on lower extremities (plaster indicates the site of the skin biopsy)
|Figure 1d: Morphological appearance of the skin lesions. Generalized skin lesions, consisting of violaceous subcutaneous nodules, papules, bullae and erythematous lesions on extensor surface of the forearms showing skin lesions
|Figure 2a: Skin biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. Skin biopsy showing extensive infi ltration of dermis and subcutaneous tissue by mononuclear cells (H and E, ×40)
|Figure 2b: Skin biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. Skin biopsy showing extensive infi ltration of dermis and subcutaneous tissue by mononuclear cells (H and E, ×200)
|Figure 2c: Skin biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. Skin biopsy showing extensive infi ltration of dermis and subcutaneous tissue by mononuclear cells (H and E, ×400)
Three weeks following the appearance of the initial skin lesions, the symptoms gradually worsened and the patient developed severe pain in the bones coupled with high fever, anorexia, night sweats and productive cough with purpura and ecchymosis in the skin. Physical examination revealed gum hypertrophy with mild splenomegaly. Laboratory investigations revealed moderate anemia, leukocytosis and severe thrombocytopenia with an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 76 mm/h and raised lactate dehydrogenase levels of 564 IU.
Further investigations revealed obvious signs of relapsed acute monocytic leukemia in both the peripheral blood smear (5% of blasts) and the bone marrow aspirate (32% blasts) [Figure - 2]d. The blast cells were large with abundant moderately basophilic cytoplasm. Although a partial remission was obtained after a course of aggressive chemotherapy with FLAG-IDA (fludarabine 30 mg/m[2], Ara-C 2 g/m[2] for 5 days, idarubicin 10 mg/m[2] for 3 days and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor from day 6 until neutrophil recovery), the patient could not achieve a complete remission. Eventually, she died 35 days after the initial presentation with skin lesions. Death was attributed to complications including severe febrile neutropenia and septicemia.
|Figure 2d: Skin biopsy and bone marrow aspiration. Bone marrow aspiration showing extensive infiltration by monocytes and monoblasts (Leishman, ×400)
Leukemia cutis is an extramedullary skin infiltration which usually occurs in leukemias, especially in acute monocytic and myelomonocytic leukemias. It may, sometimes, occur before the appearance of peripheral and/or bone marrow leukemia (called aleukemic leukemia cutis) or it may occur concomitantly with systemic leukemia or after a complete remission. The duration may range from weeks to months or even more.[4] Cases of leukemia cutis are often associated with a bad prognosis.[1],[5],[6] Therefore, once a patient is diagnosed to have leukemia cutis, urgent treatment with aggressive chemotherapy is required. Our patient was treated with FLAG-IDA protocol and had entered a period of pancytopenia and febrile neutropenia but eventually died 35 days after the diagnosis of leukemia cutis.
Isolated extramedullary recurrence of acute non-lymphoblastic leukemias always heralds bone marrow relapse and should be treated with re-induction chemotherapy.[7] The increased risk of extramedullary relapse is presumably related to the higher incidence of extramedullary disease as in FAB (French–American–British classification) M4 and M5 subclasses.[8] However, very rarely, leukemia cutis precedes peripheral or bone marrow leukemia as noted in our case.
To sum up, we describe a case of aleukemic leukemia cutis which preceded the relapse of acute monocytic leukemia occurring after a complete remission, with aggressive symptoms and a very short survival time. Due to its aggressive clinical presentation, we strongly recommend that aleukemic leukemia cutis be carefully sought when patients with a history of leukemia, when develop cutaneous nodules.
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