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THE OPENING SCENES OF DOUBT take us to outer borough New York City in the year after JFK's death. Technically it's almost the middle of the '60s, but it's really still the same 1950s that began in 1946 when the first recently discharged veteran realized he never wanted to see his uniform again, and didn't really end until the Beatles first U.S. tour ended at San Francisco's Cow Palace in the late summer of 1965, and every teenager in the country woke up with the certainty that they were actually a different species from their parents.
The bonus features included with the DVD reveal that the film was shot on location in the Bronx, on the streets where writer and director John Patrick Shanley grew up, but we're meant to understand that it's a different world we're seeing, one about to be swept away, even if the buildings are still standing today. A boy is roused by his mother early on a Sunday morning to serve at mass, making his way through the empty streets to the sacristy, where he's joined by another boy - an African-American we'll soon know as Donald Miller - and Fr. Flynn, the priest.
The scene-setting is familiar enough. The postwar interregnum - that scant twenty years of apparent social stability between the end of a world war and the dawn of the '60s proper - is normally portrayed as a sort of Rome before the fall, a prosperous and orderly place rife with internal tension and besieged by enemies just over the borders in the wilderness beyond. The metaphor isn't entirely appropriate, though - the barbarians weren't, we know now, out there in the forest.
Fr. Flynn, played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, gives a gripping sermon on doubt, drawing on his congregation's vivid memories of their fear and confusion after the president's assassination, while a nun in the distinctive black habit of the Sisters of Charity prowls the aisles of the church, hissing at boys and girls talking and dozing to sit up straight and pay attention. She's Sister Aloysius, and as played by Meryl Streep, she'll be the priest's antagonist for the rest of the film, a role she's clearly rehearsed for as the rod and scourge of St. Nicholas School.
At the end of Flynn's sermon, Streep's Aloysius pauses for an ostentatious moment before crossing herself, then presses her fingers against her mouth and looks furtively either way. It's a showy, actorly bit of business, like the flattened vowels in her outerborough accent, and there's a lot of this sort of thing in Streep's performance.
We see her next, prowling the balcony above the schoolyard, summoning students to her office for infractions against her myriad rules and predilictions, which include strong aversions to everything from ballpoint pens to Frosty The Snowman. "The dragon is hungry," Fr. Flynn whispers to Sister James, a sweet young nun who gets drafted by Sister Aloysius as her aide in a campaign against Fr. Flynn, whose obvious reformist zeal has made him the enemy, and who very quickly furnishes her with fuel when circumstances suggest that he's taken an inappropriate interest in Donald Miller.
The pedophile priest has pretty much displaced the gluttonous, drunken monk and the corrupt and cynically worldly bishop as the archetype people turn to when they want to take a cheap shot at the Catholic church. Thanks to the notariety of several high profile prosecutions over the last generation, and the abysmally poor handling of these cases by church authorities in America and Rome, this cudgel has been given more than merely satirical weight, and invoking the image of a priest abusing both his vows and the trust of the community he serves, not to mention the children of that community, is the first step on the way to suggesting doubts about the moral authority the Church can claim to presume.
Nuns are another abiding target for parody, and have been ripely exploited for comic effect by everyone from George Carlin and Cheech & Chong through to the sexual hysterics in Ken Russell's The Devils, and the "naughty nuns" that have been a pornographic staple for centuries. Even among Catholics, nuns are poorly understood, especially nowadays as they've largely disappeared from their onetime roles on the frontlines of education and nursing. It's not surprising, then, that even Shanley, who dedicates the film to the nun for whom Sister James is named, can't move much beyond the usual preconceptions of life in orders, cliches not too far from Cheech & Chong's Sister Mary Elephant.
Shanley draws the conflict between Flynn and Sister Aloysius with a broad brush, from the comment about "the dragon," to the very pointed scenes contrasting the priests of St. Nicholas at dinner (flush with red meat and drink, laughing uproariously while music plays in the background) with the nuns (picking silently at plates of colourless victuals while dreading the moment when Sister Aloysius rings a little bell that signals the end of the meal and the beginning of a discussion on a subject of her choice.) The men enjoy the benefits of what looks like a decent men's club, while the women suffer both medieval discomforts and the emotional tyranny - peculiar to female society, as far as I can tell - of whomever among them holds the high ground.
The clash is made inevitable by the changes about to surge through the Church thanks to the Second Vatican Council, convened two years before the film opens, and due to close the following year. Fr. Flynn is clearly in sympathy with the aims of John XXIII's modernization of Catholicism, while Sister Aloysius is the reactionary, intent on a rear guard action to preserve the smallest manifestations of its authority while the larger ones are being changed utterly or swept aside despite her.
Shanley is clearly sympathetic with Fr. Flynn, and expects that we will be, too, but he's a modern artist, and he won't let us off easily. Amy Adams' Sister James is clearly meant to be the audience's surrogate, and her agonies about Fr. Flynn and Donald Miller are inflamed as she's tossed between the priest and the nun, the latter compelling her by duty, the other through his sympathetic nature. It's Sister James who moves from bringing the first evidence against Fr. Flynn to the older nun and sparking her crusade against him, to defending him emotionally, in defiance of Sister Aloysius.
Sister James isn't present, however, for the two crucial scenes that Shanley puts at the heart of his story. In the first, Sister Aloysius brings her suspicions about the priest to the boy's mother; Viola Davis' performance netted her a well-deserved Oscar nomination, for her wounded, wary response to the nun's insistence on telling her of her suspicions. The scene is clearly meant to shock; far from being outraged, Davis is resigned, even grateful, that an older man has seen fit to protect her son.
She's all too aware of the boy's "nature," as is her husband, who beats him. "You can't hold a child responsible for what God gave him to be," she tells the clearly confused nun. "My son needs some man to care about him, and to see him through the way he wants to go." In any case, whatever's going on will only last until June, after which the boy's off to high school.
It's not long until Fr. Flynn confronts Sister Aloysius. The scene plays out with just the two characters, alone in a single room, and betrays the film's origin in Shanley's stage play. He rages at her insistence on pursuing what he insists can be simply explained, to which she can only defend herself by saying that, lacking hard evidence, "I have my certainties." He evokes priestly authority that supersedes her own, bellowing that her vows are of obedience - to the church hierarchy, not to God, he seems to insinuate.
Finally, she plays her trump card - she's made calls to his previous parish, where a nun attested that he'd had to leave after another similar incident. This clearly defeats Flynn; he makes a final plea to her sense of compassion, to no avail, and she leaves him alone to write his resignation.
After we see Flynn giving his farewell sermon, leaving the altar to shake hands with his parishioners - a very Vatican II gesture, presaging the homespun vestments, felt banners, altar girls and folk masses to come - the film ends in a winter scene, where Sister James finds Sister Aloysius sitting on a bench in the tiny courtyard where Fr. Flynn had earlier convinced the younger nun of his innocence. She's been called away by a family emergency, and missed the priest's hasty exit. The older nun informs her that he's moved on to a new parish, and a position as pastor - a promotion, in effect.
She'd laid out her suspsicions about Fr. Flynn to the monsignor, but he'd dismissed them. She remains unrepentant about what she's done, though she confesses to Sister James that she'd lied about the phone call to the nun at Flynn's previous parish. No matter, she smirks, obviously very pleased with herself - "His resignation was his confession." - but the younger nun is appalled at the lie.
As an actress, Streep has increasingly come to rely on discrete bits of business - an accent, a gesture, a very calculated reading of a scene - to flesh out her characters, though they've cohered less and less over the course of whole films, and her Sister Aloysius is the most perfect example so far. She's worked out so many key components of her character - a frustrated intelligence that manifests itself in impatience, even disdain, toward the other nuns, and a social awkwardness that has come to rely on the strict observance of social convention and the dignity of position in her little world.
She certainly has the nun's conviction and pride thickly inlaid into the skin of the character's architecture, which is why it comes as such a shock at the end when, confronted with the obvious dismay the younger nun expresses at her lie, she breaks down, awkwardly clutching at her crucifix and sobbing, "Oh Sister James - I have doubts. I have such doubts!" The camera pulls back - Godlike - to survey the two women alone in the snowy little courtyard as a choir - an Anglican one - bursts into a hymn ("Come, thou Redeemer of the Earth") and the credits roll, finally ending on the single word, white uppercase letters on black: DOUBT.
At the beginning of Sister Aloysius' crusade against Fr. Flynn, after Sister James intimates her first suspicions against the priest, the older nun tries to strengthen the younger one's resolve by telling her that "When you take a step to address a wrongdoing, you are taking a step away from God - but in his service." She repeats this again during the final scene, adding - ominously, and obviously too late - that "of course, there is a price." It's obviously very near the crux of whatever moral calculus Shanley used to construct his story, and I've been thinking about this for days since I watched the film, though I still haven't anything like a clue what it's actually supposed to mean.
For that matter, I can't imagine just what Shanley is trying to say with this film. I only know - it's hardly subtle - that it's about doubt, and that the writer obviously believes that an easy conclusion would betray that agenda. At different times I thought the film was trying to say something cogent about pedophilia, or the role of women in the church, or even Vatican II, but in the end the only thing that Shanley bears down on with any conviction is the single word of his title, whose very meaning elides conclusions or clarity.
Until he tries to silence Sister Aloysius by belligerently insisting that her vows mean obedience to the Church's middle management, Fr. Flynn is unstintingly sympathetic, and the vision he enthusiastically paints for Sister James of the Church he wants to see - open, inclusive, an expression of God's love - is a hard one to gainsay, especially as the alternative is embodied by Sister Aloysius: stern, capricious, censorious, fearful. Shanley might want us to savour our doubts, but in the end he doesn't leave much room for doubt that Flynn has been molesting boys, even if this was only confirmed by Sister Aloysius' deceitful bluff.
In this light, all of Flynn's talk about love should become coloured with a retroactive sleaziness, like the TV evangelist whose pleas to support God's work are revealed to have mostly fattened his bank account, or the riffs on free love in a utopian society by radical men that mostly just freed them from the responsibilities of paternity. Still, I don't have much doubt that Shanley is as attracted to Flynn's reformed church proclaiming its mission of love as Sister James is at the end of their scene together in the courtyard, but what does this mean?
The only character with any unquestionable moral authority in the film is Viola Davis as Donald Miller's mother, and her resignation in the face of Sister Aloysius' allegations about Flynn and her son is portrayed by Shanley as either pragmatic or enlightened; there isn't much room for doubt that she might be wrong, or that the words being put in her mouth by the playwright are cynical, as that possiblity isn't at all suggested by Davis' performance, or the iconic stature a black woman presumes in a liberal film about a lone black student in a white school in the civil rights era.
So is Shanley saying that the Church - in the early '60s as now, based on the rule that there's really no such thing as a period film - should (like the contemporary Sisters of Charity beatifically profiled in one of the DVD's bonus features) abandon their habits of authority in pursuit of a vision of a church devoted to a message of love, and that NAMBLA shall lead them there? I seriously doubt it, but Shanley is so clearly unwilling to really explore the implications of anything suggested by his characters that he leaves the door open for us to imagine this obscene possibility.
For a man so intent on sowing doubt, Shanley fills the story with touches that are meant to make us feel uneasy, even anxious, like the horror movie camera tilts at the beginning of Flynn's scene with Sister James, or the roaring winds and violent storms that batter the characters and buildings, and hint at the coming cataclysm that we know is about to overwhelm the school, its students, their parents and teachers as the '60s pick up momentum.
At the beginning of the pair of scenes that comprise the story's dramatic meat, we follow a boy being sent by Sister James to Sister Aloysius office, and walking into the brewing conflict between Flynn and the older nun. He's bewildered by the impatience with which the adults treat him as he's dismissed and sent back to class, and mutters "bullshit" under his breath before snapping at Sister James to leave him alone. The boy is clearly deputized to embody anyone who lived under - and fell away from - the Church in the '60s and '70s, but we know now that they became the barbarians who sacked and pillaged the fragile social stasis of the postwar '50s, for good or ill.
In hindsight, the lasting effects of the revolutionary excesses of the '60s and '70s have been far from salutary, and it has to be remembered that the most recent cases of sexual abuse by priests happened in the aftermath of Vatican II reforms, and not in the authoritative Church culture defended in its waning days by Sister Aloysius. The scenario of a nun trying to expose priestly abuse and being ignored by bishops intent on covering it up might just as well have been set 25 years in the future, with Sister Aloysius being replaced by an older Sister James, no longer in her severe habit but dressed, like the latter-day Sisters in the DVD bonus feature, in the comfortable and stylish clothes of a rich widow or senior academic.
It would, of course, have been a very different film, and one where Shanley would have had far less leeway to indulge in his ultimately unsatisfying and indulgent exploration of doubt.
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Open Music Instrument Classification challenge (OpenMIC)
OpenMIC will evaluate systems for the detection of the musical instruments played in music audio files. For this first edition, we will contemplate two uses cases, which lead to two different tasks for participation:
- Task 1 (classification): systems receive a music audio file and they have to identify the instruments that are played anywhere in that file. See details.
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Friday, 7 March 2014
Paper Chase GDT for Country View challenge
I decided to do something different and make a basket which would be ideal to hold a birthday or mother's day gift, or you could make a bunch of paper flowers to sit in it, but my favourite would be to fill it (to overflowing) with easter eggs.
Apologies for the quality of the photos - it was a dull day when they were taken - it looks so pretty IRL especially when the sun catches the flowers and gems.
The square part of the basket made from a 12x12 paper measures about 4 inch cubed and the flowers, butterflies and tags are all made using dies. Then all that was needed was a piece of lace, card candi and some gems from my stash to finish it off.
Here's what I used -
Papers ~ Dovecraft, Hunkudory, plain white photocopier paper
Dies ~ Cheery Lynn: large rose, medium rose, miniature rose, small exotic butterfly
Memory Box: fancy blossoms
Marianne Creatables: LR0154, LR0156
Punch ~ Dovecraft: daisy
From my stash ~ lace, card candi, Papermania gems
So why not head over to the challenge, check out the rules and join in the fun
I shall enter this in the following challenges
Pixies Snippets Playground challenge 'week 114 use snippets' (3rd entry - the dies are all snippets)
Papertake Weekly challenge 'Anything goes + option make your own flowers' (4th entry)
Cute Card Thursday challenge 'What a gem' (2nd entry)
CRAFT challenge 'Mother's day / female' (2nd entry)
Allsorts challenge 'Spring is coming'
Craft All Day challenge 'Anything goes' (3rd entry)
My Mum's Craft Shop challenge 'Spring & easter'
Crafting By Designs challenge 'Anything goes in March'
Rhedd and Rosie challenge 'Anything but a card'
Thanks for your visit today and just to remind you I have some followers candy on a sticky post at the top of my blog.
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Beautiful creation .ReplyDelete
Gr Elly
Coo, how pretty Andrea and such a lovely idea! Like the idea of filling it with chocklit eggies :))ReplyDelete
Gorgeous creation, thanks for joining Allsorts challenge, good luck.ReplyDelete
Happy crafting
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Love the beautiful basket and the pasel shades you have usedReplyDelete
Dr Sonia
This is TERRIFIC. Love your little basket. No wonder you picked for the team!ReplyDelete
Hugs, Sarn xxx
What a lovely little basket, thank you for sharing with us at Rhedd and Rosie's, good luck Hun, Zoe DT xxReplyDelete
This is a gorgeous creation, thanks for playing at PTW! xxxReplyDelete
This is a gorgeous basket Andrea, such pretty papers and fabulous design.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your GDT spot.
Such a cute basket a..congratulations on your GDT,ReplyDelete
Have a nice weekend,
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This is a lovely creation hun, thank you very much for playing at MMCS! Happy Crafting! xxxReplyDelete
Brilliant! Think I'll have to CASE this for the grandchildren's Easter egg hunt this year. Thanks for sharing,ReplyDelete
Love your basket KandA. Congrats on the GDT too. Happy weekend. Judy xReplyDelete
simply stunning so inspirationalReplyDelete
Hugs Kate xx
What a sweet little basket...just waiting to be filled with some yummy treats!ReplyDelete
Love, Love, Love, this beautiful basketReplyDelete
Happy Crafting
Patricia xx
how awesome and fantastic!ReplyDelete
thanks so much for playing along with us at CRAFT-Challenge!
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very pretty. ideal for easter eggs. Thanks for joining us at Rhedd & Rosies challenge blog!ReplyDelete
what a lovely make, perfect for Easter!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing with us at My Mum's Craft Shop this month.Good luck!
Kanda- Congratulations on your new assignment. Well deserved. Your beautiful basket is such a beauty. Will be a perfect place for Easter eggs, candy and all manner of things. Love all the details you've got going on with this basket. Congrats too, on being highlighted at the Playground. TFS & HugsReplyDelete
such a lovely basket. I can just picture it filled with delicious chocolate eggs! Yum! Thank you for playing along at Rhedd and Rosie's. Sammy-xReplyDelete
What a beautiful basket Kenda,thanks for joining CCT this week!ReplyDelete
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What more appropriate home for the Museum of American Finance than the grand, 30-foot-high banking hall of the former Bank of New York building? The museum – an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution – is the only one of its kind in America. Effectively serving as the New York Stock Exchange's de facto visitors' center, the museum displays permanent interactive exhibits on finance, money, entrepreneurship and banking. These feature rare examples of Colonial currency, stock and bond certificates dating from the 18th century to the present; high denomination currency including $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills; and hundreds of images of the financial district. The museum includes a room dedicated to Hamilton, founder of the bank and the country's first Treasury Secretary.
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The Bank of New York – oldest bank in the city, founded in 1784 by Alexander Hamilton – commissioned a new headquarters (their third on this site) in 1927. The Bank instructed architect Benjamin Wistar Morris to incorporate something of the institution's Colonial history in the design. That history is evident inside the main banking hall, where eight murals by J. Monroe Hewlett illustrate the story of American commerce
This 20th-century skyscraper has roots in late-18th-century New York, and the historic rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Burr, in 1799, helped found the Manhattan Company, chartered to bring the city safe drinking water. Hamilton in 1784 had organized the Bank of New York, the city's only such institution, and frowned on the notion of creating a rival. Being a State assemblyman, however, Burr finagled permission from the Legislature for the newly formed Manhattan Company to devote any capital it might raise beyond two million dollars to a different kind of liquidity, thereby becoming the city's second bank. Eventually, the Bank of Manhattan – having long since abandoned the water business – merged with the Chase National Bank to create Chase Manhattan, a titan on New York's financial scene.
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Built as an extension to the deck and master bedroom, this second level green roof is outer facing, framing the view across the valley of a private residence in Brisbane.
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WCSC in South Carolina reports that deputies are investigating the shooting deaths of four family members found dead Monday as a "quadruple murder."
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Welcome to the Contact Directory. Garfield Park is a big place with a lot of moving parts and people who get things done. Please use this directory to connect quickly with your specific area of interest. For keeping you tuned into the fun, each of the primary Activity Centers at Garfield have unique social media platforms such as Blogs, Facebook or Twitter, so give them a "Like", "Follow" or "Share" and they will keep you connected to the fun year-round at Garfield.
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Tips to reduce the frequency of thread gauge replacement
One of the questions that people in the manufacturing industry constantly have is how frequently they should change or replace their metric thread gauges. However, it is not possible to give a clear cut answer here. As far as thread gauges are concerned, it is not about the duration but their replacement frequency is decided based on their frequency of use. If you test several hundred pieces daily then you will be required to replace the tool faster than a tool that is used to test only a few samples daily.
You will need to take a call based on the frequency and wear and tear of your tool. If the wear and tear is high, you cannot continue using the tool because it will affect the accuracy level of the readings you take each time you make use of your worn out UNC thread gauges.
Here are few tips to help you reduce the replacement frequency of your thread gauges. Make sure that you are using the right sized thread gauges. You should know your specifications. If you use the wrong gauges then you are going to naturally damage the gauges. Before you test the manufactured items, double check the specifications.
Make use of appropriate lubricants. Using lubricants will increase the life span of the thread gauges. However, the lubricants used should be of good quality. If the lubricants are of poor quality, then it will result in the corrosion of the surface of the thread gauge.
Clean the components to be tested before testing it because fine machine dust will be present in the fabricated products. If you continue to use the thread gauges with the machine dust then it will increase friction and thereby increase the wear and tear. Not only the components that are being tested should be cleaned before use but the thread gauge itself should be cleaned before and after the testing process. All these will help in increasing the life span of the gauges.
The thread gauge should be used in clean environments. Your test shop should be clean and free from dust. This is a challenging factor for many especially in the industrial settings.
Whenever you are buying a replacement thread gauge, make it a point to buy only premium quality gauges. This is very important because if the quality of the thread gauges is not good then you cannot expect good lifespan from the tool no matter what other precautions that you take. The tool you use should be of good quality and only then you can expect good value for your money. Find the best supplier of your thread gauges so that you can be sure of finding what you need. There is a misconception that if you want the best quality gauges you should be ready to spend exorbitant amounts of money. This is not true; you just need to know where to look for the right kind of suppliers.


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Rabat – Saad Eddine Othmani government program for 2017-2021 announced Wednesday, the new government head unfolded his cultural agenda to support Moroccan culture by improving institutional quality and access and reconciling national heritage with the values of other cultures.
"Given the importance of culture and its role in promoting the national identity and contributing to human development, the growth of Moroccan heritage and creativity, and the enhancement of the capacities of our country, the government will devote great importance to develop this area," explained the government program.
The program indicated a range of measures, including:
The establishment of a national cultural strategy to strengthen communities through the provision of artistic and cultural platforms and activities.
Launching a language policy to reinforce Morocco's national languages, Arabic and Amazigh, protecting unity, ensuring diversity, and preserving dialects and Moroccan cultural expressions, while at the same time opening up to foreign languages and cultures.
The provision and distribution of cultural institutions around the country in a just and supportive manner.
Enriching the culture of reading among citizens and preserving national cultural heritage in its multiple dimensions.
Conserving and cultivating cultural and natural heritage through the gradual launching of 511 selected sites and developing the legislative framework of historical and living cultural heritage.
Gradually increasing the budget allocated to the cultural sector and laying the foundations of the national culture industry.
Linking culture with religious and national values, highlighting the cultural symbols of Morocco's past and present while opening up to universal values of other cultures.


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By William Shelton
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Systems: PS4
Developer: From Software
Publisher: Sony
Rating: M
Obtained By: Purchased
The original Dark Souls is one of my favorite games of all time. Not only was it near perfect in what it was trying to achieve, but this was a game that changed me as a person. Unfortunately neither of the games sequels managed to live up to that. Three still managed to be pretty damn good and Two had it's moments (although too few of them), but both felt like there was something missing. With that in mind the question going into Bloodborne was "will this be another almost great game or another let down"? Lets find out.
Just like it's predecessors the story and lore behind Bloodborne is hidden away, but unlike the Souls games a lot of it's major themes are rather easy to understand. In the city of Yharnam the streets are filled with monsters and those who hunt them. When the player enters the picture, even those hunters seem to be suffering from the same sickness the monsters do, and some have even begun to change. You soon find that it was the Healing Church, worshipers of Lovecraftian Horrors and administrators of Blood Healing, who have brought this pox upon the city. A common sight in Yharnam is, ironically, blindness. Members and followers of the Healing Church remove their eyes to get closer to the Old Ones (ancient God Like Beings who's Blood fuel the churches Blood Healing). While it's a bit on the nose it's hard not too look at the game as a critique of blind faith (pun most certainly intended). While I still can't tell you shit about most of the bosses and why I was fighting them, the main ideas behind this game are much clearer than they were in dark souls.
Gameplay wise the game is near perfect and a great evolution from the previous Souls games. However, due to a few bizarre choices the game suffers from near inexcusable pacing issues, but we'll get into that a bit later. The main difference between Bloodborne and Dark Souls is how aggressive the combat is here. The defensive options at a players disposal are much more limited; there's only one shield in the game and it's really not worth using. Instead you are given a gun that can be used to riposte and draw enemies to you, but it's not going to mitigate any damage. Because of this dodging and rolling become more important and learning how to properly use those techniques was when I stopped dying as often as I did at the start. That new found mobility makes its way into the core combat as well as the speed of each attack has been drastically increased. I've said before that Dark Soul's combat felt more like a puzzle that taught players not to get hit, here it's a dance that teaches you to hit back.
A lot was said about the lack of weapon verity in the game, and while that is true I wasn't as bothered by it as most others were. Hell, I didn't even find most of the weapons on my first play through and I still found what I had to be enough to keep me entertained. This is in large part due to the new "trick weapons" the game uses. Each weapon has two forms with different attack speeds, animations and even limited combos (something Dark Souls never did), and learning the ins and outs of each was compelling enough on it's own for me to be comfortable with the limited selection. What did bother me was the lack of options out side of that however. A few stats felt pretty useless and by the time the credits rolled I felt like the only real character build that was of any use was a strength/dex build. Arcane and Bloodtinge (which effect spells and fire arms respectively) just were not worth puting many points into. Were as in Dark Souls you could play as a magic user with no issues, Melee is the focus here and in the end feels like the only right way too play. That worked for me, I wont lie but the lack of meaningful options was kind of a bummer.
Before I get into my major criticisms there is one thing that needs special mention: the level design. This may be my favorite Soulsborne world to date. After three games of medieval fantasy anything else would have felt fresh enough to warrant applause, but what From did here was just spectacular. The Victorian and Gothic architecture was stunning to behold, and the whole world felt like it was oozing the same sickness the residents of the city were suffering from. From Soft has a gift for creating macabre worlds, and it's on full display here as Yharnam is their opus in my opinion. But what really sold me was the layout. Yharnam takes inspiration from both the Original Dark Souls and Demons Souls to great effect. Like with Demons Souls there is a central Hub, The Hunters Dream, that you use to level up, upgrade weapons and perches items. You can also warp to any of the lanterns you've lit along your journey as a form of fast travel, much like the level select from the Nexus. But unlike in Demon's Souls Yharnam is one continues place. The gravestones you use to fast travel do not take you to new area's altogether, but places you can technically walk to from the very start of the game. While Dark Souls 3 had much the same idea behind it's level design, Yharnam never felt like it was one linear path; the city twists and terns and loops back around on itself. There are plenty of area's I missed by just not going down the right path, and that's not even touching most of the chalice dungeon. This was a game that made each dead end feel like a minor victory as it meant I could go back and explore one of the other new paths that popped up along the way.
But alas, no game is perfect.
My biggest issues in the game all boil down to the revamped health system. Unlike in Dark Souls, in Bloodborne you have a limited opportunity to get back some of your health by attacking quickly after getting hit. When things are working well this means you usually don't have to use too many "Blood Vials" (this games Estus Flasks). That's good, because your healing items in this game don't replenish after death. You have to pick them up from dead enemies (who don't always drop them) or buy them in The Hunters Dream. Once your past the 20 your allowed to carry at once the extras go into a stock pile that refills used ones upon death or travailing to the Dream. When exploring levels this isn't so much of an issue, but this kills the pacing of boss fights. Bosses attack so fast and do so much damage that even using the health regain system it's normally not possible to fully recover, forcing a lot more Blood Vial usage. Because of this I typically burned through my stockpile rather fast and had to stop fighting the boss and go grind of Vials or enough souls to buy them from the Dreams merchants. That in itself would have been inexcusable, but that's not the only issue. You can't rest at lanterns like you could at a bonfire, meaning that when you are grinding in an area you have to go to the Hunters Dream, then to the location you want (with painful load times), kill the enemies there, go back to the Dream (with another long ass Load screen) and then go back the same location once again. That's three load screens just to grind one area twice. This pissed me off more than anything any of these games have ever done as From already proved they knew how to make this system work in all the dark souls games. All they had to do was give us a "rest" option and allow for fast travel between lanterns and the grind wouldn't have been too unbearable. This is what stops Bloodborne from being a true equal to the original Dark Souls to me. In almost every other way I think Bloodborne is the only truly successful follow up to From Soft's 2011 master piece, but because of that bullshit it will always be in second place. It's not quite enough to stop me from wanting to go back and beat the game all over again (and over, and over, and….) but knowing in advance just how shit that system is does dampen the experience.
In terms of sound the game rarely disappoints. The guns crack and roar, and the slashing effect, while almost cartoonish, makes the gallons of blood the character is soaked in after combat feel appropriate. Music is still sparse, but what's there works well and voice acting is mixed as always (but the fact no one moves their mouth was hilariously distracting to me).
In the end I loved pretty much everything about Bloodborne. The enemy design was among the most creative the franchise ever achieved, the speed and fluidity of combat made the game simply feel more enjoyably to play and the story and lore pays homage to some of the best horror writers the world has ever known. With Dark Souls ending after Three games, I hope From Soft chooses to continue this franchise while fixing the few issues I had with it. If not, they should at least take inspiration from this game and give us a few more stand alone games that takes the souls formula to interesting new locations with different thematic sources.


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3.) "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
4.) "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
5.) "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
6.) "Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity."
7.) "Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
8.) "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving."
9.) "Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
10.) "For the most part we humans live with the false impression of security and a feeling of being at home in a seemingly trustworthy physical and human environment. But when the expected course of everyday life is interrupted, we are like shipwrecked people on a miserable plank in the open sea, having forgotten where they came from and not knowing whither they are drifting. But once we fully accept this, life becomes easier and there is no longer any disappointment."
11.) "Hail to the man who went through life always helping others, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien. Such is the stuff of which the great moral leaders are made."
12.) "Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated."
13.) "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality."


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I'm so excited over my latest find! ...Well, actually it's my cohort Lori's find. She knew I was looking for a full/double size bed for the room my daughter vacated when she left for college. This was spied by her eagle eyes in one of our favorite vintage furniture stores - and she knew I'd fall in love with it. It's still sitting in the store and I plan to pick it up tomorrow when I get a truck. Lori and I have discussed several possibilities (I'm sure they're limitless!) but we've come to no hard conclusions on what we are going to do. We've discussed fabric colors and types as well as how we are going to treat the wood. I love the idea of painting it because I already have a mix of wood colors in that room.
Hmmm. It's exciting to be working on a project for myself. I'm like the shoemaker whose children have bare feet!
What to do...what to do.
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As the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico continues to gush virtually unabated, Senior White House Correspondent Major Garrett has learned that President Obama will create a presidential commission to investigate what caused it.
It's not clear when Mr. Obama will lay pen to paper to formally establish the commission or its members, but an administration official says the earliest would be Tuesday.
The announcement comes on the same day that a top government official who oversees oil and gas leases in federal waters announced his intention to resign at the end of the month. Associate Director of the Offshore Energy and Minerals Management Program, Chris Oynes, "has been actively involved in how MMS conducts its resource projections and its environmental reviews, and the operational safeguards it imposes," according to the MMS website.
Oynes' is the first resignation since MMS has come under fire for being too cozy with oil companies following the BP oil spill; with some accusing the department of forgoing the required environmental permits in approving the very drilling platform that exploded on April 20.
Oynes, who has held his current position since 2007, informed his staff via email that he will retire on May 31. Ironically, his own MMS webpage touts his prolific leasing abilities, "During his tenure in the GOM, [Oynes] conducted 30 lease sales and oversaw a 50 percent rise in oil production."
The MMS, a part of the Interior Department, is tasked to with overseeing oil and gas lease requests in federal waters, collecting royalties and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently announced his intention to split MMS in two; one department would be in charge of overseeing leases and the other would enforce regulations.
Though the infamous BP spill has punctuated the connection between government and big oil; a fact that is being reinforced by the increasing estimates of the amount of oil spilled; criticism of MMS operations is nothing new.
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, proposed making MMS an independent agency last year.
Oynes' resignation is only a beginning, Issa says, "For more than a decade spanning three Administrations, MMS has been a corrupt agency with an extensive history of mismanagement. This wasn't the doing of one, single person, but rather the culmination of a bureaucratic breakdown."
The Obama White House has been grappling with both the reality of the disaster and the politics surrounding the federal response since the incident first occurred. Critics have accused the White House of being slow on the uptake. The White House has vigorously defended its response to the crisis, while at the same time admitting some of the governmental misdeeds that may have led to it have come under its watch.
"I think the President was clear that there have been failings at a government level and certainly those include us," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said at his briefing Monday.
"But my guess is [the press] did some stories in the previous decade on what was going on at MMS, which is what caused Secretary Salazar, when he came in, to begin reforming that."
The Interior Secretary will testify on Capitol Hill tomorrow.


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- MadameX
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- Wedding: June 2015
I came home from girl's night last night and my SO proudly told me that he had been looking at wedding stuff ON HIS OWN. This is kind of a shocker since, while he has greenlit pre-planning and conversations surrounding that, I mostly get a lot of confused "I don't know?" sorts of answers when I ask his opinions. Someone he follows on Twitter just got married and he was trying to figure out what their venue was because he thought it was pretty, and he liked the way they did their seating chart and "named" their tables instead of using table numbers. It was pretty cute.
Do your SOs look at wedding related things on their own as well, or is it just you? I feel like we've hit some sort of landmark now that he is taking an active interest in this stuff; I always assumed that even when we were officially planning, he'd just want to ok things but let me do all the planning and research.


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Harvard Resources
• The HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows
• Harvard University
• Harvard Medical School
• Harvard School of Dental Medicine
• Harvard Medical School search
• Harvard Medical School White Pages
• HMS Foundation Funds
• Countway Library
• eCommons
• Harvard Catalyst
• Harvard Biotech Club
• HMS Office for Human Resources
• HMS Ombuds Office
• Partners Office for International Staff, Scholars, and Students
• Harvard Neighbors
Complete list of Harvard Medical School Affiliates can be found here HMS Affiliates - Harvard Medical School - Harvard University. The list below includes additional information for affiliates that also have postdoctoral offices.
• Mass General Hospital, Postdoc Association
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Office for Research Careers
• Children's Hospital Boston, Office of Fellowship Training
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Postdoc and Graduate Student Affairs Office
• Joslin Postdoc Program Fellows Council
Career Services
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• US Department of Health & Human Services
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- Go to https://npamembers.site-ym.com/general/register_member_type.asp
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- Select your primary institution as the affiliate institution
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- The Boston Postdoctoral Association- It is a partnership between the postdoc associations from Boston-area institutions, including the HMPA.
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Philippines Accuses China of Activity on Disputed Shoal
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MANILA—The Philippines said China appeared to be preparing to build structures on the disputed Scarborough Shoal, accusing China of attempting to violate the Philippines' claim to the territory.
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told a budget hearing in the House of Representatives that "concrete blocks were sighted inside the shoal," which he called "a prelude to construction." He showed three pictures, including one depicting about 30 concrete blocks scattered around the shoal located less than...


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i am 30, male. also i am smoker and an alcohol consumer.
i smoke about 12-15 cigarettes a day
drinking is at max 3 times a week and sometimes very heavy (around 9-10 pegs).
i even smoke pot (almost daily) at night after dinner.
also i have a serious dust allergy in which i am advised to use inhalers on SOS basis. (Asthalin based inhalers available locally under Ranbaxy brand names of Budeocort and Serflo)
from the past 15 days i am having bouts of cough (generally right after the first smoke i have 15-20 mins after dinner) that make me breathless and red in the face. this happens for about 15-20 mins and generally during night. the only way i can rid myself of this is by inducing a vomit and the vomit is full of phlegm. everything returns to normal after that. Phlegm is colorless (white and bubbly) but ample in quantity (almost 70-80 ml though i have never measured it). i feel very normal after that with a little bit of coughing throughout the night. during the day i will cough only once or twice during the day without any phlegm.
i visited a GP and he advised me Erythromysin 500 for 5 days and a cough syrup (brycarex A) containing Guaifenesin
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It is also mentionable that i am having a serious loss of appetite from the past 3 days.
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Left-Handers Day
Left-Handers Day, celebrated on August 13th, was launched in 1992 by the Left-Handers Club, an organization based in the United Kingdom. Since then, Left-Handers Day has become a worldwide event a ...View Article
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ART - Active Release Technique
Active Release Technique or ART is the gold standard of soft tissue care. It is a movement based manual therapy technique. Injured muscles, ligaments, fascia, tendons and nerves all respond extremely well with ART treatment. What separates ART treatment from conventional massage or muscle work is the precise directed tension and the very specific movement to ensure the smooth movement of tissue. There are over 500 protocols for treating every muscle, tendon, ligament, fascia and nerve in the body. ART is so specific that it is the only soft tissue therapy that is patented.
With ART, the whole structure can be treated instead of a particular section. It is the active motion of the muscle that allows the practitioner to break up the adhesions. An adhesion is fibrous tissue that develops from a small tear in the muscle, tendon or ligament.
An adhesion can develop 3 ways:
The adhesion limits blood flow to the structure, shortens the muscle and decreases the function of the structure. This can cause pain, weakness and sometimes numbness if the adhesion is putting pressure on a nerve.
The soft tissue changes that occur following an injury are:
Each treatment only takes a few passes over the structure, and accomplishes greater results in a shorter amount of time than other soft tissue therapies. ART is extremely effective when it comes to treating soft tissue conditions whether it be athletic injuries such as shin splints, tight calf muscles and IT Band problems or work-induced pain like carpal tunnel or shoulder and neck tension.


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Yanqing county, in the northwest of Beijing, allows you to find some space away from the city's crowds.
Unlike most of the scenic spots in the city's downtown area, you have the chance to enjoy a different experience by visiting the Great Wall, climbing the mountains, and breathing some fresh air.
Badaling Great Wall
Badaling is said to be the most important part of China's Great Wall, dating from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
With an average elevation of 1015 m, the Badaling section of the Great Wall is the front gate of the Juyong Pass, and a place of vital importance in China's military history. The place was where Li Zicheng, a farmer rebel leader, entered Beijing and brought about the fall of the Ming dynasty. It was also the place that allowed Empress Cixi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) to escape during the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of Beijing.
The wall is made up of stones, with the single longest one being 3.1 m and weighing between 1.5 and 1.7 tons, showing the real feat accomplished by people in ancient times when there were no machines.
The Badaling section of the Great Wall has 43 similar stone towers. Most are two-story buildings with the height, length and width all 10 m. Ancient soldiers could not only sleep there in the night, but could also use them to store their personal materials.
The opening times are 6:30 am to 7:00 pm in the summer and 7:00 am to 6:00 pm in the winter. The ticket price is 45 yuan from April 1 to October 31 and 40 yuan from November 1 to March 31. Students pay half price on presentation of their valid certificates. Electronic guides are also provided.
Longqing Valley
The Longqing Valley, reputed as the "Little Three Gorges," makes a good day trip.
A 119-sq-km reservoir allows visitors to take a boat to visit the valley in the summer and autumn. In the cold winter, the annual Ice Lantern Festival featuring myriad attractions, including outdoor ice lantern shows and an international ice and snow sculpture contest, are held.
The themes of each year's Ice Lantern Festival are different, but the core attraction of the festival - a huge ice fall stretching from the top of a 70-m high dam - remains every year.
In the summer, the valley, where the average temperature is 6 degrees Celsius lower than that in Beijing's downtown area, is a good place for people to shield themselves from the heat.
The Jiguan Mountain (or Cockscomb Mountain), Shenxian Yard and Baihua Cave, provide opportunities for people to climb the mountains, play in the water and see different kinds of plants.
Gui River
The Gui River is considered one of the top among the major scenic spots in Yanqing.
Emperors of the Jin and Yuan dynasties were said to be addicted to the beauty of the river, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties the river became a popular place for poets, and praised the scenery in their poems.
With a length of eight km, people can float down the river in a small boat and enjoy the scenery along the way.
Drifting on the river is available only on weekends during mid April and mid October, and on May Day and China's National Day holidays.
The recommended visiting time of the Gui River is from May 1 to mid October.
Guyaju cave complex
A total of 147 caves on the sheer cliff face of a peaceful gorge are in Zhangshanying town of Yanqing, 90 km north of downtown Beijing.
There is no written record of the origin or history of the Guyaju caves, which are a honeycomb of rooms of different shapes and sizes outfitted with doors, windows, kitchens and closets carved from stone.
Some of the quadrangular rooms, ranging from 3 to 20 sq m in size, are interlinked with vertical passages, while horizontal passages connect others. Some of the "houses" feature two to three rooms, while others only have a single compartment.
Any characters or murals that might have once covered the walls of the dwellings have vanished, leaving historians to scratch their heads about who had lived here and when.
Some believe they were built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), while others contend it was during the Liao Dynasty (916-1125).
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Quick and Dirty Quin and Dennis
Dennis Lindsey, asked if the way the season ended will mean more urgency to be less process-oriented and more results-oriented: If it's fundamental, I think we're certainly going to explore every option relative to the draft. We have a number of picks, and we may not select them all, right? We may use them to get another veteran if w–the analysis says that we need to do that, in our opinion, and that opportunity arises, but that has to be fundamental.
Very comfortable, with that said, with the number of returning players, the core that we have, the internal improvement that's taken place, that, in addition to some, I think, reasonable projections. So, but, look, we, we're not going to arbitrarily try to speed up the timeline or slow it down to be process-oriented. …
One of the worst things that we can do i–frankly, is to overreact…Greg [Miller] pulled me aside, you know, not long after he hired me, and said, "Hey, look, we're operators. We're not traders."…
But with that said, there won't be anything that won't be examined, and if it's quicker and more experience, then that may be the right thing to do, or as we continue to slow-growth it as well, and hope and work towards better help, health and continuity, that might provide us the solution as well.
Lindsey on whether the Jazz are still in "rebuild" mode, and if there is a point of diminishing returns: There could be, sure. There's always risk and threats relative to something that becomes too prolonged. I think we're, fundamentally, and if you look at the metrics, we're towards the tail end of that. We're a competitive team. …
If there's one criticism I think you could make that's fair, is we erred towards chemistry, continuity, continued development because we felt like the players, and in particular the coaching staff, showed great progress.
But the opportunity cost of that is, is was there a veteran that could've helped us stabilize? I think we did fairly well with Shelvin [Mack] at the trade deadline. But there were two particular deals that were actually proposed to us, and we said yes to, and for whatever reason, we weren't able to consummate, that we were more short term-oriented.
I was willing to give up a first round pick, multiple picks, very significant salary slot, 'cause we had built that into the equation, and for whatever reason, we weren't able to consummate.
Lindsey on Dante Exum, UDQM: You can't really know how big and long he is…at the, you know, at the point of entry's — you know, it's the first point of contact.
Quin Snyder on the Jazz's lack of an alpha dog: Some of [our turnovers], in my mind, comes from even leadership on the court…It's not a criticism of our current group, as much as it is recognition that there's a possibility for growth in that regard. You know, w–y–there's some teams that just have this kind of alpha, you know, leader, like a Chris Paul maybe being the best example.
And there's other teams where that either evolves, or it's shared, and you can kind of point to Golden State as an interesting example, where Steph Curry's clearly their best player, but there's an argument to be made on some level that Draymond Green, in many instances, is, provides a type of leadership that's unique.
And I think for our group, we have to continue to try to cultivate that, recognize it, and demand it. And when I say demand it, on the court, that's an important place, and I think that runs through a lot of the — you know, that thin red line goes through the turnovers. It goes through some late-game situations. It goes through defensive focus that I spoke about before.
And I would circle all the way back to the growth process, and that some of that can only come through experience. And some of it, we just have to continue to be honest with ourselves and be aware of and try to work on it as best we can.
Snyder on how much of an emphasis there will be on making the playoffs next year: I just don't completely, on a personal level, buy into just a results-only focus. I just think, I don't think in the long term, it gets you, necessarily the results that you want. I think it's counter-intuitive.
It, I do believe that we want to maximize what we have, and as we continue to look at where our team is through the summer — certainly we thought we had a different team last year at this time than it turned out we did with Dante's injury. So, there's all kinds of variables involved.
Suffice to say, if that can be something we do, that's what we want, but I don't wanna set it up as a be-all, end-all, you know, that suddenly if we don't do that, we're, you know, we're no good and we're failing.
Snyder on how Year Two Quin Snyder differed from Year One Quin Snyder: I think at a certain point, I trusted our players more. I didn't earlier in the year, because I don't think they earned it. I wanted to. I wanted to kind of shift our preparation a little bit, and maybe go a little deeper and less habitual, and we needed to grind.* And we did that, and then we got to a point where, you know, I was able to really, not ease up, but let go of certain things.
And you know, they began to take more ownership. You know, I think we got more efficient too. You know, our, so, be a little, micro-manage our staff a little less. Try to teach a little less, and let our players figure stuff out, although we still did a lot of teaching.
Which, I don't mind, you know, at, I don't mind teaching at all, but at some point, you don't wanna, that means you still got more and more to learn. Like, you'd rather, you know, have a foundation and then begin to, you know, polish and sculpt and things like that, as opposed to kind of introducing something that's new again.
So, we got further down that continuum. You know, I think at times I was equally emotional or unemotional, or you know, poised or fiery. That really just depended on the game more than the season.
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Quin has a lot to be proud of – this should be a playoff team next season.


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Last week my wife started complaining that her Samsung Galaxy SII was getting slow. The first thing I did was to have a look at memory and CPU usage and noticed a couple of processes eating a lot memory. Two of them where Whatsapp and Viber, which where only 20% of the size after restarting them. The other was malware which I removed.
The other thing I did was check the OS-version, which turned out to be 2.3 Gingerbread. I looked for a software update which I could not find. At some time there was an ICS update available but it got pulled back because of bugs.
This made me wonder, since I still see Android devices being sold with 2.3 or even older, what the amount of old OS-versions are. It turned out to be staggering. Almost 70% of Android devices is running an older version of the firmware…
Since certain Android devices are stuck with outdated versions of the OS, they lack significant features and improvements to optimally work. The fragmentation problem also makes Android devices vulnerable to exploits.
How can this be acceptable? Not only by Google, but also the vendors and the carriers that sell these phones. Besides running security software on the device, the best advice I got and what I can give to others is to buy a new phone from the Google line. These will always, to a certain point, be upgradeable.
In this line I want to point out that with Apple iOS almost 80% of the devices is running the latest and greatest firmware. That's why I liked the post at GoogleSystem with an "Ode to the 3GS".
With all this hype about quad-core and dual quad-core phones, I find it amazing that a smartphone from 2009 runs the latest OS version and the latest apps well.
That's a big difference with a much younger Samsung Galaxy SII.


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'The Relationship Diremption' - Season 7, Episode 20
Sheldon has had enough of string theory after twenty fruitless years in the field. Meanwhile, Howard is embarrassed when Raj and his girlfriend Emily have a double date with him and Bernadette.
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Converting from InDesign
Suggested steps
This is what we do when we convert one of our textbooks from a traditional InDesign workflow to markdown for this workflow. You'll probably develop your own process for turning existing books into markdown. Maybe this will help.
- Open the InDesign file and copy all the text.
- Paste the text with formatting into your text editor.
- Search and replace (S&R) all line breaks with double line breaks:
- Tick 'Regular expression' (because you're using the regex
\nto mean 'line break', not actually searching for the characters 'slash' and 'lowercase en').
- Find
- Replace with
- Tick 'Regular expression' (because you're using the regex
- Comparing to a laid-out, up-to-date version of the book, mark all headings with markdown's heading hashes (#) according to their heading level. E.g.:
###, and so on.
- At the same time, you may want to manually create Markdown lists using
*for bullets and
3.etc. for numbered lists. Note that list indents can get complicated, so check previous chapters and test your markdown-to-HTML conversion when you hit a tricky one (e.g. a note inside a bullet list nested inside a numbered list).
- Add Markdown image references. See the images section below for detail on how best to do this.
- Search for every instance of italic, bold and bold-italic, and manually mark these in markdown with asterisks: in markdown,
*one asterisk*is italic,
**two**is bold, and
***three***is bold-italic. Remember that in some fonts, italic and bold may have different names in InDesign, like 'oblique' and 'black'.
- Look out for special characters, especially degree symbols (°), superscripts and subscripts. It's best to search the InDesign document (search by style and basic character formats, e.g. 'Position' for superscript and subscript) for these instances so you don't miss any. Most superscripts and subscripts in InDesign and similar are created by formatting normal text. In text-only, there is no formatting, so you should use the unicode character for each superscript or subscript character. E.g. when typing the symbol for oxygen, O₂, the subscript 2 is ₂, unicode character U+2082. To type these characters, you may need special software (e.g. for Windows, Google unicodeinput.exe), or copy-paste from an online reference. In Windows, you can also find symbols in Character Map, e.g. search in Character Map for 'Subscript Two'.
Search-and-replace in InDesign
InDesign is great for prepping text you've received in InDesign or Word, because it has very powerful search-and-replace. In particular, it's worth getting to know GREP search-and-replace. The learning curve is steep, but your conversions will be much faster once you've mastered GREP. Here are some GREP learning resources.
For instance, if you want to convert all italics to markdown:
- In the Find dialog, choose GREP.
- Click in the Format box and set the font style to Italic.
- In the Find box, search for
- In the Replace box, replace with
Remember that search-and-replace is rarely flawless, so proceed with caution. For instance, regarding italics: in markdown, it's very important that the starting
* and ending
* that mark the italics are right up against the words they wrap. I.e.:
- Correct:
I want to *emphasise* this.
- Incorrect:
I want to *emphasise *this.
However, many (human) editors often mark the spaces on either side of a word as italic, probably because clicking and dragging with a mouse can be inaccurate, and because double-clicking a word often highlights the word as well as the space after it. This means that when we automate 'search for italics and wrap with
*', we end up wrapping the space into the markdown as well. Also, sometimes spaces in the manuscript are italic, even though the words on either side of the space are not (this is probably caused by editing or pasting phrases that were once italic). In Word and InDesign, you'd never spot those italic spaces by eye. But in the markdown, you end up with this:
I went to* *the shops.
Markdown reads that is meaning that there is an actual asterisk after 'to', and italics start from 'the' and continue (at least) to the end of the paragraph:
I went to* the shops.
These problems have to be fixed with a combo of clever searches and manual spotting.
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KFC, Rapid city SD, InspiritHours: 9 Number of hours per week: 40 Average tip (weekly): no Description of the employer is not a most coveted job because it is a dirty job, and it is permanent. But to us, they were correct.
15 Oct
KFC, Minot, North Dakota, Work and Travel GroupHours: 10.5 hours per week: 40 or more average tip: / Work is not very strenuous, and the restaurant was right next to the motel in which I was placed. I worked in the kitchen and the cash register. If there was no work here, I was cleaning the restaurant. Time-table is not very big, but they gave a lot of hours.
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KFC, Rapid city SD, InspiritHourly: 9$ Number of hours per week : 40 Average tip (weekly ): no Not a most coveted job because it is a dirty job , and it is permanent . But to us, they were correct .
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KFC , Minot, Severna DakotaHourly: 10.50 Number of hours per week : 50 Average tip : First I worked as a packer and later as dishwasher and I had about 50 hours a week
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KFC, Minot, North Dakota, Work and Travel GroupHours : 10.5 Hours per week: 40 or more Average tip : / The job is strenuous, working too much, timetable is ok . Tips did not get . We had free meals . When there was no work for the cook , I cleaned and did everything they asked me . The second was my job at McDonald's , I worked the night shift with a schedule of 12 $ . At McDonald's I worked in the kitchen, barbecue , fried products and similar jobs.
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KFC, Minot, North Dakota, InspiritHours : 10.50 Hours per week: everything depends Average tips : no I prepared food for buffet , worked the cash register , as well as all other tasks that are required of me . The managers were not good treated the employees and going on to deprive us for hours . The good side of it is that I often had overtime . .
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We've been nationally recognized for our dedication to our customers and the Subaru Love Promise.
We're honored to receive the 2018 Subaru Love Promise Customer Commitment Award. This award nationally recognizes Subaru retailers who demonstrate excellence in all areas of customer-focused performance. It highlights exceptional customer service that builds lifelong relationships with Subaru owners.
Subaru Loves Pets
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Subaru Loves the Earth
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Whether they live in our homes or in the wild, Subaru is committed to keeping all animals safe and healthy.
A partner since 2008, Subaru has donated close to $14 million to the ASPCA and helped support nearly 1,000 pet adoption events, resulting in more than 11,500 adoptions to date.
Loving the environment means more than loving the great outdoors. It means working to preserve it.
Over a decade ago, Subaru became the first U.S. auto manufacturer to become zero-landfill, and now, in collaboration with the National Park Service and the National Parks Conservation Association, Subaru is leveraging that same environmental expertise to help the National Parks reach zero-landfill too.
It's our goal to make the pursuit of knowledge available to as many minds as possible.
Total donations to teachers: $92,233 Over 200 teachers adopted More than 15,000 students impacts
In a perfect world, hunger would be history and hope would be commonplace. We believe a perfect world is possible.
Subaru and Meals on Wheels America worked together to make volunteering easier, by launching a tool called the Meals on Wheels Online Volunteer Drive.
We should all have a chance to lead a healthy life. We're aiming to give as many people that chance as we can.
Subaru has donated more than $4.5 million dollars toMake A Wish, helping to grant 610 wishes in the U.S.
Our Love Promise can be seen in various partnerships with local charities and non-profits. We're grateful for the opportunity, not only to be a part of our community, but to serve it as well.
On July 12, 2018 Subaru of Keene delivered warmth and hope to cancer patients at Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Keene, NH. The nurses and staff along with the community are grateful for the support of Subaru of Keene. The blankets and messages of hope cards will help continue to spread love and strength to those battling cancer. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is proud of our partnership and all you do for the local community!
On October 28th of this year, Monadnock Humane Society and Subaru of Keene partnered to create an adoption event for the community through a grant we received from ASPCA. It was a great day for all of us – there were games, refreshments, adoptable pets at Subaru of Keene, and the Bathe-to-Save bus was there. In addition to the fun aspects of the event, there were over 14 Happy Tails – adoptions of pets who have been waiting a long time. One of our happiest tails is that during this event, a pair of bonded chinchillas were adopted! These are very unique pets and sometimes finding the right pet parent is challenging. We also loved the happy tails of families coming in together and finding that new family member to love. Perhaps the most significant happy tail is that a number of pets who have been waiting a long time were able to go home thanks to this event! While it was wonderful to be able to find new homes for these pets who have been waiting a long time, I believe the experience of working with the staff at Subaru of Keene was one of the best things about the event. They were enthusiastic through the entire process – always willing to help us, always working to make the event a success, and looking for new ways to help us raise money. They were the driving force behind having the Bathe-to-Save bus there. I can't say enough about Karyna Vargas, who kept things moving and organized. She is a treasure. The entire Subaru team was amazing to work with and they truly wanted to help pets find new families. It was always the main reason for doing this event. This event forged an even stronger relationship with a community business, and for that we all are very grateful! --- Carol Laughner, Director of Marketing and Development
On 07/17/2017, the team at Subaru of Keene delivered blankets and craft kits to to Norris Cotton Cancer Center as a part of the Subaru Love Promise initiative in partnership with the the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. These items, along with cards of hope from Subaru of Keene clients really do help to spread warmth and love to cancer patients. Thank you Subaru of Keene for your generous donation!
We got very lucky with the weather on Monday, June 5th 2017 for Subaru of Keene's and the Fenton Family Dealerships' 25th Annual golf tournament to benefit the Keene Community Kitchen. It looked like it was going to be a washout, but the rain held off and we had a great day. Over 150 golfers and volunteers were in attendance, making this event the Keene Community Kitchen's single largest fundraising event of the year. The preliminary results indicate Subaru of Keene and the Fenton Family Dealerships raised about $40,000 in funds from this event! That will buy over 28,000 hot meals or cover up to 3-4 months of operating expenses for the kitchen! Thanks to everyone who volunteered, golfed or sponsored at our 25th annual golf tournament and silent auction! We are so grateful for all of the support and generosity given to make this event a success each year. We also want to thank those who donated to the separate "Stove Fund" to help the kitchen get a much needed new commercial range. We are still compiling that figure, but it is enough for them to get a much needed new stove! For more information, please visit the Community Kitchen's website (www.thecommunitykitchen.org).
NH's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire makes meaningful, professionally supported matches between adult volunteers (Bigs) and children (Littles), ages 6 through 17, in communities across the state. They have over 20 site-based programs across the NH where most Bigs and Littles meetup to play and build their mentoring friendships; friendships that ultimately pave the way for brighter futures and better schooling for the children and stronger communities for all. However, their site-based programs are stocked solely with donated toys, crafts and games and in 2016 their supplies were starting to run low and toys were starting fall apart or lose pieces. So in December of 2016, Subaru of Keene along with Fenton Family Dealerships held a Toy Drive for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of NH and collected over 100 toys, books, games and craft supplies to replenish all their NH locations. Special Programs Coordinator, Karen Brook was completely blown away by the Toy Drive results and shared what a huge help this was for all of them in the winter months, adding how the donations will get lots of use from both the Bigs and Littles.
Subaru of Keene was pleased to present a check for $12,869 on April, 11th 2017 to "Rise for baby and family" (Rise) as part of their ongoing support of the local community. Rise provides family-centered early supports and services for babies with special needs in addition to offering a high-quality child-care and play groups since 1981. They now serve more than 250 children age's birth to 3. To show gratitude for all that Rise has done for families over the years, Subaru of Keene made Rise their "Hometown Charity" for the "Share the Love" fundraising event in November of 2016. Subaru of Keene was thrilled to see a large portion of customers chose to support Rise during this event. Executive Director Toni Ellsworth said she was truly grateful for the amount of funds raised during this event. "With their support, we will continue our mission to help babies' one family at a time", she added.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the employees of Subaru and the parent company for their generous donations to the Make A Wish Foundation and the New Hampshire Chapter. Because of your donations a local boy [made] his dream vacation in Disney World come true! This little boy is Landon Nash. He was born with a birth defect called CHARGE Syndrome and the doctors told the family that they did not know if he could see, hear or learn. With the love of his family, he has overcome the odds, and attends Mt. Caesar School. He is in second grade and everyone in the school knows and loves him! Landon was selected to be featured in a book titled "Children of Special Needs Under the Friendship Tree", and the publication was kicked off by a book signing event at Monadnock Regional High School. The entire student body, teachers and administration from Mt. Caesar attended, along with the author and illustrator, and everyone was able to shake hands with Landon, and congratulate him on being the star of the book. This has been an exciting year for him, and culminated in his dream vacation to fly with his family to meet Mickey Mouse, and because of all of you, his wish [came] true this November. He [took] lots of pictures, [bought] surprise toy packages and [got] to meet Mickey Mouse! Because of you, this all came true. With thanks from the bottom of our hearts, The Nash Family,
On the coldest day of the year so far, Subaru of Keene's General Manager Mike Perry and Gia Farina, manager of the local Meals on Wheels program hopped into a 2017 Venetian Red Subaru Outback to deliver meals on wheels to a rural community outside of Keene, New Hampshire. The minus 7 degree temperature and the steep snow covered hills did not slow down delivery as they brought a hot meal and season's greetings to an 83 year old participant who lived at the top of a steep hill. "My doctor said that I should have the meals," said the elderly gentleman who lives alone. The meal arrived hot, and the delivery people were very comfortable despite the deep freeze in the Outback. In this part of New Hampshire, nearly half of the Meals on Wheels participants are over the age of 80 and need assistance with the basics, like getting groceries or preparing a meal. 65% of the participants live alone, and look forward to seeing the driver, who may be the only person they see all day.This is the third year that Mike Perry has generously delivered meals to support the Share the Love program. Share the Love helps the Meals on Wheels program in Cheshire County provide nearly 100,000 meals every year to seniors! Meals on Wheels is sponsored locally by Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services (HCS) a Monadnock United Way agency.