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The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia origin story has Rob McElhenney and his cohorts Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day creating an extremely clever pitch video on the cheap that won the hearts of executives at FX. He's now used similar techniques to land his directorial debut, a family adventure about fear and overcoming it.
Rob McElhenney went to Legendary Pictures with a 4-minute test reel and a passionate 20-minute pitch. He was awarded a 7-figure deal for Figment, which he will also write and produce.
The movie follows a very imaginative boy whose family get thrown for a loop when their biggest fears spring to life. It fits the larger scale template that Legendary likes to utilize it its films, and it has a ticking clock incentive that put it on the fast track into development.
Legendary will produce alongside 3 Arts' Nicholas Frenkel and Rob McElhenney. While these deals are usually hard to come by, especially for first time directors, Rob accredits his proof of concept to winning Legendary over. He only went to Legendary with the idea, and showed what amounted to two scenes. The video had a nostalgic feel, and brought forth wonder and imagination that conveyed the bond between the central character and his 'figment'. The movie is being compared to Goonies and E.T.
Figment comes to theaters in 2016. The film is directed by Rob McElhenney.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.comments2014-11-11T01:59:10.398+01:00Griatch's Evennia musingsGriatch firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-25327521632154083972014-09-17T23:06:26.693+02:002014-09-17T23:06:26.693+02:00As mentioned in the blog, the purpose of the idmap...As mentioned in the blog, the purpose of the idmapper is not only speed of access but to hold the object instance in memory.

During testing we found that using something like Twisted's deferToThread has proven to be very slow. It's by all means an interesting idea to put memcached as a backend in front of a multi-threaded django access in order to keep its state consistent though. Griatch Arthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-84954873798266233862014-09-17T22:52:01.837+02:002014-09-17T22:52:01.837+02:00This is a fair point; I have changed the link colo...This is a fair point; I have changed the link color a little to make it clearer. Thanks for the feedback!
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-29471801614479707402014-09-17T18:03:49.514+02:002014-09-17T18:03:49.514+02:00Here is an example of something less hostile to th...Here is an example of something less hostile to the reader

http://ferretfarmer.net/2013/09/05/tutorial-real-time-chat-with-django-twisted-and-websockets-part-2/

Notice how you can easily identify the links vs normal text?Markhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-11991175967459288072014-09-17T17:54:08.782+02:002014-09-17T17:54:08.782+02:00The UI for this blog is really horrid. To hide yo...The UI for this blog is really horrid. To hide your un-decorated links to This rgb(104,137,150) in the paragraphs where the text color is rgb(114,114,114) is antagonistic to your reader.Markhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-77078890568434748782014-09-17T17:52:27.185+02:002014-09-17T17:52:27.185+02:00I think you are caching your Django ORM objects in...I think you are caching your Django ORM objects in the wrong place. Django is typically run multi-process and multi-threaded. Your IDMapper objects really belong in something like MemCached with some caching in front of the ModelManager, that way that state is shared across the multiple processes and the multiple threads.Markhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-66425757638371773602014-06-30T21:20:10.390+02:002014-06-30T21:20:10.390+02:00waiting for the paper on how to use OOB :)waiting for the paper on how to use OOB :)Florian G.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-40818792693956710462014-03-07T12:42:31.394+01:002014-03-07T12:42:31.394+01:00Thanks for the detailed feedback!Thanks for the detailed feedback!Laurent Bristielhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-41012022664176273672014-02-16T02:19:19.350+01:002014-02-16T02:19:19.350+01:00:-):-)Griatch Arthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-51115295039431126202014-02-15T17:09:13.504+01:002014-02-15T17:09:13.504+01:00+100 to persistent efforts+100 to persistent effortsEquinoXhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-11324479677945632742014-02-08T00:13:21.023+01:002014-02-08T00:13:21.023+01:00Glad you think so! . GriatchGlad you think so!
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-16597314169962059112014-01-24T18:36:01.579+01:002014-01-24T18:36:01.579+01:00Being new to Evennia i found this article very inf...Being new to Evennia i found this article very informative, thanks for taking the time to explain this.Gmaplehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-78489624024293814742014-01-24T17:34:37.635+01:002014-01-24T17:34:37.635+01:00@Gmaple Many operations take a different amount o...@Gmaple

Many operations take a different amount of time, even though they may produce the same result.

Python is indeed very readable, but it doesn't mean you only have one choice of how to implement a feature - and that some choices may lead to more compact or harder-to-understand code. The effect is not so bad in Python as it is in, say C, but it's still there.
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-60576814353367195012014-01-24T17:05:22.419+01:002014-01-24T17:05:22.419+01:00You say optimization is a double edged sword. From...You say optimization is a double edged sword. From my understanding python is inherently readable, and if a program is read top to bottom left to right does the exact syntax affect over all how efficient the code is?

I feel i may be missing the core concept here between optimal and readable.Gmaplehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-45071197089213571942013-12-20T23:52:45.635+01:002013-12-20T23:52:45.635+01:00They appear at the bottom of the page centered aft...They appear at the bottom of the page centered after the content. There was initially a reddit button with number of points and up/down arrows there. Now there's a more explicit link with "Discuss this on Reddit" and a twitter share button underneath that.

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Richard.Richardhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-4938127197103077412013-12-17T00:26:11.644+01:002013-12-17T00:26:11.644+01:00Hm. I look at various pages and I see no reddit li...Hm. I look at various pages and I see no reddit links at the bottom, only the navigation buttons ("<>"). This is under Firefox. Where are those links supposed to be?
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-8032371509009634752013-12-16T21:18:08.640+01:002013-12-16T21:18:08.640+01:00There should be reddit links at the bottom of each...There should be reddit links at the bottom of each page. Maybe there's a way we can make them more visible?Richardhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-49456196972905460062012-10-31T10:10:24.970+01:002012-10-31T10:10:24.970+01:00Thanks glyph, this license does indeed bring us mo...Thanks glyph, this license does indeed bring us more in line with the twisted licensing. I don't know anything off the top of my head suitable to "offload" on twisted at this point (maybe some very MUD-specific telnet extension protocols or imc2 support? ;-)), but it's certainly a tantalizing possibility for the future. :-)
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-5921993050597010152012-10-29T18:00:31.837+01:002012-10-29T18:00:31.837+01:00(Well... effectively the same license as Twisted. ...(Well... effectively the same license as Twisted. Technically we're under the MIT license, but the terms are the same.)glyphhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-18164923059623132652012-10-29T17:59:33.000+01:002012-10-29T17:59:33.000+01:00This is great news for Evennia - also, this means ...This is great news for Evennia - also, this means that since Evennia is now under the same license as Twisted, which means that you can now contribute code back to Twisted with no license friction, if you so desire. Anything you want to foist off on us to maintain now? ;-)glyphhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-7080979698321311942012-08-16T23:54:54.703+02:002012-08-16T23:54:54.703+02:00@georgek: Thanks! I don't know what your defi...@georgek:
Thanks! I don't know what your definition of "big game" is; I can only say that, at least in Evennia's case, cmdsets work very well to create a large number of advanced game states. One of our goals is to let our users (who are primarily hobbyists) only have to learn one system to manage all player-driven input. The cmdset system seems to be flexible enough to achieve this goal as far as we can tell.
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-2173867353402538272012-08-16T21:56:28.386+02:002012-08-16T21:56:28.386+02:00Good post Griatch. What are your thoughts on cmdse...Good post Griatch. What are your thoughts on cmdset relative priorities in big games, where there can be many complex combinations of state. Is there any evidence yet that this is easy or complicated to manage?georgekhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-80988160635121545632012-05-01T23:14:04.036+02:002012-05-01T23:14:04.036+02:00Update: With more aggressive caching and slightly ...Update: With more aggressive caching and slightly more "realistic" clients (not only building but mostly doing more "normal" player things like looking around and reading helpd files), I now run 1000 connected dummy clients without problems on my laptop.
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-684323587317034562012-04-13T17:11:17.170+02:002012-04-13T17:11:17.170+02:00Update: Thanks to ideas given elsewhere, Evennia ...Update:
Thanks to ideas given elsewhere, Evennia now supports updating any level of nested structure while saving it to the database. So the problematic example mentioned in the text

 myobj.db.test[3][2] = 8

now works as expected. Whereas it's true that Python lists doesn't store back-references to the structures holding them, one *can* define a custom object that *does*. Once this deceptively simple idea was presented to me, it was easy to actually implement. :) Some things are obvious only when someone else tells you.Griatch Arthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-17017080257471669392012-02-07T12:14:51.268+01:002012-02-07T12:14:51.268+01:00Hm, not sure what that may be. Did you have any pa...Hm, not sure what that may be. Did you have any particular type of app/middleware in mind?
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GriatchGriatch Arthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338260444057832583.post-4870108358580033572012-02-07T03:46:14.513+01:002012-02-07T03:46:14.513+01:00Has there been any thought towards developing a ba...Has there been any thought towards developing a basic set of apps / middleware for the portal?tsalarothhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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|Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 19
Folbury, George
FOLBURY, GEORGE (d. 1540), master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, graduated B.A. at Cambridge in 1514, was preacher to the university in 1519, took the degree of B.D. in 1524, was presented to a canonry and to the prebend of North Newbald in his church of York in March 1531, to the rectory of Maidwell, Northamptonshire, on 20 Feb. 1533-4, elected master of Pembroke Hall in 1537, and died between 10 July and 10 Nov. 1540. He is said to have been for a time tutor to Henry Fitzroy, duke of Richmond, natural son of Henry VIII, but this is not confirmed by the memoir of the duke published in 'Camden Miscellany,' vol. iii. Bale states that he took the degree of D.D. at Montpelier, and that he was a poet, orator, and epigrammatist. His works seem to have perished.[Cooper's Athenae Cantabr.; Le Neve's Fasti Eccl. Angl. iii. 674; Letters and Papers, For. and Dom. Henry VIII, vol. v. g. 166, 31; Bale's Scriptt. Illustr. Maj. Brit. (Basel, 1557), cent ix. 27.]


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Obituaries April 13, 2014
Lessie Hayworth Bodenheimer
HIGH POINT — Mrs. Lessie Hayworth Bodenheimer, 91, of Mock Rd., went home to be with her Lord and Savior and to hold her beloved husbands hand Saturday, April 12, 2014.
She was born in Davidson County, June 27, 1922 a daughter of the late Wheeler Addison Hayworth and Carma Louise Williard Hayworth. She was a graduate of Wallburg High School and Guilford Business College. She was retired from Braxton Culler Inc. in the Accounting and Bookkeeping Department and a member of the Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church. She was married September 7, 1943 to David Clyde Bodenheimer, who preceded her in death and was also preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Hayworth Swaim.
Surviving are her children, Sharyn Craven and husband Gene of High Point, Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Bodenheimer, Jr. of Kernersville, Col. Mike Bodenheimer and wife Anita of Colorado Springs, CO and Carma Ann Robertson and husband Ricky of High Point.
Grandchildren, Tony Craven, Christy Craven Willson, Jack Robertson, David Robertson, Melanie Bodenheimer Wright, Matt Bodenheimer, Miranda Bodenheimer, Ryan Bodenheimer, Brystal Bodenheimer, Hayley Bodenheimer and Tyler Forystek.
Great Grandchildren Landon Bodenheimer, Maggie Bodenheimer, Caroline Craven, Dalton Craven, Tucker Craven, Cooper Craven, Bella Willson, Wade Willson and Catheryn Wright. Sisters-in-law, Mae Green, Violet Everhart, Charlotte Bodenheimer and Barbara Bodenheimer.
Funeral services will be held 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2015 at Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church 2817 Abbotts Creek Church Road High Point with the Rev. Mark Hollar officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bodenheimer will remain at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home (Wallburg Chapel) 10301 N. NC Hwy. 109 Winston Salem until placed in the church Tuesday at 2 p.m. and the family will receive friends in the fellowship hall at Abbotts Creek Baptist Church Tuesday, April 15, 2014 from 2 p.m. until 3:45 p.m.
Memorials may be directed to Abbotts Creek Missionary Baptist Church 2817 Abbotts Creek Church Road High Point, NC 27265 or to a Hospice of the donors choice.
Online condolences may be sent to the Bodenheimer family at www.jcgreenandsons.com
Bessie Valeria Kivett Cagle
BETTENDORF, Iowa — Bessie Valeria Kivett Cagle, 86, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa, died Friday, April 11, 2014 at her home.
There will be no services held at this time. The family suggests memorials to Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, in lieu of flowers. McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home in Bettendorf is assisting the family with arrangements.
Valeria was born on Sept. 30, 1927, the youngest of six children of Marvin and Bertha Kivett. She died peacefully on April 11, 2014, in Bettendorf, Iowa. She grew up in High Point, North Carolina, and began college at High Point College, where she was an accomplished violinist and concert mistress of her college orchestra.
In the late 1940s, she married Wayne Cagle and together they raised a family of four children, all of whom survive her: Wayne (Perri) Cagle, Jr., Lynne (Larry) Zotzmann, Debbie (Terry) Crouch, and Mark Cagle.
After graduation from Central Missouri State University in the early 1970s, she began a distinguished teaching career at Robinson Elementary School in Raytown, Missouri. She taught for over a decade and was a recipient of the Kansas City Star's Excellence in Education Award.
In addition to her children, she is survived by her brother Marvin Kivett, Jr., four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was a beloved sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Condolences may be made to Valeria's family by viewing her obituary at www.mcginnis-chambers.com.
Beatrice Alexander McCullough
HIGH POINT — After two weeks of declining health, Mrs. Beatrice Alexander McCullough, age 100, died on Monday, April 7, 2014, at Heritage Nursing Home in High Point, NC. She formerly resided in Beamon Count Housing.
Mrs. McCullough was born Feb. 5, 1914 in High Point, NC to the late James Robert and Etta Strong Alexander. She was a devoted member of the Baptist faith.
She is preceded in death by two sisters, Geneva Wasson and Helen Burns; three brothers, Rayford Alexander, George Alexander and Theodore Alexander.
Survivors are four nephews, George Alexander of Kernersville, NC, Arthur (Gloria) Alexander of High Point, NC, Leslie (Tina) Joyner al Allentown, PA and John (Shirley) of High Point, NC; five nieces, Geneva Alexander of Greensboro, NC, Connie Miller of High Point, NC, Patricia Oyinwola of Greensboro, NC and Joyce Frazier of Easton, NJ; of host other relatives and friends.
Memorial Service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at People's Funeral Chapel. Online condolence may be sent to the Mrs. McCullough Memorial page at www.peoplesfuneralandcremation.com Professional arrangements entrusted to People's Funeral & Cremation Service Inc.
Robert McKeehan
HIGH POINT — Pastor Robert McKeehan died April 10, 2014.
Arrangements are pending at Cumby Family Funeral Service on Eastchester Drive in High Point.
Jerry Malone
HIGH POINT — Jerry Lee Malone, 63, died April 11, 2014, at High Point Regional UNC Healthcare.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time at Phillips Funeral Service Inc.
Iva Bell Smith Nelson
HIGH POINT — Mrs. Iva Bell "Bobbie" Smith Moore Nelson , 96, a resident of Bradford Village West, Kernersville, died on Thursday, April 10, 2014.
She was born Feb. 6, 1918, in Stokes County to Roland M. Smith and Laura Akers Smith. She was the oldest living member of Walnut Cove Primitive Baptist Church.
Mrs. Nelson was preceded in death by her first husband, Elder Fletcher Moore in 1973 and second husband, Carl Watson Nelson; son, Donald W. Moore; five sisters and three brothers.
Surviving are daughters, Dorothy Reid and husband Charles of Kernersville, & Deborah Grogan and husband Randy of Wilson, NC; stepson Barry Nelson and wife Jan of High Point; ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, April 14, 2014 at Saints Delight Primitive Baptist Church in Kernersville at 1:00 pm officiated by Elder Milton Gunter and Rev. Neil Shaw. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday evening from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Cumby Family Funeral Service, High Point . In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to Hospice & Palliative Care Center, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston Salem, NC 27103.
Condolences may be left on memorial page at www.cumbyfuneral.com Arrangements made by Cumby Family Funeral Service, High Point
Clara "Nina" Shaw
HIGH POINT — Clara "Nina" Shaw, 97 passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at Shannon Gray Health and Rehabilitation.
Nina was born on Sept. 25, 1916, in Guilford County to James Shaw and Ila Bristow Shaw.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her loving husband Ernest Lee Shaw and Grandson Scott Shaw also 11 brothers and sisters. Nina was a loving mother adoring grandmother and will be missed by all who loved her.
Survived by sons; Darrell Shaw of High Point, Jimmy Shaw and his wife Sue of West Palm Beach, Fla., Larry Shaw and his wife Pam of Archdale, also 7 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
There will be a graveside service on Monday, April 14, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Floral Gardens Memorial Park with Reverend Bynum Orr officiating.
At other times the family will receive friends at the home of Darrell Shaw.
Online condolences may be made through www.cumbyfuneral.com Arrangements were made through Cumby Family Funeral Service on Eastchester Drive in High Point.


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Gondry's Mood Indigo Gets Richer as It Darkens
By Amy Nicholson
Land Ho!'s Horny Seniors Never Quite Charm
By Amy Nicholson
The Discoverers Finds Humor in Reenacting History
By Heather Baysa
I Origins Offers a Plot as a Puzzle
By Calum Marsh
Glorious Boyhood Captures Life in Bloom
By Stephanie Zacharek
Yawn -- Woody Allen Has Another Movie
By Alan Scherstuhl
A Wolf at the Door a Gripping Neo-Noir
By Simon Abrams
Hoffman Lends A Most Wanted Man Gravity
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Un Secreto de Esperanza (A Beautiful Secret)
A shaky beginning and ending only slightly mar this Mexican drama, which chronicles the unusual friendship that develops between an adolescent boy and a mysterious elderly woman inhabiting a crumbling estate widely believed to be haunted. The story is told in flashback, with our first glimpse of the protagonist, Jorge, as a grown man standing in the rain and holding a bunch of flowers. Then we see him as a 12-year-old in 1984, dancing around to the Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited." There are some strange Omen-esque moments involving the so-called haunted house and some plot contrivances before Jorge meets Esperanza. She turns out to be a reclusive eccentric, a writer who once kept company with Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and their ilk before walking away from fame and fortune; she was also the first Latin American woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature. The boy is beautifully portrayed by Jaime Aymerich, but much of the movie's resonance comes from another bit of inspired casting: Katy Jurado as the enigmatic Esperanza. Jurado, who died in July at the age of 79, had been a film star in her native Mexico and a movie journalist for years when she was "discovered" in 1951 by Western director Budd Boetticher, who cast her in The Bullfighter and the Lady. She went on to have a spotty Hollywood career, including High Noon (1952) and Broken Lance (1954), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination -- the only Mexican performer to achieve that distinction. She was also briefly married to Ernest Borgnine. She's exceptional in this, her swan song to the movies, which features long luxurious stretches with Esperanza simply reminiscing; the audience is likely to be as entranced as the wide-eyed young Jorge. (Sunday, November 16, 3 p.m., Parker Playhouse; 128 minutes; in Spanish with English subtitles)
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How has your background informed the book?
I think that the fact that I came to the study of Catholicism from the outside made me understand that nothing is obvious, that everything should be explained, and that distinctions between faith and facts should be very clearly kept. I am agnostic: I respect people of faith, and people of no faith, and I want my work to be equally acceptable to those coming from any religious tradition or no religious tradition. I wanted it to be useful for a cradle catholic, for someone like me who comes from a different religious background, and for a reader who has never put foot in a house of worship.
What sparked your own interest in this area?
I am not sure, but I guess my upbringing in the Jewish Orthodox world made me interested in religious phenomena, and in particular in religions that are very structured, like the one I grew up in.
What makes this book different from other books on the market?
The vast majority of books on Catholicism, and even more so, the introductions to the field, are written by Catholics. Catholic Studies is still a very much closed club. Many of the books are confessional, often openly so, and thus are of little use for a non-Catholic who is not looking to be indoctrinated. Others pretend to be "introductions," but in fact concentrate on very specific issues. Many present an "ideal" image of the Church (and this ideal is either very conservative or very liberal, depending on the author's persuasion). Some devote so much space to peculiar historical issues, that the current situation is hardly explained. I tried very much to describe the reality of the Church, not what it should be. I believe that the fact that I am an outsider, not invested in one or another camp, helped me do that.
How do you envisage Catholicism Today being used on courses in the field?
I use it as a textbook to a yearly course on contemporary Catholicism I teach at my university. Different parts give students the basic information on the topic we study, be it the calendar, sacraments, the hierarchy, or ecumenism. Then, I ask the students to use additional works that I assign (primary texts, scholarly articles, articles from magazines, blogs, films), in order to get a more complete view of the different issues related to the topic. I think it works quite well, and I offer my syllabus on the blog accompanying the book (www.catholicism-today.net), so others can use it, if they want, as a basis to their courses.]]>
Read our interview with author Marie Cartier, in which she reveals some interesting facts and background to her groundbreaking work.
Tell us a little about yourself. What has been the biggest highlight in your career?
As this is my first academic book—this has to be a highlight. I have to say one of the biggest highlights of my career thus far however, has been an ongoing and poignant one, connected to the publication of the book but also stretching off from it. The hardcover version of this book was published last January and we had the book launch for the book at the Long Beach (CA) Gay and Lesbian Center. It was a "standing room" only crowd and several people were turned away because there were no seats left. Before the event, I had asked several of the "informants" or women I interviewed for the book to help me "sign" books after the reading. I wanted them to share in the pride of having their stories published. At my first reading six of the 102 people interviewed were on hand to help me sign book. The ongoing highlight of this story is that I have had one to two events every month since last January and at every one of these events I have had at least one person from the book show up there to sign books with me—and also often to relay personally parts of their story that are in the book, and sometimes to add to that story.
What was your vision upon starting Baby, You are My Religion and do you believe you have achieved your goals?
My vision on starting Baby, You Are My Religion was that I wanted to capture the uniqueness, "sacredness" and community that filled the gay bars pre-Stonewall for the people who went there. I felt, prior to starting this book that the gay bar culture pre –Stonewall (pre 1975 or so) had been lost with the people who lived through it. The people who lived through that time knew that the gay bars were important—as community centers, as public spaces, as conduits of information and friendship—that existed nowhere else in their culture at that time. We as a gay culture however following this period wanted a different history to be proud of—not a "gay bar" history. But, gay bars were the "only place" for gay women and men prior to 1970—there was literally no other public space. So, I thought, we needed to think about the gay bar in a different way than we had thought about a bar before. One of the things I emphasize in the book and in my performances is that we need to be proud of the history we have—not search for a history to be proud of.
Yes—I do believe I have achieved that goal. One of the reasons I believe I have achieved the goal is the amazing gratitude I have received from the women (and men) who lived through this period—who have come forward as participants, and have come to sign books with me, brought people to readings, and have been so proud to have their stories told. For many of them, this was such a positive, yet dangerous and conflicted time. It was their "coming out" into gay and lesbian culture—coming into themselves. I believe this book –with its emphasis on religious language—is able to place this culture in a lens through which it has never before been seen. As we look at this culture through the lens of a possible sacrality—we begin to see how important it was to the women and men who created it, kept it alive and lived it as they shaped their identity and the culture from which the identity of "gay pride" and the contemporary gay and lesbian civil rights movement would blossom.
Who are the intended audience?
Everyone .
Seriously—everyone should be interested in the beginnings of gay and lesbian civil rights. I believe with this book I establish the ground for the gay bars pre-Stonewall as the claiming of public space for gay and lesbian people. This claiming of public space allowed the fermentation of community and civil rights organizing and community connection that would become the movements that would establish social change such as gay marriage rights in future decades. Everyone should be interested in that.
What do you hope resonates with the reader?
The hope that the folks who lived through this period had—the dreams and wishes and fears and courage they had to live "the life," the gay life pre-Stonewall—when police raids, beatings, rape, unlawful arrest, and detention were not uncommon. I hope that contemporary people, and certainly contemporary LGBT people, understand what this earlier generation did in order to carve out these essential breathing spaces between a rock and a hard place that allowed our LGBT culture to birth a future. If not for this courage and fortitude to persevere in creating community, we do not have the culture that we enjoy today as LGBT people. That's a fact—it's history. I want this additional way to look at the history/herstory of LGBT people to become part of the canon—part of how we view our history—that the gay bar culture was essential—and it is something we have the right to be proud of.
Can you summarize the book's key message?
Gay bars were an alternative church space to gay and lesbian people pre-Stonewall. Gay people were considered mentally ill by the profession until 1973; they were considered sinners in every minor and major religion; they were considered the nation's highest security risk (more gays and lesbians were let go from their jobs during the McCarthy era than Communists). Sinners, psychos and perverts—this was their lot. The gay bar provided the space for humanity, friendship, sometimes love, and community connection. This was the only place available for that. As such, it provided and became an alternative church space for people exiled from all other spaces.
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Why not view inside Deconstructing the Bible?
1) What led you to write Deconstructing the Bible?
In 1986 I had been asked by Liverpool University to implement courses in Biblical Hebrew, where the teaching of theology had been banned by statute. Teaching Hebrew was a new venture, which was enthusiastically encouraged by the University. In 1989 ( I am sure in error!) I was invited by the Spanish Minister of Culture to offer an academic paper at the 900th anniversary symposium on Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164), one of the great Spanish Hebrew poets, philosophers, Biblical commentators and scientists, who represented the Golden Age of the Jews of Spain, my favourite period of Jewish history.
At this symposium I met the leading Israeli scholars in the field, most of them originally from north Africa, with Arabic as a first language. I also subsequently met Professor Moshe Idel, the leading Israeli exponent of Jewish mysticism. Moshe suggested that I do extensive research on the Biblical commentaries written by Abraham ibn Ezra, the very first Spanish bible commentator, and translate them into English. Deconstructing the Bible grew out of that research.
When the book first appeared in 2002, book launches were organised at universities and other suitable venues in Jerusalem, Florida, Cambridge, Dublin, Glasgow and Manchester. Subsequently, in 2009, another book launch of the paperback version was organised in Manchester, my home town. Ibn Ezra actually died in England at the hands of a Crusader mob, at the age of 75 and has a poem written about him by Robert Browning: entitled 'Rabbi Ben Ezra', which starts 'Grow old along with me'.
2) Your book was first published in 2002, yet Abraham ibn Ezra is still relevant today. Why is this do you think?
Ibn Ezra is one of those few timeless writers who will never 'grow old'. His work appeals to every generation in a new way. When I lived in Israel a few years ago I was amazed to find Deconstructing the Bible available in every university library. Interest in his work comes from all types of people of every religion and none. In addition, ibn Ezra has been studied by scholars of Muslim philosophy and cultural studies, as well as scientists, astronomers and astrologers. He also introduced humour into Hebrew poetry for the first time. Ibn Ezra is definitely 'Renaissance Man before his Time'. There is something for everyone. He even describes angels as 'messengers transmitted by God through our brains'. The poem by Robert Browning: Rabbi Ben Ezra, introduced him to an even wider audience in the English-speaking world.
3) How significant do you think it is that Abraham ibn Ezra used Hebrew in all his works?
Abraham ibn Ezra's native language was Arabic. He was born in Tudela (northern Spain) and then travelled all over Christian and Muslim Spain and north Africa and maybe as far east as India. It was usual for all the great Spanish Jewish poets to write their poetry in Hebrew. However most of them wrote the rest of their work: Bible commentaries, philosophy and grammar in Arabic or in Judeo-Arabic (Arabic written in Hebrew characters).
Ibn Ezra was practically unique in sticking to Hebrew and there was a reason for this. His goal was to leave his homeland, Spain, in 1140, aged 50 and to deliberately travel to the Christian lands of Italy, Provence, France and England, in order to safeguard Judaism from the dual threat of Islam and Christianity and the clashes between these two cultures, by preserving the Hebrew language and Sephardi culture in those countries which did not speak Arabic. Ibn Ezra had a dream in which he prophesied that the Jews would be saved in countries ruled by Christianity and especially England, which he re-interpreted from the French word, Angleterre, as representing 'the edge of the earth' (actually a quote from Deuteronomy).
How ironic, therefore, that ibn Ezra was killed by 'anarchic English hordes' on their way to Israel to participate in the Crusades.
Ibn Ezra also prophesied that one day all the Jewish people would speak Hebrew as their native language and it is certainly moving that way, with the majority of the 14 million Jews in the world now living in Israel. However, in recent years, other cultures are also interested in Hebrew, including scholars in the Far East who are increasingly fascinated by this wonderful and magical language.
4) You originally taught Hebrew. What led you to teach Medieval Studies?
I first studied Hebrew in Israel at religious seminaries and ulpans (institutions which teach modern Hebrew). Religious seminaries study the biblical commentaries in depth, most of which are medieval: I am talking about Rashi, ibn Ezra, Radak and Ramban here, to name but a few. So the study of Hebrew went together with 'Medieval Studies'. In Judaism, unlike in some other cultures, the term 'medieval; connotes dialogue, progress and the pursuit of knowledge.
On return to Liverpool I taught Hebrew at the University of Liverpool, but also Hebrew poetry, most of which stemmed from Spain in the Middle Ages. When the invitation came to attend the 1989 Symposium in honour of Abraham ibn Ezra, I was able to combine my two loves: Hebrew and ibn Ezra himself. I devoted my academic life to encouraging the study of Hebrew for all and a deeper understanding of the genius of ibn Ezra and his Spanish Jewish contemporaries, most of whom had been forced to flee.
After my paper in Madrid, the doors were opened and many Israeli scholars generously encouraged me to develop my interest in the translation of ibn Ezra and other medieval thinkers for the wider community.
The Middle Ages was also the era of blood libels, desecration of the Host libels, murders of Jews and expulsions. All of these things started in England, by the way, which has a sorry history of contempt for the Jewish people, dating from the 12th century, of which the murder of Abraham ibn Ezra in 1164 by Christian crusaders in London is just one of the first examples.
5) What is your greatest academic achievement?
Writing my thesis on ibn Ezra just after the early death of my mother, when I was bringing up two children and had to travel for miles to a university far away from my home town.
In addition, I had just set up the Liverpool Burma Support Group. In 1991, whilst writing the thesis which was the basis for Deconstructing the Bible, I was invited by the family of Aung San Suu Kyi to be their guest at the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, where I also attended the Symposium for Distinguished Academics and realised that, as the child of Holocaust survivors, I was respected for being a Jewish thinker who could help others in their plight. In fact it was the Dalai Lama himself who told me this!
6) You still do a lot of teaching in your local community. Tell us more about what you are currently involved with.
For the last five years I have been running the Broughton Park Theology Dialogue Group in the house on a fortnightly basis. The group is probably unique, combining scholarly research, and a meaningful exchange of ideas, all served up with a cup of coffee and biscuits in the heart of the Jewish community of north Manchester.
Lately, we have been embarking on a project called 'The Face of the Other': looking at parallel texts from the Jewish Christian experience: eg Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament, Philo of Alexandria and Justin Martyr. We are currently researching Christian interest in Jewish mysticism and how this interest influenced the formation of Protestant Christianity. It helps that many of the Christians participating have learned Hebrew with me beforehand! We intend to carry on to the present day, discussing how German Christians behaved in the Holocaust, as well as reactions to the founding and survival of the State of Israel where most Jews now live.
In addition, for the last two years, I have been offering classes for clergy with some background in Biblical Hebrew. We are looking at texts which are open to a variety of interpretations. We explore Jewish ways of reading the Bible, which open up new vistas and help clergy in their daily lives, sermons and pastoral work.
The classes introduce Christian clergy to ways in which the large Jewish communities in their midst tackle difficult questions of the day in context. Examples of such texts are 'Love your neighbour as yourself' (Leviticus) and 'God made man in His image' (Genesis). There are also the tremendous extracts from the Prophets, such as Isaiah, Amos, and Micah, whose messages are as stirring today as when they were originally written.
7) Can you sum up your book in one sentence?
Not in one sentence. Four or five will do!
In 1140, aged 50, one of the greatest Bible commentators of all time, Abraham ibn Ezra, took voluntary exile from the Spain and Sephardi culture which he loved, in order to safeguard the Jewish people by introducing them (through his life of great poverty and travel) to the latest developments in Hebrew grammar and science.
Leaving his home comforts, he made his way ever northwards through Christian Europe to his final destination, England, where he wrote two of his greatest works in the reign of Henry II and was violently torn to shreds by 'anarchic English hordes in a forest north of London'.
His life, work and philosophy are encapsulated in the poem by Robert Browning, entitled: Rabbi Ben Ezra: 'Grow old along with me: the best is yet to be'.
Yet his death was not the end, for his legacy continues unabated and his reputation has never been greater, especially in Israel where he is admired as much for his prolific scientific and mathematical output, as for his poetry and Bible commentaries.
No wonder so many streets in different Israeli cities are named after Abraham ibn Ezra!
And I have also just learned that John Lennon wrote a song about ibn Ezra, to be played at weddings. It was written just before John's own death, in November 1980, and entitled 'Grow Old Along with Me'.
This means a lot, especially as I did all the research for Deconstructing the Bible in my Liverpool home, Menlove Gardens West, adjacent to where John Lennon lived in his childhood, and very near to Penny Lane and other famous Beatles sites.
8) So what's next? Are you hoping to write more books?
I certainly hope so and am extremely honoured to have been invited to consider translating the biography of one of the great contemporary Israeli rabbis to English.
I am also delighted to tell you that I am currently in discussion with an editor at Routledge about a planned textbook on the History of Medieval Judaism, a period which covers many centuries of the Jewish experience, the legacy of which is still with us today.
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Markus: Okay now that you practiced making some turns, let's work on the different types of parking. The safest kind is probably curb parking. Let's try it right up here. Remember you want to keep your wheels parallel to the curb and park within 18 inches of the curb, the closer the better.
Oh, I think that's a little too close.
Molly: I'm sorry dad.
Male Speaker: Oh don't be sorry molly, this isn't easy. It takes a lot of practice and experience to get a good sense of where the curb is?
Molly: Can I give it another try?
Male Speaker: Absolutely and when you do park like this, remember to leave enough room between your car and the car in front of you, so it will be easy for you to pull out.
Molly: How does it look dad?
Male Speaker: You're definitely within 18 inches of the curb, although you could be closer, you did much better this time. We'll practice to this more later, now let's head for a parking lot so we can practice angle and perpendicular parking.
Female Speaker: Parking lots can be stressful for all drivers, especially new drivers. Annoying fender-benders happen all the time in parking lots because drivers just don't pay enough attention. So be cautious and defensive when driving through a parking lot. Molly is attempting angle parking, in order to do so she must leave at least 5-6 feet between her car and the other parked cars. Once she finds a space, she must signal and drive forward until she sees the center of the parking space.
Once she comes to a stop; she should straighten her wheels to make sure she begins backing out straight when she exits the space. Now let's watch as Molly attempts to park in a perpendicular parking space.
Male Speaker: This is the most common type of space found in parking lot, so you need to get used to it and as you will approach the space keep at least 8 feet between your car and the cars in the row that you're going to parking. After you signal position the car so that the front bumper is just beyond the tail lights of the car immediately before the space.
Now turn the wheel sharply and slowly enter the space. Always pull ahead far enough so that your rear bumper isn't sticking out of the space and into the parking lot traffic; you want to be as centered as possible within the space and remember to straighten your wheels, good job.
Female Speaker: Mark is setting up orange cones which can only mean one thing, parallel parking; parallel parking is the most difficult type of parking to master. It often involves parking between two cars on a busy street and can be extremely stressful to any driver, especially new drivers. It takes time and patience to master parallel parking so you should practice this in an empty parking lot between two large cones or other parking aids.
Molly is probably going to have a lot of trouble with parallel parking at first, and so may you. So instead of watching her make a lot of mistakes, let's head outside so I can show you how parallel parking should be done.
I brought you out here to give you a bird's eye view of proper parallel parking technique. When parallel parking, try to find a space that's at least 5 feet longer than your car, otherwise you might not be able to successfully park in that space.
Now, as you approach a parallel parking space; you need to signal to warn other drivers behind you, then pull up next to the car ahead of the space, keeping the back of your front seat, lined up with the back of the other car's front seat. The seats should be aligned just like this; you should also leave two to three feet between your car and the car next to you.
After shifting into reverse; look over your right shoulder before slowly backing up, as soon as the car starts to move, begin turning your wheel all the way to the right, continue backing up into the back of front door as lined up with the rear bumper of the car next to you. When you reach this point begin turning the wheel away from the curb as you continue backing into the space.
Once entered the space, straighten the wheels as necessary and pull forward or backward to center yourself between the other cars. Ideally you should be parked about six to eight inches away from the curb, not too bad. Now let's recap parallel parking as one smooth maneuver, only this time, we'll look at it graphically.
Signal as you approach the parking space and pull up next to the car ahead of the space, keeping the back of your front seat, lined up with the back of the other car's front seat, leave two to three feet between your car and the car next to you, backup slowly, turning your wheel all the way to the right, continue backing up until the back of the front door is lined up with the rear bumper of the car next to you. Then turn the wheel away from the curb and continue to back into the space, straighten the wheels and center yourself between the other cars.
If you're taking a driver's test then must park between cones, treat the front cone like the rear bumper of a car and handle that as you would when parking on the street. Begin backing into the space as you normally would. The key is to begin turning your wheel away from the curb whenever the back of your front door aligns up with the front cone, then finish backing into the space and straighten out your car.
Remember, parallel parking is difficult and stressful but you have to learn how to do it? This video or any other video of our book can't replace the hours of practice required to master the parallel parking. Parents, take time to practice this with your students. You can't expect them to be experts just by watching us and students this is going to take a lot of practice but don't let that frustrate you; it happens to everyone.
Molly: I wish we could have practiced parallel parking a little more, I know I can do it.
Markus: I know you can do, but we need a little break from driving, pull over to the curb that ahead, we'll take a walk and get something to eat. Before you are turning the car off; it's a good time to think about which way you should set your wheels when you're park facing downhill like this.
Molly: Okay, I had this memorized. Let's see downhill with the curb, so I should turn my wheels toward the curb.
Markus: Okay memorizing this just fine, but its easy to figure out; just by thinking about what would happen to the car if the brakes fail.
Molly: If the brakes failed the car would go forward.
Markus: Right, so which way would you turn the wheels to avoid having the car rolling to the street?
Molly: Toward the curb.
Markus: Exactly, now set your wheels and set your parking brake.
Molly: Okay dad I got it. Let's go get something to eat.
Female Speaker: Mark raised a very good point by giving molly a break. It's extremely important to give your student breaks, every hour or as often as necessary to keep them alert. There was also a good lesson about parking downhill with the curb, if your brakes fail while parked the car will coast in the direction your wheels are turned, in this case the car will coast into the curb and stop rather than into another car or out in to traffic.
If you park downhill without a curb, park as close to shoulder as possible and turn your wheel sharply toward the shoulder, should your brakes fail, your vehicle will head on to shoulder. If you park uphill with the curb; turn your wheels away from the curb. If your brakes fail, the back of your front tire will roll backwards and hit the curb as long as you're parked close enough. This will prevent your car from backing into traffic.
When parking uphill without a curb, turn your wheels all the way to the right. This will ensure that your vehicle rolls backwards away from the road if your brakes fail. Little things like this go a long way towards ensuring your safety and the safety of other drivers.
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The Texas Comptroller's Property Tax Assistance Division Preliminary findings show Cass County Appraisal District's values are too low for 2011.
Cass County Chief Appraiser Leann Lee said McLeod ISD and Bloomburg ISD's local taxable values were found to be invalid, and state value was certified because local value did not exceed the state value and is less than 90 percent of the lower end of the margin of error range.
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Author: Sergey Nikolov
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Two children's stories with beautiful illustrations!!! 1. The Legend of the Black Sea. An unforgettable story which shows that strength of will is above everything else. 2. Mommy - an unforgettable story where good and bad are both done in the name of love.


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2:25 am
Tue June 26, 2012
Dozens Protest Mass. Town's Cursing Ban
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Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 3:25 am
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. If you thought Occupy Wall Street was big, consider this. Dozens of protesters gathered at the Middleborough, Massachusetts town hall. As we've reported, the town approved $20 tickets for public cursing. Police have refrained from ticketing until the state says it's constitutional. That left protesters free to voice their opposition, making generous use of a well-known adverb. A local news report used up the station's supply of bleeps. You're listening to MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.