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Every now and again there's a particular episode of an anime that really sticks in the mind. Maybe it's because it holds a major turning point in the plot, some huge piece of character development or maybe just because the writers have decided they're going to mess with our head by killing off one of the main characters without even a hint of warning. And if we're talking Code Geass, maybe it's even all three in a single episode. And maybe even more than once in a single season!
A number of episodes come to mind for various reasons: Ep 7 of Full Metal Panic - The Second Raid for the major character moment between Kaname and Sagura; Ep 9 of Saikano for the sheer "man, that's messed up" value and Ep 8 of Paranoia Agent for the whole twisting your head at the last minute thing. But the three I want to talk about most are from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Black Lagoon and Ergo Proxy. All three of these have something in common, that is that each of the episode listed below contain what is probably the greatest character defining moment for the "Heroine" of each respective series after which you have to look at the character slightly differently for the rest of the show.
TMoHS: Ep12, Live Alive.
Even before we get to the "character development" moment, this ep's got plenty to elevate its standing from "good" to "great". It's got Kyon's "just a minute" mimicry of Tsuruya-san, blink_and_you'll_miss_it background action, pop culture cameos & references, a nod to the fans (in the form of Koizumi's class play) to the true nature of the Haruhi-universe and what must be one of the best in-show concerts of the last decade. And then, to top it all off we have... The Aftermath. Haruhi's modesty in the face of praise and quiet contemplation under the (confessional) tree moves her from just a godly powered genki girl and closer to being an actual person. We've always known that she's smart, but now we can see that she can actually think, and not just about herself either but also about others and how she affects them. It's probably one of the biggest turning points in her development over the series. Kyon's concern over her and his strong desire to seek her out at lunchtime* coupled with the fact that when he finds her she actually opens up to him with her fears and worries is also a major turning point, but this time in the relationship between the two. This is probably the first time in the show, and the novels, that you can really see a possibility of them actually becoming a couple.
*Kyon wolfing down his lunch in order to get out of the classroom ASAP and then the sudden shift to slowly ambling over to find her, with lashings of self denial all the way, has got to be one of the funniest bits of this ep.
Black Lagoon: Ep7, Calm down, Two men.
This ep starts, and stays, in the "good ep" category for most of it's airtime but where it really moves into "outstanding" is in the last five minutes or so. Throughout the first 15 minutes we have Revy go though ao whole series of moods and emotions leading up to "the row". Apart from peeved and angry (which she spends a lot of time being anyway) we get to see her fascinated by Hotel Moscow's sex tapes (with maybe a touch of naivety too) and flustered by Pigeons job offer. What really makes this ep though is how she reacts when Rock finally blows his top at her. In a way she's been subconsciously weary and afraid of Rock for a while not. She's not been afraid of him physically but more in what he, and those like him, represent to her and how looking at him reflects herself back in her own eyes. She'd spent so long justifying her life and her actions and backing them up with threats and bluster that she can't handle it that a person like him won't back down to her. Would she have actually killed him had he not stopped her? Maybe? She was probably more hoping that once he ended up at gunpoint he'd cower away from her and prove her right but Rock proved himself, and his resolve, to be more than a match for her. Had her aim been purely to kill him then she wouldn't have made such a big flashy show of pointing her gun at him, she'd have just shot him. She also would have stopping him from wrestling the pistol from her, probably by shooting him with the other pistol (she ain't called Two Hands for nothing after all), but instead she put up what was a suspiciously feeble fight. During their argument they actually come to some kind of understanding for the first time and once she realises that he's staying with them totally of his own free will she can accept him as a friend. Their last conversation in the cop car as they're hauled away is really kinda romantic in its own way.
Ergo Proxy: Ep16, Dead Calm / Busy doing nothing.
Some of the best ever comedy and/or dramas, when you boil them right down, are just about people talking. Some of the greatest episodes of several well know British comedies comprise almost entirely of the two main characters sitting on the sofa for 28 minutes discussing whatever comes to mind. Red Dwarf's best eps were often just Rimmer & Lister or Lister and the Cat talking, Porridge had what's considered it's finest episode consist solely of two prisoners locked in their darkened cell over night. Only Fools & Horses was voted the best ever British sitcom but what people tend to remember it for is a non-comedy (and at times tear jerking) episode set mainly in a broken lift (elevator) where the two main characters (Delboy & Rodney) discuss how Rodney's life has changed since his wife's miscarriage. You can make an episode or even a whole series as action-packed as you like but what people will tend to remember later on is the character driven parts. This should start to explain why I consider episode 16 to be not only the finest episode of Ergo Proxy, but also one of the finest episode of any anime. Ever.
This ep is almost entirely about Re-L/Real and marks what's probably the biggest changes in a single character in any single episode of anime. When we first meet her at series start she's arrogant, aloof, uptight, spoilt, rude, focused and maybe a touch naive. She's always had everything she needed at her fingertips, Iggy available to cater to her every whim and her family connections to keep her above reproach. Iggy's final outburst in the episode 15 finally causes her to doubt her own competency and whether she's actually ever earned her position or just been carried by those around her. When, in the next episode, she realises just how helpless she is really is she finally starts to crack up.
Over the space of the episode 16 she goes through most of the Kübler-Ross stages of grief. She gets angry both at their inability to escape and also at Vincent for his willingness to sit and wait for the situation to resolve itself. She goes into denial and spends her time trying to distract herself from the issue by studying Pino, and anything else she can find, as well as getting obsessed over Vincents stubble. She gets terribly depressed by her lack of control over the situation and refuses to get out of bed for days. Eventually it's when she finally accepts that there's nothing that she can physically do to get them out of their predicament that she, and they as a group, can move on.
Adding to her misery is the fact that this is the first time she's been forced to live in close quarters with another person and deal with all the compromises that this entails**. It's also the first time she's gone from being a "have" to a "have not". While not immediately evident, it's noticeable in several later episode that this not only changes the way she deals with others, becomes a (slighty) more caring and tolerant person but also makes her more appreciative of what's she's got.
**Sorry girls, the great toilet seat up/down issue between men and women will never be resolved in our lifetimes. It's one of those things we're all just going to have to live with.
It's also during this ep that she starts to change how she views Pino. She's always referred to her before as "The AutoRaiv" and treated her as an infected machine just to be studied or utilised. In episodes after this she actually begins to refer to her by name and treat her as part of the crew rather than a machine or a tool.
The other good thing about these 3 episodes is that the Dubs are some of the best of recent years and apart from the dreadful handling of the songs in TMoHS*** I'd go so far as to say that the English language dubs on each are almost as good as the original versions.
***which are just awful, but I'd been expecting as much so it wasn't that much of a shock that they sucked.
Thanks for listening. Pen'
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gertruda wrote:What are some good anime for young viewers besides the older stuff? As an anime fan, my little brother wants to get in on the scene, but my dad's a bit anal about what he watches. I was wondering what some more recent animes are that are good for his age-group that I might enjoy watching as well : P He's 9 1/2, and is really into anime.
Well, I guess the first question is: What's your brother enjoyed so far? Is he into monsters trampling on Tokyo, big ass robots kicking seven bells out of alien invaders, slick samurai swordplay action, competitive teamwork shows or mysterious tales of magical girls and their quest for justice?
I'd guess the second question is: Just how uptight is your dad? Is it the fighting he doesn't like (remember when people complained about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being too violent?), the darker tones or adult themes found in number of anime series aimed at teenagers (if so, best stay away from Death Note) or is it just the tits? If it's the last then you're probably going to run into problems as, due to cultural differences between us and Japan and their much more open minded attitude to sex* and violence on TV, many of the shows that the Japanese tailor for pre-adolescents tend to be considered over here as being too ribald or risqué for a young audience. Strange but true, a number of Pokemon episodes were banned from being aired in the US as they were considered inappropriate for young children. The Pokemon manga was also edited or censored in places as they considered some of the outfits to be too revealing meaning sweaters, shorts etc were drawn in over the top.
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A good place to start would be with the most popular series for the age range we're looking for, like the aforementioned Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh! or even those aimed more for young teenagers and up such as Bleach or Naruto. While these shows may have all taken a lot of stick over the years, the simple fact is this: You don't get as popular as these series have just on pure luck alone. If your fan base numbers in the millions then by God, you must be doing something right. Mind you, nine and a half may be a little early for Bleach, although I know quite a few people who'd claim it's never to early for Bleach. You could probably also try something like Blue Dragon, Elemental Gelade or some of the more kiddy friendly Studio Ghibli movies like My Neighbour Totoro.
There are a number of places online where you can legally watch streaming anime, many of which are so recent that they're available literally days after their initial Japanese airing. These sites have the advantage of letting you try out an anime before you shell out any of your hard earned cash to either rent or buy. Generally considered the best of these is Crunchyroll though there are others.
You can also rent anime DVD's from online rental sites such as Lovefilm.
http://www.lovefilm.com/browse/film.htm ... genre|7338
Hope this helps, Pen'
*BTW. Did you know that Japan is the world's second biggest producer of pornography, beaten only by the United States? Looking at the size and population of the US it's easy to imagine them in their position of king of the porno hill but Japan? It's smaller than the state of Montana and still manages to put out that much smut!? Wow.
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What a beautiful New Year's wish, Jennifer!
Our family is looking forward to our first trip to Ireland, in tandem with our college-aged daughter's fall semester abroad, to be spent, hopefully, in Cork. I've certainly appreciated your many posts on your travels to Ireland, your research there and stories of your heritage!
May there be a beautiful year in store for you in 2014!
Thanks very much for your lovely comments Jacqi! I hope you have a wonderful time on your trip, and I wish you and your family all the very best in the new year. One of my great-uncles taught at University College Cork, so Cork holds a special place in my heart.
Happy New Year Jenn! We enjoy your blog so much and wish you and your family a great year. I have learned to really appreciate electric power and heat.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year to you and yours! Thanks for your lovely comments. I am glad to hear your hydro has been restored.
What a lovely post to open this new year, Jenn. I wish you all good things in the new year!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your lovely comment, Nancy. I wish you all the best in the new year too!
What a lovely sentiment, and photos to go with it. Happy New Year Jennifer.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your lovely comment, Pauleen. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Nothing like an Irish rainbow or two:) All the best to you in the near year and thanks so much for your great blog.ReplyDelete
Thanks very much Maria for your lovely comments. I do love rainbows. All the best to you and yours, as well.
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Voodoo, skulls, tattooed skin and more oddities from cities around the world.
Sure you can visit the standards: The Louvre in Paris, Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., Tate Modern in London. But if you venture away from the throngs of tourists at these museum hot spots during your summer globetrotting, you'll find some oddly specific museums.
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Can you give this penalty for *perfectly* stacked and stillness (not when they are moving) ?Omroth wrote:Well could I give the penalty *just* when you're *perfectly* stacked?
We had to make a rule on some tournaments: stillness and perfect stacked is forbidden.
Why only for stillness ? Because the only way to defeat a stillness SG hidden in a small room is to attack him with 2 moving MG perfectly stacked.


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One fine day in 1957, a 15-year-old named Carol Klein got off the express train from Brooklyn to Manhattan with schoolbooks under one arm and sheet music under the other. She wore bobby socks, white sneakers and a black skirt with a pink poodle embroidered on it.
Starting with the "A"s in the phone book, she began visiting music industry executives, hoping that her aggressive piano playing and perfect pitch would land a contract. At Atlantic Records, impresario Ahmet Ertegun called her "soulful" but sent her on her way. ABC-Paramount invited her to record four of her songs, including a thankfully forgotten number titled "Baby Sittin' " ("You know the baby I mean — he's 17") .
Klein, eventually known as Carole King, wrote in her recent memoir, "I shudder to recall . . ."
The bright side was that her work could only get better. And by any measure, it has.
After a career spanning five decades, more than 20 solo albums and numerous high-profile honors, the 71-year-old King is the first woman to receive the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The award, established in 2007 to celebrate the music-writing team of George and Ira Gershwin, will be presented at the White House on Wednesday, after a Tuesday concert in her honor at the Library of Congress. Previous winners include Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
In a rare and brief phone interview last week as she wandered around Manhattan's Upper West Side, King was friendly but not rock-star boastful. She stopped in front of Carnegie Hall, where she gave two sold-out concerts in 1971. She did not linger on that point but instead uttered the old joke of how to get there: "Practice, practice, practice."
For someone who has spent a lifetime expressing herself in music, she is not overeager to describe the process of writing.
Of lyricist Gerry Goffin, her first husband and early musical partner, she says: "He taught me a lot about the mood of a song, how to set the mood with chords and melody, that major chords can sound very majestic. He didn't say that. He'd say, 'I like that one.' "
So did millions of record buyers. The pair had a prolific and commercially successful run of pop songwriting — bookended by "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" for the Shirelles in 1960 and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" for Aretha Franklin in 1967.
King transitioned to performer in a way many "hired gun" songwriters of that era did not. Her breakthrough was the Grammy Award-winning 1971 soft-rock album "Tapestry," which sold more than 13 million records, clung to the Billboard charts for 302 weeks and helped set the template for the singer-songwriter genre of deeply personal stories set to music.
Songs on the LP included "I Feel the Earth Move," notable for its rollicking sexuality, the up-tempo tale of relationship rot, "It's Too Late," and the reassuring ballad "You've Got a Friend," which provided the only No. 1 hit for her friend James Taylor.
At the peak of her selling power, King left Los Angeles for the backcountry roads of Idaho in 1977. Moving off the grid aligned with the "hippie queen" image she conveyed from photographs of the era showing her with cascades of curly hair, often beside horses or Indian-print drapery.
Whenever she performs, she continues to draw devoted baby-boomer audiences. "They have connected with me and, in connecting with me, they're really connecting with themselves and thinking of where they were when they first heard one of my songs," she said.
King becomes more animated talking about her political and environmental activism. With limited success, she has advocated for the preservation of 23 million acres of wilderness in the Northern Rockies. She has performed at fundraising events for Democratic presidential candidates. She also traveled to Havana in 2002 as part of a congressional delegation that hoped to ease U.S. trade restrictions with Cuba, and she serenaded Fidel Castro with "You've Got a Friend."
In Boston this month, she received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music, along with country star and marijuana advocate Willie Nelson and singer Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics. "It's pretty amazing," King said. "I'm now Dr. King. Annie Lennox gave a whole speech, and Willie just asked if he could now write his own prescriptions. I said, 'I have a dream. . . . ' "
"My mother would be so happy," she added. "She finally has a Jewish doctor in the family."
King, a fireman's daughter, was 4 when she began playing piano and mimicking tunes from the hit parade. She once told an interviewer that she "would listen to the radio and tear every song apart and try to figure out why it was what it was, even if it wasn't a hit."
She met Goffin at Queens College in the late 1950s but dropped out when she became pregnant. A childhood friend, songwriter Neil Sedaka, smoothed her introduction to Don Kirshner, whose music publishing company in Manhattan operated under a churn-it-out impulse aimed at separating teenagers from their money.
For Kirshner, Goffin and King wrote their seminal hits of the early 1960s, including "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" which expresses with startling frankness a woman's fears of the day after sexual intimacy. King and Goffin's later compositions included "Up on the Roof" for the Drifters, "One Fine Day" for the Chiffons, "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees and "Don't Bring Me Down" for the Animals.
The King-Goffin marriage dissolved amid her husband's drug use and infidelity, and King moved in the late 1960s to Laurel Canyon, a bohemian neighborhood of Los Angeles. She became a backup musician for James Taylor, and he gently nudged her into a solo career that culminated in "Tapestry."
The album's production was subtle and clean, with a sharp narrative focus on friendship and loss. "Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?" she asked in "So Far Away," one of the many songs she wrote solo.
Anthony DeCurtis, a rock music critic and author, said King was "really important for millions of people and very specifically for millions of women. When she wrote about sexuality in 'I Feel the Earth Move,' there's a playfulness in the song and a willingness to explore something that not a lot of women songwriters, outside of say the blues, had really explored. That made a big impact."
"Tapestry" — No. 36 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time — was a near-impossible act to follow commercially and critically. Furthermore, King had grown weary of what she called the "fast lane" in Los Angeles and parties where conversations revolved around plastic surgery and gossip.
Idaho, she wrote, appealed to a desire for bucolic tranquility. King now lives on a 128-acre ranch that has a professional recording studio and two swimming pools heated by geothermal hot springs. She said she hasn't focused on songwriting in years. Her musical legacy seems assured anyway.
King and Goffin were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and King is now the subject of a musical biography scheduled to reach Broadway next spring. She has shown a belated willingness to hold ajar the door to her personal life. Last year in her memoir, "A Natural Woman," she revealed the physical abuse she suffered in her third marriage, to a leathersmith and aspiring musician named Rick Evers.
"I got old enough to have enough of a history to write about," she said. "I like to bring to people the notion that if you follow your path, it may take you down a wrong path and you can get off and do something different. But you don't have to be fearful of making a decision. In my life I've made decisions that are not so good, but if you're feeling like leaping, leap."
"Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize in Performance at the White House" premieres May 28 at 8 p.m. on PBS.


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Perl Module Monday: Try::Tiny
While I am a devout and enthusiastic Perl proponent, there are things that I wish Perl had, or had done differently. One of these is the lack of a clearly-defined exception framework. It's one of the (very) few things I think Java does better than Perl. Over the years, CPAN has been host to several variations on try/catch-style syntactic sugar. But I now have a favorite: Try::Tiny.
While I had noticed the module scroll by the CPAN Twitter feed, I hadn't paid much attention to it at first. I like the idea of clean try/catch, but I haven't used it in any of my modules because I didn't want to make the lists of dependencies any longer than they have to be. TryCatch, for example, uses Moose, which is a lot to install simply to have a clean exception model.
Then I read this blog post about it, and became much more interested. First off, Tatsuhiko was showing a lot of enthusiasm for something for something that isn't Plack or PSGI (just teasing!). But mostly, it was just the relief of having a nice try/catch pair with no dependencies.
Let me say that part again, just in case you're skimming: NO DEPENDENCIES.
Well, aside from Test::More at build-time, but you have that lying around already, right?
This one is absolutely going into the toolbox for future use. I'm also going to look for places where it seems to be an especially-good fit with other modules. (More on that, later.)
Try::Tiny. Give it a, errrr, try…Tags: CPAN, module-monday, Perl


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This question has previously been asked, but that was a year ago and I wanted to know if there had been any developments since then.
Basically we'd like to use a MemCached Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine... which is only x64, obviously.
I haven't found any details on a Win64 version of MemCached, but there is still the solution from the previous thread (which I haven't tried yet) to use a bit of software called MemCacheD Manager running MemCached 1.2.6. However, the current version of MCd is 1.4.4 and I was wondering if there had been any improvements since then.


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On the truth about Benghazi…
Condoleezza Rice On Benghazi: It's Hard To Know For Sure In A 'Fog Of War'.
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It is a sultry day; the sun has drunk
The dew that lay upon the morning grass;
There is no rustling in the lofty elm
That canopies my dwelling, and its shade
Scarce cools me. All is silent, save the faint
And interrupted murmur of the bee,
Settling on the sick flowers, and then again
Instantly on the wing. The plants around
Feel the too potent fervors: the tall maize
Rolls up its long green leaves; the clover droops
Its tender foliage, and declines its blooms.
But far in the fierce sunshine tower the hills,
With all their growth of woods, silent and stern,
As if the scorching heat and dazzling light
Were but an element they loved. Bright clouds,
Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven–
Their bases on the mountains–their white tops
Shining in the far ether–fire the air
With a reflected radiance, and make turn
The gazer's eye away. For me, I lie
Languidly in the shade, where the thick turf,
Yet virgin from the kisses of the sun,
Retains some freshness, and I woo the wind
That still delays his coming. Why so slow,
Gentle and voluble spirit of the air?
Oh, come and breathe upon the fainting earth
Coolness and life! Is it that in his caves
He hears me? See, on yonder woody ridge,
The pine is bending his proud top, and now
Among the nearer groves, chestnut and oak
Are tossing their green boughs about. He comes;
Lo, where the grassy meadow runs in waves!
The deep distressful silence of the scene
Breaks up with mingling of unnumbered sounds
And universal motion. He is come,
Shaking a shower of blossoms from the shrubs,
And bearing on their fragrance; and he brings
Music of birds, and rustling of young boughs,
And sound of swaying branches, and the voice
Of distant waterfalls. All the green herbs
Are stirring in his breath; a thousand flowers,
By the road-side and the borders of the brook,
Nod gayly to each other; glossy leaves
Are twinkling in the sun, as if the dew
Were on them yet, and silver waters break
Into small waves and sparkle as he comes.
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Louder Than A Bomb is the name of a scholastic slam poetry competition in Chicago. It's also the title of a new movie from Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel, a documentary focusing on teens from four different high schools as they prepare for the annual competition.
The strategy of filming the run up to an academic contest and coupling the building intensity with an up close and personal focus on one or more participants is a well tried motif (e.g. Spellbound, The Great Debaters).
Moreover, slam poetry is not new. First manifest as a phenomenon back in the 1980s, slam rediscovered poetry as living art and simultaneously diverged from nearly all literary conventions. Slam is primarily oral not written. It's raw and undisciplined, relies on performance, personal charisma and presence more than felicitous language. It arises from youth culture, not the academy, owes more to rap than to Shakespeare. Twenty years later, however, these contrasts no longer have the same shock value.
But despite the familiarities, in fact maybe because of them, Louder Than A Bomb comes off as fresh, vibrant and relevant. Having had time as a "traditional" poet to come to terms with slam's radical approach, I felt better prepared to accept and consider it as a legitimate form of poetic expression. And having brought to the theater certain expectations with respect to the concept of the "academic contest as film" I found myself all the more surprised at the non-competitive elements that stood out so eloquently in Louder Than A Bomb. That these kids compete not as spellers or debaters but as poets uniquely facilitates their ability to discover each other as human beings. Throughout the film there is an out-loud dimension of enthusiastic a-ha comprehension and support. In a city known for turf battles and gangs, color and class barriers, poetry as a means of drawing children together is amazing stuff.
Just as poignantly, the richly detailed often troubled situations in which many of these teens are growing up directly influences and is interpreted by the poems. When Lamar Jorden, leader of the Steinmenauts team from the West Side of Chicago, in a voiceover at the beginning of the film says, "I was a bit of a troublemaker, and I did some things I regret. I would like damage a lot of things in my house, but my father never cried about that. When I got arrested, my father didn't cry about that. First time I made my father cry, was the first time he heard me perform poetry," one understands the poverty of communication in his life, and the r0le poetry plays in addressing it.
Even for Adam Gottlieb, progeny of nearly perfect circumstances, matriculating at Northside College Prep, one of the nation's top schools, encouraged by his still married, affectionate middle-class parents, poetry has clearly deepened his sense of himself and of the world. Charismatic in his delivery, he channels the Beats, and his genuine feelings of fraternity for his "opponents" wows them and us. Nova Venerable, half-Indian, half-African American, representing Oak Park/River Forest, is more direct but just as mesmerizing, her voice edgy and wounded as she reveals her pain over an estranged and abusive father, and the threatened loss of a chronically ill brother. Nate Marshall, who represents Whitney Young, lives with his mother, both his parents having struggled with drug addiction, and early on points out for the camera where in the South Side neighborhood park he was "jumped" by assailants. Of all the works we hear, his come closest to rap in their pacing, rhyme-laced, upbeat and full of humor.
Despite the slam slogan, "the point is not the point, it's the poetry," I found the interactions outside of the performances complementary and compelling. Here's verse that functions as a catalyst for understanding between children, and also between children and their parents (and teachers as well) at a critical juncture in their lives. When was the last time "serious" poetry could claim to be this essential? Could the literati be missing something?
Dana Gioia in a recent essay in the Hudson Review writes:
While the new popular poetry has received immense coverage from the electronic media and general press, it has garnered relatively little attention from intellectuals and virtually none from established poetry critics. One can understand the reluctance of academic critics. If they have noticed the new popular poetry at all, they immediately see how little it has in common with the kinds of poetry they have been trained to consider worthy of study.
As Gioia, who favors formal prosody, points out, in contemporary poetics, it's mostly with rap and slam poetry that formal elements like meter and rhyme find unabashed celebration.
The students' poetry itself provides the best evidence for both the vitality and sincerity of their interest. Was every poem declaimed worthy of publication in the Norton Anthology? No, of course not. But they did consistently surprise me with their coherence and power, their willingness to tackle thorny subjects. Perhaps given the overdose levels of reality TV currently being injected into our culture, the celebrity contests like American Idol and Dancing With The Stars dominating the small screen, the existence of poetry as a purer ambition for American teens represents desperately welcome iconoclasm. For anyone with an interest in the true wealth and breadth of American poetry, this is a must see film.*
*(In keeping with Louder Than A Bomb's 10 point system for evaluating its declaimers, I award a score of 9.0).
There's a good bit of history for the date, May 6th.
For instance, Olga Korbut, Sigmund Freud, and Maximilien Robespierre, among others, were born on this day. In 1527, Spanish and German troops sacked Rome, signalling the end of the Renaissance. In 1863, Confederate forces defeated the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville. In 1889, the Eiffel Tower officially welcomed the public. In 1954, Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile. In 1994, the Chunnel opened underneath the English Channel, better linking Britain and France. In 1998, Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood struck out 20 Houston Astros to tie Roger Clemens' major league record. May 6th is also police day in Georgia (U.S.), and International Diet Day.
But for whatever capricious reason, the historical factoid that resonates the most with me today is the admission on May 6th, 1757 of English poet Christopher Smart to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London. He had developed a religious mania which compelled him to pray continuously, and apparently wandered the city doing so in public.
Samuel Johnson remarked, "My poor friend Smart shewed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place." And also, "I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any one else. Another charge was, that he did not love clean linen; and I have no passion for it."
Smart himself wrote in his work, Jubilate Agno, composed during the years of his confinement (though not published until 1939):
"For I blessed God in St James's Park till I routed all the company. For the officers of the peace are at variance with me, and the watchman smites me with his staff."
In all likelihood, Christopher Smart suffered from bipolar disorder.
He was, if excessively ardent in his devotion, harmless. Certainly, far worse has been done in the zealous demonstration of faith.
Here is a poem for which he is well known. One can imagine what effect the loss of freedom and bleak ambiance of the asylum must have had on its author.
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry (from Jubilate Agno)
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
For is this done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.
For then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God upon his prayer.
For he rolls upon prank to work it in.
For having done duty and received blessing he begins to consider himself.
For this he performs in ten degrees.
For first he looks upon his forepaws to see if they are clean.
For secondly he kicks up behind to clear away there.
For thirdly he works it upon stretch with the forepaws extended.
For fourthly he sharpens his paws by wood.
For fifthly he washes himself.
For sixthly he rolls upon wash.
For seventhly he fleas himself, that he may not be interrupted upon the beat.
For eighthly he rubs himself against a post.
For ninthly he looks up for his instructions.
For tenthly he goes in quest of food.
For having considered God and himself he will consider his neighbor.
For if he meets another cat he will kiss her in kindness.
For when he takes his prey he plays with it to give it a chance.
For one mouse in seven escapes by his dallying.
For when his day's work is done his business more properly begins.
For he keeps the Lord's watch in the night against the adversary.
For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin and glaring eyes.
For he counteracts the Devil, who is death, by brisking about the life.
For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him.
For he is of the tribe of Tiger.
For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger.
For he has the subtlety and hissing of a serpent, which in goodness he suppresses.
For he will not do destruction if he is well-fed, neither will he spit without provocation.
For he purrs in thankfulness when God tells him he's a good Cat.
For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.
For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.
For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of the Children of Israel from Egypt.
For every family had one cat at least in the bag.
For the English Cats are the best in Europe.
For he is the cleanest in the use of his forepaws of any quadruped.
For the dexterity of his defense is an instance of the love of God to him exceedingly.
For he is the quickest to his mark of any creature.
For he is tenacious of his point.
For he is a mixture of gravity and waggery.
For he knows that God is his Saviour.
For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest.
For there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.
For he is of the Lord's poor, and so indeed is he called by benevolence perpetually—Poor Jeoffry! poor Jeoffry! the rat has bit thy throat.
For I bless the name of the Lord Jesus that Jeoffry is better.
For the divine spirit comes about his body to sustain it in complete cat.
For his tongue is exceeding pure so that it has in purity what it wants in music.
For he is docile and can learn certain things.
For he can sit up with gravity, which is patience upon approbation.
For he can fetch and carry, which is patience in employment.
For he can jump over a stick, which is patience upon proof positive.
For he can spraggle upon waggle at the word of command.
For he can jump from an eminence into his master's bosom.
For he can catch the cork and toss it again.
For he is hated by the hypocrite and miser.
For the former is afraid of detection.
For the latter refuses the charge.
For he camels his back to bear the first notion of business.
For he is good to think on, if a man would express himself neatly.
For he made a great figure in Egypt for his signal services.
For he killed the Icneumon rat, very pernicious by land.
For his ears are so acute that they sting again.
For from this proceeds the passing quickness of his attention.
For by stroking of him I have found out electricity.
For I perceived God's light about him both wax and fire.
For the electrical fire is the spiritual substance which God sends from heaven to sustain the bodies both of man and beast.
For God has blessed him in the variety of his movements.
For, though he cannot fly, he is an excellent clamberer.
For his motions upon the face of the earth are more than any other quadruped.
For he can tread to all the measures upon the music.
For he can swim for life.
For he can creep.
My apologies to anyone following my blog regularly.
We've been in the process of moving, which has constrained my time considerably, and I haven't posted anything in much too long.
However, we seem to getting towards the end, or the beginning of the end…
Also, I just received welcome news regarding my film "Astronaut Goes From Migrant Fields To Outer Space." It has been selected as the Third Place Winner, in the Experimental Film category, at the Los Angeles International Film Festival.
Here is a recent podcast interview I did in anticipation of the screening of "Astronaut Goes From Migrant Fields To Outer Space" at the WILDsound TORONTO Film Festival this Saturday, May 1st.
I'm happy for the publicity, both for the film and hopefully the compassionate, coherent side of the immigration issue, given the current experiment with codified racism and a Geheime Staatspolize version of the American Dream in Arizona.
Sadly, hatred and ignorance remain omnipresent and galvanizing forces despite the sublime milestone of a black president and our unique history as a nation of immigrants.
From the Associated Press: "Key provisions of Arizona's immigration legislation, signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday:
Makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally by specifically requiring immigrants to have proof of their immigration status. Violations are a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500. Repeat offenses would be a felony.
Requires police officers to "make a reasonable attempt" to determine the immigration status of a person if there is a "reasonable suspicion" that he or she is an illegal immigrant. Race, color or national origin may not be the only things considered in implementation. Exceptions can be made if the attempt would hinder an investigation.
Allow lawsuits against local or state government agencies that have policies that hinder enforcement of immigration laws. Would impose daily civil fines of $1,000-$5,000. There is pending follow-up legislation to halve the minimum to $500.
Targets hiring of illegal immigrants as day laborers by prohibiting people from stopping a vehicle on a road to offer employment and by prohibiting a person from getting into a stopped vehicle on a street to be hired for work if it impedes traffic.
The law will take effect by late July or early August."
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
–Emma Lazarus, 1883 (Inscribed on a plaque inside the Statue of Liberty)


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Friday, June 29, 2012
A SECOND CHANCE: The Morellis
On Feb. 17 MGH Hotline published an article about patient John Morelli, who surprised his wife with a Valentine's Day dinner at the MGH while he was awaiting a transplant.
It was a bright, warm spring day in Boston. John Morelli remembers this because – after having been hospitalized in the MGH Cardiac Intensive Care Unit for more than two months – he wanted to spend some time outside. But no more than 10 minutes after Kimberly Parks, DO, of the MGH Heart Center, had given him the go-ahead to enjoy the sunny weather, she came back to his room with even better news. The heart and liver that Morelli had been awaiting for months were available.
"Dr. Parks said, 'I don't think you are going outside today – we have a match,'" Morelli recalls. "But it was a really bittersweet day because someone had to pass away for me to have a second chance."
This marks the second time in the past 20 years that the MGH has performed a heart and liver transplant, also the second operation of its kind ever done in New England. The surgical team included Joren C. Madsen, MD, DPhil, director of the Transplant Center, who performed the heart transplant; James F. Markmann, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplantation, who performed the liver transplant; and cardiac surgeon Joshua N. Baker, MD, who implanted a temporary right ventricular assist device.
"MGH is the only institution in New England that has the expertise and the resources necessary to perform these complex procedures and to care for these challenging patients," says Madsen. "This success and others like it reflect the collaboration and team spirit shared by all members of the MGH Transplant Center. It is why our Transplant Center is one of the best in the world."
Now happily recuperating in his Braintree home with his wife, Stacey, and their three boys, Morelli is dedicated to giving back to others. He is in the process of creating a nonprofit organization called the Transplant Foundation of New England, which he hopes in the near future will help patients and families awaiting transplants.
"I have a lot of plans," Morelli laughs, launching into a list that includes family vacations, running, cycling and even triathlons. "It's a good feeling. I'm getting my energy back. It's slow – but it feels great. I'm so happy to be home with my wife and kids. It's a miracle." Read more articles from the 6/29/12 Hotline issue.
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I'm not one for John Frieda hair products – they just don't enthuse me but I couldn't say no when I saw an offer on at Boots – any 2 frizz ease items for £7.50. Bargain seeing as one of these serums is about £7 alone.
I bought 3 Day Straight and Frizz Ease Intense Serum:
As some of you may know I got a perm a few months ago and have been struggling with controlling the frizz. I have started to straighten my hair again just so I have some control over it and boy – did I miss my straight locks!
The Frizz Ease serum I haven't tried enough to review – it's just silicone that you apply to very wet hair and it seems to work ok although I'm not jumping for joy about it. It's the 3 Day Straight I am interested in!The instructions are specific:
Spray throughout damp or wet hair, NOT on dry hair. Start with 10-15 sprays. Use more or less, depending on hair length and thickness.
Step 1: Wash & condition with Frizz-Ease® Smooth Start® Shampoo and Conditioner
Step 2: Spray Frizz-Ease® 3-Day Straight™ Semi-Permanent Styling Spray on wet hair
Step 3: Blow Dry
Step 4: Straighten with hair straighteners
Days 2 & 3: No need to wash, just touch-up with hair straighteners if desired.
It's important to realise the straightening bit is the key. When I blow dried my hair with this stuff I looked like coco the clown. Only with straighteners did they settle. This spray therefore requires time and elbow grease it is not a miracle instant straightener.
The product is easy to use, it smells ok, it made my hair feel a bit rough but it did, totally, keep my hair straight for 3 days with no touch ups.
I get the same result with a good blow dry or a good straighten. My hair won't just bounce back to curls if I have taken the time to use a straightening product followed by a blow dry followed by straightening irons. The curls only come back when I wash it.
Therefore, for me, I don't see the point of a specific 3 day straight product if I have to put just as much work in as with a normal blow dry/straighten, but if you do have hair that bounces back to curls perhaps you will have a different result to me.
I also don't think this product adds shine and if anything, made my hair feel stiff.
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At this year's CES, I didn't just wander through halls of half-baked Bluetooth-pinging little wearable things and write about them: I also wore them. Which ones? I kept it simple. Because, really, there aren't that many useful pieces of wearable tech in the world right now. And even the ones I wore weren't all that necessary. I was just curious what they would do for me. And once a fellow editor asked if I'd track my activity throughout CES, I grabbed what I had on my desk and charged up.
Fitness trackers: Fitbit Force, Nike+ FuelBand SE
If you saw me at the show, you'd have noticed one or both of my arms covered in three wristbands: the Pebble Watch, a Nike+ FuelBand SE, and a Fitbit Force.
I had two separate fitness trackers for no good reason at all, other than I was curious how each would perform, and I have no personal fitness-tracker favorite. The Fitbit Force is a superior step-counter and syncs better, but the band falls off too easily and it's not shower-proof. The FuelBand SE feels better and is easier to use as a watch, but I find its other functions lacking.
I forgot to bring the Jawbone Up24, which does sleep tracking (the Fitbit Force does too, but I kept forgetting to start it each night). But I barely slept, anyway: three hours one night, three another, four and five the last two nights. I know I was sleep-deprived.
On my best Fitbit Force day -- which turned out to be Sunday, January 5, before the show even opened -- I walked 12,738 steps, or 5.51 miles. That's small potatoes compared to serious show-floor walkers, but I was often sitting down writing or hopping into cabs.
The Nike FuelBand SE said I only walked 10,224 steps that day. That type of conservative under-recording was common. And, oddly, the FuelBand had my best Fuel day on Wednesday January 8, when I only walked 9,123 steps but earned 3,408 "fuel points," Nike's algorithm for activity and fitness. Go figure.
All told, according to the Fitbit App, I walked 74,026 steps over my 7 days at CES, for an average of 10,575.1 steps a day. That equates, according to Fitbit, to 32.02 miles, or an average of 4.57 miles a day.
But if you asked the Nike FuelBand, it says I consistently walked less. So I went with the Fitbit Force data...I prefer extra credit. The FuelBand's daily activity breakdown, however, indicated I did the least walking in the morning, with afternoon, night, and late night splitting the difference.
Did any of this get me to eat healthier over those seven days? Not at all.
Pebble watch: The perfect CES wearable
The Pebble watch -- last year's version, not the Pebble Steel -- stayed on my wrist the whole show. It turned out to be my most useful wearable. Why? Its battery lasted for over 4 days with Bluetooth and notifications continuously on. I could wear it in the shower. And, that ability to get texts, incoming calls and other messages was a lifesaver in the booming echo chambers of CES.
During CNET's CES party, I could tell when people were texting me saying they were leaving -- or, when guests arrived. When I was lost in the bowels of South Hall, I could feel on my wrist and glance at when our photographer Sarah Tew was available to meet with me and shoot something. I could respond faster, and I made sure I didn't miss anything -- even incoming off-hours FaceTime calls from my wife and children over in England. The wrist-buzzing kept me more tightly connected, but it wasn't a sure bet: sometimes the notification pairing would mysteriously stop. I blame it on the endless bombardment of wireless signals, and pairing three devices to my iPhone at once.
iPhone 5S: My camera of choice
I didn't bring an SLR camera with me, although we had plenty of excellent photographers with phenomenal equipment ready to shoot things as needed. For everything else, as I walked around meeting companies, I used an iPhone 5S.
It was a simple decision: the iPhone connected quickly online, posted pics fast to social media, and had enough storage to keep me satisfied. I was able to get good, semi-close shots of products in low light situations, and capture good detail for blog posts. The iPhone was small enough and ever-present enough to feel like a borderline wearable product.
I did not use Google Glass, or any other wearable camera. Why? Two reasons: Google Glass has lousy battery life, and I find the level of focal and framing control to be useless for fast photo-capturing moments. Glass is fine for an amusing tweet or a quick clip, but the iPhone 5S won every time as a camera...and the Pebble won for notifications. So why would I need Glass?
Small laptop, small iPad: Necessary tools
And, in case you're curious, I used an 11-inch MacBook Air and iPad Mini for the rest of my work. I picked the smaller versions of both because they fit better in a bag and both still had great battery life. I wrote my stories and edited on the Air, and filed one story from the airport on the Mini.
I half-considered a stunt move like posting tweets from the Wi-Fi do-everything Omate TrueSmart watch, which I have here at the office, but I didn't. CES is too short and stressful for stunts. What I wore -- except for the fitness bands -- was actually useful. And at this CES, wearable tech didn't play a very large role in my workflow or lifestyle.
Oh, and there was one other gadget I needed: a battery pack. Keeping Bluetooth on and pairing all my wearables meant the iPhone 5S took a battery hit even more than usual, and I needed several top-ups a day. It was hardly ideal. But it's the story of this moment: battery life is the bottleneck. Until these gadgets run on our own kinetic energy or solar power, it'll continue to be a challenge that won't be easy to overcome.
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Each year, generous donors across Pennsylvania contribute to the PBCC's Cary Massa Memorial Scholarship Fund which provides financial assistance for those who wish to attend our annual Conference in October. The fund was created in memory of Cary Massa, an active member of the ABC's support group of Carlisle, who passed away in 2006 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Massa's family and friends decided to memorialize Cary by offering this opportunity to survivors, caregivers, students and medical professionals.
What donors may not realize is, while their gifts are always appreciated by the PBCC, the effect their generosity has on grant and scholarship recipients is what truly makes the difference. In the week following this year's conference, letters of thanks and appreciation starting pouring in to our Ephrata office. Here are just a few of the responses we received:
The PA Breast Cancer Coalition would like to thank everyone who has provided these recipients with the experience of attending our Conference over the past several years. We could not do what we do, without you!
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Al Jefferson Leads Bobcats Past T-Wolves
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Al Jefferson had 25 points and 16 rebounds, and the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 105-93 on Friday night for their eighth straight victory at home.
Jefferson set a single-season franchise record with his 20th 20-point, 10-rebound game of the season.
The Bobcats, currently the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, came in averaging 103.9 points and shooting 47 percent in their last seven homes games. They shot 48 percent against the Timberwolves.
Gary Neal, benched Wednesday for an "internal team matter," returned and provided a huge lift off the bench with 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
Charlotte led by as many as 18 points in the second half and the Timberwolves were never able to get the lead under double-digits after the break.
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Cholera Epidemic Kills 60 In Ghana
ACCRA (Reuters) – A cholera epidemic in Ghana has killed 60 people and infected almost 4,000 since the first cases emerged last September, with 482 new cases reported this week alone, health authorities said on Friday.
The outbreak, which started in centre of the West African country and spread to four regions, has hit the capital Accra the worst, said Joseph Amankwah of the Ghana Health Service.
"This is a major outbreak. It's a major concern," he told Reuters by telephone. "Cases are on the increase. … We need to address the risk factors aggressively."
Ghana has seen outbreaks of the disease roughly every five years since the 1970s, Amankwah said, adding that he believed the origin of the outbreak may be contaminated water sources following flooding last year.
Cholera is a bacterial disease spread by contaminated water and food. If caught early can be easily treated by oral rehydration fluids. If not treated, it can kill in hours.
"I wouldn't say it's out of control but it's alarming so we need to step up preventive efforts," said Sally Ohene from the World Health Organisation.
The disease has been reported in the Greater Accra, Central, Eastern and Upper Eastern regions.


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6947 #steps today
6947 #steps today
Cross-browser selection UI injection flow:
mouseup on
s.isCollapsed === false, return
e.innerHTML and
e.textContent now return useful values, and e's coordinates can be used to inject UI into the page
To resolve: what element should e be? Or more accurately, what display property should it have?
inline-block (inline mucks up if selection is across block elements, block mucks up selections within text nodes)
Jovian Salak alternate solution: we throw a DIY pizza party with recitals of Half Caste, as a joint leaving party
Jovian Salak I know the solution: a farm nearby is selling a small hay bale (£3.50). Let's buy it and roll it to the #mound.
Jovian Salak oh crap I was way off — I thought it was in May?!
Cleaning the Room by ftrain is one of the most visceral things I have ever read #bookmark
"I am not a number, I am my domain name" — Tantek Çelik eloquently summarises #indieweb thinking in On Silos vs an Open Social Web #bookmark
Trawling through Dubliners CDs to try to find one particular song I remember hearing early in my childhood. I really love this #music, it is so grounded.
Really loving bastianallgeier's thoughts on PHP as a templating language — very very similar to my own approach #php #dev #bookmark
This morning's #taproot update: ditched the crappy old DRY-violating tags module and replaced it with a super lightweight #hypermedia one. Soon I'll add the ability to store tag descriptions, synonyms/related tags as well as dynamically pull content in from the URLs it lists so the tag pages aren't quite as boring.
"Open web technologies", they said. "Web apps are better because they work anywhere", they said. Then f*cking chrome goes and f*cking "chrome App Store" "PLEASE USE CHROME TO DOWNLOAD THIS WEB APP" ARRRGGGGHHH
evanp funny, I've been thinking of doing that for a while. Not sure I've got what it takes though, and I'm booked up for the next 4 months :/
5610 #steps today — weird, I went for a long walk. But clearly I need to go for two if I am not wandering around in the workshop all day.
#watching The Matrix Reloaded. Lots of long, pointless scenes, but some fun stuff too. So, is the third one worth watching?
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Snakeheads are native to Asia. Their names comes from the enlarged scales that cover their heads. Snakes are obligate air breathers. Unlike most fish, they must obtain oxygen directly from the air rather than water. They can live up to three days outside of water. They can move short distances on land through a wiggling motion. They are highly predatory, consuming mostly fish, but will also eat other small aquatic animals such as frogs and crawfish. Both male and female snakeheads are very protective of their eggs and fry. They can grow up to 3 feet in length. Four different species of snakehead currently found in the United States are: bullseye, blotched, giant and northern. Only Northern snakeheads are found near Louisiana and present a current threat. Northern snakeheads have been reported in the following states: Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. They were released into the wild through fish markets and the aquarium trade. They have no known natural predators in the United States. Only the giant snakehead is known to attack humans. Currently, no known reproductive populations exist in the United States.
The Northern Snakehead is often confused with a bowfin, a native species. For details on how to tell the difference and information on reporting a possible snakehead contact, click here:


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Windows Phone Central ran yet another interesting poll this past weekend on the forever controversial topic of "What should Windows Phone be called"?
The proposal was to re-name "Windows Phone 8" to "Windows 8 Phone" due to the benefit of co-branding and the fact that the new iteration of Microsoft's mobile OS shares the same kernel as the upcoming desktop OS. The benefit for advertising seems obvious to us as consumers will see the significant overlap between the two systems.
Of course there are some problems with the proposal, including the fact that the Windows Phone group at Microsoft may not want to consider themselves under the umbrella of Steve Sinofosky's Windows desktop division just yet. There's also the issue of version updates and whether or not both systems would stay in parallel (though we think that could be easily solved by planning appropriately).
Still, you folks spoke up. Once again we had a large turnout with 5,773 of you voicing your opinion. Surprisingly 54% of you agreed that Windows 8 Phone would be the better choice (something we actually agree with ourselves) while 37.5% thought that Windows Phone 8 was just fine. Meanwhile, a small but significant portion thought that "something else" would be better.
That "something else" of course is always hard to nail down. Many of you thought that Microsoft should capitalize on the "Surface" name and make a "Surface Phone". While it certainly has a nice ring to it, the name "Surface" seems more appropriate for a tablet device than a phone due to its structure and shape. There's also the (slight) possibility that Surface tablets could bomb and then Microsoft would have two bad names floating around.
The other popular name is not surprisingly related to Xbox—either XPhone or something similar. Though the Xbox brand is certainly successful, Microsoft is clearly courting enterprise with Windows Phone 8 and we're not sure the more button-up types would opt for a gaming-centric themed phone. Heck, we hear that even the new white phones are a little too flamboyant for some business types—no joke.
The take away message though we think is clear: If Microsoft is serious about aligning their various operating systems, then perhaps doing the same for their names--for practical usage as well as branding—may not be a bad idea at all.
Thanks for all who voted and your thoughts on the matter!


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COMA 2318 (3-2-1) Basic Digital Design (S-L)Fundamentals of digital design are covered utilizing standard graphic software applications for PC and Macintosh platforms. Proven methods of effective communication through typography, layout, and design are discussed. Computer lab projects include creative design and cost-effective production of camera ready art for posters, newsletters, reports, and display advertising. Lab fee. This course contains a field-based service-learning component. Fall, Spring, Summer, Online.Prerequisite: None.Cross Listed Courses: ART 2318 S-L)
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Learn, build, & share with the R User Group Nepal community on December 1st, 2018 during MLH's Local Hack Day!
Learn, build, & share with the R User Group Nepal community on December 1st, 2018 during MLH's Local Hack Day!
This Local Hack Day is not accepting registrations anymore. If you wish to attend, you'll need to reach out to the local organizers and get their permission.
December 1st, 2018 6:00am
December 1st, 2018 6:00pm
Dhobidhara Marg Asian College of Higher Studies Kathmandu, Bagmati 44600 Nepal
ACHS conference Hall
It's free to participate in Local Hack Day.
This location is open to:
Join us on December 1st, 2018 for MLH's Local Hack Day, a global hackathon and celebration of learning, building, and sharing! Whether you're a first timer who is learning to program or you go to hackathons every weekend, everyone is welcome to participate!
This is MLH's 5th year organizing Local Hack Day. In 2017, the event brought out more than 6,000 participants across 34 countries and 236 cities around the world. This year's event is shaping up to be the biggest one yet!
Hackathons are learning focused invention marathons where participants dream up fun, interesting projects and work in small teams to bring them to life over the course of the event.
When you're not working on your project, there are plenty of other things to do like attending educational workshops, making friends, or showing off what you're learning or building. At Local Hack Day you can do these with other participants at your location or participants around the world at other locations!
This Local Hack Day location will run from 6:00am to 6:00pm on December 1st, 2018. All times are in the local timezone.
06:00 am - Check-in Begins
06:30 am - Opening Ceremony
07:15 am - Data Analysis with R Workshop
08:00 am - Hacking Begins
09:00 am - Breakfast
11:30 am - Slideshow Karaoke Mini-event
01:30 pm - Lunch Break
02:00 pm - Git+GitHub workshop with RStudio
04:30 pm - Snacks + Demo Starts
05:30 pm - Closing Ceremony
06:00 pm - Event Ends
We will be providing food and drinks to all attendees.
Local Hack Day wouldn't be possible without the support of an amazing group of sponsors & partners.
Curious about attending a Local Hack Day? Browse some of the most common questions we receive below!
Everyone is welcome to participate in Local Hack Day regardless of experience level, student status, or age. However, some Local Hack Day locations may have restrictions on who is able to participate at their specific site, which you can find on the event's registration page. If you don't qualify to attend the site you are interested in, please find an alternative one nearby and if there is not one, consider organizing one yourself!
Everyone is welcome at Local Hack Day regardless of their coding experience. Many participants use Local Hack Day as an opportunity to learn some coding skills and network with other beginners. Many Local Hack Day locations also provide free technical workshops that you can attend to learn new skills.
We want to make sure that MLH Local Hack Day events create a safe and welcoming environment for attendees and organizers. For this reason the MLH Code of Conduct should be followed throughout the duration of each event.
Food availability varies depending on location. However, most locations do not serve food. Please read your location's page carefully to determine whether or not food will be provided. If it is not, you should pack a lunch, dinner, and any snacks you might need throughout the day.
Local Hack Day is organized by Major League Hacking (MLH). Local community volunteers are responsible for organizing the individual locations of Local Hack Day around the world that you'd be attending.
It's free to participate in MLH's Local Hack Day. You'll be responsible for covering any costs associated with getting yourself to the venue, any supplies you need for your project, and any food or drinks beyond what is being provided as indicated on the location's page.
Don't worry! We're here to help. Just send an email with your questions to [email protected] and we'll get back to you within 2 - 3 business days.