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Phil Aitken
Written by Jack Trainor
Photos by Ali Greenholt
Phil Aitken has decorated the shoulder strap of his satchel with bright pins, each advertising a different superhero's face or symbol. The slew of colorful iconography climbs up across his torso, immediately catching the eye of anyone who so much as glances at him.
"I've loved superheroes for as long as I can remember," Aitken, who credits his parents with exposing him to comic book culture at an early age by dressing him up in Spider-Man pajamas and Halloween costumes, said. Among his favorite characters today are Superman and the lesser-known Marvel character Dr. Strange, whose pin rests, appropriately, near the top of his shoulder strap.
Aitken, a senior fiction writing major with a minor in film studies, is putting his love of superheroes and writing to work. Since July 2013, he has been feverishly writing an original comic with the help of a friend, who is drawing the illustrations from Minnesota. Even before coming to Pitt, "all I knew was that I wanted to write comics one day," Aitken said.
Aitken began thinking of story ideas in 2012, his freshman year, when he took an introduction to fiction course. He wrote three stories about original characters that he said paid homage to, as well as critiqued, existing well-known superheroes like Superman, Batman and The Hulk.
Superhero muses planted seeds of inspiration long before the class, however. Aitken remembers the cover of the first comic book he ever bought, when he was 10 years old. "It was 'Ultimate Spider-Man,' [Issue 87] I think," he said.
The cover, which shows Spider-Man in the clutches of a female villain with a raised dagger in hand, made an impression on him.
"I'd never seen a picture of a superhero in such peril," Aitken said.
It wasn't until nearly a decade later, walking home from work one night during the summer of 2013, that he was struck by an idea that quickly evolved into an obsession: What if superheroes were not only real, but extinct?
Since that night, he has devoted an hour nearly every day to writing his story about a boy who discovers he has superpowers in a post-superhero world, where "a Lex Luthor-type villain" rules the world before it sees the return of masked crime fighters.
Nearly two years into the project, Aitken estimates that he's only about halfway done, but he remains enthusiastic about his creative process.
"When you've been working on something every day [for so long], you find something to write," he said of his daily writing time. "Writer's block doesn't exist."
Aitken is no stranger to commitment. Before he began work on his comic, he kept a blog of short stories that he posted every Tuesday and Friday from December 2012 to December 2013. He stopped blogging to focus more seriously on the comic.
Aitken hopes to one day publish his story independently on the Internet, for free, in 60 issues, though he admits that publication is still too far in the future to think about.
As for his next project, Aitken paused to think.
"I need to focus on this first, and when it ends, I'll figure out what comes next," he said.
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Around Basel: The fortified Church of Saint Arbogast at Muttenz
The fortified church of Saint Arbogast at Muttenz is a gem, with the frescoes creating a solemn atmosphere and with the defensive wall surrounding it. Let us explore this gem!
The beginnings of the Church of Saint Arbogast
In the 8/9th century, the first church is constructed under the direction of the bishopric Strasbourg. It is dedicated to Saint Arbogast, the first bishop of Strasbourg; he lived around 600. The second church follows around 1100.
In the mid 12th century, the third church is built in Romanesque style. From that time, we see the Romanesque front choir.
In addition, some of the 12th century ashlars have been uncovered, as here on the northern wall of the nave.
The lords Münch-Löwenberg (14th century) and Münch-Eptingen (15th century)
In the 14th century, after the Basel earthquake of 1356, the lords of Münch-Löwenberg renovate the church. They make the main choir rectangular (there was an apsis before).
They reconstruct the vault of the front choir topping it with the coat of arms of the Münch-Löwenberg (two monks and two lions), and there are monks and lions along the ribs of the vaults.
Since 1939, the lion of the Münch-Löwenberg has decorated the coat of arms of Muttenz, sitting on top of what stands for the three castles on the Wartenberg above Muttenz.
In addition to the works at the choirs, the Münch-Löwenberg enlarge the nave to the west and to the south.
In the 15th century, the Münch-Eptingen are the lords of Muttenz. In 1420, they enlarge the church tower marking it with their coat of arms, the alliance of the Münch (monk) with the Eptingen (eagle; today the coats of arms of the villages Pratteln and Eptingen).
In 1430, the Münch-Eptingen surround the church with the defensive wall and two gate towers. The coat of arms of the Münch, a monk, is on the northern gate tower, above the entry.
Around 1450, the Münch-Eptinger have the nave and the front choir painted with frescoes. Two frescoes have been preserved, the Arbogast legend and the Resurrection niche.
The Arbogast legend decorates the front choir. The son of king Dagobert, Siegbert, has been killed, when hunting. Dagobert takes his son to Arbogast and asks him to wake up his son (first painting); on the second painting, the son lifts his head.
The so-called apostle medaillon above the door is from the fourteenth century. The ashlars behind the chairs and to the left of the door are from the 12th century.
The so-called resurrection niche on the northern wall of the nave is the second 1450 fresco that has been preserved.
Under Basel (pledged to Basel in 1470 and administered by the Saint Peter Canon, since 1515 owned by Basel)
Around 1470, Muttenz reports into Basel. The Münch need money and they pledge Muttenz to Basel. The Saint Peter Canon administers Muttenz and sponsors the church. In 1504, the canon makes the nave higher enhancing the space available for frescoes. In 1507, the canon decides to redo the paintings, while integrating and renovating the legend of Arbogast and the Resurrection niche. The northern wall shows the Passion of Christ and the southern wall is dedicated to the life Maria and Christ. This is the southern wall. The best preserved fresco shows the flight to Egypt.
The bottom part of the south, west and north wall contains a long fresco with the apostles surrounded by letter bands. This is Matthew (Matheus), and in the upper left corner we discern the year 1507.
The wooden ceiling has been made by carpenter Ulrich Bruder from Basel, also in 1504.
All frescoes are whitewashed a few years later, as Basel joins the reformation and Muttenz has to follow. In the late 19th century, the frescoes will be rediscovered.
In 1618 the baptismal font is added; it stands in the front choir, now, in early spring, behind branches of magnolia.
In 1630, the gallery is constructed, and two new windows are cut into the north and south wall of the nave, while closing up the one former window. The organ is from 1976. Hidden behind the gallery and the organ is the fresco of the Last Judgment. Accessing the gallery is not allowed.
Outside the church: The ossuary house
In the late 15th century, the Saint Peter Canon add the ossuary to the garden and have it painted in 1513.
To the left, Saint Christopher carries Jesus that is becoming heavier and heavier,…
… the Archangel Michael is in the middle,…
… and, to the right, the Virgin of Mercy (Schutzmantelmadonna) protects the faithful under her coat.
Inside are the Last Judgment and the legend of the thankful dead persons (a knight always prays for the souls of the dead, when passing the cemetery. One day, he is attacked by bandits. The dead persons come to his aid and the bandits run away). I will have to ask for the key one day to see the frescoes inside the ossuary.
The border stones of Muttenz
Along the defensive wall, there are border stones. According to the panel, they once marked various properties and some marked the border of Muttenz.
Here are some of the border stones zoomed in.
Good-bye Muttenz and Arbogast Church, for now
This is the view from the south gate into the village. The church is surrounded by the well preserved village centre.
Yes, to my opinion, Muttenz deserves the Wakker award that it received in 1983. I like to return to Muttenz again and again.
Background Information: Summarizing the history of the St. Arbogast Church
8th/9th century: First church, built under the direction of the diocese Strasbourg. Named after Arbogast, the first bishop of Strasbourg (around 600).
About 1100: Second church.
Mid 12th century: Third church with apsis. Today we can still see the Romanesque front choir and some Romanesque ashlars in the front choir and outside on the north wall of the church.
Under the lords of Münch-Löwenberg (14th century) and the lords of Münch-Eptingen (15th century)
1359: The Münch-Löwenberg restore the church after the Basel earthquake of 1356. They replace the apsis by the rectangular choir, they enlarge the nave to the west and to the south, and they reconstruct the Romanesque front choir marking the vaults with their coat of arms (monk and lion).
1420: The Münch-Eptingen enlarge the belfry and insert their coat of arms on the western edge (monk and eagle).
About 1430: The Münch build the defensive wall (7m high, two gate towers, protection of the villagers) and add their coat of arms on the north gate tower (monk).
1450: The Münch paint the nave, the front choir and the choir (the Arbogast legend and the Resurrection niche have been preserved).
Under Basel (from 1470 pledged to Basel and administered by the Saint Peter Canon, from 1515 owned by Basel)
1504: The Saint Peter Canon makes the nave higher and covers it with a wooden ceiling (Ulrich Bruder, carpenter from Basel).
1507: New walls need new frescoes. The Canon has the church repainted, whereby preserving the Arbogast legend and the Resurrection niche.
1513: The ossuary, built after 1470, is decorated with frescoes.
1529: Muttenz joins the reformation. All frescoes are whitewashed.
1600 until today
1618: Baptismal font. It stands in the front choir.
1630: Gallery and two new windows in the north and south wall of the nave, replacing the former one window on each wall. One floor and the pointed roof are added to the belfry.
1880/81 and 1972-74: Renovations.
This layout of the Arbogast church illustrates the building history.
Source: Hans-Rudolf Heyer und Ernst Murbach, "Dorfkirche Muttenz", p. 3, my own comments and colours added.
More background: The history of Muttenz from early medieval times until today
793 Muttenz is mentioned as the profane property of the Chapter of Strasbourg.
1320 The noble family Münch are fief holders, first the Münch-Löwenberg, followed in 1420 by the Münch-Eptingen.
1470 The Münch pledge Muttenz to Basel; Muttenz is administered by the Saint Peter Canon.
1515 Basel owns Muttenz.
1527 Muttenz joins the reformation.
1833 When Basel divides up into two half cantons, Muttenz joins Baselland (Basle Country).
1900 Muttenz is a village with 2500 inhabitants.
1939 The coat of arms of Muttenz contains the lion of Katharina of Löwenburg, the wife of Konrad Münch, 1324-78.
1983 Muttenz is granted the Wakker award for preserving the village centre surrounding the fortified Arbogast church.
Today (2020), Muttenz counts about 17'000 inhabitants.
Hans-Rudolf Heyer und Ernst Murbach, "Dorfkirche Muttenz", Gesellschaft für Schweizer Kunstgeschichte, O Jg.
Online-Heimatkunde Muttenz
Muttenz (Wikipedia)
Posted in around Basel, Switzerland
Tagged Arbogast church, arbogastkirche, Münch-Eptingen, Münch-Löwenberg, muttenz


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require 'spec_helper'

require 'sxle/helpers/html_helper'

class HtmlHelperTest
  include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper
  include Sxle::Helpers::HtmlHelper
end

describe "HtmlHelper" do
  subject { HtmlHelperTest.new }

  describe "#lines_to_paragraphs" do
    it "splits the lines to paragraphs" do
      lines = "one\ntwo\nthree"
      subject.lines_to_paragraphs(lines).should ==
        "
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three
"
    end

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      lines = "oneunsafe\ntwo\nthree"
      subject.lines_to_paragraphs(lines).should ==
        "
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two

three
"
    end

    it "returns safe html" do
      lines = "oneunsafe\ntwo\nthree"
      subject.lines_to_paragraphs(lines).should be_html_safe
    end

    it "returns '' if nil" do
      subject.lines_to_paragraphs(nil).should == ''
    end

    it "returns '' if blank string" do
      subject.lines_to_paragraphs('   ').should == ''
    end
  end

  describe "#lines_to_br" do
    it "convert newlines into html linebreaks" do
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      subject.lines_to_br(lines).should ==
        "one
two
three"
    end

    it "escapes the lines" do
      lines = "oneunsafe\ntwo\nthree"
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two
three"
    end

    it "does not escape safe lines" do
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two
three"
    end

    it "returns safe html" do
      lines = "oneunsafe\ntwo\nthree"
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    end

    it "returns '' if nil" do
      subject.lines_to_br(nil).should == ''
    end

    it "returns '' if blank string" do
      subject.lines_to_br('   ').should == ''
    end
  end
end

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'Heartbreaking' End For Nashville House
Thursday, October 18, 2018 12:20 PM EDT Updated: Thursday, October 18, 2018 01:30 PM EDT
(Image courtesy of The Nashville House.)
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Why Did Critics Want to Tear Down the Eiffel Tower?
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Boston Blazers vs. Edmonton Rush
I had a lot of fun this past Saturday photographing the home opener for the Boston Blazers professional lacrosse team. There was a lot of energy in the building and the team didn't disappoint with a 10-7 victory over Edmonton.
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Hi 5 Scorch!
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In 1892 the Liverpool Marine Biological Committee set up a base in two small buildings on Port Erin Bay; much of their work involved dredging excursions in the Irish Sea. The growing numbers of visiting naturalists and vacation classes began to 'swamp' these small buildings and in 1902 activities were relocated to bigger premises in the south-west corner of Port Erin Bay. In 1919 the University of Liverpool took control and ownership of the Marine Biological Station, and students studied Marine Biology there for a number of years. The last admission of students from the University of Liverpool was in Autumn 2005. The station closed in October 2006 and demolition work began in November 2006: the site has not been operational since. Some of the newer buildings from the station still remain. These buildings house lecture rooms, a laboratory and a library.
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A scale is a sequence of pitches, used to organize the melodic and harmonic structure of a piece of music. Each scale tend to give a certain underlying flavor to a piece of music, and often have emotional or cultural connotations.
The first note of a scale is the root, or the tonic. Any scale can be transposed to a different root note and stay the same kind of scale. Most scales are associated with a certain key, and a modulation usually involves a change of scale as well as a change of key. A mode is a scale that has the same pitches as another scale but starts on a different note. (Sort of. Unless you're talking about Gregorian chant in which case it means something related but different.)
The most common scales in Western music are the major scale and the minor scale. The C major scale is the notes C D E F G A B C and generally sounds positive. The A minor is A B C D E F G A and generally sounds sad. The piano keyboard is organized around these scales, which is why you can play C major and A minor using only white keys. The more different a scale is from a major or minor scale, the more ethnic or foreign it will sound to Western listeners.
A chromatic scale is made of every one of the 12 notes, e.g. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C. This is the sound of someone running their finger up or down a keyboard. All other scales are a subset of this (well, in Western music).
Pentatonic scales are scales with five notes. There are many different scales all over the world, but in Western music this usually means one of these following scales. They sound folky or Asian (as traditional East Asian music frequently used pentatonic scales) and are easy to sing.
Major Pentatonic can be played using only the black keys on a keyboard, starting on F#.
Minor Pentatonic is a mode of Major Pentatonic. It can be played using only black keys too, starting on D#. Example: Gershwin's Summertime (except for one note).
"Blues scale" can mean a few different things, but usually it refers to a Minor Pentatonic with an added sharp 4th/flat 5th. A blues scale on D# would be D#-F#-G#-A-A#-C#. Think of pretty much any Blues Rock guitar solo.
Overtone Scale has to be the oldest in the book. It occurs on any brass instrument when not using the valves. The overtones follow a distinct pattern, and because of constantly diminishing intervals, they become a scale from number 8 and upwards. Set from C, this scale goes away from the regular major at F, who is sited almost perfectly between F and F#. Further up, the B is somewhat lower than the major, somewhat higher than the minor. This scale is used prominently in folk music all over the world, and is the mother of the blues scale.
Modes of the Major scale, i.e. things you can play using only the white keys on a piano:
Ionian (starts on C), the default mode of the major scale. This is also known as it's more common name: Major. Generally sounds happy and carefree, but can also be used to sound sweetly sentimental. It can sound cheesy or immature if used clumsily. A lot of Disney movies use the Ionian mode in their musical numbers.
Dorian (D), also known as Russian Minor. Minor with a sharpened 6th degree. Sounds folky and sometimes bittersweet or nostalgic. Common in Irish music and extremely common in Medieval European music. Examples: Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles (E Dorian) and Mad World by Gary Jules (F Dorian).
Phrygian (E). Minor scale with a flat 2nd degree. Sounds Middle Eastern, psychedelic, or Spexican due to its use in flamenco music. It also has the potential to sound really angry and/or depressed, hence its use in many styles of metal music. It's darkly exotic and mysterious in contrast to Aeolian, which generally sounds emotional. The dark tone is more visceral and aggressive than that of Locrian, which sounds flatter and has more of a foreboding emptiness to it.
Lydian (F). Major with a sharp 4th. Sounds dreamy, spacey, idealistic and a bit disoriented. Was used in some ancient cultures in instruments such as the lyre. Eliott Smith's "Waltz 1" is an excellent example of a Lydian song, with its floaty sound being accentuated by a steady 3/4 time signature.
Mixolydian (G). Major scale with a flat 7th degree. Sounds upbeat, but more balanced and down-to-earth than Ionian. The feel of Mixolydian differs from Ionian; Ionian sounds extremely joyful and carefree whereas Mixolydian sounds optimistic and adventurous. Also common in Irish music. Example: "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Mixolydian is a good choice if you want a happy sound but Ionian is too cheesy.
Aeolian (A), better known as Natural Minor. Often described as sounding sad or subdued, but is actually more versatile. There are a variety of flavours Aeolian can give you, from tragic, to threatening, or even mysterious.
Locrian (B). Minor with a flat 2nd and 5th. The tonic chord formed in this mode is diminished, making it difficult to work with because the tonic chord is generally supposed to resolve, whereas a diminished chord lacks resolution. Therefore, it is rarely used outside of Death Metal bands and jazz musicians. One example of a song in Locrian that isn't from these genres is "California Uber Alles" by the Dead Kennedys (E Locrian). The bassline of Bjork's "Army of Me" is one of the most prominent examples of the Locrian mode. The Locrian mode is also described as sounding "evil", "dark", "uneasy", or "anxious", due to the tritone interval in the diminished tonic chord sounding dissonant, enough to give it its alternate name: the "diabolus in musica" (Latin for "devil in music"). The name "diabolus in musica" has led to a misconception that the tritone was banned in Medieval Europe. This is not the case, and the Locrian mode actually has an equivalent mode with its own name in church music: Hypophrygian.
Whilst Locrian and Phrygian both sound somewhat exotic and sinister, Phrygian's tone tends to be richer and tinged with passion. Locrian is more abstract and anxious unless you're focusing very strongly on the tritone notes, in which case it tends to sound overtly menacing and monstrous. When composing in Locrian, it's important to make use of the flatted fifth scale degree and the flatted second scale degree to differentiate it from Aeolian.
Related scales:
Harmonic Minor, which is a Minor scale with a sharp 7th. Sounds Middle Eastern or suitable for Halloween/horror music. This is also what actual Russian folk and urban music uses, rather than Dorian.
Melodic Minor, which is a Minor scale with a sharp 6th and 7th ascending and a natural 6th and 7th descending (though in actual practice, this winds up not always being the case).
Jazz Minor, which is a Minor scale with a sharp 6th and 7th both ascending and descending.
Lydian Dominant, which is a Lydian scale with a flat 7th. Notable for being used in the theme to The Simpsons.
Phrygian Dominant, which is a Phrygian scale with a sharp 3rd. Sounds Middle Eastern or Jewish. Example: Hava Nagila.
Double Harmonic, which is a Phrygian scale with a sharp 3rd and 7th. Sounds Middle Eastern or "Egyptian". Example: Misirlou by Dick Dale (and The Black Eyed Peas song that samples it, and the Lebanese folk song it was based on...)
The whole tone scale, where all the steps between notes are whole steps. The C whole tone scale would be C D E F# G# A# C. Because of the large degree of symmetry in the scale, it sounds ambiguous and rootless. This scale is often used in visual media to indicate a transition to a fantasy or dream sequence.
Japanese music uses a few characteristic pentatonic scales. One of these is the In scale. A D In scale is D E-flat G A B-flat. Example: The Japanese folk song "Sakura".
Modern Classical and Jazz music use all of the above, plus any modes possible of the above, plus scales not mentioned here.
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HomeEarthCOP27 summit strikes historic deal to fund climate damages
COP27 summit strikes historic deal to fund climate damages
By Nelish Singh
The Paris Agreement said global warming should be slashed to well below two degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels and preferably a safer 1.5C.
According to vulnerable countries and environmental experts, the L&D agreement recognises the impact of climate change. Particularly since the 1.1°C warming to date has caused significant disruptions in lives and livelihoods in many parts of the world.
Negotiators from around the world rescued climate talks from the brink of collapse late Saturday. They signed a historic agreement to establish a "loss and damage" (L&D) fund to assist vulnerable nations in dealing with the effects of global warming. It is a key victory for developing countries after days of hard bargaining pitting the Global North against the Global South.
At the same time, the agreement fell short of what many said could have been a more aggressive stance on reducing emissions. It did not include a broader target on all fossil fuels, as proposed by India and several other nations.
The climate conference's (COP27) endorsement of the sustainable lifestyle mission, as well as a clause regarding energy transitions that did not single out any particular fossil fuel, were victories for India.
The decision on loss and damage states that keeping the global average temperature rise below 1.5°C will be critical to limiting future loss and damage. And expresses concern that Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report has concluded that the gravity, scope. The frequency of loss and damage will continue to increase with every additional fraction of a degree of temperature rise.
The talks agreed that a transitional committee will decide the modalities. Such as how the fund's payouts will be made and the sources. It will be considered at COP28, which will be held in November or December 2023.
The Transitional Committee will consist of 23 members, with ten from developed countries and thirteen from developing countries.
However, following overnight negotiations and efforts to reach a compromise, the issue of funding source has now been referred to the transitional committee.
The Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan acknowledges climate change's impact on the cryosphere and the need for further understanding of these impacts. It includes tipping points. According to experts, this is possibly the first time a cop cover decision or a legal document mentions approaching climate tipping points beyond which adaptation will be impossible.
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The Islands of Tahiti, birthplace of the overwater bungalow, Celebrate 50th anniversary of the iconic accommodation
Published: 22 October 2017, 22:42
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Synonymous with the ultimate in holiday accommodation and borne from The Islands of Tahiti, the iconic overwater bungalow celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Changing the luxury accommodation landscape forever, the first overwater bungalow made a literal splash in 1967 when three Californians known as the 'Bali Hai Boys' built the world's first hotel room above the turquoise lagoons of Raiatea. The three Americans responsible for the ground-breaking style of accommodation had succeeded in their quest to increase their number of hotel rooms with limited land and make their hotel in Raiatea more appealing to visitors.
Hugh Kelley, Muk McCallum and Jay Carlisle had moved to The Islands of Tahiti in the 1960s after falling in love with the country. After opening a hotel on Moorea, the Boys searched for a way to give guests at their Raiatea hotel access to the lagoon where sandy beaches were lacking. Their solution made history – building the first three authentic, traditional pandanus leaf-thatched roof villas over the water to give their guests direct water access.
It's unlikely they knew the impact their idea would have on tourism globally, literally revolutionizing The Islands of Tahiti's sector and influencing accommodation design in other locations around the world.
Fifty years on, the traditional overwater bungalow concept has evolved to include palatial suites and villas that offer the amenities of a first-class hotel room. Signature glass floors and insets provide glimpses of the lagoon and its sealife below – affectionately known as 'Tahiti TV' – and often private terraces, infinity pools, spas baths and hammocks up the luxury factor.
Today, there are 884 overwater bungalows spread across 22 hotels throughout seven of The Islands of Tahiti, offering guests not only the ultimate in luxury island getaways – but also the original and most authentic.
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13-year-old boy blinded motorist with laser light in Ylöjärvi – for these reasons, the laser light can be dangerous
The motorist made a police report, because he said someone showed him the laser light in Ylöjärvi weekend.Archive video of somebody messing with the flight of a
The motorist made a police report, because he said someone showed him the laser light in Ylöjärvi weekend.Archive video of somebody messing with the flight of a laser. Laser pointers are rarely so powerful that they can cause visual impairment, but also because of the harmless lasers can cause a hazardous situation in traffic.
the motorist by a police report, according to him they blinded with a laser on Saturday in Ylöjärvi. Inland Finland police investigates cases of abuse.
the Police informed later that the police had signed ylöjärveläinen woman whose 13-year-old boy was behind the move. The laser pointer was purchased abroad, and is now in police custody.
consumer use of the laser pointers are rarely so powerful that they can cause visual impairment, but also because of the harmless lasers can cause a hazardous situation in traffic.
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the radiation and nuclear safety authority STUK warns on their website the laser, and pointed out that it can damage the retina permanently, because the laser beam focuses on the retina an extremely small dot, which is exposed to a large amount of energy. It can burn the retina of the cells so severely that they are unable to recover.
Such injuries can cause only the most powerful laser pointers, which should not be for sale in the EU.
the STUK share of lasers volume on the basis of categories. In finland, the laser showed you where allowed laser-class has two. This category includes the lasers are low-power, and the blink reflex is considered to protect the eyes from damage such indicators light.
in the EU the seller is responsible for the laser equipment safety. Safety and chemicals agency Tukes, however, point out that many of the country purchased of the laser devices of the power there are no guarantees.
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Computational Complexity: Today is Knuth's 70th birthday!!
Today is Knuth's 70th birthday!!
My first exposure to Knuth's work was in 1980 when I was doing a survey on Factoring Polynomials over Finite Fields. I couldn't find the relevant papers in the library (I can hear people under 25 saying weren't they on line? or what's a library?), so I was told to look in Knuth Volume 2. And indeed, there was a wonderful exposition of what I needed to know, and the history behind it. Quite scholarly and, unfortunately, quite rare among other researchers.
Browsing through Knuth's volume I got the impression that his attitude is I want to solve problem X and I'll use whatever math I need to solve it, even if I have to develop it myself. Never shy away from a problem because you don't know the math needed, or even because the math you need hasn't been developed yet.
TeX: Reading the TeX manual you actually learn things of interest outside of TeX. Not only did I learn how to hyphenate in TeX, I also learned that in German when you hyphenate some words, you actually change their spelling. And, of course, TeX can handle this.
TeX and LaTeX: Revolutionized how we write papers. Facilitated the notion of keeping papers on line for easy access.
First Contact!: I got a postcard from Knuth pointing out an error in a paper I wrote. WOW! a postcard from Knuth.
Volume 4: Yes, it really is out, sort of. It's coming out as a series (or a sequence) of fascicles (small books) of (I am not making this up) exactly 128 pages. It's on generation of combinatorial objects. The second fascicle, on enumerating all strings of length n, (e.g., Gray codes) is fascinating. Includes history and the needed mathematics. History goes back to the mid 1850's. Quite scholarly and, unfortunately, quite rare among other researchers.
What has Knuth's influence been on computer science? He was one of the first people to realize that an algorithm can be analysed in a mathematical and intelligent way without running it. This is one of the most important starting points for computer science theory. Perhaps even for computer science.
Happy Birthday to Don Knuth, and, wishing him long years that he completes Vol 7 of TAOCP.
Trivia for people from Romania: Knuth wrote "The dangers of computer science theory" in Cişmigiu Park.
There is also the book Concrete Mathematics with Ron Graham and Oren Patashnik. Of all the books in my office, possibly excepting this one, I regard it as the book where I would find the most germs of new research ideas if I took the time to plumb it more than I have.
Possible discussion topic: the role of long-term "labors of love" in the (computer) science community, and whether/how one can be both deep and keep a central perspective. Balancing against the drives to specialize and generate "publishable units".
I really like #2; I think that's a strong starting point to doing groundbreaking work.
Knuth is James Joyce of computer science. How many of you own a copy of TAOCP and really went through it? I claim the ratio of "yes" answers is the same as those whose own Ulysses and actually read it!
My favorite piece that has to do with Knuth is Dave Gries's 1996 talk "Eliminating the chaff --again," in which he mocks Knuth's love of 'goto' statements. Too bad this hilarious--and I claim educational, even for you fortnow reader--piece is not available on-line.
Knuth, many many happy returns of the day and thanks for your unmatchable contribution to computer science.
i share number three; while learning LaTeX i also learned that typesetters avoid making lines more than 70 characters wide, and about ligatures, long S, and i guess even the fact that typsetting was both much more artistic, and scientific, than i would have previously guessed.
Indeed, I can't find "Eliminating the Chaff" online either. This 1993 piece, "Software Visions" by John Robinson of Syracuse, has some discussion of the issue, but too brief. From what little else I know about Knuth's WeB system, I deduce that he advocates/d "goto" only within a managed framework.
I wonder if the (nesting-only-)structured vs. goto debate in the 1970s was influenced by the abstract idea of how well a tree can approximate a directed graph, in cases that matter for meaning and practice.
I'm dealing with a case of this issue myself. In response to the "command compliment" you can find by Google Polgar Regan very difficult endgame, I've been carrying out the widest-ranging ever endgame analysis---and after 9200+ 80-char lines of analysis in one "PGN" game file, and over 20 trillion positions sifted by chess programs, I still can't tell if White was winning at Move 50! (One possible research-worthy benefit) The PGN standard is pure nesting, and the chess database software gives you no more than the tree view. But the underlying moves form a digraph, which a winning strategy can treat as a DAG, and I often find myself repeating analyses of important goal positions that are reached along different transposing paths. A "WeB" framework here would save me a lot of work, not to mention PGN file size!
Is there an online copy of Knuth's essay "The dangers of computer science theory"?
I didn't find one, but I did find Bill G.'s review of the collection it's in, which conveys some of it.
Happy birthday to the great don!
Just as you were surprised about Don Knuth using email, I was very much surprised when I saw him attend a non-cs talk and ask questions at the end!!
The talk was by the creator of xkcd, and many illustrious people attended it.
TAOCP was the first book I checked out in college!
"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do."
I find myself using this quote from Donald E. Knuth in many of my courses and introductory presentations to (prospective) CS students. It stems from the foreword Knuth wrote for the book "A=B" by Marko Petkovsek, Herbert Wilf and Doron Zeilberger, and sums up beautifully how important computer science has become under the influences of giants like Knuth.
A belated happy birthday to him, even though I don't think that this post will break the record for the number of comments. Sorry Bill.
"A=B" is a wonderful book. The Knuth quote has an ancestor from Knuth's 1974 article Computer Programming as an Art: "Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer; and if we don't fully understand something, it is an art to deal with it."
Part of the motivation I give for formal rigor in proofs (in our undergrad theory course) is imagine that you are teaching the proof to a computer.
En-passant, I may as well ask: how many jobs are there in automated verification nowadays?
At the IFIP'94 conference in Hamburg, I asked Robin Milner how long it would take to have a computer system capable of understanding the proofs in an intro theory course---enough at least to check them, ideally to solve things like "Prove that very string generated by this context-free grammar has an even number of 0s." His instant reply: "About 50 years", or "Not in 50 years."
Thus at least until 2044, my CSE396 course qualifies as art :-).
Good question! I'd love to have an estimate myself. I suspect that they are not yet a large number, but that they may be more than most people expect. I believe that computer-aided verification groups exist in most big hardware companies, and there are very active ones at Microsoft Research and NASA. See for instance the material here.
Roelof Hamberg and Frits Vaandrager.
Last November, I have used the Uppaal model checker in a one-week intensive course on operating systems for engineering students, and the results were very encouraging.
As far as theorem proving is concerned, the technology is also getting better all the time. Great strides have been made since a theorem prover showed Robbins Conjecture, which had stumped people like Alfred Tarski. Check out the work that Georges Gonthier has done by providing the first fully-machine-checked proof of the four colours theorem. Gonthier is now working on formalizing the 250-page proof of the Feit-Thompson "odd order" theorem from group theory. And let's not forget Hales' Flyspeck project.
But overall I agree with you: much remains to be done, and it'll take time.
Happy birthday, creator of so many marvelous things and notions: let me mention my own favorite, even beyond the amazing Knuth-Bendix completion; something that is being used (also!) many times per second permanently around the planet, nearly every time anyone is compiling a program: LR parsing, from "On the Translation of Languages from Left to Rigth", Information and Control 8(6):607--639 (1965).
With regard to "How many jobs are there in automated verification?" the answer is "plenty."
See my esteemed colleague Jon Jacky's new book Model-based Software Testing and Analysis with C#.
What's that you say? The book is not about automated verification in its strictly rigorous sense?
Like the Rabbi says in a famous Yiddish joke "You know, you're absolutely right!"
Knuth is truly a giant in the field.
I think that his great contribution was not "to realize that an algorithm can be analysed in a mathematical and intelligent way without running it"--this was done already by von Neuman, in the very first CS papers.
Knuth's immense contribution was to make algorithms the centerpiece of CS--and of superb scholarly study--but, within this erudite framework, value, practice and thoroughly enjoy the practice of programming, as done by the best of "hackers". He brings together the two cultures of CS.
If 50 is the new 40 then is 100 the new 80?


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Aug 18, 2022 AP News, Ron Desantis, Voter Fraud
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020, the first major public move from the Republican's controversial new election police unit.
The charges mark the opening salvo from the Office of Election Crimes and Security, which from its conception drew widespread criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups who feared the unit would serve as a political tool for the governor.
DeSantis said the people charged were convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense and therefore exempt from a constitutional amendment that restores voting rights to some felons. He said most of those charged were from Broward, Miami-Dade or Palm Beach counties, all Democratic strongholds. He released few details.
The 20 people were among more than 11 million Florida voters who cast ballots in the 2020 election.
"They did not go through any process, they did not get their rights restored, and yet they went ahead and voted anyways," DeSantis said at a campaign-style event in Fort Lauderdale before cheering supporters. "That is against the law and now they're gonna pay the price for it."
DeSantis, an ascendant Republican and potential 2024 presidential candidate, pushed the state legislature to create the election police unit to address voter fraud concerns that have proliferated in the GOP following former President Donald Trump's false claims that his reelection was stolen.
Voter fraud is rare, typically occurs in isolated instances and is generally detected. An Associated Press investigation of the 2020 presidential election found fewer than 475 potential cases of voter fraud out of 25.5 million ballots cast in the six states where Trump and his allies disputed his loss to Democratic President Joe Biden. DeSantis has previously praised Florida for carrying out a smooth election in 2020.
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MURPHYSBORO, IL – U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) was joined by Bernie Harsy, president of United Mine Workers Local 1825, to announce that Bost's re-election campaign has been endorsed by the United Mine Workers of America.
"For many years, the United Mine Workers of America struggled to get legislation passed to guarantee health care and pensions for all UMWA pensioners and surviving spouses,"said Bernie Harsy. "Without this legislation, thousands of pensioners and surviving spouses would have lost their pensions and health care due to over 50 coal companies filing for bankruptcy over a period of several years. Congressman Bost played a major role in getting this legislation passed. The United Mine Workers of America would like to thank you for all this hard work and support in getting this legislation passed in December of 2019. Now, no pensioner or surviving spouse will have the threat of losing their health care or pension. The United Mine Workers of America proudly endorse Congressman Bost for the House of Representatives in the Illinois' 12thCongressional District."
"My grandfather was a United Mine Workers union rep," said Bost."Mining is in my blood. I've helped lead the fight in Congress to protect our miners' health care and pensions, and I couldn't be prouder to have the support of the United Mine Workers of America."
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Counter Proliferation Investigation Unit
Navy vet guilty of conspiracy to export defense articles
PHILADELPHIA — A Navy veteran deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom was found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of conspiracy to export defense articles without a license and attempted export of defense articles.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted the investigation that led to the guilty conviction.
Alexandre Astakhov, 28, is scheduled to be sentenced May 13. He faces a maximum possible sentence of 25 years in prison.
According to court records, Astakhov traveled from his residence in New York to Philadelphia Sept. 12, 2012, and purchased three high tech military thermal weapon sights for $41,000 in cash from a government informant. Astakhov told the informant he intended to illegally export the devices purchased.
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The Highlands of the Brazil. 2 Vols.
Burton, Richard F.
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Juan, George; Antonio de Ulloa
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Whymper, Edward
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A Trip into the Interior of Peru, in English and Spanish. With Map and 176 Photo-Engravings.
Moss, A. Miles, M.A.
Lima: Charles F. Southwell, 1909. First edition. Softcover. Octavo Oblong. 35, II, 4pp., 120pp plates. Original color illustrated orange wrappers with b/w writing on cover. Frontispiece of President Augusto B. Leguia with tissue guard. This account of Moss is based on two 1908 expeditions into the at the time little.....	More
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Macgillivran, W.
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London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XCV, [1], 262, [2]pp. Uncut and partly unopened. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Journals, narratives, and descriptions relating to British colonization in the islands of St Christopher, Nevis, Barbados, Tobago and Trinidad.....	More
L'ile de Cuba; Santiago, Puerto Principe, Matanzas et La Havane.
Piron, Hippolyte
Paris: E. Plon, 1876. Hardcover. 8vo. 326 pp. Half leather over decorative boards w/marbled endpapers. 10 plates (complete). Corners slightly bumped. Some wear to cover and spine with a water stain on bottom half inch of front cover. Front cover starting to pull, but holding. Foxing to some pages. In.....	More
Civil Wars of Peru [Part IV: Book II]: The War of Chupas [Second Series, No. XLII]
Cieza de Leon, Pedro de (Text by); Sir Clements R. Markham (Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction by)
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLVII, [1], 386, [2], XXXIX, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Pedro Cieza de León (c. 1520-1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily.....	More
A Relation of a Voyage to Guiana by Robert Harcourt 1613. With Purchas's Transcript of a Report made at Harcourt's instance on the Marrawini District [Second Series, No. LX]
Harcourt, Robert (Text by); Sir C. Alexander Harris (Edited, with Introduction and Notes by)
London: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, 191, [1]pp. Uncut. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Robert Harcourt (1574?–1631) was an English explorer, projector of a South American colony, in what was later Guiana. On 23 March 1609, accompanied by.....	More
Andes, Toit de L'Amerique
Arthaud, Claude; Hebert-Stevens, François
n/a: Arthaud, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 178(12)pp. Beige cloth with violet oval title on cover with original dj. Wear to head of spine. Corners rubbed. Some creasing and chipping to dj. Three tears to bottom edge of dj. Wonderful color and b/w gravure prints depicting life and customs of.....	More
Lands of the Andes and the Desert [Carpenter's World Travels Series]
Carpenter, Frank G. (Text and Photographs by)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XIV, [2], 285, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, purple-, orange- and black-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering.Splendidly.....	More
The Tail of the Hemisphere: Chile and Argentina [Carpenter's World Travels Series]
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). XIV, [2], 298pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt-, blue-, dark blue-, and purple-stamped cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering.Splendidly illustrated throughout with.....	More
Historia de un pueblo: Relatos y costumbres de Zaachila (Stidxacanu)
Calvo, Gerardo Melchor
Oaxaca: Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes, 1996. Softcover. 8vo. 93pp. Pictorial wrappers with brown, black and white lettering to wrappers and spine. Minor scuffing and rubbing to wrappers. Brown endpapers. Wonderful work on the customs and traditions of the Zaachila. Beautifully illustrated with b/w photographs. In Spanish.....	More
The War of Quito and Inca Documents [Second Series, No. XXXI]
Cieza de Leon, Pedro de (Text by); Sir Clements R. Markham (Translated and Edited by)
Cambridge: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, 212, XXXVIpp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. This remarkable volume is mostly a translation of the third book (1543-44) of Cieza's "Civil Wars of Peru," translated and edited.....	More
The Captive in Patagonia; Or, Life Among the Giants. A Narrative.
Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXIV, 25-233, [13]pp. Original cloth with blind-stamped perinter's device and borders on covers and gold lettering on spine. 14pp of publisher's advertisement at the beginning of the book and 12 at the end. Engraved frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. First edition.....	More
History of the Incas, by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and the Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru, by Captain Baltasar de Ocampo [Second Series, No. XXII]
de Gamboa, Pedro Sarmiento; Captain Baltasar de Ocampo (Text by); Sir Clements Markham (Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction by)
Nendeln (Liechtenstein): Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XXII, [4], 395, [1]pp. Original blue cloth, with gold lettering and blind ruling on spine. Frontispiece. Translated from the original manuscript in the Library of the University at Goettingen (Col. ms. hist. 809) as published by R. Pietschmann in Abhandlungen d......	More
English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595: Documents relating to English voyages to the West Indies from the defeat of the Armada to the last voyage of Sir Francis Drake, including Spanish documents contributed by Irene A. Wright [Second Series, No. CXI]
Andrews, Kenneth R. (Edited by)
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXVII, [1], 421, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Documents, some summarized entirely or in part, relating to twenty-five voyages, drawn mainly from the.....	More
Three Gringos in Venezuala and Central America
Davis, Richard Harding
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 282 (2) pp. Tan decorated cloth binding. Frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, drawings, and maps. Spine faded. Corners lightly bumped. Else in very good condition.	More
The Broadway Travellers: Hans Staden: The True History of His Captivity, 1557. Adventures of a German gunner among the cannibals of Brazil.
Letts, Malcolm (Translator)
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1928. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XX, 191, [1]pp. Original decorative wrappers over red cloth, with printer's device on front cover of wrappers, on spine of binding and title-page. Title-page in red and black lettering within elaborate frame. Fascinating work being an account of Hans Staden's.....	More
The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton 1582-1583 [Second Series, No. CXIII]
Taylor, E. G. R (Narratives and Documents edited by)
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LVII, [1], 333, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Transcripts of several surviving records of the voyage for Cathay sponsored by the Privy Council.....	More
The Voyage of Robert Dudley: afterwards styled Earl of Warwick and Leicester and Duke of Northumberland, to the West Indies, 1594-1595, Narrated by Capt. Wyatt, by himself, and by Abram Kendall, Master [Second Series, No. III]
Warner, George F. (Edited by)
Nendeln (Liechtenstein): Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. LXVI, 104pp. Original blue cloth, with gold lettering and blind ruling on spine. Frontispiece. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Sir Robert Dudley (1574-1649) was an English explorer and cartographer who led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote.....	More


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The 'Riverdale' Cast Weigh in on Archie's Shocking Choice in "Manhunter"
Warning: Spoilers for "Chapter Forty-One: Manhunter" below!
The CW's Riverdale has always set itself apart, crafting a Lynchian "teen-noir" potboiler that's refreshingly different from the predictably angsty high school soap opera efforts on other networks. Dirty dealings, murders, fight clubs, serial killers, and a cult that uses an evil board game that causes its players to commit suicide are all part of the milieu of the bonkers thrill ride that is Riverdale.
At the heart of it all, however, are the core four: Archie, Veronica, Jughead, and Betty. Jug and Betty are lovers and meddling kid investigators, much like the "Hardy Boys Go to Hell" duo of Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern from the David Lynch film Blue Velvet.
Archie and Veronica fight the good fight as well, but in a different way, mainly against V's evil crime boss dad Hiram Lodge. Archie and Hiram have had a hate/hate relationship from the jump, which caused V to choose Archie, much to daddy's dismay. Hiram has done horrible things to both Archie and Veronica in an effort to break them up, with the latest being trumped up charges that put Archie behind bars.
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After a thrilling prison break episode and Archie's exoneration, Veronica thought everything would be puppies and rainbows from then on, only to have her heart torn out and stomped flat by the beefy redhead in a "Dear Veronica" breakup phone call (at least it wasn't a text!). The last image we saw was Archie and Jug doing their best hobo thing, walking down the railroad tracks into the sunset, leaving Riverdale (for good?).
Collider recently visited the cast of Riverdale in Vancouver and got some of them to dish on the shocking split. First up, the man himself, KJ Apa:
Collider: Breaking up with Veronica had to be a terrible decision for Archie to make. Was it out of a desire to protect her?
KJ APA: Yes. I think Archie being in Riverdale puts her in danger because of the whole thing with Hiram and stuff like that. I think Archie being in Riverdale kind of puts a lot of people in danger, but most of all it puts Veronica in danger. But that being the reason for them having to part ways means that there is still something there, you know what I mean? They didn't part ways because of someone doing something.
Collider: And she's not going to give up, obviously.
APA: Exactly. And I don't think Archie is either. So, I think at the moment it's just the best thing for them.
Hiram has definite thoughts about the breakup, as expressed by Mark Consuelos, who portrays Big H:
"Well, he loves it. He left her alone and he's abandoned her. It was like what could be better than that? But yeah, of course, he capitalizes on the fact that she's upset. So, there's a lot of fun stuff, really fun stuff coming up in the next episodes."
Collider: How will Hiram react when he finds out that Archie has skipped town? Will he hunt him down?
CONSUELOS: Yeah, I think it was his plan. I mean, obviously Archie took the deal and nobody made him take the deal to go to jail. But he liked him where he was. I think he doesn't like the fact that Archie's on the run and doesn't know exactly where he is. That's a little loose end that he needs to tighten up.
Hermione Lodge, the long-suffering wife of Hiram, looks at the breakup as an opportunity to rebuild the relationship with her estranged daughter Veronica. This from Marisol Nichols:
"I hope so. I miss that. I think Hermione, to justify everything that she does, she does it to protect Veronica. Sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly, sometimes to teach her lessons, but the end goal is always to protect her daughter. And then the deeper that Veronica goes into this world, the harder and harder that becomes. But I, for one, miss their relationship when they were all on the same side and Hermione didn't have to fight so hard. So, I'm hoping that we see more of that as well."
While nothing in Riverdale is predictable, one thing is a pretty good bet: Varchie will end up in each another's arms again, probably sooner rather than later, so all you shippers out there just relax!
Did the Varchie breakup hit you right in the feels? Venting is beneficial and encouraged in the comments section.
Riverdale airs Wednesdays on the CW.
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