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Uncovering alternatives to animal testing
Brown researchers are pursuing a promising new method that could transform toxicology testing, making it faster and more effective without the use of animals.
Every day, we are exposed to approximately 75,000 artificial chemicals. They're in the food we eat, the medicines we take, and many of the household products we use. But what do we know about how they affect our bodies?
Not much, it turns out. That's because toxicology testing is a slow and painstaking process.
"This kind of research is conducted in mice and rats over a lifetime of the mouse and rat, which is two to three years," says Kim Boekelheide, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown's Warren Alpert School of Medicine. "And, it can take up to 10 years to actually get a report."
Boekelheide says that each time this is done, it can cost approximately $3 million. But even then, scientists can't be sure that the findings produced from rat and mice tissues are applicable to humans.
"If you expose mice and rats to the same chemical, the tumors you get in mice map to the tumors you get in rats less than half of the time," he says. "So mice are not predictive of rats and yet we use both of them to predict the human response. I think we can do much better than that."
Donna McGraw Weiss '89, a Brown University Trustee, agrees.
"We're developing chemicals all the time and putting them out in the environment," she says. "When we see some sign that there's a problem, then we go back and do the research once the chemical is already in use."
McGraw Weiss and her husband Jason, who is involved with animal welfare organizations, thought that Brown would be the perfect place to investigate and promote new ways of performing this kind of science, without the use of animals.
"Our initial investment was actually in a piece of equipment—a high throughput microscope," she says. "That initial foray into the equipment was like, 'if we build capacity at Brown, they will come'. There were a number of researchers who said, 'here's this shared facility at Brown; let me figure out how I can integrate that into my work.'"
And that's how the idea for Center for Animal Alternatives in Testing (CAAT) at Brown was born.
animals used in research and safety testing of drugs and chemicals each year
of new drugs fail in human clinical trials
needed to test toxicity of one chemical in animals
The 3D Petri Dish, patented by Brown, is a natural cell culture environment that accelerates the formation of 3D human microtissues.
The best way to eliminate the use of animals in toxicity testing is to develop strategies for testing living human tissues. The Center for Animal Alternatives in Testing brings together a collaborative team of bioengineers, pathologists, toxicologists, cell biologists, electrophysiologists, and mathematicians working with industry to develop new 3D microtissues that are more predictive of toxicity and drug efficacy.
The center's current director Jeffrey Morgan, who had used 3D cell culture techniques to grow human skin cells earlier in his career, worked with graduate students in his lab to devise a faster way to grow microtissues. Their 3D Petri Dish, patented by Brown, maximizes cell-to-cell interactions and allows for examination of the resulting tissues through high-content microscopy.
"Our invention made it possible to make these tissue samples pretty quickly, and you could image them really nicely," he says. "And, as Kim realized, it has applications in drug and toxicity testing. They're made of actual human cells and comparable to living organs."
If you source the cells from different individuals, Morgan says, you can begin building banks of cells that reflect the diversity of humans—the kind of diversity that is lacking in laboratory mice. This means testing will become more accurate based on characteristics of different groups of people.
" If we look at what this past year has shown us, being able to do research quickly can be so important. And with animal research, you're limited by the time it takes. "
Donna McGraw Weiss '89 Brown University Trustee
Accelerating the pace of change
The methods and technology that faculty in the center are using allow for large numbers of microtissues to be tested in a short amount of time. With the help of automation and artificial intelligence, analysis of this data becomes more efficient, more accurate, and less expensive.
"This research can lead to a model where we can quickly test chemicals before we ever put them out there," says McGraw Weiss. "If we look at what this past year has shown us, being able to do research quickly can be so important. And with animal research, you're limited by the time it takes."
Boekelheide gives an example that puts the need for speed in perspective: The National Toxicology Program, a division of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, has spent 25 years testing for carcinogens using animal models. In their entire existence, they've managed to test just 600 chemicals out of the approximately 75,000 that exist.
The promise of Brown's research—both to eliminate animal testing and to improve the science of toxicity testing—has brought in additional external funding from the NIH and led to industry partnerships with Unilever and Corteva, a spin-off of Dow Chemical.
The Weiss family has also endowed the center director's position, which ensures that this work can continue well into the future.
"Brown has a role to play in training people to think differently," says McGraw Weiss. "Creating a center accelerates the research, but also the training of graduate students, undergrads, and postdocs who may take this out to other institutions, which really builds out a whole field."
"I think you're going to see more and more of this work happening now that there is awareness of the limitations of animal testing," says Morgan. "We're attracting more people and more expertise. I see the whole thing beginning to snowball, and Brown is making it happen."
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Due to the recent changes to British gambling licensing regulations, Pinnacle Sports have announced that after September 30th 2014, they will now be unable to offer their services in Great Britain. This will be seen as a blow for UK punters as Pinnacle Sports are a quality sports betting company that are renowned for consistently offering the best betting odds due to their low margins.
- Any bets placed up to and including September 30th 2014 will be honoured.
- All account options for British betting accounts other than withdrawal will be blocked after September 30th, 2014.
- Funds remaining in Pinnacle Sports accounts may be withdrawn at any time, free of charge.


Did it seem to you that retailers were waiting like runners at the starting block, to launch into Christmas as the final seconds of Halloween ticked by? I like to keep my holidays in order and love Thanksgiving specifically because of its low key appeal. No Thanksgiving night or Black Friday shopping for me, it's all about family, food and football.
I can't complain too much this year though. A little snow in Tahoe and I too was ready to leapfrog right into winter.
I pulled out a few of our snow themed decorations and just couldn't resist these wooden deer at Costco. That's the problem with Costco, you go in for a few basics and come out with stuff you never knew you needed. Little did I know this guy would become a knitting tool.
The deer sits right behind my knitting chair. It's the perfect chair for knitting; it's comfortable, it rocks and swivels so I can chat and knit. What started out as a joke ended being quite convenient.
I'm working on a series of two-color, two-handed knitting projects. The deer's antlers are perfect yarn holders. I put one center-pull yarn cake on each antler and ran the yarn over each shoulder. It makes it easy to pull the yarn and the this-is-so-ridiculous-factor made it fun.
The antlers also make a great project holder for knitting down times. Doesn't he look happy?
Back to work, there are so many new Nuances and patterns coming your way this winter (see how I've skipped over the rest of the fall). Next up a new cast on and highly textured hat brim so stay tuned.
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Chow and Chatter: Next App Update Will Feature Wine Pairings!
Awesome! Can't wait for that.
Very excited about doing the wine pairings for your fabulous app, Rebecca - Cheers!
So cool Rebecca. Your app is getting better by the day.
I love the sound of wine pairings! Very cool. I wish you great success on your app!
You are fantastic with all these foodies ideas. At this point of time, wine pairing is difficult for me due to my limited knowledge of wine. Nice to have something to refer for wine and food combination.
The meeting of two fabulous minds! Love it!
Cheers Rebecca! Wine pairings is a fascinating theme - always!
Is champagne on the video LOL?
Gera he he no just white wine!!


Founded in 2009, the Mexican-American Coalition for Immigration Reform (MXACIR or Coalition MX-A) is part of the open-borders lobby. It is an arm of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIR), which operates as its fiscal agent. Through ICIR, MXACIR is allied with: (a) the socialist Center for Community Change (CCC), whose Executive Director is the prominent open-borders radical Deepak Bhargava, a board member of George Soros' Open Society Institute (OSI); (b) the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), a project of the CCC; (c) Human Rights Watch (HRW); (d) the National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN); (e) the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) which is an arm of the American Immigration Council (AIC); (f) the Migration Policy Institute (MPI); (g) the National Immigration Forum (NIF); and other such organizations. ICIR has also worked closely with the Chicago-based Arab-American Action Network, which was founded by Rashid Khalidi, the Columbia University professor who is a former Director of the PLO press agency and onetime moderator of the PLO Advisory Committee.
"improving the economic situation of all workers in the United States"
"legalizing the status of undocumented immigrants working and living in the United States"
"reforming visa programs to keep families together, protecting workers' rights, and ensuring that future immigration is regulated and controlled rather than illegal and chaotic"
"implementing smart, effective enforcement measures targeted at the worst violators of immigration and labor laws"
"prioritizing immigrant integration into our communities and country"
"respecting the due process rights of all in the United States."
Since its inception, MXACIR's National Coordinator has been Lorena Colin, a lawyer who emigrated from Mexico to the United States in 2004.


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On Breast Cancer Awareness night, Vandy shows fight, stuns LSU
Vanderbilt isn't have the season they want in conference play, but never have they stopped fighting. Thanks to Marqu'es Webb's spectacular performance and Rebekah Dahlman's game winner, the Commodores shocked LSU.
By Sydney Shadrix@SydneyShadrix Feb 13, 2017, 11:01pm EST
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Nashville, TN — Tonight, the Vanderbilt Commodores rushed the Memorial Gymnasium court donned in hot pink jerseys and ready to show their support in the fight against breast cancer. The ladies began the night by recognizing several strong and courageous breast cancer survivors by presenting them with a pink rose.
"It's really special and humbling to know the fight that these women are going through and to be able to honor them and be able to progress the cause and bring awareness," said Vanderbilt's Head Coach Stephanie White. "More than anything, it is important to honor them with the way that we play, and it was an honor to recognize them."
Their opponents, the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers, also wore pink in honor of Vanderbilt's special night. Although both teams shared a common respect and support for the evening's cause, they refused to agree on one thing -- who would be victorious on the court.
Looking at both teams' statistics for the season, any spectator would bet on the Lady Tigers to take the win. LSU entered the game at 17-7 and 6-5 in the SEC while Vanderbilt clearly claimed the title of the underdog with a record of 11-13 and 1-10 in the SEC. However, the Commodores weren't afraid.
"For the most part, I just felt prepared," said senior Marqu'es Webb after the game. "For me, it's the always the moment you've been waiting for. There is no time to be nervous."
That level preparation was apparent as the first quarter alone showed that the underdog could still have a bite! Led by Christa Reed and Webb, the team of primarily underclassmen came out fighting, scoring 19 points in the first 10 minutes of play.
Even with LSU's small but quick firecracker, Jaelyn Richard-Harris running the court offensively and their guard Raigyne Moncrief scoring a beautifully executed three-point shot in the last second of the quarter, they wrapped up the period trailing Vanderbilt by one point, 19-18.
As the Commodores continued to maintain the lead during the second, the game came to a screeching halt as the Tiger's forward, Ayana Mitchell, fell to the floor trying best to capture a rebound for her team. LSU's trainers rushed to the court and carried Mitchell to the locker room where she, fortunately, did not remain for too long.
In fact, just as Mitchell returned to the sidelines, she checked in to replace Jasmine Rhodes who had picked up two early fouls. A layup by none other than Moncrief allowed the Tigers to break a 32-32 tie.
The roles were reversed from the end of the first quarter as LSU ended the first half of play in the lead with a score of 36-35.
It seemed that LSU liked the taste of the lead at the end of the half, as they came back to the court fighting harder than ever. The Lady Tigers' hunger to keep that lead was aided by the Commodore's turnover trouble. By the middle of the third, Vanderbilt had a 34.1% turnover rate that the Lady Tigers took advantage of having scored 15 total points off of turnovers with four minutes left in the period.
Vanderbilt's inability to step up their defense allowed LSU's Alexis Hyder to take her scoring into the double digits. In fact, the Lady Tiger's ended the quarter with four players in double figures: Hyder and Mitchell with 10, Chloe Jackson with 11, and Moncrief leading the way with 16. Because of this stellar offense and a reevaluation of their defense, LSU was able to take the lead for the second time in the game and close the quarter out leading the 'Dores, 57-50.
"Our defensive intensity picked up, and we weren't trapping us much," remarked LSU's Head Coach Nikki Fargas on the change in LSU during the third quarter. "We were just trying to keep them in front of us. At first, we were doing a poor job of our interceptor's responsibility in the traps. We weren't covering the right outlets. So, we went away from that and tried to play our true five defense, and we rebounded well."
The pressure was on as the buzzer sounded the start of the last quarter. The victory was truly up for grabs as the game moved like lightning with both teams electrifying the court with energy. With just five minutes of play left, the Lady Tigers led only by two points. A game that could've easily been a sweep in the LSU's favor was now a tight match.
The Commodores would not give up as they used eight second-chance points to pull within one of the Lady Tigers with four minutes remaining. "Just one point behind" would be the tagline for the rest of the game.
The clock ticked down from one minute remaining as Commodore fans sat nervously on the edges of their seats. With thirty seconds left, and Vandy still remained one point behind at 68-67.
Music reverberated through the gymnasium, but the volume could not be matched by the screaming of the fans. With seconds left and an assist by Minta Spears, Vanderbilt's Rebekah Dahlman scored, and the Commodores were "just one point behind" no more!
"That shot meant the game, obviously," said Dahlman when asked about her game-winning shot. "But it wasn't even about that. It was about finally getting that win. We believed from the start, and we were able to execute."
Against all odds, Vanderbilt claimed the victory over LSU with a final score of 70-68, bringing them their second SEC win. Even with this win, Coach White is ready to keep pushing her team to greatness.
"I'm proud of our team. We're going to watch the film and learn what we need to learn from this. We're going to enjoy it tonight and come back ready to work tomorrow."
Will this victory give them the confidence they need to keep bringing in the wins? Fans will see on Thursday Feb. 16 as they watch their Commodores take on the University of South Carolina.

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Pelosi Used Shuttered California Hair Salon for Blow-Out, Owner Calls It 'Slap in the Face'
September 1, 2020 /1 Comment/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Fox News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited a San Francisco hair salon on Monday afternoon for a wash and blow-out, despite local ordinances keeping salons closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fox News had learned.
In security footage obtained by Fox News, and timestamped Monday at 3:08 p.m. Pacific Time, the California powerhouse is seen walking through eSalon in San Francisco with wet hair, and without a mask over her mouth or nose. . .
Salons in San Francisco had been closed since March and were only notified they could reopen on Sept. 1 for outdoor hairstyling services only.
Salon owner Erica Kious, in a phone interview with Fox News on Tuesday, shared details of Pelosi's visit. Kious explained she has independent stylists working for her who rent chairs in her salon. . .
"It was a slap in the face that she went in, you know, that she feels that she can just go and get her stuff done while no one else can go in, and I can't work," Kious told Fox News, adding that she "can't believe" the speaker didn't have a mask on. (From the footage, it appears Pelosi had some kind of covering around her neck.) (Read more from "Pelosi Used Shuttered California Hair Salon for Blow-Out, Owner Calls It 'Slap in the Face'" HERE)
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Hackensack is a city in Bergen County in New Jersey, United States, and serves as its county seat. The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but it was informally known as Hackensack since at least the 18th century.
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Hackensack River
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Hackensack High School
Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hackensack Public Schools. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County, New Jersey communities of Hackensack, South Hackensack , Maywood (250 students) and Rochelle Park (120 students).
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center is a 770-bed non-profit, research and teaching hospital located seven miles (11 km) west of New York City, in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, providing tertiary and healthcare needs for northern New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area. HUMC is New Jersey's largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services and is the fourth largest hospital in the nation based on admissions.
Hackenheim
Hackenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Kreuznach, whose seat is in the like-named town, although this lies outside the Verbandsgemeinde.
Hackensack people
Hackensack was the exonym given by the Dutch colonists to a band of the Lenape, or Lenni-Lenape , a Native American tribe. The name is a Dutch derivation of the Lenape word for what is now the region of northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack rivers.
Hackensack Meridian Health is a network of healthcare providers in New Jersey, based out of Edison. Members include academic centers, acute care facilities, and research hospitals.
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I was happy to see the news that Google announced the Chrome based OS. Soon after a week of my recent blog on Google and the way it transformed every ones life, i was pretty excited to see this announcement. I am particularly happy that Google is entering into the Operating System market and i believe that they will do justification to what they claim.
For many the announcement has been generating mixed feelings. Many technology enthusiasts (and pro-googlers) feel that this is a great step ahead and some are skeptic about the success of this project.
Simplicity : Google has been leading in the simple, usable and intuitive UI. I hope it continues to do so with the Chrome OS. When i see a simple Google Search and Microsoft's Bing, that the major difference i see (that Bing has a distraction and Google not).
Open Source : Apache and Eclipse have redefined the view of an open-source software. The common concept of "Collaborate on Platform and Compete on Products" is a great idea. Google Chrome's source code becoming open source, will open up all the channels to improve, contribute and extend the OS.
Competition to Microsoft ? : I don't think so. Google has been redefining the way people think of Internet and World Wide Web. Microsoft is the PC Operating System and Corporate IT infrastructure giant. There are lot of articles and blogs about the Google and Microsoft comparison on the Chrome OS and that's all absurd for me. Comparing Chrome OS and Windows is like comparing apples and apricots. Does it makes sense. ??? Google is the company (in my opinion) trying to make web as a platform and building all it's applications on web. So, i would see the Chrome OS only as an alternative for the heavy weight Internet users.
Would it be the next Linux ? : (No offense to Linux lovers please) During 1998-2000 time frame i was very excited to know about Linux as an alternative to the existing operating systems. When one compares the time to install a Windows box and Linux box with the same capabilities for a home user, Linux lacked the ease of installation and application support. As a technologist, i took hours to install the Linux and at the end i would abandon it as i don't find the applications that i want or incompatible drivers. I still remember that installing the CD drivers is a big deal and took hours to find a compatible one. I guess, the story changed a little after the arrival of Redhat, Fedora and Ubuntu distributions. It is still a nightmare for the advanced home users to install and configure a Linux distribution. I really really hope that Chrome OS designers would take care of this issue.
More space on Internet : If Google wants to make the web as the platform, then it may need to increase the email, docs and picture sharing space on the web. Why? It is for the natural reason that if you want to use the web for everything, i don't want to be restricted by the space in my account. Compared to the 120 to 250 GB of hard disk now-a-days, we are only talking about few gigs of memory on line.
Security and Personalization : As such Google is having problem to fight against the privacy laws regarding the google mail and advertisements. Would it become more controversial with the Chrome OS. If web is the platform and i would use Chrome OS, would my documents be secure ? Would Chrome install/suggest applications/plugins depending on the email, documents or photo content. These are some of the questions that Google for sure has to think about.
So… It is too early to conclude anything about the success or failure of the Chrome OS. Perhaps once the source code is released and the Architecture is known, only can one have valid comments. One thing for sure is that Google is gearing up to take on other areas of the computer and Internet industry. Its the time for everyone to be alert and more innovative in terms of the technology, usability and the perceived benefit they give to the corporate and home user.


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Sarah studying German; Physics and Chemistry this year.
Sarah's studying German, Physics and Chemistry this year.
Sarah's studying German: Physics and Chemistry this year.
Sarah's studying German Physics Chemistry this year.
Option 2 : Sarah's studying German, Physics and Chemistry this year.
The correct answer is 'Sarah's studying German, Physics and Chemistry this year.'
The most common punctuation marks in English are 'capital letters and full stops, question marks, commas, colons and semi-colons, exclamation marks and quotation marks'.
We use commas to separate a list of similar words or phrases.
We do not normally use a comma before and at the end of a list of single words.
Example: They traveled through Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.
Here, in the given question only Option 2 is separated by a comma and has similar words.
Example: It's important to write in clear, simple, accurate words.
Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2.
Correct Answer: Sarah's studying German, Physics and Chemistry this year.
American English does use a comma in lists before and.
Example: We took bread, cheese, and fruit with us.
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It's been a horrid start to the summer in 2018 for the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Dipak Misra has been unable to quell the mini rebellion in the court, inspire public confidence in administering the judicial roster or resolve the political impasse around the appointment of judges. The political opposition threatens to impeach him and now senior counsel have begun pressing for a judicial remedy to set matters right.
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It's often remarked that hard cases make bad law. However, this opinion appears to have made bad law in an easy case. A complaint had been filed against Kashinath Mahajan accusing him of offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860. He had already secured anticipatory bail and he sought to quash the complaint as being unfounded in fact and an attempt to secure a favourable administrative order through a false complaint. The Bombay High Court refused to quash the complaint and hence this appeal before the Supreme Court.
Three issues were considered by the court: should the complaint have been registered; should Mahajan have been arrested and should the complaint be quashed. Of these three, the court was strictly called on to decide only the third quashing issue. Ironically the judgment spends the least time discussing the evidence available to support this complaint. The brief discussion of the facts suggests that the offences under the Atrocities Act and the IPC may not be made out. Hence, the complaint could've been quashed with justification and the matter left to rest.
However, Justice Goel appears concerned that the Atrocities Act may perpetuate casteism and threaten the constitutional goal of a 'cohesive, unified and casteless society'. Hence, he was keen to assert the court's power to issue appropriate orders or directions to protect the fundamental rights of those falsely accused under the Atrocities Act. While there is little doubt that the court has such powers, these broad discretionary powers must be exercised with caution and rigour.
The appellants and amicus curiae relied on National Crime Records Bureau data, observations in previous judgments and some statements by the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Social Justice and Empowerment to conclude that there was widespread abuse of the Act. The court does not rigorously demonstrate that these data conclusively support the claim of abuse. Nor do they assess competing evidence in reports by the National Law School of India and the Navsarjan Trust. It may be unfair to expect a court to analyse, sift and weigh the available social science data on the question of abuse of the SC/ST Act. But the complexity of the assessment should discourage the court from entering into this inquiry in the first place.
Instead, the court concludes that there is abuse of the Act and hence adopts the view in Lalita Kumari v UP (2014) that for certain kinds of offences a preliminary inquiry was necessary before a complaint is registered. The bench added Atrocities Act cases to the matrimonial disputes, medical negligence and corruption for which such an inquiry is mandatory. Hereafter, before a complaint is registered in an atrocities case, written permission of the appointing authority for public officials and the district superintendent of police for all other persons.
There is nothing in the Act that changes the general law of arrest under section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. However, section 18 of the Act does prohibit the grant of anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail under section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and a 2-judge bench of the Supreme Court had upheld this provision in Ram Krishna Balothia (1995). Subsequently, in Vilas Pandurang Pawar and Shakuntla Devi, the Supreme Court has already permitted pre-arrest bail in atrocities cases effectively overcoming the section 18 prohibition.
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Social apartheid is caused by the special status and reservations given on caste basis. Why have an 'SC/ST atrocities'law? Why not just a law that says that any atrocities committed in the name of caste /discrimination would be punishable. What is happening is that any legitimate, bona fide action taken against a person who happens to be from SC/ST is projected as an 'atrocity' under this act.
Why define 'dalit' (meaning oppressed/downtrodden) as people belonging to a particular set of caste/s? 'Dalit' is a social condition and NOT a caste. A brahmin can be a dalit. Every person from SC/ST need not be 'dalit'. There are numerous govt officers, corporate executives, businessmen from SC/ST. Hardly can claim to be 'dalit'.
The definition of 'dalit' needs to be dissociated from caste and based on financial condition.
Otherwise all you are doing is reinforcing caste identity rather than diluting it.


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I have TreQuan Smith. With Dez Bryant on the Saints does that push Smith to WR3 and not worth rostering?
I think Smith will be the 2nd-best wide receiver on that team. I think he's better than Bryant – faster, more athletic, and he's been working in the offense all along. He knows the system. With Bryant, I think he's just an accent piece – probably their third receiver, and a guy you would hope might catch a couple of touchdowns in the red zone. New Orleans plays at Dallas in Week 13, and I will have Bryant ranked higher than Smith for that game.
Ian, I'm intrigued that you're not higher on Adam Humphries given what he's done and how he's looked the last few games. He seems to always be open over the middle and he is getting seen there by the QB. Is it that Fitz-magic is always fleeting? You don't trust the TB offense (wouldn't be surprised)? They're upcoming schedule? Please elaborate.
All of the rankings I'm doing are numerically driven. For each team I'm forecasting team numbers (including passing yards and touchdowns), and that production is then being divided up amongst their guys. This style of forecasting tends to be biased against a player like Humphries ever showing up too high on my list. The Bucs so far are averaging 372 passing yards per game, and they're on pace to finish the season with 46 TD passes. But when predicting how they'll perform in any given week (or the second half of the season) I would never assign that type of numbers to them. We're talking about a lesser quarterback on a lesser team that could fire its coach at any time. So tough for me to ever get above predicting they'll throw for about 330 yards (also a huge number) and a little more than 2 TDs. They've also got a deep stable of pass catchers – Evans, Jackson, Godwin, Howard, Brate and Humphries. That's six high-level pass catchers, including one that of the uber-elite variety (Evans) and a tight end (Howard) who's really hot right now. I like the way Humphries plays in the slot, but it's just hard to ever get him in the top 50 among wide receivers in any given week.
Always appreciate your analysis. I'm a little thrown, however, by Trubisky's rise in the Redrafter. Would you really prefer having him over guys like Fitzpatrick or Rivers?
If we're picking a player for a game, I will take Fitzpatrick. The Bucs are putting up huge passing numbers right now – on pace to shatter the all-time passing yards record before they even step on the field for their final game. But with the Redrafter rankings, I'm trying to factor in the possibility that the Bucs might switch quarterbacks again at some point. As for Rivers/Trubisky, Rivers is a much better passer, and he's been playing well – multiple TD passes in every game. But for fantasy purposes, it becomes a much more difficult decision when you factor in their rushing production. Trubisky is averaging 38 rushing yards per game, which is like getting an extra 76 passing yards per week relative to an immobile pocket passer like Rivers. In typical fantasy leagues, Trubisky has better numbers. You may complain that he benefitted from throwing 6 TDs against a historically bad Bucs defense, and that's fair – we're trying to look at what they'll do in the remaining eight games, not what they did in the past. But if we set aside the best and worst games for each quarterback, Trubisky has still been better thus far – about 24.1 points per game compared to 22.7 for Rivers. I'd say they're pretty similar. Trubisky isn't as good but has a more fantasy-friendly playing style. The plus for Rivers is that he's more of a known quantity – less concerns about him suddenly turning into a crappy quarterback.
Should we have concern with the limited production of Mark Ingram for the Saints considering their win over the previously undefeated Rams. Is Kamara their workhorse from here on out based on that outcome or is that reasoning too simplistic?
Kamara has scored a bunch of touchdowns, which tends to keep everyone happy, but his production has also been down. Toss out the first four weeks, since Kamara was a solo act at that time. In their last four games, Kamara has averaged only 54 rushing and 23 receiving yards. That's not a ton more than Ingram (45 run, 16 rec). I expect these guys will continue to share time. I wouldn't kick Ingram to the curb just yet. I think he's overdue for a big game, and that might come on Sunday. Cincinnati has had trouble stopping the run, while the Saints have tended to utilize the run more when playing on the road. Saints at home have averaged 86 rushing and 348 passing yards. On the road they've averaged 138 rushing and 250 passing – 52 more rushing yards per game, while 98 fewer per game through the air.
Is it time to dump Carlos Hyde and pick up somebody like Josh Adams as a lottery ticket?
With Hyde, he becomes a factor if Leonard Fournette gets hurt again. But even if that happens, I'm not sure you get much of a running back. I imagine they would continue to use T.J. Yeldon plenty, and they haven't been running ball well. They're 25th in rushing, and that's despite Blake Bortles running for 33 yards per game. Adam potentially could be playing his way into a bigger role with the Eagles. They used him more in their last game and he responded with 9 carries for 61 yards.
Start Rodgers or Fitzpatrick this week? I've benched Rodgers once earlier this season and he popped for 33 points so you can see why I'd be uneasy about sitting him again. I see the weekly has them ranked very close giving Fitz the slight edge, but ... do I dare?
So we all are waiting on Doug Baldwin to come back and take the reigns of that SEA receiving core. Is this going to happen at some point? If it's been the knee slowing him down, does this mean he's been getting better each week and can get out of this slump? I don't want another repeat of 2015 when I'd dropped him mid season and he went on the score 12 TDs in the next seven games!
I saw him make a nice downfield catch last week. He's a good player – a knowledgeable pro. I think the problem is probably more the team's offense rather than perhaps playing with knee soreness. The Seahawks aren't passing as much as they have in the past. They've got their running game going, and that's contributed to them averaging only 224 passing yards. They've been under 250 passing yards seven games in a row. The other two wide receivers they're using aren't chopped liver either – Tyler Lockett and David Moore can play. But I would stick with Baldwin and hope his numbers improve.
I'm starting to think about the playoffs and have a trade deadline approaching.... what teams have favorable match ups in weeks 14-16? Are there any defenses or flex level players that can be targeted now who can pay dividends in those weeks?
The most defense-friendly teams right now are the Browns, Jets, Cardinals, Raiders and Bills. Those are the five I would be looking at. I would want defenses playing against those teams (even better if you can get a defense that actually has some ability outside of the matchup. Schedules are as follows (for Weeks 14-16). Arizona: Det., at Atl., Rams. Buffalo: Jets, Det., at N.E. Cleveland: Car., at Den., Cin. New York Jets: at Buff., Hou., G.B. And Oakland: Pitt, at Cin., Den.
Making a push for the playoffs. I have JuJu and Keenan Allen as my top two wideouts and currently have John Brown, Amari Cooper and Nelson Agholor as plug ins. I was thinking about reaching out to acquire Robert Woods or T.Y. Hilton from another owner for draft compensation, but am not sure that they are really all that much better than Brown or Cooper. Interested in hearing your thoughts.
I like Hilton. He might be a top-10 receiver in the second half. He's their No. 1 option, with the ability to hit long-range touchdowns, and they're using him in the red zone more than they have in the past. He averaged 74 yards in the first four games, with 2 TDs, before running into the hamstring issue. He should be healthy again now and ready to return to delivering good numbers.
What are some of the waiver wire pickups that could be good next season?
If we look only at injured players, I see ten that I think will be selected in fantasy drafts next August. D'Onta Foreman, Devonta Freeman, Will Fuller, Geronimo Allison, Hunter Henry, Jay Ajayi, Delanie Walker, Paul Richardson, Jimmy Garoppolo and maybe Tyler Eifert (but probably not).
I know this is borderline overanalyzing, but would be crazy to try and move Zeke? They look awful and have awful play calling. How does he not get carries in the second half of that game Monday night? It's not Zeke's fault, but he's clearly not living up to a top 3 pick.
Agreed. They're terrible. They don't have great talent, the coaching staff doesn't seem to have any ideas, and they've got a lesser, limited quarterback. They're saddled with a rich guy who wants to play GM, and he's not good enough. So if you've got Ezekiel Elliott on your roster and you can find a trading partner who thinks he's still going to put up top-5 numbers, I think you make a deal.
In a TD heavy dynasty league I need a WR. My choices: DJ Moore, Courtland Sutton, Allen Robinson, Sterling Shepherd, Christian Kirk or Chris Godwin.
They're all good players. Your list includes three rookies and a second-year player, but all of those guys look like they're going to be good players. With Sutton, Shepard and Godwin, you don't know who'll be throwing to them next year. Josh Rosen seems to be for real, so I wouldn't be opposed to going with Kirk.
I have a team where I have to choose between starting T.Coleman, B.Cooks, R.Woods, Golladay, Hilton, and JuJu. I can only start 3 WRs and Coleman in the flex. Normally I would just go with the matchups but I have another angle to look at. If I start Woods and Cooks every week I might be guaranteed at least one of them will go off big. It's hard to sit JuJu, Golladay or Hilton but it sounds like a good idea?
But the Rams don't have two wide receivers. They have three, so there's also the possibility that Cooper Kupp has a huge game and you're left with two lesser receivers in your lineup. They like Kupp around the goal line, so he's caught 6 TDs – twice as many as either Cooks or Woods (even while missing three games). I wouldn't try any funny math with these guys. I would just look at them each week and try to pick the best three. In general, I think I'd be picking the three non-Rams in a lot of weeks.
I see Sanu and Shepard are ranked next to each other on my custom rankings. If Sanu is inactive the choice is made for me. Any thoughts if he is active? Flip a coin?
They both look pretty good this week. I think the Falcons will go into Cleveland and score some points. New York is facing a pass defense that's been pretty weak at times. That game is in San Francisco, but that might be a plus for the Giants – gives them a chance to get away from their disgruntled fans. That offense's three best games this year have all come on the road – at Houston, Carolina and Atlanta.
Week 15-16 playoff league: What are your thoughts on offering Mahomes (& his crap schedule) straight for Newton (& his glorious schedule). That is, assuming the Newton owner obliges.
I would be nervous about trading away Mahomes. They might be gunning in those games to get him up to 50 touchdown passes.


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It's so difficult to sum up the experience of sharing your work at Quilt Market, to do a recap that does this adventure a justice. The truth is, it might take weeks for me to know and feel all the ways it has changed, inspired, motivated, and shifted me. Last year I left with tears flowing down, looking back at the city buildings as we drove away, feeling so many emotions and completely overwhelmed with the knowing that my own dreams were coming true. Of course it wasn't without some adversity. I left feeling on top of the world, but was very sick and returned home to what would become some of the most challenging times I've ever had. It took me months to get back on track and a lot of hard work, but this dream has been worth fighting for. A year later I felt in a much better place, things were going so smoothly and when some very unexpected family complications hit us a few weeks ago I had decided I shouldn't make the trip. Then my kids spoke up. They shared with me all the reasons they felt I should and could do this. That conversation is without a doubt the single, most powerful highlight of it all for me. As a mom who tries so hard to do it all but never quite feels like I'm doing good enough, there have been plenty of times where I've laid awake worried my kids would look back and see too many times where I was busy, tired, unhealthy, preoccupied. But what they shared with me, an emotional plea that they wanted to see me do this, all the reasons they are proud of me and excited to be a part of it. I wasn't expecting it and had no clue how much I needed to hear what my kiddos shared with me.
My greatest wish & hope, the best possible scenario, of course, has been that the three of them will look back and see how badly I want them to be proud of me. To know & feel how much I love and credit them for inspiring me more than they could ever know. How dreams really do come true, with hard work and lots of passion. They gave me validation and so much more, a conversation that I carried with me to Houston and will cherish forever.
While at Quilt Market just a handful of people asked me about my collection name, Fleet & Flourish, and it's significance.
to be alive. to grow, thrive, blossom. to curl, twist, & coil.
It was impossible for me to create anything this past year that wasn't intertwined in grieving the loss of my dad, in my efforts to heal and build myself into something better around that loss, in accepting all that would be changed, and in deciding to live a healthier, happier, more passionate, love-filled life. These words fit perfectly and when I receive my yardage I plan to share more in detail. The theme for my collection and my space at Quilt Market, more than anything, is growth. I am really proud of what I created and I hope you enjoy these beautiful photos my friend Jayme Christensen took for me, plus a few of the special moments I was lucky enough to capture quickly.
Your booth is beautiful, truly a work of art!
WONDERFUL, all of it! Love the mirror...as in "You there, in the mirror! Fleet and Flourish!" :) I always look forward to more, Maureen!
Simply amazing booth! Thank you for sharing the reason for the name Fleet and Flourish - makes the whole line that much more significant, emotionally. You are so amazing...know that there are many of us quietly cheering you on in the background!
It's really lovely to hear how your children encouraged you. You must be a great mom to have raised such insightful kids! I loved seeing pictures of your booth and I'm looking forward to sewing with Fleet & Flourish when it becomes available!
Oh, these are fabulous, but in person, it was breathtaking! So excited to see you flourish in your element! Thanks for lwtting me be a tiny part of it!
I agree with Jessica! It was one of those masterpieces of art that can only be appreciated to the full extent when seen in person. I'm so glad I was able to be one of the few to take it all in. You should be so proud of yourself, and your amazing family!! Thank you for all of your hard work.
Your booth is/was just fabulous. I wish I could have seen it in person. I'm so looking forward to taking your Craftsy class.
Maureen, your booth was wonderful! So beautiful and inspiring! Thank you for sharing your feelings on your journey.
I love your booth, everything is so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your dreams! Beautiful fabric you created and the creations you made. Congratulations on showing your children to dream and share and their support of you. And your beautiful wood floors you came home to with your husbands hard work! Keep dreaming!
And thank you for sharing, so wonderful of your children to be such support! But then they must be so very, very proud of the amazing mother!
I am so happy for you. You are an inspiration.
Awesome mom, awesome lady and awesome booth!!
That is just wonderful crazy awesome!!!! you are so talented.
Touching post today, Maureen. How wonderful it is to hear about your supportive family--your kids are learning a lot about living life, family connections, and supporting those we love. What an amazing job you and Kevin have done!
What a lovely story Maureen. I am sorry about your Father and was moved about what wonderful children you and your husband must have. I wish you good luck in your endeavors. I waited a long time to do my own thing. I am happy you have the courage to do it now.
Beautiful post and fabric line. Thank you for sharing the intimate inspiration behind this line. i cant wait to sew with it.
I so enjoyed reading your post about your journey and your wonderful family, your booth and your fabric are awesome!!!
Maureen, thank you for being so real with your struggles and loss. So sorry for your great loss of your Dad, i loss my Dad some 9 yrs ago and it's still fresh in my mind. Your kiddos are the wind beneath your wings!!! Fly in there honor and soar!!! God Bless you and your family.
Ohh love the items you displayed and gave me a great idea for incorporating my mom's dolies in a wall hanging!!!
Oh my gosh. Best booth ever! Where on earth did you get all those butterflies - awesome!
Great job. Keep doing what you are doing and flow with the changes you are feeling.
Wow gorgeous display!!! Way to go!
I have been following your blog for several years. I was so proud of you and excited for you last market. I'm so glad your health was better for this one. Your booth just blows me away. The items you made with your new line are, as always, so artistic and so you. The vases of flowers with the butterflies emerging is just stunning. All the items placed feel as if you are telling a story. It was intimate, heart on your sleeve. It was you! I'm sure your kids are proud of you.
Your booth is truly breathtaking! I wish I could've seen it in person. Thank you for sharing the meaning behind your creations. It makes them come alive. That "deer" has stolen my heart! Do you have a pattern so I can try to replicate or can I purchase it? Woodland creatures are so ethereal & peaceful. Love your stuff!


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by: Frankie Stein
'Paradise City': An interview with filmmaker John Marco Lopez
John Marco Lopez is an indie filmmaker. He wrote and directed his latest project called Paradise City. The film is a black and white and aims to depict the 2010s. Lopez has over fifteen years of experience working in the film industry – beginning with music videos and eventually directing hip hop videos for popular artists.
Eventually he transitioned to an advertising agency where he had the opportunities to work with national brands including Radio Shack, Febreeze, and more, along with large budgets, and big production crews.
Lopez went on to co-found LPZ Media, a production company, with his brother. Since then he has worked as an indie filmmaker. We had the opportunity to speak with John Marco Lopez about his Paradise City, his career, and a few other things.
Tell us about your history as a filmmaker.
When I look back at why I became a filmmaker, I always look to my youth. Every weekend my Father would take us to the movies – sometimes to watch blockbuster movies or independent/foreign films from his favorite directors. At times, these pictures were very obscure and I would go with him reluctantly – but then I would find myself immersed in these rich narratives filled with amazing characters and thought-provoking material.
This would lead to questions in the car ride back home – with us having critical discussions about universal themes, historical context, and the craft of filmmaking. I consider this healthy diet of Hollywood movies and Art House films as a formative time in my life – both as person and filmmaker – which I draw upon every day in my creative work.
How did you get started in filmmaking? What drew you to it?
I started back in College working as a production assistant for Music Videos, mostly in the Hip Hop genre. Eventually, I learned enough about the basics of production – like the shooting and editing of a project – to try and pick up a camera and throw my hat in the ring. After a few years, I started experimenting with short form narratives – like web series and documentaries.
Those projects caught the attention of an Advertising Agency in New York called Grey – and I was invited to join their team of Producers. Learning from seasoned TV Producers was incredibly valuable and gave me the tools I needed to grow as a well-rounded filmmaker. Once I cut my teeth producing several TV Commercials, I was given the opportunity to become their in-house Director – which I was absolutely thrilled about and honored to accept.
By the time I left the agency I had directed spots for RadioShack, Febreze, and Canon – which enabled me to become a Freelance Director and work with various Advertising Agencies and shoot for their respective brands. Some of the notable clients that I have worked with have been Cadillac, Heineken, and McDonalds.
Can you tell us a little bit about your latest project Paradise City?
This is my third feature film and certainly the most challenging I've had to make, only because I wanted to push the envelope creatively – as far as I possibly could – even if that meant falling flat on my face. The film explores class, race, and power – while our main characters try to survive against an otherwise brutal existence. Each of our main characters go on their own personal and spiritual journeys – which take them down paths of rediscovering lost loved ones, protecting vulnerable communities, and even confronting their own faith.
What inspired Paradise City?
I wanted to take a snapshot of the era – the end of the twenty ten's – while I still could.
There was civil unrest brewing, police brutality, and growing homelessness all over the country – all while the top 1-10% have gotten wealthier and more disconnected from working class people. With this in mind – I researched several real life cases that touched on these themes and would allow me to flesh out characters from different walks of life. The challenge was how to interweave them together in a wide sweeping narrative that could shed light on all of these differing socio-economic experiences in a cinematic, entertaining way.
You made the unique decision to make Paradise City black and white, what led to this stylistic choice?
I wanted the film to have a timeless quality to it – since the themes I was exploring were in themselves timeless and universal – the poor vs. the wealthy, systems of authority vs. vulnerable communities, love and hate. . . For me, these themes transcend time and give us greater insights into who we are as human beings and society as a whole.
Even the famous Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities was written almost 200 years ago – and we are still experiencing the same issues, so there is certainly a connective tissue between what we are dealing with in 2020 – and the shared lives of those who have come before us.
Also, I wanted to pay homage to some of my favorite black & white films – Raging Bull, La Haim, and Pi – all of which still hold up beautifully today – despite being 20-40 years old.
Every film has its challenges, what was one of the difficulties you faced making Paradise City?
Trying to fit the sheer scope and ambition of the project into our grassroots budget was certainly the most challenging aspect. Since we're an indie production team, we didn't have all the time, money, and resources that Hollywood movies get to play with – so we had to find tons of creative solutions and MacGyver-type problem solving in order to pull off the various set pieces with dozens of extras, complicated locations, and difficult intense action sequences.
It all comes down to great teamwork, clever strategy, and always a little movie magic.
Is there anything you want people to know before watching Paradise City or to think about while watching it?
Even though many of the backdrops and characters in the film are fictional – they were influenced by real events that I discovered in the news. With that context in mind, we used those true stories as a springboard to heighten each micro-narrative and connect characters together – in an interesting, entertaining, and dramatic fashion. Ultimately, the idea was to create a deeper and richer viewing experience for viewers.
You're also a co-founder of LPZ media, can you tell us a little bit about your production company?
We recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary, it's been a long, challenging journey every step of the way but it has also been incredibly rewarding. We shoot commercials for advertising agencies and direct-to-client projects when brands want to build out their own creative campaigns. Documentaries are the bread and butter form of content for us – our clients love them – and it also happens to be our favorite type of project. Especially when working with influencers, special events, or brand manifestos.
Can you walk us through your creative process?
I try to be a sponge when I'm working on a new project. It requires a ton of research – trying to get my hands and eyes on everything I possibly can – anything related to the subject matter that I'm exploring.
Then I try to see things in person, speak with people or experts who have actually lived and experienced these things before. Once I've gathered a solid understanding of the subject matter, I dive into a plethora of films that have tackled similar material – and I try to learn from what they did successfully, what I enjoyed, or thought was interesting – and I examine how I can possibly apply those lessons into my own material.
The last step in the process (or the beginning for some people) involves sitting down in front of the blank page and looking up at the daunting mountain that awaits you. It's pretty scary but I like the challenge.
What's your favorite music to listen to while you're writing?
Sounds cliché, but mostly classical music. It puts me in a meditative state – focused and calm – allowing me to really get lost in the creative process. As you know, they're narratives in themselves – so you find yourself immersed in these incredible stories and dramatic arcs that can elicit emotional, or exciting feelings and thoughts.
What part of filmmaking do you geek out about the most?
I see editing as the most powerful tool in the filmmaking process. It's really what separates the film medium from any other form of storytelling – like theater or the opera. The basic idea of combining two images together – no matter how different or similar – and triggering a thought or feeling from the viewer – almost like a chemical reaction – is incredibly fascinating to me. The directors that I admire have been able to harness this energy and turn it into beautiful works of art. That is an expression of fine craftsmanship that I hope to obtain one day in my career.
You're very hands-on with your projects. How hard is it wearing all the hats?
At the independent level, you are ultimately responsible for starting and finishing a film. You are the quarterback and the fall guy. It's a double-edged sword but also the type of challenge that gets me up in the morning.
I'm grateful to have a team of experienced and talented craftsmen in each department that take ownership of their roles and have the freedom to express themselves creatively for the best of the project. So I enjoy being in the trenches with my crew – each and every day – and coming out the other side with something we can all be proud of.
Do you have any tips for people looking to start a filmmaking career?
Without a doubt, just pick a camera – grab some actor friends or a real person – and start shooting. You'll have a short doc or short narrative on your hands before you know it.
You just have to go into it with the understanding that it won't be a masterpiece – most likely it will be cringeworthy – because you'll make a thousand mistakes along the way – but you'll also learn a million things – and these incremental learning experiences will make you better and help you grow into the filmmaker you eventually want to be.
What's your filmmaking mission? Name the most important thing you want viewers to experience when watching your movies.
I like what a filmmaker I admire once said. . . Our goal should be to achieve the three E's.
Entertain, Educate, and Elevate. If we manage to just entertain – then that's great – job well done – we can all go home and feel good.
However, if we can educate the viewer on a subject matter that they never knew about and spark a conversation or further exploration – even better.
Now if your film can transcend into a higher emotional state, touching the heart and the mind of the viewer, possibly enlightening and enriching their lives – than you have really accomplished something special.
That would be a worthwhile mission – incredibly difficult – but I hope to get to this level one day.
What's your favorite film of all time, and what did you learn from it?
Very difficult to answer, changes from day to day, depending on my mood and environment at the moment. Generally, I shuffle between a few old faithfuls.
8 ½, The Godfather, 2001 Space Odyssey, The Shining, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas.
I see them all as once-in-a-lifetime, singular masterstrokes of genius, each with a unique vision and technical execution that only these filmmakers could make.
Who or what are your current filmmaking influences?
Right now, I like the work James Gray is doing with his classical style, cinematic, and emotional precision. Denis Villanueve is also doing some amazing work – visually stunning and dramatically impactful. Derek Cianfrance is another filmmaker who I respect very much – there's something brutal yet beautiful about his style.
Is there anything you do when you're looking for inspiration?
Traveling, hiking, just being around Nature. Also, exploring different cultures, ways of life, and people from varying walks. . . coupled with reading and music – usually get my juices flowing.
What's your five-year plan?
Just getting past 2020 has been hard enough, but hopefully down the road I can keep working on my craft and have the opportunities to continue exploring this passion I have for making movies.
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Frankie Stein
Frankie Stein is from Italy, but lives in Ingolstadt, Germany. Her hobbies are: reading about science, doing experiments, and travelling. She's been all around Europe and loves Scotland, London, and Russia. Her boyfriend is called Victor and they both love listening to The Cure, reading Byron, and gazing upon William Blake prints.
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I took some time composing a thoughtful response to the question for the letters page of James Romenesko's Media News site. The last two paragraphs were cut (for space reasons?), and are published here for the first time.
SeanBaby was discovered online, and now currently writes game and movie reviews for the Bay Area's alternative magazine "The Wave."
I think to look for the next "Pauline Kael" is to misunderstand the medium. As activities - rather than passively-consumed works - today's videogames offer a SPACE for the audience to bring their own responses. Yes, amid the social interactions there are sophisticated renditions of adrenaline-pumping action, but there often isn't a uniform experience to review. The gameplay itself depends on what the users do.
Maybe that's why the best game reviews are - like much of SeanBaby's work - of games gone past. Possibly the best videogame review ever was Electronic Gaming's "Child's Play" series, where classic video games of the 80s were dissected a generation later by sharp-tongued teenagers.
It lends the ultimate critical perspective. Perhaps future generations will NOT judge our sacred cows so kindly.
Current games come in so many different mediums that, unlike music, there isn't even a clearly defined universe for a cultural arbiter to review. Instead, each game has its own micro-community somewhere, with its influential early-adopters. So I'd argue that just because you haven't heard of a micro-community's most influential critic doesn't mean they don't exist.
Here's another way to say it. Who is the way-new video game critic? The same person who's ABC's Person of the year.


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Mark Steyn: For almost two years we have lived in Covid-stan
GB News
A world in which quote-unquote 'public health' trumps the most fundamental liberties
Mark Steyn GB News Presenter
Published friday 03 December 2021 - 19:12
The French President declares the Irish Backstop the only thing preventing the powder keg going up in Europe, and belittles the British Prime Minister as a vulgarian too lowbrow to discuss these things with. I'm reminded of Liza Minnelli's late husband David Gest, who claimed in the divorce that she'd beaten him up. Liza is a 5'4" woman a decade his senior with two hip replacements: Why couldn't he just run for his life? Or, in fact, stroll for his life? Now, the big blonde bruiser of Number Ten with his expensively roughed up hair is being beaten up by some exquisite petite globalist metrosexual who roughed him up so badly the expensively roughed up hair got flattened into something as smooth and coiffured as a middle-aged telly presenter's hairpiece.
Eric Zemmour tosses his hat into the French presidential race, and is assailed as a far-right racist for pointing out things that are obvious to anyone who spends twenty minutes walking about certain rapidly transforming parts of France. The outgoing German Chancellor has divided her citizenry into two classes: if you belong to Class A, feel free to enjoy the festive season at full throttle; if you belong to Class B – the unvaccinated – you cannot go to leisure or entertainment events or to Christmas markets; you cannot shop at non-essential shops, but only in supermarkets and chemists; and you can only socialise with those living in your household plus two additional persons. So your Boxing Day sherry party is going to be super-exclusive this year. Yes, yes, I know, it's Germany, so it's probably a St Stephen's Day schnapps party. But, if you're unjabbed, no parties for you – not even a party of the unjabbed. You'd have more fun at the local leper colony.
For almost two years we have lived in Covidstan – a world in which quote-unquote "public health" trumps the most fundamental liberties: freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of worship... They're not reported on most media outlets, but there are protests against this new regime in France and Australia, the Netherlands and Austria.
On the other hand, there are tens of millions of people who are apparently happy to live under the Covid commissars forever. The strange and psychologically unhealthy fetishization of NHS worship – all that clap-for-carers stuff, so unbecoming to a supposedly free people – and even as the NHS was abandoning their duty of care, as we've heard this week, to thousands of sufferers from cancer and other diseases.
Is there something bigger going on, both in our relationship with the state and our subordination to the state in matters of life and death
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There seems to be a shortage of political judgement in the UK Conservative party. First, the pro-EU Prime Minister David Cameron calls a referendum of the UK's membership of European Union. Fail. Then, new Prime Minister Theresa May calls an election aimed at strengthening her hand in the lead-in to the start of Brexit negotiations and to crush the Labour Party. Epic fail.
Mid-term polls require careful interpretation. By definition, in the middle of a parliamentary term no-one is expecting an election. People aren't really focusing on the big political issues. Poll leads are therefore a 'soft' rather than a firm indication of party support. Call an election and all of a sudden people are focusing on the issues, and resolve hardens. Any disgruntlement with any Government policy? Here's your opportunity to send a message to the Government. Couple that with a poor campaign and the rest, as they say, is history.
The biggest casualty of the election outcome is the Brexit negotiations. They were always going to be complicated and tough. We were already thinking that the process of exiting the single market along with putting new arrangements in place would take longer than two years. Now the hard-Brexit Tories have lost their majority and appear to be entering into a confidence and supply agreement with the soft-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). What was already going to be complicated just got a whole lot more complicated.
The political uncertainty may not be over yet. Mrs May is yet to face her caucus. She is in a vulnerable position of her own making. Former Chancellor George Osborne has labeled her a "dead woman walking". Harsh, though probably true. A leadership contest would add more uncertainty and likely delay the start of the Brexit negotiations proper. Furthermore, fresh elections cannot be ruled out.
Our expectation with respect to the economy was that business confidence would wax and wane as Brexit negotiations played out. Relative to that base line expectation, and with the fresh uncertainties about how that process will play out, the risk is that confidence wanes more than it waxes. That will have a direct impact on economic performance and we continue to believe the Bank of England is too optimistic on the UK growth outlook. Recent weakness in UK house prices, which have been surprisingly resilient to the Brexit process so far, will underscore a sourer public mood and greater caution. That means no change in monetary policy for the foreseeable future.
The risks around the eventual Brexit outcome have risen. Mrs May's preference for hard-Brexit will be challenged by the DUP's soft-Brexit stance. And a challenging negotiation process increases the risk of 'no deal' and a chaotic exit from the single market. Time will tell.
Finally, where there is a political loser, there is usually a winner. While he didn't win the election, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was the clear winner on the day. He has consolidated his position as Labour leader and if things play out badly for the Conservatives, he may yet get invited to have a crack at forming a Government. If that is the case, some of Labour's less market friendly positions, such as the nationalisation of certain industries, would get softened by the realities of coalition negotiations.


Domestic violence can take many forms. Some instances are clearly abusive while others can be subtler. Emotional abuse can exist for years, slowly destroying a person's sense of peace or personal property. Verbal abuse or harassment can exist when one person continually mocks or demeans another. These are both a far cry from a full-on fist fight, but all situations can fall under the heading of "domestic violence" when it happens at home.
If you are suffering from any kind of domestic violence, you should first ensure the safety of you and your children. Once you are out of immediate danger, you should work with an attorney to begin exploring your options.
A temporary restraining order is issued by a judge, when requested, if you can prove you are suffering from domestic violence. When you apply for a restraining order, temporary or not, come prepared to prove your case.
If you need your partner to leave the premises and not approach you at home, at work or at your car, a TRO is a safe option. Depending on the circumstances of your situation, you might also consider requesting that the judge issue a TRO that covers any money transfers or direct communication.
As an attorney familiar with domestic violence cases, Diane Morin can help you submit your application for a TRO. Temporary restraining orders are usually issued for the period of time lasting until your next court date, when your case will be revisited. Restraining orders, as opposed to TROs, can remain in permanent effect.
If you discover that your spouse or another family member has been causing your children harm over a long period of time or verbally harassing your children, you have a responsibility to remove your kids from the situation and prevent further harm.
When two people marry, they never expect to split up. Nor do they expect to be on the receiving end of spousal abuse. Over time, however, relationships can change and one person can eventually become someone entirely different. If you are suffering from spousal abuse or even suspect you are, please take steps to make sure your safety is guaranteed.
Staying with other family or friends if you feel you are in immediate danger is highly recommended. Once you are in a safe situation, please contact us online or call 650-473-0822.