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Reviews for Nancy MacLean's book, "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America":
"[A] remarkably important book…this book is a superb contribution to our understanding of the rise of libertarian notions and right-wing political power in the US. If you wonder how the Supreme Court came to define speech as money or corporations as people, this volume will help you to figure it out…The melting ice caps, if nothing else, stand as testament to the folly of listening mainly to the rich and powerful."—Bill McKibben, The Times Literary Supplement
"Democracy in Chains leaves me with hope: Perhaps as books like MacLean's continue to shine a light on important truths, Americans will begin to realize they need to pay more attention and not succumb to the cynical view that known liars make the best leaders." —New York Times Book Review
"A remarkable new book which argues that the radical right revolution engineered by Charles and his brother David is not just about accruing political and economic power, but about restricting democracy itself." —The New Republic
"[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right . . . [MacLean] has dug deep into her material—not just Buchanan's voluminous, unsorted papers, but other archives, too—and she has made powerful and disturbing use of it all. . . . The behind-the-scenes days and works of Buchanan show how much deliberation and persistence—in the face of formidable opposition—underlie the antigoverning politics ascendant today. What we think of as dysfunction is the result of years of strategic effort." —The Atlantic
"This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism mainstream and eventually take the government itself is at the heart of Democracy in Chains. . . . [MacLean] takes the time to meticulously trace how we got here. . . . If you're worried about what all this means for America's future, you should be. . . . And if someone you know isn't convinced, you have just the book to hand them." —NPR
"It's the missing chapter: a key to understanding the politics of the past half century. To read Nancy MacLean's new book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, is to see what was previously invisible." —George Monbiot, The Guardian
"[A] riveting, unsettling account of 'Tennessee country boy' James McGill Buchanan, key architect of today's radical right." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"A remarkable book . . . Democracy in Chains is a revelation, as politics and as history." —Jacobin
"Democracy in Chains should be read by every thinking person in the United States. It is disturbing, revealing, and vitally important." —NYJournalOfBooks.com
"Perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter American government." —Booklist (starred review)
"It's happening: the subversion of our democratic system from within. How did the political Right do it? Nancy MacLean tells the long-overlooked story of the political economist who developed the playbook for the Koch brothers. James McGill Buchanan merged states rights' thinking with free market principles and helped to fashion the inherently elitist ideology of today's Republican Party. Professor MacLean's meticulous research and shrewd insights make this a must-read for all who believe in government 'by the people.'" —Nancy Isenberg, author of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
"This book is mesmerizing. Rarely have I encountered a work that speaks to such significant issues, with evidence rooted in conclusive new sources. In clear prose, MacLean reveals how a public once committed to social responsibility and egalitarian values became persuaded that only an unregulated free market could protect 'liberty' and 'choice.' Because of this, our once cherished democracy is now subject to attack. Everyone who wants to understand today's confrontational politics should read this important book, now." —Alice Kessler-Harris, author of In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth Century America
"How did we get to where we are today? How did corporations come to possess 'rights?' How did democracy come to be defined as selfish individualism? Or money as free speech? Nancy MacLean's Democracy in Chains provides the answers. It is essential reading in order to understand the ideas that billionaires use to justify their control of our political institutions. I can't imagine a more timely or urgent book." —Greg Grandin, author of Fordlandia (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) and The Empire of Necessity (winner of the Bancroft Prize)
"[MacLean] creates a chilling portrait of an arrogant, uncompromising, and unforgiving man . . . [she] offers a cogent yet disturbing analysis of libertarians' current efforts to rewrite the social contract and manipulate citizens' beliefs. . . . An unsettling exposé of the depth and breadth of the libertarian agenda." —Kirkus Reviews
"MacLean constructs an erudite searing portrait of how the late political economist James McGill Buchanan (1919 – 2013) and his deep-pocketed conservative allies have reshaped –and undermined–American democracy. . . . A thoroughly researched and gripping narrative, she exposes how Buchanan's strategies shaped trends in government in favor of "corporate dominance" and against the welfare state. . . . She has delivered another deeply important book. . . . Her work here is a feat of American intellectual and political history." —Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"For those who think the Tea Party, Freedom Caucus, and the alt-right are recent constructs, MacLean provides an extensive history lesson that traces the genesis of the right wing back to post-WWII doctrines. . . . A worthy companion to Jane Mayer's Dark Money, MacLean's intense and extensive examination of the right-wing's rise to power is perhaps the best explanation to date of the roots of the political divide that threatens to irrevocably alter American government." —Booklist (starred review)
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Support the UN Humanitarian Response in Yemen
Blog Humanitarian Response Support the UN Humanitarian Response in Yemen
By Jenni Lee on March 20, 2018
Humanitarian Response UN Reform and Innovation
The end of March will mark three years of suffering and conflict in Yemen, which the United Nations has called "the worst man-made humanitarian crisis of our time." UN agencies and partners are working to help the 22 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, but resources aren't keeping up with the growing needs. Now is the time to support the UN humanitarian response and help some of the world's most vulnerable people.
You can donate to the UN's Yemen Humanitarian Fund. Your support helps humanitarian organizations working in Yemen provide food, water, shelter, and other aid.
You can also raise your voice and let your friends, families, and social networks know about what is happening in Yemen and the need for help. Follow @OCHAYemen on Twitter to share updates.
How the UN is Helping
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has issued a humanitarian response plan and an appeal for $2.96 billion in 2018 to bring relief to those that are afflicted. On April 3, the UN and the governments of Sweden and Switzerland are hosting a high-level pledging event to raise funds for this plan (So far, the plan is less than 4% funded).
Hunger and disease are among the serious issues facing the people of Yemen. Nearly 18 million people are food insecure, and Yemen is vulnerable to disease outbreaks, as evidenced by last year's massive cholera out
Along with the humanitarian need to provide food relief for the millions of people that are in dire need, there is also a need to deal with cholera outbreak that started in 2016. It is feared that the cholera outbreak, which had already claimed more than 2,000 lives, could flare up again soon due to the rainy season.
To address humanitarian needs, UN agencies are on the ground, working to provide relief. This includes:
World Food Programme (WFP) – Providing food aid to more than 7 million people a month; transporting humanitarian aid.
World Health Organization (WHO) – Providing supplies, medicines, and ambulances; supporting disease surveillance and outbreak response; aiding local health partners with training and other needs.
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) – Providing shelter, mattresses, blankets, kitchen sets, and other supplies to displaced Yemenis, as well as refugees and asylum-seekers; supporting people in need with legal and psycho-social services.
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) – Providing safe learning spaces and psycho-social support for children; expanding access to safe water and sanitation; support vaccination against measles and polio; and treating children with malnutrition.
UN Population Fund (UNFPA) – Providing health services, for girls and women; distributing dignity kits and reproductive health kits; providing psycho-social support and other services related to gender-based violence.
UN Development Programme (UNDP) – Working with local partners to restore basic social services and improve local governance; helping people find work and earn an income; and helping local communities build resilience.
UN Migration Agency (IOM) – Tracking displacement to assess needs; providing emergency assistance in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene, as well as other relief supplies; providing aid to stranded migrants.
UN agencies and humanitarian partners are working hard to deliver lifesaving aid, but gaining access to deliver this aid has been difficult. The UN continues to call on parties to the conflict to meet their obligations under humanitarian law for "free and unimpeded access to deliver assistance to people in need."
Former head of the UN humanitarian response in Yemen, Jaime McGoldrick, said, "While humanitarian assistance is not the solution to the plight of the people of Yemen, it is the only lifeline for millions of people."
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'Weird' Hobby Lando Norris Took up While Racing With Daniel Ricciardo Is Revealed
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'Weird' hobby Lando Norris took up while racing with Daniel Ricciardo is revealed
Lando Norris has said that when they were teammates at McLaren, both he and his colleague Daniel Ricciardo developed a "weird" interest in photography.
Beginning with the 2021 season, Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo formed a team. Before Oscar Piastri replaced Daniel Ricciardo at the conclusion of the 2022 season, their cooperation at McLaren lasted two years.
In an interview with RacingNews365.com and other media outlets, Lando Norris discussed how he was able to forge a close bond with his colleague. Lando Norris stated:
"I believe it's something about how I've always developed to have strong connections with all of my colleagues. They and I, I believe, became close both on and off the racetrack. I think I've always developed a solid level of respect with all the drivers I've worked with."
"Perhaps Daniel will say other things in the future," he said. "Naturally, you get to know each other quite well, and he is the man I've been working closely with for the last several years."
"So I suppose you establish a bit of a relationship, that you'll miss the person because we have become, I believe, wonderful friends," he said of the pair's newly discovered love in photography. "It's strange, but we've both become into photography! It will be good to see Daniel back in the paddock the following season. I believe he's fantastic for Formula 1; he's funny. It'll be good because even though I'll miss him, I'll still see him."
In 2022, McLaren fell short of expectations, according to Lando Norris
Recent worries about entering into a long-term deal with McLaren were addressed by Lando Norris.
Although Lando Norris has shown the ability to compete with the best on the grid, his affiliation with McLaren may operate as a barrier. Although Lando Norris is aware that the squad did not meet its goal this year, he remains confident about his future with the group. He explained to Sky:
"It's simple honesty, just faith. The key thing I need is that. I don't like BS or having others attempt to make me happy. Just being honest is what I enjoy. I believe in McLaren. I have confidence in my coworkers and the whole team. Only time will tell. You may have a reasonable chance of being somewhere, but you can never be really sure."
"If I reflect back to before this season, did we accomplish in 2022 what we need to have done as McLaren?" he said. Sincerity says "no. We can't be pleased with where we've been this season if we want to perform well, win races, and eventually become champions, but we can be happy with the progress we've made."
Next season, the Briton will work with Oscar Piastri at McLaren. After placing sixth in the championship in 2022, the team (159) will be hoping for better results this time around.
ALSO READ: Max Verstappen sets a six-way title fight ultimatum as his F1 career draws to a close


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Imagine a table which describes classes of students.
What are the best solutions for N between 1 and 10?
> students of each class.
easier to find someone who can implement and maintain the software.
extension to the SQL language.
per class, so I'm assuming it's based on IdStudent.
> > students of each class.
> easier to find someone who can implement and maintain the software.
queries to get my result set.
> extension to the SQL language.
There is a work around with user variables in SQL to simultate Rownum.
variables, but it does not seem possible to have this in MySQL.
Do you see a way to write this?
> per class, so I'm assuming it's based on IdStudent.
conditions in subqueries were possible.
Indeed, I don't mind which students are returned in each class.
evaluated for each row in the table, isn't it?
> conditions in subqueries were possible.
Yep! That's called a correlated subquery.
> evaluated for each row in the table, isn't it?
and there's a good chance of being pretty efficient.
infrequently and with no strong requirement for speed.
> to run a couple of times per year?
> infrequently and with no strong requirement for speed.
user variables as described here below?
There is a work around with user variables in MySQL to simultate Rownum.
> There is a work around with user variables in MySQL to simultate Rownum.
> MySQL user variables ...?
There's often a way to use pre-initialized data to achieve performance.
> There's often a way to use pre-initialized data to achieve performance.
Your solution is great. It fits well to my needs. Thanks a lot Bill.
You are very good at finding solutions! Congratulation!
Combing two simple select statements. There must be a way?


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La Vie à cinq () est une série télévisée américaine en 141 épisodes de 44 minutes et un épisode de 90 minutes, créée par Christopher Keyser et Amy Lippman et diffusée entre le  et le  sur le réseau FOX et en simultané sur le réseau Global au Canada.

En France, la série a été diffusée à partir du  sur RTL9, du  au  sur M6 puis rediffusée sur Téva, Europe 2 TV, Fun TV et à partir du  sur AB1 et début novembre 2021 sur MyTF1. Au Québec, à partir du  sur VRAK.TV (la cinquième saison fut interrompue et la sixième saison reste inédite).

En 2018, la chaîne  travaille sur une nouvelle version de la série, centrée sur la famille latino Buendia, dont les parents ont été déportés au Mexique. Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado et Elle Paris Legaspi ont décroché des rôles principaux. Le ,  a commandé dix épisodes.

Synopsis

Après la mort accidentelle de leurs parents, cinq frères et sœurs font face aux difficultés de la vie tout en essayant de rester une famille unie. Charlie, l'aîné de la fratrie, se retrouve à travailler tout en gérant les crises d'adolescence de ses frères et sœurs, mais également ses propres problèmes existentiels.

Distribution

Acteurs principaux
 Matthew Fox  : Charlie Salinger
 Scott Wolf  : Bailey Salinger
 Neve Campbell  : Julia Salinger
 Lacey Chabert  : Claudia Salinger
 Paula Devicq  : Kirsten Bennett Thomas Salinger
 Michael A. Goorjian  : Justin Thompson (invité saison 1, principal ensuite)
 Jennifer Love Hewitt  : Sarah Reeves (saisons 2 à 5)
 Jeremy London  : Griffin Holbrook (saisons 2 à 6)
 Jennifer Aspen  : Daphne Jablonsky (saisons 4 et 5)

Acteurs récurrents
 Scott Grimes  : Will McCorkle
 Tom Mason  : Joe Mangus
 Alexondra Lee  : Callie Martel (saison 3)
 Ben Browder  : Sam Brody (saison 3)
 Tamara Taylor  : Grace Wilcox (saison 3)
 Paige Turco  : Annie Mott (saison 4)
 Rhona Mitra  : Holly Mary Beggins (saison 6)
 Wilson Cruz  : Victor
 Mitchell Anderson  : Ross Werkman
 Alyson Reed  :  (saison 2 à 6)
 Kyle Secor  : Evan Stilman
 Tim DeKay  :  (saison 4)

Invités
 James Marsden : Griffin Holbrook (saison 1, épisode 22)
 John M. Jackson : Major Holbrook (saison 2, épisode 7 - saison 3, épisode 22)
 Brooke Langton  : Courtney (saison 2, épisodes 10, 11)
 Billy Burke : l'homme dans le club (saison 2, épisode 13)
 Ivan Sergei : Shawn (saison 2, épisode 17)
 Marla Sokoloff  : Jody Lynch (saison 2)
 Brenda Strong  : Kathleen Isley (saison 2)
 Danny Masterson  : Matt (saison 2)
 Rider Strong : Byron (saison 3, épisodes 1 et 2)
 Breckin Meyer : Alec Brody (saison 3, épisode 9)
 Ben Browder  : Sam Brody (saison 3, 10 épisodes)
 Andrew Keegan  : Reed Isley (saison 4)
 Cristine Rose : Jenny Selby (saison 4, épisodes 1 et 2)
 Jessica Lundy  : Nina DiMayo (saison 4)
 Ever Carradine  : Rosalie (saison 4, 5 épisodes)
 Adam Scott  : Josh Macon (saison 5, 7 épisodes)
 Kyle Secor  : Kyle Secor (saison 6, 8 épisodes)

 Version française
 Studio de doublage : Dubbing Brothers
 Direction artistique : Marc de Georgi
 Adaptation : Catherine Valduriez, Marina Raclot, Sandrine Chevalier et Amélie Morin

Épisodes

Série dérivée

La Vie à cinq fut également à l'origine d'un spin-off du titre de Sarah () dans lequel Sarah Reeves, jouée par Jennifer Love Hewitt, déménage à New York.

Commentaire
Lors de la première apparition de Griffin, dans l'épisode 22 de la saison 1, le rôle était joué par James Marsden.

Récompense
 Golden Globe Award 1996 : Meilleure série dramatique

DVD
 Les saisons 1 et 2 sont sorties en DVD en version française en France. Faute de ventes, les saisons 3 à 6 n'ont pas été commercialisées.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Sarah (1999–2000), série dérivée

Liens externes

 Fiche de la série sur Annuséries

Série télévisée créée en 1994
Série télévisée disparue en 2000
Série télévisée américaine des années 1990
Série télévisée américaine des années 2000
Série télévisée de Fox
Série télévisée de Sony Pictures Television
Teen drama
Série télévisée sur l'adolescence
Série télévisée sur la famille
Série télévisée se déroulant à San Francisco
Golden Globe de la meilleure série télévisée dramatique

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Postnatal differentiation and endocrine control of esterase isoenzymes in the mouse epididymis
in Reproduction
Authors: A. Abou-Haïla and M. A. Fain-Maurel
https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0790437
Volume 79: Issue 2
Summary. At 2 weeks of age, 11 isoenzymes were expressed and similar banding patterns on vertical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), stained by α- or β-naphthyl acetate as a substrate, were obtained for tissues or fluids from the proximal and the distal parts of the mouse epididymis. After this period, the emergence of new bands or the disappearance of certain others led to a regional differentiation which appeared progressively in tissues and fluids, earlier in the distal part than in the proximal part. The changes occurring during epididymal differentiation affected the isoenzymes specific to the epididymis more than those common to testis and serum.
Castration of adult mice induced a decrease in esterase activity and changes in the number of isoenzymes, leading to the loss of regional specificity of the banding patterns. The dedifferentiation process modified the electrophoretic profiles of the distal part only. Androgen replacement restored the regional specificity of cytosol banding patterns after 2 weeks of treatment and the normal intensity of bands after 4 weeks. Some differences in the fluid isoenzymes nevertheless persisted. The androgen-dependence of esterase isoenzymes can be attributed to circulatory hormones rather than to androgens from the testis via the rete testis as shown by efferent ductule ligation which did not modify the epididymal esterase profiles.
Article by A. Abou-Haïla
Article by M. A. Fain-Maurel


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When I was growing up, my grandparents had returned from Kansas with a souvenir mug, which they oddly kept in the bathroom. The mug listed the top ten things to do in the state. The list recommended a visit to the largest ball of twine. I can't remember the other nine items, but none seemed as exciting as the ball of twine, which spoke volumes about Kansas. From quite a young age, I knew it'd be quite unlikely that I'd ever plan a trip to Kansas. I should point out that I came to that decision despite having nine family members–aunts, uncles, first cousins–living in the state.
A decade ago, Wynwood, Miami, was sixteen square blocks of gray walled factories. The neighborhood featured little more than the detritus of a city section ignored. But after famed street artists like Books Bischof and Shepard Fairey—lauded even in the mainstream for his iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster—started spraying the neighborhood, art galleries, seeking to take advantage of the low rents, moved to town. Then, the late developer Tony Goldman bought property and handed over his walls to muralists, who, using the ephemera of graffiti, left an indelible mark on the neighborhood.
It was our second night on Oahu and we were trying to find a place to eat, but without reservations nabbing a walk-in two-top required an hour wait. And with a hungry baby and a pregnant wife, the wait just wasn't doable. And for Waikiki's subpar food, it was inconceivable. In fact, I lost some grasp on reality when a line, fifty people long, extended from the hostess stand of the Cheesecake Factory and traveled down the block. In what world did people line up for the Cheesecake Factory?


The construction of a new bridge across Toolern Creek, south of Melton, triggered a series of archaeological investigations on the banks of this waterway. The study focused especially on a large cultural deposit that extends across the wide flat to the west of the creek. Initially 178 stone artefacts made from silcrete, quartz and quartzite material were recorded. Subsequent excavations gathered a much larger number of artefacts, and yielded information on the site's geomorphology. Charcoal was collected for radiocarbon analysis to provide absolute dates on the excavated deposits. This information, combined with the study of contexts and artefacts, enable reconstruction of the site's long-term occupation history.
The archaeological investigation at Toolern Creek Bridge is part of the larger, ongoing Atherstone development project, which you can read more about here.
Scibilia, J. and H. Kiddell. 2014. Atherstone Bridge Construction Bridge Road, Melton South. CHMP 12408, Report to Lend Lease Communities (Atherstone).
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From December 2, 2018 Vueling offers new flight service from Vienna to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The new route will be served four times a week with an Airbus A320.
An aircraft will start every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 10.00 am in Amsterdam and will arrive at 12.55 am in Vienna. The return flight will leave Vienna at 13.55 pm with landing at 15.35 pm in Amsterdam.


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The SEMA Show Vehicle Reveal will take place during the Exhibitor Appreciation Reception, Monday, October 29—the day before the Show opens to 170,000 industry professionals in Las Vegas.
Media will be given a sneak peek at some of the most significant vehicles debuting at the 2018 SEMA Show during the Vehicle Reveal, taking place during the Exhibitor Appreciation Reception, Monday, October 29—the day before the SEMA Show opens to 170,000 industry professionals in Las Vegas.
Last year's inaugural event featured nearly a dozen vehicles and their builders. This year, vehicle builders will share details with media about their one-of-a-kind creations as their cars and trucks roll onto the stage.
In addition, the SEMA Awards recognizing the Hottest Vehicle award winners will be announced and presented during the Vehicle Reveal. The award had been presented during the Tuesday New Products Breakfast in the past, and is being moved to give media a chance to report on the news earlier, and provide winning automakers more time to announce the accolades during Show week.
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Arch Stanton Guest Post: Episode 12 of Today I Learned – Porter Rockwell, the Destroying Angel of Mormondom
I usually drum my fingers on my chin while looking astute trying to think of an engaging introduction to these like Bugs Bunny scheming to outwit Elmer Fudd. I usually try to work in something topical or relevant to engage our TENS of readers, but not this week. DESTROYING ANGEL OF MORMONDOM. Look at the picture! I will never think of something more engaging than that.
Porter Rockwell was born in 1813 or 1815 (he didn't know) in Massachusetts next door to Joseph Smith, the future founder of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and was immediately hooked on the religion, which was more or less a cult at the time with only a handful of devotees at the time. Rockwell was baptized into the religion the day it was founded at only sixteen. After the Mormons were booted out of Massachusetts for being weirdos and settling in Ohio, Joseph Smith had a hunch this mecca was not complete yet, and sent Rockwell to Missouri to scout a more final location. It was in Missouri Rockwell essentially became an otherworldly badass.
Before long, Rockwell had gotten comfortable with a gun, and was pretty quickly arrested as a suspect in an assassination against the Missouri governor, Lilburn Boggs. People in the 1800s had way cooler names than shit like Jaydyyn or Tannyr today. He was almost immediately released because even if the state hated the Mormons, they still didn't have anything like "evidence" or "witnesses" linking Rockwell to the alleged attempt. Before long, Mormons had began settling in Missouri and doing horrible things like opposing slavery, leading Governor Boggs to issue Executive Order 44 which was basically the original Purge if you were Mormon (seriously – the purpose was to "evict Mormons from Missouri by any means possible, including violence"). Writing on the walls, the Mormons bailed the hell out of Missouri, which was really a blessing in disguise if we look at the options at the time (Utah or Missouri? Hmmm). While they were leaving in the politest way possible, our friend Governor Lilburn was shot by an unknown assailant, which of course, could have only been because of the Mormons. Rockwell was held for eight months in jail awaiting trial before being released due to another lack of evidence. When later asked if he actually was responsible for the Governor's assassination, Rockwell responded "I've never shot **at** anyone, if i shoot, they get shot – he's still alive, isn't he?"
As the last Mormon out of Missouri, Rockwell walked his ass to the new Mormon holy land in Illinois (not Utah yet), where Joseph Smith first thought him a drunk looking for a fight due to his long hair before he recognized the church's most devote follower. It was at this point, Smith promised Porter if he remained faithful to the church and did not cut his hair, he would never suffer death from a bullet. Spoiler – he never cut his hair, and he died of natural causes in 1878, because Smith was either a wizard or Rockwell was a living legend.
Fast forward a few years – we're still in Illinois (booo), and Joseph Smith has been assassinated (booo!). The good news is he has Rockwell watching his back, and the guy is not here to take ANY shit, and he went out and killed the alleged assassin. Rockwell was arrested again (this time – they kinda had a point), but was acquitted by new Mormon leader Brigham Young, referring to it as an act of self defense. So what if he hunted this guy and murdered him in vengeance, we'll call it self defense if we want to dammit.
The church eventually gets to to Utah, where Rockwell is appointed Deputy Marshall of Salt Lake City, and guys, he was AMAZING at it. A rugged mountain man, guide, hot springs operator (????) and ruthlessly devoted to the law, he is estimated to have killed more men than Wyatt Earp, Doc Holladay, Tom Horn and Bat Masterson COMBINED. When asked about this in the twilight of his life, responded "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing." HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT I didn't know you could actually survive, let alone act as a sheriff, with balls this big. Are you starting to see where the name "the Destroying Angel" came from?
I lied earlier when I said he never cut his hair – he allegedly cut his long luscious locks in order to provide a wig for a widow balding from typhoid fever (this lady would eventually give birth to the future Poet Laureate of California – Porter Rockwell, the Destroying Angel of Mormondom and diligent appreciator of the fine arts). Author Fitz Hugh Ludlow described him as such:
"But he was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of very narrow perceptions, intense convictions, and changeless tenacity. In his build he was a gladiator; in his humor a Yankee lumberman; in his memory a Bourbon; in his vengeance an Indian. A strange mixture, only to be found on the American Continent."
I can only wish people will say such awesome shit about me after I die. Porter Rockwell was essentially a founding member of the Mormom religion, a bodyguard for both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and while he only had a 50% success rate at that particular function, he was an unmatched sheriff and mountain man to boot. You started reading this and thought the name was a bit hyperbolic, but admit it – "the Destroying Angel" seems to almost sell this guy short, even if it is one thousand times more metal than anything Slayer ever did.
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From the Valley of Seren, and exactly from Chiesa Nuova di San Luigi, you reach Col Asia first and then get to Col Supremo. From here, take the path of "fojaroi" (typical old farmhouses recognizable by the roof covered with branches of beech leaves). You will arrive at Monte Prassolan (1842 meters), crossing the area of the Great War. You will then reach Cima Grappa by overpassing Rifugio Bocchette and the woods surrounding the Cason dei Lebi first and then the Cross dei Lebi.
From Rocca di Arsiè cross the lake of Corlo on the characteristic Victory Bridge and take the CAI trail n.808 (08) to Mount Fredina before reaching the Refuge val Tosella, place of Austro-Hungarian artillery workstations and artillery headquarters of the command of the entire Grappa area. Proceed up to Mt. Prassolan through the Rifugio Bocchette, keeping to the right, and climb to Cima Grappa to the height 1510 mt that joins the naturalistic ring.
From Cismon take the trail CAI 920 (20), mostly made of cobblestone with low steps and protected by side boulders. Continue on the trail CAI 913 (13) and reach the Forcelletto (1396 meters). The path runs along the route historically used to move supplies of men and materials from Cismon during the war on Monte Pertica (1549 meters). From here continue on the "Road of stones", so called after the tombstones placed as war memorials, than you will reach Cima Grappa.
From San Nazario follow the path CAI 38 through the Sannazara Trail, built over the past centuries to bring lumbers from the mountains to the river Brenta. The track meanders through the first lines of the battle fought on June 1918 and then, passing the Rifugio Alpe Madre, it runs along the ridge of Colli Alti following the trail CAI 40 and finally exits at Finestron. From here you reach Cima Grappa along the trail CAI 20 going up to Col Beretta, Monte Asolone, Monte Coston (1515 meters) and Monte Rivon.
From Valle Santa Felicita take the trail CAI 80, near the restaurant Mena. The track starts with a large road and then becomes a trail unraveling entirely through the woods until you come out in the Valley of Lebi. From here you reach Cima Grappa through the Val di Poise. The entire area was used as supply routes by the Italian troops, cableways and impressive military warehouses are in fact visible along the route.
From Valle Santa Felicita take the trial CAI 100, near the Antica Abbazia restaurant. The first part of the route runs through the forest to reach Campo Croce and Baita Camol (1327 meters). From here the trail continues to Cima Grappa passing through Monte Palla and Monte Colombera, with a stunning view spacing from the Padana plains to the Belluno plains.
From Crespano del Grappa, in Madonna del Covolo, take the trail CAI 105, the famous Mulattiera del Covolo, until you get to Casera Ardosetta (1451 meters). From here you reach Cima Grappa continuing on the path CAI 109, almost all on turf.
From San Liberale take the trail CAI 151, one of the busiest paths to reach Cima Grappa with many hikers going up and down. The first part leads to Pian dea Baea. From there, it opens to the beautiful panorama of the plains down below. Before arriving to the top you pass through Malga Val Vecia, an ideal place for a quick camp and refreshment.
From Alano di Piave take the trail CAI 840 towards Monte Palon (1305 meters) where you can see the reproduction of a military village. You then get to the Col della Mandria through the trail CAI 212, and continue on the famous path of Meatte (CAI 152), a suggestive track built by the Alpini overlooking the Valley of San Liberale. You will then reach Monte Boccaor then, with one more effort, you will reach Cima Grappa following the trail CAI 151.
From Schievenin take the trail CAI 845 to Monte Valderoa (1575 meters). The track runs through the area where the Rommel Germans fought during the Great War. Continue on the trail CAI 156 through the beautiful chain of Solaroli and the famous High Way of Heroes up to Cima Grappa.
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Sports and anime have long been a perfect pair. Now Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is bringing video games into the mix as well and its first trailer is exactly as ridiculous and amazing as you would hope.
Captain Tsubasa players definitely want to kick the soccer ball with their feet and put it in the back of the opposing goal, but they're using strikes infused with the power of tigers to get it done. According to the game's announcement from Tamsoft and Bandai Namco Entertainment, it will feature several different modes, though it's unclear what exactly that means.
Captain Tsubasa is a long-running Japanese manga series following Tsubasa, a kid who was born only to play soccer. Since it was created by Yōichi Takahashi in the early-80s, Captain Tsubasa has had several manga runs, a few different anime adaptations, and well over a dozen video games. Most of the games in the recent past were released on mobile platforms. Rise of the New Champions is the first Captain Tsubasa game to make it to a home console since 2006's Captain Tsubasa was released on the PlayStation 2.
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of the New Champions will be released sometime in 2020 for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Source: Polygon.com
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Anime is for everyone in the joyful world of TikTok memes
Junko Enoshima, the glamorous antagonist of the Danganronpa franchise, is many things: a despair addict, a fashion icon, an unhinged mastermind, and most lately, a TikTok It Girl. From trends like "Junko posing" to audio memes like "anime is an important part of our culture," Junko is smeared across TikTok's hashtags and recommendations alike. However, it's not just anime stan accounts getting in on the fun — even Italian e-boys and TikTok's favorite dancing ferret are reenacting Junko's hijinks.
The proliferation of Danganronpa isn't the only anime-related phenomenon that's inescapable on TikTok. Across the 2010s, anime has gone from a niche passion to the mainstream, where corporations embraced the buying power of fans rather than demonizing their communities. In the last decade, you'd find at least one kid in every high school proudly wearing this specific Attack on Titan hoodie on a daily basis. When Kim Kardashian posted a photo of Zero Two from Darling in the Franxx on Instagram, all bets were off; anime was for everyone.
The anime references on TikTok, and the culture that surrounds them, aren't superficial. Fandoms are the genesis of trends, but somewhere along the way, it became cool for jocks to pose to melodramatic anime audio clips. To understand why, you have to know Danganronpa.
The first Danganronpa game — Trigger Happy Havoc — was originally released in Japan in 2010. The basic plot of the franchise is simple: a class of exceptional high school students ends up trapped in the school, where a mechanical stuffed bear named Monokuma (the school's self-proclaimed headmaster) informs them that in order to escape, they'll need to get away with murdering one of their classmates. Junko is the game's secret villain: after posing as a student and faking her death along the way, she reveals herself as the mastermind who has been pulling Monokuma's strings. "All I want is despair," she crows, both in the game's final act and in a popular TikTok audio, "and there's no reason for it!"
Trigger Happy Havoc Image: NIS America
In 2014, Trigger Happy Havoc was eventually distributed in the United States on PlayStation Vita, falling into cult acclaim for its melodrama and engaging gameplay. The Danganronpa franchise falls squarely into "anime culture" territory: aside from the fact that the games are anime-esque visual novels, Trigger Happy Havoc was adapted as an actual series in 2013, with a final run, 2016's Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, tying up the franchise's loose ends.
Since entering Western consciousness, the series has built up a sizable following. In 2019, it was the ninth most popular video game franchise on Tumblr, the first time anything in the franchise cracked the fan-driven platform's year-end lists since Danganronpa 3 clocked in at the 10th most popular anime or manga in 2016. Part of that resurgence is likely due to the franchise's sure footing on TikTok, which relaunched in its current form in August 2018 after TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, acquired and fused the service with the lip-syncing app Musical.ly.
There's plenty of Danganronpa content on TikTok that's explicitly about Danganronpa, intended to appeal to other fans. Dig around and you'll find short videos of characters like Junko or Monokuma, or clips that reference events in the series itself. Danganronpa's cult following and sizeable fandom ensures that each iteration of a lip sync or reference will blow up: according to public viewership numbers on TikTok, the #danganronpa hashtag boasts 2 billion views vis-á-vis #anime's 7.3 billion.
What's more exceptional are the Danganronpa-related phenomena that transcend the borders of fandom, appealing to a more general base of TikTok users. "Junko posing," a trend that sees TikTokers switching between four of the character's iconic game poses, typically plays out to the sounds of Sporty-O's "Let Me Hit It," which had a meme career of its own in the early 2010s. On TikTok, however, it's become the Junko posing song — while the trend was spearheaded by cosplayers and anime fans, it eventually spread to accounts whose primary focus wasn't anime. Out of context, it'd be easy to stumble on the trend and take part without knowledge of its roots.
That's less true for the "anime is an important part of our culture" meme, which lays dialogue from the English dub of Danganronpa 3 over bbnos$ and Lentra's "nursery." Though the dialogue is explicitly tied to both anime and Junko herself, it's regularly invoked by users whose accounts, at least on the surface, had little to do with Danganronpa or anime fandom.
That popularity, and subsequent dissociation, of anime memes from anime fandom is a result of Danganronpa possessing valuable TikTok traits. The platform's users have wholeheartedly embraced melodrama and cringe content, and thrive off of easily mimicked physical challenges; audio clips (like the "Cuphead Rap") that have both a pulsating beat and personality in spades have a good shot at staking a claim on the platform. Both of the Danganronpa trends that have gone viral outside of fan circles have done so because they fall into content categories that users already love: Junko posing doesn't require an abundance of coordination or skill but makes for a flashy performance, while "anime is an important part of culture" is cartoonishly hilarious ("he's gonna burst a blood vessel because I dissed his waifu!"), but also features a pulsating beat that's easy to dance or pose to.
That's what's exceptional: trends that started as expressions of anime fandom on TikTok have become phenomena that appeal to a broader audience that's not necessarily tuned into the source content. In fact, it's less common for memes that are so explicitly tied to a specific fandom to go viral. More frequently, popular anime-related content isn't tied to much other than "anime" in the broadest sense. The recent "anime girl running" trend is based off of general anime tropes — ridiculous running and unrealistically large boobs — rather than any kind of specific reference.
Aside from the fact that the anime's drama and over-the-top characterizations match up with TikTok's performance values, part of the reason that anime phenomena have found a home on TikTok is because anime, as others have noted, is cool now. Actor Michael B. Jordan released a limited-edition, Naruto-inspired collection with Coach in 2019. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion posed in full Todoroki (of My Hero Academia) cosplay on the cover of Paper magazine in August. Even aside from celebrity endorsements, major anime series like Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, or My Hero Academia are full of recognizable signifiers that are part of today's pop culture text.
Ultimately, anime's integration into TikTok culture, from explicit references to more tangential phenomena like nightcore music (a genre that today essentially means sped- and pitched-up tracks) that harkens back to early to mid 2010s anime fandom, is indicative of a new evolution of anime fandom as a whole. After a decade that saw anime go from a niche to a marketable interest, the 2020s anime is set to become a major facet of Gen Z meme culture, both on TikTok and elsewhere. Danganronpa's popularity is due to the fact that it epitomizes a number of characteristics that play out well on a platform filled with users who are already receptive to anime content, fans or not.
However, Junko Enoshima is more than a one-off hit: even older anime mainstays like the "Caramelldansen" have been making a comeback on the app while tunes like Giorno's theme from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure have soundtracked anime-dissociated trends. Whatever the assumptions about anime's potential for mass consumption, made by outsiders or the fandom itself, it's clear that Japan's animation output is an important part of TikTok — and global — culture.
The Witcher on track to be Netflix's biggest debut ever, but the definition of 'biggest' just changed
Geralt and his monster-hunting exploits have already made The Witcher one of Netflix's biggest shows ever. The streaming company reported to shareholders on Tuesday that just one month after its release, the series is already on track to become the platform's biggest "season one TV series ever."
According to Netflix's shareholder letter for Q4 2019, in its first four weeks of The Witcher's availability, 76 million "member households chose to watch." The letter also says that The Witcher showed how Netflix content can "penetrate the global zeitgeist," because it helped cause an increase in sales for The Witcher books, and video games, since the series' release. Of course, Netflix also can't help but mention that the song "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" has been stuck in everyone's heads for a month now too.
While 76 million is certainly an impressive number, it's worth noting that this latest shareholder letter also redefines the way Netflix calculates viewers. In the old metric, Netflix used to count viewers as anyone who watched at least 70% of one episode or of an entire film. However, because Netflix content varies in length, both from show to show and from shows to movies, it has decided to now count based on how many "households" — this means accounts — chose to watch a title.
The letter specifies that "chose" includes anyone who watched at least two minutes of any piece of content on Netflix. The idea here is that if someone turns something on for two minutes, they made an intentional choice to watch it.
The shareholder letter compares this new metric to the tracking used by things like YouTube, with view counts, or the New York Times, which tracks when articles on the website are opened.
Netflix is also careful to mention that this new system of reporting means that the viewership numbers will go up. In the letter, Netflix gives the example of Our Planet, which had 45 million households choose to watch it, versus the 33 million that watched under the previous metric. This leads to an increase, says Netflix, of about 35% higher ratings.
Under this new metric, Netflix also reported the ratings for several other shows and movies that have premiered over the last quarter. Michael Bay's explosive, globe-trotting action movie 6 Underground, which stars Ryan Reynolds, had 83 million households choose to watch it over its first four weeks. Meanwhile, Netflix estimates that 54 million households will choose to watch the second season of You in its first four weeks, while 21 million chose to watch The Crown season 3 — up 40% from season 2.
Netflix also notes that it received 24 Academy Awards across eight different films, more than any other single studio. But while it recognizes the awards promise of movies like The Irishman, Marriage Story, and The Two Popes, it doesn't give specific numbers for any of them, outside of mentioning that the films were "popular with our members."
Netflix has always been more likely to report numbers if a show or movie was a huge hit. While this new metric will let Netflix report higher numbers than it previously did, it still isn't particularly open about viewership (the metric itself is explained in a footnote of the shareholders letter). But perhaps with the new metrics, the streaming giant will more frequently report on its more modest successes like The Crown, alongside shows like The Witcher that top its charts.
New update coming to Modern Warfare on January 22
Infinity Ward's Senior CM Ashton Williams has announced that a new patch update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is set to release on January 22.
The new update will be available on all platforms.
In the tweet, Williams says the new update will include:
New Crossbow weapon – earned through in-game challenges. Arriving on January 22, this super-sleek one-hit kill weapon is available to earn and add to your Modern Warfare arsenal. Visit the Marksman Rifles tab in the Loadout menu to find the Crossbow. You'll have to complete a marksman rifle related to challenge in order to earn this bad bolt of a weapon
5 Additional Loadout Slots
Fix for player collision issue
And more to come. Per a now deleted Activision Blog post, the update will also see Aniyah Palace return to Ground War.
Update tomorrow. Includes the new Crossbow weapon, available through a challenge. 5 additional loadout slots. Fix for player collision. Full patch notes coming tomorrow.
— Ashton Williams (@ashtonisVULCAN) January 21, 2020
The full patch notes for the update will be posted when the patch goes live on January 22, so stay tuned.
The post New update coming to Modern Warfare on January 22 appeared first on Charlie INTEL.
Source: CharlieIntel.com
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Smash Bros Director Masahiro Sakurai Played A Lot Of PlayStation 4 Games In 2019
Masahiro Sakurai, the director of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, has a reputation as a very hard worker. In 2019, however, it seems that he was able to find plenty of time to play other games.
Sakurai has tweeted about the recently released PlayStation infograph, which shows you how many PS4 games you played in the year, and which ones you played the most. Sakurai did not reveal his hour counts, but it turns out he played a lot of PS4 games in 2019.
『あなたのPLAYSTATION 2019』より。
SwitchやPCなどを含めると、何タイトルプレイしたことだろう… pic.twitter.com/WFmhgYsI13
— 桜井 政博 (@Sora_Sakurai) January 20, 2020
Sakurai loaded up 242 PS4 games throughout the year, and the tweet ponders what the number would be if Switch and PC games were included as well. It's an interesting insight into a developer who is heavily associated with Nintendo–it seems Sakurai is partial to PlayStation as well. Unfortunately, we don't have a list of the games–we imagine a lot of them were fighting games.
Masahiro Sakurai has certainly more than earned the spare time he has outside of his continued work on Super Smash Bros Ultimate–the game is now the best-selling fighting game of all time, and the second-highest selling game on Switch. The final fighter of the game's first DLC Fighter's Pass was recently announced–it's Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and they're coming on January 28.
Between now and the end of 2021, Super Smash Bros Ultimate will receive six additional fighters, so work on the game is ongoing.
Source: GameSpot.com
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Halo Co-Creator's New FPS Launches Multiplayer Beta Soon, Here's How To Sign Up
Disintegration, the new FPS from Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto and his studio V1 Interactive, will launch its first multiplayer beta on January 28 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
This is a closed beta, so you will need to be chosen to participate. You can sign up for a chance to get into the beta here on the Disintegration website.
The Disintegration beta will feature two modes and maps, as well as seven different "Crews," which are different character roles featuring unique loadouts. The main hook of Disintegration's multiplayer is its "Gravcycles," which enable you to hover above the battlefield. While you're shooting enemies mid-air, you're also controlling ground units.
Check out the gameplay video above to get a closer look at at Disintegration's multiplayer gameplay. The game also has a single-player campaign.
Joining Lehto at V1 Interactive is SOCOM director and co-creator Mike Gutmann. The studio is relatively small, as it describes itself as an indie outfit comprised of around 30 developers.
Disintegration is published by Private Division, the independent games label run by Grand Theft Auto parent company Take-Two. Private Division also published Obsidian's The Outer Worlds and Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Desilets' new game, Ancestors.
This Week in Modern Warfare – New Weapon, New Updates, And More
Activision Blog has shared a look at what's coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare this week. (Update: the Activision blog post has since been removed.)
Infinity Ward confirmed in their community update on January 17 that a new patch update is expected for the game at some point this week, with patch notes for the update to come when the update goes live.
This week will see the addition of the Cross Bow to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Meet your new friend, the Crossbow. Arriving on January 22, this super-sleek one-hit kill weapon is available to earn and add to your Modern Warfare arsenal. Visit the Marksman Rifles tab in the Loadout menu to find the Crossbow. You'll have to complete a marksman rifle related to challenge in order to earn this bad bolt of a weapon. Check out our Crossbow blog this week on the Games Blog for tips 'n tricks to earning this weapon.
In addition Aniyah Palace returns to Ground War.
Aniyah Palace returns to Ground War. Play large-scale Multiplayer battles at this exquisite palace and landscape. Jump in to play this Ground War experience on January 22.
This week also sees the launch of the Call of Duty League with the Launch Weekend Event in Minnesota.
The post This Week in Modern Warfare – New Weapon, New Updates, And More appeared first on Charlie INTEL.
Call of Duty League Team Skins coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Update
UPDATE – Jan 20 at 7:00PM ET: Activision Blog has since deleted the "This Week in Call of Duty" blog post that detailed the launch of CDL team camos. The company also had an article up detailing some of the CDL teams that had references and images, shown below, of the CDL team camos. That reference and images have been since removed.
We've reached out for a comment from the company.
Activision Blizzard has announced that Call of Duty League team customization gear is coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as the company celebrates the launch of the brand new Call of Duty esports league.
All 12 Call of Duty League teams will have their own gear sets in-game in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for players.
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Store on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC will see Call of Duty League Gear starting January 24, including Home and Away skins for Operators, Weapon Camos, calling cards, and more.
Players can visit the Store this week to get official Call of Duty League gear for your Operators in game. The team packs include home and away skins for your Operators, weapon camos that can be equipped to any weapon, calling cards, and more. Celebrate your favorite team by heading to the Franchise Store tab in the Modern Warfare Store and scroll down to pick up the Call of Duty League team bundle of your choice, scheduled to launch on January 24.
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Available January 24.
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Twin Peaks creator David Lynch interrogates a monkey in Netflix short film
It's David Lynch's birthday — the renowned artist turned 74 on Monday — but we're the ones who got a gift. The latest arrival on Netflix is a 17-minute short film called What Did Jack Do? that was written, directed, and edited by Lynch.
Netflix lists What Did Jack Do? under the genres "dramas," "crime dramas," "mysteries," and "experimental movies," and describes it as "offbeat" and "cerebral." If it helps, I can lay out the basic premise for you: A detective (Lynch) grills a suit-wearing capuchin monkey suspected of murder, a crime for which the train station where the interrogation takes place has been put on lockdown. The film's black-and-white look, with dirt and grain in the image, brings to mind Lynch's first feature, 1977's Eraserhead.
While all of that is true, it fails to encapsulate the essence of this bizarre work. Lynch puts the screws to the monkey, and the monkey returns fire with plenty of sass. Credited as Jack Cruz playing himself, the primate speaks through an unnerving visual effect similar to Syncro-Vox, which you may know better from that old Late Night with Conan O'Brien bit in which Conan "interviewed" celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger. It doesn't appear to be a CG monkey, though; Bob Dunn's Animal Services is listed in the credits as providing animal trainers for the production.
Here's a sample of the tough-talking dialogue straight out of the noir genre:
Jack: You are a strong-arm man?
Detective: You could say that.
Jack: I just did.
Detective: Well, there is no Santa Claus.
Jack: I won't be here for Christmas.
Their back-and-forth is full of non sequiturs, as you can see, and I'm still not quite sure exactly what the plot is except that it involves a murder, interspecies love, and a veritable zoo's worth of animals (although Jack and a, um, fetching hen named Toototabon are the only ones we actually see). The only person in What Did Jack Do? aside from the detective is a waitress played by Emily Stofle, an actress who is also Lynch's wife. And the film features a song, "True Love's Flame," written by Lynch and longtime collaborator Dean Hurley. This all combines to be … well, it's a lot.
While What Did Jack Do? just debuted on Netflix, it's not new per se — the very end of the credits says "© 2016 Absurda: The Year of Monkey." (Absurda is listed as "A David Lynch Company," apparently named after a 2007 short film of his, and 2016 was indeed the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar.)
What Did Jack Do? premiered in November 2017 at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, a modern art museum in Paris that also produced the short film. And it turns out that Lynch was working on it as early as 2014, when he was already in the midst of preproduction on the third season of Twin Peaks. He hinted at the project in a December 2014 interview with The Guardian, saying, "I love to build things and this is for a monkey film." (Lynch is also credited for set design and set construction on the film.) He continued, "I'm working with a monkey named Jack and that'll come out sometime. It is not a chimpanzee, the monkey came up from South America."
Glad that's settled, then.
Destiny 2 Bastion Gravesite Guide: How To Find Reysk's Grave
After a week of community-wide puzzle-solving, the maze-like Corridors of Time have finally been traversed in Destiny 2. Finding your way through the maze unlocks the Exotic quest for Bastion, a new Kinetic fusion rifle, fully two weeks early. You can wait until Tuesday to get the quest without the extra step of solving the Corridors of Time, but even if you skip the maze portion of the quest, you'll still have to hunt down another secret.
That secret is a specific location on the Tangled Shore: a Fallen gravesite. It's a bit out of the way and easy to miss. Here's where you need to go to find the grave, which unlocks a new version of the Tangled Shore Strike known as The Hallowed Lair. If you need more info, check out our Bastion guide for a complete rundown on the Exotic quest.
Where To Find The Fallen Gravesite
Head to the Tangled Shore and make your way to Four-Horned Gulch. Once there, you're looking for the Trapper's Cave Lost Sector, located in the middle of the area in a trench near its western side. Yo You won't need to fully complete Trapper's Cave to find what you're looking for, but you'll need to keep your eyes open to locate the gravesite.
Head Into Trapper's Cave
Descend into Trapper's Cave and make your way forward. You'll first hit a group of sleeping Cabal War Beasts. Clear them out and keep moving into the next big room. You should find yourself at the top of a waterfall, with a bunch of Cabal Legionaries and Psions hanging out in the area below you.
Clear the enemies and drop down to the base of the waterfall. With the waterfall at your back, look to your left. You should see the smoky blue trail of Corrupted Ether swirling around the area, making a trail to the left wall of the room. Approach the spot, which is hidden a bit in shadow, and you'll be prompted the check the gravesite.
Interacting with the grave will give you a new step in the Bastion quest, awarding you the Altered Chief quest item. You'll also trigger a Scorn ambush, so be careful not to get yourself blown up while you're investigating the grave. Once you have what you need, you're clear to leave Trapper's Cave without moving on to complete the Lost Sector if you so choose.
Return To Saint-14
Once you've found the gravesite, your next step is to head back to Saint-14 and show him what you've found. That'll unlock a new version of The Hallowed Lair on your Director, titled "The Hallowed Lair, Memento." Head into the Strike and complete it to finish the Bastion quest. Check out our full Bastion guide and our Corridors of Time guide to make sure you complete all the steps, gather all the rewards, and unlock all the story for the Bastion quest.
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an introduction to the youth players
So we saw quite a few new faces during the games in Wembley, and I thought compiling a short guide to the most prominent/promising members of Barca Atletic and the lower age division teams might be helpful. As always, all opinions are my own, your mileage may vary and all that.
Where possible, I've avoided using the official head shots (because they are for the most part unflattering). The team listed is the division the player belonged to last season. Ordered by age:
(I love this pic. He looks adorable.)
Pedro Rodriguez (The Artist Formerly Known as Pedrito)
Winger, Spain, 22, Barca/Barca Atletic
Congratulations to the newest member of the first team. Pep made it official just before the squad went off the US, and it's fully deserved, based on his performances in London. A steady, reliable back-up for Leo with skill and pace to spare.
(During one of his less unfortunate hair phases.)
Jeffren Suarez
Winger, Spain/Venezuela, 21, Barca/Barca Atletic
On the fringes of the first team along with Pedro last season, his development was stunted by a long-term injury. Very quick, very inventive and skillful, but still has dodgy judgement sometimes.
(From Scotland last season, before he did tragic things to his hair, if I remember correctly.)
Victor Sanchez
Unknown, Spain, 21, Barca/Barca Atletic
Yeah, we're not sure what he is. He's been known to play in every single position except goalkeeper for Pep and then Luis Enrique in the B team, and has had a couple of appearances in the first team, mostly as a defender. I think his versatility is stopping him from becoming a better player - he has some great games but also some real shockers, and the lack of continuity is partially to blame. Still, a true all-rounder who can do a bit of everything.
(...mocking that hair would be far too easy. I'll refrain.)
Jose Manuel Rueda
Midfielder, Spain, 21, Barca Atletic
A bit of a new face, at least for me. Played fairly well in London and scored a cracker of a goal, but I'm not too sure whether he could be a talent on the same level as Sergi Busquets quite yet.
(He kind of reminds me of Julio Cesar over at Inter, for some odd reason.)
Ruben Mino
Goalkeeper, Spain, 20, Barca Atletic
Took over the first choice goalie position for Barca Atletic last season and impressed with a series of good performances. I assume it's still going to be him and Oier (more on whom below) fighting it out this season.
(I know this is small, but most of the other options had really, truly, epically terrible hair. Which would be unfortunate because he is otherwise adorable.)
Oier Olazabal
Goalkeeper, Spain, 19, Barca/Barca Atletic
Bought by Barca a couple of years back and part of a fine tradition of Basque keepers at Barca. He's played a couple of times for the first team despite his young age, but lost his position at Barca Atletic to Ruben last season.
(In action! And nice that he's not a little guy, like quite a few of the people on this list.)
Andreu Fontas
Centerback, Spain, 19, Barca Atletic
A revelation in London, for some Fontas was the best CB to appear in London (better than first team players Caceres and Henrique), and they're not far off. Reassured and skillful, he's one to watch for the future.
(Definitely seeing the resemblance.)
Midfielder, Mexico, 19, Youth A
Jonathan is the younger brother of fellow youth team product and former first team player Giovani, but the two are fairly different in style. Jonathan is a midfielder of the Guardiola school, and if his impressive performances in Wembley are any indication, he's on his way to being the same type of pass-and-move specialist as Xavi and Iniesta.
(Don't let Luis Enrique catch you on the phone at the training ground, now. I'm pretty sure he frowns on that.)
Thiago Alcantara
Midfielder, Brazil/Spain, 18, Barca Atletic
Thiago didn't appear in London, but we're sure to see more of this guy in the future, as he is usually seen as one of the most promising players at La Masia. Not surprising, considering his heritage: he's the son of Brazilian World Cup winner Mazinho. Sometimes compared to Deco in terms of style.
(Stringbean! Hee. Also, why so serious?)
Ruben Rochina
Forward, Spain, 18, Barca Atletic/Youth A
It's not easy to come up through the youth system as a striker, and even harder to break into the first team as one. That's the challenge facing the undoubtedly talented Rochina, who showed his skill and keen sense of positioning at Wembley. His finishing's not bad either, as shown in his stints both for the Barca youth teams and for the Spanish U17 and U19s.
(Oh dear. See my comment re: Rueda.)
Martin Montoya
Rightback, Spain, 18, Youth A
Montoya first impressed at the European U17 championships when Spain won the title (with a squad featuring 7 Barca players). He was pretty good at Wembley too, fast and always ready with the right lay-off pass. It is my fond hope that he will grow into an effective deputy for Dani Alves.
(See, he even has Leo's old hairstyle.)
Gai Assulin
Winger, Israel, 18, Barca Atletic
I believe Gai is the only one on this list who is a full international. (And the youngest one who's already playing for Barca Atletic instead of the age division teams.) Being dubbed the 'New Messi' almost as soon as anyone heard his name has not given Gai an easy time of it. Whenever he plays, everybody seems to expect the spectacular (I'm guilty of this myself), on the basis of his undeniable natural talent. The problem, I think, is mental. As we saw in Wembley, his judgement isn't quite there yet, nor is the mentality. But then not everybody can handle the first team at 16 or 17 like Leo and Bojan, so we just have to be a bit more patient.
(Not that bad a photo for an official head shot. I'm impressed.)
Albert Dalmau
Rightback, Spain, 17, Youth B
I had never heard of him before Wembley, but he was very impressive in the two games there, both offensively and defensively. Still very young, so there's plenty of room for development.
(I keep wanting to ruffle his curls. He's like the new baby of the first team, now that Bojan's a 'veteran'.)
Centerback/leftback, Spain, 17, Youth A
The youngest player on this list (by a couple of weeks), and yet he's already been on the bench for a CL final and gotten himself sent off at Camp Nou. *g* Kidding, that wasn't his fault. Dubbed the new Puyol for his precocious talent (which is funny since Carles was a late boomer in some ways), his judgement, calmness under pressure and eye for a pass are already extraordinary. Pep thinks the world of him, and he's a guy who's been known to get calls about young talent right. Can't wait to see how he develops.
So, there you go - our talented, if hairstyle-challenged kids. I hope you enjoyed that look at some possible first team stars of the future.
Out of that list, the guys who are coming along on the US tour are Pedro, Jeffren, Muniesa, Fontas, Dos Santos and maybe Gai. (I say maybe because there are conflicting reports, strangely enough.)
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Stanford Children's Health opens new, 80,000 square foot Specialty Services Center in Sunnyvale
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Stanford Children's Health opened the doors to a new pediatric specialty services center on Monday, May 2, to expand access to dedicated outpatient care for children and adolescents, as well as couples dealing with fertility issues.
Located at 1195 W. Fremont Ave, Stanford Children's Health Specialty Services – Sunnyvale houses more than 20 clinical subspecialties, including endocrinology, dermatology, urology, pediatric development, adolescent medicine and more. Designed for flexibility and comfort, it features large and comfortable exam rooms, adjacent changing rooms, adaptable meeting spaces and plenty of family-friendly design.
The new center is also home to unique medical and therapeutic services that feature the latest technology available. This includes an EEG and pulmonary function lab, a phototherapy room and a radiology suite with ultrasound, fluoroscopy and bone density scanning. A high-tech lab is dedicated to the diagnosis and rehabilitation of sports injuries in young athletes, including concussions. Family-friendly waiting areas are decorated with colorful artwork, beanbag cushions and comfortable, retro-style couches and chairs.
The clinic is the largest of the 10 Bay Area specialty service centers that provide access to Stanford Children's Health experts — Northern California's largest health care enterprise for pediatrics and obstetrics.
"Bringing access to specialty care closer to home is part of our response to an evolving health care environment," said Kim Roberts, chief strategy officer and chief administrative officer physician practices at Stanford Children's Health. "Many kids may be treated initially at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, but their follow-up and ongoing care can be provided close to where they live."
Ensuring preeminent specialty care is more accessible for patients who need it is a huge plus for families, especially in the fast-growing South Bay region. It's a model that reduces travel time and stress, and creates more availability for those needing appointments. Nationally, 16 percent of children require some kind of specialty care. Of the more than 500,000 visits to Stanford Children's Health facilities, including Packard Children's Hospital last year, over half were specialty care visits. These are chronic, complex and rare conditions that require ongoing care from pediatricians with special training in these complex illnesses – and often require inconvenient travel to access those specialists.
The building's unique and expanded services include:
A 6,000-square-foot Pediatric Motion and Sports Performance Lab with state-of-the-art equipment. The lab analyzes and rehabilitates children with neuromuscular disorders or sports injuries, and also allows researchers to study the science of movement in young people.
For the study and treatment of concussions, the lab features Bertec Computer Dynamic Posturograpy (CDP) with Immersive Virtual Reality technology which combines immersive virtual reality environments with highly sensitive dynamic balance plate capabilities, giving the clinician the ability to enhance assessment and training protocols.
Stanford Medicine Fertility and Reproductive Health, which consolidates reproductive endocrinology and fertility services into one site, with facilities that are open seven days a week. The expanded service includes 10 exam rooms, 5 consultation rooms, 2 treatment suites and a telemedicine suite. The IVF lab suite houses embryology and micro-manipulation equipment and features a state-of-the-art air filtration system, specifically designed for the IVF application, contributing to the optimum environment for embryo culture and IVF success. "The lab and facilities are unmatched," said Barry Behr, PhD, director of the IVF laboratory. "By consolidating into one suite and incorporating new technologies, we will be more comfortable for patients, streamline our workflow and be more efficient in our procedures, which may lead to better outcomes."
The Real Time Location System (RTLS) and other leading-edge designs to support a superior patient experience, including a more efficient check-in and less waiting time. The system utilizes infrared and radio-frequency identification technologies.
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Addressing a national shortage, Stanford Children's Health has been continuously expanding access to pediatric specialists and subspecialists throughout the Bay Area. Now with 10 multi-specialty service centers, including new locations in Los Gatos that opened in August, Pleasanton in February, Fremont in March and the upcoming opening of the Monterey center in June, families are closer than ever to one of the world's top health care brands. These specialty care clinics, along with community hospital partnerships and primary care practices at more than 65 locations in Northern California, bring the preeminence of Stanford Children's Health within 10 miles of most Bay Area family homes.
Stanford Children's Health Specialty Services – Sunnyvale is located at 1195 W. Fremont Ave. The building is located close to both Highway 85 and Interstate 280, with ample parking.
Samantha Dorman
sdorman@stanfordchildrens.org


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Monday, June 10 | 7:00 PM
Meet Tuskegee Airman Lt. Colonel Harry Stewart, Author of Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of WWII. In Conversation with co-author Philip Handleman.
He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51 Mustang, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at five thousand feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end of World War II, he had done something that nobody could take away from him:
He had become an American hero.
This is the remarkable true story of Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
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love cake? Now you can eat it.
I am not a cup cake!!!
banana, eggs, and raspberries. I served them up , with a cup of warm milk for breakfast.. (yum looking at me very suspiciously, as if to say cup cakes for breakfast?? ) she took a bite .. and I could hear her mutter " that no cup cake" … "yuk" !! So I had a taste.. and she was right " that was no cupcake … They went into the bin. Give up??? No not us!!
With valentines day around the corner, and I got a heart shape cake mold in "like" I thought I'd give this "slimming world" love cake a go.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan.
Whisk the eggs and sugar together briskly, (I use an electric hand mixer) Mix until the mixture is pale and has doubled in size. Add the hot water.
In a separate bowl sieve the flour and baking powder. Gradually whisk the flour mix into the egg mixture until completely mixed and smooth.
Pour the mixture in the mold. Place the mold on a baking sheet and then put on the center shelf of the oven for 30 minutes, or until golden and a skewer come out clean.
Melt your chocolate and pour on top when the cake has cooked.. add chopped strawberries.


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