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"If you do not read—or even know—the Hudson Review…you've been missing irreplaceable joys."
— The Baltimore Sun
Elizabeth Spencer
Those many who have feasted on Eudora Welty's fiction through the years now can enjoy this rich table of leftovers. Since she left us in 2001, several follow-up books have appeared: appreciations of William Faulkner and the painter William Hollingsworth plus collections centered on her wanderings around the Mississippi River country, her youthful escapades and her photography. Perhaps there will be more, but one feels that this may be the last of her writings uncollected until now.[1]
They are drawn from everywhere: the Mississippi State archives in Jackson, exchanges of letters, articles in the New York Times and the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, chance publications in small, obscure magazines. Here we find unfinished drama, stories that were never republished, reviews, introductions, recipes (for eggnog and chicken pie!), reminiscences, appreciations, speeches, even a poem or two. This was a woman so creative that even her daily speech bore a tone of originality and sharp observation, often full of delight and fun. She could not write a sentence that was ordinary or plain.
In reading this book, I was struck by several unexpected aspects. One is her passionate defense of the South. Not only did she love Jackson, her hometown, also her state, but she avidly defended Southernness, our attitudes and customs, even our weather, and especially Southern literature. A lengthy article she wrote, which appeared anonymously in the LondonTimes Literary Supplement in 1954, extolled Southern writing from its origins, showing how it continues into the present. She saw it as the constant impulse to artistic expression which Southerners have possessed all along the way. There is also the famous letter in which she challenged the brilliant Edmund Wilson for his scolding review of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust. Both the review and her letter appeared in The New Yorker in 1948. It is still worth our time to read both. She even wrote a lovely description of Mississippi hot weather for Harper's Bazaar, aptly called "The Abode of Summer."
It was often said that Eudora took little interest in current politics or issues of national importance. I found this to be untrue. Though she shared many qualities of a well-brought-up Southern lady—good manners, attentive listening, correct behavior—Eudora was not "sweet." If we took her to be so, we might sail into alarmingly heavy weather. Her feelings were reserved, but they were there and they were strong. She could turn a stupid remark off with a joke, though the joke itself might have a bite in it. But she was sometimes sharply corrective; she did not like slack thinking; she could be passionate. See for instance her letter to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger on the 1945 visit of Gerald K. Smith to the state. Smith was head of the America First Party, a leader in the U.S. of what could only be called fascism. He came South to put a wreath on Huey Long's grave and thence to Mississippi to distribute wreaths to Mississippians Senator Theodore Bilbo and Representative John Rankin, seeing them as right-minded leaders. He came also to organize the development of his party in the South. Eudora's complaint to the local paper was that no one had criticized his coming there, no one had asked him what he thought he was doing, no one had told him to Get Out! She acknowledged the shame of having elected the likes of Bilbo and Rankin but hoped for better sense from voters in future elections. No blandly polite Southern lady could have talked like that. Her admiration for Adlai Stevenson and for Mississippi's most liberal governor William Winter finds expression here also.
But of course the center of her life was fiction.
It is of especial interest to a fellow writer to read her early beginning stories, which until her name was widely known were never published. One can see the tendency of her vision, how it is struggling to break out into full expression. Probably the best of these is "Acrobats in a Park." A whole family of circus performers is stranded in a Jackson park, the circus having gone off and left them there. The interaction of the family members, so keenly observed, draws the story on.
I was most interested, however, in a story called "The Doll." A young girl just engaged to an older man buys a doll at a bazaar. When he comes to visit her that evening, she finds little to say to him. She holds the doll, and they cannot communicate. At this point there is a fire alarm, and they leap into a car and go rushing to the fire. In a burning building the girl sees a woman standing in a high window, surrounded by fire, waiting for rescue. The woman looks like a doll. The pair turn away, and the girl, turned tender and loving, throws herself in the man's arms.
The faults in the story are obvious. The doll is put to work as a symbol of childhood. Why a couple, just engaged, momentarily at a loss for words, would jump in a car and race to a fire is so contrived as to be absurd. Yet the story in the end reveals the emotions of a girl in love, feelings I believe Eudora Welty never elsewhere ventured to describe. I found this passage moving, almost strong enough to rescue a trial not quite successful.
Eudora was generous in talking about her work. Hence we find here forewords and afterwords, probing her own memory of creating Morgana, the setting for The Golden Apples, explaining characters and scenes from The Optimist's Daughter. It is singular that a writer would even want to do this. Lifting the veils from the process itself, she might seem to be giving a last full measure to the work; but one might also see the work as already finished, completed on the page. Who has attempted such a thing before? I can only think of Poe and "The Raven." Eliot might have helped us with "The Waste Land," and spared us thousands of critical analyses.
Eudora's remarks on the writings of others, however, are wonderfully illuminating. In her essay on Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, she becomes so intensely involved in the text it would seem the two writers are so at one as to be jointly creating that vivid work. She sees it as an instantaneous revelation, like a stroke of lightning or, better still, a crossing beam from the lighthouse itself on that one day.
Another triumph is her tribute to fairy tales. She sees them as survivors, "authorless, timeless, placeless . . . flawless." They have come into our consciousness, and their power does not end with childhood. She goes on to show how poets, playwrights and fiction writers are indebted to these stories. One could, of course, recall her own Robber Bridegroom.
On we could go with pointing out good things in Occasions to savor. This is hardly a book to be read from start to finish. Readers can skip around and pick and choose, wandering wherever they like, a luxury indeed.
[1] OCCASIONS: Selected Writings, by Eudora Welty, ed. by Pearl Amelia McHaney. University Press of Mississippi. $35.00.
Book Review from the Winter 2010 issue.
Reviewed in this article:
Occasions: Selected Writings, ed. by Pearl Amelia McHaney


First of all, a couple of confessions. 1.) I've been known to threaten family while watching latest Hollywood blockbuster on 30 inch Trinitron that we're moving off the grid so start polishing up your library cards. 2.) I drove the mile to the library on a sunny day to write this review instead of taking my bicycle (time pressure was my excuse although I still managed to read a battery of periodicals before starting this). 3.) I was inclined to like Dan Price's book Radical Simplicity and read it straight through. Of course, you can see by numbers one and two that I live in a delusional world where wishes and reality rarely meet and number three? Well, that's just throwing gasoline on everything.And yet, that is one of the charms of Radical Simplicity. The author is very honest about some of the contradictions he presents (for example, he notes the critical importance of a life mate but cannot change the lifestyle that drives said life mate away - she wasn't willing to live in a tipi complete with outhouse and sweatlodge), nevertheless, he conducts his life with a certain integrity that seems so sincere that to follow any other path would be the true lie. Another example. He sells his car, walks 350 miles home, praises the merits of riding a bicycle, but, when his life stumbles into a phase where he needs a car again, he gets a car. (For the record, the self-subsistence off-grid tome, Living the Good Life, states that the one thing they could not do without was their pickup truck).
Radical Simplicity is not really a guide to living a life where less is more, rather, one man's story about evolving a lifestyle which reflects this attitude. If the advanced minimalist finds the philosophical component of Mr. Price's efforts a bit thin, consider the fact that it is a twenty-odd year journey of self-discovery in which he doesn't necessarily know the answers and doesn't consider it a violation of his principles when he finally installs a hot shower of sorts or invests in an expensive copier [although his practice of dismantling, filling in and selling (as in tipi fabric), recycling or burning previous domiciles gives him a harsh introduction to the concept of equity when approaching the banker for copier loan]. And because we have the benefit of twenty years experimentation, the evolution of his less is more takes on a certain sophistication that lends itself to the phases everyone's life passes through, or, in other senses, the reality that confronts his utopian lifestyle such as theft and ants.
When I summed the merits of this book up and asked myself whether or not it is worth $12.95, one thought flashed through my mind: You might not use Dan Price's tips to help build your Hobbit hole, but if this book helps you trim 500 square feet off your next real estate purchase, then it's a value.


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Liquid Riot Interview: Greg Abbot
22 Mar 2016 Liquid Riot Interview: Greg Abbot
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Interview with Greg Abbot, Head Brewer at Liquid Riot
How did you get into brewing?
Just after college I moved to Portland Oregon. At that time the whole West Coast was way ahead of the East Coast in the craft brewing scene. I started discovering craft beer there – what the flavors are and what the drive is. I was doing lots of drinking beer, sampling, meeting people. I think I did one or two homebrews there and then moved back to Portland, Maine. I started doing a lot of homebrewing at that time. That's when I was really exploring beer styles, beer flavors, discovering what beer can be and what I like and don't like. A lot of my creativity is inspired by beers I've tasted or by other brewers' approaches and their brewing styles.
What beers or brewers are you inspired by?
At that point, when I was first figuring out what creates different flavors and aromas, beers coming out of Russian River were always influential. Also, a lot of Belgian style beers were of interest to me in the beginning, especially Orval. It's a pretty interesting trappist beer that's refermented with wild yeast so it continues to evolve in the bottle.
How'd you go from home brewing to working at Liquid Riot?
I used to be a social worker. I was really passionate about beer, thinking about it all the time and homebrewing as much as I could, so I started to apply to a lot of breweries. My landlord at the time was a friend of Eric's. I was always serving people beer, and eventually Eric got a taste and was interested in what I was doing. I actually asked if I could use him as a reference as I was applying to other jobs since he's well known in the beer scene and when he made the decision to open this space he asked me to work for him.
Was that an easy transition?
At that point I realized I had to learn the functions of a brewery. I knew beer and how to make it, but there's a lot more to it than that. I went up to Oxbow in Newcastle, and I did a 4 or 5 week internship, shadowing them and figuring out how to operate a brewery and then we started here.
Since you have that background in homebrewing, what are some of the advantages to now working in a place like this?
We have all this amazing equipment. So just in general, our beer tastes better than a typical homebrew because we can control temperature, add the right amount of oxygen, carbonate properly.. all these things that are for the most part unavailable to the homebrewer.
Barrels that will become Blushing Star.
Do you an all time favorite beer that you've worked on that you're most proud of?
I find myself most interested in beers as they're finishing conditioning and becoming ready. It's always really exciting and you're hoping they turn out as you wanted. We did a beer called Blushing Star. It's a lager that's barrel aged with wild yeast, which is an unusual combination. Usually you see Belgian beers barrel aged, or ales in general. We aged it for four months on a white peach variety called "Blushing Star." I'd been searching obsessively for white peaches, and found one farmer who happened to have some and we named the beer after it. It turned out better than I thought it would. It had a really nice tartness and peachy fruitiness from the peaches, and the wild yeast gives a tropical slightly funky flavor, and the barrel gives this soft kind of mellow background.
Is that available now?
We have another batch fermenting and aging currently, but it won't be ready until we can get the peaches, which is late summer / fall.
Give us a quick idea of what the process of bringing a beer to life is like.
At this point I'm pretty familiar with what flavors will be contributed by different ingredients and at what points to use them to bring out what I'm looking for. In terms of a concept or recipe, those usually come about if I'm inspired by something I'm drinking, or sometimes it's out of the blue, or I'll hear about a certain ingredient that spirals into a concept. I used to sit down and try to force myself to think about recipes, but now I kind of wait for the inspiration.
Are there any specific ingredients that you really enjoy using or that you'd like to experiment with in the future?
I'm always interested in wild beer, because that's where you're exploring what's going to happen over time and what's doing the fermenting and creating these flavors. There's that, that a lot of modern brewers are interested in. I'm also really interested in really controlled, clean lagers because then there's nothing to hide behind. You're just creating this clean tasting malt and hops and alcohol flavor.
Do you have a favorite style of beer?
It's hard. It kind of depends on the moment, or the season. There's a time and place for a delicious sour beer. On a cold, snowy day a barrel aged imperial stout can be perfect. Or there are times that it's a crisp, hoppy beer with delicious American hop aromas.
Favorite hops to work with?
I don't know if I can choose a favorite. I'd say at this point I'm more interested in exploring new hops before they become a big deal. I have pretty good relationships with some of the hop producers and distributors, so sometimes they'll send me experimental varieties or tell me about them and I can look into them and talk with other brewers to see if they've used them. At this point all the favorite hops in the world are really hard to get so it's fun to explore different hop flavors and see what you can create.
Any projects you're working on currently or that are coming up soon that you're really excited about?
There's a beer we did called Walter Wit about two years ago and we have the next batch fermenting now. It's a strong wheat beer fermented with two Belgian yeasts in a stainless fermenter and then it gets transferred to barrels where we add two types of Brettanomyces (a type of yeast) that add some pretty interesting citrusy, slightly funky, tropical pineapple notes. So it turns into a stronger beer but it's still dry and refreshing.
Chicken skin sliders with bacon ice cream beer float
Favorite beer and food pairing at Liquid Riot?
The first thing that comes to mind is one of the dessert pairings. It's a scoop of bacon ice cream with a float of our Albino white stout. It's a classic dessert with vanilla and chocolate, and then the bacon adds a really rich flavor.
You're out of work, you've been around beer all day, what's your go-to beverage of choice?
It would probably be a beer, something crisp and flavorful.
Beer, Brewery, Greg Abbot, Liquid Riot, Maine, Portland

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Who is Sara Young of the Constant Profits Club?
Making money online certainly is a widespread practice, and many of us are very familiar with the ways to do so, from earning through online advertisements to simply selling products online.
Making money online, however, is not new. Fact is that there are already people who are into this trade even before the Internet that we know of is still in its infantile stage. One of these is Sara Young, a very resilient lady who has been making money on the Internet even before most of us have discovered it.
You see, Sara– a woman blessed with seven kids– have been making money on the Internet since 1994, and the Internet as we know it is still at toddler age by then. She started her foray into online marketing out even before then, when what became the World Wide Web is still confined to university networks.
Her earliest venture in the business involves helping a certain university professor with his email marketing campaign that targets students and statistics teachers, i. e. the only people who can access the Internet.
With her knowledge on technical matters, it became easy for her to catch up when the Internet that we are most familiar with finally saw the light of day.
During those days, she made a living building websites and programming using PHP and Perl. She found herself once again interested in online marketing years later when she was hired by Zend to manage their website in 2001.
This job allowed her to work from the comforts of her home for the most part, although it all stopped in 2002 when her company fell victim to the dot-com bubble's collapse, leaving her unemployed.
This prompted Sara to leave programming behind and later experimented with pay-per-click (PPC) to cost-per-action (CPA) offers in the United Kingdom's financial market, which earned her at least $200 for loans leads.
This, too, didn't last long, as the market eventually crashed and Google began terminating accounts, leaving Sara needing to find other ways to make money on the Internet. As her PPC to CPA campaigns are making her lose money online, she began developing a method that soon became her latest course, the Easy Paycheck Formula.
Sara's formula makes use of cost-free methods and allows her to practically make the equivalent of a full time income from the comforts of her home with just a few hours-worth of work in a week.
Having been through ups and downs throughout her career, Sara Young is definitely one of those experts that you can turn to and the Constant Profits Club looks to be a great resource for anyone.


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Hugh Hefner Consoled by Kendra Wilkinson, Holly Madison in 'Runaway Bride' Special (Video)
The Playboy founder also reveals something to his ex-girlfriends that might come as a shock to "Girls Next Door" fans.
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It was supposed to be a fairytale wedding, complete with TV cameras there to capture all the excitement.
Yes, we all know by now that Hugh Hefner was supposed to get married last month, with the ceremony airing as a Lifetime special.
STORY: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Hugh Hefner
But, of course, that didn't happen. His bride, Crystal Harris, dumped him five days before the ceremony was set to take place. (Don't feel bad for Hef, though: He's already found a rebound in Shera Bechard, Playboy's Miss November 2010.)
But Lifetime went ahead with the special anyway, which is now being called Runaway Bride.
In a preview clip for the special, Hefner is seen chatting about the breakup with former girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson, who also starred with him on the E! Entertainment reality series The Girls Next Door.
Mitchell Ryan, Actor in 'Lethal Weapon' and 'Dharma & Greg,' Dies at 88
Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-Nominated Director and Champion of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 82
STORY: Hugh Hefner's Ex Crystal Harris Spoofs Their Age Difference
"You couldn't write it like this," he tells them. "Go back a handful of years in terms of what has happened in all of our lives. It's unreal and we are very blessed, and I am so blessed to have you guys in my life."
He then reveals something that seemingly comes as a shock to Madison.
"You're connected to all this," he tells her. "I never thought I'd getting married again and wasn't planning on it, but I think I screwed up with us."
Hugh Hefner, 84, Sets June Wedding Date to 24-Year-Old Crystal Harris
Fans of Girls Next Door will remember that Madison genuinely seemed to want to marry Hef while they were dating.
Meanwhile, Harris graced the recent cover of Playboy, which was set before she broke off the engagement. After the canceled nuptials, Hefner decided to add "Runaway Bride" stickers to newsstand copies at the last minute.
Of her decision to call off the wedding, Harris has said she "didn't think it was the right thing for me to do. It was mutual between Hef and I. There was no fight; we sat down, and we talked about it."
Runaway Bride airs at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Lifetime Cancels 'Marrying Hef' Special After Hugh Hefner, Crystal Harris Call Off Wedding
Hugh Hefner Not Only One Changing Plans After Non-Wedding
Showtime Removes Short-Lived Originals From Streaming Platform (Exclusive)


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Registrar of Voters & Elections Administration
Registering & Voting
How Do I Vote?
Absentee ballots and applications for same are handled by the Town Clerk not the Registrar of Voters.
In certain instances, voters are entitled to vote by absentee ballot. These are described in the Absentee Ballot Application Process issued by the Secretary of the State.
If the voter qualifies, he must fill out an application form first; then obtain the actual absentee ballot; fill it out with his choices for the various offices; and return it to the Town Clerk strictly in the manner described in the instructions, using the two envelopes provided.
Application forms are available in English and Spanish. There are two types of forms: One type can be filled out using the on screen fill-in fields and then printed. The other one can be printed with blank fields and then filled-in by hand. Both must be signed by the applicant, and then sent it to the Town Clerk.
Emergency Absentee Ballot Application
In case of an unforeseen illness or physical disability which occurred within six days preceding election day, or hospitalization within six days before election day, a voter may make an emergency application for an absentee ballot. In this case the voter can designate a family member or care giver or, if available, a police officer or assistant registrar to deliver the ballot to him. Again, the form is available in either English or Spanish.
Political Parties and Candidates
Political Parties, candidates, and other groups may distribute applications under rules proscribed by the Secretary of the State. Please see the linked Absentee Ballot Application Process document.
Voting at the Polls


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Q: Can a DNS server accept queries from both IPv4 and IPv6 clients? I have a remote BIND9 server with an IPv4 address that clients use for their DNS queries. This is mainly a forwarding server where most queries get forwarded to Google's DNS servers. This works perfectly fine when the client making the request is on an IPv4 network. However, if the client is on an IPv6 network then my BIND9 server ignores the queries.
Is there anything I can do on the BIND9 server so it can answer queries from IPv6 clients as well as IPv4 clients? I have been looking into DNS64 but I am not sure if that is the answer to my issue.
FYI, the client machines have all been configured to use the BIND9 IPv4 address in their DNS settings. For the sake of keeping things simple, I would prefer them to continue contacting the same IPv4 address.

A: You have to configure your server accordingly, but this is really a basic feature existing since a long
time.
https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/cur/9.19/doc/arm/html/reference.html#namedconf-statement-listen-on-v6

listen-on-v6
Grammar: listen-on-v6 [ port  ] [ dscp  ] [ tls  ] [ http  ] { <address_match_element>; ... }; // may occur multiple times
[..]
Specifies the IPv6 addresses on which a server listens for DNS queries.

Other than that you are not giving any details on your problems, not even the bind version, or some dig runs, so it is hard to pinpoint something more relevant for your case.

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Create and adjust CSS Shapes values with an interactive editor overlapping the selected element.
The extension adds a new sidebar to the DevTools Elements panel called "Shapes". It offers controls to create and edit CSS Shapes values like polygon(), circle() and ellipse() on the selected element.
Click the edges of the shape to add new points. Drag points to change the shape. Double-click an existing point to remove it. Select the transform tool to move, scale and rotate the polygon shape.
Drag the shape to move it around. Pull on the edges and corners to scale and resize.
Color tool converting and providing information about any color.


ViaDerm-GLP1 is a new class of diabetes medication for type 2 diabetes. It is a transdermal (patch) diabetic medication that uses the aid of a handheld electric device to deliver the medication into the bloodstream.
The benefits of this new medication include no insulin injections, the medication lasts for 13 hours as compared to an insulin injection which typically only lasts six hours and no risk of hypoglycemia.
This new medication will soon enter the second phase of human clinical trials and hopefully be available on the market in the near future.


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Book of Serenity 81
Book of Serenity (Shoyoroku, Congrong Lu) #81
Xuansha Reaches the Province
XUANSHA Shibei (Gensha Shibi, 835-908, 13th gen), disciple of Xuefeng
Xiaotang -- a Great Elder.
Wansong's Preface (Sato)
Move: there appears a shadow,
Realize: there arises dust.
Raise it up -- it is clear and distinct,
Throw it down -- it is hidden and intimate.
When people of the true Way meet, how do they converse with each other?
Case (Cleary)
When Xuansha came to Pudian district, they welcomed him with a hundred festivities.
The next day, he asked Great Elder Xiaotang, "Where has all of yesterday's commotion gone?"[1]
Xiaotang held up the corner of his vestment.[2]
Xuansha said, "There's no connection, not by a long shot."[3]
[3] Or: "There's no relation between them at all" (Wick); "Far from it -- no relation at all" (Sato).
Wansong's interjections (Cleary)
[1] It's still noisy.
[2] As it turns out his hands are flustered and his feet flurried.
[3] Thanks for your testimony.
Hongzhi's Verse (Wick, italics Cleary)
Hiding the boat in the darkened valley.
Hiding the boat in the night valley,
Thrusting the pole into the clear source.
Setting the oar on the clear source.
Dragons and fish don't know yet that water makes their lives.
The dragon and fish don't know the water is their life:
A broken stick doesn't impede them.
A little stirring up goes on.
Busting a gut, nevertheless it's just a little shake.
Master Xuansha, Venerable Xiaotang.
Master Xuansha, Elder Xiaotang:
Box and lid, two arrows colliding.
Box and lid, arrowpoints;
Poking stick, covering grass.
Probing pole, shadowing grass.
When hiding, the old turtle nests in the lotus.
Submerged, withdrawn, the old turtle nests in the lotuses
When sporting, the colorful carp fiddles with duckweed.
Frolicking, the multi-colored fish plays in the water grasses.
Wansong's Comment (Cleary)
Where is it that Xiaotang was out of touch? Did Xuansha approve or not?
See below, remarks by Fayan and Fadeng: these two adepts, descendants of Xuansha's lineage, see through Xuansha's action, just loosely interposing a net outside, while inside arrows spontaneously hit each other.
Dagui Zhe's Comment (Wansong)
I would do otherwise -- if someone asked me, I'd just snap my fingers. If a monk came forward and said, 'No connection,' then I'd agree with him. Why? For a powerful man to grab a tiger's whiskers is ordinary. But tell me, where is the gain and loss?
Xuefeng holds the ultimate jewel hidden in his breast; when he meets another, it increases its shine: Xuansha's hammer of the funadmental strikes a blow, and the light flows for a thousand ages.
Fayan's Comment (Wansong)
Yesterday how much commotion was there?
Fadeng's Comment (Wansong)
Today's an even better laugh.
Background on Xuansha (Wick)
Xuansha set out on a pilgrimage, but had not gotten far when he painfully stubbed his toe on a rock, and cried out in pain. He had an enlightenment experience as he thought to himself, "If everything is empty, from where does this pain come?"
Then he went back to see Xuefeng, who said, "Did you go on your pilgrimage just to cut your foot and have a hard time?"
Xuansha said, "Please don't kid me!"
Xuefeng was pleased and said, "What you have just said should be spoken by everyone, but they lack your sincerity. Why don't you continue to visit other masters?"
Xuansha said, "Bodhidharma did not come to China, and the Second Patriarch did not go to India."
Another Background Tale (Wick)
A layman named Kyo came to see Master Xuansha, wanting to know how he could put his energies into his practice of Zen.
Master Xuansha called out to him and said, "Kyo!"
And Kyo said, "Yes, Master?"
Xuansha said, "Do you hear the sound of the bubbling brook outside the window?"
"Yes, I do."
Xuansha said, "Enter Zen from there."
Some time later another student asked Master Xuansha, "What if at that time there had not been a bubbling brook? What would you have said to that student?
Xuansha called out the student's name, "Chu!"
"Yes?"
"Enter Zen from there."
Wick's Comment
Xuansha learned that if we set ourselves in opposition to pain, as if it were something else, it only makes us hard and bitter. Yet if we open up to pain, we find not a demon, but our true self. If we imagine the pain is something else other than who we are, we'll never really know ourselves.
Wherever you are, enter Zen from there. In the winter, it's cold; enter Zen from there. In the summer, it's hot; enter Zen from there. When you're feeling desperate, enter Zen from there. If your mind is wandering in all kinds of fantasies, enter Zen from there. Pain in your legs? Enter Zen from there.
[2] Xiaotang is revealing it couldn't be closer. Remember yesterday's festivities? It couldn't be closer. What about yesterday' sorrow? Where is the pain of your lonely adolescence? It couldn't be closer. What about all of your conditioning? It couldn't be closer. What about your inherent spontaneity and freedom? It couldn't be closer. Even in the black mountain cave of demons, complete freedom is working. It couldn't be closer.
[3] A duck quacks, and a dog barks. What's the relation there? The sky is blue. The grass is green. What's the relation? Yesterday's yesterday; today is today. What are you talking about? It couldn't be closer. You lift the corner of your robe. It's right here. What are you talking about? I don't see the dancing girls and the sword swallower and the horn blowers. Firewood is firewood and ash is ash. Dogen said, "Firewood does not become ash. Each is complete on their own." What is the relation?
If Xiaotang is indicating that yesterday's festivities are right here, then Xuansha is taking the other side, that yesterday and today are totally different. But maybe Xiaotang's not saying that. Maybe he's saying, by lifting the corner of this robe, "I'm here. That's there. So what?" Why is there no relation at all? When the Buddha was enlightened, he said, "I, the stars, the sun, the moon, the great earth, and all beings everywhere are simultaneously enlightened." If that's so, then where can he be? Everywhere you look is the body of our beloved Shakyamuni. Everything you hear is the sound of our beloved Shakyamuni. What's the relation? Where can you hide?
If you're everything, what kind of relation can there be? If you can find it, what relation is there? If it cannot be found, what relation is there? Xuansha says, "no relation" because there's no separation, no difference.
I've just given two opposite interpretations of Xuansha in this koan. Which is the true one?
Yamada's Comment
[2] Xiaotang holds up the corner of his robe (kesa) as if to say, "here!" What relation does this have to Xuansha's question about where the bustle went?
[3] I often make use of a fraction to explain the true fact. As you know, the denominator is zero and infinite. Zero means it is empty while possessing limitless capabilities. The numerator can be anything. Seeing this koan from that standpoint you could say that the bustle of the day before is the denominator, as is the monk's robe held up. Both of them are the denominator. They are the true fact itself, which is zero and infinite. The numerator and denominator are not two separate things. Each individual thing is the fact itself. The bustle of yesterday fills the entire universe. The corner of the kesa robe fills the entire universe. When the bustle fills the universe, there is not a bit of room for the robe. And when the corner of the robe comes to the surface, it reveals the universe, leaving no room for the bustle of yesterday. This is what is known as "absolute difference." When Xuansha says, "no relation at all," he is deftly producing "absolute difference." Xiaotang had lifted the corner of his robe. That was not a bad reply at all, as Xuansha well knew. But simply to give his approval would not do.
Susan O'Connell's Verse
Xuansha Comes to the District
Completely loving Xuansha,
Xiaotang throws in the towel.
Not interested in discourse,
Xuansha crosses bridges in the dark.
Can we stand the silence?
The slightest sound, and the sky bleeds.
Side by side, still,
Not focused on faces or names,
What remains is to hold hands.
Sturmer's Verse
Unplug Las Vegas.
Don't leave behind
even a spider web of light.
The disconnection should be
as absolute as
a child's drawing
or the distance between
the sun and the moon.
Hotetsu's Verse
That thing about everything
Depending on everything else?
The thing is, it makes each thing
whole and complete, dependent on nothing.
This is not a point about shunyata.
It's stranger than that.
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Hey, He Got Three, Sort Of
This Congressman, Lynn A. Westmoreland, has co-sponsored four different bills to allow display of the Ten Commandments on government property:
H.Con.Res. 12
H.RES.214
H.Con.Res 11
H.J.Res. 57
Typical quote:
"Despite recent and continued attacks by the American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU) and others, the fact remains that America is a nation founded on the rule of law, and that law has its basis in principles of religious tradition," said Westmoreland. "The Ten Commandments are a vital part of our living legacy – a legacy whose influence can be seen in documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Mayflower Compact." U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Southeastern Legal Foundation Applaud Reintroduction of Ten Commandments Bill
Well, I'm like you. I figure this guy is deeply religious, and that the Ten Commandments, being a cornerstone of his belief system, are so important to him that he figures they ought to be part of ... the government.
He appeared on The Colbert Report last night. Here's part of the transcript:
Colbert: What can we get rid of to balance the budget?
Westmoreland: The Dept. of Education.
Colbert: What are the Ten Commandments?
Westmoreland: You mean all of them?--Um... Don't murder. Don't lie. Don't steal Um... I can't name them all.
From Crooks and Liars
VIDEO HERE (wmv)
Tell me ... do you get this?
Little ol' secular me woulda got more of 'em than that.
What part of the definition of hypocrite is missing here?
Don't forget this part of the transcript!!
"Colbert: You have not introduced a single piece of legislation since you entered Congress.
Westmoreland: That's correct.
Colbert: This has been called a do nothing Congress. Is it safe to say you're the do nothingest?
Westmoreland: I, I, ..Well there's one other do nothiner. I don't know who that is, but they're a Democrat."
Oh good gracious! Too funny!
Triple laughs
I saw a clip on MSNBC's countdown show of the portion where the Congressman couldn't thing of a better place than a courthouse to post the Ten Commandments and then could only name three of the Ten Commandments. It should get wider publication. Thanks, Jim.
LLL. I think you have just made an important point. If one Republican guy's an idiot and a hypocrite, and any Democrat does any of the messed-up things he does, that Democrat's ways should be pointed to as being equally bad. Very good point. There is another congressman who has not introduced any bills, and he's a Democrat. Good eye.
Not that that Democrat is pushing to include the 10 commandments or anything...
That is pretty funny. His constituents should be very proud of him.
Tell me, why am I running for office?
Maybe so it won't be like this...
Dana,
I know you could reel off the Big Ten in the original. You are running because we need some elected officials who will do and say what is right.
"Tell me, why am I running for office?"
It's because you don't have a firm grip on reality.
Fifty Thrice
Hey, Wyatt, welcome back.
By the way, do YOU know the Ten Commandments by heart?
Dana, Wyatt probably has them posted- but following them is a different matter. Pretty funny that he talks about a firm grip on reality!
Girls (?)
The truth is out there. Get a grip.
Nifty Ice
Nifty Ice trying to be "cool..."
So far failing miserably.
I agree with Andrea.
"I am the Lord your God,who brought you out of Egypt, from the place of slavery. Do not have any other gods before Me. Do not represent [such] gods by any carved statue or picture of anything in the heaven above, on the earth below, or in the water below the land. Do not bow down to [such gods] or worship them. I am God your Lord, a God who demands exclusive worship." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments
It seems lots of people forget these words as they endeavor to spread the word of their mortal leaders like Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, etc.
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Q: How to check SaltStack's SLS files for syntactic correctness during development SaltStack is great in deployment automation, but I have to run a full blown integration test every time to check my sls files are just syntactically correct. E.g. if there are duplicated IDs or wrong indentation. Is there a way I can test my sls files in a matter of seconds and without complex environment setup?
I am searching for some kind of linter for sls files.

A: There are at least two possibilities:
salt-call --local state.highstate test=True

will give you a feedback in a matter of seconds if your states (and other configuration files) are correct including the referenced modules.
An even lighter test is just rendering the SLS:
salt-call --local state.show_highstate

The --local parameter allows you to call salt without contacting the master. Additional parameters on the command line allow you to point the call to a specific directory with the files you want to test. Instead of calling highstate you can call a specific state to test/render only this state as described in the state module.
For more information:
http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/testing.html
http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.state.html
http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/cli/salt-call.html
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New era for W. Sac port
By Paul T. Rosnysky |
The Port of Oakland"s takeover of the Port of Sacramento became official this past week after Sacramento"s Port Commission unanimously approved the deal.
The vote marks the end of the approval process and the beginning of a new relationship between the former competitors that could eventually result in barges on the Delta and containers in Sacramento.
"It allows us to commence our courtship," Port of Sacramento Director John Sulpizio said. "We will now work with Oakland to further define our relationship, seek private operators and develop an overall strategy for going forward."
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The Port of Oakland will form a new company, Maritime Management Services, to operate the Port of Sacramento. The deal also will lead to joint efforts to market the Sacramento port, lobby governments for grants and turn the Delta into a new transportation corridor.
In addition, Sacramento"s port will be dredged to a depth of 35 feet from 30 feet and its infrastructure improved to handle containers.
Sacramento"s port now uses its terminals to ship rice and other "break-bulk" cargo such as steel and concrete.
The deal will begin with a six-month-long memorandum of understanding, during which time the Port of Oakland will analyze the Port of Sacramento"s finances and attempt to draw business to the riparian shores of California"s capital.
Afterward, the Port of Oakland will sign a 11/2-year deal to operate Sacramento.
At the end of that period, Oakland and Sacramento are to sign a 10-year agreement.
What remains unclear, however, is which port"s commission will have final voting power on deals involving Sacramento and how much money the Port of Oakland will receive for operating Sacramento.
Nevertheless, the ultimate goal is to create an alliance that will help keep the Port of Sacramento viable in the Pacific shipping trade and give Oakland another tool to handle the increased cargo expected to arrive from Asia.
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Molloy, Roger Sherlock, P. J. Crotty, Paddy Taylor, Paddy Carty, Marcus Hernon, Michael Hynes, Noel Sweeney to name but a few.
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Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is set to be questioned by the CBI on Saturday in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, days after a standoff between the Mamata Banerjee government and the Centre.
Kumar arrived in Meghalaya capital Shillong on Friday for the questioning as per Supreme Court orders that had also made it clear that Kumar cannot be arrested by the CBI.
Kumar, who headed a special investigation team that looked into the ponzi case and is accused of destroying evidence to allegedly protect the accused, sent a letter to CBI director Rishi Kumar Shukla and offered himself for questioning in Shillong.
In an unprecedented turn of events on Sunday night, a CBI team was detained by the Kolkata police after they reached Kumar's residence in connection with the probe.
They were released three hours later after the Union home ministry worked the phones, but the incident led to a standoff between the West Bengal government and the Centre, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee launching a protest and accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of plotting a 'coup' and using the CBI and government agencies to threaten political opponents.
She called off the protest — which drew the support of several regional party leaders planning a grand alliance against the BJP — 45 hours later on the third day following the Supreme Court's intervention.
The CBI has meanwhile dispatched a team of 10 officers to the Bengal capital to help the local unit headed by joint director Pankaj Srivastava to probe chit fund scam cases in the state.
The officers have been put at the disposal of Srivasatva, who is leading the CBI probe into chit fund scams, and will remain there till February 20.


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A top player for a school basketball team has been banned from playing an an upcoming game because she is a female.
Jaelyn Bates, a fourth grader at Frey Basketball Academy, says she was told she can no longer compete with her teammates.
"Because I'm a girl, and they're boys," Jaelyn, 10, told NBC's Dave Briggs. Her dad Barry Bates says that her skills on the court measure up to those of the other athletes on her team, even though they're all boys.
It isn't Bates' teammates that are causing a stir about her being on the squad, but some adults.
The school was recently told they could not participate in a qualifier for the national championships with her on the team.
Does Bates have a case of discrimination or should girls and boys play in separate leagues?


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Mayor honours Sarnians who made a difference in 2021
They are different organizers and volunteers who over the past year helped the hungry and hurting and excelled at their chosen pursuits.
But the one thing that connects the 13 groups and individuals named by Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley to his 2021 Honour List is they are all living proof people can make a difference.
The list is a highly personal one, Bradley said, and based on his own observations, citizen nominations and media stories.
The honourees are:
JANE ANEMA
As Executive Director of the Sarnia Community Foundation for the past 13 years, Anema has helped match financial donors with needs in the community. During her tenure, the Foundation grew from from 30 funds and $1.5 million in 2008 to 125 funds and $12 million today.
LEILA BOUSHY
With her joy and positive attitude, Boushy has been a much-beloved community volunteer for decades,
serving in leadership roles at the Sarnia Lambton Folks Arts Multicultural Council and the IODE, while acting as a driving force in welcoming new citizens.
CENOTAPH/ VETERANS PARK CONTRIBUTORS
Eighteen individuals, unions, businesses and organizations worked together to provide their time, expertise and money to complete much-needed upgrades at Veterans Park leading up to the 100th anniversary and rededication of the Sarnia Cenotaph in November.
BRENDA DUNN
Dunn has made significant contributions to the community through her Christmas Kettle Drive involvement and as a Beaver Leader at Scouts Canada. The once struggling 23rd Sarnia Beaver Colony is now a thriving, educational and fun program for children ages 5 to 7.
ROBERT HART
As a volunteer driver for the past 32 years providing patient transportation through the Canadian Cancer Society, as a Big Brother to two "little brothers," and as a volunteer at the St. Giles Church soup kitchen, Hart and his generosity have helped improve the lives of many in the community.
ELAINE HAYTER
As Senior Development Manager of the Sarnia-Lambton Kidney Foundation over the past three decades, Hayter has been a tireless advocate and fundraiser for patients and families. When the local chapter won three provincial awards last year, Hayter typically she took no credit and praised the volunteers.
DAVE LECLAIR
A 40-year volunteer with the Sarnia MS Society, LeClair was recently honoured for his dedication with an award from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. He has been involved in countless fundraising events, as a member of the board of directors, and as board chair for 14 years.
100 SCARVES – PAM WONG
Pam Wong
For four years now, a Sarnia group called 100 Scarves has provided free, hand-knitted scarves, hats and mittens to anyone in need by placing them on the Lawrence House fence with a sign stating, "Need a Scarf, Take a Scarf." The 50-member group contributed more than 1,000 knitted items last year.
MICHELLE PARKS -TAMPON TUESDAY
Michelle Parks
As spokesperson for the local Tampon Tuesday chapter, Parks encouraged Sarnia Council to test out a pilot project that provided free menstrual products at city facilities. The project was a success, and council made the move permanent in December.
ANNABELLE RAYSON
Rayson was just 13 when she organized the first Sarnia Shoebox Project, providing shoeboxes filled with $50 worth of makeup, socks, lotion, scarves and messages of support for women in need. In 2021, the project's fourth year, 275 decorated boxes were given to shelters and organizations for distribution.
SHIRLEY ROEBUCK
Roebuck is a local health care advocate and activist with the Ontario Health Coalition. As a member of the Coalition's provincial board of directors, she has been a strong voice locally and provincially for enacting to the Coalition's mandate of "Protecting Public Health Care For All."
MARK ROEHLER
Roehler is the long-time chairperson of the Steps for Life Committee in Sarnia. He is dedicated to safety in the workplace and raising funds for Threads of Life, a charity that offers peer support for people who lose loved ones through workplace injury and occupational disease.
TANYA TAMILIO
As President of the Centre Communautaire Francophone de Sarnia-Lambton, Tamilio was instrumental in having Sarnia provincially designated to provide more French-language government services. She was also part of a project that provided 750 "welcoming" signs to welcome newcomers to the community.
Mayor Bradley said he hopes a group reception can be held later this year for both the 2021 and 2022 honourees.


Gianmarco is leaving for Orlando!
One of our 2nd Dan Black Belts is leaving to go into UCF in Orlando. Gianmarco and his family are moving and their last day with us was today! We had a party after the 7:30pm class with pizza and wished him the best of luck. Him, and his two sisters started with us over six years ago. His two sisters (Cassandra and Giuliana) went on to pursue their interest in soccer, but he continued to train and reach the rank he is today. Not only is a dedicated student who comes everyday, but also comes in to help the 5:30pm and 6:30pm class when he has a chance. According to his parents him and his sisters have improved their focus, discipline and attitude at home and school. Their family was very happy with us and says it will be hard to find a martial art school in Orlando with the same family values. They will be coming back to visit during our Annual Holiday Party! We wish the Alegre Family the best wishes and blessings for the future and will miss them very much!
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KoAmMuDo Event Coming Up: Competition!
The long awaited time of the year has arrived! We will be having our competition on November 8th in Coral Springs High School. Time and exact details are coming soon! Also we will be holding training sessions for students during weekends coming up and referee seminar for those who are volunteering to help during this event! More information to be announced soon!
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Active Classes All Through the Week!
We have had active classes throughout the week since the conclusion of testing! We are back to reviewing the basics to technical exercises. Many heart pumping drills and cardio workouts. Also everyday covers a different subject: weapons, grappling, rolling, combo techniques, sparring, self defense. Come join us if you have not already!
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If you're looking for an interesting martial arts book, I'm officially (unofficially) recommending "Zen in the Martial Arts" by Joe Hyams. It's short and simple, but an interesting read. The author also studied with Bruce Lee. Find it, read it, discuss the ideas. Good luck on testing this week!
Keep An Eye out for the Taekwondo Sparring Olympics!
Mark your calendars: Aug 8th is Taekwondo Sparring at the London Olympics 2012. Here is the link for details:http://www.london2012.com/taekwondo/ May their amazing, mesmerizing, aerial kicks have you pumped for Weds and Thurs Sparring Day Classes! Remember to bring your gear!
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Check Out This Video from the Taekwondo London Olympics!
Here is a video from the Taekwondo London Olympics! Hope you enjoy all the action!
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Well it would seem Ian certainly backed up his words and all seems to be well with Audioholics again. They are previewing the VP160 at the top of today's page!
I'm glad to see that.
That's good to hear. Audioholics was the site I first read about Axiom speakers. If it wasn't for them, I might have bought Paradigm speakers.
And then where would you be?
A grand or so poorer.
that's neat about the feet for the center channel. I didn't see that on the Axiom product page. Maybe they will review and measure one to followup with this report.


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2008 Technology of the Year Awards: Platforms - And the award for the Most Innovative Server OS goes to... well, Solaris 10 of course. Who else?
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Spicebird - This collaboration tool (email, RSS, IM, Wiki, Blog etc), based on Mozilla code, looks very promising.
Update on the Sun/NetApp ZFS patent litigation - Things are looking good for Sun. It seems NetApp's suit is slowly being pulled to pieces before it even gets to court.
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Magnetic North's A Draw For TV Star Rebecca
Actress Rebecca Lacey spent the best part of a year in the North East filming an ill-fated TV series.
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Rebecca Lacey (right)makes no qualms about why her TV series Badger was taken off our screens.
"It just lost the plot, basically," says the 33-year-old actress, who spent 10 months of 1999 in the North East filming two series of the animal detective drama.
"And I'd decided to leave before it was given the axe anyway. I wasn't happy with how my character was going
"It was given some negative Press coverage - some of which was deserved. I think before anyone had even seen it, they were writing it was formulaic.
"You had a detective and animals and its seemed a formulaic way of making television, without looking at what the programme was trying to say.
"Once it went out, particularly towards he end of the first series, people were saying it was rather pretty good.
"It was beautifully made and beautifully shot. But the second series really just lost its way.
"They should have just stuck with the original premise - about the effects of animal crime.
"But I'm still very proud of my part in it. Sometimes that negative Press can be quite destructive. It's a shame, but you distance yourself and you go to another job."
Former Casualty star Rebecca, who is at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, next week in the drama Amy's View, says the subject matter of Badger, which co-starred Jerome Flynn and was shot in Northumberland, was close to her heart.
"I really enjoyed it from the point of view I'm a vegetarian and I am the chairman of an animal charity Africat," she adds.
"So I had personal feelings towards the subject. We never saw distressed animals, but some of the things you hear about, like people keeping pets in ridiculous situations, was horrific.
"Animal crime is second to drugs crime in this country. People don't realise that, and how much money there is to make in animal crime. You think of it as being a soft Pet Rescue kind of thing but it's a very hard-nosed criminal activity.
"My eyes were so opened when I found out about that."
Next week is Rebecca's penultimate week of touring with Amy's View, and she can't wait to set up residence near Newcastle again.
"I love Newcastle. The first stretch I did on Badger I was living on the Quayside, and I stayed in Ryton for the second lot of filming," she says.
"I got a taste of both the city and the country. The Northumberland countryside is just fantastic - spectacular.
"It's been called England's best-kept secret and I so agree. I have no doubt I will be having a good time up in Newcastle. It's lovely to go to a city where you feel that comfortable."
Amy's View tells the tale of Esme Allen (Susannah York), a famous stage actress whose strong and fiery personality contrasts with that of her rather reserved daughter Amy (Lacey).
There is conflict when Amy marries Dominic - a brash young critic who believes theatre is no longer relevant to his generation.
"I've been surprised at how responsive the audiences have been. Very pleasantly surprised," says Rebecca.
"I think it's a fascinating play. One often gets the impression that people don't want to listen to words anymore, but it just doesn't appear to be true.
"The houses have been really full and the audiences have been really responsive.
"People keep telling me it's so nice to see a play instead of musicals and the such all the time.
"People are crying out for good drama. This is a beautifully written play and it is a proper drama.
"It is quite an interesting debate that goes on between the characters.
"You've got the character of Dominic who is for television and film and the future, and Esme who is arguing for the theatre and culture.
"They're also arguing because they don't like each other. So you've got this very human argument going on.
"If you're in the audience watching a play which is discussing you as an audience member, it is quite interesting. I've talked about it with people I have met in the bar afterwards.
"People are much more intelligent and sophisticated than I think they are given credit for.
"The general public is much more intelligent and articulate - and they really get the play, on several levels.
"And that is why it is such a great play, it's not just about one thing or two things, it's a play about several things to do with the human condition.
"And there's the basic strong drama running through it between a mother and a daughter and their relationship.
"If you just wanted to deal with it on that level, it would be an entertaining drama, as it covers 15 years of these people's lives.
"My mother (Ingrid) was an actress as well. Not that my mum is like Esme, but there are certain things that I didn't have to ask the director what it meant.
"I just understood the theatrical lingo, shorthand. That helps enormously.
"It's implicit in my personality, it's the way I was brought up." * Amy's View is at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday until June 2.
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The Art of Creating a New Cultural Plan for Dallas
By Kimberly Richard	• Published at 11:23 am on December 19, 2018
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
When the Dallas City Council unanimously approved a new Cultural Plan, created by City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), on Nov. 28, the vote was the culmination of a one-year process to strengthen Dallas' growing arts ecology.
"A unanimous vote of support from City Council to formally adopt the plan was tremendous – it clearly shows the strong and broad support for the plan, and given that mayoral and City Council elections are coming up in the spring, this unanimous vote is a signal that this plan will have support to expand the arts citywide and allow us to address the priorities in the plan," Jennifer Scripps, the director of the OCA, said.
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The OCA's previous cultural plan was adopted 16 years ago, long before the Dallas Arts District was complete, Klyde Warren Park was built, and social media was invented.
Recognizing the Dallas' changing cultural needs, the OCA facilitated a conversation with Dallas citizens about how to modernize the plan. Nearly 9,000 Dallas residents participated in more than 150 public, committee and taskforce meetings.
Among those participants were artists and arts leaders.
"It was so joyful to see these people so passionate they physically showed up. That was exciting," Kevin Moriarty, Dallas Theater Center's artistic director said. "It was so cool that the plan is so representative of what people feel Dallas needs artistically," Katie Cooper, Avant Chamber Ballet's artistic director, said.
The Cultural Plan boils down Dallas citizens' needs into six priorities: equity, diversity, space, support for artists, a sustainable arts ecosystem and communication. Equity is the Cultural Plan's top priority with the other five priorities supporting the concept of equity. The plan defines equity as supporting "the broadest range of art forms and creative producers, considering inclusivity, diversity and neighborhood impact to direct resources equitably to artists and organizations."
For the OCA, that priority creates a new mandate for funding established, venerated institutions and smaller and emerging arts organizations.
"We're looking really hard at how those bigger organizations do their work: their hiring practices, their board leadership, the product and how their product truly reflects and speaks to the entire population of Dallas," Scripps said.
Scripps applauds the Dallas Theater Center for their Public Works Dallas program, an initiative designed to engage the community through theater-making.
"Our mission is to make theater for and of and with our community. At every level of the theater, we need to be a theater that represents the community." Moriarty said, explaining theater is the ideal venue for a community to explore its history, fears and prejudices. "We have a special obligation to serve as a communal gathering place for Dallas."
Smaller arts organizations view equity as an opportunity to expand their reach. "I think you're going to see more and more emphasis on groups that are diverse and that are doing work in geographic areas that are underserved," Scripps said.
Sam Brukhman, Verdigris Ensemble's artistic director, finds inspiration in the Cultural Plan as he works on the choir's Faces of Dallas project.
"It's been really cool to see the Office of Cultural Affairs really pushing on equity and creating avenues for different cultures and it has really pushed me to think outside the box on how Verdigris Ensemble fits into that and how we continue to be relevant and inclusive."
Reaching out to diverse neighborhoods could also help solve the arts community's most common problem: space. While Scripps points out that the city is reevaluating the management of 20 city-owned cultural facilities, Cooper envisions growing her season by performing outside the ballet company's usual performance space, Moody Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District.
"We can be at Moody, but everyone wants to be at Moody. It's like we need two of them," Cooper said. "If we had more options in other areas of Dallas, we could have more performances."
The Cultural Plan explains the growth of Dallas' creative economy lags the city's economic growth by 22 percent. That lag is more than seven times than that of Houston. Artists, looking to make a living wage creating art, leave North Texas.
"We cannot be exporting out talent like we have been," Scripps said. "We train them at the highest level of excellence and expertise and then they go off to the coasts."
Brukhman, New Jersey native, noticed a disheartening difference for singers in Dallas: they are paid about two-thirds of what their counterparts in New Jersey earn.
"As Verdigris Ensemble grows, I am trying to give my singers the best possible rates I can. I think the Cultural Plan has really shown that there is a possibility to grow," he said.
Supporting the pipeline for developing artists is critical.
"I can't hire dancers that don't exist, so we need to be training kids of color and creating a culture where they feel welcome, where they feel valued," Cooper said. "As we pay our artists closer to living wage, people won't move away. They'll be able to stay in Dallas."
The Cultural Plan is an ambitious blueprint intended to shape the arts community for the next seven to 10 years. Scripps plans to update the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on a quarterly basis with annual goal posts to measure progress. The city's commitment to the Plan impresses Moriarty.
"It's a big moment in Dallas when the leaders agree that the arts are an essential part of our life and should be in every neighborhood," he said.
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[REVIEW] The Journey Down: Chapter Two
Posted on October 9, 2017 by Trashlevania
The Journey Down: Chapter Two
Developer: Skygoblin
Publisher: Skygoblin
For fans of: Grim Fandango or the thought of a West-African inspired Caribbean noir adventure.
*This review is notably shorter than Chapter One's, simply because I didn't want to spend more time than necessary repeating myself on gameplay elements and influence, and wanted to avoid spoiling the all-important narrative expected from a sequel.
When I reviewed The Journey Down's opening chapter a few weeks ago, my primary takeaway was that it had all the makings of a point-and-click classic but lacked any form of actual adventure. Its West-African influence could be felt deep within its character design and the late Simon D'souza's beautiful composition, but Chapter One's bite-sized run-time, inconsistent voice-over quality, and never-ending fetch quest certainly hindered my overall enjoyment.
I'm happy to report that Chapter Two wholly improves upon its predecessor in every regard. It's twice as long, allowing for more character engagement and world building. There's more variety in the backdrops, though most of the game is still spent exploring dimly lit alleys. D'souza's jazz, funk, and reggae tunes continue to elevate the experience to a higher level, eliciting the perfect emotion given the backdrop or circumstance. Voice-over fidelity has also improved tenfold, Port Artue's inhabitants are far more interesting to converse with, and there's an actual adventure taking place with sky pirates, murder, conspiracy, shootouts, and jailbreaks!
This is what I wanted from The Journey Down.
Chapter Two picks up immediately after Bwana and company crash their charter plane into the mist at the end of Chapter One. They're rescued by the eel trawling vessel M.S. Biko, whose crew members warn of bloodthirsty pirates and monstrous eels. The Biko has been lost in the mist due to Port Artue's lighthouse being out, but, after some clever adventuring, Bwana leads them to safety and is promptly thrown in jail by Detective Barlow. What's more, Lina is taken into custody and The Journal of the Journey Down has been confiscated. Bwana and Kito must escape their holding cell, rescue Lina, recover the Journal, and make it out of Port Artue alive, but even the best-laid plans always sound easier on paper.
There's definitely a lot more going on from a narrative perspective, with the entirety of the game taking place across many different adventurous slices. Where Bwana was the game's only shining star before, Chapter Two introduces us to a Dolemite-inspired cab driver, a gritty detective with seemingly corrupt motives, a menacing sky pirate, and doubles down on the organizations all wanting a piece of The Journal of the Journey Down.
Similar to the game's inaugural chapter, you'll click around various scenes, exploring for useable items and conversing with NPCs to further the plot. Port Artue continues to play on the Caribbean noir theme of Chapter One and certainly has more to explore than Kingsport Bay. Dimly lit alleys lead into dive bars, ritzy clubs for the one-percenters, and movie theatres, but the city itself is broken up by its harbor, a lighthouse, and a steel mill. The Journey Down: Chapter Two reuses many of the same color palettes, which caused some of its backdrops to feel a bit too familiar after a while, but the hand-drawn aesthetic never overstayed its welcome.
Puzzle solving isn't nearly as "video gamey" this time around (no more crafting ladders from stale breadsticks), though there were a few notably absurd solutions and trickier bits that stalled my progress. Since most of the game is figuratively broken down into scenarios, backtracking never felt taxing and whatever I needed to progress was always within reach.
The experience as a whole is one adventure after another and it had me hungry for more when the credits began to roll, but I think the game's final two scenes should have been reversed. This is a hard feeling to explain without spoiling anything, but it seemed as if the ending played before the last big puzzle when it would have furthered my excitement for the game's final chapter had it been the other way around. That's just the world revolving around me, I guess, but that's what a review is.
As a fan of classic point-and-clicks, I don't go into them expecting a leisurely stroll. I like being challenged to think outside the box, to exhaust dialogue options, enjoy the story, and pixel hunt my way around town. The Journey Down: Chapter Two is the perfect balance of challenge, character, adventure, and narrative, and if Chapter One failed to hook you, I implore you to give it another chance. The cash out is well worth it, and Simon D'souza's composition alongside Straight No Chaser is absolutely phenomenal.
The only hold-up I can see is the game's pricing, which is $19.99 USD for just the second chapter, or $39.99 USD for the trilogy bundled together on Steam. Cost affects everyone differently, and while it does seem a little steep when compared to other episodic adventure games, I'll leave this argument up to you folks. I was given the game for free to review, after all, so I'm in no position to discuss pricing.
Chapter One of The Journey Down wasn't bad by any means, it just felt lacking in the important areas; a feeling that has only increased exponentially after playing this far superior offering. Perhaps that gave Chapter Two a heavier impact? Who knows. What I do know is that Chapter Two is four hours of drastically improved, brilliant adventuring and I can't wait to see how Bwana's story concludes in Chapter Three.
So, where's the final score? There isn't one. I spent a lot of time conveying my opinion in the above text, and I hope that's worth more to you than some arbitrary number or a sequence of shaded-in star shapes. Basically, I'm not a fan of scores so I no longer use them. Read the review and judge for yourself if the game is worth your time and money. I trust in your ability to make the right decision!
Full disclosure: This review was done using a Steam key provided by the game's developer, Skygoblin. While I'm sometimes given games to critique, I pride myself on providing an unbiased review to fellow consumers, along with constructive feedback to hard working developers and publishers. Whether or not I pay for a game is irrelevant.
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3 thoughts on "[REVIEW] The Journey Down: Chapter Two"
thedeviot says:
Another nice review! I'd be interested in seeing your take on some of the vintage Sierra stuff like the Police Quest games, or even the Interactive Fiction games Infocom put out in the 80's.
CheapBossAttack says:
Thanks! I saw that a lot of retro Sierra stuff is on Steam and GOG, so they're wishlisted on both (like Phantasmagoria, Gabriel Knight 1 & 2, Space Quest, King's Quest collection, Quest for Glory 1-5, Arcanum, etc).
The Shameful Narcissist says:
I need to make time to play this. It looks so excellent. Happy to see the second part fixes the issues the first had.