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Palgrave Macmillan

Violent Masculinities

Male Aggression in Early Modern Texts and Culture

ISBN 9781137344748
Publication Date November 2013
Formats Hardcover Ebook (EPUB) Ebook (PDF)
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

During the early modern period in England, social expectations for men came under extreme pressure; the armed knight went into decline and humanism appeared. Here, original essays analyze a wide-range of violent acts in early modern literature and culture – everything from civic violence to chivalric combat; from verbal attacks to masochistic suffering; from political assassination to personal retaliation; and from brawls to battles. In so doing, they interrogate the seemingly inevitable connection between masculinity and aggression, placing it in a specific historical context and showing how differences of status, ethnicity, and sexual identity inform masculine ideals.

Jennifer Feather is Assistant Professor of English Literature at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA. She is the author of Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature: The Pen and the Sword (Palgrave, 2011).

Catherine E. Thomas is Associate Professor of English at the College of Charleston, USA, where she specializes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British Literature. Her essays have appeared in Studies in English Literature, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Upstart Crow, Literature Compass, and several edited collections.

Introduction: Reclaiming Violent Masculinities; Jennifer Feather and Catherine E. Thomas
1. Militant Prologues, Memory, and Models of Masculinity in Shakespeare's Henry V and Troilus and Cressida; Susan Harlan
2. Marlowe's War Horses: Cyborgs, Soldiers and Queer Companions; Timothy Francisco
3. Cutting Words and Healing Wounds: Friendship and Violence in Early Modern Drama; Jennifer Forsyth
4. Virtus, Vulnerability, and the Emblazoned Male Body in Shakespeare's Coriolanus; Lisa S. Starks-Estes
5. Priestly Rulers, Male Subjects: Swords and Courts in Papal Rome; Laurie Nussdorfer
6. 'Warring Spirits': Martial Heroism and Anxious Masculinity in Milton's Paradise Lost; Katharine Cleland
7. King Lear's Violent Grief; Andrew D. McCarthy
8. Wild Civility: Men at War in Royalist Elegy; Catharine Gray
9. Occupy Macbeth: Masculinity and Political Masochism in Macbeth; Amanda Bailey
10. Melancholy and Spleen: Models of English Masculinity in The Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley; Laurie Ellinghausen
Afterword; Coppélia Kahn

Amanda Bailey, University of Maryland, USA
Katharine Cleland, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Laurie Ellinghausen, University of Missouri, USA
Jennifer Forsyth, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA
Timothy Francisco, Youngstown State University, USA
Catharine Gray, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, USA
Susan Harlan, Wake Forest University, USA
Coppelia Kahn, Brown University, USA
Andrew D. McCarthy, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, USA
Laurie Nussdorfer, Wesleyan University, USA
Lisa S. Starks-Estes, South Florida St. Petersburg, USA

"A strong contribution to emerging scholarship on early modern masculinities, this exciting collection shows how the achievement of normative manhood depended on the performance of violence. In the turbulent social world of early modern Europe, these essays suggest male aggression signified differently according to distinctions of age, status, and sexuality. These compelling historicist readings of male aggression and suffering illuminate forms of violence ranging from duels to brawls to military campaigns." - Mario DiGangi, Professor of English, Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA
"What did it mean to be a man in early modern Europe? Violent Masculinities challenges the easy association between masculinity and violence, opening up crucial new channels in early modern masculinity studies. The articles here go beyond a simple equation of fictional and historical practice to demonstrate the importance of the place of violence in the early modern mind. With a range of critical approaches, from rhetorical analysis to historical contextualization to the framing of philosophical assumptions, these essays emphasize the textuality of a broad array of critical and historical writings, and give us new insights into what constituted Renaissance manhood." - Jennifer A. Low, Associate Professor of English, Florida Atlantic University, USA
"Violent masculinities - is there any other kind? Cutting their way from Shakespeare to Stukeley, the essays in this volume brutally dispense with the myth that Renaissance men were less violent than their medieval predecessors. With a historical precision and deft close reading, they ask us to consider the many types of violence that make and unmake Renaissance men." - Will Stockton, Associate Professor of English, Clemson University, USA
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Relay Team
  Selecting a Team
  Flexibility—Team Relay
  Team Volunteer Requirement
  The Course—Check-in Stations and Cutoff Times for Relay Teams
Individual Races
  The Course—100k and 50k Races
  Support Stations—Individual Races
  Drop Bags
Parking for PALM100
Medical Support
, Packet Pickup and Pre-Race Meeting
Race Start - Timeliness
Nourishing Your Body
Care of Your Feet

Relay Team:
Get ready for a lot of fun--and some very good competition!
The PALM100 Team Relay will have 6-runner teams covering 100 miles. Each Team will decide how many miles each Team Member will run per leg, and how many legs each will run overall.  (Minimum length of each leg is two miles.) Teams may include fewer than 6 runners, but no more than six. Teams may be all male, all female or co-ed at the Team's discretion. Each Relay Team will be self-supporting during the race. Only one runner per Team may be on the course at a time during daylight hours. Each runner must complete the registration process independently to participate in the PALM100.

Like most team relay races, the PALM100 is self-supported. That means that each relay team is responsible for its own needs throughout the race. This includes water and sports drinks, nutrition, ice, clothing and gear. Recommended crew vehicle is a full-size, 15-passenger van, mini-van or SUV.  Sufficient room should be available on board to store and organize (with ready access) all drinks, food, ice and gear for the entire team. There should be room for team members not actively running to stretch out and rest. Non-active runners need to stay appropriately hydrated, take-in sufficient calories and deal with the physical effects of the heat if that is a factor on race day.   [Return to TOP]

Selecting a team:

Relay teams will be together in close quarters for a dozen hours or more. Compatibility counts, as does a sense of humor, enthusiasm and support for the rest of the gang. Very often a core group will bring "outside" friends to complete the team. New faces may not only be a good source of racing talent--and new jokes--but the beginning of fine new friendships. Well before race day, meeting in person (or by conference call) will allow people on the team to get to know each other, help to set proper expectations, decide on responsibilities including vehicle drivers, hotel arrangements, renting a vehicle, if necessary, buying pooled items like water, ice, etc., running leg assignments and more.  [Return to TOP]

Flexibility—Team Relay:

Each team member does NOT have to run the same distance or number of segments as the rest of the team, and changes are permitted during the race, itself.  Allowing each team to create its own strategy, and to adjust along the way if it chooses, is part of the fun and challenge to optimize the team's performance while responding to changing conditions as they arise.  It also allows weaker runners to be a part of the race, and experience the excitement of this team sports adventure.  Remember that no leg may be shorter than two miles.  [Return to TOP]

Team Volunteer Requirement:
Like virtually all long-distance team relay races across the country, each team with one or more members residing within 50 miles of any point along the PALM100 course, must provide one (or more) volunteers to work a minimum of four hours on race weekend.  Positions will be assigned by the Race Director, with every effort being made to consider the volunteer’s preference and convenience.  Volunteers will be identified by each Team Captain, must be at least 16 years of age or be accompanied by an adult and provide their own transportation to and from assigned locations.  The Race Director will provide "community service" letters for students, if requested. [Return to TOP]

The Course—Team Relay:
Well over half of PALM100 will be run along Florida State Highway A1A in Broward and Palm Beach Counties on the barrier island between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. An opening race segment through downtown Fort Lauderdale, scenic side road segments, Intracoastal bridge crossings and some waterfront roads in West Palm Beach and the Lake Trail in Palm Beach complete the course. Teams should become very familiar with "Route Map", and use it as a primary resource on race day.

The race will begin and end at the Deerfield Beach curve, in Deerfield Beach, FL The vast majority of the route will be run on sidewalks with the balance facing traffic on the road shoulder. There are three segments where the shoulder is very narrow to non-existent, and these are clearly indicated in the Route Map. Always when running on road shoulders, racers MUST run facing traffic and be cautious at all times. IN ADDITION TO 10-MINUTE PENALTIES FOR EACH INFRACTION, MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF THIS RULE WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.  [Return to TOP]

Check-in Stations and Cut-Off Times for Relay Teams:
The active runner must check-in at the PALM100 start line in Deerifeld Beachaid station at Anchor Park in Delray Beach, the turn-around in Palm Beach and the check-in at Anchor Park in Delray Beach on the return south.  Limited emergency water supplies will be available at each check-in station. The active team runner must be checked in within the following time limits at each station or the team will be considered “DNF” (“Did Not Finish”):

 Teams have 20 hours to complete the race, but must ALSO meet each of these scheduled cut-off times.  [ 100 miles in 20 hours is 12:00 min pace per mile avg. ]

The following time limits will apply to teams to reach the check-in stations:
1)  First check-in at Deerfield Beach Start / Finish area, no later than 1:30 PM.
            2)  Second check-in at Anchor Park, Delray Beach, no later than 3:30 PM
            3)  Turn-around in Palm Beach, no later than 8:30 PM
            4)  Third check-in at Anchor Park, Delray Beach, no later than 12:00 PM Midnight
            5)  Finish line in Deerfield Beach, no later than 2:00 AM on Sunday

Failure to make the respective cut-offs will be considered "DNF"-"Did Not Finish".

Teams have 20 hours to complete the race, but must ALSO meet each of these scheduled cut-off times. [Return to TOP]

Individual Races:

Unlike the team relay race, the PALM100 individual races will be fully supported with aid stations approximately every 3-5 miles.  For safety reasons, checking-in at all sites is mandatory, even if the runner is not stopping for food or drink.  Runners must be sure that the volunteer has noted his/her presence—and race number—but may otherwise keep moving.   [Return to TOP]

The Course—100k and 50k Races:

The 100K is 2 loop course beginning at 6:00 AM at the Deerfield Beach Curve on A1A. at the beach.  Runners will head north, following the route for 16 miles to OceanInletPark in Ocean Ridge.  Located there is the Boynton Beach Inlet that links the Intracoastal Waterway with the Atlantic Ocean.  After checking-in and having their times recorded, runners will turn and head south, reversing the northbound route to Deerfield Beach, where they will cross a timing mat and start their 2nd loop.

The 50K race is vastly different this year then in the past. 1st the 50km race is a 1 loop course beginning at the Deerfield Beach Curve on A1A. at 6:30 AM following the route north for 16 miles to OceanInletPark in Ocean Ridge turning around and ending back at the beach in Deerfield Beach. 2nd their will be no need for transportation as the race starts and finished at the same location. 3rd the start time is 4 hours earlier then previous years, allowing 50k runners to take advantage of the cooler morning weather.

The 50K 2 person and 1 bike relay will follow the same course as outlined above.  Your start time will be 7:00 AM.  The runner will be starting in Deerfield Beach, the biker will ride the course in advance of the race start to just over the Deerfield line into the city limits of Boca Raton, here the sidewalk changes to a 8ft wide path.  It is here that the biker will wait for their teammate to approach from the south and will then proceed to ride with the team mate as you both make your way north!  Whoever is biking along side the runner will have to look out for other walkers, runners and bikes on the sidewalk, deferring if needed to oncoming traffic.  In the section where no sidewalk is available, the runner must run FACING traffic, while the biker must ride WITH traffic

The 32K is a shorter race, perfect for anyone training for Boston, a few weeks later.  The course is from Deerfield Beach to AnchorPark in Delray Beach and back.  Since you’ll likely be running a faster pace, it is advisable you carry  water, for the distances between aid stations, and use aid stations to refill along the way.  Your aid stations will be in Boca, HighlandBeach, the turn in AnchorPark in Delray Beach, HighlandBeach, Boca, and the finish!

For all PALM100 races, runners will be required to follow the race route explicitly.  This includes running on bike paths/sidewalks and not in the roadway where paths and sidewalks exist.  When running on the road shoulder where there are no sidewalks, this means ALWAYS running on the side of the road FACING traffic.
Aid stations are spaced along the course and are intended for use by 100k, 50k and 32k runners.  Teams are self-sufficient in the PALM100 relay race.  All runners should study the Race Map to have an idea about these locations.  A review of the route and course features will be presented at the pre-race meeting
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Support Stations—Individual Races:

Support stations will provide runners with water, ice, sports drink, soft drinks, electrolyte replacement tablets, snacks and runner food.  (Bananas, cookies, candy, pretzels, chips, peanut butter or other sandwiches, and more will be available.)

Locations: Boca Raton at Red Reef Golf Course, Highland Beach City Hall & Fire Station, Anchor Park in Delray, somewhere around Nomad Surf Shop in Ocean Ridge, turnaround near Ocean Inlet Park.

Drop Bags
  Drop bags MUST have the runner’s name AND bib number written clearly on the outside. Location(s) TBD

Parking for PALM100:
Parking for the race is at the USA Parking Garage 2 short blocks west of the race start/finish on A1A.  The rate is $10 for 24 hours.  If you park and leave youll have to repay.  Shorter rates are available for less then 3 hours.  Meters are also available on the streets around the beach, bring lots of quarters, the fee is $1.25 an hour and the meters only take 2 hours at a time.  [Return to TOP]

Medical Support:
The PALM100 will be supported by a crew of trained medical specialists who will be available during the race. The intent is to make medical support as reasonably available as possible for emergencies and non-emergency questions and assistance.  A dedicated medical phone number for this medical team will be distributed for use during the event. Teams should consider bringing with them a first aid kit that includes items to treat blisters, headaches, abrasions, effects of the heat, etc.  Most running injuries are soft-tissue related and usually helped with ice and rest. In case of emergency or if race medical personnel are not immediately responsive, dial 911. Do not rely on any one resource in times of emergency.

Hopefully, the following will never be an issue. However, all Emergency Evacuation costs for participants and volunteers will be borne by that person or his/her heirs. The race organizers are in no way liable or responsible for emergency evacuation. Please refer to “Accident Waiver and Release of Liability", a part of race registration, for related details.
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Sunny and warm is the likely scenario in March in South Florida. Average high temperature in March is 79 degrees; low is 62 degrees, but it has been hotter than that on race day in previous years. The heat can be a challenging factor for the unprepared, especially if accompanied by high humidity. To minimize the impact of the heat and intensity of the sun, insure adequate fluid and salt/mineral intake, and sufficient nutrition before, during and after the race. Consider using ice in hats or neck bandanas liberally to keep cool. If it is particularly hot, begin using ice before becoming overheated. The primary reasons for people not completing our races are overwhelmingly heat related. Train and plan accordingly [Return to TOP]

Race Sign-in, Packet Pick-up and Pre-Race Meeting:
Each individual runner, and team members or a team representative, must pick-up his/her race packet, including race number and tee shirt, as follows:

On Friday, February 28th, between the hours of
4:00 PM and 8:00 PM, at the beach pavilion just north of Oceans234 restaurant in Deerfield Beach. At 5:00 & 6:30 PM there will be a mandatory meeting for all individual runners and team captains or representatives. (All team members are invited and encouraged to attend, but not required.)  Any registered team or individual racer who is unable to attend the meeting must contact the Race Director, Scott Richards, in advance to make alternate arrangements. Any runner or team not represented at the pre-race meeting or having made alternative arrangements with the Race Director will not be allowed to compete in the race.   [Return to TOP]

Race Start—Timeliness:

On race day, all individual runners and all team Captains must check-in at the starter’s table at least 15 minutes prior to their race starting time.

At 5 minutes before the race begins, first runners will be marshaled to the starting line.

 The race start(s) will be as follows;
            6:00 AM          100 Mile Team Relay
            6:15 AM          100K
            6:30 AM          50K
            6:45 AM          32K
            7:00 AM          50K Two Person Relay

Nourishing your body:
Adequate hydration and nutrition intake during the race, and in preparation for it, are vital to a strong effort. This includes replenishing salts and minerals lost through sweat by taking an electrolyte product like Hammer Nutrition's "Endurolytes",  designed for this purpose. Most runners know to hydrate during a race, but caloric intake is equally important in a race that extends over long hours.  There is plenty of published literature on the subject that will provide solid advice based upon your weight, age, sex and event conditions. As a general guideline, most people should aim for 200-300 calories per hour.  Be sure not to experiment with new foods or drinks on the course. Practice using the foods, drinks and supplements you will use during the event so you know what works and what doesn't. Creating digestive issues for yourself in the middle of a 100-mile relay or ultra-distance individual race is not a good idea!  [Return to TOP]

Care of your feet:
Proper care of the feet includes selection of shoes and socks and such decisions as whether or not you will tape your feet to minimize blisters. Highly recommended for your consideration is the book, "FIXING YOUR FEET", by John Vonhof. There is no single "best practice" recommended here, but there are many good options and advice from which to choose. Proper taping of feet and toes is covered, including specific tapes and adhesives that work. Advice is given related to socks, moisture, keeping out grit and other factors that can cause, or help prevent, blisters. How to treat blisters, should you develop them, is detailed so that you can fix the problem and get back on the road. This book is a great resource for distance runners. Buy it at your favorite running store  [Return to TOP]

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CHAMPAIGN—Prairie Center Health Systems held its 23rd annual Recognition Reception for the 2012 National Red Ribbon Campaign.

The event was held Oct. 16 at Hawthorne Suites in Champaign.

The theme of this year’s campaign was “It’s Up to Me to Be Drug-Free.”

Among the school contest winners were two GCMS Elementary School students.

Lane Shoemaker, a third grade student at GCMS Elementary, won in the second-third graders bookmark design. Shoemaker won a bicycle for his efforts.

Shoemaker is a member of the third grade class taught by Mrs. Hohulin.

Chase Pondel, a fifth grade student at GCMS Elementary, won in the fourth-fifth grade bookmark design and also received a bicycle for his efforts.

Pondel is a member of the fifth grade class taught by Mr. White.

Shoemaker is the son of Scott and Jamie Shoemaker while Todd and Shawna Pondel are the parents of Pondel.

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Jack Black REALLY likes octagons.

The microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, cloud video… they were all created for THIS moment:

Don’t Play No Sad Songs

Can you tell I’m really not into this blogging thing? At least not the past few weeks, I haven’t. Someone who IS into this whole blogging thing, those is Simcha Fisher and she blogs about Sad Songs over at the National Catholic Register.

Anyway, I do have many songs I listen to to get out of bad moods. The two that came to mind first today were “Hovering Sombrero” (or “Hopeless Bleak Dispair” off the same album) by They Might Be Giants and “Down With The Sickness” by Richard Cheese, which I won’t link to because it’s incredibly obscene but never ceases to cheer me up because I’m odd.

Music that I only listened to once and it made me so misterable I wanted to wrap my car around a tree and which I will never listen to again and which I cannot recommend for anyone except out of sheer morbid curiousity: “Baby Doe” by Steve Taylor and “Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere” by Nick Cave. So don’t listen to those. They are complete buzzkills.

App Store Poetry

Yes, I realize it’s somewhat gauche to poke fun at poorly-translated app descriptions in the App Store, but sometimes they are elevated from cringe-inducing anti-marketing to the level of profound poetry, as is the case with the description for WhiteBigRabbit’s World of Aircraft (and from the review, the title is by far the most clever thing about the game, it seems). Anyway, on to the poetry.

First up is a medidation on that release of power, the “awesome big explosion”, one feels when they have utterly destroyed their adversary.

Excerpt from “-THE GRAPHIC-”:

Explosion effect was talked so many time in so many game.
Everyone must be tired of it.
Because no matter what they said,the final effect looks all the same.
But we sure you have noticed the explosion looks so awesome in World Of Aircraft.
That was our new research result.
Just for make you enjoy your fight.
What a good feeling when you killed your enemy and see him exploding in the sky?
We know that feeling when you go through their flying fragments.
An awesome big explosion you must have.

Next is a rather urgent bit of verse expressing the extreme pressures put upon an app, once it has been released into the App Store. Can “World of Aircraft” meet everyone’s wish?

Excerpt from “-MULTIPLAYER-”:

World Of Aircraft would provide an all new experience to air combat game.
But that’s not enough at all!
How could there would be no multiplayer online fight?
Surely World of aircraft would have it and even better!
World Of Aircraft provide many mode for all of you.
Must meet everyone’s wish!

Lastly, a short poem on the loneliness of that mission called life, entitled simply “-THE MISSION-”:

Surely sometime you want play game yourself without others.
World Of Aircraft provide many many single player mission too.
How far can you reach?

It’s clear that WhiteBigRabbit has reached far with this first entrée into the world of App Store poetry and I for one am eager to see what complex themes they cover in their work next.

Happy 30th Birthday, Electronic Arts!

Even though I’ll probably never play another one of their games, unless it’s on the iPad or something, it’s worth noting that EA shipped their first batch of 5 games 30 years ago today.

Back in the day (30 years ago today, in fact) I absolutely loved EA’s games. “Hard Hat Mack” was a favorite, a Donkey-Kong clone which featured a construction worker trying to stay away from the OSHA representative (among other enemies). “Archon” was a bit too ponderous for seven-year-old me, as was “M.U.L.E”, at least at first, but I spent days playing “Realm of Impossibility” which was released the next year. But it was “Ultimate Wizard” with its level construction kit and variety of different spells, enemies, and environmental hazards that really captured my imagination. If they re-released that today, I’d still buy it at full price (even with 1984 dollars). “Marble Madness” was another one I spent a lot of time with, even though it made me want to chuck my controller through the screen of our 1084S monitor.

I also really loved how EA disks came packaged in LP record sleeves with bizarre photographs and illustrations on them. Easy to store and lots of room for pictures on them. Anyway, EA was probably my third-favorite Commodore 64 game publisher back in the day, after Epyx and Cosmi (#2 and #1), but they are subjects for subsequent posts.

This one goes out to the Associated Press and the Tea Partiers

Jonathan Frakes: Actor, Director, Awesome Sit-downer

I am totally making this a part of my meeting-entrance repertoire: walk through the door as Cosmo Kramer, sit down as Will Riker.

Weekly Television Roundup: 29-Apr to 05-May 2013

Sorry I’m late getting this week’s Weekly Television Roundup out. Ha ha. Just kidding. This is the FIRST ONE EVER, so while it may be late, I’m not really sorry as I haven’t really established any sort of expectations around producing these things. Anyway, here are the TV shows I watched in the past week (first-run episodes only, so those four episodes of Batman, The Brave and the Bold on Netflix I watched with the kids don’t count). Beyond here be spoilers, so if you don’t want anything spoiled for you on any given show, just skip over that section.

Defiance – “The Devil In the Dark”: This is the third episode of the show Defiance and it was really kind of puzzling. Parts of it were boring (the peace-hookah ritual and the montage at the end), parts of it were weird (is pouring bacon grease on someone’s chest really a thing now? Please tell me that’s not a thing now), and parts of it showed the inherent risk of basing your TV show on a videogame (or vice versa). The hellbug monster design really screamed “basic videogame grunt enemy” and the hellbug queen design was so over the top that it could really only be a videogame boss monster; neither one of them fit the look and feel of the television show — or any television show for that matter. And besides from a basic plot perspective, if you’re going to terraform a planet, why would you even bring along hellbugs in the first place? And no: “because they are in the videogame” is not an answer. So, yeah: not all that impressive.

Warehouse 13 – “The Living and the Dead”: This was a very good episode, picking up after the long hiatus — so long a hiatus that I thought we were already in a new season, but I guess not! James Marsters’ character here was excellent — his characters really are better when they have an English accent — and was utilized effectively. It was cool to have Kate Mulgrew on an episode with James Marsters, too, as a nice Buffyverse/Star Trek crossover seeing as how much I miss Armin Shimerman being on TV. So things could be looking up for Warehouse 13. We’ll see.

Grimm – “Endangered”: Not on the same level as last week’s volcano god episode (though that kind of didn’t fit in with the series’ established mythology, but this whole show is nothing but one big plot hole) but this was the first episode on its new night, right after “The Voice” or some singing show on NBC so I imagine there were a lot of confused “The Voice” or whatever watchers who stuck around for a few minutes after the end of that show and were like “What the heck am I watching here?” and that thought amuses me a little. I guess Grimm will be back for a third season, though, so yippee.

Arrow – “The Undertaking”: Finally we learn a little more about what the Undertaking is all about (and it has nothing to do with WWE, sorry). This was a pretty good episode for progressing the story as not only did we find out what Oliver’s dad was doing on that boat, why it sank, why Malcolm Merlyn is such a meanie, etc. but Oliver found out most of that, too. Betcha he fills pretty stupid for saving Mr. Merlyn now, huh? There were no island flashbacks in this episode, that I can recall, which I think is a first for the show. Felicity also had a couple funny, Whedonesque lines so all in all it was a pretty good night for Arrow.

Supernatural – “The Great Escapist”: Supernatural is pretty much our favorite currently-airing show, so an episode written by Ben Edlund and directed by Lt. Tom Paris was a double-special treat. And then I saw the “2 episodes left!” promo after this episode and got really sad, but then someone told me that the show has been renewed for a 9th season and I got happy again. This espiode was great, with some really horrible angel-on-human violence, but then with a really good angel-kicking-demon-butt moment. The fact that the angel in question was Booger from Revenge of the Nerds was pretty awesome, too. They did right by that character. Also, there was another nice moment where Sam gains some self-awareness of the trials, confiding in Dean that he believes that the trials are purifying him for what lies ahead. My guess would be that the trials are changing Sam into an angel. I am super excited about the last two episodes of this season, though — especially knowing that more are on the way!

Psych – “Santa Barbarian Candidate”: While not as funny as the earlier episodes in Season 7, this week’s episode was still light-years better than last week’s episode, which barely rose above the level of poorly-written fan-fiction. The mystery in this episode was actually fairly twisty, but the real moment here was Shaun almost telling the Chief about his big secret – and who bailed him out at the last moment. This show, too, has been picked up for another season which is a pleasant surprise considering that this current season has already featured some of the funniest episodes of the show’s entire run: “Santabarbaratown 2”, “Lassie Jerky”, “No Country for Two Old Men”, and “Deez Nups” all being outstanding episodes.

Community and Parks & Recreation: Yes we still watch these shows. Parks & Rec was really lame. Community was slightly better with the whole origin-story wrap-up. Are they really only doing 13 episodes this season? I guess so.

Person of Interest – “Zero Day”: By any objective measure I can think of, PoI is the best hour-long televised serial drama ever. This was a great episode of a great show, then, as all of the seen and unseen forces that have been at play for the last two years all finally start to come out of the woodwork and interact with each other. The ending of this episode was perfect. I can’t wait to see what happens next week on the finale and then next season, too, as this show has also been renewed!

Merlin – “With All My Heart”: If there was any thing I could take, any action I could undergo, to purge Colin Morgan’s lisping old-lady drag-queen performance parody from my mind, I would take or do it, no matter the cost.

Doctor Who – “The Crimson Horror”: So this was the comic-relief episode, then? It worked very well on that level. The backhanded shout-out to (Fourth and Fifth Doctor’s companion) Tegan was very funny but the Tom-Tom GPS joke fell a little flat. If the kid’s name had turned out to be Julius Garmin or something like that, it almost would have worked in a “Your cousin Marvin Berry!” kind of way. Matt Smith’s performance as the Doctor in that red makeup, woodenly walking along was perfect. Oh, and the leech puppet: one of the best-filmed sci-fi puppets ever, in that bit at the end where he’s pathetically crawling along the floor. Next week’s is Neil Gaiman’s episode, I guess, so that’ll probably have even less to do with Doctor Who than this one.

So that’s it for this first-ever Weekly Television Roundup! Considering how long it took to write this one, though, this will probably also be the last Weekly Television Roundup. Sorry about that.

Ranked: I Heard It Through The Grapevine

It’s time for me to force-rank, in order of most-favorite to least-tolerated, the versions of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” of which I’m familiar.

#1 – Gladys Knight and the Pips

This one is still the original and the best. Not much else to say about it except that it’s Gladys Knight and the freakin’ Pips. This one is a butt-wiggler (or Pip-dipper?) for sure.

#2 – Marvin Gaye

I guess this is the version most people are familiar with. It was actually released before Gladys Knight’s version, but was recorded after hers. It’s great, just not as ebullient as Gladys’ version. This live version is pretty funky and should alleviate any IHITTG fatigue you might associate with Marvin’s version. Anyone know who that was talking on the playphone at the beginning?

#3 – The Slits

WHOA! UPSET! I bet you were expecting someone else here, maybe? Certainly not The Slits, I’d wager? Well here they are, making the old new again in 1979.

#4 – Zapp & Roger

Still not who you expected? Well, don’t be shocked: there are lots of great versions of this song and Zapp & Rogers’ full 12″ version is definitely one of the longest. Actually if I hadn’t heard The Slits’ version, this would have been an easy #3, but I guess that’s pretty much the definition of being #4. In all seriousness, I do love this version (as I love all things Zapp & Roger apart from when Zapp shot and killed Roger — that was awful), with it’s horns and talkbox vocals.

#5 – Creedence Clearwater Revival

CCR’s version only appears on this list because it’s a version I happen to have heard. I hate CCR and all that they stand for. “I heyy-oyyyd it through the grapevine!” — WTF?!! This is the absolute shortest recording of their version I could find because there’s no way I’m listening to 11 minutes of this crap.

Honorable Mention – The California Raisins

Full disclosure: I performed once in college with The California Raisins so I can’t in good conscience rank their version with the others. If I could, though, I’d darn well put it ahead of CCR’s travesty!!! Ahem. Here it is.

So those are all the versions of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” that I’ve heyy-oyyyd. It looks like Michael McDonald also did a version, but I haven’t heard it and I doubt I need to as it’s most likely superfluous (cf. his career). Have YOU heard any other versions of this song? Let me know in the comments and I’ll work them into the rankings here.

May Day (S.O.S.)

One of about three good songs to come out of the “Electric Spanking of War Babies” sessions. It’s a mayday on May first!


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Diversity and transmission competence in lymphatic filariasis vectors in West Africa, and the implications for accelerated elimination of Anopheles-transmitted filariasis

Dziedzom K de Souza1, Benjamin Koudou2, Louise A Kelly-Hope2, Michael D Wilson1, Moses J Bockarie2 and Daniel A Boakye1*

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1 Parasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

2 Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5:259  doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-259

Published: 14 November 2012

Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is targeted for elimination by the Global Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF). The strategy adopted is based on the density dependent phenomenon of Facilitation, which hypothesizes that in an area where the vector species transmitting Wuchereria bancrofti are Anopheles mosquitoes, it is feasible to eliminate LF using Mass Drug Administration (MDA) because of the inability of Anopheles species to transmit low-density microfilaraemia. Even though earlier studies have shown Anopheles species can exhibit the process of Facilitation in West Africa, observations point towards the process of Limitation in certain areas, in which case vector control is recommended. Studies on Anopheles species in West Africa have also shown genetic differentiation, cryptic taxa and speciation, insecticide resistance and the existence of molecular and chromosomal forms, all of which could influence the vectorial capacity of the mosquitoes and ultimately the elimination goal. This paper outlines the uniqueness of LF vectors in West Africa and the challenges it poses to the 2020 elimination goal, based on the current MDA strategies.

Lymphatic Filariasis; Anopheles vectors; Vector-Parasite interactions; West Africa


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The Victoria, B.C. software company placed 112th on the latest edition of the prestigious list. For 17 years, the Technology Fast 500 has ranked North American technology companies based on percentage fiscal year growth over a five year period. From the 2006 to 2010, ParetoLogic grew 939 per cent. The company also placed 24th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. This list ranks Canada's fastest growing tech companies.

"ParetoLogic has been successful because of our focus on the customer experience," ParetoLogic Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Don Wharton said. "We create innovative products that deal with the common computer issues users of all abilities face. These are items like a poor performing computer, outdated drivers, malware or not being able to open a file. Our programs are easy-to-use and our team offers great customer support and assistance. It is these things, along with creativity and perseverance, that has helped us grow at such an impressive rate."

Over the five-year period measured for the list, ParetoLogic has developed and released a number of innovative programs to solve common problems faced by a wide variety of computer users. For example, ParetoLogic DriverCure helps users find and update their device drivers for improved performance and stability from their PCs and hardware. With ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS, the company matches its proven anti-spyware expertise with cutting edge anti-virus technology. In the past couple of years ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor has given users a product, available in 10 different languages, that fixes, cleans and helps them optimize their PCs.

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Meet The Vamoose, one of my favourite blogs. You all know I don’t usually do this feature-a-stranger thing here because I’m selfish and yaddi yadda, but because some of you seem to have had enough of me (thank you for such civilized comments btw anonymous) I’m going to direct you to Kathryn‘s, aka Queen of Pompoms‘. If my DIYs satisfy you to some extent, her work will make you full to the brim. Don’t be mistaken though, everything she makes is a product of extensive research and inspiration juggling. I personally like to sit here with my mouth open and oogle at how cleverly the inspiration photos are juxtaposed and presented; and her handiwork is delicious, no? Had to get myself the knot-bracelet off her etsy store, yes thankfully she sells some of her handmade jewellery!


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  • HP75

    Who was here first, the ordinance or the family?

  • Bob

    I agree with the mom in the article. Her hoop can be easily removed and is far safer and more esthetic than portables. Sometimes I feel like I live in a communist country with really nice lawns and clear alleys with garbage can lids nicely attached. I suggest we ban all outside athletic equipment including bikes/balls etc… and just sit the kids infront of an XBox.

  • HP85

    Good grief, this dead horse again? Quit whining. Quit thinking the rules don’t apply to you and your particular family. For that matter, all the portable hoops should be banned from front yards as well. (How can anyone not have room to sink a pole with a hoop in their back yard?) How about this for a rule: If you can’t fit a piece of recreational equipment in your back yard, THEN YOU DON”T GET TO HAVE IT. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT, YOU DON”T HAVE ROOM FOR IT. We don’t want to see it. Folks build out until their back yards are the size of postage stamps, and they want the rest of us to pay the penalty, by having to look at their recreational structures and sports gear. I could set up a bunch of crap from my garage in my front yard, too, but I don’t. As for this woman, follow the law, and quit everyone’s time. Next.

  • NFW

    Can someone please help me understand what is so unsightly about a basketball hoop in someone’s yard???? I don’t like my neighbor’s ugly yard art, but I’m stuck with it. It’s trailer park trashy, but it’s a free country (barely) so they get to keep it. HP85, it is also their property, and freedom of private property is still a right. You live in a neighborhood filled with kids. Get over that.

  • GM

    Put another way: “I know what the rules are, but they conlfict with what I want, so I will put this up and hope no one notices. If they do, I will complain about how unfair the rule is, even though I knew what it was before I did this”.

    In the end, as always, it’s about doing what’s best for you, others be damned.

  • Avid Reader

    Agree with HP85 and GM. Want a goal in your front yard; get the code changed first. Enough with the public outcry for support when this is entirely self imposed. Follow the code. A city’s gotta have a code.

  • HP75

    UP Staff should have dealt with this quickly without wasting everyone’s time. There’s something dysfunctional about dragging up the same subject for public debate every two years just because Super Mom knows how to get herself some front page headlines. How many hundreds of code violations are corrected by Staff everyday without all this drama?

  • Pollyanna

    We happen to live on the Schreyers’ block and are thankful that most of you posters above don’t live there!! They were not aware of the restriction when they installed the goal. Once they were cited, they sent an email to the neighbors and there was OVERWHELMING support to KEEP the goal! Our block is a double block full of empty nesters, retired folks, and young families. The goal is a gathering place for the younger kids that we all enjoy watching play. They are out playing and not inside playing video games. We have had several alley goals. They don’t encourage neighborhood participation nor are they safe unless you have a gate. You have to put out orange cones in the alley to alert traffic to errant balls and children. This is a restriction that needs to be reevaluated or deserves a variance if the neighbors concur. The Schreyers have installed a tasteful goal that can be removed with 4 bolts. If we are going to regulate taste, let’s talk paint colors, yard decor, etc. It’s time to revisit the ordinance.

  • Avid Reader

    @Pollyanna, Your block sounds awesome. Love when kids are outside playing with the neighbors, all valid points. Points that get brought up every other year when some resident decides they are don’t have to follow rules like all other residents. I can appreciate on a very base level someone new to the city not knowing the code restriction. Now that they are aware, by all means email everyone you know and their dog to get some community input/interest. Get in front of the city council and try to get the code changed. In the meantime, take the goal down.

  • M

    I’d rather look at a BB hoop in the front yard than a street lined with cars because garages are full of crap or they’re too lazy to park in the driveway.

  • CP

    I think I saw this on SNL in the skit white people problems. I really like her logic that since she paid a lot of money for the house than the ordinance should not apply to her home.

  • Erin Schreyer

    For the record, folks, we DID research the ordinance BEFORE installing our goal. The ordinance as it is written today makes NO mention of sports or recreational equipment. Furthermore, the only thing it says about items in the front yard is that they cannot be PERMANENT. Our hoop is NOT permanent. It can be removed. AND, several hoop companies have weighed in to say that they move them all the time.

    The City is being kind enough to allow us to keep the hoop while this is being addressed. We’re not going against anyone or anything.

    The fact of the matter is that this Ordinance was written when hoops had to be installed in concrete and couldn’t be removed. That’s not how hoop technology is today, so this only requires a simple revision to include this technology (which is FAR more aesthetically appealing and SAFER than a portable hoop with a large base for stability.)

    This is a SIMPLE matter than can be addressed easily. Think about how many changes in your life exist because of technological advances. Can you imagine if all the rules of life didn’t allow for them? The world adjusts as things advance. This is just one of those cases.

  • HP75

    Oh Lord, we have a SCREAMER here! Hey lady, for the record, using all caps just makes you look even more crazy.

  • Dre

    Umm, technological advances? Screws in concrete are not technological advances. They been around a long time.

  • Hmmm

    HP75, that’s so rude. Just because you might disagree doesn’t mean you need to be disrespectful.

  • blog whisperer

    @HP75. Ms. Schreyer’s comment is helpful and her emphasizing some words, with caps or italics or whatever, is also helpful. They knew about the ordinance, thought they were in compliance, and now want the city to clarify the rules. This is a far cry from the idea that she thought she could do whatever she wanted because her house is expensive. Your comment is unnecessarily insulting.

  • HP75

    All she wanted was clarification of the ordinance? Oh ok, so thats why she put her little darlings on the front page of the newspaper. To get clarification. Right.

  • Sam Tamborello

    Hey HP75, please tell us more about “the hundreds of code violations corrected by UP staff everyday” and as you say above? Sounds like you are real familiar with the UP administration. I’m chuckling.

    Maybe the Code Dept. in UP could weigh in on these “hundreds of code violations everyday.” Sounds fishy HP75. Can we get your real first and last name so that we can all get a really good laugh about your representations.

  • bob

    …and the struggle continues. We had our code approved portable come down hard on our 9 year old in front of our eyes. Not something any parent wants to see. Trust me on that one. The immediate bruise on the arm caused concern. A trip to Questcare ruled out a fracture. Certainly could have been worse. I hope this code gets changed before I get West Nile (since I don’t have chickens in the backyard to eat mosquitos).

  • XT

    “and the struggle continue”? This isn’t exactly the civil rights movement.

    Really though, I agree that this hoop should have been allowed, seems like a technicality at best. Frankly, the fact that their are trampolines, lacrosse goals, soccer goals, etc. allowed, makes this code violation somewhat ridiculous. I don’t agree with how they went about this, but in the end, it actually looks better then thhe portables.


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Parrot 7.6.0 "Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot" released!

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 7.6.0, also known as "Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot". Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

Parrot 7.5.0 "Yellow-collared Lovebird" released!

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 7.5.0, also known as "Yellow-collared Lovebird". Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

Parrot 7.5.0 News:

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GSoC 2014 - Final Report

Hey everyone!

I am extremely happy to announce that I have successfully completed my GSoC project!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the community for this wonderful learning experience. It has really helped me to add a new dimension to my knowledge while at the same time introducing me to the world of open-source projects.

Most importantly, I would like to thank my mentor Reini Urban (rurban) for the tremendous help he offered me, ever since my first contact with the community. As a matter of fact, without his ideas and invaluable guidance, completing the project would have been an impossible task. I would also like to thank my co-mentor Bruce Gray (Util) for guiding us throughout the project and providing us with valuable inputs to overcome the many hurdles we faced.

In this blog, I will attempt to summarize the work I have completed through my project.

My project's primary objective was to improve the performance of the method signatures. My project was divided into three tasks:-

GSoC 2014 - Report 12

Hey everyone!

This week I ran the bench test on the three tasks to verify the performance gain. But due to my slow machine, I could only generate varied and unreliable data.

However, rurban confirms that all the tests are passing and the branch pcc-gh1083 is ready to be merged for the Parrot release scheduled on 19 August. Also, he soon plans to test it with a 32 bit machine as well.

GSoC 2014 - Report 11

Hey everyone!

I will be sharing what I have completed this week. Last week, I had mentioned that I would be fixing further problems in my branch to optimize pmc2c (
I am happy to share that I have successfully completed this work and believe that the issue GH #1083 ( is now resolved.

To elaborate on the work done --- a couple of weeks back, I started by omitting the obj check in the CallContext ATTR accessors in include/pmc/pmc_callcontext.h.

GSoC 2014 - Report 10

Hey everyone!

This week I completed the part of my task that required me to export the internally needed CallContext vtable methods ( These exported methods are now included in src/call/*.c to improve the performance, since these methods are now being directly called.

In the previous week, I had finished fixing the headers to omit the obj check for CallContext ATTR accessors. But I had made these changes manually by fixing include/pmc/pmc_callcontext.h.

GSoC 2014 - Report 9

Hey everyone!

Through this post, I will be sharing my progress towards the task -

I have completed the part of the task that required me to inline the CallContext ATTR accessors to omit the obj check. For now, I have manually edited include/pmc/pmc_callcontext.h to fix the macro definitions.
However, after completing the remaining task and ascertaining an improvement in speed performance, I plan to improve pmc2c to automatically generate this fix.

GSoC 2014 - Report 8

Hey everyone!

Let me share this week's progress.

Earlier this week, I finished my tests with Parrot for its releases 2.7 - 3.0. Including rurban's profiling, we now have data (reliable to some extent) for the commits in this range. The main objective for the profiling was to determine the highest overhead to be targeted next for refactor.

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GSoC 2014 - Report 7

Hey everyone!

My this week's work involves testing. With this work, we are trying to figure out the commits that slowed down Parrot during its releases 2.7 - 3.0. To do this, I am running the tool provided in parrot-bench. rurban is helping me out with these tests to save time (since I have got a slow machine) and also to cross-check results.

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Bringing you the steel drum sounds you love and a rhythm that moves you, I can perform anything from Latin music to Reggae. I provide reliable and professional entertainment.

If you are looking for interesting and unique musical entertainment for your wedding, birthday, anniversary, grand opening, festival, corporate event, theme party or other occasion, I offer 10 years experience with the steel drum playing live events. I am a born and raised Trini, of Trinidad and Tobago, of which I have inherited the name The Singing Panman. Ever since I heard the first note played by a Steel Drum, or Steelpan, it has resonated with me and became my passion. My inspiration and knowledge has sprung from contemporary greats as Khuent Rose, Leon "Foster" Thomas, and Freddy Harris III, as I played aside them.
My steel drum and I are available for bookings as a solo artist, duet, or three to six member band. I can present you with musical productions of various genres from Reggae, Calypso, Smooth Jazz, and Bossa Nova to Jimmy Buffet, Latin, Pop and Patriotic. Some works included in my song list include Buffalo Soldier, One Love, Is This Love, Redemption Song, Night Nurse, Blue Bossa, One Note Samba, Corcovado, Pass de dutchie, Human Nature, Can’t Help It, I Belong to You, Sweetest Taboo, Island in the Sun, Three Little Birds, I Can See Clearly Now, Don’t Worry (Be Happy), Soul Rebel, St. Thomas, Wanna Make You Sweat, Perfume de Gardenias, Lambada, Tristeza, Star Spangled Banner, America The Beautiful, Bahia Girl, Matilda, Pump me Up, Jump In The Line, Margaritaville, Volcano, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Nani Wine, and Hammer.

I joined the Florida Memorial Steel Band at FMU under the watchful eye of Dr. Dawn Batson. For two years, I led the tenor section of the Florida Memorial Steel Ensemble, which won the World Steelband Festival in 2000. I am a featured soloist on the FMSB album "Live from Old School Square" and "Turn Your Lights Down Low." I have participated in a Live TV performance on Telemundo’s ILevántate! program, PBS program "Artstreet Miami", Globo TVs "Estrelas!", and the Univision program "ISabado Gigante!".

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Tropical grooves was booked for my wedding cocktail hour and they never even showed up. When I finally made it to the cocktail hour after pictures and realized they never came, I tried calling them several times and it went straight to voicemail every time. No communication and not reliable at all! Their excuse was a calendaring error, which is unacceptable in the performing arts! I was so excited and told all my friends and family we would have a steel drum player and everyone was so excited.... Too bad nobody got to enjoy it! Please make your day perfect and DONT book Tropical Grooves for your event!!!

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Austin Film Festival 2009 Part Two

November 2, 2009  |  3:50pm
I don't know if festival programmers do this on purpose but sometimes you come across a documentary and a narrative that fit well together as companion pieces. This year the documentary Warrior Champions compliments the drama The Messenger

Melissa Stockwell in Warrior Champions

Warrior Champions
Whether they're embedded in Iraq for the Discovery Channel's acclaimed series  "Off to War" or filming about the drug wars and sky rocketing murder rate in Juarez, Mexico for the New York Times, Craig and Brent Renaud have never shied from the dangerous stories. But with Warrior Champions the filmmakers look at the other side of war by telling the story of America's paraplegic soldiers from Iraq as they strive to make the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Each of the four competitors they follow have distinct personalities and you find yourself rooting for every one of them. Although it's easy to suffer the tragedy of their stories I found myself feeling thankful that these are the kind of men and women serving our country. The film actually finds a way to make you feel hopeful, in spite of the athletes' obstacles, as they train, compete to make the team, then journey to China and return to their real lives back home. The strength of the human spirit rarely shines brighter than in this beautiful, inspiring piece of work.

Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson in The Messenger

The Messenger
Adding perspective to a soldier's life is the wonderful drama The Messenger with Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson playing two soldiers whose job is to inform loved ones when their family members are killed in action. Harper's character is serious, intense, dealing with guilt after some heroic deeds in Iraq. Harrelson's has the experience of the job but not of battle. The Odd Couple pairing is what makes this script work so well. The more they learn about each other, the more they learn about themselves. One of the best "coming home" type films I've seen in a long time.

Alex Frost in Calvin Marshall

Calvin Marshall
The story of an over-achieving male trying to get the prettiest girl in the film is familiar enough but when the actor playing the main character (Alex Frost) actually looks like the guy who made the role famous (John Cusack) the imitation may be flattering; but in the case of Calvin Marshall it's kind of annoying. Calvin Marshall's (Frost) major league baseball dreams seem pretty much in doubt since he's barely made it onto his junior college team. But he leverages the position into dating the star volleyball player (Michelle Lombardo) who gets hit on by the baseball coach (Steve Zahn) who's alcoholic womanizing ways are catching up to him. The film is not bad, mainly thanks to Zahn's performance and Lombardo's beauty. But the filmmakers have tried way to hard to turn Frost into a Say Anything Cusack, and the original should be left well enough alone.

Bob Schneider Live at the Paramount
With Austin's reputation as a mecca for great musicians it is no small feat to be considered one of their best, as Bob Schneider has been for many years with bands like Joe Rockhead, The Ugly Americans and The Scabs. But it's his solo work that has been receiving the most attention recently. This live performance shows why. The filmmakers employ numerous cameras to good effect while sharing the intimacy and beauty of the classic, old Paramount Theater in Austin while Schneider and his band mix the old and new of his repertoire.

Alabama Moon
This is the kind of film your parents and grandparents are talking about when they say, "They just don't make kid films like they used to." And it's true. With a film world dominated by the likes of Transformers and Harry Potter there really aren't childhood dramas like the Tom Sawyer/Hardy Boys type features of the 40s, 50s and 60s. I'm not going to get into whether that's a bad thing or not but I will say that films like Alabama Moon, about a boy raised in the woods and struggling to adapt to civilization, need to do a better job of appealing to today's savvy kids who have been inundated with multiple forms of entertainment that Granddad could only have dreamed of.

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The steps of the Louis Pasteur Experiment proving the existence of microbes are outlined below:

  1. In the first step of the Louis Pasteur experiement, he prepared a nutrient broth similar to the broth one would use in soup.
  2. Next, he placed equal amounts of the broth into two long-necked flasks. He left one flask with a straight neck. The other he bent to form an "S" shape.

    Louis Pasteur Experiment: Broth in Flask
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  3. Then he boiled the broth in each flask to kill any living matter in the liquid. The sterile broths were then left to sit, at room temperature and exposed to the air, in their open-mouthed flasks.

    Louis Pasteur Experiment: Heating Broth

  4. After several weeks, Pasteur observed that the broth in the straight-neck flask was discolored and cloudy, while the broth in the curved-neck flask had not changed.

    Louis Pasteur Experiment: Broth exposed to air ferments.

  5. He concluded that germs in the air were able to fall unobstructed down the straight-necked flask and contaminate the broth. The other flask, however, trapped germs in its curved neck, preventing them from reaching the broth, which never changed color or became cloudy.

    Louis Pasteur Experiment: Dust enters only one flask.

  6. If spontaneous generation had been a real phenomenon, Pasteur argued, the broth in the curved-neck flask would have eventually become reinfected because the germs would have spontaneously generated. But the curved-neck flask never became infected, indicating that the germs could only come from other germs.This Louis Pasteur experiment proved the existence of microbes and disproved the theory of spontaneous generatino.

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Announcement: Master of Arts in Peace Studies Program and Journal

Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

Master of Arts in Peace Studies Program

Call for Academic Articles for the Santisuksa Journal

A Thai Buddha statue at Sukhothai in the “Fearless Mudra”; photo by Justin Whitaker, 2012.

Associate Professor, Venerable Dr. Hansa Dhammahaso, has recently created the Master of Arts in Peace Studies Program, at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU); and as part of the academic committee formed to create the program, Dr. Dion Peoples (MCU) has taken the initiative to create the academic journal, entitled: “Santisuksa”, which is the Pali/Thai-language version for “Peace Studies”.  Associate Professor Dr. Dipti Mahanta of MCU Khon Kaen Campus, has also been enlisted to be the co-editor.  Dr. Dion Peoples and Dr. Dipti Mahanta will be solely responsible for the Santisuksa Journal.  The name Santisuksa implies: ‘Peace Studies’ and since it is in Pali/Thai-language, Buddhism or the Buddhist-perspective is also emphasized through the name.  Santisuksa will strive to be the leading academic journal in the genre of Peace Studies, but we can only do this with your ideas.

We think each volume created will have ten articles within it, and we plan to maintain this journal on a regular basis, once a year, more if there is a sizable and steady amount of quality submissions.  For now, we are not sure how often we can release the journal, but we believe in the journal and comprehend its necessity.  Each journal will be posted online, on the webpage for the MCU Peace Studies Program.  Every student will be encouraged to review these articles for the sake of their thesis; therefore these articles need to be thematically-competent, and they should be something valuable for the sake of research.  Here is a list of criteria that we will look for, in terms of analyzing the articles for publication:

·         All articles will be examined for their thematic relevance and significant research in primary resources, sociological research, and other innovative or theoretical perspectives

·         Articles can be sent in continually with the understanding that each volume may have only ten articles in each.  We will save other acceptable ideas for any future special thematic volumes (to our discretion or by popular demand).

·         Clarity of organization and Accessible prose style

  • Papers should be from 8-12 pages, submitted in the preferred font: ‘Times EXT Roman’ (for papers with Pāli/Sanskrit diacritic markings).
  • Please download this font: http://www.bcca.org/services/fonts/ - and compose your article in this font.  Articles will be returned if there are any undisplayed diacritical-markings.
  • Papers may be rejected for specific circumstances, but may be rewritten, following the Santisuksa committee recommendations.

PLEASE SEND FINAL PAPERS to: santisuksajournal@gmail.com

The genre of peace-studies will be greater through your valuable contribution.

Yours sincerely,

Associate Professor Dr. Dipti Mahanta & Dr. Dion Peoples

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We live in an era of extremely high expectations for parents, accompanied by severe judgment for those who are deemed failures at meeting those expectations. Some of the unrealistically high standards for today’s parents come from “experts.” For example, in their notorious “Best-Odds Diet,” the authors of What to Expect When You’re Expecting implied that eating a buttered roll with dinner is an act of sabotage against your child-to-be. Parenting magazines continually offer up reasoned conversation and sticker charts as solutions for family discord—as if the roiling, illogical stew of wants, emotions, expectations, and disappointments that characterize family life can be tamed, if only we remember to count to 10 before presenting our kids with a clear behavior modification program based on logical consequences.

But when it comes to upholding overly high standards and harshly judging parents who fail to meet them, the biggest offenders are other parents. Oh, how we love to scrutinize the parents of our children’s peers, pointing out their many missteps. This can transform natural breeding grounds for parental friendship and collaboration—the bus stop, the playground, the schoolyard at drop-off and pick-up times, group Facebook pages—into breeding grounds for something much more insidious and damaging.

Having spent 13-and-a-half years observing parent-to-parent conversations in settings both concrete and virtual (and participating in those conversation, in both positive and negative ways), I have noticed certain topics and patterns that repeat. Here are five of them, with some suggestions for how we might stop beating each other up and start treating each other with empathy and respect.

When you notice parents whose rules are different than yours (e.g., they allow their child to walk to school by herself—or not, they allow their 10-year-old to have a cell phone—or not, they allow their kids to eat candy—or not)….

Instead of deciding that they are clearly unfit, reckless, foolish parents and listing the many brilliant reasons that your way is clearly the better way….

How about this? Ask yourself, “Is there evidence that this child is grossly neglected or abused?” If the answer is “no” (it will almost always be “no”), indulge in a moment of wonder at the diversity of ways that good parents raise children, then bring your focus back where it belongs—on your own family.

When you notice a child whose parent(s) rarely or never make it to school functions….

Instead of indulging in gossip disguised as concern (“I feel so sorry for that kid. His parents never show up.”)…

How about this? Give that child a bit of your time and attention. Take a photo of her getting an award and send her a copy. After your child shows you her artwork or science project, ask a classmate whose parents aren’t there to show you his project. Assume that if that child’s parents could be there, they would be.

When the volunteer leaders of your child’s scout troop, PTO, dance club, or sports team announce a new program, policy or decision….

Instead of firing off an email or Facebook rant listing the obvious flaws and dire consequences of the decision, or cornering other parents on the sidelines to moan, “Can you believe this?!!”

How about this? Give it some time. The dire tragedies you are certain will result may never happen. If you are still concerned, contact the decision-makers and, after offering your profuse thanks for their time and effort, ask questions so you can better understand their decisions—then really listen to their responses. Still unhappy? Next time there is a call to fill leadership positions, answer it.

When you notice a parent at the playground scrolling through her smartphone rather than watching her child’s every move…

Instead of condemning that parent as an oblivious, self-absorbed narcissist…

How about this? Remember that you are witnessing one tiny slice of another family’s day. For all you know, that parent was up half the night with a sick child or plans to head home after the playground to work on the half-built playhouse in the backyard or teach the kids to bake cookies. Perhaps the parent took the day off from work to spend with her kids, but has a couple of important work emails that can’t wait until tomorrow. Perhaps every parent deserves to space out for a few minutes of Words with Friends or skimming the headlines on People.com. Perhaps it is just fine for kids to play without their every move being supervised and/or applauded.

When a fellow parent spends lots of time on pursuits or concerns that seem silly to you, or that you feel you do not have time for…

Instead of saying, “Clearly so-and-so has too much time on her hands,”…

How about this? Consider how lucky those kids are to have a parent willing to devote so much energy to her family. (I’m using female pronouns here on purpose. It seems that people accused of having too much time on their hands—i.e., spending time doing stuff that other people see as unimportant—are almost always women.) And also, stop being an ass.

What other things do parents do (or fail to do) that earn them (us) contempt from other parents? Share your thoughts in the comments. This exercise in re-imagining our knee-jerk responses to other parents’ decisions could probably become a regular feature of this blog. Our capacity for judging and nitpicking other people’s family dynamics and parenting decisions seems endless.

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Kids, Kidneys and Other Distractions

It’s normal for me to be less productive in the final weeks of August, as we try to squeeze all the stuff we planned to do over the summer into the final few days. But I was more sidetracked than usual this August. Besides a calendar dominated by school supply shopping, orthodontist and haircut appointments, and [Read More...]

3 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Memoir

Let’s make one thing clear up front: I am drawing here on my experience as an avid memoir reader, not as a memoir writer. I have one book to my name, and while it is partly a memoir and was well-reviewed, having written one memoir does not make me an expert in writing memoir. But I think [Read More...]

Why Talking Evangelical is Good for Your Blog Stats

A few months ago, I tweeted this: “Reason #437 I love being an Episcopalian: No one knows who Mark Driscoll is, much less why he’s apologizing.” Driscoll is a popular Seattle-based evangelical pastor, known in part for his complementarian opinions on sex and marriage (i.e., the view that God calls men and women to complementary [Read More...]

In Defense of Social Media

To dismiss the online world as a repository for irrelevant banter by narcissistic blowhards who are ignoring their families is both inaccurate and unfair to those for whom social media enables valuable, life-giving work. [Read more...]

When a Viral Blog Post Doesn’t Change Much of Anything

Being a writer is primarily about writing—not about following some social media guru’s five-step system for getting the most attention for each blog post, or about keywords and SEO. [Read more...]

Troll-Proofing Our Online Writing

If only Internet trolls were as appealing and harmless as this guy.

At the Festival of Faith and Writing two weeks ago in Grand Rapids, Michigan, my friend Jennifer Grant and I co-led a discussion group titled “Troll-Proofing Your Online Writing.” Based on our conversations and my own reading and musing, here are a few thoughts about what we can and can’t do about trolls, and why [Read More...]

How the Internet is Killing the Book Review

Now that I own a Kindle, my ever-raging thirst for new reading material can be assuaged with a few finger swipes. Because I have wide-ranging taste and am relatively choosy about which books earn the swipe, I rarely regret a purchase. But last week I regretted not only buying a particular book, but also the [Read More...]

God Does Not Make Me Happy (or Three Things I Learned About My Relationship with God)

Last weekend, I went on a one-night retreat with my church’s vestry. (In an Episcopal church, the vestry is akin to a board of directors. We advise and collaborate with the clergy on big-picture questions around the church’s mission, and approve the annual budget. I am in my third year of a three-year vestry term.) [Read More...]


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Superb Owl

Apparently there is some sort of event tonight for nerds, which given the title, I am guessing involves rewatching the classic version of Clash of the Titans. But I don’t see that in the TV Guide

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More and more millennials are accepting evolution as true, and society's attitude toward evolution is, well, evolving. Even many evangelical Christians are embracing the reality of evolution, and joining the ranks of Christians who have found a way to reconcile science and their faith.But there is still pushback, and not only from within evangelical Christianity. One example is a recent article by Greta Christina (who is an atheist) entitled, "Why You Can't Reconcile God and Evolution."I … [Read more...]

Who wants to create some queer theology?

If you're a regular reader of this site, you'll know that I have a thing for feminist theology. I believe that, if there is a God who is anything like the God Christians talk about, she has a special place in her heart for the oppressed, the marginalized. For those who've been othered and treated as "less than" by the rest of society. I believe that if you want to find God, the best thing to do is to listen to these people tell their stories. Today, I want to promote someone who is doing … [Read more...]


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Whether Or Not You Are Traveling

When we returned from a monthlong trip to China in 2010, people were eager to hear what the boys thought.  They all asked some version of the question, "What was your favorite part of the trip."Zach's answer never changed: "I got a wallet."Well then, that was worth many thousands of dollars, right?Last week, I started a series of posts on traveling with children by listing my top ten tips.  This week and next, I'll expand on each tip. I'm kicking it off tonight with:#4 - Go with a … [Read more...]


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Love…then maybe fear

Our very nature as stated in almost every religion, spiritual center, new age book, self help book, and Quantum physics is Love.  Doesn’t matter who you read, where you go, what you are doing, as long as love  is full. Which leads me to this…the only real choice you have if love is all there [Read More...]


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Colgate's Eachus Poised for More Success

Colgate's Nate Eachus

Aug. 6, 2011

Nate Eachus has already earned plenty of buzz a week before college players across the nation put on the pads for the first time in preparation for the 2011 season.

The former Hazleton Area standout has racked up six preseason first-team FCS All-America honors from outlets including the Sporting News, Athlon and Phil Steele.

Eachus is also one of 20 preseason candidates for the Walter Payton Award. The award is given annually to the FCS' top offensive player.

Eachus added Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday at the conference's media day in Allentown.

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  • MOVIE REVIEW: 8-year-old’s performance lifts 'What Maisie Knew'

  • Henry James' prescient novel, “What Maisie Knew,” is a wrenching tale about a 6-year-old girl being used as a pawn and a weapon of mass destruction in her mother and father’s bitter divorce case.

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  • People like to believe that children are like Teflon, strong, resilient and able to withstand misfortune with minimal discomfort. But the truth is that they’re more like a sponge, soaking up everything, including any discernible animosity between their parents.
    Henry James knew this and made it the subject of one of his most prescient novels, “What Maisie Knew,” a wrenching tale about a 6-year-old girl being used as a pawn and a weapon of mass destruction in her mother and father’s bitter divorce case.
    James wrote the novel in 1897, but its relevance to today’s world of overworked, self-obsessed parents is downright eerie. It’s as if James knew what the future held. I’m just surprised it took this long for filmmakers, like the directing team of Scott McGehee and David Siegel (“The Deep End”), to get around to adapting it into a movie. No matter, because now it’s here – and it’s spectacular.
    Working with a script by Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne, the directors – and their sterling cast led by Julianne Moore – have fashioned a riveting tale that looks at divorce through a child’s jaundiced eye. And what that child sees is wrenching.
    Much of that depth of feeling is due to an amazing performance by newcomer Onata Aprile, an 8-year-old with the acting chops of an actress four times her age. Her dialogue is sparse, which means the vast majority of her performance is communicated through Onata’s vividly expressive eyes and face. As Maisie, Onata appears in just about every scene, never once stumbling into the deathtrap of sentimentality. It’s a raw and telling performance full of truth and incredible heartbreak.
    As her bitter, vindictive parents, Moore and the vastly underrated Steve Coogan become so petty you begin to question who are the adults and who are the children. Both parents make it clear that they love Maisie, but they love themselves just a tad more. And for them, love is truly a battlefield in which both Beale (Coogan), a globetrotting art dealer, and Susanna (Moore), a fast-fading rock star, move Maisie back and forth like a chess piece, bouncing her from one Manhattan apartment to another while each parent busily tries to pit her against the other.
    When Beale eventually marries Maisie’s young Scottish nanny, Margo (Joanna Vanderham in a stunning debut), your gut tells you he’s only doing it to spite Susanna, the woman who hired her. Not to be topped, Susanna gets hitched to the first young stud she sees in Alexander Skarsgard’s hunky bartender, Lincoln. The twist in both James’ novel and in the screenplay is that Margo and Lincoln prove to be far fitter parental figures than Maisie’s biological mom and dad, who repeatedly “dump” her on their vastly younger blue-collar spouses. If there’s a message in there about class, and how rich folks are somehow less caring than poorer ones, it’s almost undetectable. The more pertinent message is that careers and child rearing don’t often mix. It’s a solid point made well, but what keeps you invested is Onata and the intense chemistry she shares with her adult costars.
    Page 2 of 2 - While Moore and Coogan wield the name recognition, both are pretty much supporting players, popping in and out of Maisie’s life like heads in a game of Whack-a-Mole. The movie really belongs to Vanderham and Skarsgard (“True Blood”), as their naïve, unjaded characters warmly discover they have a real knack for parenting and each other. It’s a joyous feeling enhanced by Giles Nuttgens’ gorgeous cinematography, which takes full advantage of Manhattan’s most appealing attractions, from Central Park to SoHo. The brightest glow, though, emanates from Onata, whose dazzling smile and precocious charm effortlessly make “What Maisie Knew” well worth knowing.
    WHAT MAISIE KNEW (R for some language.) Cast includes Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderham and Alexander Skarsgard. Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. Grade: A-
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