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The Dutchtown Calendar is packed with events in February! Follow through on those New Year’s resolutions to get involved, get creative, or just get out!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as we’re always finding more to do in the neighborhood. If you have an event in Dutchtown that we should know about, contact us or email

Neighborhood Meetings

Gravois Park. Photo by Paul Sableman.

The Gravois Park Neighborhood Association meets Tuesday, February 11th at 6pm. Their meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at the Rita Ford Community Center, 3353 California, just north of Cherokee Street.

Dutchtown West meets on Wednesday, February 12th at 7pm. They meet monthly on the second Wednesday in the banquet hall at Grbic on the corner of Keokuk and Meramec.

Houses in the St. Cecilia Historic District.

The St. Cecilia Historic District Neighborhood Association meets on Tuesday, February 18th. The meeting is at 6:30pm in the cafeteria at St. Cecilia School. Enter between the church and the school on the 5400 block of Alaska. StCHD‘s meetings are on the third Tuesday of every month.

Cherokee Street CID meeting sign.

The next public meeting for the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District is on Thursday, February 20th, 5:30pm at Artist Art. The Cherokee Street CID hosts meetings on the third Thursday of every month.

The Marine Villa Neighborhood Association‘s monthly meeting is on Monday, February 24th at 7pm. The meeting is in the back room at Irish Corner Pub at Cherokee and Lemp.

Community Empowerment Committee meeting sign at Virginia and Osceola in Dutchtown.

Dutchtown South Community Corporation‘s Community Empowerment Committee meets on Wednesday, February 26th, 6pm at Thomas Dunn Learning Center. Dinner and childcare are provided.

The Dutchtown Community Improvement District Board of Directors holds their monthly meeting on Thursday, February 27th, 5:30pm at the Neighborhood Innovation Center, 3207 Meramec.

Art Opportunities

Intersect Arts Center offers open studio hours at their woodshop on Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 8pm and on Saturday mornings from 10am to noon. Learn the basics, brush up your skills, or take on an advanced project.

Perennial opens their community workshop on alternating weekends, February 1st–2nd and 15th–16th. Get access to the space, tools, and professional advice from Perennial’s staff. Purchase salvaged, upcycled, and eco-friendly project materials at the on-site shop. Learn more and purchase passes at Perennial’s website.

South Broadway Art Project's storefront and sign. Photo by Paul Sableman.

South Broadway Art Project hosts open pottery workshop hours on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Visit their website for information on projects, classes, and passes available.

Sign up now for spring classes at Intersect Arts Center. Offerings include ceramics and woodworking for both beginning and advanced artists.

Adult beginner dance classes at Intersect Arts Center.

Leverage Dance Theater offers adult beginner dance classes on Monday evenings at Intersect Arts Center. Drop in at 6pm for modern dance or 7:15pm for ballet. Pay as you go at $12 per class or purchase a six-class package for $60.

The Fortune Teller Bar hosts Drink and Doodle on the first Wednesday of every month. They’ll provide markers, pens, and pencils, or feel free to bring your own supplies. Have a drink and get creative.

All ages are invited to a Valentine’s printmaking workshop at Thomas Dunn Learning Center on Saturday, February 8th. Make your own linocut Valentine cards. This event is free, but registration is required.

Intersect Arts Center invites you to their gallery on Saturday, February 8th for the opening of Reservoir, an exhibition exploring the relationship between work and rest. Reservoir will be on display through April 3rd. Visit the gallery weekdays 9am–6pm.

Thomas Dunn Learning Center’s monthly Sip ‘n Sketch is on Wednesday, February 12th at 6pm. Sip ‘n Sketch is life drawing for artists of all skill levels. Feel free to bring a snack and a beverage.

More Dutchtown Events

Sahti Fest, in observance of International Gruit Day on February 1st.

International Gruit Day is February 1st, and Earthbound Beer is celebrating with Sahti Fest. Learn more about hopless beers and enjoy half a dozen varieties on tap. Stay warm with a special menu featuring grilled cheese sandwiches and borscht.

Thomas Dunn Learning Center hosts the St. Louis Tax Assistance Program again in 2020. TAP provides free tax preparation assistance to low and moderate income households. Appointments are required and book quickly, so schedule yours today. TAP is at Thomas Dunn every Wednesday through April 15th.

St. Louis Builds Credits Credit Fair at Thomas Dunn Learning Center.

Also at Thomas Dunn, St. Louis Builds Credit hosts weekly Credit Fairs on Wednesday afternoons through April. Get a free 20 minute credit coaching session to create a credit building action plan.

Cherokee Street Second Saturday returns on February 8th. Visit locations all along Cherokee Street for gallery openings, live music, food, drinks, and specials at local businesses.

Earthbound Beer hosts a fundraiser for Australian wildlife on Tuesday, February 18th. A dollar a pint goes to conservation funds working with wildlife affected by the ongoing Australian fires.

DT2 invites you to their next After Hours happy hour on Wednesday, February 19th at Sol Azteca Mexican Restaurant on South Broadway. Support a local business, enjoy some delicious, authentic Mexican food, and meet your neighbors.

There’s always more on the Dutchtown Calendar! Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates and more. You can also sign up for our mailing list for occasional updates in your inbox.

Top photo by Josh Burbridge. Follow @stlouisisms on Instagram for more photos from Dutchtown and all over St. Louis.


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• Don Wilding

Three incarnations for Highland Light

Highland Light in Truro may be one of the most significant landmarks on Cape Cod. Since 1797, it’s been a secure guiding light for mariners and landlubbers alike.

“The sense of being farthest east, of being as near Europe as possible and still stand on American soil, of being on the outermost rim of a sea-going promontory, can be felt more keenly at the Highland Light bluff than elsewhere on Cape Cod, or, very likely for that matter, on our entire Atlantic shoreline,” wrote Arthur Wilson Tarbell in his 1932 book, “Cape Cod Ahoy!”

Indeed, it may be a mainstay on the bluff of the Outer Cape, but the only thing that’s moved around more than this lighthouse is the shifting sands nearly 80 feet below.

Read the rest of the story in this week's Cape Codder ...

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Hundreds of offences detected after police operation targets lorry drivers

PUBLISHED: 12:16 27 March 2019 | UPDATED: 15:29 27 March 2019

Police officers from Suffolk Constabulary along with a representative of Orwell Trucks following the successful Operation Wyken Pictures: SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY

Police officers from Suffolk Constabulary along with a representative of Orwell Trucks following the successful Operation Wyken Pictures: SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY

Police officers driving a borrowed lorry have issued more than 300 Traffic Offence Reports (TORs) as part of an operation targeting heavy goods vehicles.

As part of Operation Wyken, police were provided with the cab of a lorry from Orwell Truck and Van, which they used to patrol the A14, A12 and A11 between March 11 and March 20, targeting mainly heavy goods vehicle drivers.

The cab, which was driven by an officer, allowed police to better look into the cabs of other heavy goods vehicles and cars.

A team of road policing officers accompanied them to assist with stopping offenders.

On the lookout for drivers without seatbelts, those using mobile phones and other offences, police issued 313 TORs, recovering £36,150 in fines.

The most common offence, detected 225 times, was for drivers not wearing seatbelts, with 59 also caught using a mobile phone while at the wheel.

Other offences included careless driving and driving with no MOT.

A further two people were arrested, one on suspicion of drug driving and another one for failing to appear at court after being issued with a warrant.

Sergeant Julian Ditcham, of the roads and armed policing team, which led the operation, said: “Due to the physical height of commercial vehicles, it is often difficult for patrol officers to view into the cab and thereby detect offences such as not wearing a seatbelt or using a mobile phone.

“The HGV cab provides officers with an ideal vantage point to spot drivers committing offences and provides us with another means to enforce the law with this specific group of road users, who due to the size of the vehicles they are in control of, pose an added risk to other motorists and also themselves if they are committing offences whilst driving.

“Wearing a seatbelt can prevent many collision-related injuries and fatalities and it is compulsory for drivers to wear them, and they should ensure their passengers buckle-up too. Using a mobile phone distracts drivers and increases their chances of being involved in a serious or fatal collision.

“We would also offer our thanks to Orwell Trucks for once again supporting this road safety campaign, which we have run for a number of years now and will continue to do so.”

Suffolk’s police and crime commissioner Tim Passmore also praised the campaign, saying: “I fully support the Constabulary’s campaign to crack down on irresponsible drivers who still refuse – despite all the public messages - to buckle up whilst driving, but it amazes me that drivers should need to be reminded about something so obvious.

“I spent an hour or two with the roads policing unit on a previous operation and was amazed at what you see when you are at eye-level with other HGVs – it is absolutely staggering.

“I can’t believe that professional drivers can risk their lives, their livelihood, and the lives others, looking at their phones and not wearing seatbelts. It is shocking.”

Hannah Foden, truck sales co-ordinator for Orwell Truck and Van said: “Road safety is at the forefront of everything we do at Orwell Truck & Van so we were delighted to be asked to support the efforts of Suffolk Police for a third successive year.

“Mercedes-Benz trucks are equipped with the very latest passive and active safety features but, like all road-going vehicles, rely upon the awareness of a qualified driver to prevent accidents on the road. If Operation Wyken has helped to avoid just one such accident, it’s been worthwhile.”

The operation ran alongside a two-week national seatbelt enforcement campaign as well as a Europe-wide campaign by the European Traffic Police Network.

Traffic Offence Reports are issued at the roadside and sent to the Central Ticket Office, which then decides whether to issue a fixed penalty scheme, enrol the driver on an education course, or to issue a court summons.

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The oilfield is characterized by long days but also has long nights. Many workers prefer the nights tour for many reasons such as that it is cooler and quieter than days. If you want to learn more about nights in the oilfield, then grab a hot cup of joe and read on.

When the sun goes down it is time to replace sunlight with headlights and light plants. Lack of visibility from dark areas increases the risk of trips or a struck-by incident. There are a few ways to prevent becoming injured due to the darkness of night.

  1. Wear bright reflective clothing so that your body will stand out in headlights.
  2. Add light, make sure that all work areas are lit, and vehicle headlights are maintained and aimed properly.
  3. Stay aware, do not walk or drive into any area that you cannot see.

When night falls, do you feel tired and sleepy? That’s normal, it’s called the circadian rhythm and it naturally pushes people to be awake during the day and makes them want to sleep at night. Obviously the circadian rhythm is disrupted during night work because now the worker is sleeping during the day and working at night. This can cause sleepiness and tiredness at work. Giving yourself time to gradually adjust to the new work shift can make the effects easier. Also, make sure that you are sleeping enough during the day and consider eating a snack before going to sleep in the morning. If the symptoms from disrupting the circadian rhythm are bothersome, you can also talk to your physician to see if there are other ways for you to adapt.

The driver’s seat is the deadliest position in the oilfield and the twilight hours present a special set of hazards for drivers. When relying on your headlights, the visible distance decreases so nocturnal animals and other possible obstructions become more difficult to avoid. Slowing down will make it easier to stop before colliding with a road hazard. One other thing to watch out for is inebriated drivers coming back from the bars in the early hours. Never assume that other drivers will do what they should and always practice defensive driving. If you yourself feel drowsy then making arrangements to stop driving as rest is an option to prevent falling asleep at the wheel. Remember that your life as a driver is not only at stake but also that of your passengers and the public at large.

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Chakra Healing

Even though there are 100s of Chakras there are seven main ones that are typically dealt with when it comes to healing. The Chakras begin at the bottom area of your spinal cord at the point of the coccyx bone and then travel along up the spinal cord to the very top part of your head.

These are the Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra, Throat Chakra, Third Eye Chakra, and Crown Chakra.

The goal behind all spiritual practices is to reach a place of balance between spirit, body, earth and health, universality and grounding. Below are a few fantastic techniques used to clean and heal the Chakras.

1) Chakra Meditation

It is recommended to approach healing from 2 directions when it comes to Chakra meditation:

Focusing On The Level Of Cause

Unless the cause level has not been addressed, effects such as feeling distressed or upset inside the body, emotions and body will persist. For this reason Chakra meditation should involve any type of meditation that assists in bringing attention to yourself to a state of pure awareness.

Focusing On the Levels Of Effects

The next meditation involves other variations of Chakra meditation used to ease the feelings or effects of being isolated and separated opposed to the Whole that we actually are. Some of these meditations include: The Wellbeing Boat, Inner Vision Meditation and White Light Chakra Meditation.

If you are new to Chakra Meditation, a guided meditation may be the right fit for you. Put headphones on, sit down and follow the guide’s voice and instructions. There are guided meditations for every taste.

2) Affirmations

One of the powerful tools used for Chakra healing are affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements that have the function of strengthening and healing damaged part of ourselves. When working with affirmations, we are able to focus on various aspects, one at a time. Here are some examples of affirmations for the various Chakras:

The Root Chakra – “I am filled with humility. I am enough as I am.”

The Sacral Chakra – “I am radiant, beautiful and strong and enjoy a healthy and passionate life”

The Solar Plexus – “I accept myself completely. I accept that I have strengths and I accept that I have weaknesses.”

The Heart Chakra – “Love is the answer to everything in life, and I give and receive love unconditionally”

The Throat Chakra – “My thoughts are positive, and I always express myself truthfully and clearly”

The Third Eye Chakra – “I am wise, and I understand the true meaning of life’s situations”

The Crown Chakra – “I am complete and one with the divine energy”

3) Balancing through Massage

Massage is another common technique used for Chakra healing below is the massage methods used on each of the Chakras:

The Root Chakra

Massaging the gluteal muscles, legs and feet encourages energy flow better known as prana in this region.

The Sacral Chakra

Myofascial release for the hip flexors along with releasing the iliopsoas muscle helps to release tension in the hips. This helps them to open up for energy flow to the sacral Chakra.

The Solar Plexus

This area is massaged by applying oils to the abdomen area using clockwise directions around the area of the navel. This encourages waste elimination and improves the organ functions by bringing about conscious awareness to this “personal power center”

The Heart Chakra

Massaging the area of the upper back and a gentle traction to the shoulder joint and arm along with myofascial releases the pectoral muscles that assist in opening up this particular Chakra region.

The Throat Chakra

Gentle neck traction and release of restricted fascia tissues that surrounds the back and front of the neck is then followed by a gentle massage of the neck and the attachments to the base of the head.

The Third Eye Chakra

The massage used for the Anja Chakra includes a massage technique known as “brow stripping” that includes the muscles in the jaw area, temples and nasal sinuses.

The Crown Chakra

A scalp massage furthers the connection to the Crown Chakra followed by hair pulls and cervical traction to release cranial-tissue adhesion’s.

4) Color Vibration

When exposed to different types of colors that all have a different vibration, our physical state, emotions and moods can be changed. We are able to rebalance the Chakras by exposing our body to different colors in our homes, our food and the clothes that we wear. Other ways to absorb colors is to wear color glasses that absorb the vibrations needed in our bodies.

Every Chakra has a different color associated – you can learn more at this 7 Chakras overview.

5) Health through Music

Every Chakra responds to various Chakra Sound Healing Frequencies. Some of the popular techniques include the Solfeggio that is music frequencies used to create healing sounds. Another type of music commonly used would be the Isochronic Chakra Suite that are brainwave entrainment techniques that include Tibetan singing bowls combined with Solfeggio frequencies.

6) Professional Energy Healers

Professional energy healers offer services that examine a person’s energy levels in their Chakra system as well as locate the causes of blockages. After a thorough examination they are able to offer suitable healing treatments in regards to Chakra healing.

7) Chakra Stones

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The Chakra stones are known as healing crystals that contain specific colors and vibrations. Every Chakra has a specified color, and this same color can be used in Chakra healing. However, even though the majority of stones with a certain color will be used to heal a specific Chakra, there are a few stones that can be utilized to heal multiple Chakras i.e. Clear quartz.

9) Essential Oils

Essential oils also form an important part of Chakra healing and are generally used combined with massage techniques. Below is a list of recommended oils for each Chakra:

1st Chakra: St. Johnís Wort, Angelica, Patchouli and Frankincense

2nd Chakra: Orange, Neroli, Clove, Juniper and Rosemary

3rd Chakra: Lemon, Rosemary, Peppermint, Yarrow and Marjoram

4th Chakra: Melissa, Rosewood, Basil and Rose

5th Chakra: Lemongrass, Sage and Blue chamomile

6th Chakra: Clary sage, Elemi, Spruce and Lavender

7th Chakra: Geranium, Myrrh, Gotu Kola and Sandalwood

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How to Avoid Losing Your Pet to Secondary Drowning

As veterinarians, we've shared a lot of information about how to keep your pets safe around water. What you might not realize, however, is that, after saving your pet from a near-drowning, they might not be out of the woods. Just as with humans, pets can fall victim to dry or secondary drowning, and we explore that and how to keep them safe below.

What is the Root Cause of Pet Drowning?

Many pet owners mistakenly believe that dogs and cats are born knowing how to doggie paddle and, while many do have an innate ability to swim and many dogs use it for exercise, the trouble is being able to get out of a pool or hot tub. Training your pet to swim to the steps of your pool is a vital precaution to take so that your pet doesn’t swim aimlessly around the pool - attempting to pull itself up the sides - and tiring out in the process. Exhaustion is almost always the cause of drowning.

What Do I Do If I Find My Pet Unresponsive in the Water?

Puppies and wide chested dogs with short muzzles are some of the most vulnerable to drowning. If you find your pet unresponsive in the water, try not to panic ... we know this is easier said than done! Resuscitation is possible, though, if your pet is rescued in time. It’s best to try to resuscitate while someone is driving you to the vet if you can do so safely.

dry drowning in dogs

Below are the steps to take in the case of pet drowning, depending on whether your pet has a pulse or not:

The first step is to clear your pet’s airway of water. Puppies and small dogs can be held upside down to allow water to drain from the lungs. For larger dogs, lay them on their side and elevate the upper body so that the water can drain out of the nose and mouth.

Check for a pulse. If the heart is beating but your pet is not breathing, start artificial respiration immediately. Gently close the pet’s mouth and extend the pet’s neck to open the airway. Cover your pet’s nose with your mouth and exhale until you see the pet’s chest rise. Repeat until the pet is breathing on its own and then transport to your veterinarian.

If the pet does not have a pulse, pet CPR can be performed. Here is an informative video teaching the basics of pet CPR. In addition to the instructions contained in the video, the American Red Cross recommends laying deep-chested dogs on their back to perform CPR. They also offer certification in pet CPR.

What is Secondary Or Dry Drowning?

What if your pet has fallen into a pool and suffers a near-drowning? It's important to remember that your pet may still suffer some serious health-related after-effects of a near-drowning. Your pet has likely inhaled water into its lungs, and even after coughing it up or after observing water draining from the nose or mouth, there could be residual water remaining in the lungs. This could lead to pneumonia. Secondary drowning has been known to occur, even up to three days after the initial near-drowning.

dry drowning in cats

Your pet may seem fine, but you should continue to watch for signs of dry or secondary drowning, which are:

  • Lethargy
  • Coughing
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Distress
  • Anxiety

What Can I Do To Help My Pet Avoid Secondary Drowning?

Symptoms can progress very rapidly due to a lack of oxygen. We recommend any pet that has experienced a near-drowning be evaluated by your vet or, if after hours, that you take advantage of emergency care for cats or dogs. X-rays can determine if fluid in the lungs remains and, if so, your pet can be started on antibiotics to prevent pneumonia.

We know this is a frightening situation so don't forget to take the necessary precautions to keep any pools or jacuzzis safe, including pet fencing and alarms or motion sensors. If you have any questions about secondary drowning or the possibility of it in pets, please don't hesitate to give us a call.


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The Eating Recovery Center Blog features frequent updates concerning Eating Recovery Center (ERC), our eating disorder treatment methods and programs, and upcoming meetings and events to help provide patients, families, professionals, and alumni alike with the information they need to understand their condition and enter on a path to long-lasting recovery.

November 19, 2019
We welcome you to our newly relocated and expanded Child and Adolescent Program. We are so proud of this new treatment center on the Saint Joseph Hospital campus, which housed ERC’s first treatment program. This new space supports the delivery of truly excellent patient care for children, teens and families with complex behavioral health concerns.
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November 19, 2019
The ERC/Insight family of programs acknowledge the importance of family involvement in treatment for eating, mood and anxiety disorders. Allison K. Chase, PhD, CEDS outlines the role of families in fostering sustainable recovery.
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November 08, 2019
You may be surprised to learn that what may look like “picky eating” could actually be an eating disorder. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is not just about selective eating. In fact, ARFID can be distinguished from normal “picky eating” because the eating behaviors seriously impact the individual either physically or socially.
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November 08, 2019
If you are expecting to have a child — soon or in the future, take some time today to rest your mind, soul, and body. Know that every bite you eat is nourishing a child that is going to come into this world and help make it a better place to live. If nothing else, please believe me when I say you, recovery warrior, are doing a beautiful job.
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October 29, 2019
You can support and strengthen your recovery during the busy holiday season. Here's how to reframe holiday challenges as opportunities.
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October 29, 2019
Eating disorders are the number one deadliest mental illness, and they need to be treated as such. The main lesson we learned that holiday season was to put recovery first, and foremost — above all else. This tough, but priceless lesson has made recovery a reality in our lives, and has allowed us to enjoy many happy holidays ever since.
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October 29, 2019
How do you successfully navigate the holidays while in treatment for — or recovery from — binge eating disorder? ERC’s Binge Eating Treatment & Recovery (BETR) Program shares many simple and empowering coping tools and techniques that you can apply each day in recovery.
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September 27, 2019
Thankfully, there are steps we can take each day to help us strengthen our own self-compassion. You can start a self-compassion practice by taking just a few minutes each day to show some kindness to yourself. Here’s how:
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September 27, 2019
Over a recent weekend, I was hit hard by a bout of depression. Depression can be a great (though very difficult) learning experience. I feel grateful for it already because it taught me so much. I now know that I can begin to take better care of myself during this period of change. Here's what I learned:
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September 27, 2019
As a parent, you are celebrating another milestone in your child’s life — the start of another school year. As a parent of a child in recovery, you are likely plagued with many worries about how to best prepare for the new academic year. Here are some tips that may help you get through it.
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Sex! Bloodshed! Intrigue! Drama for your mama! Those were the words Lee Daniels uttered when asked to describe tonight’s highly anticipated, dare we say explosive Empire two-hour season finale.

Fox’s nighttime soap opera has been a television juggernaut since it hit small screens back in January, with a steady climb in viewership week by week, reaching over 14 million viewers during last week’s episode. While creator Lee Daniels is predictably happy with Empire’s success, he wasn’t always so sure how he felt about the show itself.

After directing the first and second episodes, he relinquished directing duties to other deserving African-American directors (Debbie Allen, Mario Van Peebles, Anthony Hemingway), and the process was, according to Lee, shocking. “It’s weird… So the third and forth episodes, I was like ‘yikes,’ you know? It was really good, but it wasn’t. It was weird, seeing somebody else direct your world and I guess I liked it.”

The Oscar-nominated director has been very public about the fact that a lot of the stories he’s telling through the lens of Jamal Lyons (played by Jussie Smollett) is his own, so why would he allow such personal stories to be directed by someone else? “There was a group of just badass people who really never get credit for anything,” Lee explains. “And it’s been so exciting to watch them take over our show. Each of them has very distinct ways of directing, and they bring their voices to my world, and it’s really so beautiful. It’s powerful is what it is.”

But Daniels could barely contain his excitement when talking about tonight’s season finale.    “That’s what I was trying to explain to you,” he said.  “What I was trying to explain to you is that’s why I can be so happy with the finale. I didn’t think it could be as good as it was. And I’m so pleased with it. I didn’t think the finale could be as good as the beginning, but I think that it was better! I saw it with a bunch of people in the movie theater and it was like watching a movie. People were like screaming and hollering. It was crazy! It’s funny, there are I think four or five oh my God moments!”

Empire has been hailed for its cast’s authenticity, for the real life, in your face delivery of their lines and the culturally relatable and relevant nuances with which it oozes; for all that, Lee credits the show’s mostly Black writers. That was absolutely by design.

The Butler director says it’s all so real because “They’re people of color that are doing the writing and people of color that are doing the directing. That’s the biggest achievement. People talk about staggering numbers or the critical acclaim it has gotten. For me, my biggest achievement is something that I think my kids are most proud of, is the abundance of African-Americans working on the television show. It’s sort of unprecedented, and that makes my kids proud, and that makes me proud that they’re proud.”

While Daniels may have relinquished his director’s chair, he wasn’t about to give up his pen. Writers write. And Daniels says he’s right there at the writer’s table coming up with all the show’s most laugh-out-loud quotables. “I write a lot of it. How would Courtney Love know about CP time? She didn’t even understand how to deliver that line. I said ‘Courtney it’s ‘C-P Time.’ She said, ‘What is that?’ I said ‘Never mind, just say line.’ I said, ‘Those that will understand, will understand.’ ”

So far, the premiere season of Empire has been jam-packed with a star-studded guest list that’s included Mary J. Blige, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jennifer Hudson, Estelle, Naomi Campbell and Courtney Love. The season finale will not disappoint, with a highly teased appearance by Snoop Dogg, as well as Patti LaBelle and Rita Ora (to name a few).

Daniels revealed next season is going to be even bigger. He confirmed that Oscar winner Common accepted the role he’s written for him and will appear on season two. Spike Lee will direct, and Daniels also confirms Oprah Winfrey will also appear on Empire season two. Not only will she appear, Daniels says she gave him a great idea for a plotline he’ll use for the show. And as for all those Denzel Washington rumors swirling, Lee is keeping his fingers crossed. “I hope so, I keep stalking him.” He revealed quite seriously. “We’re very good friends. I keep at his doorstep. I don’t give up. They know I don’t give up. Light a candle on that one.”

Lee was tight-lipped about any Empire season two plot lines, but did reveal that Fox has been more than open to letting him tell the story, however racy he wants to tell it. “They’ve pushed me. Are you crazy? Sometimes I think it’s too much! Like the bib? They ain’t gon’ let me do this bib thing. But they did!

“And here’s the thing: they let me on TV. What do you expect when you let Lee Daniels, Taraji Henson and Terrence Howard on TV? They let us out of our cages and so [laughter] you don’t let us out of our cages. We are in cages for a reason. And this has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. This is just the beginning. We’re just taking our hair down, baby. We ’bout to shake it in a minute.”

Catch the Empire season finale on Fox tonight at 8:00 p.m.!

Crystal Shaw King is a seasoned TV, radio and online entertainment writer. She’s also a contributing editor for a social justice foundation in Los Angeles. Follow her on Twitter @crystalamberbam.

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Pushing the euro, pulling the yen

Europe and Japan face some similar economic difficulties. Yet their currencies are behaving quite differently

Finance & economicsJul 15th 1999 edition

THE young are supposed to shoot up. Not the euro, whose value has slid by 13% against the dollar since it was born in January at an exchange rate of about 1.19. It is poised to suffer the shame of dropping below parity, and being worth less than a dollar. The currency's slide was arrested this week by renewed worries about Latin America, following some alarming words from one of the candidates in Argentina's presidential election (see article). Few expect the reprieve to be long-lived. Japan's elderly currency, by contrast, is anything but infirm. Only huge selling by the Bank of Japan has stopped the yen soaring against the dollar.

The differing performance of the two currencies seems odd. With deep-seated structural problems, neither Europe nor Japan is exactly a model of heady growth. For all that, economists have begun to become more confident about both. Japan's economy, it is true, may have been growing at the faster lick. If you believe the government's figures (and few do), the economy grew by 7.9% at an annual rate in the first quarter of this year. Even doubters admit that, for now, Japan's giddy slide has halted. Europe, too, seems to be steadying. So why the difference?

Take first the euro and some perspective. Europe's currency is not that weak. In trade-weighted terms, it has fallen by less than 10% since January (see chart). “What should have been surprising was not the recent depreciation but the appreciation in the second half of last year,” says Alison Cottrell, an economist at PaineWebber.

Of late, the main factor driving the euro down against the dollar has been the differing economic conditions in America and Europe. Growth in America has been much stronger than in Europe, where it has been held back by the sluggish economies of Germany and Italy.

Although most economists believe that European growth will pick up this year, the numbers do not yet unambiguously point that way. In Germany, for example, manufacturing orders are rising, but the latest figures on industrial production showed a surprising fall; imports are rising sharply, suggesting robust demand, but retail sales are falling. It is certainly true, however, that Europe is less sclerotic than it was.

More important, perhaps, for a currency as young as the euro, are perceptions that politicians and central bankers are at loggerheads. To counter this, it was decided this week that comments on the euro should come only from Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank, or the head of Ecofin, the grouping of EU finance ministers.

The ECB's policymaking council falls broadly into two camps. The first, led by Mr Duisenberg is happy to neglect the exchange rate unless it produces clear signs of inflationary pressure. But others see it as part of the ECB's job to avoid exchange-rate swings because they make it tougher for businesses to plan.

So far there has been no ECB-engineered attempt to support the euro. Nor is one likely unless the exchange rate falls much further. The nervousness of financial markets is such that they seize on bad news and ignore the good—early this month, the euro barely budged when figures were published showing quarter-on-quarter growth for the euro-area of 0.5%, stronger than expected. The markets' attitude makes it unlikely that intervention would have much effect.

A cheaper euro is, in any case, just what Europe needs. Deflation is more of a risk than inflation. And there has been a close correlation in recent years between the level of the euro (or its constituent currencies) and output: a falling currency has meant faster growth. A weaker currency does wonders for business confidence and investment, especially among those exporters who see American companies as their main rivals. Most big German companies, for example, are pleased about the euro's fall—as, quietly, are several officials at the ECB.

Different strokes

Europe has a weak but improving economy, structural problems that are being resolved (albeit slowly) and financial assets that are relatively cheap: bond yields, for instance, have risen much more of late than they have in America. But all this is true in Japan, which also has interest rates far lower than those that obtain in Europe.

Odd, then, that the Bank of Japan has had to intervene massively in the foreign-exchange markets to stop the yen from rising. Its foreign-exchange reserves ballooned by a record $22.7 billion in June, suggesting dollar buying on a scale greater even than in 1995, when the government fought the foreign-exchange market all the way as the yen climbed to a rate of just 80 to the dollar. This week, an uneasy calm settled over the market: the BOJ seems to have battered traders into quiescence.

The BOJ's motives are understandable: a strong yen threatens to nip Japan's nascent recovery in the bud. With recovery still fragile, the last thing Japan now wants is an external sector which becomes a drag on growth: its huge current-account surplus is shrinking.

Hence the odd experience (for those who have sat through the Japanese government's perverse denials that anything has been amiss with the economy in recent years) of a seemingly endless queue of government officials talking the economy down.

Why the need for such breast-beating? For some reason, foreign investors prefer Japan to Europe. Perhaps this is because they have been underweight in Japan for so many years. Much of the upward pressure on the yen has come from foreign buying of Japanese shares. In June, according to the finance ministry, foreign investors bought a net ¥1.1 trillion-worth ($9 billion) of Japanese shares, up by 250% from May, and the ninth successive month of net purchases. Foreign investors seem utterly enamoured of the corporate-restructuring story that Tokyo stockbrokers are peddling.

If European ministers cannot stop the euro from falling through the floor, what chance does Japan have of preventing the yen from going through the roof ? The conventional wisdom is that intervention will not succeed without accompanying changes in policy. But this might not apply in Japan at the moment. Foreign hopes about corporate reform look a bit overdone: when investors realise this, the appetite for Japanese shares will—once again—quickly fade. The economy has certainly improved recently. But restructuring is proceeding at a pace that recalls the efforts of German companies in 1995 and 1996. Their shareholder-friendly rhetoric sparked a stockmarket rally that was later to lead to disappointment.

Another reason why upward pressure on the yen might ease is that yen interest rates are low compared with American ones and likely to diverge even further, since the Federal Reserve is more likely to raise rates than is the BOJ. This should enhance the attractions of American financial assets relative to Japanese ones.

Not everyone is happy about this. Larry Summers, America's newly ensconced treasury secretary, signalled official displeasure with Japan's recent foreign-exchange intervention. Mr Summers has also expressed worries that America is still the world's “importer of last resort”. In the long run, that role—and the vast current-account deficit it helps produce—implies that both yen and euro will have to rise, whatever central bankers think about it.

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline "Pushing the euro, pulling the yen"

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UK's first museum of languages travels to Edinburgh

A series of pop-up exhibitions designed to inspire more people to learn languages is coming to Summerhall as part of the 2019 Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival (7-10 November)

The information and public engagement centre Bilingualism Matters is organising the 2nd annual Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival, featuring the first-of-its-kind “World of Languages” pop-up museum. The pop-up museum is designed by the AHRC project 'Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies' (MEITS).

Weird and wonderful hands-on experiences

An Alice in ‘Language Wonderland’ adventure; a ‘Lost in Translation’ untranslatable word challenge; a pool of creatures carrying words loaned to English (e.g. emoji, rucksack and graffiti); a ‘language family’ street; an ‘I Love You’ language line; and a Mr Tickle accent spotting game.

These are just some of the weird and wonderful hands-on experiences to be had in the pop-up museum.

The unique project, led by language experts at the Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Queen’s Belfast and Nottingham, aims to revitalise modern languages in the UK by showing they are fun, achievable and useful to learn.

The UK has museums for some really niche things, including lawnmowers and dog collars. So it’s about time we had a museum of languages because they’re such a key part of who we are and how we relate to others, whether we’re at home, on holiday or in the workplace.

Professor Wendy Ayres-BennettMEITS project lead | University of Cambridge

Promoting language learning

The UK is already a richly multilingual country but language learning is in freefall.  Between 2008 and 2018, the number of modern languages undergraduates fell by 54%. This not only disadvantages individuals, but it also harms the UK’s standing in the world, according to Ayres-Bennett.

Numerous studies have shown that learning a language hones analytical and problem-solving skills, cultural awareness and agility, as well as communication skills, important assets in all careers. Language learning can also help to break down barriers and has been shown to play a crucial role in social cohesion.

The pop-up museum is part of a major research project called MEITS (Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies) funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Its team – including Edinburgh's Reader in Psychology Dr Thomas Bak – investigate the role that languages play in society, while also seeking to inspire uptake at the grassroots and drive languages up the political agenda.

It is never too early or too late to learn a new language: in childhood, it helps with the development of cognitive skills, in adulthood, it can be useful at work, in later life, it's a great way to keep our mind fresh. At any age, it opens new worlds and helps us make new friends.

Dr Thomas BakMEITS project strand lead on Multilingualism: Cognition, Health and Wellbeing | University of Edinburgh

Multilingual festival activities

In addition to the pop-up museum, EMSF features a talk by Professor of Developmental Linguistics Antonella Sorace, a multilingual book swap, a small art exhibition by Edinburgh school children, and a workshop exploring dance and language learning for children aged 9 to 11.

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Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies

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Brian Tracy said…“Eighty percent of life’s satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships.

Is it true? Is 80% of our life satisfaction, which to me translates to happiness and fulfillment, depending upon our meaningful relationships? With the emphasis on meaningful…

The more I think about this, the undeniable answer is YES… We have many relationships in our lives; the relationship we have with ourselves, the relationships we have at work, in our businesses, and in our social and personal lives. The environment we create around us is not just in the amount of messy paperwork we have on our desks, it is also in the relationships we have, who we surround ourselves with.

Do those relationships energize us or deplete us? This is a great question to be asking ourselves repeatedly through-out our lives.

As I took myself through the list of relationships it created other questions like: Why is this person in my life? What is the lesson that wants to be learned? Is there an undeserving request wanting to be fulfilled? I will be pondering that one for a while.

This can be a tough question to ask. For when we dig deep into our relationships, decisions will need to be made.

I can remember as a child my mother telling me to be careful who I hung out with. I listened even if I did not always heed the words. Now that I am older I have a higher understanding of what she was working on teaching me, and still, I do not always heed the words.

This reminds me of the movie Jerry Maguire where Jerry tells Dorothy “You complete me”. As humans we want, and need, that connection and at times we look to others to help us feel complete. I believe the power in the “meaningful” part of relationships is in the understanding that all relationships start with the relationship we have with ourselves, and then stem out from there. This is the key.

Share your thoughts below in the comments. Your share will help others.

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Draupadi, Paanchali, the one born out of fire, the one born to restore dharma in the society and mark the beginning of a new era, a new Yug. Draupadi was the strong female voice in Mahabharata, she was the queen of Indraprastha and the wife of 5 husbands, but one of the lesser known things about Draupadi is that after the epic battle of Kurukshetra, she worked for the war widows in her empire and stood against all injustice done to them. She was truly one of a kind, yet when we talk about role models, Draupadi’s name is never mentioned.

In the last 5 years or so crime against women in India have risen exponentially, the newspaper is filled with cases of molestation, rape and sometimes the nature of the crime is something you couldn’t imagine happening in a million years. In times as daunting as these, we look up to people who provide us strength. Draupadi was one such woman. She was a dutiful wife, but she was bold enough to take a stand. While the women of today, be it Chanda Kocchar, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and many others tell us that it okay to dream big. Draupadi in ancient times told us that is okay for women to be bold and have a firm stand.

In spite of being fiery, Draupadi also had a compassionate side to her. She encouraged everyone to face life with the inner strength that she did. After the death of Abhimanyu, she consoled his young widow, Uttara, reminding her of the actual cause for which Abhimanyu had given up his life. She took care of Gandhari, even though it was Gandhari’s sons who wronged her. Draupadi was the Goddess Shree herself, born in this world to endure her Karma, to spread joy among everybody she came in contact with and, most importantly, to educate women about their own strength lying within; to demand and attain justice as and when necessary. She was one of the few queens of the ancient times whose identity was not limited to her husbands and the sons she gave birth to.

Draupadi was a beautiful queen and her beauty was a cause of distress for many women, However her beauty was not limited to her face she was beautiful within and in today’s times when it is so easy to lose oneself, Draupadi reminds us how easy it is to leave a mark in history. Just be yourself and believe your inner strength.

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The Bill of Rights was ratified 200 years ago, but it was only 22 years ago that First Amendment rights were extended to students. In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent Community School District, ruled in favor of three teenagers who had been suspended by their principal for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. Prior to Tinker, administrators had almost total control over the student press, and they were not shy about censoring what they deemed unfit for publication. After Tinker, student journalists enjoyed more freedom than ever before.

Then, in 1988, the Supreme Court ruled in Hazelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeier that students do not necessarily enjoy the same rights as adults; if a student newspaper is part of the school curriculum or schoolsponsored activity, the administration has far more latitude in censoring stories.

Since Hazelwood, some schools have reverted to the pre-Tinker days. The incidence of censorship has increased. Free expression has been curtailed. Administrators often find it easier to censor than to struggle with the complicated questions of free expression and individual rights. Such actions surely send young people messages about democracy that are more powerful than any learned in civics classes.

The subtitle of Howard Gardner's book is How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach. Gardner's premise is that children bring a lively but "unschooled mind'' to school. They have mastered a language, developed a sense of right and wrong, and can think about many complex things at high levels. They have formed theories about themselves and the world. Their theories are robust and logical, but often flawed.

More often than not, Gardner argues, schools ignore what children bring and proceed to teach the accepted curriculum. Because schools do not challenge children's theories directly and build on them, students may subscribe to two often contradictory sets of theories--one for life in school and one for life in the real world. As a consequence, Gardner says, there is an unschooled 5-yearold mind in all of us that comes to the fore when we are confronted with circumstances for which the artificial world of school did not prepare us. The message students receive is that what goes on in school is not really relevant to life and that what students care about and are interested in is of no concern to schools.

Near the end of his book, Gardner writes: "Education that takes seriously the ideas and intuitions of the young child is far more likely to achieve success than education that ignores these views, either considering them to be unimportant or assuming that they will disappear on their own. The ideas of the young child--the youthful theorist-- are powerful and are likely to remain alive throughout life. Only if these ideas are taken seriously, engaged, and eventually trimmed or transformed so that more developed and comprehensive conceptions can come to the fore--only then does education for understanding become possible.''
--Ronald A. Wolk

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Throughout the late 20th century, British homes were built using cavity walls. Cavities consisted of two panels of brickwork separated by about 15 cm (6 inches) of space and were implemented to keep excess moisture out of homes.

During the 1970s, builders began to experiment with installing insulation made from a variety of materials inside wall cavities to measure whether or not this could improve the energy efficiency of homes. Researchers discovered that the insulation inside the home's cavity absorbed and retained heat. Furthermore, cold air that entered from the exterior wall dissipated before spreading indoors. However, energy efficiency is not the only consideration associated with cavity wall insulation.

Cavities containing foam, polystyrene or mineral wool insulation can cause dampness inside the wall's cavity. Typically, dampness occurs when rain infiltrates the building through the exterior. Water saturates the insulation inside the wall's cavity, reducing its capacity to retain heat. The resulting dampness damages plaster, causes fungus and corrodes metal wall ties. When the moisture penetrates deeply enough, it can also ruin decor inside the home. Individuals residing in areas prone to heavy rainfall possess a higher risk of dampness in their cavity wall insulation. Alternatively, other homes risk dampness spreading inside cavities as it accumulates over the years. Homes constructed using poor construction methods or faulty materials worsen the problem.

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Mother and the teeming hoardes

by Jim Naureckas

from Jump Cut, no. 32, April 1987, pp. 1, 4
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Like the work of Hitchcock and Hawks, embraced by the New Wave critics for expressing personal themes through popular genres, Ridley Scott's ALIEN communicated powerfully through its images and structure. But Scott also made a political statement as well as an effective shocker. His 1979 movie offered a strong critique of corporate domination and women's submissive roles.

It's no wonder that some of ALIEN's fans were skeptical about the prospect of a sequel, especially one directed by James Cameron, co-author of RAMBO and auteur of THE TERMINATOR. However, since ALIENS makes its feminist subtext more central and obvious than the original, Cameron has largely been forgiven his berserker past. (He's been trying to distance himself from RAMBO in recent interviews.[1])[open notes in new window] But we need a closer look at both films before evaluating the pluralization of ALIEN.

Each film begins and ends with sleep, like a dream. And the Aliens seem amalgams of dimly remembered nightmares, invaders from the outlands of the subconscious. (They were designed by H. R. Giger, whose art is so disturbing that obscenity charges were brought against the Dead Kennedys punk bank when they included one of his posters in their album Frankenchrist.)

In the first film, all the creature's forms — impregnating octopus/crab, neo-natal snake thing, full-grown monster with extrudable teeth — were iconographically male. This is acknowledged in the second movie, though for all people know, the things could be hermaphrodites. When speculating about the source of Alien eggs, one character muses, "It must be something we haven't seen yet." In ALIEN, the creature must be male, because the subtext of ALIEN is rape. Rape tension is not unusual for a horror film, but this film is perhaps unique in not secretly cheering on the assailant.

The metaphor is continued with the starships that the Alien invades. Both the biomorphic, extraterrestrial vessel, pregnant with Alien eggs, and the humans' Nostromo, full of dark, damp tunnels and run by a computer called Mother, stand as analogs to the female body. One of the first notable contrasts we see in the sequel ALIENS is that the spaceship, a Marine cruiser bristling with weapons, easily represents the most phallic vessel in the galaxy.

But a more important difference in ALIENS becomes the enemy's gender. To be sure, the film has plenty of iconographically male forms around, but the true horror in Cameron's film is his own Queen Alien. Huge, bloated, and spawning, she represents a grotesque parody of maternity. Furthermore, the creature's goal is not nutritive (or possibly erotic), as in the first film, but rather to use humans as incubators for baby Aliens. The primal terror here is becoming a mother.

Yet ALIENS also valorizes, even canonizes, motherhood. Ripley, the hero of both films, originally seemed a very independent, professional woman. Rather than displaying stereotypical feminine traits, she had an aggressively rational, even ruthless character. For example, she wanted to sacrifice a contaminated individual for the good of the whole crew. True, she did risk her life to save a rather unlikable cat, but one could argue that she saw the aloof Jones as a kindred spirit, sharing the self-preservation instinct that allowed her to be the lone human survivor.

In the sequel, by contrast, she has a deep maternal relationship with an orphan girl named Newt. She jeopardizes everyone to save Newt from being implanted with an Alien embryo, though the film wrote off its other characters as they were taken away to the egg chambers. Presumably Ripley's "maternal instinct" must override other considerations.

But Ripley, too, feels ambivalent about motherhood. She continually suffers from dreams about an Alien erupting from her chest and would seek death before becoming an incubator. Thematically, we can read this as fear of pregnancy. The moment when she saves Newt from the Queen stands as an emotional high point in the ALIENS. Ripley's cry, "Get away from her, you bitch," never fails to draw a cheer from the audience.

This is the puzzle of ALIENS. How can a film both support and fear mothering? To decipher a movie so steeped in Freudian imagery, one can easily turn to psychoanalytic theory. When women perform most childcare, the Mother becomes the baby's original Other, that which the infant first realizes is not itself — the Alien. The infant's utter helplessness turns this recognition into a traumatic event, which makes the relationship between mother and child inevitably ambiguous.[2]

Cameron would consciously separate out this threatening aspect of motherhood, leaving only the warm and nurturing aspect. But the positive side of motherhood itself, all-encompassing care and protection, is what makes the mother such a powerful, sometimes terrifying figure. The film offers a momentary recognition of Ripley and the Queen Alien's equivalence. Ripley identifies with the Queen's need to protect her spawn, but that moment quickly leads to Ripley's attempt to napalm the Queen and her eggs. We must destroy the alien, especially when we realize it is close to ourselves.

Mother is only one of the "aliens" of the film's title. To discover the other "aliens," one has to look at the political milieu each movie is set in. In Scott's film, an unseen extra character, the Company, represents a monolithic entity encompassing both public and private sectors. The form of government is corporate totalitarianism; one gains citizenship only through becoming a shareholder. The Company, acting through the ship's computer — "Mother" — and an android named Ash, brings the Alien to the ship and frustrates efforts to kill it. It directed the crew to return the Alien alive, because the Company's weapons division wants exotic organisms to play with. Ash even tries to kill Ripley by shoving a rolled-up magazine down her throat. In ALIEN, the Company's exploitation becomes enforced by symbolic rape.

In the 57 years supposedly passed between the two movies, things have become much more like they are now. The United States still exists. In fact, it has become an empire again, complete with "United States Colonial Marine Corps." And the Company has become just a company, albeit an anonymous one.

Whereas for Scott the Company's corruption stands as a critique of capitalism, the evil in ALIENS becomes personalized in the figure of Carter Burke, a sleazy Company executive who breaks the rules for his own personal gain.[3] Burke acts independently when he causes the slaughter of a group of colonists and later when he wants to smuggle Aliens through a government quarantine. He's like the evil U.S. commander in RAMBO, a bad individual whose presence explains problems ALIEN formerly attributed to the whole system.

Ripley's extended hibernation seems to have dulled her political consciousness. She wakes up thinking not about destroying the Company but about bad androids. Her attitude is presented as a kind of racism. A beatific Bishop, a gentle artificial person, tells Ridley that Ash malfunctioned. This ridiculous interpretation becomes vindicated when Bishop turns out to be a hero and helps humanity in general, not just the Company. In ALIEN, technology serves those who own it. In ALIENS, technology seems benign, whether it be an android or a combination submachine gun/grenade launcher.

ALIENS has as pronounced a gun fetish as RAMBO or THE TERMINATOR. The closet thing to a love scene comes when Ripley's romantic interest teaches her how to use her weapon. Cameron's admiration extends to people who use guns and he shows deep sympathy to the soldiers (who wear U.S. flag patches), at least to those who conform to the military code of honor. While we saw the men who tried to use their own phallic weapons against the first Alien mowed down, now we see the Marines fight quite successfully before succumbing to overwhelming odds. Like the boys at the Alamo, they die heroes.

In an emotional scene, Newt tells Ripley, "My mommy always said there were no monsters, no real ones, but there are." A touching speech, until one wonders who Cameron thinks the real monsters are, the ones that can be dealt with by "nuking," which all the intelligent characters agree must be the final solution to the Alien problem.

The RAMBO analogy points the way to compare the structure of the two movies. Clearly the Aliens play exactly the same role as Stallone's Vietnamese. They offer the film an unlimited supply of evil to slaughter without qualms.[4] We even see a scene where a spineless commander sends in troops — without the weapons they need — we don't get to win this time, either. The original Alien seemed like a capitalist, looking out for number one. Its successors play the part of communist hordes, living for the collective welfare and willing to die for the sake of a good special effect.

In the Us vs. Them framework, Us stands as the United States military and, by implication, the capitalist system it protects. Them stands for anything un-American, unfamiliar, alien. One Marine makes the connection explicit when he anachronistically jokes about "illegal aliens." As propaganda symbols, the Aliens do even better than Rambo's Asians, because the Aliens are generic, applicable to any foreign policy need.

Viewers may forgive these militaristic aspects of ALIENS because the film presents strong female characters. We do see some positive portrayals, though they do not challenge male ideology. Ripley acts heroically mainly in the service of Her Baby. The gung-ho female Marine, Vasquez, is pejoratively typed as lesbian: "Ever been mistaken for a man, Vasquez?" Still, I find the portrayal of women with guns positive — in the same way that including women in a draft would be — because it helps to demystify the macho ethic that makes going to war the ultimate act of manliness. And this ethic strongly pervades ALIEN's remake.

1. See The Village Voice, July 22, 1986, "Lovers and Other Aliens," by David Edelstein, p. 56; Time, July 28, 1986, "Help! They're Here," by Richard Schickel, p. 58.

2. For a feminist, though somewhat problematic, psychoanalysis of the mother-child relation, see The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise, by Dorothy Dinnerstein (New York: Harper & Row, 1977), or The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender, by Nancy Chodorow (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978).

3. His unusual first name may be taken as a swipe at detente — he wants to profit from the Aliens, not destroy them.

4. Cameron acknowledges the connection in the Time cover-story, saying of the Marines: "Their training and technology are inappropriate for the specifics, and that can be seen as analogous to the inability of superior American fire-power to conquer the enemy in Vietnam." Schickel, p. 57.


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Why Don't I Have Snappable Snapchat Games? You Might Be Looking In The Wrong Place

Watching people play Snapchat's new Snappable games is downright hilarious. If you've managed to catch a glimpse of someone mid-game, they were probably contorting their face in a not-so-graceful manner while holding their phone close to their head. It's a wild sight to see, really. If these games haven't shown up in your app already, you probably have some major FOMO — and you may also be wondering why you don't have Snappable Snapchat games yet. Don't worry, though, because I'm here to help.

The first reason why you may not have Snappable Snapchat games yet could be because your Snapchat app isn't totally updated. Even if you think it's already completely up-to-date, just take a second to double check. To do so, navigate to your smart phone's settings, and update your Snapchat app. Then, open Snapchat and navigate to the Snappable games lenses. There's a likely chance you'll end up finding them there. Problem solved.

The other reason why you may not be able to see Snappable games could be because you aren't looking in the right place. To do so, first navigate to Snapchat's selfie cam. Then, tap the screen for Lenses, and you'll find Snappables in Snapchat's Lens Carousel to the left of the circular capture button (as opposed to the right side; that's where World and face Lenses are located). You should find your Snappable games there, and all will be right in the world. Game on, friends.

Snappable games give users the opportunity to choose from a variety of super addicting games — which filter in and out on a weekly basis — to avoid any boredom or repetition. Whether you're required to lift a barbell with the power of your eyebrows, knock out some space invaders with some head movements, or blow kisses with some sheer lip power, they're all unique and fun. Some games allow users to play individually and invite friends to challenge their high score, while others are multiplayer. I know for a fact that they'll be my most-used procrastination tool for the foreseeable future. Being shy in public isn't an option with these, so get your brows moving and your nose wiggling.

There's clearly a lot going on in the world of Snapchat, because they also just released a new series of Snapchat Spectacles. These updated versions of the high-tech glasses are a little bit pricey, but they're hella chic and totally worth it for any and all Snapchat addicts. The new Spectacles became available on the Spectacles website throughout the United States and Canada on April 26, and they'll only cost you $150. Each pair comes with a charging case and a cable for the glasses, and users can choose from three different colors including onyx, ruby, and sapphire. They're also super customizable, as two different lens shades are available for each color. You can basically get them however you want them. They're sleek AF, and — most importantly — they're water resistant. Say hello to my next summer splurge, because I'm about to be the world's first Snapchatting mermaid.

Even so, Snapchat's Snappable games are the best, so make sure you have them after updating your app. (Also, make sure you're you're looking in the right spot for them.) Once you start playing, I won't show you any mercy. I take these games quite seriously. And if you're planning on Snapchatting this summer, I highly suggest the new Snapchat Spectacles. The new ones are super cute, and you can customize them however you want to. I do wish that Snappable games were on the new Spectacles, though, because that would take them to the next level.


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