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Uyuni, as well as providing us with the chance to recuperate (best done by sampling the local pizzas and beers as frequently as possible!), is home to a train cementary.

It was very bizarre seeing the wrecks of decades of trains piled up in the middle of nowhere!

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North Korea is a really good reference for what totalitarianism.Orwell wrote "1984" for us, the future, in the hope we would recognize the signs and symptoms of tyrannical world government and prevent its establishment in our world. And, he was correct in seeing a future where the government had greater control but also a belief in the people’s ability to use language for dissent. I created four topics: Because these were all complex issues, I tried to help students by quoting relevant passages and asking lots of questions about subtopics.

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In other words: a government that tells you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and why to do it. If you don't do as they say, there'll be huge consequences.

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A novel like 1984 is bristling with themes and big ideas to write about.In a college-level literature course for English majors, the general practice is to assign several novels or other works and then let the students decide what they want to write about.Usually, this involves choosing a theme, a motif, a set of symbols, a social issue, or other focus and examining how it plays out in a particular work or works.The third topic, about Big Brother’s control of the perception of reality through language and power, is at its heart an epistemological question. So as I revise the module for ERWC 3.0, one of my tasks is to create new writing prompts.My criteria are as follows: the prompt should Here is a list of possible new topics (linked here and pasted below).Please help me refine them by posting a comment: 1. In the course of the novel he has several interactions with the “proles” (short for “proletariat, essentially “the people”).How are the lives of proles and party members different?Each is like an equation, but how can one thing equal its opposite?Perhaps it would be better to ask “How can one thing lead to its opposite? Could absolute freedom make you a slave to your own desires?Think about how, when someone tells you that balloon is red, you believe it is and will continue to identify that balloon as being red. If all your friends call it red, and you're the only one who says it's pink, you are going against the grain. Just about everyone would prefer to be seen as agreeing, not causing a fuss, because to do so makes everyone else not just uncomfortable, but exposes them to the fact that there is actually another, and acceptable color the balloon can be.

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Fighting For Her Dragon (Dragon Guard Series Book 7)

I absolutely loved this book. Julia Mills truly knows how to write a story and keep you engrossed. This book brought out my ugly cry. I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us next. Grab a copy of this book and a box of tissues and be prepared to be amazed. I highly recommend it!

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Among movie buffs, cult films have the reputation as the obsessive film genre. While most cult films won’t reach the instant fame and success of a blockbuster, they find their strength in audiences whose sustained appreciation makes these films “classic” and ensures their place in film history. Bookmans Speedway’s new DVD section for cult classics inspired us to ask our resident expert, film maker/director Marty Ketola of Pondo Enterprises, for an explanation of the genre.

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Marty explains that cult classics usually have a small, highly-devoted following. Cult films don’t make a lot of money. They aren’t the heavily anticipated movies that everyone knows and discusses at the water cooler, but fans care about these films. There is a charm to low budget, hands-on films that are made for the love of it. These B movies, now called direct-to-video, used to be the second film at the drive in.

Cult classics share stylistic qualities. They often include progressive or ground-breaking themes, shots or effects. “The Hammer Collection films were the first movies to show ‘excessive’ gore in color, which was shocking in the 1950s,” says Marty.

The genre experienced a lull in the 1990s given the expense required to make films. Marty says, “This was brought about by the death of VHS when one used to be able to make a film for $100 and sell enough copies to make your money back.” Marty explains that, “It can be incredibly difficult to make a living as a film maker. You really have to have a day job.”

We asked Marty if he was influenced by his love of cult classics in his own work making films. “No one sets out to make a cult classic, like no one wants to make a bad movie. It just happens–something connects with your audience. I have always enjoyed classics more than mainstream. It wasn’t a conscious effort but it’s nice if your film gets that life afterwards!” Marty adds, “Bookmans is the perfect atmosphere for cult classics. We have always supported quirky, offbeat genres and we also have multiple book titles on film theory and review, which is how I learned so much about the history of the genre.”

Marty is excited about the future of independent film making. “YouTube is the future for film makers. It allows directors to reach a wider audience more cheaply.” Marty’s movies, like The Comic Book Diaries and Marijuanos, can be challenging to find, but you can catch Marty’s web show Zhon: The Alien Interviews for free. You can also catch the screening of his newest film The Writing Frenzy in October at TusCon.

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1. What really inspired you to write your book, to force you from taking an idea or experience and conveying it into a book?
To share a few of the many ghost stories that thrive in the state of a few of my own.
2. What is it about and whom do you believe is your targeted reader?
Ghosts and the places they inhabit. My target audience is both believers and skeptics, residents and visitors.

3. What do you hope will be the everlasting  thoughts for readers who finish your book? What should remain with them long after putting it down?
That the spiritual world of ghosts is something to be understood--not feared. Same answer, both questions.
4. What advice or words of wisdom do you have for fellow writers?
The classic advice: write, read, write some more. Also, believe in yourself.
5. What trends in the book world do you see and where do you think the book publishing industry is heading?
Although social and electronic media are growing and driving current trends, there will always be a place for printed books.
6. What great challenges did you have in writing your book?

7. If people can only buy one book this month, why should it be yours?
For both residents and visitors--the discovery of new places to share time, space, and new experiences with the ghostly world.

Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Daniel Meyer divides his time between searching the night for ghosts and gargoyles, and seeking the sunrise on rocky beaches where whales breach in the distance and mermaids call to those who listen. Always attempting to create the perfect novel and the perfect margarita, he writes on topics as diverse as: ghosts, gargoyles, labyrinths, inspirational writing, environmental protection, and more. He has one son, two cats, a partridge in a pear tree . . . and one hell of a sense of humor.  For more information, please see:

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Michelle Latiolais is the author of Widow: Stories, a New York Times Editor's Choice selection, and two previous novels, including A Proper Knowledge, also published by Bellevue Literary Press. She is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Fiction from the Commonwealth Club of California and an English professor and co-director of the Programs in Writing at the University of California at Irvine.

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"Latiolais is as close to Alice Munro as a writer can get, but with a more modern edge to her tone, low graceful notes, not too much flash, perfect restraint and the feeling of contents under pressure." --Los Angeles Times

"Sublime . . . [Latiolais] manages to find something luminous in the broken shards--still sharp, still drawing blood--that remain in the wake of losing what could not feasibly be lost." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Filled with an intensity of vision . . . Latiolais plunges courageously into odd territory, noticing and observing the felt life in precise and often beautiful language." --Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Latiolais has a supple, sensitive way with words. . . . [Widow] celebrates the Geiger counter aspect of human consciousness that records and overwrites a deep document of self-reflection." --OCMetro magazine

"For the intimate ways that it explores the recesses of grief with warmth, earthiness, and humor, Widow is the most emotionally resonant book I've read this year." --Open Letters Monthly

"Latiolais is bold and frank, and utterly unsentimental. . . . Widow rivets our attention because it offers what all literature, tragic, comical or otherwise, should: a distillation of experience and a concentration of thought that invests a simple moment with all the profundity of existence itself." --Zyzzyva

"Excellent, heartbreaking . . . reading Widow was a profound experience. . . . [Latiolais] takes the ordinary and shows how it doesn't exist. There is only the great mystery of the moments of our lives, which can at best turn into vivid memories. And after that? It is that afterlife, the after of all those mysterious, precious moments, that soaks this book. Death, something so final, still remains the unanswerable question that follows our lives, and Latiolias ponders this beautifully, painfully, honestly." --Nervous Breakdown

"All who venture here will discover some very fine writing." --Library Journal

"Latiolais uses the finest details to weave strands of hope." --ForeWord Reviews

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When we speak of literary taste, we may imagine we refer to preferences regarding subject matter, genre, form and the varieties of narrative prowess. But much of what taste in reading boils down to is less conducive to objective analysis, less neatly parceled into scholarly-sounding brackets. Simply, it's the extent to which we take pleasure in the company of the author -- or rather, a facsimile thereof, a phantom version composed of and subsisting on words alone.

Michelle Latiolais (by which I mean not the writer but her specter, whose presence wafts and fumes and writhes and blooms across each page) could not be called easy company. Her new story collection, "Widow," lets us make no mistake about this. The very cover forewarns us, with its detail of a medieval painting depicting a sword-bearing woman in armored gloves, and its ascetic title evoking fairy tale fathoms of dread. To scan the table of contents is to have one's impressions confirmed: the slender column contains 17 entries, most no more than a single grim word ("Thorns," "Gut," "Hoarding," "Burqa"), like pearls spat from a queen's mouth.

Here is the opening line of the first and title story: "She is sitting on the examining table wrapped in a paper gown, one of those dull pretty colors chosen for women, mauve, and she might as well be trying to cover herself with a refrigerator box, as the paper gown is all eaves and walls and encloses her like a shed or fallen timbers." Already we know so much about the world of this fiction. It provides inadequate comfort to the naked. It pretends to care, but barely, and its desultory efforts at displaying this (witness the mauve gown) only intensify the mood of alienation. It lacks a sense of clear agency and identity (witness the passive voice, the nameless woman; the most powerful character here is, scarily, the anthropomorphic paper gown). It is a world in which things do not remain as they should (witness the rapid-fire shifts of the gown: from patronizing pink cover-up to incongruous, stiff container to something like a benevolent shelter -- those eaves for nesting -- to something like a ruin). In this world things may change in an uncanny rush, and nothing comply with our expectations, and nothing be counted on to remain certain or safe.

This is the world of the entire spare collection: bracing, exposed, ruthlessly mercurial and, for all its spiked bales of barbed wire, laden with extreme beauty. Part of that beauty has to do with Latiolais's evident adoration of words. She is besotted with language, its meanings and mouth-sounds alike, and she wears that besottedness on her sleeve, lavishing wordplay across the page, often returning to certain roots and phonemes, collecting them like keys to elusive locks. So we have "vitrine" in one story, and then in another "vitriol," "vitrify" and "vitreous." We find a "granite lap" here, a "silken lap" there, a "lap dance" elsewhere, not to mention "the loose silken purse of his genitalia in her lap." We stumble upon "involution" in one story, "involutional" in the next, and later a story titled "Involution." We read of one protagonist that she "is beginning to marmorealize into that character called 'widow, ' " and of another that "in bed, in sex, her feet and legs" feel like "marble." All this doubling, the many conspicuous echoes both aural and etymological, suggest this may be not a series of distinct pieces but a single fractured or multifaceted story.

Frequently the protagonist is a "young woman," elsewhere she is in late middle age; twice she tells her own tale, otherwise she is at the mercy of an omniscient narrator; sometimes her circumstances unfold realistically, sometimes a metafictional aesthetic takes hold. But in all the stories -- some no longer than a page or two -- the nameless female protagonists' (or protagonist's?) penchant for interrogating language, for rolling around bodily in meanings and sounds, so closely resembles Latiolais's own apparent proclivity that the line between fictional character and authorial persona blurs. The "she" of "Boys" notices that "fry" can mean both "electrocute" and "children." The "she" of "Involution" muses that "chocolate" spelled backward more closely resembles "the Aztec xocolatl, from which the word 'chocolate' derived." The "she" of "Pink" regales us with the linguistic links among porcelain and pigs and vulvas. And the story "Place" begins, "Narthex is the word she keeps repeating to herself, narthex, but she knows this is not the right word."

Readers who do not share a similar degree of affection for the workings of words and their arcane connections may tire of these meditations, but it would be a mistake to read them as affectations or indulgences. They are central to the kind of art Latiolais is making: an art ever mindful of the tools that render it, an art that insists on a cleareyed accounting of the limitations and possibilities inherent in those tools, and as such a rigorously honest art. One senses that Latiolais the writer would sacrifice the power to entrance us for the power to rattle us any day, and this is at once a peculiar and a bold virtue.

If part of the book's beauty resides in its language, both its precision and its sheer, wild exaltation, another part -- the greater part -- resides in its insistence on shunning prettiness, etiquette, niceness, guile. Latiolais trades in a kind of radical honesty. Also loss: all these stories are haunted by the indelible, immutable fact of loss. In "Caduceus," one of several stories that deal explicitly with widowhood, the protagonist recalls never having grieved publicly: "What she had allowed to show was her anger, which, of course, was so much less acceptable." Latiolais proves an unblinking match for the bloody--mindedness of life. The protagonist of "Caduceus" thinks, "You will be alone now, but never alone again from the company of loss." These characters understand all too well what freight the word "widow" carries. We are told that it means "empty" in Sanskrit, and that the Bible associates it with whore and harlot, the defiled and the profane. Even the more innocuous "old woman" summons bilious associations: "She too had been taught to hate old women, and getting old, and rats, their long gray tails like a grandmother's thin gray braid."

Yet "Widow" also contains passages of searing tenderness. In "The Long Table," an elderly aunt at a wedding reception molds animals out of bread to entertain the children. Nothing much else happens except that she begins to cry and the children discover their power to cheer her by begging for more animals, but somehow Latiolais brings this briefest of tales to an ending that made me cry. The book is absurdly sexy, too, in the way that truth can be sexy, and marks of ravage can stir us, and sweaty labors awaken appetite. The writing thrums with aggression and a lush, rooted sensuality. In form an experimentalist, in content Latiolais is an empiricist, forever grounding us in the irreplaceable real. "One wants what one has loved," she writes, "not the idea of love." Easy company she is not, but for those whose pleasure isn't wedded to ease, the rewards here are enormous.

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A husband dies and a writer goes deep into the place of suffering and regret. But in the case of Michelle Latiolais, this begins with an exploration of the language of widowhood.

In Sanskrit, she teaches us, the word means empty. And in the Old Testament, God instructs Moses that a widow is in the same category as profane and whore. The widowed author goes on to produce an incisive exploration of her state of being: the constancy of grief. It's, as she writes, its immediacy, its unrelenting physical pain and the creatural anguish, as she writes, of losing somebody else's body, their touch, their heat, their oceanic heart.

You can probably already tell that you don't come to this book seeking the pleasures of plot or character. Latiolais' radical love of language binds the entire book together in its gathering of experience, most of it dark. She makes us see and feel the beauty and power of flowers, knives, oysters, wine, tablecloths, and she can eroticize a teacup with a drop of a phrase.

The inveterate readers among you may be asking yourselves, do I read this book or Joyce Carol Oates' book of stories about widows and her recent memoir about widowhood? And I say to you, read them all, but begin first with Michelle Latiolais.


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Download The Compass By I. Purple Pdf book free online – from The Compass By I. Purple Pdf book; The road… commonly the symbol of life, wasn’t so for Hathen Xenter. Suddenly consumed by the strong obsession of taking the highway, he set on a trail of the obscure unknown which took him into a rollercoaster of risks and unimaginable life choices.

My name is Hathen Xenter and I am about to share the last three weeks of my existence. What led me on the road I’ve taken, what choices I was forced to take, in fact it all comes down to one reason: the moment you lose charge over your life, you decide to go with the flow and see where it leads you, you realize the thrill and value of every moment you have. You can’t be certain of being still here tomorrow and so, you want to try out every crazy experience life can offer. Well, this is my story, when one day I’ve set my mind on one thing and that is “throw caution to the wind

The view of the ocean that spread before my eyes as I stood on top of a high hill was indescribably exceptional. It is pretty common to wander at such beauty of open nature but for me, it was more than that; it brought a sense of …freedom. It did not leave me curious of what lies ahead but picturing that view expanded over the face of the earth, I only wished to see it all, from above.

The article I held in my hand started to draw back my attention. Who would have thought this thing would catch my eye at an antique shop? A shop that usually gives the creeps to most people and very few (mostly the fearless) go into. One day I passed by it and the fancy of going in ate at me like a fast spreading poison… and so I did.

Nothing appealed to my eyes except this strange Compass that kept changing point every three seconds. “How could it be possible?” I asked myself, perhaps it was broken but it captivated my interest like no ornate object has before. The strangest thing is; the moment I paid for it and stepped out of the shop, the pointer stilled at one direction: the west. Stranger still, I sensed a change in the wind, as though a major occurring fact would give impact and transform things around.

Let me get this straight, I was never one who believed in the supernatural. As odd as it sounded in my head, I truly felt that this compass was abnormally unusual.

I pocketed the thing swiftly, refusing to admit how freaked out it got me. It certainly was not a reason enough to ditch it, not after I’ve just paid a handful of bucks for it.

Ten days since that day had passed and, now, my thoughts started to take different shapes. A new rush of emotions grew in me; I felt a need to go on the road, to get in my car, start the engine and take off for whatever place awaits me.

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Keeping the Fire by Rolland Baker

The Bakers have had decades of a fruitful ministry in Mozambique. Rolland Baker shares in this book what has kept their fire going.

He gives the core values that have guided their ministry. 1. Find God. Hearts are hungry for a Person. Their focus has been seeking and finding God with all their hearts. 2. Depend on Miracles. That requires humble hearts and trusting God. Baker recounts many of the miracles they have experienced. 3. Go to the Least. Prove the love of God by helping the poor. Adorn the Gospel with love and good works. 4. Suffer for Him, if Necessary. They know they must die to live. They are willing to give up all for the Gospel and they share many experiences. 5. Rejoice in the Lord. Many reasons for joy in their work are given and we are reminded of the subject of their joy, Jesus.

I really like how the Bakers approach ministry. Their theology is well developed and balanced. They embrace the work of the Spirit but do not neglect the work of the cross. Baker is quick to say that these are their core values and every ministry cannot be made to fit them. Each ministry must seek God and find their own values.

He also suggests that these core values should be a part of the normal Christian life. As we stay on the path of adoration of Christ, we live out these values.

I recommend this book to Christians who want to know how to keep the fire of revival burning in their own lives and in the lives of others. The ministry of the Bakers' is a good example and great inspiration.

My rating: 4/5 stars.

Rolland Baker and his wife, Heidi, are the founders of Iris Global ( After serving as missionaries in Indonesia and Hong Kong, the Bakers followed God's call to Mozambique in 1995. Through their ministry, they watch God provide miraculously for well over 10,000 children every day, plus many more through the Iris network of more than 15,000 churches, Bible schools, primary schools and remote outreach programs. They live in Mozambique, Africa.

Chosen Books, 144 pages.

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Secrets and Mysteries indeed. A hacked claptrap, a mysterious voice, a secret lab... What answers lie ahead? Or perhaps only more questions to be answered.

Some one has hacked Jakobs Cove Claptrap and tells you all is not as it seems.

Find Ned's original lab to see if he is who he says he is.
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"Someone hacked into Claptrap and left you a cryptic message. You were told that Dr. Ned is not to be trusted, and you can find Dr. Ned's old laboratory by taking a boat off the island. Find Ned's lab and use the secret knock to enter."

  1. Head south to Ned's Infirmary, follow the beach around to the east and you will come to a boat.
  2. Take the boat to Dead Haven (use the transition point). You will arrive at the docks, head up the stairs to the elevator. Take the elevator up.
  3. Fight through the zombies to the secret lab. Enter the lab and listen to the ECHO recorder.

"Dr. Ned is behind the zombies. Imagine that. "

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If you turn off the console, or come back to Jakob's Cove while playing this mission, sometimes the Claptrap is still tied up, but without rope binding him at all. (Confirmed, PS3,360 & PC)

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  • The "special knock" you learn from the hacked Claptrap to gain entrance to the secret lab is the first five beats of "Shave and a Haircut, two bits".

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I’ve been playing video games since I was about three years old. My dad is a gamer, and he introduced me to video games by way of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I remember watching him play Tecmo Bowl, Ninja Gaiden II, and Renegade, and he handed me the controller for Sesame Street: 1-2-3 and Super Mario Bros. (he may have assisted me with Duck Hunt).

As I enjoyed more video games, I noticed a pattern: female characters always seemed to find themselves in a pickle. King Koopa kidnaps Princess Toadstool and is holding her hostage in a lava-filled fortress in multiple Super Mario titles. In Rolling Thunder, Agent Albatross must rescue Agent Leila Blitz from a secret society. CIA agent Irene Lew relies on Ryu Hayabusa’s skills to save her in most of the Ninja Gaiden games.

When would I play as the ladies rather than as the gents charged with rescuing them?

Fortunately, since the Super Nintendo Entertainment System’s glory days, many games now boast female protagonists who can hold their own next to their male counterparts, giving girls everywhere virtual role models who overcome trials and obstacles to save the world.

In no particular order, here are my top five favorite ladies in gaming from my childhood (i.e., games I played before I turned 18).

Kunoichi (The Ninja Warriors, SNES)

One of my favorite beat-’em-up games is The Ninja Warriors on the Super Nintendo (known as The Ninja Warriors Again in Japan). I frequently chose this game on my family’s weekly video game rental night because I loved having the chance to play as a formidable female protagonist. Well, allow me to clarify: female-passing. Kunoichi, as well as the characters Ninja and Kamaitachi, is an android.

The androids’ goal is to overthrow the despot Banglar and restore peace and freedom to a “once great and wealthy nation.” Kunoichi wields a katana, kunias, throwing shuriken–and prehensile blonde hair. Yes, players can use the android’s long, blonde locks to tie up and toss enemies.

My nine-year-old self adored this android’s form and moves so much that I created a series of fan fiction lovingly transcribed on loose leaf paper with No. 2 pencils (yes, these tales are still in my possession and will never see the light of day again). Even though Kunoichi is technically a mechanical being, I still regard her as one of the most inspiring female figures in video games from my childhood.

Dixie Kong (Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3, SNES)

I wasn’t a full-fledged tomboy as a kid, but I hated wearing my long, curly hair down. I despised the feeling of anything touching my neck, so my mom put my hair into a ponytail every single day.

Imagine my delight when I discovered the adorable Dixie Kong in Donkey Kong Country 2 and then Donkey Kong Country 3–she wears her hair in a ponytail as well and can spin it like a helicopter’s blades!

This gal rocks out on electric guitar if you complete levels with her in DKC 2. She blows bubble gum or sips lemonade while waiting to progress. She embraces femininity while also kicking some Kremling butt.

The beautiful and exciting levels in DKC 2 and 3 captured my imagination, and I often would narrate my own stories aloud while playing through the caverns, pirate ships, volcanoes, and snow fields. Dixie’s appearance and capabilities helped me to feel more comfortable in my own skin and reassured me that girls could both enjoy looking cute while also craving adventure.

Claire Redfield (Resident Evil 2, Nintendo 64)

Allow me to regale you with my first entry into the world of survival horror.

The year is 2001; I am twelve years old. My dad picks up a Nintendo 64 port of Resident Evil 2 from our mall’s K·B Toys. I pass by the TV in the living room, where he is playing his new game. I see a guy in a police officer’s uniform near a banister and bookshelves.

“You need to check this game out,” my dad exclaims. “It’s like a mystery game where you’re trying to figure out what happened to everyone.”

A few weekends later, a friend comes to hang out, and I suggest we play this “mystery game.” I discover we can choose between Leon S. Kennedy, the cop my dad chose, or Claire Redfield, a college-age lady searching for her missing brother. We choose Claire and quickly realize Resident Evil 2 is far more than a mystery game.

The suspense, jump scares, atmosphere, and enemies produced many sleepless nights, but I did eventually beat the game with both Leon and Claire in both scenarios (I must admit that the N64’s inclusion of infinite ammo and invincibility alleviated my fears). I would play as Claire again in Resident Evil – Code : Veronica on the GameCube (and even cosplay as this version of my favorite RE lady), but her debut game succeeds in portraying a realistic woman who has both heart and courage in the midst of utter devastation. Claire genuinely wants to help any survivors (spoiler: not many are left), wields weapons with impressive finesse, and manages to escape Raccoon City with the new goal of ousting the Umbrella Corporation. What is cooler than that?

Jade (Beyond Good & Evil, GameCube)

Jade is a photographer, reporter, yoga enthusiast, martial artist, and foster sibling to orphans at the Lighthouse on the planet Hillys. An orphan herself, Jade cares deeply for the wards in her shelter and blames herself for their kidnapping at the hands of DomZ, an alien race that has wreaked havoc on Hillys for over two decades.

I love Jade’s skepticism and sense of justice: she is suspicious of the propaganda Alpha Sections feed the residents (and for good reason) and risks her own life to expose the truth of their ulterior motives. She attacks enemies with a lethal Daï-jo staff and is a lithe gymnast, but her camera is where her true power rests as she works to inform her home of the nefarious human trafficking perpetrated by the DomZ and Alpha Sections.

I love seeing both strength and vulnerability in characters; I want to see them vanquish foes but also embrace their emotions and worries. Jade executes her missions with grace under pressure–and sheds some tears.

Paula Polestar (EarthBound/Mother 2, SNES)

EarthBound captured my attention immediately when I saw depictions of a modern city on the back of the box. I had never played a game in which the setting resembles real life, much less protagonists only a few years older than I was at the time. My excitement only grew when I began naming the main characters: I would have a chance to play as a girl!

Paula Polestar is no shrinking violet. Most female characters in RPGs possess mostly healing powers, and while Paula can assist with giving her party food and restorative items, she is, in fact, the only PSI user to never learn healing powers. Where Paula shines is straight combat: her psychic prowess is the strongest among the fellows in her party, and her “Pray” ability is what ultimately defeats Giygas .

A child of only eleven, Paula shows foresight when she contacts Ness telepathically and fortitude when she is kidnapped and imprisoned. We learn she is fond of teddy bears and beloved by the young children at her parents’ preschool, revealing her soft heart and gentle nature amidst her keen battle skills.

Representation matters: by seeing strong women and girls at the forefront of the games I played, I found myself inspired and more confident in my abilities.

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It’s Quiet Uptown: How Miguel Cervantes Found Healing in Hamilton After Tragedy

May 5th, 2020 | By Caitlin Moynihan

Miguel Cervantes has a long history with Hamilton. He first took center stage in the Broadway production in 2016 for four performances as the title role during matinees. Later that year, Cervantes led the Chicago production of Hamilton, which was originally set to play for 17 weeks. The production went on to run at Chicago’s CIBC Theater for three years and 1,200 performances with Cervantes front and center the whole run. Now the actor is taking his place in the leading role on Broadway and was only 10 performances into his run when the lights went dark. Cervantes checked in with’s Paul Wontorek to talk about Chicago living, bonding with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda over their long hair, and how the role has helped his family through heartbreak.

Miguel Cervantes in “Hamilton” (Photo: Joan Marcus)

“I started in Hamilton in May 2016,” Cervantes said in a recent episode of #LiveatFive: Home Edition. “I’m not being funny but I used to say, ‘I dunno if this is for me anymore, unless Lin-Manuel Miranda calls and wants me to be Hamilton.’ Lin never called, but I did get the audition, so it worked out. I still remember when I was in the elevator with Lin right after I got the job and I was like, ‘If you would have told me, I would’ve left my hair growing.’ I had just gotten a haircut and Lin still had his long hair and he’s like, ‘This long hair is a hassle, I hate it.’ Flash forward two years, and I finally had grown my hair out long enough and I have this curly Jon Snow-like hair. Lin came into the wig room that day and he was like, ‘Oh, well if my hair had been like that, I would have liked it. That’s good hair.’ I dig it now.”

Originally planning to stay in Chicago for about a year, the Cervantes family quickly recognized the show’s success and decided to commit to the community—something that would be more important than they knew at the time. In October 2019, Cervantes’ daughter, three-year-old Adelaide, passed away due a severe form of epilepsy that was first diagnosed when she was just seven months old. “If I could give it all away, if I could not be Hamilton, if I could not have any of this and have my daughter healthy, I would do it in a second,” he said. “But, you don’t get those kind of choices. We were in this position where we could add a spotlight to this situation and bring awareness to it. We decided to refocus this grief into our advocacy and the folks in Chicago really got behind us.” Cervantes and his wife Kelly have continued to partner with CURE (Citizens United in Research for Epilepsy) for the ongoing fight for research dollars.

“I get a lot of messages saying, ‘How do you do ‘Quiet Uptown’ every night?’ One of the amazing parts about being Hamilton is you’re able to do so many emotions,” Cervantes said about returning to the stage after losing his daughter. “I just didn’t let my mind go to that place I’m experiencing in real life. It was a little bit of an escape. I took about two weeks off, and I’ll never forget when I came back. I came out for that final spot in ‘Alexander Hamilton’ and there was an applause. There’s often applause there, but this one felt slightly different. It felt like all of these people were applauding for and supporting us. It wasn’t about the show in that moment. In that moment, I felt like we were embraced and loved and people were with us. I’ll never forget that. There are moments in ‘Yorktown’ and ‘Theodosia’ that are difficult, but those things always jump out at you. This Hamilton family is the most amazing thing.”

Watch Cervantes talk more about his favorite Chicago deep dish pizza (it’s Lou Malnati’s, FYI), the “unforgiving green pants” of his costume and more in the full episode below!

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Los Angeles-based Palisociety has announced the opening of its newest property in Portland, Oregon, Hotel Grand Stark. Palisociety partnered with Portland-based North 45 Projects on the design of the hotel’s common areas and with Submarine Hospitality for the food and beverage program and two on-property culinary concepts.

Hotel Grand Stark is a 57-room historic property that has been designed and reimagined back to its hospitality roots. The 1908 building is a four-story structure that was originally built as a hotel (née Hotel Chamberlain in 1924) and housed a legendary local furniture manufacturer for the past 80 years. Today, its classic façade features signage that takes inspiration from the furniture store’s original sign.

Hotel Grand Stark is envisioned as a communal, inclusive public space featuring a gallery-inspired central lobby that connects the public spaces upon entry with a neutral backdrop punctuated by a carefully collected art installation featuring local artists and makers, custom furnishings, and vintage pieces. Guests are welcomed into the spacious lobby where original hardwood floors, white-washed and art-adorned walls, and an abundance of natural light flood the space. Modernist archways line both sides of the primary lobby space, and tall ceilings are highlighted with a mixed assortment of vintage and industrial-style lighting.

To the right from the entry, a front desk area awaits with a dark green centerpiece desk that sits before a wall of Breccia Pernice marble in a terracotta tone. Behind the front desk, guests will find the Study Hall, a bright, separate space designed to be a community work and meeting space that can also be used as a private dining room for special events.

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Back on campus, ready to get back on the ice

After a virtual fall, an extended winter break and the cancellation of their season, most of Bowdoin’s men’s hockey team is back on campus and ready to get back on the ice. Bouncing back from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s impact on their season and the team’s social atmosphere, the team is excited to be reunited once again.

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15ORIENT: Administrative drama overshadowed athletics 90 years ago

Though life looked different at the College in 1930—all-male with fraternities on the rise—athletics were, just as they are now, a central part of the Bowdoin experience. Roughly 560 students were enrolled at the start of the 1930-31 academic year, and many played more than one sport, leaving some teams, such as football, with a lack of players for off-season training.

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Men’s and women’s hockey confront disappointing season

Sidney J. Watson Arena is festooned with an extensive collection of banners celebrating the accomplishments of Bowdoin hockey teams past. However, the year 2018-2019 will not be appearing on any of these decorations. For the first time in 18 years, both the Bowdoin men’s and women’s hockey teams failed to reach the NESCAC playoffs.

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Pep Band entertains sports fans with classic hits

If you noticed something different at the Bowdoin-Colby hockey game last weekend, it was probably a live rendition of “Sweet Caroline” or “The Middle” between periods, provided by the new Bowdoin Pep Band. The Pep Band was officially charted by Student Activities last fall, but it is not altogether new to Bowdoin sports culture.

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Men’s hockey gears up to face rival Colby

The men’s hockey team (2-3-0, 1-1 NESCAC) will face long-time rival, Colby College (2-2, 1-1 NESCAC) in a two-game series this weekend. The team will play its 209th game against the Mules on Friday night at Colby, followed by the 210th face-off between the two teams at Sidney Watson Arena on Saturday.

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Here is the new package of demonstration data. Those data are used during the training session to Villejuif in France (3-4 may) :

Where is the package:
-> On the download page: - Section "Exemple Data" - Name: demo_data_td_2007
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-> ... 007.tar.gz

Package is composed of:

-> data_for_anatomist: you will find a lot of data to use Anatomist for viewing and handling (fusion, referential, superimpose ...)

-> data_no_processed: Subject01 (anatomy + diffusion data) and subject02 (anatomy)

-> database_brainvisa: data mentioned above have been processed and stored into a brainvisa database

-> tutorial for BrainVISA and Anatomist

Please, don't hesitate to report me comments and errors in this package.

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OPPO AR Glass with 3D surround sound and AR detection will Launch soon

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Oppo will hold a new meeting on November 17. This meeting will be about the Oppo Future Technology Conference and will be at Shenzhen. During this giant conference technological giants will show their various discoveries. They also express their thoughts as well as various results on future technology. However, it was expected that the company will show its FDF full dimensional portrait video on technology system. Along with this it will also cast it’s full link color management system and a three concept products. Although, we have seen the the development of Oppo in terms of the technology in its variety devices. This time Oppo has teased a new gen AR Glass. This will launch on November 17. There are various features which the teaser poster has revealed.

OPPO AR Glass features

  1. AR Glass will offer amazing wearing experience. As they are very comfortable.
  2. This device will be lightweight
  3. It has two corners for the two lenses
  4. Among these two camera one is used for AR detection
  5. It will be equipped with depth sensor
  6. It has spatial MIC arrays
  7. This device will be using diffractive optical waveguide technology
  8. It also supports voice interaction
  9. This device also uses 3D surround sound
  10. It has a microphone as well as physical buttons
  11. This device could be operated by gestures and voice both

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We have seen that the first generation AR Glass had four lenses. These have ToF lens which was used for the distance measurement. Also it was equipped with the RGB lens which is used for shooting objects shape. There were also two fisheye lenses which were used for imaging. However, with the second generation of AR Glasses might not have the exact specifications as the first one. There will be some more addition to that or might happen that some of the Specifications were low as compared to the first generation. It was also observed that the Oppo founder and CEO have revealed about the further investments in the R&D department of the company. They will invest around 50 billion Yuan in this R&D department. This will focus on the cutting edge technologies. It will also focus on the 5G and 6G connectivity as well will add some more to the devices.

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Redmi Note 9 High Edition specs Finally Out quad camera Setup, rebranded Mi 10T Lite smartphone

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Redmi Note 9 Standard Edition and Resmi Note 9 High Edition have leaked online. The company is planning to launch these mobile phones in the Chinese market soon. This smartphone series of Redmi Note 9 already has five devices. Now with the introduction of the addition of the more devices with the product will surely lead to so much confusion among the people. Although the Redmi Note 9 is perfect for the current generation. It is the mid-range range mobile phone which offers tremendous benefits for the users. When it comes to the specifications and the features this smartphone is amazing. This could be rebranded as Mi 10T Liye smartphone. The specifications of the gadget Redmi Note 9 High Edition got leaked online. Some of the specifications are described below

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Redmi Note 9 High Edition Specs

  1. The mobile phone will have 6.67 inches Full HD+ display.
  2. It has a screen resolution of 2400 × 1080 pixels.
  3. It will have a refresh rate of 120 Hz.
  4. The touch sampling rate of the smartphone is 240 Hz.
  5. The Redmi Note 9 High Edition is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SoC.
  6. The battery of the smartphone includes 4,820 mAh battery.
  7. It also supports 33W super-fast charging.
  8. When it comes to the camera. The device will have quad camera on the back. Even this smartphone will be the world’s first smartphone which features the Samsung HM2 108MP sensor.
  9. The Redmi Note 9 High Edition will have 16-megapixel snapper on the front of the mobile phone.

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This gadget is the renamed version of the Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite. This gadget was launched earlier in September. This was also the world’s first mobile phone which has the Snapdragon 750G chipset. This gadget is of 5G. This is also available in Europe, Malaysia, and India. These are just the leaked specifications of the smartphone. Until and unless the company reveals the specifications officially about the gadget let’s believe in the leaked specifications. But according to the leaked information we can say that the smartphone is amazing for the users. This new Xiaomi gadget is mid-range and this offers so many benefits for the users. Also, the camera is amazing for the smartphone. The device will make big in the market.

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TSD 24: The Birds of the Air

Prudence, radicalism, detachment

We had a minor emergency overnight last night (seven-month-old with labored breathing due to croup) that required a brief hospital visit. The baby’s perfectly fine—one dose of steroids should keep her breathing easily through the duration of the illness—but things are a little off kilter around here. Please forgive a somewhat shorter TSD than usual.

These Seven Days…

…in the Ordinary Form

It is the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; and Luke 15:1-32 (or 1-10, which keeps the story of the lost sheep and omits the Prodigal Son).

On the mystical meaning of Christ the Good Shepherd collecting his lost sheep and rejoicing over it with his “friends and neighbors,” Gregory the Great writes:

He placed the sheep upon his shoulders, for taking man’s nature upon Him he bore our sins. But having found the sheep, he returns home; for our Shepherd having restored man, returns to his heavenly kingdom. … By His friends and neighbors He means the companies of Angels, who are His friends because they are keeping His will in their own steadfastness; they are also His neighbors, because by their own constant waiting upon Him they enjoy the brightness of His sight.

And so the lost sheep is each one of us personally, but also the human race collectively.

Christ as the Good Shepherd, by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne.

Tuesday, September 17, is the Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen—abbess, mystic, dramatist, composer, theologian, and doctor of the Church. Hildegard is one of the most fascinating women in the history of the Church.

Her writings, especially the Scivias (a contraction of Sci vias Domini, “Know the Ways of the Lord”), described by the Catholic Encyclopedia as “an extraordinary production and hard to understand, prophetic throughout and admonitory after the manner of Ezechiel and the Apocalypse,” were groundbreaking in style and in substance. In fact, her Ordo Virtutum is said to be the very first extra-liturgical musical drama in the Western canon.

Contemporary writers accentuate Hildegard’s boldness as a woman theologian and artist, even identifying her as a proto-feminist. I don’t want to entirely extinguish that notion, but it must be said that she was also scrupulously obedient to proper ecclesial authority. It’s precisely in the Spirit-led creative tension between her innovative mysticism and traditional duties that the brilliance of her contributions can be found.

One of dozens of Hildegard’s compositions accompanying an original text. These are all over YouTube and beyond: Knock yourself out.

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Hildegard receives a vision from God and transmits it to her (male) scribe. From an illumination of the Scivias.

Friday, September 20, is the Feast of Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions—the Korean martyrs. When we think of the evangelistic effect of martyrdom, out thoughts usually go first to Rome, but the early Church can seem distant from us in time and circumstances. As recently as the nineteenth century, however, we can see the same effect in Korea. Over the course of decades of persecutions, as many as 10,000 Christians were martyred. And yet, year after year, the number of professing Catholics in the peninsula’s missions only grew.

Andrew Kim Taegon was the first Korean-born man to be ordained to the priesthood. His recorded last words were:

This is my last hour of life, listen to me attentively: if I have held communication with foreigners, it has been for my religion and for my God. It is for Him that I die. My immortal life is on the point of beginning. Become Christians if you wish to be happy after death, because God has eternal chastisements in store for those who have refused to know Him.

Now that’s an effective evangelical communication strategy, or whatever the bureaucratese we use nowadays is.

Paul Chong Hasang was a nephew of an early convert. Interestingly, the first Korean converts were not made by missionaries, but by the procurement of Christian literature by the newly-minted cosmopolitans of the newly-open peninsula. Paul was instrumental in securing sacramental ministers from Beijing, whose presence both accelerated conversions and accelerated the persecution. He went to his death gladly, being dragged through the streets on a cross.

Unfortunately, I can’t find any more information about this image except that it portrays martyr St. Joseph Cho Yun-ho.

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It is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The Epistle is Galatians 5:16-24 and the Gospel is Matthew 6:24-33.

The commentators are quick to point out that Christ’s discussion of the provision given to the birds, who “sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns,” is not meant to be a brief against work but rather one against anxiousness over material goods. St Augustine writes:

Such of God’s servants as have strength to earn their food by the labor of their hands, would easily answer any who should object to them, “If we by sickness or any other hindrance are not able to work, He will feed us as He feeds the birds, that work not. But when we can work, we ought not to tempt God, seeing that even this our ability is His gift; and that we live here we live of His goodness that has made us able to live; He feeds us by whom the birds of the air are fed.”

Haydock drives the point home:

A prudent provision is not prohibited, but that over-solicitude which draws the soul, the heart, and its affections from God, and his sweet all-ruling providence, to sink and degrade them in empty pursuits, which can never fill the soul.

This passage obviously ties in with the teachings of St. Basil, who said (along with St. Ambrose, St. John Chrysostom, et al) that unnecessary possessions were theft from the poor. This is, for me, one of the most challenging passages in the Gospel; it seems to me (following Basil) to suggest something more radical than what even the commentators I quote here let on. And yet how does one square that kind of radical trust with, for instance, the necessities of family life? The easy answer, as Haydock days, is “prudence.” But what does “prudence” look like? I don’t know, but I think this is an essential tension that we all need to be thinking about: Eschewing certain expectations of worldly practicality can, I believe, be one of the most effective signs of contradiction we can propose to contemporary society. And yet it’s not much of a sign if we go bankrupt.

The gradual this week, taken from Psalm 117 (D-R 116), fits in beautifully with this theme of detachment. The Latin is so simple and lovely that with only a few hints most people, I think, could decode it:

Bonum est confidere in Domino, quam confidere in homine. // Bonum est sperare in Domino, quam sperare in principibus.

It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. // It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes.

Someday, when I have more time, I’ll track down some chant commentary other than Dom Johner’s. But his are so good that it really demotivates me. Here he is on the psalm quoted in today’s gradual:

Were worldlings endowed with all power and wealth, they would yet remain mere men, mortal men, incapable of bestowing upon us lasting happiness. David, the composer of Psalm 117, knew this from his own experience as well as from the history of his nation. God alone is the source of true happiness of heart: His fidelity is never wanting; His riches are boundless; His love is eternal.

This selection is also popular in Taizé services. This is an especially lovely arrangement:

Tuesday, September 17, is the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis. The first saint to receive the wounds of Christ (other than St. Paul), St. Francis is “the one saint whom all succeeding generations have agreed in canonizing.” This feast was added to the calendar in 1585, suppressed in 1604, then reintroduced in 1615. It no longer appears on the post-conciliar calendar. The St. Andrew Missal tells the story:

Two years before his death, St. Francis retired to mount Alverno where he began a fast of 40 days in honor of St. Michael the archangel. In the midst of his meditation he saw a figure like a Seraph with six wings dazzling and burning, whose feet and hands were nailed to a cross.

And in order that his crucified love might become an example to us all, five wounds resembling those of Jesus on the cross appeared on his feet, hands, and side.

The collect for the Mass is a beautiful tribute to the saint and his legacy:

O Lord Jesus Christ, who when the world was growing cold, in order that our hearts might burn anew with the fire of Thy love, didst in the flesh of the most blessed Francis renew the sacred marks of Thy passion; mercifully grant that by his merits and prayers, we may ever carry our cross, and bring forth fruits worthy of penance.

When the world was growing cold… It makes on wonder what saints and signs the Spirit may see fit to raise up in our frigid times.

St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, by (unmistakably) El Greco, 1585-1590.

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Founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge, Porto Alegre’s has welcomed immigrants from all over the world and the largest numbers of the immigrants come from Spain, Poland, Portugal, Germany and Italy. Most of its population is of European descent. The city was geographically formed as the junction of five rivers, and it is on a delta. Porto Alegre is a favorite destination for tourists and with its nice tourist attractions and diverse nightlife, delicious cuisine and exotic locations for people to hangout and have fun.

The people of this city have a great passion for football, although American football is also played in the city primarily by two major teams. Porto Alegre was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA world cup and it has a modern stadium of about 56,000 siting capacity. The city is where three-time World Footballer of the year, Ronaldinho, is from.
Porto Alegre is widely known in Brazil for its vibrant nightlife. The city’s is a home to pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants that provide a very wide range of entertainment to suit every taste. Ronaldinho owns one of the most notable clubs in the Cavalhada neighborhood “Planet Music Hall” which is popular and frequently visited by indigenes and tourists. You might want to check it out.

The cuisine in Porto Alegre is eclectic. One of the most famous foods of Brazil, churrasco (slow-grilled and roasted meat) originated here. Other foods enjoyed and drink enjoyed here are German kuchen, which is generally popular among people of German descent in the South, then bread and pies, and the traditional beverage, the “erva mate”

A wide range of cultural events are held in Porto Alegre. In addition to the traditional celebrations held in the city, a wide variety of activities are organized at Porto Alegre during the different seasons and these include the World Social Forum, Porto Verão Alegre, International Free Software Forum, Farroupilha Week, book fairs, Worldwide Pinhole Photography and of course, Carnival. The Porto Alegre Carnival which began in the 18th century, involves people throwing water and flour at each other. Sounds like great fun, right?

For opera and stage performances, visit the São Pedro Theater, a historical landmark opened over a century ago, and beautifully restored. The theater has its own chamber orchestra, and a good, entertaining musical calendar all year round.


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Mazella Case Retrial Settled after Frye Victory 2017

In 2014, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, MD was the medical expert in the case of Joseph Mazella vs. William Beals, MD, in Syracuse, New York. Mr. Mazella committed suicide by stabbing himself multiple times in an exceedingly violent death.  The jury awarded $1.4 million to the surviving family.

Dr. Breggin testified that the negligent prescription of the antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) caused Mr. Mazella’s condition to deteriorate, ultimately causing or contributing to his suicide. In addition, Dr. Breggin testified that Dr. Beals abandoned the patient, further causing or contributing to the tragic outcome.

In June 2016, the NYS Court of Appeals overturned the verdict and ordered a new trial. Citing Dr. Breggin’s testimony, the Appeals Court specifically found that the evidence presented was sufficient to support the verdict. However, it also found that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence concerning the defendant doctor’s negligent treatment of twelve other patients. The court found that this information was irrelevant to defendant’s liability in Mr. Mazella’s case and unduly prejudiced the jury against Dr. Beals.

At the start of the new trial on May 8, 2017, the defense raised a Frye challenge, claiming that Dr. Breggin’s opinions concerning Paxil during the original trial lacked scientific evidence. They asked the judge to exclude Dr. Breggin from testifying about any harm caused by Paxil. Frye refers to a standard for admitting scientific evidence at trial. In a Frye hearing, the court must determine if the expert’s scientific technique or method for developing the evidence was consistent with methods generally accepted by experts in the particular field.

Before Dr. Breggin’s rebuttal affidavit, the defense seemed certain they would disqualify his opinions as unscientific and they adamantly refused to settle the case before retrial. The Frye hearing centered on Dr. Breggin’s report, which cited and presented copies of 37 scientific publications to bolster his opinions expressed in his affidavit

The trial judge found that Dr. Breggin’s report did present sufficient scientific evidence for all of his stated opinions, and the defense settled the case on the following day before Dr. Breggin could take the stand.

Dr. Breggin’s successful response to Frye challenge marshalled the latest science on the following points:

(1) Scientific studies confirm that the SSRI antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) can cause suicide in adults;
(2) Scientific studies that also confirm that all SSRI antidepressants as a group can cause suicide in adults;
(3) Scientific studies that long-term exposure to SSRIs such as Paxil can cause a worsening of the patient’s condition including sexual dysfunction, apathy, anxiety and worsened depression;
(4) Scientific studies that SSRI-antidepressants can cause especially violent suicides, such as the multiple self-inflicted stabbings in Mr. Mazella’s case;
(5) Scientific studies that Paxil withdrawal can cause or contribute to suicide.

Background of the Case

Mr. Mazella’s primary care doctor referred him to defendant Dr. Beals who is an internist who presents himself as specializing in mental health and addiction issues. Dr. Beals prescribed Paxil for Mr. Mazella for 11 years without seeing with him and without having a telephone conversation or any other meaningful contact. Dr. Beals admitted in retrospect that he had been negligent in not seeing his patient for so many years; but he denied that Paxil could cause or contribute to suicide in adults or that he had been negligent in prescribing the drug to Mr. Mazella.

After 11 years on Paxil, Mr. Mazella experienced the abrupt onset of new psychiatric symptoms, and he phoned Dr. Beals who was on vacation. Without seeing Mr. Mazella or referring him elsewhere, and without having access to his medical records, Dr. Beals on the phone doubled Mr. Mazella’s Paxil from 20 mg to 40 mg. He also added the potent antipsychotic drugs Zyprexa 2.5 mg and doubled it, again by telephone, on the following day.

Immediately after these dose changes, Mr. Mazella experienced severe worsening of his anxiety and depression, with fears of having a heart attack, and he sought treatment at an emergency room. After clearing him physically, the emergency room sent him to the city’s short-term emergency psychiatry facility called CPEP. Doctors at CPEP changed Dr. Beals’ treatment regimen by reducing Mr. Mazella’s dose of Paxil. They also stopped his Zyprexa and added a benzodiazepine to calm his anxiety. This led to an improvement in his condition.

One week later Mr. Mazella and his wife finally saw Dr. Beals for the first time in 11 years. By then, Mr. Mazella was feeling better, probably due to CPEP’s reduction in his medication, and possibly due to the addition of the benzodiazepine.

According to Mrs. Mazella, Dr. Beals was very angry that his patient had sought emergency treatment instead of calling him again or waiting for his return. He was especially angry that his existing treatment orders had been over-ridden with the reduction in the dose of Paxil, the discontinuation of the Zyprexa, and the addition of the benzodiazepine. According to Mrs. Mazella, her husband became very upset at Dr. Beals criticism, and Dr. Beals in turn refused to see his patient again, telling him to go back to CPEP for his treatment. Dr. Beals made no provision to follow up with Mr. Mazella until he could find another doctor to take over the case.

The meeting with Dr. Beals left Mr. Mazella in a state of extreme anxiety and depression, and Mrs. Mazella immediately took her husband again to CPEP. Two CPEP evaluations confirmed Mrs. Mazella’s description of the alleged abandonment and its negative impact. The psychiatrist in charge concluded, “This rejection, abandonment, and invalidation by Dr. Beals has affected him greatly on an unconscious level. I believe this is an additional stressor that contributed to another setback.”

It is very unusual for a psychiatrist to write into a medical record such a severe criticism of a colleague in his or her own community. Her language indicated that she believed Mrs. Mazella description of the abandonment.

Based on review of the medical records for the first trial and again for the second trial, Dr. Breggin concluded that Dr. Beals did abandon Mr. Mazella. Dr. Beals denied abandoning his patient; but he did not make or record a follow-up appointment. Furthermore, he did not arrange to discuss his patient’s dire condition with CPEP or other healthcare providers, as would be expected after referring such a demoralized patient to an emergency service. He also admitted in a letter to Mr. Mazella’s primary care doctor that Mr. Mazella was recently doing better until feeling “horrible” during the session with him.

The medical records document the futile efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Mazella, and their emergency providers, to find Mr. Mazella a psychiatrist. Some of the psychiatrists they contacted did not return the calls, some said they were full, and one offered a several-months long waiting period.

Mr. Mazella killed himself 25 days after last seeing Dr. Beals and 21 days after his Paxil was changed to Effexor (venlafaxine), another antidepressant that can cause or contribute to suicide in adults.

Mr. Mazella was an esteemed member of the community, first as the coach of his high school’s state championship basketball team and then as vice principle of the high school. He had two previous, relatively short-lived, bouts of depression and anxiety, approximately 15 and 20 years earlier with complete recovery each time within a few months, once without taking antidepressants and once while taking them.

Ernest DelDuchetto was the attorney for the plaintiffs.

For More Information about Antidepressant Harmful Effects

Dr. Breggin has recently created the Antidepressant Resource Center, making an enormous amount of information available, including dozens of scientific papers as PDFs that are organized by subject matter. There are, for example, separate categories of articles on antidepressants causing suicide, violence, mania, withdrawal symptoms, and harm to fetus and newborn child of women exposed to the drugs during pregnancy. There are separate categories for articles about children and adults. For the Antidepressant Resource Center, go to

Dr. Breggin’s most relevant and recent books are Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families.


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What else would it be? Forgot to grab pictures of the cake or a group photo, but this will have to do! The cast here, in order of appearance:

  • Erik, my roommate and friend from back home... (need I say more?)
  • Alicia, who was practicing being a fish...
  • Dave (aka "hairless dave") who was just practicing weird faces...
  • Helma (aka the big blur in the 6th picture) who IS a fish (-face making expert)...
  • Nick, who's sticking his tongue out...
  • Amit, who's laughing at, uh, something...
  • Joel, who's trying to look distinguished with chocolate frosting from the cake...
  • Barry, my bro from back home...
  • And a group shot in Barry's room with his roommate Sam.
It was obviously funny face night. My point the eyes one direction and the tongue the other doesn't work as well as I thought, especially since I can't control my ears or eyebrows at the same time... and there were some other people there (Helma's roommate Laurie and some others), but they all disappeared before the camera showed up. :) A few others didn't make it as well, since it was during finals. (yes, the problem of June birthdays... ugh!) That would include Thomas, Sophia, Viet, Billy, Kim, and a whole mess of others.....

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Stirling meetup to fight disinformation accused of ‘deep state astroturfing’ by Russian media

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Hackers, journalists and academics descended upon Stirling for MisinfoconX last Thursday. The event, organized by Hacks/Hackers Scotland, sponsored by Mozilla and hosted by Codebase, posed the problem that has dominated much of the news cycle for the past few years: what to do about online disinformation?

The issue was brought into sharp focus in the days leading up to the event after it caught the attention of the Russian government-owned Sputnik News. They accused organizers Dr Jennifer Jones of the University of Strathclyde and Bissie Anderson, a PhD student at the University of Stirling, of being Western ‘Deep State’ operatives, leading to a campaign of targeted harassment against them both. MisinfoconX, Sputnik’s Kit Klarenberg alleged, was “an anti-Russian #astroturfing event.”

Klarenberg took to Twitter to make his allegations.

In response to the accusations that the conference was a deep state plot, Dr Jones said, “I was in Asda last night picking up fruit.”

“It’s nothing new. This is the internet. He was just tapping into the attention that the event was getting.”

But that a story accusing journalists of clandestine intelligence operations was able to gain traction online is telling of the crisis of trust in contemporary journalism. In her opening remarks, Anderson pointed out that only 2% of people surveyed by YouGov expressed high levels of trust in journalists, making them less trusted than bankers and lawyers. Anderson pinpointed the ‘participatory apocalypse’ as one of the major causes, with the openness and democratization of the modern web rendering it vulnerable to manipulation by malign actors.

With the audience as the primary vector for distribution through clicks, likes and retweets, content which plays to people’s anger, fear and superiority can travel far, free of fact-checkers, she pointed out. But she also quoted ex-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger: “‘Much of the old media was itself biased, hectoring, blinkered, and – in its own way – post factual.’”

Journalism, she said, needs to better itself to “rise above the noise”, to set higher standards of meticulousness and transparency than ever before – and society needs to find new solutions to journalism’s failures and abuses.

To this end, the so-called ‘unconference’ enlisted the help of ethical hacker Paul Mason of cybersecurity company Secarma to talk about online bots, Alistair Brian of investigative co-operative the Ferret’s fact checking service, and Macaela Bennett from NewsGuard – a controversial web extension which flags news providers with a ‘nutrition label’ about their reliability as a source.

As well as these lectures, other workshops were a little more unorthodox, including a role-play in which participant’s acted out a heated political debate with misguided family, aiming to find ways of empathetically correcting misinformed loved ones. It was an improvisational, creative approach to the problem.

“Let us think wider than Russian bots, let’s think wider than MI5,” said Anderson, “any solution would have to be radical. Let’s take a look at ourselves and ask… how can I be better? Think big. Be radical”.

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What do you do with vegetable scraps like peelings if they are placed in the garden what diseases could they be introducing  they say to buy certified  seed potatoes  but if you place the potato scraps in the compost could be introducing what your trying to avoid by buying   certified  seed potatoes just a thought

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I am not a very experienced or knowledgeable gardener but I trench all my vegetable scraps and I haven't noticed any thing detrimental from them.

Nematodes and other diseases would not be noticeable.

we dont add straight scraps tp the garden but either feed to the chooks and use their droppings so processed or process in a compost bin or feed to the worm farm, yes we run out of scraps very quickly ! Col made  his own version of this and it hangs over the open compost bins - sorry had to borrow photos from net still havent managed to get a camera I like !

Scraps here are always processed thru the back end of a chicken. I scrape up the bits and pieces in the pen and then spread the mix on the garden carefully. I also y use the pen to store cuttings of branches when I trim the trees -- let them dry and rot a bit, break them up and mix 'em with the back end joys.

However for ease of cleaning I created a corral where I feed the chooks so that it is easy to turn over the soil and harvest rotted matter in the one spot.

It's not been obvious that any pests or diseases have resulted from using in-situ composting of vege scraps. So far. If you use sound Potatoes to grow from, I cannot see that there will be any problems. Ditto with Strawberries.

I've never had any trouble (so far) using vege scraps in my compost bins. I do use the added precaution of tossing out any diseased looking spuds or other veges. These never go into the compost, and I always use bought seed potatoes or ones that I have grown and harvested. I also make sure that I rotate the families of crops around the various beds. So I don't grow anything from the same family as Potatoes, eg. Tomatoes, Egg Plants, Capsicums, etc. in any bed for at least three years after a crop from that family. The only exception to that can be when I get a volunteer come up, eg. bush tomato, but even these usually get the chop. I cold compost in bins as I am too time poor to bother with the added work from hot composting. I believe that unless you are fastidious with looking after a hot heap (ie. turning regularly and keeping the moisture content and the carbon / nitrogen ratios right) it is a waste of time and effort. A cold composting will also give you lots of volunteer plants to either let grow or re-compost.

Jeez - I shove heaps of scraps though my compost.  I never give it a second thought.

My compost IS scraps with Sugar Cane for the dry matter. If it wasn't for the kitchen scraps there'd hardly be any compost at all.

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