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The Body of an American
by Dan O'Brien
Full Length Play, Drama / 2m
The Body of an American speaks to a moment in recent history when a single, stark photograph - of the body of an American dragged from the wreck of a Blackhawk through the streets of Mogadishu - reshaped the course of global events.
The Body of an American
by Dan O'Brien
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Cast Size2m
Duration90 minutes
AccoladesL. Arnold Weisssberger Award for Playwriting
Target Audience
- Adult
- Senior
Additional Info
Dan O'Brien's gripping and provocative play, The Body of an American speaks to a moment in recent history when a single, stark photograph - of the body of an American dragged from the wreck of a Blackhawk through the streets of Mogadishu - reshaped the course of global events. In a story ranging far in time and place, from Rwanda to Afghanistan to the Canadian Arctic, and in powerful, theatrical language, Dan O'Brien explores the ethical and personal consequences of Paul Watson's photograph, as well as the interplay between political upheaval and the experience of trauma in an age saturated by images and information.
In his multi-award-winning play, Dan O'Brien pinpoints a globally historic moment, and with it, shines a light on deeply personal issues relevant to our time and culture.
- FINALIST - 2015 Horton Foote Award, Best American Play
NOMINEE - 2015 Evening Standard's Charles Wintour Award, Most Promising Playwright
WINNER - 2014 Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play
WINNER - 2013 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama
WINNER - 2013 PEN Center USA Award for Drama
WINNER - 2011 L. Arnold Weissberger Award
NOMINEE - 2014 Evening Standard Award - Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright
"You have to admire the pressurized shape that the writer has found for his story...You feel for these men--and you also get a sobering reflection of the effect that the Mogadishu photo had on world events over the years." - The Washington Post, Read More
"Hauntings, on a personal and national scale, guilt, obsession and depression form the subject of this dense, knotty play... a play that tightens its grip as it probes where war lives, and discovers we each carry it inside ourselves." - The Guardian
"An engrossingly subjective docu-drama which feels psychologically acute and politically important...a really superb piece of theatre." - The Stage
"The Body of an American is a play about writing a play but it's also an intricate meditation on the nature of memory and guilt." - Evening Standard
"Provides ample food for thought… Moment by moment the livewire, oddly introspective theatrical experience keeps us on our toes, and accumulatively it presents us with a debate about where we should draw the line between observation and involvement, what's good about curiosity and what's bad." - Telegraph
"This play is an extraordinary exploration of mental health, war and friendship. Unrelentingly gripping, The Body of an American will lodge itself in the mind and there it will remain, hopefully and deservedly, for a long time." - The Upcoming
"The Body of an American is as richly poetic as it is pixel sharp. It's the document of a relationship that began as art and became something like therapy, it's a play about violence and the power of the image, and of facing the difficult truths about your privileged place in the world. The Body of an American is a stunning, complex piece of theatre that refuses to be tamed or drawn into conclusions. There is no moralising or sanding down of rough or difficult edges…It's the story of two lives flicking through one another for answers, a record of vital but insoluble moral questioning." - Exeunt
"One of the most exciting and original new plays that you're ever likely to see. I'm still reeling from the experience. Fascinating and immensely powerful." - WOW 24/7
KeywordsCurrent Events, Death, Politics, War
Performing Groups
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
- Mild Adult Themes
License details
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Setting: Various times and locations, then the Arctic in the present.
- Additional Features: Multimedia
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
- Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)
MAN 2 - Paul Watson and others, 50s
Cast Attributes
- All Male
Casting Notes
Two actors play all the roles here—ideally one actor in his 30s, who plays Dan most of the time, and an actor in his 50s to mostly play Paul. The older of these two actors has the first line of the play, and with each new character-heading the actors alternate.
Available Services
The Body of An American was first presented by Portland Center Stage in Portland, Oregon, on October 9, 2012. It was directed by Bill Rauch. The play was commissioned and developed with support from The Playwrights' Center's 2009-2010 McKnight Commission and Residency Program, Minneapolis, MN.


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When we go out to eat, our first instinct is to order one of everything. There's so much delicious food out there waiting to be tasted and someone's gotta do it—it might as well be us, right? Alas our wallets are not infinite so our strategy is to work our way through the menu over several visits or to lay claim to as many dishes as possible in one meal by sharing with the table. (We're not particularly fond of sharing our food, but we'll do whatever it takes to eat all the foods.) Once a year though, when Miami Spice rolls around in all its prix-fixe glory, we proclaim "To hell with our cost-conscious strategy!" and straight up indulge.
Like with last year's Miami Spice adventures, this August and September we've been extremely selective about the participating restaurants we've chosen to visit. Past experience has taught us that some spots resort to low quality food for their Miami Spice menus even if their regular menus are legit. So, these days, we do tons of research and build a priority list that will give us the most bang for our buck. At the top of our list are those restaurants that are not usually within our budget and that don't sacrifice the quality of their food to make a quick buck.
In 2015, the stand-out for us was Bulla Gastrobar. This year, we have two favorites—a lunch pick and a dinner pick—that we're excited to share with you because we know you will absolutely love them. While you work your way there, we'll be strutting our stuff to Sunny's at The Hall (their poke bowl is AH-MAZE) and to The Forge so we can complete our priority list for this Spice season. Remember: Miami Spice ends on September 30 so we only have 4 days left to eat all the foods!
Best Miami Spice Lunch 2016: Bianca at the Delano
Bianca at the Delano has been on our priority list from the very beginning. In fact, the first time we were introduced to the concept of Miami Spice was in 2012 with lunch at The Delano. During our visit, we decided to sit outdoors. The vibe is much more laidback outdoors, plus the greenery, the décor and the views are quintessential Miami. Bianca's Miami Spice 2016 menu offers three options for appetizer, three for entrée and varied sorbet flavors for dessert. Per usual, we had a hard time picking between the various options but we took a leap of faith with the curry chicken cups and the salmon with quinoa tabouli. We hit an absolute home run with both options. If you go, it's watcha want. Trust.
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Our #FoodieFriends are always raving about Red, The Steakhouse—Exhibit A: Miami Food Pug's latest Red, The Steakhouse review—so when we were looking for a place to celebrate our birthday night we knew exactly where to go. Our meal was ex-qui-site, albeit expensive because we went ham with the upgrades and Red's Miami Spice 2016 menu has a ton of upgrade options for every course. We kicked dinner with the burrata, followed by a perfectly cooked filet mignon with a crispy outside and medium rare center. For dessert, definitely go for the panna cotta. 8 out of 9 people at the table got the chocolate option and we all suffered food envy as our 9th friend devoured her delicious panna cotta.


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Yesterday I spent the morning cutting down rhododendron plants (or 'Rhodie bashing', as it is known by those in conservation circles) in Hagg Wood, a gorgeous woodland just outside of York. I went along with the University Conservation Volunteers group, and we met Friends of Hagg Wood and people from the British Conservation Society in the woodland, who were leading the morning's hacking and chopping.
The wood was absolutely beautiful - a real magical woodland space, just how Enid Blyton would like it. In May bluebells grow there by the gazillion, but in November everything is brown and shadowy, with long silver birches holding up the canopy.
The air was bitingly cold, and it was wonderful to get wrapped-up warm and be out in it, chopping and dragging and pulling and hacking. I have lots of tiny scratches all over my fingers where brambles scratched through my gloves, and we were all covered in moss and leaves and branches. There were so many great people there, all getting wholly involved in destroying this incredible plant before it took over the whole space.
You can see a 'before' shot of the plant in this photo, lurking behind the silver birches.
We stopped for a picnic after two hours. People had made cakes and there was tea, coffee and hot chocolate in flasks. Everyone was so cheerful and keento hear about the University and our studies.
There was 5 or 6 different cakes to choose from! Mostly homemade too!
When we stepped back to look at our morning's work at the end of the meeting, it was amazing to see how much we'd cleared! There were huge piled of chopped-up plant, waiting to be burned away at a bonfire party in two weeks.
And an 'after' shot, with the piles of plants ready for burning!
Needless to say, we were tired out and achey! We felt we'd earned a lazy afternoon and a tasty tea, so we went home to sit around on sofas, all wrapped up in blankets. For tea we made spiced winter vegetable stew; my most favourite wintery meal making it's premier for the year. Then we sat down with stewed apples and homemade custard to watch La Haine. I can finally say that I have found my favourite film scene ever, and much ado was made about winding it back to watch it again (which inevitably lead to circles of the "too-far back, too-far forward" scenario typical of any such re-winding). The scene I am talking about, in case you know the film, starts with the DJ in the Cypress Hill shirt, when the camera zooms out through the window onto the skyline of suburban Paris, and the hip-hop music intertwines with Je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf. I thought the film was brilliant, and not as violent as I had feared it would be. Daniel disagreed. I had already noticed that reactions to it are very mixed.
Today I work. Tonight I work. My eyes are heavy with the screen, my brain is full of french transcriptions and IPA symbols. I need tea and bed!
Sunday, 15 November 2009
4 comments:
Working up an appetite whilst doing something so worthwhile outdoors, then having homemade cake, what a great way to spend an afternoon.ReplyDelete
:-) Yes, it was perfect! I definitely going to take part in more conservation projects - such a good excuse to get outside in winter when it's cold, too!ReplyDelete
only in britain! :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 November 2009 at 22:52
Sounds like what I get up to on our volunteer days down here in the Neroche Forest...except no-one ever brings cake :( Maybe I need to start a new trend?ReplyDelete
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Just because it fits in a manilla folder doesn't mean it isn't a pile of shit.
The Macbook Air is the minimalist laptop produced by hipster computer super giant, Apple. It's named after what it becomes if you accidentally drop it about 2 feet off the floor. It's primary selling point is that It has a thickness of only 0.68 inches, much like that of an asian penis. It of course also has a shiny brushed aluminum case to draw hipsters and Macfags in. Despite having these impressive features, the laptop has proved to be totally impractical, as it lacks many of the features that real laptops have. However, because it has brushed metal, and was released by Apple, hipsters, artists, and Macfags alike wet their pants and cough up the cash for it.
As aforementioned, the Macbook Air is extremely thin. Unfortunately, in order to achieve this trait, Apple apparently had to remove many of the key features that define a normal laptop, like a disk drive, Ethernet port, and gigabytes of memory. Instead of actually making an extremely thin laptop, which would have been a triumphing achievement indeed, Apple simply released an $1800 shiny piece of metal. Instead of addressing their lack of true innovation, Apple has chosen to defend the MacBook Air's lack of features by claiming that such features are unnecessary or obsolete. Anyone who isn't a Macfag or hipster will realize that they are simply being baited by Apple into buying an extremely overpriced computer which isn't even a computer!. Regarding the high price of the MacBook Air, apparently you have to pay more for less features and the fact that you can have a laptop which fits in a manila folder. Sounds like a good deal, right?
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Within seconds of the release of the MacBook Air, Macfags all of the world collectively pissed themselves and began buying them. Everyone else on the other hand, did not, and instead used their brains and saw that the Macbook Air was an overpriced piece of shit. In response to the plethora of criticisms of the MacBook Air that quickly followed its release, Macfags lined up to defend Apple's latest invention:
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I finally managed to get some time off last week, and had a great time in Vancouver meeting up with an old friend, followed by taking a cruise back home. This was the first time I'd been on a cruise ship, and I can guarantee you it will also be my last. I have a hard enough time boarding an aircraft, with slow people who wander aimlessly, can't get out of the aisle, and are seemingly unable to follow even the simplest of instructions - however that's nothing compared to a cruise ship.
Imagine 3000 people, from families to your local retirement home outing, trying to board one ship, all in the space of a couple of hours. While I have some sympathy for the cruise lines in trying to deal with all this, being herded like cattle from pen to pen is not what I consider a fun time. It didn't get much better once on the boat, but fortunately I had a couple of good books with me and I pretty much sat on the room balcony and read them through. The first was "Disrupted: My Misadventure in a Startup Bubble" by Dan Lyons.
"Disrupted" is a book that hit home for me, and I read it cover-to-cover in one sitting. Here was a person who had built his credentials through 'traditional' companies, a focus on high-tech, had looked on with incredulity through his career as the most ridiculous companies were funded then sold, and eventually jumped into that world only to learn that it's more ridiculous than you could have imagined, and that in the end you just can't stop being who you are.
Lyons was a former tech journalist who had joined "HubSpot", a company producing software tools for "Inbound Marketing". This attempts to have the customer come to you, not the old fuddy-duddy approach of having farms of workers cold-calling from paper lists and reading scripts to grab a sale. HubSpot were "disrupting" the old way of doing business and receiving huge valuations based on that fanfare - yet behind the scenes were using those "boiler room" techniques to promote their own product, and appeared to be pushing the appearance of growth at any cost to ensure the money kept flowing.
HubSpot is also famous for its Culture Code, their set of rules for a workplace designed to attract and keep the best talent. When I first read it (along with the Netflix equivalent) I was really pleased to see the main themes (minus the touchy-feely bits) were what I had tried, as best I could within the confines of a larger company, to employ when I ran a small division selling high tech software. Sadly, it turns out they were more "aspirational" than "actual" and mostly geared to reducing company financial liabilities such as paid vacation. I'll be coming back to these Culture Codes in a future post.
Lyons' experience had both similarities and differences to mine. Being on the inside of a startup and watching the insanity is something I'd had to deal with myself, and there were plenty of parts where with a simple name change to the characters it could have been something that happened to me. On the other hand Lyons joined later in the company growth, where it was nearly $100 million raised with 500 people in the company, and watched more from the 'regular employee' viewpoint, whereas I had been there from pre-funding, developed large parts of the core technology, and was involved (at least as an observer) in most business decisions for a period, giving me some insight into the interactions with the investors. (I'll add this experience was at more than one company.)
One of the themes that's clear in Lyons' writing is that the ageism in HubSpot was rampant - the idea that "younger people are just smarter" and do better for the business, when in reality it simply means "too inexperienced to realise they're being taken advantage of" and both cheaper and disposable. Hardware engineering, compared to marketing, makes this business ploy almost impossible to pull off. Most hardware problems are so interdisciplinary, and require so much understanding of the technology, processes, planning, and the realities of development that it's really only achievable with experience and talent. They also require time to move through to completion, often four or more years, plenty for naive new hires to wise up. Generally, once they're put into a real world hardware development role, even the most capable and arrogant engineer quickly learns not just that experience matters, but the problems are so large that there's no way to solve it on your own - you have to work in a team, and know your role in it. That ageism, fortunately, isn't something I have really encountered.
Another aspect of his experience that doesn't match with mine was with the "Kool-Aid" drinking of his co-workers. At HubSpot, the young staff truly believed they were working on something world-changing, that they had a mission, and they were part of a glorious revolution, prophets of a new religion that it was their destiny to bring to the masses. It seems apparent from his writing however that the founders and leaders of the company knew exactly what they intended to do, and it was a cold calculated method to game the system and make the company look attractive for an IPO.
If anything my previous experience has tended to the opposite, where the Board and "C" level are the Kool-Aid drinkers, the true-believers, who ignore technical reports that point to failures, issues, and problems, as they are just the work of "heretics", or incompetent/lazy engineers. The average engineer, however, is under no illusion as to the real status of the company and the work - if they are any good, then facts and evidence are paramount to an engineer. Measurements, numbers, statistics all matter more than perseverance and pig-headedness. Maths and physics don't lie or bend to management directives.
If C-level directives fly in the face of sensible technical choices, it's noticed and questioned. Sometimes you accept a poor engineering choice due to business reality of cost or timing, but if it's purely fantasy and you're being told to accept an impossible/stupid engineering choice then it simply forms an "us and them" mentality. It creates an odd situation where the lunatics are running the asylum, one where the patients are all sane and know it.
Lyons on the other hand was the sole sane man in the asylum, constantly surrounded by the insane, with no-one to turn to and laugh with. You can tell from his writing that at some points he questioned his own sanity, and was it he himself that was wrong and out-of-touch? It chips away at his self-belief, which had already taken a hit due to his earlier layoff from Newsweek. The whole process is insidious, as by breaking their self-belief, the company culture prevents someone from the clarity of thought and confidence to simply walk out, leaving the person feeling trapped and powerless - which I've learned over the years is something a lot of bosses like to have in their employees. You want to scream "Just get out!" at him, and fortunately he does have some friends simply tell him that.
The psychological turning point for him seems to have been landing the gig writing for the show "Silicon Valley", spending weeks talking and working with other sane, rational people and laughing at the insanity he was dealing in with his regular job. At that point, he regains his self-belief and it's just a matter of time before he leaves, but he does what always amazes me about abused staff and shows a remarkable professionalism even in the face of egregious behaviour by his management. He continues to work and deliver product until it all finally blows up, and resigns giving them plenty of notice, but unsurprisingly is "graduated" (fired) immediately (definitely familiar to me).
Where the book really meshes with my experience though is in the observations of the startup and funding ecosystem - the game whereby VC's and founders manipulate the metrics not to produce better product or to satisfy customers, but to garner the appearance of growth to inflate valuations, and sell on to a greater fool, be it another larger VC, or the general public in the form of an IPO. It's not about creating an effective product, or improving productivity, it's about manipulating the employees, the unquestioning tech press, and the investment analysts into keeping the charade going long enough that someone has put so much money into it that either it's not allowed to fail, or you've banked the gains before it collapses. To quote from Disrupted:
"The one thing people do not appreciate is that these companies are incredibly fragile. There is so much less than people believe... The whole thing is based on companies trying to achieve escape velocity before they blow themselves up."
The book resonated with me on two main levels - the first being that Lyons is our "everyman" in a bizarre world, and he reacts as a sane man should, though often questioning his sanity. He reminded me of the titular characters in "Life of Brian" and "Blackadder", simply trying to make his way through life and doing what he can in the weirdest of circumstances.
The second, stronger, resonance for me is his tying of the experience to the startup ecosystem, pointing out that, like the financial crises of the past, these valuations and investments are based more on sizzle than the steak itself, and that it's impacting our society in significant ways. Chapters like "Glassholes", "Escape Velocity", and "The New Work: Employees as Widgets" are really where the meat of the story is - a small fraction of the book but highlight the insidious effect "The New Work" is having on all our lives. These chapters alone made it worth reading, and the humour of the rest keeps your attention - go buy it.
I'll leave you with a final quote from the book that in a few sentences perfectly covers what I have been trying to put into words. I doubt I'll ever be able to phrase it better than this:
"I've been in the Valley a long time. As far as I can tell, nobody here ever feels guilty about anything they do. What I have observed from these guys is that they have a strong sense that they are moral actors. They believe very strongly that they operate with high integrity. They believe they are the most moral folks on the planet. But they are not."
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On July 17th, this as-yet unidentified male subject stabbed a Portland, Oregon bus driver in the neck. The driver, 40 year-old Fadi Hamad, was treated for a 'non life-threatening' stab wound, which was (like any place in your neck) only inches from major blood vessels. Why are police so sure they'll get their man sooner rather than later? This composite sketch has something to do with it…
From KATU.com:
The man who stabbed a TriMet bus driver had a distinctive checkerboard tattoo around his neck, a police sketch of the suspect revealed Thursday…
In addition to the tattoo around his neck, there are now more details about his description:
- White male in his mid-30s
- 5 feet, 9 inches tall
- Medium build
- Medium-length brown hair
- Unshaven face with several scars
- Last seen wearing a green t-shirt and black pants
With a $1000 reward on his head and a checkerboard tattoo around his neck, this f-ed-up meth addict (note the facial sores) is going to have a very hard time staying one step ahead of the law. If his tat doesn't give him away, the fact that Gollum is wearing a turtleneck in August will put the cops on him like white on rice.
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I've been busy procrastinating today. Instead of running the scanner, I decided to take advantage of my time and hang with one of my sisters. We traveled out to Corydon, Indiana and found this sweet antique store. There were quality items everywhere, but not much for us genealogists.
There was an awesome clerk, though, who allowed me to snap a few photos of a couple of the few genephemera finds that we did see. I definitely recommend this place if you're ever in the area and looking for high end, quality Americana antiques. It's a treasure trove of carefully curated finds!


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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Curious George Cottage Festival Tickets on Sale
April 30, 2010
By Jan Stearns
Waterville Valley ranked in TOP 5 by Yankee Magazine
By Jan Stearns
Pat Moore on TVs "The Daily Habit"
By Jan Stearns
Waterville Valley snowboarder and Forum team rider, Pat Moore, made an appearance on FUEL TV's "The Daily Habit" earlier this week. "The Daily Habit" is FUEL TV's first original daily series, telecast weeknights at 9 p.m. while re-airing later in … Continue reading
Sweet Suite at Waterville Valley Resort
April 29, 2010
By Jan Stearns
4,000 feet once – why not aim for 48?
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Marty Basch, Boston Globe Correspondent, wrote an excellent story that appeared on boston.com about the Four Thousand Footer Club.
Tripyramid Hiker's Photo Slideshow
April 28, 2010
By Jan Stearns
The other day I came across some excellent photos by a hiker known as BIGEarl of his recent hike up the Tripyramids.
Yoga Class CANCELLED Tomorrow
By Jan Stearns
Missy's Pure Power Yoga class scheduled for April 29 has been cancelled.
WVAIA Guide Hikes – Summer Schedule
April 23, 2010
By Jan Stearns
The Waterville Valley Athletic & Improvement Association (WVAIA) announced their 2010 guided SUMMER HIKES schedule.
Town receives govt. funds for water improvements
April 22, 2010
By Jan Stearns
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the Town of Waterville Valley is the only community in New Hampshire chosen to receive government funding assistance for water and wastewater system improvements.
Waterville's Dept. of Public Safety offers communication service
April 21, 2010
By Jan Stearns
The Waterville Valley Department of Public Safety is utilizing a new communications service that allows it to send important, valuable community information directly to Waterville Valley residents using the latest technology. The Nixle Community Information Service allows the Waterville Valley … Continue reading


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A few months ago Gakken Mook released the Digimon Adventure tri. Memorial Book. One of the primary draws of the book was that it contained most of the gorgeous tri. artwork that had been made for various magazines.
On top of those images it also contained some behind the scenes details such as character designs, staff/cast messages, etc. On top of that, it included an interview with tri. director Keitaro Motonaga.
In the interview he gives various details regarding tri. in a candid manner. So for the 4th day of Digimonukkah, we have a translation of much of what he talks about, plus a few additional fun details.
Translated by onkei. Rewrites and notes/annotations for clarity have been made by onkei and myself based on her original translation. Changes may be made after further reading based on request of onkei. Certain terms may be tweaked for clarity, others may be left for a more literal translation.
Images have been inserted for example and to break up the text, only one image is of the actual book.
If you haven't finished tri. yet, be aware there are spoilers.
Motonaga likens Yggdrasil & Homeostasis to the 'real thoughts' and 'facade' of the adult world.
Yggrasil is the real thought of "Use power to stop the opposition" while Homeostasis is the path of "Let's all get along... but we will use force if we have to."
The Children don't necessarily agree with either side, but they aren't in the position of being "adult" yet, and are thus forced to obey their decisions. That's the premise, children dealing with the world of adults.
Motonaga was working on "Date A Live" when the initial offer to work on tri. came to him. He notes this is roughly 6 years ago. He doesn't clarify with version of Date A Live, or if he's giving a more specific time-frame, or just musing on how long ago he thinks it was. It's 'most' likely he's talking about late in the production of the original Date A Live, either in the middle of 2013, or late 2013 working on the OVA.
The initial offer that came to him was making a simple 'fan' movie. (It isn't clarified what this means, but it is likely a reference to various one off 'not much happens, it's a simple production for the fans' movies that tend to be made with not much happening in them. What he says next tends to agree with this estimation.) By the time he accepted, it ended up being decided to give the project a full proper story, along with character designs by Uki Atsuya.
Motonaga worked the most on the battle scenes, as he's stated in the past it's his preference. He muses that he got yelled at because he kept asking for 'too much' for the battle scenes, and Juria Matsumura was in charge under him for the deeper human drama scenes, such as the conversations between Mimi and Jou in Part 2, and Yamato and Gabumon in Part 6. Matsumura was credited for various positions throughout tri.'s production, including Assistant Director, Unit Director, and Storyboarding.
Motonaga spent time watching and rewatching the original series to study it. He did this to develop the Ultimate evolutions, and to see how the characters fought and moved.
Motonaga says the toughest action scene was all of them Omegamon Merciful Mode, as he had difficulty "showing it's hero-like aura, even though he might not be a hero at all..."
He notes that he you should watch the scene where Merciful Mode kills Ordinemon. Ordinemon lowers her head for that moment. She goes to him, choosing to be killed, and even chooses not to fire her laser anymore. This appears to be a musing on what is left of Meicoomon knowing it has to end.
When Meicoomon says goodbye to Meiko in the final scene, they ended up likening it to the image of a child waving to their mother as they're being dropped off to school, "See you later, Mommy."
Motonaga received comments/opinions from fans asking if Meicoomon could have been saved. He says that in the context of the world, Meicoomon is a glitch. They have to get rid of the glitch, or the environment simply can't survive. At the end of Part 5, Taichi has realized Meiko's feelings about this, and is why he makes the choice he does to kill her.
In the previous series, there was a happy ending where things worked out. With tri., Motonaga wanted to show the children accept something inevitable that they couldn't simply change/force into a happy ending. This ends up leading to Taichi's decision to become an ambassador in the future.
This event is meant to be a pivotal moment in his life that leads Taichi into thinking "I want to make is so everyone has a path to live properly."
The reason Yamato seems flippant about wanting to be an astronaut is because, according to Motonaga, it isn't so easy to become one that he could just say "I'm gonna do it!"
They ended up casting new actors for the chosen children after much thought. In the end, the staff all wante to choose people who had grown up with the original series.
Their first, and easiest choice, was Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yamato. Their toughest, and final, choice was Natsuki Hanae as Taichi.
Motonaga approached the series in his mind as if he were making a 2 cour TV anime. He ended up receiving ideas from the producer that helped inspire scenes, as well as adding comedic moments so that the audience didn't end up bored. In his opinion there wasn't enough time allowed in the end.
For instance, tri. mainly dealt with the point of view of the humans, but he wanted to show more of the Digimon in despair when they realized they were slowly going mad. Despite that despair, they choose the reboot themselves because they deeply love their humans.
The reboot was Motonaga wanting to show the mental evolution of the Digimon. When the new bond from after the reboot joins together with their memories from before the reboot, the bond is more unbreakable than ever before. That's what made them invincible for the final battle.
Agumon was made to be 'in charge' of humorous moments because Motonaga wanted to make sure humor was injected into a story that continuously became more serious. Agumon's voice keeps things from being negative.
The interviewer muses on if this is why Agumon spoke to Meiko in Part 5, but Motonaga comments it's because Agumon got the feeling that Meicoomon had become a sacrifice. It was to convey to Meiko that none of them hated Meicoomon, and they didn't have ill feelings towards her. But they also had to take in Taichi's feelings, and the reality that they would have to face Meicoomon and take her down. It's with respect to his feelings that the Digimon would not back down.
Hikari, and Koushiro, are against Taichi's decision, because they are the type of people who think there must be a better way, and will look for it.
Hikari's "I won't forgive you" isn't said out of hatred to her brother, but because she believes he is wrong. Despite this, she won't ignore that decision and it was meant to show her growth. Prior to that, she would always follow her brother, and is able to speak her objection clearly.
Motonaga says that in the close-up of everyone's faces in Part 6, you can see that even though they are all united in doing the same thing, they are all thinking something different: there are those who are mad, who are sad, who feel powerless...
He wanted to show that inwardly, they are each in unique positions with how they feel, because each grew their own way...
For example, Yamato had to deal with the fear of losing with someone with Taichi's 'death' in Part 5. When Yamato is alone he begins to think he is powerless by himself. When Taichi comes back, Taichi treats him with the attitude of 'you did well.' In movie 6, when they run together to settle things once and for all, Yamato takes a step back, because he's kind. Taichi is there to knock his fist, as if to say "Don't worry, I'm here."
Motonaga was originally going to have them hold hands, as an homage to the scene in Adventure (which is flashed back to in the climax of tri. Part 1), but when it was sketched out, he dumped it, because it had a different look from what he intended.
Sora was a mother, who was a good person. Part 4 was made with the intent to show her growing into someone who acts more her own age. To allow her to feel OK to say things that might be selfish, but that she needs for her own self.
Sora comments that everyone is doing their own thing, and not paying attention to her, but the truth is actually the opposite. Everyoen does pay attention to her, and her well-being. Piyomon, who actually wanted Sora's attention the most, only does so when Sora reaches out to her with her own wants.
Motonaga had the depiction like this to show it akin to best friends, who fight, make up, and grow closer than before.
Takeru is the one who most sensitive to Sora's mood, not because he's a 'player', but because he's a considerate gentleman, so he notices changes in women.
It's also suggested that it helps that Takeru is younger than Sora, it allows him to be more aware of changes than Taichi and Yamato, who are around her on age.
Motonaga says Takeru lied about Patamon's infection because he wanted to protect what was important to him, but it ends up bringing feelings of repentance in him because "I've caused the others to be infect" and "there might be fewer casualties if I had spoken sooner."
Patamon understands Takeru's love for him, which is why he's able to tell him to kill him. Motonaga says he used the word kill speifically because the chosen children, being a bit older, know what that means.
Motonaga believes Takeru is the most pure among the kids (pure in this context being the one who is most truthful to following his feelings.) He does what he shouldn't do because he doesn't want to lose Patamon. At the same time he understands Meiko's pain.
Mimi initially feels confusion over the differences in behavior between 'overseas and Japan', but reaches the conclusion of "it's OK to be me."
Jou reaches the same conclusion about himself actually. He feels depressed comparing himself to his family, and believing he's useless because his grades don't improve. He realizes that as long as he knows who he is, and what he values, there isn't a problem he can't face.
Motonaga says Koushiro thinks of himself as someone who doesn't think there is something he can't understand, which is partially why he panics in Part 6. Motonaga believes Koushiro has the strongest sense of justice.
Motonaga honestly believes that for the story being told, the original group alone wouldn't have been able to tell that story, which is why Meicoomon and Meiko were created. He had decided from the beginning that Meicoomon would fuse with Ophanimon Falldown Mode into Ordinemon.
This is why Meicoomon was designed to be the opposite of Tailmon. Both are cats, but one is long hair, the other is short hair Motonaga owned a Maine Coon at the time he was helping come up with Meicoomon, which is how the name Meicoomon came about.
Meicomoon's existence was saturated with chaos, but there was always a small single dot of a good soul in her, which had the power to potentially stop everything.
They decided to make Meiko a girl in order to help balance out the large number of human boys on the team. Much like Meicoomon and Tailmon, Meiko was designed to contrast with Hikari. She's a more plain girl to Hikari's 'maiden-like' attidude and her tendency to stand out.
Motonaga wanted to depict Meiko as a girl with a strong heart, and believes she's the one closest to a real high school girl.
Even after Meicoomon disappears, Meiko is conflicted over many things. Wondering whether Meicoomon going berserk is her fault, or even wondering if telling the others to kill Meicoomon was a good idea.
Because things being left "like that" would make Meiko a sad character, Motonaga added a scene at the end where we hear a sound from her Digivice. Motonaga says he meant it as a Christmas present to her. He leaves it up to the imagination of the audience what was delivered to Meiko in that scene.
A few small additional bits from the book...
The scene of Taichi looking off at the sunset on the horizon with Agumon, he was actually looking at Haneda Airport, where the climax of the first battle in tri. took place.
While recording for the first movie, Hosoya was bothered by the condition of the microphone, and he kept eyeballing the staff. Eventually he changed the microphone on his own. (No specific mention is what 'condition' means in this context. Since the staff would be monitoring recording quality with studio equipment, it's likely a reference to some type of physical scratch or bump on the microphone that bothered him, rather than a recording issue.)
These don't represent the entirely of behind the scenes content in the Digimon Adventure tri. Memorial Book (or even the entire interview with him), owing to timing, real life, etc. It should help provide a look into the thought process of Director Keitaro Motonaga, the director of the entirety of Digimon Adventure tri., along with his views on the characters.
There is a discussion thread where people are discussing various aspects of the book.
The Digimon Adventure tri. Memorial Book is still available to order from CDJapan: (Affiliate link)
Digimon Adventure tri. Memorial Book
Huge thanks again to oneki for her translation work, along with her assistance in cleaning up and clarifying bits for usage.
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Tonight's BU line-up.
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● Following last night's win and other Division 1 tournament games, BU moved up to #6 in the Pairwire Rankings. College Hockey News offers a Pairwise Probability Matrix that has BU projected to finish at #5.
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Looking back
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Microsoft's MCE preloaded. Excellent performance. Good battery life.
Only has a DVD/CD-RW combo drive. Bulky.
Bottom Line
With Microsoft MCE and great performance, the Inspiron 6000 is easily one of the best value laptops on the market.
editor's note: with the introduction of the new inspiron e1505, dell has discontinued production of the inspiron 6000 (mce). please check out the review of the dell inspiron e1505 instead.
when it comes to entry-level notebooks, the dell inspiron 6000 is a penny-pincher's dream. when we reviewed this laptop back in march, we awarded it an editors' choice and repeatedly praised it for its value. this time around, dell has added microsoft's media center edition 2005 os (mce), and we're still singing the inspiron 6000's praises. for the price ($968.80 direct, as tested), it's hard to beat.
at 6.8 pounds, the notebook is not exactly thin and light, but it does offer a sharp, bright, 15.4-inch widescreen display that is great for movie watching. a set of dvd player controls sit in the front panel (play/pause, stop, rew, fwd, volume control). if you are in the market for something lighter, the averatec av3715-eh1 weighs in at only 4.2 lbs.
the inspiron 6000 is preloaded with mce. the particular model we reviewed and tested didn't come with a tv tuner, but you can buy an external one from dell for an additional $134. that will let you can watch and record television programs. the sizable 80gb hard drive is larger than the 60gb hard drives offered by the hp compaq presario v2000z and the averatec av3715, giving you more room to store tv shows, photos, and music files.
by including mce, dell had to make a sacrifice elsewhere to bring the inspiron 6000 in for under $1,000: the company chose to ditch the dvd±rw drive for a dvd/cd-rw combo drive. if dvd burning is a must, a $79 upgrade to an 8x dvd±rw is available. the inspiron 6000 has a multitude of connectivity options, including four usb ports, firewire and an s-video out ports, and an sd slot.
the inspiron 6000 performs very well using the pentium m 725 (1.6 ghz) and 512mb ram. this combo rocketed the inspiron's performance to the top of the entry-level pack, past the averatec av3715-eh1 with its 1.8-ghz mobile amd sempron 3000+ and the compaq v2000z with its 1.8-ghz turion 64 ml-30. mobilemark scores were also impressive, at 4 hours 13 minutes, battery life almost twice as long as its peers'.
dell received plenty of fanfare with its first entry level inspiron 6000. and even though, this time around, they made the dvd-burner-for-media-center-os tradeoff, we remain big fans. just remember that the sub-$1,000 price tag is only available if you punch in dell's e-code: 1111-i6004pc. (you can't configure this system for this price on the site; you need the code to get the price.) with this code in hand, frugal shoppers can enjoy the power and flexibility of the inspiron 6000 for a very affordable price.
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Ubiquiti RocketDish 5G31-AC is a dual-polarization 5.1-5.8 GHz antenna with gain specified as 31 dBi. It features a deep dish construction of 75 cm diameter for much better side and back lobe rejection. In comparison to other dish antennas, this one is pretty light-weight at just 7.6 kg, including mount and radome. I bought it in September 2017 for Wi-Fi DX-ing.
At first sight, the production quality is quite questionable. The UBNT logo is somewhat misaligned and the top hood is asymmetrically positioned. I did not remove the protective radome, as it is mounted with rivets. However, there is a video on the YouTube of the dish internals.
Two RP-SMA connectors are placed at the rear panel, together with a bubble level indicator. The driven element can be easily disassembled from the whole dish and it actually consists of one piece of conductor combined for both horizontal and vertical polarization.
Its quality is also puzzling – one can see lots of scratches, some dark spots and even discontinuities of the coating. Note this is a brand new unit.
Fortunately, the performance seems to be fine. I measured VSWR up to 1.7 within 5.1-5.8 GHz frequency range using Agilent N5242A network analyzer.
There is a plastic socket behind the dish, dedicated for Ubiquiti Rocket radio. Because I'm MikroTik hardware user, I had to make a custom box for RB912UAG-5HPnD board.
I bought an aluminium IP67 enclosure Gainta HQ029S. It required a lot of additional work though. Apart from drilling holes for bolts, mounting cable gland and cutting out space for antenna's rear panel, a special holder for the PCB was also required.
The antenna's rear panel with RF connectors was installed back together with my custom enclosure. I also glued an accelerometer module for antenna elevation angle measurement, connected to Arduino clone. It is not reliable as an absolute indicator though, but helps with mast leveling using guy lines.
By the way, I can upgrade the program on the Arduino board at any time. Of course MikroTik RouterOS does not support that, but I prepared a build of OpenWRT (LEDE) with avrdude which can be booted via Ethernet.
The RB912 has a 2×2 MIMO 802.11an radio (
AR9342 chipset). Unfortunately, it is unreliable for Wi-Fi DX-ing, as channel calibration takes over 100 ms. During that time, all reported signals values are underestimated and the sensitivity is considerably worse. The workaround is to use long channel time (at least 200 ms/freq, preferably more). This problem has been reported to MikroTik, but with no result. On the other hand, hardware with older
AR92xx chipsets allows to sweep the whole band at 2× faster rate (100 ms/freq).
The sealing between my custom enclosure and antenna's rear panel is done with a rubber gasket. I did some preliminary tests of the antenna before erecting it up on a huge mast.
The antenna mount seems to be made of aluminium (or maybe actually duraluminum), as it is very light-weight. Separate elevation rod is also an awesome thing to have, as the antenna can be reinstalled on another mast without additional alignment. There is enough space between antenna mount and the box to open it up, so the board can be replaced after installation on the mast without any further disassembly.
There are some things to consider and test, like polarization separation. I also have an idea how to measure the radiation pattern using high rate packet generator and signal level averaging. However I need to find a good place with full line of sight and reasonable distance from my antenna.
The antenna is now installed with a rotator, at the top of a 18 meter aluminium mast (80×5 mm + 70×5 mm + 60×5 mm + 50×5 mm) and can be remotely controlled from anywhere. The following video presents the erection of the mast, done using three manual winches.
What about Wi-Fi DX results? My personal distance record is approx. 464 km.
See the detailed write-ups for more info:
- October 2017: 5 GHz Wi-Fi DX 360+ km record via tropospheric ducting
- October 2018: Wi-Fi DX record at 460+ km (Ukraine and Lithuania)
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Yes, our family has grown again!
Matt and I have been going back and forth about adopting a second pet for the past year. Annie has pretty severe separation anxiety and FREAKS out every time we leave her alone, so we'd been thinking that another pet might help her. But with our limited space and tight funds, we decided against it.
Then we changed our minds; Annie needs a sibling. Maybe an chunky, lazy, older cat. But I'm allergic to cats. So. Maybe an older dog.
We talked ourselves out of it and dropped it again.
Then Matt found Brenna on an animal rescue's website. A five-year-old black lab who "acts like she's two." I've always said that if I ever got a dog, I wanted a lab, and before Matt found Annie, I was looking at lab puppies on the Internet. And here was a rescue lab. After potty training, spaying, and going through teething with Annie, we didn't want a puppy again. And this lab was five, house-trained, spayed, and well-behaved.
Ultimately, the goofy grin in her photo won us over.
So, Matt applied for her and arranged a home visit. And of course, she was a sweetie and got along well with Annie, and we fell for her pretty quickly. It was a done deal.
The pups are getting along better than I expected. They've been doing really well on walks together, which I was worried about. For the most part, they stay close to each other.
Annie gets pretty jealous when we show Brenna too much attention, and she gets quite defensive if Brenna runs up to or jumps on Matt or myself. Other than that, they get along great. They've been playing tug-of-war a lot and despite Brenna's size, Annie's giving her a run for her money.
Brenna knows a few basic commands already, too, which is great. So far, she's been a good listener and seems eager to please.
She does struggle pretty hilariously to get on the couch. She's a big girl, and usually, she just gives up midway and parks it like this.
It's a little sad, but I can't help but laugh at her. She'll be a great running buddy for me though, so hopefully we can both shed some pounds!
Anyway, yes, we are now the proud parents of two pups. Goodness.
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Peer Engineering, Inc. (Peer) will evaluate and recommend to MPCA groundwater monitoring staff prospective sites/locations for the installation of groundwater monitoring wells to evaluate contaminant/pollutant concentrations from various sources. Peer will oversee the installation of monitoring wells by retaining a state drilling contractor or preparing bid documents to retain well driller through the Department of Administration. Superfund staff will assist in the project by providing oversight of contractual requirements and provide technical assistance as needed.
This project will complete the installation of four nested wells to the Ambient Groundwater Monitoring Network and relocated one well in the City of Saint Paul. Braun Intertec will coordinate site access and oversee the well installation by a state drilling contractor.
The goal of this project is to use the We Are Water MN exhibit and their technical knowledge in relationship-building and storytelling to increase community capacity for sustainable watershed management in the Cannon River, Cedar River, Mississippi-Headwaters, Mississippi-Grand Rapids, Mississippi-Twin Cities, Red Lake River, Rum River and St. Louis River watersheds.
South Central Technical Service Area (SCTSA) will use this Clean Water Fund grant to provide Soil and Water Conservation Districts and other local organizations in its eleven-county area with a Geographic Information System (GIS) Technician to assist in using available GIS information to target specific locations where Best Management Practices (BMPs) can be installed to help improve water quality.
This project will provide condition monitoring and problem investigation monitoring at the following sites.
Mississippi River: Tributaries include Bassett Creek, Cannon River, Crow River, and Minnehaha Creek.
Minnesota River: Tributaries include Eagle Creek,Riley Creek, and Valley Creek tributary to the St. Croix River
This project will support updates to the Draft Bald Eagle Lake TMDL. The updates will address comments received during the public comment period. The comments resulted in the development of individual Wasteload Allocations for stormwater sources in the Bald Eagle Lake watershed.
The Plymouth Creek Restoration Project will improve water quality in Plymouth Creek and Medicine Lake, the creek's primary receiving water. The project will reduce total phosphorus and suspended sediment in Plymouth Creek and Medicine Lake stemming from streambank erosion. Streambank erosion is a common source of pollution, particularly in developed landscapes where flows in streams are considered flashy and can easily scour unprotected and disturbed streambanks.
This project engages private property owners including non-profits, businesses, and institutions, in the Harrison Neighborhood of Near North Minneapolis to install storm water best management practices. The BMPs will reduce pollution in Bassett Creek including chlorides and bacteria, for which the creek is impaired. The primary focus is on Glenwood Avenue, a focal point in the community and a highly impervious area.
Installation of a 43,000 sf infiltration gallery in Becker Park in the City of Crystal to infiltrate 0.5 inches of runoff from a 147 acre currently untreated mixed use subwatershed with 51% impervious surface. The project will reduce total phosphorus to Impaired Water Upper Twin Lake by 118 pounds annually, and reduce street flooding on Bass Lake Road (Hennepin County Road 10).
With over 500 public water lakes in Becker County, we are blessed with abundant and diverse lake resources that, like those of much of lake country, are at risk of degradation due to increasing development pressures, redevelopment of non-conforming lots, rising stormwater runoff and land use changes within their watersheds.
The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) proposes to complete stormwater best management practices (BMPs) that will reduce 40 pounds of phosphorus and 40 tons of sediment per year from entering Big Trout Lake. The Crow Wing County (CWC) Water Plan identifies Big Trout Lake as a priority lake to enhance due to its significant decline in water clarity and high ratio of impervious surface surrounding the lake. The 2015 CWC Assessors Property Tax Assessment reports that Big Trout has the second highest taxable land value in CWC at $4,200 per foot of shoreline.
With limited funds and limited staff time available for targeting critical service areas and implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs), Geographic Information System (GIS)-based tools that pinpoint locations where BMPs will have the highest effectiveness are increasingly important. The Blue Earth County/SWCD Watershed Implementation Targeting project will utilize LiDAR topographic data to determine areas of high importance for BMP implementation. The county is located in the Blue Earth, LeSueur, Watonwan and Middle Minnesota watersheds where there is a high density of impaired waters.
This project will conduct Inventory and Inspection of four drainage ditches in Blue Earth County: JD116, CD5, CD86 and CD56. The inventory of these drainage ditches is important in order to identify where erosion, sediment and/or nutrients contribute substantially to water quality degradation. The project will also prioritize sites for future side inlet control, buffer strip implementation, and/or storage and treatment implementation.
The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will engage citizen and nonprofit groups to enhance, improve, and protect Crow Wing County (CWC) lakes and rivers. To do this, the SWCD will partner with the University of Minnesota Extension, MN DNR, CWC, nonprofits, and lake associations to implement a mini grant program and provide grant funds to 20 community groups.
The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will partner with citizen groups and nonprofit groups to complete projects to reduce stormwater runoff and retain water on the land in Crow Wing County's (CWC) 125 minor watersheds. The SWCD will implement a mini grant program and provide competitive grant funds to an anticipated 12 groups. This project will also address CWC Water Plan priorities one, two, and six, which involve stormwater management and sediment control, shoreline buffers, and agriculture best management practices.
The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) proposes to partner with citizen groups and nonprofit groups to complete projects that will reduce polluted runoff and keep water on the land in Crow Wing County's (CWC) 125 minor watersheds. To do this, the SWCD will implement a mini grant program and provide competitive grant funds to an anticipated 12 groups. Citizens groups will use their innovation and creativity to apply for project funds through the SWCD.
Currently, over 235 miles of open ditch are under the jurisdiction of the Brown County Ditch Authority. A majority of Brown County public ditches drain into large, impaired rivers including the Minnesota River (Turbidity), Cottonwood River (Turbidity/Fecal Coliform), Little Cottonwood River (Turbidity/Fecal Coliform) and Watonwan River (Turbidity/Fecal Coliform). Thus far the Brown County Drainage Authority has been inventorying ditches as requested for repair by residents in the ditch system.
This project will work in cooperation with individual volunteers to perform grab samples and visual assessments of four waterbody sites in Brown County. The data collected will be an educational tool to inform the County's citizens about water quality concerns. Using volunteers to collect the water quality samples and visual assessments will result in the volunteers taking personal pride and stewardship in clean water throughout the County.
This is the second phase of building the Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) model for the Buffalo River watershed. This work will include completion of the model including final calibration and validation.
This is the second phase of building the Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) model for the Buffalo River watershed. The project will result in a completed model including necessary calibration and validation phases.
This project will continue to develop, and calibrate/validate the hydrology of an Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed model for the Buffalo River watershed. The consultant will add representation of point source discharges to the model. The consultant will compile flow data for the purposes of calibration and validation. An initial hydrologic calibration will be performed and submitted for approval.
The goal of this project is to address public comments on the public noticed draft Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy (WRAPS) study and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report for the watershed, and to produce a final draft WRAPS study and TMDL report ready for final approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
This Surface Water Assessment Grant (SWAG) project is intended to supplement the 2019-2020 Intensive Watershed Monitoring (IWM) process for the Buffalo and Upper Red River of the North watersheds. Nine sites will provide water chemistry and river eutrophication data to the IWM. Monitoring sites were requested by the Buffalo - Red River Watershed District (BRRWD) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
Once thought to have an essentially inexhaustible groundwater supply, Minnesotans are now realizing our rates of use are regionally unsustainable. Recent advanced modeling by the MN DNR and Metropolitan Council of aquifer supplies, in conjunction with predicted demand, indicate the major metropolitan area aquifers are currently subject to extraction rates that exceed recharge. Simply stated, we are mining our groundwater.


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Out now: Armin van Buuren – Universal Religion Chapter 5
Every summer season, fans of Armin van Buuren hold their breath for two magical words to drop: Universal Religion. The compilation series, going strong since 2004, is a favourite amongst those into quality electronic dance music. This year, the fifth Chapter of the beloved series has landed, recorded live during Armin's sets in club Space on party-island Ibiza.
The Dutchman breathes music, and has been at it for more than 15 years. A lot has happened since the release of Universal Religion Chapter 4 in the summer of 2009. His fourth artist album 'Mirage' saw the light of day, along with the accompanying 'Armin Only – Mirage' world tour. The 10 year anniversary and 500th episode of his A State of Trance radio show was celebrated with 5 events across 5 different continents, divided over 5 weeks. All events were broadcast live, uniting millions of listeners, sharing their passion for music. Another exciting new happening in his musical career, is his residency in the world-famous club Space on Ibiza.
Armin van Buuren honours tradition and gives it a new spin at the same time. Universal Religion Chapter 5 presents two special live recordings from his gigs at Space. Let your senses be taken by exclusive tunes and remixes, feel the vibrant energy of the crowd and enjoy Armin's unrivalled mixing skills, as he introduces you to a new, musical Chapter. Not only does Universal Religion Chapter 5 indulge you with 2 brand new Armin van Buuren remixes, a new Gaia production and Armin's 'Brute' collab with Ferry Corsten, it also takes you in with the beats of BT, Shogun, Ashley Wallbridge, Paul Oakenfold, Alexander Popov, Daniel Kandi, Re:Locate vs Robert Nickson, Andy Moor, John O'Callaghan and many more.
The cover of this new Universal Religion Chapter was created by Dutch artist Joseph Klibansky. His art is known and shown in galleries all around the globe. Klibansky creates large-scale, idealistic digital paintings that are built up through hundreds of layers of photography enriched with acrylic paint. Armin asked Klibansky to create a special version of one of his artworks, for 'Universal Religion Chapter 5'. For this collaboration, Klibansky created a dreamy image of infinite, hidden details, blending past and future, challenging your perception. This piece of art will also be shown in his 'New Urban Wonderland' exhibition. It complements the many effects that music can have on its listeners, and that's exactly what appeals Armin so much.
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01 Ashley Wallbridge - Vision (Intro Edit)
02 BT & Adam K - Tomahawk
03 Gofman & Tsukerman - Darko
04 Shogun - Space Odyssey
05 Hannah - Falling Away (Armin van Buuren Remix)
06 Andy Moor feat. Sue McLaren - Fight The Fire (Stoneface & Terminal Remix)
07 Protoculture - Liquid Logic
08 Dennis Sheperd & Cold Blue feat. Ana Criado - Fallen Angel (Dennis Sheperd Club Mix)
09 Markus Schulz presents Dakota - Terrace 5 a.m.
10 Gaia - Stellar
11 Susana - Home (Daniel Kandi Retrofit Remix)
12 Mike Koglin vs Genix - Helion
13 Jorn van Deynhoven - Spotlight
14 Ferry Corsten vs Armin van Buuren - Brute
01 Andrew Bayer - Counting The Points
02 Kid Alien - The Atmosphere (Klauss Goulart's & Mark Sixma Deep Universe Remix)
03 Space RockerZ & Tania Zygar - Puzzle Piece (Daniel Heatcliff's Farewell Remix)
04 Alexander Popov - Elegia
05 Emma Hewitt - Colours (Armin van Buuren Remix)
06 Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge - Mansion
07 DNS Project - Exclusive (Bigroom Edit)
08 John O'Callaghan & Giuseppe Ottaviani - Ride The Wave (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
09 James Dymond - Gundam
10 Daniel Kandi - Sagittarius
11 Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Sylvia Tosun - An Angels Love (Vocal Mix)
12 Paul Oakenfold - Full Moon Party
13 Re:Locate vs Robert Nickson - Resource
14 Orjan Nilsen - Viking


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Eating at a professional football game can be as brutal as a hit from the Atlanta Falcons safety Keanu Neal.
That became clear to Andrew Zimmern, the chef, television personality and devoted sports fan, on a chilly February evening a few years ago at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
He was watching the Seattle Seahawks pummel the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII when a guy selling hot chocolate walked by. Mr. Zimmern ordered a couple of cups and passed a $20 bill down the row, figuring the vendor could keep the change. The vendor waved, but not because he liked the tip. He needed another $20 for the other hot chocolate, which Mr. Zimmern recalls as a lukewarm cup of thin brown liquid.
"I was so insulted," he said. "It's the same way I feel when I go to a game and I order a hot dog and it's a $12 piece of crap."
When the opportunity came to create a menu for the $1.13 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium, which opened last year, he vowed to make football food better.
As another Super Bowl nears, the Vikings, with a few other teams in the National Football League, are leading a charge to upgrade food in the tradition-bound world of football-stadium concessions, one of the last big captive markets to address fans' broadening culinary sensibilities.
That bad cup of hot chocolate inspired a frozen version made with local cream and dark chocolate, which Mr. Zimmern sells for $8 at one of the two concessions he operates at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Along with his cumin-marinated rotisserie lamb sandwich and two other sandwiches he created with his stadium food partner, Gavin Kaysen of Spoon and Stable in Minneapolis, it made a list of the best food at the new stadium compiled by Rick Nelson, the restaurant critic for The Star Tribune.
"The Vikings have done a nice job of making people want to go inside and eat," Mr. Nelson said, even though "they're hiding the fact that they are still peddling a lot of schlock."
Food has been steadily improving in places like airports, movie theaters and concert arenas, where people gather for reasons other than to eat. In professional sports, baseball has led the way, driven in part by 22 major league stadiums that have been built since 1990.
Although staples like hot dogs, pizza and popcorn still make up about two-thirds of food sales in sports stadiums, baseball menus have matured to include gochujang-glazed eggplant buns, fresh Dungeness crab sandwiches, ceviche, espresso and craft beer.
Football has lagged behind baseball largely because the sports are different, people in the concession business say. Baseball is played at a slower pace, with built-in breaks that allow fans to wander around a stadium sampling food. The crowds are smaller, and stadiums are open for about 80 games a season, which makes it easier to polish and sustain creative concessions.
Football is a different beast. Crowds can top 80,000 fans, most of whom want to be in their seats for every play and visit concession stands only before the game and at halftime. With just eight regular home games a season, it's hard to create a system that produces consistently great food.
"The doors open and 65,000 people come in, and you don't open your doors again for a week," Mr. Zimmern said.
Then there is tailgating, although it's hard to say whether bad stadium food led to tailgating or tailgating led to less emphasis on food inside the stadium.
NRG Stadium in Houston, where this year's Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, has one of the strongest tailgating games in the league, said Robb Walsh, the Texas food journalist who researched it for his 2010 book, "The Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook."
"We're talking about stellar barbecuing, with these giant land yachts that unfurl giant TV screens," Mr. Walsh said. "It is more fun than going inside to eat."
N.F.L. franchises are starting to respond to complaints about both the cost and the quality of stadium food, team representatives said.
"When we ask fans what's the No. 1 pain point, it's food," said Rich McKay, the president and chief executive of the Atlanta Falcons, who will play the New England Patriots this weekend. So next season, when the Falcons open their $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium downtown, they plan to sell the least expensive food in the N.F.L.
Lowering prices was a mandate from Arthur Blank, a founder of the Home Depot, who owns the team. He wanted a family of four to be able to eat at the stadium for about $28.
That means hot dogs, soda or a bottle of water will each cost $2. A 12-ounce beer will be $5. The rest of the core menu of what the team calls fan favorites will be priced significantly lower than at other stadiums, where the average price of a hot dog is $5.19 and a beer $7.38, according to the market research agency Team Marketing Report.
To make the economics work, the Falcons struck a deal with Levy Restaurants, one of several national companies that provide food at N.F.L. stadiums. The agreement gives the team more control over setting prices but could cost it in profits. (Although concession sales are a small slice of the income for N.F.L. teams, profit margins can reach 77 percent.)
The food is likely to taste better than it did at the Georgia Dome, the old stadium, which will be torn down this year. The menu is expanding to include fresh handmade pretzels and the Mitchell dog, which rests in a sweet bun that tastes like a glazed doughnut. It is topped with bacon jam and Gruyère cheese.
Vendors from Atlanta's beloved 89-year-old drive-in the Varsity will roam the stands yelling, "What'll ya have?" just as they do at the restaurant. Booths will offer favorites from other local restaurants, including Antico Pizza, Delia's Chicken Sausage Stand, Farm Burger and Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q. Falcons managers say they will bar the restaurants from charging more for food at the stadium than they do at their restaurants.
The Falcons are also installing a raised-bed garden for cooks and bartenders working at the stadium. It's the league's second. A 4,000-square-foot rooftop farm was planted at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., which opened in 2014 as the home for the San Francisco 49ers.
Kevin Gillespie, a star of the Atlanta restaurant scene who rose to fame as a "Top Chef" contestant, couldn't wait to join the food revolution at the stadium. "My family has had tickets to the Falcons my entire life, and I have always just accepted that the food at a football game is terrible," Mr. Gillespie said.
But now younger fans who grew up eating better food are pressuring teams to change. "They're saying, 'Why can't we have football alongside good food and drink?'" he said.
His stadium restaurant, called Game Changer, will sell a homage to the In-N-Out Burger and his popular Closed on Sunday fried chicken sandwich, which he makes at Revival, his restaurant in Decatur, Ga. (He named it that because the owners of Chick-fil-A, whose chicken sandwich inspired his, never open their restaurants on Sundays.)
Mr. Gillespie plans to serve a rotating "devour the competition" dish inspired by the opponent. If he were to create one for this year's Super Bowl, he said, it would be a New England lobster roll.
Unlike restaurant fare, stadium food depends as much on logistics as on culinary acumen. Even little details like the placement of the napkin holders or the soda machine can make a big difference in waiting times for fans eager to get back to their seats.
To understand how to better design the concession stands at the new Falcons stadium, Mr. McKay worked the soda line at a game this season. "Halftime was like, 'Whoa, put a helmet on,'" he said. "I was the bottleneck."
Managers realized that they could save 17 seconds per transaction if they moved soda machines from behind the counter and let customers serve themselves. They also decided to pull more beer from taps; it's faster than opening a bottle and pouring into a cup. And everything is priced in dollar increments so servers don't have to make change.
Those adjustments make a huge difference at games, where the crews working the stands are often volunteers from nonprofit groups that keep a small percentage of the profits.
Still, N.F.L. teams have never made a lot of money from concession stands, and neither do the chefs working to make the food better. "It's not a moneymaker," said Mr. Zimmern, the Minneapolis chef. "It's a business card."
But it's a lot of fun, and a challenge. That is why he will meet several N.F.L. executives and food service executives at the Super Bowl in a quest to get his food into every stadium in the country.
"It's like a crossword puzzle," he said. "I love it."


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Before & After: Creating a Functional, Healing Kitchen in Milton, Ontario
Seeing potential in a new house can be challenging. As fun as it is to watch real estate shows where a virtual mock-up of what could be accompanies each home showing, it's not real life. Even for interior designers and decorators, inspiration isn't going to come immediately. It takes work to uncover the design possibilities each space holds. For Vanessa Francis, the task was even harder because she and her daughter were moving into a much smaller house after her husband passed away last year.
Vanessa, an interior decorator, purchased a home five months ago in Milton, Ontario. Its smaller footprint compared to her previous house in the same town meant Vanessa had to get creative with utilizing the space well. "Since the home is over a thousand [square] feet smaller than our previous home, it was a challenge to lay out the furniture, especially in the open-concept living and dining room which runs parallel to the kitchen," Vanessa explains. She started imagining and redesigning the space to serve her and daughter Maya well. "I really wanted the home to be more us and have our stamp on it. It was a typical builder home with next to no upgrades and it felt dark and sad. I wanted to lighten and pretty it up for my daughter and me. I know it sounds corny, but I wanted our new home to be a peaceful and happy haven for us after our devastating loss." For the kitchen, that meant white cabinets, glass upper cabinets and a large blue island with plenty of room for Maya to do homework or for dinner guests to congregate.
Scraping the ceiling, installing new flooring, painting the walls and the cabinet installation all happened in three weeks before Vanessa and Maya moved in. "When we first saw the home, all the walls were a dark grey, the kitchen cabinets were dark brown and there was a combination of dark laminate and cheap floor tiles throughout the space. I wanted to brighten and simplify the space. Getting the shell right — floors, walls and ceiling — was important," Vanessa shares. Once they moved in, Vanessa finished the kitchen remodel with drapes, stools and accessories. The kitchen before the makeover was short on counter space and cabinets because of a small eat-in dining area competing for square footage. Vanessa knew that expanding her workspace, increasing the pantry size and creating a more beautiful space would serve her better than an extra eating nook.
The result is a beautifully designed space. The blue-green island, moldings, and built-in look of the wall-to-wall white cabinets give the once dark and cut-off kitchen a new and lovely life. "I am most thankful that my daughter and I have a warm and peaceful home where we can heal and be happy again." –Lauren
Photography by Ashley Capp
Counter by Silestone
Faucet by Blanco
Moulding by Metrie
Hardware by Top Knobs