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#356 – Dick Bernard: Bottineau Jig, Untold Tales of Early Minnesota
Two sold-out performances of Bottineau Jig, Untold Tales of Early Minnesota, attested to the interest in Dance Revels Moving History's interpretation of the life and times of legendary Pierre Bottineau.
The program was performed at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis, Friday and Saturday evening, April 1 and 2. The production was a creation of Jane Peck of Dance Revels. Jane is a long-time student of historical dance forms. The program proudly noted that the activity was "funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008" (This is the Clean Water and Legacy amendment approved by Minnesota voters November 4, 2008.)
Pierre Bottineau (played by Dr. Virgil Benoit) was a legendary early founder of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and he was renowned guide in the white settlement of the upper midwest. Bottineau, Metis (Michif) born in the area of present day Grand Forks ND, was gifted in languages and a larger than life presence. He was one of eight pioneers who built the original log cabin St. Paul Catholic Church (the first Cathedral of St. Paul MN); he owned land and built the second frame house in what was then St. Anthony, later to become Minneapolis; he founded Osseo and later Red Lake Falls MN.
Jane Peck's program was an extraordinarily rich demonstration of period fiddling, music and dance.
The program interspersed spoken word, ethnic music and dance, covering the period from Bottineau's birth in 1817 through 1870. At the conclusion of the program the cast of 14 invited the audience to join them in a Red River Jig, and then engaged in discussion with the audience. (Click on the photo to see an enlarged version.)
The program specifically intended to showcase an assortment of characters, not all well known in Minnesota History. So, Sarah Steele Sibley was emphasized over her more well known husband, Henry Hastings Sibley, and Franklin Steele, builder of the first house in to-be Minneapolis. Jacob Fahlstrom, early Swedish settler via England and years with the natives in Canada, and his wife, Marguerite Bonga, whose ancestry was a freed Haitian slave well known in what is now the Duluth area, spoke powerfully to the dilemmas of cross-cultural relationships in the newly emerging Swedish community northeast of St. Paul.
Among other purposes of the Bottineau Jig Project are, according to producer Jane Peck: "1) Offering the contributions and points of view of the mixed bloods and Metis in Minnesota history. They have been ignored as much or more than the French; 2) tracing the modern-day communities of some of the cultures represented in the play, including the Metis as the only modern mixed blood community."
An expert cast was augmented by three fiddlers, all well known interpreters of Metis and French-Canadian music: Legendary Metis Fiddler from Turtle Mountain ND, Eddie King Johnson, gave his usual great performance, as did Twin Citians Linda Breitag and Gary Schulte. Larry Yazzie and Ricky Thomas provided outstanding dance, native and Metis. Other performers, all very engaging, were M. Cochise Anderson, Josette Antomarchi, Jamie Berg, Paulino Brener, Kenna Cottman, Craig Johnson, Scott Marsalis and Jane Peck.
Jane Peck has begun and will continue a blogging project on the Bottineau Jig at her website. See her site for more stories about Bottineau Jig.
Also visit the website of IFMidwest for upcoming activities in Virgil Benoit's French-Canadians in the Midwest organization. The annual conference of IF Midwest is planned in Fargo ND October 7-8, 2011. Details will be at the website.


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Review: Star Wars: Empire vs Rebellion
Posted by James (admin) on 6th May 2015
Star Wars: Empire vs Rebellion is a 2-player card game which uses the core game mechanics of Cold War: CIA v KGB with some changes and a Star Wars theme. (As Cold War: CIA v KGB is one of my favourite 2-player games, there are lots of comparisons to be made, but I shall save these until the end of the review so those who have
not played Cold War can understand this game on its own merits.)
At the start of each round, an objective card is drawn which sets several things: the total resource value, the capacity, and its objective value (plus, some have special rules for the round too). Each round, players take turns drawing or manipulating resource cards from their own resource deck (Empire or Rebellion). Each resource card has a number on it (usually 2 to 5) as well as a special power, and players can never have more resource cards than the objective's capacity. The round ends only when both players pass in succession, and which player won the round is assessed. Usually, the player with the cards whose total value is closest to the the objective's total resource value (without going over) is the winner of the round – there are some occasions when this is different but I'll explain that later. The winner takes the objective card (as well as any resource tokens it grants) and the first player to have objective cards whose total objective value is 7 or more wins the game. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman - June 2, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
The Gospel According to John 4:5-42
At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."
Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.
Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."
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On Saturdays and Sundays, I like to share fabulous projects from the link party with my readers. I add many of these Features to my Pinterest page as well as Facebook, so be sure to link back in your post!
Here are a few links from Weekend Bloggy Reading that caught my eye.
~Painted Brick Fireplace via Crafty Texas Girls
~Winter Mantel via Create Craft Love
~Mocha (or Coffee) Granola via The Kitchen is My Playground
~No-Sew Window Treatments via Reinvented
~Winter Mantel via Two Story Cottage
~DIY Wall Ledges via Simply Organized
~Clothespin Airplanes (Baby Shower Decor) via Huckleberry Love
~DSLR Camera Tips via Two Twenty One
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1. Dr. Neil D. Barnard reviews food consumption patterns in the US from 1909 to 2007 (1). This is something I've written about a number of times. The most notable change is that industrial seed oil use has increased by more than 3-fold in the last 40 years, and even more in the last 100 although he doesn't provide those numbers. Butter and lard use declined sharply. Meat consumption is up, but the increase comes exclusively from poultry because we're eating the same amount of red meat we always have. Grain consumption is down, although it peaked around 1900 so it may not be a fair comparison with today:
In the late 1800s, wheat flours became more popular and available due to the introduction of new [high-gluten] wheat varieties, [low extraction] milling techniques, and transport methods, and during this time new breakfast cereals were introduced by John Harvey Kellogg, CW Post, and the Quaker Oats Company. Thereafter, however, per capita availability of flour and cereal products gradually dropped as increased prosperity, improved mechanization, and transport (eg, refrigerated railway cars) increased competition from other food groups. [Then they partially rebounded in the last 40 years]2. Dr. S.C. Larsson published a paper showing that in Sweden, multivitamin use is associated with a slightly higher risk of breast cancer (2).
3. Soy protein and isoflavones, which have been proposed to do everything from increase bone mineral density to fight cancer, are slowly falling out of favor. Dr. Z.M. Liu and colleagues show that soy protein and/or isoflavone supplementation has no effect on insulin sensitivity or glucose tolerance in a 6 month trial (3). This follows a recent trial showing that isoflavones have no effect on bone mineral density.
4. Dr. Ines Birlouez-Aragon and colleagues showed that high-heat cooked (fried and sauteed) foods increase risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (insulin resistance, cholesterol, triglycerides), compared to low-heat cooked foods (steamed, stewed) in a one-month trial (4). The high-heat diet also reduced serum levels of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins C and E.
5. Dr. Katharina Nimptsch and colleagues showed that higher menaquinone (vitamin K2) intake is associated with a lower cancer incidence and lower cancer mortality in Europeans (5). Most of their K2 came from cheese.
6. And finally, Dr. Zhaoping Li and colleagues showed that cooking meat with an herb and spice blend reduced the levels of oxidized fat during cooking, and reduced serum and urinary markers of lipid oxidation in people eating the meat (6).


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The injection site is anesthetized. One or more insulated wire leads are inserted through an epidural needle or through a small incision into the space surrounding the spinal cord, called the epidural space.
Electrodes at the end of the lead produce electrical pulses that stimulate the nerves, blocking pain signals. The patient gives feedback to help the physician determine where to place the stimulators to best block the patient's pain. The leads are connected to an external trial stimulator, which will be used for approximately one week to determine if SCS will help the patient.
If the patient and physician determine that the amount of pain relief is acceptable, the system may be permanently implanted. At the end of the trial implantation, the leads are removed.
The permanent implantation may be performed while the patient is under sedation or general anesthesia. First, one or more permanent leads are inserted through an epidural needle or a small incision into the predetermined location in the epidural space.
Next, a small incision is created, and the implantable pulse generator (IPG) battery is positioned beneath the skin. It is most often implanted in the buttocks or the abdomen. The leads are then connected to the IPG battery.
The implant's electrical pulses are programmed with an external wireless programmer. The patient can use the programmer to turn the system on or off, adjust the stimulation power level and switch between different programs.
After surgery, patients may experience mild discomfort and swelling at the incision sites for several days.
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Grants:IEG/Elaborate Wikisource strategic vision
This Individual Engagement Grant project is complete | |||||
proposal | people | timeline & progress | finances | midpoint report | final report |
status: completed
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project contact:
Micru - from Catalan Wikisource
Aubrey - from Italian Wikisource
Research new integration paths between Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikipedia and Commons. Create a mockup of a simpler user interface that will allow users to interact with this projects more easily. Define an user-friendly "information flow" for metadata usage.
engagement target:
Wikidata, Wikisource, Commons, Wikipedia
strategic priority:
Improving Integration, Quality, User Interface, Metadata usage
total amount requested:
2013 round 1
" | 5. The library is a growing organism. | " |
" | Can you imagine that there was a time when the books in a library didn't talk to each other? | " |
Project idea
[edit]Wikisource is a sister project with a huge growth potential. It's a collaborative digital library which crowdsources proofreading of books and documents in the public domain, allowing its users to read directly from the scanned source. It's a primary source for Wikipedia, and it is one of the few hypertextual digital libraries which can provide both the reliability of the scanned page images and the readability and comfort of HTML text. But Wikisource has many issues, mainly technological and procedural. Wikisource has always needed a proper and reliable metadata management system, to import bibliographic data from external and public sources (eg. Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Open Library (OL), Europeana or Library of Congress). It could also allow reuse of its own metadata for external projects (which would be absolutely interesting for GLAM collaboration). It needs a new workflow for metadata insertion, because right now these data are scattered between Commons, Wikisource and sometimes Wikipedia, along with a new upload process where the user can upload books directly to Commons without switching sites. Wikisource would need to be interoperable with external tools and projects, for example Textus for highlighting and annotation. It would need a system for stating subject tags and the aboutness of books, which would be the first to accomplish this as a digital library. Citations are another feature that could be improved: metadata from external sources could be used not only to increase reliability, but also to offer the possibility to automatically link Wikisource materials if they exist. Moreover, a new system for paragraph linking and transclusion would make Wikisource a unique and extremely useful digital library, for other wiki projects (eg. Wikiquote, Wikipedia) and websites in general. Also, if we know which materials are being cited and on which articles, it will be easier to update the references or correct the information that they support once they are invalidated or updated.
Many of these issues are listed in the Wikisource roadmap that some Wikimedians wrote at Wikimania 2012, and kept expanding in later months.
We want to create a detailed and strategic vision to show what Wikisource could become if it had all its potential unleashed.
The technology necessary to accomplish all this can be reused from new tools currently in development: Wikidata and Visual Editor.
To do this we would like to involve the Wikisource community in a global task to identify the hurdles (both technological and procedural) and to draft a plan to eliminate these barriers. Moreover, we would to engage in a discussion (and possibly a collaboration) with other projects, as Open Knowledge Foundation, to make Wikisource more interoperable and integrated with external tools.
Project goals
[edit]We want to engage the wikisource community in a process to elaborate a stragic vision for Wikisource in two different time-frames. Actual implementation will happen afterwards, involving the community and (hopefully) the WMF. We will also consider applying for a second grant once we know in detail the resources needed to implement them (see diagram on the right).
- Plan short term tasks that can be accomplished without support from WMF Tech
- Plan long term tasks that would require a commitment from the WMF
An example of short term tasks that won't need support from tech are:
- Uploads must reuse existent metadata on the web
- Content from WS must be available to external sources
- Re-think citation system
[edit]- Skype/irc/chat interviews with at least one representant of the 10 major wikisources by number of proofread pages (fr, en, de, it, pl, es, sv, no, ru, ca). Organize discussions in language projects and in a central location.
- Creation of document "Wikisource Strategic Vision" (similar to "Wikimedia Movement Strategic Plan Summary"). Set community priorities.
- Technical drafts of the features to be implemented to accomplish the vision defined by the community.
- Process drafts on how to implement the features with available resources (volunteers, mentorships, future IEGs, etc).
- Proposal on long-term goals that eventually will need WMF involvement
- Assessment of costs and benefits of a deeper involvement with OCLC. Possible in-person meeting.
- Technical assessment of possible collaboration with external organizations (initially the Open Knowledge Foundation). Possible in-person meeting.
- Presentation during Wikimania
Project plan
[edit]Scope and roadmap:
[edit]- till end March/April: Finish the detailed description of the basic goals. Metadata handling, drafts about citation, define a strategy with OCLC that would allow WS a similar collaboration with their partners as ws-fr has with BNF (either by OCLC membership or partnership).
- During April: set up a "Wikisource Vision" page (maybe in meta?), contact language communities, ask for a local coordinator, present the drafts to the communities.
- Till end of May: consensus building, priority setting, assess resources (who can volunteer to code?). By then we should know if we can count on Wikidata for short term goals or if it is more for the long term that needs WMF for code reviewing.
- During June: Create the main Vision document (like this one)
- During July: Rally for support.
- August: Wikimania, present vision, approach WMF.
- September: split the tasks between: a) tasks that can be done by Wikisource developers and volunteers, b) tasks that can be done by mentorships (if so, look for mentors), c) tasks that could be done by paid developers on a second IEG.
- October: final report
Short term planning
[edit]Some of the needs have already been identified by volunteers on the Wikisource roadmap, however an in-depth analysis is necessary to define a way to solve these problems without the need of using WMF Tech resources. The initial draft will be presented to the communities in April for community discussion, and that discussion will be distilled into an action plan.
For this IEG we require no WMF tech staff involvement. The short-term plan that we will draft will be focused towards on-wiki tech work (templates, user scripts, gadgets) and completely standalone applications without a hosting dependency.
The execution of these short-term plan will be a task of future IEG projects or of our volunteers.
Long term planning
[edit]For goals requiring a higher technical support, we will draft a long-term plan that we expect that will be taken into consideration by the WMF once the technical resources are available again.
Goal 1: Uploads must reuse existent metadata on the web
[edit]When uploading media to commons, the user should have the option to import metadata from external trusted sources (initially Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Open Library (OL), Europeana and Library of Congress). Some work has been done with the Library of Congress (MARCsman) and with Internet Archive (import tool), which also imports metadata. The challenge is to create the workflow to disturb users the least and spread the information to Wikidata. If the upload is relevant to WS this data must spread additionally to the relevant pages in WS (index, and author). (Check if it would make sense a Namespace "Subject" to reuse "aboutness" field data).
Goal 2: Content from WS must be available to external sources (OCLC, OL)
[edit]Some technical work has been done by Tpt by creating an OAI-PMH generator. However, this should work should be part of Wikibase development, and there is the need of (internal and external) advocacy to promote partnerships between WMF and external metadata providers (OCLC and OL initially).
Goal 3: Re-think citation system
[edit]In conjunction with the Visual Editor, conceive a citation system that a) re-uses existing metadata b) automatically links easily to wikisource materials c) provide feedback in wikisource about which materials are being cited d) allows paragraph citation and transclusion.
[edit]Total amount requested
[edit]Maximum amount of 10000 EUR, less expected, see below.
Budget breakdown
[edit]Statement: After a project member meeting we consider that some clarification is needed about the Project management concept. We are already heavily involved in the Wikisource project, so we don't expect any retribution for our work. If the grant is considered as an extra gratification for heavy focus and energy on pursuing the stated goals, then we consider that 2000 EUR per participant for 6 months of work would cover that concept and possible contingencies.
This project might involve a big deal of traveling expenses to organize in-person meeting with external organizations and the presentation in Wikimania. In order to minimize costs, User:Micru (resident in Quebec, Canada), would take care of the issues that need addressing in North America, while User:Aubrey (resident in Italy) would cater for issues in Europe. To cover these expenses, we request the allocation of 3000EUR per participant in a common fund that would be used as suited, and the remainders would be given back to the WMF once the project is over.
Intended impact:
[edit]Target audience
[edit]Final users will have a better way to access Wikisource books and transcriptions, the upload process will be streamlined and data entry simplified (no more redundant pages).
Fit with strategy
[edit]- Improving Integration: It brings together the parts that for the common user seem an unsolvable jigsaw puzzle.
- Improving Quality: Reduces data redundancy, and therefore repetition errors. Indirectly, it creates a better and reliable framework for GLAMs metadata, which would ease collaboration.
- User Interface: increases the productivity. Less time to accomplish the tasks, less frustration.
- Visibility: Metadata usage on the web means more exposure of the work done.
[edit]With the information generated we expect that the Wikimedia board takes action and pushes this project into the list of new developments.
Measures of success
[edit]- Engage at least 10-20 people across all Wikisources during vision drafting
- Support of the vision document by at least 50 volunteers
- Finish all documents on time
- The drive generates at least 1 new IEG application, 1 mentorship, and 1 volunteer-driven project for implementing short-term goals
- The vision is presented to the Wikimedia movement and the general Open Knowledge movement: is established a commitment by one or more entities (i.e. chapters, associations, foundation) for long term goals.
[edit]- Micru (focus on usability/workflow): robotics engineer, conducted usability studies before about man-machine interactions. Solid international work experience as developer, project coordination and some experience as product manager.
- Aubrey (focus on metadata): bachelor in mathematics, working as digital librarian for open access journals at University of Bologna. Presentation during Wikimania 2012
[edit]Collaborating with the project:
- Tpt (focus on WS system architecture): maintainer of the Proofread Page extension and a sysop of the French Wikisource and now of Wikidata. Developer of the Wikisource EPUB export tool and the Internet Archive import tool. Some work already in progress about Wikidata integration. This position doesn't make it, of course, unable to continue to maintain MediaWiki extensions related to Wikisource (Proofread Page and Double Wiki). Presentation during Wikimania 2012
[edit]Community Notification:
[edit]Please paste a link to where the relevant communities have been notified of this proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions, here.
[edit]- Check the updates here
Endorsements to the first draft
[edit]Do you think this project should be selected for an Individual Engagement Grant? Please add your name and rationale for endorsing this project in the list below. Other feedback, questions or concerns from community members are also highly valued, but please post them on the talk page of this proposal.
- Support, There is no question that success of this project could greatly improve crosswiki performance and make improving the Wikisource Library much easier. The plan has distinct and attainable goals, with a reasonable possibility of success. Previous works that can be leveraged on to increase the potential of success have been identified and integrated into the plan. JeepdaySock (talk) 11:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Endorsements to the second draft
[edit]- Comments can be found on the Talk page.
- Although I've not gone through the budget and plan in detail, facilitating a strategic plan for Wikisource is a great project. Wikisource is one of the WMF projects that huge potential but has realized only a little of it, in part because of its awkward fit into a technical system designed for writing encyclopedias. A clear vision of what the project could and should become, including what kind of technical systems would be needed to get there, would be very valuable.--Ragesoss (talk) 17:06, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
- I would be very interested in reading a strategic vision for Wikisource document. I think it would be very good to have a document that explained Wikisource's aspirations to the broader Wikimedia community. I whole-heartedly support this proposal provided the Wikisource community is on board Bawolff (talk) 03:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)


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Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. The Transfer of the Relics from Myra of Lycia to Bari in Italy His Life is found under December 6.
In the eleventh century the Byzantine Empire was going through some terrible times. The Turks put an end to its influence in Asia Minor, they destroyed cities and villages, they murdered the inhabitants, and they accompanied their cruel outrage with the desecration of churches, holy relics, icons and books. The Mussulmen also attempted to destroy the relics of Saint Nicholas, deeply venerated by the whole Christian world.
In the year 792 the caliph Aaron Al'-Rashid sent Khumeid at the head of a fleet to pillage the island of Rhodes. Having lain waste this island, Khumeid set off to Myra in Lycia with the intent to rob the tomb of Saint Nicholas. But instead he robbed another tomb standing alongside the crypt of the saint. Just as they succeeded in committing this sacrilege, a terrible storm lifted upon the sea and almost all the ships were shattered into pieces.
The desecration of holy things shocked not only Eastern, but also Western Christians. Christians in Italy were particularly apprehensive for the relics of Saint Nicholas, and among them were many Greeks. The inhabitants of the city of Bari, located on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, decided to save the relics of Saint Nicholas.
In the year 1087 merchants from Bari and Venice went to Antioch to trade. Both these and others also proposed to take up the relics of Saint Nicholas and transport them to Italy on the return trip. In this plan the men of Bari commissioned the Venetians to land them at Myra. At first two men were sent in, who in returning reported that in the city all was quiet. In the church where the glorified relics rested, they encountered only four monks. Immediately forty-seven men, having armed themselves, set out for the church of Saint Nicholas. The guards, suspecting nothing, showed them the raised platform, beneath which the tomb of the saint was concealed, and where they anointed foreigners with myrrh from the relics of the saint.
At this time the monks told them about an appearance of Saint Nicholas that evening to a certain Elder. In this vision Saint Nicholas ordered the careful preservation of his relics. This account encouraged the barons, they saw an avowal for them in this vision and, as it were, a decree from the saint. In order to facilitate their activity, they revealed their intent to the monks and offered them money, 300 gold coins. The guards refused the money and wanted to warn the inhabitants about the misfortune threatening them. But the newcomers bound them and put their own guards at the doorway.
They took apart the church platform above the tomb with the relics. In this effort the youth Matthew was excessive in his zeal, wanting to find the relics of Saint Nicholas as quickly as possible. In his impatience he broke the cover and the barons saw that the sarcophagus was filled with fragrant holy myrrh. The compatriots of the barons, the priests Luppus and Drogus, offered a litany, after which the break made by Matthew began to flow with myrrh from the saint's sarcophagus. This occurred on April 20, 1087.
Seeing the absence of a container chest, the priest Drogus wrapped the relics in the cloth, and in the company of the barons he carried them to the ship. The monks, having been set free, alerted the city with the sad news about the abduction of the relics of the Wonderworker Nicholas by foreigners. A crowd of people gathered at the shore, but it was too late.
On May 8 the ships arrived in Bari, and soon the joyous news made the rounds of all the city. On the following day, May 9, 1087, they solemnly transported the relics of Saint Nicholas into the church of Saint Stephen, not far from the sea. The solemn bearing of the relics was accompanied by numerous healings of the sick, which inspired still greater reverence for God's saint. A year afterwards, a church was built in the name of Saint Nicholas and consecrated by Pope Urban II.
This event, connected with the transfer of the relics of Saint Nicholas, evoked a particular veneration for the Wonderworker Nicholas and was marked by the establishment of a special Feast day on May 9. At first the Feast day of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint Nicholas was observed only by the people of the city of Bari. It was not adopted in the other lands of the Christian East and West, despite the fact that the transfer of the relics was widely known. This circumstance is explained by the custom in the Middle Ages of venerating primarily the relics of local saints. Moreover, the Greek Church did not establish the celebration of this remembrance, since they regarded the loss of the relics of Saint Nicholas was a sad event.
The Russian Orthodox Church celebration of the memory of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bari in Italy on May 9 was established soon after the year 1087, on the basis of an already established veneration by the Russian people of the great saint of God, brought from Greece simultaneously with the acceptance of Christianity. The glorious accounts ot the miracles performed by the saint on both land and sea, were widely known to the Russian people. Their inexhaustible strength and abundance testify to the help of the great saint of God for suffering mankind. The image of Saint Nicholas, a mighty wonderworker and benefactor, became especially dear to the heart of the Russian people, since it inspired deep faith and hope for his intercession. The faith of the Russian people in the abundant aid of God's saint was marked by numerous miracles.
A significant body of literature was compiled about him very early in Russian writings. Accounts of the miracles of Saint Nicholas done in the Russian land were recorded at an early date. Soon after the Transfer of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari, a Russian version of his Life and an account of the Transfer of his holy relics were written by a contemporary to this event. Earlier still, an encomium to the Wonderworker was written. Each week on Thursday, the Russian Orthodox Church honors his memory in particular.
Numerous churches and monasteries were built in honor of Saint Nicholas, and Russian people are wont to name their children after him at Baptism. In Russia are preserved numerous wonderworking icons of the saint. Most renowned among them are the icons of Mozhaisk, Zaraisk, Volokolamsk, Ugreshsk and Ratny. There was no house or temple in the Russian land in which there was not an icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The significance of the intercession of the great saint of God is expressed by the ancient compiler of the Life, in the words of whom Saint Nicholas "did work many glorious miracles both on land and on sea, aiding those downtrodden in misfortune and rescuing the drowning, carried to dry land from the depths of the sea, raising up others from corruption and bringing them home, liberating from chains and imprisonment, averting felling by the sword and freeing from death, and granting healing to many; sight to the blind, walking to the lame, hearing to the deaf, and speech to the mute. He brought riches to many suffering in abject poverty and want, he provided the hungry food, and for each in their need he appeared a ready helper, an avid defender and speedy intercessor and protector, and such as appeal to him he doth help and deliver from adversity. Both the East and the West know of this great Wonderworker, and all the ends of the earth know his miracle-working."


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Biodiversity Heat Maps
The Biodivertido blog has produced an excellent heat map of biodiversity data. The heat map comes with a slider so that it is possible to adjust the transparency of the heat map overlay. It is also possible to adjust the quality of the rendering of the heat map.
Even more amazing is that the Biodivertido blog provides instructons on how the heat map was produced.
PlaceChannel is a Google Maps mash-up with YouTube videos. PlaceChannel lets you navigate the world on Google Maps and view geo-tagged videos of different locations.
What I like most about PlaceChannel is that anyone can easily add their own video to the map. To add a video you simply click on a location and type in the URL of your video. It is even possible to add a link to your bookmark bar so that when you are watching a video in YouTube you can quickly add the video to the map.
Canary Isles Spatial Data
This maps mash-up uses the Google Maps API to portray a large number of different maps of the Canary Islands. The maps include satellite maps, street maps, topographic maps, geological and vegetation maps.
The site also comes with a number of tools. For example, it is possible to measure the distance between any two points via two movable markers or it is possible to work out the size of an area by drawing a polygon.
Tapas y Tapas
Tapas y Tapas is a map of bars serving tapas in Spain (mainly in Madrid). Clicking on one of the red tags opens an information window containing a link to a page about the bar. The individual pages contain the address of the tapas bar and a zoomed in Google Map of the bar.
Chat en Mapas
Chat en Mapas allows registered users to find friends via Google Maps and chat to them on line. The initial map view is centred on your current location. When you finish a session you can save your location and the next time you open the site the map should be centred on your saved location.
Each marker on the map represents a user. The markers of members currently on line are lit up and those who are off line are shaded. When you open the information window of a marker you are given the user's sex, name and age. The site uses a marker manager so all the markers are not necessarily shown on the map at once and if you zoom in on a city other markers are likely to appear.
The information window also provides links to the user's YouTube, Flickr and Panoramio pages. When you open the information window of a user it is then possible to chat with them if they are on line or send them an e-mail if they are not.
Covermap is an application that allows the user to calculate the propagation loss of an antenna. It gives the user the ability to see the extension of the radio antenna (coverage mode), the different coverage cells of positioned antennas (cellular mode) and get the loss in decibels on a particular point with respect to the antenna (point to point mode).
To calculate the propagation loss of an antenna the user clicks on a location on the map and then enters the height of the transmitter, the height of the receiver and the frequency of the antenna.


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Houston Man Makes the Most Out of a Bad Situation, Catches Fish
With all of this turmoil in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey, I wanted to share this video of a Houston man and his family making the most out of a bad situation.
Initially posted by Viviana Saldana on Facebook, the video has resonated with people all over Texas with almost half a million shares after just one day. If you ask me, they should probably think about packing up and leave for a bit, but I have to admire the strength we as humans possess in times of chaos.
Hearing laughter and seeing the man smile as he dives and tries to catch the fish until he succeeds made me smile. And I haven't smiled once this morning while we report on the havoc Harvey and its storms have created over the weekend.


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Example 1
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here is the Los Angeles Lakers' road to their NBA title in 2002. Wins are pictured with blue bars and losses with red bars. Note how easy it is to see the streaks for wins and losses.
The Lakers' 2004 season was their last with Shaq, when they reached the NBA finals and lost to Detroit (note the last 3 losses which sealed their fate in the finals).
Compare those days of glory with their abysmal 2005 performance, with only 2 wins in the last 21 games. Also note how the width of the last graphic is less than the previous 2, a consequence of the Lakers not making the playoffs this year.
Example 2
The southern oscillation is defined as the barometric pressure difference between Tahiti and the Darwin Islands at sea level. The southern oscillation is a predictor of El Nino which in turn is thought to be a driver of world-wide weather. Specifically, repeated southern oscillation values less than -1 typically defines an El Nino.
Here is a sparkline for the southern oscillation from
1955to 1992 (456 sample data points obtained from NIST). The sparkline is plotted with a horizontal span drawn along the x axis covering data values between -1 and 0, so that values less than -1 can be more clearly seen.
Example 3
Here is the per capita income in California from 1959 to 2003.
And here is the "real" per capita income (adjusted for inflation) in California, from 1959 to 2003.
Example 4
Here is the monthly distribution of messages sent to comp.lang.py from 1994 to 2004, plotted per year. Minimum and maximum values are shown with blue dots and labeled in the graphics.
Year | Total | |
1994 | 3,018 | |
1995 | 4,026 | |
1996 | 8,378 | |
1997 | 12,910 | |
1998 | 19,533 | |
1999 | 24,725 | |
2000 | 42,961 | |
2001 | 55,271 | |
2002 | 56,750 | |
2003 | 64,548 | |
2004 | 56,184 |
There was an almost constant increase in the number of messages per year, from 1994 to 2004, the only exception being 2004, when there were fewer message than in 2002 and 2003.
Details on using sparkplot
1) Install the Numeric Python module (required by matplotlib)
2) Install matplotlib
3) Prepare data files: sparkplot simplistically assumes that its input data file contains just 1 column of numbers
4) Run sparkplot.py. Here are some command-line examples to get you going:
- given only the input file and no other option, sparkplot.py will generate a gray sparkline with the first and last data points plotted in red:
sparkplot.py -i CA_real_percapita_income.txt
The name of the output file is by default
The plotting of the first and last data points can be disabled with the --noplot_first and --noplot_last options.
- given the input file and the label_first, label_last, format=currency options, sparkplot.py will generate a gray sparkline with the first and last data points plotted in red and with the first and last data values displayed in a currency format:
sparkplot.py -i CA_real_percapita_income.txt --label_first --label_last --format=currency
The currency symbol is $ by default, but it can be changed with the --currency option.
sparkplot.py -i clpy_1997.txt --plot_min --plot_max --label_min --label_max --format=comma
- given the input file and the type=bars option, sparkplot.py will draw blue bars for the positive data values and red bars for the negative data values:
sparkplot.py -i lakers2005.txt --type=bars
As a side note, I think bar plots look better when the data file contains a relatively large number of data points, and the variation of the data is relatively small. This type of plots works especially well for sports-related graphics, where wins are represented as +1 and losses as -1.
- for other options, run sparkplot.py -h
I hope the sparkplot module will prove to be useful when you need to include sparkline graphics in your Web pages. All the caveats associated with alpha-level software apply :-) Let me know if you find it useful. I'm very much a beginner at using matplotlib, and as I become more acquainted with it I'll add more functionality to sparkplot.
Finally, kudos to John Hunter, the creator of matplotlib. I found this module extremely powerful and versatile. For a nice introduction to matplotlib, see also John's talk at PyCon05.
Note: the Blogger template system might have something to do with the fact that the graphics are shown with a border; when included in a "normal", white-background HTML page, there is no border and they integrate more seamlessly into the text.
Update 5/2/05: Thanks to Kragen Sitaker for pointing out a really simple solution to the "borders around images" problem -- just comment out the CSS definition for .post img in the Blogger template.


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No one wants to discuss death and dying. And yet, it's a critical time in everyone's life and one for which we know we need to prepare. While many people have the desire to share their wishes, something is preventing people from openly communicating with their families.
As an important part of estate planning, healthcare decisions need to be talked about. This helps preserve your legacy and provide peace of mind for your loved ones. You can rest easy knowing that if they need to act, they are carrying out your end-of-life wishes as you would want.
If you've been dreading having this talk with your own parents, children or other family members, there are a number of steps you can consider.
Just Ask
Before launching into this tough conversation, it's not a bad idea to pose the question "when?" Ask your loved one when they might have time to discuss your estate planning and healthcare decisions. By introducing the topic in this matter, no one is caught off guard and it can help everyone to reflect on what they really want to communicate before sitting down.
Aim for Clarity
Do whatever you can to help make these conversations clear. Write out a list of major points you want to make ahead of time. Be prepared that your family may come with questions they want to ask about—inclusion of family members in the decision-making process, preferences for memorials, etc… Simplicity and clarity can help neutralize the feelings of anxiety that everyone may be having and help everyone walk away from the conversation with the peace of mind they were hoping for.
Don't Get Sidetracked
This is a tough one. Likely no one really wants to talk about it, or would rather talk about something else. But you've got to get through it. So even though the conversation will no doubt be rife with opportunity to reflect, remember and opine, try to stay on task. You want to make sure that everyone walks away from the conversation with a better understanding than when it began.
Keep the Conversation Going
While it may feel like a one-time conversation because it's emotional, or hard to have if your loved one lives far away, remember that it's not a one-time deal. You are simply opening the lines of conversation, not setting anything in stone. Remembering this will help empower everyone to be open.
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The shape of an individual's spinal column may predict his or her risk for nursing home admission or need of home assistance in old age, according to a new article published online in the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.
A team of researchers based in Japan discovered that the trunk angle of inclination — the angle between the true vertical and a straight line from the first thoracic vertebra to the first sacral vertebra (view image) — is associated with becoming dependent on help for activities of daily living (ADL). These activities include such basic self-care tasks as bathing, feeding, toileting, maintaining continence, dressing, and transferring in or out of a bed or chair.
"Spinal posture changes with age, but accumulated evidence shows that good spinal posture is important in allowed the aged to maintain independent lives," the authors state.
The research team's data were sourced from 804 participants in the Kurabuchi Study, a community-based prospective cohort study of residents aged 65 years or older in Kurabuchi Town, approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Tokyo.
The test subjects' spinal posture was measured with a spinal mouse, which is a computer-assisted noninvasive device for measuring spinal shape. The device is guided along the midline of the spine, starting at the spinous process and finishing at the top of the anal crease.
Of the four spinal measurements taken by the device, only trunk angle of inclination was associated with future dependence in ADL — defined by the researchers as either admission to a nursing home or need of home assistance after a 4.5 year follow-up period. At that time, 15.7 percent became dependent in ADL, 7.6 percent died, and 0.7 percent moved out of the town. The group was 58 percent female.
The subjects in the highest quartiles, who had the greatest angle of spinal inclination, were 3.47 times more likely to become dependent in ADL than those in the lowest quartiles (the group with the least spinal inclination), even after adjusting covariates such as age, sex, back pain, and stiffness.
The authors' research was supported by a grant in aid from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. The article in which their work appeared is titled "Spinal Posture in the Sagittal Plane Is Associated with Future Dependence in Activities of Daily Living: A Community-Based Cohort Study of Older Adults in Japan."


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Sunday, April 11, 2010
ATWT: The Good, The Bad and The Ending
There are now less than 120 episodes of AS THE WORLD TURNS to go before the show leaves the airwaves in September (to be replaced by yet another rehashed "classic" game show). This past week fans saw the schizophrenic WORLD that has made the show difficult to watch every day the past few years. On Monday, fans were treated to the conclusion of the Bob and Kim anniversary "story" as they got legally married surrounded by family, friends, and Bob's ex-wife and ex-lover. Julianne Moore even made a brief cameo. Monday felt like old school AS THE WORLD TURNS, albeit a scaled down version of it. Then we saw the previews for Tuesday.
Tuesday was full of Dusty, Rocco (who?), the new actress playing Liberty, Gabriel (who?), Parker, Ellis (who?), along with Carly, Jack and Craig. Whereas Monday featured actors that had been on the show for decades, including six for more than 30 years, Tuesday featured only a few actors that have been on the show more than a couple of years, and many only a matter of weeks. One day felt like AS THE WORLD TURNS. The next day felt like Jack and Carly living in a strange town.
This is not to say that some of these new faces are not wonderful actors. Eric Sheffer Stevens is a revelation as Dr. Reid Oliver, the most complex gay character ever written on daytime soaps (that we will not get to see actually develop). Ben Levin is a really terrific young actor playing Gabriel, who will likely turn out to be Craig's long, lost son. Sarah Wilson has great potential as Liberty. But really, if you are wrapping up AS THE WORLD TURNS, a show that has been on the air for 54 years, are new Liberty, Gabriel and Rocco characters that need to be included?
There are a number of factors that may preclude fans from getting the ending they want for their Oakdale favorites:
1. Some actors do not want to return. Unfortunately for fans, the show has not treated some of its beloved actors well over the years and those actors do not want to come back. While that's a sad thing for viewers, the writers can at least mention those characters and give fans a resolution for their lives (like recently mentioning Sabrina was working in Haiti).
2. There is no sense of community in Oakdale. We have small pockets of "community" like at Bob and Kim's wedding, but that was only a handful of characters. What is Bob and Kim's relationship with Jack and Carly right now? Lisa and Emma? Dusty and Tom? Whereas GUIDING LIGHT's Springfield established the relationships between all the main characters, ATWT has ignored this for years. I was trying think of a wedding that would bring the whole town together and there really isn't oone. Chris and Katie may be the best option for that.
3. Must-have returns may not happen. We Love Soaps readers have been very vocal about wanting the returns of Larry Bryggman's John Dixon, Martha Byrne's Lily Snyder and Patricia Bruder's Ellen Stewart, among others. John Dixon is my personal all-time favorite ATWT character and I want a resolution for his character (see above), but I have to say that Martha Byrne's return as Lily is the most critical to show's ending. Without Byrne, the eventual reunion between Lily and Holden will be rendered meaningless for me. Any final scenes between Lily and Lucinda won't have any weight to them. Since Lily is currently on the canvas now, I'm debating in my mind which is worse - no ending for a character like John or a completely unsatisfactory ending for a replacement Lily. The show might as well end the character of Lily now if Byrne is not returning. As of the publication of this article, Byrne's return is not in the works other than an outcry from fans. The fact that the show is bringing back meaningless characters like Iris versus John and Ellen is scary, but there is still time to correct this.
4. Some characters will leave early. Marie Wilson has finished taping as Meg so that character will presumably end months before ATWT goes off the air. This may actually be a good thing. If the show can properly end the stories of longtime characters in a staggered way, it may keep the final weeks from feeling false, with a bunch of happy endings all at once. Some actors are already working past their contract and this could factor in as well.
5. Will we actually get happy endings? It is assumed the characters will end in a good place. As a sap, I personally want to see that. ATWT has proven they can write brilliant stories, or at least brilliant episodes, so fans have hope for a happy (and proper) ending. Nancy Hughes as the final scene is a given, and if that doesn't happen, fans will be in an uproar. But in some cases, what would actually be considered "happy" by fans. It seems obvious that Carly and Jack will be together. But there will be some unhappy Jack and Janet fans. Will Luke and Noah reunite for the end? If they do, how will the new fans of Luke and Reid feel? What type of happy ending could there be for Craig at this point?
I suppose there is no way to please everyone who is currently watching AS THE WORLD TURNS. Some fans have watched for two years and may want an ending complete with Parker and Liberty sailing off into the sunset. Other fans have watched since day one and won't be satisfied without Nancy, Bob, Lisa and Kim front and center. Other fans started watching in the '80s and want to see Lucinda in that hot tub with John Dixon one more time. Whatever the case, I hope P&G, the producers and the writers will read Irna Phillips' original story bible to get a sense of what she intended this show to be about when they filmed the pilot back in 1955. ATWT is more than just another television show. It has more history intact than any show in history. GUIDING LIGHT had more years, but AS THE WORLD TURNS has three actors on the show that started when Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States. This history must be honored.
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Cant say I 100% agree with Roger Newcomb's opinions, but hey there are a lot of different fans out there so the best news to me was Meg will be leaving before the end, as her story line just didnt work for me, and I so disagree about his opinion of Martha returning as Lily, Martha is a great actress, but so is Noelle and to change that now would make no sense to me.
and as far as Nuke, there better be a happy ending I have 3 yrs invested in that one and the fans of Ruke who have starting from next week on will survive!- AnonymousApril 11, 2010 at 8:43 AM
I agree about Martha. I have written to ATWT about it. Bring her back!
ReplyDelete Gabby. For me, having watched the character of 25 years, it's just not the same with Noelle, even though I think she is as good a replacement as they could have found and has been incredibly sweet when I've spoken with her. I just don't care about Lily or Lily and Holden reuniting without Martha.
I was sure even a month ago that no matter what happened Nuke would be the endgame. Now it seems like they are writing a Luke and Reid story. Who knows what they will do. My point was that for some of these stories, there is going to be an unsatisfactory ending for a group of fans. It would seem there is a larger and more vocal group of Nuke fans who have invested three years, so does the show give them a deserved payoff? Or do they justify in their minds what they feel is a "proper" ending for the characters (like Noah landing a job as an assistant director of a film, Luke getting back to writing, etc). I honestly have no idea what is going on in their minds. The Bob/Kim anniversary episodes did give me hope though.Roger thanks for the reply, I understand your opinion, and I love Martha watched her as Lily and loved her, now I enjoy her writing and acting on Gotham. I would have proaby the same desire as you if it was Van or Jake who had gotten replaced, but I see alot of Noelle bashing out there and she is a great actress, and to replace her now would be unjust in my opinion. I can agree to disagree with you on this and still enjoy your articles :)
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know where RN got the info that Marie Wilson is done taping because it's NOT TRUE, she just taped on Friday, April 9th. Meg and Paul are very much in story together in mid-June so I think RN got his facts mixed up. Maybe because MWil finished taping before Christmas time and Meg wasn't seen onscreen for a while, he assumed the actress left early. It's NOT TRUE.
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Love your suggestion about John and Lucinda in the hot tub. I miss Martha too.
ReplyDelete I completely agree about being uninterested in a Holden/Lily pairing with Noelle Beck as Lily. She is a perfectly competent actress. I don't think there could've been a better choice for the re-cast. However, she's just not Lily to me. Lily has become so whiny under her reign and I just want to see her single. Holden and Molly are hot hot HOT together and would be a perfectly acceptable fi al pairing for me.
Even though I am a gay male, I find Luke and Noah to be an uninteresting couple. Luke and Reid, however, are lighting the screen on fire for me and would love to see them make a go of it. Let Noah go off to Hollywood and become a director.
Glad to hear Meg and Paul will be gone early. I've never liked either character (that's untrue actually. I loved Paul when played by the actor paired with Byrne's Rose).
I'm looking forward to the Lisa celebration and seeing a happy ending for Jack and Carly. I would love to see Craig redeemed and with Ro (although I'm sure it won't happen). And let's get Lucinda some kind of storyline before the show is over!
And I know I am in the minority, but I have always been behind Casey and Allison and want a marriage for them.
Roger makes a great point re: Rocco, Liberty, Gabriel, etc. I'm nervous that the current writing/producing team is going to wrap up the show. I don't trust them to do it justice. Here's hoping I am proven wrong.Noelle Beck is a good actress yes. I would have loved her as Ellie Snyder. As Lily her presence made it possible for the writers to write the character as someone one dimensional. The "death" of Lily's soul mate Holden and her breif greiving period would never have worked with Martha. There was too much there with the actors in terms of chemistry and history. They would have had to either write a better story or ruin Martha's Lily. I don't feel John Hensley and Noelle Beck burning for their characters to reunite and as such I don't care if they do or not. And that's hard to type as a 17 year or so Lily/Holden fan. In the hands of the current writers I feel like my beloved characters are much safer off screen. I would love them to get together tomorrow and leave town fast. I'd rather see Luke interact with Lucinda and Emma now. If the final ATWT follows Lily and Holden as the Josh & Reva couple without Martha Byrne that would be devastating for me. A complete waste of time. I'd rather watch Barbara and Henry than that.
For me John & Andy need to return. The last minute is too late. The last minute is ok for Penny and Ellen who should be back at the end but John and Andy should be back now intertacting with Kim, Margo and Lucinda.Jaleesa, I don't know how it's going to end or how much time Paul would spend with Emily or Meg. If I heard anything, will post it. But after the past several years, surely we'll get some type of resolution with both. I know it may not satisfy everyone but the writers are making great money to come up with something!
Andy's Animals, I thought about a Casey/Ali wedding too as something near the end that would at least encompass the Hughes family, the Lowells, would bring Ellen back (if there is any justice in this WORLD), and could pull in other characters as well. We all know Ali sleeps with someone else the night before her weddings but maybe she can get it right this time.
Eric, Martha and Jon had amazing chemistry. I remember rooting for Lily and Dusty back in the day and it took me a while to warm up to Holden (despite his epic 80s hotness). And every time they split, I said I didn't want them back together. But once Martha and Jon were in a room together looking at each other, I got reeled back in.Since Meg and Paul are each other's "true love" and Eliza is "their" daughter, I would think that Paul and Meg will reunite and decide to leave Oakdale so they and their little girl can have a fresh start elsewhere. I can see Emily ending up at Yo's with Craig. Maybe they'll hook back up, they are just alike after all, lol.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they should end the show with Luke and Noah together. I would hope their fans would see they are happier without each other and them just being good friends would be enough of a happy ending. Luke and Reid are better together and Noah deserves somebody he can love implicitly and unconditionally.
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I would go even farther and bring back characters from other shows. This is not just the end of "AS THE WORLD TURNS", but rather the end of the entire P&G universe. All your favorite shows will now officially be gone and their characters never to be seen again.
One of the last scenes of AW featured characters declaring that they would reunite again. Perhaps we could be treated to a day in Bay City one last time?
How about a visit from Sunny Adamson? She's a journalist and could easily have a good reason to visit Oakdale.
Wouldn't it be interesting to see Lucinda deciding to retire and sell Worldwide and the bidders that show up include Sky Whitney, Robert Delaney, and Phillip Spaulding?
I am sure that much discussion and debate will occur as the time winds down as to what the "perfect" ending should be. No matter what you may wish, I can assure you that as the world turns, there will be death, birth, success, tragedy, and love. All the news is much appreciated!
Roger, what are the chances the show will give folks Molly/Holden? Cause I find Holden so much more interesting with her than Lily.
Also, what are the chances we'll see some diversity before the show ends? The uniform look of the canvas is a sore point, IMO.
Last questions... who is currently writing the show? Is it still Kreizman? What is going on in that area?
Thanks!!As a young teen, I switched from ATWT to OLTL in 1981, but I check in from time to time as my mom still watches the show. Many of you have great suggestions... I agree that Nancy Hughes MUST be the final scene of the show. I'd also like to see Grant Colman return to have scenes with Lisa. I wonder if they should have Don Hughes die since the actor passed away .... as a way of bringing lots of old characters back to comfort Nancy (great way to bring back Ellen, Annie, Dee, Penny, Carol Stallings, Grant, etc). I remember when I got hooked on the show as a kid... I have a memory of Annie walking outside a building into a construction zone and got hit in the head and Jay Stallings was there... and Annie was in a coma with Ellen keeping a vigil.... gosh this must have been 1976-77? Also remember a nurse named Pat Holland who was helping John Dixon try to kidnap baby Andy if I recall. Loved the show in the 70's. Such a classic.
ReplyDeleteBad news for Kathylul: Susan Dansby, a writer for the show, says the script she's writing this week (which wouldn't be taped for a few more weeks, well after MW's last day), will feature "Katie, Chris, Henry, Vienna, Barbara, Paul, Casey, Alison." Looks like Paul and Meg won't be riding off into the sunset.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update, Richard. I heard a couple of weeks ago they were both out but with the timing of the exits not sure what's happening now.
Chuck, I can't agree about crossovers from other soaps. As a longtime P&G fan, I totally get where you're coming from but ATWT has so much history still intact, I really want the actors on this show to be honored. Now last year there was two weeks between GL's ending and Let's Make a Deal. Would love two weeks of former P&G soap characters updated in a where are they now mini-soap or something like that. I just want to see Nancy, Bob, Lisa, Kim, Susan, JOHN, etc get their due. Now if Sky Whitney or a character like that moved to town and became Lisa's final husband, maybe I could deal!Richard, the fact that Paul is still around could very well mean Meg went on ahead and Paul will catch up to her later. They may have taped PEG's "future" scenes ahead of time. They don't write scripts or tape scenes in sequence a lot of times. I notice Emily's not featured with Paul in Susan Dansby's script either. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how this plays out. :)
ReplyDeleteByrne was treated very nicely when she left ATWT. However, I think the case with Larry Bryggman was quite the opposite. He was very vocal about not wanting to be there for a long time before he left. I believe that when he left it was totally his choice.
I loved Larry Bryggman's John and have followed his career (he's a brilliant stage actor) but feel like he was so unhappy that I shouldn't really blame TPTB for his departure (there is plenty of other stuff to blame them for!).what bothers me is that nobody seems to be fighting to get ATWT to stay on the air with another network, or on soap central or internet.. isn't there something we fans can do? I used to watch Days and when there was talk of NBC cancelling it, there was such an outcry from the fans, that I really believe they didn't dare cancel it. the people who really love ATWT needs to try, al least, to keep our beloved show on.


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Moving fluidly from waterfalls to faucets, curricula to cumulonimbi, Jay Bond and Oily Film Company's latest work, the opening titles to Canadian television series Hard Rock Medical, is a gorgeous example of sharp editing and deft association. The music, at once precise and warm, conducts us through the rhizomatic gestures of the piece, gliding among the macro and micro. The sequence captures the grandeur and majesty of the series' northern landscapes while remaining rooted in the intimate details of small-town medicine, a feat sure to maintain Oily's position as one of the best titles houses in Canada and beyond.
A discussion with Creative Director JAY BOND at Oily Film Company.
What have you been up to since we last talked, for Les Bleus de Ramville?
For the most part, I've been holed up in my edit suite drinking mass quantities of coffee and cutting two drama series simultaneously. But with regards to title design, shortly after the Ramville titles launched, my partner James Ransom and I heard about Hard Rock Medical, another series by the same producers that was moving towards pre-production.
Tell us about that first meeting for Hard Rock Medical.
Having worked with the client before, the first meeting was pretty straightforward and went well. The bulk of the concept was done and I pitched an outline of broad strokes, no boards, a few image samples but more or less just a breakdown of the story. It was a blend of images depicting the chronology of a med school curriculum intercut with graphic pieces from textbooks. That rough concept was accepted, so once James was available – that was early in summer of 2012 – we nailed down the details.
And how did you move through the production process?
We finessed it over that summer while simultaneously working on other projects and then did principal photography in late fall. A bit of post happened over Christmas with the bulk of the edit, graphics, and score happening this January.
How did your process on this sequence compare with the one for Ramville? What kinds of challenges did you encounter?
Usually, when a piece is finished, you look back on the process and it never seems as challenging as when you're in the thick of it. I feel that way a little now, but this one for sure took more work. Ramville had its hiccups but mostly it was pretty straightforward in terms of its three components. For Hard Rock Medical, those three visual elements required more consideration.
For example, the first draft of the concept had no exterior Northern Ontario shots at all. The "northern" imagery was going to reveal graphically in the medical textbooks of the students. This eventually changed to include exteriors so we ended up with the three elements: exteriors of the iconic north, the graphic component, and the medical portion. Finding the medical lab-type space that both suited our needs logistically and aesthetically was a concern since we wanted a specific look. The main unit was building a set in Sudbury but the completion date was about a week before we were scheduled to shoot, so we didn't know whether it would suit us until the eleventh hour. In the meantime, we found a great location with some nice retro elements. Unfortunately, when they got back to us with the rental rate it wasn't within our budget! So we eagerly waited for the set and thankfully, it turned out great.
Another budget challenge came about in trying to get several quite specific straight-down shots. Canadian dramas are not usually in the same budget league as, say, American cable shows. So the challenge becomes conceptual, too. You have to work with what you have and if you really care about the piece, you go the extra distance to make it happen. It wasn't within our budget to get a jib for a day and even if it was, I don't know that we could have gotten the shots we did. James and the crew orchestrated some serious gripology and built an overhead, straight-down rig from scratch. Not only did it fit within the budget but it felt pretty amazing to build a crazy rig that works really well!
Otherwise, the challenges were mainly physical, like driving for long hours and hiking with camera gear to get to remote, scenic vistas. One of the sequences I get a lot of compliments on is the native rock face. We had finished hiking a 3km trail over pretty serious rock through Killarney Provincial Park with gear – James hauling the built RED EPIC* throughout – when we stopped for lunch in Killarney, a small town which was a few hours from closing for the season.
We went into a diner and they agreed to keep the kitchen open for us. We saw a framed photo on the wall of the rock face. We said, "Um, excuse me, where was THAT taken?" The staff explained it was out on the water across the channel. But all the tour boats were done for the season! Luckily, an employee's husband had a boat and agreed to take us out. So over rough, choppy waters we went with the EPIC – heavily insured EPIC I might add – the gear, three crew members, and the driver. We got to a bay with slightly calmer water and saw the face and the driver cut the motor, and we drifted. We started shooting and got what we could even though the boat was moving up and down continually in the wake. We did it about four times. James did a great job getting the shot and we headed back.
Then we needed to figure out how to use it. I don't think most viewers would see the face if you just cut to it out of the blue. It needed to be introduced properly and have the eye really place it. One of the characters in the series is continually sketching so in order to incorporate that I had Crystal Beshara, the consulting artist for the series, do sketches of the face – and the tree at the end of the sequence – and Garry Tutte, the motion graphics animator, stabilized the footage and build the composite from there.
As for the graphic component, I really wanted the piece to feel connected and seamless. The graphics in Ramville were fantastic but their role was to separate the cut between the hockey elements and the memorabilia. For Hard Rock Medical, the plot of the series gives prominence to the community and the land so the goal was for those elements to tie together – to morph into each other. I sent Garry a list of sequences and assets to tie together graphically and we riffed back and forth on how best to make it happen. In the end, he did an amazing job making the transition elements flow seamlessly.
The sequence feels so tight, in terms of its editing and transitions. How much storyboarding and sketching was involved?
Actually, as much as we say every time in pre-production that "we're going to storyboard this one" we still didn't! No boards.
And how much of the sequence is stock footage?
In terms of stock footage that's motion-based, the only piece of video not shot by DOP James Ransom is the cell or bacteria stuff. The assets in the graphic sequences are all scans from vintage medical books and dictionaries from the late 1800s to about 1934 with the exception of one stock still image.
Tonally, the sequence seems to pull from Danny Yount's titles for Six Feet Under and some elements are reminiscent of Imaginary Forces' titles for Rubicon. What were some of your influences?
Wow, well I do love both of those sequences! Six Feet Under is a classic, but unless tones were stuck in my subconscious I didn't look or think about either of those pieces during the creation of Hard Rock Medical. I can see how the cadavers and procedural aspect of Six Feet Under could be somewhat reminiscent, though.
If anything, early on, the influence going in was from Kubrick. We really wanted to establish symmetry in this piece and use his vanishing-point feel. There's some of that in the final but for whatever reason during the shoot we couldn't get as many as we wanted. I just felt if the medical stuff was built around these anchoring, symmetrical shots it would have this great feel juxtaposed with the colourful, borderless feel of the exterior shots.
Now, let's address what you mentioned about Canadian production budgets. High quality title sequences are becoming increasingly common, but are still a rarity in Canadian film and television. What do you think is holding Canada back?
This is a pretty tough question to answer and I can only speculate. I know for certain it isn't a lack of talent! There are some phenomenally talented, creative people I've worked with – and plenty I haven't – in this country. I've seen some great Canadian sequences, like Blackstone that won last year's Gemini for titles and Durham County. There's more starting to happen as the title design industry grows here. But yes, I'm sure it's part production costs. It may just be an aspect of production that's not currently at the forefront of producers' minds.
Do you think there should be a Best Title Design category at the Oscars?
Yes, I do. It's an art form of its own and the title sequence plays a pivotal role in setting the stage for a film. At this point though, it may take a fair amount of work to get that category to be created. We'll see what happens.
Since title design is such a niche industry, has anything changed for you since winning SXSW's Excellence In Title Design Award last year?
Well, first of all, just seeing our work and names alongside work from Kyle Cooper and Danny Yount – that in itself is huge to me! Then actually winning? Come on! We've always believed in our work but winning increased that confidence and belief. It's helped create exposure and credibility within our community. I went into last year's SXSW Awards with no expectations whatsoever, so the whole thing was a great experience. Hopefully it's a launching point to a lot more projects to come.
What are some of your personal favorite title sequences, either classic or contemporary?
The classic and timeless name that is synonymous with title design: Saul Bass. His works are simple and clean but they speak volumes in terms of their design and intelligence. Grand Prix and Anatomy Of A Murder stand out for me, but there's many more.
Otherwise, Dan Perri's work, and Stephen Frankfurt's To Kill A Mockingbird made up an era. Then, I think the two sequences responsible for establishing a new definitive point, when the genre got new energy and motivation, were Se7en and then Six Feet Under. Se7en opened up new doors for title designers. It's been said many times and it still remains a groundbreaking piece of work. I relate to it a lot because that's a methodology and workflow we believe in and employ ourselves... using raw, analog materials like film, ink drops, water, anything. And Six Feet Under did the same for television. That sequence just married everything so well: score, imagery, editing, mood. Just fantastic pieces of motion design.


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The world is going to hell, and prices are going through the roof. This, more or less, seems to be the perpetual conventional wisdom.
The first half of the statement is debatable. But the second half is clearly wrong at the moment: Prices are not going through the roof.
Prices for U.S. consumers rose by just 1.4 percent over the past year, according to the consumer price index numbers released this morning. In other words, inflation is very low.
If this comes as a surprise, don't be surprised. In study after study, in country after country, economists have found that consumers overestimate inflation.
It's not clear why this is the case.
Maybe it's because when consumers think about inflation, they think about stuff they buy all the time — stuff like groceries and gasoline. But gas accounts for only 5 percent of the average household's budget, while groceries make up 9 percent.
And over the past few decades, prices for more expensive things that people buy less often — stuff like cars, furniture and electronics — have risen more slowly than prices for stuff people buy all the time. As a result, consumers have tended to over-estimate inflation. (For more on this hypothesis, see this study.)
There's also this: Everybody talks about food and gas prices when they're rising. Think of gas prices in the past few weeks, and earlier this year. But, somehow, we don't hear so much about gas prices falling, as they did for much of the spring.
"People focus on bad news more than they focus on good news," Paul J. Healy, an Ohio State University economist who has studied how people perceive inflation, told me. "When prices go up, they notice it. When prices go down, they don't care."
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Howard Nourmand is an Emmy-nominated creative director and graphic designer who has produced artwork for countless artists, musicians, filmmakers, and industry moguls, and for some of the industry's most prestigious firms including Imaginary Forces, Superfad, Fuel, Tomorrow's Brightest Minds, and Motion Theory. Howard has also worked closely with such legends as Robert Abe (best known for his special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Tron), Richard Greenberg (title designer for both Superman and Alien), Kenneth Anger (the American underground avant-garde filmmaker), and Oliver Stone.
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