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Capital works as a buffer against losses and provides protection for account holders when a bank is experiencing economic instability. It follows then that a bank's level of capital is a useful measurement of a bank's financial fortitude. When looking at safety and soundness, more capital is better.
Community Bank of Marshall scored below the national average of 13.13 on our test to measure the adequacy of a bank's capital, racking up 12 out of a possible 30 points.
One commonly used measure of this buffer is a bank's Tier 1 capital ratio. Community Bank of Marshall's Tier 1 capital ratio was 20.46 percent, exceeding the 6 percent level regulators consider adequate, but below the national average of 25.65 percent. The higher the capital ratio, the better the bank will be able to stand up to economic headwinds.
Overall, Community Bank of Marshall held equity amounting to 10.15 percent of its assets, which was lower than the national average of 12.03 percent.
This test's purpose is to estimate how the bank's loan loss reserves and overall capitalization could be affected by troubled assets, such as past-due mortgages.
Having a large number of these kinds of assets could eventually require a bank to use capital to cover losses, reducing its buffer of equity. Many of those assets are also likely to be in non-accrual status and thus aren't earning money, diminishing earnings and elevating the risk of a failure in the future.
On Bankrate's test of asset quality, Community Bank of Marshall scored 40 out of a possible 40 points, beating the national average of 37.49 points.
A handy indicator of asset quality is the percentage of problem assets a bank holds compared to its total assets. As of December 31, 2017, none of Community Bank of Marshall's loans were noncurrent, meaning they were more than 90 days past due or were in non-accrual status. That's below the national average of 1.01 percent.
Banks maintain a reserve to deal with troubled assets known as an "allowance for loan and lease losses." Comparing how large that reserve is to the total amount of problematic loans can be a useful indicator when evaluating a bank's ability to manage troubled assets. Unfortunately, the FDIC did not provide information on Community Bank of Marshall's loan loss allowance in its most recent filings.
How profitable a bank is has an effect on its safety and soundness. A bank can retain its earnings, expanding its capital cushion, or use them to deal with problematic loans, likely making the bank more resilient in tough times. Banks that are losing money, however, are less able to do those things.
Community Bank of Marshall received below-average marks on Bankrate's earnings test, achieving a score of 14 out of a possible 30.
Return on equity, calculated by dividing net income (profit, basically) by total equity, is one important way to measure a bank's earnings. The most recent annualized quarterly return on equity for Community Bank of Marshall was 6.37 percent, below the national average of 8.10 percent.
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, the bank earned net income of $1.0 million on total equity of $16.3 million. The bank reported an annualized return on average assets, or ROA, of 0.68 percent, below the 1 percent deemed satisfactory in accordance with industry standards and below the average for U.S. banks of 1.00 percent.
Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound Ratings provide a star rating system to evaluate the current financial status of financial institutions. The information gathered about banks, credit unions and thrifts is updated as set forth in the Terms of Use of Safe & Sound Ratings and Reports. The Safe & Sound Ratings information is grouped by categories of banks, thrifts and credit unions.
Bankrate.com evaluates the financial condition of institutions and assigns a one- to five-star rating for each with five stars representing the highest rating. Institutions with satisfactory performance will generally receive a rating of three or more stars. The majority of institutions fall into the three- to four-star range. An institution with an "NR" rating may be too new to rate or may have limited the publicly available information in their regulatory filings. The "NR" is not an indication of financial strength or weakness. The Safe & Sound rating is believed to be reliable, but the information is not guaranteed. In addition, events since the information was collected may have altered the institution's financial condition.


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Here comes the Curry Craft Minecraft Texture Pack for users of Minecraft 1.8. According to curry_puff – its author, the texture pack has edited nearly 100% of all textures, promising to bring users a new kind of experience. There are still some textures like the banners or the armor stand item hadn't been fixed yet due to the unawareness of author about formats of them. However, those textures will be soon edited as what the author plan. Thus, at present, Curry Craft Minecraft texture pack is updated to Minecraft 1.8 and has almost all textures retextured.
Curry_puff also gives users instruction of how to use the animated painting – exciting feature that he added to his pack. Animated paintings use mcpatcher to work. Therefore, if you want to see the moving, you've got to need a mcpatcher profile. Nevertheless, if you don't have mcpatcher profile, some normal pictures will take place rather than moving pictures.
Users can be free to share and pass Curry Craft Minecraft texture pack to their friends or anyone interested in, however, they cannot take credit with it due to the fact that the author is who made the pack so he has all credits.
Check out some screen shots below:
How to install Curry Craft Minecraft Texture Pack
- Download Curry Craft Minecraft texture pack
- Drag the zip file onto your desktop and open the zip up
- The first file you see (curry craft) is the actual files which works so do not use the zip file, use the curry craft in the zip file instead.
- Close and enjoy the texture pack your own way!
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So you know that thing? That thing when you see a link and you know reading it is going to infuriate you, but you click on it anyways and end up even more frustrated and angry than you expected?
Well, an acquaintance on facebook posted a link to a New Yorker op-ed entitled "All Scientists Should be Militant Atheists." (Trigger warning for casual Islamophobia.) The author introduces his argument by saying "as a physicist, I do a lot of writing and public speaking about the remarkable nature of our cosmos, primarily because I think science is a key part of our cultural heritage and needs to be shared more broadly. Sometimes, I refer to the fact that religion and science are often in conflict; from time to time, I ridicule religious dogma." Really, I should have just stopped there, but sometimes you just can't not make yourself angry by reading the internet.
I think I'm going to do a separate 'talking to imaginary Islamophobic strawmen' post about the casual Islamophobia and the tendency to fall back on 'but Islamic extremism!' as a trope. In this post, I want to focus instead on the related assumptions that 1.) science is essentially rational/unbiased and that 2.) this essentially rational/unbiased nature means it can't not come into conflict with religion.
But first, a short disclaimer: I don't care if you're an atheist. If you consider nonbelief the best expression of your personal beliefs and experience of the day-to-day world, that's great. You do you. However, it's different to say "I'm an atheist and shouldn't experience undue social or legal pressure because of that identity" and "everyone should be an atheist and here's why." The author of this piece is clearly making the second argument, and that's what opens his argument up to public scrutiny. I think it's important to state this distinction clearly because many apologetics (which is essentially what the second argument is, a claim of superiority for a specific community that invites others to join in order to be correct) get away with occupying space in public discourse without scrutiny by falling back on "these are my beliefs and I'm entitled to my beliefs" as a defense. So again, just to be clear – you're entitled to your beliefs about you. You're not entitled to make claims about what everyone else 'should' do without expecting a response to and/or rejection of those claims.
The author clearly identifies himself with the problematically-named 'militant atheist' movement, and here I actually agree with him – I don't think the term 'militant atheist' is helpful because, at least as far as I've experienced this community, they're not militant. I've never read or heard anything from Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Penn Jillette, or any of the other recognizable leaders of this movement calling for organized, violent intercession. What they are, however, is missionizing, a term I suspect they might resist even more. It is the case that the term 'missionizing,' and the related terms of 'prostelytizing' and 'indoctrinate' all carry Christian connotations – that's due in large part to the English language's historical connection to English Christianity – but these terms still come the closest to expressing what this particular community is trying to do. Again, they're not just asking for fair treatment and respect for their identity as atheists; they're telling everyone else to be atheists.
I think placing this atheist movement in the broader history of missionizing movements is also helpful because many of their core arguments are not original, but rather characteristic of missionizing as a tradition, in particular the claim to be the most rational approach to the divine. As someone who studies apologetics, I've read works explaining why Christianity is more rational than Greek polytheism, why Greek polytheism is more rational than Christianity, why Christianity is more rational than Judaism, why Christianity is more rational than Islam, why Islam is more rational than Christianity or Judaism, and why atheism is more rational than Christianity or Islam[1]. Reading a whole lot of these works together, it becomes much clearer how authors use and reuse the same rhetorical tricks to make their point.
I think the use of 'rational' as a defense for your beliefs is powerful for the same reason it's problematic – it feels like it should be a good guideline, but trying to define it is essentially impossible. If we take 'rational' to mean "based on reason or logic," we're immediately faced with the problem that in real logical arguments, you have to define axioms and work within them. There is no naturally-occurring logic – it's a set system of rules that the user then chooses to work within. In arguments about religion, the two participants (or, more often with apologetics, the author and their made-up opponent) are often using two completely different set of assumptions, so the fact that one side can build a rational argument for their faith from those assumptions really isn't significant – it just demonstrates that those assumptions are capable of sustaining a rational argument, not that the opposing set of assumptions are any better or worse at sustaining a rational argument.
More often, this claim of 'rational' is used more generally to mean something like 'common sense,' the idea that we, as humans, are able to sense what's a more or less logical idea, and that this carries with it some kind of value judgment. This is an even more problematic assumption because 1) plenty of true concepts are really difficult to comprehend (more on that below) and 2) if 'common sense' did exist, people would just default to agreement, which is clearly not the case. I think point number 2 is particularly well illustrated by atheism – religions can claim divine inspiration to explain why some (seemingly intelligent) people believe in them and some (seemingly intelligent) people don't, but for nonbelief, if your argument is that the nonexistence of God is obviously true, everyone should eventually revert to that idea, in the same way we all eventually learn 'I shouldn't touch hot things' or 'chewing on foil hurts your teeth.' Common sense ideas are just that – common. Either you know them from testing them yourself or from hearing about someone who did.
This gets us back to point number 1, and the fundamental flaw with the idea that science is essentially rational/unbiased – common sense ideas are generally pretty simple because many complex but true things are really hard to comprehend, and often counterintuitive. Common sense tells me that things fall down because of something that's below me dragging them down. I can also kind of see how there could be something above me pushing them down. But the reality of general relativity is far more complicated than that, and Einstein's Newton in an elevator thought experiment still blows my mind just a little bit. Similarly, common sense evolves over time as our understanding evolves – that germs make you sick makes perfect sense if you grew up knowing what cells and molecules are, but without that knowledge, it's a completely insane idea that every surface is covered with tiny, invisible, creepy crawlies.
Science is rational in that it's based off an agreed system of rules and axioms, but that's the exact opposite of saying that "science holds no idea as sacred." No scientist starts their work by retesting ever established assumption – it would be ridiculous to expect to them to, as this would take lifetimes, but this is also why untrue assumptions can survive for so long (like that ulcers are caused by stress, or that your BMI effectively correlates to your long-term health). Scientists themselves are also not unbiased – ask any woman, person of color, queer person or person with a disability working in STEM if racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, and ableism are still present in science, and they will give you a laundry list of experiences and first-hand accounts.
Religions are, similarly, systems built on agreed rules and axioms, and as such, they can sometimes bump uncomfortably into science. But it's important to understand that that's not the intrusion of something artificial and manmade (religion) on something stalwart and unchanging (science). It's also not the interaction of two competing monoliths – there are scores of religions with hundreds of sects that all work off slightly different systems and rules, and there are dozens of kinds of science with hundreds of different theories, each giving a slightly different interpretation of how to work within their established system and rules.
When the author of the op-ed says he "from time to time, ridicules religious dogma" as part of his physics lectures, I'm guessing he's referring to Christian beliefs about the age of the earth and age of the universe. Firstly, those aren't doctrines in and of themselves – they're outcomes of the larger doctrine of Biblical inerrancy, the belief that all understanding can be derived from the Bible. Biblical inerrancy is only found in Christianity, and then only in a small minority of evangelical and fundamentalist sects, predominantly those that originated in the US. I'd guess that even the majority of Christians don't hold to Biblical inerrancy, and no other religion even considers the New Testament and Christian Bible to be divinely inspired. So most religion doesn't have any problem with this guy's physics lectures – he's choosing to focus on the one group that does, and then assume that every other religious person believes the same thing. (He is also choosing to ridicule people for not agreeing with him, instead of just ignoring them and carrying on with his life, which, I think it's important to point out, was also always an option.)
In actuality, and apparently much to this guy's chagrin, thousands of people identify as both scientists and believers, and I don't see any reason to assume these people are either lying or suffering from split personalities. More likely, these people understand both systems to occupy separate or even complementary spaces – someone who believes in Biblical inerrancy probably wouldn't make a good astrophysicist, but someone who understands the Genesis stories as analogies, a common interpretation among many Christian and Jewish denominations, might not only see no contradiction, but might see confirmation of their faith in their science. I'd argue that this isn't that dissimilar from any ideology or opinions – someone who keeps vegan probably wouldn't want to be a taxidermist, but that's not because either veganism or taxidermy is 'irrational,' they're just not complementary. They are also both personal choices, same as religious belief (or nonbelief) and if, as a society, we're serious about freedom of religious expression, we need to become more sensitive to the difference between "I don't want to face undue legal or social burden due to my choices" and "I want everyone to do as I do" for religious choices, every bit as much as if someone was trying force everyone to be vegan or to become taxidermists. Some things just don't fit all people.
[1] See, for example, Against Celsus, Celsus's True Word, Doctrina Jacobi, a letter from al-Kindi to his friend al-Hashimi, and the works of Abu Isa, and Richard Dawkin's God Delusion, respectively.


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How to fix iTunes Error 3194, Error 21 and Error 1013
I finally found a few ways to resolve this after searching on Apple's support page and other sites. I also came to the conclusion that the error 3194 in iTunes and the other errors are quite common and luckily quite simple to isolate to then resolve. Now the key here is isolate. Try one step at the time, don't overdo it.
Note for Jailbreak and Firmware Downgrade.
If your issue is unrelated to Jailbreak or Downgrading a device then skip this section and move on to the next one.
This guide is not intended for downgrading or Jailbreaking, and while the info provided may still be useful it may not apply to your case. So unless you're trying to restore your iOS device to the latest version of iOS this guide may not be for you.
Comments regarding this error while jailbreaking or using a software version other than the latest one will be ignored.
What causes the error?
The error 3194 happens when iTunes tries to validate the downloaded restore file (.ipsw) and is unable to reach Apple's validation servers. The reason is usually something blocking the connection. Other causes are to try to use a firmware version that Apple is no longer signing ie. 5.1.1. So basically you can't use an older firmware unless you work around the security that Apple has put in place. This article does not cover bypassing these security restrictions.
Common causes are:
- Firewall (try to disable it and attempt restoring again)
- Antivirus (try to disable it and attempt restoring again)
- Hosts file blocking access to the validation server. (keep reading for help with these)
- Stubborn computer (By all means try a different machine if you've tried everything here).
- Try this on a Mac (iTunes works almost flawlessly when used on a Mac)
In OS X the error shows as:
"The iPhone "name" could not be updated. This device isn't eligible for the requested build."
"The iPhone "name" could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the requested build."
In Windows the error is even less descriptive:
"The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (3194).
Fixing error 3194 in iTunes
- Quit iTunes
- Download TinyUmbrella. (download links on the sidebar of their site)
Backup links: (Please check the official website for the latest version)
TinyUmbrella for Windows 5.10.14
TinyUmbrella for OS X 5.10.14
- Open TinyUmbrella (It requires admin account on the computer)
- Select your iPhone and then click on the "Advanced" tab.
- Untick the box "Set Hosts to Cydia on Exit (If you need a clean restore from Apple uncheck this box)" as seen on the screenshot below.
- Apply the changes.
What TinyUmbrella achieves is to remove any blocks created by a previous Jailbreak or similar procedure.
If This method doesn't work for you try the Alternative method below.
As mentioned earlier, what causes the error 3194 in iTunes in most cases, is the inability of iTunes to contact Apple servers.
We can achieve this manually by editing the HOSTS file in Windows or in OS X. All you need to do is to remove any reference to gs.apple.com i.e.:
220.127.116.11 gs.apple.com.
In Windows
You can find the hosts file on: "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
Not sure on how to modify the hosts file? Check out this tutorial including a video. "How to modify the hosts file in Windows"
In OS X
You can find the hosts file on: "/etc/hosts" or "/private/etc/hosts"
Make sure you have admin rights to save the changes: Right click on notepad and select run as admin, then browse for the hosts file.
I hope this helps. Leave comments or questions in the comments. Also please share if you've found other ways to fix this issue so I can add them up for others to find. Good Luck! – By Lone Ranger
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The Westchester County Center is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in White Plains, New York. It hosts various local concerts and sporting events for the area.
The County Center was conceived by the Westchester Recreation Commission in 1924 as a multi-purpose indoor recreational facility to host community programs and income-producing commercial events. It was designed by the architectural firm of Walker & Gillette, and built and decorated in the Art Deco style. The construction project cost of approximately $785,000. A $16-million rehabilitation was completed in 1988.
For nearly 80 years the County Center has been Westchester's premier setting for thousands of concerts, trade shows, sports events, meetings, seminars, theatrical presentations, conventions and civic and community events.
On the weekend of May 22, 1930, the Westchester County Center Grand opening gala was held, attracting thousands from all over Westchester to hear such notable musicians as the pianist Percy Grainger, Metropolitan Opera Company tenor Edward Johnson, organist Palmer Christian and more than 1,500 local choral group performers. In the ensuing years, generations of County Center audiences have been treated to performances by such greats as Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Joan Sutherland, James Brown, Kenny Rogers, Janis Joplin and John Sebastian, along with the Harlem Globetrotters, World Wrestling Entertainment, and the Royal Hanneford Circus, one of the longest running events at the Center to date.


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Last week I finally finished decorating this jug, I've really enjoyed it, I have another two to do to make up a set of three. There is a lot of text on the back and I had to put my name on there too, that's under the handle.
I was called to perform jury service this week, we got dismissed after a couple of hours following a guilty plea but with the message that we would probably be recalled before the end of the year. It was a bit of a scary experience really.
The weather here today has been all over the place, it was raining hard this morning, then glorious all day and then as I rode home I watched the clouds gather over the hills and rush in towards me at some speed and I only just got home in time. Paul was cycling home from the opposite direction and got drenched!


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Adam Price AM & Jonathan Edwards MP join Police Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn to safeguard local jobs
Local politicians Adam Price and Jonathan Edwards have said there is a positive case to retain ambulance services in Carmarthenshire. Their comments follow the evaluation exercise the Wales Ambulance Service Trust has undertaken on the future of its services.
The Ambulance Clinical Contact Centre is currently based in Llangunnor and employs around 160 members of staff in its emergency response and patient transfer services.
The Wales Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) is evaluating three proposals:
- No chance to the current operation;
- Bi-service centre in Llangunnor with Dyfed Powys Police;
- Tri-service option in Bridgend with South Wales Police and South Wales and Mid & West Fire and Rescue Services.
Carmarthenshire County Council and Police Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn have also met with the Ambulance Service Trust to discuss future opportunities for the service to be retained in the county.
Assembly Member Adam Price met with both Ambulance Trust and Trade Union representatives in the National Assembly. He said his discussions showed there was even a case to extend services in Llangunnor.
A Board meeting of the Wales Ambulance Service Trust will meet at the end of March to discuss responses to the evaluation exercise which concluded on Friday 3rd March.
Speaking after submitting his formal response, Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Adam Price said:
"I've been informed by the Ambulance Service representatives that they have received positive and comprehensive engagement from both our Police Commissioner and Carmarthenshire County Council which, they said, provided greater options for them to consider over and above their initial three proposals.
"Based on my understanding of these additional proposals, there appears to be a very positive case in favour of retaining and even expanding Ambulance services in Carmarthenshire.
"Jonathan Edwards and I have now submitted our response which outlines the key arguments presented to us by trade unions and the workforce in favour of retaining the clinical contact centre in Llangunnor."
Jonathan Edwards MP added:
"Our response to the Ambulance Service concentrates on both economical and clinical arguments in favour of retaining services in Llangunnor. Staff members point out to us that they see no clinical benefits or patient improvements by a move to Bridgend.
"Information we've gathered suggests more than half of the current workforce would have to look for alternative employment if services are moved. We also know that centralisation of services to the M4 corridor would disproportionately affect female staff. This is a deep concern to both Adam and I. Thankfully, however, all of the discussions and meetings we've had have enabled us to present a positive case in favour of Llangunnor.
"The Ambulance Service Trust was particularly impressed with the engagement of the County Council and the Police Commissioner who are working closely to present an exciting vision for the service in the county. We look forward to seeing the results of this dialogue."
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn also met with the Ambulance Trust. Commissioner Llywelyn added:
"It's fair to say that I and my fellow elected representatives in Carmarthenshire are leaving no stone unturned in our endeavour to secure the future of Llangunnor's clinical contact centre which is currently based at the police headquarters.
"There is a great deal of scope for emergency services, such as the police, to have greater partnerships with ambulance services. That is why I am working with WAST to realise a vision for improved and even expanded services at Llangunnor.
"Rather than centralising services away from rural west Wales, I want to make west Wales the centre of excellence.
"My discussions with the ambulance service have presented more opportunities for them to consider. I know Carmarthenshire can offer the ambulance service all it needs to meet the future demands of the service."


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Warning: The article contains spoilers and addresses disturbing subject manners.
"The Neon Demon" is painful to watch. Not only is it filled with long hypnotic sequences that emphasize the shallow self-importance of the fashion world, it deliberately dwells on some of the most upsetting human practices possible including paedophilia, necrophilia, cannibalism and ritual killings. All of these horrors are presented in an aesthetically pleasing matter and placed in a cool, fashionable context in an apparent attempt to normalize them.
This movie leaves a foul feeling, as if one's very soul was violated by what was just witnessed. Of course, this kind of result from a "psychological horror movie" is to be expected, but the most disturbing part of this movie isn't the fiction: It is the dark "real world" truths it appears to celebrate. Indeed, when one knows about the dark side of the entertainment industry – and the occult elite that owns it – the movie becomes a disturbing manifesto, an indulgent celebration from people who revel in darkness. In short, it discloses what the industry is truly about, how it truly functions, and who is truly behind it.
Through the story of a innocent young girl who moves to L.A. with big dreams of being an international supermodel, "The Neon Demon" reveals the true ugly face of the entertainment industry.
Culture of Death
Subjecting oneself to this kind of movie means being exposed to the twisted mindset of those behind it. And right from the start, "The Neon Demon" gives us all eyeful of what the fashion world is about: Celebrating a culture of death while preying on youth and innocence.
This trend is happening in actual fashion shoots. Here is one example of a real photoshoot where the model is basically a "fashionable corpse".
Preying on Youth
The model in the bloody photoshoot is Jesse, a 16 year-old model who is "new in town". She meets Ruby, a make-up artist who nonchalantly asks her very specific questions.
– You've just got to L.A., Jesse?
– How did you know?
– You've got that look. Don't worry honey. That whole deer-in-the-headlights thing is exactly what they want.
The "deer-in-the-headlights" thing means youth and innocence. "They" prey and feed on it … literally.
After learning about Jesse's vulnerable situation, Ruby invites her to a party. This is how newcomers get introduced to the claustrophobic social bubble that is the fashion world.
Ruby mentions that lipstick colors tend to sell more when they're named after food or sex. She then asks Jesse:
– Are you food or are you sex?
This odd question will become extremely relevant later in the movie. Indeed, there are two ways her vital energy can be "consumed".
The girls then watch a bizarre show that features a tied-up model. At the climax of the show, she is lifted in the air and placed in position that carries important symbolic meaning.
The model's position is strongly reminiscent to Louise Bourgeois' Arch of Hysteria.
This particular piece of art and position was shown to be important to the occult elite. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer placed one of his headless victims in that specific position.
Dahmer was a cannibal. "The Neon Demon" also deals with cannibalism. And more. Like abusing minors.
At one point, the motel owner tells Jesse's friend to check out a girl at his motel.
"Take a peek in room 214 if you get a chance. Runaway. Thirteen years old. Real lolita sh*t. Room 214. Gotta be seen."
Through these various scenes, we understand that Jesse has entered a messed up world that is looking to consume her.
Entering the Industry
Jesse is soon recruited by a fashion agency that promises her to work with "all of the big designers", which will lead her to"international success". When Jesse admits that she's only 16 years old and that she did not graduate from high school, she is told to tell people that she's 19.
Nobody cares that she is a minor. In fact, her youth gives her that "something" that the industry desperately preys on. Youth is not only used to sell copies of magazines, it is exploited on a deeper level. Primitive civilizations used to sacrifice young virgins to the gods because they were believed to have the most "magical potency". This concept is still alive today. People with great wealth, power, and influence believe in these occult concepts that most think to be outdated. "The Neon Demon" addresses these things in a thinly veiled matter.
When Jesse goes to her first photoshoot with a "big" photographer, things get weird.
When the photographer sees Jesse with her golden stickers, he appears taken with her. He tells everybody present to leave the room. He then orders Jesse to take off all of her clothes. She's still 16.
Jesse's "It" factor leads her to star at a fashion show. This show begins normally but soon turns into a long, hypnotic, occult ritual that appears to profoundly transform Jesse. As Jesse walks down the runway, an alternate scene simultaneously takes place in a "higher" dimension. The fashion show is Jesse's initiation to the industry, where she discovers her new alter persona.
After the show, a new, sexy, non-innocent Jesse is born.
Under the Eye All-Seeing Eye
As Jesse progresses into the fashion world, we are subtly introduced to the dark occult world that rules it. We are also heavily introduced to the symbol that represents it: the ubiquitous All-Seeing Eye. In the movie, the all-seeing eye, aka the eye in the sky, is associated with the moon.
"When I was a kid, I would sneak out the roof at night. I thought the moon looked like a big round eye. And I would look up and say: Do you see me?"
Jesse wanted to be noticed by the entertainment industry. She wanted the "big round eye" to see her. Well, it saw her. She got initiated into the industry.
When things get dangerous at her motel, Jesse is invited to stay at Ruby's house … and things get even weirder. The deer-in-the-headlights is now trapped inside an elite home, and the predators are circling in.
When Jesse pushes her away, Ruby becomes mad. If Jesse cannot be sex, she will be food (you remember the quote above?). But first, Ruby has to do something real quick.
In the next scene, we see Ruby at her second job in a mortuary home where she does makeup on corpses. When she receives the body of a young woman, Ruby becomes very excited.
While this disturbing scene is happening, another scene is juxtaposed to it.
This annoying bit is dragged on for a long time. As Ruby gets excited and moaning sounds intensify, we realize that the movie makers are actually trying hard to make this scene arousing to the viewers. It's like, they're really into that stuff and they want us to be into it as well.
After this unnecessary scene, Jesse dresses up for no apparent reason. She becomes the sacrificial lamb.
When Jesse goes outside, Ruby and her two model friends go after her and kill her.
Ruby and her friends do not simply kill Jesse … they consume her. Literally.
After this nauseating scene, we see Ruby partaking in a strange ritual under a full moon – the "big round eye". She is demonstrating servitude to the the All-Seeing Eye.
Meanwhile, the two other models who consumed Jesse are featured in a high-profile photoshoot. Apparently, eating Jesse imparted them the "It" factor that makes them desirable by the industry again. However, during the photoshoot, one of the models feels sick.
What does she do with the eyeball? Guess.
Then, with a completely vacant look on her face, the model goes back to the fashion shoot.
After watching "The Neon Demon", it is not surprising to learn that it failed at the box office. It is an indulgent, self-aggrandizing, promotional piece by the industry and for the industry.


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DHL has been using RFID tags and hardware to keep tabs on temperature sensitive products being shipped through their facilities. LifeTrak software helps DHL through this process by including important information on the tags such as the product's destination, temperature requirements, and shipper information.
DHL has streamlined their monitoring process as the tags are scanned four times during their journey. This system will mostly be used for pharmaceuticals or biomedical items. DHL is not the first global forwarding company to use this technology, but they have commercialized their system as the DHL Thermonet. When the DHL Thermonet SmartSensor is read, DHL employees are shown the temperature inside the carton as well as the external temperature. If there are any problems, they can rush in and adjust the temperature to the correct settings.
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Macy's, Yet Again
I know we talk a lot about Macy's here on the News with Suze, but the fact that they are running with RFID faster than you could say…well, RFID, makes them a huge topic of discussion. You may ask, "What have they done this time Suzanne?" Well, they have incorporated RFID tags in all of their shoe departments! You know when you try on shoes, and the sales associate takes the sample to the back of the store, and sometimes the sample never comes back? Well, not anymore – Macy's is embedding RFID inlays in their shoe samples making sure every sample is always on the show floor. Why spend the time and money tagging a bunch of shoes that aren't even for sale?
"We had scary numbers, with 20 or 30 percent of our samples not represented on the table. The customer won't buy it if they can't see it. With RFID technology, we have driven that way down, and we've seen the sales change because shoppers can see the entire assortment."
– Robert Harrison, Chief Omni-Channel Officer
That's why. I mean, the logic here is overwhelming. You can't buy what you can't see. I wonder how many times I've been in a store trying on shoes when the PERFECT shoe was there, but in the back room where no one could see it. I sigh with the missed opportunity to buy shoes…
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Going through a divorce is a complex and draining experience that contains a myriad of elements that can confuse and escape the attention of the participants. Dissolution actions in Ohio are no different and tying up loose ends even after a marital settlement agreement is entered into or a court has disposed of all issues in a final decree is essential to protect the interests and rights of all involved.
Quitclaim deeds are designed to convey any interest that a person may or may not have in real property (or land). Unlike "general warranty deeds" or "special warranty deeds," quitclaim deeds convey any theoretical interest. Whether you have an interest or not, quitclaim deeds will grant someone else the interest you could possibly have in the property, whether or not a legal interest exists.
According to thefreedictionary.com, "a quit claim deed is a legal document by which a person releases or 'quits' any claim that they may have had in the property." This is a complete relinquishment of interest in any real property, or real estate, that might have been accrued by actual property (conveyed to a person) or legal interest (dower or curtsey). According to Ohio statute ORC 2103.02, though the right to dower or curtsey interest in Ohio terminates upon absolute divorce, the quitclaim deed acts as a mechanism to "tie up loose ends." Any person examining the property in the future will be able to determine that all interest gained by law has been disposed of without investigating the divorce file of each owner.
The purpose of any deed is to confidently convey property with a title that is considered "free and clear." This means that there are no encumbrances on the property (such as liens or mortgages) and that the deed has a clear title. In the case of a quitclaim deed, the conveyor is not guaranteeing that no encumbrances have been placed but simply that any interests they have ever had are now relinquished.
There are three (3) types of warranty deeds. The first is a "general warranty" deed, which states that a property is free and clear of any claims or potential interest by any party other than the stated owner. A general warranty deed guarantees this "free and clear" status since the deed's inception. A "special warranty" deed is a conveyance that states that the title may be defective prior to the owner's seizure of possession but that the title is free and clear since his possession of said property. A quitclaim deed makes no presumption about liability and simply states that if there is interest in the name of the grantor, the grantor is relinquishing that interest. The Ohio Court of Appeals has held that a quitclaim deed "in and of itself, is notice that there may be title imperfections, such that the grantee has no right to rely on the grantor's oral assurances of good title."
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In family law (or domestic relations law) the purpose and effect of the quitclaim deed is pretty simple and straightforward. In several states, spouses gain a legal interest in a property simply by being married to the owner of the property. When a divorce results in one party giving up that interest and placing it in the hands of his (soon to be former) spouse, the execution of a quitclaim deed is an assurance that any legal interest in a property that spouse might have had is now terminated and no future claims by the relinquishing spouse can be made on future owners of the property.
Though the legal theory and definition of a quitclaim deed is nearly universal to all states, each state has its own individual format used to draft deeds. Ohio has codified its form for quitclaim deeds into its statutes.
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- University of Dayton Law Review, Vol. 19, Page 783
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Some time last week, we reported that Wizkid and Davido were taking shots at each other on social media and while then it was a lot of mere speculation, recent activity by them both has confirmed the feud.
Yesterday, Wizkid closed out his successful New York show with a post on Instagram with a thank you to Wale and Akon for supporting him. He then continued with what can be construed as a sub aimed at Davido. He said "Thank u so much NewYork!! Amazing show last night!! Big up @wale nd @akon for showing me love!! Proper show! Proper venue! Boys talk!! Men work!!"
Davido responded with a tweet some hours later saying:
Pull half my crowd before talking shit! Looser!
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We are part of Fearless Restaurant Group; a multi-concept group of 8 independent restaurants based in Philadelphia, PA and Long Beach Island, NJ. As a company, we are defined by our talent, teamwork, resources, opportunity and a workplace built on loyalty and respect. We're a creative, ambitious business with an aggressive growth strategy and require like-minded leaders to join us as we move forward.
Opened in May 2016, Autograph Brasserie is the newest addition to the Fearless Restaurant collection. Located in the former location of James Beard's L'Auberge and George Perrier's Georges, the building's rich history and French influence framed the inspiration of a concept owner Marty Grims had for over 20-years. Featured throughout the restaurant are over 1000 celebrity autographs, albums, and authentic photographs celebrating those individuals that have impacted popular American culture.
An Autograph Brasserie Server will be an expert at welcoming our guests into our home with warmth, enthusiasm, and grace in this fast-paced, multi-faceted, neighborhood cafe. This candidate will have a desire to continue to learn and grow within our organization.
The ideal server candidate is positive, responsible, hands-on and a team player that has strong communication skills and can handle multiple tasks in a friendly manner with grace and composure.
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The Festoon Kite
This kite looks very attractive in flight, and is one which is well worth making. It is a combined kite, that is, two kites arranged on one backbone. It has a comparatively slender framework and needs to be handled with care. The backbone, A, is 3 ft. 6 in. in length, and is cut from 3/8 in. square stripwood. Make halving joints, 6 in. from the top and 1 ft. 6 in. from the bottom (see Fig. 10). Make shallow grooves at points which are 2 in. and 3 in. from each end and also one at the centre. Two crossbars, B and C, are each 2 ft. in length, and are cut from 3/8 in. x 1/4 in. stripwood. Complete the halving joints at the centre of these, and also make shallow grooves at points which are 3 in. and again 1/2 in. from each end. Rub the frame pieces to a smooth finish with fine sandpaper, and check that the joints are a tight fit. Assemble the framework with glue. Strengthen the joints by gluing cross-shaped plates to the underside. These are formed from 1/8 in. plywood. They are 6 in. in length and 6 in. in width (see Fig. 10). Bind round the plates and the joints with fine string, and smear the binding with thin glue to hold it in place.
Brace the framework with thin strong string. Tie a length to the backbone at the point D, and take it to the groove E, which is 3 in. from the right-hand end of the top crossbar, pass it round once or twice and tie. Bring the string to the centre backbone groove, bind round and tie. From there take it to the groove which is 3 in. from the left-hand end of the top crossbar, and lastly to the point where you started, where the string is securely tied. Repeat the procedure for the lower half of the framework. The outer bracing strings are now added, being secured at the grooves which are at the ends of the frame pieces. There should be an even tension on all these strings, and the backbone and crossbars should be at a correct angle. The next step is to prepare the covers. Cambric or unbleached greaseproof paper may be used. Lay the framework on the material and draw the shapes with a soft-grade pencil, allowing a margin of 2 in. all round for overlapping. It is a help to pin the material to a board whilst this is being done. The covers may be decorated at this stage. Suggested designs are given in Chapter 7, under 'Accessories'.
Use fabric painting oil colours for cloth, and lacquer for paper covers. Allow sufficient time for the paint to dry and then cut out. Attach the covers to the backbone and crossbars with glue. Fold the margins over the inner bracing strings and fasten down. Use glue for paper, and sew down in the case of cloth covers. The covers should be as firm and smooth as possible. Turn the framework over. Prepare 2 in. strips of the material and glue them to the covers and around the framework within the area required. Decorate the kite with festoons. To do this, tie lengths of strong thread in the form of three loops, at the points shown. Take strips of paper 2 in. in width and 6 in. in length, fold them down the centre, and cut slits at intervals in the centre fold. Now cut the strips in fingers to make the fringes. Open the strips, apply glue down the centre and wrap around the loops. Cover the outer bracing string for the top kite with fringes. A paper tassel on a 1 ft. length of thread is suspended from the bottom of the backbone. A pennant may also be flown from the top of the backbone. See Accessories', Chapter 7, for making these.
The bridle is tied to the backbone in the form of a loop at the positions shown (Fig. 10). Use strong string, 6 ft. in length. The kite line is attached to the bridle with a bowline knot and a reef knot. Apply strips of insulating tape to the ends of the framework, to prevent their splitting, should the kite hit the ground suddenly. Like other kites, this one will need adjustments of the kite line in order to achieve satisfactory flight. Apart from regulating the position of this line, other adjustments may take the form of lengthening the tassel string, or sometimes using a thicker string. The increase of weight thus obtained will tend to pull the bottom of the kite down. This action will bring the kite nearer to the vertical, if the flying angle is too shallow, that is, if the kite is-inclined too much towards the horizontal. When a kite assumes a shallow angle it will not climb. If on the other hand, the tail is too heavy, the kite will assume a near vertical position, and by reason of this will tend to be blown backwards by the wind meanwhile gradually losing height. It is essential that the correct flying angle be established, and this is achieved mainly by observation and adjustment.


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San Diego, CA – Marin Aesthetics, headed by San Diego plastic surgeon Dr. Vincent Marin, is officially launching its new and advanced website today. With its excellent design elements, the revamped website intends to help those who are interested in undergoing plastic surgery and learning about their surgical options.
Originating from Del Mar, Dr. Marin moved his practice to La Jolla in 2015 to serve an even wider range of clients – from San Diego and beyond. Along with his relocation is the unveiling of the enhanced website developed in partnership with Centaur Marketing, a US-based creative solutions agency.
The recently revamped website has a clean, uncluttered layout, improved functionality, and enhanced and informative content in the form of articles, blogs, videos, and infographics focused on plastic surgery procedures. It is accessible and optimized for use across multiple media platforms – from laptops and desktops to smartphones and tablets.
To affirm Dr. Marin's expertise in the field and to build trust with potential clients, the new website maximizes the use of actual photos of real clients. It also includes comprehensive pages about the most popular plastic surgery procedures such as:
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Marin Aesthetics steps up its game even further as it applies a meticulous organization method patterned after Electronic Medical Records to their gallery. Designed to let viewers easily sift through the gallery, before-and-after photos of clients can be filtered not only by procedure type but also by age, gender, ethnicity, height, and weight.
Apart from the development of visual and functional aspects of the site, web developer Centaur Marketing also equips it with the latest and most effective search engine optimization (SEO) strategies for plastic surgeons such as On-Page Optimization and Doctor Citations on Sites.
In coordination with Dr. Marin, Centaur Marketing also manages and keeps track of all Marin Aesthetics' social media accounts to drive more leads and to boost its online reputation.
"I have been working with Centaur Marketing for the past several months in developing a new website. They have been efficient, helpful, and extremely productive. I would recommend their services without hesitation as the process has been smooth and they have put together a great product," says Dr. Marin on the final outcome of his website and his affiliation with Centaur Marketing, the creative solutions agency.
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Gil Hova, head of Formal Ferret Games, will be joining us for our Spring 2018 convention on Friday. He'll have plenty of games for you to demo. So we encourage you to stop by! We asked Gil some questions about his role in the game industry and specifically about his first time at MEPACON.
Hi Mepacon! Sorry for the delay; it's been a nutty 3 weeks (3 conventions and a Kickstarter). I'm only now starting to get a handle on my backlog.
Here are my answers!
Tell us a little about yourself. What is it you do in the gaming industry and how'd you get there?
My name is Gil Hova; I design and publish my own board games through my company Formal Ferret Games. My most well-known game is The Networks, in which players all take their own TV networks from obscurity to stardom. I've also designed and published Bad Medicine, a party game about pitching awful pharmaceutical drugs, and Wordsy, a word game that favors longer words. I've been designing games since 2000, but I've only gotten good at it since about 2010, when Z-Man released my first game, Prolix (Wordsy's antecedent). I had posted a lot about game design on my blog (gil.hova.net), so I'd already had a small following by the time I launched Formal Ferret in 2014.
What kind of games do you create/publish? Tell us about some of them.
Some more detail: In The Networks, you start the game with a little bit of money and three awful TV shows. You're trying to get the most viewers over 5 seasons (viewers are Victory Points). It's proven to be my most popular game, perhaps because combines solid and engaging gameplay with some really funny cards. For example, the TV shows players start with have names like "Get To Know Your Lower Colon" and "Unlocking Your Cat's Psychic Potential," and do not earn you any viewers. This sense of humor extends throughout the game.
Bad Medicine is also a very funny game. It's more of a pitching-style party game, like Snake Oil or But Wait There's More. Each card in the game has three things on it; a bit of a drug name, a bit of a description of how a drug would work, and a side effect. You get dealt a bunch of cards, and decide which cards you'll use for the drug name, which you'll use for the description, and which you'll save for the side effect that you'll give to another player!
The side effects in the game - and the fact that you get side effects handed to you- are what makes it pop. I found early on that side effects like "blindness" or "prostate cancer" weren't that funny, because they are real things that happen. But "briefly teleported to Mars" and "lactating toenails" are so bonkers, they bring the game to a much funnier place. It also means we don't "punch down" to make fun of people who have to take pharmaceutical drugs, but we get to "punch up" at the people making gobs of money off them. Wordsy is not as humorous as the other two, but is still a design I'm incredibly proud of. You'll draw eight cards into a grid at the middle of the table. Each card has a consonant, and the column of the grid will tell you how many points that letter is worth. Players simultaneously try to think of the best word for that board. The first player to write their word down flips a 30-second timer; they're now the "fastest player."
The cool thing here is you can write almost any word down, short of proper nouns, contractions, hyphenated words, and so on. You don't need all the letters in your word to be on the board, nor do you need the letters on the board to be in any particular order. This gives the game a completely different feel than almost any word game out there. Those obscure 2- and 3-letter words so powerful in other games are useless here!
Once everyone has their words written down, everyone scores. The fastest player will get a points bonus if their word is equal to or greater in points than everyone else's word; everyone else gets a bonus if their word is greater in points than the fastest player's word. It's an extremely simple and elegant game, but it has such a fresh feel to it. It's only 20 minutes long, but players will often want to try it again, because it's such a different way to approach a word game.
Which game are you most proud of creating and why?
All of them! Seriously, I can't pick my favorite child.
Tell us a little about your experience with getting your games on Kickstarter.
I would not be able to do what I do without Kickstarter! I'm very lucky in that I've cultivated an audience that's both enthusiastic and really pleasant to deal with. Somehow (knock on wood), I have not encountered trolls or griefers yet. My backers have, to a person, all been awesome.
Bad Medicine and Wordsy have been modest successes, earning $20-30k, which is all I really need to make the game a reality. But The Networks has been a much bigger success; the first campaign raised over $100k, and the second campaign raised almost $150k! I'm very lucky to have such an enthusiastic fan base, and I'm so happy they're pleased with the game I delivered.
Sure, I've made my share of mistakes, but thankfully, they've all been minor blunders, and I have to thank my backers for being so patient and understanding every time I goof! Really, I can't say enough about them.
What are you most looking forward to at MEPACON?
Meeting people! I'm just a gamer, and I love meeting other gamers. And while I'm proud of my games and love to show them off, I also love to play other people's games too, especially prototypes.
Where can people buy your games?
I'm in worldwide distribution. So just head over to your friendly local game store. If they don't have any of my games in stock, ask them to order it. Thanks so much for the opportunity!


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Dave's Rating:
Kafka for kids.
Who's In It: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Chloe Moretz, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn
The Basics: The second-smallest boy in his class endures a variety of middle school horrors--school plays, gym class "shirts vs skins" day, getting beaten up by girls, having friends who are even dorkier and more childish than he is--but weathers them thanks to his own observant wit. He also has to deal with a metaphorical piece of moldy processed cheese (which equals gross which equals cooties which equals his life) that someone left out on the playground. That's about it. But then, that's all it sort of has to be about.
What's The Deal: Middle school has been done to death. By this point we all know what a nightmare it was. (And if it wasn't one for you then you were the prettiest, most popular girl or that guy who was shaving by age 12 and the truth is that everyone else secretly despised or feared you.) But this movie's target audience is experiencing that reality for the first time, which means it's never the wrong moment to let them know that the condition is relatively temporary. So while you, the adult chaperone, may experience déjà vu and/or annoyance at all the urine, booger and flatulence humor, your kids are going to think its themes were invented just for them and will crack up at the body function gags. Kids have that one thing over adults: they know farting is always hilarious. Even more importantly, it may help shore up the internal reserve of dignity in your own wimpy kid.
Surprises: Chloe Moretz (the too-smart little sister in (500) Days of Summer and the foul-mouthed Hit Girl in Kick-Ass) makes a funny impression as the spooky girl who reads Allen Ginsberg. So does Robert Capron as the chubby friend who doesn't seem to care that he's a social pariah. And Zachary Gordon, as the wimpy kid of the title, seems to be aiming for a Ferris Buehler-esque omniscience and superiority and, while he doesn't quite pull it off all the way, I was down for his struggle. Your own enjoyment of that sort of kid character will be based on how easily annoyed you are by the schtick.
Where it Comes From: A series of books by Jeff Kinney that have sold nearly 30 million copies; a script by Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, whose names I mention here not because you know who they are but because Sachs and Judah wrote some for Freaks and Geeks. It gives the movie even more credibility and you can feel a little bit of that show's hilarious mortification running through it. Directed by Thor Freudenthal, who made Hotel for Dogs, which, believe it or not, was not the worst film ever.
Where To Go Next: Thoughtful, cool parents will eventually press Sixteen Candles and Rushmore on their rapidly maturing adolescents. Even cooler, no-rules-having guardians will let their charges watch Over the Edge and Fat Girl. I take no responsibility for recommending those last two.
I like diry of a wimpy kid.
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|By Will Leitch
Does it ever bother you that the only people separating our entire culture from absolute chaos and anarchy are cops? We have a choice between rampant, insane lawlessness and power-starved, overgrown adolescents who get to carry guns. Im sure there are cops out there who genuinely care about the public good and want to keep the streets safe from miscreants; I just havent met any of them yet.
Think back to high school about your classmates who eventually became policemen. Were any of them not the burnouts, the kids who drank every weekend and always knew where to find pot? The ones who always looked angry, ready to snap at whatever was keeping them from meeting girls? They hated the jocks, they hated the smart kids, they hated the cheerleaders. And now theyre getting their revenge.
Forgive me for making blanket statements, but seriously, what would possibly possess a person to become a cop? Nobody likes you, people get nervous when you walk into a room, they do everything in their power to avoid you at all costs (come to think of it, maybe Id make a good cop). Youre the scourge of society, unless of course, we actually need you for something, in which case were annoyed that you didnt show up fast enough. Its an utterly thankless job, and the only two possible benefits I can think of would be that you have a chance to make the world a better place - and Im sure our streets are patrolled by the worlds do-gooders - and that you have absolute power over your fellow man. I think thats it. Youre despised, youre feared, youre looked down upon. But at the end of the day, youre the guy with the gun, youre the guy who can pull someone over just because you feel like exerting some authority. Didnt have the chance to do that in high school, did you?
I know some cops actually go out there and study criminology and how the criminal mind works. Theres a certain science to it, I guess, but, unfortunately, it seems like these guys always end up in the higher-paying segments of the police world we dont come into contact with that often, like homicide or, in what Im sure is the busiest police job, internal affairs.
Forgive my skewed - yet, I believe, pretty darned true - view of police officers. My first girlfriend Myra was five years older than me. We dated on and off for about two years, still seeing other people, until she met Jason, a cop in Mattoon, Illinois. Almost immediately, I was forbidden to see Myra, and after a couple stealth lunch meetings, in which Myra looked nervously around in case Jason drove by, we lost contact altogether. Eventually they got married, and they still live in Mattoon. Im told Jason still doesnt like me - though I cant for the likes of me remember ever meeting him - and every time I go home, my father warns me to drive very carefully, because Jason is just waiting for an excuse to bust me. My friend Andy knows Jason and says hes actually a pretty nice guy, but if thats true, why in the world did he become a cop?
My friend Matt met a girl a few months ago, but because he made the fatal mistake of being a really nice, sincere guy, they of course became merely friends. She began dating a policeman, and Matt actually met him once, when the two of them ran into him while he was on duty. He gave Matt a huge grin and boasted, Yeah, I saw some people illegally parked over there. Cant wait to nail em! Well, gotta go; got a bunch of tickets to write, heh-heh. A couple of months later, Matt received a phone call from the girl, who asked if she could come over because her cop companion just grabbed my wrist and twisted it, and Im scared. Heres a guy who of course simply cares about the public good. By the way, this guy carries a gun. All the time.
I wont lie to you; another of the main reasons I loathe policemen is that they dont seem to like me too much. I dont think I look dangerous to policemen - come on, guys, Im not even black; everybody else I see you pull over appears to be - but for some reason, they always seem to find me whether Im doing anything wrong or not. I just want to peaceably coexist with my fellow man, but you just wont leave me alone.
My mother likes to boast that shes been pulled over seven or eight times in her life, and shes never once received a ticket (Reason No. 5,643 it sucks having an attractive mom). No such luck for me; I lost count at about nine, but I cant ever catch a break. Every time, I get that disapproving, condescending Son, do you know how fast you were going? nod, as if I had just been caught trying to smuggle crack in the bodies of dead babies. I know there are plenty of snappy answers to this question, but I try to put aside my smart-ass instincts long enough to act like the deviant I am. When I was pulled over recently, Sgt. Superior - I always think of cops as being like those overly strict nuns in Catholic school, except not as free-spirited - actually asked me if he needed to call my parents. Dude, you saw my license; just because I cant grow facial hair doesnt mean I need a parental permission slip to drive.
Thats not to mention the time my stereo was too loud late one night, and rather than knock on my door and tell me Im a shitty neighbor, the guy who lived downstairs called the police. I heard a knock on my door. When I opened it, a cop promptly entered my apartment and started looking around. Thankfully, Id already put away the 40 kilos of heroin, but I still didnt think they could do that. Are they like vampires? If you open the door to them, all your usual weapons against them are powerless?
A couple of months ago, I was pulled over after leaving a happy hour with a friend. Id had a margarita and a beer, hardly enough to leave a dent even in someone who doesnt eat. Nevertheless, rather than writing me my speeding ticket and leaving me alone, Dudley Do-Right decided to give me a sobriety test. Theres something most degrading about a sobriety test, especially when youve got an old friend from college in the car with you that youre trying to impress with your standing in the grownup world. I had to do the Follow-the-Pen thing, then the Hop-on-One-Foot-and-Say-the-Alphabet-to-J thing. Then he asked me to raise the other foot and count to 21,000. Not to be unreasonable here, but thats going to take me a while, sir. Oh, wait, I mean 21-one thousand, like youre waiting to sack the quarterback in sandlot football. Sir, have you done this before?
I passed the test and went home, embarrassed and feeling, truth be told, somewhat violated. Still, I guess I can forgive him because he was just doing his job, if not particularly well. Its when cops just make things worse that gets on my nerves.
A friend called me at 2:30 in the morning the other night. Shed been finishing up some work at home and was ready to settle in bed for the evening. She shut off the light and then heard a knock at her living room window. Opening the blinds, she saw a man, standing alone, doing something you really, really dont want to see when youre an attractive single woman living alone. The amount of horror in this situation is difficult, no, impossible, for me to fathom.
She called 911, and the operator tried to calm her when the man attempted to crawl through the screen to get into the apartment. Now, Im trying to think of a situation where our need for police officers is more evident than this one. After about 10 minutes, the perpetrator gave up and ran off. A half hour later, the police showed up. A half hour.
Now, this friend lives very close to a bar I frequent, one that has an armed policeman always patrolling the parking lot. It would have taken him about, oh, 30 seconds to get to her apartment. But he was too busy checking IDs and smooth-talking the waitresses, I guess. When the officers finally arrived, they reassuringly told my friend, Yeah, we figure hes probably been staking this place out for a while. We wouldnt be surprised to see him come back sometime. Be on the lookout, and call us if you see him again. Then they left her, alone. She was petrified, she called me, and I came over to provide the illusion of a strong, manly, protective presence. However, Im not always going to be there even though I can get there faster than the police.
Its probably not a wise thing to write a column intricately describing how much I hate police officers, considering Im in the phone book and could have an undercover guy outside my door in, well, however long it takes a cop to actually show up somewhere. Im not paranoid, but just in case, I feel like I should tell you, Will Leitch is simply my pen name. My real name is Andy Wang, and Im the editor of a Web magazine and live in Columbia, Missouri. I drive a Chevy Malibu, not a Toyota Camry, and I always go the speed limit. Always.
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How is that for a headline? It may not make national news, but it's BIG news around here!
A few months ago, we made the decision to pull Matthew out of speech therapy. There weren't any major problems … just no progress. Matthew shut-down in therapy, stubbornly refusing to talk or follow directions. In fact, the only sound he made would be to put his finger to his lips and make his best "shhhhh!" sound, to shush his therapist.
The poor thing. (the therapist, I mean.) She worked so hard to win him over. She is a sweet, young, energetic and positive teacher, and we could tell she was working extra-hard with Matthew, doing research on new techniques to try, bringing out all of his favorite things … but it just wasn't working. He would sign … a little bit … "all done." "bye-bye."
His therapist and we agreed that giving him a break might be good. We were hearing new words at home. It was slow, but steady progress. We agreed to keep in touch, and re-visit therapy when Matthew was a little more … ahem … how do we say this? … able to understand the teacher/student relationship? He is only 3 years old, and has a stubborn streak a mile wide.
A couple months ago, we were getting ready to leave my parent's house. The boys were loaded in the van, and before the door closed, a little voice said, "Bye-Bye Bam-Pa!" I was absolutely shocked, as I'd never heard that many syllables come from my little Matthew. Grandpa was pretty pleased to be the recipient, too.
. . .
Skip ahead to the last month or so …
Matthew is saying SO MANY THINGS. We can't believe our ears as we hear sound after sound coming from our not-so-silent-anymore little boy.
After dinner, Matthew often requests to cleaned up in the bath tub instead of the ol' washcloth routine. When he's done eating, he pushes himself back from the table, signs "all done," then signs "bath."
However, recently he pushed himself back, and SAID, "Bu-bble Ba-TH!" Then, giggled uncontrollably with pride for his accomplishment. You better believe he got lots of bubbles that night! (Those of you who sign with your kids realize the mixed-blessing of signing things like "bath," or "please," when your kid's hands are covered in applesauce or yogurt.)
He has also started to say animal names as well as sounds, letters of the alphabet as I sign them, and will point to his name on his wall and correctly identify the letters. Like I said, it's big news around here!
You know who else he'll talk for? Yes … Rachel Coleman. We hear more words from him while he's watching a "Signing Time" DVD than any other time. And, as she says in one of her songs,
"Sometimes I think you're stuck for such a long time. Days and days go by with nothing new. With lists of things you'll never do … until one day you do! And, you do! You do. You shine.
… And Matthew will do what Matthew will do when Matthew is ready to do it.
And he'll do it in his own time."
(O.k. … she doesn't actually use his name, but I think she should have.)


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