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Google Analytics Change History – More Context To Administrators
Today, Google Analytics started offering a new Admin section called "Change History." It is a very simple table which shows changes made to your Google Analytics account settings in the last 180 days. This was a much needed feature as up till now, we had to trust people to document all changes, a boring task which is difficult to manage.
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This is a significant improvement to Google Analytics Administrators, but it is important to understand which changes are saved and which are not. The changes saved are those made through the interface: changes to accounts, properties, profiles, filters, goals, users and AdWords linking.
It does not include changes made to the code in the website, to external marketing campaigns or to private assets (e.g., Advanced Segments, Custom Reports, Dashboards, email, etc.). Therefore, it is still important to have a centralized place to save changes made to the Google Analytics Tracking Code. Here is a method I created to track code changes using Google Docs.
To find the "Change History" section, click on the "Admin" button on the right side of the orange top navigation (after logging into Google Analytics). Then, just below the orange bar you will see bread crumbs, click on the left-most link with your account name (right after the link "Account list"). You will see a tab named "Change History."
Below is a screenshot of what the Change History table looks like.
It's important to note that all the fields below are searchable, i.e., I can search for all the filters that were created or all the changes made by a specific user. As we can see in the table above, here is the structure of the table:
- Date: the date and hour of the change.
- Email: the user that performed the change.
- Change: what changed and in which profile/user/goal/filter.
Concluding Thoughts
As I previously wrote, I believe that everything is about context. In the past, Google Analytics released the Annotations feature, which is a great way to add context to charts when it comes to marketing and sometimes technical changes.
The "Change History" feature brings context to another level by enabling us to understand settings changes (which often affect the data) even if they were not documented, which can bring significant context to changes in data.
One improvement I would love to see is a checkbox that says "Add this change as an annotation."
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Contemporary urban-fantasy noir, the second case (Greywalker, 2006) for Richardson's Seattle-based psychic PI Harper Blaine.
Following a near-death experience, Harper became a Greywalker, with the ability to see and enter a paranormal dimension inhabited by ghosts and other, much nastier things. This time out, Harper's client is creepy psychology professor Gartner Tuckman; he's set up a psychological experiment in which he claims to have artificially generated a poltergeist—at least, the experiment's group members believe they have. Tuckman helped their belief along by inserting his own operative, Mark Lupoldi, into the group's séances to produce table rappings and rockings and other poltergeist-like phenomena. And Tuckman admits that he selected the group members because their personalities would clash and strike sparks. However, the experiment's now out of hand, producing hauntings far above the scale predicted by Tuckman. And when Harper examines the room, she finds evidence of genuine paranormal energies. Then events take a sinister turn: Lupoldi turns up dead, brutally smashed against the wall of his apartment. With no apparent motive, Harper—barely distracted by Seattle PD detective Rey Solis, not to mention her own on-again, off-again boyfriend Will Novak, currently sidelined in London—investigates the group members, beginning with Tuckman himself. But what if the poltergeist is real, and as powerful and frenzied as it appears? Harper will need all her wits and the expert assistance of high-ranking, intimidating vampire Carlos to crack the case.
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This overview discusses halftone styles and how to match them to the designs you print.
Screen printers like to stick with techniques that work well consistently. This is a clear reflection of the printing process itself, because you don't want to change the way a shirt is being printed halfway through the production run. It might start to look different, or even worse, it might become unacceptable to the client. So it stands to reason that a printer will always look for the best method that produces the highest quality reproduction in the shortest period of time.
The more experienced printers that have been around awhile have occasionally tried different methods and styles of printing with a wide variety of results. Often these experiences quickly can create a mindset of what does and doesn't work in separations and printing and sometimes this in turn creates a real hesitation to attempting new techniques.
This "don't fix what isn't broken" mentality often will flow backwards from production into the art department. There may be very little time for changes in processes or testing new methods in a busy art department, and even less time to attempt things that may not end up being used at all. When considering these challenges, it is easy to see why so many screen printers stick with only one style of halftone. It is common to hear something like, "We use a 42-dpi elliptical dot at 22° on everything" in a lot of art departments. The downside to having such a fixed process for halftone printing is that a lot of diverse art styles can benefit from using a variety of halftone types that work best when used with the right type of artwork. A halftone that works incredibly on a pencil drawing may not be ideal for a watercolor print, etc.
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Even those who have not read "Remembrance of Things Past" (most of us), know something of the cookie dipped in tea that lets loose a flood of memories.
Even those who have not read "Remembrance of Things Past" (most of us), know something of the cookie dipped in tea that lets loose a flood of memories.
Once the taste of a madeleine soaked in lime blossom tea sends Marcel Proust back to his childhood, it takes him seven dense volumes to write a novel of things past. Proust's semi-autobiographical opus is now known as "In Search of Lost Time," a recent and more accurate translation of its title in French.
This is the 100th anniversary of the release of "Swann's Way," the first volume of this literary colossus, and almost every day I come upon another group of critics, authors and readers discussing it.
After I had read a number of these appreciations and listened to others on podcasts, I decided to sip a spoonful of the magic tea and softened cookie crumbs. It was my first time.
I had heard much of Proust's novel, but I earned a B.A. in English without reading a word of it. I think, though, if I were to dig out the reading list for the M.A. program I never finished, I would find "Remembrance," perhaps underlined.
If Proust were writing this, everything you have read so far would take up just one or two sentences. Many of his sentences swim from page to page with hardly a pause, except for commas and semicolons. Just when you think he has come to the end of a thought, the author gulps a fresh breath and is off again. Just one more detail. Then just one more.
I am reading "Swann's Way" on a Kindle that shows the percentage of the book I have read, but not the page numbers. I am almost half way through the book and I have greatly enjoyed it so far. I will finish it and perhaps read it again, but I doubt I will go directly into the other six volumes. Just as I read and reread Joyce's "Ulysses," but never tackled "Finnegan's Wake."
The overture to "Swann's Way" is a large part of this first book. It includes a long sequence of the narrator's waking up. He wakes in flashes and goes back to sleep. Each time he sees and takes part in a new scene — places he has lived, bedrooms where he has slept, people he has known and imagined, flowers he has seen and smelt, sensations he has felt.
He has these mini dreams several times in the night and as he is waking. I have read expert descriptions of how we wake up repeatedly in the night (as many as 20 times) for too short a time to remember, and have dreams in the intervals.
These experts write of the same experience that Proust does, but their clinical descriptions do not begin to compare with the intense sensations and emotions he captures and expresses.
The overture also strikes a Freudian note that resounds throughout the novel. The highlight of the boy-narrator's day is his mother coming up to kiss him goodnight. He yearns for her to stay and kiss him again and he cries himself to sleep on the nights the presence of guests prevents his mother from coming to him.
Proust supposedly never knew of Freud's work, but as a literary scholar going back to the Greeks, perhaps he just stumbled upon "Oedipus Rex" on his own. Still, both write of the immense wealth of memory that lies hidden beneath the human consciousness, awaiting a trigger that will bring it to the surface.
For me, the trigger can be either a taste or a smell. Freshly cut grass takes me back to when I first helped mow the lawn. Newly sawn pine takes me back to when it was my job to split kindling for the stove.
Once I wrote that a taste — not of a French madeleine but of an Alabama cinnamon roll — took me back to the levee at Guntersville Lake when I was finally old enough to go fishing with the men.
In the morning dark, we packed a lunch for each of us — fried Spam sandwiches and a pack of cinnamon rolls. By noon in the hot sun, the Spam had become one with the Wonder Bread and the icing on the rolls had melted.
Decades later, in this house, I went downstairs in search of something sweet and found cinnamon rolls. With the first bite, I looked down the levee and saw Daddy. We were both eating our lunch and holding a rod.
Not quite as exotic as the taste of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea, but then I do not plan to write seven books about it.


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Hello everyone!
Sorry for the long break but I just went through a few very crazy months. I'm changing PhD programs at the moment and that has basically required all of my attention. I have, however, found some time to start drawing in a little Moleskine sketchbook I picked up at the beginning of this semester. I decided that if I can't find the time to create full-size drawings anymore, I can at least do some small-scale, no pressure drawings in my sketchbook that I can share on here.
So, here are a few of the drawings I've done so far...
|Nectarivores and bee balm.
The first sketch is of a few nectarivores (Ruby-throated hummingbird, Anna's hummingbird, Hemaris sp. hawkmoth, and an extraordinarily large honeybee) feeding from a bee balm (Monarda sp.) flower. I decided to do this drawing for a few reasons. First, I really need to improve my botanical illustration skills, so why not start with something that allows me to include subjects I'm already comfortable with, such as insects and birds? Second, I've just never drawn a hummingbird before and was curious about the difficulty involved with drawing metallic feathers. And finally, I've seen three of the four species pictured here feeding at bee balm in my home town and it's just one of those things that always seems beautiful and special, no matter how often you encounter it.
|Spectacled flying foxes.
The second sketch is of five spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus). Again, in an attempt to improve my botanical illustration skills, I chose a subject that would allow me to include both animals and plants into the composition. I have had a special fondness for these bats ever since my trip to tropical North Queensland where I had the opportunity to witness hundreds of these massive bats leaving their roosts in the evening. Whether creating a cacophony of chattering squawks from their roosts or taking to the wing in the hundreds, these megabats truly are one of the most spectacular animals in the world to observe in the wild.
|Passalid beetles!
The last sketch I feel like sharing tonight is of a fascinating little insect called the passalid beetle. It's also known as the bess beetle, betsy beetle, or patent leather beetle in North America. I actually have a few colonies of these beetles in observatory cages in my house at the moment that I've been monitoring. These beetles form monogamous pairs and males and females contribute equally to care of larvae. Parental care on its own is pretty awesome, but these insects take it to the next level by incorporating cooperative brood care. This means that adult offspring of the monogamous pair will remain in the natal nest (in this case, a rotting log) and help care for their younger siblings by building pupal cases and possibly feeding larvae. As young adults, that is, post pupation and pre-dispersal, the exoskeletons of these beetles are not fully hardened. This is why several of the beetles in the drawing are orange or red; the lighter color indicates a lack of pigment developed by the younger offspring. I could go on for days about these beetles, but I will cut my summary short. Take home message is that these beetles are beautiful live in cooperative family groups in rotting logs.
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|Lucy "Mama Lucy" Lanier (1898-1996)
My grandmother Lucy Callins-Lanier was the middle child of George and Lucy Callins of Dallas Co, AL. One of her qualities is that she was very strong willed woman. While she was living in Alabama she practiced Midwifery and herbal medicine. She delivered over 200 African-American children all over the county. When two of her children were born very prematurely, she nursed them to health by creating a heated incubator made of a box and using old fashioned cast irons. When one of her daughters was born with a leg deformation, she was told by the doctor that she would never walk. My grandmother made a makeshift brace for her legs, worked with my aunt and she learned to walk without even the use of as much as a cane! Both of these children are living today.
During the 1950's she and most of her children and some of her grandchildren relocated from Alabama to New York. She didn't stop working once she came to New York. Once in New York, she and three other southern ladies worked tirelessly selling homemade cakes, pies and other southern sweets to raise money to found the only Black Baptist Church in the Town of Highlands. They named this church Saint Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. Mama Lucy held many positions at the church including Treasurer, President of the Missionary Board, and finally Mother of the Church until her health began to fail in the early 1990's.
The grandmother I knew was firm and loving. She didn't say too much, but always offered a meaningful word of wisdom or encouragement at just the right time. She was a wonderful cook, especially her desserts. Our family favorite dessert was her delicious Tea Cakes.
Though Mama Lucy has been gone for 16 years, her spirit is still strong in our family. In honor of her memory, I have included a recipe for real southern Tea Cakes. (Courtesy of About.com)
Simple Southern Tea Cakes
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation:Combine the sugar and butter in a mixer bowl, beating until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Shape cookie dough into small balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet. Press flat with the flat bottom of a glass. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes.
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Well, it seems that Billiam Clinton, a married man, was caught on film in mixed company publicly touching three non-virgins (and menstruators, no doubt!) who are not his wife. Quel scandale!!! The shocking incident took place at a fundraising gala* for the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the William J. Clinton Foundation, and the non-virgins in question happened to be noted pornography stars Brooklyn Lee and Tasha Reign, and allegedly non-porny regular lady Jennifer Taule.
Despite the fact that Bill Clinton gets his picture take with approximately one million people per day, almost all of whom are unrepentant fornicators, this is obviously a huge deal. I mean, Bill Clinton got a blow-job once, you guys!!! Predictably, the tabloids are on it. "Uh Oh! Former President Busted With Porn Stars!" writes Global Grind. "Bill Clinton caught posing with porn stars in Monaco," says whatever this website is. Caught! Busted! Because obviously when he deliberately looked into the camera and posed for that picture in a room full of people (one of whom was BILLY ZANE, BY THE WAY), Bill Clinton thought he was pulling the greatest covert grift of all time. Hillary would never find out. Curse you, Twitter!
Last time I checked, a person does not relinquish their U.S. citizenship once they choose to act in a pornographic movie. Porn stars are people, porn stars vote, and porn stars are more than welcome to attend fundraisers and have their pictures taken with famous politicians.
But, wonders the always astute Daily Mail, "What will Hillary say?" Well, um, probably nothing. Because she's the Secretary of State? So she's, you know, probably too busy to sit around reading Daily Mail articles about how her husband had his photo taken at his own fundraiser, in between tell-alls about a pensioner who gave Botox to her dog, and a Liverpool man who married a grilled-cheese sandwich (slippery slope!).
The Atlantic Wire breaks down the media response:
Perhaps the funniest, and not really funny haha thing, to point out is the general reaction to this photo—laughs, virtual pats on the back, etc. etc.—versus reaction to recent ones of Hillary drinking beer in Cartagena, or, even more recent than that, photos of her not wearing makeup while working. For both of those photos she was taken to task; people were outraged in various ways, calling her ugly, irresponsible, a shame to her job and womanhood.
Neither Bill nor Hillary's recent photographs warrant outrage of any kind, but if I had to pick one...a former president sandwiched between the stars of Spouses Nut on a Latin Slut 1 and Seduced by a Real Lesbian 9 is slightly more attention-worthy than a photo of the Secretary of State having a face. But no. Not only is Hillary's face the bigger story, she has to be the punchline of Bill's porn-star photo too. Cool.
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but the idea that Hillary Clinton would spend one second of her life caring about this photo implies that her reaction to it would be jealousy. She would be threatened by these porn stars. And if she's threatened by these porn stars, then the implication is that she wishes she could be the kind of woman to hold her husband's attention at stupid Monaco fundraising galas. As though the instinct to be a petty, jealous, "traditional" wife would be stronger than the drive to be a sensible, independent, busy-and-powerful-as-fuck Secretary of State. Sorry, but I just don't buy that. I don't have any inside information about the nature of the Clintons' marriage, but I suspect they covered the "Bill will sometimes be in a room with women who aren't Hillary" territory a long time ago. So calm down, 'bloids. Hillz is busy.
*Which was hosted by Prince Albert of Monaco and called "Nights in Monaco," which obviously makes me think of 1 Night in Paris and 1 Night in China which obviously makes me think about Prince Albert of Monaco's vagina.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – May 20, 2005) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced its partnership with several local law enforcement agencies to further reduce youth access to tobacco in Arizona.
The Arizona Attorney General's Office conducts undercover investigations throughout Arizona with the help of local police officers, checking retailers to determine their compliance with state laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors. During the investigations, youth volunteers pose as typical teenage customers and attempt to purchase cigarettes from the retailer.
"This program continues to grow and with the help of local police departments, we are performing more investigations than ever before," Goddard said. "I am excited about the partnerships we have formed with these agencies and the impact we are having on this very serious problem. Working together, we can send a clear message to retailers that selling tobacco to kids is against the law."
If during the course of an investigation, a retailer sells tobacco products to a minor, the retailer will either be issued a warning letter from the Attorney General's Office or a citation will be issued to the offending clerk by a local police officer. The partnership between the Attorney General's Office and local police departments has increased the number of citations issued to retailers who refuse to comply with the state's restriction on underage tobacco sales.
The Arizona Attorney General's Office and the Phoenix Police Department recently formalized their partnership to keep tobacco out of the hands of Arizona's youth. The Office also has partnerships with the Tucson Police Department, the Chandler Police Department, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and the Prescott Valley Police Department. For more information about the Attorney General's Youth Tobacco program or to report a retailer believed to be selling tobacco to minors, call the Arizona Youth Tobacco Hotline at 602-542-1809.


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Our latest Marvel creative retreat was this week, where a bunch of us writers come to New York and sit in a room with our editors and publishers, and for three days straight we all talk comics and make fun of each other. While I can't tell you exactly what was talked about, I can say with confidence that this retreat was more jam-packed with awesome ideas than any retreat I've ever been to. I always come home from these things fired up to get back to work. After this one, even more-so.
Among the things I'm working on right now are AVENGERS VS. X-MEN and its tie-ins issues of WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN. I'm happy with the momentum we've all got going on X-MEN right now, so trust me, I'm very conscious about trying to maintain that during the tie-in months. Our story will not suddenly stop and be replaced but a bunch of crossover stuff that has no connection to what I was doing before. It will all flow together, including in some ways you might not be expecting.
As always, thanks for reading.
The other big highlight of the week for me was dinner at David Chang's momofuku ssäm, where thanks to C.B. Cebulski, a bunch of us gorged on a ridiculous spread of duck, steak, fish, pork buns and spicy sausage. Over dinner I told Remender and Hickman why I think Session 9 is awesome and Christopher Nolan not so much. I also extolled the virtues of Exorcist III but I'm not sure I won them over quite like the pork buns did.
David Chang, I think I love you.
Marvel biz & momofuku
Posted by Jason Aaron Labels: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN , Chris Bachalo , Marvel retreat , Things I've Put Inside My Mouth , WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN
4 comments :
- kakey at: 8:46 AM said...
Hi, any plans for Gambit to turn up in WATXM, does he feature much in AVX?
- Jason Aaron at: 12:00 PM said...
Sorry, no plans for Gambit on my part.
- Jeremy Forbing at: 6:28 PM said...
Just commenting that I have had the exact same experience trying to sell people on the virtues of the relatively unknown Exorcist III. There is a moment in that film-- and you know which one I am talking about-- that is among the creepiest in any horror movie ever made. Scared my little brother and I literally out of our seats when we snuck out to the TV to watch it after bedtime. Keep preaching the gospel, brother.
- Roleplay Adventures at: 6:28 AM said...
Are there any plans to have Daken mentioned or show up in Wolverine and The X-Men ?


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Phiwayinkosi Gumede
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of SkullsHD
IMDb: 2.6
98 min
Allan Quatermain has been recruited to lead an expedition in search of a fabled treasure, deep within Africa. He must avoid hidden dangers.
Country: USA
Actor: Sean Cameron Michael, Christopher Adamson, Natalie Stone, Daniel Bonjour, Wittly Jourdan, Nick Everhart, Thomas Fakude, Mzuza, Phiwayinkosi Gumede, Mduduz Nxumalo, Mfafa Msimango, Xolisile Khanyile, Nomkhosi Mthiyane, Mpume Mthiyane, Kende Gamede


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Every year I begin our reading workshop with a reading survey. It lets me get to know my new students as readers and I enjoy learning about their thoughts on reading. Without fail, at least half (sometimes 75%) of my new students note that they dislike reading. Their reasons are varied, from not having the time to read, to hating books, and sometimes just a lack of good books to choose from. Reluctant readers are some of my favorites, because the feeling I get when I am able to turn them on to reading is amazing. This holiday season, try to share the joy of reading with a reluctant reader.
Some favorites in my room, which always hook reluctant readers:
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney- Told in prose and illustrations, Jeff Kinney's hysterical tales of Greg and his middle school misadventures are impossible to keep on the shelf. For the last two years my students have passed these around to each other. Greg is a typical middle schooler who has an embarrassing mom, a strict dad, a crazy older brother, and a spoiled little brother. My students identify with his family misadventures and his struggles in middle school. Plus, the journal format (which includes Greg's own cartoons and illustrations) is kind to reluctant and struggling readers alike. And the best part is that Kinney has made this into a series! Check out Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (available January 13, 2009), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (for the budding writer/comic book artist in your life).
- Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix- It's hard to find tween-friendly science fiction that isn't a turn-off for my students. Haddix's Shadow Children Series is the story of a world much like ours where families are only permitted to have two children. Third children are illegal and if found they are killed by the Population Police. Luke is a third child and as such has spent his 12 years of life in hiding. For most of his life the woods around the family farm are thick enough to protect him. But when the government purchases the land and begins building homes there, Luke is sentenced to life indoors and away from all windows. While sneaking a loom out the attic window one day, he spies a child's face in the window of one of the new homes, after the family of four has left for the day. Is it possible that he is not the only third child in the area? Luke is faced with tough decisions and his situation is realistic enough to be frightening. Haddix's series follows Luke as he begins to question the law and fight the government. Without fail, students read the first book and immediately demand the rest of the books. A great way to hook reluctant readers!
- the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer- Pfeffer's post-apocalyptic tale of New York City after the moon has been knocked out of orbit is an obsession with my students this year. I only have one copy in the classroom library, and the last time I checked there were 5 or 6 copies that kids themselves bought and began passing around to each other. To sum up the story (this is a companion novel to Life As We Knew It), it is based on an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. The story examines these events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When his parents disappear in the aftermath of the disaster, Alex is forced to care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle to nothing. A little gross, very graphic, and frightening enough to make you want to stock up on canned goods, the dead and the gone is impossible to put down, even for the most reluctant reader!
- Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi- This graphic novel is great for kids who can't even imagine having to read a novel. The illustrations are beautiful and the story will keep them turning the pages. After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her late great-grandfather. But is the house really safe? Soon, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Emily and Navin, desperate not to lose her, too, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. And don't discount graphic novels for readers of all levels! Graphic novels require readers to be engaged in the process of decoding and comprehending a range of literary devices. According to a study by Scholastic, "graphic novels can also help improve reading development for students struggling with language acquisition, as the illustrations provide contextual clues to the meaning of the written narrative. When graphic novels are made available to young people, even those deemed "poor readers" willingly and enthusiastically gravitate towards these books. Providing young people with diverse reading materials can help them become lifelong readers."
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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
Examples: The following :hints value is nonsensical. Nevertheless, it illustrates all of the available hint keywords:A very common hint is the
:hints (("Goal" :do-not-induct t :do-not '(generalize fertilize) :expand ((assoc x a) :lambdas (:free (y) (member y z))) :restrict ((<-trans ((x x) (y (foo x))))) :hands-off (length binary-append) :in-theory (set-difference-theories (current-theory :here) '(assoc)) :induct (and (nth n a) (nth n b)) :use ((:instance assoc-of-append (x a) (y b) (z c)) (:functional-instance (:instance p-f (x a) (y b)) (p consp) (f assoc))) :bdd (:vars (c a0 b0 a1 b1) :prove nil :bdd-constructors (cons)) :cases ((true-listp a) (consp a)) :by (:instance rev-rev (x (cdr z))) :nonlinearp t))
:use hint, which in general takes as its
value a list of ``lemma instances'' (see lemma-instance) but
which allows a single lemma name as a special case:
:hints (("[1]Subgoal *1/1.2'" :use lemma23))
ACL2 also provides ``computed hints'' for the advanced user. See computed-hints
Hints are allowed in all events that use the theorem
prover. During
defun events there are two different uses of the
theorem prover: one to prove termination and another to verify the
guards. To pass a hint to the theorem prover during termination
proofs, use the
:hints keyword in the
xargs declaration. To
pass a hint to the theorem prover during the guard verification of
defun, use the
:guard-hints keyword in the
declaration. The
verify-guards event and the
defthm event also use
the theorem prover. To pass hints to them, use the
:hints keyword
argument to the event.
General Form of Common :hints: ((goal-spec :key1 val1 ... :keyn valn) ... (goal-spec :key1 val1 ... :keyn valn))where
goal-spec is as described in the documentation for
goal-spec and the keys and their respective values are shown
below with their interpretations. (We also provide ``computed hints''
but discuss them separately; see computed-hints.)
Value is
name or
nil, indicating whether induction is permitted
under the specified goal. If
value is
t, then the attempt to apply
induction to the indicated goal or any subgoal under the indicated
goal will immediately cause the theorem prover to report failure.
Thus, the indicated goal must be proved entirely by simplification,
destructor elimination, and the other ``waterfall'' processes.
Induction to prove the indicated goal (or any subgoal) is not
permitted. See however the
:induct hint below. If
value is a
symbol other than
t or
nil, the theorem prover will give a
``bye'' to any subgoal that would otherwise be attacked with
induction. This will cause the theorem prover to fail eventually
but will collect the necessary subgoals. If
value is
nil, this
hint means induction is permitted. Since that is the default,
there is no reason to use the value
Value is a term having at most the single free variable
world, which
when evaluated (with
world bound to the current ACL2 logical world)
produces a list of symbols that is a subset of the list
(preprocess ;propositional logic, simple rules simplify ;as above plus rewriting, linear arithmetic eliminate-destructors fertilize ;use of equalities generalize eliminate-irrelevance).The hint indicates that the ``processes'' named should not be used at or below the goal in question. Thus, to prevent generalization and fertilization, say, include the hint
:do-not '(generalize fertilize)If
value is a single symbol, as in
:do-not generalize,it is taken to be
Value is a true list of terms, each of which is of one of the forms
(let ((v1 t1)...) b) or
(fn t1 ... tn), where
fn is a defined
function symbol with formals
v1, ..., vn, and
b. Such a term
is said to be ``expandable:'' it can be replaced by the result of
substituting the
ti's for the
vi's in
b. The terms listed in the
:expand hint are expanded when they are encountered by the
simplifier while working on the specified goal or any of its
subgoals. We permit
value to be a single such term instead of a
singleton list. Notes: (1) Also allowed are ``terms'' of the form
(:free (var1 var2 ... varn) pattern) where the indicated variables
are distinct and
pattern is a term. Such ``terms'' indicate that we
consider the indicated variables to be instantiatable, in the
following sense: whenever the simplifier encounters a term that can
be obtained from
pattern by instantiating the variables
(var1 var2 ... varn), then it expands that term. (2) The term
:LAMBDAS is treated specially. It denotes the list of all lambda
applications (i.e.,
let expressions) encountered during the proof.
Conceptually, this use of
:LAMBDAS tells ACL2 to treat lambda
applications as a notation for substitutions, rather than as function calls
whose opening is subject to the ACL2 rewriter's heuristics (specifically, not
allowing lambda applications to open when they introduce ``too many'' if
Value is a true list of function symbols or lambda expressions,
indicating that under the specified goal applications of these
functions are not to be rewritten.
value may also be a single
function symbol or lambda expression instead of a list.
Value is a ``theory expression,'' i.e., a term having at most the
single free variable
world which when evaluated (with
world bound to
the current ACL2 logical world (see world)) will produce a
theory to use as the current theory for the goal specified.
See theories.
Value is either
t or a term containing at least one recursively
defined function symbol; if
t, this hint indicates that the system
should proceed to apply its induction heuristic to the specified
goal produced (without trying simplification, etc.); if
value is
a term other than
t, then not only should the system apply
induction immediately, but it should analyze
value rather than
the goal to generate its induction scheme. Merging and the
other induction heuristics are applied. Thus, if
contains several mergeable inductions, the ``best'' will be
created and chosen. E.g., the
:induct hint
(and (nth i a) (nth j a))suggests simultaneous induction on
j, and
If both an
:induct and a
:do-not-induct hint are supplied for a
given goal then the indicated induction is applied to the goal and
:do-not-induct hint is inherited by all subgoals generated.
Value is a lemma-instance or a true list of lemma-instances,
indicating that the propositions denoted by the instances be added
as hypotheses to the specified goal. See lemma-instance. Note
:use makes the given instances available as ordinary hypotheses
of the formula to be proved. The
:instance form of a lemma-instance
permits you to instantiate the free variables of previously proved
theorems any way you wish; but it is up to you to provide the
appropriate instantiations because once the instances are added as
hypotheses their variables are no longer instantiable. These new
hypotheses participate fully in all subsequent rewriting, etc. If
the goal in question is in fact an instance of a previously proved
theorem, you may wish to use
:by below. Note that theories may be
helpful when employing
:use hints; see minimal-theory.
This hint indicates that ordered binary decision diagrams (BDDs) with rewriting are to be used to prove or simplify the goal. See bdd for an introduction to the ACL2 BDD algorithm.
Value is a list of even length, such that every other element,
starting with the first, is one of the keywords
:prove, or
:literal. Each keyword that
is supplied should be followed by a value of the appropriate form,
as shown below; for others, a default is used. Although
must always be supplied, we expect that most users will be content
with the defaults used for the other values.
:vars -- A list of ACL2 variables, which are to be treated as
Boolean variables. The prover must be able to check, using trivial
reasoning (see type-set), that each of these variables is
Boolean in the context of the current goal. Note that the prover
will use very simple heuristics to order any variables that do not
occur in
:vars (so that they are ``greater than'' the variables
that do occur in
:vars), and these heuristics are often far from
optimal. In addition, any variables not listed may fail to be
assumed Boolean by the prover, which is likely to seriously impede
the effectiveness of ACL2's BDD algorithm. Thus, users are
encouraged not to rely on the default order, but to supply a
list of variables instead. Finally, it is allowed to use a value of
t for
vars. This means the same as a
nil value, except
that the BDD algorithm is directed to fail unless it can guarantee
that all variables in the input term are known to be Boolean (in a
sense discussed elsewhere; see bdd-algorithm).
:literal -- An indication of which part of the current goal
should receive BDD processing. Possible values are:
:all treat entire goal as a single literal (the default) :conc process the conclusion n process the hypothesis with index n (1, 2, ...)
:bdd-constructors -- When supplied, this value should be a
list of function symbols in the current ACL2 world; it is
(cons) by default, unless
:bdd-constructors has a value in
acl2-defaults-table by default, in which case that value is
the default. We expect that most users will be content with the
default. See bdd-algorithm for information about how this
value is used.
:prove -- When supplied, this value should be
t or
nil; it
t by default. When the goal is not proved and this value is
t, the entire proof will abort. Use the value
nil if you are
happy to the proof to go on with the simplified term.
Value is a non-empty list of terms. For each term in the list, a
new goal is created from the current goal by assuming that term; and
also, in essence, one additional new goal is created by assuming all
the terms in the list false. We say ``in essence'' because if the
disjunction of the terms supplied is a tautology, then that final
goal will be a tautology and hence will in fact never actually be
Value is a lemma-instance,
nil, or a new event name. If the
value is a lemma-instance (see lemma-instance), then it indicates that
the goal (when viewed as a clause) is either equal to the proposition denoted
by the instance, or is subsumed by that proposition when both are viewed as
clauses. To view a formula as a clause, union together the negations of the
hypotheses and add the conclusion. For example,
(IMPLIES (AND (h1 t1) (h2 t2)) (c t1))may be viewed as the clause
{~(h1 t1) ~(h2 t2) (c t1)}.Clause
c1 is ``subsumed'' by clause
c2 iff some instance of
c2 is a
subset of
c1. For example, the clause above is subsumed by
{~(h1 x) (c x)}, which when viewed as a formula is
(implies (h1 x) (c x)).
If the value is
nil or a new name, the prover does not even
attempt to prove the goal to which this hint is attached. Instead
the goal is given a ``bye'', i.e., it is skipped and the proof
attempt continues as though the goal had been proved. If the prover
terminates without error then it reports that the proof would have
succeeded had the indicated goals been proved and it prints an
appropriate defthm form to define each of the
:by names. The
nil means ``make up a name.''
The system does not attempt to check the uniqueness of the
:by names
(supplied or made up), since by the time those goals are proved the
namespace will be cluttered still further. Therefore, the final
list of ``appropriate''
defthm forms may be impossible to admit
without some renaming by the user. If you must invent new names,
remember to substitute the new ones for the old ones in the
hints themselves.
(Warning: This is a sophisticated hint, intended for advanced users. This hint was suggested by Bishop Brock.)
Value is an association list. Its members are of the form
(x subst1 subst2 ...), where:
x is either (1) a rune whose
car is
rewrite or (2) an event name corresponding to one or more such
runes; and
(subst1 subst2 ...) is a non-empty list of substitutions,
i.e., of association lists pairing variables with terms. First
consider the case that
x is a
rewrite rune. First recall that
without this hint, the rewrite rule named
x is used by matching its
left-hand side (call it
lhs) against the term currently being
considered by the rewriter, that is, by attempting to find a
s such that the instantiation of
lhs using
s is equal
to that term. If however the
:restrict hint contains
(x subst1 subst2 ...), then this behavior will be modified by
s so that it must extend
subst1; and if there is no such
s, then
s is restricted so that it must extend
subst2; and so on,
until the list of substitutions is exhausted. If no such
s is
found, then the rewrite rule named
x is not applied to that term.
Finally, if
x is an event name corresponding to one or more
runes (that is,
x is the ``base symbol'' of such runes;
see rune), say runes
r1, ...
rn, then the meaning is the same
except that
(x subst1 subst2 ...) is replaced by
(ri subst1 subst2 ...) for each
i. Once this replacement is
complete, the hint may not contain two members whose
car is the same
Note that the substitutions in
:restrict hints refer to the
variables actually appearing in the goals, not to the variables
appearing in the
rewrite rule being restricted.
Here is an example, supplied by Bishop Brock. Suppose that the database includes the following rewrite rule, which is probably kept disabled. (We ignore the question of how to prove this rule.)
cancel-<-*$free: (implies (and (rationalp x) (rationalp y) (rationalp z)) (equal (< y z) (if (< x 0) (> (* x y) (* x z)) (if (> x 0) (< (* x y) (* x z)) (hide (< y z))))))Then ACL2 can prove the following theorem (unless other rules get in the way), essentially by multiplying both sides by
(thm (implies (and (rationalp x) (< 1 x)) (< (/ x) 1)) :hints (("Goal" :in-theory (enable cancel-<-*$free) :restrict ((cancel-<-*$free ((x x) (y (/ x)) (z 1)))))))The
:restrict hint above says that the variables
y, and
z in the
rewrite rule
cancel-<-*$free above should be instantiated
respectively by
(/ x), and
1. Thus
(< y z) becomes
(< (/ x) 1),
and this inequality is replaced by the corresponding instance of the
right-hand-side of
cancel-<-*$free. Since the current conjecture
(< 1 x), that instance of the right-hand side simplifies to
(< (* x (/ x)) (* x 1))which in turn simplifies to
(< 1 x), a hypothesis in the present
Value is
t or
nil, indicating whether non-linear-arithmetic
is active. See non-linear-arithmetic.


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Monika Weiss: Five Rivers Installation, drawing, performance, video and sound
September 6 December 16, 2005
Drawing on Syncope: The Performativity of Rapture in the Art of Monika Weiss / by James D. Campbell
trap shall be your shelter: the hidden desires and public appearances
of Monika Weiss / by Aneta Szylak
One has
the impression that of all these spatial orientations it is the view from
above which really engages Weisss attention and resonates most strongly
in her work. By a fertile paradox, the vertical view intensifies the act
of lying down. It emphasises gravity, heaviness, attachment to the earth
while suggesting levitation and flight. And here perhaps the image made
possible by visual technology connects with experiences reported in dreams
since time immemorial of leaving the body and looking down on oneself
from a great height. Images of flight and ascension are metaphors
for transcendence and spiritual freedom. In this sense, the dream of flying,
which implies a desire to abolish time and space and to unify matter and
spirit, is a basic part of human nature, symbolising the need, and perhaps
the possibility, of becoming free from all conditioned limitations.
with its dream connections, and strange as it may seem, the act of lying
down is woven into political and cultural struggles which are urgent and
contemporary. Monika Weiss has said that for her lying down is an ethical
stance. [3] She refers to letting go in a symbolic
as opposed to the physical posture of marching soldiers.
Again, in more personal terms, she says: I am interested in overcoming
the idea of creativity as aggressive power, towards creativity which is
close to melancholy, surrendering, humbleness and smallness. [4]
A fascinating
genealogy can be constructed of women artists who have valorised the act
of lying down as a critique of patriarchy, and as an apparently humble
act that conceals a great strength. Examples come from many parts of the
world, with many shades of metaphor. In Buenos Aires in the 1970s, Marta
Minujin constructed a replica in wood of the Obelisco (Argentinas
equivalent of the Washington Monument) lying on its side in a vast exhibition
space. She said: Everything is so straight and rigid and perpendicular
that I want to make it all lie down .
[the Obelisk] represents
the hard part of society [5] In the 1960s in Sweden, Niki de Saint
Phalle (together with Jean Tinguely) constructed her Hon - en Katedral
(She cathedral), a huge joyful female effigy lying on its back which visitors
could enter through the vagina. By identifying a womans body with
a cathedral, Niki de Saint Phalle found a way of expressing sacred space
as a collective ideal. Ana Mendietas Siluetas, recumbent
female effigies made by bringing together, or taking away, natural elements
particular to any outdoor site, an effigy left to disintegrate and return
to the earth it was made from, exhibit a similar sense of slow-moving
intensity as Monika Weisss performances, a degree of artistic concentration
which draws in every material nuance of the surroundings. In very different
circumstances, women anti-war protesters, encamped around the US Cruise
Missile base at Greenham Common in southern England in the 1970s, lay
on the ground and used string weighted down with stones to tie themselves
to the site, which was in fact, according to ancient tradition, common
land. The string looked frail but its symbolic charge was unmistakable.
Ana Mendietas
Siluetas were made in a solitary ritual and recorded by the artist or
a photographer friend. This distancing may contribute to the power of
the resulting image by the very fact of being removed from the event itself.
The uniqueness of the chosen patch of ground is strongly communicated
and at the same time generalised. Monika Weiss consciously explores this
kind of ambiguity by playing live event against the video image. In Phlegethon
Milczenie, 2005, there were two identical rooms. In one she performed
several times, lying on a pallet of open books philosophical and
literary publications from pre-war Germany and drawing around her
body. In the other room a continuous video was projected, based on the
performance, although the artist herself might no longer be physically
present. Her videos are very minutely edited, an intervention in time
flow she feels she can only do herself, in a hands-on process in front
of the screen. I take specific fragments from the many hours of
footage and then compose a new story, sometimes interrupting the chronology
of events, mixing past and present with each other. Sometimes I incorporate
visual commentaries (such as views of sky, river, fire and earth) [
I edit instinctively with a deep focus and profound emotion
similar to the way I draw. [6]
The linking
of drawing with the editing of video is another particular characteristic
of Monika Weisss work. Both have a very personal touch, and, in
both, the result is to create not so much a depiction as a presence. The
video image is not of her, but seems to arise from her
own offering of herself, the result of some alchemy between the unmanned
cameras surveying, cold, motionless eye [7] and the
emotion brought to the editing process. The birds-eye view serves to create
a site, a space, separated from the rest of the environment, a graphic
world. On the horizontal plane the bodys movement itself takes on
a graphic quality: Outside the world and inside the drawing.
[8] In Drawing the City, 2005, which took place on sheets of paper spread
on the pavement across from the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary
Art in Peekskill, NY, with traffic only a few feet away but invisible,
local children join the artist lying down and draw around their bodies.
They enter and leave the arena as they wish, little bundles of energy
which, thanks to the telescoping of time by the editing process, and the
use of dissolve, can simply materialise in the scene, or fade away. They
can appear ephemeral against the materiality of the drawing. Drawing is
the connecting thread between the technological and the corporeal aspects
of her work, the theatrical and the plastic, the communal and the intensely
solitary. Indeed her sensibility may be present in its purest and darkest
form in the fleeting phantoms of her large-scale charcoal drawings.
joins the ensemble of the spatial, material and graphic worlds of her
installations in a further complex process of editing. In her latest work,
Rivers of Lamentation, vocal lines from Gluck, Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel,
Bach and Part, which she altered and combined and then mirrored with their
own versions, contribute to the powerful evocation of mood which characterises
all her work. How to describe this quality? The musical fragments in the
new work are all forms of lament and the visual associations enlarge the
feeling of sorrow and loss: the fall of the body in the pieta, burial,
immersion in a foreign medium, whose attraction she would universalise:
We crave the coldness and wetness of the dark dirt and the earth
to lie down on or in it, to enshroud our tired body, to rest.
[9] When I visited Monika Weiss in her studio in New York something in
her work compelled me to utter the name Grotowski, even though I knew
very little about the work of the great Polish dramatist. The name struck
her and later she went to read or re-read his writings, translating for
me some passages from Polish which seem penetratingly apposite to her
own art:
1. Monika Weiss in
conversation with Aneta Szylak, WYSPA Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland,
March 23 2005.


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Geneva, N.Y. –
Senior BreLynn Nasypany (Herkimer/Herkimer, N.Y.) scored two goals and assisted on another to lead the No. 6 William Smith soccer team to a 3-0 win over visiting Farmingdale State in the final game of the 2010 Heron Cup this afternoon. The Herons improve to 5-0-0 this season. The loss was the first for the Rams (5-1-0).
After a scoreless first half, Nasypany broke through in the 70th minute. Sophomore Renee Jensen (White Plains/White Plains, N.Y.) sent a beautiful pass across the front of the goal to find Nasypany on the left side. Nasypany then put a shot past the Farmingdale goalkeeper for what ended up as the game-winner. In the 83rd minute, Nasypany struck again. This time she broke through the Rams defense and found the back of the net on a breakaway. It was Nasypany's seventh goal this season. It was her 42nd career goal, which puts her tied for fourth on the all-time list.
A little over five minutes later, Nasypany sent a crossing pass in front of the goal to Sophomore Morgan Gibeault (Rutland/Mendon, Vt.) who sent a header into the back of the net for her second goal this season. The assist was the 23rd of Nasypany's career. She is now tied for fourth on the career assists list, and also ranks fourth on the career points list with 107.
The Herons had many opportunities to score before they finally broke through in the second half, as they outshot the Rams 17-9. In the 56th minute, Nasypany fired a shot on goal and the Farmingdale keeper, junior Amanda Maass, came out to make the save, but she couldn't hang on to the ball. Jensen was there to put another shot on right away, but Maass came up with another save. In the 67th minute, sophomore Emily D'Addario (Farmington/Farmington, Conn.) took a shot from right in front, but Maass was there to make another big save for the Rams.
In the 80th minute, Farmingdale sophomore Theresa Martorano broke through the Heron defense for a one-on-one situation with William Smith goalie junior Amanda Davis (Roxbury/Landing, N.J.). Martorano fired a shot at goal, but Davis came out to make the big save.
Davis finished with four saves, and Maass turned aside seven shots for the Rams. The Herons earned five corner kicks, and Farmingdale recorded two.
William Smith will return to action on Sept. 17, when they host No. 14 Wheaton for another non-conference game at 4:30 p.m. Farmingdale will open their conference schedule on Sept. 16, when they host NYU-Poly at 4:30 p.m.
- Goals by period 1 2 Tot
- Farmingdale St....... 0 0 - 0
- William Smith........ 0 3 - 3
1. 69:04 WSC Brelynn Nasypany (6) (Renee Jensen) - cross pass from right to left
2. 82:09 WSC Brelynn Nasypany (7) (unassisted) - on breakaway
3. 87:32 WSC Morgan Gibeault (2) (Brelynn Nasypany) - cross in front, header to score
Shots: Farmingdale St. 9, William Smith 17
Saves: Farmingdale St. 8 (Amanda Maass 7; TEAM 1), William Smith 4 (Amanda Davis 4)


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Underwater Dog Photos Immortalized in New Book
To celebrate the release of one of our favorite blogs-turned-books, 'Underwater Dogs,' here are some pictures that helped bring photographer Seth Casteel such great success. If you love them, you can find more in his book, which is available here and makes for much better conversation than your current coffee table book, 'Our Bodies, Ourselves.'
This just goes to prove our point that if you take enough pictures of the same thing over and over again, you WILL get a book deal. (So lay off our little toilet cam scheme, Mom.) Take a look at some crazy photos of dogs underwater below.


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The Public Health Agency (PHA) has issued further advice on e-cigarettes to help people make informed decisions.
PHA points out that smoking tobacco is very harmful to health and remains the single biggest cause of early death in Northern Ireland with a typical smoker dying 10-15 years earlier than they would do if they didn't smoke.
E-cigarettes are a type of nicotine replacement product. The latest report from Public Health England suggests they are less harmful to health than smoking, but the short and long-term effects of using e-cigarettes – "vaping" – are not yet known.
E-cigarettes contain nicotine as they are mostly designed to help smokers to stop smoking by replacing the nicotine in tobacco-based cigarettes. At this point, for smokers, e-cigarettes appear to be a safer option than smoking, but they are not regulated or licensed, the PHA points out.
They are therefore not as safe as established nicotine replacement therapies like nicotine patches and gum which are tightly controlled for product quality and safety. In non-smokers, e-cigarettes may create a nicotine addiction, the Agency adds.
It further states: "The safest option for people who have never smoked, or ex-smokers, is to not use e-cigarettes or tobacco-based cigarettes – don't smoke and don't vape.
"In summary, the safest option for your health is to not smoke tobacco products at all. If you do smoke, keep trying to stop. The safest and most effective way to stop is with the support of a stop smoking service, who can provide regulated, licensed nicotine replacement therapy.
"If you choose to use e-cigarettes as a means of stopping smoking, we would advise that you seek the support of a stop smoking service. You may want to try stopping on your own and while many people succeed, you are four times more likely to quit for good if you get support from a stop smoking service – details of your local services and other information can be found at www.want2stop.info
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Doctor Jekyll (Udo Kier) is engaged to be married to Fanny Osbourne (Marina Pierro). To celebrate this engagement, a party is being held at the Jekyll home. In attendance are Jekyll's mother and Osbourne's mother (no fathers?), an eccentric general (Patrick Magee) and his indulgent daughter, a reverend (Clément Harari), and Jekyll's long-time friend and academic rival, Dr. Lanyon (Howard Vernon), amongst others. In the film's meticulous first-act sequence, following a murder on London's streets, the guests arrive in staggered fashion to the party. As each arrives, he or she signs a commemorative guest book. Of course, this is classic character exposition, but Borowczyk concludes his first act effectively--the last, late guest to arrive, in a darkened foyer, is Edward Hyde. His signature more than announces his arrival: it begins the second act of terror as he has his way with the party guests.
The underlying theme of Borowczyk's take on Stevenson's story is personified in the relationship between Jekyll and Lanyon. Jekyll is an advocate of transcendental medicine while Lanyon is an empiricist. Lanyon sees life as limited by what is perceived by human senses. Jekyll intends to prove during this evening's events that there are senses and awareness beyond the scope of human perception. This awareness can be achieved and realized.
The philosophical theme of Docteur Jekyll isn't belabored with dialogue: it comes only as dinner conversation. Borowczyk's visual style is the real commentary. Think of the classic, "objective" film style: wide frames (often used as establishing shots), medium shots (primarily focuses on character action), and close-ups (which focus on characters' faces and highlight emotion). Now think of the subjective shot. This camera positioning is to substitute for the point of view of another character. The subjective composition is designed to be unique, so what is shown in the frame is to expose something about who is doing the seeing in as much as it is about what is being shown. The framing of a subjective shot differs from the classic, "objective" style: off-kilter framing is typical and handheld work of the camera is frequent. What is so interesting about Docteur Jekyll et les femmes is that it is composed primarily of subjective shots. At first glance, I thought that Borowczyk's style was arbitrary framing, but that thought gave way with subsequent viewings. The reason that I thought the style was arbitrary was that there were myriad shots composed as if they were glances around corners, through doorways, and down hallways. There was an overtly voyeuristic quality to these sequences, yet there was no character to reference these subjective shots. In one sequence, for example, Jekyll has handed his last will and testament to his lawyer in which he disposes all of his property to Edward Hyde. The scene is covered with primarily one composition of Kier standing in his laboratory with the camera from behind a door's threshold and partially obscured from a corner. This is clearly not a shot from the point of view of Edward Hyde, lurking in the darkness, as the viewer is "looking" at Hyde in his form as Jekyll. This is a subjective shot with no character reference: a subjective shot from no character, subjectivity beyond a human perception...very nice.
As masterful, meticulous, and playful Borowczyk's film appears, according Howard Vernon, who plays Dr. Lanyon, perhaps it was more chaotic on the set:
"I can remember a German actor named Udo Kier in this picture. He was also very nice but became quite angry during filming because Walerian had to finish the picture earlier than planned. He had some money problems and so many, many nice and important scenes had to be cancelled. He also cancelled a very interesting scene with me. I played a doctor who does an autopsy on a young murdered girl...[Vernon's response edited by me for "spoilers" here]...Borowczyk was very much in love with the leading actress, Marina Pierro, an Italian girl." (European Trash Cinema, Vol. 2., No. 5, ed. Craig Ledbetter, Kingwood, TX: 1992, p.42)
Vernon's final statement is a truly an understatement. Any casual or cursory stroll through Borowczyk's cinema involving Marina Pierro will instantly see his worship for the actress. As Fanny Osbourne, her character is objectified as Jekyll's fatal flaw: as much as Jekyll wants to merge his old self completely into his new self as Hyde, the only vestige of his old life which he wishes to keep is his love for Fanny. The film's most famous sequence comes from Fanny's point of view, where she witnesses Jekyll's transformation. It's a low-key sequence in terms of action but it's hypnotic in its rendition, with appropriate dim lighting, Parmegiani's score perfectly punctuating the action at key moments, and its languid pace. The transformation sequence perfectly sets up Fanny's later decision in the final act where the film escalates to its violent and chaotic conclusion. The compositions of Pierro in the third act, especially, are marvelous. Haunting and beautiful.I would be remiss to not add how nasty Docteur Jekyll et les femmes is. There are few filmmakers that I can think of who love to upset and disturb conservative viewers more than Borowczyk. In terms of erotic content and flesh display, Docteur Jekyll pales to other Borowczyk cinema (although quite erotic sequences are included). The lack of erotic sequences may make Docteur Jekyll more accessible to conservative viewers, as erotic sequences tend to divide and disturb those viewers more than violent scenes. While Docteur Jekyll has more grisly aftermath scenes of victims than of scenes of graphic violence, they are, in my opinion, equally affecting. So prospective viewers are forewarned. I have never watched Docteur Jekyll et les femmes just once. When I view the film, I have to watch it again. It's a mesmerizing experience, as it's just one of those films which takes everything that we hold dear in our culture and turns them on its head. Playful and perverse, beautiful and disturbing, creative and innovative: that's Docteur Jekyll et les femmes and Walerian Borowczyk cinema.


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Dear RP Mods - I want to lift a story line out of the ICC thread in Talk and create a full collaborative story. Problem is, it doesn't 'fit' anywhere as it is a Meta-RP in a world/realm that is unique to TORC. It's not Green Dragon Materia and I'd prefer not to place it back in Talk.
May I make a special request to place it in the Pony, please, as the characters all are derived from stories and RPs in the Pony, even though the story's plot is not technically and strictly happening in the Professor's conception of Middle Earth?
Also, another bit of life and energy into the Pony, too - no bad thing.
Thanks - Bardy


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This piece originally appeared on Travel + Leisure.
When David Bakke visits Savannah, he loves dining at the upscale Olde Pink House. But Bakke, a writer for personal finance site MoneyCrashers, has figured out how to avoid the high price tag—he sits in the restaurant's basement section, the Planters Tavern. "By taking the trip downstairs," he says, "you get extraordinary ambiance and affordable food."
It's a good example of why the quaint, accessible Georgian city made the top 10 for affordable getaways, according to Travel + Leisure readers. In this year's America's Favorite Cities survey, readers ranked 35 metropolitan areas in qualities such as fine dining and cultural offerings, which become especially enticing when offered in a lower price range.
Even as the economy shows some signs of improvement, plenty of travelers still want to maximize value. According to the Traveler Sentiment Index, from marketing firm MMGY Global, 57 percent of Americans are planning a vacation sometime within the next six months—but high gas prices worry 51 percent of them. Hotel rates have also ticked up about 7 percent since summer 2012, according to Kayak.com.
Daunting gas prices may be another reason that pedestrian-friendly cities such as Savannah and Portland, OR, won over T+L readers for their affordability. Another influential factor: free-admission museums and historical attractions, such as the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park in Atlanta, or Baltimore's Museum of Art, which has the largest Matisse collection in the world.
But freebies aren't enough: Washington, D.C., won the survey's free attractions category, yet ranked as one of the least affordable cities overall, perhaps due to high hotel and restaurant prices. For cheap eats, look to Kansas City (rated No. 1 most affordable getaway), as well as Nashville and Providence, which delivered some of voters' favorite barbecue, burgers, and pizza.
Low-impact bar prices don't hurt, either. "Maybe it's our Yankee frugality, but well drinks start at $3.50 in some places," says Portland, ME, local Kelsey Goldsmith. "My friends who come in from out of town laugh when they get their bar tabs."
They're laughing all the way to the bank, that is. Bakke says his Savannah foodie trick is just another valuable lesson from the recession: "I've learned how to fly for cheaper, and I've found ways to enjoy entertainment activities while on vacation at a cheaper price."
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In what appears to be turning into somewhat of a tradition, yet another baseball player has injured himself ahead of spring training in an unusual way.
On Tuesday, Kansas City Royals reliever Brian Flynn fell through the roof of his barn in Oklahoma, resulting in a broken rib and three non-displaced fractures in his vertebrae.
"He was working on his barn and fell through the roof," Royals manager Ned Yost told reporters (via Kansas City Star) at a Tuesday afternoon press conference. "So he took a pretty good tumble, knocked himself out."
Flynn, who was not assured a spot in the Royals bullpen, is expected to take about eight weeks to recover, which...


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First blog in a long time, but I have a question I need answered.
I am doing FANTASTIC! I have been off my anti-depression meds for over a month and I've not felt this good since before the shit, I'm loving life, great times cosplay and being punk as fuck.
But I have a dilemma, I'm seeing someone I met through OK...
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First blog in a long time, but I have a question I need answered.
Some people are Bleeding Heart Liberals, I'm a Broken Heart Anarchist.
Don't panic SG Land I am alive, I had really gone off blogging but have finally worked up the bother to do one.
So what is new in the life of a punk?
Well I went to Dirty Weekend Festival for the second year and wow how it had grown, gone from...
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I'll keep writing to a minimum, no one will take the time to read paragraphs any more.
My birthday was 2 weeks ago, 25, I guess it's all downhill from here XD
My mohawk is also gone.....
My flat mate and his girlfriend made me a killer a birthday card....
I have a new job, Meeting & Events Co-ordinator at a major hotel
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Greetings from the Brighton Punx!
What's up SG Land! Not blogged in a while, the new layout really discourages it.
I finished my last day at work last Friday after being made redundant, but this now has been nothing but a positive...
I start my new job on Monday! I've landed the best possible job I could hope for with my level of
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Who likes the Epic Rap Battles of History!?
A brief one really, I'm still on the job hunt, not a single interview yet after 2 weeks which is a little disheartening but I've gotta keep trying.
Saturday after this one I'm going to be attending the MCM Comic-con in London, UK PEOPLE! If you're going to let me know and I'll keep an eye out for you!
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You may remember me talking about various lady friends in a previous blog, well I seem to have hit nothing but dead ends, met up with the girl who lived locally, we had fun, I stayed at hers that night, hooked up but I think it's only gonna be a one night thing, which I'm fine with, not enough there I think.
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Firstly I've recorded a couple of demos with my bands bassist, they're on soundcloud so have a listen. They are only first demos and just a rough representation of what the songs would sound like, so be merciful.
For the last few years in Brighton there's been this "March For England" which...
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Firstly, I'm planning to go to the MCM Expo London in May, I'm gonna be doing a Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly) cosplay, bought a replica pistol today and gonna order a custom made outfit from a great company I found on eBay that makes these things to order.
I'll skirt over the
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Last time I blogged I believe I talked about a certain girl again, yeah nothing happened there and pretty sure she's not interested and if she is she's gonna have to make a move because I really am done trying with her this time, I've got other things going on now...
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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, generally bristly or sharply hairy
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, generally elongate, panicle-, raceme- or spike-like, coiled in flower, generally uncoiled in fruit or flowers 12 per axil
Flowers generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 5, free or fused in lower half; corolla 5-lobed, generally salverform, top of tube generally appendaged, appendages 5, alternating with stamens, sometimes arching over tube; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed, style generally entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, smooth to variously roughened, sometimes prickly or bristled
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, ± 2000 species: tropical, temp, especially w North America, Medit; some cultivated (Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum ).
Almost all genera may be TOXIC from alkaloids or accumulated nitrates
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Hydrophyllaceae [Olmsted et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Family description, key to genera by Timothy C. Messick.
Annual, perennial herb, hairy, taprooted
Stem erect
Leaves generally cauline, ± sessile, entire
Inflorescence: bracted cymes, open panicles, or flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
Flower: calyx deeply 5-lobed, enlarging in fruit; corolla 5-lobed, funnel-shaped or salverform, generally ± yellow, appendages present or not; style entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, 36 mm, smooth to pitted or wrinkled
Species in genus: 75 species: worldwide, generally temp or mtn
Etymology: (Greek: stone seed)
Reference: [Baker 1961 Rhodora 63:229235]
Perennial; hairs spreading, ± coarse; caudex ± woody
Stems 1several, 1.54 dm, clustered, ± branched
Leaves ± few; blade 2.55 cm, oblong to lance-ovate
Inflorescence: open panicles ± few (or flowers solitary in upper leaf axils); pedicels 47 mm, recurved in fruit
Flower: corolla 1218 mm, 1.52 X calyx, 79 mm wide, salverform to funnel-shaped, yellow, unappendaged, lobes entire
Fruit: nutlets smooth, shiny, white
Chromosomes: 2n=28
Ecology: Open, dry slopes, yellow-pine forests, pine/oak woodland, chaparral
Elevation: 2501800 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, High North Coast Ranges, Inner North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, n High Sierra Nevada, Warner Mountains(?)
Distribution outside California: sw Oregon
Heterostylous; cleistogamous flowers 0
Horticultural information: DRN: 6, 17 &IRR: 7, 15, 16; DFCLT.


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From Daft Punk to food labels
The architect of the biggest change to nutrition labels in two decades is the founder of a pop culture and arts magazine that lists Daft Punk and David Bowie as contributors.
He also once played a major role in a successful national advertising campaign that used disturbing images, like body bags and a cowboy, who's had a tracheotomy, singing through his throat to get kids to stop smoking.
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Kevin Grady, a 49-year-old Boston-based graphic designer, might not be who you were expecting to be tapped by the Food and Drug Administration to overhaul the Nutrition Facts panel, a label that appears on roughly 700,000 food and beverage products nationwide, as part of the Obama administration's effort to nudge Americans into healthier eating. He's not a bureaucrat, nutritionist or even a labeling expert.
Perhaps that's why Grady, a design director at IDEO and the editor-in-chief/creative director at LEMON magazine, was not afraid to take a slightly unconventional approach and venture outside design norms, in part by blowing up the font size for calorie counts on nutrition labels from 8- to an eye-popping 24-point font, making the number even larger than the "Nutrition Facts" text.
( Also on POLITICO: Full agriculture policy coverage)
"I was picturing a mom who had a screaming baby, or an elderly person, or perhaps a diabetic person with eye issues," he told POLITICO in a recent interview.
Grady was in the audience at the East Room of the White House last week when first lady Michelle Obama stood in front of two enlarged images of the proposed new Nutrition Facts labels and hailed the changes as a "huge deal." Obama thanked FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and her staff at FDA as well as HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for their work on crafting new labeling policies, which had been in the works for more a decade.
Grady, who was sitting with a group of FDA officials, didn't get a shout out. In fact, his identity as the designer hasn't yet been formally disclosed.
It's now well known in food and design circles that the original Nutrition Facts panel unveiled in 1995— considered the most reproduced design of the 20th and 21st century—was created by now 66-year-old Burkey Belser, co-founder of prominent design firm Greenfield-Belser, in Washington, D.C.
Belser has worked with a long list of government agencies on projects like the EnergyGuide label for major appliances and the Drug Facts panels mandated on over-the-counter drugs. In 1997, President Bill Clinton awarded Belser with a Presidential Design Award for his work on the Nutrition Facts panel — a project he did pro bono after Congress did not provide funding for that part of the project.
( Also on POLITICO: Food industry to launch label blitz)
"Our designs are in every American's utility room, pantry, and medicine chest," said Belser, who will be commenting on the proposed changes to Nutrition Facts on behalf of another government agency and potentially other clients as well. The FDA is accepting comments on its proposed rules and redesign for 90 days.
Suffice it to say that Belser isn't sold on all the proposed changes to his original Nutrition Facts design.
"It felt like my daughter married a guy I like but not all that much," said Belser. "Someone who's gawky with a cowlick."
Grady, by contrast, has a lot of experience in cause marketing — on top of designing ads for top brands like Gap, VH1 and Fage, the rapidly growing Greek yogurt company. While he may be best known for his role at LEMON magazine, he is also well known for his work on the Emmy-nominated "Singing Cowboy" television ad and other vivid print ads that were part of the Truth campaign, a major national health marketing effort made possible by the multi-billion dollar Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco in the 1990s.
The Singing Cowboy ad is representative of the work Grady feels most called to do.
"It won a lot of awards, but more importantly really had an impact on teen smoking," he recalls.
( Also on POLITICO: FLOTUS flexes policy muscle)
"What's actually been quite important to me—and the main reason I got into advertising—is things like the Truth account, to be able involved in causes that I find compelling and important."
Grady had a connection at FDA, having previously worked with Sharon Natanblut, a senior strategic adviser, on the Truth campaign before she joined the agency. Natanblut reached out to Grady last Spring to begin the process of updating the Nutrition Facts design.
"I was super surprised," Grady said. "It was the last thing I expected. It was definitely an exciting prospect. It was less a creative prospect and more a prospect to do something that's going to affect a lot of people's lives."