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text: So I've never really a seen a thread in this specifically so I'll just ask the question. I'm getting ready for the Arnold coming up and I have 2 more weeks of a squat emphasis program then will have 5 weeks to focus my effort so on snatch/clean and Jerk. What is the best way to maintain and actuaalize squat strength going forward? This is a small sample size but interestingly enough the meet my legs felt the freshest and strongest was the meet I ended with a 2 week bulgarianish cycle (only 3 days a week) leading up to and absolutely no squatting at all those final two weeks. So this makes me wonder, as long as I'm snatching and clean and jerking heavy, do I need to squat at all? It makes sense from the persoective that it's just one less thing to try and recover from so that I can focus all of my recovery efforts in the snatch/clean and Jerk. As always, any and all comments are much appreciated!


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How knowledge sharing can benefit multiple countries music scenes
As some of you may have guessed already, last weekend we went to the Dutch city Leeuwarden in the northwest corner of Holland.
We went their simply to visit their lovely local festival Welcome To The Village, a festival we also visited last year to study the Dutch concept of mienskip, but this time the festival gave us rather free hands to bring a couple of local Aarhus-based bands or artists to perform at their Grauwe Kat stage – a yurt tent located right next to their festival "beach" – and we therefore brought our hyperactive rockers from Captain Casanova and garage rockers from Federal Unicorn.
In addition to the obvious reason to showcase and promote some talented Danish bands, we went there for an even more important reason; to strengthen our network, but also to exchange and share knowledge with some like-minded people from all over Europe. What we learned was that networking has gained too much focus compared to sharing, and that people from all over Europe can expand the pie when working together.
Network is a key success factor
Think of Denmark, of Europe or the world as a map filled with train stations. These train stations represent the festivals, the creative organizations or the creative minds in their respective countries. The more train stations you know about, the more places you can go.
This way of thinking is, and will always be, the main reason why SoundOfAarhus sometimes can go places we would not even dare to think were even possible only weeks ago. A lot of business' feel like that, and a lot of business' use that way of thinking as a key success factor. When you think about it, it is logical, because no venue, label or artist would succeed without knowing at least a handful of like-minded people. We need each other to navigate in unknown places, but what business' and creative minds sometimes forget is the railroad to the station. They focus too much on the end station and never remember to enjoy the way there.
Without awareness on the tracks, we end up sitting at different train stations. When we figure out the tracks that leads to the stations we don't want to tell other people about them, "because we found them, so they can be our secret to success in new places".
Sharing is caring in music
The current challenge is, that even though people constantly strengthen their network to fight their competitors, they don't share knowledge with network partners. Without knowledge-sharing your network is worth nothing at all, because no one will want to help you out when you experience adversity, and even if they do want to help you out they expect some kind of payment in exchange.
What we learned by talking to the creative minds at Welcome to Village in Holland was, that sharing can really be caring in the music business. It is not only about caring for other people, but also about caring for your own business in the bigger picture. By sharing knowledge both between domestic and international minds we can make the world an even better place.
When people start sharing knowledge, not only with friends but also with international competitors, eventually we can expand the pie. At Welcome To The Village we sat down to figure out some concrete examples of making the sum bigger than the invested parts in knowledge- and talent sharing. This way of thinking doesn't only benefit festivals, venues and other parts from that side of the table, but it can for sure also benefit artists, creative minds and people in general. Last but not least exchange of minds and thoughts can benefit multiple brands at the same time both domestic and international.
Make the sum bigger than the parts
Imagine being a volunteer at a Danish festival like Roskilde Festival, Smukfest or Northside for a year or two and then get the opportunity to exchange your seat with a volunteer from a festival in e.g. United Kingdom, Germany or Holland. That would not only benefit the volunteers who switch places for a year, but also the festivals who will get the opportunity to learn a lot about the other host-festival.
The same thing would apply to exchange of creative- or organizational talent – e.g. students who could do internships at other organizations abroad, like festivals or venues. Not only will it benefit the host-organization, not to forget the host country, with new perspectives from another country's creative minds. Eventually the people in internships will return to their home country, and they too will bring new perspectives to the board at home. An obvious way to use this locally would be the internships at SPOT Festival. If these people would have the opportunity to do a couple of weeks as an intern at Eurosonic Noorderslag, the big brother of SPOT, and vice versa both festivals would benefit and gain insight from abroad. Furthermore, the people doing the internships can benefit themselves from during internship abroad and that way become even more valuable assets. In the end their way to a dream job in music would be way easier.
A lot of festivals are currently strengthening their use of innovations created by local entrepreneurs or start-ups. At WTTV they showed us a whole area just filled with small innovations, all completely self-sufficient. The main idea with WTTV's area is to think of a festival like a village. The main goal is then to work towards a completely self-sufficient festival, just like people want with cities. Just think of the impact it could have for a small Danish start-up, if they would be allowed to showcase their ideas at festivals abroad, in exchange for e.g. some Dutch talents who could showcase at a Danish festival. The idea is still to share knowledge, but while you do it you also benefit your festival's brand and both of the start-ups' who are allowed to showcase their ideas. The sum will be bigger than the parts.
In short, exchange of knowledge between festivals, creative organisations and bands will deepen your knowledge. Nothing deepens what you already know as effectively as sharing it with other people, both domestic and international. Furthermore it will grow your network and establish a reputation of an authority which eventually will benefit your brand.
A way of thinking
The core idea is that it is not about the concrete examples themselves; it is about the entire way of thinking about knowledge-, talent- and idea sharing. By joining forces with WTTV we not only showcased two talented Danish bands, but these bands also meet people who invited them to play small sessions. Furthermore we (from SOA) meet a lot of like-minded people, and told people about our little SoundOfAarhus project and that way strengthen our brand awareness in an international perspective. In the end the gain far exceeded the costs for all parts involved in this small exchange of knowledge.
Together, through knowledge sharing between domestic and international minds, we can make the world an even better place. So start sharing today and be a mentor for other people. It will deepen your knowledge and transform the things you thought you already knew all about. Eventually more people will be able to discover new hidden gems through the two most articulate forms of expression – Creativity and Music.


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An emergency room in New Mexico is expected to provide quick care, especially in true emergency situations. However, there are many reports of situations where a person's care was delayed in the emergency room, which led to serious complications or medical issues as a result. Understanding what is causing such delays is not always easy because of the many factors at play.
Causes of delayed care in emergency departments
Ways patients can prevent doctor errors
Many people in Albuquerque are already apprehensive about seeking medical care without the threat of doctor errors and medical mistakes looming over their heads. According to U.S. News and Health Reports, the third leading cause of death in the country is medical errors. Many deaths that occur due to medical and doctor mistakes are preventable. Doctors and medical staff are not the only ones who can keep patients from dying while they are under the knife.
Possible link between military weapons, brain injury
Last year, a study by the U.S. Armed Forces revealed firing heavy weapons can cause memory and learning problems, but signs indicate it may also increase the risk of brain injury for soldiers across New Mexico and the United States. Per NPR, much of the concern centers around a military weapon known as the Carl Gustaf, which releases an explosive stream of hot gas out its back after shooting at a speed of more than 500 mph.
Are taxes due on wrongful death settlements?
If you have won a wrongful death lawsuit in New Mexico and received a settlement, then you have to be mindful of your tax requirements. Not paying the taxes due on any income you receive can bring about harsh penalties. According to the IRS, punitive damages, which would be any money you receive that is designed to punish the defendant and not directly related to paying for expenses, lost income or other monetary damages, are taxable under federal law. However, there are exceptions.


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Big K.R.I.T. – Cadillactica
This album receives a 3.5 out of 5.
Featured in the same XXL freshmen class as Kendrick Lamar and Lil B, it is no surprise that Big K.R.I.T.'s second studio album, Cadillactica, is drawing a lot of attention. The album starts off with the line, "Let's create," as the Mississippi-based rapper plunges into the album, taking creative risks that sometimes sound great, and other times fall a bit short. What makes K.R.I.T.'s latest record really stand out is that unlike his mixtapes in which many of the tracks were sampled, Cadillactica uses uniquely created tracks to give the album a more original feel. With Cadillactica, K.R.I.T. keeps the deep-Southern rap style fresh on critic's minds.
Top tracks: "Mo Better Cool," "Mind Control" and "Third Eye"
Flight Facilities – Down to Earth
This album receives a 4 out of 5.
Australian duo, Flight Facilities, first broke into the electro-pop scene back in 2010 with their single, "Crave You," and have continued to put out amazing single after amazing single, landing on Triple J's Hottest 100 for four years straight. Despite their successes, the duo has never formally released an album, even stating, "Why not make every song a single?" At long last, the group has put out their debut album, Down to Earth, and the results are one of the best, feel-good, electronic records to come out this year. Featuring a stacked list of collaborators such as Watts, Bishop Nehru and Owl Eyes, Down to Earth makes for a great mix of fun and funky songs.
Top tracks: "Sunshine," "Stand Still" and "Crave You"
The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends
This album receives a 2.5 out of 5.
What sounded like a bad idea from the start, ended up being a bad idea in the end. The 14th studio album from The Flaming Lips, titled, With A Little Help From My Fwends, is a tribute to the (most overrated) Beatles' album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, complete with a cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" made worse by including Hannah Montana. What makes this album fall flat is that the Flaming Lips and "fwends" (… really?) essentially took the Beatles' album, and added more, overly done effects to the songs, rendering most of them impossible to even listen to. Unfortunately, the seemingly great lineup, which includes acts like Dr. Dog, Foxygen and even local group Sunbears, could not keep this album from being exactly what everyone expected it to be. Instead of picking this up, I'd recommend just listening to the original — though even Beatles' fans agree it was their worst album.


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IBM COO of AI and Quantum talks 2019
Decision making, automation, trusted and reasoning
Dario Gil, chief operating officer of IBM's AI and quantum computing has shared what was the big thing in 2018 and what might be big with AI in 2019. AI will be easier to use, complementing expert networks and AI automation
Microsoft wants developers for its quantum reality
Bring your own potentially dead and alive cats
Software king of the world Microsoft has launched the open-source Quantum Katas on GitHub.
Chinese break stable quantum entanglement record
18 qubits with no dead cats
Boffins at the Chinese University of Science and Technology have demonstrated stable quantum entanglement with 18 qubits.
IBM warns that encryption's reign will be over soon
The development of Quantum computers is the obituary of current encryption
IBM has warned that quantum computers will mean the end of encryption of sensitive data protected by today's most robust security.
Chinese demonstrate analogue quantum computing break-though
Uses femtosecond direct writing.
Chinese boffins demonstrated the first two-dimensional quantum walks of single photons in real spatial space. The move may provide a powerful platform to boost analogue quantum computing.
Taiwan pushing quantum development
Government co-ordinating local industry
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology wants to pool the R&D resources of the domestic semiconductor sector to develop quantum components fabrication processes, local potentially dead or alive cats to promote the progress of quantum computing, communication and algorithm technologies, and nurture related R&D engineers.
Jensen thinks Quantum is the future
Exclusive: Will be important
Last week at the GTC we saw Jen Hsung Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia walking by, and of course, we had to ask him a question. The single thing I wanted to ask was his opinion about Quantum computing.
Boffins create 50 qubits quantum simulators
Teach your quantum cat to do the accounts
Two teams of researchers have published papers in Nature detailing how they created unprecedented quantum simulators consisting of over 50 qubits.
Mozilla launches new Firefox today
Quantum it is rather good
Mozilla today launched Firefox 57, branded Firefox Quantum, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. We have been running it for a month or so and it is rather good.
Biggish Blue expands its "quantum" cloud computing
Powered by millions of dead or alive cats
The ever shrinking Big Blue is expanding what it calls quantum computing as a cloud service.


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Originally, I did most of the data processing in SAS, exported the raw data after filtering and log-transformation to a text file, used R to run the normalisation steps at the probe level, and then used SAS to add probe annotation and aggregate signal values to gene level. However, I have expanded on this to handle all the normalisation steps: from reading in the raw text files produced by the Agilent Feature Extraction program to the gene level files.
The R scripts and other files are available from the download page.
The normalisation requires the following files apart from the R scripts:
The script requires two R package: limma for reading the raw feature extraction files and performing quantile normalsation, and pcaMethods for missing value imputation (llsImpute). These may be installed from Bioconductor using the following R code:
source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") biocLite(c("pcaMethods","limma"))
The core part of the script consists of the following R instructions:
## Import definitions and functions source("MicroArray.r") # ... Set up paths and annotations ... ## Read feature extraction files (uses read.maimages from limma) rawdata=read.agilent(targets$Filename,path=rawdatadir,names=targets$SampleArrayID); ## Perform filtering, log-transformation, and aggregate probe data rawdata=preprocess.agilent(rawdata); ## Set up ArrayData "object" and add raw data matrix to it arrays=ArrayData.new('raw',rawdata$log2.probe,label='ProbeID*ArrayID=gDetrendedSignal'); ## Write "raw" (non-normalised) data to file ArrayData.write(arrays,file.path(Array.normalize.default.path,pastename(arrays.name,'raw_log2.dat'))); ## Run full normalisation and write normalised results to files arrays=Array.normalize(arrays.name,arraydata=arrays); ## Aggregate normalised data per gene and write to file arrays.gene=ArrayData.aggregate(arrays,map=annotation,to='GeneSymbol',filename=arrays.gene.name);
The MicroArray.r file and additional R files this imports, define a simple data structure for storing the data through the different normalisation steps, for managing the data, and for performing the actual normalisation steps. Most of the functions are just simple methods for encapsulating a few single steps, while the main script consists mostly of the path definitions to ensure data is read from the right place and written to the right place, to ensure sample and array identifiers are properly matched to the normalised data, and that the appropriate set of arrays are included in the data set.
The full script is process_arrays.r which sets up paths and filenames, imports sample annotation and matches this to arrays, selects the set of arrays to be included in the final data set, and executes the normalisation methods defined in MicroArray.r. In addition, MicroArray.r contains some path definitions which are referred to in the script, and which you may want to change if you are to use this script to normalise your own data.
The main file is
whose main function is to import the remaining R files. It defines a few paths, the only important one being
rprojroot which points to the folder that contains the MicroArray R script files. It defines
ensure.path for construction a path and ensuring that it gets created if it does not already exist.
The function
SubsetSelection is used to set up variables
dataname which will be used as the main name of the data files,
exportdir which is the folder in which they will be stored, and
taglist which if defined will be used later to select a subset of the arrays.
contains two important functions:
read.agilent is a wrapper for
read.maimages (from the
limma package) which reads in the feature extraction files, and
preprocess.agilent which extracts the desired signal values and returns a raw data matrix.
The preprocessing step computes
log2(meanSignal/multDetrendSignal) as the log-transformed dome effect corrected signal, excludes flagged spots and control probes, and then computes the average per probe to return an data matrix with one column per sample and one row per probe. If you wish to preprocess the signal intensities differently, you will have to change this function: the above choices are all hard-coded into the
preprocess.agilent function.
defines the ArrayData "object" data structure I use to hold the array data throughout the normalisation steps: I say "object" because it is actually just an environment which holds the values and basically is used just as a list of named values. However, it functions as an object. Basically, the ArrayData object stores the data matrices, e.g.
raw is used as the name of the initial raw data matrix. In addition, it keeps track of the list of matrices added, as well as the last one added.
The methods defined in this file are mostly simple methods for adding, retrieving, reading, and writing these data. No real heavy-lifting goes on here.
defines the
Array.normalize function which performs all the data normalisation steps. It can either take an ArrayData object (typically one with the raw data matrix added), or it will try to read it from file based on
Array.normalize.default.path and a provided
filename to which
_log2.dat is automatically added. It then does quantile normalization using
normalizeBetweenArrays from the
limma package, missing value imputation using
llsImpute from
pcaMethods with parameter
k (default is
k=20, and finally does row and column centering. After each step, the resulting data matrix is saved to file, and the suffix
raw is first replaced with
norm, and then suffixes
missimp and
cent are added to indicate the subsequent steps.
defines the function
ArrayData.aggregate is used to aggregate signal matrices from probe level to gene level signal intensities, which it does by taking the mean, and writes them to file. It will only process matrices with no missing values.
If you have microarray data from different array designs, the regular
script will not be sufficient. However, with modest modifications, it
can be adapted for that use. One solution, used in a particular case, is the
There are a number of quality controls that can be run on the data. The script qc.r provides some plots that I have routinely used to make initial quality assessment of microarray data.
The version of the R scripts that have been make available here have been set up to process the GSE44666 array series. Download the GSE44666_RAW.tar file from GEO, unzip the files into a folder of your choice, modify the paths of the script to fit the location of the file. You then need to download the sample-arrays annotation file which matches samples to arrays, and then you can try to do a step by step run of the process_arrays.r script to see what results: check the intermediate results to make sure you understand what is going on and that nothing is going wrong.
The sample-array annotation file contains a columns which indicates if the array should be included or not, and the process_arrays.r script applies this in selecting the arrays for inclusion.


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Hiking Thirassia Island: An Adventure Tour from Santorini (Private)
Hiking Thirassia Island: An Adventure Tour from Santorini (Private)
Discover the mysterious island of Thirassia, the sister island of Thira (Santorini).
Location: Thirassia Island, old cave – houses, byzantine churches, exclusive beach.
Duration: 6 hours (approx.)
This is an ideal adventure tour for those who seek for an alternative experience away from the crowds and tourist traps of Santorini.
Activity Description
Experience an adventure tour off the beaten track at Santorini's sister island, Thirassia, where time has stopped in the 50's. During this unique day trip you will stroll through traditional villages, hike where views are breathtaking, while you will meet and interact with the locals. As your day continues, you will get the chance to relax at a taverna with delicious local Greek food and panoramic views. To close this memorable experience your guides will take you for a swim in the crystal clear waters of the Caldera, away from the crowds.
Special Features
Old cave house
Beautiful byzantine churches
Astonishing views of Santorini
Swim in the Caldera
Nature of Thirassia
Traditional taverna with panoramic view
Activity Snapshot
Dates | Start Time: Daily, upon request. Suggested departure 9 AM from Fira Santorini
Duration: 6 hours (approx.)
Meeting Point: Fira (local bus station); Hotel pickup upon arrangement.
Group Size: Private groups of up to 6 persons. Contact us for larger groups.
Pace: Easy, car/ mini-van and casual walking. Suitable for adults and kids.
Spoken Language: English.
Included: Transfer from your hotel, boat fees, snack and fresh juice, English speaking guide, relaxed lunch at a traditional Greek taverna with panoramic view, mini-van transfer.
Excluded: Anything else not mentioned as included, extra food and drinks, gratuities (optional).
Note: Please bring your hat, sunscreen and wear comfortable shoes. In the prices offered, no insurances are included other than the Tour Operators' (the Vendor's) obligatory liability insurance. The Vendor encourage all travellers to purchase a general travel insurance to protect their financial investment.
Young Travelers: This tour is suitable for kids.
Cancellation Policy
The following cancellation policy applies for all tour departures with no exceptions.
72+ Hours prior to tour: Full refund except payment processor/paypal commissions.
24-72 Hours prior to tour: 50% refund of tour price.
0-24 Hours prior to tour or no-show: No refunds.
Additional Info
Confirmation to be received as soon as possible (within 24 hours from booking)
You can present either a print out or an electronic booking confirmation for this activity
Complete information on Vendor, including local telephone numbers at your destination, will be sent with your Booking Confirmation. The TravelPorter hand-picks the most remarkable, experienced and reliable vetted professionals for a pleasant experience from booking to completion.


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Confirm Judge Koh to the 9th Circuit
If confirmed, Koh would fill a vacancy on the 29-judge Ninth Circuit Court, which adjudicates disputes in California and eight other Western states. The Senate has filled only one federal appeals court vacancy in 2015 and one this year. Republican backlash to Obama's Supreme Court nominee after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has further slowed the process.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who recommended Koh to the federal bench in 2010, urged her colleagues to support her confirmation to the appeals court now. "Judge Lucy Koh is an extraordinarily qualified nominee who has served the Northern District of California with distinction," she said. "I am pleased she is getting the hearing she deserves."
Koh distinguished herself on the federal bench in two high-profile Silicon Valley cases, Apple's suit against Samsung Electronics Co. over iPad and iPod patents, and a suit brought by thousands of employees against seven technology giants for conspiring to depress salaries by agreeing not to hire away each other's workers.
Koh was the first Asian American federal judge in the Bay Area.
Koh has proved herself an accomplished, moderate, evenhanded judge who would bring necessary diversity to the Ninth Circuit. Justice is best delivered by maintaining a full court. Koh deserves Senate confirmation, and quickly.


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Welcome to The Top 5, where every week, we list five things for a given topic. These topics can range from "5 Things We Liked About The Power Rangers Teaser Trailer" to "5 Things We Want (Or Don't Want) In Ben Affleck's The Batman."
Of course, because everyone has an opinion, there is sure to be some disagreements, which is why, despite the title "The Top 5," very rarely are these actual "best of" articles. Instead, they're meant to provide entertaining insight, and to stir a discussion, and give everyone a chance to speak their mind.
If you have a suggestion for a Top 5 piece, send them my way via #TheTop5LRM on Twitter. If I choose your topic, I'll be sure to give you a shoutout!
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This past Sunday, we lost the legendary character actor Bill Paxton. At 61, no one really saw it coming, and given that he was still active on the television front with shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Training Day, it seemed like a given that the man was in good shape, health-wise.
The news hit many of us like a sledgehammer, as he seemed like one of those actors destined to be around for at least another few decades. In this time of mourning and memorial, we thought it would be a good time to look back at Paxton's most memorable roles he played on the screen, both big and small, as he was the "ultimate badass."
This is one of Paxton's most recent works (though not anywhere near his last, as the actor sure kept busy), and one of the more memorable ones in recent memory. When Edge of Tomorrow first came out, many folks weren't much of a fan of Tom Cruise, and following the release of Oblivion, many seemed to label this movie as a clone of the other.
While the film ended up being a stellar experience on all fronts, one of the big standouts came in the form of Bill Paxton's Master Sergeant Farell, the no-nonsense commander of J Squad who thinks Tom Cruise is an officer impersonator. In a concept that could have taken itself way too seriously, Paxton served as a wonderful bit of comedic relief, and his confident personality was a good counterbalance to Tom Cruise's own, initially-frantic one. Paxton also lent the film a decent bit of gravitas to those perhaps not sold on the film's first few minutes.
Big Love is a series that could have gone down the wrong rabbit hole really quickly. Its concept revolved around a Mormon polygamist and his wives, and given the fact that the show was on HBO, it could have ended up as little more than a fetishistic take on the concept. Instead, the show managed to show the real-world difficulties that came alone with having three spouses — especially if one decided to go into politics.
The series has its comedic elements, to be sure, but one never felt that Bill Henrickson was a complete caricature. It shouldn't have been surprising to those of us who have followed Paxton's career as an actor, but his portrayal of Bill ended up being one of the most interestingly nuanced characters on TV at the time. Granted, we can't undersell the hard work that the writers put into this one, but he was able to bring it to life in such an amazing way that it's hard not to admire it.
This is one that gets all the nostalgia points. Twister was one of those films that managed not to take itself too seriously, all will still bringing a decent amount of thrills and suspense to the story. The main reason for that was because the characters worked so damn well.
In the film, Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt play exes. Bill had moved on with his life and was all too ready to jump into a brand new relationship, far away from Helen Hunt and her stormchasing ways. Of course, he gets caught up in their most recent batch of storms, and the two rediscover their love for one other. On paper, it sounds stupid and cheesy, and on celluloid, it's just as stupid and cheesy, but we don't care because Paxton and Hunt have such great chemistry. They make us really care that a pair of crazy stormchasers could die at the hands of an F5 tornado.
All in all, this is a romantic comedy set to the backdrop of tornadoes, and it's perfect.
Of course, you knew Tombstone had to be on this list. This flick has gone one to be required watching for Western buffs. Between its great ensemble cast of characters, its action, and story, it checks off all the boxes one could need for fans of the genre. Between the likes of Val Kilmer, Kurt Russel, Sam Elliot, and Michael Beihn, this flick already had a lot going for it. But add in Bill Paxton as Morgan Earp, and you got yourself some real gold.
As a kid, seeing Morg's death was one of the more memorable things to come out of it. At the time, I was still wrapping my head around the whole concept of death (I was probably seven when I first saw the film), his quote about not seeing "a damn thing†when dying really stuck with me. That scene alone is what first made me aware of Bill Paxton as an actor, and set the bar high for him going forward.
No Bill Paxton list would ever be complete without bringing up Aliens. While I hadn't seen this until well into my high school years, there were several quotes that had remained in pop culture thanks to Paxton's improvisational skills (and who can forget that scream during the knife game?).
In a film full of action and death, Hudson was someone the audience could really connect with. He was funny, sure, but he did a great job at saying exactly what the audience was thinking. This was a bit of a departure from the first Alien film, but it was a welcome one that audiences continue to eat up to this day. Even better, however, was the fact that we got to see this character go from the ultimate badass to a sniveling, whining baby ("Game over, man! Game over!"). Yet, despite that, Hudson was someone who managed to redeem himself by the end of the film,really cementing his place in the Hollywood pantheon of memorable characters.
What were some of your favorite roles of Bill Paxton? Let us know your thoughts down below!


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200 Delicious Allergen & Gluten-free Vegan RecipesBook - 2011
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I have mixed feelings about this book. While there are some good aspects to it & some inspirational elements, there are some huge faux pas. There are, for instance, no warnings about the use of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Unfortunately, most brands in the supermarket DO contain wheat, so you have to be very careful. Personally, I found a brand of powdered chipotle that is gluten free, so I stick to that.
I'm also highly suspicious of bouillon of any kind. Again, Ms Lutz doesn't say anything about the bouillon used in her recipes, except that they are vegan, which doesn't automatically mean that they are gf. Aside from the gf issue, I stay away from them because bouillon of any kind is very high in sodium. While formulas/recipes can change, when I first explored gf, one of the things I read over & over again was to avoid bouillon because of gluten.
These are just two of my concerns.
As I said, there are some good ideas here, but folks new to gf need to be VERY wary of the gf aspects of these recipes.
This book is great for anyone who has a lot of food allergies but wants to try a vegan diet. Drawbacks are the small font and italicized ingredients, and absolutely no pictures. Recipes are generally straight-forward and uncomplicated. Often, a basic recipe is presented, then several variations. There is even a crêpe recipe.
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Bleak and alone walked a lone figure within the shroud of shadows that cloaked his shape. A closer look at the man would have spoken volumes, as his clothes were tattered and bloodied. No, he was no murderer and his sanity was still quite intact but the things he has seen would cause many to run in fear. He was of a select breed of men and women trained since birth for one sole purpose. To protect the world from any supernatural threat, so in other words this man was a hunter. In fact, he is the best of the hunters and this is his story….
"Dang its cold this time of year." He muttered to himself as he walked through the city of Atlanta in the early time of 4 a.m.
A rather skilled vampire was the reason for the disarray of his looks; he barely made it out with his life this time. Despite all of his years of training, at the end of the day he was still only human. It was a hard life but if it wasn't for people like him the 'peace' the world was currently experiencing would have never occurred. He could still remember the long nights he spent training and honing his body into a perfect weapon. The scars that littered his body were numerous but the mental damage even worse. Most considered him to be simply cynical but you try watching your whole family be murdered by some blood suckers at the age of 13. He never speaks of them anymore; life has taught him to leave painful memories behind with the past. As he reached his destination, which was the back steps to his condo he placed his palm upon the scanner it drew his blood only lightly. Recognizing him as the condo's rightful owner, the door which was cloaked by a Fae's glamour was revealed. He opened the door as all his lights on the inside sprang to life. His condo's virtual butler announced himself by saying.
"Welcome Mister Decoix, would you like your red bull served in your study or in the living room."
He considered his options only briefly before answering the virtual droid by saying "In the living area, also bring up the next case file as well."
The hologram flickered for a second before announcing "It is all ready and waiting for your approval Mister Decoix."
With that he was well on his way to his next case, Aein Decoix allowed his fatigue to show on his face for a moment as he landed on his couch rather lazily. He scrolled his fingers through the various holo-images most showing a rather demonic looking man murdering a witch and setting her apartment ablaze. He watched emotionlessly as the scene unfolded, he then brought up a hologram based keyboard. Hacking was another parlor trick he had picked up on over the years. Within a couple of keystrokes, he was now tracking the demon. Normally, he wouldn't interfere with such disputes but the man was someone of interest to him. Somehow, the man used to be mundane like Aein was but he found a way to bond his essence with a demon to further enhance his abilities to the supernatural level. Aein immediately stood to his feet; the fatigue once felt was now like a past memory as he in a rather brisk pace walked toward his garage. While many preferred the newer versions of cars that now achieved flight he liked his rides old school. He still had to leave in style, picking one of his bugatti's opening the door quickly. As he sat down closing the door his pressed the button causing the engine to roar as he literally rocketed out of his garage. He had his car specialized where it was always connected to his home network so he could follow the demonic man like he had him on a global tracking system. He sped through the now empty streets because like previously stated most people choose flying cars these days. He expertly drove his car, drifting around the corners not willing to waste any extra time. A smile grew on his face as he neared the man; he shut off his lights and allowed the darkness to obscure the sight of his car.
However, to his surprise the man stepped in front of his car eyes now pitch black as he willed himself to grow stronger. The demon literally stopped the car with his bare hands, and then sent his palm straight through the engine effectively killing the car. Aein was ready however, rolling out of his car he pulled out twin Berettas with blessed bullets. His shot was legendary, but even as he rained several bullets at the demon. The demon seemingly willed the bullets out his way thus they did not affect him. Aein ran up and leaped sending his knees into the demon's chest. The demon staggered back but was not seriously affected by the attack; laughing at Aein the demon extended his arms. Aein felt as if he was a mere toy as he was pulled by some magical force toward the demon. The demon met him with a punch square into the nose; Aein could feel the bones in his nose shatter. Then the demon sent a devastating knee to Aein's stomach causing the air to leave him. Aein fell to his knees, but it was not over by a long shot. The magical force now lifted him and slammed him into a nearby wall, before sending him crashing back to the ground. Aein coughed up blood as he landed, still trying to will his body to work. He simply couldn't allow himself to die here; he had been through too much. Aein quickly threw a ball container full of holy water at the demon's face. Smoke and a burning smell lit up the dark night, the demon screamed in pain as the holy water burned through his flesh. Now pissed off the demon drew a long dagger, and pulled Aein toward him once more impaling him with the dagger. Aein fell to the ground feeling his body giving up on him, the demon laughed at Aein once more before kicking him in the stomach. With a snap of the finger, loud screams of pain and terror pierced the silence of the night as a portal opened to hell. The demon stepped inside leaving Aein for dead.
Or so the demon thought….
Several figures watched the whole scene from the rooftops; they drew happiness from the despised hunter's pain but also fear in the abilities of the demon. One female figure took a step of the building dropping several stories and landed as if the feat was nothing. Her pale skin made it rather obvious in combination with her recent stunt that she was a Vampire. She was the princess of the Vampire hierarchy to be specific; she taunted Aein for a second saying.
"So this is how the hunter Decoix will die? To think you were actually our enemy for so long but was so easily beaten by the demon. Is it death that you want or perhaps a new stronger life?"
One of her underlings stepped forward quickly, his voice almost disrespectful as he said." Princess Alana you can't honestly be thinking of giving him the gift of being a vampire!"
She looked back with the full intensity of someone not to be fucked with as she pierced the man's will before saying. "Are you questioning my will Elijah? Do you remember what happened to the last underling who questioned my authority? Do I need to break you as well?"
Elijah bowed his head in defeat and returned back to the group of vampires. Alana crouched down running her sharp nails on Aein as his body was now going into shock. Alana used one of her nails to pierce her skin, and then as the red blood flowed from her skin she pressed it to Aein's mouth. Who while dazed was surprised to feel himself drinking the blood as his last breaths were beginning to set upon him. He opened his eyes for one last time gazing at Alana's pale Hispanic skin before passing out. He was supposed to die that night, but a vampire's blood had healing properties when drank by most species except werewolves where it was actually a poison. Alanna looked around at her subordinates non-verbally signaling them that it was time to go. The all looked up at the sky before taking off through the roof-tops back to their territory. The rain lightened somewhat before Aein completely lost recognition.
The world rushed around Aein as awareness and pain returned to his senses. The pain actually came in form of a headache that Aein wasn't entirely sure where it came from. He briefly checked his body over for the signs of how serious his wounds were, and was amazed to see that he didn't have any. A flash of Alanna feeding him her blood flashed before his eyes as he wondered why she of all other people saved him. However, Aein lacked the time to think about why this would occur. Instead, he had to think on how he would be able to stop this demon before he grew even stronger and ended up breaking the Silence. It was determined years ago, based off the Council which hosted every race that they would not reveal their presence to mankind as they didn't think human were worthy of such knowledge. The only ones allowed to find out about the other races were those foolish enough to stumble across it and the ones perceptive enough to do so. And this code and binding agreement by the Council was thereby named the Silence.
Wincing at how much blood now stained his outfit and how worn out they now looked, he couldn't help but amusingly think about how mad his tailor would be this week. He reached toward his left calf muscle and pulled out a rather sizable knife and strapped to his left arm. Aein winced as it dawned upon him that he owed his life to a vampire, as repulsive as that made him feel he couldn't being thankful at the same time. Aein emerged from the alley into the sunlight luckily he didn't die or he would have become one of them. Aein shuddered as he imagined being a vampire; he would be stuck under the curse of the sun until he was old enough to bare it. As Aein walked down the sidewalk, he drew many alarmed looks from the locals though he ignored them. He paused for a second hands rummaging through his pockets picking out his box of Newports. He lit one while pushing his box back into his pocket, as he exhaled he heard a shift from behind him. His eyes peered through the crowd noticing a figure shifting it's way through the crowd. Aein took off racing after whatever it is, but whoever it was they were quite nimble being able to weave in and out of the crowd quicker than Aein was. Aein caught a flash of grey long hair before he lost the person completely, he slightly yelled in frustration before resuming his smoke.
"It's alright, I still got my health and live to hunt another day but I need a drink." He said somewhat talking to himself and thinking at the same time. He lifted his hand to hail a taxi, he stepped in closing the door behind himself saying "The 12 hotel and step on it please."
Several minutes later, Aein was dropped off in front of his loft. His loft was on the top floor; a highriser that sits above most of the city giving a beautiful view during the sunsets & rises. Rumbling through his pockets once more he walked alongside the side finding the scanner and letting himself in the loft once more.
His Ai unit "Charles" chiming in saying "You received a message from the Council last night; you will be attending another meeting within a week so make sure you remember to go."
"Aye, meet me in the living area with the usual." Aein said rather tiredly, he had enough on his hands than to deal with another summon before the Council. He wasn't a member but whenever a meeting was held in a Hunter's city they were required to attend. It was merely a formality however as rarely was his opinion asked, they kept it simple he was the muscle who was required to listen in every once in a while.
Calling up the HUD display to broadcast before him he spent minutes shuffling through articles. Tossing several articles across the room as he tried to find out more information on the demon he had just encountered. The council's beastiary had no information on the type of demon; he had just encountered which made him automatically think it must have been one of the rumored Upper-class demons. Most demons were either low-class or basic demons the difference being that low-class demons actually were sentient and not fully bound by the dark powers they were created out of. Aein began to document everything he knew about his foe; his strength was past that of vampires he had encountered, had great skill in what seemed like telekinesis which suggested great mental strength. But Aein knew he was barely even scratching the surface, for the information he needed he would have to go to Hell for it. See Hell was divided by many levels, but the farthest level ever transverse was the third lower level which most demons he had encountered were from. Though, he would have to majorly prepare for this journey by getting his weapons reinforced and by getting the Council's permission for this journey as they would send another Hunter out here while he was gone.
Elsewhere. . .
"To even save his life was a mistake; he will not learn from your generosity my lady!" said the man fuming at the aspect that they just saved one of their top enemies from death.
"Remember who you are speaking to when you speak Elijah, am I not the who sired you? Am I not the one who for the past thousand years kept the vampire race intact and unified, has there ever been a vampire who could do that?"
"No, milady forgive me I know all of our kind is in your debt for your leadership through such dark times. But when will it be our time again, to rule over the humans as their proper masters! I believe this time can be coming soon, our numbers have tripled within the last century." Elijah said slowly at first but becoming more excited by the end of his statement."
"I admire your vision and it has served you well as my advisor but did you not see that demon? Even in our feral state, besides myself and those who lived long enough do not reach his level of strength and speed." Alana paused for a second to let what she said sink in. "But leave me now, I am. . . tired call our brothers and tell them we assemble for a meeting with the week." With that she considered Elijah dismissed walking through her bedroom chambers with her light silk robes too long for her body so it slightly dragging on the floor closing the door behind him.
She sighed before shifting across the room thanks to her speed, already she was in her lavish looking bathroom. A walk in shower with room for two, with the basic bathroom amenities all gold down to the smallest metal piece. As she waited for the water's to warm up, she sat on the counter of her sink leaning back against the mirror. She was mentally tired, she mused after a couple of more centuries she would need to take another deep sleep. As for vampires they could sleep but when they do they have tendency to sleep years away as they're mind cools-off as an eternity on the mind sends most weaker minded beings into insanity. Those blessed with vampirism considered it a gift rather than a curse though new vampires take time to see why. See they still lived and breathe which is why they considered themselves the next step eventually in human evolution. Forever is what they had; the effects of the time no longer applying to them forever stuck at whatever age they fully matured in if they were born a vampire as she was or whenever they were bitten.
When the temperature of the water fit her liking she disrobed revealing her supple beautiful body to the waters of her shower. She needed to think and this shower was exactly what she needed to do so. She closed her eyes relaxing her mind as she bathe herself letting the sound of each droplet of water further soothe her spirit. Her mind wandered through endless topics, but at the end one thought she couldn't shake was of Aein. . .
A week later. . .
Light spilled through the banquet room windows, together at the table full of an assortment of meats, starches and ale sat the Council. Discussions were going routinely which means ridiculously slow until Aein proposed his plan.
"Preposterous! No hunter has ever survived the descent into the depths of Hell! Does your arrogance know no bounds?" said the tall and somewhat glowing Fae. She was the oldest, and at times the volatile one of the Council.
"Now, now Lumiya let the man at least say his peace." Said the great haired Alpha named Eric, he was known for his wisdom and to be a man of great restraint.
"I am merely one man as such, I am not important if I'm marching to my own death; what would make it any different then any other day for me. I merely wish to find out the truth behind this demon because I am not exaggerating when I say that if there are more like him the peace we all hold dear will soon be destroyed and all our people endangered." Aein countered.
"No disrespect but what do you plan to do if you make it and find out what you think is true. You could not even take down one them if there are more what can you do besides pray for a quick death?" said the Kelina Matriarch of North & South American Witches, known for her sharp tongue and her deadliness when it came to magic.
Kelina's word's struck close to home with Aein, the man while raised to be fearless so how futile his attempt would truly be. Once again, he would have to face the impossible but what would happen this time when the impossible was really impossible? Aein stood up determined not to let them see his spirit broken no matter how unstable his thoughts were saying.
"So what? We sit here playing with our belly-buttons while our possible enemy is surely growing stronger and plotting on us all?"
And with that he pushed his chair in, before striding away from the Council's table walking toward the double doors which would lead to outside. As he stepped outside his body shuddered as it passed through the invisible magic that kept unwanted people out of the meeting room. He looked up at the sky thinking that he had his work cut out for him, and boy how right he was. . .
Elsewhere. . .
In the darkness of Atlanta's underground, several figures stood in the shadows each person features indiscernible through the darkness but as vampire each seen each other with ease. Alana stood in the middle of the circle of vampire dressed in a long black dress with heels to match. Her long raven hair was tied into a ponytail that sailed long past the middle of her back. She stood resolute, her face not betraying any weakness as it shouldn't dealing with her own kind the slightest weakness would be pounced upon and once again the vampires would suffer infighting once more.
"You all know why you're here." She asked rhetorically, as she shifted her weight to her left leg.
"Yes, you've called us because there is a new demon about that has you shaking in your heels." Spoke Alaric an arrogant elder vampire who often 'forgot' who truly was in charge. Alana would have been dealt with him, but he hosts a following almost as big as hers and she didn't want to risk a civil war. . . yet.
"What our colleague means, is that were all here to extent our help and speak on our new enemy." Said another elder by the name of Thomas, he was a pretty noble man that was one of the few she respected and the feeling was mutual.
"No, I said what I meant Thomas." Alaric replied hastily and nastily toward Thomas.
Ignoring Alaric's irritating words, she cleared her throat and Alaric ended his statement earlier than he intended to. "Then, I guess you will have no problem leading the attack when the time comes to strike against the demons." It was obvious she was challenging Alaric and calling his bluff.
"Oh but why send a knight to do a pawn's business?" Alaric asked with a sly smile, he was intelligent he could tell a trap when he heard it.
"Before me and my rise, you were simply a pawn under Rayne." Alana said back still not betraying any emotions but the way her words were said it could have been a knife.
"My friends must we quarrel like young fledglings? Princess you have me support in this battle and whether he likes it or not you have Alaric's as well unless he intends to do away with the treaty of unification?" Thomas said tactfully.
The treaty of unification was a document blessed by the vampire council of seven's blood and written in it as well. They all promised fealty toward Alana and each of them promised to support the other clans as if they were their own.
"No, of course not Thomas! I'm shocked you would even say such a thing." Alaric said with mock dismay and concern.
"When will we tell our followers of the Blood?" Thomas asked as he wished to share the gift with his whole family/coven.
Alana pursed her lips for a second thinking, even though it would greatly help things to give their whole line the gift she knew what would happen. "Not yet my friend, we have too much at stake right now and I've been hearing of localized disputes lately. Not of our clans of course, but from our sister clans who have yet to see things our way. If the gift fell into the wrong hands, her last thousand years of hard work would be for naught.
Alaric remained quiet but looked around sneakily as if he was up to something. Alana was about to comment on it but she was too out of it to really put up with anymore of Alaric's insolence. So instead she decided to move the conversation back in the right direction.
"However, we will need to exchange underlings for communication purposes, so when this threat next reveals itself everyone will be unified. Have you all brought an underling, mine is waiting outside."
Because of the special bond between a sire & sired they hold a telepathic and at times emotional bond that can be felt no matter the distance. It made communication very efficient between the vampire races when utilized right.
Thomas was the first to speak "Mine should be arriving now milady." And as soon as he finished his statement just on the edge of their hearing they could hear the cold efficient approach of their underlings.
Alaric finally spoke in a condescending tone saying "Yes, yes, now can I take my leave? I have business to attend too."
As much as Alana wanted to stall to further irritate the vampire lord, she knew she had other things to attend to as well so she closed the meeting saying. "Until we meet again brothers."
Meanwhile in the depths of Hell. . .
Fire & screams of the human souls trapped in it's depths filled one's senses. Though, to the demons it was like the finest orchestra as they reveled in another's pain. Currently one of the fourth level which was the level for beings that committed extreme violent atrocities while on Earth. With a slight tearing noise followed by a hiss, an opaque portal slowly formed a thin line in the dimensional fabric then suddenly burst open to form a circle about the size of a SUV.
Stepping out of the portal was a white long haired humanoid that could pass for human if it wasn't for the growing horns protruding for his forehead and the reddish hue that was growing along his skin. Muscles tight and toned with no excess fat made for an impressive view for anyone to happen to look. Demons briefly looked away from tormenting their human souls to take notice of the man. Scowls and grimaces were shown before they returned back to their craft. However, one demon was different stepping up toward the man with flames dancing around his palms.
"Dominic, you're an abomination I will cleanse from our realm dirty mutt." Clearly the demon did not appreciate the man's human origins.
Dominic looked at the man smirking slightly as the demon blasted a torrent of flames at him. Dominic took in a breath before stepping forward extending his hand and pushing out with his own power. The flames continued to rush forward before abruptly changing directions pushing away from Dominic's extended hand as he pushed his telekinetic force. Through the flames rushed the demon with his demonic speed, Dominic sighed before side stepping the demon with a look of ease twisting around he grabbed the demon by the tail and neck slamming the demon head first into the ground. After releasing him, Dominic's eyes glowed black for a second as he extended his hand and channeled his telekinetic power before his palm before emitted a devastating wave of energy crushing the demon almost instantly. Blood splattered in the air raining on Dominic's black clothes and his face but it didn't even phase the hybrid. He turned his attention to the other demons looking at them for a moment then deciding on what to say he finally spoke.
"Is there anyone else who wishes to challenge me? Or maybe you want to destroy our captors, the ones who arrogantly claim Earth as theirs? Ever since they teamed up with those humans and their 'magic' we've been trapped down here only able to leave once we've gain enough strength. But you know what; I say no I say now is our time to rise up and take the Earth as ours!" He stared every demon looking at him in the eye to show he wasn't playing.
The ground rumbled and the fires raised as more demon hearing his call began to arrive. Though, the rumbling came from another source; a giant behemoth began to walk toward Dominic. For a moment Dominic thought the behemoth was approaching to attack, armed with a club lined with thorns that dripped demonic poison. He stood before Dominic for a moment before he began to glow purplish hue as he slowly shifted into his human form. Still a sight to see as the man had the body of a bodybuilder while still being quick on his feet. Dominic would have been worried had he not been sure that he was a level five demon. He extended his hand, and Dominic did the same shaking the giant's now human sized hand. With that it seemed the rest of the demons were content with the new truce as they began to seem more accepting of Dominic's presence but he was no fool it would take a lot more for him to be confident leading them into battle with Earth. . .
Back on Earth. . .
Lush and green mixed with the ever expansive hold of technology. At times like these only a few unsavory characters were out. Which is why when a scream pierced the dangerous silence of the night, it drew attention to anyone near. At this time Aein walked briskly from the council meeting, the coldness of the winter biting at his exposed skin. He pulled the collar of his trench coat, and stuffed his hands in his pocket fishing out a Newport to smoke and keep him warm. As soon as he lit it is when the scream disturbed his few moments of peace, Aein turned around hearing the noise coming down the street in an alley.
Aein took off forgetting his Newport on the ground as he sprinted. He of course could not tell which alley that action was occurring in but he knew the general location. So as he made it down the street, he began checking every alley until he saw a woman cornered by a feral wolf. Most likely this was his first change and the fact that he was by himself meant he had no pack because it was against the supernatural law for a werewolf or a vampire to be alone after recently being bitten.
Aein reached within his pants pulled out his shotgun with silver slugs in it. The werewolf turned upon hearing Aein, seeing his weapon sent the beast into a rage as it without another thought took off intending to tear Aein apart. Aein took the time to spark up another cigarette before shooting the double barrel shot at the beast. Only one hit managing only to slow the beast, without exhaling he quickly disassembled his shotgun loading two more rounds in it. He exhaled the smoke as he cocked his weapon back, the beast leaped ready to sink its teeth in Aein as Aein shot once more. At such a close range, the effects were major sending the beast back as it tried to resist the silver poisoning just long enough to kill Aein.
Aein already knowing the result sheath his shotgun back within his pants, and turned around ready to walk off when the wolf suddenly leaped biting Aein in torso before dropping him and dying. Aein cried out in pain as his blood splattered on the ground, he struggled to reach in his coat plugging out two syringes one a dosage of some painkiller and the other wolfsbane that had been rumored to block the effects of the bite. He stabbed himself with both at the same time, after that he began to feel dizzy as the lady he had saved walked upon him all he saw was her hand extending toward him before the world rushed around him and plunged him into darknesss.
A couple of hours later; Aein woke up with a rush gasping for air. He had some disturbing dreams during his slumber. He woke up checking his body; his body had been bandaged up but was still very noticeably sore. He looked around puzzled at who had mended his wounds; he noticed he was in a rather nice apartment on the couch. He looked to the left of him seeing a large cup of water on the end table; he picked it up and easily drained the cup within minutes. Barely being able to stand he leaned against the wall pushing himself forward toward the noise he heard in what he assumed was a kitchen.
Stepping inside the kitchen he saw a raven haired slim waist but thick bodied lady he guessed was from Hawaiian descent and probably mixed with something else. But she was stunning and from her scent he could tell that she was human. Though, he didn't know how he knew that intellectually he just knew. She didn't seem startled when she turned to see him standing in the door way, she offered him a smile before motioning for him to come closer.
"I'm sorry if your bandages are too tights, I've always been one to say I'd rather be safe then sorry. Oh, my name is Rose and you are?" She said all of this in a friendly way that would have disarmed most people but Aein was skeptical for someone almost killed by a werewolf she didn't seem to shaken.
"No, the bandages are fine and I'm Aein. I suppose I should be thanking you for saving my life, but I find it weird how easily your taking almost being killed by a werewolf." He said eyeing her closely as it clicked in his mind to check for his weapons. His shotgun was gone as well as the pistol he had strapped to his side. He still held a dagger that was hidden within his boots, but with his weapons missing things didn't look good.
Noticing him checking himself, she assumed he was looking for his weapons since he clearly didn't trust her. "Your weapons are right there in the living area, they were in the way while I performed my healing magic. I'm still learning of my wiccan heritage so I had to use mundane healing practices as well hence the bandages." She said her smile never breaking as if she didn't mind his distrust or was used to it.
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"Grossly Material Things": Women and Book Production in Early Modern England. By Helen Smith (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). Pp. 254. Cloth, £60.
Studies of print culture and book production in early modern England abound, and the involvement of women is one new facet of that study that has received focus only within the last decade. In "Grossly Material Things" Helen Smith contributes to this field by tracing the creation of texts and the roles of women at each stage of book production, trade, and reception for the time period of 1557 to 1640. This period begins with the incorporation of the Stationers' Company, whose records give much evidence of women who were active in printing and publishing. Smith argues that books of this period were collaborative efforts and therefore consisted of more gendered interaction than has previously been recognized. She is particularly interested in the gendered intersection of book culture, including copying, translating and editing–not just in texts traditionally associated with females. According to Smith, male-authored texts featured this female influence, even if not explicitly.
Smith divides her study into five chapters focused on five aspects of book production: composition, commission, business, the book trade, and reading. Smith's first two chapters present her more persuasive arguments about the co-creation of texts by men and women, as she demonstrates how women wielded their influence by editing and translating texts, and thereby engaging with male authors. These chapters are most effective because of their innovative use of an understudied aspect of books: their dedications. While dedications are not a new source, they are often overlooked in favor of the body of the text of the book; few scholars have based entire studies on dedications. Yet, Smith shows how dedicatory prefaces give evidence of women's textual composition and "composite" authorial practice, as well as of patronage by commissions and translations (13). Dedications often reveal a process of commission. Smith also argues against other scholars who have dismissed dedications as simply a standard literary topos without specific meaning. She is not as skeptical of dedications as Elizabeth Eisenstein, who argues that all too often prefaces are taken as evidence of readership, but really are not evidence of much, but Smith does believe that they had multiple purposes and should not always be read straightforwardly. [1] Smith views dedications as tools of rhetoric, or peritextual structures used to influence readers, and components of a complication patronage system that give us more evidence of women involved in literary activities.
The remaining three chapters on the book trade and on the reading of texts make useful conclusions and raise areas for future study of women and book production, though they tend to be heavy on theory. In these chapters, Smith argues that women were central to the book trade and that putting a woman's name on a title page was a deliberate, cognitive act. As for the Stationers' Company, women seem to have been involved as wives and widows, not as independent publishers. They also participated as businesswomen and apprentices, keeping account books and assisting with family print shops. Smith's study also differs from traditional histories of women's reading that focus on commonplace books and marginalia and from histories of women's writing and translation because she instead focuses on how women were imagined as readers and how women were understood to have read. She concludes that women's reading was a bodily practice in which women assimilated what they read both physically and mentally. Book production involved both books and bodies, and that production must be understood to be more sexed. In an arena where texts were mainly masculine, females were also formative helpmates and compilers.
There are few areas of Smith's study that deserve critique, but one area which could use refinement is where she notes that for this time period the book trade went from a patronage-based system to one predicated on a commercial-trade market. Yes, patrons were substantial in financial support of early books, but even as early as the late-fifteenth century, printers and patrons were aware of the commercial nature of printing books. Overall, however, Smith's study clearly does what it sets out to do. It shows the gendered interconnectedness of textual production and how we must accept the collaborative nature of production in order to advance our understanding of book culture, which, as some historians argue, could change our view of the economy as a whole.
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University of Akron
[1] See Elizabeth Eisenstein, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), 33.


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Light red or purplish dark tongue manifest. The pulse would be string-taug or hesitant.
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Holding a ceiling fan above her head, like a Mother India lurching under the weight of a misshapen, three-pronged plough, Rakhi Sawant entered the press-conference arena. I want fans removed from ceilings across India, she told journalists (as well as two admirably straight-faced men sitting next to her), because this will help suicide rates drop. The context – but did you really need one? – was the death of the TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee, around which a voyeuristic little media carnival had grown. I was surprised Sawant didn't demand a ban on the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Fan, or ask that those big water tanks in the hinterlands be torn down, because who doesn't remember Veeru's "sooside" threat in Sholay?
Still, hers wasn't the most absurd declaration made in recent years by a public figure, and it isn't close to being the most irresponsible or dangerous. People who hold positions of power, or are generally taken more seriously than Sawant, have been enlivening our news channels and Twitter feeds in many ways, from proposing chowmein as a cause of rape to implying that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots couldn't be compared with the 2002 Gujarat violence. And when real life becomes so loopy that sharp satire starts looking frail in comparison, I always think about a low-budget film that marks one of Hindi cinema's craziest dalliances with dark humour.
Some years ago I worked on a book about Kundan Shah's Jaane bhi do Yaaro (JBDY). When you spend 15 months closeted with a single movie, you never want to see or think about it again. But it feels like reassessment time now: increasingly there are signs that JBDY – known for its inspired lunacy, exaggeration and non-sequiturs – was more restrained than we had thought.
Consider these situations. 1) A foot-bridge constructed for an international sporting event falls apart. Responding to this public embarrassment, a chief minister notes that at least the bridge hadn't been meant for athletes or officials – it was only for spectators. 2) A flyover, built in an overcrowded locality, collapses, killing several people. Even as photos circulate of an arm of the flyover stretching over a balcony of a nearby building as if to say howdy-do to the residents within, an executive from the construction company piously calls the incident an Act of God. 3) Another flyover comes crashing down. A construction magnate expresses regret during a TV interview but assures viewers that his company had used the best-quality "imported cement". This was a case of sabotage, he surmises.
The first two are from real life – Delhi 2010 and Kolkata 2016 respectively – while the last, set in 1983 Bombay, is from a Jaane bhi do Yaaro scene featuring the oily builder Tarneja (played by the young, delightfully deadpan Pankaj Kapur). All three represent degrees of responsibility-shirking, but compared to the first two speakers Tarneja is at least circumspect while expressing himself in a public space. In private he says many outrageous things: when a worried engineer tells him they need 5000 more bags of cement, he goes, "Have you heard of the Kutch desert?" Yes, says the engineer, it's very big. "Well, don't let it get any bigger. Take some sand from it and make up the shortfall of cement bags," Tarneja replies, like a headmaster imparting moral-science lessons to a disobedient boy. But that's what the dominant tone of JBDY is, over-the-top, which makes it even more telling that its villain seems positively coy when facing a journalist's camera. In today's world, where people in high places seem to be competing with each other for the Best Speech from the Cuckoo's Nest award, he would not have had any such compunctions.
Leafing through early drafts of the JBDY script, I was reminded of scenes that didn't make it to the final film – such as the ones involving an overconfident hired assassin known as the Disco Killer. Some of the comedy featuring this character was pure slapstick ("goliyan do" he tells a rookie, and since he has a cold, the rookie hands him cough-drops instead of bullets – which he then tries to load into his gun) but much of it is darker in tone. Given his poor eyesight, he prefers to shoot when his target is walking in a crowd rather than alone, because "ek aadmi pe nishaana lagaane mein pareshaani hoti hai. Bheed mein main poore bheed ko khatam kar sakta hoon (it's harder to shoot at just one person; it's easier to finish off a whole crowd)".
This line puts me in mind of another little connection between satire and life. Before the Disco Killer subplot was scrapped, the goofy hitman was to be played by a youngster named Anupam Kher. Today, of course, Kher is a respected character actor and talking head. One of his recent proclamations, made in the heat of the uproar about "anti-national" university students, evoked the image of a nation undergoing "pest control" to weed out problematic elements – an idea that neatly sidesteps nuance in favour of dealing wholesale with groups of people who don't conform to a narrative. I have a feeling that the short-sighted Disco Killer – a character who may have been too wacky for Jaane bhi do Yaaro, but perhaps not for the real world of today – would have approved of such crowd-control methods.


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