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Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Hadn't thought about it like this. Though in actual context he is way worse.
Well, when you pull out all the context and completely fail to understand or just outright ignore what was really going on with ANYTHING in the series, I'd agree with your caption statement. Otherwise, I LoL'ed.
No need - the comic did it just fine. :p
Piloting a Giant Robot - awesome.
Also, Shinji's main issue is being scared of relationships... so three hot women, while awesome to the well adjusted soul, is also rather scary to Shinji himself.
Someone else pointed out that Japanese men are socially inhibited about pretty women - this is also true. So much so that it seems to be affecting the population of Japan. Badly.
I love the mechanical design in EVA.
The EVA's are the only reason this series deserves to be mentioned.
End of Evangelion:
Fuck you son, I want you to fight world shattering monsters in your mom's corpse. This undersexed woman is going to misinterpret all of your issues while your only friends beat up an berate you. Also there's this creepy chick who will mess with your trust. This isn't even close to the shit you'll be experiencing in the second cour.
Go for Rei. They order her in bulk :3
Lol, Grey is obviously making a joke. NGE is tons deeper than this and rife with multiple symbols/themes.
In other news, this anime is not for everyone. Some people will 'get it' and others won't. It's a matter of personal preference really; I'm pretty sure Anno knew what he was getting into before he went there.
/cough like gendo being the dad and shinji is the son /cough
or that the robot is hooked up to your Nervous system so when it takes damage you feel pain.
Or that both of the hotties you're living with are attracted to the same person who happens to be a spy and is banging you're somewhat mentally damaged (I mean emotionally) guardian. Or that the "hottie" red head is also batshit crazy and wants to murder/fuck everyone.
Or the submissive hottie is actually a clone of your mother so they look alike.
Yeah i'd take that deal. Mentally damaged people are fun to watch.
Gendo is still a prick because he forgot to mention that all of those hot chicks are crazy, in one way or another.
Meh... everyone else has listed all of the downsides of being in the Evangelion-verse, so I'll restrain myself here. Besides, I think it's pretty clear that the comic is meant as a light-hearted poke at the source material, not a genuine criticism.
What I will say is that the reason Evangelion seems to go over a lot of people's heads (including a lot of people in this thread) is that it isn't a mecha show. It's a deconstruction of mecha shows. Complaining about how grim and depressing it is, is like complaining about how violent and nihilistic Watchmen is, or how empty and superficial The Great Gatsby is. Neon Genesis took the tropes that made shows like Gundam popular, and turned them on their head. Why would you need children to pilot giant war robots, over professionally trained military personnel? What would be the psychological ramifications of forcing children to fight for you? Is it really that different from warlords using child soldiers in Africa? How would people deal with the impending apocalypse from an extraterrestrial, god-like threat?
In particular, I've never understood all the bashing that Shinji gets. He is a fourteen year old boy, pretty much forced into circumstances beyond his control, where he is quite literally all that stands between humanity and outright extinction. He's spent his entire life devoid of any parental love or affection, he lives and works with an entire company of dysfunctional neurotics, his own father sees him as nothing more than a pawn to be used and discarded, and he is regularly forced into situations where he is called upon to kill or take out his own friends.
I would not want to meet the person who can get through all that a well adjusted individual. That would be more than any adult could handle. To expect a fourteen year old boy to go through all that with an upbeat smile and a can-do attitude is to miss what Evangelion was about in the first place.
We could call him Neckbeard Orangutang
It's weird that evil fathers seem to be always the ones that give their sons everything. Like Lionel Luthor.
My Dad was the nicest guy in the world to everyone and looked like Pierce Brosnan but at home he turned into Jack Nicholson in The Shining. I didn't own a giant freezer unfortunately. I would take giant robots and hot roomates over that any day.
14 year olds aren't known for being filled with existential angst. That's more of a late late teens/early twenties thing.
The problem with the protagonist isn't that he isn't sympathetic, it's that he isn't portrayed as someone you can feel sympathetic for. He just whines...All the God damn time! But really my problem with Evangelion wasn't so much the protagonist, it was more to do with the near complete lack of grounding and the slow as molasses pacing.
Once again: he is fourteen years old. He is still a child. If he whines at all (though personally I find the claims of Shinji's constant whining to be somewhat exaggerated), it's because it is literally the only option he has. He has been forced into a Catch-22 situation where he literally has to continually risk his life fighting godlike beings, because if he doesn't, then humanity is toast. If he runs away, humanity is toast. If he tries to challenge the organisation forcing him to fight, humanity is toast. If he ever gives anything less than his all, humanity is toast. He is still a child, so he is legally unable to look after himself, or make his own choices in the matter. He cannot just run away and start a new life in Mexico.
Neon Genesis doesn't just place Shinji over a barrel. It chains him over it, fills it full of gasoline, then throws in a lighted match.
The reason Shinji complains is because it is literally the only outlet he has to vent his problems. His entire life has been a complete catastrophe, and there is nothing he can do about it except complain. If he does anything else, that's the entire planet doomed. There is nothing productive he can do except whine, and go out and fight Angels. Fight which, lest we forget, repeatedly place his life at risk, and cause him huge physical and psychological harm.
If you can't sympathise with that at least a little, then I wonder just how fucked up a character has to be before they earn your empathy.
You'll have to excuse me if watching a teenager whine isn't entertaining to me in the slightest. Especially when he doesn't even really have much of an arc. He's the same whiny cumstain at the end that he was at the beginning. But again, that really is a minor problem to me, the real reasons I dislike it have more to due with the pacing and overall lack of connection to reality that throws me off of it. It's basically the same reason I liked the first season of Bleach and then wanted to put a bullet through my temple during the second.
You know where none of this matters and Shinji is a total badass?
Everybody watch Rebuild. You will be amazed by what several million dollars and Hideaki Anno getting a consistent flow of anti-depressants and marital sex does to this show's psychology.
In anime, age is just a number and nothing more.
Example: This is Komoe Tsukuyomi from To Aru Majutsu no Index:
She's 23~ years old. No, there was no time travel or super power thing going on there. She's just like that naturally.
Ha that is an awesome comic, I never thought of it like that.
No she's like that do to a scientific procedure that stopped her physical aging at that of a kid. Science, not anime mumbo jumbo.
I think Shinji got "dumped" in the series after the Dummy Plug was completed
Today's strip was a nice break from the gaming jokes, because ripping in NGE never gets old. Poor Shinji, if only he knew the dark secrets of all the supposedly-awesome women & mechs Gendo is offering him. Or maybe Shinji read ahead on Wikipedia and knows what he's in for!
On a related note, did any of you guys watch the fan-dubbed movie EVANGELION: REDEATH?
Komoe Tsukuyomi from To Aru Majutsu no Index......
Yet......this is a 23 year old that looks like a....disturbing little boyish girl.
Rei and Asuka are 14.
But then again, in this day and age, common sense might be wibbly wobbly timey wimey...stuff..
Wait, someone, somewhere, considered Tenchi Muyo 'deep'? Half the time the story pulls random things out of its ass and then tries to come up with an excuse to make it work.
Now don't get me wrong, I think it's a great series, but it's about as deep as a puddle.
Son: When I look at those women, I get a strange feeling. In my pants. Could it be ... hate?
Gendo: Wow. OK, son, we're way way way overdue for a talk.
Gendo looks at his watch.
Gendo: But I have a meeting in five minutes, so I'll make Ritsuko give you the talk instead.
Son: Dr. Akagi knows about the strange feeling in a boy's pants?
Gendo (trying and failing to hide a smile): Yes. Yes she does.
Yes Shinji take your pick, pedophilia, incest or domestic abuse.
Shinji is basically, no literally, a child soldier. I can easily see why he wouldn't want to pilot Eva.
It's like going to a child soldier in Africa and saying "How could you possibly hate your life? You get to play with cool guns and hang around all these normal, not completely psychopathic people. Really, you should love the guy that forced you in this position."
See what I mean? It's not like he's playing with a toy, he's fighting eldritch horrors that can easily kill him and everyone he knows. Rei is cold to him, Asuka is a bitch to him, and Misato doesn't understand him in the slightest.
And even with all that, he still is able to pull through and pilot the Eva.
This isn't an attack on the comic, mind you. I actually quite liked it. It's just that there are so many people complaining that Shinji is "a whiny emo kid". If your deadbeat father called you up, and the only reason was so that he could use you as a child soldier in the war, I don't think you'd be happy either. Shinji's got nothing to live for, yet he fights anyways.
It is the greatest non-pornographic Evangelion related fanwork I've ever seen, which places it at around 30th overall.
Pretty much this whole thing. I'll add that I identified with him pretty easily when I first watched the show (at around 14, no less). As for the scene that has half of the thread shaking their heads in disgust, it's mainly there to show just how utterly f***ed up his head is by that point.
"By the way the endings are all bullshit, don't pretend that you understood the ending."
I might as well post the entire video...
I actually don't like the story of Rebuild too much. It's basically the original run of Evangelion but with significantly less character development.
The action though. Oh man, the action. They drew the angels in full 3D CGI for the action scenes, and it is beautiful.
And the ending of 2 really got me hyped for 3.
Dear god, I never realized other NGE fans were so funny.
All I will say is Giant Robot + Hot Chicks = Dad gets free pass to be distant and a dick.
I agree, the fans are hilarious. You on the other hand...
Oh, I'm just kidding. You're vastly better than some of the other stuff Escapist has put out. I still remember Game Dogs. Ugh.
Behold, a fanfic with an appreciative Shinji http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3371159/1/Chicks_Dig_Giant_Robots
'Behind the two girls, Shinji continued giggling like a ten year old girl. "Heh heh heh, boom, heh."'
I immediately thought of Beavis and Butthead. Oh, man, a crossover fic with that would be glorious. I can just imagine it.
I am wounded.
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In an answer to a Writers SE question, I used the phrase "a bright morning at the front of spring". John M. Landsberg commented:
Nice revision, but note we wouldn't say "the front" of a season. In poetry, you might make it work, but never in prose. Seasons have temporal length, not physical substance, and they also come and go, so you can say the beginning of spring, the onset of spring, the arrival of spring, and more, but never the front.
Is it true one can never say "the front" of a season in prose? And is there historical precedent (in the way of grammar dicta) for not applying front to ethereal or ephemeral things?

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I have a lot of photos in which I have tagged people, given it the right information and so on. Sadly, I lost all these photos when I did a clean install of OS X Lion. The photos were being synchronized to my iPad and my Apple TV and therefore I have the photos on both of those devices with faces and all the correct information.
Does anyone know of a way to extract the photos with all the information (especially the faces) from the iPad or the Apple TV and into iPhoto?


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October 1, 2018
086 Ennui Loves TV: White Gold, Santa Clarita Diet and South Park
Matthew Winter lets Kieren Collison host an Ennui Loves TV special, but does it very badly. In this episode, they discuss getting a shoutout on Instagram, the relevancy of the topics they discuss, when Arrested Development and Community were revived, some of the shows they've been watching, how South Park has done crude humor well, and writing Marty's Internet Show.
September 24, 2018
085 Ennui Loves Customers: Angry Parents, Bratty Kids and Racists
Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to tell their various stories with customers at their respective jobs. They discuss dealing with angry customers, not having stock, being called "autistic", spoiled kids trashing the store, not being able to give a refund, missing items in McDonalds orders, and people hating self-serve.
September 17, 2018
084 The Ennui #Rehash Episode: Mainstream Music, Jerry Seinfeld and 9/11
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together to rehash a number of subjects that they've covered in past episodes of the podcast. They discuss hating reality TV, missing high school, mainstream music, tax returns, soggy biscuit, the value of video games, Jerry Seinfeld, 9/11 memes, Dan Schneider and many other topics they've already discussed.
September 10, 2018
083 Kevin Spacey, Drawn Together and Hulk Hogan
Matthew Winter and Kieren Collison come together as discuss the two Larry Clark films Kids and Ken Park, the allegations against Kevin Spacey and his new film Billionaire Boys Club, Kieren's favourite movie Back to the Future II, when Matt met Hulk Hogan, classic animated reality TV show Drawn Together, and watching your dad's dirty DVDs.
September 3, 2018
082 The Dr. Ennui Show: Filming Problems, Growing Ennui and Meditation
Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together as Jack plays Matt's therapist as he whines about his problems and insecurities. They discuss Matt being in a stressful mood from filming problems and his stagnant company, his insecurities about putting too much pressure on the Ennui Crew, other creators who have been pressured on YouTube, using meditation to help with stress, and Jack's insecurities and fears.
August 27, 2018
081 The Ennui Conspiracy Hour: School Shootings, Bowling for Columbine and Sandy Hook
Matthew Winter and Kieren Collison come together to...flip a coin to decide their topic, and school shootings and conspiracy wins. They discuss the Columbine school shooting and some of the conspiracies around it, the Bowling for Columbine documentary by Michael Moore, and the Government conspiracies about the Sandy Hook shooting.
August 20, 2018
080 Let's Talk Ennui: The Ennui Plus on Patreon Launch
Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to talk about the official launch of Ennui Plus on Patreon. They discuss their Plus, Gold and Elite tiers of their Patreon, the current and future rewards they will receive, what they will get at certain patronage milestones, and the future projects when Ennui Plus on Patreon grows.
August 13, 2018
079 Ennui Loves Reality TV: Bachelor in Paradise, Love Island and The Voice
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together to discuss how Chris believes vitamins and minerals are all placeboes, explaining what they do to old people, their near car accidents in the past month, the concept of reality TV, Matt's favourite reality show Love Island and Bachelor in Paradise, singing reality shows like The Voice, renovation reality shows like Flip or Flop, and what an Ennui reality show would like.
August 6, 2018
078 Ennui Fan Service: Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball Z and Death Note
Matthew Winter and Jack Peterson come together to talk all things anime in an Ennui Fan Service special. The two discuss favourite animes like Daily Lives of High School Boys and Yuri on Ice, the objectively best animes like Attack on Titan and Your Name, popular animes like Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z, bad anime live-action adaptations like Death Note, and if Ennui made an anime.
July 30, 2018
077 Ennui's High School Retrospective: Bullies, Fights and Loser Kids
Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together to reflect on their high school days. The two discuss Ben originally wanting to be a history teacher, Matt getting suspended for hitting a kid, Ben getting a card for "throwing rocks", putting kids in their place, schoolyard fights, and the difference between private school and public school.
July 23, 2018
076 Near Death Experiences, Sucking Dick and Bike Accidents
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together to discuss near death experiences in their lives, what makes someone a racist, if they'd rather sit on a cake and eat a dick or sit on a dick or eat a cake, if getting your dick sucked is gay, and Chris' bike accident.
July 16, 2018
075 Kieren Collison: Funny Boy, Columbine Studier and Degrassi Fanatic
Matthew Winter talks with the new member of the Ennui crew, Kieren Collison. They discuss their first real conversation being on the podcast, being interested in school shootings, Kieren's role in Ennui on camera and behind the scenes, his role in Marty's Internet Show, and both of them liking Degrassi.
July 9, 2018
074 Let's Talk Ennui: Documentaries, Animations and Live Podcasts
Matthew Winter and Ben Davis come together for a Let's Talk Ennui special, where the two discuss the future The Origins of Ennui documentary and what they plan to cover in it, the Australian YouTube and online media scene they want to break into, the return of Marty's Mailbag, what roles the Ennui crew would have, and Ennui's future Twitch presence.
July 2, 2018
073 Ennui's Google Home Experiment: Working Out, The Royal Wedding and OJ Simpson
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge bring in Matt's Google Home to help their chat, discussing the recent Royal Wedding, going to the gym and possibly building their own, being minimalistic in life and on social media, what apps they have on their phones, wanting to go on road trips together, reality television and what OJ Simpson did.
June 25, 2018
072 Groovin the Moo, High School Graduation and School Shootings
Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together for a nice little chat about Groovin The Moo, hitting kangaroos with your car, Marty attending Jack's high school graduation, movies about school shootings, Matt's former YouTube channels, and what's in their wallets.
June 18, 2018
071 The Ennui Live Lounge: Weeaboos, Bronies and Furries
Matthew Winter is joined by Jack Petersen and Kieren Collison for the first (and probably last ever) Ennui Live Lounge special. In this episode, they discuss weeaboos, bronies and furries (where they decide which one they'd rather have sex with), if they'd have a threesome, their friend Jimmy, being Marty's crew on Marty's Internet Show's third season, and their potential series The Soy Boys.
June 11, 2018
070 Ben Davis: Camera Boy, OG Ennui Fan and Assistant to the Famous CEO
Matthew Winter talks with the new member of the Ennui crew, Ben Davis. The two discuss Ben's role as cameraman and co-producer, Ben's history with cameras, the best show on television Brooklyn 99, the ideal Marty fanbase, growing Ennui, and Matt wanting to create comedy music.
June 4, 2018
069 The Ennui XXX Sextacular: Sex in the City, American Pie and Paris Hilton
Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together to talk all things sex in the 69th episode of Ennui Talk, discussing sex positions, the American Pie films, sex scenes in movies, the greatest show on television Sex in the City, Netflix's Riverdale and everybody's favourite Paris Hilton.
May 28, 2018
068 The Famous CEO Birthday Bash: Guitar Hero and Backyard Wrestling
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge (and Brad Hodge for a moment via satellite) celebrate Matt's 22nd birthday in a podcast fashion, discussing childhood birthdays, playing Guitar Hero at other's parties, Matt's backyard wrestling promotion, Matt's Google Home not being plugged in, and ranking the OG Ennui crew by successfulness.
May 21, 2018
067 Ennui's Google Home Experiment: Penile Girth, Science Questions and Ted Talks
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge bring in Matt's Google Home to help their chat, discussing the average size of a non-flaccid penile, how many stars are in the universe, hating primary school, an Ennui D&D podcast, reality TV, string theory and what Ted Talks are.
May 14, 2018
066 Old School Smosh, Supreme Merch and School Boy Anime
Matthew Winter and Jack Petersen come together to discuss the influence of Filthy Frank, the old days of Smosh, the crazy merchandise of Supreme, Matt being a graphic designer in the past, how Jack thinks Ennui can grow, some DVDs on Matt's shelf, Jack's favourite anime Daily Lives of High School Boys, and if Ennui made an anime-influenced series.
May 7, 2018
065 Dance Moms, Dan Schneider and Dog Relationships
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together for a nice little chat, discussing working in fast food, being a dance mom for a day, Dan Schneider being a creepy old man, stupid yet legal things, and Chris' relationship with his dog AirBud.
April 30, 2018
064 Ennui Loves Movies: Baby Driver, The Shape of Water and Black Panther
Matthew Winter and RetroArcadeMonkey come together to talk about movies in an Ennui Loves Movies. In this episode, they discuss the work of Edgar Wright including Baby Driver and Scott Pilgrim vs The World, why The Shape of Water is such an interesting film, and why Black Panther shouldn't be seen as an all-time great movie.
April 23, 2018
063 Jack Petersen: Minecraft Lover, Achievement Hunter Fanatic and Gamer Boy
Matthew Winter talks with the new member of the Ennui crew, Jack Petersen. The two discuss working at McDonalds, his idol SkyDoesMinecraft leaving YouTube, being a big fan of Achievement Hunter, playing CounterStrike, Marty rapping, and the podcasts he listens to.
April 16, 2018
062 Ennui Gamescast: Dungeons and Dragons, Grand Theft Auto and PUBG
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together in the return of the Ennui Gamescast special, where they discuss playing Dungeon and Dragons with Brad and friends, microtransactions in PUBG, creating a better, modern League of Legends, and what they would do if an Ennui Games studio existed.
April 9, 2018
061 DavidToons: Animators on YouTube and Underpriced Artists
Matthew Winter talks with YouTube personality and animator DavidToons, where they discuss their process of getting better at being a creative, staying inspired, how animators on YouTube have pivoted into being animation studios, his life after high school, the underpricing of animators and artists, and "life skills" class at school.
April 2, 2018
060 Marty Talk: Becoming A Gym Junkie (Ennui Plus Preview)
In an Ennui Plus exclusive preview of the season two premiere of the Marty's Internet Show aftershow podcast Marty Talk, "Becoming A Gym Junkie". Alongside consulting producer Chris Hodge, they discuss Brad's improvement in acting and improv, the increased production quality for the second season, what happened when Chris dropped Marty off at the hospital, and how forgetting to film a scene made the episode flow better.
March 25, 2018
059 Ennui Loves TV: Deadwood, Better Call Saul and Nirvanna the Band (feat. Edatlin)
Matthew Winter brings back Edatlin to talk all things television. In this episode, they discuss the 2000s reboot of Battlestar Galactica, the Western series Deadwood, the ongoing drama of Better Call Saul, if Breaking Bad is the all-time best drama, and the Viceland mockumentary Nirvanna the Band the Show.
March 18, 2018
058 Ennui Loves Movies: Pitch Perfect 3, Fifty Shades Freed and The Greatest Showman
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together in the return of the Ennui Loves Movies special, where they discuss the "criticism" of Black Panther, the final Pitch Perfect film, the white-women-pleasing Fifty Shades Freed, Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman, and the plot of the first Ennui film. They also discuss the new Ennui office, Mardi Gras, and Chris' new job.
March 11, 2018
057 Pilot Season Flashback: Pokemon Go, Pro Wrestling and Braveheart
In a flashback to the Ennui Talk Pilot Season, Matthew Winter, with Chris Hodge and Hayden Clark, discuss the rise and imminent fall of Pokemon Go, Matthew's love of pro wrestling, and Chris' Braveheart speech.
March 4, 2018
056 Marty's Internet Show Season 2 Primer
Matthew Winter talks to himself, this time in a Marty's Internet Show Season 2 primer episode, recapping season 1 and previewing season 2. In this episode, Matt discusses the changes between season 1 and 2, how Marty Presents impacted the production process, the season one storyline and structure, and what season 2 will look like. This episode ends with the season 1 retrospective episode of Marty Talk, where Matt, joined by co-producer Hayden Clark, talk about what, at the time, the future of Marty was.
February 25, 2018
055 Valentines Day, Meeting the Yogscast and Why We Watch Gaming Channels
Matthew Winter has a nice chat with Chris Hodge, discussing everything from Valentine's Day, Matt and Brad's trip to RTX Sydney, Brad meeting his heroes in the Yogscast, Twitch streamers and gaming channels they watch, and their upcoming Dungeons and Dragons game.
February 18, 2018
054 Edatlin: Moonface, Homestar Runner and Adult Swim
Matthew Winter talks with writer, voice actor and animator Edatlin. In this episode, they discuss his series including Space Tree and Moonface, how Matt and Ed were going to work together on an animated series years ago, selling out, the legendary Homestar Runner, and the many Adult Swim series they both love.
February 11, 2018
053 Matthew Winter: Famous CEO, Humorous Talking Boy and Internet Show Producer
Matthew Winter brings in Chris Hodge to, in turn, talk about all things Matthew Winter. In this episode, they discuss being a bully victim, being a social outcast because his mum bought him an Xbox instead of a PS2, how he's always wanted to make TV shows and films, getting suspended for hitting a kid in the face, the pressures of going to university, and the his outlook on life.
February 4, 2018
052 A Very Ennui Christmas with RetroArcadeMonkey
Matthew Winter and RetroArcadeMonkey come together during the holidays to celebrate Christmas in their own special way. They discuss Retro getting hit by a car, people being sad on Christmas, bad Christmas music, Jake Paul's Christmas EP and camgirls.
December 24, 2017
051 An Ennui Storytime Special: Runescape Scams, Catfished and Black Rapper Rip-Off
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together to tell some great stories, including getting catfished at the age of 13, getting suspended from school for memes, getting scammed of all your earnings on Runescape, and not getting paid by an ametuer black rapper.
December 17, 2017
050 The Ennui Talk 50th Episode Extravaganza
Matthew Winter is joined by the OG Ennui crew in Hayden Clark, Chris Hodge and Brad Hodge to celebrate the 50th episode of the Ennui Talk podcast. They discuss Elon Musk, Young Sheldon, vaping, Kevin Spacey, being accidentally racist, local elections, and the so-called "fast lane" on escalators.
December 10, 2017
049 Aunty Donna, Filthy Frank and Ricky Gervais
Matthew Winter and RetroArcadeMonkey come together for what Matt incorrectly claims is the 51st episode, and talk about everything, including the Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna, the now-maybe-retired Filthy Frank, and the comedy genius in Ricky Gervais.
December 3, 2017
048 The Ennui Graduation Retrospective: Post-School Jobs, University and Moving Out
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together for a retrospective on finishing high school. In this graduation special, they discuss hanging out the first time after school, getting jobs after school, rejecting their university offers, moving out of home, and why high school doesn't define you.
November 26, 2017
047 Knack 2, Australian Slang and The Eric Andre Show
Matthew Winter and RetroArcadeMonkey come together to talk a homegrown Knack 2 meme, having a sitcom opening shot in a viva voce, being a ballet boy, Australian and British slang, Rick and Morty memes, the Minecraft fandom, Tim and Eric, and the genius of Eric Andre.
November 19, 2017
046 Chris Hodge: Gym Junkie, Aspiring Engineer and Real Sexy Boy
Matthew Winter brings in Chris Hodge to talk about all things Chris Hodge . In this episode, they discuss living on a farm as a child, stories about his two siblings (including Brad from Marty's Internet Show), the Australian education system, his dream jobs, including being an engineer, having a beard, and the progress on his fitness.
November 12, 2017
045 Ennui News Dump: RiceGum, Demonetization and Jake Paul Again (feat. YungCripp)
Matthew Winter and YungCripp come together to review the previous month on the internet. In the October review edition, they talk iDubbbz's RiceGum Content, the recent demonetization issues on YouTube, and the recent troubles with Jake Paul.
November 5, 2017
044 The Ennui Halloween Spooktacular
Matthew Winter is joined by Hayden Clark and Chris Hodge for the first annual Ennui Halloween Spooktacular. In this spooky special, they discuss horror movies, scary video games, Elon Musk, VR horror games, and scary stories and dreams from their past.
October 30, 2017
043 Ennui News Dump: Australian Destinations, Gay Marriage and Fidget Spinners
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge put together another Ennui News Dump special, discussing news from all over the world, including tourist destinations all over Australia, the gay marriage vote going on down under, and the fidget spinner fad.
October 22, 2017
042 Hayden Clark: Filthy Nerd, Wannabe Game Maker and Complete Asshole
Matthew Winter brings in Hayden Clark to talk about all things Hayden Clark. In this episode, they discuss living in Canberra, his assholish behaviour as a kid, his childhood friends including Big Steve, schoolyard memories, his ideal careers, being the top of his graduate year, and taking a gap year before heading to university.
October 15, 2017
041 TV from Our Childhood: Cory in the House, Daria and Degrassi
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge talk one-on-one about television from their childhood, including Mcleod's Daughters, Arthur, Cory in the House, Thomas the Tank Engine, The Saddle Club, Total Drama Island, Daria, Lizzie McGuire, Neighbours, Big Brother, The Simpsons and Degrassi.
October 8, 2017
040 Ennui News Dump: Jake Paul, PewDiePie and KSI (ft. YungCripp)
Matthew Winter and YungCripp come together to review the previous month on the internet. In the September review edition, they talk the beef between Jake Paul and Faze Banks, KSI's comments about Joe Weller's depression, and PewDiePie saying the n-word.
October 1, 2017
039 The Worst of the Internet: Vine Stars, ASMR and YouTube Cringe
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge discuss the worst of the internet, ranging from shock sites like 2 Girls 1 Cup, to the weird world of ASMR, to Vine stars turned YouTubers, to the other trash faces of YouTube.
September 25, 2017
038 Game of Thrones, 9/11 Memes and Shia LaBeouf
Matthew Winter is joined by Chris Hodge and Hayden Clark once again. This time, the Ennui crew discuss anything and everything, including university, millennials, 9/11 memes, weed, the latest season of Game of Thrones, Shia LaBeouf, and ponzi schemes
September 18, 2017
037 What Ennui's Been Watching: Rick and Morty, Evil Dead and Breaking Bad
Matthew Winter and RetroArcadeMonkey talk all things TV and movies, giving a bunch of recommendations and having in-depth discussions on a number of films and series including Breaking Bad, Evil Dead, 1408 and Rick and Morty.
September 11, 2017
036 The Ennui Gamescast: Call of Duty, Minecraft and Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Matthew Winter and Chris Hodge come together to talk all things video games, including the games from their childhood, the genre of games they enjoy most, what games they'd like to make if given the chance, and reading through the top selling games in history.
September 4, 2017
035 Hitting the Gym, Conspiracy Theories and YouTube's Trending Page
Host Matthew Winter, with Chris Hodge, discuss how Chris is attempting to become a fit boy by going to the gym, his supplements he takes and the change in his diet, how the mainstream media warp the nutritious value of food, some of the most popular conspiracy theories such as 9/11, why the new Ghostbusters movie was bad, and the YouTube trending page.
August 14, 2017
034 Wes Anderson, Harmony Korine and Gus Van Sant (with RetroArcadeMonkey)
Host Matthew Winter, with RetroArcadeMonkey, discuss Retro's trip to the US, long-running TV series including The Big Bang Theory, Suicide Squad's Margot Robbie, the two films about Steve Jobs, the Columbine High School Massacre and the films based around it, the movies of Harmony Korine and Gus Van Sant, and of course, the many pieces of Wes Anderson.
August 7, 2017
033 Ennui News Dump: Instagram Trends, Anita Sarkeesian and Disneyland
Host Matthew Winter, with Hayden Clark and Chris Hodge, discuss missing Brad, how life is after high school, how they've changed over the past few years, social constructs and memories from school, what they would have done differently, Hayden's friendships with older people and his life at university, Chris' job and his future career, and Matt's life as an attempting entrepreneur.
July 31, 2017
032 Life After High School, Social Constructs and Schoolyard Memories
Host Matthew Winter, with Hayden Clark and Chris Hodge, discuss missing Brad, how life is after high school, how they've changed over the past few years, social constructs and memories from school, what they would have done differently, Hayden's friendships with older people and his life at university, Chris' job and his future career, and Matt's life as an attempting entrepreneur.
July 24, 2017
031 Let's Talk Ennui: Channel Growth, Gaming Content and Marty (Part 2)
Host Matthew Winter, with Hayden Clark, talk all things Ennui. In part two of this Let's Talk Ennui special, they discuss how to target the Australian audience, how to grow the Ennui brand, how to leverage other projects to grow their own, the past and future of Ennui Talk, when Hayden would dedicate himself to Ennui, the future of Marty's Internet Show and how it will help grow Ennui.
July 19, 2017
030 Let's Talk Ennui: Subscriptions, Exclusives and Community (Part 1)
Host Matthew Winter, with Hayden Clark, talk all things Ennui. In part one of this Let's Talk Ennui special, they discuss the rarely discussed subscription service Ennui Plus, the exclusive content that they want to produce for the service, how they want to reward their supporters, their inspirations for the content they make and want to make, leveraging their personal brand to grow Ennui, using Reddit and Discord to build a community, and how ads work into the Ennui revenue structure.
July 17, 2017
029 Porn Parodies, Shock Sites and Fast Food (ft. YungCripp and ColeoIsCooleo)
Host Matthew Winter, with YungCripp and ColeoIsCooleo, discuss Scooby Doo games, Crash Bandicoot, how the new Powerpuff GIrls sucks, actors who have had huge downfalls, a number of different porn parodies, how Cripp met My Chemical Romance, if cats or dogs are better, what they eat when they go to McDonalds, and what they had for dinner last night.
July 12, 2017
028 Musical Theatre, the Genius of South Park and TV Revivals (ft. RetroArcadeMonkey)
Host Matthew Winter, with RetroArcadeMonkey, discuss acting in an American Idiot musical, the fears of performing in theatre, The Book of Mormon, The South Park film, the genius of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and the revival of Twin Peaks and Samurai Jack.
July 10, 2017
027 What Ennui's Been Watching: OITNB, The Yogscast and h3h3
Host Matthew Winter, with Chris Hodge, talk about their watching habits. In this episode, they discuss Orange is the New Black, the state of reality television and the internet, good YouTube creators such as PewDiePie and h3h3Productions, quality gaming channels including the Yogscast and Sl1pg8r, and what a good gaming channel looks like.
July 5, 2017
026 Being A Crippled Creator and The Collaboration Game (ft. YungCripp)
Host Matthew Winter talks with up and coming internet personality YungCripp. In this episode, they discuss his differentiation with fellow cripple Ricky Berwick, how he doesn't use his disability as a crutch, the troubles of growing yourself on YouTube, the growth of Danielle Bregoli and Jake Paul, why Filthy Frank and iDubbbz have thrived despite their upload schedule, and the future for his content.
July 3, 2017
025 Chris Does China: Gucci, the Maglev and Old People (Part 2)
Host Matthew Winter talks with Chris Hodge about his trip to China. In part two of this Chris Does special, they discuss buying a Gucci scarf, Chinese people, travelling on a maglev train, touring with old people, the Chinese landscape, if he would go back to China and where they both want to travel to in the future.
June 28, 2017
024 Chris Does China: Delayed Flights, the Great Wall and Airport Security (Part 1)
Host Matthew Winter talks with Chris Hodge about his trip to China. In part one of this Chris Does special, they discuss the number of delayed flights, smog, airport security, the Great Wall, Chinese beer and overcoming the language barrier.
June 26, 2017
023 Context, Keemstar, Catch 33 and Colossal is Crazy (ft. Dead on Dave)
Host Matthew Winter talks with Dead on Dave, internet personality and co-host of the Catch 33 podcast. In this episode, they discuss working and be fired by Joe Cronin twice, how much context matters in situations such as PewDiePie's, the origins of the Catch 33 podcast what he thinks of Baited, why he isn't a fan of Keemstar, and why Clown and others are able to thrive in his lack of upload schedule.
June 21, 2017
022 Adult Swim, The Emoji Movie and David Lynch (ft. RetroArcadeMonkey)
Host Matthew Winter, with guest RetroArcadeMonkey, discuss the revolutionary alt-comedy entity of Adult Swim, the upcoming Emoji Movie, what makes David Lynch amazing, and one of our favourite animated web series, Hellbenders.
June 19, 2017
021 Animation on YouTube and Pokemon Parodies (ft. Gumbino)
Host Matthew Winter talks with YouTube animator Gumbino, where the two discuss being an animator on YouTube, his Pokemon Parodies, how he's grown his channel, his animation inspirations, and his view on the YouTube ad boycott.
June 14, 2017
020 Our Childhood on the Web, Content Creation and Making Money Online
Host Matthew Winter, with Hayden Clark, discuss their childhood online, including their uses of Habbo Hotel, Club Penguin and MSN, how advancements in technology have made it easier than ever to make content, and how others monetise their content online with Twitch, YouTube and Patreon.
June 12, 2017
019 YouTube Podcasts and Comedy Music (ft. BionicPIG)
Host Matthew Winter talks with BionicPIG, an internet entertainer and musician. In part two of their talk, they discuss Hot Wet Soup, YouTube podcasts, his upcoming comedy album, creating serious music, Pink Guy, comedy rap music, and how to make discovery easier on YouTube.
June 7, 2017
018 The Rise of the Pig and Longevity on YouTube (ft. BionicPIG)
Host Matthew Winter talks with BionicPIG, an internet entertainer and musician. In part one of their talk, they discuss his rise on YouTube, his original channels, collaborating, creating series on YouTube including The Greatest Show on YouTube, sustaining yourself as a content creator, and why Colossal is Crazy is now seen as a God.
June 5, 2017
017 Amateur Voice Actors and Modern Nickelodeon (ft. RetroArcadeMonkey)
Host Matthew Winter talks with RetroArcadeMonkey, a voice actor, bullshit musician, and narrator for Marty's Internet Show. In this episode, they discuss attempting to play music, his brother's two careers, being a voice actor, modern Nickelodeon and Disney, and Star Wars.
May 31, 2017
016 YouTube's Problems and the Commentary Community (ft. ColeoIsCooleo)
Host Matthew Winter talks with artist and internet comedian ColeoIsCooleo. In this episode, they discuss only been doing art for a year, his dream animated series, the New Zealand YouTube scene, the YouTube content restrictions, the commentary community, and what content creators he watches.
May 29, 2017
015 Ennui Games: Adapting Television and Game Genres (Part 2)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Hayden Clark, discuss the possibility for a video game studio, Ennui Games, developing and publishing games. In part two, they discuss video games spawned from television, including South Park and The Simpsons, as well as a number of game genres we'd like to dabble in, including survival horror, platformers, and, in a change of pace, a backyard wrestling game.
May 22, 2017
014 Ennui Games: Game Development and Distribution (Part 1)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Hayden Clark, discuss the possibility for a video game studio, Ennui Games, developing and publishing games. In part one, they discuss creating and releasing games, including a fusion of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 2 and Bully, as well as a multiplayer Mountain Blade-cross-Skyrim medieval role-playing game, mixing .
May 15, 2017
013 Ennui Loves Movies: Zombeavers, Twilight and Troll 2 (Part 2)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Chris Hodge, discuss bad movies both big and small in this Ennui Loves Movies special. In part two, they talk Cannibal Holocaust, Hobo with a Shotgun, Zombeavers, Troll 2 and Twilight.
May 8, 2017
012 Ennui Loves Movies: Adam Sandler, Paul Blart and Cannibal Women (Part 1)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Chris Hodge, discuss bad movies both big and small in this Ennui Loves Movies special. In part one, they talk Disney Channel films, Adam Sandler, B-movies, typecasting, and Cannibal Women and the Avocado Jungle.
May 1, 2017
011 Ennui Plays: Let's Plays, Gaming Podcasts and E-Sports Coverage (Part 2)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Hayden Clark, discuss their ideas for a gaming channel Ennui Plays and the programming for it. In part two, they cover the need to still incorporate let's plays, different gaming-based podcasts and how they'd work themselves into the e-sports scene.
April 24, 2017
010 Ennui Plays: YouTube Gaming and Twitch Streaming (Part 1)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Hayden Clark, discuss their ideas for a gaming channel Ennui Plays and the programming for it. In part one, they cover creating unique gaming programming for YouTube, and how they would go about live Twitch streaming.
April 17, 2017
009 Ennui News Dump: Exorcisms and Killer Seagulls
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Chris Hodge, discuss some of weirdest news in an Ennui News Dump special. In this episode, they talk exorcisms, vodka for kids, rectum rebuilds, testicle removal, killer seagulls and learner drivers.
April 9, 2017
008 ennui.tv: The Ennui Office and Feature Films (Part 2)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Hayden Clark, discuss their ideas for ennui.tv and the alternative comedy programming for it. In part two, they cover a workplace comedy in an Office-esque situation, based around the We Are Ennui crew, and potential Ennui-produced features.
April 2, 2017
007 ennui.tv: Animated Adventures and Superhero Parodies (Part 1)
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Hayden Clark, discuss their ideas for ennui.tv and the alternative comedy programming for it. In part one, they cover their adult animation ideas, including a Rick and Morty-esque adventure series and a superhero parody.
March 26, 2017
006 Bad Reality TV, YouTube Pranksters and Gamer Rage
Host Matthew Winter, alongside Brad Hodge and Chris Hodge, discuss the worst reality TV shows currently on television, the YouTube prankster fad, specifically Joey Salads, and how Chris is a regular video game rager.
March 19, 2017
005 The Past, Present and Future of Ennui
Host Matthew Winter, alongside friend Hayden Clark, discuss the history of We Are Ennui and ennui.tv, including stories about Matt and Hayden's past ventures in BrainDamagedBudz and BMS, the current state of Ennui with Ennui Talk and Marty's Internet Show, and the future of Ennui, including Matt's animated series ideas and future channel plans.
March 12, 2017
004 Tana Mongoose, iDubbbz and Drag Queens
Host Matthew Winter, alongside friends Hayden Clark and Brad Hodge, discuss the Tana Mongoose / iDubbbz situation, as well as the best show on television, RuPaul's Drag Race.
March 5, 2017
003 SJWs, Bad Acting and Magic the Gathering
Host Matthew Winter, alongside friends Hayden Clark and Brad Hodge, discuss social justice warriors on the internet and Brad's bad acting in Marty's Internet Show, before it turns a Magic the Gathering podcast.
February 26, 2017
002 Scary Movies, Sh*tty Movies and Eating Diapers
Host Matthew Winter, alongside friends Brad Hodge and Chris Hodge, discuss scary movies, including an alien one that nobody remembers the name of, as well as really bad movies, including one about superbabies. There's also talk about eating food out of diapers.
February 19, 2017
001 Making A Documentary and Befriending a Predator
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Redon studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme; mastered engraving from Rodolphe Bresdin, who exerted an important influence; and learned lithography under Henri Fantin-Latour. His aesthetic was one of imagination rather than visual perception. His imagination found an intellectual catalyst in his close friend, the Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Redon was also associated with the group of Symbolist painters.
Redon produced nearly 200 prints, beginning in 1879 with the lithographs collectively titled In the Dream. He completed another series (1882) dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe, whose poems had been translated into French with great success by Mallarmé and Charles Baudelaire. Rather than illustrating Poe, Redon's lithographs are poems in visual terms, themselves evoking the poet's world of private torment. There is an evident link to Goya in Redon's imagery of winged demons and menacing shapes, and one of his series was the Homage to Goya (1885).
About the time of the print series The Apocalypse of St. John (1889), Redon began devoting himself to painting and colour drawing—sensitive floral studies, and heads that appear to be dreaming or lost in reverie. He developed a unique palette of powdery and pungent hues. Though there is a relationship between his work and that of the Impressionist painters, he opposed both Impressionism and Realism as wholly perceptual.


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Jacksonville area residents are generally pretty proud of their lawns and many do whatever it takes to have the greenest grass in the neighborhood. This means spreading weed killers, pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals on yards and following up with heavy dousing to make sure the powerful agents soak into the ground to work their magic.
Unfortunately, those chemicals end up making their way from lawns to storm-water drains and eventually to the St. Johns River via retention ponds and tributaries. Each time it rains, additional pollutants from the roadways — crash debris, dirt, motor oil, gasoline, cigarette butts and trash — are also washed into the St. Johns, where they make up a "chemical soup" that wreaks havoc on the river's ecosystem.
In response to growing pollution problems in local waterways, the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) elicited the help of a team of faculty and student researchers from UNF's Biology Department to conduct a two-year study that may help significantly reduce the level of pollutants in the St. Johns River and its tributaries. Drs. Dale Casamatta, Daniel Moon, Anthony Rossi and Kelly Smith, along with a number of grad students, each play very specific roles in the project, which is being funded through a $175,000 SJRWMD grant and is scheduled to be completed this fall.
The name of the study is "Establishment and Use of Native Vegetative Riparian Buffer Zones for Nutrient Reduction in the Lower St. Johns River," but unless you're a biologist that probably doesn't mean much. In a nutshell, UNF's research team has been working together to study the effects of the introduction of a variety of native vegetation, which was planted along the banks of five tributaries of the St. Johns River, hypothetically to filter pollutants and impurities in the water before it flows into the river.
After identifying a handful of easy-access, mostly urban test sites and assessing the existing native plant communities there, the researchers cleared the banks of trash and removed any exotic plants that may have found their way to the area. Next, the team sectioned off areas along the banks and planted native plants, all which would be under water at various times depending upon the amount of rainfall. Rossi, who specializes in the ecology of plant-insect interactions, headed this part of the study.
"We planted five plant species at each site, including river birch, golden Canna, pickerelweed, summer sweet and maidencane, and four of the five plant choices ended up being excellent choices with a high rate of survivability," said Rossi, associate professor of biology at UNF. "The idea was to try to increase the native biodiversity at each site to filter down runoff from the surrounding land before it gets into the creeks and eventually ends up in the St. Johns."
In order to quantify the data collected at the garden sites, the researchers identified an additional five sites to serve as a control group. But because one of the control sites was on private property and the researchers discovered the owners of the land had been polluting the water, the team decided to abandon that site. "They were apparently doing some illegal things and getting in trouble with some of the state agencies, so every time we showed up to do our research, they'd start freaking out and wouldn't give us permission to go through," Rossi said. "It also looked like they were running an unapproved sewage line right into the creek, which of course is not only illegal, but dumping human waste right into our field site would definitely affect the results of the study."
The team collected water and soil samples before introducing the native plants, and then continued to do so at least twice a month over the two-year period to measure such things as oxygen, chlorophyll, nitrate, phosphate and pH levels. They also collected and counted samples of fish and invertebrates and studied their health throughout the project.
"My part is to study the algae and aquatic bacteria and such, so I monitor how the algal community changes, Tony [Rossi] does the plant-insect interactions so he monitors how the plants are changing, Dan [Moon] monitors the insects as an entomologist, and Kelly [Smith] is our fish biologist," said Casamatta, an assistant biology professor. "The nice thing is between all of us, we can get a really great view of how the ecosystem changes and whether or not these buffers will help clean up the St. Johns River."
Moon, who is also an assistant biology professor, uses dip nets to sweep along the bottom of each creek to collect whatever's there. "The dip net stirs up the top layer of sediment and it gets all your little critters, your aquatic inverts, in your net bag," he said. "And then you can collect them and identify them and count how many you've got. Depending upon the species you find, you can use the diversity — the types and numbers of aquatic insects — as an indicator of water quality."
Smith, an associate biology professor whose research interests focus on juvenile fish ecology in estuarine environments, studies and compares the health of fish that have been placed in cages both upstream and downstream from the garden plots.
"One thing that affects fish growth is water quality, so the idea is that we compare the growth of fishes in cages that are set above the garden to cages set below the garden," Smith said. "If we're seeing differences in the water quality related to the location of the garden, perhaps we'll start seeing a response in the fish."
Unfortunately, many of the fish were washed out of the cages at one of the sites after a major storm event — and at another site a pollution event killed all the fish — so Smith has had to be flexible in her research. "Last year I wasn't able to do the caging study because a lot of the tributaries were dry with the drought, so we held off on the fish study until this year, but now we're having problems with too much rain," she said. "So what we're going to be doing now is looking at changing our study to a short-term feeding and seeing if they're feeding on different types of invertebrates depending on where we cage them, and we're collecting samples of the various fish in the creeks just to see what's living there."
Smith said it's typical in field biology that research adaptations need to be made in reaction to various environmental factors. "These are highly changeable habitats, and I think a lot of the story's going to be told in the vegetation and their response," she said. "The data we're able to collect on the fish populations will provide additional bits of information about the community that we'll be able to include in the study."
The data-collecting phase of the project ends this month, but it will take another three or four months to analyze the data and generate a report to submit to SJRWMD.
According to SJRWMD Technical Program Manager Dr. Dean Dobberfuhl, who came up with the idea for this project and formulated its objectives, there will be several uses for the data. The results will be published in scientific literature for other scientists to use; surveys of intact riparian areas will provide a better understanding of that community; and results will be used to improve restoration efforts in projects that may be conducive to riparian restoration.
"The data will also allow planning and permitting staff to improve their activities with respect to preserving and maintaining riparian habitat and function in the face of ongoing development," Dobberfuhl said.
"Just between our four labs, we've generated so much data that we'll also end up with a number of publications about this study, and our grad students are already presenting papers on it," Casamatta said.
Grad student Jason McGregor said since his involvement in this project he's learned several new scientific methods and techniques to use in the field. "I have also acquired a large database of plant species, both native and non-native, that are present in Florida," he said. "This will be useful in my future career pursuits as well as any research I may pursue."
"Almost nobody does projects that are this inclusive with this many researchers, so it's just been a really neat project," Casamatta said. "We're all looking forward to finding out whether what we've been doing is going to help clean up our river."


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Linking All So Others Succeed, LASOS, Inc., headquartered on Courtland Street in Bel Air, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to expand the a mentoring program for at risk youth.
LASOS will provide mentor help for young people in Harford County who need academic, leadership and social supports to help make successful in the future.
"We are blessed to be able to count PNC as a part of the friends of LASOS programming, their support will allow children to attend summer camp, mentoring programs and leadership opportunities that they would otherwise not have been able to attend," Melynda Vélez, executive director of LASOS, said in a press release.
The grant from the PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from the PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., will allow LASOS to offer programming for more than 250 children, to provide mentoring and leadership opportunities to more than 75.
"PNC is committed to supporting the communities we serve and our children and is pleased to partner with LASOS to further invest in our children," said Lourdes Montes-Greenan, community consultant, PNC Bank. "This program will help prepare our children for a successful future."
The PNC Foundation supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence. The foundation focuses its philanthropic mission on early childhood education and community and economic development, which includes the arts and culture. Through Grow Up Great, its signature cause that began in 2004, PNC has established a $350 million, multi-year initiative to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life.


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In my last post exploring why Jill Abramson was fired as executive editor of the New York Times by Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., the paper's publisher, I cited excerpts from an April 28th e-mail that the Times Company C.E.O., Mark Thompson, sent to Abramson. In it he heaped praise on her, so I asked: "What else happened between Thompson's April 28th plea for her to stay longer and her termination by Sulzberger, eleven days later, on Friday, May 9th?" And the latest detail to emerge involves what Sulzberger has told people at the Times was Abramson's betrayal of trust. Knowing this makes it easier to see why Sulzberger insists that the issue was not one of gender but rather of management and honesty.
One incident I described in that time period was a lunch between Dean Baquet and Janine Gibson, the editor of the Guardian's U.S. operation, who was being courted by the Times to run its digital efforts. I wrote last Thursday, "What Baquet did not know, until Gibson herself mentioned it to him at lunch, I'm told, is that she was offered a managing-editor job comparable to his own. He was, it is fair to say, unenthusiastic, and even angered." After the lunch, Baquet complained to Sulzberger that he had been blindsided. He said he had no idea that Gibson would be ranked alongside him as a co-managing editor; he also raised his general, long-simmering frustration with Abramson's autocratic management style. Was this enough to get her fired? Given the tone of the e-mail from Thompson, something in the story still seemed to be missing.
An answer, reported by Dylan Byers of Politico late yesterday, was that Abramson had been dishonest with Sulzberger and Thompson. Extremely well-informed sources at the paper familiar with the reasons for Abramson's dismissal have also given this account to The New Yorker: they say that Abramson was, essentially, fired for cause, for lying to Sulzberger that she had squared Gibson's rank and arrival with Baquet when, in fact, she had not. The sources say she misled Sulzberger when she said, in person and by e-mail, that she had consulted with Baquet about the offer to Gibson and had worked it all out in detail with him. Baquet was furious. At a dinner with Sulzberger, Baquet basically described the incident as a humiliation. He could no longer work with Abramson. It was him or her. (Politico reported that, when Sulzberger shared Baquet's distress with Abramson, she persisted in assuring him that she had told Baquet everything.) According to this account, her breach with Baquet and Sulzberger was irrevocable. Sulzberger decided to fire Abramson and replace her with Baquet, thus making him the first African-American executive editor of the paper—but under the most sour, trying, and confused circumstances.
Janine Gibson, speaking publicly for the first time about her meetings with Baquet, clouded the case against Abramson somewhat, at least where the accusation of lying is concerned. "I can't speak to Dean's understanding, but it was made clear to me that everybody knew everything about what was being discussed," she told me. "Jill was explicit in our initial conversation when she told me, 'The first thing I have to do is talk to Dean.' I'm mortified that these discussions are in public and feel very strongly that Jill should not have been hung out to dry when she behaved honorably and was trying to do what she thought was best for the New York Times." Gibson has told friends that, not only did she meet with Baquet for lunch on Monday May 5th, she met that morning with him and Abramson together for more than an hour. She had a separate meeting with Sulzberger and Thompson.
Had Sulzberger and Abramson had a more confident and mutually respectful relationship, if there had been greater trust built up over their time together, Times sources say, they might have weathered this crisis. It might have been seen as a matter of unfortunate miscommunication—not a lie, not the cause for a final break. Abramson might have survived. In fact, the paper itself has, arguably, never been better. Instead, Sulzberger could endure the situation no longer and fired her. (Abramson could not be reached for comment.)
Sulzberger has been, to say the least, an imperfect steward of the paper; he has presided over some disastrous investments (About.com) and disastrous appointments (Howell Raines). But he was surely smart enough to know that firing Abramson, the first female editor of the paper, would set off nightmarish publicity.
The suggestion that Sulzberger may have practiced a double standard in pay must be especially painful for him. He can be faulted for many things, but he has championed the traditional news values of the paper and prides himself on being a leader in diversity, showing a far more welcoming attitude toward gay and minority employees than previous publishers; he hired the first woman to lead the newsroom, and now the first African-American, and has made a point of urging diversity in general. And so it must have been especially galling for him to be at the center of criticism regarding gender, and it had to play a role in his finally coming out with such a sharp, counter-punching statement about Abramson's management of the paper and its employees.
Almost from the start, Sulzberger and Abramson had difficult relations, which only frayed with time. Sulzberger, as he said in a public statement issued Saturday, heard repeated reports from people in the Times newsroom in the past few years that Abramson was given to repeated instances of "arbitrary decision-making, a failure to consult and bring colleagues with her, inadequate communication and the public mistreatment of colleagues." In a review of her performance as executive editor, he even told Abramson, not for the first time, that the way she was said to treat colleagues could not continue. It is true that Abramson was not necessarily any more peremptory or erratic than male predecessors like Raines or A. M. Rosenthal. At the same time, she was working in a more modern atmosphere in which there is a greater expectation that executives will be more considerate. Still, there is a legitimate question, one that some women at the Times have raised, about whether a man with similar behavior would be viewed the same way.
The critical view of Abramson, it is fair to say, was shared by many of her senior newsroom colleagues—those who worked with her most closely. They say she had terrific gut instincts when it came to the news; she had particularly keen instincts on Washington stories and the way political stories were likely to play out over time. But they also described someone whose temper was sharp and unpredictable, and who was absent from the newsroom more than she should have been—most notably during Hurricane Sandy. In fact, their descriptions generally jibe with Sulzberger's belated, but sharp statement describing her shortcomings as a manager.
While colleagues agreed it really was difficult at times to work with her, they also acknowledged another side. They say she was capable of enormous personal kindnesses and was especially encouraging of young women in the newsroom. She was, and is, in other words, a complicated person, who might have been, arguably, better suited to the work of an investigative reporter than the leader of a big, fractious, evolving newsroom in the modern era.
From Abramson's point of view, Sulzberger was judging her unfairly; he was too much in her face on a number of news-business issues; and he was too enamored of Thompson, who arrived from the British Broadcasting Corporation. And she grew angry when, in the past month, she heard from a reliable newsroom executive that her compensation might be out of whack with predecessors, including with her immediate predecessor, Bill Keller—something that Sulzberger denies. Abramson hired a lawyer and thought she was gently pursuing her salary and pension case with Sulzberger and Thompson. While Sulzberger and Thompson improved her compensation somewhat, the fact that she pressed the issue at all with a lawyer worsened the relationship considerably. (I have published the salary differentials between Abramson and her male counterparts. The Times insists that the reason for any differences in compensation with male colleagues had nothing to do with Abramson, per se, or gender, but rather length of service and overall reductions in pension benefits at the Times.)
No question, Dean Baquet is a first-rate journalist. His ascent has been roundly welcomed by many colleagues, who see him as a far more subtle manager of people. Both Sulzberger and Abramson always expected him to be the next executive editor—just not this soon. But because Baquet has not spoken publicly, we don't have his direct account of what precisely enraged him about the effort to hire Gibson.
While Sulzberger disparaged Abramson for the way she ran the paper, the Times's own mishandling of this crisis could be taught at the Harvard Business School as a case study in poor management and worse communications. It is an affair in which neither side behaved well or with any finesse and the institution, which is so central to American journalism, suffered.
Read Ken Auletta's Profile of Abramson, from 2011, and watch a video of their conversation at last year's New Yorker Festival.
Note: this post originally listed the Boston Globe among the investments Sulzberger presided over; although he handled that paper's sale, his father made the purchase.
Photograph of Abramson and Sulzberger by Neilson Barnard/Getty.


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In Nintendo's news stream, Nintendo Direct, Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata announced a new feature to the sequel to the game featuring Mario's brother at his best (screaming in fear), Luigi's Mansion 2.
Luigi's ghost sucking proton pack, the Poltergust 3000 will be getting an upgrade to combat stronger more resistant ghosts. A strobe light. Luigi will use this new flash feature to scare and weaken ghosts, making them easier to capture.
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Luigi's Mansion 2 is scheduled for release in spring 2013.


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1 tsp. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Kevin Hill and Cory Dixon scored 13 points each to lead five New Orleans players in double figures in a 94-54 victory over Champion Baptist on Saturday.
Hill also had 10 rebounds for the Privateers (6-13), who shot 62.9 percent (39 of 62) and outrebounded their opponent from Association of Christian College Athletics by a 47-24 margin.
Brandon Likins scored 31 points to lead the Tigers (5-22), who lost 87-50 to New Orleans on Jan. 12. Likins, a junior forward who came in averaging 32.1 points per game, made 12 of 30 shots but was 0-for-7 from 3-point range.
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There are signs the housing industry is improving and much of the foreclosure debacle of 2010 is receding into history.
It is now time to count the many ways in which banks can shoot themselves in the foot regarding the relatively commonplace transaction of loaning people money to buy a house.
First of all, the banking industry abandoned its own standards to write as many mortgages as possible prior to 2007, when the financial system suddenly became top-heavy with loans that were not being repaid.
In the painful market recovery, banks then hired so-called "foreclosure mills," which turned the somber process of foreclosure into a legal windfall for prosecutors. So shoddy were foreclosures handled that five major banks ended up agreeing to pay $26 billion to settle claims of foreclosure abuse.
That was in April 2012. More recently, 10 banks agreed to an $8.5 billion settlement to put to rest similar concerns and on Wednesday Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs agreed to a $557 million settlement, swatting, metaphorically, at the same house fly.
Online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac said Thursday foreclosure filings had fallen 3 percent from 2011 to 2012 and had declined by 36 percent from a peak of 2.9 million properties in 2010.
Foreclosures rose by 55 percent in New Jersey in 2012 and dropped 57 percent in Nevada, the difference being that the Garden State represents the 25 states where foreclosures rose last year, 20 of which require foreclosures be handled with a judicial review. Nevada, conversely, represents the states where foreclosures declined, 19 of which do not require a judicial review.
The long and the short is that states requiring a judicial process will invariably catch up with the rest of the country and, barring unforeseen circumstances, foreclosures will return to normal levels soon.
Into this drawn-out opera steps the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created by the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill.
Morning reports said the CFPB will announce rules for foreclosures on Thursday. In about as simple and predictable as a regulator can get, one of the rules involves requiring banks to keep accurate and accessible records on mortgages, including information on payments.
Secondly, loan services will be no longer be allowed to begin the foreclosure process until options for loan modifications have been properly handled.
When a homeowner falls behind on some bills, including the mortgage payment, said homeowner becomes reluctant to open the mail, especially if it comes from a loan servicer. The new rules put more responsibility on lenders to make sure loan modification options are addressed.
To one analyst, the rules are reminiscent of asking a liquor company to make sure customers don't drink too much.
"The servicers are being asked to split their loyalties a little bit," attorney Jennifer Dioguari told The New York Times.
But the assumption is that mortgages and loan modifications are difficult to understand and the risks involved affect the homeowner, the community and the overall economy. Servicers that handle these issues every day should have a larger share of the responsibility for making sure borrowers understand all the options.
In international markets Thursday, the Nikkei 225 index in Japan rose 0.09 percent while the Shanghai composite index in China slipped 1.06 percent. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong lost 0.07 percent while the Sensex in India added 0.74 percent.
The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia climbed 0.38 percent.
In midday trading in Europe, the FTSE 100 index in Britain gained 0.44 percent while the DAX 30 in Germany rose 0.78 percent. The CAC 40 in France added 1.05 percent while the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.46 percent.