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Every week, a few members of the Vox Culture team gathered to talk out the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel. This week, critic at large Todd VanDerWerff and staff writers Constance Grady and Caroline Framke discuss the season finale, "Night," and the first season in full.
Caroline Framke: Over 10 episodes, The Handmaid's Tale has done its utmost to be a study of power: how to attain it, how to keep it, how it can lead to widespread corruption that seeps into every splintering crack. Like Margaret Atwood's original novel, the series has been a study in how finding a will and a way to be defiant under oppressive rule can be all the oppressed have — and how the reality of having to be a hero can be both harder and easier than you ever imagined. It can be as hard as trying to smuggle a package out of an underground brothel, or as easy as looking at a stone you were supposed to throw at someone's skull and just dropping it onto the frozen ground.
But outside of those grander themes, The Handmaid's Tale is also just about a mother being desperate to find the daughter who was taken from her, and the hell she endures in the aftermath of that heartbreaking event.
The Handmaid's Tale has an awful lot of tricky elements to balance, and the strain of that task showed in the middle of its first season as flashbacks and tangents focusing on people other than the actual Handmaids overshadowed most everything else. But "Night" is a really good season finale, if only because it manages to tie together so many of the season's most pressing conflicts and themes and the characters they center on: June's fear versus her determination, Serena Joy's impotent fury, the Commander's willful oblivion. The season's final scene is almost exactly like the book's, with June being taken away in an Eye van. The biggest difference, though, is a crucial one: A test confirms that June is pregnant.
Between that, Moira's escape to Canada, Serena trying to keep her Handmaid in line by almost literally dangling June's daughter in front of her as collateral, and the Handmaids' refusal to stone Janine to death, there's a lot to talk about. How did you both like the finale? Was it a satisfying end to the season and/or a decent setup for season two?
Constance Grady: For me, this was the most successful ending — and the most successful use of ironic pop music — that the show has managed since its stunning first three episodes. The final shot of June's serene face in the Eye van struck exactly the right note of ambiguity: She is either about to be punished horrifically for her crimes or to escape because Nick is secretly an undercover member of the Resistance (and let's face it, that's the most likely outcome), but either way, she has decided she will not be ground down. And in Gilead, that is a radical act.
When The Handmaid's Tale first introduced the idea that there could be something subversive and powerful about being a Handmaid, back in episode four with that triumphant power walk, it did so clumsily. June's exultant, "We're Handmaids. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, bitches" — after she convinces the Commander to let her leave the house — felt at best unearned and at worst malignant. It felt like part of the same ideology that suggests that soft power, which is the ability to influence those who actually have power to act on your behalf, is secretly preferable to hard power, which is the ability to actually act on your own behalf. Who needs the right to vote if you can convince your husband to vote the way you want him to, right? Who needs to be legally considered a person if you can manipulate your owner into overruling his wife and letting you walk outside?
But in "Night," The Handmaid's Tale works its way back around to finding an emotionally true way of thinking about the power of the Handmaids as a caste. It's a power that lies less in the ability of the Handmaids to manipulate their way to survival, and more in their ability to find solidarity with one another, to stand together and resist.
Of course, June is most likely going to miss facing the full consequences of that resistance, because she is probably on her way to Canada. So next season, I hope the series somehow finds a way to show us what happens to the other Handmaids who followed her lead.
Caroline: I was really encouraged by the way the stoning ended up unfolding (which is not a sentence I ever saw myself writing). Both on the show and outside of it, via statements from its creative team, Hulu's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale has gone out of its way to emphasize women's culpability in their own subjugation, addressing the lengths some people will go to to maintain their own power by pitting women against each other (such as with the Commander's wives often being more ruthless with the Handmaids than their husbands).
Like you said, Constance, the Handmaids' refusal to stone one of their own shows how powerful unity can be. This may be an outcome Aunt Lydia and the others in charge of Gilead once feared, but as we saw in a flashback to June's first day as a Handmaid, those in power also assumed they could shock and beat the fight out of the Handmaids. Whatever happens to the Handmaids next — and as Lydia says, "There will be consequences" — they've at least proved their oppressors wrong.
However, we're going to have to agree to disagree on the music, because man, did this episode's song choices bring me out of the episode. Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" — a powerful song when used right — just about killed the momentum of the Handmaids leaving the stoning, and Tom Petty's "American Girl" was timed so bluntly at the end that it left me frustrated and rolling my eyes.
But I know Todd feels differently. So Todd, won't you please tell us why these music choices were great and the finale was great and stop hating good TV, Caroline, god?
Todd VanDerWerff: "Feeling Good" I can defend less strenuously. I tend to think about music on TV not as how the showrunner wants us to feel, but as how it feels to be inside the character's head at that moment. So I bought June being jubilant in that moment. Her life doesn't leave much room for such emotion, and this is a big win for her. I've also always found that song a little sadder and more desperate than most people do, I think. Nina Simone's voice is so world-weary that it's not hard to find those hints here and there.
But "American Girl" I thought was pretty much perfect. Talk about a song that's laden with melancholy but hides it via seemingly enthralling melody! And I thought it worked well here, in particular, because director Kari Skogland staged the scene so that as the doors of the Eye van close, cutting us off from seeing June, Elisabeth Moss gradually turns to look directly at camera. But you can barely see it, because the light is being removed from the shot. It does what I want a TV season's final shot to do, in summarizing essentially the entire season to this point, and I don't think it would've worked if the music didn't seem so effusive.
That said, I thought "Night" was pretty close to the best finale this season could have had. I might quibble with a few decisions here and there, but I have no outright complaints. The episode isn't at the level of The Handmaid's Tale's pilot or that devastating third episode, but it's right up there. Between it and the ninth episode, I imagine there will be a few sighs of relief among those of us who bet on the show, then worried slightly as various midseason missteps seemed to portend worse things to come.
Indeed, I can't count all the times this finale walks right up to the edge of doing something disastrous, then backs away. The package June secreted away in her bedroom, for instance, simply turns out to be a huge bundle of letters that Handmaids have written to tell their stories, rather than a bomb or something. Choosing the emotional beat over the action beat at this point in the show's run is the smart move, and it gives the non-stoning additional heft. (Similarly, Moira and Luke reuniting in Canada benefits from being played in a more muted fashion than you might expect.) This approach doesn't apply to every storyline — we saw Warren get his hand cut off! — but it applies to most.
Or maybe I just loved that "Night" put June right back at the center, and Moss's tremendous performance with it. Watching her dissolve at the sight of Hannah in one of those tiny pink robes was almost too much to bear. Something that's so close is still so far out of reach, indeed.
Constance: I agree that the last shot of "Night" is just about perfect, and part of what makes it work so well is the way it plays off a shot of June that we see halfway through the episode: She's walking down a staircase, and the camera lingers for just a beat too long on her stomach, cropping her head out of the frame. Gilead wants to turn her into nothing but a pregnant womb with no identity of her own, and June keeps fighting to assert herself, to bring her identity and her face back into focus — and at the end of the episode, she's finally able to do so.
This episode made me think about showrunner Bruce Miller's recent remark that the most intimate relationship in The Handmaid's Tale is the relationship between June and Offred, between June's desire to escape Gilead and assert her own personhood and Offred's desire to comply and stay safe. Because totalitarian states destroy trust, the only "person" June can trust to be completely open with her is herself — and ultimately, her struggle isn't with Gilead in the form of the Commander or Serena Joy, but with Gilead in the form of her own fear.
That idea puts June's regular stream of inspirational speeches and voiceovers into some context, in that the show seems to be thinking about them as a series of episodes in her fight with herself, but I still think a lot of them were too clunky to be as dramatically effective as they were intended to be. That said, when June dropped the stone in "Night," it felt earned: She was choosing to direct her anger toward Gilead, instead of letting Gilead redirect her anger onto a probably blameless target the way she did during the Salvaging all the way back in episode one, and we could see the emotional impetus for it.
Todd: I should say here that my assumption is that June will be back in the Waterford household next season, reporting on Waterford to the Eyes. Her pregnancy is too good of a screenwriting "ticking clock" for the show to put her in another location. So take all of the below with a grain of salt if she does end up in Canada.
But I loved the way "Night" framed June's pregnancy as something that finally weaponized her, in a way. She doesn't want this pregnancy in the slightest. But if she was already unlikely to lose her life for stepping out of line as a fertile woman, there's much more she can get away with now that she's pregnant, and some part of her must know this. For nine months, she has an added layer of protection that will let her, say, scream curse words at Serena or try to pit the Commander and his wife against each other.
Now, it's not like June is going to suddenly become a revolutionary. The conflict inside her is still there, and Gilead almost assuredly has thought of ways to subjugate pregnant women, despite their value to the country's overall fertility project. June's life won't stop being an unending nightmare. But the first half of this episode is just a long series of shoes dropping, and June's dropping a lot of them. Pregnancy hasn't given her anything even close to freedom, but it has given her the opportunity to be a little more reckless. I'm excited to see that side of the character.
Caroline: June's pregnancy is one of the most shocking things to come out of this season, but in retrospect, I really should've seen it coming. If The Handmaid's Tale is to live beyond the scope of its source material, it was only a matter of time before a pregnancy re-complicated things. This development puts a huge rift in June's world. But we looked on as she desperately, ferociously snarled at Serena that Serena is an "evil bitch" and a "motherfucking cunt" while they drove away from Hannah; June knows she can be bolder now that she's fulfilled the one duty Gilead believes in the most.
"Night" also contextualizes the fact that June's biggest, boldest action to date happens after finding out she's pregnant, after spitting fire at Serena and getting nothing but ice in return. Even though it's incredibly brave to drop the stone, June knows she can do it and walk away, even if there are other consequences. The fact that the rest of the Handmaids immediately follow suit is what makes the moment extraordinary.
It also brings the subtext of the Handmaids' collective horror — previously traded through quick glances from behind their bonnet wings — into stark text that's impossible to ignore. It's the kind of action that, like Constance said, might have felt cheap or unearned earlier on in the season, but 10 episodes later, we not only know the weight of this action but feel it.
I think that's partly why I wasn't quite as moved by the final sequence as either of you were. The moments leading up to June making her slightly smirky way down the Waterfords' staircase and the credits smashing to "American Girl" were saturated with voiceover, verbatim from the book, telling us exactly what we'd already understood from June's face before, during, and after the stoning. It was an unnecessary recap that, for me, undercut the power of the moments themselves — a deflating balloon instead of the piercing burst it could've been.
Constance: That final voiceover is absolutely overly literal, but I was honestly a little relieved to hear it. It's just about word for word the last few lines of the book, before the epilogue, in which Offred heads off to her final ambiguous fate, and I think part of the reason the final sequence works so well for me is that it's devoted to hitting the creepy, anxious release of tension that makes the end of Atwood's book so moving. We've talked a lot in these recap discussions about how much The Handmaid's Tale has struggled to make its end-of-episode catharsis tonally consistent with the claustrophobia of the rest of the show's universe, but that kind of release — which is also somehow a little oppressive — is exactly the kind of emotional register Atwood excels at capturing.
Would it have been more artistically compelling if the show had found a way to hit those notes without having Moss recite Atwood's exact words at the same time that we saw them dramatized? Yeah, probably. But to be honest, I don't entirely trust this show to get there on its own. I'm okay with it keeping the Atwood training wheels on when the song it's playing (to mix my metaphors wildly) is this impressive.
Caroline: I can accept that! And I can also agree with Todd that "Night" is by and large the best finale this season could have had. It centers June and the Handmaids in a way the middle of the season largely forgot to do. As those letters in June's bundle reminded June of the fact that she and her fellow Handmaids were and are people — each starring in their own Handmaid's Tale — it felt like the show was remembering the same. If season one was all about deconstructing how power shifts and steals agency and pushes people to their moral edges, I hope season two's story finds a way to give power back to those who need it most.
The entire first season of The Handmaid's Tale is now available to stream on Hulu.


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LVO and Adepticon Prep: How to Plan For Tournaments – FTN
We're back to 40K Fundamentals in this episode. We start off with Warzone: ATL recaps and move onto tournament prep.
Hey all,
In this episode we re-cap Warzone: Atlanta and joke a little bit about how we've reached another major tournament milestone by having our very own controversy. Please note that while we keep it light on the air I understand that this is no laughing matter and my apology to those negatively impacted by the incident is from the heart sincere. The integrity of our event is extremely important and something we will always have in focus, year after year. The incident is well documented in other places.
In the second part of the show I am joined by Chandler and Evan from Facing the Grey Tide Podcast. These guys are big supporters of my show and I am always happy to talk to them and have them on ours.
The second part of the show we talk about how to get ready for a tournament, specifically related to list design but also with a heavy focus on your own hobby standards.
We all approach getting ready for a tournament a little differently. Some need months and months to get ready for the table and some are able to cram all of their painting in the night before. With this in mind how long it takes you to get ready for an event is largely up to you and there is no wrong way to do it – as long as you're ready on the morning of the tournament.
'When' you lock in your list is something you have judge for yourself. For me…. I can get several units painted to a better than tabletop standards in 2-3 weeks. I've got my sights set on competing at the Las Vegas Open in January. I need to have a list locked in by the middle of December. This will allow for Holiday time as well. I understand that things ALWAYS come up so when you are preparing for a tournament, or any project, you need a little buffer time in there as well.
I say all this not to really tell you what *I* am doing but so you can think about your own hobby time. Winning a tournament is a lot more than just putting together the best armylist.
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February 14 - Nailesh Gandhi, director of Mumbai-based Express Transport Pvt. Ltd., is pictured receiving the WCO Certificate of Merit, conferred by Pranab Mukherjee, India's Finance Minister, on February 2.
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Tudor sets the (two-) tone in Geneva… and in doing so offers some serious alternatives to nigh-on-unobtainable Rolexes.
For its big Watches and Wonders 2022 reveal, Tudor has predictably confined most of its novelties to the popular and ever-burgeoning Black Bay range, with perhaps the biggest news of all being that the brand has seen fit to equip the versatile, sporty-yet-dressy two-tone 31, 36, 39 and 41mm S&G versions with COSC-certified manufacture calibres.
This, at last, makes the Black Bay 36 S&G a viable alternative — and at around half the price — to the Rolex Explorer, which enthusiasts always though it should be (though that, of course, will obviously depend on availability). New dial decorations and diamond-set bezels and hour markers are also available, and all but the 31mm version, which provides a reserve of 50 hours, offer a whole weekend's-worth of power without winding.
Also new to the Black Bay line-up is the revised Black Bay Chrono S&G, which now features gorgeous gold dials with black sub-registers and a line of red text that whispers "Daytona". Powered by the column-wheel MT5813 calibre, a collaboration between Tudor and Breitling, it now comes on a Jacquard Strap, a two-tone bracelet or a handsome aged brown-leather bund strap. Now more than ever, the Black Bay Chrono gives off the vibe of the '50s-themed motor-racing watch that it always aspired to be.
And the addition of a two-tone S&G model to the Black Bay GMT range, which comes with a "root-beer" rotating bezel, looks like another cheeky — but gloriously nostalgic — nod in the direction of Rolex's own GMT Master II, which as we all know is among the most unobtainable timepieces on the planet. We can expect the rush for this one to be almost equally as frantic.
Rounding out the new Black Bays is a dual-time 39mm Pro model with a fixed steel bezel adorned with 24-hour increments, a flush-set winding crown and a rugged outdoor demeanour. Like all "full-size" Black Bays powered by manufacture movements, if offers a properly weekend-proof reserve of 70 hours.
And last but not least are the only new Tudors that aren't named Black Bay, namely a number of new references in the daily-wearing Royal range, which comfortably straddles the divide between chic and casual, and covers four sizes, from 41 to 28mm. Powered by chronometer-rated Sellita calibres and in steel or steel-and-gold cases with integrated bracelets, these new watches feature notched or diamond-set steel or gold bezels and an array of sunray dials, with gem-set mother-of-pearl now an option.
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Pure (Covenant #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
There is need. And then there is Fate
Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her.
When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing Alex into servitude or killing her.
When the gods are involved, some decisions can never, ever be undone.
My review:
A little better than the first one and a little bit more interesting. There were a lot of emotional moments with a lot of steamy ones and also there was pain and heartbreak. I was crying so hard in a few chapters and a few made me laugh. That was mostly Seth. I never trusted him but he is an unpredictible and a funny guy which makes me like him. In this book Aiden made me hate him and then he made me fall in love with him. I liked his jelaous side. This is the book that made me both team Aiden and team Seth and I just couldnt decide. This series keeps getting better with every book.


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Mindy and I met in the Spring of 2004 in Berlin, Germany. We fell in love and got married two years later in September 2006 in the Botanical Gardens near Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Through the years we achieved many goals together, watched each other grow and overcome fears/hurdles and created an endless number of travel memories.
After getting married we lived in Toronto, Canada for almost 6 years before moving to Chiang Mai, Thailand with a couple 6 month stints of living in Tampa, Florida in between. During this time I watched Mindy overcome her fear of flying and bugs and she watched me face my fear of heights.
We lived in four countries, traveled to over 30 and immigrated twice. We saw Mt. Everest by moonlight and the Grand Canyon at sunrise. We slept on the Great Wall of China, walked on the beaches of Lesbos and skated the entire length of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Canada.
We walked with elephants in Cambodia, came upon a bear in Newfoundland and were charged by a moose in Alaska. We celebrated the winter solstice with Mayans at Tikal, Guatemala, Yi Peng with Thais in Thailand and the Balinese New Year in Bali.
After 16 years, we have parted ways as a married couple. I am hoping that this post brings me closer to closure.
Favorite Travel Memories
As I reflect on our decade and a half of marriage, I have so many wonderful memories of traveling with Mindy. My most memorable include brushing my teeth at the base of Mount Everest, Tibet, experiencing a thunderstorm roll through at the Grand Canyon, USA and hiking up the Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala.
I loved feeling the breeze of thousands of bats swarming by me as they flew out of a cave opening in Lanquin, Guatemala. I loved scuba diving in Hopkins, Belize and Donsol, Philippines. I loved visiting the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, Philippines, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey and the New Synagogue in Berlin, Germany.
I enjoyed attempting to walk on water in the Sea of Galilee and watching Mindy try to part the Red Sea in Eilat, Israel only to discover that neither of us were prophet material.
I loved hot-air ballooning in Vang Vieng, Laos, motorbiking through Pai, Thailand, riding the train across Java, tuktuking our way through Manila traffic, and memorizing every stop on Berlin's transportation system.
I loved walking the hallowed beaches of Skala Eresos on the Greek island of Lesbos, hiking up Mosnica Gorge for a beautiful view of Lake Bohinj in Slovenia, and hiking down to Ooh Aah Point in Arizona's Grand Canyon.
I'l never forget when our bus broke down in Guatemala leaving us stranded in a Mayan village on Christmas Eve. I remember getting caught in the rain after our first Yi Peng festival with no transportation back to our home in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I remember the overnight train across China with squat toilets and amazing scenery and navigating extreme potholes throughout Southeast Asia. I'm taking all these unforgettable memories and so many more with me as I begin the next chapter of my life.
Keeping in touch!
While we each move in separate directions, we have both developed a new online presence. Please visit our new pages:
See what Mindy's up to as she creates her memory list. And I have created a new vegan lesbian travel blog as I still plan to travel, travel, travel.
Thank You!
I am so grateful to you, our wonderful readers, followers and fans, for taking the journeys with us as we explored the globe. I always enjoyed the comments, suggestions and engagement on our social media platforms and appreciate each and every one of you. And so I want this farewell to be accompanied by a big thank you to all of you who have followed us throughout our years of bounding over our steps.


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Robert Pattinson, who rely on fan websites for his schedule, was impressed on how his fans found his plans and schedule.
Lindsay Lohan's Controversial Photo Is A Set-up
Lindsay Lohan defended herself when a photograph, which showed white powder, has surfaced online.
Scarlett Johansson Defends 'Obama' E-Mails
Scarlett Johansson is blaming "extreme sexism" over the media hooplah surrounding her e-mail exchanges with Barack Obama — electronic exchanges that have been characterized as being more than just political in nature.


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text: DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 Source Address Option Deutsche Telekom AG CTO-ATI, Landgrabenweg 151 Bonn NRW 53227 Germany email@example.com Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China +86-10-6278-5822 firstname.lastname@example.com Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China +86-10-6260-3059 email@example.com Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P.R. China +86-10-6278-5822 email@example.com Internet DHCWG DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 describes a mechanism for dynamically configuring IPv4 over an IPv6-only network. For DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 to function with some IPv4-over-IPv6 softwire mechanisms and deployment scenarios, the operator must learn the /128 IPv6 address that the client will use as the source of IPv4-in-IPv6 tunnel. This address, in conjunction with the IPv4 address and the Port Set ID allocated to the DHCP 4o6 client are used to create a binding table entry in the softwire tunnel concentrator. This memo defines two DHCPv6 options used to communicate the source tunnel IPv6 address between the DHCP 4o6 client and server. It also describes a method for configuring the client with the IPv6 address of the border router so that the softwire can be established. It is designed to work in conjunction with the IPv4 address allocation process. Deterministic IPv4-over-IPv6 transition technologies require that elements are pre-configured with binding rules for routing traffic to clients. This places a constraint on the location of the client's tunnel endpoint: The tunnel endpoint has to be a pre-determined prefix which is usually be configured on the home gateway device. describes a DHCPv6 based mechanism for provisioning such deterministic softwires. A dynamic provisioning model, such as using DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 allows much more flexibility in the location of the IPv4-over-IPv6 tunnel endpoint, as the IPv6 address is dynamically signalled back to the service provider so that the corresponding tunnel configuration in the border router (BR) can be created. The DHCP 4o6 client and tunnel client could be run on end devices attached to any routable IPv6 prefix allocated to an end-user, located anywhere within an arbitrary home network topology. Dynamic allocation also helps to optimize IPv4 resource usage as only clients which are currently active are allocated IPv4 addresses. This document describes a mechanism for dynamically provisioning softwires created using DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 (DHCP 4o6), including provisioning the client with the address of the softwire border router (BR) and informing the service provider of client's binding between the dynamically allocated IPv4 address and Port Set ID and the IPv6 address that the softwire Initiator will use for accessing IPv4-over-IPv6 services. It is used with DHCP 4o6 message flows to communicate the binding over the IPv6-only network. The service provider can then use this binding information to provision other functional elements in their network accordingly, e.g. using the client's binding information to synchronise the binding table in the border router. The mechanism described in this document is only suitable for use for provisioning softwire clients via DHCP 4o6. The options described here are only applicable within the DHCP 4o6 message exchange process. Current softwire technologies suitable for extending to incorporate DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 with dynamic IPv4 address leasing include and . The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. The solution in this document is intended for the dynamic establishment of IPv4-over-IPv6 softwires. DHCP 4o6 supports dynamically allocating (shared) IPv4 address. For a softwire to be successfully created, the IPv4 address has to be linked to the client's IPv6 tunnel source address. Within this process, the DHCP 4o6 client uses a DHCPv6 option to signal its tunnel source IPv6 address to the DHCP 4o6 server so that the operator's provisioning system can create the binding and configure the tunnel concentrator accordingly. Two new DHCPv6 options are defined in this memo: OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT and OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR. They are intended to be used alongside the normal DHCPv4 IPv4 address allocation message flow in the context of DHCP 4o6. If a DHCP 4o6 client supports this mechanism, it MUST include the code of OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT in the Option Request Option (ORO) when requesting IPv4 configuration through DHCP 4o6. The communication of parameters between the client and server is a two-way process: OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT is optionally used by the DHCP 4o6 server to indicate to the client a preferred IPv6 prefix for binding the received IPv4 configuration and sourcing tunnel traffic. This may be necessary if there are multiple IPv6 prefixes in use in the customer network (e.g. ULAs), or if the specific IPv4-over-IPv6 transition mechanism requires the use of a particular prefix for any reason. When the client has selected an IPv6 address to bind the IPv4 configuration to, it passes the address back to the DHCP 4o6 server using OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR. To configure a softwire, the initiator also requires the IPv6 address of the BR. Section 4.2 of defines option 90 (OPTION_S46_BR) for this purpose, but mandates that the option can only be used when encapsulated within one of the softwire container options: OPTION_S46_CONT_MAPE, OPTION_S46_CONT_MAPT or OPTION_S46_CONT_LW. From Section 3 of : "Softwire46 DHCPv6 clients that receive provisioning options that are not encapsulated in container options MUST silently ignore these options." This document updates to remove this restriction for DHCPv6 option 90 (OPTION_S46_BR) allowing it to appear directly within the list of options in the client's ORO request and directly within subsequent messages sent by the DHCPv6 server. The following diagram shows the client/server message flow and how the options defined in this document are used. In each step, the relevant DHCPv4 message is given above the arrow and the relevant options below the arrow. All the DHCPv4 messages here are encapsulated in DHCPv4-query or DHCPv4-response messages, and those options are included in the 'options' field of the DHCPv4-query or DHCPv4-response message. | | ORO with OPTION_S46_BR, | | OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT(DHCPv6) | | | | DHCPOFFER (DHCPv4) | Step 2 |<-----------------------------------------------------| | OPTION_S46_BR, OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT | | (cipv6-prefix-hint with service provider's | | preferred prefix) (DHCPv6) | | | | DHCPREQUEST (DHCPv4) | Step 3 |----------------------------------------------------->| | OPTION_S46_BR, | | OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR (cipv6-bound-prefix with | | client's bound /128 IPv6 address) (DHCPv6) | | | | DHCPACK (DHCPv4) | Step 4 |<-----------------------------------------------------| | OPTION_S46_BR, | | OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR (cipv6-bound-prefix with | | client's bound /128 IPv6 prefix) (DHCPv6) | | | ]]> A client attempting dynamic softwire configuration includes the option code for OPTION_BR_PREFIX, OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT in the DHCPv6 ORO in all DHCPv4-query messages it sends. When a DHCP 4o6 Server replies with a DHCPOFFER message, it SHOULD include OPTION_S46_BR. It MAY also include OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT, which is used to indicate a preferred prefix that the client should use to bind IPv4 configuration to. If this option is received, the client MUST perform a longest prefix match between cipv6-prefix-hint and all prefixes/addresses in use on the device. If a match is found, the selected prefix MUST then be used to bind the received IPv4 configuration to and source the tunnel from. If no match is found, or the client doesn't receive OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT the client MAY select any valid IPv6 address to use as the tunnel source. Once the client has selected which prefix it will use, it MAY use either an existing IPv6 address that is already configured on an interface, or create a new address specifically for use as the softwire source address (e.g. using an Interface Identifier constructed as per Section 6 of ). If a new address is being created, the client MUST complete configuration of the new address, performing duplicate address detection (if required) before proceeding to Step 3. OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR is used by the client to inform the DHCP 4o6 Server which IPv6 address the IPv4 configuration has been bound to. The client MUST put the selected IPv6 softwire source address into this option and include it in the DHCPv4-response message when it sends the DHCPREQUEST message. option-code: OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT (TBA1) option-length: 1 + length of cipv6-prefix-hint, specified in bytes. cipv6-hintlen: 8-bit field expressing the bit mask length of the IPv6 prefix specified in cipv6-prefix-hint. Valid values are 0 to 128. cipv6-prefix-hint: The IPv6 prefix indicating the preferred prefix for the client to bind the received IPv4 configuration to. The length is (cipv6-hintlen + 7) / 8. The field is padded on the right with zero bits up to the nearest octet boundary when cipv6-prefix-hint is not evenly divisible by 8. OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT is a singleton. Servers MUST NOT send more than one instance of the OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT option. On receipt of the OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT option, the client makes the following validation checks: The received cipv6-hintlen value is not larger than 128. The received cipv6-hintlen value is not larger than the number of bytes sent in the cipv6-prefix-hint field. (e.g. the cipv6-hintlen is 128 but the cipv6-prefix-hint has only 8 bytes). For either of these cases the receiver MAY either discard the option and proceed to attempt configuration as if the option had not been received, or attempt to use the received values for the long prefix match anyway. The receiver MUST only use bits the cipv6-prefix-hint field up to the value specified in the cipv6-hintlen when performing the longest prefix match. cipv6-prefix-hint bits beyond this value MUST be ignored. The format of DHCPv4 over DHCPv6 Source address option is defined as follows: option-code: OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR (TBA2) option-length: 16. cipv6-src-address: 16 bytes long; The IPv6 address that the client has bound the allocated IPv4 configuration to. Security considerations which are applicable to are also applicable here. IANA is requested to allocate a DHCPv6 option code for OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR_HINT and a DHCPv4 option code for OPTION_DHCP4O6_SADDR. The authors would like to thank Ted Lemon, Lishan Li and Tatuya Jinmei for their contributions and comments.


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George and Theresa grew up in towns (near Valley Forge, PA) about a dozen miles apart as the crow flies. We met in college in 1976, married in 1978 and moved to NYC a few months later.
In 1980 we moved outside Atlanta where we have been ever since.[Read more…]
George was raised in Oaks, PA and graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia. He had a wonderful career in various technical and managerial positions in the computer industry. His work took us to New York City and then Atlanta.[Read more…]
Theresa Giampa was raised in Ambler, PA and became a Registered Nurse just prior to our marriage. She went on to become a Certified Nurse Midwife and gathered 4 degrees along the way. Today she leads a team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[Read more…]
Unlike her Northern transplant parents, Laura was born in the South. She attended Montessori school, then Greater Atlanta Christian and graduated from St. Pius X. Laura went on to the University of Georgia (2 degrees) and Georgia State University (1 degree).[Read more…]
William and Laura met at the University of Georgia and were married 4 years later on May 28, 2016 in Berkeley Lake. They enjoyed a 3-week honeymoon in Germany. The following August, they relocated to Charlottesville, VA in order for Laura to complete her studies at UVA.
William graduated from UGA the year before Laura. He is now well down the path in his pursuit of a land surveyor license (a long process).[Read more…]
Pebbles and BamBam were sister and brother (respectively; same litter) Shih Tzu and were a part of our family from 2000 until 2018. Even though they grew old, we always called them puppies. Sadly BamBam passed away at age 18 on May 25th and Pebbles 7 months later on December 28th. We will always remember them fondly.[Read more…]
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Toby joined us in late summer of 2018 at just over 1 year old. He is a Shih Tzu and Maltese mix (called a "Malshi") and loves going camping with us. We call him our adventure pup.[Read more…]
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In this course, Professor Liz Atkins (University of Derby) explores qualitative research methods and their application to education. In the first lecture, we consider some challenges and practical issues associated with qualitative research, notably around ensuring that it is rigorous. In the second lecture, we look at literature reviews, their importance, and how they are conducted. In the third lecture, we examine ethical issues in qualitative research. Next, we explore how to construct a sample and negotiate access to participants. In the fifth lecture, we survey key qualitative data-collection methods, including interviews and observations. In the sixth lecture, we look at questionnaires. In the seventh and final lecture, we conclude with a discussion of how to analyse qualitative data and ensure that research reports are clear and engaging.
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Professor Liz Atkins is Professor of Vocational Education and Social Justice at the University of Derby. She has a broad expertise within the field of education, specialising particularly in vocational education and working with low-attaining young people, and she has also written widely on methodological issues within education research. Her publications include Education, Skills and Social Justice in a Polarising World (2022, co-author), Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education (2019, co-author), and Qualitative Research in Education (2012, co-author).


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I jumped at the chance to read "Why Is My Hair Curly?" by Lakshmi Iyer. As a newly-initiated young mom with a passion for reading, I'm always on the lookout for children's books that represent diversity and culture. I wasn't disappointed – Lakshmi does not shy away from difficult topics, nor from a proud presentation of South Asian culture.
Avantika and her younger brother Avnish both know that they are adopted. They celebrate their "homecoming" every year and have many open discussions with their parents. But after getting teased by her cousins over the summer, Avantika starts the new school year thinking about her birth mother. Her own hair is long and curly, unlike her parents or any of her friends, and she finds it difficult to maintain.
Her thoughts are further complicated by the presence of a mysterious stranger in their neighbourhood, an old woman with hair just like hers who teaches her a lesson about her past. "Why Is My Hair Curly?" is a breath of fresh air in the world of children's fiction, tackling many different topics of identity, family, acceptance and belonging.
[Read Related: Author Interview: Adiba Jaigirdar of 'The Henna Wars']
Avantika's hair sets her apart from her classmates, is the target of bullies and is hard to maintain. She sees it as ugly and unruly until one day, a stranger on the train compliments her, triggering a shift in her perspective. Aided by the mysterious old woman, she learns how to oil, comb and braid it, learning to appreciate its uniqueness as well as explore her identity as an adoptee. Lakshmi explains,
I had trouble fitting in and molded myself to be what the people around me wanted me to be. In my mid forties, I am finding my space and voice. I want my kids and the children who pick this book up to understand that who they are is enough.
She does this in many ways. One thing I loved was how Tamil words and culture frequently appear throughout the book. Lakshmi felt that much of South Asian literature was whitewashed to fit a wider audience and wanted to represent her culture, saying,
There is more to contemporary India than elephants, palaces, the Taj Mahal, poverty or cows on the streets.
Tamil words appear unapologetically throughout the story, and any explanations are given in the text rather than in footnotes. These small things serve to avoid centring a white narrative and avoiding the "othering" of PoC culture.
[Read Related: Author Interview: 'Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens' With Tanya Boteju]
Lakshmi weaves in many other themes, such as women's choices, when Avantika asks her mother why she works if it makes her tired. Her mother explains that if housework was her only responsibility, she would be unhappy and that pursuing a career makes her the best version of herself. Avantika also navigates her complicated feelings through journaling, opening up and trusting the adults in her life with her secrets. While many books featuring South Asian characters feature their pain, Lakshmi places joy in each of her characters' stories.
Identity in any situation is a diverse path and certain aspects of the story may be more relevant to some than others. For example, Avantika stops ascribing her hair to her birth mother and connects it to her mother and grandmother instead. This would probably not be as relatable to a family in an open adoption circumstance, or to an adopted child who is interested in exploring a relationship with their birth mother.
Avantika also makes the decision to cut her hair to make it easier to manage. "Cutting the hair is symbolic of her accepting that this was something she had no control over," Lakshmi explains, "yet it is something she could revisit in her life at a later time when she is ready for it."
Again, this decision may be less relatable to children encouraged to celebrate textured hair as a response to internalized colonialism. Regardless, Lakshmi does an amazing job of creating a narrative that celebrates South Asian culture, families and identity, and centring their joy and love.
You can purchase "Why is My Hair Curly?" from Amazon and keep up with Lakshmi Iyer's work on her blog and Twitter!


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Phuket is known for many things like its fabulous beaches, exotic food, and carefree vacation atmosphere. The local nightlife is also one of the reasons why people come to visit this lovely Asian destination. Check out these popular evening venues.
White Room Night Club
This place in Patong is a hip club where the DJ plays the hottest music. Here you can party, meet new people, and have your favorite refreshments all night long. The great things about the White Room are the fact that its dance floor is spacious and the lighting system is very modern.
Joe's Downstairs
If sunset cocktails are what you prefer, you may want to check out Joe's Downstairs. This is one of Phuket's notable restaurants. They serve cocktails around sunset so you can enjoy your drink while gazing at the Andaman Sea as it is washed with golden sunset glow. This is located in Kalim, Patong.
Siam Niramit
For those who want to spend the evening learning more about Thai culture than partying, you can watch live performances at Siam Niramit. This is known for its massive theatre and shows about Thai history and mythology. This is highly suggested if you want to take the kids to something educational and fun.
Cabaret shows are highly popular in Thailand and if you haven't seen one yet, it is recommended that you watch one on your Phuket holiday. Aphrodite is a popular lady boy entertainer who is worth watching.
Saxophone Pub and Restaurant
A place where you can enjoy Thai cuisine, great music, and fabulous drink is at the Saxophone Pub and Restaurant. They have an impressive menu of cocktails. In addition, their beers are affordable.
Kor Tor Mor
A hip and stylish nightclub where most of the youngsters head to is at Kor Tor Mor. Here, the dress code is taken very seriously and they prohibit those who are wearing shorts and sandals. The place allows guests to bring their own drinks, which is good if you want to save money.
Quip Sky Bar
A great place where you can lounge with friends while admiring breathtaking views is at the Quip Sky Bar. The style of this club is very laidback and charming so it really is a good pick if you want to spend some time with your favorite people. Among the interesting things on their menu is the lobster.
Rockin' Angels Blues Café
Located in Phuket Old Town, this venue is ideal for guests who wish to hear great live music. The Blues happens to have its own share of fans and if you are one, be sure to not miss this place.


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We have a review on the Corsair Crystal 570X RGB chassis here, and one on the Corsair Carbide 270R here.
The Carbide 270R combines sleek minimalist design with an exceptional internal layout designed to make systems easy to install and look their best. Whether you're building your dream PC or your first PC the new CORSAIR Crystal and Carbide series cases offer the features, looks and quality to help you Build It Better.
Wrapped in four individual panels of tempered glass, the CORSAIR Crystal Series 570X RGB puts every component of your build on display with its sharp lines, elegant styling and beautiful finish. Fitted with three SP120 RGB 120mm fans, users can light up their PC with brilliant LED lighting effects and a choice of colors, all controlled directly from the case's front panel. With the whole system on display, cable routing is critical and the 570X RGB boasts dedicated cable routing channels and covers to ensure that it's your components, and not their cables, that are on show.
The 570X RGB is designed with both performance and style in mind, and can accommodate up to six cooling fans, fitted into removable fan trays for easy installation. The 570X RGB also offers enough space for a wide variety of liquid cooling radiators, right up to 360mm in the front, accomodating the most ambitious of custom builds. With its gorgeous styling, premium tempered glass, integrated lighting and abundance of upgrade options, the CORSAIR Crystal Series 570X RGB provides a Crystal clear showcase for your next PC masterpiece.
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The City of Dickinson Solid Waste Department would like to remind residents that all household garbage must be bagged.
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Holmes Scholar of the Month: Monique Matute
Congratulations to Monique E. Matute, Holmes Scholar of the Month for November 2017!
Matute is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in special education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). This is her second year in the doctoral program, and she is also a graduate assistant.
Matute is a determined doctoral student who exemplifies hard work and dedication to the field of special education. Her research interests are the disproportionality of African American males in special education and applied behavioral analysis. She strives to present critical issues and implications on overrepresentation and underrepresentation of students from culturally linguistic and diverse backgrounds in special education.


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She married into one of Europe's most famous art collecting families, and is accused of cheating with works including a Warhol print and Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture, worth over £1 million
The summer of scam may feel like a distant dream, but, as they say, there's no rest for the wicked. Last year, we were enamoured by the story of the now-notorious Anna Delvey, who posed as a Russian heiress to swindle friends and high-flying investors out of millions. Delvey, now imprisoned on multiple counts of fraud and theft, has a podcast and two TV series about her in the works – but now, there's another story of art world scamming and potential stealing that's rousing interest, with 'art heiress' Angela Gulbenkian.
First hitting the press in 2018, the 37-year-old is facing multiple allegations of fraudulent art dealing, relating to the incomplete sale of works by Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama, amounting to over £1 million.
As she's slapped with a second lawsuit and is due to stand trial in May this year, here's everything you need to know about the curious story of socialite and major art collector Gulbenkian.
Gulbenkian grew up as Angela Ischwang in Munich, where her mother reportedly still runs an optometry business. After moving to London in the early 2000s to study politics and history, Gulbenkian met and married football agent Duarte Gulbenkian, the great-grand nephew of oil tycoon, philanthropist, and art collector Calouste Gulbenkian. After initially working in marketing and PR, Gulbenkian set up a company called FAPS-Net in 2016 with art advisor Florentine Rosemeyer, which was in business until spring 2018. Rosemeyer later hired Gulbenkian at her Munich-based art consulting firm, Rosemeyer Art Advisors. No mention is currently made of Gulbenkian's involvement on the company's website, though it previously listed her as someone who "brokers high end art works", contributing "valuable contacts, access to sought-after art works, and specific marketing know-how" to the company.
According to an interview with Portugese news site Jornal de Negocios, Gulbenkian and her husband moved to Lisbon – where the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is based – in 2016, though she continued to run her London-based private art sales project, called Fine Art Private Sale. Discussing her newfound attempt to sell art in Portugal, Gulbenkian acknowledged relying on her prestigious surname. "In the art world, this name opens doors," she said, "but does not close deals. People expect more from us. It is a challenge, I like challenges." Gulbenkian's now-private Instagram account still describes her as a "fine art collector" and mentions the Gulbenkian Private Art Collection in her bio, despite the foundation asserting she has no affiliation with them.
In January 2018, when Gulbenkian was still included on Rosemeyer Art Advisors' website, Hong Kong-based art advisor Mathieu Ticolat alleged that his firm, Art Incorporated, paid Gulbenkian – who claimed to be representing an anonymous seller – $1.38 million (£1.05 million) for one of Kusama's iconic yellow pumpkin sculptures. Despite the deal being done by April 2017, Ticolat said he never received the artwork, filing a lawsuit after months of pleading for it to be sent, which led to a worldwide freeze on Gulbenkian's assets. "I got fooled by the name," Ticolat told Press From in July 2018. Rosemeyer said in a statement that she put Gulbenkian in touch with contacts about the Kusama sale, but had no other involvement and is "shocked" about the allegations. Though the pumpkin was sold to someone else in late 2017, Gulbenkian reportedly continued to tell Ticolat that she would get him the sculpture.
As well as Ticolat's criminal case, Gulbenkian is facing charges over £50,000 allegedly stolen from her client Jacqui Ball, while Artnet reports that others are also trying to recover money, including London interior design firm Percy Bass Ltd, who transformed Gulbenkian's bedroom in the style of a Kusama pumpkin. Yesterday, a second criminal case was filed against Gulbenkian by a London dealer who claims she fraudulently sold him a Warhol print, "Queen Elizabeth II" (1985), pocketing the £115,000 he paid for the work in March 2019. According to The Art Newspaper, the dealer only became aware of the fraudulent nature of the sale after the original owner of the print filed a legal case against him – by this time the dealer had already sold the work, which has since been sold again. The dealer's lawyer, Hannes Hartung, said: "We do not know where the Warhol is now, but Gulbenkian kept the money."
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin sculpture, Naoshima Island, Shikoku. Her reoccurring pumpkin motif is a form of alter ego or self-portrait #womensartpic.twitter.com/5E1kyKN7NI— #WOMENSART (@womensart1) January 17, 2020
Following Ticolat's lawsuit in January 2018, Gulbenkian was supposed to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on June 26 2019 – postponed from the original date of May 21 as Gulbenkian was apparently recovering from surgery in Munich – but failed to turn up, claiming she was still recuperating. After a bench chairwoman raised concerns about the "ambiguity" of Gulbenkian's doctor's note, a warrant was issued for her arrest in Germany. In September last year, Gulbenkian pleaded not guilty to both charges – the Kusama pumpkin sale and £50,000 theft – and will go to trial on May 11.
Speaking to Artnet, Art Recovery International's Chrisopher Marinello – who's working with Ticolat – said: "I assure you that if these cases took place in the United States, she'd be sitting in jail next to Anna Delvey. There are other victims. I get calls from people all the time who were swindled by her, or who were about to be, but backed out after they read about my client's case." Marinello added that Gulbenkian used her influential surname to trick unsuspecting collectors. "She's still using the Gulbenkian art collection to lure in victims," he explained. "She's trying to put deals together at this very moment. This woman is going down swinging, but anybody in their right mind would not do business with her."
Despite presenting as an affluent art dealer, Gulbenkian admitted in a 2018 affidavit that she owned only three pieces of artwork, and had a minimal amount of money in the bank.
A second criminal complaint has been filed in Germany by yet another victim of art advisor/fraudster ANGELA ISCHWANG GULBENKIAN. Civil & criminal proceedings in Germany & UK. A civil case against your mother in Germany as well. Trials in March/May 2020. Oh, we're gonna get you... pic.twitter.com/Q174GVWgWZ— Art Recovery International (@artrecovery) January 21, 2020
Gulbenkian will head to trial in London on May 11 for the original criminal case involving Ticolat and Ball. There's no news on what will happen about the new Warhol lawsuit yet, though it's likely Gulbenkian will have to face a second trial. While she prepares – and nervously awaits her fate – her victims and their legal teams will be working tirelessly to get their money back. "We're going after the money wherever we can find it," Marinello told Artnet, "whether it's her family or friends – whoever has touched these funds, we're going to go after them." Hartung added: "An international arrest warrant (should) be issued (due to) the seriousness of the offences."


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Pirates Backup Infielder Battle Waging at Pirate City
By Tom Smith
We spent the entire day in Pirate City yesterday
and saw some great Pittsburgh Pirates action. After the players got their work in and signed autographs, the four fields at Pirate City were nearly clear of Pirates players.
The grounds crew was quickly getting back to work on three of the fields, but on the fourth some men had some work to do.
Josh Harrison and Chase d'Arnaud had taken their places at shortstop and the work began. It continued with ground balls and throws for over twenty minutes. Both players looked comfortable with the basic drills, but the more we thought about the possibility, the less we wanted to watch.
When looking at the Pirates roster, there isn't an easy answer to the question of what player will serve as the backup infielder. It could come easily down to Josh Harrison or Chase d'Arnaud getting the call as it would appear that will need to play only sparingly at shortstop.
It appears to my untrained eye that Yamaico Navarro is out of the competition and won't be going north with the ballclub. So, the choices for the shortstop position are very limited. Harrison and d'Arnaud need some more time to improve their hitting and that should be done at the AAA level. In our eyes, it's an absolute waste to watch them pine riding this season.
Being a major league bench bat is a very tough job and just the thought of d'Arnaud, who was awful at the plate last season, or Harrison who wasn't far behind, making the Pirates opening day roster is difficult to take.