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Saint Harridan: 'Men's' suits for women and transmen
Mary Going wants to undermine the gender binary. And she intends to do so by designing clothing – specifically, "men's" suits for women and transmen.
Of course the term "women" is used loosely, as her company, Oakland-based Saint Harridan, states on its website, "we who are attracted to the clothes at Saint Harridan use many different words to describe ourselves. We use words like stud, butch or boi among many others. Some of us embrace the word woman, others like man, some prefer neither or both."
Dress, for those at Saint Harridan, is a personal form of activism – sometimes, risky but often requiring courage and conviction. And Saint Harridan's market (which has its own lighthearted folklore explained on its website) is a marginalized group of women who want to wear men's clothes and transmen who can't find clothes that fit. That in itself can be sad and heavy, Going explains, (therefore the fun folklore. Read it, it's cute).
For Going, the idea started from her own personal experience of not having anything to wear for special occasions and professional jobs. It was 2004, just as Massachusetts passed their marriage law, and she was selling her previous business and contemplating what to do next with her friend, Tina Tarr, a graphic designer who worked in the same building. She wanted to go to Massachusetts and get married, but didn't have anything to wear.
"I avoided dressing up because I couldn't dress that far out of my gender," Going said. "So I deliberately picked fields where I could dress like I wanted to dress."
That year Going researched the fashion business but ultimately determined she didn't know enough about fashion, the fashion industry or the lesbian aesthetic to move forward – and she also didn't think there were enough people to serve to make for a profitable business.
But that was the beginning.
In 2010 Going went to business school (she recently got her MBA from the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College) and the idea to create a clothing company kept bugging her.
"It became almost an obsession," she said. "I was thinking about it all through business school but researching it for the last nine months."
Even so, Going didn't have a concept of the clothes she wanted to make – she didn't have an art or design background, only experience in business.
"That's what I perceived to be my greatest weakness but as I move forward I think it may actually be a gift. What I have been able to do is let go of the aesthetic," she said.
During her research she realized that the problem was beyond the lack of masculine cut clothes for women. It was bigger.
"There's a whole group of people who identify outside of the feminine part of the gender spectrum who aren't getting heard in anyway, who aren't being listened to, who aren't understood," Going explained. "It came to me that is indeed part of the problem and the solution I came up with, while focusing on clothing, has to incorporate listening."
As a result, Going is incorporating the first core group of models into the design process for the Saint Harridan launch – as well as using experts where technical expertise is required.
"The fashion garment manufacturing process is complex, but from an aesthetic perspective, from a personal representation, we really want the voice to be part of the process, giving people what people want and not just what do I want in terms of a cut for a collar – but 'what's my experience, how do I want to present.'''
That said, Going has had a lot of response so far to this first initial group of models. As these folks will need to attend eight to 10 meetings in person, Going is looking for people within the Oakland area. Approximately four to six models will be chosen (this is what Going can afford budget-wise) and they will get to keep the suit they help design.
While the whole process is still being finalized, Going will start with interviewing all the people who applied to be models – which includes taking measurements – to bring in a diverse representation of sizes. Ultimately, the goal is to come to a Saint Harridan "10" or "12" or "14" so there is uniformity to the size. The suits will not be custom made – and this is very intentional.
"I have to make these clothes so they can be everywhere, Going said. "I can't make them so expensive people can't buy them or so people have to come to our stores. I want to spread it." Going continues, "I want to go to Wells Fargo and see somebody dressed outside of our collective expectations of our gender. I want to see that everywhere. To do that we have to do it in a way that makes it accessible, which means off the rack and doing it affordably. It probably won't be the cheapest thing in the world but it's not my goal to create an Armani $2,000 suit. It will be an excellent high quality, socially responsible article of clothing at the lowest price we can do and still maintain all those quality points."
From there, the models chosen will be brought together in a focus group of sorts, where they will have the opportunity to talk about their experience with clothing, bring their own clothing in to share what they like, what they don't like and what they wish were different about certain pieces and styles. Then the design process will begin. Together with the technical crew, a garment will be put together, the models will give their feedback, tweaks will happen and it will be put online to Saint Harridan followers and fans for additional input.
Going said she'd love to document this process – especially the focus groups – and is looking into bringing a filmmaker onboard to help produce some video of the journey.
Most of the people involved – aside from those in the technical design that need to be outsourced- are volunteers. Going and Tarr, who is now her business partner, have been funding the process personally and are currently seeking investors.
"We are funded by the people who are working for no fee," Going said. "They are funding us by not making us pay."
The design process is slated to begin in August and the clothing will eventually be available for sale on their website – with hopes for a store in the Oakland area in the near future.
"I haven't entertained the idea of wholesale because I'm not convinced the clothing will end up being treated the way I want it to be treated," Going said. "I don't want to find a Saint Harridan suit on a model with heels and make up. I also want to control customer service - so when people want to buy a Saint Harridan suit they get treated respectfully and with dignity."


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Jermyn Street Theatre announces first full season under Anthony Biggs
Rosie Bannister • London, Off-West End • 27 Jun 2013
Anthony Biggs has announced his first full season at the Jermyn Street Theatre since taking over at the venue earlier this year, including a series of short works by Steven Berkoff.
Steven Berkoff: Religion and Anarchy, which runs from 24 September - 26 October 2013, sees Berkoff co-direct with Max Barton eight of his one act plays. Playing in rep, it will feature new works Roast, Guilt, Line-Up, Gas and How To Train and Anti-semite.
The season will also include Berkoff's epic poem Requiem for Ground Zero, which he will perform once a week. Alongside the fully produced plays, there will be a series of readings of his other one-act plays and at least 20 of his works will feature in the season.
Following the Berkoff season, from 29 October to 23 November, Biggs will direct a revival of Wicker Man author David Pinner's 1974 comedy The Potsdam Quartet.
Set in the summer of 1945 as the Second World War comes to an end, The Potsdam Quartet tackles the themes of love, friendship and endurance against the background of a disintegrated world beginning to put itself back together.
The final show in Biggs' season will be new family musical The Little Beasts (What Happens To Naughty Children), running from 26 November to 19 December 2013.
Written by the theatre's resident composer Luke Bateman and Michael Conley, the show is based on an 18th century cautionary tale for children, and promises a "deliciously disgusting feast of naughtiness in which children are transformed into the animals they most resemble".
Anthony Biggs became artistic director of Jermyn Street Theatre in January 2013. His previous productions at the theatre include the UK premiere of Ibsen's St John's Night, Charles Morgan's The River Line, Ibsen's Little Eyolf and the recent revival of Frederick Lonsdale's On Approval.
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Deb, you brilliant thang! I used to make a similar tree. I used a(shock)styrofoam cone. Now, I don't agree with using Styrofoam because it's bad for the environment but I bought one so that I could use it every year (for the reminder of my life). Then, it got thrown out a couple of years ago by work and I refuse to buy another one. Now, I have a solution, paper (100% recycled), will be perfect! Yippeeee! Why didn't I think of that?!


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EU PlayStation Store Receives Huge Final Fantasy Sale
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European gamers can rejoice once again because there's another massive sale happening exclusive to their PlayStation Store. This time the titles on sale are from none other than the Final Fantasy franchise. Similar to last year's 25th Anniversary sale, the European PlayStation Store is slashing the price of many of their Final Fantasy titles by a massive fifty percent. PlayStation Plus members will receive an addition ten percent off their purchase. Some titles in the sale this year that were not in the previous sale are Final Fantasy XIII-2 and both the Standard and Collector's Edition of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Sadly missing from this list are Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy XIII, and the original Final Fantasy Tactics. The full list of titles and their new prices are as follows:
Final Fantasy I – £3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy II – £3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection – £7.99/€9.99
Final Fantasy V - £3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy VI - £3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy VII - £3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy VIII - £3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy IX -£3.99/€4.99
Final Fantasy XIII-2 – £7.99/€9.99
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Standard Edition – £16.23/€19.94
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Collector's Edition – £19.99/€24.99
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions - £3.99/€4.99
Dissidia: Final Fantasy – £6.99/€8.99
Dissidia duodecim prologus – £0.78/€0.98
Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy – £7.99/€9.99
If things go as they did in early 2013, it may not be long until this very sale comes across the pond to the North American PlayStation Store very soon. Until then, European gamers have until February 5th to take advantage of this crazy sale. comments powered by Disqus


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I'm learning that this is a heated topic, so let's keep the responses civil. Could some of you educate me a little on the Common Core? There's a lot about it online, but I'm interested in hearing from moms who share some Natural-Family-Living values. My LO is facing it in school, and I'm not sure what to think. What are your thoughts? Good, bad, ugly, pretty? There's just so much to learn in parenting...
My daughter is only in first, so take this or what it's worth. In a lot of ways, the common core is going to be easier for her because she's starting with it from the beginning. She's not used to another approach. I don't love it. I feel like it moves too fast and heavily favors children who are good readers. A child can be good in math but not great at reading and struggle in math. I also think the pace is too fast for a lot of kids. The teachers hate it. The math is a mile wide and half an inch deep. Same with English. The material covers too many topics with very little depth. Why is my first grader working on fractions when they haven't memorized basic addition facts? Half the kids in her class can't remember punctuation at the end of the sentence but they now need to know the difference between adverbs and adjectives? My daughter is doing fine with it but I'm hearing from a lot of parents whose kids are really struggling. Months ago, as part of her homework, the last question was something about writing different ways to make ten and how do you know that's true. Her answer was, "one way to make ten is four plus six and I know this because I can count." Apparently that wasn't quite what they were looking for. I mean come on, you're asking a six year old the WHY of 4 +6 = 10? But that is pretty typical of my experience with common core so far. |
Subbing...with absolutely nothing to add. I thought it was a new curriculum but am just totally confused now after speaking with my DC's teacher. Thanks for a great topic! |
I'm no fan of the CC. However, a set of standards is not a curriculum. What will still matter is the curriculum the districts choose and the quality of the teachers teaching them.
As standards, they are shallow, and so curricula chosen to meet the standards and nothing more will be limiting to high achieving kids. The standards don't include much spiraling of material, so curricula chosen to meet the standards without review of previous years will fail kids who weren't 100% solid before. NiteNicole, I've read the CC math standards in detail as I've had to work with my kids' school for placement issues. You aren't describing 1st grade topics. From my perspective, the standards are a inch wide and an inch deep. The school attests that the standards are a mile deep. My daughter in CCM7 is seeing the same topics in less detail than she did for her self-study 6th grade math last year. |
OK, this is a good start. Thanks. I'm feeling a little frustrated with it but didn't want to mention it in my first post. :om I also understand that CC is going to be really hard to get away from, Homeschoolers are telling me that some of their favorite textbook companies (eg Saxon math) are turning to CC.
If anyone has favorite links for me, pro or con, please feel free to post them. |
Our district chose Math in Focus as a K-5 curriculum compliant to the Common Core, so you're probably ok on the Singapore math. As far as I can tell, the sequence and scope is pretty similar to the Standards Edition. Again, it's the curriculum that really matters. The district also chose Pearson digits for 6-8 Common Core math. It's round 2 of Everyday Math, but made worse by being entirely online. |
The director at the tutoring center my DD attended told me it is shallow and fast paced which can cause a lot of problems with math instruction specifically because a lot of what solidifies the concepts is time and practice. So far my DD is doing okay but I have noticed the fast and shallow at times and that has made some math concepts hard for her to grasp fully.
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I'm no fan of the CC. However, a set of standards is not a curriculum. What will still matter is the curriculum the districts choose and the quality of the teachers teaching them. As standards, they are shallow, and so curricula chosen to meet the standards and nothing more will be limiting to high achieving kids. The standards don't include much spiraling of material, so curricula chosen to meet the standards without review of previous years will fail kids who weren't 100% solid before. NiteNicole, I've read the CC math standards in detail as I've had to work with my kids' school for placement issues. You aren't describing 1st grade topics. From my perspective, the standards are a inch wide and an inch deep. The school attests that the standards are a mile deep. My daughter in CCM7 is seeing the same topics in less detail than she did for her self-study 6th grade math last year. To meet the standards, the curriculum has to necessarily be fast-paced and shallow. There's just no getting around it. My daughter's school is fantastic, it is the best public school in our state. The teachers are wonderful...but the curriculum is too fast for a lot of kids. It also leans heavily on reading skills for math, and that is also core driven. There's no time for any real practice to thoroughly grasp a topic. |
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To meet the standards, the curriculum has to necessarily be fast-paced and shallow. There's just no getting around it. My daughter's school is fantastic, it is the best public school in our state. The teachers are wonderful...but the curriculum is too fast for a lot of kids. It also leans heavily on reading skills for math, and that is also core driven. There's no time for any real practice to thoroughly grasp a topic.
I volunteer in my daughter's classroom a lot and I check over her homework. She never has the same topic twice. I mean, they may be working on time but every day it's a new skill. My daughter is doing fine, but I worry about next year. This year gifted is just a 90 minute pull out enrichment class, but in second it's all day gifted academics. They skip second grade math and go straight to third. I think at this pace, it's going to be a challenge. She has been given a second grade math book. I'm glad she's interested in working in it independently, maybe she won't be behind. A lot of my daughter's classmates' parents are really frustrated that their kids can't seem to nail a topic before it's time to move on. I know people used to complain about having to go at the pace of the slowest learners in the class, but there are SOOO many topics to cover, there's no time to spare. |
Our state adopted the Common Core this year but is continuing to use the same math curriculum (enVision Math.) So, I haven't really noticed much change. I do notice that my kindergartner is doing way more than my son did in kindergarten, but she's doing well with it. My son is continuing to struggle in math but his resource teacher helps a lot. He has attention deficits and auditory processing problems so all the word problems, and explaining how he got an answer,make things really difficult.
Polliwog, I'm not sure dd2 is using EnVision in 3rd grade. They used it last year in 2nd and she knew that was the name of it and was bored stiff with it and now bemoans how bad EnVision is. I don't think her class is using it this year or I'd be hearing from her about it. She's recycled all her homework work sheets so I can't check them. The Common Core math isn't an issue for us so far. Dd2 was bored with math last year (and actually bored with most of 2nd grade) and is much more challenged this year. I think that has everything to do with the teacher, though. One thing I don't like about CC is the emphasis on non-fiction reading at the expense of fiction. Seems a little bit like prepping kids to be good little cogs in the system rather than letting them develop an appreciation for the arts. |
I am a high school English teacher who is now using the CCSS. One misunderstanding is the amount of non-fiction. CC calls for a 70/30 split. However, it is assumed that students will be reading in every single class, so the 70/30 split means that out of the total reading, 30% will be fiction, which will obviously take place in English class. The history reading- non-fiction, science-non-fiction, etc. All of our core teachers use non-fiction articles in their classrooms and that includes shop classes (They just read about how graduates of technical colleges earn more in the first five years that graduates of 4 year universities). When we use non-fiction, we teach the students to question the validity, detect bias and motive- I don't see how that is creating cogs in the system. If anything, we use it to create critical thinkers. I have been using the outcomes for CCSS this year with the same curriculum I have always used. Next year we will be using the Springboard workbooks for everyone. My level is losing everything we teach except two pieces because we are currently not a true World Literature course- we are a cultural literature course. I am looking at about 250 hours of prep work this summer. Last I heard, 45 states have adopted the CCSS, but I am sure it will still look different in different schools. Since so many states have adopted it, pretty soon all textbooks will be aligned with it. We were told it will be two years, which is why we are using the Springboard workbooks for the next two years. |
Our state adopted new standards in ALL curriculum areas, not just literacy and math. Every teacher in the district is juggling new standards.
I know for sure that my second grader isn't reading 70% nonfiction material. Not even close. Which was a good thing when his teacher moved him back to Level C in reading. That nonfiction was along the lines of "I have a pet. My pet is a cat. A cat has a tail." At that time, DS was comfortably reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid and similarly leved books. She couldn't get beyond her assumption that he couldn't comprehend more complicated text, when really he has trouble with his working memory and had auditory processing problems. |
The new CCSS was adopted throughout all subjects at the elementary level, but not at the high school level. Also, the CCSS has been in some schools longer than others. Keep in mind that the 70% non-fiction includes textbooks- science and social studies textbooks and workbooks with any type of reading needed are considered in that number. |
They are definitely pushing the non-fiction as a part of CSS in my dd2's 3rd grade class. I think it is at the expense of fiction reading in this grade level. I can see how in high school it would be easier to get the 70% non-fiction through other course work, but in 3rd grade when many of the kids are still working on their reading skills they are having to do non-fiction as a part of the reading curriculum instead of fiction in order to meet those goals. We just got a newsletter about how they have been working on non-fiction reading and encouraging us to read non-fiction at home. They are definitely still reading fiction, but are adding in this non-fiction, too. DD2 is a gifted reader and loves fiction so I wish she could do more of that. |
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As a Canadian I am not familiar with the Core Curriculum, but what is the reasoning behind prescribing a fixed proportion of fiction vs. non-fiction across all stages and grades, regardless of interest and inclination? Why would the optimal proportion for 2nd grader still learning to read and an 11th grader with engineering or pre-med aspirations be the same? What about high schoolers who want to pursue languages and literature at the post-secondary level? Are they too required to limit their literature reading to fit within that 30%? I really don't understand the point of sweeping "standards" like these. Perhaps someone can shed some light on it for me... Miranda |
The standards came about as a way to make sure students in different states are receiving the same high quality education. Education here is really all on the state level and as such, the students graduate with a huge differential in terms of ability and knowledge. The focus on non-fiction is because the policy makers believe that the majority of reading a person does throughout his life is non-fiction (newspaper, magazines, how to books, work manuals, etc). Reading non-fiction in the classroom and teaching students how to break down what is being discussed, how to question the validity of the argument, how to spot bias is a valid point. I don't know where they came up with a 70/30 number. As someone who teaching English, I think people are far too worried about this number. We are not reducing the number of fiction pieces we teach and many novels are counted as non-fiction (Night, Anne Frank) and many readings we were already doing are non-fiction (We read many writings of MLK and Fredrick Douglass). If you think about an American Literature class, a high percentage of those readings have always been non-fiction, we just don't think of them that way. At my level, we have simply added one non-fiction piece to each unit. For example, we are currently reading the play Antigone. One theme is that of civil disobedience. We found a couple of articles about students who have protested the dress code at their schools or those who chose to defy the ban on prayer. We will do a reading of the articles, hold a Socratic seminar about civil disobedience, etc. The students love the open class discussions and we have easily full filled the requirement. As far as elementary school, I am not familiar enough with the non-fiction available at that level to really explain it, but there are books available with readings for different units. |
I was wondering about this. I'm pretty sure my DC have studied biographies, autobiographies and non-fiction essays and news articles as part of their language arts/English courses almost every year. Also, I can think of a few examples of well-researched but fictional representations such as the Dear America and Royal Diaries books, The Seeing Stone and other Arthur books by Kevin Crossley-Holland and so on that provide afterwords or supplementary non-fiction information along with the stories, as well as references for further resources. I vaguely recall a social studies series (I hesitate to call them textbooks) that mixed fictional anecdotes and short stories along with non-fiction information. It all seems like typical curriculum fare. I wonder if 70/30 is simply an approximation of a fairly standard curriculum, taking into account all subjects not just language arts, before it became annointed as capital-C "Core". |
A further thought - as mar123 explained, this is basically a Quality Improvement program. A fundamental tool of QI is benchmarking. If you can't measure it, you can't manage it - or improve it. I don't know if 70/30 are arbitrary numbers pulled out of the air or carefully calculated but benchmarking does explain the rationale for having some kind of ratio. Quote:
LOL, I'm sure that will open up a nice can of worms about applying business principles to educational policy...... |
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Oh I understand that it's part of a quality improvement program. What I don't understand is why this particular part of it (mandating a % of non-fiction across all grades) really does that. It seems so arbitrary and simplistic. If you've got to measure, I can think of a lot of things it would make more sense to measure. To me teacher and student choice in reading material (especially in the elementary years), including the choice of non-fiction vs. fiction, seems extremely important in ensuring student motivation and engagement in learning. Miranda |
I'm with you, Miranda. It makes no sense as things are stated. Is the percentage as by number of words? Pages? Time in instruction? Is a poem that leads to a 2 day class discussion less At the moment, DD's in 5th grade, and the school is just starting to make this transition in the percentage reading standard. DD is reading 3x the literature in her language arts class than some of her peers, so presumably she either needs to stop doing that much reading, and her teacher needs to stop fostering her love of reading and literature, and finally motivating her to take care in her writing as a result, or she needs to read more science and history, too. I understand the concept of "quality control" and "rigorous standards" and "21st century" and "global competition" rhetoric. I also see a set of standards that seem to be leading to an interpretation amongst district curriculum planners that sees these standards as both the floor and the ceiling for the curriculum. Many kids in our district are straining against the ceiling of these standards, not able to progress faster or deeper into the material. It sounds like other kids are struggling to keep up, as the schools have chosen curricula that hit each topic very quickly with little depth or accommodation for the need to solidify skills. My only hope is that after the first few years of this, the teachers will start to put more of their own influence into this to alter content to be appropriate to the kids in their class. For now, it seems very klutzy and boring. |
There are probably many other metrics. This is likely just one of them but it's the one getting a lot of attention and discussion. Probably because it is simplistic and easy to focus on. It would be very odd if this is the only aspect that is being measured in a comprehensive curriculum. |
Of course it's not. And there is no stopping teachers (at least at the elementary level) from incorporating more fiction into their day and children from self-selecting fiction during free reading time and from the school library.
These standards in no way say that a child should be reading 70% non-fiction; it's all about comprehensive instruction. Also, some people are so intent (teachers mostly) on complaining about this, that they create problems that simply aren't there. The 70% is measured by pieces. If a child reads 10 pieces of text in a week (including textbook readings), it is expected that 7 of them will be non-fiction. If a child reads portions of a text each day for science and social social studies, that's ten pieces right there. |
You are the only person I know who talks about the percentages. The teachers in my kids school, and those on my education lists, don't. Just that there is a lot of non-fiction. My kids don't have textbooks. I haven't seen any of those in any classrooms other than 5th grade. I am soooooo glad basal readers are a thing of the past. I always hated teaching with those.
My 3rd grader was complaining in the car today that they've just started reviewing non-fiction again in class. She said they did a story "Because of Winn-Dixie" in Dec and just one other story in Jan and only one week of poetry (she loves to write stories and poems both and she has typed 30 pages of a book she's writing so far), but for the rest of the year they've been doing non-fiction. She says non-fiction is totally boring because they're just reviewing how to find stuff, etc., and it's too easy. She is actually pulled out for a gifted reading program so I'm not too worried about the emphasis on non-fiction since she does get extra fiction in the gifted group, but she would certainly enjoy more fiction, poetry, plays, etc., and is not challenged by the non-fiction. They are actively studying "non-fiction" in her class. It's not just integrated into other classes because she's in 3rd grade and they don't have other classes beyond specials. |
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You are the only person I know who talks about the percentages. The teachers in my kids school, and those on my education lists, don't. Just that there is a lot of non-fiction. My kids don't have textbooks. I haven't seen any of those in any classrooms other than 5th grade. I am soooooo glad basal readers are a thing of the past. I always hated teaching with those. Unfortunately, basal readers are still alive and kicking in our district. My kids HATE them. As do I. |
Yuck. I'm so sorry.
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It is Allen. After all, it was Allen's flashback scene. After the flashback you can see that Allen was really reminiscing the past.
Edit: And why wouldn't it be Allen? If it wasn't Allen it would leave a plot hole in the chapter. It couldn't be cross either since Cross should be as old as Mana. Then ask yourself what was the purpose of the flashback scene if it wasn't Allen? That scene would be pointless. |
2008-07-11, 21:25 | Link #1043 | |
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It is clearly Allen. |
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agreed and they showed that 14th and mana at the same age (probably twins) while in the flashback mana looks alot alot older than allen - it's just not possible |
2008-07-11, 21:31 | Link #1046 | |
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Allen, Allen... Unless Cross's original name is not Cross, but Allen... Like I said, no solid ground under my speculation. Hope that next week, we'll have more. If the Noah takes the satge next week, I think I'll go a bit crazy.
2008-07-11, 21:37 | Link #1047 | |
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And Mana already said it was Allen. Turn to page 7, I say!. And on page 12 look at Allen's background its Mana as he have never met the 14th. And that background is identical to the clown he met at the flashback scene. Edit: Meh I give up. If solid evidence can't convince you, probably nothing will. |
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What I'm absolutely certain is that Cross had a hand in the whole business. Mana, the 14th, him and Allen: these 4 are the Earl's biggest concerns. Road mentioned that the 14th tried to kill the Earl. With the 14th's death in the hands of the Earl, Mana became the target. Despite Cross's efforts, Mana still got bumped off. I think we can agree on this sequence of events.
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wait...didn't allen got his innocence (active) after he turned Mana into an Akuma ?
and the kid we saw had a parasite type hand...so , how could it be Allen ? Also , the allen named in the flashback , isn't that the dog's name ? edit : wait , nvm . went back to look , Allen was wearing gloves. Guess the kid in the flashback is Allen then . |
2008-07-11, 23:21 | Link #1050 | |
仁王 - Benevolent King
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sengoku
Age: 28
That... Actually kinda made sense. I knew they were forshadowing something when Johnny asked Allen why he was always being so polite... But there's still one problem, even after taking that into account. From the pass few scenes and flashback that we have on Allen and Mana, Allen looked like a much younger child then in this current flash. In those previous times, Allen looked like he was 6-8, while this boy seem more bigger. Even at the point of Mana's death, he looked far too young and meek compared to this current flashback Allen.
2008-07-11, 23:58 | Link #1051 |
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The first thing I thought is that it was the 14th and the Cross. The color or hair matches Cross while it is kind of odd for Allen, attitude is somewhat the same. On page 07: It said "You were Allen's friend, too". So, I am thinking it is the Cross. The clown could also be Mana from back back then rather than the 14th; but really I don't know.
Edit: Speaking of which, the art work quality seriously improved from Chapter 1.
2008-07-12, 01:03 | Link #1052 |
~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
When I saw the first page, I thought for sure "what? Lavi and Bookman when they were young!?"
Then the following pages set them up Mana and Allen, which once again Hoshino-sensei's way of storyboarding makes you @_@ over the details. I suppose the new art retcons the ages of which Mana and Allen met and later travelled together. Allen acts far more refined now, but you can see elements of his rougher-side in that boy so it'd make sense. The most awkward thing was the Akuma hand that the dog licked. (( It definitely doesn't look like a glove )) I'm thinking that one panel alone had Hoshino-sensei going 'symbolism!" to show that the boy is Allen. The transitions are weird though, as usual. Other than that, the plot-twist is as what I expected. The moment they reinforced the fact that Noahs are 'humans', along with the fact that the '14th betrayed and died', it's pretty obvious that there would eventually be a Noah in the Order plot. And when they linked Allen to the 14th, either he becomes a living host, or it would turn out like Yu-Gi-Oh. :/
2008-07-12, 07:58 | Link #1053 | |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Between the trauma of losing Mana, and getting picked up by Cross (thus learning various dishonest ways of getting money, including con games...), I don't see why he couldn't have a drastic change.
2008-07-12, 08:03 | Link #1054 |
仁王 - Benevolent King
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sengoku
Age: 28
What I'm thinking now is that the first flashback at the begin of the chapter is indeed between Allen and Mana, as proven by the one scene later on with Allen thinking of Clown Mana. The difference in looks between the now young Allen and the previous young Allen is due to new art retcons the ages of which Mana and Allen met and later travelled together, as Nightengale said.
2008-07-14, 00:28 | Link #1056 |
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IT Support
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Zeon
Age: 26
Damn...I loved how the flash back was it was so awesome especially the two clowns ..i think that clown is the 14th
Um just to make sure the flash back is of Allen ..i know im late XD Spoiler for Pic:
P.S. And still No Krory
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2008-07-15, 18:48 | Link #1058 |
Observer/Bookman wannabe
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 31
I think I'll leave the dream sequence alone for a while, and talk on something we definitely know.
Now that the 14th is getting revived in Allen, I speculate that there will be a fight with Allen over who controls Allen's body. The most straightforward result is that Allen convinces the 14th to let him use his (the 14th's) powers on top of his Innocence. In life, the 14th was loved by the Earl, who must have felt betrayed when the 14th gave away the secrets of the Ark to Mana and Cross. So, I'm reasonably certain that he will not re-join the Earl after his "return".
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FORT WORTH (AP) — Danica Patrick has only one regret about purposely bumping Landon Cassill in her last Sprint Cup race.
"I still think it was important for me to stand up for myself, and I wouldn't change it," Patrick said Thursday. "I would change my execution of the actual incident. I didn't do a very good job with that, but I guess there's only one way to learn, is to try. It's just not that easy to take someone out."
When Patrick spun Cassill in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago, she wrecked her own ride. While Cassil saved his No. 83 Toyota, Patrick's No. 10 Chevrolet slammed hard into the wall and ended her race.
WHAT CASSILL SAID: 'She was driving like an idiot'
Patrick was on the lead lap early at Kansas when she said Cassill slammed into her on the front straight, and on his radio said, "She was in the way." So when Cassill's car slid in front of her, she decided to nudge him. Both of the cars spun out.
Later on his radio, Cassill said, "Rule No. 1 in stock car racing is learn how to wreck someone without wrecking yourself."
Patrick offered no apology and said there have been no conversations with Cassill since Kansas.
BEST OF DANICA: Her 2012 in pictures
"I left it," she said. "If he wants to talk to me, fine. I don't really have much to say. I think the actions speak louder than the words, to be honest."
While she hopes she "won't have to do much of that anymore," Patrick thinks it was an important step in earning respect at NASCAR's top level. She is in her first full-time season in stock cars after a seven-year career in the Izod IndyCar Series.
After a weekend off, with no Nationwide Series race and not running the Cup race at Martinsville Speedway, Patrick is scheduled to run in both series this week at Texas Motor Speedway.
"I welcome weekends off, they're always nice," she said. "The best thing to move on with news is to start racing again. ... The best thing I can do is just get on the track and get going and make another storyline."
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cometic Gasket Inc. is expanding its partnership with SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS and will become the primary sponsor of the Cometic Stadium Super Truck driven by Justin Lofton at X Games Austin this week.
Cometic was a founding partner of the series in 2013, and continues its relationship with the series as its Official Gasket.
In addition to its associate sponsorship position throughout the nine-weekend Formula Off-Road Presented by TRAXXAS season, Cometic will take full advantage of the live ABC and ESPN network telecast of X Games Austin June 6-8 with veteran off-road and NASCAR driver Lofton behind the wheel.
"I am very excited and thankful to Cometic Gasket for making this childhood dream of mine a reality," Lofton said. "Being able to race a Stadium Super Truck for an X Games gold medal is absolutely awesome and I know all the fans and viewers on ABC and ESPN are going to enjoy the show we put on. Big props to Robby Gordon and all his staff for making this happen and I can't wait to get to Austin."
Cometic Gasket Inc., is a leading worldwide supplier of shelf-stock, custom and short-run gaskets for the automotive performance, powersports, original equipment and remanufactured industries. What originally began in 1989, in an 800 square-foot office with limited production facilities and capabilities, has evolved into a 70,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing center. Cometic Gasket is located 30 miles east of Cleveland in Concord Township, Ohio. Today Cometic produces and ships more than 5,000 types of gaskets to customers worldwide.
"Formula Off-Road is a great way for Cometic to market our gaskets and custom engine-sealing solutions to the off-road racing community," said Bob Gorman, CEO of Cometic Gasket Inc. "Justin Lofton is a young and very talented, multi-dimensional racer who we've had a relationship with dating back to 2008. Justin is very capable of racing up front and we have no doubt that when the checkers wave, he'll be on the podium. At the same time, Robby Gordon has done a great job of honoring Mickey Thompson's iconic legacy by bringing back stadium truck racing and reenergizing a proud tradition in American motorsports. The series features a great mix of off-road talent and horsepower and Cometic is proud to showcase our brand not only at X Games Austin, but at all the events."


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so all that and they don't even show what the system looks like? also, how is diablo 3 gonna work with a controller?
so all that and they don't even show what the system looks like? also, how is diablo 3 gonna work with a controller?
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I laughed when they showed Diablo 3. Who fucking cares?
I'm sold. Gimme the fucking system.
Nothing impresses me anymore.
Anyone who isn't impressed with it is just a hater. The specs blow the shit out of any console out there right now obviously and is miles ahead of the Wii-U (no surprise) and better than the rumored next X-Box specs. But just the games alone is impressive enough...Destiny, Watch Dogs, Knack, and even the new one from Molecules (who haven't made a bad game yet....love both LBG, and plan on getting Tearaway for the Vita when it comes out). Plus I can only imagine what David Cage and Quantam Dream have in store, not to mention Naughty Dog and San Diego Studio. There was no talk of any bullshit 'no used games', or 'pay to play online' crap - not to say those won't be mentioned later...but everything announced today was really focused on gaming, which is what the system is supposed to be about. I think most people are just butt hurt and trolling because they didn't show the plastic shell that the motherboard and optical drive will sit in......they gave us the new controller, the full spec sheet, and an awesome list of new games coming out, what more could you want?
It's a touch pad (like the one found on the back of the Vita).
First off, your first sentence just reeks of "fanboy". I guess it's impressive if you're strictly looking at specs and third party titles but that's not what I'm looking for. Everybody knew it would be powerful and it will have some cool games but I was more looking forward to the direction Sony would be taking with this new console and I left disappointed. This whole social integration aspect they're pushing I could really give two shits about. I'm not gonna share video of some sweet killing spree to my fellow bros. I realize there's a community that's all about that but that's not for me. Nintendo's direction along with Microsoft's direction intrigues me, basing it around a tablet/media center/television/what have you. Sony seems to be strictly targeting the hardcore gaming audience which I honestly left years ago. This isn't the 90's anymore where simply having the most powerful console won you the war. Bringing in different audiences is what is helping companies thrive and Sony doesn't seem to be doing that. They're just doing the same thing they've been doing forever and to me, that's boring. The PS3 wasn't nearly as successful and the PS2, you really think they'll fare much better with the PS4? Ideas like the Steambox are what sound like winners to me, innovating the way we play. Sony just seems to be releasing a beefier PS3 and just stick their head in the sand thinking everything is going to be fine. Streaming trial games I do like but it was sort of glanced over. I guess I'm just more interested in the industry impact of everything and the PS4 just didn't do it for me.
That's more along the lines of what I wanted. I'm trying to look at it as an average consumer, not just a hardcore gamer.
You know, social media integration is pretty much found in EVERY tech toy these days. You can post FB status updates from your Vita games straight to your account...does that mean I care or will ever use that feature? No. I haven't and never plan to. But I find it funny for someone to feel disappointed because Sony showed off some features of being able to share/upload game footage while you play, or let your friends watch via some in game stream.....if you don't like those features, don't use them, it's that simple. Hell I hardly play online as it is.
And last time I checked, a video game console at the end of the day, should be about first and foremost, GAMES. Not Netflix apps, or DVR functions, but good ol fashion fun to play games. I'm not gonna judge a console because it sucks at streaming video to my iPad. If you want to download apps to your TV and control them via your smartphone (because holding a standard remote control just isn't cool anymore) then go buy a fucking Roku or Apple TV box. All those features you've mentioned above, Sony has already laid out plans for them anyway (and most can be done via the PS3 this very day). But whatever, like I said, for a video game console, I'll be happier having cool fun games than controlling my media library via some interface on my TV (I can do that on my computer anyway).
But I'm gonna hold off final judgement til I see the OS/Software side of things...if Sony were to come out with some bullshit anti-used game thing (which I highly doubt) or some pay to play crap like XBox Live (don't know why people put up with that crap, but whatever, your money), then I'd have a change of heart. But for a console, which I want to have beefy specs and cool games for, the PS4 doesn't disappoint, and I'd be happy to purchase one on launch day as of now.
And the Steambox innovative? How exactly? It allows you to play linux based games you bought off Steam on your TV. You could do that now by simply connecting your PC to your tv via a HDMI cable. Maybe I'm missing something?
Wow, take out an optical drive and hard drive, and pretty much every console could be condensed into a "tiny box".
Let's not forget that the system has 8GB of unified RAM. That is unheard of. Even the most powerful games on PC don't utilize that much RAM. To me it looks like Sony learned from their mistakes with the PS3 and are doing things right this time.
Also, part of me feels bad for Nintendo. Sure the wii u is cheaper and it was out first, but come on. It's capable of the same things as my Xbox 360 was when I got it at the end of 2005. Feels like when we saw the wii announced and they told us it didn't support hd. The PS3 destroys this thing. But hey, at least they still have the "casual market" (which might be the most annoying term ever imaginable) cornered.
edit: and I'm not a fanboy by any means, I have all 3 consoles from last generation, I just hate the fact that Nintendo seems to not give even the tiniest of fucks about the group of gamers that made their company so successful to begin with. The focus on the casual market almost feels insulting. Menik is right that the #1 thing that matters is the games. In the last generation Nintendo only focused on selling hardware and for the most part ignored everything else.
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Is their file compatibility better this time around?
One article in, nothing impressive has been read.No backward capability…yet: The PS4 won't be able to play PS2 or PS3 games, it's true. But Sony's stated hope is that eventually, by utilizing the cloud and the PS4′s existing streaming abilities, that emulation of the entire PlayStation line's library of games will be possible at some point.
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No shit. Why not just buy a superior gaming computer that can handle ps1-4 emulators, and just bypass paying Sony anything at all? Microsoft and Nintendo as well. Playstation 4 may be the last generation of traditional consoles to be released. Why're you going to pay for what's free?
anyone done PS3's Ni no Kuni? I want to feel innocent and wondrous again. Like Journey sort of was.
Nice. And guess they remastered Okami in HD. Had that for PS2.
Why is this a big deal or a deal breaker for anyone? How many do you know are playing their PS2 games on their first edition PS3's? Practically no one. How many people play thier Xbox games on their Xbox 360? Hardly anyone I've ever ran across. People buy next gen consoles, for *GASP* next gen games. If you wanna play PS3 games, you leave your PS3 plugged in....not that hard.
Maybe ps3 is a superior machine, but I've gone through three ps2s alone, and I'm not even a major gamer. I only use my ps2 to play playstation games, pretty much. Nothing on ps2 worth playing, to be honest. Has the ps3 reached the end of its usefulness, or is Sony trying to rape your pockets yet again in an attempt at making everything you own obsolete? Durp?
Yes, let me get a gaming specific TV and entertainment center where I can plug my ps1, ps2, ps3 and ps4 in to.
Pretty much any TV $600 and up has A) Composite Video Input (for your Playstation), B) Component Video Input (for your Playstation 2), C) Multiple HDMI Inputs (for your Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Blu-Ray, whatever), D) VGA (for your Dreamcast with VGA adapter)....boom, there's your "gaming specific tv (whatever the hell that means)". In fact my $300 Samsung can do all that (minus the multiple HDMI ports - but had I spent $100 more on the next model, I would have that too).
Dude go open up a console (or even a laptap for that matter)...wanna know what you'll see taking up most of the space? Here's a hint, it'll be a HDD and an optical drive. Take those out (and the keyboard tray for laptops) and you can condense everything simply into something the size of a rubik cube (like the Ouya did).


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Masterworks from Budapest. From the Renaissance to the Avant-Garde
From 18 February to 28 May 2017
The first decades of the twentieth century, when Russia was plunged into a period of political turmoil that marked the collapse of the Russian empire and the emergence of the Soviet Union, saw a major cultural renaissance that brought with it the end of the positivistic conception of the world, giving way to the various Russian avant-garde movements. During those years, while some artists travelled around Europe, French art became known through exhibitions such as the Salon de la Toison d'Or, organised in Moscow in 1908, showing Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. At the same time Russian artists began to turn their attention to folklore and popular traditions or to study aspects of the life of the peasantry, which had traditionally been the largest sector of the population, and began to illustrate the various folk epics on canvas.
In the present Ukrainian Peasant Woman, Vladimir Burliuk introduces the viewer to the world and customs of the southern regions of the empire, now Ukraine, through a colourful and synthetic language and a style derived both from the pointillism of Seurat and Signac and from Russian folk art. The painter's detailed depiction of the young woman's dress and coloured bead necklaces stems from his ethnographic interest in the area.
Paloma Alarcó
© 2009 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado 8, 28014 Madrid, España
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Once described as the most dangerous woman in America., some believe that 'Typhoid Mary' originally from Tyrone still haunts the abandoned Brother Island in New York where she spent the duration of her life.
"Typhoid Mary" was born Mary Mallon on September 23rd 1869 in Cookstone Co. Tyrone. Like so many people in post famine Ireland Mary emigrated to the United States in 1884. Upon arriving in New York she began working as a domestic servant and with a flair for cooking she soon became a household cook for several families.
Mary unknowingly spread typhoid fever during her tenure as a cook for several families throughout the New York area. But it only became apparent she was a healthy carrier of the bacteria after she was hired as a cook for an upper class family in Long Island.
A New York banker Charles Henry Warren hired Mary as a cook for the families summer vacation in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Soon after their arrival one of Warren's daughters fell ill with typhoid fever. Following this Mrs Warren and two maids became ill as well as the gardener and another Warren daughter. In the end six of the eleven people in the house were diagnosed with typhoid.
The owners of the house where the Warren's had been staying wanted to find the cause of all the illness so they hired George Soper, a civil engineer with experience in typhoid fever outbreaks. It was Soper who discovered that Mary was the carrier. as she had left the Warren household three weeks after the outbreak.
He began researching her employment history and discovered that typhoid outbreaks had followed the Tyrone woman from job to job. Satisfied that this could not be a coincidence, Soper decided to confront Mary as he needed a blood and stool sample to prove she was the carrier.
In March 1907 he found her working again as a cook in the home of Walter Bowen and his family. According to Judith Walzer Leavitt'sbook on Typhoid Mary, Soper approached Mary in the kitchen and challenged her:
"I had my first talk with Mary in the kitchen of this house...I was as diplomatic as possible, but I had to say I suspected her of making people sick and that I wanted specimens of her urine, feces and blood. It did not take Mary long to react to this suggestion. She seized a carving fork and advanced in my direction. I passed rapidly down the long narrow hall, through the tall iron gate, ...and so to the sidewalk. I felt rather lucky to escape."
Realizing he would not have any success on his own he approached Hermann Biggs at the New York City Health Department who agreed with his hypothesis. The pair enlisted the help of Dr. S. Josephine Baker and again tried to approach Mary.
When they confronted Mary again she refused to talk to them and threatened them with kitchen implements before fleeing the scene. After an extensive search they later found her in a neighbors closet and Dr Baker described her emergence:
"She came out fighting and swearing, both of which she could do with appalling efficiency and vigor. I made another effort to talk to her sensibly and asked her again to let me have the specimens, but it was of no use. By that time she was convinced that the law was wantonly persecuting her, when she had done nothing wrong. She knew she had never had typhoid fever; she was maniacal in her integrity. There was nothing I could do but take her with us. The policemen lifted her into the ambulance and I literally sat on her all the way to the hospital; it was like being in a cage with an angry lion."
Mary was taken to Willard Parker Hospital in New York where typhoid bacilli was found in her stool. The hospital then transferred her to an isolated cottage which was part of Riverside Hospital
Mary could not understand why she was being persecuted. In her own mind she was perfectly healthy. She could not comprehend how she could spread a disease and cause deaths when she exhibited none of the symptoms herself.
"I never had typhoid in my life, and have always been healthy. Why should I be banished like a leper and compelled to live in solitary confinement with only a dog for a companion?"
Two years after her isolation on North Brother Island Mary sued the Health Department. During her two year confinement health officials analysed Mary's stool samples once a week. The samples came back mostly positive. However Mary also sent her stool samples to a private lab where all her the tests proved negative for the typhoid bacteria which made her think now more than ever she was the victim of unfair persecution.
When her case came to court the judge ruled in favor of the health officials and noted that Mary was now popularly known as "Typhoid Mary". However in 1910 a new health commissioner decided that Mary could be released from quarantine as along as she never worked with food again. Finally the Tyrone woman was allowed to walk free.
She began working in a laundry but soon after became tired of the poor wages in comparison to when she was a cook. Mary then still believing that she posed no risk to anyone changed her name to Mary Brown and once again took up a paid position as a cook.
The cycle started again. Nearly five years after her release when an outbreak of typhoid fever in the Sloane Maternity Hospital occured it was discovered they had recently hired a new cook called Mrs Brown. Any sympathy she had from people after her release quickly disappeared when they discovered that she had wittingly cause pain and suffering to those who were infected.
Once again she was sent back to North Brother Island to live in the same isolated cottage. Details of her life on the island are scant but it is known that she helped around the hospital.
She suffered a large stroke in 1932 that left her paralysed. She was then transferred to the children's wing of the hospital where she spent the following six years of life until her death on November 11th 1938 aged 69.
This argumentative woman from Tyrone was the first healthy typhoid carrier to be identified by medical science. She became famous after giving rise to the most famous outbreaks of carrier borne disease in medical history. Throughout her life "Typhoid Mary" was blamed for 51 cases and 3 deaths of typhoid.
North Brother Island on New York's east river where Mary spent a large part of her life has been since abandoned and some say her ghost still roams the derelict hospital corridors.
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In the Spring 2016 issue
- Main Features:
Guiding Light: Author Eric Jay Dolin illuminates the American lighthouse
Old Rivalries Never Die: Tales of 'Header lore are founded in legend and reality
A Palette for Pets: Painter Alicia Irick Cohen finds her muse in furry, four-legged models
Behind Kitchen Doors: Meet the culinary artists who create some of the tastiest dishes in town
- Also Featuring:
It Happened Here: Lost at Sea: The storm of 1846.
Leader: Brain Train: Former Magicians star Josh Freedland's own head injury inspired his new business.
Homes: Honoring the Past: A bit of the Old South preserved in Sewall Street home.
Leader: All Smiles: Katy Bednar's long route to orthodontics leads her back home, alongside her father.
Q&A: Over and Out: Retired Fire Captain Mike Porter looks back on his 32 years of civil service.
Found in Marblehead: Tools from Town: Culinary finds inspired by our 5 featured chefs.
Out & About: Featuring the Marblehead Festival of Arts Logo Premiere Party.
- On the Cover:
"A Spring Sail for the Jackson Cup." By Eyal Oren/Wednesdays in Marblehead.
Wednesdays in Marblehead was started in August 2010 by Eyal Oren as a personal project to explore the town of Marblehead. Eyal moved to Marblehead with his family in May 2008 to begin work as an allergist at the Asthma and Allergy Affiliates in Salem. What started as a small project aimed at sharing landscape images once per week (Wednesday is his day off from work) quickly evolved into an incredible fulfilling profession.
Eyal has won numerous awards for his images of Marblehead and now shares them daily on his website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Eyal continues to find new compositions that showcase the beauty of this town. His hardcover coffee-table book published in 2014 is now in its second printing. Learn more at wednesdaysinmhd.com.


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Seven practical tips when preparing for a regulatory examination
By ERIA-admin
Long before a registered investment advisor is on the radar for an examination by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or another regulator, it should prepare for the inevitable. The minute a firm opens its doors, it guarantees that a regulator will walk through them to examine its policies and procedures. Here are some practical, everyday tips that will help make the eventual examination go more smoothly.
1. Hot issues of the day. It is extremely important to keep up with the latest issues surrounding the financial industry and, in particular, the world of the investment advisor. Knowing the hot issues of the day can save a firm both time and energy prior to an examination. For example, this year's headlines include multiple Ponzi schemes and frauds. These headlines should trigger an internal examination of a firm's financials, due diligence practices, and custodian relationships. These are a central focus of all examinations. The examiner will want to know how the firm makes money and to whom it pays money. A review of all vendors and solicitors agreements is all but guaranteed during an examination. The examiner will also closely scrutinize where clients' money is kept. In recent examinations, the SEC has requested a list of account numbers from a firm's custodian and matched them with the records of the firm. Additionally, the SEC has followed client deposits to ensure the money is where the advisor says it should be.
2. Updated policies and procedures. One would think this topic has been exhausted, but it has not. At least weekly, the SEC fines advisors for not having policies and procedures for a new business line. It is supremely important to have up-to-date policies and procedures that reflect all aspects of the firm's business. It is just as important to test those policies and procedures to ensure they work.
3. Review past examination letters. Perhaps the most important action to take is correcting past deficiencies or taking corrective actions suggested by the regulators. Before conducting an advisor's examination, a regulator will conduct due diligence on the firm. The first piece of information reviewed is any past examinations by that regulator. This will result in the first questions of the new examination. Thus, it is vitally important to correct any previously noted deficiencies, and just as important to ensure those defects do not or have not occurred again.
4. Document, document, document. The daily practice of documenting reviews, meetings, and other actions provides a solid foundation for not just a compliance program, but operations activities, as well. For example, during an examination, it is common for the examiners to dig into particular client accounts, such as all clients with more than 50 percent of liquid net worth in one particular advisor fund. The examiner may think the allocations are unsuitable. A well documented file with notes from the client meetings (an operations activity) can easily answer regulatory questions; however, this situation could play out negatively if client meeting notes are not required to be kept. It is much easier to show the examiner written notes than to try to explain a memory of a conversation that happened six months ago. In a firm's daily practices, documenting activities can save time and effort during the examination.
5. Open an account with your firm. A simple and valuable way to test the effectiveness of a firm's policies and procedures is to open your own account with it. This allows you, a new client and account holder, to receive everything a client receives, which is also an excellent test of the firm's procedures. You should receive at least: the annual offer for the firm's disclosure documents; the firm's annual privacy notice; and regular statements. If you do not receive these documents and all other information required by the policies and procedures manual, a deficiency exists; one the regulators will likely find it during an examination.
6. Use Google every six months. At a recent compliance conference, the SEC acknowledged that they research advisors prior to examinations by using Google. Typically, they Google the firm name and its principals in order to better understand its business. By using this same technique on all of its employees, at least semi-annually, a firm can monitor and control what information is being presented by its employees. This is extremely important in the age of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Posts on these Web sites frequently contain false return claims, out-of-date advertising, or other unsubstantiated claims. Firms that post performance advertising on Web sites should be extra diligent in ensuring that the information is current. It is uncomfortable to sit across from a regulator who has a piece of old, out-of-date and non-compliant advertising that he just downloaded from an active Web site that the compliance department didn't know existed.
7. Conduct a mock examination. A mock examination by a third party could simulate examination conditions and prepare staff for an actual regulatory examination. Most compliance consultants have access to recent SEC examination request lists, have been through multiple SEC examinations, or have been an SEC examiner. These experiences assist in knowing where to dig to find potential deficiencies that can be rectified prior to an actual examination.
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Healthy Hearts Challenge Tip 6: Go Nuts
By Brierley Wright, M.S., R.D., February 2, 2012 - 1:11pm
To celebrate American Heart Month and our Healthy Hearts Challenge, every day this week we're posting a quick tip to help you eat for a healthier heart. Here's today's tip:
Tip 6: Go Nuts.
Nuts are chock-full of vitamins, minerals, heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and low levels of saturated fats. Research suggests that people who eat nuts—walnuts, pecans, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, pine nuts and peanuts (which actually are legumes)—two to four days or more per week have a lower incidence of heart disease than people who eat them less often.
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I often serve Brie for appetizers, and needed a good outlet for all the leftovers. I found it! This was a fantastic sandwich- my husband said the best ever. I used the thin- sliced beef sirloin from Trader Joes and sauteed it on the stove with the Herbes. I also subsituted micro- greens for the watercress and eliminated the hard-boiled eggs. A final change was the pile on the meat and brie and then broil them to melt the cheese. I then assembled the rest of the sandwish. Delish!
I thought this sandwhich really lacked flavor. I think next time I will use a smaller roll that doesn't consume all of the taste of the other ingediants. Also I would melt the brie and omit the mustard & mayo. Too much bread!
There are only two sandwiches that I have had in my life that I believe are beyond compare. One is Emeril's beef tenderloin with portobello mushrooms,arugula and fontina cheese.This is the other one. Fantastic!!
Taking a cue from others, I subbed a couple of portabella mushrooms for the hard-boiled eggs. I grilled these along with the peppers, putting the tenderloin on the grill when I took the 'shrooms & peppers off. By the time the peppers were ready to peel, the steak was done (a beautiful med-rare). I tented the steak while peeling & slicing the veggies, then sliced the steak. I served these sandwiches warm, toasting the rolls on the grill and not chilling the steak. My husband doesn't like mayonaise so I mixed the mayo with some cilantro pesto and he never knew the difference. I would definitely make these again! The Brie & tenderloin are great together, with the herbes de Provence & Dijon giving just the right amount of oomph.
This was a very filling sandwich. I made some modifications: had no dijon mustard, so I used steak sauce. Also grilled some onions in place of the watercress and didn't use the boiled eggs. Still was very, very yummy!
I thought this recipe was just so, so. While the beef, brie and red peppers were a good combination The eggs just didn't do it for me on this sandwich. I think it would be better toasted to melt the brie and with out the eggs. But I gave it 3 forks any way because it got a 7 year old picky eater to eat a sandwich the size of her head!
This recipe was delicious! One of the best sandwiches I've ever had. The steak and brie were terrific together, and I loved the charred bell peppers. This is definitely a meal that I can see myself making every once in awhile. Try them, I gurantee that you'll fall in love! (and although they were a bit messy they were definitely worth making)!
This might be one of my new favorite sandwiches! Although it was messy, it tasted delicious, and it was definitely worth making. It won't be too long before I make these again! The only things I changed was I used baby spinach since it was the only thing on hand, and I found a really great sundried tomato bread from my grocery store. The herbs de provence worked beautifully with the steak, and the roasted red peppers were delicious. I can't wait to eat these again!
I made this last night and thought it would be great but My husband and I were really disappointed. We both thought it lacked flavor. Also was not easy to eat with every bite the filling slipped out of the roll. Oh well you never know unless you try.
A bit labor intensive, but worth it. I substituted arugula for watercress; the herbes de provence are essential, as is good bread. delicious and decadent. This was for a picnic in the park served with lots of fresh fruit, perrier, and caramel flan.


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The combination of rising soft and hard power will give many emerging market countries considerably more influencing power.
Everyone is familiar with the concept of hard power. Hard power is the military and economic might a nation state uses to obtain what it wants from other political bodies.
However, countries can sometimes obtain the outcomes they want without tangible threats or payoffs. This indirect method has sometimes been called "the second face of power" or soft power.
At its core, soft power rests on the ability to shape the preferences of others. The ability of a nation to influence others tends to be associated with intangible assets such as an attractive personality, culture, political values and institutions and policies that are seen as legitimate or having moral authority.
Several recent trends have made the deployment and use of soft power even more critical.
The first has been the recent economic surge of the emerging market (EM) economies. After decades of boom and bust cycles, the EM economies have enjoyed an enormous growth advantage over the countries in the developed market (DM) since the turn of the century.
While the EM growth story before the turn of the century had largely been a Chinese phenomenon, economic growth since then has been steady and broad based, incorporating most EM regions (Central and Latin America, Eastern Europe, MENA, South and East Asia and even sub-Saharan Africa).
The rise in EM hard power over this decade has been dramatic.
Based on the World Bank's World Development Indicators (WDI), in 2000, the emerging world accounted for 20% of global GDP but, by 2010, this figure had risen to 32% as well as 44.8% by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Over the same period, its share of world trade rose from 8% to 20%, while its share of global equity market capitalization rose from 7% to 30%.
One of the crucial questions that first arises is whether soft power in the emerging world has risen commensurately with its hard power during the past decade. If so, has it reached levels where some of the EM economies can now challenge those of the developed world?
If it has, the combination of rising soft and hard power will give many EM countries considerably more influencing power in obtaining what they want in the coming years.
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Cashman: "It's a misunderstanding"
Scratch that.
Just got off the phone with Brian Cashman who said The Daily News story about Andy Pettitte's decision is not accurate. "It's a misunderstanding," Cashman said.
This was Cashman's quote, as relayed by The Daily News: "I don't think he's determined if he's officially finished or not, but he's chosen at this stage at least not to start in 2011."
Cashman said you could basically substitute the word "pitch" for the word "start." What Cashman meant was, at this stage, Pettitte is choosing not to pitch in 2011, but the Yankees are — as they've been all winter — waiting for Pettitte to let them know something official. He's leaning toward retirement, and he'll let them know if that situation changes.
"Nothing new or different," Cashman said. "Exactly what I've been saying for the past month or two months."


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This was 341st day of the year and 25 days remained in the year.
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A Very Superior 'Chinaman'
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History
Charlie Chan, the fictitious Chinese-American detective from Hawaii, makes his first appearance in the movie Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) looking out the window of an airplane while flying over the Pyramids and the Sphinx. We next see him, looking awkward and unhappy, on a donkey, which takes him to the headquarters of an archaeological excavation in Luxor. There he announces why he has come, his polite manner verging on the deferential: he has been hired by the French Archaeological Society to investigate the disappearance of some ancient objects on the black market.
The archaeologists know very well who Chan is, and they address him respectfully, nobody expressing any surprise that a member of the Honolulu Police Force would have come to hunt for missing antiquities in Egypt. Moviegoers wouldn't have been surprised either. In the early Chan films he is shown solving crimes close to home in Hawaii. But later he became a kind of global celebrity, a Chinese-American version of Hercule Poirot or Sherlock Holmes. Corpulent, indefatigable, his large eyes under heavy brows missing nothing, Chan travels solo and works alone (except in a few cases when he is helped by one of his numerous grown children), using brainpower to solve cases that have stymied local authorities.
Viewers of Charlie Chan in Egypt had already seen the detective in London and Paris, and they would later see him in Shanghai, San Francisco, New York, and other places. They would also suspect that Chan's original mission would be overtaken by some murderous development, and sure enough, he's soon informed in Charlie Chan in Egypt that the leader of the excavation is missing. When Chan is shown an ancient sarcophagus on a tour of the site, he observes, as he puts it, that "varnish on three-thousand-year-old object isn't completely dry," and this leads to the discovery of the corpse of the missing archaeologist inside it.
Soon a second murder takes place, inducing the archaeologists to squabble, one of them giving way to hysteria. But Chan, stolid and unruffled, in his calm, formal, elaborately courteous manner questions witnesses, examines clues, and performs a forensic experiment, proving that a vial of poison gas hidden in a violin was designed to shatter when a certain note was struck, which explains the second murder. All the while, as viewers have come to expect, he provides faux-Confucian aphorisms by way of comment: "Theory, like mist on eyeglasses, obscures facts."
Some forty-nine movies featuring Chan were made in Hollywood between 1926 and 1949, all of them based on the character invented by Earl Derr Biggers in his novel The House Without a Key (1925). Biggers's six Chan novels were best sellers, and the cinematic Charlie Chan was one of the best-known and most-liked fictional characters…
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Re: the alleged link to Occupy Wall Street (OWS) in media reports about the arrest of two Greenwich Village residents charged yesterday with possession of weapons/explosive material.
Since its beginnings in September 2011, Occupy Wall Street has vigorously used its Constitutional rights to protest Wall Street greed, and is firmly committed to non-violence. Nonetheless, Occupy has been subjected to extensive surveillance and repression, and the NYPD takes every opportunity to link OWS to crime.
There is nothing in the news stories to support a link between OWS and the individual arrested; his name is unfamiliar to many OWS activists. A very large number of people came through Zuccotti Park, and there are countless Occupy-related groups nationwide, so it is very difficult to ascertain if one person participated in anything related to OWS.
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Battle of Pharsalus
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