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Yay! Yet another Twinkie Chan pattern in the books! I swear I'm not obsessed, they are all just so cute! I'm really proud of this one because I found it really daunting. I definitely had to unravel and redo several things. I think the peas still turned out a big oversized, but it looks cute! The pattern was written for an iPad Mini, but I found it fits my Kindle Fire just fine as well!
Honestly, I'm not sure how practical this is in a world full of velcro (its gotten caught on some in my bag a few times already) but who cares! Its adorable! In the interest of full disclosure I'll admit that I took the lazy way out and hot glued all the pieces in instead of sewing them on, but as I had ripped out and redone it several times, I was ready for some finished project satisfaction!
After finishing this one I immediately started 2 other projects that had been on my list for a bit, and then a huge box of yarn arrived to start a 3rd! Fingers crossed I'll make headway and have something to show you next week!
Banquet On A Stick
Yum!! Did you know that foods on sticks are my favorite kinds of foods? If you can get it at a carnival, I'm into it! I actually can't eat too much cotton candy without feeling terrible, but I could probably eat my weight in corn dogs with little ill effect (outside of elevated blood pressure I'm sure!). Sadly fair and carnival time is only a small portion of the year! To get through the tragic months devoid of deep friend stick foods I crocheted these delightful pen cozies! These are another installment from the Twinkie Chan book I've been working through, and I really like how they turned out!
The corn dogs turned out a little bigger than I might have liked, but they still ook delicious and I'd still take a bite! Speaking of bite, the bitten one looks like it might be more batter than dog, but that's my fault! The pink I had on hand that was the right color was a lighter weight yarn. It didn't seem worth it to buy a whole skein for that little dab of hot dog! These actually remind me of my very favorite kind of corn dog...only available to me at the Kansas State Fair: The Pronto Pup, World Famous Banquet on a Stick! If you've had one, you know!
Next up, cotton candy! The pattern for these called for a wool yarn to be used for the cotton candy portion to get that fluffiness. Again, I didn't have any wool on hand so I just used the acrylic that I have. I still think they turned out pretty good! You achieve the fluffy effect by furiously brushing the crochet with a pet slicker brush (the kind with the fine metal tines) and I definitely nursed some scratches where my thumb got caught up in the action! Also you might notice that the blue is slight smaller than the pink, I realized near the end that I'd missed a step or two in the pattern (the perils of watching TV while you work) but I thought it still looked ok so I just went with it rather than ripping it out and starting over!
I just love how these turned out! I have them sitting on my desk at work, and though most people haven't really noticed them, they bring me a smile every day! I'm not too excited about letting people actually use the pens though, I don't like the idea of people pawing at my hard work! haha! I suppose I need to get over that!
A Little Catch-Up
Wow, last week I totally, 100% just flat forgot to write a blog! I realized it Thursday afternoon! To anyone who depends on my crafty ramblings to get them through the week...I apologize! All kidding aside, I do like to try to keep a dependable schedule, and sometimes I even have a few blogs ready to go in advance like a real professional, but I just dropped the ball this time!
I've actually been up to a few things! For one thing, Twinkie Chan's new book has arrived and I've begun working my way through it! The first thing I made is the bread loaf mail sorter! It definitely has some flaws compared to the original pattern, but I like it! Once I get the sorter wires glued in more securely I plan to bring it to work and begin slowly covering my desk in crochet work! Stay tuned for more projects from the book, they are all so fun that they have become my main focus for right now...despite my other production goals and projects half finished!
Crocheting is not all I've been doing. Spring has sprung and the "lets get outside" bug has bitten! I have spent the late winter actively looking for some patio loungers that look nice and are quality but don't cost, literally, hundreds of dollars. You'd be amazed how hard that is to find! It occurred to me that with my husband's new found hand for woodwork, perhaps this was something we could make cheaper! In fact it was! A very quick perusal on Pinterest led me to the pattern for these great loungers!
So there you have it! Two weeks worth of this's and that's squeezed into one post! Here's to not forgetting again!
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6.24.2018 – Pizza Fest (Sunday) Results
We had 17 teams and a rain scare, but it all dried up pretty quickly and went well. Thanks to everyone who came out to any of the events this past weekend. Be sure to tune into ESPN2 on July 4th to watch 6 of our local players battle it out at the ACL Pro Invitational!
Competitive Doubles Results
1st – Kieran Hornacek / Christine Papcke
2nd – Bill Sobleskie Jr / Brandon Corwin
3rd – Kerry Mittermiller / Eric Anders
4th – Kevin Allen / Tim Allen Read More…
6.23.2018 – Garrettsville Summerfest Results
We had 19 teams venture out through the rain and into the gym in Garrettsville. Here are the results.
Competitive Doubles
1st – Brandon Corwin / Dennis Wareham
2nd – Christine Papcke / Bill Sobleskie Jr.
3rd – Tim Mast / Tim Allen
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6.22.2018 – Pizza Fest (Friday) Results
We had 15 teams not scared of the rain (well, we ended up indoors anyway) Friday night, here are the results.
1st – Christine Papcke / Kevin Allen
2nd – Alan Skotko / John Stover
3rd – Mike Pfaff / Chad Braun
4th – Kerry Mittermiller / Dave Abruzzino Read More…
ACL June 2018 Results
Here are the results from Akron
Advanced Singles
1 Ken Schaef (2100)
2 Brandon Corwin (18397)
3 Chad Braun (13945)
4 Trey Burchfield (7028) Read More…
ACL Conference – Top 16 Going Down to the Wire!
Two weekends left to try and get into the top 16 in the Mid-East Conference! Top 16 get to play in the $20,000 Conference Cup in Cherokee for Free! Remember, conference standings are based on singles points. The last opportunity to move up in singles points is by attending an ACL Regional either this weekend or next. Conference Standings become final on June 18th! You keep your best 5 regional singles finals, so in order to gain points you must finish better than your fifth best finish thus far this year.
Here's the current top players in our conference (note that Trey is not eligible to play in this event due to his youth). If you look at the standings in the app it's missing Brandon Corwin for some reason, they are trying to fix it. If any of the top 16 do NOT go to Cherokee, then the next name on the list is invited. The tiebreaker is best conference singles finish, if still tied then 2nd best conference singles finish, if still tied then best National singles finish, if still tied then 3rd best conference finish, if still tied then coin toss…
1. Cody Henderson OH 2300
2. Adam Hissner OH 2268
3. Trey Burchfield OH 2265
4. Brandon Corwin OH 2240
5. Jay Dotson OH 2217
6. Christine Papcke OH 2215
7. Chuckie Love OH 2212
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Spring Singles League Champs!
Congrats to our Spring Singles League Champions! Thanks to everyone who participated.
|Christine Papcke
|Ken Schaef
|Ken Schaef
|Alan Skotko
|Mike Burdette
|Rob Smith
|Bill Hilbish
|JJ Teron
|Nicole Kountz
|Don Gray
|Earl Locklear
|Keith Burtt
|Denise Verhosek
|Jeremy Hostetler
|Jeremy Hostetler
|Jerry Gugliotta
|Billy Dailey
|Valerie Harper
ACL Conference Event #3 Results
I wanted to thank the 109 players that attended the ACL Conference event this past weekend! I truly appreciate everyone who came out and especially those that traveled up to 5-6 hours to attend! Hopefully everyone had a fun. Well over $3,000 was paid out across the 8 tournaments that were run.
For those that are headed to Cherokee in July I'll see you there! Here are the results from this past weekend. More pictures will be added as I get them.
Advanced Singles
1 Cody Henderson (2268)
2 Trey Burchfield (7028)
3 Jamie Pernell (5993)
4 Dave Kolenc (2870)
5 Brian Hall (9623)
5 Christine Papcke (1806) Read More…
Registration for the 2018 ACL Championships is NOW OPEN!
Cornhole players, registration for the 2018 ACL Championships is now open! It's estimated that OVER $70,000 will be paid out in Cherokee this year, but more importantly, this is an event like no other with almost 30 different tournaments being held over the 5 days!
IMPORTANT – You must pre-register for any event you want to participate in (except for the Big Blind Draws, Florida Blind Draws and Conference Cup). Each event does have a player cap, so don't be left out! There may be a couple events that they will allow on-site registration for if they don't sell out, but that's not a guarantee and if allowed at all will cost double the price than what you pay if you pre-register.
All registration MUST be done through the ACL app on your phone or at https://app.iplayacl.com/
Link to the Schedule for the 2018 ACL Championships
Additionally, there is $30,000 being given out for the Advanced Singles and Advanced Blind Draw. Unless you are playing in the Social division you will want to sign-up for Advanced Singles/Blind Draw where if you don't make it out of Round 1 you automatically get put into Competitive Singles and Competitive Blind draw which are offering $1,000 per tournament in prize money. Nobody will be allowed to sign-up directly for the Competitive Singles or Competitive Blind Draw, you must sign-up for Advanced Singles.
*Important – if you've ever played in an ACL event you have a login for their site. If you don't know what it is, please contact me and I will try and get it for you. Please do NOT create a new account as that would mean you'll have more than one ACL account which is a bit of a pain to get fixed. Additionally, if you are going to Cherokee and are not an ACL member, please sign-up for an ACL membership through me. By doing this you will save a ton of money on your entry fees at Cherokee and you will be a member through July 2019.
I think that's all for now. If you have questions, please email me at email@example.com or text/call me at 440.570.5701
Congratulations to Our Spring Monday Champions!
Full league summary will be out in the near future.
|Tournament Champs
|Ken and Eli
|Christine and Travis
|Ken and Eli
|Bert and Ernie
|Now Boarding
|George and Deb
|Those Guys
|Custom Bubbles
|Custom Bubbles
|Pablo Sanchez
|Rick and Keith
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ACL May 2018 Results
We had 58 players at our final regional of the 2017-2018 season. Thanks to everyone who has come out this season! The 2018-2019 ACL Season will begin on August 18th! There is still one more chance to play ACL locally this season and that's at the ACL Conference Event on June 1-2. You must live in Ohio or Pennsylvania (or be approved by the ACL) in order to play in this event.
Here are the results from May.
Advanced Singles
1 Christine Papcke (1806)
2 Jack Smith (2648)
3 Chuckie Love (2097)
4 Ken Schaef (2100) Read More…

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2019 Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame
13 new inductees added to the Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame
The Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame inducted 13 new members on Saturday, March 30 at their 34th annual banquet held out at the Tioga County Fairgrounds.
Former athletes from Wellsboro, Mansfield, North Penn, Liberty, Cowanesque Valley, Williamson, and Elkland gathered and shared stories about their playing days and their favorite memories. Tim Frazier started the event, then recognized the newly deceased Hall of Fame members, an introduction of Tioga County High School honorees, and the induction of the Class of 2019.
The 2019 Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame Class includes:
Steve Boyce – Wellsboro (football)
Christopher Collum – Williamson (wrestling)
Mike Gamble – Wellsboro (tennis)
Kevin Hill – Mansfield (basketball)
Ben Howe – Elkland (golf)
Lianne Kriner – Liberty (coach/contributor)
Jacob Lane – Cowanesque Valley (football)
Erin Laurenson Green – Elkland (basketball)
Art Shaver – Williamson (basketball)
Chelsea Troutman – Mansfield (basketball)
Geoff Waksmunski – North Penn (basketball)
Kate Waksmunski – North Penn (volleyball)
Patti West Holtz – Wellsboro (tennis)
The Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame also honors outstanding high school senior athletes each year in recognition of their contribution to the sports life of the respective schools during the past four years. Being honored in 2019 include:
Karmen Short – Cowanesque Valley
Kurtis Easton – Cowanesque Valley
Savannah Doney – Liberty
Brandyn Choplosky – Liberty
Brooke Harvey – Mansfield
Garrett David – Mansfield
Emma Poirier – Wellsboro
Hunter Brown – Wellsboro
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Tanner Adriance – Williamson
For more information about the Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame, and to learn more about all the inductees, be sure to visit www.tiogacountysportshof.com from Circle W Sports.
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Let your musical side come out to play. In the Westin Austin Downtown, located just steps away from the city's 6th Street Entertainment District, the hotel rooms and lobby celebrate Austin as the "Live Music Capital of the World." Look closely, and you'll see the cutouts from a Dobro guitar in the lobby ceiling and vertical garden. There's also a guitar-string staircase and guitar-pick artwork. Even the ballroom floors are decorated with the kind of prints you can find on guitar straps.
#8: Conservatorium Hotel, Museumplein, Amsterdam
Located in the heart of Amsterdam's museum district, the Conservatorium Hotel is known for its Art Nouveau interiors. They were created by Piero Lissoni, who is considered one of Italy's best contemporary designers. In this image, natural light streams into the Brasserie Lounge, which is located next to the lobby reception area. The custom-made furnishing and vintage rugs aim to make guests feel at home, in a space that is both simple and sophisticated.
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Farmscape for September 5, 2017
A Research Scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says the adoption of group sow Housing has tended to vary depending on location.
Canada's new Pig Code of Practice calls on pork producers to move from stall housing of gestating sows to group housing by 2024.
A Group Sow Housing Seminar set for September 12 in Winnipeg and September 13 in Strathmore will look at research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc through the National Sow Housing Conversion Project.
Dr. Jennifer Brown, a research Scientist Ethology with the Prairie Swine Centre, says we've seen some real differences across the country in the adoption of group housing.
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I saw initially more group housing being installed in the east where most farms are quite a bit smaller in size.
Those producers, especially in Quebec, started a number of years ago in doing renovations.
Certainly a lot of them are in stalls but we did see more activity in the east earlier on.
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In western Canada we haven't seen quite as much renovation.
Our barns are, in general, bigger in size and a lot of these building haven't received a lot of upkeep when hog prices were low so I think western producers, a lot of them, have held off and waited to see what the best systems are and thinking about it in a serious way before they make the leap.
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Phalaenopsis amboinensis is a medium sized plant with leaves up to 24 cm that blooms on an arching inflorescence that carries many creamy white or yellow long lasting, fragrant flowers, with transverse red to brown bars that form more or less concentric circles around the white column. The midlobe of the lip is usually mottled with brown.Phalaenopsis amboinensis var flavida has been line-breed to produce flowers with a more intense golden yellow background colour.Phalaenopsis amboinensis grows at low elevations in the Molucca Archipelago and Sulawesi in Indonesia.Plants provided are young plants in an 8 cm pot.
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Heard of melatonin? Well, science says, it's the hormone naturally produced in the pineal gland present in your brain. Simplifying it, this hormone is responsible for making you fall asleep as it is synced with your internal body clock and controls biological processes. Now, besides this, the sleep hormone is also known for various other benefits.
Before benefits, know how it works
Melatonin works like an elixir to many souls who suffer from sleepless nights. Being sleep deprived can be detrimental to one's health. With depletion of energy, it can cause fatigue, drowsiness, etc. This problem can be cured by boosting melatonin levels in the body.
Under normal conditions, secretion of melatonin takes place during the night; during the day, its level remains quite less. Also, with increasing age, the production of melatonin reduces. That is why; most of the elderly people suffer from insomnia.
Curing this lack of melatonin is simple, but identification of melatonin inadequacy is the tricky part. Majority of people aged over 50 are likely to lack melatonin; much like other hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, levels of which decrease as people grow older. Those who are young usually don't lack this sleep hormone secretion in their body unless they have any health issue.
How to identify melatonin deficiency?
The most widely recognized symptoms of melatonin deficiency are insomnia, sleep disruptions, light rest, fatigue during daytime, etc. Also, some signs of melatonin inadequacy include cancer (breasts and prostate), PMS, eye problems, abnormality in heart rates, fluctuation of blood pressure levels, etc. Medical professionals can diagnose the same by testing sample of body fluids like urine, saliva or blood.
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Apart from curing sleep disorders, it also helps our body to be in a state of wellness in many areas. Some of those are –
- Maintaining proper level of melatonin can help in keeping the blood pressure and cholesterol levels in check.
- Melatonin can help in fighting cancers and other kinds of tumors in the body. Sometimes, it is also used to negate the side effects of chemotherapy and recover from sore mouth, anemia, and fatigue.
- It helps to reduce the effects of neurological disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Proper dosages of melatonin 5mg supplements can help those patients in organized movements and lessen the chance of brain damage and stroke.
- Sleeplessness can cause anxiety and depression too, which usage of melatonin can easily eradicate. Depression can also happen due to abnormal day and night concentrations of melatonin.
- The sleep hormone stimulates the pineal gland to secrete sex hormones which, in turn, can enhance sex drive of an individual.
- Decrease in melatonin level can also trigger bipolar disorders.
- It helps in regenerating the nerve cells and keeping the brain healthy.
- It also helps to cure Tinnitus, i.e., the continuous noise in the ears.
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Also known as a magic hormone, melatonin is present in the retinas of human eye. It helps in not only keeping up a good vision but also in decreasing the pressure in eyes. Disruptions in melatonin functions can cause glaucoma too.
It is a fact that the level of melatonin decreases with the increase in age. When we reach the age bracket between 50 and 60, the level of Melatonin falls even further. That is why most older adults suffer from sleep deprivation.
Treatment & Dosage
Like there are countless other benefits when you take melatonin tablets of which there are significant effects of its deficiency too. However, the remedies are not so complicated, and can be cured with proper medication.
The primary dosage can vary from 1 mg to 3 mg; it can help in curbing sleep disorder or general health problems. For more complicated issues, one should take the dosage only after consultation with a doctor.
However, the doctor or pharmacist must know about the other medications an individual is consuming, if any. The reason being, those may interfere with the dosage of melatonin and create an adverse effect on the body. Also, consumption of alcohol or sedatives is strictly prohibited.
One can increase the melatonin intake by in taking foods which have a high concentration of this hormone like tart cherries. There are some other melatonin rich foods like turkey, broccoli, grapes, cucumber, tomatoes, corn, spinach, chicken breasts, milk, apples, grains (wheat, barley, rice), etc. to try.
Though melatonin is mostly known for its positive impacts, over usage of the same can prove detrimental to one's health. So, controlled intake under proper supervision is always recommended.


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While police are not discussing any possible motives in two murders over the weekend — one on Lovell Street and the other on Newton Avenue — they have confirmed that drugs were found at both locations.
The two killings are not related, according to police. The type of drugs has not been disclosed.
Early this morning, police released the name of a man fatally shot late last night inside a Newton Avenue apartment. Nestor Ramirez, 25, who lived at 5 Newton Ave. died sometime around 11:45 p.m. Sunday.
Mr. Ramirez was found face down on the floor when police arrived. Police would not say where in his body Mr. Ramirez was shot.
"Worcester Police executed a search warrant at the Newton Avenue apartment and discovered narcotics and drug paraphernalia," police said in a news release.
The home where Mr. Ramirez was killed is nestled in a quiet neighborhood, just up the street from a Little League baseball field known as Duffy Field and near Doherty Memorial High School. Some of the homes nearby have been converted into apartments.
Authorities have also confirmed that they executed a search warrant at 326 Lovell St., where three people were tied up and assaulted inside a first-floor apartment late Saturday night. One man, Javier Maldonado, 32, was pronounced dead, and two women in the apartment remain in critical condition. Police are now saying both women are expected to live.
Police have not identified the two women attacked. City records show Mr. Maldonado was married to a Yannetee Rivera on April 19, 2002. Mailboxes at the Lovell Street home listed a Maldonado and Rivera living on the first floor.
The property at 326 Lovell St. is a three-family home currently owned by Fannie Mae, and is in foreclosure. Neighbors say the second and third floor apartments were vacant.
Police have only identified the women by age, one 36 and the other, 18. The young woman is the mother of the 3-month-old boy found in an infant car seat on Lovell Street late Saturday night. The discovery of the child led police to the gruesome scene inside the Lovell Street apartment. The child is now in state custody.
Authorities have not released the cause of the injuries for all three victims in the Lovell Street attacks.
Police are not limiting their investigation solely to drugs.
"These types of violent acts are not random. While we are not ruling out any motive, based on our initial investigations and through search warrants we discovered certain evidence to include drug paraphernalia and drugs," Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said. "While there is a drug nexus to these homicides we're not ruling out any other motives."
Detectives continue to pursue leads in both cases.
This is the third killing in the city in roughly a three-week span. The killing of Michael Deppe, 27, who died from a gunshot wound and was discovered dead in his Portland Street apartment April 30 remains under investigation. In total there have been six killings this year, raising concerns among police officials that they may see a double-digit total for killings this year, something seen in 2004 and 2011.
Acknowledging the significance of the killings and fears that result in the community, Chief Gemme said that the city has lower gun violence and murder statistics than communities of comparable size.
While not discussing the motives in all three recent cases, Chief Gemme said police often find some type of drug, gang or connection to gun use surrounding the violence in the city.
Investigators also find in many cases the perpetrators and victims have some type of connection to the criminal justice system. Detectives find many victims and suspects are out on parole or probation or have pending criminal cases.
Chief Gemme believes strongly that the community needs the come together and collectively discuss the violence and attempt to find solutions.
In relation to Sunday's killing of Mr. Ramirez, Chief Gemme cites that out of the 220 victims of gun violence since 2004, a vast majority – 81 percent – come from communities of color.
In response to the slayings on Lovell Street and Newton Avenue, the Police Department has created tactical response areas in both locations, meaning that foot patrols, more patrol cars and members of the Anti-Crime Team will all saturate those areas.
Anyone with information about any of the three incidents can send an anonymous text to 274637 TIPWPD + your message or send an anonymous web-based message at worcesterma.gov/police. Police can also call the Detective Bureau at (508) 799-8651.


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The collapse of the ecology due to over grazing, deforestation, unrestricted and uncontrolled farming has resulted to an increase in local conflicts, primarily for access over rare grazing fields, food stuff, scarce water supply, cattle rustling and at worse, 'rural intifada' of farmers, fishermen and nomadic pastoralists searching for greener pastures in 'another man's land'. Dramatic changes in weather patterns is fast becoming a precondition and trigger for many civil wars but also an enabling factor for sustaining an ISIL – Boko Haram jihadist style terrorism in the Sahel and the Middle East. However, the transformation pattern of these 'weather wars' and their severity depends hugely on local state, private and community proactive preventative and response mechanism.
What We Are Not Saying
This climate change conflict relationship analysis acknowledges the key role of other religious, political and economic major push and pull factors not linked to the impact of climate change patterns on local or international conflicts.
In Doubt Fight or Flight, A Natural Human Reaction
A natural human instinct is for people to flee their habitats in order to survive situations of flood, droughts, livelihood and starvation. Faced with such predicaments, humans will do whatever it takes to migrate and save themselves even if it comes to fighting and dying for survival in an alternative safe space belonging to a hostile or friendly neighbour. Not even threats of death, high wall fences, borders and oceans act as migration and settlement deterrent when such a disaster strikes. To many, the choice is simple, fight or flight, stay and die. In choosing the choice of migration the survival risk is 50/50 depending on your destination and your traveling behaviour.
The 'weather War' in Nigeria and CAR
The nomadic Fulani pastoralist in the middle belt region of Nigeria (an extension from Central Africa Republic CAR) and the local farming population both blame the current attacks and Counter attacks against each community on the increase desertification of the lake chad basin and the forced migration option by nomadic herdsmen to seek alternative grazing field for their cattle. These clashes have seen a steady increase of violent conflict in the North Central region of Nigeria with the Global Terrorism Index rating the Fulani Herder crisis the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world.
How Climate Change Helps Boko Haram Tactics in Lake Chad Basin
In the North East of Nigeria, Boko Haram exploited the shrinking of the lake chad basin to increase its rank and file by forcefully but also voluntarily trapping and recruiting local fishermen, herders and farmers who were attracted to the region during the raining season to fish, graze and plant in swampy areas. These men mostly had no other livelihood to sustain on as the drought as desertification consumed most of the fertile land. These men not only became key fighters of Boko Haram, but some were used for surveillance, reconnaissance missions, source of funding and for logistics purpose due to their legitimate need to be on a constant move.
From and angle of self-help, especially where local Government security forces cannot be trusted or relied upon, local Fulani herders are prepared to take 'Do It Yourself' deadly action against cattle rustlers and local farmers when they and/or their cattle is under threat or attack. As Fulani nomadic pastoralist migrate to escape desertification and droughts in search of fresh grazing land for their cattle, they arm themselves or high mercenaries who carry sophisticated weapons for protection. They venture into alternative cattle routes to avoid regular ambush on marked cattle routes. The problem is that alternative cattle routes generate further conflict as the farms and crops of local farmers are destroyed in the process leading to more deadly clashes with local farmers. It is a vicious circle but the core is climate change and a government with no proactive response.
The Nomad -Jihadist Nexus, the need to protect cattle – Mali
Between 2011-2012 in Timbuktu, Mali, the nomadic Tuaregs in the desert town of Tayshak became extremely desperate as severe desertification resulted in animal diseases, cattle rustling and an increase in dying stock made worse by limited grazing fields and failed wells. The rise of MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) in 2012 was thanks to a free flow of sophisticated weapons from the Libya crisis, easily accessible to returning mercenaries. These weapons provided a golden opportunity for jihadist to rally the attention of the local Tuaregs by exploiting the ungoverned space and really bad conditions on ground that the government had failed to address. As the MNLA movement grew in strength and became a force to reckon with; vulnerable, angry, socially excluded and dislocated young Tuareg nomads became easily enticed to the security, financial and ideological benefits of belonging to jihadist groups like MNLA, Ansar Ed- Dine and AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb). These young men immediately became rich over night with regular salaries, arms to protect the limited cattle they could keep and power to stand out as heroes in their local communities. The violent narrative of the MNLA Jihadist would not have gone down as easy as it did without the devastating life-threatening impact of climate change on the direct livelihood of these local Tuareg nomads and the failure of the government to do something meaningful.
The Kenya case of resource cause
In the North Rift and North-Eastern regions of Kenya, competition for natural resources like water and grazing land resulted in deadly clashes between local Pastoralist from the Samburu and the Ndorobo tribes triggered by accusations of cattle rustling. Like most Fulani herdsmen, local pastoralist in Kenya treat their livestock as a symbol of wealth and livelihood. Communal sharing of available grazing land becomes problematic when grazing fields shrink and water dries up due to drought and famine. As cattle's die in huge numbers, cattle rustling activities increase as communities' struggle to replenish lost stock by hook or by crook but also engage in brutal conflicts over the use of limited grazing fields to save their own herds. The 2011 'Todonyang Massacre' between the Turkana warriors and the Dassanech's Merille Militia left about 80 men, women and children dead as a direct result of the impact of climate change on the scarcity of fish, grazing land and water. These instances are evidence of increasing local conflicts directly impacted by adverse weather conditions.
The role of climate change as a direct causation factor in a conflict
Significantly since 2010-2011 in Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Kenya, Fulani nomadic pastoralists began to experience droughts and shortage of grazing fields and resorted to moving their cattle to graze on land belonging to local farmers and other land owners. This pattern has caused deadly clashes between Fulani nomads and local land owners. For one of many reasons. Farmers crops are destroyed and eaten by cattle trespassing into private lands or unauthorized over grazing.
The role of climate change in making a conflict worse
The severe drought in Eastern Syria between 2006-2010 triggered by the over grazing of the Syrian Steppe, damaged the Rural ecosystem and forced many working age Syrians to migrate with their families to the cities in search of alternative livelihoods. This massive exodus to the urban cities created pressure for the Assad regime as unemployment and poverty increased. Those in the cities and the new arrivals from the rural areas formed a coalition and blamed the government for failing to handle the effects of the drought and the plight of Syrians. With increase corruption and no freedom to express their voices, the civil strife for daily bread and freedom transformed into a battle between the Assad regime and a concoction of extremist groups including Al-Qaeda and ISIL with multiple agendas. These jihadist extremists' groups found it comparatively easy to win the hearts and minds of Syrians and massive support from a mixture of those who had migrated from the rural areas as a result of the drought and those in the cities directly impacted by the internal migration; and wanted the government out of the way for failing to intervene. Irrespective of this trend, climate change caused by severe droughts only added extra ammunition to the Syrian conflict, it was not the primary causation factor. It's influence on the crisis dynamics and trend cannot be dismissed either.
There is no solid concluding evidence that planting more trees in the Lake Chad region, curtailing the over grazing of land in Eastern Syria, providing alternative mechanism to grazing fields for nomadic pastoralist in North Central Nigeria and North Rift of Kenya and turning the desert in the Sahel into a forest would have prevented the rise and prominence of Boko Haram, ISIS, Fulani Herder crisis, or the influence of AQIM and Ansar al Dine in Mali.
A drought may not directly threaten the national security of any given state, but when the consequences are overwhelming on the affected populations and mismanaged, the adverse effect of climate change can lead to internal migration, unemployment, poverty, anger, hatred and inter/Indra communal clashes between rural to Urban populations.
This analysis simply demonstrates that in specific fragile cultural and economic environments, presented with specific kinds of disasters, coupled with the inaction of state authorities, some specific places may experience armed violence as the weather pattern alters. However, the increase in severity of these conflicts has little to do with climate change itself. This is not to say that countries that proactively nip climate change impact in the bud will be free from climate change related conflicts. Each case must be approached on its own merits and demerits.
It is dangerous for policy makers and mankind in general to reject, ignore, play down, and do little to protect the ecosystem. It will make a huge difference if we all proactively counter the real adverse repercussions of global climate change patterns as we face a much closer period in history when desperate men and women will be left with no choice but to fight 'weather wars' of survival but also a time when adverse climate change will become a single direct trigger rather than a precondition for many future wars.
To solve a problem right, requires solving the right problem. With the right Subject Matter Expertise, unravelling the complex situations of natural disasters and their impact to man-made disasters needs intense research and a structural solution design to mitigate the real impact of climate change from a local implementation perspective. There is an obvious need to keep the global warming below 1.5 decree Celsius. There is also a need to impact the local community to plant trees, minimise deforestation and avoid products that harm the environment. But the answer is in the specific problem.


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Even though Hua Mu had said that they were almost at the Cloudsoaring Sect, there was still some ground to cover.
Standing on the Lightning Shuttle, Nie Tian looked off into the distance, and he could see the cloud-wreathed Cloudsoaring Mountain already.
Normally speaking, they would have to pass over Black Cloud City to get to Cloudsoaring Mountain. However, Hua Mu seemed to be intentionally circling around it.
Nie Tian turned to Hua Mu and asked in a soft voice, "Is my master in the Cloudsoaring Sect right now?"
Hua Mu shook his head, saying, "I'm afraid not."
"Do you know where he is now?" Nie Tian was curious.
"Pulling strings somewhere in order to secure the Cloudsoaring Sect's future. Where else could he be?" Hua Mu said, his face filled with helplessness. "Your master has never lost faith in you. However, many people within the Cloudsoaring Sect believe that you won't return to the Realm of Flame Heaven again. The way they see it, even if you're still alive, you won't be able to refine the fragmentary star marks within such a short time.
"Not to mention that you only had two fragmentary star marks when you disappeared. As everyone knows, the third fragmentary star mark was in Ning Yang's hands, and all three fragmentary star marks need to become one to seal the spatial rifts and restore peace to the Realm of Flame Heaven.
"Most of them assume that even if you're still alive, the Realm of Flame Heaven will be submerged in dense demon Qi before you return. By that time, Demon armies will once again pour into the Realm of Flame Heaven and make it their paradise.
"That was why the senior members of the Cloudsoaring Sect asked your master to help them seek a place in another realm where the Cloudsoaring Sect could keep a foothold.
"Therefore, he went to the Realm of a Hundred Battles."
After hearing Hua Mu's description. Nie Tian said with a deep frown, "My grandfather, my aunt, and my master are the only ones I truly care about in the Realm of Flame Heaven. Now that none of them are in the Cloudsoaring Sect, I'm not in a hurry to go there. Mr. Hua, if you don't mind, can you take me to Black Cloud City? I want to take a look there."
Upon hearing these words, Hua Mu fell silent.
A concerned look appeared in Nie Tian's eyes as he asked, "Is there something wrong?
Hua Mu smiled bitterly. "As a matter of fact, I intentionally took a detour so that we wouldn't pass above Black Cloud City. I just don't want you to return to Black Cloud City and see how nasty it has become."
However, Hua Mu's words made Nie Tian even more curious, and thus he insisted, "I went through lots of things in the Green Illusion dimension, the Heaven Gate, and the Realm of Split Void. I'm no longer the child you think I am, and I'm strong enough to handle whatever is happening in Black Cloud City.
"No matter how bad it has become, handling it will be a part of me growing up. I hope you can understand."
"Alright..." With a soft sigh, Hua Mu changed the direction of the Lightning Shuttle and steered it towards Black Cloud City.
Even in powerful realms such as the Realm of Mystic Heaven, air-transportation spiritual tools were rarely seen, much less in the Realm of Flame Heaven.
Even though the Lightning Shuttle was flying close to the ground, since Hua Mu had completely sealed its trace and aura, it would be very difficult for ordinary Qi warriors to sense its existence.
As the Lightning Shuttle flew closer and closer towards Black Cloud City, Nie Tian looked down from midair, and discovered that the fields outside Black Cloud City were completely wasted, as if no one was farming them anymore.
In his memories, the areas outside of Black Cloud City used to bustle with farming activities; farmers could be seen everywhere, working hard in their fields.
However, all he could see now were farmers sitting idle at their doors. Each of them was wearing a grim expression, and not the slightest spirit could be seen in their eyes.
Even though they were still alive, their hearts seemed to have died already.
In a secluded location outside Black Cloud City, Hua Mu landed the Lightning Shuttle. Nie Tian hesitated for a moment before taking out the mask Dong Baijie had gifted him. After putting it on, he turned to Pei Qiqi and Hua Mu and said, "I'll take a walk in the city."
Hua Mu nodded and said, "Sure."
Then, he turned to Pei Qiqi. "Qiqi, you might want to make some alterations to your appearance as well. The current Realm of Flame Heaven is a bit... strange. Your appearance might attract some unnecessary trouble."
"Oh, I see." Pei Qiqi took out a plain-looking mask from within her ring of holding and gently placed it on her face.
Afterwards, the three of them walked quietly into the city.
After entering Black Cloud City, Nie Tian didn't head directly towards the Nie Clan. Instead, he strolled around without a destination, and observed what changes had happened to Black Cloud City.
He saw that the citizens of Black Cloud City were in similar state to the farmers he had just seen; they all lived soulless lives.
Most of them had sluggish eyes, as if their lives had lost all purpose.
Some stronger citizens bullied the weak to vent their negative emotions. Brothels had become the most popular places within the city. People ate, drank, and whored all day long, as if they were enjoying their final moment of madness before the impending doom.
Bloody fights took place day and night in every corner of the city.
Plundering, murdering, and raping could be seen everywhere.
The former three great clans, the Nie Clan, the An Clan, and the Yun Clan, seemed to have left the security within the city completely unattended.
During the night, every household locked their doors and didn't dare to go out.
From behind those tightly-locked doors, the sounds of wives weeping, drunk husbands cursing, and children mediating could be heard.
A spirit of desperation and insanity seemed to have pervaded the entire city, making every Qi warrior abandon their cultivation, indulge themselves in whatever pleased them, and murder people as long as they felt like it.
Mortals abandoned work and left fields unattended. They lived on the grains they had stockpiled and waited for the day to come when Demons invaded their homeland.
After roaming the city for a day, as Hua Mu had warned him, Nie Tian saw the darkest side of human nature, and how days without hope could drive people crazy.
The thing he didn't foresee was that after the Yun Clan had been extinguished by a fallen meteor, neither the Nie Clan nor the An clan had taken its place as the most powerful clan in Black Cloud City.
On the contrary, the Yuan Clan from Frost Stone City had become the most powerful clan in Black Cloud City.
Frost Stone City had been hit by several meteors. Most parts of the city were in ruins. Therefore, the heavily damaged Yuan Clan decided to leave Frost Stone City and move to Black Cloud City.
Their arrival made them the most powerful clan in Black Cloud City.
At first, in light of Nie Tian's stunning accomplishments, the Yuan Clan hadn't dared to make moves on the Nie Clan. However, as Nie Tian had disappeared, everyone had blamed and hated Nie Tian for his irrational behavior. Later, when Wu Ji had secretly sent Nie Donghai and Nie Qian to the Realm of a Hundred Battles, the Yuan Clan had lost all scruples and started to confront the Nie Clan at every chance.
Originally, the Yuan Clan had been backed by the Grayvale Sect. However, since the Grayvale Sect had been flooded by the Demon invaders, it was basically wiped out from the Realm of Flame Heaven, with only a handful of members being lucky enough to have escaped death.
As one of the valemasters, Yuan Xian from the Yuan Clan was one of them.
Because of that, Yuan Xian and a few others became the last remaining force of the Grayvale Sect.
In such perilous times, all the major sects set aside their differences and united as never before.
Considering the calamity the Grayvale Sect had suffered, all the other sects showed great sympathy towards them and provided help as long as it was within their power.
That was why the Cloudsoaring Sect hadn't opposed the Yuan Clan when they had asked to move into Black Cloud City.
The An Clan was formerly backed by the Spiritual Treasure Sect. After the upheaval that had ravished the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, the Spiritual Treasure Sect had also sustained heavy losses. Soon afterwards, when they had been invaded by Demon outsiders, they had lost most of their members.
Even though the Spiritual Treasure Sect had survived the series of devastating calamities, they had become the weakest sect since then.
However, the An Clan had somehow lost this backer of theirs.
The reason behind this was that An Shiyi and An Ying had been driven out of the Spiritual Treasure Sect, and thus secretly gone to the Blood Sect.
Even though Li Jing, the sectmaster of the Blood Sect, had agreed to shelter the pair of sisters for Nie Tian's sake, many senior members of the Blood Sect had detested the An Clan, and thus refused to acknowledge its status as their subordinate clan.
Meanwhile, the Spiritual Treasure Sect had removed the An Clan from their subordinate clans after learning about An Shiyi's unauthorized leave.
On the other hand, due to Nie Donghai and Nie Qian's evacuation, the Nie Clan had once again been detested by many members of the Cloudsoaring Sect.
Even though the Nie Clan was still a subordinate clan of the Cloudsoaring Sect, they hadn't received any special care from them. Adding in the fact that many people attributed the disorder and downfall of the entire Realm of Flame Heaven to Nie Tian, in people's eyes, the Nie Clan had become a pest, a thorn in their flesh.
Many Qi warriors and mortals of Black Cloud City would take every opportunity to start fights with members of the Nie Clan, which made every trip Nie Clan members took outside full of danger.
Worst of all, the Yuan Clan had even openly sought trouble with members of the Nie Clan and An Clan. There had been many occasions where members of the Nie Clan and An Clan had been secretly ambushed or assassinated soon after coming through their clan gate.
Having roaming the city for some time, Nie Tian subconsciously walked towards the direction of the Nie Clan.
Along the way, both Hua Mu and Pei Qiqi followed Nie Tian without uttering a single word.
Hua Mu had been to many places and experienced many things, so the unspeakable things that were taking place in Black Cloud City didn't create much of a wave in his heart.
Pei Qiqi, however, had never imagined that an impending doom could breed so many evils in such a small city.
Her eyebrows were deeply knitted the entire time they strolled the city streets, as if she was absorbed in thought.
Since it was the first time she had witnessed this kind of thing, it seemed to have come as a great shock to her.
Just as they were about to arrive at the Nie Clan's front gate, Nie Tian saw an acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Nie You.
Nie You was one of the few members of the entire Nie Clan from whom Nie Tian had felt warmth.
A few years had passed, and Nie You had already grown into a slim and graceful young woman. It was just that she seemed a bit too thin for her age. As for her cultivation base, she was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and hadn't entered the Lesser Heaven stage yet.
She seemed to have snuck out of the clan gate, and now she was about to sneak back into the Nie Clan. However, someone had targeted her.
Nie You was trotting towards the Nie Clan's gate with her chin lowered when two Lesser Heaven stage Qi warriors suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked her path.
At that very moment, Nie Tian, Hua Mu, and Pei Qiqi showed up at the corner of the street.
Nie Tian came to a stop, and standing several dozen meters away, he glared at the two Qi warriors who were wearing Yuan Clan garments, his eyes shining with frosty light.


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Launching in China; Integrates With 'Baidu Doctor' App
BEIJING, CHINA--(Marketwired - Oct 11, 2016) - Baidu, Inc. (
Baidu's Melody is designed to save time in online discussions between doctors and patients, and provide relevant, contextual information to doctors to assist with recommendations and treatment options.
Melody incorporates advanced deep learning and natural language processing (NLP) technologies developed by Baidu. It integrates with Baidu Doctor, an app that Baidu launched in China in 2015. The Baidu Doctor app allows patients to ask doctors direct questions, book appointments online and search for healthcare-related information.
Andrew Ng, chief scientist, Baidu, said: "Melody is designed to help both doctors and patients. By focusing on the medical assistant space, we've built a conversational bot that can give highly-customized and situation-appropriate responses to a patient's query."
"As Melody has more conversations, it will learn and keep getting better," added Dr. Ng. "This is just the start of a much larger AI-driven transformation of the healthcare industry."
The announcement was made at a Baidu Health and AI Workshop held today in Beijing. Melody is available immediately to participating doctors and their patients.
"The new AI-based medical assistant functionality in Baidu Doctor will increase doctor productivity and enable patients to get quicker answers to their health-related questions," said Zheng Li, general manager of Baidu's Medical Services Business Unit. "Melody uses deep learning to understand a patient's initial query and select additional questions to send to the patient. We expect to see AI used in many different ways throughout the medical industry as AI capabilities continue to improve."
Wei Fan, senior director in Baidu's Big Data Lab, commented: "With Melody, our goal is to provide patients with an online experience that is close to a human conversation. We believe this natural type of interaction will help patients feel more comfortable with their doctors and result in a more beneficial patient-doctor relationship."
Worldwide, doctor shortages are leading to healthcare systems plagued by bottlenecks. According to the World Health Organization, the world will face a shortfall of nearly 13 million health care professionals in the next two decades. In the U.S. alone, the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of between 61,700 and 94,700 physicians by 2025.
"With dire shortages of physicians around the world, the need is greater than ever for intelligent solutions that can help doctors facilitate accurate recommendations more quickly," Dr. Ng said. "Baidu aims to provide a powerful solution that will alleviate the burden on healthcare systems by helping to bridge the gap between patients and doctors."
How Melody Works
When a patient opens the Baidu Doctor app to pose a question, Melody asks the patient additional context-relevant questions to clarify information such as the duration, severity and frequency of symptoms. It can also ask about additional symptoms possibly related to the condition but not initially mentioned by the patient. This provides the doctor with a more complete picture with which to make an informed decision (such as whether to recommend an immediate appointment). Melody can suggest possible treatment options directly to the doctor, who can choose to communicate those options to the patient or develop his or her own recommendations.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best and most equitable way for people to find what they're looking for. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU". Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.


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I think we may have to look at The Conjuring franchise as the horror equivalent of Illumination's Despicable Me series. Because the spin-offs are doing about as well as the core franchise installments. Annabelle: Creation earned a terrific $35 million over the weekend. Yes, that's under The Conjuring ($41.8m in July of 2013), Annabelle ($37m in Oct. of 2014) and The Conjuring 2 ($40m in June of 2016), but that's still a remarkable consistency for what is now a four-film horror franchise with at least three more on the way.
This is impressive considering A) quite a few franchise installments have been way down this year compared to respective predecessors and B) the first Annabelle was, all due respect, a lousy movie. That this "prequel to the prequel to The Conjuring" didn't miss a beat shows that this Conjuring franchise is more than a cinematic universe. It may be a trusted brand akin to Illumination or Marvel.
Sure, Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc. and New Line Cinema went and hired a better director (David F. Sandberg straight from last summer's sleeper horror hit Lights Out) and went the period piece-prequel format, but you can say the same thing about Universal/Comcast Corp. and Blumhouse's Ouija series. The first lousy movie earned $103m worldwide in Oct. of 2014, and Mike Flanagan's vastly superior Ouija: Origin of Evil had to settle for "just" $81m worldwide late last year.
Annabelle: Creation may be frontloaded. But it's arguably the last "big" movie until New Line's It next month. Moreover, it's already made so much money that a downturn would still make it a huge hit. If it's as frontloaded as Annabelle, it still gets to $80m. Even an Insidious: Chapter 2 type performance (2x) gets it to $70m domestic, which would be great for the $15m Stephanie Sigman/Miranda Otto/Lulu Wilson chiller that has already earned $17.7m overseas.
The four films-and-counting franchise (with three new installments on the way) has already earned $967 million worldwide. It will soon be behind only Resident Evil ($1.236 billion over six films) and Alien ($1.492b over nine films) among horror franchises. Assuming this series isn't abruptly canceled, and we've still got The Nun, The Crooked Man and The Conjuring 3 on the way, it's just a matter of time before the series becomes the top dog on the horror mountain.
And that these spin-offs are performing approximately as well as the main events (on much smaller budgets) is a smashing achievement. Oh, and that they did it with few successful horror offerings over the last several months (since Get Out in February and then Alien: Covenant in May) is even more impressive.
It looks like summer wasn't quite over after Dunkirk, and August may have a relative biggie to end the season on a high note. And if friggin Annabelle: Creation can score $35 million, well, that is only good news for It dropping a month from now.
As has often been the case for the last year or so, you've got the designated big movie doing well while everything else struggles for air. Open Road's Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature earned $8.9 million over its debut weekend, which is way below the $19m debut of the first Nut Job back in January of 2014. Said predecessor earned $64m domestic and $120m worldwide, making it Open Road Films' biggest grosser.
It's not surprising that the flailing studio would do a follow-up, just as it's not surprising that moviegoers wouldn't care. The distributor was initially a joint venture between AMC and Regal to provide mainstream content in between the tentpoles. Yet now studios scheduling big movies year-round and audiences are forsaking smaller theatrical fare for at-home entertainment options. The distributor, which hasn't had a hit since Spotlight in late 2015, was recently acquired by China's Tang Media.
Lionsgate's The Glass Castle is the kind of movie we all say Hollywood should make and the kind of deeply depressing drama that is even less tantalizing than ever in these grim real-world times. The Brie Larson/Woody Harrelson release, which spends 110-minutes charting the horrors of Jeannette Walls' childhood only to spend ten minutes essentially letting the parents (Harrelson and Naomi Watts) off the hook for a feel-good ending, earned mixed reviews heading into the weekend. And when you're an adult drama, you need rave reviews to even think about competing in 2017.
A $4.875 million weekend in 1,461 theaters, sounds right. It's almost identical to the $4.8m launch last year for Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender's The Light Between the Oceans. That DreamWorks SKG offering (distributed by Walt Disney) earned $12.5m domestic, which sounds about right for this one. Although if it plays like Ricki and the Flash or Florence Foster Jenkins, it'll be closer to over/under $20m. I don't have the specific budgetary information for the picture, but I must assume that Lionsgate wasn't expecting the moon and the stars. This wasn't Age of Adaline.
There were two big platform debuts this weekend, both of which did well.
Neon's Aubrey Plaza/Elizabeth Olsen dramedy Ingrid Goes West debuted in three locations this weekend. The social media commentary, which premiered to solid notices at Sundance and has racked up decent reviews, earned a strong $141,216 over its debut weekend for a terrific $47k per-location-average. That is a bigger per-location-average than Wind River's per-theater average last weekend. If it plays out like Colossal, Neon will expand this one somewhat quickly.
A24 debuted the buzzy and well-reviewed crime thriller Good Time into four theaters this weekend. The Robert Pattinson caper earned $137,625 over the weekend for a $34.4k per-location average. That's not a great 2.5x weekend multiplier, but it's irrelevant if the film plays past its platform debut. The acclaimed Safdie Brothers caper will expand into several markets this weekend and will go wide on Aug. 25th.
I've studied the film industry, both academically and informally, and with an emphasis in box office analysis, for nearly 30 years. I have extensively written about all…
I've studied the film industry, both academically and informally, and with an emphasis in box office analysis, for nearly 30 years. I have extensively written about all of said subjects for the last 11 years. My outlets for film criticism, box office commentary, and film-skewing scholarship have included The Huffington Post, Salon, and Film Threat. Follow me at @ScottMendelson and "like" The Ticket Booth on Facebook.


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Now that we've told all our family I wanted to share the news here about our move to SEATTLE! It's been talked about for many months now and slowly we've been sharing the news to our close family and friends. Behind closed doors Bobby and I have been talking about a move to Seattle way before he even proposed to me. It's been on the brain for quite some time.
Moving to Philadelphia for me was something I had to do when I did. I met Bobby and fell in love quick and hard and it was sort of my ticket to get away from some hard times. That moment in my life when I packed my tiny little VW Golf up with all my belongings and started to drive with Bobby by my side away from all that I knew and everyone I loved was something that I will never regret. Even with moving away from my home and losing the ability to create memories with my family and friends, I gained so many other memories equally precious. I've become part of another family who has done so much for me and my little family. Heck, how many of you out there can say you truly head-over-heels love your in-laws? I can!
No doubt it will be hard to leave all these beautiful people here on the East Coast but in no way is it a goodbye more like a see ya later :) I want to live this life with open arms and following our dreams, hopes and hearts. For now I dream of Sebastian getting to know my father. I want him to interact and know the good man my father is. I want Sebastian to learn Hungarian and be around my culture. I want to go to Tony and Guy Hair Academy and becoming a hair stylist and then open up my own hair studio with my little sister. We have many dreams as a family but in the end it's just to be happy and things that we love. Not only all that, I just plain 'ol miss my family. Those dreams wouldn't be at all possible if I didn't have the most supportive husband in all the land! We are always learning new things about each other but one thing that will never change about Bobby is that he will always be right there beside me no matter what. I think he secretively loves my ambitious soul even if I can act all crazy sometimes. Bobby is great and wants our family to move forward and be happy. This move weighs a little less on us knowing that the company Bobby works for is letting him keep his current position so that he can work remotely out in Seattle. Huge deal and makes things easier for us once out there. We plan on staying with my family so that we can save a little money and look for our perfect house in the perfect school district for Sebastian.
So with that being said we are planning this move to happen at the end of this year. We still do not have a set date but hope to lock it down by the Summer. There's lots to plan and organize. We've already started sifting through things and boxing up belongings that can be put away for when we are ready to load up. I'm excited to start the next chapter in our lives and am super grateful for all our family & friends who are here to support and help us.
Here's to new beginnings and fulfilling dreams. Seattle here we come!!