As Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm, drove toward the East Coast on Tuesday, lawmakers from three states in the “monster” storm’s path have ordered mass evacuations for more than a million people.
The governor of North Carolina, whose state – alongside South Carolina and Virginia – is forecast to see “life-threatening storm surge” and “damaging winds,” warned residents of the potential extreme conditions.
“This storm is a monster. It's big and it's vicious. It is an extremely, dangerous, life-threatening, historic hurricane,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said.
“The waves and the wind this storm may bring is nothing like you've ever seen. Even if you've ridden out storms before, this one is different,” Cooper said. “Don't bet your life on riding out a monster.”
President Trump on Tuesday was given an update on Florence by the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and vowed that the government was prepared to respond to the impending hurricane, adding that the public’s safety was his “absolute highest priority.”
FEMA administrator Brock Long warned that the hurricane will be a "devastating event" and urged people to evacuate if they've been asked to leave their homes. He said electric power could be out for weeks.
Trump has declared states of emergency for the Carolinas, as well as Virginia, and canceled campaign events Thursday and Friday in anticipation of the storm.
Florence intensified to a Category 4 storm on Monday. The storm, currently situated approximately 350 miles south-southwest of Bermuda, is moving west-northwest at 17 mph with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, the NHC said in their 8 p.m. ET update.
Florence is forecast to near the Carolinas as early as Thursday and could be “an extremely dangerous major hurricane,” the NHC said.
“On the forecast track, the center of Florence will move over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Bahamas through Wednesday, and approach the coast of North Carolina or South Carolina in the hurricane warning area on Thursday and Friday,” the NHC update said. Strengthening is forecast tonight and
Wednesday. While some weakening is expected on Thursday, Florence is forecast to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through landfall."
In addition to possible storm surge, Florence could dump more than a foot of rain over the course of its duration, which could cause “catastrophic flash flooding and significant river flooding,” the NHC said.
A storm surge and hurricane warning was in effect for South Santee River, South Carolina to Duck, North Carolina, as well as the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds in North Carolina, the NHC said.
Additionally, Edisto Beach to South Santee River in South Carolina and areas north of Duck, North Carolina through to the state's border with Virginia were under a storm surge and hurricane watch, the agency said.
More than 5.4 million people live in areas under hurricane warnings or watches on the U.S. East Coast, according to the National Weather Service
Officials in states in the storm’s path have recommended having emergency contact numbers handy should those affected need assistance.
Fox News’ Jennifer Earl, Lucia I. Suarez Sang and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Affordability with flair near downtown
In the middle of the last century, a new network of elevated highways slashed through San Francisco’s delicate historic neighborhoods. The most harmful of those was the Embarcadero Freeway along the city’s northern waterfront.
After the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Embarcadero was demolished—reconnecting the city to the water and opening new areas for development. Sansome and Broadway, a four-building project with 156 affordable residences on opposite sides of an urban thoroughfare, completes the neighborhood’s rebirth.
“They are timeless, graceful buildings that provide low-income residents, many of whom came from very unstable living conditions, with stable and beautiful homes in the heart of the city,” says Kim Piechota, Development Manager, Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC).
The project incorporates first-floor shops, community rooms, administrative and social services, neighborhood child-care, internal courtyards, and a roof deck to make life more comfortable for low-income residents.
Many urban poor suffer not only from economic hardship but also isolation and the stigma of squalid housing—Sansome and Broadway offers a pride of place. “It is a most wonderful example of good design applied to housing for people of modest means—demonstrating that thoughtful, not necessarily expensive, design, can uplift people’s everyday lives,” says the former chair of the CCDC.
Sansome and Broadway inserts affordable residences, with flair, into an area dominated by office, converted warehouse, and industrial buildings. The buildings are clearly places to live, but they are similar in massing to nearby commercial structures. The well-detailed, budget-constrained buildings are contemporary—yet they fit comfortably with the San Francisco vernacular style and geography.
Neighbors at first reacted negatively to affordable housing, but they wound up welcoming the development. This project began facing hostile neighborhood groups “and ended as a complete lovefest with neighbors, public officials, tenants, and project sponsors celebrating the opening of Phase II with the Mayor and Chinese lion-dancers,” according to Mithun | Solomon, the designers, who won a CNU Charter Award in 2016.

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Hania Aamir, a prominent figure in the Pakistani showbiz industry, has gained widespread recognition for her exceptional acting skills and modeling talents. Despite her relatively short career, she has quickly risen to fame due to her ability to captivate audiences.
Hania Aamir's latest BTS video showcases her star power, fans react enthusiastically At 26 years of age, Hania Aamir remains unmarried and single. She frequently shares amusing videos on her Instagram profile, indicating her enjoyment of life to the fullest. She lives in her own world, unconcerned about other people’s opinions.
Hania Aamir’s latest drama serial, “Mujhe Pyaar Hua Tha,” airing on ARY Digital, has gained immense popularity among viewers. Her exceptional portrayal of the lead character has won the hearts of many.
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San Bernardino, CA- The Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino hammered a pair of homers and received brilliant pitching in a 7-0 victory over the Modesto Nuts (2-5) at San Manuel Stadium on Wednesday. Julian Leon tagged a three-run homer while Richie Fecteau smashed a grand slam to account for the Sixers offense while Griffin Canning, Ryan Clark, Daniel Procopio and Matt Custred combined on the Sixers second shutout of the season's opening week.
The Sixers (4-3) and Nuts were scoreless until the fourth when Jonah Todd singled against Modesto starter Ljay Newsome to open the frame. He moved to third on Jared Walsh's double. With two outs and the runners at first and second Leon launched his dinger to left center, his first of the year. Newsome (0-1) went six innings allowing the three runs on six hits with five Ks and no walks. The Sixers pled on in the eighth when Fecteau drilled a 1-2 pitch over the wall in right with the bags full for a grand-slam and a 7-0 lead. It was Fecteau's first Cal League homer. Walsh finished with a double and triple while Leon was 2-for-2 with a pair of walks to go along with his homer.
Inland Empire starter Griffin Canning opened the game with 4.2 innings allowing three hits, a walk and a hit batter while fanning six. Ryan Clark (2-0) earned the win with 1.1 innings while Daniel Procopio tossed two no-hit frames with three Ks. Matt Custred finished off the shutout with a perfect ninth.
Inland Empire opens a series at Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday at 7:05 pm. The contest can be heard live at 66ers.com
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The Benin Solidarity Movement BSM Worldwide, (BSM), has said, 8 years administration of former president Buhari, no good minister has represented Edo State especially from the Benin extraction.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Ambassador Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, President of BSM and made available to newsmen in Benin City, Edo State capital.
The statement reads in part: “Since 2015/2016, a supposed Benin man has been a Minister of Health and for the period he served as Minister, there is nothing to SHOW FORTH that Edo State people benefitted from that office, it is a wasted slot for Edo State in the Federal Government cabinet of former President Buhari.
“In 2019, another Edo State son was duly appointed too after the intervention of our Great Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin Kingdom……. Oba gha tor kpeeeeee…… ISEEEEEEE!!!
“Clem Agba, who went to Abuja to be only a Minister of his village and not of Edo State; this same Clem Agba was a commissioner in the previous Government of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and with nothing to SHOW FORTH, even when he was the sole manager of the over N30 Billion failed Benin Storm Water Project for almost 7 years of that Comrade-Government. Therefore, it will not be wrong for us to tag Clem Agba the “MR. ONLY ME OF EDO STATE$.
“Recently, we saw posters showing that he wishes to contest the seat of the Edo State Governor, although it is a constitutional right but Edo State is no more a dumping ground for FAILURES.”
Going further, the statement added: “We members of the Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) Worldwide, wants to use this medium to sound a note of warning to those politicians that sees Edo State as a dumping ground for FAILURES because they have stolen money to throw around, that it will no longer be business as usual come 2024, we are going to RESIST THEM in all fronts!!!
“We also want to state categorically, that we will not allow those who do not have the interest or believe in the development of Edo State to be a Governor of Edo State, we can no longer fold our hands and allow any man who have No House and Businesses on ground in Edo State with no interest attached to be Governor of Edo State come 2024 like the previous last Governors of the State.
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DANVILLE — The newest addition to the Danville city park system is the FETCH dog park that opened in June, but a quarter-million-dollar renovation of Carver Park, in the heart of the city, should be done by the end of the year. Here´s a list of the parks maintained by the city of Danville’s Public Works Department, covering more than 300 acres.
1701 N. Jackson St.
Features: Picnic area, playground equipment and tennis court.
420 E. Williams St.
Features: Picnic area, playground equipment, softball field, two basketball courts and tennis court.
Ninth Street and Highland Boulevard
Features: Built in 1946, this wooden stadium seats 5,000 and is the home field of the Danville Dans, a summer-league team of major college baseball players from around the country. The Dans compete in the Central Illinois Collegiate League. For information and Dans schedule, visit online http://danvilledans.blogspot.com/.
520 S. Bowman Ave.
Features: Picnic area, playground equipment, softball field, basketball court, two shelters, stage, skateboard park and 20 horseshoe pits.
Features: This park is nestled along the edge of the North Fork River; includes picnic area, playground equipment, softball field, football field, basketball court, shelter, fishing and a boat ramp providing access to the river. In warmer months, the park hosts annual events, including the Fall Festival in September.
411 Elmwood St.
Features: Picnic areas, playground equipment and basketball court.
1680 N. Kimball St.
Features: An undeveloped park that is a mostly wooded area between two train tracks in the center of the city; walking trail in parts of this natural area and a new 5-acre dog park.
820 N. Griffin St.
Features: Picnic areas, Danville Municipal Pool, playground equipment, baseball field, basketball court and two tennis courts.
Harrison Park Clubhouse and Golf Course
1300 W. Voorhees St.
Features: Donated by Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison in memory of his mother, Minta Harrison, in 1928, the house and land, which has become Harrison Park Golf Course, was annexed to the city in 1940. The clubhouse is available for catered events for up to 300. The public golf course is 18 holes, par 71, and also has a driving range and a practice green. Golf club and cart rentals are available.
200 E. Liberty Lane
Features: Picnic area, playground equipment, three tennis courts, soccer field and walking trail.
1000 N. Logan Ave.
Features: Picnic area, AMBUCS Independence Playground, fully accessible, two basketball courts, two tennis courts, shelter, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, walking trail, Lamon House and Danville Tennis Club. Tennis club is a membership facility with indoor and outdoor courts, lessons available. A new, modern band shell hosts many outdoor concerts and musicals during the summer months and serves as the stage area for other activities held in the park.
20 S. Oregon St.
Features: Picnic area, playground equipment, softball field, basketball court and two tennis courts.
North and Vermilion streets
Features: Picnic area, stage/shelter and art/sculpture. Downtown concerts held on select Fridays through the summer months, beginning May 30. Drink and food concessions provided during concerts. For a concert schedule, visit online
East Winter Avenue
Features: Picnic area, AMBUCS Playground for Everyone, which is a fully accessible playground with a spray water area; also two softball fields, three soccer fields and a walking trail.
East Winter Avenue
Features: Adjacent to Winter Park, this area features picnic spots, four softball fields, five soccer fields, shelter, walking trail, sand volleyball and natural area.

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The cost of a power generation plant is divided along the full-lifetime of the facility, which includes: capital expenditure costs (CAPEX), operating expenditure cost (COPEX) and expected generation data (UK Department for Business, 2016)
The segments with the biggest impact into the overall CAPEX is the equipment and the EPC (Engineering, procurement and construction).
Equipment: Gas turbine (GT), heat recovery steam system (HRSG), steam turbine, condenser and cooling system. By searching with different providers such as Siemens and GE Electrics, the space needed for the equipment is minimal, compared with coal plants, besides the main equipment GT and HRSG are sell in full integrated packages, which leads to a minimal civil works.
Fixed cost: As mention by MacDonald the fixed costs are moderate due to minimal workers needed (Macdonald, 2010), even that maintenance of gas turbines represents a concern, that’s why supplier selection becomes essential, as equipment with less downtime will result on more available time for production, during the plant operation.
Variable cost: As expected natural gas prices trends will have a huge impact on the operating cost. Nevertheless, tendencies indicate that natural gas prices are willing to decrease over the next years.
In order to calculate the cost of the CCGT plant, is necessary to look at levelised cost of generating electricity. As defined by the UK Department of International Development(DFID) “levelised cost of electricity tracks and compare the financial cost competitiveness of different power generation technologies, taking into account the full project life-cycle from development to financing to construction and then operation” (UK Department for Business, 2016).
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THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local representatives on three roll calls and local senators on one roll call from the week of Jan. 23-27.
$18 MILLION IN PAY HIKES (S 16): House approved, 116-44, Senate approved, 31-9, and Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed an $18 million pay raise package, including hiking the salaries of the two leaders who filed the bill, House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) and Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst), by $45,000, from $97,547 to $142,547. The measure also hikes the pay of the Legislature’s two Republican leaders, Sen. Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) and Rep. Bradley Jones (R-North Reading) by $37,500, from $85,047 to $122,547. Another provision hikes the salaries of the state’s judges by $25,000 and of court clerks over an 18-month period.
“Given the current fiscal outlook for the state, now is not the time to expend additional funds on elected officials’ salaries,” Baker said. “This bill is the result of a hasty process that included little substantive debate or time for public comment.”
Legislative leaders are confident they have the votes to override a veto, as evidenced by the 116-44 and 31-9 vote, which are more than the two-thirds needed. Opponents would have to switch 10 Democratic votes in the House and five in the Senate to sustain the governor’s veto.
The measure raises the governor’s salary by $33,200, from $151,800 to $185,000; the lieutenant governor by $30,068, from $134,932 to $165,000; secretary of state by $34,738, from $130,262 to $165,000; treasurer by $47,083, from $127,917 to $175,000; auditor by $30,048, from $134,952 to $165,000; and attorney general by $44,418, from $130,582 to $175,000. It also bans those six constitutional officers and the House speaker and Senate president from earning outside income, other than passive income from investments.
Supporters say only $1.4 million is for the legislative pay raises, while the remainder is for hikes for constitutional officers, judges and court clerks.
The pay-raise package made it through the Legislature at lightning speed. It was only Thursday, Jan. 18, when the temporary Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a one-hour hearing on a 2-year-old report of the Special Advisory Commission on the Compensation of Public Officials. DeLeo and Rosenberg have not yet appointed members of any committees, so a temporary Ways and Means Committee was hastily appointed and assembled for the hearing. The hearing was convened with less than 72 hours notice to the public. Then, just a week later, on Jan. 25, a pay-raise package was approved.
Rosenberg defended the bill: “We followed, overall, the recommendations of the independent commission that was appointed two years ago. They came back and said that the constitutional officers’ salaries are out of line with national salaries and ought to be increased. … Fair-minded people will consider the fact that the stipends for the presiding officers have not changed for 33 years. Who works for the same amount 33 years later?”
“The Beacon Hill power brokers robbed the taxpayers,” said Rep. Jim Lyons (R-Andover). “They voted to increase their salaries by over 50 percent. The Republican caucus voted unanimously against this thievery and abuse of power. We must end one-party rule on Beacon Hill.”
“This wasn’t myself just thinking during the Christmas holiday that this would be a good thing to do,” said DeLeo. “This is something which I’ve been hearing about for years, from constitutional officers. I’ve been hearing from House members and Senate members and an awful lot of folks.”
Chip Ford, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, said, “These cynical actions demonstrate that when the leadership and enough beholden members in the Legislature want something badly enough, they just take it. Disguising it as something at all legitimate required a whole two days.”
“Strange — no one’s talking about the effect these raises will have on bringing out more candidates against incumbents,” said Sen. Michael Barrett (D-Lexington) who supported the raises. “It’s going to happen. These are the first salary adjustments in recent memory big enough to draw the interest of potential competitors employed in the private sector today.”
Paul Craney, executive director of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance said, “The move sends the worst type of message. Good work should be rewarded, but there’s no good in this. Salaries and pensions will go up for these lawmakers and they’ll be quick to call for more tax hikes.”
“These are serious jobs,” said Sen. Will Brownsberger (D-Belmont). “And you want people to compete for these jobs and you don’t want these guys under financial strain. You’re talking about the legislative leaders. You don’t want them under financial strain any more than you want a police officer walking the beat under financial strain.”
“I don’t think anyone that works in the Legislature as a representative or senator is struggling to put food on their table or get health care for their families,” responded Rep. Shauna O’Connell (R-Taunton). “And we have people in Massachusetts that are struggling. We have a budget deficit right now. And the first thing that we go in and do, the very first session we have, is to vote on a substantial pay raise.”
HOW LOCAL LEGISLATORS VOTED ON THE PAY RAISE: (A “Yes” vote is for the pay raise. A “No” vote is against it.)
Yes: Reps. James Arciero (D-Westford), Cory Atkins (D-Concord), Jennifer Benson (D-Lunenburg), Thomas Golden (D-Lowell), Kenneth Gordon (D-Bedford), James Miceli (D-Wilmington), Rady Mom (D-Lowell), David Nangle (D-Lowell). Sens. Michael Barrett (D-Lexington), Kenneth Donnelly (D-Arlington), Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell), James Eldridge (D-Acton), Jennifer Flanagan (D-Leominster), Barbara L’Italien (D-Andover).
No: Reps. Colleen Garry (D-Dracut), Sheila Harrington (R-Groton), Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica), James Lyons (R-Andover). Sen. Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester).
MAKE HIKES EFFECTIVE IN 2019 (S 16): House, 120-40, rejected an amendment that would delay all the hikes in pay and increased allowances and make them effective in January 2019.
(A “Yes” vote is for the delaying the raises until 2019. A “No” vote is against the delay.)
Yes: Reps. Garry, Harrington, Lombardo, Lyons.
No: Reps. Arciero, Atkins, Benson, Golden, Gordon, Miceli, Mom, Nangle.
LIMIT STIPEND INCREASES TO 4 PERCENT (S 16): House, 124-36, rejected an amendment that would limit the increase in stipends for legislators to 4 percent above the current amount.
(A “Yes” vote is for limiting the hikes to 4 percent. A “No” vote is against the limit.)
Yes: Reps. Harrington, Lombardo, Lyons.
No: Reps. Arciero, Atkins, Benson, Garry, Golden, Gordon, Miceli, Mom, Nangle.
HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? During the week of Jan. 23-27, the House met for 13 hours and 44 minutes, while the Senate met for 12 hours and 15 minutes.
Note from Bob Katzen: This week’s column is dedicated to Helen Woodman Harrington who died at the age of 74 on Jan. 23, 2017. Helen was the former owner of the well-respected State House News Service from 1979 until she sold it in 1996. She was one of a kind and one of the nicest people I’ve known during my 42 years in the Statehouse reporting business. She and I go way back to the 1970s and she was always helpful and kind to me. She will be missed by so many.
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PLS&TY is on a mission to connect music and technology by joining forces with the Ethereum blockchain platform Foundation to sell limited editions of his Very Special EP on vinyl.
The EP made waves when it was released back in April, featuring tracks with Sean Kingston, Alex Aiono, and Wifisfuneral, among others. He's now using this momentum to shine a light on Foundation's mission to serve as a stock exchange for art and culture, with hopes of inspiring other artists to do the same.
The platform allows the market's natural supply and demand to dictate the price of the goods sold on the platform. Through this dynamic pricing model, artists will benefit directly from the hype that surrounds their work. "For a lot of people, crypto might feel inaccessible or complicated, but Foundation has built a streamlined process of buying and selling tokenized goods that puts the power in the hands of artists and our communities," PLS&TY said in a press release. "Get in now, be a part of something transformative. You'll thank me later."
As he explained, in order to receive a copy of Very Special on vinyl, you'll need to get your hands on a special digital token. The earlier you buy, the better price you'll receive. When the vinyl is ready to be shipped out, these tokens will be redeemable to receive the physical vinyl anywhere in the world. If you would like, you can also hold onto these tokens to keep the digital value or trade them in the Foundation market.
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A theory of imaging for detector systems with a very limited number of projections has been developed. The relationships between a matrix which determines the system, its eigenvectors and eigenvalues, and the physical characteristics of the detector system are analyzed in order to assist in the most effective design of an instrument. It is shown that reconstruction methods for complete data sets are essentially an extension of the methods developed for incomplete sets. The concept of mathematical sweeping to replace mechanical detector motion in incomplete detector systems is demonstrated.


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Regardless of the goals or tools used to monitor effort, both walkers and joggers must fuel their body to do the work needed to perform the exercises. As you might imagine, exercising on an "empty tank" would be very uncomfortable if not impossible. This chapter will cover the basics on nutrition, how much energy is required for walking and jogging, energy sources, and ways to apply these concepts.
While eating for energy is essential to our survival and good health, it's not the only reason we eat. Eating also gives us access to other essential nutrients that help to promote cellular activity, repair damaged tissue, produce chemicals such as hormones and neurotransmitters, and countless other functions. Experts have identified 45 essential nutrients that we must get from food because we don't produce them at all or quickly enough.
These 45 nutrients can be broken down into two major classifications: macronutrients and micronutrients. Within each of the two classifications, 3 subcategories can be formed.
• Macronutrients-nutrients we need in large amounts and that contain energy (calories).
• Micronutrients-nutrients we need in small amounts and do not contain energy (calories).
Macronutrients are needed in relatively large quantities for good health. Generally, these nutrients are measured in grams. Reading food labels on food packaging will help to understand the makeup of the food. As you can see in the food label below, macronutrients are organized in grams and account for the caloric make up of each serving.
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Proteins are the building blocks and major structural components of nearly all cells and function to aid in bone repair, muscle, skin and blood cells. A protein is made up of a series of building blocks called amino acids. There are 20 amino acids necessary for optimal functioning for humans but the body only manufactures 11 of those. The remaining 9 amino acids are termed essential amino acids and must be obtained from our foods. The foods that contain all of the essential amino acids we need come from complete protein sources, primarily animal sources such as red meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and milk products. Incomplete sources come from plant sources such as nuts, beans, seeds and leafy green vegetables.
Fats, or lipids, are also important for our diet. Fats are important for flavor in foods, energy, thermoregulation, cushioning of organs, and cellular function. There are 3 different types of fats, all are named based on their molecular structure (specifically, the number of carbon bonds taken by hydrogen).
Saturated fats have all bonds filled by hydrogen and can be found in animal products such as red meats and dairy products. Saturated fats should be consumed in limited amounts.
Unsaturated fats have bonds available and may be monounsaturated (single bond available) or polyunsaturated (multiple bonds available). These fats usually consist of oils such as olive or vegetable oil and can be found in fish oils (omega 3 and omega 6). Unsaturated fats are the healthiest of the fats.
Food manufacturers often alter the properties of unsaturated fats to create a hybrid fat known as trans fats. These fats may be solid at room temperature but liquid when used to cook. Shortenings, margarines, and other hybrid fats should be avoided because of the negative impact they can have on health.
In order to deliver fats to the body's cells, fats are packaged together with cholesterol in units called lipoproteins. These lipoproteins are collectively called cholesterol (Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL)). Cholesterol is important for cellular health but when LDL's are in excess, they can invade damaged cells and cause arteries to harden and become blocked. HDL's, on the other hand, help remove excess cholesterol. While aerobic exercise will help manage cholesterol levels by increasing HDL's, bad food choices can negatively impact cardiovascular functioning by increasing LDL's. Over consumption of saturated fats and trans fats leads to excess LDL production so these foods should be consumed in limited quantities.
Carbohydrate are chains of sugar molecules and their primary function is energy. There are two types of carbohydrate, simple and complex. Like proteins, they're labeled based on their molecular structure. Simple carbohydrates have 1-2 sugar chains and can be found in fruits, sugar cane, and some vegetables. Complex carbohydrates have 3 or more sugar chains and can be found in grains, rice, potatoes and vegetables. While carbohydrate consumption often gets a bad name, carbohydrates are important for energy and should not be overlooked. Complex carbohydrates should be the staple of carbohydrate consumption as they not only contain energy, but also carry multiple other nutrients important for energy production. They also contain fiber, a non-digestible carbohydrate that improves benefits the digestive tract as well as several other benefits.
Micronutrients are needed in relatively small quantities and are generally stated in milligrams. However, don't mistake their importance because of the small amount needed for good health. As you see in the food label above, they are measured in milligrams (for example, sodium, 300 mg).
Vitamins can be broken down into two primary types, each having similar functions which promote all the chemical reactions needed for cellular health. These two types are: water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins.
Water-soluble vitamins are easily absorbed with water and consist of vitamins C and the B-vitamins. These vitamins assist in immune system health and the breakdown of fats and carbohydrates so they can be processed by the cells for energy production.
Fat-soluble vitamins require fat to be available to be absorbed and consist of vitamins A, D, E and K. These vitamins assist in healthy blood cells, bone and eye health, digestive health and growth and repair of tissues.
Minerals have very similar functions as vitamins in that they assist in regulating chemical reactions in the cells and body. They can be broken down into two categories: major and trace minerals.
Major minerals consist of minerals such as calcium, sodium, potassium, and chloride. Each of these minerals plays specific roles in nervous system function, bone health, muscular contraction, cardiovascular functioning and fluid balance.
Trace minerals consist of several minerals such as selenium, iron, chromium, magnesium, zinc, iodine, phosphorous, copper and fluoride. Those of special interest include iron which is important for blood and fluoride which is important for teeth.
Unlike the other micronutrients, water is needed in large amounts. However, water doesn't have any calories associated with it making it a perfect fit for the micronutrient category. About 60% of the body is made up of water making it an absolutely critical nutrient. While you could live for weeks on energy storage you could only live for days without adequate water. Water is the solution where all the chemical reactions must occur. Changes in fluid volumes can result in an inability to properly transport substances from one area of the body to another, improper pH balance, and improper balance of salt solutions within the cells.
The average adult needs approximately 4864 ounces of water every day to maintain this delicate balance. In addition to getting water from the tap or bottled sources, water can be obtained from foods we eat, especially water rich foods like fruits and vegetables.
Eating for Health and Fitness
Eating Energy Dense Foods
As you may have noticed, much of the food we should be eating evolves around fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. One major reason for this comes from the fact that these foods can not only provide energy, but they can also deliver the nutrients needed. This concept is termed eating nutrient dense foods.
As an example, consider eating a snack such as a candy bar of 250 calories. While the candy bar would have plenty of caloric value, very few additional nutrients tag along for the ride. By contrast, eating a Greek yogurt and some strawberries would provide plenty of protein and be packed with vitamin B and vitamin C, all around the same 250 calorie range. Not only that, but you would likely be more filling than the candy bar meaning you would eat less over the course of the day.
Energy Balance, Eating the Right Amounts
Just as important as knowing your target heart rate is knowing how many calories you need on a daily basis. This will provide the foundation of planning your fuel consumption for the day. Calories, give us a way to measure how much fuel we are putting into our bodies. As previously noted, the basic unit of energy the body must produce and use is ATP. In order to produce ATP, we must eat! The primary substances in our foods that are converted to ATP are fats and carbohydrates. Four calories can be found in 1 gram of carbohydrate. One gram of carbohydrate can then be broken down into individual glucose molecules and broken down and processed in the body's cells to produce ATP. Similarly, fats are broken down by to body and processed by cells to generate ATP. However, 9 calories can be found in one gram of fat. While protein does contain 4 calories per gram, protein is used sparingly if at all for energy during physical activity.
The balance of food, or energy balance equation, suggests that in order to maintain weight the same amount of energy consumed must be burned. In other words, if you eat 2500 calories you must burn 2500 calories to maintain your current weight. In simpler terms, energy in must equal energy out. By consuming more calories than needed, weight gain would result. By consuming fewer calories than needed, weight loss would be the result. Regardless of the goal, the foundation of this equation is understanding how many calories are needed on a daily basis.
To find your total daily energy expenditure, you need to calculate the components of your energy expenditure. The 3 ways you burn calories are: Basal metabolic rate (BMR), food digestion, and physical activity.
BMR accounts for the greatest amount of energy out so it's a great place to begin the calculations. The most widely used equation is know as the Mifflin-St. Jeor equation, named for it's founders. Here is the equation:
• For men: BMR = 10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) - 5 x age (years) + 5
• For women: BMR = 10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) - 5 x age (years) - 161
Once the BMR is calculated, the addition of the food digestion and physical activity can be added in. To do this, simply multiply the BMR by 1.2-1.9 based on your estimated daily activity levels. For mostly sedentary behavior, use 1.2 and for very active behavior use 1.9.
Generally, these numbers are an estimate of what you do on a daily basis and may exclude specific exercise sessions. Of course this means the additional exercise sessions would need to be included in the final calculations. For example, the BMR and activities may account for daily functions such as work, housework, childcare, etc. but will not account for a 30-minute evening jog. So, the evening jog would be totaled and added to the BMR and activities.
Another way of examining and analyzing eating patterns is to determine what's best in regards to adequate macronutrient distribution. Remember, macronutrients consist of proteins, fats and carbs. The recommendations for how much to consume of each category are wide open giving freedom to adapt to your personal circumstance and needs.
The distribution ranges are expressed as percentages of the total diet. The recommended amount of protein, fat and carbohydrate for an adult range from 10-30%, 20-35%, and 45-65%, respectively.
For example, food labels are based on the daily values assuming 2000 calories to be the magic number for everyone (not the case). That same food label may indicate the amount of protein consumed, for that particular food, accounts for 10% of the total recommended amount out of 2000 calories. In other words, the protein content of that food product equals 200 calories which is being suggested as 10 percent of what is recommended.
However, the recommendations were created as ranges, not set amounts. An elite endurance athlete may need close to 65% of his/her total daily calories to come from carbohydrate to support the energy requirements of the daily training and frequent competitions. While someone needing to lose weight may elect to stick closer to the 45% range of carbohydrate and 30% range of protein. Unfortunately, no magic number exists for everyone so finding the right distribution range can be a process.
Keeping track of the number of calories, the quality of foods being eaten, and the distribution of calories can be an arduous task. Fortunately, technology has enabled this task to be done quite easily. Multiple food logs exist online and as applications on smart phones. Both Fitday.com and myplate.gov fit into this category.
Regardless, the good ones have foods loaded into a database allowing users to look up specific foods eaten and select them as part of their food consumption for the day. Once the food is selected and serving size indicated, the total calories from the food are generated along with a distribution and micronutrient profile. Additionally, by entering a user profile, BMR and activity rates can be calculated in terms of calories and then compared with total food consumption. As a result, an easy visual of energy in versus energy out can be done.
Some of these applications also offer suggestions for improving nutrition based on life stage, eating trends and activity habits. They also allow you to set goals and provide information and tracking on how many calories would be needed to be restricted in order to reach those goals.
Application to Walking and Jogging
To understand the energy requirements of walkers and joggers, it is important to understand two terms that are often used in correlation with how much energy is being used: economy and efficiency.
Efficiency, in the context of human movement, is the amount of energy being converted from the foods consumed (calories) to work stated as a ratio or percentage. An automobile may take 17 gallons of gasoline, but only a certain percentage of that gasoline can be utilized to produce forward motion while the remaining amount is given off as heat and waste product. Likewise, an athlete may consume 2500 calories throughout the day but only about 23-28% of that "fuel" can be converted into actual work. The remaining amount is given off as heat and waste product. In other words, human movement is not very efficient.
Economy is a term very similar to efficiency and often used interchangeably. However, they are very different terms. While efficiency describes the percentage of energy converted into work, economy describes how much energy is consumed over time or distance. For example, a sedan automobile may be able to go 35 miles in using only 1 gallon of gas, or a large truck may only be able to go 15 miles in using one gallon of gas. In walking or jogging, you may use 100 calories to travel one mile.
What do these terms have to do with walking and jogging? The amount of energy needed is directly affected by efficiency and economy. So, this can be tied back to the eating habits of the individual. A walker who walks with poor technique will be very inefficient and economy will be low, requiring more calories for the exercise session. From a performance perspective, this wouldn't be a good thing.
From a weight loss perspective, burning more calories, i.e. having a low economy, would be precisely what is needed. So, the question in this context would be: how do I burn more calories?
Chart 4.1 helps explain how walking and running speeds correlate with energy expenditure.
From chart 4.1, walking at 4 kph (about 2.5 mph) leads to burning about 3.3 calories per minute or 198 calories over the course of 4 kilometers (2.5 mi). However, as walking speeds increase, the economy changes. At 10 kph (about 6.2 mph), calories are being burned at over 11 calories per minute! Compare that to the 4 kph pace who burns 198 calories, and the faster walker would burn 271.
This phenomenon is related to the mechanics of walking. Consider what was previously discussed in chapter 4 with walking technique. As the speed of walking increases, stride length will increase and so will the arm movements. This leads to inefficient walking in the context of energy expenditure, but progress in the context of speed and weight management.
An additional note from chart 4.1 comes from the overlapping energy cost in running and walking. You have undoubtedly walked fast enough at some point that it's no longer comfortable to walk so you begin a light jog. Based on energy cost, this is a natural response since jogging at 9 and 10 kph is more economical than walking at those same speeds.
While this might seem unimportant, it once again goes back to the basic idea of energy expenditure and consumption. If the goal of a walker is weight loss, understanding this concept of economy will assist in food selection and consumption amounts based on the activity's energy cost. Or, for a jogger, this same understanding may present the right tools to fuel their body through a marathon race.
Walking or Jogging?
The question of whether to walk or to jog is a hotly debated topic. Joggers may criticize the effectiveness of walking for fitness and weight management while walkers may argue that walking poses less risk of injury and burns as many calories as jogging the same distance. For purposes of this chapter, that question can be examined through the eyes of energy expenditure.
Chart 4.1 illustrates a general idea of the amount of calories being burned for both walking and jogging. As you can see, jogging results in a greater absolute amount of calories burned (with the exception of faster walking speeds). However, there is more to be considered.
During exercise, fats and carbohydrates from foods consumed are broken down and utilized to help produce ATP. The intensity of exercise governs the ratio of fats to carbohydrates used for that session. For example, participating in a 10k (6.2 miles) at a lower intensity walking will lead to more fat being used for energy than would high intensity running. In other words, walking at 20% of your maximal capacity would result in close to 60% of your energy coming from fat, 40% coming from carbohydrate. If intensity increased to 70% of maximal capacity, only about 30% of energy would come from fat.
In terms of absolute calories, let's compare a walker to a jogger of the same size who participates in the same 10k. The walker that walks at 7 kph (about 4.5 mph), corresponding to 50% of the max capacity would be able to complete the 10k in 1 hour and 22 min. Based on chart 4.1, this would equate to 6.5 cal/min for 82 minutes, or 533 calories. Of those 533 calories, 40% of them would be derived from fat (so, 213 calories from fat, 320 from carbohydrate).
A jogger who jogs at 12 kmh (about 7.5 mph), corresponding to 70% of max capacity would be able to complete the 10k in about 50 minutes. Based on the chart 4.1, this would equate to 14.3 calories per min, or 715 calories. Of those 715 calories, 25% of them would be derived from fat (so, 179 calories from fat, 536 from carbohydrate).
In short, jogging would have the greater energy cost burning almost as many calories from fat as total calories by the walker and significantly more from carbohydrate.
Other Ways to Burn More Calories
It may appear contradicting at this point to say "be inefficient" if you want to burn more calories but that rings true in this context. As has been illustrated, walking at faster speeds results disproportionately in more arm movement, longer strides and will burn more calories as a result of this inefficient walking pattern.
One additional element that hasn't been mentioned in the energy expenditure conversation is body weight. As you might imagine, a walker who weighs 115 lbs. will require fewer calories than a walker who weighs 180 lbs. This can easily be monitored by using a heart rate monitor. The 115 lb walker may be working at 50% of his/her max while the 180 lb walker may be working at 65% of his/hers on the same course and pace. There are two key takeaway points to this concept that have been lightly touched on in chapter 4: exercise prescription in cases like this should be customized for each individual (by using effort based methods), and weight significantly influences caloric expenditure. This last point can be used for anyone. For example, if the 115 lb walker wanted to burn more calories, weight could be added by using a weight vest, backpack, or other objects.
Another way to increase energy expenditure is to change the grade of terrain. Walking up hills requires more effort and consequently burns more calories than downhill or flat surfaces. So, if the goal is to burn more calories, hills are a great way to do that.
It should also be noted that inefficient is not the same as poor technique. Technique should always be monitored so that injury risk can be minimized. Adding weight and terrain changes can alter good form and result in injury.
In recent years, attention has not only looked at what is being consumed at meal time but also the timing of the meals. Weight lifters have long used protein before and after workouts to help produce more muscle and aid in recovery in between workouts. As a result, questions have come up about how soon should meals be eaten before a workout and when to eat after the workout. This question not only stems from a desire to improve performance but also to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort and speed up recovery.
Most experts suggest eating 2-3 hours before a workout allowing ample time for digestion so as to avoid stomach and/or gastrointestinal (GI) discomfort. Eating a meal with ample carbohydrate is suggested to provide adequate energy that can be used during the activity. If hungry before the workout, try and consume a small amount of carbohydrate to get through the workout. Something like a granola bar, a few pretzels and peanut butter, or some fruit could be used. Keep in mind, walking and jogging consists of up and down and some side-to-side movements making it easy for foods to be sloshed around in the stomach. Foods that are greasy and fatty, like potato chips and fried foods are not recommended as they take longer to digest, sit heavy in the stomach, and can cause GI distress.
Each time you eat a meal, the carbohydrates you've consumed are broken down and, in part, stored in the muscles as glycogen. This glycogen is then readily available for use during the next activity. Once the workout is complete, muscles may be depleted of glucose/glycogen stores so consumption of carbohydrate within an hour after the workout is recommended. Because exercise can lead to muscle breakdown, protein post-workout can help speed up recovery by making needed amino acids available to muscle tissue in need of repair. A ratio of 4 grams of carbohydrate to 1 gram of protein will give optimal results. Foods like Greek yogurt, chocolate milk, and specially formulated protein shakes are excellent post-workout products.
The amount of post-workout calories should be determined by the length and intensity of the workout. Of course the energy balance concept applies. Shorter workouts of less than 30 minutes and/or low intensity workouts will require little to no post-workout food while activities beyond 30 minutes are more and/or very intense workouts likely justify post-workout calories.
Eating for Weight Loss
Ultimately, weight loss can be achieved by eating fewer calories than calories burned. This negative energy balance must be accrued over long periods of time. In general, it is believed that 3500 calories equal 1 pound of fat. In the context of daily eating, a safe amount of calorie restriction would be 500 calories. By continuing that for 7 days, a negative energy balance of 3500 calories could be achieved and a pound of fat lost.
It is important to remember that energy out is not only achieved through calorie restriction. Energy out consists of BMR, food digestion, and physical activity. The healthiest way to lose weight comes from restricting calories and maintaining a consistent exercise program. For example, not drinking a soda, a daily habit for many, would mean 250 calories have been restricted each day. A daily ,2.5 mile, brisk, walk roughly burns 250 calories which goes on to the energy out side of the scale. Together, subtracting the 250 calories from the soda and adding the 250 calories from the walk would generate a negative energy balance of 500 calories. This is a simple lifestyle change for most which could yield large results!
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2. Hall, C., Figuoroa, A., Fernhall, B.,
Kanaley, J. 2004, Energy Expenditure of Walking and Running: Comparison with Prediction Equations, Medicine and
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4. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, 2003, Dietary Reference Intakes: Application in Dietary Planning, Washington D.C., National Academy of Sciences

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Independent post-production company Pace Pictures has opened a new sound and picture finishing facility in Hollywood. The 20,000 square foot site offers editorial finishing, color grading, visual effects, titling, sound editorial and sound mixing services. Key resources include a 20-seat, 4K color grading theater, two additional HDR color-grading suites and ten editorial finishing suites. It also features a Dolby Atmos mix stage designed by three-time Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Michael Minkler, who is a partner in the company’s sound division.
Award-winning supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer Will Files has joined Sony Pictures Post Production Services. Files, who spent a decade at Skywalker Sound, brings credits on more than 80 feature films, including Passengers, Deadpool, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Fantastic Four. Files won a 2018 MPSE Golden Reel Award for his work on War for the Planet of the Apes. His current project is the upcoming Columbia Pictures release Venom out in U.S. theaters October 5.
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, the anthology series produced by Sony Pictures Television in a joint venture with Channel 4 in the U.K. and Amazon Studios in the U.S., draws on the late science fiction writer’s voluminous short fiction for its stories of alternate realities, future worlds and paradoxical situations. The show’s first season is a feast for the imagination, consisting of 10 stand-alone, one-hour episodes, each based on a different Philip K. Dick short story and each with a different cast, director and writer. Split between England and the United States, production of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams was logistically and creatively challenging.
H. Loren Nielsen has joined Xperi Corporation as vice president, content relations and strategy. Nielsen will serve as the studio liaison for DTS:X object-based immersive sound technology from DTS, a wholly owned Xperi subsidiary.
The Los Angeles Section of the Audio Engineering Society and the Hollywood Section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers will host a joint meeting this month exploring sound editorial for Amazon’s new sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. The meeting is slated for Tuesday, January 30 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.
In Columbia Pictures’ Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the game has changed as four teenagers are sucked into the world of Jumanji. Director Jake Kasdan has introduced many clever twists to the action-adventure, and that created plenty of opportunities for the film’s sound crew to get creative with sound. All sound services were completed at Sony Pictures Post Production Services.
Making a film for the first time is a challenge enough in itself, but post-production can sometimes be even more daunting. Aspiring filmmaker Michael Thibault said, “Strangely, all the things we were warned about – actors, scheduling, permits, etc – weren’t a problem at all. But when it came to post-production, it was a complete nightmare until we brought the show to AlphaDogs. We tried to get by cheap and skip using a professional post house, only to find out these freelance colorists and audio mixers have no clue as to what they are doing.”
The sound of Blade Runner 2049 is striking. Even non-soundfolk are likely to recognize the crucial role it plays throughout the expansive follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic. Artfully sweeping from immersive to hyper-focused to nearly silent, the film’s stellar sound propels the viewer through a dystopian world feeling at once futuristic yet jarringly human. Leading the sound team was supervising sound editor Mark Mangini: winner of the 2016 Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Mad Max: Fury Road, and renowned audio post veteran with over 100 film credits across several decades.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors announced today that it will present sound designer and sound recordist John Paul Fasal with its 2018 MPSE Career Achievement Award. A 30-year veteran of the sound industry, Fasal has contributed to more than 150 motion pictures and is best known for his groundbreaking work in field recording. Among his many credits are Top Gun, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, American Sniper and this year’s box office hit Dunkirk. Fasal will receive his award at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards ceremony, February 18, 2018 in Los Angeles.
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Mormon Podcaster John Dehlin Facing Excommunication
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving to excommunicate a Mormon for using his podcast to challenge Church doctrines.
For nearly a decade, John Dehlin has been producing his podcast Mormon Stories from his home in North Logan. Now Dehlin is facing the possibility of excommunication from the LDS Church for questioning Church teachings and principles through his podcast.
Dehlin announced on his website Thursday that he received a letter from his Stake President and Bishop summoning him to a disciplinary hearing later this month. Dehlin is being charged with apostasy. He believes he will either be censured or excommunicated.
LDS Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in statement that Church officials won’t publically discuss why a member may face discipline.
Dehlin has publicly supported same-sex marriage on his podcast. He also defended Ordain Women founder Kate Kelly who was excommunicated from the Church last year and he supports the idea of women holding the priesthood in the Church. Dehlin’s disciplinary hearing is scheduled for January 25th at the North Logan Stake Center.


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Writer Isabel Costello kindly asked me to write a guest post for her blog, The Literary Sofa. I hope you have a chance to read some of her other posts, all highly informative with some interesting tips.
I had the unfortunate fortune to be barely edited when my first two novels, Theory of Mind and Angel Bird were published by Black Swan. Fortunate, because editing is a painful process, especially when the person who is paying you is pointing out your shortcomings. Unfortunate, because it gave me the misguided impression that writing a novel is all about the writing. As Ernest Hemingway said, ‘The first draft of anything is shit.’ For your work to shine, you need to write, rewrite and then get some help!
With those first two novels, I wrote two to three drafts. That was it. There was plenty of copy editing to do though, as I hadn’t learned how to check my work for typos and correct the grammar properly myself – I was only 24 when I finished Theory of Mind and I still had a lot to learn. It was with my third novel, The Naked Name of Love, that I had the experience most novelists have and which, I’ve come to believe, is the key to creating good, or at least, better books.
When I finished The Naked Name of Love, (now called The Priest and the Lily) I couldn’t find a publisher. The story is set in 1859, just after Darwin’s The Origin of Species has been published, and is about a Jesuit priest who travels to Outer Mongolia in search of rare flowers. Tested to his utmost by violent adversaries, a harsh climate and the rigors of plant hunting, he falls in love with a Mongolian tribeswoman.
It was Rob Dinsdale, my agents’s assistant, and now my agent, who put his finger on the problem, if not the solution. The middle section of the book was flabby. Joseph comes back from Mongolia, having fallen in love but unable to square his love with his religious beliefs and mopes about at home, arguing with his best friend, his adopted father and God.
What The Naked Name of Love (and Joseph) needed was a kick up the butt. Now Joseph does return from Mongolia, but no longer moons around much. He realises his mistake and campaigns tirelessly to secure funding (even in 1860!) to return to Mongolia. Act II is no longer flaccid, and the action builds across a series of climaxes as Joseph attempts to cross the Gobi desert alone, back to his love.
I also chopped off the beginning, which I thought was beautiful and elegiac – code for slow, overly descriptive and too long. Now the novel starts with Joseph in the midst of Mongolia, in terrible danger as border guards are about to murder him.
When I secured a publishing deal – with John Murray who coincidentally published Darwin’s seminal text too! – my editor was the formidable and gifted Kate Parkin. She steered me towards writing a prologue – set several years in the future – and also suggested I bring Jospeh’s love interest in earlier.
I had a two book deal and so, right from the beginning, I was fortunate to be able to discuss the plot and structure of my fourth novel, Sugar Island with Kate. Also a historical novel set in 1859, Sugar Island takes place at the turn of the American Civil war and is based on the true story of actress, Fanny Kemble. who travelled to America in the early 1800s and fell in love with a gentleman from the deep south. After they were married, she found out that he was a slave owner. He forced her to live on his plantation for a short while and she kept an extraordinary and heart-wrenching diary.
Because Kate and I had talked about the structure right down to the individual scenes in the novel, once I’d finished writing, I did not have to alter the plot much. I wrote two new scenes and altered part of the final one. But this time I had a different problem – one of tone. The real Fanny Kemble comes across (to me anyhow) as intelligent but a little frivolous, a bit spoilt, and used to being paid attention to: she was, after all, one of the first celebrities and very young – a sensation by 18 and married by 22. However, adhering to this in a novel about heart-break and slavery, meant my protagonist, Emily Harris, felt too flippant.
The slaves sounded wrong too. I’d based their dialogue on how Fanny had recounted their speech in her diary. At best it seemed, to our modern sensibilities, inaccurate and, at worst, derogatory. So I worked on the slaves’ dialect and Emily’s ‘tone’. It felt less like a major overhaul, and more like painstakingly working my thumb over a half-dried clay pot, smoothing out every lump and bump until the surface was marble-smooth. At the time, it still felt difficult and I several heart-in-your-boots moments.
I’m now editing my fifth novel – and have also had four works of non-fiction published, so my advice, such as it is, would be
- Take a break after finishing the first draft.
- Look carefully at the overall arc of the plot and your characterisation.
- Be ruthless. Even if a scene is beautifully written, it might have to go!
- Get a second opinion, preferably from a professional, even if it means paying a freelance editor, who will be positive, yet truthful and with a knowledge of the commercial reality of publishing.
- Listen. Usually people can pinpoint the flaws but don’t always understand how you can fix them. And after all, it’s your book!

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Thinking is a dangerous pastime. Given very little time indeed, you get to pondering all sorts of thing like how good was the past actually was or whether there is anything better in the universe than Guinness or Korean pop music .One day Guinness will, of course, be declared a health food but probably not tonight and to instead distract me from the lo-fi surroundings of Stereo were Sonny Marvello, KVASIR and Kevin Harper.
Kevin Harper, formerly of Little Eskimos, had chosen to do the one man, several songs and the acoustic guitar thing but, to avoid accusations of keeping things simple, had brought along a recalcitrant drum machine that, as if haunted by the ghost of some disgruntled percussionist, took advantage of every opportunity to derail his set. True to his obvious good nature, however, he carried on regardless.
KVASIR, on the other hand, initially appeared playful - right down to his illuminated fencing mask - but his electronic concoctions remained too close to the click tracked damnation of the dancefloor to raise anything as uplifting as a chorus.
Sonny Marvello, despite their two year respite from making the world a better place for everyone with ears, proved themselves to be the princes of power pop that the righteous have always believed them to be. Their new songs rightly prevailed but the classic - and I use the term in the hope that time will do justice to these warriors against musical mediocrity in song writing - hits that should have been such as “Tiny Little Sparks” and the blue collar anthem “Pull Me Up” lifted their set into the sky.
Come to think of it, the stars up in the sky would surely appreciate a soundtrack provided by Sonny Marvello and that would truly be M-A-G-I-C.


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Soulja Boy Game Consoles Taken Down – Nintendo Has Taken Action
Soulja Boy Game Consoles Taken Down
DeAndre Cortez Way, better known as Soulja Boy, is a rapper from Chicago who has recently made the news after selling his own range of products under the “Soulja” brand. These products however, are knock-offs of existing products that are already out there in the market.
Many fans called out the rapper for knocking off brands such as AirPods, Apple Watch, and especially Nintendo with the sale of the SouljaGame Handheld and SouljaGame Console as well as his attempts to put ROMs of games he didn’t have the rights to on his systems. I mean, he did claim that his console could play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at one point, which definitely didn’t make sense.
The Handheld was a direct knock-off of the Gameboy and the Console was a clear attempt at replicating the Wii U and similar Nintendo systems. The legality of the entire operation was reasonably questioned, and the rapper responded with arrogance, mentioning that he’s Soulja Boy and that he can’t be touched.
I had to boss up, I didn’t have a choice. 🤷🏾♂
— Soulja Boy (Drako) (@souljaboy) December 29, 2018
Those tweets have since been deleted and his products have been taken down due to the swift action of a copyright holder, namely Nintendo. It’s no surprise here as Nintendo is usually very quick to deal with these matters.
It’s worth noting that some of his products are still on sale but I would definitely steer away from him and his brand regardless. He seems to still have plans for an eSports team / organization of sorts in 2019 but we’ll have to wait and see for that one.
Pokdepinion: There’s confidence, and there’s arrogance. He might be neither as he might just be using this as a publicity stunt. If he’s not, then he’s just arrogant and a fool.


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'Watching history unfold:' Salem area teachers help students understand the war in Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, stories of the war flooded the social media feeds of Natalie Peton’s students.
High schoolers found their Instagrams and TikToks full of posts about the war, nearly overnight. Many of them struggled to digest the information, due to a lack of background knowledge and unreliable sources.
So, Peton, a social studies teacher at McNary, set out to help them understand what was happening in Ukraine. Many other high school teachers across the Salem area did the same.
A lack of historical knowledge
Phillip Nickel, a social studies teacher of 26 years at Sprague, saw that his students wanted to talk about the war, but many didn’t have the historical understanding to make sense of the events unfolding in Eastern Europe.
"The first thing we do [when starting a topic] is ask: 'What do you know already?' They said, 'We really don't know very much at all and what we do know we got through memes,'" Nickel said.
Nickel's students were aware that Russia was the aggressor and who Russian President Vladimir Putin was, with little knowledge beyond that. Only 20% of them could even find Ukraine on a map, Nickel said.
These educators saw the importance of teaching students about current events and giving them the opportunity to learn and ask questions in a controlled environment, instead of online. They also saw a desire in their students to know more about the war.
So, Peton, Nickel and other teachers began incorporating it into their lessons.
"If this had gone a different direction and the conflict had fizzled or Russia had withdrawn, we would be talking about a different unit by now, but it didn't. So the kids have been going along in this journey, watching history unfold in front of them," Nickel said.
Teaching about the war
At the beginning of the war, Peton put together a lesson for her freshman world social sciences class, walking them through the timeline and providing a crash course on that area of the world over the past century.
She's also helped her students put what they had been learning in class before the war – alliances and imperialism in the 1900s – into the modern context.
"With this, it all came together and they made these connections," Peton said. "Suddenly my students were like, 'Oh, this is why you wanted us to know about NATO. This is what alliances do when things happen on the world stage today.'"
Peton has continued to give students time to discuss, process and ask questions, as well as incorporating what is happening in Ukraine into her recent lessons. In the last couple weeks, she's covered the end of Apartheid, tying discussions of how economic sanctions were used against South Africa back then to how nations are using them against Russia now.
“These connections between what is happening in the world and what has happened are important. Those echoes from the past really influence things that happen today,” Peton said.
Daniel Correa, a social studies teacher at South, spent a class period in the days leading up to Russia’s invasion taking a deep dive into Ukraine and Russia with his students. Students were assigned questions to research and present, like what NATO is. Then they were given the space to ask questions themselves.
"They showed a high interest in [discussing the war]. They understood that this doesn't happen over the course of two weeks and they were able to ask: how did we get to this point? What events took place that led us to Russia wanting Ukraine?" Correa said.
Since then, Correa has started every class period allowing his students to ask questions and giving them time to discuss things they had seen or read about the war.
"I can't say enough how important it is for kids to discuss things happening in the world around them and understand what is going on," Correa said.
The human element of war
Correa and Nickel found that their students are drawn most to the human elements of the war. Framing the invasion through that lens and discussing viral stories, helped students better understand what was happening, Correa said.
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Students wanted to know if Ukrainian farmers were really stealing tanks or if the videos of Russian soldiers calling their parents were real. And these stories can lead to important larger discussions.
A few classes ago, Correa’s students had questions about the Ghost of Kiev, which sparked a discussion about propaganda. In Nickel’s class, one of the students has Type I Diabetes, which led to a discussion on how people in Ukraine are dealing with medical conditions that require specialized medication.
“Numbers are numbers, but bring in first-person accounts, people who are talking about what it was like in Ukraine... That’s the thing that matters,” Nickel said.
Peton, Correa and Nickel all pointed to social media as a huge influence on students and their understanding of the events in Ukraine. Coming into class, many of the students had only consumed information from their social media feeds and that posed a hefty set of challenges.
For one, students have little control over what is in their feeds – it's all algorithmic.
So, information flooded students' social media in the first days of the war, without them having to do anything, and now it’s almost completely faded from many of their accounts, Correa said. For Correa’s students, the shift in the amount of Ukraine content being shown to them was so dramatic that they discussed it in class.
"We talked about how all of a sudden now we don't see as much about the war on social media and we were trying to figure out why. Is it because it's been going on for a longer time? Is that just how fast the news cycle turns over?" Correa said.
On top of this inconsistency in the amount of content, it’s extremely challenging for students to be able to verify the validity of things they see on social media.
Nickel has used the war to help teach students how to find and verify information they see online. They’ve discussed the unreliability of social media and the importance of thinking critically about how and where they get their information.
"We talked about what makes news sources good and why social media is a bad example. I had students sharing examples of things that they had found on social media that their own devices had been pushing to them," Nickel said.
Nickel’s students have learned how to confirm stories across multiple platforms and they’ve come up with systems to sift through the information they find.
Continuing the discussion
As the war and discussions have progressed, Nickel has seen engagement in his students grow. The other day, one student pulled out notes she had taken on things she'd seen about the war in the past 48 hours.
"My job is to get them to become critical thinkers and to give them information that they can take to then draw conclusions for themselves. And they've come up with great questions," Nickel said.
The students want to know about refugees and what was happening to them. And they’re curious about native Russian perspectives and what they think and know about the war.
They want to know what the possibilities are going forward in the war, and what could happen afterward. And they’re curious about how to verify if organizations asking for donations for Ukrianians are actually providing them to Ukraine.
"These are great questions that they're asking, and, as a teacher, I get to count that as a big win because they're doing the critical thinking piece," Nickel said.
An important opportunity
Correa noted that the kids' lack of knowledge when the crisis started pointed to a larger gap in the current social studies educational model. There are more than 30 years of modern history – from the Cold War on – that are rarely taught in classrooms, Correa said.
But, incorporating current events into social studies classes can help close that gap.
"Some of them were like, well, we remember learning about the Cold War, but then their history in high school stops there... There's 30 something years of modern history that they don't get a whole class on. So, this is kind of filling in those buffers," Correa said.
Nickel is using the refugee crisis in Ukraine to pivot and discuss other refugee crises across the globe in recent years – Afghanistan, Syria, Columbia. And he doesn’t want them to stop drawing connections there.
Nickel, Correa and Peton all want their students to take the information and skills they’re learning as they talk about the war in Ukraine and use them to understand what is happening, even when they aren’t in class.
"The door to our classroom is not a barrier, it's a gateway. And when we learn something in here, you don't leave it behind," Nickel said.