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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ONE DELETED SCENE RIGHT??? RIGHT????????
#Herbert getting his t shot <3#homies helping each other out#reanimator#herbert west#danbert#dan cain
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'There are several major deaths depicted in the new Netflix limited series Ripley. Tom, who assumes many identities and places of residence throughout Ripley, is drawn to murder once his true identity of being an elaborate con man becomes threatened of being exposed. The psychological thriller is based on the renowned 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by celebrated novelist Patricia Highsmith, the first of her 5-part "Ripley" series that also includes Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game. The Talented Mr. Ripley has been adapted several times for film and television, but none have been shot completely in monochrome until Steven Zallian's Ripley.
Zallian, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Schindler's List, American Gangster, and The Irishman, wrote and directed the entire 8-episode miniseries. Ripley's cast is led by an exceptionally chilling Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Black Mirror, All of Us Strangers) as the titular treacherous protagonist. Throughout the thrilling series, Tom has conned his way from a lowly life of scamming and thievery in New York City to becoming incredibly wealthy in Italy thanks to a supposed old friend, Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn). Ripley has received rave reviews from critics upon its April 4, 2024 release exclusively on Netflix.
By the end of Zallian's Ripley, Tom has orchestrated a way to frame his murder of Dickie Greenleaf as a suicide, successfully convincing Dickie's concerned girlfriend Marge Sherwood (Dakota Fanning) and a determined Inspector Ravini (Maurizio Lombardi). Ripley brings to light the lengths that monsters like Tom will go to in the name of self-preservation, using chilling methodology and calculation to be seen as significant by means of material wealth and social access. Even after Tom escapes to England in the final moments of Ripley, he does not seem satisfied, only aware of what it feels like to wear Dickie's clothes, flaunt Dickie's ring, and stare at Dickie's artwork while ultimately feeling nothing at all.
4. Richard 'Dickie' Greenleaf
Killed by Tom in episode 3
Tom's murder of Richard 'Dickie' Greenleaf in Ripley episode 3 "Sommerso" sets up the entire rest of the series. Tom had originally been sent by Dickie's concerned father, Herbert Greenleaf, to retrieve Dickie from Italy and convince him to come home and start facing his life's responsibilities. Tom persuades Dickie into thinking they were friends back in New York, which Dickie is too aloof or disinterested to look into. Tom recognizes that people like Dickie don't anticipate people taking advantage of them or live in suspicion of people's true motivations. They already have everything they could possibly want and are used to things generally being easy and going their way.
Tom weasels his way into becoming Dickie's right-hand man in Atrani, Italy, which Dickie doesn't really seem to think too much about. Marge, on the other hand, senses Tom's manipulative tactics from the start and, rightfully so, is immediately suspicious of Tom's intentions. She too, however, is also living through Dickie's extravagant lifestyle, which is the basis of the novel she is working on. Dickie's house is notably much more lavish than hers, and when Dickie and Tom plan a trip to San Remo without her, Marge is left bored with herself in the absence of her and Dickie's quaint lifestyle. Dickie's biggest mistake, however, is not having the ability to see what Marge sees in Tom, but not taking her advice about him.
Dickie's blind faith in Tom is the main reason why he made himself so vulnerable for Tom to fully take advantage of him by murdering him in San Remo. Naturally, Dickie couldn't imagine that someone as sinister as Tom existed, which is how Tom was able to get so close to him in such a short period of time. Dickie naively thought he could break the news to Tom that he was essentially ending their friendship on a small boat in the ocean with no witnesses. Dickie realized that Tom had taken advantage of his father and was trying to respectfully settle the dispute, asking without coming out and saying for Tom to leave Atrani.
Thrust into a hole he couldn't climb out of, Tom was unwilling to let go of this golden opportunity to live lavishly like Dickie in Italy and determined that the only way to keep this dream alive was to kill Dickie in cold blood. Tom grabbed an oar and bludgeoned Dickie to death, cleaning the blood of Dickie's valuables and ultimately sinking Dickie's lifeless body into the bottom of the ocean. Tom took the boat to shore in a remote and rocky area and submerged it in water with rocks. Eventually, the boat was found, but Dickie's body was never recovered. Tom then checked out of their hotel in San Remo without Dickie and fled for Rome that night.
3. Freddie Miles
Killed by Tom in episode 5
The second murder that Tom commits in Ripley is of Dickie's wealthy playwright friend, Freddie Miles. Tom and Freddie had met briefly once before while Tom and Dickie were having a coffee in Naples. Tom recalls instantly not liking Freddie at all, elaborating later in the series that he didn't like his face, voice, or money. Freddie doesn't seem very happy to meet Tom and is focused intensely on Dickie throughout the brief conversation, insisting that Dickie spends Christmas with him and his friends in Cortina. Dickie casually agrees to attend, which makes Freddie happy. Freddie asks Tom a series of investigative questions before leaving.
It's clear that Tom's dislike of Freddie has to do with how suspicious and dismissive Freddie was to him from the start. Freddie made eyes at Dickie that indicated how unimpressed he was with Tom during their brief conversation. Not liking Freddie was certainly not the reason why Tom ultimately killed him, though. Freddie had spontaneously arrived in Rome after discovering where Dickie's, or rather Tom's, new apartment was located. Freddie had located the apartment through the phone book, one of the few parts of Ripley in which Tom does not cross all of his T's and dot all of his I's. Freddie arrives at his doorstep and insists on coming in.
Tom explains that Dickie is out on an errand and should be back soon, which encourages Freddie to stick around and take a look at the place. He deduces that Tom is staying at the apartment with Dickie, as evidenced by the horrendous burgundy robe that Tom had picked out for himself back in New York that was intended to be given to Dickie by his parents. Freddie cuts to the chase and asks what's going on, which Tom is able to deflect, before finally leaving, only to return moments later after the landlady insisted that "Dickie" was upstairs. Tom realized that if Freddie pushed any further, he would be forced to kill him, which is exactly what happened after Freddie threatened to call the police.
As Freddie goes to leave again, Tom bludgeons him with a glass ashtray, killing him. He soaks up some of the blood and locates Freddie's car, waiting until nightfall to drag Freddie's body out to it. Tom tries to use the elevator but it breaks again, forcing him to drag Freddie's body down the stairs, making a mess. Tom is approached by a man walking his dog who later goes to Ravini, but in the moment, Tom explains that his friend has just had too much to drink. Tom gets Freddie in the car, drives him out to a remote location, and leaves him and the car parked on the side of the road. He makes it back to his apartment, cleans up the mess, realizes he forgot to get Freddie's passport and wallet, goes all the way back, retrieves it, and remarkably gets away with murder once again.
2. Caravaggio Flashback
Murder of Ranuccio depicted in episode 8
The famed Italian painter Caravaggio is depicted in Ripley episode 8 having just killed a man in the year 1606. While the event has nothing to do with the plot of Ripley, it's evident that Tom views himself as a modern Caravaggio by the end of the series. One of Caravaggio's paintings, "David Holding the Head of Goliath", is visually referenced after the death of Freddie in episode 5, creating another extended motif as to the high regard Tom views himself in as well as his "life's work". In the final moments of Ripley, Caravaggion is seen sipping a drink after just committing murder and staring blankly at a work of art. Tom also does this with the Picasso once he successfully transports it to England under the new identity of Timothy Fenshaw.
The real-life Caravaggio truly did murder a man in Rome after getting in a fight, which forced him to flee the city, much like Tom after killing Freddie. Caravaggio, despite being a brilliant and groundbreaking painter, had a life that was filled with violence and hardship. Tom apparently took inspiration from Caravaggio's lifestyle and incorporated it into his own life in a more subtle and indirect way. Caravaggio's death is debated by scholars today, but some support the notion that he was murdered, while others believe that he died of lead poisoning from his own paints or, most likely, died by an infected wound (via The Collector).
1. Tom's Aunt Dottie
Announced dead in episode 8
Very little is known about Tom's Aunt Dottie in Ripley besides she resentfully raised him after the death of his parents by drowning in Boston Harbor when Tom was 5. Tom mentioned in a letter to his aunt that she always thought very little of him and viewed him as a weak man, which had evidently affected Tom deeply since his childhood. When Marge makes a joke in Ripley episode 8 asking "who died?" to allow Tom to live so lavishly in Venice, a subtle note of her unspoken suspicion about Tom killing Dickie, Tom explains that his Aunt Dottie actually died. Marge apologizes and regrets making the joke as Tom feigns sorrow for the supposed death of his estranged aunt.
It's not entirely clear in Ripley whether Tom had something to do with Aunt Dottie death, or if she even died at all. There is a brief, vague scene of Aunt Dottie receiving some painful treatment at the dentist, but there is never visual or verbal confirmation that she is actually dead or that Tom is even aware of how she's doing. The most plausible reason why Tom would announce her death to Marge was to help justify him living in such an amazing house in Venice. His plan works and Marge feels embarrassed, dropping the subject of how Tom could afford the house. Whether or not Aunt Dottie is truly dead in Ripley, it's evident that she is at least figuratively dead to Tom by the end of the series.'
#Carravagio#Ripley#Netflix#Andrew Scott#Freddie Miles#Eliot Sumner#Dickie Greenleaf#Johnny Flynn#Fleabag#Black Mirror#All of Us Strangers#The Talented Mr Ripley#Patricia Highsmith#Steven Zaillian#Inspector Ravini#Maurizio Lombardi#Marge Sherwood#Dakota Fanning
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My mom’s funeral was as joyous and sweet and irreverent as it should have been. Here is the obituary I wrote. Maybe she makes it onto the pages of the Boston Globe, as she rightfully should. But she knows what she did....
GERTRUDE WIND SCHEFT
Gertrude “Gitty” Wind Scheft, whose early passion for Massachusetts Democratic politics was eventually eclipsed by her lifelong passion for Massachusetts golf, passed away peacefully at Carlton-Willard Village in Bedford August 17. She was 99.
Upon graduating from Radcliffe in 1946, Scheft volunteered for her first campaign, when war hero John F. Kennedy sought James Michael Curley's suddenly vacated congressional seat in the 11th District. With his father financing and running his campaign, the young Kennedy established residency in an apartment at 122 Bowdoin Street, across from the Massachusetts State House. Scheft’s primary job was to clean the apartment. Over the years, whenever asked about her initial impressions of the eventual 35th President, Scheft would say, “the most charismatic, but not the tidiest…”
Scheft worked for numerous Democratic state and local candidates, and served as a Massachusetts coordinator on both Adlai Stevenson Presidential campaigns. In 1948, she was a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. By the early 1950s, she was the first female executive secretary of the Massachusetts chapter of Americans for Democratic Action.
When Foster Furcolo was elected governor of the Commonwealth in 1956, his office wanted a recurring morning television showcase for his wife, Kay, to appeal to stay-at-home housewives and mothers. They recruited Scheft, who had studied acting in prep school and college, to be her cohost. “Coffee with Kay” ran weekly for two years on WNAC.
Scheft reunited with Kennedy to work on his Presidential campaign in 1960. During an early staff confab, she told then Pennsylvania businessman and top Kennedy aide Milton Shapp her idea for an international volunteer program for recent college graduates. Shapp passed on the idea to the candidate, and is widely credited with promoting the concept that became the Peace Corps.
In addition to politics, Scheft spent her life devoted to various philanthropic pursuits. In 1964, Governor Endicott Peabody appointed her a trustee of Metropolitan State Hospital, a groundbreaking institution devoted to the mentally ill.
Born in Brockton in 1923, the fourth of six children to local leather magnate Max Wind and his wife Dora, by the late 1950s, Gitty (her father’s pet name that stuck) was busy raising six children of her own with Bill Scheft, the son of Beverly shoe wholesale-retailer Harry Scheft, who regularly did business with Max Wind. The two had been set up by their respective mothers in 1942 while Gitty was at Radcliffe and Bill at Harvard Business School. On their second date, they played golf. They were uniquely well-matched as players, a rarity in the male-dominated world of golf in the 1940s. The instant bond proved to be a strong (and fertile) soil on which to build their 65-year marriage. Bill Scheft passed away in June, 2008.
Gitty, who had begun playing golf at the age of seven at nearby Thorny Lea in Brockton, took to the game with rabid fervor. She had the benefit of learning the nuances from her older brother, Herbert Warren Wind, a 3 handicap by the time he turned 20 and who would eventually become universally recognized as the Dean of American Golf Writers.
During her eight-decade playing career, Scheft won club championships at four different country clubs and in 1972 was First Flight runner-up for the WGAM (Women’s Golf Association of Massachusetts) championship. In 2000, shortly before she stopped playing, Scheft miraculously shot her age (77) at Sterling National Country Club.
She also gave back to the game off the links, serving as WGAM President from 1983-1989 before stepping down to become the first female president of the Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Fund in 1990. Two years before, she successfully spearheaded a movement to get the United States Postal Service to print a commemorative stamp honoring the 75th anniversary of Massachusetts amateur prodigy Ouimet’s unlikely victory in the US Open over former champions Harry Vardon and Ted Ray at the Country Club in Brookline. Under her watch, the Ouimet Fund became and remains the largest independent scholarship fund in New England.
Gertrude “Gitty” Wind Scheft is survived by her six children, her seven grandchildren and her great grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund (www.ouimet.org).
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That's the whole interview with Jeff by Nicole Iskra, in which they also talked about him shaving of his chest hair. It was published in the Moviestar 05/2001 (the interview, not the chest hair).
I won't translate everything word for word, but if you wish a closer translation of a special topic/question, let me know and I try my best. (Also I apologize for the bad quality of the middle part of the scanned magazine).
PARALLAX – Madness from the Internet
„I was the Incarnation of their worst nightmare!“ - An interview with Jeffrey Combs
Before the interview starts, they introduce the latest movie Jeff was in back then, which is Parallax aka FearDotCom (almost the complete first column describes the Plot). Parts of it where shot in Luxembourg, which is also the Place where the interviewer meets Mr. Combs.
They meet in front of the Inter-Continental Hotel. Mr. Combs is PISSED, because the breakfast in the Hotel was awful (slimy fried egg) and the staff was rude (someone came in his room without knocking or apologizing, while he was sitting on his bed, only wearing a T-Shirt and Shorts).
They walk into the City of Luxembourg and Jeff's wondering about the many colourful life-sized cow sculptures, that you can find everywhere in town (quote: „Is this supposed to be art?!“).
He's searching for a souvenir for his wife, but in in his opinion, all of the dresses are outdated and their colours terrible. The interviewer teaches him the very important rule „Grün und Blau schmückt die Sau“.
They decide to eat in a Burger Restaurant called „Maybe not Bob's“, where he orders chicken wings with french fries and a coke (quote: „like a real American“).
Jeff speaks about the results of his genealogical research: Originally, his family came from Devon in England, but settled 1619 in Jamestown (Virginia) to work for Virginian Tobacco Co.
1. Question: The first question is about the renaming of FearDotCom to Parallax (reason being uncertainty about who owns the name). It follows more describing of the movie’s plot, this time from Mr. Combs himself.
His friend Bill Malone directed Parallax/FDC and offered Jeff the role, because they already worked together in Haunted Hill and Perversions of Science.
2. Question: You got along so well with Peter Jackson while filming The Frighteners. Will you at least get a Cameo in Lord of the Rings, even if it's only as Orc Nr. 260?
JC: That's the one Orc, that survived, right? (laughs). Nah seriously, I didn't get a role, unfortunately. I auditioned, , but the problem was the british accent. I can imitate it, but when you're surrounded by actors like Ian McKellen and Ian Holm, it's really not hard to tell who's a „real Briton“ and who's not.
3. Question: Did your latest movie before Parallax/FDT – The Attic Expeditions – had it's premiere in America yet?
JC: No, not yet. The world premiere was a couple of weeks ago here in Luxembourg and it was also shown on Festivals in Edinburgh and Amsterdam. Sadly, they didn't show it on the film festival in Brussel.
I'm really enthused by The attic Expeditions, because it's interesting, not linear, not logical, with few horror elements, but the horror is mostly psychological. It's like a dream in a nightmare on a trip. The longer you watch the movie, the less you know, what's real, it's a really complex movie, especially by american standards.
4. Question: In retrospect, would you call your role as Herbert West a curse?
JC: (sighs) Somehow, it's a curse and a blessing at the same time. Thanks to the role, I was branded as „Horror actor“ in Hollywood. After Deep Space Nine I was branded as „Horror- and Sci Fi- actor“. Movie people love to categorize you. On the other hand, the role of Herbert West opened up a lot of possibilities for me.
5. Question: 10 Years ago you told a funny story at a convention in New York, about sth. that happened while filming From Beyond. Could you maybe tell it again for the Moviestar readers?
JC: You mean the one with the children?
MS: Exactly!
JC: (grins) Well, we were already filming for a month – so I've been in this horrible make-up for 30 days already, with this awful head piece that looked like a red dog dick. I looked worse than Quasimodo! That's why I ate mostly in my dressing room. One day, they shot a commercial with a bunch of 4-year-old children in mushroom costumes on the same soundstage. We met in the hallway and as soon as those poor, innocent children saw me, all hell has broken loose. I was the incarnation of their worst nightmare, they screamed and ran to their mothers, who wanted to lynch me on the spot. So now it was me, who ran away.
But that's how it is, when you have a lot to do with make-up and masks and stuff like this. Not long ago, I was strapped to a cross made out of tubes, my throat was „cut“, there was blood all over me. And sometimes, when you're hanging there long enough, the crew just forgets that you're there, because for them, you just turned into a part of the set. Until you give a signal: „Umm sorry, guys, could you..maybe..“ - „Oh yeah sure, sorry Jeff, sorry..“
6. Question: (you might already know this one from this post): After that scene in From Beyond, in which you get eaten by this worm, your chest is as smooth as that of a baby – did they shave off your chest fur?
Jeff: Yes! (laughs)
MS: Did you do it yourself?
Jeff: Yes and I learnt something very important: Never use a normal razor blade, an electric razor is way better and safer and it doesn’t itch as badly, when the hair grows back. I had to shave my chest for a theater role once as well. I was 26 or so and played an 18-year-old.
7. Question: Do you still play in theatres regulary?
JC: No, not in the past couple of years, though theatre is very dear to my heart. Back in the days, I loved to play in theatres – living like a gypsy, 8 weeks in San Diego, and somewhere else afterwards. But that's not how I want to live today, now that I have a family. I don't like to leave my two little girls for several weeks, plus an engagement in a theatre isn't really helpful financially. I earn the same money in 1 week of shooting a movie as I do in 4-5 months of theatre work.
8. Question: I read that Woody Allen pays every actor 5.000 Dollar, because in his opinion, no one is worth 20 Million Dollar, neither beginner nor Superstar. What do you think about the explosive growth of fees nowadays?
JC: I do think that you should take the money, that the market offers you. But somebody, who earns 20 Millions per movie should share at least a million with their not so lucky co-actors. No, seriously, it's not that easy to make a living. A friend of mine got a job, where he plays the brother of Kevin Costner. When I asked him, if he gets payed well, he shook his head and said, that he only gets tariff plus 10%. Tariff is the lowest wage possible, that was defined by union. My friend had the choice to either work with Costner or don't. And as an actor you always hope that a movie like this becomes a success and maybe improves your chances in Hollywood.
MS: Thank you for making so much time for us!
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book meme
thank you, jen @det395 !! i feel like this meme got away from me a bit, but no shame! i love talking about books and writing so onward ~under the cut~
1- how many books are too many books in a series?
mhmmmmm i guess it depends on the objective of the series, right? is the plan to have x number of books in the series and if so, when we finally get to the end will it be satisfying considering all the books we’ve read leading up to it? OR is the objective of the premise / characters just to exist doing whatever? both can be done well. i would say a lot rides on how much i trust the author.
2- what do you think about cliffhangers?
so this is meant for cliffhangers in a series like between books? i don’t really care if there’s a cliffhanger as long as i have the next book sitting right next to me. otherwise uh, only if the wait between books is tolerable, because at that point you need to know that the author can clear this mess up, right? there’s this other thing, like you know how if the entire series was already written, then they might release the books a month apart or a quarter apart - that could be alright too. but years in between? not especially a fan. is anyone a fan?
3- hardback or paperback?
jen, you and me are complete opposites here. paperbacks stress me out. i will go out of my way to buy a used hardcover if given the choice. of course, there are some publications i don’t mind in paperback —thinking poetry and super indie books that don’t have a hardcover release OR books where the spines are thin enough they won’t break and i won’t be holding them long enough for them to wear. hardcovers are sturdy and i don’t have to worry i’ll accidentally bend the cover in some damaging way. I am invested in keeping my books nice to the point that i create covers for my books out of kraft paper or brown grocery bags while i am reading them. this is something i started when i was in college and didn’t want these books i was hoping to probably resell get thrashed coming in and out of my bag for all these classes. My home library is probs more half and half paperback/hardcover but if given a choice usually it’s hardcover.
4- least favourite book?
i think it’s good to at least attempt to meet a book on its level. there are lots of books i didn’t like, but i wasn’t meeting them on their level and i know that so we’re ignoring those. i do however have a shelf on my goodreads dedicated to books that i have beef with so i’ll just go off on two of them.....
tana french’s the likeness for being plagiaristic shit. it is essentially poorly concealed alternate universe OC insert fic of the secret history. you’ve got french’s dublin murder squad folks and then this group they are investigating who bear a STRIKING resemblance to the greek students in tsh 🤔. this would be one thing. it is pretty well acknowledged that nothing is original and there are enough changes to The Likeness that MAYBE i could let it slide if not for this other thing: french’s book, the likeness, has lines that are just basically reworded quotes from the secret history and french positions these lines so they are said by the counterpart (essentially same!) character that gave them original life in tsh. i cannot stress this enough: you can HEAR how similar the sentences are and their core intent is always the same. it’s thinly veiled theft! it astounds me that French hasn’t been sued frankly. it is one thing to want to capture some of the genius that tartt’s debut novel holds, but it is completely lazy and disgusting theft to go about it in the way French did with this book. and YES the secret history was published before french’s book. if i could stomach how fucking goddamn boring the likeness was to read it a second time and cite every one of these offenses i would, but that’s yet a third strike against it—it’s too boring to be worth it.
T. Kingfisher’s second book of the Clocktuar War duology : The Wonder Engine. this is a book that i feel violated the contract between writer and reader. the first book feels almost like a YA book. the stakes while described as very high are treated, as actions unfold, as very low. nothing truly irreparable happens until the climax of the second book and the fallout of that action is so off-tone of everything that came before i felt deeply betrayed. no, like, completely betrayed as in it ruined the rest of my afternoon, i am still viscerally angry eight months later, and i will never trust this author again. sure, maybe none of those actions that led to the climax were out-of-character, but there was nothing NOTHING in the proceeding action that even came close to that level of consequence. it’s a pity because right up till that point i was having a really good time. the entire vibe of the rising action to the climax of book one all the way through the rising action of book two was just a quippy fun version of roadtrip/quest - it felt like a comfort read. the abrupt tone shift had all the subtlety of dropping a graphically, brutal murder into Blue’s Clues. you don’t do that - this is a basic tenet of a writer / reader relationship. i’m not touching this bitch’s shit again.
5- Love Triangle, yes or no?
not so much. i like jen before me will scream ‘just be poly.’ love triangles that lead into poly relationships? yes, awesome will be glad i read. but i am at a stage in my life where your standard will-they-won’t-they-love-triangle is just fucking pointlessly frustrating to me. an example: i read a Nic Stone’s book Odd One Out a couple years ago and something about the synopsis or the hype made me think that it would resolve the love triangle that way, so when that did not happen i was incredibly frustrated and immediately wanted to resell the book. it’s the potential of the thing. stone’s book could have been the perfect vehicle for opening up the concept of polyamory to a ya audience but instead just really squandered that potential with weak floundering — in my opinion!
6- the most recent book you just couldn’t finish
uhhhhh i’ve got two and i’m not sure i’ve entirely given up quite yet buuuuuuuut
fucking dune. i got really pissed off with this book. So just…setting aside the whole vaguing at a pedophilically inclined queer coded villain - it’s done so poorly, that it's almost funny? like it doesn’t (as of half way through) actually have any consequence on…anything at all and is tacked on like an afterthought to the end of his scenes. honestly it all could just be cut out entirely with no recourse to the larger story. So my actual beef with this book is the pacing is ATROCIOUS. like yo, not only do you expect me to give a shit about these Atreides cunts, when we just met them and we spend the same amount of time with them IF NOT MORE with the antagonist? but you also expect me to believe Paul was able to just convince the leader of the Arrakis people —the leader of an entire planet!!— with a single fucking sentence??? yeah, not so much. it was not set up for me to believe that Paul could do that! maybe if Kynes hadn’t died immediately after—or at least not died at that moment? baring the fact I thought he was by far the most interesting character, IF he had been convinced by Paul in that scene, it would have been great to see some actual work done around that - with a transfer or a liaise of power between Kynes and Paul and the Fremen. By not having any substantive scene that does it - it begs the question of what the fuck was the point of the character in the first place? unplumbed potential!!! over all there seem to be some key scenes missing to get the reader to where the narrative expects us to be? but the choices made of the characters we spend time with and the moments we see with them, the benefit to the larger story…is not always there. hey herbert, these words you have written aren’t doing what you want them to?? i feel like i should finish it but i reaaaaallly don’t want to :) the only thing i can say is it looks like from the trailer, villeneueve is giving space to these moments so that the viewer can foster a genuine connection with the characters? radical concept.
our lady of perpetual hunger - i started this one optimistically bc i like chef memoirs, but i am at the point where she has just given birth to her son and honestly DON’T CARE. i still haven’t officially given up on it yet since i actually fucking bought it like a dope. i certainly would not have if i knew how much NOT about working the line this was gonna be
7- book you are currently reading
Aside from the failures mentioned above, I am working on the second book in B. Catling’s Vorrh trilogy, The Erstwhile. Also very close to finally finishing Iain Sinclair’s The Last London - there’s a review of his work from the LA Times that goes “One of Sinclair’s greatest skills has always been his ability to take diverse if not chaotic source material and refashion it in a way that sometimes seems downright alchemical” which captures some of the wonder I experience when reading his work. His style and how he creates atmosphere and setting is just unique and astounding.
8- last book you recommended to someone
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Before that I told my brother to read Eat a Peach, as we both love Anthony Bourdain and David Chang talks about him a bit here, plus it’s just a fucking great book. any book that gives insight into Chang’s methodology and paradigm is worth a shot.
9- oldest book you read
I think it might have to be Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (which apparently according to wiki premiered on the stage a whole four months before Hamlet so that’s what we’re going with) and if plays don’t count, I don’t care. I think they count and that’s what we’re going with.
10- the most recent book you read ?
Given the previous question, the most recently published book, right? It’s gotta be the one I just finished: The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic - Revised and Expanded edt., which like just came out this summer. I watched Jessica Hopper’s promo zoom, curtesy of my local indie bookstore, and went ahead and bought it. This was a great decision! It was just what I needed to read these last couple of weeks. i love there’s lots of short pieces that made the read quick and the fact that it’s non-fiction so there was no pressure of a plot or the emotional weight of character investment when I had a lot of big stressors dragging me down irl -it was such a relief. Hopper’s criticism is fun to read and there’s some real art in her appreciation of music here.
11- favourite author?
These are the top in a kind of order but not really: Donna Tartt, Jeff VanderMeer, Megan Whalen Turner, Flannery O’Conner, Chuck Palahniuk, Anthony Bourdain
Other faves very much worth mentioning: Emily O’Neill, Richard Siken, Brandon Sanderson, Warren Ellis, Nathan Englander, Stephen King, Eddie Huang, Carl Hiaassen, Anne Carson, and Iain Sinclair.
12- buying books or borrowing books?
Depends on if my library has it, of course! I nearly always see if my library has a copy first if i have never read it or the author before. If i’ve read the book before or trust the author, I’ll buy it. Like I’ll straight out buy new stuff from Jeff VanderMeer even though with him it’s either this-hits-exactly-and-is-my-new-fave or i-really-disliked-this-but-admire-the-boundaries-you’re-pushing-my-dude - so it’s always a gamble but a worthy one.
12- a book you dislike that everyone else seems to love
a little life (just bc it's torture porn elevated to art doesn’t negate the fact that it’s torture porn. Yanagihara’s project here is repugnant and the fact that this book is lauded as moving lgbt fiction makes my skin crawl)
sharp objects (good writing, compelling story, BUT typographical scarification doesn't work like that - i am not going to get into it but i know from first hand experience how Flynn described it is not accurate)
nesbø’s the snowman (what kinda dumbass detective would think THAT when a woman finds her missing father’s corpse? absolute idiocy - so obviously reverse engineered with that end in mind)
the raven cycle (fuck ronan lynch to start and then fuck him to end as well - there’s some other stuff but mostly he’s a total CUNT and if i don’t say that once a day i have probably died)
14 - bookmarks or dogears?
Bookmarks and sticky notes. Then I can place it pointing directly to the paragraph I last stopped on.
15- The book you can always reread?
This is my question because I reread all the time. ALL THE TIME. Books I reread often: The Secret History, Medium Raw (especially chapter 17 The Fury), Crooked Kingdom, The Violent Bear It Away, and The Goldfinch. Every year like clockwork (since it came out apparently) I will reread Stephen King’s The Outsider.
Other books I feel the urge to reread: VanderMeer’s Acceptance, Englander’s Dinner at the Center of the Earth, Frazier’s Nightwoods, Fresh Off the Boat, the Mr. Mercedes trilogy, the Peter Grant Series (which is queued up for another go here soon I think), any of the stories from A Good Man is Hard to Find, Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne Mistborn books, simon vs the homosapiens’ agenda, and there are two of Alan Morinis’ books on Mussar that I am technically always revisiting—when i need a reminder, i’ll jump around and read specific sections to get centered again.
16- can you read while listening to music?
Yes, but only ambient or near ambient (only usually one track on repeat) or a soundtrack I am extremely familiar with. No new music. I do usually need some audio stimulation or my mind will wander terribly.
17- one POV or multi POV?
Multi pov can certainly be done well (looking at the soc duaology and VanderMeer’s Acceptance) but working a multi-pov means there are more plates spinning, it’s more of a challenge, and some authors pull it off better than others.
18- do you read book in one sitting or in multiple days?
I don’t really do this anymore. that might have something to do with me picking up thicker books? but also i have a full time job now and let’s be real the book has to be hella good if i don’t want to put it down. the last book i attempted to shotgun was the final installment of my favorite series and it still took me two days so....i can get through a lot of books but none of them are ever in one sitting anymore.
19- who to tag:
@sybilius @mouth-rainboy @iwonderifthatisart @phereinnike @magnificentmoose @wambsgangs @moriarteaparty and anyone else if you feel so inclined!
Bonus Question: What’s on your to-read shelf?
As for me, I am excited about one i just picked up, Danforth’s Plain Bad Heroines, which i might start tomorrow and I will be taking Paul Madonna’s Come to Light on my trip to see my brother this coming weekend.
#this took a while but was fun#thanks again jen#very excited to read other folks responses#also like a general content warning? i mention/refer to things in the books but nothing's unpacked here#still to be cautious reference to mature themes#the narrator feeling posthumous
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Winners announced for the 2019 Eisner Awards
The winners were announced last night for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.
Tom King and Mitch Gerads, partners on the Mister Miracle series from DC, took home five awards between them. John Allison’s Giant Days and The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang also took home multiple awards.
The Eisner Awards also inducted 10 people into the Hall of Fame last night: the judges chose Jim Aparo, June Tarpé Mills, Dave Stevens and Morrie Turner, while voters chose José Luis García-López, Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Wendy and Richard Pini, and Bill Sienkiewicz to join the class of 2019.
Other awards given out last night included the The Bill Finger Excellence In Comic Book Writing Award, which was presented to Mike Friedrich and the late E. Nelson Bridwell, and the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award, which went to Lorena Alvarez.
The 2019 recipients of the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award were Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, for his work on Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico, and comic artist Tula Lotay, AKA Lisa Wood, for creating the UK-based Thought Bubble Festival. And La Revisteria Comics in Argentina won the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award.
You can see all the Eisner winners below, in bold.
Best Short Story
“Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)
“The Ghastlygun Tinies,” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm, in MAD magazine #4 (DC)
“Here I Am,” by Shaun Tan, in I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)
“Life During Interesting Times,” by Mike Dawson (The Nib), https://thenib.com/greatest-generation-interesting-times
“Supply Chains,” by Peter and Maria Hoey, in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)
“The Talk of the Saints,” by Tom King and Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, by Emily Carroll (ShortBox)
Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, by Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox (Dark Horse)
No Better Words, by Carolyn Nowak (Silver Sprocket)
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)
The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, by Arabson, translated by James Robinson (IHQ Studio/ Image)
Best Continuing Series
Batman, by Tom King et al. (DC)
Black Hammer: Age of Doom, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)
Gasolina, by Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)
Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
The Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José (Marvel)
Runaways, by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka (Marvel)
Best Limited Series
Batman: White Knight, by Sean Murphy (DC)
Eternity Girl, by Magdalene Visaggio and Sonny Liew (Vertigo/DC)
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, and Mark Morales (DC)
Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)
X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)
Best New Series
Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Green (Image)
Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)
Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)
Isola, by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl (Image)
Man-Eaters, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Image)
Skyward, by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett (Image)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)
Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)
Petals, by Gustavo Borges (KaBOOM!)
Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths, by Graham Annable (First Second)
This Is a Taco! By Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley (CubHouse/Lion Forge)
Tiger Vs. Nightmare, by Emily Tetri (First Second)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)
Aquicorn Cove, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)
Be Prepared, by Vera Brosgol (First Second)
The Cardboard Kingdom, by Chad Sell (Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)
Crush, by Svetlana Chmakova (JY/Yen Press)
The Divided Earth, by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17)
All Summer Long, by Hope Larson (Farrar Straus Giroux)
Gumballs, by Erin Nations (Top Shelf/IDW)
Middlewest, by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Image)
Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, by Cat Seaton and Kit Seaton (Image)
The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang (First Second)
Watersnakes, by Tony Sandoval, translated by Lucas Marangon (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Best Humor Publication
Get Naked, by Steven T. Seagle et al. (Image)
Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)
MAD magazine, edited by Bill Morrison (DC)
A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3, by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
Woman World, by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Anthology
Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, edited by Shelly Bond (Black Crown/IDW)
Puerto Rico Strong, edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)
Twisted Romance, edited by Alex de Campi (Image)
Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, edited by Will Dennis, curated by J. H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams (Image)
Best Reality-Based Work
All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir, by Michael Kupperman (Gallery 13)
All the Sad Songs, by Summer Pierre (Retrofit/Big Planet)
Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, by Box Brown (First Second)
Monk! by Youssef Daoudi (First Second)
One Dirty Tree, by Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)
Best Graphic Album—New
Bad Girls, by Alex de Campi and Victor Santos (Gallery 13)
Come Again, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1, by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (DC)
Homunculus, by Joe Sparrow (ShortBox)
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly)
Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Berlin, by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Girl Town, by Carolyn Nowak (Top Shelf/IDW)
Upgrade Soul, by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge)
The Vision hardcover, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Michael Walsh (Marvel)
Young Frances, by Hartley Lin (AdHouse Books)
Best Adaptation from Another Medium
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, adapted by Ari Folman and David Polonsky (Pantheon)
“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)
Out in the Open by Jesús Carraso, adapted by Javi Rey, translated by Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero)
Speak: The Graphic Novel, by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll (Farrar Straus Giroux)
To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London’s Classic Story, by Chabouté (Gallery 13)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material
About Betty’s Boob, by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau, translated by Edward Gauvin (Archaia/BOOM!)
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)
Herakles Book 1, by Edouard Cour, translated by Jeremy Melloul (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Niourk, by Stefan Wul and Olivier Vatine, translated by Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)
A Sea of Love, by Wilfrid Lupano and Grégory Panaccione (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition, by Tsutomu Nihei, translated by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, by Inio Asano, translated by John Werry (VIZ Media)
Laid-Back Camp, by Afro, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (Yen Press)
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder, by Nie Jun, translated by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Pogo, vol. 5: Out of This World At Home, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)
Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color (1959–1960), by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Ferran Delgado (Amigo Comics)
Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)
The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Words and Worlds of Herbert Crowley, by Justin Duerr (Beehive Books
Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E. C. Segar, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition, edited by Paul Levitz (DC)
Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins… Artifact Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)
Madman Quarter Century Shindig, by Mike Allred, edited by Chris Ryall (IDW)
Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, edited by Joseph Melchior and Bob Chapman (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)
Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, edited by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
Best Writer
Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)
Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)
Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)
Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)
Best Writer/Artist
Sophie Campbell, Wet Moon (Oni)
Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn & Quarterly)
David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)
Nate Powell, Come Again (Top Shelf/IDW)
Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)
Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Matías Bergara, Coda (BOOM!)
Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)
Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
Sonny Liew, Eternity Girl (Vertigo/DC)
Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image)
Yanick Paquette, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC)
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)
Lee Bermejo, Batman: Damned (DC)
Carita Lupatelli, Izuna Book 2 (Humanoids)
Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
Gregory Panaccione, A Sea of Love (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)
Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)
Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC)
Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)
Joshua Middleton, Batgirl and Aquaman variants (DC)
Julian Tedesco, Hawkeye, Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel)
Best Coloring
Jordie Bellaire, Batgirl, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel)
Tamra Bonvillain, Alien 3 (Dark Horse); Batman, Doom Patrol (DC); Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Multiple Man (Marvel)
Nathan Fairbairn, Batman, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC); Die!Die!Die! (Image)
Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image)
Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)
Best Lettering
David Aja, Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse)
Jim Campbell, Breathless, Calexit, Gravetrancers, Snap Flash Hustle, Survival Fetish, The Wilds (Black Mask); Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge, Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings, Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image); Wasted Space (Vault)
Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)
Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)
Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/ Journalism
Note: There was a tie in this category
Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
The Columbus Scribbler, edited by Brian Canini, columbusscribbler.com
Comicosity, edited by Aaron Long and Matt Santori, www.comicosity.com
LAAB Magazine #0: Dark Matter, edited by Ronald Wimberley and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)
PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com
Best Comics-Related Book
Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978, by Keith Dallas and John Wells (TwoMorrows)
Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, by Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)
The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, by Jon Morris (Quirk Books)
Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without an Eraser, by Dewey Cassell with Jeff Messer (TwoMorrows)
Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography—Beyond the Fantasy, by Florent Gorges, translated by Laure Dupont and Annie Gullion (Dark Horse)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future, by Aaron Kashtan (Ohio State University Press)
Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies, by Marc Singer (University of Texas Press)
The Goat-Getters: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics, by Eddie Campbell (Library of American Comics/IDW/Ohio State University Press)
Incorrigibles and Innocents, by Lara Saguisag (Rutgers Univeristy Press)
Sweet Little C*nt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet, by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)
Best Publication Design
A Sea of Love, designed by Wilfrid Lupano, Grégory Panaccione, and Mike Kennedy (Magnetic/Lion Forge)
The Stan Lee Story Collector’s Edition, designed by Josh Baker (Taschen)
The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Worlds of Herbert Crowley, designed by Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg (Beehive Books)
Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios/NYC (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)
Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)
Best Digital Comic
Aztec Empire, by Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, and David Hahn, www.bigredhair.com/books/Aztec-empire/
The Führer and the Tramp, by Sean McArdle, Jon Judy, and Dexter Wee, http://thefuhrerandthetramp.com/
The Journey, by Pablo Leon (Rewire), https://rewire.news/article/2018/01/08/rewire-exclusive-comic-journey/
The Stone King, by Kel McDonald and Tyler Crook (comiXology Originals) https://cmxl.gy/Stone-King
Umami, by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate), http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/umami
Best Webcomic
The Contradictions, by Sophie Yanow, www.thecontradictions.com
Lavender Jack, by Dan Schkade (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1
Let’s Play, by Mongie (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_no=1218&page=1
Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe, (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=1
Tiger, Tiger, by Petra Erika Nordlund, (Hiveworks) http://www.tigertigercomic.com/
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INTERVIEW: Justin Strauss with Róisín Murphy
Irish-born chanteuse Róisín Murphy has spent the past two decades letting her muse call the shots — her career hopscotching between high art and the pop charts. In this episode of Just/Talk, renowned New York City DJ and music producer Justin Strauss chats with the headstrong icon about the past, the present and the high points in between.
Justin Strauss: I found out about Moloko and that was the first time I've heard your name. What were you doing before that? How did joining Moloko come about?
Róisín Murphy: I didn't really have a proper job before that. I was 19 when I started in Moloko. So I just tried a few things out.
JS: Were you interested in music at that point? What were you listening to?
RM: I started going out when I was 14 — there was never any issue getting into gigs when you were a little kid... they always let you go in. Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Jesus and Mary Chain, Sub Pop stuff, Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine... they all came through Manchester. I used to go to mad places for a kid. Just mad. If my daughter... I don't want to know if she does what I did. But nothing bad ever happened to me.
JS: So this is post-Haçienda?
RM: I went to Haçienda as well. It was still going and I went. A lot of the time Haçienda wasn't me favorite club, though.
JS: Oh really? I never got to go.
RM: For me it didn't sound right in Haçienda. Anyway...
JS: And so had you done any of your own music? Were you writing?
RM: No. I had no idea I was going to do music. I thought I was going to do visual art. I went to Sheffield and did a foundation course in art. I never finished, 'cause I got a record contract at the end of that year with Moloko.
JS: And how did you get involved in Moloko?
RM: When I went to Sheffield I got into the sort of underground party scene. I got a whole different perspective on dance music and a bit more of the fusion, I guess — a sense of where things were connecting. Where electro was connecting with house, and reggae, with hardcore sort of stuff mixed in. And it had that pop-Sheffield vibe to it as well. It was a great education.
I met [Moloko's] Mark Brydon in a party in Sheffield. He liked my tight sweater and I said yeah. I recorded that song that night.
JS: When “Sing it Back” became a big hit were you prepared for that kind of success? You couldn’t walk into a club, probably anywhere in the world, without it being played and everyone going crazy.
RM: In a way, we were always fighting it. That was a remix and you know it was all compromised in a way. I mean Mark used to call it housewives music. "I'm stuck with the fucking housewife music." It didn't really fit with the rest of Moloko.
The first Moloko album was like a reaction against house and four-on-the-floor. I suppose trip hop was part of the reaction. Not that we thought we were making trip hop because it didn't exist. But I knew that song needed to be in a club, so I said to the label, "Let's get a remix done." As soon as I heard it, I knew it was a hit.
JS: Todd Terry did a remix?
RM: Yeah, just after his mix of Everything But The Girl’s “Missing,” and the label was like "Yeah, let's get Todd Terry." Very imaginative of them. It cost a fortune. Then Boris Dlugosh sent his incredible version on spec.
JS: Right.
RM: I had to have this massive row with the label. They wanted to put Todd Terry mix as the A side. I mean literally tears, crying like in the street, "This is Going to be huge. I can see myself on Top of the Pops!" And they weren't having it! And they put out the Todd Terry thing as the A side first.
JS: And you got to perform it on Top of the Pops?
RM: Yes. It was amazing. The day before Top of the Pops aired, I went to Harrods to buy myself a diamond ring. I found the ring I wanted to buy, and before I did, I went outside to have a cigarette. These two little Irish traveler girls outside and they said to me, "What are you doing?" I said "Would you believe I'm buying a diamond ring?" "You're not buying a diamond ring!" I said "I am. I'm buying a diamond ring."One said "Are you Irish?" I said "Yeah, yeah, I'm Mickey Murphy's daughter." "Oh, Mickey Murphy! We might know Mickey Murphy." Honestly, right?
JS: Right.
RM: Then they were like, "We don't believe that you're buying this diamond ring." So I brought them in with me into Harrods and I said to the woman at the counter, “I want to try it on." She thought we were going to run off with it or something 'cause of the two little scamps with me. "Honest to God, I’m buying the ring.” When I bought it, they were just like "Wow! How'd you get that money?" I said, “I'm Mickey Murphy's daughter, and I'm a pop star. Watch Top of the Pops tomorrow. I'm on." Can you imagine them watching in their fucking mobile home wherever?
JS: So after all that, then what happens? So you're a pop star now?
RM: I wasn't.
JS: Well, you're on Top of the Pops. The whole country see's you and everyone's watching.
RM: But I just wasn't. I just never became a pop star for whatever reason.
JS: And was that disappointing?
RM: No. I think what I wanted always was for people to respect what I do. Always.
JS: So after a decade, the Moloko breaks up. What happens next?
RM: I had spoken to Matthew Herbert years before about working together, and he kind of wouldn't let it go. He just wouldn't let up. So I said "Alright." I was scared, you know. But he was a perfect person to do it with. Perfect.
JS: Why were you scared?
RM: I'd only done it with my boyfriends before, and I didn't know the alchemy of how I'd done it. I didn't know that I was able to do it.
JS: But it turned out to be —
RM: ...perfect. It was more than me singing on somebody's record. Much, much more. I was the subject of the sound. In a situation where I was unsure of myself, to be going in to work with a producer who found beauty in everything I fucking did. And so it was very liberating in that way, you know.
I was always a singer who wasn’t really interested in being a singer, you know. I also wanted to be more like a bassline or a rhythm when I sang. Matthew was instrumental in me gathering myself—just me bringing him my things and making sound out of them and out of my body. There was something very mending about it, and nobody else would've been able to bring that. It was perfect.
Then of course, when we gave it to the record company, it wasn't perfect.
JS: They didn't like it?
RM: It wasn't a perfect record. It was the wrong record, they thought. It was the label who'd been with me since I was 19, so it was disappointing.
JS: And what happened?
RM: They dropped me! But after that I signed to EMI, and they spent a fortune on Overpowered.
JS: There wasn't one single producer on that record, right?
RM: No, but I was definitely the boss of that record, right across the whole spectrum of millions of different people who worked on it. It was really amazing, but very expensive.
JS: I bet. Your relationship with producers has always interested me.
RM: Always men. They've always been men so far.
JS: You've never went for a big pop producer. You always go for someone more left field.
RM: When I did Overpowered, that was the big argument with EMI — the only producer they suggested was Calvin Harris. He was just starting out on EMI. And he's fucking good, you know what I mean? So I was like "Yeah, alright. Let's have a go of it."
It was a session with him and Cathy Dennis — the three of us. And we did two tracks. And everyone in the label convinced that one track was a hit and I hated all of it. I knew I wanted to write with Cathy Dennis because I wanted to do a song like “Can't Get You Out of My Head.” But it was total cheese what we did. It wasn't about it being too pop. It just wasn't that good. You know? And it was a massive, big argument.
JS: But you know what you want.
RM: If you're aiming for "Can’t Get You Out of My Head” and you don't quite hit it, it’s just average. So let's not go with something a bit average. Anyway... he is talented, but he bitched after I didn't use that.
JS: Calvin Harris?
RM: Yeah, like, "she's so stupid, why does she want to destroy her own career?" I don't want to destroy my own career!" You know the shit I always get from people. Believe me, I was sweating balls over this record. I was arguing with people like fucking Jimmy Douglass. Like, he produced Odyssey! He discovered Timbaland!
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JS: And how did your relationship with EMI go after that?
RM: They dropped me. In honesty, they had a massive big shake up right after I put out a record. They fired like 75% of the staff—everyone I worked with. So it was not as simple as I was dropped, but … I moved on.
JS: So what did you make next?
RM: A baby's nest, mainly. I met my partner Sebastiano [Properzi]... did a few bits and pieces here and there.
JS: You made a record of Italian songs?
RM: Yeah, Mi Senti. For that, I brought in Eddie Stevens, who had been my musical director since Moloko, so I've toured all over the world with him. And we always put together the live shows, Me and him. In the meantime, when I've had the babies and everything, he'd gone off and become a producer and produced quite a few really great records. And so I asked him to work on the Mi Senti project as a co-producer, co-writer.
After that I thought “Jesus! Eddie's fucking great, isn't he?” Then I did two albums back to back with him. That was a nice full circle.
JS: ...and they're great. No two tracks sound the same, but they all totally capture your vibe.
RM: We were always albums in the old days, weren't we? I mean, that's how we were brought up when we started making music. It was always albums. You make a story.
JS: Tell me about the Block9 project you were involved in.
RM: Well, I went to do this creative retreat in the West Bank. Brian Eno, The Black Madonna and others contributed to the project. We stayed at The Walled Off, Banksy’s hotel project there.
JS: So how was that experience?
RM: It was pretty intense — it was a lot of information over the three days. We had a professor come in to teach us about Arabic music and we went to Jerusalem. We toured Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and a former refugee camp that’s now all kind of apartments built on top of each other.
JS: Had you been to that region before?
RM: I'd been in Israel once. I performed in Tel Aviv, which was great. The culture and the music and the warmth of the people... and the amazingness of The Walled Off itself as well. It was all mind-blowing.
JS: And now you've done a record with Maurice Fulton?
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RM: Yeah. It's eight original tracks, coming out on Vinyl Factory as a set of four 12 inches.
JS: And how was working with him?
RM: Maurice is totally uncompromising. It’s the same for me, but I accepted everything he told me. "Okay, no worries. Do it your way."
If I said to him "Maurice, will you change this and that" and he's already played it out in clubs, I've got no chance at getting anything changed whatsoever. He just goes "No. I've played it last week. And it’s fucking great. You don't know what you're talking about. Shut up." I go "Alright then."
I've tried to be true to what it is. In that how I put it through to the world. It’s the message. Stay on the message.
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NFL quarterback rankings: The best and worst starting QBs for 2021, ranked 1-32
The level of quarterback play in the NFL is better than ever. While a few of the more established old guard QBs continue their great successes, the league has given rise to a promising new wave of young passers, some who also possess rare athletic traits.
The intersection of these quarterbacks created a big offensive boom in 2020. Somehow, the potential of the projected starters for every team in 2021 is greater, thanks to a slew of top second-year and rookie draft picks.
Weighing past recent peformances but tilting a lot more toward upside for the upcoming season, here's Sporting News' latest annual offseason ranking of NFL quarterbacks, 1-32:NFL POWER RANKINGS:
Browns, Cowboys, Seahawks on the rise entering 2021 season
NFL quarterback rankings 2021
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1. Patrick Mahomes, ChiefsMahomes is king again at age 25 and may not be dethroned for a long time. He does the razzle dazzle better than any quarterback, but he does all the little things well, too, with his big arm as the foundation. The money magician also hasn't quite hit his ceiling, despite already having a historically prolific MVP season and Super Bowl MVP on his resume. Mahomes has full command of his familiar supporting cast and offensive system under Andy Reid.2020 key stats: 4,740 passing yards, 38 passing TDs, 6 INTs, 108.2 passer rating, 82.9 QBR, 8.1 yards per attempt, 308 rushing yards, 2 rushing TDs2. Aaron Rodgers, PackersThe reigning MVP has proved to be the NFL's ultimate renaissance man at the position, given his offseason "Jeopardy!" guest-hosting and "The Match" golfing prowess. Wherever his future lies beyond 2021, Rodgers' physical skills are in peak condition with several more elite seasons ahead of him. At 37, his wisdom and intelligence remain major assets, rebooted by a QB-friendly offense operated by Matt LaFleur. Rodgers' arm is still an absolute cannon, too, with the accuracy to put the ball anywhere downfield.2020 key stats: 4,299 passing yards, 48 passing TDs, 5 INTs, 121.5 passer rating, 84.4 QBR, 8.2 yards per attempt, 149 rushing yards, 3 rushing TDsMORE: 5 things the packers can do to keep Aaron Rodgers past 20213. Tom Brady, BuccaneersBrady bet on himself at age 43 outside of New England and immediately reached past Super Bowl glory in Tampa Bay. He chose a team with a great supporting cast, including the offensive skill players, line, running game and defense. He put his own Patriots spin on the Buccaneers aggressive downfield passing game with Bruce Arians and Byron Leftwich. The result was his best season since his 2017 MVP campaign. Brady helped reshape the Bucs and was a big part of keeping the gang together for a strong shot at a repeat.2020 key stats: 4,633 passing yards, 40 passing TDs, 12 INTs, 102.2 passer rating, 72.5 QBR, 7.6 yards per attempt4. Josh Allen, BillsBrady's departure from the AFC East opened the door for a new passer to be the unquestioned class of the division. Allen left little doubt with his remarkable age-25 third season. He has put all his immense physical skills together, converting his arm and athleticism into a force capable of taking over games. He also has shown the necessary young leadership to maintain Buffalo's new status as a playoff power. He is a strong MVP candidate in 2021.2020 key stats: 4,544 passing yards, 37 passing TDs, 10 INTs, 107.2 passer rating, 81.7 QBR, 7.8 yards per attempt, 421 rushing yards, 8 rushing TDs
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5. Deshaun Watson, TexansUntil there's some kind of clarity on Watson's on-field future tied to the concerning off-field developments, he takes his worthy high spot on the list. Despite the team in Houston falling apart around him with now limited talent, familiar or otherwise, Watson has done everything he can with his incredible individual play to prop it up offensively. He is a high-reward passer with low risk in pushing for big plays downfield while remaining efficient. He also is an explosive runner whenever things break down too much.2020 key stats: 4,823 passing yards, 33 passing TDs, 7 INTs, 112.4 passer rating, 70.5 QBR, 8.9 yards per attempt, 444 rushing yards, 3 rushing TDs6. Russell Wilson, SeahawksWilson started last season on a MVP-like tear with a dominant first half before fading a bit in the final two months. He set career highs for complete percentage and TDs, but there was a slip in his usual high-caliber deep passing. Although the big sack totals keep on coming, he remains the league's most durable QB with strong rushing efficiency. The playoff clunker against the Rams shouldn't take away from the fact his floor is higher than the ceiling of most QBs. He should be helped by a necessary QB-friendly coordinator change.2020 key stats: 4,212 passing yards, 40 passing TDs, 13 INTs, 105.1 passer rating, 73.5 QBR, 7.5 yards per attempt, 513 rushing yards, 2 rushing TDs7. Dak Prescott, CowboysPrescott was headed toward a massive first season with Kellen Moore and Mike McCarthy before the heartbreaking ankle injury against the Giants in the fifth game. He was laser-focused with an elite trio of wide receivers while in complete command of getting the ball deep with his cannon. He is expected to be back at full strength and much of the Cowboys' success in 2021 will ride on his arm and legs. With big contract now in hand at 27, expect him to work hard to earn every bit of it to try to work his way into the top five QBs.2020 key stats: 1,856 passing yards, 9 passing TDs, 4 INTs, 99.6 passer rating, 78.7 QBR, 8.4 yards per attempt, 93 rushing yards, 3 rushing TDs8. Lamar Jackson, RavensJackson didn't live up to his MVP level from 2019, but he also didn't struggle as much as many perceived. He delivered down the stretch to ensure a Ravens playoff return after not getting the same kind of support in an offense in transition. He remained the game's most dangerous runner at the position until he found his late groove. Jackson did break through for his first playoff victory and at only 24, should be expected to rev back up as a passer with a receiving corps overhaul to match the improved traditional rushing attack.2020 key stats: 2,757 passing yards, 26 passing TDs, 9 INTs, 99.3 passer rating, 73.7 QBR, 7.3 yards per attempt, 1,005 rushing yards, 7 rushing TDs9. Kyler Murray, CardinalsWhen comes to special runners at the position, the 23-year-old Murray stands out as much as Jackson with his speed, quickness and elusiveness. He also manages a run-centered spread passing attack well. He needs to get more consistent with his accuracy, especially when taking shots downfield. He also should improve his decision-making with two full years behind him in Kliff Kingsbury's offense. The 2019 No. 1 overall pick is just getting warmed up for a top-flight career.2020 key stats: 3,971 passing yards, 26 passing TDs, 12 INTs, 94.3 passer rating, 68.9 QBR, 7.1 yards per attempt, 819 rushing yards, 11 rushing TDs
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10. Justin Herbert, ChargersHerbert got an unexpected early opportunity and gave the Chargers no reason for him to relinquish his status. After excelling as a rookie, the expectations are sky high for the 23-year-old in Year 2. The challenge will be adjusting to a brand-new offense and remaining limited with his weapons as defenses adjust better to him. Herbert accelerated his learning curve with his arm, accuracy and athleticism and will do a lot more than avoid a sophomore slump. 2020 key stats: 4,336 passing yards, 39 passing TDs, 10 INTs, 98.3 passer rating, 69.5 QBR, 7.3 yards per attempt, 234 rushing yards, 5 rushing TDs11. Ryan Tannehill, TitansTannehill has found his groove at 32. Tennessee gave him the perfect run-heavy offense for his skill set. Much of Tannehill's mid-career boom has been tied to play-action passing, but he's reminded many that his arm remains underrated and his athleticism is a major asset. He plays with youthful joy and confidence that he didn't have with the Dolphins. He's also been durable and grown as a leader. Tannehill has become as fun to watch as many similar young guns.2020 key stats: 3,819 passing yards, 33 passing TDs, 7 INTs, 106.5 passer rating, 78.3 QBR, 7.9 yards per attempt, 266 rushing yards, 7 rushing TDs12. Joe Burrow, BengalsBurrow had a careful rookie season operating in Cincinnati's offense, curbed by his knee injury. He should be recovered for a big age 24 season that lives up to his status as a second-year No. 1 overall pick. Burrow relied plenty on throwing the ball into the middle of the field. That will change as he's more unleashed under Zac Taylor, knowing that he's reunited with all-around go-to guy Ja'Marr Chase. Look for Burrow to raise his efficiency and big-play quotient at the same time. He also is underrated as an athlete and runner.2020 key stats: 2,688 passing yards, 13 passing TDs, 5 INTs, 89.8 passer rating, 56.2 QBR, 6.7 yards per attempt, 142 rushing yards, 3 rushing TDs
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13. Baker Mayfield, BrownsThe 26-year-old, the No. 1 overall pick in 2018, got back on track in Year 3 thanks to some of the same offensive concepts that have helped Tannehill and the QB with whom offensive-minded coach Kevin Stefanski worked before Mayfield, Kirk Cousins. Cleveland installed a more QB-friendly run-heavy attack, facilitating Mayfield's play via play-action and bootlegs. He didn't force the ball downfield and played off the run by spreading it around better. Now that the mistakes are under control, Mayfield can be counted on for more big plays with the best, healthiest, deepest receiving corps he's ever had. It also helps to have pristine pass protection and two top backs.2020 key stats: 3,563 passing yards, 26 passing TDs, 8 INTs, 95.9 passer rating, 72.2 QBR, 7.3 yards per attempt14. Kirk Cousins, VikingsAt 32, Cousins has had enjoyed the best play of his career in Minnesota, a la Tannehill in Tennessee. The Vikings have simplified things in the offense with running back Dalvin Cook as the centerpiece and Cousins having two exceptional, versatile receivers in Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen. The use of 12 personnel (two tight ends) has vibed with him to help Cousins maximize his big arm. His deep passing has been on point, but the decision-making and accuracy still let him down at key points.2020 key stats: 4,265 passing yards, 35 passing TDs, 13 INTs, 105.0 passer rating, 63.2 QBR, 8.3 yards per attempt15. Matthew Stafford, RamsStafford, the 2009 No. 1 overall pick, is changing teams for the first time in his age 33 season. There's been a ton of hype over what he can do in Sean McVay's offense, but that's discounting for the recent impressive highs in Detroit. The arm is still there but he's been inconsistent no matter the volume. There's also been regression to the mean in terms of his fourth-quarter play and he's still looking for his first playoff win. There's a perception the Lions didn't give him much passing help and he will be transformative with his new team, but the reality is there's enough sample size to know one already has seen the best of him.2020 key stats (with Lions): 4,084 passing yards, 26 passing TDs, 10 INTs, 96.3 passer rating, 68.4 QBR, 7.7 yards per attempt16. Matt Ryan, FalconsThe 2016 NFL MVP, a good friend of Stafford's, has remained on a roller-coaster with his offensive systems. At 36, Ryan is now adjusting to the scheme of offensive-minded head coach Arthur Smith and latest new coordinator, Dave Ragone. Ryan has been in a rut with the passing game, so a focus on the running game and turning the page from Julio Jones to make Calvin Ridley and rookie tight end Kyle Pitts his go-to guys is a welcome rejuvenation plan. Ryan may not have long left at the helm of Atlanta, but he is set up for one more career bounce-back.2020 key stats: 4,581 passing yards, 26 passing TDs, 11 INTs, 93.3 passer rating, 67.0 QBR, 7.3 yards per attempt17. Derek Carr, RaidersCarr is a difficult QB to evaluate. Following the thinking of his offensive-minded coach, Jon Gruden, there is something missing with Carr, even though the numbers seem complete. The Raiders help him with an approach centered around the running game. Carr takes advantage by being effective pocket passing on short-to-intermediate routes with tight end Darren Waller as the focal point. Although he's gotten better with big plays, the limited downfield game is what keeps Carr in the dependable vs. luxury category.2020 key stats: 4,103 passing yards, 27 passing TDs, 9 INTs, 101.4 passer rating, 71.0 QBR, 7.9 yards per attempt
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18. Ben Roethlisberger, SteelersRoethlisberger's arm strength looked shot last season with his air-yard deterioration turning him into a dinker and dunker coming off a 2019 season lost to a right elbow injury. He can fight off Father Time for only so long at age 39. He still managed to be a rather efficient distributor, thanks to having a trio of special young receivers in Diontae Johnson, Chase Claypool and JuJu Smith-Schuster. But there's a reason why Pittsburgh made it a point to be more run-centric featuring first-round rookie Najee Harris. Roethlisberger has transitioned from lifting the offense to being a more dependent older QB.2020 key stats: 3,803 passing yards, 33 passing TDs, 10 INTs, 94.1 passer rating, 60.1 QBR, 6.3 yards per attempt19. Trevor Lawrence, JaguarsLawrence is the latest No. 1 overall pick to be tagged with the "can't miss" label. The 21-year old did everything he could to shine as a future NFL superstar at Clemson except for winning the Heisman Trophy. Touted as the best QB prospect since John Elway for a long time, Lawrence's physical tools are off the charts, the modern prototype with his size, arm, accuracy and athleticism. He blends a lot of the special attributes fellow young guns Herbert and Burrow possess. The Jaguars have enough blocking and skill support to allow Lawrence to enjoy an immediate spike hinting at his major promise.2020 key stats (at Clemson): 3,153 passing yards, 24 passing TDs, 5 INTs, 9.4 yards per attempt, 203 rushing yards, 8 rushing TDs20. Carson Wentz, ColtsDurability issues caught up with Wentz in Philadelphia on top of trying to do too much and force things that weren't there in the offense. He developed a tendency to hold the ball too long, which led to an NFL-high 50 sacks in only 12 starts last season before being benched for Jalen Hurts. Wentz was saved a little by his athleticism but 2020 was rough by every passing measure. He will start his Colts career sidelined with another injury, his debut up in the air pending recovery from foot surgery. But at only 28, there's plenty of time to get right again and the Colts' run-heavy offense behind a sturdy line will boost him. He's also back with the offensive-minded head coach Frank Reich who was critical to his early success with the Eagles. Look for Wentz, when back healthy, to be whispered well the way Mayfield and Tannehill were.2020 key stats (with Eagles): 2,620 passing yards, 16 passing TDs, 15 INTs, 72.8 passer rating, 49.6 QBR, 6.0 yards per attempt, 276 rushing yards, 5 rushing TDsMORE: Exploring the Colts' best Carson Wentz injury replacements21. Jalen Hurts, EaglesHurts, only 22, showed the Eagles enough as a rookie second-rounder to compel them to move on from Wentz and his big contract. In only four starts, Hurts displayed all of his rare running ability and some good passing upside despite limited weapons and protection. Reuniting with rookie first-round wide receiver DeVonta Smith helps, along with better health up front. New offensive-minded head coach Nick Sirianni will improve the balance with the rushing attack to make the system more QB-friendly for Hurts' dual threat. Wentz vs. Hurts with the related Colts twist will be a storyline in Philadelphia.2020 key stats: 1,061 passing yards, 6 passing TDs, 4 INTs, 77.6 passer rating, 41.0 QBR, 7.2 yards per attempt, 354 rushing yards, 3 rushing TDs
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22. Jimmy Garoppolo, 49ersJimmy G's time in San Francisco has had some great moments, including helping to take a high-level all-around offense to the Super Bowl. But as well as he's performed in a great system, there are two reasons for replacing him with rookie first-rounder Trey Lance sometime soon. First, Garoppolo has had a lot of issues staying healthy. Second, there are some outside-the-box plays he leaves on the table. Garoppolo has a high floor but has shown to Kyle Shanahan he has a clear limited ceiling as a pocket passer. Garoppolo can be effective again for a third team so he must flash his best again at 29 before passing over the job to Lance.2020 key stats: 1,096 passing yards, 7 passing TDs, 5 INTs, 92.4 passer rating, 61.5 QBR, 7.8
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Killed by SPD from 2000 through August 2010 (when John T. Williams was killed)
Killed by SPD from January 1, 2000 through August 29, 2010
(For the list of SPD killings after the SPD murder of John T. Williams go here.)
The data comes from the Fatal Encounters website which documents individuals killed “during interactions with police,” see: https://fatalencounters.org/view/person/.
Fatal Encounters includes people who died indirectly from a police action which may not even involve a police pursuit (e.g., suspect flees from police who are not in, or who earlier ended, a pursuit, then crash their car killing themselves and/or others), or even includes police on their way to a crime scene who get into an accident. These cases are noted in the list below, but are not assigned numbers and are not counted. This same procedure was used in counting SPD killings from 2010 to the present.
There are also 2 incidents (noted below) in which people were killed by law enforcement in Seattle but not by SPD (killed by either King County Sheriff or Port of Seattle Police)
In the list of the 27 SPD killings below one person was not shot by the SPD but died later in the hospital after repeated Taserings, likely due to “acute cocaine intoxication” (see number 26 below).
01. David John Walker 04/12/2000 near Seattle Center, Black w/4″ knife in mental health crisis (diagnosed w/bi-polar) skipping & ranting, shot after motioning w/empty hand, 3 CIT officers were on the scene, The Stranger,
02. Daniel Delfierro 06/22/2000 bank robbery, fired at cops
Andre Waldon 10/06/2000 (killed by armed carjacking suspect, pursued by SPD, who crashed into him)
03. Steven John Covyeow 01/13/2001 had gun & fired at cops
Joel Silvesan 02/27/2001 hit by SPD car on way to crime scene, witnesses claim cop speeding & went thru red light
04. Aaron Roberts 05/31/2001 Black, traffic stop, no weapon, cops claimed he tried to drive away dragging cop
05. Devon Jackson 08/13/2001 had gun, fired earlier, had pointed repeatedly at cops
Name withheld by police 09/30/2001 (car crash; SPD claimed there was no pursuit pursuit)
06. Anthony James Shuster 11/27/2001 white, Lake City boarding house, kitchen knife, drunk & threatening to harm himself; had threatened suicide after argument w/girlfriend (some listings have 11/26)
Christian Fairbank 12/26/2001 (crashed 2x into SPD car, vehicle pursuit, crashed)
07. Adam L. Alexander 01/06/2002 white, U Dist. at night, had pellet gun & took hostage, drugs
08. Shawn Jerel Maxwell 02/18/2002 Black, U. Dist, sword, behavioral health crisis
09. Vandy Thevongsa 04/04/2002 17 y.o.; had gun & fired at cops; shot a person whose car he stole; on sherm
10. Shawn Howell 11/05/2002 had gun & pointed at officers; distraught & asked officers to shoot him
11. DeOntrel Davis 12/13/2002 17 y.o. w/paint nozzle in Wallingford robbing people at ATMs, SPD stakeout at night, shot in head running away
Desseria B. Whitmore 10/25/2003 (Port of Seattle police at SeaTac)
12. Lawrence Owens 03/17/2004 had just killed a woman, had shotgun & repeatedly pointed at officers, shot after long chase at Miller Community Cntr.
13. Daniel Vanderhoek 05/15/2004 had gun & fired at cops (says 5/14)
14. Herbert L. Hightower 09/08/2004 Black, mental health crisis, knife
15. Rick Camat 10/10/2004 API, SPD responded to a fight (very early Sun AM) outside of Quest Field, claim he fired his gun toward the west & refused orders to put it down. Relatives claim he fired his gun into the air to stop a fight, that officers never told him to drop the weapon, and he was shot multiple times by police officers.
16. William David Dawejko 11/14/2004 white, Ballard, made suicidal threat to girlfriend, pointed shotgun at cops
17. Robert Valderama Estrella 03/21/2005 API, domestic disturbance, was holding a 2″ knife & holding his 10 month old son, cops say he held knife to baby’s throat, negotiated for 44 minutes, shot by sniper while standing up & holding baby
18. Dennie Kenneth Trujillo 04/29/2005 Hispanic, clearly suicidal (& had history), 6 cops on scene & no weapon, shot by cop in struggle for gun, cops claimed he had their gun in his hands, “ ‘The officer did not intentionally discharge the gun,’ Kerlikowske said, adding that it wasn't clear who pulled the trigger. Trujillo was struck by the gunfire, although it was not a fatal injury. The officer then regained control of the gun and fired. That shot mortally wounded Trujillo”; KC Inquest
19. Perry L. Manley 06/20/2005 White, shot by SPD in lobby of Fed. Courthouse holding an inert hand grenade; after 40 min. of negotiations he made a “furtive” movement w/grenade & was shot
Mark Allen Prince 11/19/2005 (shot by KC Sheriff)
20. Rhys Joseph Michael Poc 04/25/2006 White, 18 y.o., pointed gun at police
Neal Kelley 11/13/2006 (collided w/SPD officer driving to work in personal car, both Kelley & officer killed; no police pursuit or stop involved)
21. Robert Sullivan 01/17/2007 gun, shot at motel manager, fired at officers, one officer sent to hospital w/gunshot wound
22. Miles Allen Murphy 01/01/2009 White, drunk UW student w/WWII rifle, cops had 911 reports of shots fired (Murphy had been firing rifle in parking lot) & came upon Murphy holding rifle at bottom of steps; reports that witnesses told cops Murphy was firing blanks; shot by Sgt. Adam Elias who went on to kill Larry Flynn in 2014 & Kyle Gray in 2017, & has hi UOF & on Brady List.
23. Joseph Bernerd Hradec 01/14/2009 White, 6″ kitchen knife, under influence of drugs & alcohol, cops called to a domestic disturbance, tased him multiple times, woman was safely out of room before they shot him, day before called 911 reporting an anxiety attack & police took him to Harborview, “ Police believe he may have been suffering from some mental illness”, also this
24. Maurice Clemmons 12/01/2009 killed 4 cops at Lakewood coffee shop, shot by cop when Clemmons reached for gun
25. Christopher Aaron Wright, Sr. 02/28/2010 cops stopping a rape in progress, tasered unknown number of times and died at hospital 2 days later, likely due to “acute cocaine intoxication.” (according to King County ME ”died from brain death and organ failure due to acute cocaine intoxication with excited delirium and physical restraint... manner of death was undetermined”)
26. Ariel E. Rosenfeld 08/16/2010 pulled handgun on cops trying to arrest him, diagnosed w/bipolar in teen years (was 43 at death), repeated violent outbursts, KC Inquest clears officers
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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
December 1, 2020
Heather Cox Richardson
Still operating on a generator without room for much revision, so again, apologies for typos or inelegance….
There is an increasing feeling of desperation coming from the White House. Trump continues to insist he won the 2020 election, although the states whose results he has challenged have all certified their votes for Joe Biden. Biden has tallied more than 6 million votes more than Trump, including significant majorities in all the states Trump claims, in the biggest win for a candidate challenging an incumbent since Franklin Delano Roosevelt challenged Herbert Hoover in 1932.
Today loyalist William Barr, Trump’s Attorney General, admitted that the Department of Justice has not found any evidence of widespread voter fraud that would mean Trump won the election. Trump’s lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis promptly issued a statement saying “With the greatest respect to the Attorney General, his opinion appears to be without any knowledge or investigation of the substantial irregularities and evidence of systemic fraud.” Trump allies told PBS NewsHour correspondent Yamiche Alcindor that Barr’s statement was a “complete betrayal.”
For the last three weeks, Trump and his supporters in the Republican Party have attacked elections officials—including Republicans-- who failed to throw out Democratic ballots to give the election to Trump. The president called Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger an “enemy of the people,” and Trump’s loyalists are intensifying their rhetoric against officials who have persisted in defending the integrity of the election. Right-wing followers on social media called for jail, torture, or execution for a 20-year-old Georgia election technician, falsely alleging he manipulated election data. On NBC’s Today Show, the president’s lawyer Joseph diGenova called for former cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs, whom Trump fired after Krebs stated the election was not marked by fraud but was quite secure, to be “drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot.”
Social media accounts from right-wing loyalists are increasingly calling for violence. One user on the conservative media site Parler said that “[We the People] want to kill all of you cheating traitors….” Another called for “Civil war if Biden does steal the election.” These loyalists claim to be waiting for Trump’s “order” to start just such a war.
Today Gabriel Sterling, a voting systems manager for Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger held a news conference in which he said: “It has all. Gone. Too. Far. It has to stop.” Of the young technician whose life is now in danger, he said, “[t]his kid… just took a job. And it’s just wrong. I can’t begin to explain the level of anger I have right now over this. Every American, every Georgian, Republican or Democrat alike, should have the same level of anger.”
Sterling attacked Trump for the death threats Georgia officials have been receiving, and chewed out Georgia Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, who both face runoff elections in early January against Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, for refusing to shut such language down. “Mr. President, you have not condemned these actions or this language,” he said. “Senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions. . . . Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence…. That shouldn’t be too much to ask for people who ask us to give them responsibility.” Sterling also called out diGenova for his language: “Someone’s going to get hurt,” he said. “Someone’s going to get shot. Someone’s going to get killed.”
Trump and allies of Don Jr. have been fundraising on the idea that Trump must contest the 2020 election. Trump’s Save America Political Action Committee (PAC) has raised more than $170 million in contributions to overturn the election, but very little of that money goes to the recount effort. It goes primarily to whatever Trump wants—including golf memberships, travel, and salaries-- and to the Republican National Committee.
Don Jr.’s allies have formed the Save the U.S. Senate PAC. It is nominally about the Georgia run-off Senate elections, but can take in unlimited money from anyone, including corporations, and spend it however it wishes, so long as it doesn’t explicitly coordinate with a political campaign. As Washington Post correspondent Philip Bump puts it: “Trump and his team have figured out a way to parlay his base’s concerns about the election — concerns Trump has been hyping for months — into a well-stocked bank account with few limitations on how it is used.”
And yet, Trump seems to have accepted that he’s going to have to leave office, and to be exploring his options. New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt tonight broke the news that he has discussed with advisers whether he should grant preemptive pardons to Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, Jared Kushner, and Giuliani. This poses a problem for them, though, since to make a pardon stick it needs to be as specific as possible, which would mean he would have to suggest what they might have done that requires a pardon.
Pardons were in the news tonight for another reason, too, as news broke that the Department of Justice is investigating what appears to have been a bribe before the end of the summer. Someone apparently promised payments to either the White House or to a related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon.
Meanwhile, the country continues to suffer from the coronavirus. While the White House appears to have given up addressing the spikes that are leaving hospitals overwhelmed and the economy faltering, today Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a Trump appointee, warned Congress that it must pass a coronavirus relief package or see even worse damage. To Republicans who insist there is no need for such relief, he responded, “The risk of overdoing it is less than the risk of underdoing it.” Powell encouraged aid to state and local governments, hard hit by the pandemic, noting they are some of the country’s largest employers. Because most cannot borrow to make up for their lost tax revenues, without relief they will have to lay people off, thus worsening the recession.
Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, echoed Powell today. “Lost lives, lost jobs, small businesses struggling to stay alive are closed for good. So many people struggling to put food on the table and pay bills and rent. It’s an American tragedy. And it is essential we move with urgency. Inaction will produce a self-reinforcing downturn causing yet more devastation.”
In May, Democrats passed a $3 trillion relief package but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to take it up. The Senate began to work on its own package in mid-July, just before federal unemployment benefits ran out, but McConnell could not bring his caucus together behind anything. So he turned his back on negotiations, leaving Democrats to negotiate with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who held to a $1 trillion limit. The Democrats offered to split the difference and agree to a $2 trillion compromise. The Republicans refused.
In September, McConnell offered a $500 billion bill that has the key measure he wants: a liability shield for businesses whose employees contract coronavirus at work. When the Democrats refused it, he accused them of partisanship.
Then, today, news emerged that a bipartisan group of lawmakers had tried to hammer together a stopgap relief measure of about $908 billion to rescue small businesses, the unemployed, and other hard-hit parts of the economy.
As soon as news broke of the new bipartisan bill, McConnell shot it down. Instead, he will insert exactly what he wants into the upcoming government funding bill, which Congress must pass by December 11 or face a government shutdown. This forces Democrats either to do what he wants or to shut down the government, a solution that is usually political poison.
McConnell’s new plan has no state and local aid and only one month of jobless aid, but it has liability protection for businesses.
There is overwhelming popular support for a multitrillion dollar package. A month ago 70% of voters, including more than half of Republicans, wanted such a package, including aid to state and local governments. But McConnell controls the Senate.
Biden hopes to initiate a sweeping economic relief and stimulus package immediately upon taking office. The upcoming elections in Georgia will be the difference between the fate of a new coronavirus bill, which McConnell can essentially dictate, and a tied Senate, where McConnell will have to negotiate.
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
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NFL power rankings: Saints, Packers new NFC front-runners after Buccaneers, Seahawks plunge for Week 10
Week 9 in the NFL saw more shakeups in the league pecking order. A couple of NFC contenders, New Orleans and Green Bay posted statement victories, while two others, Tampa Bay and Seattle showed all kinds of weakness.
Meanwhile, in the AFC, Kansas City, Baltimore and Buffalo flexed in tough games, with Miami and Las Vegas did more to pump up their wild-card playoff campaigns.
Going into Week 10, here’s how we stack every team from No. 1 through No. 32 in Sporting News’ latest power rankings
MORE: Updated NFL standings, playoff picture | 2021 mock draft
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NFL power rankings
1. Kansas City Chiefs 8-1 (last week: 1)
The Chiefs are getting a little pass-happy with Patrick Mahomes in the middle of the season but he’s also playing at a crazy high MVP level. They need to get better defensively and against the run to maximize his presence on the field.
2. Pittsburgh Steelers 8-0 (2)
The Steelers escaped from Dallas with a victory when their defense struggled at times and their running game wasn’t reliable. Ben Roethlisbeger, knee injury aside, made the big plays when it counted to save them to their talented wide receivers.
MORE: Steelers ready for ‘everybody’s best punch,’ says Mike Tomlin
3. New Orleans Saints 6-2 (5)
The Saints marched away with a dominant victory in Tampa Bay, sweeping the season series and becoming the clear NFC South and conference favorites. They’ll get a shot at the fading reigning champion 49ers next.
4. Baltimore Ravens 6-2 (6)
The Ravens needed a gritty, old-school defensive win with the passing game not coming through. Lamar Jackson and the running game get plenty of credit for out-slugging the Colts in a critical rebound game.
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5. Buffalo Bills 7-2 (7)
The Bills needed that kind of stellar performance against the Seahawks to feel great about Josh Allen and the offense again. The even more encouraging sign was how many big plays the defense made, too.
6. Green Bay Packers 6-2 (8)
The Packers and Aaron Rodgers took care of the 49ers nemesis. They also should feel good about beating the Saints, even though they lost badly to the Buccaneers. They are right back in the NFC top seed conversation.
7. Seattle Seahawks 6-2 (3)
The Seahawks stumbled with terrible pass defense against the Bills and more critical mistakes from Russell Wilson. Their hot start took advantage of an easy schedule. Now they need to sweat out winning the NFC West first before thinking about anything bigger.
IYER: Why Seahawks are fading fast as NFC title contenders
8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-3 (4)
What was that? The Bucs had their biggest opportunity to show they were the new NFC favorite in their biggest game of the year and the entire team now has made it really hard to win the NFC South. Tom Brady and the defense are best off forgetting the Saints nightmare, hoping for a third matchup down the line.
9. Tennessee Titans 6-2 (11)
Remember the Titans as a factor in the AFC race? They got a much-needed defensive-fueled victory over the Bears for Mike Vrabel to also create some breathing room against the Colts in the South.
10. Miami Dolphins 5-3 (14)
The Dolphins also want a say in the AFC in the end with their defense continuing to make big plays for Brian Flores and their offense finding a different kind of groove with Tua Tagovailoa. They can keep it going with a very favorable schedule over the next month.
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11. Arizona Cardinals 5-3 (9)
The Cardinals played a classic young QB duel with the Dolphins with Kyler Murray not having the same field-goal fortunes as Tagovailoa. The defense, which had seemed to turn a corner, was most disappointing.
12. Los Angeles Rams 5-3 (12)
The Rams enjoyed a bye knowing they are doing it differently in the NFC than the other playoffs, leaning mostly on their running game and defense when they’re playing their best. Sean McVay should have some great adjustments in store for the second half.
13. Las Vegas Raiders 5-3 (16)
The Raiders are locked in offensively with Derek Carr with the right balance from Josh Jacobs and the running game. They won’t get much better defensively in 2020, but it’s all about making timely stops for them to keep winning.
MORE: Colts’ Philip Rivers tripped by turf monster while attempting tackle
14. Cleveland Browns 5-3 (17)
The Browns had an eventful end to the bye week with Baker Mayfield landing on the COVID-19 list. Their wild-card chase got a lot harder with the Raiders and the Dolphins winning close games. They must take advantage of three very winnable games ahead.
15. Indianapolis Colts 5-3 (10)
The Colts keep trying to win battles of attrition with their running game and defense, but it’s hard to hide Philip Rivers when he’s not playing well. They need to upgrade at quarterback with a true franchise option in 2021.
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16. Chicago Bears 5-4 (13)
The Bears are stuck with Nick Foles with Mitchell Trubisky hurting. They keep making a few mistakes offensively to hold them back and put too much of a burden on their stout defense.
17. San Francisco 49ers 4-5 (15)
The 49ers are a shell of the NFC champions from last season and Kyle Shanahan and Robert Saleh can do only so much with their play-calling. It won’t get any easier with the Saints, Rams and Bills in the next three games.
MORE: Tom Brady at loss after Bucs’ blowout loss to Drew Brees’ Saints
18. Philadelphia Eagles 3-4-1 (18)
The Eagles had a bye to get healthier all around and should be feeling more confident about their NFC East chances with Washington and Dallas losing while they didn’t play. They do get some NFC litmus tests with the Seahawks, Packers, Saints and Cardinals all on the upcoming schedule.
19. Minnesota Vikings 3-5 (23)
The Vikings are creeping back into the NFC wild-card race. Consider four of their losses are to above-.500 times, including the Packers, the Seahawks,the Colts and the Titans. Dalvin Cook and a favorable schedule makes them a team to watch in the second half.
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20. Detroit Lions 3-5 (19)
The Lions blew their chance to take second place behind the Packers with another mess of a defensive game against the Vikings. The writing is on the wall for Matt Patricia now.
21. Denver Broncos 3-5 (20)
The Broncos played inspired comeback football with Drew Lock again in Atlanta, but it wasn’t enough despite their passing offense coming to life. Vic Fangio’s defense keeps opening too many holes.
22. Carolina Panthers 3-6 (21)
The Panthers got Christian McCaffrey back and made a lot of great plays to stay in the game against the Chiefs, having the ideal ball-control game plan. But their pass defense didn’t cooperate when it was needed most.
23. Cincinnati Bengals 2-5-1 (22)
The Bengals had a bye to get healthier on the offensive line and also heal running back Joe Mixon. As for quarterback Joe Burrow, he will continue his push for Offensive Rookie of the Year.
24. New England Patriots 2-5 (25)
The Patriots play Monday night with their season on the line against, of all teams, the winless Jets. The Bills and the Dolphins are both positioned to pull away from them.
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25. Los Angeles Chargers 2-6 (24)
The Chargers lost another close game on the final play. What a surprise. Justin Herbert and Anthony Lynn both deserve better breaks than that.
26. Atlanta Falcons 3-6 (27)
The Falcons have found their way defensively a little more, enough to complement Matt Ryan and the offense, which has found its groove again. Now it’a. a bye to try to keep it up under Raheem Morris in the second half.
27. Houston Texans 2-6 (29)
The Texans’ defense is a major liability and the main reason for their record. Deshaun Watson is doing everything he can to help them win with a short deck.
28. Washington Football Team 2-6 (26)
WFT got swept by the Giants as their defense broke down more than expected after a bye and had to deal with a devastating second QB change from Kyle Allen to Alex Smith. Perhaps Dwayne Haskins deserves one last chance?
29. Dallas Cowboys 2-6 (28)
The Cowboys did their best to find a spark with Garrett Gilbert and it worked for a long time as the entire offense played inspired in a tough matchup. Unfortunately, the defense improved greatly against the run, only to break down against the pass in crunch time.
30. New York Giants 2-7 (30)
The Giants finally finished a close game because of defense and turnover-free offense. Joe Judge needed that one in Washington.
31. Jacksonville Jaguars 1-7 (31)
The Jaguars did their best to compete at a high level with Jake Luton, who really didn’t look much different operating the offense than Gardner Minshew did. Unfortunately, he can do nothing to help a shell of a defense.
32. New York Jets 0-8 (32)
The Jets play on Monday night, which means they also will lose on a different day of the week for a change under Adam Gase.
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