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julievidworld · 2 years

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Sa Susunod Na Habang Buhay | Chapter 2

"Love, may work ka ba bukas?"

Tanong ni Dave Angelo kay Johanna Ashley. Katawagan niya ito ngayon.

Nakausap niya kagabi ang doctor niya. Pwede raw siyang makauwi ngayon pero babalik siya for some tests sa susunod na araw. At kailangan din masigurado na nasa kondisyon ang katawan niya bago niya simulan ang procedures na sinasabi ng doctor niya. Gagawin niya iyon pero gusto niya muna makasama si Johanna Ashley. Kahit sa huling pagkakataon man lang.

"Yes, mahal. Di 'ba sabi mo, uuwi ka ngayon?"

Bakas sa boses ni Johanna ang pagkamiss kay Dave Angelo. At miss na miss niya na rin talaga ito. He can't wait to see her.

"Di 'ba love, sabi ko, I will try?"

Malambing niyang sabi rito. At alam niyang naka-pout na naman ngayon si Johanna Ashley.

"Pwede ka bang umabsent bukas, love? Can we be together tomorrow?"

Malambing niyang tanong dito. Gusto niyang mag-date sila bukas. Gusto niyang sulitin yung araw na makakasama niya ito.

"Aww, bakit naglalambing? Miss na miss mo ko 'no?"

Pabiro pang sabi ni Johanna Ashley sa kanya. He chuckled.

"Yes, love. Sobra."

He honestly said. Miss niya na ito ng sobra. At sa mga oras na 'to, wala siyang ibang gustong gawin kundi makasama ito, mayakap, mahagkan, iparamdam dito kung gaano niya ito kamahal.

"I love you, my baby Gelo. Sayong sayo ako bukas."

She said sweetly. Puno rin ng pagmamahal. Napangiti si Dave Angelo sa narinig niya mula rito.

"Thank you, love. I love you."

"Aysus! Mas mahal kita. Teka, saan ba tayo bukas?"

Johanna asked him. Bakas sa boses nito ang pinaghalong excitement at tuwa.

"Sa mga espesyal na lugar sa atin. Balik tayong UP? Sa isawan kung saan mo 'ko sinagot no'n."

Sagot ni Dave Angelo. Gusto niyang balikan nila ang mga espesyal na lugar sa kanilang dalawa at unang una doon ang lugar kung saan sinagot siya ni Johanna Ashley.

Bigla namang tumahimik ang kabilang linya. Nagtaka naman siya. Magsasalita na sana ulit siya nang magsalita si Johanna Ashley.

"May problema ba, Gelo? Pinapakaba mo 'ko!"

Halata sa boses nito ang pagkalito at pagtataka kung bakit bigla naisip ni Dave Angelo na magpunta sila sa isawan kung saan niya ito sinagot.

"Walang problema, love. I just missed the simple things we enjoyed before."

Sagot niya rito. Masigla ang boses niya. Hindi niya pinahalata na may problema. Ayaw niyang makaramdam ito na may problema.

"Hanna, my love?"

Tawag pansin niya rito dahil natahimik ito sa kabilang linya.

"Yes, mahal?"

"I love you very much, Hanna love."

Punong puno ng pagmamahal niyang sambit. Na para bang nauubusan na sya ng panahong sabihin ang mga katagang iyon. Na para bang bilang nalang ang pagkakataong masasabi niya iyon.

"Mahal na mahal din kita, Gelo ko. Miss na kita ng sobra sobra. Uwi ka na sakin."

"Uuwi ako sayo, love. Palagi akong uuwi sayo."

Gusto niya pa sana kausapin pa ito pero dumating na ang doctor niya kaya nagpaalam na siya rito.

"Sige na, love. May aasikasuhin lang ako. I love you."

Paalam ni Dave Angelo kay Johanna Ashley.

"Okay, mahal. Mahal din kita, sobra. Ingat ka diyan."

And when the call has ended, Dave Angelo faced his doctor.

"Here's the discharge papers, Mr. De Guzman. Babalik ka dito in two days. I scheduled your tests already. We also need to make sure your body is ready for the procedures and ofcourse, sa gagawin nating operasyon. Just make sure, tatawagan mo ako agad once sumakit ulit ang ulo mo and kapag naramdaman mong inaatake ka na naman ng sakit mo. We don't want another seizure here, Mr. De Guzman."

Pagbilin ng doctor niya sa kanya and gave the discharge papers to him.

"Thank you, Doc." He said to his doctor and smiled at him.

The doctor smiled at him, too. "Mauna na ako. See you in two days, Mr. De Guzman."

Pagkaalis ng doctor niya, agad siyang nag-ayos ng gamit. Papunta na rin ang mommy niya kaya hihintayin niya nalang ito para sa billing.

Habang nag-aayos, inisa isa niya ang mga nasa folder na mga papeles. It's actually all the records about his illness. Nasa folder ang mga resulta ng tests niya, lahat lahat.

Napako ang paningin ni Dave Angelo sa isang papel. Ito yung findings niya the moment he felt something so weird on his body. Lumala rin ang sakit ng ulo niya at nagcollapse pa siya.

"Mr. De Guzman, tatapatin na kita. You are suffering from glioblastoma. It's a kind of cancer that produces tumor in different areas from your brain. Walang specific na target ang glioblastoma, that's why whatever area ang tubuan ng tumor ay iyon ang magiging main target niya para sirain ang function ng isang tao."

Paliwanag ng doctor niya sa kanya at kahit gusto niyang manlumo sa narinig, pilit siyang ngumiti rito.

Hindi niya lubusang maisip kung ano ang sakit niya. The doctor explained everything in front of him hanggang sa maunawaan niya kung ano ang kondisyon niya.

Wala siyang matukoy na dahilan kung bakit siya nagkaroon ng ganitong klaseng sakit but maybe this is because of having a sharp memory.

"G-Gaano kalala?" Basag ang boses niyang tanong sa doctor na nasa harap niya at nababasa niya sa mga mata nito ang sagot.

Na kahit wala itong sabihin, ramdam niyang wala na siyang pag-asa.

"Stage 4. Among all the cancers, ang Glioblastoma ay laging classified as a grade 4 cancer dahil aggressive ang sakit na ito. That's why it is lethal."

Paliwanag muli ng doctor kay Dave Angelo at halos magliyab ang maya nito sa naririnig.

Hindi niya lubos maisip na ang tumor na akala niya madadaan lang sa mga gamot ay aabot sa ganito kalala.

"S-Sabihin niyo sa akin, may pag-asa pang gagaling ako, di 'ba?" Pagkumbinsi niya sa doctor niya pero tuluyang gumuho ang mundo niya sa naging sagot nito sa kanya.

"Yes, we can do some procedures and surgery but patients with glioblastoma stage 4 usually survive for 15 to 16 months after the said surgery. But mostly, patients don't survive as long. And in your case, I'm sorry Mr. De Guzman, kumakalat na sa brain cells mo ang tumor. And based sa result ng tests mo, I have to say, you have atleast 6 months to live. Unless, you survive the surgery and take the procedures."

Malalim at marahas na napabuntong hininga si Dave Angelo sa naalalang pag-uusap nila ng doctor niya no'n.

Napapikit siya sandali at bumuntong hininga ulit.

Ang daya ng tadhana. Napaka-daya.

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Hi hello! Hehe. Ito na ang chapter 2 ng #SSNHB! Sana magustuhan niyo. Hehe. Sasaktan lang ng very light.

#davidlicauco #julieannesanjose #juliedavid #julievid #fanfiction #shortstory #SSNHB2

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doubleattitude · 3 years

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Radix Dance Convention, Atlanta, GA: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

Rookie Solo

1st: MIla Simunic-’Never Enough’

2nd: Brenna Ferrell-’Showstopper’

2nd: Alaina Chadbourne-’Walk The Dinosaur’

Mini Solo

1st: Ellie Melchior-’Function’

2nd: Barrett Robison-’Ping’

3rd: Spencer Parnell-’The Return’

3rd: AnaKate Danner-’Unleashed’

3rd: Paislyn Schroeder-’Vibin’

4th: Kaylee Schwamb-’See Me Now’

4th: Lily Planck-’She’s A Lady’

5th: Georgia Beth Peters-’Come Together’

5th: Ava Grace Merritt-’Love Me’

5th: Anslee LeBlanc-’Take Care Of Yourself’

6th: Bella Smith-’Against The Music’

6th: Clare Gibbons-’Baby I’m A Star’

7th: Xin Lee-’Finding Home’

7th: Avery St John-’Tomorrow’s Song’

8th: Londyn Knox-’Without You’

9th: Lauren Fenton-’Boogie Shoes’

9th: Madelyn Laken-’Surprise’

10th: Penelope Thomas-’Love Shack’

10th: Lila Morath-’Miss Velour’

Junior Solo

1st: Amaya Llewellyn-’Must’

1st: Leila Winker-’Takt’

2nd: Emme James Anderson-’Resume’

3rd: Riley Fiorello-’Crippled Bird’

3rd: Estella Guzman-’No Contamination’

3rd: Ally Reuter-’Stagma’

4th: Mia Doyle-’Designated Harmony’

4th: Brinkley Pittman-’Gravity’

4th: Addison Cullather-’Tangent’

5th: Morgan Belyeu-’Older’

5th: Kalli Ramet-’Rock Me Baby’

5th: Roberta Marcos-’Torn’

6th: Luna Powell-’1977′

6th: Ella Paige Moore-’Breaking Point’

6th: Zella Wentz-’Fearless’

7th: Addison ?-’How Does A Moment Last Forever’

7th: Collier McLain-’Love Has No Limits’

7th: Mia Mondok-’Music Box’

7th: Gabriela Miller-’Sinking’

8th: Mia Narvaez-’Destinations’

8th: Amanda Fenton-’Devil In Disguise’

8th: Annabel Ellis-’The Forest’

8th: Sidney Hill-’The Moon’

9th: Zoe Kappler-’Changeling’

9th: Callie Ludtke-’Impossible’

9th: Leah Midgett-’Mirror Mirror’

10th: Kinley Andrews-’All That Jazz’

10th: Meredith Lee-’Especially A Woman’

Teen Solo

1st: Harlow Ganz-’End of Love’

1st: Preslie Rosamond-’Possibly Maybe’

2nd: Emery Sousley-’Birds of Paradise’

3rd: Olivia Taylor-’Closure’

3rd: Oliver Keane-’Electric Pulse’

4th: Kenzie Robertson-’1977′

4th: Josh Stephens-’Fires’

4th: Johanna Jessen-’Party’

4th: Gabriella Kennedy-’Ritz’

4th: Rianna Weck-’Sensory Overload’

5th: Delaney Lorenz-’Creep’

5th: Haley Midgett-’Smile to Me’

5th: Sydney Tam-’Touch’

6th: Natalie Bumgarner-’Maybe This Time’

6th: Kate Higginbotham-’Polly’

7th: Kennedi Washington-’Epilogue’

7th: Kayla Pierce-’Fire Speak’

7th: Kayla Montgomery-’Lalia’

8th: Cady Cropper-’Godspeed’

8th: Maddie Laine Callaway-’Piece by Piece’

9th: Mia Lott-’Flawless’

9th: Jordan Stevener-’Ghosts’

9th: Ally Organo-’Like You’ll Never See Me Again’

10th: Julia Deana-’Hate You’

10th: Madison marshall-’Icon’

10th: Dempsey Foxson-’Vain’

Senior Solo

1st: Seth Gibson-’Identity’

1st: Dai Boyd-’Try A Little Tenderness’

2nd: Libby Wiley-’By Thy Light’

3rd: Brittany Willard-’Unchained Melody’

4th: Raven Rutledge-’A Pale’

5th: Rebecca Lewyn-’Devil I Know’

5th: Anna Goodman-’Fallen Alien’

5th: Alexandra Jinglov-’Take It Easy’

6th: Belle Mason-’Drones’

6th: Katelynn Midgett-’Georgia’

6th: Ayana Davis-’Progressing’

7th: Kaili Tam-’Malamente’

7th: Elaina Samady-’Loving Ghosts’

7th: Ally Pereira-’Daring to Love’

7th: CJ Parker-’A Letter From France’

7th: Madison Phelps-’A Feeling Felt’

7th: Avery Ferguson-’When You Sleep’

8th: Izzie Bringle-’Hush’

8th: Molly Fisher-’Moved’

8th: Lexi Elias-’The Weight’

9th: Gracie Avalos-’A Body’

9th: Kirsten Brown-’Asylum’

9th: Julia Hale-’Cellophane’

10th: Brooke Manchester-’Go’

10th: Ainsley Wharton-’These hands’

10th: Sophie Hooker-’We’ll Meet Again’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: Academy for The Performing Arts-’Fall For You’

2nd: Milele Academy-’Miami’

3rd: Studio 413-’Party Planners’

3rd: Milele Academy-’Vibology’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Milele Academy-’Fiyah Speak’

1st: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Oceania’

2nd: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’The Mess We’re In’

3rd: Dance Productions Unlimited-’Superpowers’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: The Royal Dance Academy-’Greiving’

2nd: Milele Academy-’Down We Go’

2nd: Accolades Movement Project-’I Remember Her’

3rd: Studio 413-’Distortion’

3rd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Fledglings’

3rd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Rebuild’

3rd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Tiny Cities’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Studio 413-’Black Flies’

2nd: Milele Academy-’Darkest Hour’

3rd: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’Heartbeat’

Rookie Group

1st: Elite Studio-’I Don’t Want to Show Off’

2nd: Elite Studios-’90′s Babies’

Mini Group

1st: Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’

2nd: Encore Studio-’Windowdipper’

3rd: Encore Studio-’Turn to Stone’

Junior Group

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’All I Want’

1st: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’Down The Line’

1st: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’History In The Making’

2nd: Milele Academy-’Save a Horse’

3rd: Elite Studio-’Collective Breath’

Teen Group

1st: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Don’t Forget Me’

1st: Encore Studio-’Kinjabang’

2nd: Studio 413-’Social Media Overload’

3rd: Milele Academy-’Close Up’

Senior Group

1st: Elite Studios-’I Still Remain’

2nd: Milele Academy-’Get It’

3rd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Holdin Out’

Rookie Line

1st: Encore Studio-’Conga’

Mini Line

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Jailhouse Rock’

2nd: Encore Studio-’Truth’

3rd: Elite Studio-’Get Busy’

3rd: Elite Studios-’What You Did To Me’

Junior Line

1st: Milele Academy-’Missy’

2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’It’s About That Walk’

3rd: Studio 413-’Into the Night’

Teen Line

1st: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’

2nd: Encore Studio-’Yikes’

3rd: Encore Studio-’Just Say’

Senior Line

1st: Studio 413-’Rumors’

2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Lost’

3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Who You Are’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Encore Studio-’Vibeology’

2nd: Studio 413-’Critical Level’

3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’I’m Alive’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Covergirl’

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Footloose’

1st: Studio 413-’Goodbye’

2nd: Studio 413-’Girl Boss’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Studio 413-’No One’

2nd: Studio Powers-’BLACK’

3rd: Studio 413-’Ready or Not’

Senior Extended Line

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Shut It Down’

2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Trust Me Again’

3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Resolution’

Junior Production

1st: Studio 413-’Electricity’

Teen Production

1st: Encore Studio-’Cardi’

2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’JLo’

3rd: Elite Studio-’That 70′s Show’

High Scores by Performance Division:

Rookie Jazz

1st: Encore Studio-’Conga’ 2nd: Elite Studio-’I Don’t Want to Show Off’

Rookie Tap

Elite Studios-’90′s Babies’

Mini Jazz

1st: Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’ 2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Jailhouse Rock’ 3rd: Milele Academy-’Move Your Body’

Mini Hip-Hop

Studio 413-’Lose Control’

Mini Tap

Studio 413-’Critical Level’

Mini Contemporary

1st: Encore Studio-’Windowdipper’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Turn to Stone’ 3rd: Encore Studio-’Truth’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Elite Studios-’Every Single Thing I Have’ 2nd: Vermont Ballet Theater-’Build It Up’

Mini Specialty

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’I’m Alive’

Junior Jazz

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Covergirl’ 2nd: Studio 413-’Electricity’ 3rd: Milele Academy-’Save a Horse’ 3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’It’s About That Walk’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: Milele Academy-’Missy’ 2nd: Studio 413-’Girl Boss’ 3rd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’New Skool’

Junior Tap

1st: Studio 413-’Into the Night’ 2nd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’You Can Feel It’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Studio 413-’Goodbye’ 2nd: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’Down The Line’ 3rd: Elite Studio-’Collective Breath’

Junior Lyrical

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’All I Want’

Junior Musical Theatre

1st: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Guns and Ships’ 2nd: Vermont Ballet Theater-’We Go Together’

Junior Specialty

1st: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Footloose’ 2nd: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’History In The Making’

Teen Jazz

1st: Encore Studio-’Just Say’ 2nd: Studio 413-’Body Language’ 3rd: Studio 413-’Social Media Overload’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: Encore Studio-’Yikes’ 2nd: Studio Powers-’BLACK’ 3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Fire Emoji’

Teen Tap

1st: Studio 413-’No One’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Cardi’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Studio 413-’Hold on Tight’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Kinjabang’ 2nd: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Don’t Forget Me’ 2nd: Encore Studio-’Sadness’ 3rd: Milele Academy-’Hurting You’

Teen Lyrical

Vermont Ballet Theater-’Gravity’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: Elite Studios-’Take Off With Us’ 1st: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Wait For Me’

Teen Specialty

1st: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’Cage of Bones’ 2nd: Studio Powers-’Area 51′

Senior Jazz

1st: Studio 413-’Rumors’ 2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Shut It Down’ 3rd: Elite Studios-’Sleep’

Senior Hip-Hop

Academy for the Performing Arts-’Welcome to Our Hood’

Senior Tap

Academy for the Performing Arts-’Holdin’ Out’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Elite Studios-’I Still Remain’ 2nd: Milele Academy-’Get It’ 2nd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Lost’ 3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Who You Are’ 3rd: Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Trust Me Again’

Senior Lyrical

1st: Elite Studios-’Kissing You’ 2nd: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’Came Here For Love’

Senior Specialty

1st: Academy for the Performing Arts-’Still Smiling’ 2nd: B-viBe The Dance Movement-’For This You Were Born’

Best of Radix:

Rookie

Elite Studio-’I Don’t Want to Show Off’

Encore Studio-’Conga’

Mini

Milele Academy-’Move Your Body’

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Jailhouse Rock’

Encore Studio-’Uptown Girl’

Junior

Elite Studio-’Collective Breath’

Milele Academy-’Missy’

B-viBe The Dance Movement-’History In The Making’

Studio 413-’Goodbye’

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Covergirl’

Teen

Academy for the Performing Arts-’Don’t Forget Me’

Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’

Studio Powers-’BLACK’

Milele Academy-’Hurting You’

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Fire Emoji’

Encore Studio-’Yikes’

Senior

Milele Academy-’Get It’

Elite Studios-’I Still Remain’

Studio 413-’Rumors’

Academy for the Performing Arts-’Holdin Out’

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Lost’

Studio Standout:

Elite Studios-’I Still Remain’

Academy for the Performing Arts-’Holdin Out’

B-viBe The Dance Movement-’History In The Making’

Encore Studio-’Yikes’

Jill’s Studio of Dance-’Lost’

Milele Academy-’Get It’

Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’

#radix #atlanta #georgia #2021 #dance

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lesceriises · 4 years

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[ 🍒 ] — gracing the tags with my presence before i go work on replies. hi. i’m elle. i’m mostly here for mxf shipping tbh, but i love platonic/family plots too. i have adhd which means i like jumping into things and figuring out what works and doesn’t without beating around the bush. send me memes!! send me ideas!! i love brainstorming. i have a bunch of muses right here & you can check out my open starters here.

if you’re curious about what fcs i like + what types of plots i’m interested in, click the read more.

come write with me!!!

🍒 FCS I WANT TO WRITE AGAINST 🍒

alfonso herrera, alvaro rico, chris pine, dacre montgomery, david giuntoli, edgar ramírez, jake gyllenhaal, kit harington, luke pasqualino, michiel huisman, oliver jackson-cohen, oscar isaac, ryan guzman, santiago cabrera, sean tealea, simon baker, tom ellis, tommy martinez, tyler hoechlin, zane holt, alicia vikander, alycia debnam carey, eleanor tomlinson, gugu mbatha-raw, imogen poots, johanna braddy, lupita nyong'o, margot robbie, oona chaplin, poppy drayton, ruth negga, saoirse ronan, shelley hennig, shannon purser, zendaya, zoey deutch.

🍒 PLOTS I’M INTERESTED IN: GENERAL VIEW 🍒

drama, over-the-top drama, cheesy drama, angst, romance, manipulation, lying, cheating, pregnancies, horror, supernatural, ghosts, historical, crime, royals, modern royals, fake relationships, unrequited feelings, bad timing. you can check a few plots i’d like to do here.

🍒 PLOTS I’M INTERESTED IN: SPECIFIC 🍒

if fandom isn’t your thing, i’m also v interested in rl / historical plots. you can find a list of those here.

CHOICES GAME APP & STORYSCAPE: plots based on: titanic, the perfect match, rules of engagement, desire & decorum, the royal romance, and the elementalists. we don’t have to play the “main” characters or follow the original storylines tho.

TITANIC/1900s: legit just... any and all dynamics lmao the list is infinite there’s so much potential. if you’re familiar with the game i’m looking for something taken from storyscape like matteo x adele dynamic (long-story short, matteo is a valet for a wealthy man and adele is someone who is being blackmailed by said wealthy man) or charlie x adele (charlie is a steward who befriends adele, helps her navigate her situation, and the two become very close - esp interested in a dynamic post-titanic too where he's trying very hard not to hold things against her but is struggling tremendously with guilt, ptsd, and his idealism) or a dynamic based on zetta x adele (zetta is famous and adele's employer, and adele is being blackmailed into ruining her engagement - but it'd have to be an mxf one because that's the only kind of romantic pairings i write).

THE HUNGER GAMES: capitol citizen x capitol citizen, mentor x mentor, victor x dead tribute’s sibling/dead tribute’s best friend, literally any other combO!! smth with spies would be great too like spy rebel working a the capitol x capitol staff.

VIDEO GAMES: plots based on until dawn!!!!!!!!! which is one of my favs tbh (there’s SO MUCH POTENTIAl but i’m particularly weak for “we had a ‘opposites attract, will they don’t they’ thing going on and smth was about to happen between us at the cabin but then my sibling/best friend vanished and everything went to shit and we haven’t spoken in a year even though we miss each other dearly”.

HARRY POTTER:

workaholic diplomats with a fuckton of baggage and personal struggles who are really good at their jobs and always butting heads… falling in love (bonus: maybe one of them is a squib)

pureblood order member is essentially kidnapped by their own elitist family and has their memory tampered with, meaning they now believe they’ve always just been a spy for the death eaters. they’re engaged and their significant other starts to notice little things that feel odd and unusual.

i muggleborn who started lying about her blood status and is passing as elitist pureblood who ends up getting engaged to a pureblood.

before the first wizarding war, two purebloods get married. it wasn’t an arranged marriage and for all their differences they brought out the best in each other. their families were iffy about each other but they made it work. she remained mostly a housewife, enjoying the work and taking care of the children. things were good until the war rolled around and slowly, gradually. it became clear that his family (and he himself) were prejudiced against muggles and muggleborn. in the end they end up on opposite sides of the war, and it gets ugly.

arranged marriage between two people. he’s a widower and a grump, no one really finds him good company and on top of that his wife died in questionable circumstances (everyone thinks he did it, but it was actually his parents). his parents picked her because she seems easy to manipulate and air-headed. they never thought they would end up gradually growing very fond of each other to the point of love - they have the same humor, he helps her try not to please everyone and she helps him allowing himself to be himself - and that he’d start standing up to his family.

ANGELS / DEMONS / NOT FANDOM SPECIFIC: angel x fallen angel (please. think of all the pain and angst) or demon x redeemed demon or smth of the sort (the betrayal!!!)

X-MEN: literally too many possible combos to list and i want them all!!! the angstier/messier the better.

THE MUMMY: doesn’t have to be based on the movie, i’m going for the ~vibes~ here. we can do: explorer/archaeologist x non-explorer, explorer/archaeologist x journalist, explorer/archaeologist x doctor, explorer/archaeologist x explorer/archaeologist…. they can be any age too! even exs with children, the options are endless.

PACIFIC RIM: trainee x trainee, pilot x scientist, pilot x pilot, doctor x pilot

OUTLANDER/TIME-TRAVELLING IN GENERAL: could be intentional, accidental, to the future or the past, etc so many options!! we can mix time-travelling with other fandoms too!!

TOMB RAIDER: feel free to make suggestions but here are some ideas: (a) and (b) have a long history (platonic, romantic, siblings, idc). they’re both explorers who for the most part have been on the same side. two peas in a pod. two sides of the same coin. etc etc. while trying to put together a mystery, and trying to beat the “bad guys” to it, they realise the object they are looking for can change the past or bring the dead back to life…. this is where (b) turns against (a), who, unlike them, wants to take the object and keep it safe inside a vault.

STAR WARS: literally too many options to list but i’ll try: “jyn” x “cassian”, spy x traitor, pilot x spy doctor, former stormtrooper x spy, former stormtrooper x regular person, spy x regular person, diplomat x pilot, diplomat x former stormtrooper, idk there’s so many possible dynamics i couldn’t list them all legit anything in this universe im begging lmao!

STRANGER THINGS: so many possibilities?? could be set at any point in time too… and/or make our characters older and have them revisit things that happened to them in the past.

MARVEL/MCU: superhero x human , superhero x superhero, hero x law enforcement, a verse where heroes are “banned” (think incredibles 2)… all of these could go in so many ways?? the sky’s the limit. reminder that i don’t write canons but i don’t mind writing against them!!

ANASTASIA: lost princess/prince x kitchen boy/girl turned con-person who is at first using them for money but ends up falling in love with them and oops turns out they are the real deal.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: mermaid x prince, mermaid x human, mermaid x pirate, “ursula” x “eric”

ALADDIN: “i pretended to be a rich prince/princess to impress the their/heiress to the throne bc i’m poor as hell and i just want to stop being poor lmao … but oh boy i’ve fallen in love…….”

FROZEN: “hans” x “anna” or “hans” x “elsa” (i just think “hans” is a great character and there’s a lot we could do with him tbh) oc guard or commoner x “elsa” “anna” and “kristoff” but their relationship isn’t working out the dynamic between “anna” and “elsa” bc i’m a sucker for sibling dynamics we could also explore the relationship of anna and elsa’s parents!!!

#indie starter #open rp #mumu rp #indie oc rp #indie horror rp #open starter

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‘She was shaking’: Court filings describe system Jeffrey Epstein allegedly used to procure girls

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People close to Epstein fear he was murdered...as Epstein told authorities someone tried to kill him in a previous incident weeks earlier. He was described as being in good spirits in recent days...

Jeffrey Epstein dies by apparent suicide in New York jail

By Matt Zapotosky and Renae Merle | Published August 10 at 10:48 AM ET | Washington Post | Posted August 10, 2019 11:46 AM ET |

Jeffrey Epstein, the politically connected financier and registered sex offender charged recently with sexually abusing dozens of young girls in the early 2000s, has apparently died by suicide in prison, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Epstein, 66, hanged himself in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, though the exact timing was unclear according to ABC News, which was first to report the development.

Epstein, a multimillionaire with ties to celebrities and politicians including President Trump and former president Bill Clinton, was arrested last month on federal sex trafficking charges that could have put in him prison for 45 years. Prosecutors alleged he abused dozens of young girls at his Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., homes and enlisted his victims to bring him others.

Epstein had pleaded not guilty in the case, and a federal judge had recently denied his request to be released to home confinement.

Last month, Epstein was found in his cell with marks around his neck, and authorities were trying to determine if he was attacked or attempted suicide. He showed no obvious signs of distress at a later court hearing.

A Justice Department spokeswoman and a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s Office in New York, which brought the new case against Epstein, declined to comment. Spokespeople for the Bureau of Prisons, officials with the Metropolitan Correctional Center and Epstein’s lawyers did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Epstein’s case had attracted widespread attention — in part because of his wealth and political connections, and in part because of a lenient plea deal he reached more than a decade ago to resolve similar allegations. That 2008 agreement allowed Epstein to plead guilty to just two state charges in Florida, avoiding federal exposure entirely, and spend just 13 months in jail, with work-release privileges.

The deal was approved by Alex Acosta, who was then the U.S. attorney in Miami and would go on to become Trump’s labor secretary — a post he resigned after Epstein was charged last month and the controversy over the previous case was reignited.

Epstein’s death is sure to draw intense scrutiny of the Bureau of Prisons and the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The high-rise federal detention center in downtown Manhattan has a fearsome reputation; one inmate who spent time there and in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, famously said Guantanamo Bay was “more pleasant” and “more relaxed.”

The facility is no stranger to high-profile inmates. It recently housed notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman while he was on trial in Brooklyn, and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has spent time there around court proceedings in New York — though records show he has since been moved to a different facility in Pennsylvania.

The facility in New York also housed Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, and Bernard Madoff, who ran the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.

‘She was shaking’: Court filings describe system Jeffrey Epstein allegedly used to procure girls

By Beth Reinhard, Marc Fisher, Tom Hamburger and Carol D. Leonnig | Published August 09 at 7:41 PM ET | Washington Post | Posted August 10, 2019 11:44 AM ET |

He demanded sex three times a day. A parade of powerful figures visited his private estates, which were adorned with pictures of naked girls and stocked with sex toys. And the schedules of teenagers on call to give him massages at his Palm Beach, Fla., mansion were documented in phone messages from his assistants.

Those and other claims about financier Jeffrey Epstein unsealed in court filings Friday lay out disturbing details both about his alleged activities and the number of people in his orbit who could have observed them, raising new questions about how the sex abuse charges against the multimillionaire were previously handled.

Epstein, who is now facing federal sex trafficking charges involving the alleged abuse of dozens of minors, previously pleaded guilty in Florida state court to two felony counts, serving about 13 months in jail. A federal judge ruled in February that the prosecution team led by then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, who recently resigned as President Trump’s labor secretary, violated the rights of alleged victims by failing to notify them of an agreement not to bring federal charges.

The newly unsealed documents — part of a now-settled defamation case brought by one alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, against a woman she said recruited her — depict an organized system to regularly provide Epstein with girls.

In one 2005 message detailed in the documents, an Epstein assistant noted that one girl wanted to know if she could come to the house at a later time. “She is wondering if 2:30 is o.k. She needs to stay in school,” the message read.

Epstein has pleaded not guilty to the current charges against him. Martin Weinberg, an attorney for the financier, did not respond to a request for comment Friday about the documents.

The material was gathered as part of the defamation suit brought by Giuffre against Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell that was settled for an undisclosed sum in 2017.

A federal appeals court in New York last month ordered documents related to the case to be made public.

In a 2016 deposition included in the filings, Giuffre said she was a “teen sex slave” who traveled to his homes in New York, Palm Beach, New Mexico and the Caribbean and was directed to give massages and have sex with Epstein and his friends at will.

“I’m angry with anybody who has it in their mind that they can hurt and abuse a minor child and continue to lie about getting away with it and that what they’ve done is okay,” Giuffre said in the deposition. “Yes, I’m furious.”

Lawyers for Maxwell did not respond to requests for comment Friday. In a 2016 deposition, Maxwell said: “Virginia is an absolute liar and everything she has said is a lie. Therefore, based on those lies I cannot speculate on what anybody else did or didn’t do . . . everything she said is false.”

Giuffre has said she was recruited by Maxwell when she was 16 or 17 and working at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in Palm Beach. According to the court filings, Mar-a-Lago produced 177 pages of records in response to a subpoena, including one chart showing that she had been a summer worker at age 17 and that she was terminated in 2000.

In a deposition, Giuffre said Epstein told her Trump was a “good friend,” but she said that she had never seen them together.

Giuffre said that she was told by Maxwell that she would be trained at Epstein’s residence as a masseuse, but that “on the very first meeting that I had with him . . . she instructed me to take off my clothes and to give oral sex to Jeffrey Epstein.”

Asked in a deposition about Maxwell’s role in procuring girls for him, Epstein refused to answer, citing his constitutional protection against self-incrimination.

Giuffre said that Epstein flew her around the world and introduced her to an array of political and entertainment figures. She also said that Epstein told her that he had his house wired with hidden video cameras that recorded her every move, even in the bathroom.

In the court documents, Giuffre named a number of prominent men she claimed she had sex with at Maxwell’s instructions, including Britain’s Prince Andrew, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson (D) and former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell (D-Maine).

“My whole life revolved around just pleasing these men and keeping Ghislaine and Jeffrey happy,” Giuffre said in the deposition. “Their whole entire lives revolved around sex.”

On Friday, representatives of both Richardson and Mitchell denied her allegations, saying the men never had any contact with Giuffre.

The British royal family and Prince Andrew have repeatedly denied her claims. “Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue,” a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said Friday.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz, who represented Epstein at one point, has vigorously denied Giuffre's allegation that she had sex with him, calling her a “certified, complete, total liar.”

Those remarks prompted Giuffre to file a defamation suit against Dershowitz, which is ongoing.

Giuffre was part of a sprawling network of young women allegedly targeted by Maxwell to give massages that led to sexual relations with Epstein and his friends, according to the court documents.

Johanna Sjoberg, a student at Palm Beach Atlantic University, testified that Maxwell recruited her to be “a legitimate assistant” answering phones for Epstein and then “asked her to perform sexual massages for Epstein, and punished her when she didn’t cause Epstein to orgasm.”

Asked if she had ever tried to get Epstein to explain why he received so many massages from so many different girls, Sjoberg said in a deposition: “He explained to me that, in his opinion, he needed to have three orgasms a day. It was biological, like eating.”

A chef who worked for friends of Epstein recalled meeting a visibly upset young woman who said she had been hired as “Jeffrey’s executive personal assistant.” She was 15.

Rinaldo Rizzo said the girl told him, tearfully, that she had been taken to Epstein’s home in the Virgin Islands and asked for sex. She said she had no memory of how she had returned to New York.

“She was shaking,” Rizzo testified. “I mean literally quivering. . . . She says, ‘I’m not supposed to talk about this.’”

The documents also include images of telephone messages from Epstein assistants summarizing calls from people procuring girls. “Has girl for tonight,” one says. “Confirmed [redacted name] at 4 pm. Who is scheduled for morning? I believe [redacted name] wants to work.”

Several messages from 2005 say only, “I have a female for him.”

Massage tables were scattered around Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, said Juan Alessi, who worked for Epstein from 1991 to 2002. He said in a 2016 affidavit that a massage “was like a treat” that Epstein provided his guests. He said that as many as 100 masseuses visited the property in the time he worked for Epstein, mostly women.

Epstein only took his massages in his private suite, which adjoined Maxwell’s bedroom suite, but was off limits to guests, he said. Alessi said he would clean up Epstein’s suite up after these massages and would sometimes find vibrators and sex toys in Maxwell’s sink.

Rosalind S. Helderman, Manuel Roig-Franzia, Matt Zapotosky and Deanna Paul in Washington, and Lori Rozsa in West Palm Beach, Fla., contributed to this report.

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Thinking Through Interfaces, a syllabus

*That looks enlightening.

THINKING THROUGH INTERFACES

Co-taught by Zed Adams (Philosophy) and Shannon Mattern (Media Studies)

Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:50pm | 6 East 16th St #1003

Interfaces are everywhere and nowhere. They pervade our lives, mediating our interactions with one another, technology, and the world. But their very pervasiveness also makes them invisible. In this seminar, we expose the hidden lives of interfaces, illuminating not just what they are and how they work, but also how they shape our lives, for better and worse. We also discuss a number of pressing social and political issues, such as why we are quick to adopt some interfaces (e.g., smartphones and social media platforms), but reluctant to embrace others (e.g., new voting machines and Google Glass).

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RESOURCES

With a few exceptions, all readings will be made available on our class website, at http://www.wordsinspace.net/interfaces/2019/. We’ll provide everyone with a copy of Tom Mullaney’s The Chinese Typewriter and David Parisi’s Archaeologies of Touch.

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

WEEK 1: JANUARY 22: INTRODUCTIONS

What is an interface?

How are interfaces differentiated?

Can an interface become a part of our mind?

Do interfaces shape what we use them to do?

What are the limits of interfaces: what problems do they not help us solve?

WEEKS 2 AND 3: CONCEPTUALIZATION

WEEK 2: JANUARY 29: CONCEPTUALIZATION I

Nelson Goodman, “The Theory of Notation” (Chapter Four), Languages of Art (Hackett, 1976): 127-173.

Florian Cramer and Matthew Fuller, “Interface” in Software Studies, ed., Matthew Fuller (MIT Press, 2008): 149-53.

Johanna Drucker, “Interface and Interpretation” and “Designing Graphic Interpretation” in Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production (Harvard University Press, 2014): 138-97.

WEEK 3: FEBRUARY 5: CONCEPTUALIZATION II

Shannon Mattern, “Mission Control: A History of the Urban Dashboard,” Places Journal (March 2015).

Shannon Mattern, “Things that Beep: A Brief History of Product Sound Design,” Avant (August 2018).

We encourage you to think, too, about how interfaces might embody different cultures and ideologies. Consider, for example, feminist interfaces or indigenous interfaces -- or interfaces that embody universal, accessible design. You'll find some relevant resources in the modules at the end of this syllabus, and we'll explore many of these themes as part of our case studies throughout the semester.

In-Class Workshop (second half of class): small-group interface critiques

Supplemental:

Christian Ulrich Andersen and Soren Bro Pold, eds., Interface Criticism: Aesthetics Beyond the Buttons (Aarhus University Press, 2011).

Martijn de Waal, The City as Interface: How New Media Are Changing the City (nai010, 2014).

Johanna Drucker, “Humanities Approach to Interface Theory,” Culture Machine 12 (2011).

Johanna Drucker, “Performative Materiality and Theoretical Approaches to Interface,” Digital Humanities Quarterly 7:1 (2013).

Florian Hadler and Joachim Haupt, “Towards a Critique of Interfaces” in Interface Critique, eds., Florian Hadler and Joachim Haupt (Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2016): 7-16.

John Haugeland, “Representational Genera” in Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind, ed. Haugeland (Harvard Univ Press, 1992): 171-206.

Branden Hookway, Interface (MIT Press, 2014)

Interface Critique (journal).

Steven Johnson, Interface Culture (Basic Books, 1999)

Matthew Katz, “Analog Representations and Their Users,” Synthese 193: 3 (June 2015): 851-871.

Kimon Keramidas, The Interface Experience - A User’s Guide (Bard Graduate Center, 2015).

Shannon Mattern, “Interfacing Urban Intelligence,” Places Journal (April 2014).

Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things (Basic Books, 2013).

Mitchell Whitelaw, “Generous Interfaces for Digital Cultural Collections,” Digital Humanities Quarterly 9:1 (2015).

Jeff Johnson, Designing with the Mind in Mind (Morgan Kauffmann, 2014).

WEEKS 4 AND 5: TYPEWRITER KEYBOARDS

Our first case study is the QWERTY keyboard. This case raises fundamental questions about why interfaces are adopted in the first place, the extent to which their original designs constrain how they are subsequently used, and how particular linguistic politics and epistemologies are embodied in our interfaces.

WEEK 4: FEBRUARY 12: KEYBOARDS & QWERTY

Andy Clark, Chapters One through Three, and Ten, Being There: Putting Brain, Body, and World Together Again (MIT Press, 1998): 11-69 and 193-218.

S. J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis, “The Fable of the Keys,” The Journal of Law & Economics 33:1 (1990): 1-25.

WEEK 5: FEBRUARY 19: OTHER KEYBOARDS

Thomas S. Mullaney, The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT Press, 2017): Chapter 1, 35-74; Chapter 4, 161-93; Chapter 6, 237-53 (up through “How Ancient China Missed…”; and Chapter 7, 283-8 (through “China’s First ‘Model Typist’”).

Kim Sterelny, “Minds: Extended or Scaffolded?” Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 9:4 (2010): 465-481.

See Marcin Wichary’s forthcoming book about the global history of keyboards, as well as his research newsletters.

4-5pm: Skype TBD

Supplemental:

Louise Barrett, Beyond the Brain (Princeton University Press, 2015).

Andy Clark and David Chalmers, “The Extended Mind,” Analysis 58:1 (1998): 7-19.

Friedrich A. Kittler, Gramophone, Film, Typewriter, trans. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young and Michael Wutz (Stanford University Press, 1986).

Lisa Gitelman, Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines: Representing Technology in the Edison Era (Stanford University Press, 1999).

John Haugeland, “Mind Embodied and Embedded,” Having Thought (Harvard University Press, 1998): 207-237.

Richard Heersmink, "A taxonomy of cognitive artifacts: function, information, and categories." Review of philosophy and psychology 4.3 (2013): 465-481.

Richard Heersmink, "The Metaphysics of Cognitive Artefacts," Philosophical Explorations 19.1 (2016): 78-93.

Neil M. Kay, “Rerun the Tape of History and QWERTY Always Wins,” Research Policy 42:6-7 (2013): 1175-85.

Prince McLean, “Inside the Multitouch FingerWorks Tech in Apple’s Tablet,” Apple Insider (January 23, 2010).

Jan Noyes, “QWERTY - The Immoral Keyboard,” Computing & Control Engineering Journal 9:3 (1998): 117-22.

Kim Sterelny, The Evolved Apprentice: How Evolution Made Humans Unique (MIT Press, 2012).

Cassie Werber, “The Future of Typing Doesn’t Involve a Keyboard,” Quartz (November 23, 2018).

Darren Wershler-Henry, The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting (Cornell University Press, 2007).

WEEKS 6 AND 7: HAPTICS

WEEK 6: FEBRUARY 26: PUSHING BUTTONS

H. P. Grice, “Some Remarks About the Senses,” in Analytical Philosophy, First Series, ed. R. J. Butler (OUP Press, 1962): 248-268. Reprinted in F. MacPherson (ed), The Senses (OUP Press, 2011): 83-101.

Matthew Fulkerson, “Rethinking the Senses and Their Interactions: The Case for Sensory Pluralism,” Frontiers in Psychology (December 10, 2014).

Rachel Plotnick, “Setting the Stage,” in Power Button: A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing (MIT Press, 2018): 3-16.

Rachel Plotnick, “Force, Flatness, and Touch Without Feeling: Thinking Historically About Haptics and Buttons,” New Media and Society 19:10 (2017): 1632-52.

WEEK 7: MARCH 5: HAPTICS II

David Parisi, Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing (University of Minnesota Press, 2017): Introduction, 1-40; Chapter 3, 151-212; and Chapter 4, 213-264.

4-5pm: Skype with Dave Parisi

Supplemental:

Sandy Isenstadt, “At the Flip of a Switch,” Places Journal (September 2018).

Mathias Fuchs, Moisés Mañas, and Georg Russegger, “Ludic Interfaces,” in Exploring Videogames: Culture, Design and Identity, eds., Nick Webber and Daniel Riha (Interdisciplinary-Net Press): 31-40.

Matthew Fulkerson, The First Sense: A Philosophical Study of Human Touch (MIT Press, 2013).

Gerard Goggin, “Disability and Haptic Mobile Media,” New Media & Society 19:10 (2017): 1563-80.

Kim Knight, “Wearable Interfaces, Networked Bodies, and Feminist Interfaces,” MLA Commons (2018).

Brian Merchant, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone (Little, Brown, 2017).

Stephen Monteiro, The Fabric of Interface: Mobile Media, Design, and Gender (MIT Press, 2017).

David Parisi, “Games Interfaces as Bodily Techniques,” Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education, ed. Richard Ferdig (IGI Global): 111-126.

David Parisi, Mark Paterson, and Jason Edward Arches, eds., “Haptic Media” Special Issue, New Media & Society 19:10 (October 2017).

Rachel Plotnick, “At the Interface: The Case of the Electric Push Button, 1880-1923,” Technology and Culture 53:4 (October 2012): 815-45.

MARCH 11 @ NOON

Share your final project and presentation proposal with Zed and Shannon. See “Assignments” for more detail.

WEEK 8: MARCH 12

Individual meetings to discuss presentations and final projects

MARCH 19: NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK

WEEKS 9-10: VOICE

WEEK 9: MARCH 26: History of Vocal Interfaces (Zed away)

Mara Mills, “Media and Prosthesis: The Vocoder, the Artificial Larynx, and the History of Signal Processing,” Qui Parle 21:1 (Fall/Winter 2012): 107-49.

Danielle Van Jaarsveld and Winifred Poster, “Call Centers: Emotional Labor Over the Phone,” in Emotional Labor in the 21st Century: Diverse Perspectives on Emotion Regulation at Work, ed. Alicia Grandey, Jim Diefendorff, and Deborah Rupp (LEA Press, 2012): 153-73.

Confirm the assigned text for your presentation: send to Shannon and Zed a complete Chicago-style citation and either a high-quality pdf or a link to the online resource before class today, so we can update our class website with everyone’s material.

WEEK 10: APRIL 2: Contemporary Vocal Interfaces

Adelheid Voshkul, “Humans, Machines, and Conversations: An Ethnographic Study of the Making of Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies,” Social Studies of Science 34:3 (2004).

Andrea L. Guzman, “Voices in and of the Machine: Source Orientation Toward Mobile Virtual Assistants,” Computers in Human Behavior (2018).

Halcyon M. Lawrence and Lauren Neefe, “When I Talk to Siri,” Flash Readings 4 (September 6, 2017) {podcast: 10:14}.

Halcyon M. Lawrence, “Inauthentically Speaking: Speech Technology, Accent Bias and Digital Imperialism,” SIGCIS, Computer History Museum, March 2017 {video: 1:26 > 17:16}

Lauren McCarthy, LAUREN. A human smart home intelligence (review press, too).

4-5pm: Skype with Halcyon M. Lawrence

Supplemental:

Meryl Alper, Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality (MIT Press, 2017).

Michel Chion, Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise (Duke, 2016).

Karin Bijsterveld, “Dissecting Sound: Speaker Identification at the Stasi and Sonic Ways of Knowing,” Hearing Modernity (2018).

Trevor Cox, Now You’re Talking: The Story of Human Communication from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence (Counterpoint, 2018).

Brian Dumaine, “It Might Get Loud: Inside Silicon Valley’s Battle to Own Voice Tech,” Fortune (October 24, 2018).

Larry Greenemeier, “Alexa, How Do We Take Our Relationship to the Next Level?” Scientific American (April 26, 2018).

Jason Kincaid, “A Brief History of ASR,” descript (July 12, 2018).

Halcyon M. Lawrence, “Siri Disciplines,” in Your Computer is on Fire, eds., Marie Hicks, Ben Peters, Kavita Philips and Tom Mullaney (MIT Press, forthcoming 2019).

Halcyon Lawrence and Lauren Neefe, “Siri’s Progeny: Voice and the Future of Interaction Design,” Georgia Tech, Fall 2016.

Xiaochang Li and Mara Mills, “Vocal Features: From Voice Identification to Speech Recognition by Machine,” Technology and Culture (forthcoming 2019).

Luke Munn, “Alexa and the Intersectional Interface,” _Angles (June 2018).

Quynh N. Nguyen, Ahn Ta, and Victor Prybutok, “An Integrated Model of Voice-User Interface Continuance Intention: The Gender Effect,” International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2018).

Winifred Poster, “Sound Bites, Sentiments, and Accents: Digitizing Communicative Labor in the Era of Global Outsourcing,” in digitalSTS: A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies, eds., David Ribes and Janet Vertesi (Princeton University Press, forthcoming April 2019).

Winifred Poster, “The Virtual Receptionist with a Human Touch: Opposing Pressures of Digital Automation and Outsourcing in Interactive Services” in Invisible Labor: Hidden Work in the Contemporary World, eds. Marion G. Crain, Winifred R. Poster, and Miriam A. Cherry (University of California Press, 2016): 87-111.

Thom Scott-Phillips, Speaking our Minds: Why Human Communication is Different, and How Language Evolved to Make it Special (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).

Craig S. Smith, “Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t,” New York Times (May 10, 2018).

Dave Tompkins, How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks (Stop Smiling Books, 2011).

Mickey Vallee, “Biometrics, Affect, Autoaffection and the Phenomenological Voice,” Subjectivity 11:2 (2018): 161-76.

Bruce N. Walker and Michael A. Nees, “Theory of Sonification” in The Sonification Handbook, eds. Thomas Hermann, Andy Hunt, and John G. Neuhoff (Logos Publishing, 2011).

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bentchbites · 5 years

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📚APRIL WRAP-UP📚⁣ •⁣ Despite constantly complaining about having too little time to read last month, I was able to finish 10 books! The extended Holy Week break helped (as well as my conscious effort to distract myself from the summer heat, with books!) I also reached my Goodreads 2019 reading goal of 25 books! *But I purposely set it low so I can overachieve by December, hyukhyuk* Here's my April Wrap-up list with the Summer Floral Bouquet I painted (!!!) for @jveruditeartist 's workshop. I'll do more of these when I can. 💐 I absolutely adore it! 💐⁣ •⁣ The Books:⁣ + American Dreamer (Dreamers #1) by Adriana Herrera (sent by Carina Press)⁣ + Gunmetal Magic (Kate Daniels #5.5) by Ilona Andrews⁣ + Magic Gifts (Kate Daniels #5.4) by Ilona Andrews *which is a bonus short in Gunmetal Magic but is listed as a separate book so haha, good for me.⁣ + No Two Ways (Unboxed #1) by Chi Yu Rodriguez (ARC)⁣ + Stealing Luna (Cincamarre #2) by Carla De Guzman (ARC)⁣ + Once Ghosted. Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals 2.5) by Alyssa Cole⁣ + What You Wanted (Chic Manila #7) by Mina V. Esguerra⁣ + Fence, Vol. 1 (Fence #1-4) by C. S. Pacat, Johanna The Mad, Joana Lafuente (*re-read)⁣ + Fence, Vol. 2 (Fence #5-8) by C. S. Pacat, Johanna The Mad, Joana Lafuente⁣ + Kwentong Tibo Comics by Landlee ⁣ •⁣ I didn't realize, 'til i was typing this caption, that most of my reads last month were part of a series! They're p much standalones, though, so I didn't disappoint myself with cliffhangers. Heehee. The KD ones are gifts from @chachicsbooknook , the Fence volumes were borrowed from her too, and Kwentong Tibo was a gift from @minavesguerra . Thank you, friends! 💕⁣ ⁣ I haven't posted reviews of all of these, and please don't expect them anytime soon. LOL. My reviews backlog goes all the way from March, honestly. 😂⁣ •⁣ How was April for you, reading-wise? And any books you're excited to read for May? :) ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerdPH #bookworm #instabooks #bookish #alwaysreading #bookstagramersPH #booksofig #romancetagram⁣ #readlocalPH #diversebooks #diversereads #kindlebooks #diverseromance #ArtPH (at Meycauayan, Bulacan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxCJUHQnfjj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d7yjikdaee11

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shockinglyunambitious · 5 years

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Let it loose. #gloriaestefan on view tomorrow @doralmuseum . “#Women of #Vision” includes works across mediums, created by 34 talented women #artists: Adriana Amelia, Alex Nuñez, Alexandra Del Canto, Anna Gorazcko, Angelika Rinnohofer, Carolina Bonnelly, Carrington Ware, Cheryl Maeder, Elaine R Defibaugh, Fernanda Frangetto, Flor Mayoral, Gianna DiBartolmeo, Gloria O'Connell, Gloria Sesana, Ilian Arvelo, Johanna Altamirano, Karla Caprali, Katiuska Saavedra, Krystal Rodriguez, Lara Restelli, Lauren Shapiro, Leah Guzman, Lisl Steiner, Lissette Schaeffler, Margarita Cano, Mirta Gomez Del Valle, Nina Dotti, Paola Gracey, Peggy Nolan, Pip Brant, Priscilla Forthman, Rossana Jardim, Steffi Hibbard, Valeria Yamamoto. #alexnuñez #miamisoundmachine #swarovski #crystal on #vinyl #album #cover #doral #mixedmedia #collage #miami #contemporaryart #paper (at Doral Government Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/But38Rdl_sw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hnftzs2pn2sq

#gloriaestefan #women #vision #artists #alexnuñez #miamisoundmachine #swarovski #crystal #vinyl #album #cover #doral #mixedmedia #collage #miami #contemporaryart #paper

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julievidworld · 2 years

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Sa Susunod Na Habang Buhay | Chapter 1

"Mahal? Kumusta ka dyan? I miss you so much."

Napatitig si Dave Angelo sa natanggap niyang text mula sa fiance niya. Ang alam nito may kailangan silang tapusin na isang project.

Dave Angelo De Guzman is an engineer. While his fiance, Johanna Ashley Saavedra is an Architect. Naging magkatrabaho na rin sila dati but when he proposed to her, he decided to accept the offer of Sy Corporation. Mas malaki kasi ang sahod dito at tamang tama dahil plano nilang umpisahan na gawin ang dream house nila.

"Hindi pa ba tapos ang project niyo dyan? 6 days ka nang di umuuwi mahal. :'("

Hindi pa siya nakakapagtype ng irereply, may natanggap ulit siyang text mula rito. Napabuntong hininga naman siya. Mabigat ang loob niya.

"Hi love! Miss na rin kita sobra. I'm sorry, we need to work overnight para matapos 'to. In 2 days love, uwi ako. Babawi ako sayo, promise."

Agad niyang sinend sa fiance ang reply.

"Anak, kailan mo sasabihin kay Johanna ito?" Tanong ni Mrs. Elena De Guzman, ang ina niya.

Napatingin naman siya rito. "Hindi na kailangan Ma. Hindi niya na dapat malaman 'to."

"Hindi rin pwede mag VC tayo, mahal? I want to see you. Grabe mahal parang 1st time to nangyari. Na ganito katagal tayong di nagkita. Miss na miss na talaga kita"

Napatingin ulit siya sa cellphone nya nang tumunog ito. May reply ang fiance niya sa kanya.

Miss na miss niya na rin ito. Pero hindi pa rin siya pwede umuwi.

"Bakit natitiis mo na ako ng ganito? After 8 years mahal?"

Hindi niya alam kung ano pa ang sasabihin dito. Tama naman ito, unang beses to nangyari na matagal sila di nagkita at hindi pa sila nagvivideo call man lang. Pero wala naman siyang magagawa.

"Love naman. Hindi ako makakapagfocus nito."

Reply niya dito. Totoo naman na hindi siya makafocus. Gustong gusto niya na lumabas dito at puntahan ang fiance niya. Gusto niya umuwi at yakapin lang ito.

"Anak, kailangan nyang malaman 'to." Muling salita ni Mrs. De Guzman.

Napatingin naman si Dave Angelo sa ina. "Ma, hindi na nga kailangan. Ayokong mahirapan siya."

Napailing naman sa kaniya ang ina niya. "Karapatan niyang malaman, anak."

Bahagya siyang ngumiti dito, "Ako na bahala, Ma. Wag niyo na isipin 'yon. 6 months naman lang di 'ba? Hindi ko na rin itutuloy ang kasal."

Hindi na kailangan pang malaman ni Johanna Ashley ang kalagayan niya. Para kay Dave Angelo, mas mabuti kung wala itong alam para hindi ito mahirapan at maging masaya lang itong magpapatuloy sa buhay niya kahit na mawala pa siya.

Napakunot naman ng noo si Mrs. De Guzman sa narinig mula sa anak niya.

"Ano bang sinasabi mo?! Anak, pupunta tayong US. Magpapagamot ka doon! Anak naman, may paraan pa rin naman." Nahihirapang sabi ng ina niya.

Pagod niya itong nginitian, "Narinig mo naman ang sinabi ng doctor, Ma. I only have 6 months to live. Mabuti na 'yong tanggapin nalang natin."

"Hindi, Anak! Mabubuhay ka. Basta sundin natin yung payo ng doctor mo. Mabubuhay ka, Anak. Kaya kailangan mong sabihin kay Johanna ito. Karapatan niyang malaman ito. Pwedeng sumama siya sa atin sa US. Anak, gagawin natin ang lahat para mabuhay ka."

Nakikita ni Dave Angelo sa mga mata nito ang sakit na nararamdaman nito. Gusto niya umasa na gagana sa kanya ang procedures na sinabi ng doctor niya pero alam niya namang maliit lang ang tyansa doon. Paano kung hindi successful? Paano kung bigla nalang niyang maiwan ang mga taong mahal niya? Paano kung lumaban siya pero hindi pa rin sasapat? Hindi niya kaya na makitang nahihirapan sa kanya si Johanna. Mas mabuti na 'yong siya nalang. Para kapag wala na siya, makakahanap pa rin ito ng mamahalin na higit pa sa kanya.

Hinawakan ni Dave Angelo ang kamay ng kanyang ina.

"Ma, ayokong ipaalam 'to sa kanya. Please, ito lang hiling ko sa inyo. Don't tell her about this. Mangako ka, Ma. Please." Pakiusap nito sa kanyang ina.

Nag-aalangan man pero wala ring magawa si Mrs. De Guzman. Tumango nalang siya sa anak.

"Basta, gagawin natin ang procedures na kailangan. Please, Anak?" Pakiusap rin ng ina niya sa kanya.

Tumango siya rito bilang tugon. Kahit naman kasi sundin niya 'yong sinabi ng doctor, there's no guarantee na mabubuhay siya.

"Joke lang mahal! I love youuuu! And i miss you so much!"

Napangiti si Dave Angelo sa nabasa niyang reply text ng fiance niya.

"I love you more, love. Matulog ka na. Late na masyado."

Sagot niya naman dito. Mahal na mahal na mahal kita, Hanna ko.

Wala pang isang minuto, may reply na agad si Johanna Ashley sa kanya.

"Masyadong matagal ang 2 days mahal. Pwede bang after 2 days nalang ako magising para pag gising ko, andito ka na?"

Napailing naman si Dave Angelo sa nabasa.

"Kapag naging mabait ka at di na pasaway, baka bukas andiyan na ako."

Pero hindi naman sigurado ni Dave Angelo kung pwede na. Hindi pa nag rounds yung doctor niya. Pero gusto niya na talagang umuwi.

"Promise yan, mahal?"

Napabuntong hininga naman siya sa reply nito sa kanya.

"I will try, love. Sige na, tulog ka na. I love you so much."

Susubukan niya. Mamaya pagpunta ng doctor niya sa kanya, itatanong niya kung pwede na siyang madischarge. He's fine now. Wala naman na siyang nararamdamang sakit sa ulo niya.

"Okay, mahal. Ikaw rin diyan, matulog na. Don't stress yourself too much. Pahinga ka rin. I love you so so much po. Mwahh!"

Napangiti naman ulit si Dave Angelo sa nabasa niya.

"I will, love. Good night, sweetdreams! I love you more."

Inilagay niya ang phone niya sa malapit na table na nasa room niya.

Napabuntong hininga ulit siya. Muli, nakakaramdam ulit siya ng bigat sa dibdib. Ang hirap tanggapin na mayroon na lamang siyang anim na buwan sa mundo. Pakiramdam niya lahat ng pangarap niya, nawasak. How can he be a husband to Johanna Ashley kung 6 months nalang, mawawala na rin siya?

A year ago, his doctor told him na may Brain Tumor siya. Sinunod niya naman lahat ng bilin ng doctor sa kanya pero 2 weeks ago, while he is at the site, bigla siyang nahilo at nakaramdam ng matinding pananakit ng ulo. The doctor said na kumalat ang tumor sa utak niya. Akala niya maagapan niya sa gamot, pero nag seizure siya 6 days ago. Dun na rin sinabi ng doctor na may taning na ang buhay niya.

Stage 4 Glioblastoma. A brain cancer. And according to his doctor, 5% lang ang nakakasurvive mula sa sakit na 'to if he'll go with the procedures and operations.

Fuck his life. Fuck this tumor. Fuck this cancer.

Kahit siya, hirap na hirap ding tanggaping ilang months nalang ang natitira sa buhay niya pero wala naman siyang magawa kundi maging handa at tanggapin kahit na may paraan pa.

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Ito na guys!!! hehe #SSNHB1 😊 oo, magsakitan tayo dito chz! maikli lang sya bawat chapter kasi maikli lang talaga trip ko. Hope you like it. 💛

#davidlicauco #julieannesanjose #juliedavid #julievid #fanfiction #shortstory #SSNHB1

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jacki24x7-d-f-casting-blog-1 · 5 years

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Aurora Creek Hospital Staff

Amelia Gardner played by Janel Parrish (Head Doctor)

Nurse Recce Heath-Gardner played by Dacre Montgomery (engaged to Amelia)

Nurse Eli Robert played by Ryan Guzman

Nurse Paris Young played by Adelaide Kane

Doctor Tina Kent played By Jane Levy

Nurse David Kent played by Zachary Gordon

April played by Johanna Braddy (receptionist and Nurse at Aurora Creek Hospital)

June played by Ellary Porterfield (receptionist and Nurse at Aurora Creek Hospital)

Alan Played by Joe Kerry (intern)

#janelparrish #dacremontgomery #ryanguzman #adelaidekane #janelevy #zacharygordon #joekerry

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cocorocoq · 5 years

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¡Gracias a ustedes podremos publicar Yo no era feminista!

Ya podemos contar que nuestra campaña de #crowdfunding para publicar el libro de relatos ilustrado Yo no era feminista ¡fue todo un éxito! Logramos reunir la cantidad necesaria para que el libro sea lanzado el domingo 16 de diciembre en la #FuriadelLibro y el sábado 22 de diciembre en la #Filva Valparaíso.

Por eso queremos agradecer a todas las personas que colaboraron y confiaron en este proyecto de Cocorocoq Editoras, coordinado por Verónica del Pozo.

Agradecemos especialmente a:

Romina Palma Cruces

Sandra Vera

Natalia Matus

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Cheska Patow Barrios

Miguel Ángel González Campos

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Tato Fuentes

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Moses Zúñiga Navarro

Natalia Barrientos

Gustavo Ruiz Ramos

Edith Brindis Álvarez

Johanna Guala

Rosario Carcuro Leone

María Cecilia Bottai Monreal

Romy Alejandra Alamo Pichara

Eduardo Grajeda Blandón

Leonardo Urrutia Alvarez

Bárbara Muñoz

Salvador Gerardo Calderon Tobar

Pamela Elizabeth Pérez Soto

Paulina Beatriz Altamirano Oñate

Carol Solórzano Canales

Alfredo Fernández Ureta

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