#1.08 was PHENOMENAL

[snoopyish]

“in the end, the only person who can save ellie is ellie. and how? through violence.” - craig maizen, on ellie in 1.08, ‘when we are in need’

[scoobydoodean]

what’s your opinion on “lebanon”? as it actually is in the show and how fans/fic writers interpret/approach it.

cause i’ve been binge-reading “lebanon” fics and i’ve noticed two patterns: sam might argue with john or he stays calm but regardless he preaches to dean about what a terrible father john was, and dean always falls back into his performing and just keeps defending john. now i love all that angst, really i love it so much, these fics are phenomenally written… but i’m just wondering if i’m crazy to think that dean wouldn’t actually fall back into that role to such an extent, and whether the episode actually kinda got it right by having dean feel secure with his family as it is. iirc my issue with the episode is that neither dean nor sam got to express any issues with john in an honest but civil way (and that john is too nice) but that still i liked dean’s expression of security, but tbh it’s been awhile since i last watched it so maybe i’m missing/misremembering smth… thanks!

One of the strangest things I see in fandom is how many people's sense of how Sam views John versus how Dean views John is just flat out wrong. The idea that Dean is always defending John while Sam is always criticizing him the whole show is negated over and over and over in the actual show itself—extremely overtly.

There's two issues here in my mind that lend to this fandom problem.

The fandom accepting Sam and Dean's "John Narratives" at face value in the early episodes of season 1. For example, watching 1.08 "Bugs", where Dean claims to have no resentments toward John and says Sam also was a dick during Sam and John's fight, and going, "Well there we go. Dean has no resentments and refuses to criticize John but Sam will." At this point, we already know from 1.06 "Skin" that Dean does have resentments toward John for not appearing to care about him and for abandoning him, and we get further indications in 1.11, and 1.21 in this season alone. Another example is Sam and Dean's clashes in 1.10 "Asylum" and in 1.11 "Scarecrow", which are largely analyzed by the fandom as moments where Dean is blindly following orders when they have some other, better option Sam is pushing, and Dean is just refusing to go along with Sam's much better ideas because he's too focused on believing their dad knows best... when that is not actually what is happening at all. Sam's alternative plans in the beginning of 1.10 and 1.11 are absolutely stupid. In 1.10, he wants to call the FBI on John to find him. That's his big idea—instead of following the coordinates John just sent them and seeing if he's there. In 1.11, Sam's big bright idea on finding John is to abandon some people to die on a time-sensitive case so he can go search all of Sacramento for John with nothing but an area code. His plans are dumb, plain and simple—and while we do see Dean hiding his own resentments in these episodes too, that does not remain true—which brings me to the other issue here.

Fandom doesn't leave room for the brothers perspectives on John and their outward expressions of those perspectives to shift or mature over the series. This is particularly funny because their perspectives are literally swapping over the course of season 1, and have pretty much fully swapped by 2.02.

Sam's shifting season 1 perspective on John

What actually happens in season 1, is that Sam, who starts out burning with resentment and hurt toward John for disowning him and being a smothering drill sergeant and absent, binge-drinking dad, slowly begins empathizing him because he's now suffered a similar trauma and is having extreme difficulty coping with it himself! Sam's empathy for and understanding of John (and hell—even respect for John handling it as well as Sam thinks he was capable) is already beginning to show in 1.02—where Sam asks Dean "How does Dad do it?" (i.e., deal with the same burning rage and desperation for vengeance that is tearing Sam apart) (gifset). In 1.04, he learns John was bragging about Sam's accomplishments to other people (gifset). In 1.08, when Dean tells Sam that John was never actually disappointed in him—that he was scared Sam would get hurt if he wasn't around (gifset here) a lot of Sam's anger about the Stanford fight fades. He ends the episode saying "Dad did the best he could" (a repeated quote often misattributed as coming more from Dean) and saying he wants to find him to apologize to him for the things he said (gifset). John and Sam share a heartfelt, tearful hug in 1.16—at the end of which Sam begs John not to leave, and in 1.20, John himself apologizes and explains what was going on in his head when they fought, and it ends with them smiling and laughing as they acknowledge they understand each other and they're the same. I track Sam and John's relationship through the tag, #we probably have a lot more in common than just about anyone because Sam says that during that conversation in 1.20 (gifset).

Dean's shifting season 1 perspective on John

At the same time this shift is happening in Sam, we see Dean going the exact opposite direction. He starts out believing John has their best interest at heart even if they don't understand his actions, but the resentment is there too (1.06). In 1.09 and in 1.12, Dean needs help desperately, and John doesn't answer. While Sam is learning that John actually cares about him, Dean is growing more and more concerned that John doesn't care about him (Dean) specifically. We see this resentment start to come out (season 1 compilation set here) in 1.20, when John says he wants to keep the boys safe and that's why he's ditching them, and Dean calls it "A bunch of crap". Dean begins standing up to John to his face from this episode onward—finishing 1.20 with a "Yeah well we saved your ass" in response to John saying they disobeyed him. In 1.21, John tries to get on his case, and Dean lays into him about not answering the phone and specifically about abandoning Dean when Dean needed him in 1.09 and 1.12. In 1.22, Sam tries to get his way by telling Dean that John wouldn't want them to bring The Colt to save him, and Dean yells "I don't care what Dad wants!" and then when Sam starts throwing the blame on him for everything, Dean says,

Well, you and Dad are a lot more alike than I thought, you know that? You both can’t wait to sacrifice yourself for this thing. But you know what? I’m gonna be the one to bury you. You’re selfish, you know that? You don’t care about anything but revenge.

Dean has compared Sam and John more than once during the series, and it has never ever been a compliment.

Sam and Dean in the rest of the series

Sam and Dean's interactions about John in rest of the series are... almost universally the opposite of what the fanfics you've picked up suggest. Their interactions almost always show Dean criticizing John and Sam keeping silent or defending him, or reiterating that John did what he had to/the best he could.

Gifset on Dean's whole season 2 "Fuck John Winchester" vibe here.

In 2.01, Dean shouts at John for (it appears) abandoning him to die:

DEAN Come on, Dad. You've gotta help me. I've gotta get better, I've gotta get back in there. I mean, you haven't called a soul for help. You haven't even tried. Aren't you going to do anything? Aren't you even going to say anything? I've done everything you have ever asked me. Everything. I have given everything I've ever had. And you're just going to sit there and you're going to watch me die? I mean, what the hell kind of father are you?

Sam and John have a horrible fight where John blames him for Dean's condition and Sam tells him to go to Hell only for him to make a demon deal and literally go to Hell that same day (gifset) and Sam tries to start another fight right before John dies but John refuses to engage (gifset). The result ends up being that Sam and Dean have fully swapped places on John by 2.02 with John's death as the catalyst. John's death leaves Sam with regrets that their last interaction was Sam trying to start a fight (2.02). He decides he wants to hunt in John's memory (2.02) (gifset1, gifset2) while a part of Dean desperately wants to quit the life altogether—he's clawing the walls but feels helplessly trapped (2.09, 2.10, 2.20).

Sam defends John while Dean suggests John lead them down the wrong path with a dogmatic rule book (2.03). He demands they go to Lawrence so he can place John's dog tags over Mary's grave (2.04). He spends the season regurgitating John's orders, pushing Dean to do what John told him to do (2.11, 2.14, 2.20) while Dean wants to quit the life (2.09, 2.10, 2.20) and burns with anger toward John. In 2.10, Dean says "I wish to god he'd never opened his mouth!" about John.

In 2.11 "Playthings":

SAM (shoving DEAN to face him) Dean! Dad told you to do it, you have to. DEAN Yeah, well, Dad's an ass! (SAM frowns in confusion) He never should have said anything! I mean, you don't do that, you don't, you don't lay that kind of crap on your kids! SAM No. He was right to say it! Who knows what I might become? Even now, everyone around me dies!

We see Dean seething with resentment while Sam defends John's orders and tries to enforce them on Dean, carrying the legacy of their father in more ways than one.

Over and over, we get indications that a part of John treated Dean as disposable while he sheltered Sam, and that Dean is increasingly aware of the impact that's difference has had on him—to the point he realizes his father's neglect and abuse is the reason he isn't fighting to save himself in 3.10 "Dream A Little Dream Of Me". Dean and John's relationship is intentionally paralleled with a physically abusive relationship between a father and son in this same episode (gifset, meta), and in this episode, Dean rejects his father as an "obsessed bastard", calls Bobby his father (gifset), and decides from this point forward, he's going to fight to save himself from his demon deal because fuck John Winchester.

DREAM DEAN Dad knew who you really were. A good soldier and nothing else. Daddy's blunt little instrument. Your own father didn't care whether you lived or died. Why should you? DEAN Son of a bitch! My father was an obsessed bastard! All that crap he dumped on me, about protecting Sam! That was his crap! He's the one who couldn't protect his family! He– who wasn't there for Sam! I always was! He wasn't fair! I didn't deserve what he put on me! And I don't deserve to go to Hell!

And yeah! Dean also still loves John! And more than that—he craves John's protection. We see this in 3.14 "Long Distance Call" when the Crocotta calls to Dean as John from beyond the grave, telling Dean exactly what Dean wants to hear: "I never wanted this. Never. You're my boy, I love you. I can't watch you to go to hell, Dean," and telling Dean he can save him. This is pure longing for the love and protection Dean has always desired from John but feels like he's never received. Instead, he's always felt disposable.

In season 4? Oh boy... we get this incredible bit in 4.10 between Dean and Anna:

ANNA I was stationed on earth 2,000 years. Just... watching... silent... invisible... out on the road... sick for home... waiting on orders from an unknowable father I can't begin to understand. So don't tell me that -- DEAN laughs. ANNA What is so funny? What? DEAN Nothing. Sorry. It's just...I can relate.

Then in after meeting Adam in 4.19, Sam and Dean have a fight about whether to bring Adam hunting with them or leave him to a normal life:

DEAN 'Hunting is life. You can't have connections.' Dad gave you that exact same speech, remember? It was just before you ditched us for Stanford. You hated Dad for saying that stuff, and now you're quoting him? SAM Yeah, well, turns out Dad was right. DEAN Since when? SAM Since always. Dean, when I look at Adam, you know what I see? DEAN A normal kid. SAM No. Meat. Because the demons and monsters out there, that's all he is. I hated Dad for a long time. I did. But now I think I understand. So we didn't have a dog and a white picket fence. So what? Dad did right by us. He taught us how to protect ourselves. Adam deserves the same. DEAN Listen to yourself, man. SAM You think I’m wrong? DEAN I think it's too late for us. This is our life. This is who we are, okay? And it's fine. I accept that. But with Adam, he's still got a chance, man. He can go to school. He could be a doctor.

Sam says John did right by them. Dean thinks he absolutely didn't, but they can't change who they are now—they can only keep others from falling down the same path.

At the end of the episode? Oh boy...

DEAN You know, I finally get why you and Dad butted heads so much. You two were practically the same person. SAM looks over. DEAN I mean, I worshipped the guy, you know? I dressed like him, I acted like him, I listen to the same music. But you were more like him than I will ever be. And I see that now. SAM I'll take that as a compliment. DEAN You take it any way you want.

It is NOT a compliment.

In 5.16, Dean is confronted with god's intentional absence, and burning with resentment, says to Joshua,

Forget it. Just another dead-beat dad with a bunch of excuses, right. I’m used to that. I’ll muddle through.

In 5.13, Sam takes the opportunity presented to him by young John's presence to defend their father and tell John that he forgives him (gifset).

JOHN Look, how long have you known about this...hunting stuff? SAM Pretty much forever. My dad raised me in it. JOHN You're serious? Who the hell does that to a kid? SAM Well, I mean, for the record, Mary's parents did. JOHN I don't care. You know, what kind of irresponsible bastard lets a child anywhere near—Y-you know, you could've been killed! SAM I, uh...came kind of close. SAM laughs. JOHN The number it must've done on your head...Your father was supposed to protect you. SAM He was trying. He died trying. Believe me. SAM sits down on the bench under a window. SAM I used to be mad at him. I—I mean, I used to... I used to hate the guy. But now I—I... I get it. He was...just doing the best he could. And he was trying to keep it together in—in—in this impossible situation. See... My mom, um... She was amazing, beautiful, and she was the love of his life. And she got killed. And...I think he would have gone crazy if he didn't do something. Truth is, um, my dad died before I got to tell him that I understand why he did what he did. And I forgive him for what it did to us. I do. And I just—I love him.

What Lebanon does is present Sam with the opportunity to reiterate his forgiveness toward a John who understands the context:

SAM Dad… for me? That fight… that was a lifetime ago. I don’t even remember what I said, and – I mean… yeah. You know what? You did some messed-up things. But I don’t… I mean, when I think about you… [voice breaks] and I think about you a lot… I don’t think about our – our fights. I think about you… I think about you on the floor of that hospital. And I think about how I never got to say goodbye. JOHN Sam. Son. I am so sorry. SAM I’m sorry, too. But you did your best, dad. You – you fought for us, and you loved us, and… that’s enough.

So yeah! The fanfic narrative here where Sam is Mr. "Dad was bad" and Dean is Mr. "Nooo dad did the best he could" IS ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!!!!!

[rupelover]

Rupert Grint as Julian Pearce in Servant 1.08: Boba (2020)

He was fucking phenomenal, brilliant and amazing.

[discotreque]

Picard 1.08: Broken Pieces

I'm so tired, y'all. My cat ate one of my hair elastics, because she's an idiot, and she was up all night puking extremely loudly all over the apartment. I have reached the age where I can't just bounce back from a sleepless night with a couple of Red Bulls and sheer force of will, so I'm kinda wrecked.

But I don't think I've ever been so wrecked that I couldn't ramble about Star Trek for a minute, so—shall we?

Spoilers:

We open on Aia, "The Grief World," possibly the most extra name for a planet in all of Star Trek canon.

This flashback is set 14 years ago, and Ramdha is present. But when we met her as one of the disordered Romulan xBs, they said she and her ship were assimilated 16 years ago. Either I'm misremembering or that's an obvious error. Which happens—I'm not mad, just confused.

Speaking of confusion: we see only female Romulans experiencing the Admonition (cool name btw), and Oh mentions a tradition passed down from their "foremothers." Are the Zhat Vash a female-only sect like the Qowat Milat? If so, what's Narek's deal? Or are only women Admonished, and male Zhat Vash agents just have to take their word for it?

None of this actually matters. I told you I was tired.

I really liked the scene with Narissa and Ramdha, mainly because I like Peyton List a lot and she got to show some complexity for a change, but Narissa remains an uncompelling villain to me. Even if she thinks she's working to save trillions of lives, she's indulging in an awful lot of sadism along the way; you get the impression she'd be torturing and murdering people even if she weren't an anti-android crusader.

They told us up front that Rios had a tragic backstory, but wowwwww. Two weeks in a row, this show gets us grieving for a character we've never met—impressive.

Prop watch! The phaser Raffi pulls on Soji looks more like a 21st-century firearm than any weapon we've ever seen on Star Trek, which added some possibly-unintentional heft to the scene. You just don't get the same visceral reaction seeing someone held at dustbuster-point.

The return of Admiral Fucking Bongwater! I worry Oh's going to get her before this is all over, though.

More infinitesimally tiny nitpicking: the JJ Abrams movies introduced the idea that phaser bolts on "stun" are blue, and ones on "kill" are red, and as far as I could tell, the first two seasons of Discovery used the same convention. (Which is a retcon I'm fine with: it makes fight scenes more visually understandable.) We've seen both red and blue phaser fire on Picard, and every confirmed phaser kill has been from a red shot. This episode, we see Seven shoot a bunch of Romulans with blue bolts, but later Narissa says they were killed by phasers. I don't know what to believe anymore!!!

I have literally never been more attracted to Jeri Ryan than in this episode. What a babe.

Every conversation about Data on this show ends up making me weepy. "He loved you" was the heavy hitter line, of course, but Picard saying that he felt as limited in his own emotional capacity as Data also had me reeling.

I totally called the engineering hologram being Scottish. Is it a terribly clever joke? No. Did I know they would be powerless to resist it anyway? Yes. Did I laugh my ass off when it finally came to pass? Absolutely I did.

Moving stars around the galaxy is pretty cool, but I read a novel once where some hyper-advanced aliens were moving stars back in time. Way cooler.

The physical comedy in the scene with Mr. Hospitality the close-talker and Raffi, who has a basic normal sense of personal space, was hilarious.

Rios is a sad boy who listens to sad songs on vinyl records and reads sad philosophy books. So basically he's every guy I knew in my 20's, zing!

Say what you will about the writing on this show, but the acting is almost uniformly phenomenal. I've heard more than one actor say that being on a show with Sir Patrick Stewart makes you instinctively up your acting game, and honestly, I think it shows all over the place, even when P. Stew's not in the actual scene.

All of that last point was basically to say Jeri Ryan is also acting her ass off this episode. I always thought she was a great actor, all the way from her debut on Voyager, but she is taking it to another level here and I cannot look away.

Can't decide who's showing off more in the scene with all the holograms: Santiago Cabrera or director Maja Vrvilo. Standing ovation to them both.

Raffi calls Rios's record player a "Walkman," which is adorable.

I will literally bet money that, had we seen Beautiful Flower (RIP), he would have been played by a relatively makeup-free Brent Spiner. Furthermore, I predict we're going to see another android from that line (i.e. Spiner returning sans the Data makeup) before the end of the season. And if it doesn’t happen and I remember to, I will call myself out.

Agnes is like "I promise I won't kill you," and Soji's just "Like you fucking could."

There was a cute moment on the Ready Room this week when Wil Wheaton mentioned seeing an early cut of this episode without most of the VFX, and Jeri Ryan's immediate reaction was "Oh, so I looked like a total idiot!"

All those Borg being vented into space was rugged as fuck. This show has gone to some lengths to establish individual Borg drones as not only victims, but victims who can potentially be saved. On TNG and Voyager, you cheered when a Borg cube blew up. On this show, when thousands of drones are unceremoniously killed, it feels like the massacre it is.

Everyone who's been whining about the nasty, nasty language on this show is going to have a fucking field day with this episode.

Speaking of f-bombs, I get the feeling Picard should have called Clancy back with the news that her head of security is a Romulan agent. Seems like information she should have, um, ASAP?

When Soji took over La Sirena with zero difficulty I burst out laughing. Like father, like daughter!

I am extremely interested to see what happens next with this Borg cube.

Picard's speech to Rios feels like the thesis of this whole show. I like it.

And fuckin' Narek is still around. Ugh.

Next week is Part 1 of the two-part season finale: "Et in Arcadia Ego." How's that for a title?

[fogsrollingin]

SPN S15E04 Mini-Review

So imo the best part of the episode was the first few minutes of BAMF red-light-drenched fighting. That whole thing was an incredible action sequence. I’m not sure if there’s been a comparable action sequence in this series for years. Just phenomenal, breathtaking, fantastic work all around. Also heyyy Benny! And demon!blood-addicted!Sam Yaaaaaas Queen! Speaking of queens, the only thing that could’ve made that whole thing better would’ve been a quick appearance from Genevieve Padalecki slinking around from behind Boyking!Sammy 😝❤️️

I admit I wish the voice-over element had never been in the episode. Especially because we never met the man voicing the script as far as I’m aware. I’m confused why it wasn’t Chuck or Becky voicing the script, as they were the ones reading the script in this episode. If that gets answered later though I’ll be happy, and it’ll make the rewatch of this episode more satisfying. EDIT: lmao over how this was a pirate thing, we recorded the visual aid description version  😂

Some idle thoughts during the episode: 1. holy shit, is that what braces look like now? 2. Becky’s writing platform on her computer ain’t half bad. 3. And now where have I seen the jock kid’s dad before? Oh yeah, he was Samandriel’s dad in SPN 1.08 “Bugs” 😂

I didn’t want Becky to vanish! I thought it was gonna be a kinda fun reverse-Misery situation where the author, Chuck, takes the fan hostage 😂 It would’ve been a great way to insert a Stephen King reference to her role in the 1990 IT miniseries too, hahaha.

Disclaimer to this next part: I’ve never been a big Pearl Jam fan, so I don’t automatically recognize the voice or the music unless it’s ‘Jeremy’ or his cover of ‘Last Kiss.’

So anyway, I thought the lyrics were “the sound of Sundays” and proceeded to waste a solid 5 minutes trying to figure out if this was a rare Pearl Jam song solely because I couldn’t really make out any of the rest of the lyrics (only to make myself laugh when I realized I couldn’t make out the main lyric either). But look, Jensen’s voice is lovely and the J2-lover in me fluffs with happiness knowing Jensen must certainly have a hardcore fan in Jared.

I don’t know how I feel about the ‘BM’ at the end of the episode. I’m highly motivated to write a tag where Dean pulls over and hugs Sam, or where Dean catches Sam while he’s struggling to breathe under the grief and hugs him calm. But besides that urge, I’m concerned it’s foreshadowing; I’m concerned Sam’s disagreement with Dean, his confession about missing everyone still, was there to offer the beginnings of his motivations to get all these characters back, alive and well, if the opportunity presented itself. When it flipped back to Chuck grinning evilly, I’m stressed that opportunity’s gonna come to Sam, and that it’s gonna make me ugly cry. 

In other news, I learned the series finale date will be the very day after JIBCon. Monday, May 18th. Everybody I'm planning to meet at JIB ( @midnightsilver @northern-sparrow @heart-eyescastiel and a couple others), we’re all trying to figure out how to stay in Italy longer so we can all watch and weather the finale together 😭

Also if there’s anyone who wants to meet up with me for JIB, message me! The more the merrier, honestly ❤️️

Only 16 episodes of Supernatural to go for the rest of our fuckin’ lives and I’m a mess. Love to all who made it all the way down here reading. Y’all the real MVPs!

[fernandezzz34]

Dragonrace

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Dragonrace details highlights

P2E-Play to Get

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(On going)

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Approach

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Instructions for preparing your winged snake

It will live not long from now

The impact of the forward component referenced earlier:

Playback recording: You must follow the file. Playback is higher than 10%. If you drop, you won't be able to enter the race;

Details Bliss = Eat + Play + Wash + Rest = 300 focus

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The full maintenance file is 100 and reduces to 0 from 9 hours; and that means your Mythical snake will chase like clockwork;

You can buy food to get your winged snake more exp. Players can choose a variety of foods

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Swing Game: Players move the board to the ideal location where the mythical snake fell;

Hydra Objective: Swipe to allow the Mythical snake to see through the objective.

3. Washing — 50 focus

The wash will take 60 seconds to charge 100 highlights, reduced to 0 over 11 hours.

Activity: Players throw a winged snake in the bathroom, cleaner and then carefully flush the cleaner.

4. Rest — 100 focus

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Filtration Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Availability of N95 Face Masks for COVID-19 Prevention

In March 2020, the taking off number of extreme intense respiratory condition Covid 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diseases brought about a phenomenal deficiency of individual defensive hardware (PPE) for clinicians and fundamental medical services workers.1 The lack was generally significant among N95 veils.n95 mask, named for their capacity to channel 95% or a greater amount of little 0.3-μm particles, are the backbone of security against airborne pathogens.2 Airborne transmission results from contact with irresistible particles held inside little (<5 μm) drop cores (ie, sprayers) that can wait in the air for a really long time and be scattered over incredible distances.2 conversely, SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally spread by huge (>5-10 μm) respiratory beads that can be ousted up to 6 feet evenly and drop to the ground in no time, against which careful veils commonly offer sufficient protection.2,3 Nonetheless, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that medical services laborers use N95 veils while really focusing on patients with affirmed or thought Covid sickness 2019 (COVID-19) out of worry for airborne transmission, especially during openness to methods that produce high groupings of sprayers (eg, intubation, extubation, painless ventilation).2 To moderate the deficiency of N95 respirators, numerous medical care offices are chasing after nonstandard ways to deal with keeping a satisfactory inventory, including cover cleaning and going back over for reuse, which expand the wearable existence of the veil past the lapse date, and obtaining KN95 veils (N95 veils that are managed in China).

 In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Sickbert-Bennett and colleagues4 give consoling proof of the presentation of nonstandard ways to deal with saving the N95 veil supply. The creators' lab based assessment of a wide exhibit of nonstandard facial coverings shows that National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)- supported N95 respirators beat choices concerning filtration effectiveness. Aftereffects of the review showed that N95 covers gone back over utilizing ethylene oxide cleansing, as well as veils that are as long as 11 years past lapse, keep up with extremely high filtration productivity under research center circumstances. N95 veils with less than ideal fit actually had equivalent filtration effectiveness of over 90%. Their KN95 partners, a great many which have been bought by or given to US medical clinics, performed less well, with filtration productivity going from 53% to 85%. Careful covers got with either ties or ear circles likewise had a lot of lower filtration productivity of 37% to 69%, as may be normal by their more agreeable, more slender channel and looser fit.

 In spite of the clear flawed filtration productivity of non-NIOSH endorsed respirators and careful veils in the research center, there is justification behind good faith in regards to their genuine viability. Albeit careful veils have lower filtration effectiveness than N95 respirators, observational examinations have shown no huge advantage of N95 veils over careful covers for counteraction of extreme intense respiratory disorder Covid 1 (chances proportion, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.22-3.33) or other respiratory infections (chances proportion, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.85-1.08).3 For medical services laborers, routine consideration for a patient with COVID-19 assuming both are wearing careful covers isn't viewed as a high-risk word related exposure.3 Yet, SARS-CoV-2 viral particles have been distinguished in the air for a few hours after a spraying occasion reenacted in a research center and close to air vents in a clinical setting.3 A gathering of 239 researchers as of late marked an open letter asking the World Health Organization and other worldwide general wellbeing bodies to suggest extra safety measures (however not N95 veils explicitly) to safeguard against expected airborne transmission, featuring a few ongoing superspreading occasions in which SARS-CoV-2 transmission happened in ineffectively ventilated areas.5 These examples raise worry for the chance of SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission; nonetheless, the practicality and irresistibleness of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles in spray structure stays obscure. Significantly, no archived SARS-CoV-2 episodes have been connected to settings in which careful veils were perseveringly utilized in lieu of N95 veils, which proposes that regardless of whether airborne transmission is an extensive supporter of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, careful covers are reasonable adequate to forestall it.3 Because the irresistible portion of infection expected to cause clinical contamination likewise stays obscure, conceivable obstructing most, regardless of whether not all, popular particles through veils with lower filtration efficiencies of submicron particles is adequate to forestall illness in by far most of cases.

[bughead]

What is your favorite and least Bughead moment so far??? And why

their first “i love you”s go down in history as one of the best scenes ever—but i also really loved the conversation they had in 1.08 after betty found out his dad was a serpent. they addressed their issues so maturely and it was just such a soft, incredible scene

i’m not sure i have a least favorite scene more than a least favorite episode, which was 2.06. their break up in ep 5/6 was totally stupid

don’t get me wrong, i can see betty’s motivation. (the bughead scene at pop’s is so heartbreaking and also one of my favorite scenes). her breaking up with jughead and veronica wasn’t just about protecting them. the black hood threatened to start killing again in general if she didn’t do what he wanted. she could have warned her family, jughead, and veronica, but she had no way of knowing who else he would go after. if they’d stuck with that then, okay, but they had one huge emotional episode of her pushing away the ones she loves most just to immediately go back on it the next episode. it felt like…….okay, so what was the point?? it’s not like it took a long term toll on any of the relationships. betty and jughead got right back together and veronica held no hard feelings about what betty said and the fact she did it in front of all their friends. it’s especially dumb when they then turned around and repeated the storyline, but this time jughead broke up with betty to protect her. other than lili’s phenomenal acting, nothing good or productive came out of that storyline

[robertkstone]

Lincoln Navigator: 2019 MotorTrend SUV of the Year Finalist

WE LIKE Phenomenal interior, excellent powertrain, confident demeanor

WE DON’T LIKE Suspension tuning needs polish

“With the new Navigator, it feels like Lincoln’s glory days of the ’50s and ’60s are back,” Christian Seabaugh said. “This Navigator is a refreshing take on what luxury could and should be. It leaves the sport-luxury stuff to the Europeans and instead focuses on a confident, easygoing, cool luxury. The Navigator is simultaneously understated yet elegant, retro yet modern, comfortable yet capable. It’s the best American luxury car of the last 30 years, full stop.”

There was no dissent in the ranks. “You will never mistake a Lincoln Navigator for anything from Europe, Japan, or Korea,” Stefan Ogbac said. “The interior is its defining aspect, especially in the Black Label trim, which really gives it a sense of panache and sophistication without copying anyone.”

“Every time I think there’s going to be some obstacle or condition that will show the weakness of this vehicle, it surmounts it with ease,” Rechtin marveled.

MotorTrend has never been shy about calling out suboptimal Lincolns. But the Navigator shut down our criticisms. Almost.

Judges expressed disappointment in the ride quality. The Navigator soaked up large bumps and potholes admirably, but cracked, broken pavement had a tendency to send shivers up the chassis, unbecoming of such a luxurious vehicle. The rear end suffered from a secondary body movement, an odd wavelike movement in the chassis following an otherwise flawless handling of a large impact. An air suspension was suggested to remedy these blemishes.

Powered second-row captain’s chairs and more infotainment controls on the second-row center console would also be a plus.

Far from the lumbering brute it once was, the Navigator might now be the lead vehicle to redefine Ford’s luxury brand.

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2018 Lincoln Navigator Base Price/As tested $73,850/$98,920 Power (SAE net) 450 hp @ 5,500 rpm Torque (SAE net) 510 lb-ft @ 3,000 rpm Accel, 0-60 mph 6.8 sec Quarter-mile 15.2 sec @ 91.7 mph Braking, 60-0 mph 132 ft Lateral Acceleration 0.74 g (avg) MT Figure Eight 28.4 sec @ 0.61 g (avg) EPA City/Hwy/Comb 16/21/18 mpg VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, 4WD, 7-pass, 4-door SUV ENGINE/TRANSMISSION 3.5L twin-turbo DOHC 24-valve V-6 /10-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 6,176 lb (49/51%) WHEELBASE 122.5 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 210.0 x 78.8 x 76.3 in ENERGY CONS, CITY/HWY 211/160 kW-hrs/100 miles CO2 EMISSIONS, COMB 1.08 lb/mile

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Queensland Tourism: China’s Extraordinary Cash Splash

CASHED-up Chinese tourists will eclipse Kiwis as the most frequent visitors to Australia – and in the past year splurged a record $10 billion.

The extraordinary cash splash shovelling funds into local tourism will be revealed in today’s International Visitor Survey, which shows Queensland is the favoured destination of holidaying Chinese.

The survey will be ­trumpeted today by Tourism Minister Steve Ciobo, who has pushed to get more ­direct flights to Queensland from China.

The news also cements the Government’s plan to help ­diversify Queensland’s sluggish economy.

Chinese tourists in Australia spent more than $10 billion – or almost $28 million a day – in the year ending in September. In the Sunshine State, Chinese visitors increased their spend by 2 per cent, to $1.1 billion.

“Queensland is resource rich. We’ve been blessed with a beautiful state. From the sun, sand and surf along our Coast to the rugged outback and the tropical rainforests in between, we’ve got a lot to attract to tourists from around the world,” Mr Ciobo told The Courier-Mail yesterday.

“The coastal and aquatic lifestyle that Queensland offers, highlighted by our pristine beaches, inviting ocean and iconic reef with a backdrop of pristine rainforest hinterlands is a major drawcard for international tourists.

“This phenomenal growth is evidence that the Turnbull Government’s investment in China – through targeted marketing, aviation liberalisation and visa reform – is paying dividends. Chinese are travelling more than ever so we need to make sure Australia is their destination of choice.

“We want to see full planes flying from Shanghai to Sydney, Beijing to Brisbane and Guangzhou to Cairns.

“Chinese visitors love Australia and all we have to offer. They spend far more than any other tourists, pumping billions of dollars into our economy.

“The more tourists we can get to Queensland, the more business for our hotels, shops and restaurants which will create new local jobs.

THE SUNSHINE STATE IS THE PLACE THEY WANT TO BE

QUEENSLAND is becoming a tourism magnet for the world’s emerging super powers.

With China already the Sunshine State’s top source of international visitors, new statistics from Tourism Research Australia to be released today show visitor numbers from India increased almost 20 per cent in the year to September.

And even more exciting for the state’s tourism industry, visitors from India, which has the world’s biggest population of middle-class citizens with the cash to travel, increased their spending in Queensland by a massive 50 per cent.

The state’s 71,000 Indian visitors, increasingly made up of long-term students, spent a record $144.9 million.

China, which last year overtook New Zealand as Queensland’s biggest tourism market, continues to lead the way with a record 488,000 Chinese travellers visiting the state, spending $1.08 billion.

The international tourism sector was worth a record $5.3 billion in international overnight visitor expenditure in the year to September – an increase of 2.5 per cent, while total international visitor numbers to Queensland also increased 3 per cent to a record 2.6 million.

Numbers grew in all of the state’s 11 tourism regions throughout the year.

Queensland Tourism Minister Kate Jones said the continued growth of international tourism showed how important the industry was.

She said the education/tourism sector was also growing fast as Queensland makes strides on Victoria, which has long been seen as the country’s “edutourism” capital.

“Across all destinations, the number of people visiting Queensland for education has grown massively in the last year – up by 18.1 per cent to a record 115,000 people,” Ms Jones said.

Source: The Courier Mail 12 December 2017

The post Queensland Tourism: China’s Extraordinary Cash Splash appeared first on Real Estate in Australia.

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When they start thinking of substitute methods from creating a staying outside from working for the manager, many people acquire to a certain phase in their lifestyle. Eventually, nevertheless, a younger, good-looking American enters the spice store and also one thing phenomenal happens: Tilo can easily not locate the appropriate flavor. Image above: Maybe you cannot get to Italy whenever very soon to buy premium pleases. To make traits simpler for you, here are actually the best shortlisted styles you need to search for at an abaya online outlet. NICE is going to entrust $11m in money for Hexagon, which our company estimate was actually generating revenue in the low singular digits of millions of bucks. But its own photo as a costly Swiss outlet is actually difficult to banish, also one of its loyal customers. On the site are some nice and elegant cookbooks, which one may use to create a lot of a hundred elegant dishes, puddings as well as snack foods. However really, the secret is actually, is that the store space demand has stayed very-very steady and also fairly nicely powerful. This tutorial on how you can make a breathtaking image in Corel Coating Shop Pro is making use of version X2, however these steps will also work in anything coming from Paint Outlet Pro 9 up. Where To Find a Factory - Try publishing your job online on a makers platform where suppliers as well as customers could post and bid on producing jobs. A number of bucks truly worth of froth center board from the local area crafts shop will perform the exact same thing. The high, slimmer girl wandered into the store in the community of Doemitz on the warm mid-day as well as acquired cigarettes, gas station employee Ines Swoboda said to Reuters on Monday.

Ensuring you search and also perform your analysis will indicate you are actually a little close to receiving the dishwasher you need to have, so you can fill that up and also forget this. You may be actually able to find a four-barrel model at a damaging lawn or at a used automobile components shop if you've received a two-barrel carburetor.

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That's $1.05 or even $1.08 or even various other amount, relying in which state you look around in. This holds for dining establishments as well. Our lodging was likewise just a 5 minute walk from La Droguerie, a big anecdote shop that is affiliated with Los angeles Droguerie in Paris. A fun store in Cozumel that is actually not definitely Mexican is Del Sol which sells plain-looking Tee shirts, tote bags, Frisbees, even nail gloss, that transform colour when left open to sunshine. This is actually an attractive summer months outfit that has some added beauty without the weight of extra textile.

[robertkstone]

Lincoln Navigator: 2019 Motor Trend SUV of the Year Finalist

WE LIKE Phenomenal interior, excellent powertrain, confident demeanor

WE DON’T LIKE Suspension tuning needs polish

“With the new Navigator, it feels like Lincoln’s glory days of the ’50s and ’60s are back,” Christian Seabaugh said. “This Navigator is a refreshing take on what luxury could and should be. It leaves the sport-luxury stuff to the Europeans and instead focuses on a confident, easygoing, cool luxury. The Navigator is simultaneously understated yet elegant, retro yet modern, comfortable yet capable. It’s the best American luxury car of the last 30 years, full stop.”

There was no dissent in the ranks. “You will never mistake a Lincoln Navigator for anything from Europe, Japan, or Korea,” Stefan Ogbac said. “The interior is its defining aspect, especially in the Black Label trim, which really gives it a sense of panache and sophistication without copying anyone.”

“Every time I think there’s going to be some obstacle or condition that will show the weakness of this vehicle, it surmounts it with ease,” Rechtin marveled.

Motor Trend has never been shy about calling out suboptimal Lincolns. But the Navigator shut down our criticisms. Almost.

Judges expressed disappointment in the ride quality. The Navigator soaked up large bumps and potholes admirably, but cracked, broken pavement had a tendency to send shivers up the chassis, unbecoming of such a luxurious vehicle. The rear end suffered from a secondary body movement, an odd wavelike movement in the chassis following an otherwise flawless handling of a large impact. An air suspension was suggested to remedy these blemishes.

Powered second-row captain’s chairs and more infotainment controls on the second-row center console would also be a plus.

Far from the lumbering brute it once was, the Navigator might now be the lead vehicle to redefine Ford’s luxury brand.

READ ABOUT 2019 SUV OF THE YEAR CONTENDERS:

BMW X2

BMW X3

BMW X4

Cadillac XT4

Ford EcoSport

Ford Edge

Hyundai Santa Fe

Infiniti QX50

Jaguar E-Pace

Jeep Cherokee

Lexus RX L

Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross

Nissan Kicks

Subaru Ascent

READ ABOUT 2019 CAR OF THE YEAR CONTENDERS:

Buick Regal

Ford Mustang

Ford Transit Connect

Hyundai Accent

Hyundai Elantra

Honda Clarity

Kia Forte

Lexus ES

Lexus LS

Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class

Nissan Altima

Toyota Avalon

Toyota Corolla Hatchback

Volkswagen Jetta

2018 Lincoln Navigator Base Price/As tested $73,850/$98,920 Power (SAE net) 450 hp @ 5,500 rpm Torque (SAE net) 510 lb-ft @ 3,000 rpm Accel, 0-60 mph 6.8 sec Quarter-mile 15.2 sec @ 91.7 mph Braking, 60-0 mph 132 ft Lateral Acceleration 0.74 g (avg) MT Figure Eight 28.4 sec @ 0.61 g (avg) EPA City/Hwy/Comb 16/21/18 mpg VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, 4WD, 7-pass, 4-door SUV ENGINE/TRANSMISSION 3.5L twin-turbo DOHC 24-valve V-6 /10-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 6,176 lb (49/51%) WHEELBASE 122.5 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 210.0 x 78.8 x 76.3 in ENERGY CONS, CITY/HWY 211/160 kW-hrs/100 miles CO2 EMISSIONS, COMB 1.08 lb/mile

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