#Ian Higginbotham

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Unicorn Warriors Eternal art by some of the animators! In order of the artwork: Ian Higginbotham, Darius Richardson, Tara Billinger, & Iva Zahova

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🌈 Queer Books Out December 2023 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

❤️ Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose �� Heartstopper #5 by Alice Oseman 💛 This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede 💚 All The Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows 💙 Vampires of Eden: Book One by Karla Nikole 💜 Not My Type by Joe Satoria ❤️ Storm in Her Heart by KC Luck 🧡 Eternal Embrace by Luna Lawson 💛 A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford 💙 Tomb of Heart and Shadow by Cara N. Delaney 💜 Through the Embers Volume 2 by Adriana Sargent 🌈 Lucero by Maya Motayne

❤️ The Poison Paradox by Hadley Field & Felix Green 🧡 Second Chances in New Port Stephen: A Novel by TJ Alexander 💛 Matrimonial Merriment by Nicky James 💚 Under the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Ramsden 💙 Every Beat of Her Heart by KC Richardson 💜 The Memories of Marlie Rose by Morgan Lee Miller ❤️ Playing with Matches by Georgia Beers 🧡 Always Only You by Chloe Liese 💛 Fire in the Sky by Radclyffe and Julie Cannon 💙 Nuclear Sunrise by Jo Carthage 💜 The Naked Dancer by Emme C. Taylor 🌈 Resurrections by Ada Hoffmann

❤️ Destiny’s Women by Morgan Elliott 🧡 Framed by Kate Merrill 💛 The Spoil of Beasts by Gregory Ashe 💚 Catered All the Way by Annabeth Albert 💙 A Cynic’s Christmas Conundrum by L.M. Bennett 💜 Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn ❤️ One Swipe Away by Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue 🧡 The Gentlemen’s Club by A.V. Shener 💛 A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold 💙 Secrets of the Soul by Holly Oliver 💜 Like They Do in the Movies by Nan Campbell 🌈 Limelight by Gun Brooke

❤️ Heart First by S.B. Barnes 🧡 Grave Consequences by Sandra Barret 💛 Haunted by Myth by Barbara Ann Wright 💚 Invisible by Anna Larner 💙 The Murders at Sugar Mill Farm by Ronica Black 💜 Coasting and Crashing by Ana Hartnett ❤️ Fairest by K.S. Trenten 🧡 A City of Abundant Opportunity by Howard Leonard 💛 The Dark Side of MIdnight by Erin Wade 💙 Mending Bones by Merlina Garance 💜 Transform by Connal Braginsky & Sean Ian O’Meidhir 🌈 The Apple Diary by Gerri Hill

❤️ TruLove by Nicole Pyland 🧡 Structural Support by Sloan Spencer 💛 Whiskey War by Stacy Lynn Miller 💚 Overkill by Lou Wilham 💙 Heart of Outcasts by Nicole Silver 💜 In the Shadow of Victory by J. E. Leak ❤️ Just Like Her by Fiona Zedde 🧡 Gingerbread: Claus For Christmas by Miski Harris 💛 Lies are Forever by C. Jean Downer 💙 The Boys in the Club by M.T. Pope 💜 Lasting Light (Metal & Magic) by Michelle Frost 🌈 Tell No Tales by Edie Montreux

❤️ Radio Silence by Alice Oseman 🧡 Even Though We're Adults Vol. 7 by Takako Shimura 💛 The Accidental Bite by Michelle St. Wolf 💚 Mated to the Demons by Taylor Schafer 💙 Someday Away by Sara Elisabeth 💜 Gatherdawn Luminia Duet Volume 1 by Lee Colgin ❤️ Curse of Dawn by Richard Amos 🧡 Healing the Twin by Nora Phoenix 💛 Ride Me by KD Ellis 💙 How to Bang a Vampire by Joe Satoria 💜 Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow 🌈 Prestige by Toni Reeb

❤️ Don't Look Down by Jessica Ann 🧡 Winter and the Wolves by Chris Storm and Kinkaid Knight 💛 Hat Trick by Ajay Daniel 💚 Starborn Husbands: Return to the Pleiades by S. Legend 💙 Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy 💜 Practice for Toby by Amy Bellows ❤️ The Siren's Song by Crista Crown 🧡 Hers to Hunt K.J. Devoir

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by Ian Higginbotham

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Commons Vote

On: Holocaust Memorial Bill Committee: New Clause 1

Ayes: 11 (100.0% Con) Noes: 182 (98.4% Con, 0.5% DUP, 0.5% Ind, 0.5% LD) Absent: ~457

Likely Referenced Bill: Holocaust Memorial Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Lords Bill Stage: 1st reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (11 votes)

Bernard Jenkin Charles Walker Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Henry Smith Jacob Rees-Mogg John Stevenson Karl McCartney Lia Nici Peter Bottomley Richard Graham Tom Randall

Noes

Conservative (179 votes)

Aaron Bell Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alok Sharma Amanda Milling Amanda Solloway Andrew Lewer Andrew Murrison Andrew Percy Andrew Rosindell Andrew Stephenson Andy Carter Anna Firth Anne-Marie Trevelyan Anthony Browne Antony Higginbotham Ben Everitt Ben Spencer Bill Wiggin Bob Blackman Bob Seely Brandon Lewis Brendan Clarke-Smith Caroline Ansell Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Caroline Nokes Cherilyn Mackrory Chris Clarkson Chris Grayling Chris Green Chris Loder Chris Philp Craig Tracey Craig Williams Damian Collins Damian Green Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Duguid David Jones David Simmonds Dean Russell Dehenna Davison Derek Thomas Duncan Baker Eddie Hughes Edward Argar Edward Timpson Fay Jones Felicity Buchan Fiona Bruce Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gary Sambrook George Eustice Gordon Henderson Graham Stuart Greg Smith Guy Opperman Heather Wheeler Helen Grant Helen Whately Holly Mumby-Croft Huw Merriman Iain Duncan Smith Iain Stewart Jack Brereton Jackie Doyle-Price Jacob Young James Davies James Grundy James Morris James Wild Jamie Wallis Jane Hunt Jeremy Quin Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman John Hayes John Howell John Lamont John Whittingdale Jonathan Djanogly Julian Lewis Julian Sturdy Julie Marson Justin Tomlinson Karen Bradley Katherine Fletcher Kelly Tolhurst Kevin Foster Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Laura Farris Laurence Robertson Leo Docherty Lisa Cameron Louie French Luke Hall Maggie Throup Marcus Jones Maria Caulfield Mark Fletcher Mark Logan Mark Spencer Martin Vickers Mary Robinson Matt Warman Matthew Offord Michael Ellis Michael Fabricant Mike Freer Mike Wood Mims Davies Miriam Cates Nadhim Zahawi Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Nick Fletcher Nicola Richards Nigel Huddleston Nigel Mills Paul Holmes Paul Howell Paul Scully Penny Mordaunt Peter Aldous Philip Dunne Philip Hollobone Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Pow Richard Drax Richard Fuller Robbie Moore Robert Courts Robert Halfon Robert Largan Robert Neill Robert Syms Robin Millar Robin Walker Ruth Edwards Sally-Ann Hart Saqib Bhatti Sara Britcliffe Sarah Dines Scott Mann Selaine Saxby Shailesh Vara Shaun Bailey Sheryll Murray Simon Baynes Simon Clarke Simon Fell Simon Hart Simon Hoare Simon Jupp Stephen Metcalfe Steve Baker Steve Brine Steve Double Steve Tuckwell Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Theo Clarke Theresa Villiers Tobias Ellwood Tom Hunt Tom Pursglove Tracey Crouch Trudy Harrison Will Quince William Cash

Democratic Unionist Party (1 vote)

Ian Paisley

Independent (1 vote)

William Wragg

Liberal Democrat (1 vote)

Wera Hobhouse

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Best of 2020 - Books

Best of 2020 – Books

In part thanks to Covid-19 I read more this year than any other, over 300 books, nearly double my previous annual best. A third were fiction, a quarter history, and a fifth travel books. By genre but in no particular order here are the best books I read in 2020… TravelFull Tilt : From Dublin to Delhi With a Bicycle by Dervla MurphyAn engrossing and almost unbelievable account of the 32 year old…

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Why College Students And Old People Are Basically The Same Thing

Why College Students And Old People Are Basically The Same Thing

At face value, it seems like college kids and senior citizens couldn’t have less to do with each other. If you look close enough, however, you’ll see some pretty undeniable proof that they’re basically living the exact same lives.

LA-based illustrator Ian Higginbotham has put together a few comics that show the similarities between young students and their (much) older counterparts, and it…

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Arduino Pro Potenta X8

Stacey Higginbotham:

Aurduino goes pro with Linux and a big chip on its latest board This week, Arduino launched the Pro Portenta X8, the most massively powered Arduino board yet, with a quad-core Arm Cortex A53 processor along with a variety of MCUs and the ability to run Linux. This is a big step for Arduino, which bills itself as an open source hardware and software company that makes systems on modules and has traditionally been popular in the maker and hobbyist space, as a way to bring small bits of computing power together to power lights, servos, and sensors. In 2020, the group launched its Portenta H7 board with an eye toward enticing hardware developers to build production-ready devices using the Arduino hardware and software. With the launch, it was following a similar map laid out by the folks behind Raspberry Pi, which has gone from being a cheap computer for makers to a fully powered computer that can fit in many jobs, including medical devices and production hardware. Notably, the Pi moved downmarket last year with the Pi Pico, which put it in direct competition with Arduino's systems that rely on MCUs. — The new Arduino Pro Portenta X8 will be available in mid-April of this year.  With the Pro Portenta X8, Arduino is entering a crowded market with plenty of modules aimed at providing computing power, wireless connectivity, and a standardized layout for sensors and other attachments that make it easy to cobble together a working computer board for specialized hardware. But it has also signed a deal with Foundries.io to provide a comprehensive level of security, which is a fairly unusual move. Foundries.io provides an OS that can sit on a device and run in the cloud and that ensures basic security features for embedded hardware. Because traditional embedded devices are super fragmented, with different architectures and operating systems, and are designed into machines that should last for decades instead of a few years, securing them is tough. With the partnership between Arduino and Foundries.io the new Portenta board has the ability to support secured over-the-air updates, continuous integration testing in the cloud, and the ability to roll out and roll back software deployed to containers running on the device. This level of security service will be provided to anyone using the Arduino Portenta X8. If they want to change or customize it, they can work out a deal with Foundries.io. There's a lot to like with this announcement, because by creating this partnership Arduino is putting a security model at the forefront of its industrial platform that will adapt to the needs of the device, which itself is connected from the get-go and designed for the long haul.   Today, most connected devices rely on a secure element and whatever strategies the product team has put in place for maintaining its security over time. That requires a dedicated security team for the device and assurances from the chip and module providers. Foundries.io not only takes on the role of securing the device for its lifetime, it goes beyond using a secure element, assuming the responsibility for dynamic security over the life of the device.   Arduino is paying for this level of security for users of its Portenta X8 board, but Foundries.io has found several customers eager to adapt to this type of dynamic security model. Foundries.io CEO Ian Drew said the company has grown its sales by 30% quarter over quarter. So with this announcement, Arduino is ready to go pro and Foundries.io gets another customer to bet on its new type of IoT security model.

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Distress is out today

Distress, the new game from Javy Gwaltney, Ian Higginbotham, and Erandi Huipe, is out today.

A fading distress signal from a space station that’s gone silent. A metropolis filled with dark secrets, death lurking in every alleyway. Welcome to Nova-8. Step into the boots of Demetria Barton, one of the galaxy’s greatest bounty hunters, and lead her team to a mysterious city in search of answers and riches.

Distress is a branching visual novel for PC/Mac/Linux inspired by the likes of Silent Hill, Snatcher, and Mass Effect. Trapped in a city filled with deadly creatures and a ruthless militarized task force controlled by a shadowy administrator, you’ll have to use your wits and make tough decisions in order to survive. You’re responsible not just for your own life, but the lives of your crew as well. Make your choices. Live with the consequences.

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How was American slavery used as a system of social control?

This is an excellent question and a Tumblr post won’t be sufficient for fully answering it. However, here’s an explanation and some resources to get started. Before we begin, let’s explain some terms and give a brief timeline. Slavery was an incredibly complex racial and economic institution embedded into our country’s history.

First off, when did slavery begin? It started before the concept of a white race was created in the colonial legal system. Wealthy Virginian colonists began to draw dividing lines between poor European indentured slaves and enslaved Africans. This distinction was most clear in the case of John Punch, who was an enslaved African living in Virginia. In 1640, Punch ran away with two European indentured slaves to Maryland and was sentenced to remain in slavery for the remainder of his life. This was the first instance of the legal system favoring poor people of European descent over a person of African descent. Interestingly enough, a study done by Ancestry.com used DNA analysis to suggest that Punch may be a 12th generation grandfather of former President Barack Obama.

The story of slavery is also the story of labor. More enslaved Africans were needed for tobacco and cotton farming as more land was being taken over by European landowners. Michelle Alexander notes in The New Jim Crow, “the systematic enslavement of Africans, and the rearing of their children under bondage, emerged with all deliberate speed—quickened by events such as Bacon’s Rebellion.” The facts of Bacon’s Rebellion are hazy at best. According to several accounts, Nathaniel Bacon organized indentured European servants, enslaved Africans and poor whites to overthrow the planter elite.

However, Bacon, a landowner himself, did this under the premise of taking land from Native Americans. His militia attacked neighboring tribes and the homes of the planter elite. After months of conflict, Bacon’s militia took control of Jamestown and burned it to the ground in September 1676. While the rebellion fell apart a month later, the events terrified the planter elite, especially the union of indentured servants and enslaved Africans. Consequently, they took on a strategy of social control by relying less on indentured servants and more on the importation of enslaved Africans.

This previous cases developed a legal precedent that led the House of Burgesses, the governing body of colonial Virginia, to decide in 1691 who qualified as a white man and by extension, who could have access to citizenship and property. It was essentially a bribe for poor free citizens and indentured servants of European descent. The court decided anyone without African or Indian blood could qualify as white. However, Pocahontas and John Rolfe, her husband, were exempt from this law. It’s important to note that the concept of race is specious and relatively new in the history of mankind. However, it has had lasting impacts on lived experiences for the last 400 years. These three cases set the stage for the social control of American slavery.

In terms of social control, legal scholar Bryan Stevenson describes the myriad methods of manipulation:

“American slavery was often brutal, barbaric, and violent. In addition to the hardship of forced labor, enslaved people were maimed or killed by slave owners as punishment for working too slowly, visiting a spouse living on another plantation, or even learning to read. Enslaved people were also sexually exploited.”

If you’d like to learn more about the history of slavery and its systemic impact on American society, feel free to check out these resources from the library!

Anti-Racism in US History: The First Two Hundred Years. Herbert Aptheker, CA: Greenwood Press, 1992.

Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, 1619-1962. LeRone Bennett, Penguin Press, 1962.

Empire of Cotton: A Global History. Sven Beckert, NY: Random House, 2014 - EBOOK!

In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations. Joe R. Feagin, NY: Routledge, 2000 - EBOOK!

The Half has never been told: Slavery and the making of American capitalism, Basic Books, 2012 - EBOOK!

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Michelle Alexander, The New Press, 2010.

When Affirmative Action Was White. Ira Katznelson. NY: WW Norton, 2005.

White By Law: The Legal Construction of Race, Ian Haney Lopez, NYU Press, 1999.

References

Alexander, M. (2013), The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York, NY: The New Press, 24.

Equal Justice Initiative (2015, July 7), Slavery to Mass Incarceration, [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4e_djVSag4

Gay Stolberg, S. (2012, July 30). Obama Has Ties to Slavery Not by His Father but His Mother, Research Suggests. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/us/obamas-mother-had-african-forebear-study-suggests.html

(1894, December 31). Governor Berkeley baring his breast for Bacon to shoot after refusing him a commission. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%27s_Rebellion#/media/File:A_Fair_Mark_-_Shoot.jpg

John Punch (n.d. In Wikipedia, Retrieved November 15, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Punch_(slave)

Moore, H.P. (31 December 1862), James Hopkinson's Plantation. Planting sweet potatoes. Retrieved from, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Hopkinsons_Plantation_Slaves_Planting_Sweet_Potatoes.jpg

(n.d.). Inventing Black and White. Retrieved November 15, 2017, from https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-2/inventing-black-and-white

Simon van de Passe (1615, December 31). Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat, and seen at half-length. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas#/media/File:Pocahontas_by_Simon_van_de_Passe_1616.jpg

(n.d.). Slavery and Indentured Servants. Retrieved November 15, 2017, from https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html

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Commons Vote

On: Immigration and asylum: Ten Minute Rule Motion

Ayes: 74 (97.3% Con, 1.4% Ind, 1.4% RUK) Noes: 49 (59.2% SNP, 16.3% LD, 6.1% Ind, 6.1% PC, 2.0% Lab, 2.0% WPB, 2.0% Green, 2.0% Alba, 2.0% SDLP, 2.0% APNI) Absent: ~527

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (72 votes)

Andrew Lewer Andrew Percy Andrew Rosindell Antony Higginbotham Bill Wiggin Bob Blackman Bob Seely Brendan Clarke-Smith Caroline Ansell Charles Walker Chris Grayling Chris Green Christopher Chope Danny Kruger David Evennett David Jones Dean Russell Desmond Swayne Eddie Hughes Elizabeth Truss Gordon Henderson Graham Stuart Greg Smith Heather Wheeler Henry Smith Iain Stewart Jack Brereton Jacob Rees-Mogg James Davies James Grundy Jane Hunt Jane Stevenson John Hayes John Redwood John Stevenson John Whittingdale Jonathan Gullis Jonathan Lord Julian Lewis Julian Sturdy Karl McCartney Kevin Foster Lia Nici Marco Longhi Mark Pawsey Martin Vickers Miriam Cates Neil O'Brien Nick Fletcher Nigel Mills Paul Scully Pauline Latham Philip Davies Philip Dunne Philip Hollobone Rachel Maclean Richard Graham Robert Goodwill Robin Millar Sally-Ann Hart Sarah Atherton Sarah Dines Selaine Saxby Shailesh Vara Simon Clarke Steve Double Thérèse Coffey Tom Hunt Tom Randall Trudy Harrison Vicky Ford Will Quince

Independent (1 vote)

Andrew Bridgen

Reform UK (1 vote)

Lee Anderson

Noes

Scottish National Party (29 votes)

Alison Thewliss Allan Dorans Amy Callaghan Angela Crawley Anne McLaughlin Anum Qaisar Brendan O'Hara Dave Doogan David Linden Hannah Bardell Ian Blackford Joanna Cherry John McNally John Nicolson Kirsten Oswald Kirsty Blackman Marion Fellows Martin Docherty-Hughes Mhairi Black Owen Thompson Patricia Gibson Patrick Grady Philippa Whitford Richard Thomson Ronnie Cowan Stephen Flynn Steven Bonnar Stewart Hosie Stuart C McDonald

Liberal Democrat (8 votes)

Daisy Cooper Helen Morgan Munira Wilson Richard Foord Sarah Dyke Sarah Green Tim Farron Wera Hobhouse

Independent (3 votes)

Angus Brendan MacNeil Jeremy Corbyn Jonathan Edwards

Plaid Cymru (3 votes)

Ben Lake Hywel Williams Liz Saville Roberts

Labour (1 vote)

John McDonnell

Workers Party of Britain (1 vote)

George Galloway

Green Party (1 vote)

Caroline Lucas

Alba Party (1 vote)

Kenny MacAskill

Social Democratic & Labour Party (1 vote)

Claire Hanna

Alliance (1 vote)

Stephen Farry

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Why College Students And Old People Are Basically The Same Thing

Why College Students And Old People Are Basically The Same Thing

At face value, it seems like college kids and senior citizens couldn’t have less to do with each other. If you look close enough, however, you’ll see some pretty undeniable proof that they’re basically living the exact same lives.

LA-based illustrator Ian Higginbotham has put together a few comics that show the similarities between young students and their (much) older counterparts, and it turns…

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Why College Students And Old People Are Basically The Same Thing

Why College Students And Old People Are Basically The Same Thing

At face value, it seems like college kids and senior citizens couldn’t have less to do with each other. If you look close enough, however, you’ll see some pretty undeniable proof that they’re basically living the exact same lives.

LA-based illustrator Ian Higginbotham has put together a few comics that show the similarities between young students and their (much) older counterparts, and it…

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12 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend

Our guide to plays and musicals coming to New York stages and a few last-chance picks of shows that are about to close. Our reviews of open shows are at nytimes.com/reviews/theater.

Previews & Openings

‘ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS’ at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space (in previews; opens on Feb. 24). May the Padmé Amidala be with you. In C. A. Johnson’s magical realist play, a young queer woman, Keyonna, leads an active fantasy life with her muse, Natalie Portman. Then reality impinges. Kate Whoriskey directs; Kara Young stars as Keyonna, with Joshua Boone as her brother Samuel and Elise Kibler as Natalie. 212-727-7722, mcctheater.org

‘CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND’ at the Pershing Square Signature Center (in previews; opens on Feb. 24). A rock show, a family tragedy and a historical mystery, Lauren Yee’s prizewinning play finds a California father and daughter meeting again in Cambodia, reinvestigating the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Chay Yew directs a cast that includes Francis Jue, Joe Ngo and Courtney Reed. With music by the real-life Cambodian-American rock band Dengue Fever. 212-244-7529, signaturetheatre.org

‘DANA H.’ at the Vineyard Theater (in previews; opens on Feb. 25). Lucas Hnath often writes about famous figures — Isaac Newton, Walt Disney, Hillary Clinton. His subject this time: his own mother, Dana Higginbotham. Hnath adapted the play from interviews that were conducted with her about the time she was held captive by a psychiatric patient she ministered to as a chaplain at a mental institution. The Obie winner Diedre O’Connell brings the harrowing true story to life. 212-353-0303, vineyardtheatre.org

‘THE HEADLANDS’ at the Claire Tow Theater (in previews; opens on Feb. 24). A writer of puzzle-box plays, Christopher Chen (“Caught,” “Passage”) unspools a new mystery for LCT3. In this detective drama, directed by Knud Adams, a grown son, Henry (Aaron Yoo), pieces together memories to try to solve the murder of his father (Johnny Wu). Laura Kai Chen portrays Henry’s mother in the past; Mia Katigbak, his present one. 212-239-6200, lct3.org

‘THE MINUTES’ at the Cort Theater (previews start on Feb. 25; opens on March 15). Steppenwolf’s artistic director, Anna D. Shapiro, calls a new Tracy Letts play to order. Taking place in brisk real time — just 90 minutes — it sits in on a small-town council meeting. Armie Hammer and Jessie Mueller join Letts regulars Blair Brown, Ian Barford, K. Todd Freeman and Sally Murphy. 800-447-7400, theminutesbroadway.com

‘SIDEWAYS THE EXPERIENCE’ at the Theater at St. Clement’s (in previews; opens on Feb. 23). Napa comes to New York with a bibulously interactive theatrical version of Rex Pickett’s novel, which also inspired the 2004 movie. Before this tale of a wine-soaked bachelor weekend unfolds, patrons are invited to eat and drink. Glasses of wine are available throughout the show, too. Will it intoxicate? Dan Wackerman directs. sidewaystheexperience.com

[Read about the events that our other critics have chosen for the week ahead.]

‘TUMACHO’ at the Connelly Theater (in previews; opens on Feb. 22). Ethan Lipton’s mostly western musical, which Ben Brantley called an “impeccably inane horse opera,” rides back in town. Can the townspeople — and a three-legged coyote — survive a villainous man in black? Leigh Silverman directs a cast that features Phillipa Soo and John Ellison Conlee, who periodically dress as cactuses. clubbedthumb.org

‘THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN’ at Abrons Arts Center (in previews; opens on Feb. 26). Can the 1960 Meredith Willson musical about a Titanic survivor float? The book writer Dick Scanlan’s update for the Transport Group pushes the show toward the actual history of the lifeboat queen Margaret Tobin Brown, played here by Beth Malone. Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs the show’s Off Broadway premiere. 866-811-4111, transportgroup.org

‘WE’RE GONNA DIE’ at the Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage Theater (in previews; opens on Feb. 25). Young Jean Lee’s autobiographical rock almost-musical, written as part of her work with the playwrights’ collective 13P, has a new lease on life. Backed by a five-piece band, Janelle McDermoth discourses on life, death and the arguable usefulness of art. Raja Feather Kelly directs. 212-541-4516, 2st.com

Last Chance

‘GRAND HORIZONS’ at Hayes Theater (closes on March 1). Bess Wohl’s comedy of divorce, directed by Leigh Silverman, calls it quits. Jesse Green questioned the wisdom of writing “a boulevard comedy for a cul-de-sac age.” However, he had particular praise for Jane Alexander, writing that “you haven’t lived until you’ve heard a woman who once played Eleanor Roosevelt sing the praises of cunnilingus.” 2st.com

‘MAC BETH’ at the Frederick Loewe Theater (closes on Feb. 22). A gaggle of teen girls leave Dunsinane as Erica Schmidt’s reimagining of the Scottish tragedy closes. Laura Collins-Hughes wrote that the play’s power lies not in its true-crime-inspired violence, but in “watching a group of girls meet Shakespeare on their own electric terms — with ferocity, abandon and the occasional wild dance break.” 212-772-4448, huntertheaterproject.org

‘MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON’ at Samuel J. Friedman Theater (closes on Feb. 29). Rona Munro’s adaptation of Elizabeth Strout’s glimmering 2016 novel, directed by Richard Eyre and starring a scarf-wrapped Laura Linney, reaches its final paragraphs. Ben Brantley wrote that “as embodied with middle-American forthrightness” by Linney, the play’s title character “may be the most translucent figure now on a New York stage.” 212-239-6200, manhattantheatreclub.com

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On The Debate this week: Neil Lennon, Ian Wright, Danny Higginbotham | Football News

On The Debate this week: Neil Lennon, Ian Wright, Danny Higginbotham | Football News

Last Updated: 26/08/18 12:12pm

The Debate is back on Sky Sports Premier League this week as more guests join us to discuss the hot football topics.

After Monday Night Football takes centre stage with Tottenham’s trip to Manchester United, Geoff Shreeves gets the discussion underway on Tuesday alongside guests Neil Lennon and Danny Murphy.

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PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany Hills High School Class of 2018 graduated on Thursday, June 21. 273 students received their diplomas after the Conferment of the Degrees by Principal Michael F. DiSanto. The diploma’s were presented to the Board of Education.

196 students, or 72% will be attending four year College or University, 50 students or 18% will be attending two year colleges, 3 students or 1.5% will be attending career education, 7 students or 2% will be continuing education, 8 students for 2.5% will be employed, 5 students or 2% will be taking a gap year and 4 students, or 1.5% will be joining the military.

The Class of 2018 Officers were Jacqueline Pascale, President; Maya Patel, Vice President; Yuti Shah, Secretary and Krunali Shah, Treasurer.

PHHS Band

Mayor Micheal Soriano walking in with members of the Board of Education

PHHS Teachers marching in graduation

PHHS Graduates marching in graduation

PHHS Graduates marching in

PHHS Graduates marching in

PHHS Graduates marching in

The message is very clear where this student will be attending in the fall

The message is very clear where this student will be attending in the fall

PHHS Graduation

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

PHHS Graduates receiving their diploma

Proud PHHS Graduates

Tara Antonucci with Bonnie Sturm

Board Member Frank Neglia and 2018 Graduate Nicholas Verducci

Judy Hernandez with her husband, Paul F Giovanelli, at the PHHS Graduation

Mrs. Brosnan with

Retiring Educator Carol Ordway with a teacher

Dr. Ahmed Kandil and Mamdouh Hassan

Graduate Adam Giovanelli and Dr. Ahmed Kandil

Sanjay Kao, Priya Shah, Victoria Mathew, Megha Mansuria, Maheem Hasan and Avani Goswami

Joshua Esperanza, Mr. Andy Nicholes and Nicolas Conti

Ellen Chen and Jenelle Ponnor

Rakshay Kanthadai and Matthew Kwan

Mr. Andy Nicholes and Stephanie Pascale

The Verducci Family

Janna Kathleen Belfiore, Nicolas Verducci and Nicolette Rose Kelly

Flanigan Family

Jared Stock, Mr. Andy Nicholes and Daniel Gardner

The 2018 Graduating Class

Kaitlin Abad Mazen Salah Abdulla Mikayla Marie Acree Alexander Kyle Adams Brian Nicholas Agostinho Colin Georges Aguesseau Edwin Aguirre-Rosas Dua Ahmad Ramzan C. Ahmad Zyad F. Ali Estephani Alvarado Liam Seamus Andersen Tara Rita Antonacci Julio Cesar Arenas-Toro Camilo Andres Arias John Asian Ryan Charles Astor* Alexander C. Azzizzo Emily Y. Baldarrago Lance G. Bancairen Francesca Marie Bard* Gabrielle M. Barrese Juan J. Bedoya Padrick Aengns Beggs Janna Kathleen Belfiore Taylor Alexa Bellardino* Donald John Bendzak Vinesh Bhalara Raj M. Bhatt Yash K. Bhawsar Vincent R. Bianchi Matthew A. Borecki Alyssa Catherine Borino* Nicholas Caccavale Hayden James Callan Julia M. Campbell Juliet Nicole Campbell Justin Lee Carpentieri Erika Castillo Luis Emilio Castillo* Miggy Yrell Celestino Matthew Chan Eric Johnson Chang Karan Pratap Singh Chauhan* Amayrani G. Chavelas Ellen Binhong Chen Karen Chen* Yonghao Chen Tia Rita Cherbaka Tanvi Chopra lshani Chowatia * Michelle Gloria Ciccarelli Stephania Clavijo * Nicholas Robert Conti Alyssa D. Courtney Nicole K. Courtney Gavyn William Crellin Brianna Lynn Crowley * Stephanie M. Cuervo Brittney Diana D’Mello Tyler V. Da Silva Bria S. Davis Corinne Renee Davis Juhi R. Desai Kavan S. Desai Rudra Devang Desai Eunice Dogbe Wilson D. Done Dylan Richard Dunn Joshua Evans Esperanza Steven Feng Kelly Grace Flanagan Jenna Nicole Gabriele Abigal Anna Garcia Benjamin Ryan Garcia Daniel Peter Garcia Daniel James Gardner Michael D. Gaudio Adam Paul Giovanelli* Avani Goswami* Shrusti Goswami* Katherine J. Grant* Victoria Marie Guarino* Kristine Guevara Justin Gurth* Ahmed Ebrahim Habib Maheem Hasan * Mamdouh Aly Hassan Samantha Hayek Kimberly Aveana Henriquez Aidan Elise Higginbotham Alexis Liana Higginbotham Erik Franklin Holmstrom Raynard Alain Horvath Yi-Hsuan Hsu Alphonse Lawrence Huss Amanda Stephanie lancu Kaitlyn Ann Jackson Vrinda Jain * Jena G. Jan Justin Anthony Jasiecki Katherine S. Jovel Enrique ltzam Juarez Duran Tara Krishnadas Kakkaramadam* Rakshay S. Kanthadai* Sanjay J. Kao* Hemil H. Kapadia Balkiran Kaur* Alison Rose Keane Nicolette Rose Kelly Koria Marie King* Matthew Kwan* Gabrielle Antonio La Rosa Richard Kevin Laforteza* Shauna Marie Lally Toan Le Amber Louise Lee Matthew Alexander Leggett Taylor Brianni Leonard Ching Laam Lin Thomas Mack Mark Frederick Maddox Kyla Isabel Magparangalan Adrian Majcher Brandon Malnarick Heather Mann Megha Mansuria* Vishal Mansuria Angelo Charles Martin Gaven Martung Joseph Louis Mastalia Victoria Elizabeth Mathew Suraj A. Maurya Lauren Rose McLaughlin* Alicia Ann Messina Nirmohi H. Mistry Alicia Marie Mitchell* Peter S. Mitrakos Ananta Moharana Mireilly Fajardo Montoya Brandon Moy Aleese Mukhamedjanova Aytana Muschajew Arjun Michael Nagendran* Sharen Nair Elizabeth Naumov Saketh V. Nibhanupudi Sebastian P. Nichols Shane P. O’Connor Danica Shane Alvarez Olaes Sherilyn Nicole Ostlin Gaetano Pace Ashley Nicole Page Jenna M. Palatini Swaraj Pandya Ravi Parekh* Sweta S. Parekh Andrew Park Jamaal Tyreece Parker Lydia Rose Parker Harsha! Parmar Andrew Pascale Jacqueline Marie Pascale* Sarah Pascale Stephanie Pamela Pascale Jeffrey Philip Paszko Akshay T. Patel Anjali Patel Deep S. Patel Krutarth J. Patel Kush B. Patel Mahik Patel Maya Kamal Patel* Mohit D. Patel Parth D. Patel Preya A. Patel* Rushil Nirav Patel Shashvat Patel Shivani T. Patel* Siddhanth Y. Patel Vritti Bhavesh Patel Zeal Patel Rucha Santosh Patil* Dabasha Paul Kevin R. Perez June Eileen Martin Perigo Jack Daniel Picado* Arijit M. Pingle Cindy Nicole Piza Janelle Ponnor* Jason W. Poon Gianni Posas Krishna J. Prajapati* Christina Proietto Emily Grace Ptashinski Steven Edward Puchalski Geet Bhavik Purohit Oscar Andres Ramirez­-Loaiza Zaina Rathore Mairead Patricia Reo Nora M. Rigolosi Nicolas Rios Jeric Michael Robleza Joshua Matthew Robleza Andrea Kayla Rodriguez Paloma Rodriguez Ruby D. Rodriguez Jillian Mary Rogers* Randall Rosado Amanda R. Rovner Salvatore Zeppi Rubinetti Meliton Rulloda Isabel Sanchez Michael J. Sanford Nicholas Allen Sanford Olivia A. Santore Joshua Santos Zoe Saric Krunali Sundee Shah* Priya Saurabh Shah* Saloni Dipak Shah Sneh Shah* Yuti M. Shah* Jeremy K. Silber Jacob B. Simmons Jordan Kennedy Simpson Gagandeep Singh Prerana Singh Jarred P. Smith Jason Smith Sarika S. Soni Kaitlyn Mary Stearns* Emma Esther Steere Jared Raymond Stock Colleen Marie Sturges David Samuel Sudit Alexis J. Sundquist Brandon Sung* Kyle Sung* Hsin Tai Tammy Tang* Kirsten Rene Taylor Vincent Michael Thiessen Jeremy G. Thomas* Nyah A. Thornton Megan Ryan Tolosi Alan Tomy Crystal Van Tran* Lawrence S. Ullman, Jr.* Juliana T. Urbis* Diana Elizabeth Vargas Brittani E. Vecchia* Ashil Vekaria* Maulik Vekaria Keerthana Venkatesh Nicholas Patrick Verducci* Hannah Ververs* Nikole Abigail Viegas Benjamin Gannon Walek William Harrison Waller Justin C. Wan Albert Wang Adam D. Warner Harrison Tyler Weaver Timothy C. Weinacker Charlene M. White Victoria Witerska Karoline Xiong Yash Yadav Rishi Yagappan Samuel Shi Yu Yang* William Yang* Yuanting Yang Ian Liu Yeh Sarah Zigman Alexa Jean Ziler Eleni Zeis

Note: * denotes students are members of the National Honor Society Chapter.

273 students graduate from Parsippany Hills High School PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany Hills High School Class of 2018 graduated on Thursday, June 21. 273 students received their diplomas after the Conferment of the Degrees by Principal Michael F.

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Scottish Gossip: Rangers, Steven Gerrard, Morelos, Celtic, Edouard, Aberdeen, Dundee Utd, Rooney

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FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Steven Gerrard, the Rangers manager, will have a baptism of fire when he takes his side to Celtic Park to face the champions in only the fourth game of the Ladbrokes Premiership season. (The Times, subscription required)[1]

Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos is a £6m target for clubs in Turkey, China and France. (Scottish Daily Mail)[2]

Celtic have agreed a club record fee with PSG for Odsonne Edouard in a package worth up to £10m for the striker. (Scottish Sun)[3]

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Odsonne Edouard is set to shatter Celtic’s transfer record in a deal worth £9m. (Scottish Daily Mail)

Dundee United are planning an ambitious move for out-of-favour Aberdeen ace Adam Rooney. (Scottish Sun)[4]

Steven Gerrard admitted he had to urgently sort out the Rangers defence and insists latest signing Connor Goldson is a leader who can shore up the rearguard. (Various) [5]

Kenny Miller is torn between becoming a player-manager — or sticking to just playing for now. The veteran former Rangers and Scotland striker is wanted by Livingston for the dual role, while Aberdeen, Hibs and Motherwell are keen on signing him as a frontman. (Scottish Sun)[6]

Former Motherwell, Inverness and Hibernian boss Terry Butcher has been confirmed as the new manager of the Philippines national side – bit insists he’s not there for a holiday. (Various)

Don Cowie is urging Hearts to reunite strikers Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith before the new season starts. (Edinburgh Evening News)[7]

Alan Stubbs, the new StMirren manager, has revealed that his predecessor, Jack Ross, has been helping him choose which players will be jettisoned from the club’s Championship-winning squad before their top-tier campaign. (The Times, print edition)

Dundee United are understood to have pipped Partick Thistle and Ross County to the signature of Belgian defender Frederic Frans. (Courier)[8]

Don Cowie is steeling himself for a gruelling pre-season under Craig Levein – 12 months after Ian Cathro’s inadequate preparations left unfit Hearts on course for calamity. (Scottish Daily Mail)[9]

Rangers have renamed their Auchenhowie training base as the Hummel Training Centre. (Herald, print edition)

Inverness Caley Thistle’s ‘class of 2018′ will prove vital in driving the club forward, according to fans’ favourite David Raven. (Press and Journal)[10]

Dunfermline have agreed a new one-year deal with striker Kallum Higginbotham. (Scotsman, print edition)

OTHER GOSSIP

Edinburgh Rugby coach Richard Cockerill is to follow in the footsteps of his assistant Duncan Hodge and do a bit of cross-sport research during the off-season by picking the brains of his old friend, Hibernian manager Neil Lennon.(Scotsman)[11]

Zander Fagerson insists he won’t need to be a minder to wee brother Matt when he makes his Scotland debut against USA this weekend. (Daily Record, print edition)

Ricky Burns insists he still has fire in the belly as he prepares to clock up his half century in the ring. (Daily Record, print edition)

References

^ (The Times, subscription required) (www.thetimes.co.uk)

^ (Scottish Daily Mail) (www.dailymail.co.uk)

^ (Scottish Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

^ (Scottish Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

^ (Various) (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

^ (Scottish Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

^ (Edinburgh Evening News) (www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com)

^ (Courier) (www.thecourier.co.uk)

^ (Scottish Daily Mail) (www.dailymail.co.uk)

^ (Press and Journal) (www.pressandjournal.co.uk)

^ (Scotsman) (www.scotsman.com)

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