#but I did make a 'book version' of Adrian for the icon because I thought that would be cool

[ash-muses]

Adrian's gaze was still fixed on the Oosquai, absentmindedly and slowly rolling the liquid around the inside of the mug. "Much like nightmares, yes," he agreed lowly, finally meeting Rand's gaze across the table. Then, with a sliver of amusement, he added, "You ask questions you already know the answers to." He took a long pull from his drink, then leaned forward with his elbows on the table, subtly searching Rand's expression. "But I must know what the pay off is; you must know, even those who are greatly experienced find risk in such ventures."

@ash-muses said: "This house is a shadowbox, never meant for human things."

His words seemed to make Rand think, too hard possibly. He had been feeling less than human, of late, although he had never told anyone else about that. Yet Adrian seemed to be know things that Rand didn't and so he didn't see the harm in opening up the door at least the smallest amount. The both of them were Channelers and that linked them in the world where that seemed akin to belonging to The Shadow. "Much like nightmares, right?" He questioned, looking up at him. "Also something that you can help me with, can't you?" He had shielded his dreams from Aes Sedai and Forsaken but he wasn't too sure how much longer that would last without them finding a workaround.

[madrut16]

Poetic Justice - Bloodbound Death Scene Rewrite

Author’s Note: BB ended for good today. My favorite book/series so far. And while I was mostly happy with how the finale turned out, I hate that Jax or Lily had to die. They all deserved to get a good ending. So, I decided to do what I always do when I’m dissatisfied with something PB does, rewrite it! In this, Gaius is the one to push my mc Isabel out of the way instead of how it went in canon. I thought this was a better way to do it so hopefully you like it.

Book: Bloodbound

Warning: trauma, death, violence

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Her heart sank in her chest as Isabel watched the dagger fall out of her hands and onto the wooden floor. 

"No!" she exclaimed. 

Adrenaline pumped in her veins as she scrambled to get up. But, before she could reach the discarded weapon, a tawny colored hand curled around the handle. It was too late. 

When Isabel looked up, her worst fear was confirmed seeing Rheya holding the dagger in her fist. Every sound in the room stopped as all movement slowed, even that of her friends and Gaius. The bloodkeeper knew what she should do now. The only thing she could at this point. Run.

But, as much as she wanted to, her body refused to move. Her mind was paralyzed as the familiar waves of panic rippled through her. Even as Rheya lifted the dagger and hurled it towards her with an angry shriek, she stood there frozen. 

For a few seconds, her trauma pulled her to the past. First, she saw the museum and her death as a human. The phantom pain of that knife buried in her sternum an unbearable presence. Her vision then returned to the memory that haunted her more than any other, back in that awful apartment with Derek. When the person at the time she trusted more than anything almost killed her. 

She finally returned to the present in time to watch in horror as the black tipped blade inched closer. She thought that this time she would be able to defend herself. She was stronger now. Faster. If she simply moved, she could probably out maneuver the blade. But, still even as she cried out in a strangled yelp, she couldn't will herself to do anything. Here she was again unable to do the one thing she had to do to survive. 

She waited as her death hurled towards her once more, the third time the charm. 

Then, she saw a flash of movement before she was pushed violently to the side. Crashing to the floor, she yelped in pain as her eyes searched for the cause of the disturbance. A loud gasp tangled in her throat when she found Gaius standing there, the dagger half buried in his chest. 

He, the person who once killed her, now had saved her life. 

"Gaius?" she stammered. "I...I don't understand...why?" 

The man gave her a weak smile, before wincing in pain. "After everything...I've done, it's the least that I can do."

With a groan, he sank to his knees on the wooden floor. A few days earlier, Isabel would have rejoiced at this. The person who had caused so much pain, especially for the ones she cared about the most, would be getting what they deserved. So why did this feel like the worst thing in the world? 

The pained expression staring at her gave her the answer. 

Because that's who she was. The girl who saw the best in everyone even if the other person didn't deserve it. Even if it meant pain and suffering. It's what kept her staying with Derek too long. That made her refuse the debriefing a year earlier and question the voice in her head telling her Rheya was bad news. 

And for better or worse, it made her feel awful that Gaius wouldn't get the chance to start over like Adrian and Kamilah did. 

"No...," she replied, rushing over to where he wreathed in pain on the floor. "We...we'll just remove the dagger and figure out something. You'll be fine."

Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she turned to see Adrian looking at her, shaking his head. 

"Isabel, it's too late," he told her, his tone grim. 

Beside him, Kamilah nodded. "There's nothing we can do now. He'll start turning Feral any minute now."

The truth sank in and she shook her head  "No...it can't be. This isn't right."

"But it is," Gaius responded through a fit of coughs. "I deserve this more than any of you." He didn't struggle like he had before. 

This time there was no fight left in him. Nothing but resignation. 

"No, that's not true. I still don't necessarily forgive you, but maybe someday I could. And everyone should have a second chance to do the right thing. Even you."

At this, a look of surprise formed on his face. "I...thank you. Believe me, I wish I could. But, you were right Isabel. It seems there is no redemption for me. I don't want to be known as a martyr either. My actions warrant nothing heroic. I will ask one thing though."

Isabel swallowed past the sudden lump in her throat. "What is it?" 

"Finish what we started and end her, whatever it takes. After it’s over, be better than I was. Make sure no one of our kind hurts someone again."

She looked at him. Even this version, with both the good and the bad in their natural balance, she hadn’t expected this. 

After a minute, she nodded. "I...we can do that. I'm sorry it had to be this way."

"So am I." Then, Gaius's attention shifted to Kamilah who looked at him, the stake ready in her hands. Taking a deep, raggedy breath, he gave her a nod. "Go ahead. After everything, it's fitting that it's you."

In an instant, she brought the wooden tip down and pierced it through his chest. They all watched as his skin cracked and turned gray before his body withered away into ash. Just like that he was gone. Isabel knelt on the floor, a complex web of emotions coursing through her. On one hand, she was relieved that he would never be able to harm anyone again. On the other, there was a startling amount of despair and sadness. No one should have to sacrifice themselves for her. Not even Gaius. 

She was angry and tired. So incredibly tired of other people having to fight her battles for her. She felt the others' touch comforting her on her shoulders and back but this was soon drowned out by the raging fire consuming her. The overwhelming power radiated outwards until it caused the room to tremble and floor to quake beneath her feet. The burning anger raged deep inside as she clenched her fingers tightly. 

Looking up, her friends gasped at the sight of her, stumbling backwards. But, she barely paid attention to them. All she could think about was one thing. Revenge. 

"That bitch...is dead."

[biofunmy]

Regina King, Damon Lindelof capture comics’ spirit on HBO

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Characters of HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ including Regina King, Jean Smart and Jeremy Irons talk about their favorite bits of alternative history in the show. USA TODAY

The 2019 landscape of HBO’s “Watchmen” has its reality-stretching quirks: a godlike guy hanging out on Mars, the presence of dirigibles but not cellphones, and President Robert Redford. Oh, and don’t forget the rainstorms of interdimensional baby alien squid.

Look closer, though, and the highly anticipated continuation of the seminal 1980s comic book series shows a divided America not unlike our own as it tackles class struggles, systemic racism and white supremacy. And it’s a new “Watchmen” (premiering Sunday, 9 EDT/PDT) that fully embraces the politically charged and completely bonkers spirit of what came before.

“The world of ‘Watchmen,’ that comic did not shy away at all,” says star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The modern followup acts as “a reminder of our dark history, but also our dark present we’re living in and dealing with right now.”

What we thought: Review: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ wants to end racism, but it’s better at telling superhero stories

HBO’s highly anticipated “Watchmen” series stars (from left) Louis Gossett Jr., Hong Chao, Regina King, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Tim Blake Nelson. (Photo: ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY)

Both the comic and TV version of “Watchmen” (there was also a 2009 film)  are alternate histories of the United States, exploring the ripple effects if superheroes were real.   In their history, we won the Vietnam War with the help of the supremely powerful Dr. Manhattan and the Asian nation became the 51st state. And Richard Nixon wasn’t taken down by Watergate, but instead nixed term limits and served into the 1980s. 

The HBO series is set 34 years after the events of the comic, which took place in an alternate 1985 and saw World War III staved off by a space squid that landed in New York City and killed 3 million people with a psychic blast. This “Watchmen” begins with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and follows that city’s cops, who wear yellow masks to keep their identities secret. They’re fighting  the terrorist group Seventh Kavalry, a modern version of the Ku Klux Klan clad in the headwear of infamous Watchmen vigilante Rorschach. 

Masked cop Angela Abar (Regina King) leads the effort against the white supremacist group Seventh Kavalry in “Watchmen.” (Photo: MARK HILL/HBO)

Initially, executive producer Damon Lindelof (“The Leftovers,” “Lost”) was concerned about “being a cover band, trying to rip off the original ‘Watchmen.’ ” So he aimed to be as original as the ‘80s storyline: Before weaving in elements of the past, the nine-episode first season focuses on Angela Abar (Regina King), a detective who goes by the superhero moniker Sister Night, and other new characters including her husband, Cal Abar (Abdul-Mateen), human lie detector Looking Glass (Tulsa, Oklahoma, native Tim Blake Nelson) and wheelchair-bound mystery man Will Reeves (Louis Gossett Jr.).

Old-school personalities are there, too, and not just Dr. Manhattan on his Martian sojourn. FBI agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart), an original “Watchmen” superhero known as Silk Spectre who now takes down costumed vigilantes, is called to Tulsa and becomes involved in the problems and conspiracies. Enigmatic trillionaire Lady Trieu is also in town, building the equally puzzling Millennium Clock. Then there’s the comic’s hero-turned-antagonist Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), who’s  involved in a strange bit of business at bucolic castle estate.

Listen to this week’s episode of USA TODAY’s podcast, The Mothership, to hear our TV Critic’s six episode review of HBO’s “Watchmen” in the player below.

Lindelof likens a viewer unfamiliar with the “Watchmen” saga to an early follower of Christianity who first hears of Jesus Christ, but finds the New Testament didn’t erase the Old: “Everything that you know is true – Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, Daniel in the lion’s den, the parting of the Red Sea, all of that stuff happened – but we want to tell you this new story as well.”

Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Nicole Kassell are creative forces behind HBO’s “Watchmen,” a continuation of the seminal 1980s comic book. (Photo: ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY)

The seminal “Watchmen” comic is considered sacrosanct  by many. “It really touched me that it’s truly adult,” says executive producer Nicole Kassell, who directs the first two episodes. “There are some very poetic, poignant statements.”

Smart also was unfamiliar with the comic, although her son’s friend “just about passed out” learning she’d be playing an iconic character. Chau hadn’t heard of it either, leading Lindelof to spend two and a half hours explaining the story. “I was like, ‘Wait, what’s going on?!’ It was a lot to digest.”

Irons is another self-described “Watchmen virgin” who stars as the genius antagonist Adrian, whose bizarre journey in the show borrows from the tale-within-a-tale aspect of the comic. “We’re used to storytelling like this at the moment,” he says. “It demands quite a lot of the audience, and I think it’s interesting.”

Jeremy Irons stars as original “Watchmen” character Adrian Veidt in the new HBO series. (Photo: COLIN HUTTON/HBO)

The “Watchmen” comics deconstructed the popular superheroes of the ‘80s, but Lindelof instead focuses on another central theme, how masks cover one’s face yet also reveal something about identity. “We all hide little parts of ourselves, even if it’s just hiding behind sarcasm,” Smart says.

King’s main protagonist wears multiple masks – physical and metaphorical – and “she’s a representation of just every human being,” the actress says. “We switch our masks all the time.”

Gossett connected to that element, and says “it goes deeper than Damon realized. He touched on something very sensitive. From the end of slavery until now, everybody has had to wear a mask of some sort. Our mutual survival as a people has to do with us dropping those masks, once and for all.”

Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) was a superhero in the 1980s and now is an FBI agent hunting masked vigilantes in “Watchmen.” (Photo: MARK HILL/HBO)

Digging into issues of the day is also a “Watchmen” hallmark. The original comic wrestled with Cold War paranoia and nuclear fears, so it made sense to Lindelof that race be central to the new series. And “because I’m a white guy,” making sure he treated those issues with respect worried and challenged him.

“I can listen to the ‘1619’ podcast or talk about all the Ta-Nehisi Coates books I’ve read until I’m blue in the face,” Lindelof says. But “when I walk into a department store, nobody is following me around. I’m not getting pulled over. But at the same time, I don’t think that you can tell any story, fictional or otherwise, that sort of models the realities of living in America today that is not dealing with race. It just comes up in every way, shape and form.”

Eccentric masked man Looking Glass (Tim Blake Nelson, center) is a part of a Tulsa police force who hide their identities in “Watchmen.” (Photo: MARK HILL/HBO)

The show “is a version of our world, but it also pokes at (the issue of), well, we can end up here,” King says. “You can’t help but kind of go, ‘Huh. Did Damon have a crystal ball in some ways?” Angela represents  “the history of black people in America: It’s your history, taken away from you and not knowing where you’re from.”

“Watchmen” is an alt-history tale, yet its extremes “reflect back on us exactly what we’re experiencing in America right now in terms of friction points,” says Nelson. It’s the kind of show that examines those points “and demands that, yes, it is worth picking at some of these scars.”

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[oliverdant]

When The CW’s Arrow resumes Season 5, it will be all hands on deck as Oliver & Co. set out to find Adrian Chase aka Prometheus, who brutally bested his WITSEC detail upon realizing his jig as a mild-mannered D.A. was up. 

Now among Team Arrow’s hodgepodge of assets is Dinah Drake, who slowly but surely has assumed the role of Black Canary (about a year, in real time, after Laurel Lance’s tragic death). 

TVLine spoke with newcomer Juliana Harkavy about whipping herself into crimefighting shape, the secret to the Canary Cry, Dinah’s dynamic with her teammates and the prospect of a showdown with her predecessor’s devious doppelganger. 

TVLINE | When did your journey to Arrow begin? And what did it involve? 

It began in October, and it was a really quick process. It was basically an audition on Tuesday, the callback was Wednesday, and at 4am Friday I had a car pick me up to take me to Vancouver. I had just moved back to L.A., so it was all sort of a whirlwind when it all did happen. 

TVLINE | Did they tell you that your character ultimately would be inheriting the mantle of Black Canary? Which is kind of a big deal. 

After I booked it, they sort of told me everything that the role entailed. I had no idea that it was this big or this iconic or this epic, so it was very exciting when I found out. I had no idea going in. 

TVLINE | Caity Lotz of course brought dance and some martial arts skills to the role, and Katie Cassidy was no stranger to the gym during her run. Do you bring anything innately physical to the table? 

Well, I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life. I have done dancing as well. Not really much martial arts, but I felt confident in the gym. And when I got here, they instantly started to teach me all the techniques and put me with trainers…. But I did feel confident, physically, going in. 

TVLINE | Had you ever thrown a punch in your life? Smacked somebody? 

No. [Laughs] I joke but I’m sort of serious: I’ve always wanted to get into a fight. I know that sounds horrible, but I always had the desire to see what it’s like. There’s something that seems so fulfilling about punching somebody. It’s good that I got this role, so I don’t end up hurting anyone for real. [Laughs] 

TVLINE | How has your fitness regimen changed since joining Arrow? I cruised your Instagram, and you seem to have a healthy perspective on the whole thing, how it’s not about being “skinny” but “strong.” 

That’s exactly right. One of the things that happened after I got this job and learned I’d be training and learning bo staff, is they said, “We don’t want you to be skinny. We don’t want you to lose weight and restrict food.” Bam, our stunt coordinator [James Bamford], has been my biggest supporter when it comes to that. He said, “I would almost rather you have no neck because you’re so muscular than come to me and be unhealthy because you’re trying to be skinny. Superheroes have muscle, they’re strong. You don’t have to worry about a number on a scale.” From that moment on, it wasn’t stressful, it wasn’t like I have to work out because I have look a certain way. It was because I want to be strong, I want to be a superhero, to be able to stand up there with these big guys. It’s been probably the most healthy I’ve felt, because mentally I feel healthier as well going into it. 

TVLINE | I liked one photo you shared, showing off your new lats. 

Thanks! I’m working on it. It’s just so fun to wake up in the morning and have new muscles on your body. It does make you feel like a bigger, better version of yourself. 

TVLINE | Now a couple of months into your run, how would you describe Dinah’s relationship with Oliver, with Diggle? 

I think that these are the people she’s allowed herself to get closest to in a very long time. This is the first group that she’s allowed herself to be vulnerable with. Oliver was the one who sought her out and let her in, so her connection to him in particular is a special one. She has a particular fondness for Oliver — not in a romantic way, but as a partner. And with Diggle, he’s the second in command, and that appeals to Dinah. She likes to sort of team up and go on runs with him. He’s a competent fighter and so is she. 

TVLINE | It’s kind of like whereas Oliver brought Dinah in, Diggle has been the one who got her settled in and showed her how to be a team member. 

Exactly. That’s such a good way to put it. It’s a really nice dynamic, and it does make it feel like a big family where we’re all working together and helping each other. 

TVLINE | Well speaking of “family,” I almost feel like Dinah is a smart-ass big sister to Rene and Curtis. 

[Laughs] For sure. I think Dinah is sort of used to being “one of the boys,” so she’s not afraid to tease them or play with them a bit and mock them. That’s definitely part of her character. 

TVLINE | Burning question: On set, are you actually screaming when doing the Canary Cry, or just popping open your mouth? 

That’s a good question. In the shot that you’re talking about (below), I was definitely just mouthing it. A silent scream. But when we’re fighting and it already has that energy behind it, I will scream. You have to pick and choose your screams so you don’t blow your voice out. 

TVLINE | I think it was Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s Chloe Bennet who said that it’s almost ridiculous to watch the filming of such scenes without the effects, where Daisy is just jutting her open palm at someone, looking angry. 

It is! But one cool thing that they do on set is “blow people back.” So, nothing will come out of my mouth, but they’ll launch these dudes back like 15, 20 feet, which is really exciting. It does sort of feel like your really doing it in the moment. 

TVLINE | Can we talk about the impracticality of Dinah’s wallet chain? I know it makes her look tough, but in close-quarters combat I’m just grabbing that and yanking her around. [Laughs] You know, at a certain point it just gets annoying when you’re fighting dudes all day and you keep losing your wallet, misplacing your license. She’s over it. She’s a very practical, smart girl. 

TVLINE | Whats the team’s next move against Adrian Chase? He just whacked the WITSEC guys and is now in the wind…. 

They’re on it. They’re on it. He’s in the wind, but something tells me that Team Arrow will find a way. They want to get him, and I hope that they do. 

TVLINE | There’s been talk that the next episode (airing Wednesday, April 26) could just as well be titled, “Team Arrow vs. Team Felicity.” Talk about that a bit. How does that conflict manifest itself? 

Felicity has a lot of really good ideas, and I think that she might want to exercise them — regardless of what the team thinks. Felicity is always helping out, she’s always doing what the team wants and she’s always a team player, but sometimes we have differences in opinion. She’s extremely intelligent, so… 

TVLINE | Is this about Team Arrow and Felicity and the Helix kids having different ideas about how to get Adrian?

It does involve all of that, yeah. But it’s more than that. Helix is definitely involved in Felicity’s approach to how she thinks we can best catch Adrian Chase. 

TVLINE | In photos, Helix is all uniformed up, Felicity herself has on a fetch cap…. Will there be a physical skirmish, or more a war of minds? 

It’s going to be a bit of everything, because we have the whole physical aspect, where we’re obviously going to be fighting, while Helix is more into mental games. It’s going to be interesting. There are a lot of layers to the conflict. 

TVLINE | And what can you tell me about the season finale? I heard Marc [Guggenheim] say it doesn’t even take place in Star City.

It does not. And it is epic. It is so much bigger than I thought, than I imagined it would be. It’s just amazing. When I read it, it almost felt like doing a film. It’s really exciting. 

TVLINE | Does Dinah get to bust out any new moves? Are there any “firsts” for you as an actress over these last few episodes? 

Yeah, there actually are! She’s coming into her own. She’s getting stronger, she’s getting better. 

TVLINE | Katie Cassidy Arrow Season 6 Katie Cassidy Siren of course is due back by season’s end, and will be a regular for Season 6. Safe to say we’re fated for a Black Canary/Black Siren face-off at some point? 

I actually don’t know if a face-off is in store, but that would be epic! 

TVLINE | Lastly, how do you feel your reception from the fans has been? They can be a pretty particular bunch, and yet I actually feel like they’re OK with you — which often can be the highest praise. 

They are, they really are. They’ve been incredibly welcoming and accepting…. I didn’t know what to expect after I found out what this job was, because it was bigger than I realized. The fact that they have been so gracious has been a blessing, because this goes back a long time, this story and these characters. They’ve been wonderful.

[samischrader]

Purpose

Personal or cultural schedule by time, day and year.

Most historical societies are day, solar year, and lunation (the moon or lunar eclipse)

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The first calendars are believed to have been created during the last glacial period, by hunter-gathers who employed tools such as sticks and bones to track phases of the moon or seasons.

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During the Neolithic Era, stone circles, like Stonehenge where build in various parts of the world, especially in prehistoric Europe.

Ø  Thought to have been used to time and predict seasonal events such as equinoxes or solstices.  

Ø  No recorded history of this time. So little is known of their calendars or timekeeping methods.

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Ø  Methods of Sexagesimal (six-a-gess-mal) timekeeping, now common in both western and eastern societies, where first established nearly 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ø  The Babylonians (todays Iraqu) used a year of 12 alternating 29 day and 30 day lunar months, giving a 354 day year. In contrast, the Mayans of Central America relied not only on the Sun and Moon, but also the planet Venus, to establish 260 day and 365 day calendars.

Ø  This spread over the Central America.

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Ø  Eventually led to the great Aztec Calendar Stone.

Ø  Our present Civilization adopted a 365 day solar calendar with a leap year occurring every fourth year.

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Ø  In 45 B.C.E. Julius Caesar introduced his calendar.

Ø  Making January 1st the start of the new year, because it was always the date on which the solar number and the golden number where incremented.

Ø  The Church tried changing this, because they did not like the parties that happened

Ø  But since 1600 most countries have used 1 January as the first of the year.

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Arrow < >

Purpose: Is a graphical symbol or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction.

Ø  Has been used as a symbol for less than 400 years.

Ø  Early map making and diagrams the arrow is illustrated as an archer’s arrow.

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Empirical origins

Engraved into the pavement of the ancient Greek city Ephesus in the first century AD, is a symbol of a footprint and a women’s face. Believed when united is read “Walk in the direction that the food is pointing towards to reach brothel.”

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Ø  Pointing fingers are also used in early printed texts and manuscripts.

Ø  referred to by a variety of names, including printer’s fist, pointers, and manicules

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One of the earliest uses of the arrow being used toward symbolizom was in Bernard Forest deBélidor’s treatise Hydraulic Architecture, published in France in 1737.

Also around this time arrows where being used in maps to show water flow.

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abstraction & variation

> By the mid-to-late nineteenth-century, there is a shifting trend in how the arrow is rendered.

Ø  For Swiss typographer and designer Adrian Frutiger, this is the essential and defining feature of an arrow that will communicate its basic function.

Ø  English cartographer Emil Reich is credited with pioneering the application of arrows for analytical and pedagogical uses in his book, A New Student’s Atlas of English History.9

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In 1922, German mathematician David Hilbert introduces the arrow symbol to represent logical implication, so that a formula may read as follows, “X implies Z,”

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Today the arrow is used all over the place and in many different forms.

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The magnifying glass is commonly used as a symbolic representation for the ability to search or zoom, especially in computer software and websites.

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One of the earliest traceable uses of a magnifying glass in a user interface was created by Keith Ohlfs

Ø  Ohlfs wasa graphic designer and illustrator for NeXT in 1987

Ø  responsible for designing the graphical elements of the UI in the NeXT Workspace Manager

Ø  his choice of icon for NeXT’s Find feature might have set the precedent that we’ve been following ever since

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Window Control

View a list of events: In month view, tap  to see the day’s events. (Tap  again to return to month view.)

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Is new and only used mainly in newer iphone icon systems.

Not a lot into on it so I broke it down.

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The three lines in apple products has represented customizing ones space or files. Customize Controls, then press and hold next to the controls and drag them in the order that you want them.

Related back to the file icon, just a simplified version.

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File icon relates back to the idea of filing data, history, etc. into archives.

Ø  Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime.

Ø  A system used for thousands of years. As far back as second millennia BC.

Ø  Where they would store stone tablets.

Ø  The ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans would also store and organize their papyrus scrolls.

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Window history

> First used as a way of lighting and letting smoke escape.

Ø  In the 13th century BC, the earliest windows were unglazed openings in a roof to admit light during the day.

Ø  Later, were covered with animal hide, cloth, or wood.

Ø  The Romans were the first known to use glass for windows, a product first made in Roman Egypt

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First time translated digitally on PC’s Xerox program

Apple took that idea of icons to navigate and tried to simplify it the Lisa Office system

We now see drag and drop file copying, movable windows and fancy new icons today.  

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Meaning add to

Addition

The + is a simplification of the Latin word and "et"

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Ø  The study of mathematics has existed since ancient times. Multiplication tables and other math exercises have been found carved into Babylonian tablets from some 3,700 years ago.

Ø  Nicole Oresme's manuscripts from the 14th century show what may be one of the earliest uses of the plus sign "+”

Ø  Before the P and M where used in mathematics to represent adding

Ø  The Maltese cross was another attempt at a plus sign, but when writing fast it does not work as well.

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Robert Recorde, the designer of the equals sign, introduced plus and minus to Britain in 1557.

Since then the symbols that have become entwined with our conception of math.

[madrut16]

Day 8: Haunted

For Day 8 of the @choicesjulychallenge

Book/Pairing: Bloodbound (Adrian x MC)

Rating: PG-13 (Warning: mentions of abuse)

Summary: After waking up from her nightmare while in Vegas, Isabel is forced to relive the worst night of her life and is forced to reveal what exactly happened with her ex Derek. 

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“A...drian...”

Isabel jolted awake as a muffled scream escaped, and she gasped loudly as her heart hammered in terror as the setting of the Vegas hotel room slowly registered with her. Suddenly, she felt a warm hand on her shoulder and she jumped away instinctively. 

“Isabel...it’s me, you’re fine,” Adrian murmured, his eyes roaming all over her trembling form. 

Everything was still fresh and she painstakingly began to separate him from the version she had just seen in the nightmare. 

She shook her head. “Thank god...it’s not real.”

“Another nightmare?” he questioned, his brows furrowing in concern. She felt herself start to calm down. He wasn't going to hurt her. 

She gave him a nod. “You...you were in it...this time. At least, it looked like it was you. I felt...I felt so safe. But, then you...reached out...and...you suddenly...ch-ch...,” she trailed off, unable to bear finishing the sentence. “Oh god, it was horrible!”

“Then what? What did you see me do?” he asked, now becoming worried. 

She opened her mouth to answer when a familiar violent flashback began to consume her from just over a year prior. Memories of the one night she wanted to desperately forget.

"No," she whimpered.

She used to have them constantly but this was the first one to hit her since meeting Adrian and becoming his assistant and then more. She had hoped that they had stopped for good, that he had somehow been able to cure them. But she knew the truth, that wasn’t how trauma worked. 

Once again she saw the image of Derek standing in front of her while she was pressed up against the wall. It started out as yet another argument, which he usually won with his slick manipulation and fierce temper that could intimidate her like no other. This time, however, she had refused to back down and he met it with icy coldness. 

She remembered him seizing her, his short nails digging into her skin enough to draw blood and the slap that came afterward. How much her cheek stung in pain and her eyes watered. That and the violent shaking she was used to putting up with since they had started a few months earlier. Yet that night for some reason it wasn’t acceptable to her anymore. She realized what everyone was trying to tell her for years had been true. She was being abused by him, probably for years at that point.

She then remembered with a sob when Derek grabbed her neck, just like in the dream with Adrian, but that time it was painfully real. She recalled the knife and how tightly it was pressed, first to her collarbone, the red making her start to panic as it seeped out through the blade. Then, when that didn't satisfy him, he moved it to where his hand held her. Isabel could still feel the warmth of the blood trickling down from both wounds that had cut gashes a couple of inches deep. He had just started to make the fatal or near fatal cut when suddenly her army vet neighbor broke into the apartment and saved her. 

In mere seconds, she relived all of this and a wave of panic began to flood into her which she was also used to, being a standard accompaniment to the flashbacks. 

“Isabel? Talk to me!” Adrian pleaded in bewilderment. He tried to reach for her once more but she quickly backed away from him to the edge of the bed, something she thought she had finally learned not to do. “What did I do?”

“Not...you...him," she tried to choke out before her mind shut off its ability for rational thought. "No! Not...not again!”

Her sobs were deafening as she started to hyperventilate as the invisible walls closed in, threatening to crush her. "Oh God, I can't...I can't breathe!"

The trauma Isabel thought she had under control continued to resurface all at once. She held her now impossibly heavy chest and she gasped for air, curling up in the fetal position as the distinctly familiar feeling of being suffocated rocketed through her.

Adrian looked at her in shock and extreme worry, trying to process everything. He had never seen her so fearful, so helpless. His analytical mind then lingered on her last words while in the dream and suddenly a look of realization hit him like a slap to the face. 

“No...I...hurt you?!” The color drained from his face and he looked at his hands and then back at her, his expression darkening. “Shit, no...no! Goddammit!” he growled, his eyes flickering from brown to red. “I thought I was past this!"

Then, he abruptly got up in haste and Isabel vaguely heard the doors to the balcony slam shut. After several more minutes, she started to come down from the panic attack. Eventually, she returned almost back to normal and the pressure lifted, leaving a tired ache in its place. 

Still sniffling, she scanned the room and realized that Adrian was gone. Her hand reached for the space he had left, no longer afraid. In fact, she wanted to be as close to him as possible. Confused, she sat there until she let out a gasp, figuring out why he had left so suddenly.

"Oh no. Adrian."

Her eyes flicked to the balcony and she noticed him out there leaning against the balcony and her brows creased with concern at his gloomy expression. Did he really think that it was his fault? She had to remedy that. She hated talking about anything related to Derek, the feelings she got whenever she did were still blisteringly painful. But, she couldn’t deny the truth or prevent the inevitable, his ghost was starting to haunt what she had now. She couldn't put off this conversation any longer. 

Putting on her silk nightgown, she made some green tea before walking over. Her eyes widened as she opened the glass door and saw that some of it was cracked and the frame was bent.

Hearing her as she stepped outside into the twilight, Adrian looked over at her cautiously. 

She gave him a half-hearted smile as if signaling that she wasn't hostile. “Hey.”

“Isabel.” He swallowed as stopped in the open space next to him. Hesitating, he asked, “Are you alright?”

Letting out a sigh, she gave him a tired smile. “I will be.”

That's the answer she always provided when the question had been asked before. A standard reply. But somehow, when she said it to him, she wished more than ever that the empty phrase would come true. 

“I’m sorry," he said abruptly, bringing her out of her head. "I don’t know what has become of me lately.”

Taking a sip of the warm beverage in her hands, she frowned. “What do you mean?” 

He looked down at the concrete in shame. “I wish that I could tell you that I would never be capable of what you saw in the dream...but clearly you know that I am.”

“Wait...you mean...what you did to Langdon?” 

She knew that ever since he killed him that he felt remorse, but she had no idea that it was this extreme. 

He nodded reluctantly. “Vampires...we have a dark side. All of us, including me. And back when I was...loyal to Gaius, I gave into it. Let him nurture it. And I’ve tried for so long to fight it, almost a century now. I thought I finally had this under control,” he looked away from her, his jaw clenching as he stared out towards the horizon. “But I guess not.”

“Adrian...I’m not mad at you for what happened back there. I was...shocked and yes a little frightened for a moment...but not angry. I know that you lost control and that you would give everything to take it back. That you just wanted to protect us. It doesn’t change how I see you.”

“Are you sure of that?” he implored his gaze meeting hers. “You were pretty scared of me just now, in there." He gestured towards the room. "I caused that."

Setting the mug down on the railing, she closed the gap between them. "No, you didn't. I don't know if what happened earlier caused the dream but it was just that...a dream. I know that you would never actually hurt me."

He gave her a dubious expression. "But, you--"

"Adrian, no." She interrupted, let out a sigh. "Believe me, I spent five years with someone who actually did. Almost died because the last time he went a little too far. It's how I got these." 

She pulled her hair off of her neck, revealing her two silvery-white scars now clearly visible from the bright lights of the Strip shining on them. 

Her words reached him and as he looked at them, his eyes widened in horrified shock. "What? Who?"

"Derek." The name felt like pure poison. "That's why I won't talk about him, I can't. That panic attack after coming out of the nightmare was from me remembering that night. It's not the first time and it certainly won't be the last. It had nothing to do with you."

"I had no idea," Adrian told her. "I'm sorry that happened."

She shrugged. "Yeah, me too. And I hate that I'm still not over it, that after all this time he still has a hold on me."

He gave her an incredulous stare. "Of course he does, it's abuse. That's hard to let go of."

"I know," Isabel replied. "But, it hasn't just brought pain. A lot of good things wouldn't have happened if that hadn't." Meeting his gaze, a tiny smile appeared, like the sun shining through a gloomy sky.

His expression began to brighten as well. "Like what?"

"Well, for starters, I wouldn't have met Lily and now we’re practically inseparable," she answered. "And, I wouldn't have had the courage to turn down a job offer at Mannon and risk not being able to find another one. And I definitely wouldn't have applied to be your assistant. I wouldn't know you."

Her smile widened when she saw that he was finally starting to believe her. "You're sure that you're not afraid of me?"

Isabel responded with a kiss that left them both feeling spellbound. "Does that answer your question?" she quipped, her fiery personality poking through again. 

His signature grin graced his features. "Maybe, I might need a little more though, just to be sure."

She rolled her eyes but was more than happy to oblige, relishing in the feeling safe in his arms once more. 

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Regina King, Damon Lindelof capture comics’ spirit on HBO

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Characters of HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ including Regina King, Jean Smart and Jeremy Irons talk about their favorite bits of alternative history in the show. USA TODAY

The 2019 landscape of HBO’s “Watchmen” has its reality-stretching quirks: a godlike guy hanging out on Mars, the presence of dirigibles but not cellphones, and President Robert Redford. Oh, and don’t forget the rainstorms of interdimensional baby alien squid.

Look closer, though, and the highly anticipated continuation of the seminal 1980s comic book series shows a divided America not unlike our own as it tackles class struggles, systemic racism and white supremacy. And it’s a new “Watchmen” (premiering Sunday, 9 EDT/PDT) that fully embraces the politically charged and completely bonkers spirit of what came before.

“The world of ‘Watchmen,’ that comic did not shy away at all,” says star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The modern followup acts as “a reminder of our dark history, but also our dark present we’re living in and dealing with right now.”

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HBO’s highly anticipated “Watchmen” series stars (from left) Louis Gossett Jr., Hong Chao, Regina King, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Tim Blake Nelson. (Photo: ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY)

Both the comic and TV version of “Watchmen” (there was also a 2009 film)  are alternate histories of the United States, exploring the ripple effects if superheroes were real.   In their history, we won the Vietnam War with the help of the supremely powerful Dr. Manhattan and the Asian nation became the 51st state. And Richard Nixon wasn’t taken down by Watergate, but instead nixed term limits and served into the 1980s. 

The HBO series is set 34 years after the events of the comic, which took place in an alternate 1985 and saw World War III staved off by a space squid that landed in New York City and killed 3 million people with a psychic blast. This “Watchmen” begins with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and follows that city’s cops, who wear yellow masks to keep their identities secret. They’re fighting  the terrorist group Seventh Kavalry, a modern version of the Ku Klux Klan clad in the headwear of infamous Watchmen vigilante Rorschach. 

Masked cop Angela Abar (Regina King) leads the effort against the white supremacist group Seventh Kavalry in “Watchmen.” (Photo: MARK HILL/HBO)

Initially, executive producer Damon Lindelof (“The Leftovers,” “Lost”) was concerned about “being a cover band, trying to rip off the original ‘Watchmen.’ ” So he aimed to be as original as the ‘80s storyline: Before weaving in elements of the past, the nine-episode first season focuses on Angela Abar (Regina King), a detective who goes by the superhero moniker Sister Night, and other new characters including her husband, Cal Abar (Abdul-Mateen), human lie detector Looking Glass (Tulsa, Oklahoma, native Tim Blake Nelson) and wheelchair-bound mystery man Will Reeves (Louis Gossett Jr.).

Old-school personalities are there, too, and not just Dr. Manhattan on his Martian sojourn. FBI agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart), an original “Watchmen” superhero known as Silk Spectre who now takes down costumed vigilantes, is called to Tulsa and becomes involved in the problems and conspiracies. Enigmatic trillionaire Lady Trieu is also in town, building the equally puzzling Millennium Clock. Then there’s the comic’s hero-turned-antagonist Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), who’s  involved in a strange bit of business at bucolic castle estate.

Listen to this week’s episode of USA TODAY’s podcast, The Mothership, to hear our TV Critic’s six episode review of HBO’s “Watchmen” in the player below.

Lindelof likens a viewer unfamiliar with the “Watchmen” saga to an early follower of Christianity who first hears of Jesus Christ, but finds the New Testament didn’t erase the Old: “Everything that you know is true – Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, Daniel in the lion’s den, the parting of the Red Sea, all of that stuff happened – but we want to tell you this new story as well.”

Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Nicole Kassell are creative forces behind HBO’s “Watchmen,” a continuation of the seminal 1980s comic book. (Photo: ROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY)

The seminal “Watchmen” comic is considered sacrosanct  by many. “It really touched me that it’s truly adult,” says executive producer Nicole Kassell, who directs the first two episodes. “There are some very poetic, poignant statements.”

Smart also was unfamiliar with the comic, although her son’s friend “just about passed out” learning she’d be playing an iconic character. Chau hadn’t heard of it either, leading Lindelof to spend two and a half hours explaining the story. “I was like, ‘Wait, what’s going on?!’ It was a lot to digest.”

Irons is another self-described “Watchmen virgin” who stars as the genius antagonist Adrian, whose bizarre journey in the show borrows from the tale-within-a-tale aspect of the comic. “We’re used to storytelling like this at the moment,” he says. “It demands quite a lot of the audience, and I think it’s interesting.”

Jeremy Irons stars as original “Watchmen” character Adrian Veidt in the new HBO series. (Photo: COLIN HUTTON/HBO)

The “Watchmen” comics deconstructed the popular superheroes of the ‘80s, but Lindelof instead focuses on another central theme, how masks cover one’s face yet also reveal something about identity. “We all hide little parts of ourselves, even if it’s just hiding behind sarcasm,” Smart says.

King’s main protagonist wears multiple masks – physical and metaphorical – and “she’s a representation of just every human being,” the actress says. “We switch our masks all the time.”

Gossett connected to that element, and says “it goes deeper than Damon realized. He touched on something very sensitive. From the end of slavery until now, everybody has had to wear a mask of some sort. Our mutual survival as a people has to do with us dropping those masks, once and for all.”

Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) was a superhero in the 1980s and now is an FBI agent hunting masked vigilantes in “Watchmen.” (Photo: MARK HILL/HBO)

Digging into issues of the day is also a “Watchmen” hallmark. The original comic wrestled with Cold War paranoia and nuclear fears, so it made sense to Lindelof that race be central to the new series. And “because I’m a white guy,” making sure he treated those issues with respect worried and challenged him.

“I can listen to the ‘1619’ podcast or talk about all the Ta-Nehisi Coates books I’ve read until I’m blue in the face,” Lindelof says. But “when I walk into a department store, nobody is following me around. I’m not getting pulled over. But at the same time, I don’t think that you can tell any story, fictional or otherwise, that sort of models the realities of living in America today that is not dealing with race. It just comes up in every way, shape and form.”

Eccentric masked man Looking Glass (Tim Blake Nelson, center) is a part of a Tulsa police force who hide their identities in “Watchmen.” (Photo: MARK HILL/HBO)

The show “is a version of our world, but it also pokes at (the issue of), well, we can end up here,” King says. “You can’t help but kind of go, ‘Huh. Did Damon have a crystal ball in some ways?” Angela represents  “the history of black people in America: It’s your history, taken away from you and not knowing where you’re from.”

“Watchmen” is an alt-history tale, yet its extremes “reflect back on us exactly what we’re experiencing in America right now in terms of friction points,” says Nelson. It’s the kind of show that examines those points “and demands that, yes, it is worth picking at some of these scars.”

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