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The secret history of Napoleon Bonaparte: Watching “The Emperor’s New Clothes” (2002) starring Ian Holm
We saw “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” an idiosyncratic and charming historical romantic-comedy that starred Ian Holm and came out in 2002.
Napoleon, in exile on the island of St. Helena after his defeat at Waterloo, executes a scheme to escape and be replaced on the island by a double, a common seaman who looks exactly like Napoleon, whose name is Eugene Lenormand. Napoleon will settle in Paris incognito, and the false Napoleon will reveal his true identity, as will the true Napoleon. France will rally and the empire will be restored.
But the plan goes wrong, and Napoleon needs to survive in Paris as Lenormand.
Fortunately for Napoleon, he’s taken in by a pretty widow.
But Napoleon never loses hope, and never stops planning to resume his rightful place as emperor.
Meawhile, he and the widow fall in love. She thinks he’s just Lenormand, a commoner like her, maybe someone who once did prison time.
Holm plays both Napoleon and the sailor Lenormand. He gives two great performances. As Napoleon, Holm is commanding, striding about erect with his hands clasped behind him. And he’s also sad and brave as he adjusts to life without the trappings and luxury of power.
In an early scene, Napoleon, disguised as Lenornmand, commands his ship’s captain to change course immediately and head for France. Holm’s performance is appropriately imperious, and you can easily imagine that underlings would be terrified to receive a command like that from the emperor. But now Napoleon is living the life of a common deckhand, and the ship’s captain just laughs at him.
Later, Napoleon marshals the same charisma to inspire rather than intimidate, and succeeds in rallying a band of struggling street vendors to sell fresh fruit.
Meanwhile, on St. Helena, the false Napoleon is enjoying his captivity. It’s a prison, but it’s posh and luxurious, with fine food, beautiful art and clothing, and servants to tend to Lenormand’s needs. In character as Lenormand, Holm is boorish, gluttonous, drunk and loud. His scenes are played for low comedy.
Iben Hjejle plays the widow, whom everybody calls “Pumpkin.” She’s a Danish actor, probably best known to American audiences for appearing as John Cusack’s girlfriend in “High Fidelity.” Pumpkin is your basic romantic-comedy woman’s role; she’s an auxiliary to the man. Her job is to look beautiful and adore Napoleon (whom she knows as Lenormand). Hjeile does the job. I’d like to see her in a real role sometime.
The magic of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is that it commits to the bit. It takes its premise seriously.
As Roger Ebert noted in a 2002 review, you can easily imagine the movie going in a broad, Monty Python direction, but instead, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is “a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy.”
The dialogue and acting are first-rate, and the costumes and settings are up to the standards of any historical drama.
I was intrigued by “The Emperor’s New Clothes” because of a mention the movie got on the Age of Napoleon podcast, an extremely detailed history of the life and world of Napoleon, which has been running for seven years and isn’t anywhere near done. I’ve been listening to the podcast for several years.
The host, Everett Rummage, said he thought “The Emperor’s New Clothes” was the only movie that he ever saw that truly captured Napoleon’s character. This was before the current Ridley Scott movie came out.
Having now seen “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” I can absolutely see Rummage’s point. Granted, pretty much everything I know about Napoleon comes from Rummage’s podcast. But we know that Napoleon started as a minor nobleman in Corsica, went to French military school and quickly soared through the ranks during the Revolution. Napoleon was arrogant, but he also had a common touch. He was a democrat with a small “d,” unimpressed by aristocracy and valuing talent, character, and loyalty over inherited titles. He slept on the ground with his men in battle, gave them personal attention, and they loved him. We see all these qualities in “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” When the fictional Napoleon is required to scrub decks, sleep in a barn and rub elbows with street vendors, well, we can imagine that Napoleon had experience with that kind of thing.
In reality, Napoleon was a genius. He was an enlightened ruler who swept aside the old order and instituted more egalitarian forms of government that are influential to this day. He nurtured science, scholarship and the arts.
And Napoleon was also a bloodthirsty murderer, tyrant and monster who bathed Europe in blood and re-instituted a regime of brutal slavery that Haiti still has not recovered from more than two centuries later.
We only see the good side of Napoleon in “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” His evil is dealt with in a single line of dialogue. Which is as it should be in this particular movie.
The movie is loosely based on a novel by Simon Ley, “The Death of Napoleon.” Writer Peter Hicks compares the two. Hicks says the book is “a sustained elegy on the wisdom of recognising the important things in life, such as love, happiness, modest success,” which are far more important than the “chimaeras of power and military glory.” The movie has the same theme. As Ebert says, Napoleon gradually realizes that “the best of all worlds may involve selling melons and embracing Pumpkin.”
In an afterword to a 2006 edition of the book, Leys said the movie “was both sad and funny: sad, because Napoleon was interpreted to perfection by an actor (Ian Holm) whose performance made me dream of what could have been achieved had the producer and director bothered to read the book."
Based on Hicks’s description, I think I would prefer the movie and I am not tempted to read the book.
P.S. Hugh Bonneville, who stars “Downton Abbey” as Robert Crawley, plays a supporting role in “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” I didn’t recognize him.
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Week 3 in Denmark!
This week in Denmark, I finally got to start working at my Summer Internship! I met Jakob Tørring, he manages a recruitment agency in Copenhagen called the Nyberg Group. The Nyberg Group is a recruitment agency that helps clients like Deloitte, Pandora, or Siemens connect with the right candidates for certain positions. As a small company, the Nyberg Group was housed in a beautiful Danish WeWork: Ordnung. Whenever I went into the office, Jakob would also provide me with a Danish lunch! Even though this office was over a half hour bike ride from my residence, it was a great deal of fun to come into the office!
In our first meeting, I gave Jakob my resume, and we talked about how I could best help him during the short 6 week internship. Since Jakob didn’t know who the intern would be, he didn’t have an intern project in mind for me to complete. This was one of the first times that I got to choose my own project scope for the internship. I found this process challenging as I wanted to step outside my comfort zone of exclusively computer science work and try to find something to do that dealt with the business side of entrepreneurship. This led me to choosing a project scope that automated the research process of head hunting. Essentially, I will create a Python script that will scrape linkedin profiles and translate all of that data into a simple excel spreadsheet.
Beyond the internship, in the entrepreneurship course this week, we dived into understanding our customer. My group and I are working on Gro-Share-ies. This is a rideshare app where we hire students with cars to drive carpools of students without cares to and from grocery stores. For these customers, we created a list of Jobs, Pains, and Gains that they will face from using our app.
In this process, I learned how to think about the customer differently. What jobs are you providing the customer to do? How does the customer gain from this product? What pains does the product solve for the customer? Between these questions, I began to truly understand how we as entrepreneurs can serve our customers in more ways than one.
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2021 / 29
Aperçu of the Week:
"You can tell a person's character by the jokes he laughs at."
Alfred Biolek
Biolek is a veteran of German television. In the 1970s, he produced the most successful TV show, "Am laufenden Band," and then he was in front of the camera himself: first talking and hosting, later also cooking, in each case as the first (!) in his field. Thanks to him, people in this country know Monty Python and The Police, for example. A great man, a star without airs and graces, an innovator and cultural leader, a man who was never prejudiced, never unfair, always in a good mood, always interested, never superficial, always friendly, who stood by his homosexuality - at a time when it was still considered disreputable, not only in his industry. I had the privilege of meeting him almost 30 years ago, as we both shared a valuable experience as exchange students with AFS. Dr. Alfred Franz Maria Biolek died yesterday in Cologne at the age of 87. Rest in peace!
Bad News of the Week:
The fourth wave is coming. It's already there in the UK and Spain. In France and Italy, the values are still (reasonably) low, but the growth is rapid. Thanks to the delta mutant, formerly known as the Indian. Here, everyone is watching spellbound for the infamous "7-day incidence," which so far has been slow to increase. That's about to change. Especially because the longed-for herd immunity will remain a utopia - because immunization above 85% is impossible if all children and adolescents are not considered for vaccination. And more and more so-called skeptics refuse - whereby an obligation to vaccinate would be an immense encroachment on fundamental rights, the justification of which is difficult. But is there a fundamental right to ignorance? I'm torn apart...
What is currently taking place in the UK is a large-scale medical experiment. Not under expert supervision in a laboratory, but completely detached in public. All Corona protections such as mask wearing or social distancing have been completely removed. At a time when the incidence is approaching 500 - the highest since the all-time high in January. In our country, it's under 15, and we're worrying about how to organize the start of school after the summer vacations. And Boris Johnson basically says to that, "Why not now? When then?". Well, for example, when the vaccination campaign is more advanced and the numbers are lower. But he'll know what he's doing - even if it's irresponsible. Let's see how British voters will remember this decision in his upcoming re-election.
But this is not the only area where the British government lacks logic in Corona measures. A work colleague of mine is Irish and was supposed to visit his mother next week. But she lives in Northern Ireland. Since he already has full vaccination protection, he didn't expect any problems - and now he would have to spend ten days in a quarantine hotel without being allowed to see his mother. That's over 70% of his total two-week stay. The reasoning is remarkable: according to British regulations, he is considered unvaccinated because a vaccination in an EU country is not recognized. Although it is the same vaccine in the same dose in the same schedule. But the stamp in his vaccination certificate is just the wrong one.
Good News of the Week:
"Pragmatism and melancholy" is the Tagesschau's headline about Angela Merkel's last federal press conference - a kind of forum for free questions from journalists - as chancellor in Berlin. After all, she will not be running again in the federal elections in just under two months. It was therefore not surprising that, in addition to current political issues, many media representatives primarily took stock of Merkel's 16-year term in office. The financial and the euro crisis, nuclear and coal phase-out, the EU and China, Corona and digitization, and so on. Life without crises is easier, but when they are there, they have to be dealt with, Merkel replied to the question of whether she felt flattered by the title "crisis chancellor." After all, last week U.S. President Joe Biden, another old hand in world politics, had remarked that she would be missed.
In an interview today, climate activist Luisa Neubauer, the German face of "Fridays for Future," accuses Merkel of not tackling the climate crisis in the proactive manner that is her style in other crises. Although this one is by far the biggest and most urgent. One might add, even though Merkel was once environment minister. And seems to overlook two things: first, nuclear and coal phase-out ultimately serve climate protection. And secondly, there is no patent remedy, no reference, no example, no role model. Perhaps that's the point: who should be able to tackle the issue in a decisive way if not someone who is internationally acknowledged, respected across party lines, unpretentious and without any self-interest, scientifically sound, moderating and balancing, pragmatic and energetic? So who, if not Merkel?
Dr. Angela Dorothea Merkel turned 67 two weeks ago. Unlike Helmut Kohl - the other chancellor who ruled for what felt like an eternity of 16 years and ended up looking powerless and burnt out - it's hard to imagine Merkel going from one day to another just reading books and trying out potato salad recipes. And we have learned from the U.S. that the political zenith is apparently not reached until the age of 70+. And from demography we have learned that women live longer and are more efficient in old age than men. So: starting this fall, there will be an "elder stateswoman" in waiting on the world stage, who I personally would like to see again in every conceivable position. EU Council president, UN secretary general, pope, conductor, chef - I don't care. But give her something to do. She won't screw it up. Thank you, Mrs. Merkel, for providing a solid counterbalance to all the testosterone and alpha dog behavior in our nation, in Europe and a little bit in the whole world all these years. Of course, not all that glitters is gold, and even you haven't done everything right. But your taking stock is positive, and that's what remains at the end of the day.
Personal happy moment of the week:
I have never owned a purse. Probably because I never had enough money ;-) So coins always end up in a big box that the kids carry to the bank by the kilo on World Savings Day. And for bills, I had a plain money clip by Danish designer Georg Jensen, whose functional-style silversmithing helped shape industrial design in Scandinavian countries. I had already lost it once and after much research was able to purchase one again. A good half year ago I scatterbrained lost it again. Fuck the 20, 30 euros - but my beautiful clip was gone. And this time it was impossible to find another one. Yesterday, I put on a suit that I obviously hadn't worn for a long time - because in my pants pocket I found my money clip. Empty, but valuable. I got it back. And my personal happy moment of the week.
I couldn't care less...
...for the Olympic Games. Because they are so far from the original ideal of the sporting high office of the amateurs, endlessly commercialized, run by a corrupt organization, without any grounding and leaving the same too often burnt. I can still remember the promises made before the Summer Games in Beijing in 20008: sport would be an ambassador of peace and democratization, the Olympics would have a lasting effect on politics and society. Really? Nothing at all has happened. Except that the 2022 Winter Games will once again be held in Beijing. Bravo!
As I write this...
...it's thundering and lightning in the mountains again. And everybody is afraid that there will be heavy rain, squalls and hail again. Because the soils, especially in the disaster areas of the last week, are still waterlogged and loose and many dams no longer exist. So it only takes a comparatively small amount of rain to have mudslides, rivers overflowing their banks, and flooded homes again. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of us.
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Really need this after talking to my parents for a few hours tonight. Lots of good words were said, lots of laughs, a few tears, but... yeah. Hearing more details, the good outcome isn’t likely (her appointments don’t start for a couple weeks, but they can tell from the CT scan how it’s already spread). Mom just had a little bit of a stomachache on the weekend, is all, and now we’re talking last months. She’s not even 70. Fuck cancer.
If you have a healthy relationship with your mom, please give her a call tonight for me! And, of course, please cuddle (and/or express love in preferred forms to) all your pets!
In any case, here are five good things that happened today:
1. I know it was yesterday’s entry as well, but that dang cardamom latte is fantastic, and today I grabbed a marionberry danish while I was at it. This bakery being so near my morning bus stop may be a danger.
2. Had a great call with a peer mentoring group! I mentioned my Python class and got some great suggestions from them for guest speakers. It was just really nice to chat with those folks again---they’re all good eggs.
3. Found out that my former research group picked my latest paper for their Friday journal discussion! They sent me the cutest picture of them all huddled around a table with highlighted and annotated copies of my work. I have been assured that the discussion was extremely complimentary! It’s such a bizarre feeling to know that people are sitting where I sat for five years talking about the work I’ve been doing lately. Incredibly sweet flashback. <3
4. I got to write a really enthusiastic review of a great new paper written by a former officemate of mine who’s now a professor as well. I’ve been seeing his students’ work come through the various journals’ reviewing pools, and it’s all been great, but it’s a joy seeing the solo work he’s been putting together. Glad to be there to help it take off!
5. At a talk today, got inspired and jotted down ideas for potentially four new papers and/or graduate student research topics. I’ve got a couple notebook pages and one document on my phone that are just there to remind me when I’m feeling stuck that there’s still room for so many new and exciting ideas... even if some of them just say things like “reverse time???”. I’m still not exactly sure what the game-plan was on that one.
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Q&A August: Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Company
They say you should never meet your heroes, but obviously “they” were never enlightened enough to consider Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Company a hero. Like many Shakespeare geeks, I was exposed to Reduced Shakespeare Company’s performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) at an impressionable young age. Once the DVD came out, I watched it over and over again, soaking up the irreverence and affection for Shakespeare like a sponge. It never occurred to me that I would one day meet the curly-haired pompous idiot in the black pants whose antics had entertained me so much, let alone be lucky enough to call him a friend, but that’s exactly what has happened.
I first met Austin (after exchanging mutually admiring tweets with him) in April of 2016, during their world premiere of William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) at the Folger Library. I was prepared to be utterly starstruck, but Austin was so wonderfully down-to-earth that within minutes I felt like I’d known him forever. Totally lacking the pomposity and idiocy of his stage persona, Austin was overwhelmingly encouraging and supportive of my work, immediately welcoming me to play with him in the Shakespeare comedy sandbox. I had literally just started working full-time on Good Tickle Brain, so his enthusiasm meant the world to me.
I could gush about Austin for many more paragraphs, but I’m sure you’d rather hear from him, so here he is, my Comedy Fairy Godfather, in his own words!
1. Who are you? Why Shakespeare?
I’m Austin Tichenor, a playwright, director, and actor. I'm the co-artistic director of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, a three-person comic theatre troupe that reduces long serious topics into short silly comedies.
My first exposure to Shakespeare was undoubtedly in the original series of Star Trek! I read Shakespeare in high school English classes and got to see fantastic productions of Shakespeare at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Berkeley Reprtory Theatre, but I didn’t get to actually WORK on Shakespeare until grad school where I both played Claudius in a production of Hamlet and reduced my first Shakespeare (it was a directorial exercise: a five minute reduction of Much Ado About Nothing). My first professional theatre job was creating plays for young people so I went to Shakespeare immediately, creating 45 minute cuttings of Much Ado, Midsummer, and The Tempest.
So the opportunity to join the RSC in 1992 and perform its signature work The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (written by the RSC’s founders) in London’s West End for eight months combined all my theatrical loves: smart silly comedy, non-realistic theatricality, and Shakespeare — which is kinda redundant, now that I think about it
2. What moment(s) in Shakespeare always make you laugh?
My favorite moments are typically when characters make incredible discoveries about themselves, and these are usually comic. Malvolio’s “I am…happy!” Terrible actor Francis Flute fully committing to the moment on “Dead, my dove?” Benedick’s “There’s a double meaning in that.” Hamlet toying with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, or telling Claudius he “shall nose” the dead Polonius as he goes upstairs. Olivia’s “Most wonderful!” when the penny drops and she realizes “Cesario” is actually Viola (and Sebastian’s twin).
3. What's a favorite Shakespearean performance anecdote?
I have two!
1) We were performing William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) for the Shakespeare Theatre Association conference — the savviest and most knowledgeable group of people I’ll probably ever perform for, ever. I was playing Richard III and limping downstage to say my first line, one of the most famous first lines in all of Shakespeare. But I was distracted because I saw there were people sitting on the sides and I didn’t want to limp too far downstage for them to see — and in my distraction I said, “Now is the moment of our...” As soon as the word was out of my mouth, I knew I’d blown the line (it’s supposed to be “Now is the winter of our discontent”) and I knew I couldn’t pretend that it hadn’t happened; not in front of that crowd, not in our style of show. So I quite audibly said, “Oh f&$# me,” and limped back offstage to come in again. This time I said the line right and emphasized the first word: “Now is the winter of our discontent!” It brought down the house and everyone asked whether I’d planned it. Sigh…no, I hadn’t.
Mya interjects: I was in the house for this performance and this moment remains one of the highlights of my theatre-going career. What Austin neglects to mention here is that Reed, who had been left alone onstage after Austin had retreated, went over to the wings as if to confer with Austin, and said, sotto voce, “No, I don’t think anybody noticed.”
2) We were performing The Complete Works on a stage that had a little runway that circled the orchestra pit. In one of the scenes, Adam Long (one of the RSC’s founding members) decided to hop over the pit, from the stage to the runway, and he ended breaking the runway floor and falling through the boards. Thankfully uninjured, and delighted that he had this opportunity, he immediately uttered the immortal words, “Don’t worry, it’s just a stage I’m going through."
4. What's one of the more unusual Shakespearean interpretations you've either seen or would like to see?
I’m glad that nowhere in here have you asked what my favorite play is. I don’t have favorite Shakespeare plays, but I do have favorite productions. Here are two:
1) The Folger Theatre at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost was delightful from start to finish: Incredibly smart, wildly funny, and wonderfully charming. The director and her team made the King’s desire for “a little academe” quite literal by re-creating the Folger Library’s handsome reading room onstage. (I wrote about this terrific production here.)
2) The Chicago Shakespeare Company production of The Tempest, co-directed by Aaron Posner and the magician Teller, turned Prospero into an actual wizard and filled the production with literal magic. (There must have been magic in Shakespeare’s original production as the First Folio has a stage direction that mentions that characters disappear by means of “a quaint device”. Teller filled his production with many quaint magic tricks and devices!) With music by Tom Waits and great comedy from its clowns, it was the most entertaining and completely realized production of The Tempest I've ever seen.
Favorite moments?
When Henry IV (Jeremy Irons) slaps his snotty son Prince Hal (Tom Hiddleston) in The Hollow Crown adaptation of Henry IV, Part 1 taking him (and the audience) by total surprise.
When Francis Flute’s (Sam Rockwell) emotions bubble to the surface unexpectedly in the ridiculous “Pyramus and Thisbe” in the film version of Midsummer.
When Juliet (Claire Danes) stirs and almost wakes up in time to prevent Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) from killing himself in Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet.
When Antigonus (Gregory Linington) distracted the Bear, dooming himself but preventing the death of Perdita, in the Goodman Theatre production of one of my least favorite plays The Winter’s Tale.
5. What's one of your favorite Shakespearean "hidden gems”?
The hidden gem of Shakespeare is actually right out in the open: He’s written incredibly theatrical plays, filled with rich and elusive characters that still fascinate us 400 years later, and even the most serious of his plays (including his Histories and especially his Tragedies) contain more comedy than is generally realized (or pulled off). Shakespeare was a showman whose livelihood depended on entertaining his audiences, so he created plays filled with music, devices, comic bits, fascinating characters, time jumps, changing perspectives, and shifting tones that are always serious (especially his Comedies) but never solemn.
(You don’t ask what my Shakespearean pet peeve but here it is: Productions that lack urgency and ignore the above, as in: Comedies that are beautiful-looking and melancholy but not funny. Histories that ignore the comic chaos that Shakespeare layers in. Tragedies that are one-note, over-the-top, and not in any way believable. Romances that equate pastoral with languid and not compelling. Argh.)
6. What passages from Shakespeare have stayed with you?
Oh so many...
Beatrice’s “Kill Claudio,” which comes seemingly out of the blue and yet is so right.
Falstaff’s honor speech, when done right, in front of a live audience.
And I find Miranda’s “O brave new world that hath such people in’t” just incredibly moving. (I’m always moved by Joy. Tragedy can suck it.)
Mya interjects: “Tragedy can suck it” might be my new personal motto now. Thanks, Austin.
7. What Shakespeare plays have changed for you?
Henry VI, Part 1. Reading it again recently, I was struck by the level of chaos Shakespeare depicts in a kingdom struggling without a ruler. It’s almost like Monty Python meets Veep: Sentences can’t get finished because people are running in and out, declaring “I’m in charge! I’m in charge!” with grand impotence. Of course Shakespeare would write it like that: He needed to entertain his audience, who were probably also nervous about their aging queen who had yet to declare a successor. Shakespeare created a chaotic warning that England shouldn’t descend into that kind of comically dangerous madness again — a warning that wasn’t really heeded, unfortunately.
8. What Shakespearean character or characters do you identify the most with?
Having played so many of them (albeit in reduced forms), that’s a tough call. But because I’m also an actor and a playwright, the ones I probably identify with the most are Shakespeare's seemingly autobiographical ones: Peter Quince, the only (I think) actor-playwright in the canon. Hamlet, the Danish prince with surprisingly strong opinions about theatre’s power and how certain speeches should be played (and how annoying comedians can be). Benedick, who struggles with his writing so comically. Suffolk, who in Henry VI, Part 1 declares, “I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.” And Bottom, of course, who thinks he can play anything.
Mya interjects: PETER QUINCES OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
9. Where can we find out more about you? Are there any projects/events you would like us to check out?
I’ve spent the last several years doing incredibly deep dives into Shakespeare, across many media:
My RSC partner Reed Martin and I wrote Pop-Up Shakespeare, an incredibly fun (and useful) introduction to the Bard’s life and works with beautiful, amazing, and funny illustrations by Jennie Maizels.
I contribute monthly essays about the intersection between Shakespeare and popular culture for the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Shakespeare & Beyond blog.
My weekly podcast (now in its 13th year) is a backstage glimpse into the life and works of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, featuring interviews with our many comedian, actor, playwright, author, director, composer, dramaturg, and artist friends and many many deep dives into matters Shakespearean.
Reed and I also wrote the definitive irreverent reference book, Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired (abridged), which is still inexplicably in print (perhaps cuz it’s definitive).
We also wrote the stage play William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) (“An absolute resolute hoot of a bawdy comedy of errors!” Broadway World), which premiered at the Folger Theatre in 2016, has toured the US and the UK, and is available for licensing via Broadway Play Publishing.
And in November 2019, the RSC will perform the international premiere in Israel of our brand new script Hamlet’s Big Adventure (a prequel) — what would happen if Tom Stoppard wrote Muppet Babies. It’s the comedy of the Prince of Denmark!
If after reading all this, for some insane reason you still want to get in touch, come find me here on Twitter. I think Mya will agree that it’s a much more civilized and fun place than its reputation suggests.
(Back to Mya) Thanks so much to Austin for taking the time to answer my questions! If you want to HEAR us actually talking to each other check out:
Reduced Shakespeare Co. Podcast #493
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Q&A August continues next week with two phenomenal women who are using Shakespeare to build the most amazing things.
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Dansk Python kursus for begyndere
#Dansk #Python kursus for begyndere
En trainingsdokumentation for Python-begyndere, anvendt i kombination med Youtube-tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVK7CA_boPs&list=PLLcc4qZcySTRAyFWka3PliUB009aVWKxn
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The first week of the first quarter of the second year of master’s
I am taking four classes this quarter; Responsible Innovation, Technology Battles, Sustainable Innovations and Transitions, and Game Theory. The first three courses belong to the Emerging Technology and Innovation-Based Entrepreneurship, the specialization that I am taking. Each weighs 3 ECTS but according to the seniors, the load is pretty much equal to 8 or more. Which is pretty similar to the 1 SKS of PPST during my bachelor years that felt more like 10 SKS.
Now I already have three new Whatsapp groups and three new folders in Google Drive that will soon be filled up with contents from all group reports that we need to work on. And already setting up meeting dates to start working. I have just met with Bhavana and Ginta to discuss the topic we are going to write for Responsible Innovation - which is the robot-assisted surgery. As for Technology Battles, we have to write a paper on standards battle within technological domain, and we decided to write about 5G standards because we have some contact persons that might be valuable in developing the assignment.
I hate having to interview people and this course asks us to do exactly that. When being faced with assignments that involve external human interaction I really question my decisions to even take Industrial Engineering and, subsequently, Management of Technology. Too much human interaction. I wished I had went with a major that allows me to work on my own. But, again, life is about facing the things you don’t like and overcoming the challenges, right? (But then again, I like human but I simultaneously don’t like human??). So I am gonna focus on the fact that this assignment will force me to improve my communication skills and learn on the topic that I know zero about. Will probably read the Release 15 document from 3GPP and browsed on Ericsson website to better understand what 5G really is.
During the Responsible Innovation class, I sat with Bhavana behind this Danish girl, and they asked me about the plan to move the capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, and we proceed to talk about how the talk on responsible innovation is a privilege that belongs to first world countries. After all, we third world people still struggle with even the most basic human needs - so what are really our incentives to think about innovation and let alone to ensure that they are responsible? Then this girl talked about how she was involved with an NGO in Africa that wanted to educate the people to wash their hands with soap but they won’t provide the means needed. I remembered that Ginta went to Kenya last year and she told me that they need to walk 2 kilometres to a river to wash themselves - wouldn’t washing their hands with soap and more water be a lesser priority? They might not even have sufficient water to drink. She agreed, and said that all these talk about innovation also has to incorporate the circumstances of the people.
Game Theory was interesting. It felt nice to see some numbers and actually has to work with them, plus studying a bit of sociology and psychology and just any implementation of game theory in real life - plus the fact that I am going to do an exam instead of group assignment (!). The class is in Drebbelweg so it is also a nice change of atmosphere rather than to be in TPM for the entire week.
This week I went to the embassy in The Hague twice. The first time was for the technical meeting in which I am going to volunteer in Pasaraya Rijswijk from 13-15 September (next week!) and the second time was yesterday, for a marriage o a friend. Yes, I have also found out that it is possible to hold a marriage in the embassy. Interesting. I have been crossing a lot of things that were not even on my bucket list.
I am also currently working on building this platform for an online course that will be available on ProfEd, on a field that I know zero about, doing things that I am not familiar with. Did some copy paste of python script and tweaked it some more so that it looked right but I am pretty nervous about not being able to finish everything but hey everything will be alright. On a not-so-positive not, this job means that I have to switch my student insurance with a Dutch basic insurance which deprives me of all my privilege so I need to not be sick at least until December. Wish me luck.
The summer has finally come to an end, and the cold, cold Dutch weather has come back. The four seasons in a day kinda weather.
All in all, a lot has happened this week, and probably something more would happen in the weekend and I am pretty much content and happy to experience all these things and to meet with my fellow classmates and friends and just practically everybody. Here’s to finishing my master’s on time so I don’t have to pay 1,300 euro per month.
I can do it!!
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The course teaches Python libraries which are very helpful in applying concepts - Mohammed Naved Danish, PGP AIML
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Web design course
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Annotated edition of May 10 Week in Ethereum News
I’ve started thinking of the annotated version as aimed at Eth holders. There’s a large group of people who hold ETH who want to stay up to date on what is happening, but also have jobs outside of the industry and may not understand all the tech nuances nor have time to spend. So the annotated edition will try to give you more narrative, more context, some opinion, maybe some 🌶️, as well as pointers to what might you want to read
Fun fact: you can find the #MostClicked and #MuchClicked on Twitter by just searching the hashtags. The usual caveats apply: the things most clicked are the things people hadn’t otherwise seen (not necessarily the most important), and my tweets auto-delete after a month or two, so the data only goes back a couple months.
Before clicking send, I knew for sure which would be the most clicked item this week. I was right.
How did I know it would be the most clicked? Because even among Ethereum enthusiasts it’s an undercommunicated thing how low eth issuance will be. It is planned to sustainably be so low that it might at some points go negative (and perhaps be negative over long periods of time, which worries me a little!). Perhaps part of the reason we don’t communicate this that loudly is because we just aren’t there yet. But unlike Bitcoin which has no path to long-term sustainability, Eth has a logical plan to have very low issuance.
As I said, I forgot this last week, but if I were clicking a few things this week:
chart of ETH issuance over time
A review of hardware for eth staking
MyCrypto’s history of Eth hard forks to celebrate 10m blocks
I might also check out the stuff about personal tokens, because personal money is an interesting subject to think about, even if you’re skeptical like I am. The idea of “what is money” can take you down some fun intellectual rabbit holes:
75 interesting uses of social money by Roll
Personal tokens were the topic du jour, check out this overview from Dan Finlay
A little light this week on the high-level stuff. The chart of Eth issuance I already discussed. The hardware for Eth staking is a worthwhile jumping off point if you’re planning on staking. And the hard fork history is worth knowing, or if you know it, then it’s a fun trip down memory lane.
Eth1
Step by step guide to running a Hyperledger Besu node on mainnet
Nethermind v1.18.30 query the chain and trace transactions within minutes with Beam sync
A primer on block witnesses
Installation guide to running eth1 nodes (or eth2 testnet) on RaspberryPi4
So this week we have a guide to running the ConseSys’s Besu client (part of Hyperledger) which is a Java client aimed at enterprise, but which can run mainnet. More Nethermind and Besu nodes are good for client diversity. So is OpenEthereum (formerly known as Parity), which had a release yesterday.
And if you like running nodes on RaspberryPi4, check that out.
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Eth2
Danny Ryan’s latest quick eth2 update – bug bounties doubled, latest IETF BLS standard
PegaSys’s Teku client is now syncing the Schlesi testnet – which has been much more stable than expected
Latest Prysmatic client update – reducing RAM usage, slashing protection
SigmaPrime’s Beacon fuzzer update, struct-aware, bugs found in Teku and Nimbus
Latest Eth2 networking call, gossipsub v1.1. Ben’s notes
Python notebook to simulate a network partition
Apostille, an Eth1x64 variant
Scoping what is necessary to port eth1 to an eth2 shard and turn off proof of work
Lots of talk of go-live this week. Is it July, q3, or q4? We need to get audit reports and have multi-client testnets running long-term, though last I checked the Schlesi testnet has been quite stable. And since publishing the newsletter, now PegaSys’s Teku client is fully validating on Schlesi.
Layer2
Demo of Synthetix on the OVM includes paper trading competition with 50k SNX prizepool. The details of how the Optimistic Virtual Machine enables EVM-in-EVM
Gods Unchained building an NFT exchange with StarkWare
Exit games in state channels
Celer Network’s Orion upgrade makes it easy to run a state channel node
I’m going to set up a Celer node later this week if I have a chance.
Also check out the Synthetix trading competition and help stress test the OVM.
Stuff for developers
Solidity v0.6.7, EIP165 (standard interface detection) support. Also survey results on what devs love and hate about Solidity
Solhint v3 – Solidity linter removes styling rules and recommends prettier Solidity instead
Open Zeppelin ethers.js based console
Etherplex: batch multiple JSON RPC calls into single call
Time-based Solidity tests with Brownie
MythX now has 46 detectors
Quiknode has an online tool to test endpoints
Reading Eth price from Maker’s medianizer v1
Build an app with Sablier’s constant streaming tutorial
Building a bot using MelonJS to automate your Melon fund
StarkWare found a vulnerability in Loopring’s frontend where passwords were being hashed to only 32 bit integers
Even the frontend bugs can get you!
Ecosystem
A chart of ETH issuance over time. The best I’ve seen
Ethereum Foundation’s q1 grants list
A guide to bulk renewing your ENS names
ethereum.org looking for Vietnamese, Thai, Danish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Finnish, or Ukranian translators
A review of hardware for eth staking
A reminder that many ENS names have now expired and need to be renewed! There’s a 90 day grace period, but do it before you forget.
Enterprise
PegaSys’s Hyperledger Besu suite available on Azure Marketplace and Microsoft’s blockchain devkit now supports Besu
Quorum v2.6 – breaking database schema changes, update to geth v1.9.x
Microsoft continues to make the Ethereum dev experience better, with their VScode extension.
Governance, DAOs, and standards
How to start a MolochDAO
Options for delegated voting in KyberDAO
EIP2633: Formalized upgradable governance
EIP2628: Header in StatusMessage
I oppose any sort of “formalized upgradeable governance” and I think most do.
Application layer
Use POAP for sybil-resistant voting or to determine Discord channel access
Yield: a revised implementation of Dan Robinson’s yTokens for fixed rate, fixed term loans that give a yield curve
Comparing total value locked in DeFi to unique active addresses
75 interesting uses of social money by Roll
Personal tokens were the topic du jour, check out this overview from Dan Finlay
Strike: perpetual swaps with 20x leverage
POAP as a quasi-KYC layer is pretty interesting to me. Seems like there are some good uses in Ethereum land.
i’m excited to hear that DeFi will get a yield curve!
Tokens/Business/Regulation
Nic Carter: are stablecoins parasitic or beneficial?
OpenRaise: a continuous offering fundraiser for DAOs
dxDAO’s kickstarter using OpenRaise sold out before public announcement – though the curve is still live, plus a secondary Uniswap market
dxDao’s token is an interesting bit. Most of the token supply goes to the DXDAO, but it’s an interesting experiment in building completely decentralized apps as a Dao with a community that lately has been burgeoning. It’s also a bit of a check on rent-seeking because it is a credible threat to excessive fees.
One fun note is that the Uniswap market occurred almost immediately and (almost by definition) trades at a substantial discount to the main market.
General
Aggregatable Subvector Commitments, the future may not involve Merkle trees
This week, Ethereum mined its 10 millionth block.
Here’s MyCrypto’s history of Eth hard forks to celebrate 10m blocks
IPFS releases Testground suite for p2p networking tests
PayPal blocked tokenized real estate startup RealT despite a lack of chargebacks, so they’re switching to Wyre
10,000,000 blocks of Ethereum mainnet!
Capricious censorship in web2 and payments! I’ve been in PayPal’s shoes managing a card not present merchant account, and so I’m somewhat understanding to them. You’re trying to keep your fraud rate down in a system that sometimes seems rigged against you. In RealT’s case, they likely also had large amounts coming through which combined with crypto seems scary to Paypal, even with a low chargeback rate.
It’s not really anyone’s fault. The system sucks, and this is why Ethereum matters.
Final note that you can see below in the calendar: RAC’s $TAPE dropped yesterday. It’s a tradable ERC20 token sold on Uniswap (ie, a pre-set price curve). Of course the price went from $20 to $1000, as the token is redeemable for a limited edition cassette tape of RAC’s new album Boy.
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Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note (new/changes in bold):
May 11 – RAC’s $TAPE
May 12 – MakerDAO Sai shutdown deadline
May 22-31 – Ethereum Madrid public health virtual hackathon
May 29-June 16 – SOSHackathon
June 17 – EthBarcelona R&D workshop
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Fwd: Postdoc: UCopenhagen.BovinePopulationGenomics
Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Postdoc: UCopenhagen.BovinePopulationGenomics > Date: 15 December 2019 at 06:52:08 GMT > To: [email protected] > > > > Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics > > Position summary > > The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of > Copenhagen is offering a post doc position in genetic admixture between > cattle and banteng, commencing April 1st 2020 or as soon as possible > thereafter. The 2-year post doc position is available with Tenure-track > Assistant Professor Rasmus Heller. The successful candidate will work > on population genetic analyses of the admixture history between domestic > and wild species of the Bos genus using whole genome sequencing data. The > focus will be to identify genomic regions that have introgressed between > species. In addition, there will be a possibility of working on other > projects using population genomics in large mammal species. There will > also be a possibility of teaching courses or supervising student projects > at various levels. > > Description of the scientific environment > > The position will be in the group of Tenure-track Assistant Professor > Rasmus Heller (RH). RHs group works on using population genetic methods > to infer evolutionary processes in wildlife species, including population > divergence history, local adaptations and speciation, mainly in ruminants > of Africa and Asia (https://ift.tt/2YToMpx). The > group is part of the larger Statistical and Population Genetics group > (www.popgen.dk), consisting of a dynamic team of four PIs working on > animal and human population genetics, high throughput data analyses, > statistical genetics and method development. The University of Copenhagen > has a strong and growing population genetic research environment spread > on several different institutes, bound together by many collaborative > projects and monthly research seminars. The city of Copenhagen is > consistently considered as one of the most liveable cities in the world. > > Qualifications > > Applicants must have a PhD in population genetics/genomics, > bioinformatics or a similar quantitative field. In addition, the > following are formal requirements to apply: > - comprehensive experience in working with linux/unix and command > lines, as well as some proficiency in one or more programming > languages (such as R, Python, Perl, C/C++). > - experience in working with high-throughput sequencing data, ideally > with whole-genome sequencing data. > - experience with population genomic analyses. > - a demonstrated ability to communicate his/her scientific work in > writing and in oral presentations. > - must have published high-quality peer-reviewed papers. > > In addition to these formal requirements, the following will be considered > advantageous in candidates: > > - is highly motivated, able to work independently and has good > interpersonal skills. > - has prior experience with admixture analyses, including inferring > local ancestry and demographic history. > - has an interest in mammal biology and/or animal domestication > and/or livestock genetics. > - is willing to travel to Indonesia and other Asian countries as part > of the collaboration with researchers and institutions in these > countries. > > Inquiries about the position can be made to Rasmus Heller, email > rheller[at]bio.ku.dk. > > Terms of employment > > The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic > Staff. Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between > the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional > Associations on Academics in the State. The starting salary is currently > up to DKK 434.179 including annual supplement (+ pension up to DKK > 74.244). Negotiation for salary supplement is possible. > > To apply > > The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by > clicking APPLY NOW on the following website > (https://ift.tt/2PoVewM). The application should > include the following items: > > - Cover letter detailing your motivation and background for applying > (max. 2 pages) > - Curriculum vitae > - Complete publication list > - Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent) > - Contact details of 2-3 persons for references and a brief > description of your relationship to them > > The deadline for applications is 31 January 2020, 23:59 GMT +1 > > [email protected] > via IFTTT
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hey hello hi!!! it’s been ages (6 months?!) since my last masterpost, and i’ve been seeing so many great educational apps on the google play store. so here’s a list of some educational smartphone apps that you should check out!
disclaimer: i have not used most of these applications (i generally don’t use study or even productivity apps), so i’m recommending them based on reviews!
general education
curiosity [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] curiosity is a super cool app that’s all about learning new quirky facts! every 24 hours new content is released, including mind-blowing science, history and technology facts. it’s like having the best museum and the most fascinating library at your disposal.
coursera [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] with coursera, you can access more than 1,000 courses and specializations developed by 140+ of the best colleges and universities in the world, and master subjects from python programming and data science to photography and music.
edx [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] edx provides free online courses from the world’s best universities and institutions. there are so many topics to discover, including computer science, engineering, history, psychology, nutrition, big data, statistics and hundreds more. with edx, you have the flexibility to learn on your schedule. it is free education, when and where you want it.
khan academy [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] khan academy allows you to learn (almost) anything for free. browse over 10,000 videos and explanations at your fingertips in math, science, economics, history, and much, much more. sharpen your skills with over 40,000 interactive practice questions with instant feedback and step-by-step hints. khan academy is a wealth of resources and it’s all free! note: i really really recommend khan academy! it is super helpful and there’s also the free sat prep (and the upcoming free lsat prep for people interested in law school)!!
udemy [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] udemy is your place to learn real world skills online. with over 32,000 online courses and tutorials, offered in more than 80 languages, you can choose from a wide range of topics to inspire creativity, hone your skills, be your own boss, and more. courses in everything from programming, it & software, business, marketing and entrepreneurship, health, design, languages, music, and much more.
goodwall [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] goodwall is basically a social network for students - you can share your skills and achievements and win scholarships (and even be recognized by colleges and universities!) when you join, you are eligible for a $500 weekly new student award, in addition to the $1000 student of the month scholarship. people seem to think that it’s a great way to connect to other motivated students throughout the world (obviously the studyblr community is The Best ;) but here’s an awesome alternative!)
schoold [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] schoold is a super cool app that allows you to find information on 3000+ colleges and 25k+ scholarships by major and admission chance. It also offers free college counseling (advice on applications, financial aid, majors, and careers) and future planning tools!
science
phywiz [ play store, free ] need help with your physics homework? phywiz provides step by step solutions for questions in over 30 physics topics, including kinematics, forces, gravity, and quantum physics. ask phywiz a question like "if mass is 6 and velocity is 7, what is momentum?" and get your answer immediately. many of the positive reviews call it “one of the best apps i’ve ever used”.
little alchemy [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] [ website ] this is such a cute game where you start with four elements and combine them to create interesting, fun and surprising items. it’s definitely addictive!
chemistry quiz [ play store, free ] 500+ quiz questions covering the elements, the periodic table, bonding and interactions, matter and mixtures, chemical reactions, acids and bases, organic chemistry, nuclear chemistry, history of chemistry, and labs.
skyview [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] a beautiful and intuitive stargazing app that uses your camera to precisely spot and identify celestial objects in sky, day or night. it’s a great app for people who love space but don’t want to purchase fancy equipment to enjoy its beauty. you can see what each star and planet is and where it’s going. be sure to calibrate it first!
coding
encode [ play store, free ] encode is packed with bite-sized coding lessons that combine succinct explanations and clear real-code examples. it is a wonderful way for beginners to start programming.
sololearn has a ton of apps that are all about learning to code: java, c#, python, javascript, c++, etc.!
programming hub [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] your one-stop solution to learn all of the top programming languages! you can learn c, c++, java, html, javascript, r, css, vb.net, c#, python 2.7, python 3, linux shell scripting, swift, sql, jquery, and assembly 8086. there are over 1800+ pre-compiled programs with output for practice and learning. a new feature seems to be the programming-related interview questions that can help you prepare for a job interview!
codenza [ play store, free ] codenza is a dictionary of 3000+ ready-made computer programs: the ultimate coding encyclopedia for university curriculum. codenza covers everything from computer graphs to artificial intelligence! note: codenza does not teach programming. it only provides programs and offers explanations for the more complex programs.
math
cymath [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] [ website ] stuck on a math problem? cymath allows you to enter your problem, and helps you to solve it step-by-step. topics include pre-algebra, algebra (equation solving, factoring, logarithms, exponents, complex numbers, quadratic equations, trigonometry, partial fraction, polynomial division, etc.), and calculus (product rule, quotient rule, chain rule, u-substitution, integration by parts, integration by partial fraction, trigonometric substitution, rationalizing substitution, etc.)
photomath [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] math is full of symbols that we are inconvenient to type, and photomath solves that problem: simply point your camera toward a math problem and photomath will show the result with detailed step-by-step instructions. there is a new feature of handwriting recognition as well!
mathway [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] [ website ] yet another math problem solver! this one allows you to type your problem or scan a picture of your problem. mathway covers basic math, pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, precalculus, calculus, statistics, finite math, linear algebra, chemistry, and graphing. one flaw seems to be that you need to be online for it to work, but otherwise, it’s a fantastic tool!
history
history timeline [ play store, free ] okay, woah. this is a detailed timeline of world history with thousands of entries! it includes world history (events, nations, leaders, and wars) AND history of science, art, literature, music, and philosophy.
today in history [ play store, free ] [ similar apple, free ] for the history enthusiast who wants to learn something new every day: today in history tells you what historical events happened on that day! it works offline and you can choose from over 50 languages.
ancient history encyclopedia [ play store, free ] [ website ] thousands of informative and reliable articles on ancient history. articles are written with students in mind and are carefully reviewed to ensure accuracy, and are easy to read.
languages
duolingo [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] one of the leading language learning apps, duolingo gives you the ability to learn english, spanish, french, german, italian, portuguese, dutch, irish, danish, swedish, russian, ukrainian, esperanto, polish, and turkish for free. you can practice your speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills and improve your vocabulary and grammar.
productivity
forest [ play store, free ] [ apple, $1.99 ] forest is a cute productivity app that keeps you off of your phone! you set a certain amount of time, and during that time a tree ‘grows’, but if you use your phone before the times up, the tree dies. :(
habitica [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] have you heard of ‘gamification’? habitica is an app that allows you to gamify your tasks! check off tasks to level up your avatar and unlock features such as armor, pets, skills, and even quests! it’s a great way to have fun while being productive! note: habitica is another one of these apps that i’ve actually attempted to use - it is super cute and it’s definitely a great way to stay on track!
timetune [ play store, free ] timetune is a great app for people who have established a daily routine or would like to. you can set up a routine (or multiple routines) and add your daily tasks. it can be used as a daily task reminder, student calendar, timetable planner, routine schedule organizer, routine optimizer, habit creation tool, daily time manager, or daily planner.
ike [ play store, free ] ike is a to-do list that uses eisenhower’s priority matrix. you can organize your tasks by importance and urgency, and add all sorts of details such as due dates and location reminders.
habithub [ play store, free ] habithub is based on seinfeld’s productivity secret, which involves building long streaks of days that will motivate you to keep moving forward. (snapchat for habits? i think yes!) it includes a full calendar view for every habit, reminders, compatibility with smartwatches, the option to write notes every day, more flexible goals, the ability to categorize your habits, and graphs that show you how you’re doing. the interface looks beautiful and people seem to love the abundance of settings.
pomotodo [ play store, free ] [ apple, free ] there is an abundance of pomodoro timers in the app store, and pomotodo is one of them! pomotodo easily syncs across platforms, has advanced to-do list options, the ability to customize pomo and break times, offers background noise to keep you focused, and sends you weekly email reports to help you track your productivity. i don’t want to list a ton pomodoro apps in this masterpost, but here are the many options on google play store!
alright, that’s all i’ve got for you today !! i hope that this was helpful, and feel free to send me an ask with any questions, suggestions for future masterposts, or your recommendations for other study apps/websites!! :) have a great day!
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“A law prohibiting blasphemy should be anathema for any country that purports to value freedom of expression and freedom of religion...
It’s arguable that it never should have been drafted in the first place, but it certainly should have been scrapped long ago.
Canada has had a blasphemy law on the books since 1892. It’s been 90 years since the last person was convicted: Toronto atheist and Rationalist Society member Ernest Victor Sterry was convicted of blasphemy in 1927 and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
But the charge itself has been used as recently as 1980. The owners of a movie theatre in Sault Ste. Marie were charged with blasphemous libel for the “crime” of screening Monty Python’s Life of Bryan, a British satire film about the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Fortunately, Ontario’s attorney-general stepped in to put a stop to the case. Had he not, though, how far would it have gone? How much would the theatre owners have had to bear in terms of legal costs to simply assert their basic rights as Canadians?
It’s all but certain that a charge under section 296 would not have held up in court, but it should never have to get to that point. The Liberals deserve credit for making this long overdue change.
As one Danish lawmaker recently put it, “Religion should not dictate what is allowed and what is forbidden to say publicly. It gives religion a totally unfair priority in society.” As it happens, of course, there are numerous countries when religion does in fact dictate what it forbidden to say publicly. In countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, blasphemy is punishable by death.
If Canada is going to be a voice for human rights on the world stage and speak out against the abuses of these regimes (which certainly we should), it undermines our cause when our own laws concede the point that blasphemy is a crime. To that end, the elimination of section 296 sends a strong message.
Furthermore, though, it demonstrates the clear and obvious correlation between the countries where blasphemy laws are most vigorously enforced and those countries where freedom religion is most nonexistent. Abandoning this law helps to strengthen freedom of religion in this country.
That freedom guarantees one’s right to believe, but it bestows no obligation upon anyone else to respect those beliefs. “God is great” and “God is a myth” should be equally protected speech. Freedom of religion entails the freedom to reject a religion or reject all faith entirely.
The state itself must remain neutral on such matters — what we might also refer to as “secularism.”
It’s unfortunate that’s it’s taken 125 years to figure this out, but it’s a victory worth savouring.“
Read in full... http://globalnews.ca/news/3512946/commentary-at-long-last-canadas-blasphemy-law-is-dead/
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There and Back Again: a Day in Denmark
Since coming abroad, my mornings all seem to follow the same, simple pattern:
Step 1: roll out of bed to the therapeutic sound of my host mom’s morning Spotify playlist. Most days she plays Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, other days it’s Sleepy Sunday Morning Tunes.
If she’s really feelin’ it, maybe we’ll be graced by some vintage Jason Mraz in Chilled Throwbacks.
Step 2: eat a delicious and nutritious breakfast with my host mom and whichever of the host siblings successfully completed Step 1.
Step 3: Shower, brush teeth, grab the homestay-mom-prepared lunch marked with a permanent marker “T”, and embark on a (typically) brisk 4-minute walk to the train station.
My morning is routine. My day could take me anywhere.
Once that 7:49 AM train leaves Humlebæk Station headed for Nørreport, the possibilities are endless.
I have some free time in the morning to explore different parts of the city. Today I’m crossing Superkilen off my list!
Superkilen is a public park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen. It’s an awesome place to spend some time walking around... or jumping.
Next up is lunch! For lunch, we stopped at Torvehallerne which is a market about a 10-minute walk from DIS. Torvehallerne is a market made up of stalls with local, organic produce, gourmet food, and irresistible desserts. Today, we got pork Banh Mi and a snail pastry for dessert! Torvehallerne is a great place to go before class, after class, between classes... really anytime. The range of ethnic cuisine represented in Torvehallerne is unrivaled.
After a quick jaunt to Vestergarde 23, I arrive at my only class for the day: Computational Analysis of Big Data. This class attracted me because it is taught in Python (a language I had never coded in before) and it is centered on data science, a topic I was extremely interested to learn more about. The course is challenging but by the end, “Big Data” won’t just be a buzzword to you anymore.
After class, it’s time to hop on the train home to Humlebæk to make it in time for dinner. But first, let’s marvel at the Great Bicycle Sea above Nørreport Station:
The trains are so efficient here in Denmark they got me all the way to Louisiana in just under 40 minutes! Modern transportation technology is truly something to marvel at.
Alas, no. My Danish village of 10,000 inhabitants is home to a famous modern art museum called Louisiana. The museum is only about a block from my house and it’s the perfect place to explore on a Saturday afternoon.
On Thursdays my host family and I walk to my host-grandparents’ house for dinner. The entire extended family is invited to these dinners and they have become the highlight of my experience here in Denmark. These Thursday-night dinners are the definition of hygge: cozy, warm, cheerful, inviting, the list of homey adjectives goes on.
To grandmother’s house we go.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up to the slow, acoustic songs emanating from the kitchen. I’ll have breakfast, get ready for the day, then take the train into the city.
My day will begin and end in the small, Danish town of Humlebæk; those bookends are familiar and routine. Those unique and exciting adventures in the city -- to Superkilen, Torvehallerne, Nyhavn, the Round Tower, Tivoli, Strøget, the Botanical Garden -- change day by day.
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