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Franz Wagner and Robert Williams III

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Changes In The Land. Greenhouse Affect #33. Published in the Boston Compass.

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If you were on the bachelorette what hockey boys would you want to be able to date and choose from? And who do you give your final rose to?

Hey Nonnie! This question has to be the most fun question I have ever received in my ask box. I have put too much thought into my list and the reasons why certain players would not be the recipient of my rose from night one to the final rose. So buckle up dashboard, you’re about to watch an entire season of my Bachelorette season in one post. Disclosure: I have not watched the Bachelor/Bachelorette in a very very long time. This is based on faded memories and quick google searches. 

Meet the Contestants 

Ross Colton - of Robinsville, NJ. Currently bottom six forward of the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Anthony Cirelli - of Etobicoke, Ontario. Currently top six forward of the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Brayden Point - of Calgary, Alberta. Currently top six forward of the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Andrei Svechnikov - of Barnaul, Russia. Currently tops six forward of the Carolina Hurricanes. 

Vince Dunn - Lindsay, Ontario. Currently one half of the top defensive pair of the Seattle Kraken. 

Adam Lowry - of Calgary, Alberta (I know he was born in St Louis but he was raised in Calgary, Okay?). Currently Botton six forward of the Winnipeg Jets (and hopefully the future captain). 

Timo Meir - of Herisau, Switzerland. Currently top six forward of the New Jersey Devils. 

Matt Martin - of Winsdor, Ontario. Currently bottom six forward of the New York Islanders. 

Anthony Beauvillier - of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. Currently top six forward of the Vancouver Canucks. 

Mat Barzal - of Coquitlam, British Columbia. Currently top six forward of the New York Islanders. 

Tom Wilson - of Toronto, Ontario. Currently top six forward of the Washington Capitals. 

Matthew Tkachuk - of Scottsdale, Arizona (this man has lived in so many cities because of his dad). Currently top six forward of the Florida Panthers. 

Jeremy Swayman - of Anchorage, Alaska. Currently the backup goaltender of the Boston Bruins. 

Pierre Luc Dubois - of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. Currently, desperately, trying to get traded from the Winnipeg Jets to the Montreal Canadiens. 

Nico Hischier - of Naters, Switzerland. Currently top six forward, and Captain of the New Jersey Devils. 

Brady Skjei - of Lakeville Minnesota. Currently a defenceman of the Carolina Hurricanes. 

Pat Maroon - of St Louis, Missouri. Currently bottom six forward of the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Chris Kreider - of Boxford, Massachussetts. Currently top six forward of the New York Rangers. 

Pytor Kotchetkov - of Penza, Russia. Currently the goaltender of the Chicago Wolves (AHL) and a backup goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes. 

William Nylander - of Calgary, Alberta. Currently top six forward of the Toronto Maple Leafs. 

Leon Draisaitl - of Cologne, Germany. Currently top six forward of the Edmonton Oilers. 

Luke Schenn - of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Currently one half of the top defensive pair of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Josh Anderson - of Burlington, Ontario. Currently top six forward for the Montreal Canadiens. 

Auston Matthews - of Scottsdale, Arizona. Currently top six forward of the Toronto Maple Leafs. 

Brendan Lemieux - of Denver, Colorado. Currently button six forward of the Philadelphia Flyers. 

The First Night

At the end of the first night, the 25 contestants would become 15, with 10 NHL hotties failing to receive my affection in the form of a rose: 

Timo Meir - we know his reputation. This man is a womanizer, and it’s clear when he tried to go in for a kiss during our first conversation. But we’re here for love. For commitment. So he had to go. 

Pierre-Luc Dubois - speaking of commitment. This man doesn’t know the definition of that. He can’t commit to a team, he can’t commit to me. Au revoir.

Leon Draisaitl - this man is so intimidating to me. I wouldn’t have the confidence to pursue anything of any nature.  

Pat Maroon - his energy would be too much for me. Confident, successful, and ready to party. I wouldn’t be able to keep up. 

Luke Scheen - is a sweet guy, but wouldn’t do much to set himself apart from the rest. 

Josh Anderson - would have flashed his abs at least once during the night - and I would have noticed but it wouldn't be enough to set him apart from the rest of the guys who go the extra mile to set themselves apart. 

Nico Hischier - a sweet guy. Very gentlemanly. But he’s a little young for me so he doesn’t receive a rose. 

Auston Matthews - Auston would come in so confident he would come off as cocky. Would brag about his friendship with Justin Beiber and would come dressed in an expensive sweatsuit instead of a suit like the other contestant. Would not be a vibe. 

Brendan Lemieux - during the first night. Brendan Lemieux and Matthew Tkachuk got into a physical altercation regarding the biting incident with Brady Tkachuk. Production wanted to kick them both off the show, but instead, they were allowed to stay until the end of the night where Tkachuk was the only one of the two to receive the rose. 

Pytor Kochetkov - my sweet sweet Pytor. He would have needed Svechnikov to translate for him all night. So kind and sweet, but the language barrier was strong and Svechnikov would have needed to be a constant third wheel to make it work - plus he’s kind I can’t decide if he is baby brother vibes or not. He would not receive the final rose of the evening. 

Season Highlights

Andrei Svechnikov secured the first kiss on the first night with his charm, maturity and his kindness in helping Pytor through the night when he could have been selfish 

Andrei also received the first rose of the season before the first rose ceremony was held

Vince Dunn would be a quick fan favorite but not without controversy - there would be a call to action from fans that wanted him to be sent home but he would remain on the show after making a public apology at the rose ceremony

Anthony Beauvillier and Mat Barzal would go on a 2 on 1 date with me, some kind of outdoorsy thing with paddleboarding and it would have been a great time BUT they would both go home that same night after Beauvillier refuses the rose on the date. Their friendship ultimately gets in the way of their pursuit of love

Ross Colton would fail to receive a rose after a group date that involved an extensive hike in the wilderness

Tkachuk would continue to be an instigator for the season starting conflicts and pushing the buttons of other contenders. It would lead to Tom Wilson and Matt Martin not receiving roses but he would be the one not to receive a rose when a conflict with Lowry would arise. Lowry would receive the final rose that night, sending Tkachuk home. 

Chris Kreider would try to propose midseason and his eagerness and willingness to commit so early would be a red flag, he would not receive a rose at the following ceremony

After regret and complications, Ross Colton would be welcomed back onto the show as I would feel like failing to give him a rose was a mistake

With the welcoming back of Ross to the show, William Nylander would be sent home as a result

On a 1 on 1 date with Brady Skeji things would look to become more intimate than it actually was and viewers would be shocked when he would not receive a rose later than night

During what would be the rose ceremony that would bring it down to the final 4 it is revealed that it would be a final 5 with only 7 contenders remaining: Ross Colton, Anthony Cirelli, Adam Lowry, Andrei Svechnikov, Brayden Point, Jeremy Swayman and Vince Dunn

Viewers would be shocked when Anthony Cirelli would receive the final rose before the final four over Brayden Point who had been a front-runner for your heart since night one

The Final Five

Usually the final four, but would be changed last minute as I struggled to make the decision, it would be time to travel and meet the families of the final 5 contestants. 

Ross Colton - the trip would take me to New Jersey where I would meet his parents and his brother Rob. They would be welcoming, and kind, but it would be very clear how many worlds apart we are and it would plant some insecurities of just how well I would be able to fit into their lifestyle and expectations. 

Anthony Cirelli - back in Canada, I would meet his family, and very importantly Grandma Cirelli who is known for her tomato sauce. We would cook a meal together in their family kitchen - and she would approve of my cooking. 

Vince Dunn - A mere hour away from where we visited Tony’s family, I would meet Dunn’s. It’s a smaller city and feels familiar to what I’ve grown up in BUT everyone seems to know him there. It’s weird being there with a local celebrity because there is no just blending into a big city here. His family would be as kind and welcoming as the others, and I’d get to see more of his emotional side that we would have seen glimmer off throughout the season.

Adam Lowry - in Calgary we would meet his family, a very strong hockey family, with his dad having played and coached and his brother having played as well. It’s their lives, and will always be a part of it. We would see just how good he is with his nieces and nephews and go to see the mountains in Banff. 

Andrei Svechnikov - the final trip would take me to Russia where I would meet his parents, his brother and his brother’s family. It would be a breathtaking trip, one like any other seen on the show but it would be conflicting as his mother would show her concerns. I would not be what his mother imagined for her sweet boy, and her approval is very important to him. And the larger age gap would be revisited. 

After the trips, it would come to the rose ceremony that would bring the final 5 down to the final two. That night, Andrei would fail to receive a rose, the age gap and the pressure of his mother being too much. Ross, while an obvious favourite for the majority of the season would not receive a rose, the high maintenance feel of his family too much and too intimidating to commit to at that moment - and the goodbye is one not without tears. The viewers would be shocked again when Tony would receive the final rose, sending Lowry back to the off-season. His familiar pressure of their legacy all too much even though seeing him with his nephews would given me absolute baby fever. 

Then only two remained: Anthony Cirelli and Vince Dunn. 

The Final Rose

The final rose would be one of great controversy with lots of viewers seeming to think I was making a mistake moving forward with my final two. That I had greater chemistry with other players that I had sent walking and that whoever I chose would be a decision made in regret. But I was left to make the choice between the two final contenders. Anthony Cirelli. The sweet, respectable boy from Vaughn. Who maybe wasn’t as traditionally handsome as the other contestants - but I’m a sucker for those curls. Who loves Kygo and partying in Miami but will always value his family and their traditions above all else. 

And then there was Vince. The mildly problematic, handsome man - who also has those oh-so-dangerous curls and those bright eyes. He can be wild, but also sweet - and always so intense with emotions that you can see so clearly written across his face. A man who can enjoy the outdoors as much as a night at the club. 

And while Tony and Ross both very clearly have a piece of my heart I need a man who is going to be able to go out there and enjoy nature with me. Someone who won’t care that I don’t spend an hour in front of the mirror to do my hair and my makeup every day. Someone who will love my cooking, and isn’t afraid of his emotions or to have tough conversations. 

And for those reasons, I would have to give my final rose to… Vince. 

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“I am surprised William and Catherine were received so well in Massachussetts. I would expect even more booing somewhere like Boston of all places. It really says something that the president went to meet them.” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Dance We Must

The Art and Costumes of Ruth St.Denis and Ted Shawn, 1906-1940

Edited with text by Kevin M.Murphy and Caroline Hamilton

with additional contributions by Erica Dankmeyer, Panalee Maskati, Norton Owen, Thandi Steele, Munjulika R.Tarah

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamson, Massachussetts 2022, 128 pages,70 color., Hardcover, 20.96 x 26.67 cm,   ISBN  9781646570270

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On America's first modern dance company and its many collaborators, with reproductions of costumes, sets, ephemera and more

Ruth St Denis (1879–1968) and Ted Shawn (1891–1972) pioneered modern dance in the US with their company Denishawn, founded in 1914. Incorporating elements from ancient, non-Western and Native American sources, Denishawn became the first important American dance company. A generation of dancers and choreographers, including Martha Graham, trained and performed with the company, and many artists, including Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell, collaborated with them. This catalog reproduces artwork, sets, ephemera and especially costumes, many of which have not been seen since the 1930s. Some of the materials and costumes, as well as the choreography, borrow from East and South Asian and Native American cultures, and the publication interrogates the legacy of cultural appropriation in dance. The materials also demonstrate St. Denis and Shawn’s stylistic and personal connections to American and European modernists, broadening an understanding of American dance in early modernism.

01/03/23

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“La soledad es el lugar más seguro que conozco”

Edgar Allan Poe

Fue un escritor, poeta, critico y periodista estadounidense nacido en Boston Massachussetts  en enero de 1809.

Esta reconocido como uno de los maestros universales del relato corto, así mismo, fue renovador de la novela gótica y recordado especialmente por sus cuentos de terror.

Su padre, de ascendencia irlandesa, abandonó a su familia cuando Edgar tenia un año y su madre murió un año después de tuberculosis. Se dice que lo único que conservó de sus padres fue un retrato de su madre y un dibujo del puerto de Boston.

Tanto Edgar como su hermana, fueron adoptados por una de las familias caritativas que habían cuidado de ellos al morir su madre. Un matrimonio formado por Frances y John Allan de Richmond Virginia. Su padrastro, del cual Edgar tomaría el apellido, era un acaudalado comerciante de ascendencia escocesa y un hombre colérico e intransigente, que influiría negativamente en la vida de Edgar. Por el contrario, su madrastra quien no había podido tener hijos, lo quiso y mimó siempre.

En 1823 a los 14 años de edad ya había comenzado a hacer sus primeros escritos literarios. Edgar era un muchacho nervioso e irritable, con un brillo de ansiedad y tristeza en sus ojos.

Estudió lenguas en la Universidad de Virginia en Charlottesville y en 1827 incapaz de sobrevivir por sí mismo, se alistó en el ejercito como soldado raso, cambiándose el nombre y aumentándose la edad.

Su primer libro fue publicado en 1827, con un tiraje de 50 ejemplares, un opúsculo de poesía en donde afirmaba que la mayoría de sus poemas los había escrito a los catorce años.

En 1830 se inscribió como cadete en West Point y un año después abandonó el servicio partiendo a Nueva York en donde editó su tercer libro de poemas.

Al morir su hermano, Poe se esforzó por retomar la carrera de escritor para lo cual tuvo que recurrir continuamente a pedir dinero y a todo tipo de situaciones humillantes relacionadas con la cuestión económica para salir adelante.

En 1834 murió su padrastro sin dejarle herencia alguna, sin embargo, Poe continuó con su empeño por lograr éxito literario. Trabajó como editor en un diario local, perdiendo el puesto al ser sorprendido varias veces en estado de embriaguez.

Trabajo durante varios años escribiendo relatos y critica literaria para algunos periódicos de la época.

Su obra marcó profundamente la literatura de su país y ejerció gran influencia en la literatura simbolista francesa y a través de esta, en el surrealismo. Son deudores suyos toda la literatura de fantasmas de la época victoriana, y fue un autor influyente en diversas figuras como Charles Baudelaire, Fedor Dostoyevski, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka y en Latinoamérica en Jorge Luis Borges y en Julio Cortázar, este ultimo tradujo casi todos sus textos en prosa.

Murió en octubre de 1849 en la ciudad de Baltimore con apenas 40 años de edad. La causa de su muerte nunca fue esclarecida, sin embargo se manejaron múltiples posibles causas como alcoholismo, cólera, drogas, fallo cardiaco, rabia, suicidio, y tuberculosis.

Fuente Wikipedia

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Câu hỏi: Các công thức toán có bao giờ được áp dụng vào cuộc sống không?

Trả lời bởi Farhan Shamir

Một cặp vợ chồng nghỉ hưu kiếm được 26 triệu USD nhờ vào kiến thức đại số cơ bản.Xin giới thiệu Jerry và Marge Selbee.

Họ là một cặp vợ chồng sống ở một thị trấn nhỏ ở Mỹ, buôn bán kinh doanh một cửa hàng tiện lợi.

Ở tầm tuổi 60, họ quyết định bán cửa hàng, nghỉ hưu và nghỉ ngơi.Một ngày nọ vào năm 2003, Jerry phát hiện một trò xổ số mới tên là "Windfall".

Chỉ sau ba phút đọc luật chơi, ông đã phát hiện một lỗ hổng trong việc tìm người chiến thắng.Trò sổ xố này có một điểm đặc biệt gọi là "Rolldown" (Giảm dần)

Nếu giá trị jackpot đạt 5 triệu USD, và không ai trúng cả 6 số, thì giải thưởng sẽ giảm dần cho những người trúng 5 số, 4 số rồi 3 số.

Cứ mỗi người mà trúng 4 số thì được thưởng 1000 USD, trúng 3 số thì thưởng 50 USD.

Jerry nhận ra rằng nếu ông đầu tư 1100 USD, ông sẽ thắng 18*50 + 1000 = 1900 USD.

Mức sinh lời lúc đó tương đương 73%.Thế là trong lần quay sổ xố tiếp theo, Jerry mua lượng vé số tổng cộng trị giá 3600 USD, và thắng được 6300 USD. Rồi ông đi tái đầu tư thêm 8000 USD và ăn về gấp đôi số tiền ấy.

Thế rồi ông bắt đầu chơi lớn và cược cả trăm nghìn đô la vào vé số - bởi vì ông tin chắc rằng kiểu gì ông c��ng thắng - và rồi ông lập luôn một tập đoàn tên là G.S. Investment Strategies.

Ông bán cổ phần của công ty cho bạn bè và người thân trong gia đình, và giúp họ kiếm được những khoản lời khổng lồ.Đến năm 2005, câu lạc bộ chơi sổ xố của Jerry đã có 25 thành viên. Tất cả đều trúng thưởng.Vì chẳng có ai là đối thủ của mình, Jerry và câu lạc bộ của mình cứ thế mà bay cao chẳng sợ ai cản đường.

Cho đến khi trò chơi Windfall bị dẹp.Bang Michigan dừng trò này lại, lấy lý do là quá ít người tham gia. Lúc này mọi thứ tưởng chừng như là chấm hết với Jerry, nhưng không ông đã có nước đi khác.Một thành viên trong câu lạc bộ phát hiện một chương trình quay xổ số tương tự như vậy ở Massachusetts và báo cho Jerry.

Jerry chỉ mất 10 phút để hiểu rõ luật chơi này.Và thế là suốt 6 năm ròng rã, Jerry và Marge đi đi về về hơn 1450km tới Massachussetts mỗi lần có đợt quay số.

Họ cùng nhau hợp lực mua lượng vé số trị giá cả trăm nghìn đô và phải ngồi xếp đống giấy tờ đó suốt 10 giờ mỗi ngày, 10 ngày liên tục trước chuyến đi.

Thế những vào năm 2011, tờ Boston Globe phát hiện có gì bất thường và một cuộc điều tra đã được tiến hành.Trò chơi này lập tức bị dừng lại và cảnh sát phải vào cuộc.

Họ đã điều tra rất kỹ để tìm xem có vấn đề gì về tham nhũng, lừa đảo hay các hoạt động phạm pháp gì ở đây không.

Nhưng họ nhận ra là tất cả những gì mà gia đình Selbee làm là chỉ chơi vé số và cuối cùng bên cảnh sát trắng tay, không thu thập được gì.

Và đó là lý do mà một cặp vợ chồng già bình thường, sau khi nghỉ hưu trở thành triệu phú, với nickname là The Lottery Hackers.Tất cả là nhờ vào toán.

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Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han refused to help Hyo Jin pay court ordered money to Nansook and their grandchildren. Hyo Jin was jailed.

The Moon family tactic was to grind Nansook down financially so she would be forced return to her husband who had threatened to kill her. The “True Parents” failed because the judge understood their game. The “True Parents” had also failed to raise or guide their son to treat others with decency. The “True Parents” consistently blamed Nansook, whom they had married to Hyo Jin at age fifteen, for their own son’s failures and criminality.

Judge Edward Ginsberg didn’t buy Hyo Jin’s claim of poverty. He said he believes the Moon family is trying to squeeze Nansook Moon and her five young children. Judge Ginsberg agreed she must have money to pay her legal defense, and ordered Hyo Jin back to jail for another sixty days. 

Nansook’s attorney, Weld Henshaw: “The church is, and the [Moon] family is going to devote all their energies, not to try to resolve the situation but to winning and grinding [Nansook and] their own grandchildren down. It is a pathetic, terrible situation.”

Suzanne Bates for WBZ News 4 in Boston: “Whether or not Hyo Jin can afford to pay, it is certain the Moon family could. Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who claims to be the messiah and the champion of family values, has millions of dollars in Trust Funds which have always supported his family, but he is not writing any checks to get his first son [Hyo Jin] out of jail.”

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Full transcript of the WBZ reports:

WBZ-TV Boston News 4

Next on WBZ News 4 … And tonight, a WBZ exclusive: Her life within the powerful family dynasty of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. She says the family is living a lie.  …

A mother of five children, who says she was beaten and abused for years, is seeking help and shelter here is Massachusetts. Her name is Nansook Moon and she was married to the oldest son of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. You may know them as the Moonies. They are a wealthy and powerful family whose influence extends around the world. But as Nansook Moon told WBZ’s Suzanne Bates, the Moon family is anything but the ideal one that Reverend Moon claims it to be.

▲ Nansook being interviewed by Suzanne Bates.

Nansook: I didn’t know him. He didn’t know me.

Suzanne Bates: Nansook Hong was fifteen years old when her marriage to Hyo Jin Moon was arranged by Moon’s father, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. She had seen but never met anyone in the Moon family, including her husband. Why did she go along?

Nansook: Because how I was raised, all my life, to say yes to Reverend Moon when it comes to the wedding.

Suzanne Bates: The Moons are a wealthy, powerful family, Nansook says, living the good life with swimming pools and mansions. But as for her marriage, Nansook says, ‘It was hell’. She says Hyo Jin was frequently drunk or high on cocaine, sometimes locking himself in their bedroom for days to do drugs and watch pornographic films. For most of their marriage, she says, Hyo Jin beat her, abused her sexually and emotionally, and threatened to kill her if she spoke up.

Nansook: He started [to be] physically abusive when I was pregnant with my second daughter. Well, I was afraid for the baby. He was, he was saying he was going to kill the baby, he was going to punch my stomach and kill the baby. He would hit my tummy, and then he, well, he basically he kept punching until he felt better.

Suzanne Bates: Nansook told me she endured the abuse, believing it was her mission from God and, she says, she found the courage to leave when she realized she might not survive.

Nansook: But I realized once he punched me [and] he sees the blood, then he, he says this is a thrill to be violent. And he kept going, punching here and there, my face, my chest, and on, everywhere.

Suzanne Bates: So she plotted her escape, and with the help of a friend, Madeleine Pretorius, Nansook made it to Massachusetts by packing her five children in a minivan in the middle of the night and fleeing to Lexington, Massachusetts, where her brother lives. She fled, not just her husband, but the family headed by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who at age 75, commands a multi billion dollar empire of churches and foundations. The Reverend Moon is known for these mass wedding ceremonies in stadiums around the world. But many don’t know, according to Nansook, Moon lives a lavish lifestyle, traveling by private jet with servants and bodyguards to homes and vacations all over the world.

▲ The Moon family at their East Garden mansion.

Nansook: Reverend Moon, he controls the whole church’s finances which up to now I think is billions and billions of dollars.

Suzanne Bates: Moon claims he is the messiah; that he and his wife are the True Parents; the Moon family, the ideal family. He preaches against drinking, drugs and promiscuous sex. Yet, Hyo Jin, the oldest son who could inherit the power and riches of the Unification Church appears to defy his father’s words.

Concord District Court: Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God?

Suzanne Bates: Last month Hyo Jin was in criminal court in Massachussetts to face charges he violated a restraining order by sending a threatening letter to Nansook. He pleaded guilty.

Judge: Moon, do you wish to plead guilty to this, Mr Moon?

Hyo Jin Moon: Yes

▲ Hyo Jin Moon looking at the judge in court. 

Suzanne Bates: The judge sentenced him to 18 months probation, ordered him to undergo random drug tests and counseling for drug and alcohol abuse.

Judge: A violation will subject you to two and a half years in the house of corrections. Do you understand that?

Hyo Jin Moon: Yes

Suzanne Bates: After the hearing his attorney said Hyo Jin will comply with the judge’s order and Hyo Jin said he will speak publicly when his divorce is final. …

Hyo Jin Moon: Well after everything is over. If I am through the divorce proceedings if I am… after the termination, I would love to sit down with you and talk to you, all about it.

One of Hyo Jin’s attorneys: I think we will defer proceedings until that time.

Suzanne Bates: You don’t have any further comments on your wife’s allegations about your threats to kill her?

Hyo Jin Moon: Not right now. When it is all over, sure.

Hyo Jin’s attorney: Thank you

5:25 

Suzanne Bates: Though his attorney promised he will follow the judge’s order, there is no evidence Hyo Jin Moon has any regard for the law. Not only did he threat Nansook, a violation of the restraining order, he was on probation for two drunk driving convictions when he was arrested again for driving with a suspended license, a charge to which he pleaded guilty. And, Nansook says, her husband has ignored another judge’s order to turn over a sizable collection of guns to police.

▲ Hyo Jin Moon was videotaped by the police when he drove his car to a police appointment. He was arrested for driving with a suspended license. It was reported in a local paper.

Nansook: He has no regard for the law, for the system, it always, everything always covered for him. He could get away with everything using people, resources, basically the church’s foundation.

Suzanne Bates: While the criminal matters get resolved, Nansook is also fighting in divorce court to get her husband to support her and her five children. She has spent thousands and thousands in legal fees trying to collect monthly child support payments ordered by the court which, she says, are almost always late.

Nansook: One constant fear for me was whether I can support my children or not. And what I wanted from the family is to acknowledge their responsibility about the children.

Suzanne Bates: Nansook decided to tell her story in part because she is still afraid of what her husband and his family will do.

Nansook: I think they will be very upset over the fact that I went public, and, Oh gosh, I don’t know what they are gonna do. I don’t know. If they decide that always their interest that I disappear then there is some possibility.

Suzanne Bates: Nansook also wants to expose the Moon family and some church leaders.

Nansook: Reverend Moon’s life style is lavish. He has 50-60 security guards, maids and cooks and personal maids and he travels first class. He was thinking about buying a private jet. Once you have the favor of Reverend Moon you can basically do whatever you want.

Suzanne Bates: Reverend Moon has said he will conquer and subjugate the world. Once proclaiming, “I am your brain.” Nansook Moon, the first and only member of the family to break away, says she fears the Moons, but she will never again be silent.

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7:55

Jack Williams: In a letter to WBZ-TV, the Moon family attorney said they consider broadcast of Nansook Moon interview to be a violation of a court order in the case. However, according to Nansook’s attorneys, she is not barred from speaking publicly by any court order or agreement. We will follow the story. We will let you know what happens

Liz Walker: A follow-up now to our exclusive story earlier this month on Nansook Moon. She is married to the oldest son of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the Unification Church. Nansook Moon and her husband are involved in a bitter divorce battle that includes allegations of physical abuse, drug abuse and threats. Tonight her husband is in jail serving thirty days for contempt of court.

▲ Hyo Jin Moon, in handcuffs, being taken away to jail.

Liz Walker: Hyo Jin Moon was led away from Concord District Court in handcuffs today in stark contrast to what he is used to. Last week in an exclusive interview with Suzanne Bates, Moon’s estranged wife, Nansook Moon, alleged he had beaten and threatened her. Mrs Moon fear for her life convinced her to leave the stormy pre-arranged marriage and flee to Lexington with her five children.

Nansook: He started [to be] physically abusive when I was pregnant with my second daughter. Well, I was afraid for the baby. He was, he was saying he was going to kill the baby, he was going to punch my stomach and kill the baby.

Liz Walker: Nansook Moon tells of the Moon family’s lavish lifestyle and of her husband’s use of drugs. Last month Hyo Jin, pleaded guilty to violating a restraining order. He agreed to undergo random drug tests and counseling for drug and alcohol abuse.

In the Middlesex County Court, the Moon v. Moon matter

Liz Walker: In court today Hyo Jin was held in contempt for ignoring a court order to pay $65,000 in fees to his wife’s attorneys. The defense claims the defense claims Hyo Jin does not have the money.

Attorney James O’Connell : Anyone who looks at the evidence in this case would be satisfied that he does not have $65,000 available to him to make that payment.

Liz Walker: The judge wan’t convinced.

▲ Judge Edward Ginsberg

Judge Edward Ginsberg: He is in contempt, he is in contempt.

Liz Walker: Judge Edward Ginsberg ruled that Moon’s lifestyle makes it obvious the money is available.

Nansook’s attorney, Weld Henshaw: The marital home, which admittedly is used for other purposes too, has been appraised for over $23 million.

Liz Walker: The judge ordered Hyo Jin Moon to spent thirty days behind bars at Middlesex County Jail unless he finds a way to pay up sooner.

▲ Hyo Jin looking at Nansook in the divorce court.

Liz Walker: Hyo Jin Moon’s attorney is planning an appeal. He has filed for a stay of the sentence. A request that was taken under advisement late this afternoon. But at this hour Hyo Jin Moon is still behind bars in Cambridge. Of course we will keep you posted on this story.

10:50

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Liz Walker: Now a follow-up to a News 4 exclusive. You may recall the story we did on the divorce case involving Nansook Moon and her husband, Hyo Jin Moon. Hyo Jin Moon is the oldest son of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and heir to the wealthy, powerful Unification Church. Tonight Hyo Jin remains in a Massachussetts jail, still refusing to pay tens of thousands of dollars. News 4 anchor, Suzanne Bates, broke this story and now has this follow up.

Suzanne Bates: Shackled and slightly subdued by thirty days in the Middlesex County Jail, Hyo Jin Moon came back to court [in Cambridge] and claimed again he is too broke to pay $65,000 in his wife’s legal fees ordered by the judge. 

Suzanne Bates: The Moon family, headed by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, is widely believed to be worth billions. Hyo Jin’s own secretary recently testified in court he brought home $600,000 cash in brown paper bags, but today Hyo Jin’s attorney said Hyo Jin can’t pay because the Moon family cut him off.

Attorney James O’Connell: His compensation has been terminated. He is no longer a beneficiary of the Family Trust.

Suzanne Bates: But Judge Edward Ginsberg didn’t buy Hyo Jin’s claim of poverty. He said he believes the Moon family is trying to squeeze Nansook Moon and her five young children.

▲ Nansook Hong sitting in court

Judge Edward Ginsberg: He can pay the money. That money can be paid. If he chooses to be stubborn that is his problem, not this court’s problem.

Suzanne Bates: Nansook Moon fled her husband and the Moon family compound after surviving what she described as a violent and abusive marriage. Judge Ginsberg agreed she must have money to pay her legal defense, and ordered Hyo Jin back to jail for another sixty days.

Suzanne Bates to Hyo Jin Moon: Why haven’t you paid the money? …

▲ Hyo Jin Moon smiled but did not answer when asked “Why haven’t you paid the money?”

Attorney James O’Connell: My client has paid all the support for his wife and children that this court has ordered. He has paid it consistently from day one. He paid it on a voluntary basis and he paid it pursuant to court order.

Suzanne Bates: He hasn’t paid the legal fees that were ordered in February.

Attorney James O’Connell: The legal fees are not support for his wife and children.

Suzanne Bates: Nansook’s attorney says the family is now threatening to cut off child support as well and Nansook has no other income.

Attorney Weld Henshaw: The church is, and the [Moon] family is going to devote all their energies, not to try to resolve the situation but to winning and grinding their own grandchildren down. It is a pathetic, terrible situation.

Suzanne Bates: Whether or not Hyo Jin can afford to pay, it is certain the Moon family could. Reverend Sun Myung Moon, who claims to be the messiah and the champion of family values, has millions of dollars in Trust Funds which have always supported his family, but he is not writing any checks to get his first son out of jail. – In Cambridge, Suzanne Bates, WBZ News 4.

13:40

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60 Minutes with Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace: If you’re a 15 year-old Korean girl and your spiritual leader, your messiah, selects you to marry his son, that is about as close as you can get to heaven on earth. But sadly Nansook Hong’s marriage into the Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s family turned out to be more like hell on earth. As you will hear from her, and from one of Sun Myung Moon’s daughters, Moon himself and some of his children had not always practiced what Moon preaches. His Unification Church stresses no sex outside marriage, no alcohol, no illegal drugs. But Nansook says that is not what she saw after she married the Reverend’s eldest son, Hyo-jin Moon, the young man they call the prince.

Nansook Hong: He was the prince, the prince. He was very abusive, both physically and emotionally. He is alcoholic. He is addicted to drugs.

Full transcript:  Nansook Hong, transcripts of three interviews, including ‘60 Minutes’

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Nansook Hong: “I snatched my children from Sun Myung Moon”

Nansook Hong In The Shadow Of The Moons

Sam Park reveals Moon’s hidden history (2014)

Sun Myung Moon’s family – his words and the reality

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DJ Stout / Entrevista #1 El hombre que diseñó Texas

Hace dos años estaba en transición de dejar mi antiguo trabajo para entrar en donde estoy actualmente. Una de las cosas que más me aterraba era la dirección de arte de una revista, ya que nunca había sido responsable de ninguna publicación por completo, así que le confesé este temor a un amigo de la red (nunca nos hemos conocido en persona) al que considero también mi mentor. Entre varias de las personas que me recomendó para inspirarme, mencionó a DJ Stout. Me di a la tarea de investigar a cada una de sus sugerencias y de DJ, encontré que durante muchos años trabajó como director de arte en Texas Monthly y el archivo de todas las portadas en el sitio de la revista.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/archives/

Pocos meses después de esta conversación, ya en mi actual trabajo, vi en Facebook que estaban organizando unas conferencias de diseño en CDMX. Y uno de sus exponentes resultó ser DJ. 

DJ Stout actualmente es socio de la firma Pentagram en Austin, donde desarrolla proyectos de branding, sitios web, apps y publicaciones para universidades.

Además, su libro “Variations on a Rectangle: Thirty Years of Graphic Design from Texas Monthly to Pentagram” es una retrospectiva de su trabajo editorial a lo largo de toda su carrera.

Su libro está disponible en Amazon

https://www.amazon.com.mx/Variations-Rectangle-Graphic-Monthly-Pentagram/dp/1477303626/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_es_MX=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=dj+stout&qid=1572445658&sr=8-3

Terminando su charla, pude platicar con él sobre diseño de revistas, dirección de arte y lo importante que es tener un proyecto personal. 

DJ: La nueva ola de diseñadores ya no diseña revistas. Particularmente las que se imprimen. Yo hago muchos proyectos que son en línea. Diseñamos revistas digitales y diseñamos sitios web. Solo que soy de la vieja escuela así que me siguen encantando los libros y las revistas en papel.

¡Entiendo el sentimiento!

DJ: Hacer una revista digital es muy similar a hacer un publicación impresa. Pero obviamente también es diferente. Tienes que estar más consiente de la navegación y el aspecto tecnológico puede resultar ser un dolor de cabeza. Hacemos un muy buen trabajo en esas revistas en línea, pero siempre existe ese algo de una nueva tecnología que le quita el feeling.

En tu conferencia dijiste que adoptaste tu lado tejano. Eres de Texas y haces mucho trabajo relacionado a Texas. ¿Cuándo supiste que tenías que aceptar tu regionalismo?

DJ: En parte porque soy un texano de sexta generación. Mi padre nació en Dallas y como pudiste ver (hablando de la conferencia que acababa de dar) terminó jugando baseball en el Big Bend, que está al oeste del estado, en un área desolada. Ahí fue donde nací. Mi madre es de ahí, cerca del Big Bend, de una pequeña ciudad llamada Van Horn. Mi papá estuvo en los Marines, me mudé por todo el país, así que esa experiencia de ser de un pequeño pueblo al oeste de Texas y luego ver y viajar por todo el mundo mientras crecía, me hizo darme cuenta de lo importante que es aceptar esas cosas que son únicas de un lugar en particular.

Fuente: https://utpress.utexas.edu/

Ahora mi carrera ha estado en Texas por 35 años, así que entiendo esta cultura en específico. Hago muchos proyectos en la costa oeste, tengo un buen de clientes en California, en Canadá. Tengo clientes en el Reino Unido, en Filadelfia. También en Massachussetts y por todo el país. Pero creo que siempre regreso a esas cosas que hacen único al estado donde nací. De alguna manera siempre hay un sentido del humor tejano y una sensibilidad tejana en mi trabajo.

¿Cómo fue trabajar con el fotógrafo en el spread del perro usando las botas vaqueras?

Fuente: Texas Monthly

DJ: Ese spread ganó el National Magazine Award, podemos decir que en el mundo de las revistas, es como el premio de la Academia. Es EL premio. Ganó por fotografía, y lo que fue interesante fue que cuando tuve la idea y se la platiqué a mis editores, no estaban muy convencidos al respecto. Ellos se habían imaginado más un shooting de moda, contratar a un fotógrafo de moda y a una modelo. Así que cuando les dije que quería que en la foto apareciera un perro usando las botas, casi matan la idea. Dijeron: “No, nos preocupan los anunciantes”. No era un anunciante como tal pero estaban dándole promoción a botas hechas por uno de los anunciantes en El Paso. Estaban muy preocupados al respecto pero convencí al equipo que era un buena manera de ejecutarlo, que tenía un sentido de humor tejano y una sensibilidad tejana aunque fuese a ser fotografiado en Nueva York. Pero el trabajo fue hecho por un fotógrafo bastante famoso que tiene expuesto su trabajo en los más importantes museos alrededor del mundo. Su nombre es William Wegman, y primero cuando le llamé, me rechazó. Le dije: “Me encantaría que fotografiaras a tu perro, Fay Ray, usando las botas vaqueras”. Al principio dijo: “Sabes que he expuesto en los museos más importantes en el mundo, y no me interesa hacer trabajo editorial por el momento”. Lo convencí con mi entusiasmo. Viajamos a Nueva York, y nos llevamos una caja llena de cosas típicas de vaqueros y ropa western. Al final, William se la pasó muy bien. Así que esa foto ganó un premio, y desde ese entonces, él empezó a hacer más trabajo editorial, y no solo eso, la perrita tuvo un cachorro. Los dos perritos estuvieron en Plaza Sésamo por muchos años después de eso.

Así que al final se alegró de haber colaborado contigo.

DJ: Y de verdad que fue una sesión fotográfica muy divertida. Teníamos serpientes de cascabel disecadas, lámparas con llantas de carruajes, teníamos todo tipo de objetos western que podíamos usar como utilería. Lo que me gustaba de trabajar en Texas Monthly, aunque éramos una revista sobre el estado de Texas, es que podía contactar a talento nacional o internacional, como la pieza que enseñé del rodeo y la que es sobre el circo mexicano. Eso fue fotografiado por Mary Ellen Mark, y le encantaba colaborar conmigo. Hicimos muchos proyectos en conjunto. Así que no me daba miedo contactar a gente muy destacada y famosa, particularmente fotógrafos como Annie Leibovitz o incluso Richard Avedon. Todos colaboraron en la revista. Irving Penn también colaboró.

Fuente: https://designobserver.com/

¿Cuántos años trabajaste como director de arte para Texas Monthly?

DJ: Trabaje ahí durante 14 años y después de eso me preguntaron si quería unirme a Pentagram. Ahora llevo siendo socio de Pentagram 19 años. Cuando me fui de la revista pensé: “Nadie se queda a trabajar en una revista por 14 años”, y ahora en Pentagram ya cumplo casi los 20. Y probablemente ya no vaya a hacer algo más porque me encanta ser socio de Pentagram. Realmente dependo de mis otros socios, aprendo mucho de ellos y me encanta la variedad de trabajos que hacemos. No lo mostré en la charla porque mi libro se enfoca en diseño de publicaciones. Pero mostré una señalización que hicimos. También estamos haciendo unos gráficos de arquitectura para un parque enorme y nuevo. Estamos haciendo branding para un nuevo complejo de retail, y acabamos de terminar de desarrollar una identidad de marca para un museo en Nashville, Tennessee. Hemos hecho bastantes cosas diferentes, pero aún amo hacer revistas y libros. Últimamente las revistas que hacemos son para universidades. La educación superior se ha vuelto una de nuestras mayores areas de interés.

¿Cómo fue la transición de ser un diseñador de publicaciones a un diseñador que hace toda una variedad de cosas?

DJ: Fue difícil al principio. Me llamaron para preguntarme si quería unirme a Pentagram, estando trabajando para una revista por 14 años, así que yo trabajaba para alguien más. Nunca hice una base de clientes, y tampoco los tenía. Trabajaba en una revista. Así que me tomó un tiempo desarrollar un negocio. Pasó muy orgánicamente y muy rápido. Justo cuando dejé Texas Monthly me dijeron que si quería rediseñar Outside Magazine, que está en Santa Fe. Y después rediseñé catálogos para una tienda en Madison, Wisconsin. En ese momento esa tienda era muy grande y exitosa. Así que empecé a tener proyectos, pero todos esos proyectos estaban relacionados con editorial. Me encanta hacer trabajo editorial, tengo una sensibilidad editorial verdadera, y una sensibilidad periodística también. Creo que trato de llevar esa manera de pensar, a todos mis proyectos, no importa cuál sea.

Es un poco difícil cuando tienes un pasado editorial. La gente ve mi resumé y se preguntan si podría hacer trabajo digital.

DJ: Sabes, uno de nuestros socios en Pentagram, Luke Hayman, que está en la oficina de Nueva York, trabajó como director de arte y diseñador de revistas por muchos años. Y cuando le preguntaron si quería unirse a Pentagram como socio, él había sido director de arte para New York magazine, que es una publicación que ha ganado muchos premios. Le tomó un tiempo esa transición, de pasar a estar en una revista a desarrollar otro tipo de trabajo, porque, cada socio se encarga de dirigir su propio negocio. Pero ahora le va muy bien en verdad y lo hace excelente. Acaba de hacer un libro realmente hermoso para Apple. Tiene todas estas bellas fotografías de los productos. Es un tipo de retrospectiva a través del tiempo de la marca.

¿Cuál era tu parte favorita de cuando estabas enfocado solo al diseño de publicaciones?

DJ: Me encanta la dirección de arte. Cuando estaba en Texas Monthly, era mi parte favorita, porque en verdad soy muy bueno en eso. Y creo que mucha gente no sabe en realidad lo que es la dirección de arte. Si dices: “Soy un director de arte” las personas no entienden de lo que estás hablando. Mi papá, por un largo periodo de tiempo, no tenía idea de lo que eso era. Pero eso es en lo que realmente soy bueno: básicamente es leer una historia o un manuscrito, considerar cuánto espacio le puedes dedicar a esa historia en la publicación. Si por ejemplo van a ser seis páginas o sólo dos. Pensar en cómo quieres comunicar esa historia literal y escrita. Encontrar la manera de transmitir esas ideas visualmente. Y era muy bueno en leer el texto y pensar en cómo se podría fotografiar o ilustrar. Dirigir al equipo o los colaboradores para sacar su mejor trabajo y diseñar todo alrededor de ese trabajo para comunicar la historia de la mejor manera posible.

¿Cuál es tu consejo cuando se diseña la portada de una revista o cualquier publicación?

DJ: Lo que siempre digo es, que la portada de una revista es como un anuncio para tu publicación. Para mi es un poco como diseñar publicidad, como diseñar un espectacular. Y en un espectacular tienes que poder ver lo visual, captar el mensaje rápido y entender de qué se trata, incluso si vas manejando. Creo que es muy similar a la portada de una revista, porque tiene que tener una imagen artística que llame tu atención, que atraiga a las personas, y a la vez necesita comunicar de manera astuta la historia de portada y de lo que se trata.

Pienso que muchas veces, algunos diseñadores sobre diseñan portadas. Como que no tienen idea o un concepto y se vuelve complicado y la imagen es complicada de leer. O tratan de decir todo en la portada. ¿Has visto esas portadas donde hay una cuadrícula como de 20 imágenes? Es porque no pueden decidir qué poner. Y sabes, eso no surgió de un director de arte, eso viene de alguien más que quiere poner todas esas imágenes. La clave es mantenerlo simple. Mantener la comunicación y el diseño simple.

Ahora que lo mencionas, para mi primera portada me pidieron hacer exactamente lo mismo.

DJ: Me piden hacer eso todo el tiempo. Es porque tratan de decir todo, pero siempre digo que cuando estás tratando de decir todo al final no dices nada. Así que tienes que decidir realmente cuál es el mensaje. Cuál es la historia que estás tratando de contar y como la puedes reducir a una sola cosa. Verás, para mi es una cosa muy sencilla, es como alejarse un poco y preguntarse qué es lo que en verdad estamos tratando de comunicar y cómo lo podemos hacer de la manera más fácil. Claro que tiene que tener cierto impacto, para que cuando la gente lo vea haga click rápidamente.

¿Algún consejo desde tu experiencia que tengas para diseñadores y directores de arte jóvenes?

DJ: El consejo que siempre le doy a los diseñadores jóvenes es el mismo que le doy a jóvenes fotógrafos e ilustradores. Me piden mucho que revise portafolios. Trata de hacer esas cosas por las que sientes pasión. Haz las cosas en las que en verdad tengas interés. Y lo que significa, es que trates de apartar tiempo para hacer trabajo personal. No es fácil porque los proyectos propios toman tiempo y dinero extra. Pero hablando de un ejemplo en particular, el fotógrafo, que usé para un libro sobre vaqueros que escriben poesía, me enseñó su book. Iba empezando y así que su trabajo de fotografía de publicidad no era muy bueno que digamos y le dije: Haz algo que te importe. Así que empezó a fotografiar vaqueros que son poetas. Y de ahí vino la idea del libro. Vi sus fotos y pensé que era geniales. Así que le pagué para que fuera a Alpine a dos eventos diferentes. Terminó haciendo dinero por algo en lo que estaba interesado.

Fuente: http://jaybsauceda.com/

Fuente: https://stuctaylor.com/

Es increíble. ¿Te tiene que importar algo, cierto? Y que te apasione.

DJ: Pienso lo mismo respecto al diseño. Si puedes, haz algo aparte, algo que de verdad te importe y te interese, ten tus propios proyectos. La gente los notará si lo haces con pasión.

Fecha de entrevista: 4 de abril de 2018 en la Universidad Iberoamericana. 

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Arlo Guthrie “Alice’s Restaurant Pt. 1 & 2″ Aussie 7″ (1967, 1972)

Ω+ sells all of its’ inventory of Arlo Guthrie’s five-star single starting now. Guthrie released his anti-draft “massacree” as the entire A-side to his debut album of the same name. Since then, it’s become a token Thankgiving piece (William S. Burroughs’ “Thanksgiving Prayer” being the another) with no relation to a dinner setting which is only mentioned in the chorus, but when Guthrie was arrested for littering on that day. As an Australian 7″, you won’t have enough space to hear the whole 18+ minute account of what happened to him at Stockbridge, Massachussetts, so “Alice’s Restaurant” is edited down to two sides; the common practice of songs too long to truncate to only one.

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Reseña: “Lizzie” (El asesinato de la familia Borden)

Se una buena chica (aplique esta frase tanto en 1890 como en el siglo XXI)

Películas como “Lizzie” (nombrada “El asesinato de la familia Borden” en México) tienen que decirnos algo mas que discursos sobre las psicopatías a las que están casi inevitablemente destinados todos aquellos que pierden, por muerte o abandono, a su madre o padre, y se quedan con un tutor que resulta ser un adefesio humano. Lizzie perdió a su madre a los dos años, sí; y fue criada por una mujer que se convirtió en su madrastra cuando habían pasado solo dos años de la muerte de su mamá. Pero esto no sería razón suficiente para que se convirtiera en asesina. Lo que sucedió es que Lizzie contaba con un espíritu libre, contestario y hosco; con una mente lista y unas emociones intensas, casi al punto del descontrol, que la hicieron distinguirse de su hermana Emma y optar por actuar para poder salir de ese hoyo en el que se sentía. Asi, esta historia viene más a ser el retrato de un ser humano que quiere ser libre; que no está de acuerdo con las normas sociales venidas de la moral y los valores conservadores tradicionales, y que en su desesperación por poner un alto a un ser humano que la está lastimando a ella y a quienes ama y que está amparado por toda la sociedad que defiende el orden a costa de desigualdades y abusos, es orillada a tomar una decisión que le cambiara la vida para siempre.

Nuestro contexto es: Massachussetts, 1892. Son tiempos en que luchamos por conceptos creídos e impuestos durante mas de un siglo empiezan a cambiar solo por los avances acelerados de la tecnología desde la invención de la luz eléctrica. Sin embargo, la renuencia a cambios de injerencia social estaba al alza, y personas como Lizzie Borden no tenían cabida en la sociedad. La película justo pone la llaga en los límites estipulados por cuestiones de género: las mujeres están en casa como objetos decorativos, sin opción de ingreso a instituciones educativas, con el peso de la mirada, opinión y juicio de los demás acerca de cualquier cosa que hagan o digan, y destinadas a una actitud servicial y sumisa frente a los hombres. Este contexto machista, sin embargo, sería también un curioso factor para el desenlace de una historia real sobre el asesinato a sangre fría de un matrimonio de clase media estadounidense.

“Lizzie”, dirigida por Craig William Macneill y escrita por Bryce Kass, toma un referente del folklore estadounidense para mostrarnos a una “asesina del hacha” encarnada por Chloe Sevigny (Amor y amistad), que sinceramente es mucho más delicada y estilizada que la Lizzie Borden real, que a la edad de 32 años tomó una decisión de vital importancia para lo que sería su futuro. La historia, contada desde la perspectiva de Lizzie, casi logra hacernos sentir que tenía elementos de sobra para matar a su progenitor y a su madrastra; nos hace verla como la “buena” e “incomprendida” de la historia, nos hace hasta perdonar o secundar su acción. Que Sevigny sea, además de la protagonista, una de las productoras del filme, quizá nos explica un interés femenino en contar la historia de una mujer orillada a cometer un crimen con tal de sobrevivir a las condiciones sociales donde estaba obligada a vivir. Que Sevigny quisiera también ser la intérprete de la pequeña Borden es más que entendible desde esta misma óptica.

La película inicia con el final: han matado a los señores Borden. Los desfiguraron. Los asesinaron en su propia casa. Y a Lizzie la estan interrogando para saber si su padre tenía enemigos; como policía, lo más sencillo es empezar por ese camino la investigación. Es en ese momento donde se nos invita a saber lo que ocurrió seis meses antes de ese suceso, cuando Bridget Sullivan, interpretada por Kristen Stewart (Crepúsculo), llega a la casa Borden para iniciar una carrera de mucama. La historia escrita por Bryce Kass nos irá hilando sucesos como una correspondencia amenazadora hacia el señor Borden; una repulsión hacia él de parte de los trabajadores de sus negocios; la estipulación en el testamento de que a su muerte su yerno administre toda su fortuna (porque una mujer no podría hacerlo y él solo tiene a sus dos hijas y a su esposa), hasta la violación y abuso ejercido sobre todas las mujeres que viven en esa gran casa, para que justo la película se convierta en una de estas historias de asesinatos donde uno quiere averiguar quién es el culpable, cómo cometió el delito y cuáles eran sus motivos.

No importa si los espectadores conocen la historia de Lizzie Borden con anterioridad, porque en realidad pese a la forma sutil de mostrarnos que al señor Borden más de uno se lo quería cargar, pronto inferimos quién es el autor del delito y por qué motivos lo hizo. Sin embargo, eso no quita que la película le dé al público una sorpresa por añadir un motivo más a la lista de “por qué matar a mi padre” de Lizzie, además de que la forma en que Macneill decide representar el asesinato de los Borden es inesperada, satisfactoria y emocionante. Entrar en una historia donde se ha matado cruelmente a un par de personas, para después descubrir cómo era ese par y el por qué los mataron, nos hace respirar tranquilos por ver ���triunfar” al débil, por mirar la justicia por propia mano. Y es que si uno tiene un buen motivo, claro que puede hacer lo que quiera en este mundo de violencia exacerbada, ¿cierto…?

“Lizzie” es una película que cumple con entretenernos, con mostrarnos una cara mas de Kirsten Stewart que se esfuerza por sacar más y distintas cualidades actorales, y para sumar a la cultura general que tenemos sobre asesinos dignos de rememorar por su rocambolesco perfil. Sin embargo, si el espectador se anima a reflexionar sobre temas como: el que las mujeres continúan no pudiendo salir acompañadas para ir al teatro, no por el motivo moral y de repercusión social que tenían en 1892 sino porque ahora para las mujeres es tranquilizador ir con alguien y les aminora el miedo a ser violentadas o abusadas en las calles; o el que sigue siendo motivo de incredulidad las proezas y grandes acciones hechas por mujeres; o el abuso que ejercen personas poderosas sobre quienes están a su cargo o a su servicio, entonces tendrá una lectura fresca que seguro hará a la película ser algo más que la decisión dominguera para ver en el cine. 

Por:  Jessica Rito / @jeskany 

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Chesstomb (John Ethan Py)

Nowadays, in the small town of Chesstown (Massachussetts), a first drama is taking place. A lumberjack, Terry Sheldon is found dead in the forest crushed by a tree. Shortly after, rebelote is his whole family, that is to say his wife Deborah and his three children Swann, Cathy and Paul who are found dead, horribly mutilated by the blows of a chainsaw, in their small house. The police don't know what to conclude. The family was well known and no one knew any enemies. Some time later, a famous journalist, William Shelby arrives in town to investigate in turn. He begins by taking an interest in a strange house, a Victorian house that has been closed for many years and bears the strange name of "Myseri". The garden is abandoned, everything is locked like a safe and to make matters worse, it adjoins a rather dismal cemetery. Then he delved into the past until the 1920s. "Chesstomb" starts off very strong, much like a Stephen King-style thriller, but quickly drifts into fantasy, gore and horror. John Ethan Py, pseudonym of Sébastien Péguin, offers us a choral story with frequent change of narrator and even of narration vector. So we go from newspaper articles to reviews or minutes to transcriptions of videos, letters, extracts from archives and various documents. This could destabilize the reader and cause them to lose their common thread, but this is not the case because the process is so well understood. We got used to it quite quickly and we are even happy to have the impression of participating in the survey. Which turns out to be a red herring, but only after you've built up a bunch of assumptions that never stick. Everything is revealed in a surprising end in the shape of a pirouette a little easy but which leaves the beautiful part to the dream, finally to the nightmare. All in all, a well-written story, well conducted, with suspense, paroxysms in the monstrous and the unhealthy (sensitive souls will do well to abstain) which surfs on current trends (satanism, sadism, relativism and taste for big puppet scenes). Note the importance given to Lovecraft who plays a small role in this affair and the influence of such works as "Night of the Living Dead", "I am a legend" or "World War Z". “Chesstomb” which is a real success and even a masterstroke does not stand out in this list. Compliment for the magnificent cover of the talented Alexandre Dainche. But bad point to "The man without a name" for the too many typos in this text.

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An Alarming Number Of People Are Searching Google For Corona Beer Because They Think It’s Tied To The Coronavirus

An Alarming Number Of People Are Searching Google For Corona Beer Because They Think It’s Tied To The Coronavirus http://bit.ly/37HykaS

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The coronavirus is a very serious problem facing the world right now.

Corona beer, however, has absolutely nothing to do with it.

The coronavirus first originated in Wuhan, China.

Corona beer first originated at Grupo Modelo in Mexico.

Coronavirus symptoms include high body temperatures, dry cough, inflammation in the lungs, shortness of breath, or breathing difficulties and it’s most likely spread airborne via coughing or sneezing by an infected person.

Corona beer symptoms if too much is ingested include poorly sung karaoke and bad decisions and it is mot likely spread via bartenders, coolers, and refrigerators.

None of that, however, has stopped people from searching for the terms “beer virus” and “corona beer virus.” In fact, people performing searches for “beer virus” and “corona beer virus” so often that Google Trends has shown a massive spike for them.

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Over the past 90 days, the states doing the most searching on Google for “corona beer virus” have been Hawaii, Idaho, Connecticut, Arizona, Nebraska, Massachussetts, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, and Nevada.

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Luckily, as coronavirus screening stations have now popped up at 20 different U.S. airports, not everyone is confused by the differences between the coronavirus and Corona the beer.

“We believe, by and large, that consumers understand there’s no linkage between the virus and our business,” Maggie Bowman, the senior communications director at Constellation Brands, Corona’s producer, told Business Insider.

Do not be confused…know your Coronas.

Corona the beer vs. Corona the flu virus. pic.twitter.com/4wFMiz0pA1

— Realeboga Mashiane®

(@Toscallo) January 22, 2020

this whole ass time i thought the corona virus was from the fucking beer. like wow u learn so much when u sit down and watch the news lmao

— $ab

(@sobregon_) January 29, 2020

@NICKIMINAJ @RuPaulsDragRace @VH1 I spilled my beer on my computer I think it have corona virus now the bih wont turn on

— Donovan Williams (@Don_Won_23) January 30, 2020

Corona virus? Y'all got too much beer in China? Fly some Oklahomans out. They'll drink all of it for you since we're all a bunch of redneck alcohol sucking fucks.

— Mazzy (@MazzyChambers) January 30, 2020

Those last two people are not helping.

Men via BroBible.com http://bit.ly/2Z1jdnl January 30, 2020 at 02:37PM

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#Repost @nmaahc ・・・ In 1900, Sgt. William Carney became the first African American to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor for valor during the Civil War. On July 18, 1863, the 54th Massachussetts U.S. Colored Infantry began its assault on Ft. Wagner. Charging uphill into battle, the unit suffered terrible losses. When a color bearer fell, Sgt. Carney caught the Union flag and never let it touch the ground. He was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Ft. Wagner. #WWI #CivilWar #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory #blackhistory #civilwar #blacksoldiers #history #flag https://www.instagram.com/p/B0rmcLNlb0Z/?igshid=802wa809xw16

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“Me volví loco, con largos intervalos de horrible cordura”

Edgar Allan Poe

Fue un escritor, poeta, critico y periodista estadounidense nacido en Boston Massachussetts  en enero de 1809.

Esta reconocido como uno de los maestros universales del relato corto, así mismo, fue renovador de la novela gótica y recordado especialmente por sus cuentos de terror.

Su padre, de ascendencia irlandesa, abandonó a su familia cuando Edgar tenia un año y su madre murió un año después de tuberculosis. Se dice que lo único que conservó de sus padres fue un retrato de su madre y un dibujo del puerto de Boston.

Tanto Edgar como su hermana, fueron adoptados por una de las familias caritativas que habían cuidado de ellos al morir su madre. Un matrimonio formado por Frances y John Allan de Richmond Virginia. Su padrastro, del cual Edgar tomaría el apellido, era un acaudalado comerciante de ascendencia escocesa y un hombre colérico e intransigente, que influiría negativamente en la vida de Edgar. Por el contrario, su madrastra quien no había podido tener hijos, lo quiso y mimó siempre.

En 1823 a los 14 años de edad ya había comenzado a hacer sus primeros escritos literarios. Edgar era un muchacho nervioso e irritable, con un brillo de ansiedad y tristeza en sus ojos.

Estudió lenguas en la Universidad de Virginia en Charlottesville y en 1827 incapaz de sobrevivir por sí mismo, se alistó en el ejercito como soldado raso, cambiándose el nombre y aumentándose la edad.

Su primer libro fue publicado en 1827, con un tiraje de 50 ejemplares, un opúsculo de poesía en donde afirmaba que la mayoría de sus poemas los había escrito a los catorce años.

En 1830 se inscribió como cadete en West Point y un año después abandonó el servicio partiendo a Nueva York en donde editó su tercer libro de poemas.

Al morir su hermano, Poe se esforzó por retomar la carrera de escritor para lo cual tuvo que recurrir continuamente a pedir dinero y a todo tipo de situaciones humillantes relacionadas con la cuestión económica para salir adelante.

En 1834 murió su padrastro sin dejarle herencia alguna, sin embargo, Poe continuó con su empeño por lograr éxito literario. Trabajó como editor en un diario local, perdiendo el puesto al ser sorprendido varias veces en estado de embriaguez.

Trabajo durante varios años escribiendo relatos y critica literaria para algunos periódicos de la época.

Su obra marcó profundamente la literatura de su país y ejerció gran influencia en la literatura simbolista francesa y a través de esta, en el surrealismo. Son deudores suyos toda la literatura de fantasmas de la época victoriana, y fue un autor influyente en diversas figuras como Charles Baudelaire, Fedor Dostoyevski, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka y en Latinoamérica en Jorge Luis Borges y en Julio Cortázar, este ultimo tradujo casi todos sus textos en prosa.

Murió en octubre de 1849 en la ciudad de Baltimore con apenas 40 años de edad. La causa de su muerte nunca fue esclarecida, sin embargo se manejaron múltiples posibles causas como alcoholismo, cólera, drogas, fallo cardiaco, rabia, suicidio, y tuberculosis.

Fuente Wikipedia