#kennedy shipley

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ORIGIN STORIES: i've been asked a few times recently where the ideas for my characters came from, so i thought it'd compile a list.

burns, harris, juniper, burns, lila came about when i was in the third grade, reading maximum ride, enjoying x-m.en: fir.st clas.s and knew a kid named burns and thought, what if a kid named burns could control fire? i ended up writing spirit on a forum (following similar line of thought as the burns naming convention) and needed a reason for her to be alone, so i kind of built harris's personality around the need for spirit to be abandoned, and the other personalities came after that.

alex haven came about because [we @bluedprints already had theo] ezra haven said, and i quote, 'wanna get you fucking pregnant again' whilst having sex with spirit haven after their first couple's therapy session following ezra's unfaithfulness.

davy actually came about before second gen was a thing. i wanted to give juni a baby and wouldn't it just be crazy if @jupiter3's flynn was the father? then phoebe came about as we just kept adding to second gen and realized that juni/sam/flynn would have also had juni/sam kids

beck came about because i wanted more labkids one day because i was bored. @bluedprints and dax basically created the narrative of labkids with a vendetta against harris harris. tonje, dana, charlotte, river, and noel's ocs came first, then i made beck bc i felt left out

shipley (now written by @corsey) was the villain in the first spirit novel i tried to write. i knew he came from a cult, and i knew he also needed to be from a cult that no longer existed and that he was delusionally trying to continue doing the work of, so i came up with mackenzie, cass, and jm (the last of which now written by @jupiter3) to destroy the cult. i was ~losing my religion~ at the time so obviously i had to be edgy and say something about baptism and evangelical christianity as well. i ended up with elijah/shipley/mack as one triad and the throuple as another because trinities.

rachel is another product of the second gen baby boom.

rose was one of my first ocs affiliated with @bluedprints henry. we wanted siblings, we wanted sharp emotional contrast, we ended up sticking them in knight based on an idea tonje had about cult siblings that she fleshed out and invited me into

naomi is a product of the baby boom and also, doesn't rose with two beautiful baby girls and a loving husband just make sense for her arc?

graham is a product of the baby boom because @bluedprints' henry needs just one nice thing: his beautiful boys who were damaged and lost before henry.

kieran and cain came about as characters in the second version of spirit's novel. i needed a cult leader and i needed a right hand man. and then they just blossomed from there!

gabriela came about because i always knew comphet compelled cain to have sex with women during orgies in glass and second gen had a bit of a baby boom.

cullen came about because we needed some villains in second gen. naturally i made him kieran's son and the guy from you. instead, we have wife guy cullen glass (who also kills ezra haven)

alessandra came about to be an affiliated oc with @midcenturies' belén, daughter of the remarkable beatríz.

maryanne came about as an affiliated oc with @midcenturies @jupiter3 @corsey after we watched h.ustlers and wanted to engage with themes like femininity, feminism, sexuality, sexism, sex work, dubious ethics and morality, and modern survival.

adrien, kai-ming, kennedy, noah, esther, rian, jeremy, rian, and hassan were created for @bluedprints' archetype. i wanted to explore some of the same themes of surrealism and horror and obsessive artistry. i started to develop different ideas for artists/creators, their struggles, and their role in our plot.

olivia came about because of a plot i'm doing with @gildedlife coming up shortly that i'm super excited about!

hanna, veronica, and bianca came about bc @bluedprints and i wanted to give cassius and ezra some new york friends to have sloppy sex with on a regular basis. bianca specifically came about to be one of the many mothers to edwin's many children

mercutio came about bc tonje held a gun to my head and made me.

felicity came about because tonje and i put cassius through the ringer and he needed a respite. he needed the love of a good woman.

amelia came about bc i wanted felicity to have a daughter to raise with cassius :) and being a single mother before cassius made sense for her character development.

joe was created in a rp group because a) needed older skewing chars b) needed less grimy service industry rats in bands c) needed a normal guy on account of there being a werewolf waffle house

isla came about because we wanted a) california ocs for theo to interact with when they went to ucla and b) i wanted affiliated band ocs for a band called burger kink. isaac and clara followed, the former bc i wanted to give theo a sugar daddy, the latter bc i needed more evil women on my roster

elizabeth "busy" is @jupiter3's creation!

samuel came about because busy is edwin miles' (@bluedprints) oopsie daisy. aka he got her pregnant then fumbled her. yes.

rhea came about because i was watching real housewives and started thinking about people in the tourism industry having to deal with obnoxious rich people. i was further inspired by the flor.ida proje.ct

weston came about in an rp group created by @jupiter3 and others who aren't active on tumblr rn. basically they gave me a template for a final/slasher survivor and he just came about from that.

louis was an idea i had admittedly based heavily heavily heavily on an old ex who worked in restaurants with me and was putting off leaving our college town to pursue his masters.

maxwell is a product of the baby boom after we came up with the houlou ship @jupiter3

[manyfandomocs]

Hi, I am here with a mostly updated (But not fully updated, oops) masterlist, humbly requesting crossovers (They are the first two posts I have on my page)

Yes yes yes yes just threw random things together but it's a long list (tried not to have too many repeats for those that are in the same universe so focused more on the characters themselves yknow)

Gossip Girl (OG)

Dali Jazz

Athena Callahan (she's probably a fan of Dali's dad and then her)

Benito van der Woodsen (definitely should know each other with their famous parents he will hit on her)

Darcy Hearst (Darcy loves models that's all)

Hazel Cartier (model friends model friends)

Callahan "Cal" Pruitt (these are all vibes I just love Jordan Fisher)

Catalina Cabrera (pls I just love them)

Darcy Hearst

Edmund Kennedy

Evelina Sinclair

Hannah Christensen

Conrad "Covey" Covington

Athena Callahan (I think she'd be annoyed by him but also be like "He is kinda hot though idk")

Catalina Cabrera (she's just my fav girl I want her with everyone)

Darcy Hearst (Darcy is also a rich party boy he will want to be with Covey)

Evelina Sinclair (Evelina "I'm done with rich boys" Sinclair once again wanting a rich boy)

Hazel Cartier (Idk I just feel like they could vibe)

Kimber Aldridge (again just vibes)

Benito van der Woodsen (he wants to hit on her)

Catalina Cabrera

Darcy Hearst

Edmund Kennedy (idk idk just felt it)

Hazel Cartier

Miles Humphrey

Lia Gallo

Athena Callahan (I just think it'd be funny if she likes a mafia princess)

Darcy Hearst (the mafia does not frighten him he wants to hit on her)

Hannah Christensen (Look it might not be good bc Hannah is so nosey but also that's where the humor is)

Miles Humphrey (Idk I think it'd be fun)

Lorelai van Doren

Benito van der Woodsen

Catalina Cabrera

Hannah Christensen

Miles Humphrey

Nico Radcliffe

Athena Callahan

Catalina Cabrera

Evelina Sinclair

Miles Humphrey

Phineas "Finn" Rockwell

Athena Callahan (idk just seems hot)

Catalina Cabrera (Yes yes yes I think they'd be so fun)

Darcy Hearst (Darcy wants him idk what to tell you)

Evelina Sinclair (Again Evelina "I'm done with rich boys" Sinclair wanting another rich boy)

Hazel Cartier (she wants to hit on him idk)

Tinsley Covington

Athena Callahan (I think they'd be so interesting)

Benito van der Woodsen (He wants to flirt with her idk)

Catalina Cabrera (I think Catalina would have a crush on her tbh doesn't matter if it'd be one sided)

Darcy Hearst (He wants to hit on her too)

Hannah Christensen (idk seems fun)

Gossip Girl (2021)

Chanel Hope

Andrea Fitzpatrick (idk felt it)

Gavin Cohen (he is gonna be on everyone's list he loves pretty people)

Lorenzo Waters (idk he wants her)

Natalia Finch

Valerie Ritter (let's go let's go)

Wesley Dawson

Luca Beaumont

Gavin Cohen (again he loves pretty people he will play his guitar and flirt)

Maeve Marsden (again just felt it)

Valerie Ritter (I think they'd be funny)

Matheo Moreau

Gavin Cohen (like I said he loves pretty people he'll just take Chanel, Luca, and Matheo no problem)

Lorenzo Waters (I think they'd be fun)

Maeve Marsden (again just seems fun)

Matthew Porter (idk idk I just wanted to see it)

Natalia Finch

Minevra "Mimi" Wolfe

Andrea Fitzpatrick (she thinks she's gorgeous idk)

Gavin Cohen

Lorenzo Waters (he wants to hit on her)

Matthew Porter (idk I feel like he'd be very sweet)

Natalia Finch

Wesley Dawson

Sebastian Clifton

Gavin Cohen

Lorenzo Waters (I feel like they could cause problems together)

Maeve Marsden (idk she wants him)

Natalia Finch

Shipley Covington

Andrea Fitzpatrick (I can't tell if she wants Shipley or wants to just befriend her so bad)

Gavin Cohen (he will flirt)

Matthew Porter

Valerie Ritter

Wesley Dawson

[wankerwatch]

Lords Vote

On: Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill moved that this House regrets that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/869), laid before the House on 22 August, will remove support from many of the poorest pensioners at the same time as the energy price cap is being lifted; and calls on the Government (1) to take steps to identify those who are eligible for pension credit but do not claim it so that they can receive both benefits; (2) to support vulnerable pensioners this winter; and (3) to take action to end fuel poverty, including with an emergency home insulation programme and a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies. The House divided:

Ayes: 65 (66.2% LD, 13.8% XB, 7.7% DUP, 4.6% , 3.1% Bshp, 3.1% UUP, 1.5% PC) Noes: 132 (92.4% Lab, 6.1% XB, 0.8% Con, 0.8% ) Absent: ~634

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Liberal Democrat (43 votes)

Addington, L. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Bradshaw, L. Brinton, B. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Doocey, B. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Grender, B. Hamwee, B. Harris of Richmond, B. Hussain, L. Hussein-Ece, B. Janke, B. Kramer, B. Ludford, B. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Newby, L. Northover, B. Palmer of Childs Hill, L. Parminter, B. Pidgeon, B. Pinnock, B. Purvis of Tweed, L. Randerson, B. Rennard, L. Scott of Needham Market, B. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sheehan, B. Shipley, L. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Tope, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Walmsley, B.

Crossbench (9 votes)

Alton of Liverpool, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Bull, B. Craig of Radley, L. Freeman of Steventon, B. Greenway, L. O'Loan, B. Pannick, L. Sentamu, L.

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Browne of Belmont, L. Dodds of Duncairn, L. Hay of Ballyore, L. McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown, L. Morrow, L.

Non-affiliated (3 votes)

Fox of Buckley, B. Hoey, B. Taylor of Warwick, L.

Bishops (2 votes)

Sheffield, Bp. Southwark, Bp.

Ulster Unionist Party (2 votes)

Elliott of Ballinamallard, L. Empey, L.

Plaid Cymru (1 vote)

Smith of Llanfaes, B.

Noes

Labour (122 votes)

Adams of Craigielea, B. Alli, L. Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, B. Anderson of Swansea, L. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Ashton of Upholland, B. Bach, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beamish, L. Beckett, B. Berkeley, L. Blake of Leeds, B. Boateng, L. Bradley, L. Bragg, L. Browne of Ladyton, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Carter of Coles, L. Chakrabarti, B. Chapman of Darlington, B. Clark of Windermere, L. Collins of Highbury, L. Crawley, B. Cryer, L. Donaghy, B. Donoughue, L. Drake, B. Eatwell, L. Evans of Watford, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Foulkes of Cumnock, L. Gale, B. Golding, B. Goudie, B. Grantchester, L. Grocott, L. Hacking, L. Hain, L. Hannett of Everton, L. Hanson of Flint, L. Hanworth, V. Harman, B. Harris of Haringey, L. Hayman of Ullock, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Hazarika, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Hendy of Richmond Hill, L. Hodge of Barking, B. Howarth of Newport, L. Hughes of Stretford, B. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hutton of Furness, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jordan, L. Keeley, B. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. Khan of Burnley, L. Kingsmill, B. Knight of Weymouth, L. Lawrence of Clarendon, B. Layard, L. Lennie, L. Leong, L. Liddell of Coatdyke, B. Liddle, L. Lipsey, L. Livermore, L. Mann, L. Maxton, L. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. McNicol of West Kilbride, L. Mendelsohn, L. Merron, B. Morgan of Drefelin, B. Morgan of Huyton, B. Morris of Yardley, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Nye, B. O'Grady of Upper Holloway, B. Pitkeathley, B. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prentis of Leeds, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Ramsey of Wall Heath, B. Rebuck, B. Reid of Cardowan, L. Ritchie of Downpatrick, B. Robertson of Port Ellen, L. Rooker, L. Rowlands, L. Royall of Blaisdon, B. Sahota, L. Sherlock, B. Smith of Basildon, B. Smith of Malvern, B. Snape, L. Spellar, L. Stansgate, V. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taylor of Bolton, B. Taylor of Stevenage, B. Thornton, B. Timpson, L. Touhig, L. Tunnicliffe, L. Turnberg, L. Twycross, B. Vallance of Balham, L. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Watson of Wyre Forest, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Wilcox of Newport, B. Winston, L. Winterton of Doncaster, B. Young of Old Scone, B.

Crossbench (8 votes)

Boycott, B. Casey of Blackstock, B. Ford, B. Hogan-Howe, L. Krebs, L. O'Donnell, L. Walney, L. Watkins of Tavistock, B.

Conservative (1 vote)

James of Blackheath, L.

Non-affiliated (1 vote)

Austin of Dudley, L.

[cecexwrites]

Anyone wanna see my bare bones masterlist? No? Too bad

Code Lyoko - Glitch -- Xeda Moriarty

DC - Dangerous Creatures (Arrowverse) -- Cassius Avci -- Adeline Merlyn - Young Gods (Titans) --Ayca Avci

Descendants - Young/Royal/Misfit -- Mollie Mim -- Henry Hook -- Blake Le Bete -- Cassim Ababwa -- Sterling White -- Chandler Charming - Once Upon a Dream -- Darling Pan - Red Riding Hood -- Scarlett Edon - The Beast -- Piper Piedman - Truly Wicked -- Gigi Gothel - Wasting Time with Rabbits -- Gal Legume -- Cedrick Facilier -- Quinn Queen -- Winter White -- Aleksander Westergaard -- Vasilia Westergaard -- Oonagh the Orange Fairy - Throne of Ice -- Adalie La Bete - In Deeper Waters -- Chloe Charming - Neon Gods -- Ismene Frollo - Charming -- Eramis Huntsman -- Grace Grump -- Ulrich Oceana - A Game of Malice ((This might get it's own masterlist))

Glee -- Maite Contreras-Herrera -- Olivia Pillsbury -- Chandler Fabray -- Wyatt Berry -- Whitter Kennedy -- Patrick West -- Jolie Hartford -- Camden Puckerman

Gossip Girl -- Shipley Tiernan -- Darby Lancaster -- Bliss Lancaster -- Lincoln Lancaster -- Ford Lancaster

Halloweentown - The Crane Institute -- Piper Dalloway -- Michael Dalloway -- Petra Blackthorn -- Kyra Knight -- Summer Simms -- Jordan Portman -- Jack Brinley -- Alder Lavigne

Harry Potter (Not including The Amortentia Archives) - The House of Snakes and Stars -- Elara Black -- Lysander Nott - 1001 Reasons Why I Hate The Boy Who Lived -- Odelia Rosier

High School Musical - Fear of Motion -- Piper Martin -- Cassidy Martin

Shadowhunters - Fera Daemonia -- Lark Thrushcross -- Anais Thrushcross -- Rowena Thornhill -- Connor Thornhill -- Rhys Halston -- Jett Herondale

Stranger Things - Swing for the Fences -- Lou Rodriguez -- Emma Smalls -- Phillip Smalls

Sky High - Villianous -- Mercer Pendry

Teen Wolf - Coven Wars -- Eden St James -- Charlotte Deveraux -- Amalie Deveraux -- Jude Deveraux -- Leiden Deveraux -- Mikhail Sokolov -- Artem Sokolov -- Lev Sokolov -- Dimitri Sokolov -- Bambi Bardot -- Will Argent

The Umbrella Academy - Prodigal -- Marissa Hargreeves -- Trevor Halloway

[mysticalhearth]

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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Broadway - November 24, 2013 (Lanelle's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jefferson Mays (The D'Ysquith Family), Bryce Pinkham (Monty Navarro), Lisa O'Hare (Sibella Hallward), Lauren Worsham (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Jane Carr (Miss Marietta Shingle), Joanna Glushak (Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Eddie Korbich (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Jeff Kready (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Jennifer Smith (Tour Guide/Newsboy), Catherine Walker (Miss Evangeline Barley and others), Price Waldman (Barber / Detective) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Broadway - January 18, 2015 (Matinee) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jefferson Mays (The D'Ysquith Family), Bryce Pinkham (Monty Navarro), Lisa O'Hare (Sibella Hallward), Catherine Walker (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Barbara Marineau (Miss Marietta Shingle), Joanna Glushak (Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Eddie Korbich (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Jeff Kready (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Jennifer Smith (Tour Guide/Newsboy), Price Waldman (Chief Inspector Pinckney/Newsboy/Actor) NOTES: Bryce's last show before his return in July. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - First National Tour - September 29, 2015 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: John Rapson (The D'Ysquith Family), Kevin Massey (Monty Navarro), Kristen Beth Williams (Sibella Hallward), Adrienne Eller (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Mary VanArsdel (Miss Marietta Shingle), Kristen Mengelkoch (Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Christopher Behmke (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Matt Leisy (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Megan Loomis (Tour Guide/Newsboy), Ben Roseberry (Chief Inspector Pinckney/Newsboy/Actor), Lesley McKinnell (Miss Evangeline Barley and others) NOTES: Beautiful capture of the tour which launched in Chicago. There's tiny bits of washout when the camera is in wideshot due to the spotlights of the stage. Terrific cast and a wonderful tour of this production! A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - First National Tour - April 24, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: John Rapson (The D'Ysquith Family), Kevin Massey (Monty Navarro), Kristen Beth Williams (Sibella Hallward), Adrienne Eller (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Mary VanArsdel (Miss Marietta Shingle), Megan Loomis (u/s Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Christopher Behmke (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Matt Leisy (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Ben Roseberry (Chief Inspector Pinckney/Newsboy/Actor), Lesley McKinnell (Miss Evangeline Barley and others) NOTES: A great capture of the tour. The cast is solid, and the audience is energetic. There are no blackouts, no obstruction, and no washout. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is excellent. Includes curtain call, John and Kevin’s BC/EFA speech, and playbill scans. A+ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Encores! - May 12, 2012 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Megan Hilty (Lorelei Lee), Rachel York (Dorothy Shaw), Aaron Lazar (Henry Spofford), Steven Boyer (Pierre/Louis Lemanteur), Brennan Brown (Steward/Mr. Robert Lemanteur/Gus Esmond Sr.), Stephen Buntrock (Josephus Gage), Simon Jones (Sir Francis Beekman), Deborah Rush (Mrs. Ella Spofford), Sandra Shipley (Lady Phyllis Beekman), Megan Sikora (Gloria Stark), Clarke Thorell (Gus Esmond Jr.) NOTES: Filmed from the back of the balcony. Many heads appear in the frame to start, then when the filmer gets his bearings, the video improves greatly. There are a few times (mostly at the beginning) when the filmer replaces some poor video moments with still shots. These still shots are less than 2 or 3 minutes of the entire show. Overall, a great video, and Megan Hilty is amazing Ghost: The Musical - Berlin - June, 2018 (Rumpel's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Nikolas Heiber (u/s Sam Wheat), Willemijn Verkaik (Molly Jensen), Marion Campbell (Oda Mae Brown), Andreas Bongard (Carl Bruner), Mischa Kiek (Willie Lopez), Nicolas Christahl (Subway Ghost), Klaus Seiffert (Hospital Ghost), Chasity Crisp (Clara), Denise Lucie Aquino (Louise) NOTES: Very Limited trades 3:1 Ghost: The Musical - Broadway - July 28, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Richard Fleeshman (Sam Wheat), Caissie Levy (Molly Jensen), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Oda Mae Brown), Bryce Pinkham (Carl Bruner), Michael Bladerrama (Willie Lopez), Tyler McGee (Subway Ghost) NOTES: Great HD capture of the show toward the end of the run. This is a great capture compared the previous one from March, with the changes that were made from the previews and with the original Oda Mae Brown. Despite what the reviews said, this is one show I thoroughly enjoyed and wish it had a better life on Broadway as it deserved! A- Recording with mostly zooms and a few wide shots. Great views of the effects. A Google Drive link is floating around that contains the wrong VOBs for Act 1-3 and Act 2-2; make sure you get everything! Ghost: The Musical - Hamburg - January 13, 2019 (Closing Night) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Riccardo Greco (Sam Wheat), Roberta Valentini (Molly Jensen), Marion Campbell (Oda Mae Brown), John Vooijs (Carl Bruner), Mischa Kiek (Willie Lopez), Marius Bingel (Subway Ghost), Alex Bellinkx (Hospital Ghost), Enny de Alba (Clara), Tamara Wörner (Louise) NOTES: Poor picture Quality, no zoom but captures all action and great sound Ghost: The Musical - Hamburg - January, 2019 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Riccardo Greco (Sam Wheat), Roberta Valentini (Molly Jensen), Marion Campbell (Oda Mae Brown), John Vooijs (Carl Bruner), Mischa Kiek (Willie Lopez), Marius Bingel (Subway Ghost), Alex Bellinkx (Hospital Ghost), Enny de Alba (Clara), Tamara Wörner (Louise) NOTES: Filmed from first row. Great capture of the full show. Ghost: The Musical - London Workshop - February 13, 2010 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Oliver Tompsett (Sam Wheat), Natalie Mendoza (Molly Jensen), Sharon D Clarke (Oda Mae Brown) NOTES: Proshot, stand and sing performance. Ghost: The Musical - US First National Tour - January 12, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Steven Grant Douglas (Sam Wheat), Katie Postotnik (Molly Jensen), Carla R Stewart (Oda Mae Brown), Robby Haltiwanger (Carl Bruner) Ghost: The Musical - West End - October 4, 2012 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Mark Evans (Sam Wheat), Siobhan Dillon (Molly Jensen), Sharon D Clarke (Oda Mae Brown), Andrew Langtree (Carl Bruner), Ivan de Freitas (Willie Lopez), Scott Maurice (Subway Ghost) Der Glöckner von Notre Dame - Berlin - 1999 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Drew Sarich (Quasimodo), Ruby Rosales (Esmeralda), Norbert Lamla (Frollo), André Bauer (Phoebus), Chris Murray (Clopin), Andreas Gergen (The Archdeacon) Der Glöckner von Notre Dame - Berlin - August 14, 1999 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Drew Sarich (Quasimodo), Ruby Rosales (u/s Esmeralda), Norbert Lamla (Frollo), André Bauer (u/s Phoebus), Chris Murray (Clopin) Godspell - Brazilian CEFTEM Production - September 4, 2015 (Papa Rose 2015's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Bruno Fraga (Jesus), Oscar Fabião (John/Judas), Bernardo Dugin, Carol Botelho, Gabi Porto, Giovana Rangel, João Telles, Laura Zennet, Lyv Ziese, Vinícius Teixeira NOTES: Excellent video of this marvelous production. Some heads at the bottom of the screen when it isn't zoomed in, but they only block the actors' feet. Gone With The Wind (Martin) - Palais Des Sports De Paris - 2003 FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Laura Presgurvic, Vincent Niclo, Sandra Léane, Dominique Magloire, Cyril Niccolaï NOTES: ProShot Grease - 8th UK Tour - October, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MTS CAST: Will Haswell (u/s Danny Zuko), Martha Kirby (Sandy Dumbrowski), Louis Grant (Kenickie), Rhianne-Louise Mccaulsky (Betty Rizzo), Darren Bennett (Vince Fontaine), Peter Andre (Teen Angel), Jordan Abey (Doody), Ryan Anderson (Roger), Damian Buhagiar (Sonny Latierri), Eloise Davies (Frenchy), Natalie Woods (Jan), Tara Sweeting (Marty), Kevin O'Dwyer (u/s Johnny Casino) NOTES: Shot from the right mezzanine. Has some great closeups, mediums and wide shots. Some heads can obstruct at times, bu don't take away from the action. Audience is really loud and kinda badly behaved. Grease - Grease: Live (FOX Special) - January 31, 2016 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Aaron Tveit (Danny Zuko), Julianne Hough (Sandy Dumbrowski), Carlos PenaVega (Kenickie), Vanessa Hudgens (Betty Rizzo), Jordan Fisher (Doody), Carly Rae Jepsen (Frenchy), Kether Donohue (Jan), Noah Robbins (Eugene Florczyk), Elle McLemore (Patty Simcox) NOTES: TV Special aired on FOX on Jan 31 2016 Grease - Manila, Philippines - August 15, 1995 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Lea Salonga (Sandy Dumbrowski) NOTES: Quality loss Grease - Second Broadway Revival - July 28, 2007 (Preview) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Max Crumm (Danny Zuko), Laura Osnes (Sandy Dumbrowski), Matthew Saldivar (Kenickie), Jenny Powers (Betty Rizzo), Stephen Buntrock (Teen Angel), Ryan Patrick Binder (Doody), Daniel Everidge (Roger), Jose Restrepo (Sonny Latierri), Kirsten Wyatt (Frenchy), Lindsay Mendez (Jan), Robyn Hurder (Marty), Allison Fischer (Patty Simcox) NOTES: Good picture and great sound with nice closeups throughout with a head in the way only once or twice for a few moments. Grey Gardens - Off-Broadway - April 30, 2006 (Closing Night) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Christine Ebersole ("Little" Edie Beale / Young Edith Bouvier Beale), Mary Louise Wilson (Edith Bouvier Beale), Sara Gettelfinger (Young "Little" Edie Beale), Matt Cavenaugh (Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. / Jerry), John McMartin (J.V. Major Bouvier/Norman Vincent Beale), Bob Stillman (George Gould Strong), Michael Potts (Brooks Sr. / Brooks Jr.), Sarah Hyland (Jacqueline Bouvier), Audrey Twitchell (Young Lee Bouvier) The Grinning Man - West End - March 12, 2018 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Louis Maskell (Grinpayne), Julian Bleach (Barkilphedro), Sean Kingsley (Ursus), Sanne Den Besten (Dea), Amanda Wilkin (Josiana), Ewan Black (Trelaw/Osric), Mark Anderson (Dirry-Moir), James Alexander-Taylor (Mojo), Julie Atherton (Queen Angelica), Sophia Mackay (Mother/Quake), Jim Kitson (King Clarence) NOTES: 1920x1080 YouTube rip. Highlights, filmed at an angle from the second row with some obstructions throughout. Highlights consist of: Act 1, Labyrinth, A World Of Feeling, Only A Clown, Curtain Call. Groundhog Day - Broadway - March 16, 2017 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss (Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson), Raymond J Lee (Ralph), Andrew Call (Gus), Josh Lamon (Buster), Gerard Canonico (Fred), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster), William Parry (Jenson), Michael Fatica (Chubby Man), Travis Waldschmidt (Jeff), Joseph Medeiros (Deputy), Taylor Iman Jones (Lady Storm Chaser), Rheaume Crenshaw (Doris), Sean Montgomery (Sheriff), Jenna Rubaii (Joelle), Tari Kelly (Piano Teacher), Vishal Vaidya (Larry), Katy Geraghty (Debbie) NOTES: This is the first preview where the set broke down after about 15 minutes and the rest of the show was performed "concert style". All announcements (both over the speakers and onstage with the director/cast) are included in the video. In Act 2 Overture, The music stops for a second and then restarts. During the mid finale scene which is before when Phil runs around town doing “errands”, Matthew Warchus comes out and informs everyone that they will skip scenes due to the tech issue and just go to the scene of the song where Phil and Rita have their dance and from there.  

Groundhog Day - Broadway - March 20, 2017 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss (Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson), Raymond J Lee (Ralph), Andrew Call (Gus), Josh Lamon (Buster), Gerard Canonico (Fred), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster), William Parry (Jenson), Michael Fatica (Chubby Man), Travis Waldschmidt (Jeff), Joseph Medeiros (Deputy), Taylor Iman Jones (Lady Storm Chaser), Rheaume Crenshaw (Doris), Sean Montgomery (Sheriff), Jenna Rubaii (Joelle), Tari Kelly (Piano Teacher), Vishal Vaidya (Larry), Katy Geraghty (Debbie) NOTES: Better capture of the fully working performance than from the first preview vid. Nicely filmed in HD with clear picture and sound; complete show; great video

 Groundhog Day - Broadway - April 1, 2017 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss (Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson), Raymond J Lee (Ralph), Andrew Call (Gus), Josh Lamon (Buster), Gerard Canonico (Fred), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster), William Parry (Jenson), Michael Fatica (Chubby Man), Travis Waldschmidt (Jeff), Joseph Medeiros (Deputy), Taylor Iman Jones (Lady Storm Chaser), Rheaume Crenshaw (Doris), Sean Montgomery (Sheriff), Jenna Rubaii (Joelle), Tari Kelly (Piano Teacher), Vishal Vaidya (Larry), Katy Geraghty (Debbie) NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the new musical based on the movie. Such an amazing set and Andy gives a terrific performance. The set malfunctioned once and they had to pause and restart the song. Guys and Dolls - Fourth Broadway Revival - March 18, 1992 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Nathan Lane (Nathan Detroit), Faith Prince (Miss Adelaide), Peter Gallagher (Sky Masterson), Josie de Guzman (Sarah Brown) Guys and Dolls - North Shore Music Theatre - October-November, 2012 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Jonathan Hammond (Nathan Detroit), Mylinda Hull (Miss Adelaide), Kevin Vortmann (Sky Masterson), Kelly McCormick (Sarah Brown), Wayne W Pretlow (Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Jamie Ross (Arvide Abernathy), Ben Roseberry (Benny Southstreet), Jessica Sheridan (General Matilda B. Cartwright) Gypsy - West End Revival - 2015 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Imelda Staunton (Rose), Peter Davison (Herbie), Lara Pulver (Louise), Gemma Sutton (June), Dan Burton (Tulsa), Julie Legrand (Electra), Anita Louise Combe (Tessie Tura), Louise Gold (Mazeppa), Billy Hartman (Uncle Jocko), Scarlet Roche (Baby June), Lara Wollington (Baby Louise), Patrick Romer (Pop) NOTES: Note from Blvd-on-Sunset: Two versions exist. One is broadcast by the BBC, has the logo watermark at the top left corner and is being traded at 540p. The other is released by Universal Studios in 1080p on BluRay and can be found on Amazon Prime Video (UK only) Check with traders which version they own.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer - June 5, 1984

By contrast, this Warhol visit was tame 

By RUTH SELTZER

Nineteen years ago, pop artist Andy Warhol was given his first one-man museum show by the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). It was indeed a happening, with Andy and his entourage invading Philadelphia for this media event. We were at that opening, and it was wild, wild.

 Last Friday, Andy Warhol came down by limousine from New York to Philadelphia to attend the Institute of Contemporary Art's 20th birthday party - a celebration with dinner and dancing at the Four Seasons Hotel. We were seated between Mr. Warhol and ICA board member Walter Stait, who has long been a friend of the world-famous artist. This party was great fun and very stylish, but we can assure you that it was far more tame than Andy's 1965 world premiere exhibition. 

There were 400 people at Friday's black-tie party, which was called "The Philadelphia Story." Andy Warhol created a special full-color serigraph of Princess Grace especially for the ICA birthday observance. This portrait of the Philadelphia-born movie star made its official debut at the dinner-dance. During the cocktail hour, guests looked at the limited-edition prints, five of them, that were on display. 

Brenda (Mrs. L Harvey) Hewit was general chairman of the party, which was a benefit for the ICA. The honorary chairmen were Princess Grace's brother, John B. "Jack" Kelly Jr., and his wife, Sandra. 

It was the first time that Andy Warhol and Jack Kelly had met. Jack told us that he is very pleased with the portrait of his sister and plans to hang it in his penthouse apartment. It's Warhol’s version of Grace Kelly as she looked in the movie Fourteen Hours. 

During dinner, we told Warhol that Grace's lower lip, in the portrait, is a little fuller than we recall. "I like full lips," he replied. 

About Grace's brother, Warhol remarked, "He should have been in the movies, too. He has just the right look. He'd be good in movies today." 

Andy Warhol wore red sneakers with his tuxedo. He talked a good deal during dinner. Many times, he was interrupted by partygoers who wanted autographs. Andy obliged; he was very pleasant about it. Often, he signed his name on replicas of Campbell Soup labels. As you may remember, Andy was famous for his "pop art" versions of Campbell Soup cans. He also gained considerable attention with his serigraph portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor. 

At Friday's party, Andy Warhol chatted with Janet Kardon, the current director of the Institute of Contemporary Art. When Warhol came to Philadelphia with his pals in 1965, Samuel Adams Green was the ICA's director. "A more bizarre group you couldn't have found in Philadelphia," Sam Green is quoted as saying in Edie, Jean Stein's biography of the late Edie Sedgwick, who was part of the Warhol entourage. "We stayed at Henry Mcllhenny's house on Rittenhouse Square," Mr. Green said. "On Sunday afternoon, we all appeared at his house. We overlapped with the ladies' tea for the Pennsylvania Ballet" 

Lallie (Mrs. H. Gates) Lloyd, who was the first chairman of the ICA advisory board, gave a dinner party in 1965 for Andy Warhol and his friends at her home in Haverford. Among the Philadelphia guests were Rilice and Al Paul Lefton Jr. The Leftons also attended Friday's party. 

Rilice Lefton is the immediate past chairman of the ICA advisory board. Harvey S. Shipley Miller is the current board chairman. Sallie (Mrs. Berton E.) Korman is president. We talked with Patsy Rugart and her husband, Dr. Karl F. Rugart Jr., at the 1984 party. Patsy and Grace Kelly were childhood friends. 

In the ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel, Marty Portnoy and his orchestra played for dancing. Decorations were by Rodney Newell's Grand Illusions. 

Andy Warhol was driven to Philadelphia for the ICA dinner-dance with Frederick W. Hughes. Fred Hughes is president of Interview magazine. Andy is the publisher. Fred spent the weekend in Philadelphia and was a luncheon guest of James Biddle at Andalusia. Andy didn't stay over. He returned by car to New York. "I have a lot of work to do," said Andy. "We're moving." 

By the way, the Princess Grace Foundation (U.S.A.) gave its permission to the Institute of Contemporary Art to commission Andy Warhol to create the portrait. The night of the party, "archangels" and "angels" of the event received copies of the print. "Archangels" were $1,200 subscribers to the party; "angels" paid $1,000. 

A print is being sent by the ICA to Prince Rainier III. Another has been given to Jack and Sandra Kelly. 

Sunny and Ramon Naus and Priscilla and Harry Begier were chairmen of sponsors and patrons. In addition to the Grace Kelly serigraph, the "archangels" received a limited-edition print by nationally renowned Philadelphia artist John Dowell. 

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Kristiana Willsey, "Fake Vets" and Viral Lies: Personal Narrative in a Post-Truth Era, 131 J Am Folklore 500 (2018)

"Stolen valor" confrontations calling out "fake vets" have generated a popular genre of viral video, a highly concentrated and visible expression of contemporary anxieties over the commodification of identity online. The boom in first-person stories, particularly traumatic ones, has oversaturated the attention economy of the internet, creating a market for fakes that real veterans can't criticize without challenging the authenticity of their own stories.

"POST-TRUTH" WAS THE OXFORD DICTIONARIES' 2016 word of the year,1 a year in which political pundits wrung their hands over journalistic standards, and "fake news" that thrived by confirming readers' gut feelings became the story itself. This triumph of emotional appeals over hard evidence is the dark side of the storied age we live in. As social media blurs the boundaries between personal narratives and public discourse, the lived experiences of strangers are more accessible than ever before. Shaky cell phone footage of real people, making eye contact and directly addressing unseen audiences, has replaced the need for fact-checking with the immediacy of oral storytelling. Personal narratives gather public audiences by pretending to disavow them; they circulate so readily because they are presented as individual experience, even as they escape their authors and become, through sheer volume, persuasive ideology. In this paper, I examine "stolen valor" viral videos as a highly concentrated and visible expression of contemporary anxieties over the commodification of identity online. The boom in first-person stories, particularly traumatic ones, has oversaturated the internet's attention economy, creating a market for fakes that real veterans can't criticize without challenging the authenticity of their own stories.

The practice of confronting and calling out "fake vets" (which includes both civilians lying about military service, and active and former military embellishing their records or claiming unearned decorations) has generated a now well-established genre of viral video: "stolen valor," a subcategory of the larger phenomenon that Know Your Meme calls "justice porn": "true stories and online media depicting events in which criminals, bullies, and other aggressors are thwarted, exposed, or punished" (Caldwell 2013). The term "stolen valor" comes from a 1998 book by Vietnam veteran B. G. Burkett, which started a public conversation leading to the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, making the wearing of unearned military decorations a felony. It was overturned in 2012 as a violation of free speech, then reinstated by President Barack Obama as the Stolen Valor Act of 2013, criminalizing lying about one's military service only if the lie results in some material gain—essentially, a special category of fraud. But if the law won't or can't punish you, the public will give it its best shot. Videos of possible fakers with sloppy piecemeal uniforms being confronted and humiliated have been posted on YouTube and Facebook since at least 2010, when Staff Sergeant Anthony Anderson started naming and shaming fake vets on his Stolen Valor Facebook page and eventually his Guardian of Valor website (Mockenhaupt 2016).

Figure 1. Stolen valor "Starter Pack": a set of curated images providing a quick visual introduction to a topic or meme.

Titles like "Veteran of 2/506th Calls Out Fake Ranger at Oxford Valley Mall," "Special Forces Soldier Calls Out Fake SF at T. F. Green Airport, Stolen Valor," or "Best Stolen Valor Fights 2016" each garner millions of views on YouTube, promising cathartic, vicarious satisfaction at seeing liars unmasked and publicly scorned.

The truth value of a claim is inseparable from the identity and perceived military credentials of the claimant (see also McNeill 2018). One Redditor sums up the generic conventions of stolen valor videos in a series of bullet points: the confrontation takes place at a mall, the accused is homeless, obese, has facial hair, or is a woman. The list is descriptive—it doesn't differentiate between how the average accuser determines stolen valor and how the commenter does (in other words, he's naming common features of stolen valor videos, not necessarily agreeing that these are evidence of stolen valor itself). Yet a persistent theme in these aggressive accusations is deviation from a kind of ideal masculinity. In one thread in which vets share experiences of being falsely accused, a commenter notes baldly that she's a woman, so no one ever believes she's a vet. Another commenter responds that as a skinny Asian man, he gets more than the usual share of suspicious looks.2 "King of the genre" and ex-Navy SEAL Don Shipley began making callout videos when he realized a Marine he had lauded had lied about being combat-wounded. As a profile of Shipley in the Washingtonian puts it, "there was something fishy about the guy. He was obese, unkempt—un-Marine-like" (Gaynor 2015). By the same measure, when the accused cringes, goes on the defensive, or actively runs away, many commenters take this as evidence that they are indeed a fraud—a "real vet" would have responded with a cool "fuck off."

Figure 2. Screengrab of a Reddit thread on Stolen Valor.

The explosion of entitlement critiques online speaks to the ways in which identity and reputation are increasingly tied to livelihood. The military blog This Ain't Hell includes an explanatory section on stolen valor that explicitly discusses the relationship between the Supreme Court and the court of public opinion: "The Supreme Court essentially gave us a warrant to hunt down these valor thieves and expose them to the public. Justice Kennedy wrote in US v. Alvarez that 'Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication.' That means that we don't need the government regulations or law enforcement to expose liars to the light of truth" (Lilyea 2015). This sentiment might ring familiar; it's certainly come up on my Facebook page a lot recently: freedom of speech is not freedom from judgment. Your right to talk is other people's right to disagree. Indeed, there are a variety of available responses to unpopular opinions that fall well short of being jailed for sedition, including losing your job or having your picture become a punch line on late-night talk shows. The comment communities on military sites like This Ain't Hell, Task and Purpose, The Duffel Blog, and the "Stolen Valor" subreddit are divided in the best approach for dealing with extralegal violations of the social contract: Should they just embarrass them, or should they punch them in the face? The performative call-out culture of stolen valor is just a few shades across the political spectrum from, say, debates over whether two white women in Oregon can start a burrito truck (Schladebeck 2017), a fact not lost on the "red feed" (conservative social networks; see Keegan 2016). In response to a "stolen valor fail" video in which an overzealous vet embarrasses himself by accusing a man of stolen valor simply for wearing camo, one Redditor comments: "It reminds me a lot of the appropriation charges SJWs [Social Justice Warriors] raise. So this is like 'military appropriation'?"3

Debates over the significance of stolen valor are inevitably debates over how something intangible can be stolen and what is really at stake. Doug Sterner, a Vietnam vet and stolen valor detective (his wife Pam Sterner helped draft the legislation for the first Stolen Valor Act) says, "People look for some deep-seated reason why they do this. . . . But I go back to that old comment about asking a bank robber why he robs banks: ''Cause that's where the money is'" (quoted in Gaynor 2015). We can speculate generously and sympathetically about the complex psychosocial motives behind lying, but the overlooked answer is the obvious one: people pretend to be veterans because there is something there to steal. Yet this cultural capital is a coin you can't spend on yourself, because the value of "authenticity" relies on the originator somehow existing on a rarefied plane outside of commerce. (This is, of course, the parallel to cultural appropriation—a tamale recipe or an African American spiritual didn't seem to have any value until a white chef or performer "elevated" it.) Because the market in authenticity relies on its naturalness, trading on your own stories commodifies and thus devalues them.

Unlike money, which accrues value through circulation, personal narratives as a currency lose credibility as they move through the world. Anything trading on authenticity is "diluted" by reproduction; repetition opens up a story to charges of insincerity (Benjamin 1955). Hyperconscious of the oversaturated market for war stories, many vets confess to withholding their stories in an attempt to avoid false accusations. One Redditor comments: "I've had guys get livid with me over simple stories and would even go so far as to ask for ID and a DD214. I used to post on a website that had a forum about phonies. I stopped posting and reading there because there were too many people who were gung ho for calling someone a fake that they couldn't seem to see anything else."4 The uncritical adoration of civilians, eager to perform patriotism by thanking vets for their service, can make even genuine military service feel inauthentic; one distances himself from fakers by noting that "civilian wannabes are fucking embarrassing. I don't tell people anymore because the hero worship makes me uncomfortable."5 To some vets, the existence of an active market for war stories renders any public statement of one's military service a commodity, and thus inauthentic. As one Redditor writes: "It's really easy to avoid getting called out for stolen valor: don't wear your uniform to things which do not require it."6 Others on the thread agree that wearing your uniform to the airport or the mall, to cut the line or court public approval, is "flaunting" your service to an embarrassing degree. Discretion, after all, is the better part of valor.

Publicity may commodify and devalue personal narratives, but the boom-and-bust cycle of viral fame makes them good short-term investments for online publications. Kay Turner's presidential letter (to members of the American Folklore Society) last March reminded us that we live in a "storied age"—"driven primarily by the current hegemony of the 'me' story. . . . Stories about individuals told from their point of view appear to rule the day" (2016). Turner voices concern that this pop culture vogue for personal narrative renders them disposable, and she offers as an antidote the continuity and collective ownership of folklore. But if personal narratives become disposable, what does that mean for their tellers? Slate columnist Laura Bennett calls the rise of the "me story" "the first-person industrial complex," emphasizing the premium paid for a convincing show of intimacy (2015). Suffering sells; journalist Jia Tolentino observes that the first-person boom has "helped create 'a situation in which writers feel like the best thing they have to offer is the worst thing that ever happened to them'" (quoted in Bennett 2015). Vets too often feel that the complexity and variety of their service experiences are reduced to a grim sound bite, that their stories are valued mostly as a measure of how damaged they are (Willsey 2015). If personal narratives are most valuable and viral when they capitalize on pain, must everyone suffer to be heard?

Part of the appeal of first-person narratives—certainly for overworked editors of the voracious market for digital content—is the impossibility of fact-checking someone else's emotional truth. Historian Molly Worthen sees a linguistic trend of the past decade, replacing "I think" with "I feel like," as evidence of a new individualizing of morality. Both are a means to soften or hedge an assertion, but while "I think" is not "I know," it is open to correction in a way that "I feel" is not. You can think, and be wrong, and admit it, but your feelings are your own—your body has its own truth. Worthen argues that "'I feel like' masquerades as a humble conversational offering, an invitation to share your feelings, too—but the phrase is an absolutist trump card. It halts argument in its tracks" (2016). Medical anthropologists Didier Fassin and Richard Rechtman observe that over the past few decades, pain has become tied to authenticity; bearers of traumatic narrative have gone from being seen as "weak, dishonest, perhaps a phony or profiteer" to "the very embodiment of our common humanity" (2009:23). At the same time, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; or, in previous generations, "battle fatigue" or "shell shock") has gone from being a medical diagnosis of the few to the spoiled identity of the many—somehow without losing its ability to alienate and "other," even as the label's use has broadened and the numbers who carry it climbed.

The specter of mental health hovers over stolen valor confrontations in the broad way that mental health becomes a catch-all to describe or excuse any violation of normative social behavior. Disability is a leitmotif in debates about how best to handle stolen valor, with vets vacillating between anger at those who seem to know what they're doing to pity and embarrassment for the ones who (in the videos, at least) seem confused or mentally ill. But the flip side of asking for leniency for people with mental health issues is the cynical expectation that people commonly fake mental health issues in a bid for leniency. In a viral video from military-owned apparel company Ranger Up, "Stolen and I Know It" (to the tune of LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It"), the unrepentant faker sings, "When you challenge me, I'll just claim PTSD."

The video is expressing a belief that trauma is a useful foil for narrative because it exempts the teller from scrutiny. But it also, I would argue, reflects anxiety about how the present medical and political landscape for vets recognizes trauma more broadly and less usefully, so that the category has grown and the care has not. This concern over scarce resources comes through clearly in comments on a parody Duffel Blog article titled "Son Proudly Follows in Father's, Grandfather's Footsteps in Faking Military Service." The commenter misses the joke and responds, "I BET THIS GUY GOT A PHONY VA DISABILITY FASTER THAN A REAL VET WHO IS IN NEED, AND SERVED PROUDLY. wHAT A CROCK OFSH—."7 The subtext is that, like it or not, your personal stories are the currency by which you access care, and other people's lies could, like counterfeit coins, cheapen or dilute your truth.

Pushing back against this volatile marketplace for personal narrative, a corresponding body of "stolen valor FAIL" videos calls out the embarrassing fervor of vigilante justice. Videos where the tables are turned and it is the accuser who is humiliated draw attention not to fraud, but to the hypersensitivity of vets so insistent on defending an intangible, idealized "valor" that they harass the homeless, get into fistfights in parking lots, and not infrequently catch real veterans in amateurish traps. A characteristic take comes through a series of parody videos made by Jack Mandaville and Patrick Baker of Ranger Up and Adam Linehan of Task and Purpose. In the first film, two vets observe a man panhandling in a cartoonishly inaccurate uniform, claiming an improbable service history bolstered by a few place names and clumsy jargon plucked from movies and the news.8 They recognize him for a liar but turn the other cheek, walking away to focus on their real lives, their unfinished business. The next two videos in the series go further to mock the accuser; in "How to Handle Stolen Valor: Part Deux," a friend jumps in just as the other pulls out his phone and reminds him, kindly but firmly, "You were a water tech. Nothing about your service was that special, so you need to let it go, buddy."9 The only thing more embarrassing than lying, it seems, is feeling threatened by a lie. Dismissing the fragile masculinity of anyone who needs to affirm his self-worth by calling out other people's lies, one Redditor reflects that "the loudest and the proudest are always the ones who didn't do fuck for shit."10 Another replies, "yeah it's the guys who fixed air conditioners in kuwait who demand a veteran discount at every fucking store and immediately want to talk to a manager." If your valor is not currency, no one can steal it.

Figure 3. Screengrab of parody music video "It's Stolen and I Know It."

Since "real vets" have nothing to prove, confrontations can backfire and lead to counteraccusations, making the entire process of challenging a lie a risky venture. A YouTube video uploaded to Reddit as "Questionable Stolen Valor confrontation turns into a shitshow" becomes a digital pile-on, with a hundred comments mocking the filmmaker's incoherent rage at a confused hunter wearing camo.11 His accusations of fraud are quickly turned around on him; one Redditor remarks: "I have a feeling the cameraman is the one who is lying about having served," while another wonders pointedly: "How does such a fragile, whiney person get through boot camp?" The pile-on reminds others that they are also at the mercy of this pervasive culture of entitlement critiques; another says: "I'm always worried that someone like that would target me when I'm playing airsoft with my buddies." On a different thread about false accusations, a Redditor details three separate misunderstandings and confrontations, concluding that "I'm at the point I never mention I'm a soldier unless I have to, yall are crazy suspicious motherfuckers."12 On either side of a confrontation, justly or unjustly, you might become a viral laughingstock.

Writing about the troubling ways our stories can be taken from us and used to further other agendas, Arthur Frank notes: "As trickster stories teach us, to slip one trap is to become prey to another—the world is filled with traps. Rather than outrage, perhaps we should recognize a necessary dialectic, even a complementarity, between aspirations of authenticity and recognitions of appropriation. . . . Authenticity—a very slippery claim—may be visible and experienced only in reaction against appropriation" (2009:196). Perhaps those creating and consuming this genre do so because it makes their own stories feel more secure; they find their own fragile sense of significance in opposition to them. Yet any genre in which authenticity must be proven must continue to prove itself, must be constantly taking on challengers. Fittingly, the "Stolen Valor" subreddit includes a spectrum of posts from "I think this guy's a fraud" to "Can you believe these guys thought I was a fraud?" to "Does this hat make me look like a fraud?" In that third category, non-military people stop by to ask whether their camo blouse or vintage military coat will give offense, with the same anxious delicacy that a white college student might ask her Black classmates if singing the lyrics to a Kanye song alone in her car make her racist. Given the breakdown of distinction between public and private life and the impossibility of controlling how any act of self-expression might be interpreted once it's removed from context and multiplies around the web—who wouldn't be anxious?

Our online subcultures or "feeds" (whom we follow on Twitter or Instagram, how we curate sympathetic audiences and mute critics) are sometimes referred to as a "bubble"—but bubbles are notably both transparent and fragile. The ease with which the internet allows, for instance, queer teenagers in small Midwestern towns or individuals with rare medical diagnoses or fans of obscure anime to find one another also extends to the people who want to find them. My Twitter and Instagram accounts re-post to Facebook; my YouTube profile is linked to my Gmail; unrelated websites rely on hosting services like Kinja or Disqus that share my comment histories across disparate platforms. This collapse of contradictory identity performances is largely in the service of the attention economy, courting increasingly scarce clicks by selling your browsing history to marketers, who create detailed profiles to make you offers you can't refuse. The monetization of identity on social media means you don't own your performance of self—the platforms you use own it. As David Birch writes of Facebook in Identity Is the New Money, "in a social media world there's an inevitable agglomeration of power attendant on identity provision" (2014). Your stories are always already currency, but not necessarily for you. Individuals who decide they want to turn a profit from their own performance of identity, to be compensated as content creators rather than just tracked as ad revenue, are dismissed as a lower order of reality stars—"influencers" and YouTube personalities, the (fool's) gold standard of inauthenticity. Vets who shy from the limelight will still find war stories making money for advertisers, producers, and politicians.

There are no shadows on the internet, only the privacy of hiding in a crowd. Once we joked that "on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog." But as web traffic is funneled into fewer platforms, controlled by increasingly fewer hands, it's become impossible to expect to maintain multiple faces for different audiences. Anything said in any context, from "sexts" to racist memes to rationalizations of problematic faves, must be acceptable in every context. Everything is canon; every version of yourself is happening at the same time and in the same place. Perhaps it is this sea change in privacy expectations driving a wave of entitlement critiques across the political spectrum, from stolen valor confrontations to condemnations of whitewashing and "straightwashing" in popular culture to the gatekeeping of gamergate and "fake geek girls." If we can no longer control our own narratives (with all the multiple positionalities and subjectivities that requires), why should we permit anyone else to tell their stories unchallenged? The chaotic new narrative economy of the web must be continuously and minutely defined.

The commodification of identity online makes us uncomfortably aware of our status as capital—if valor can be stolen, it can also be hoarded, traded, squandered, spent. The appetite for these videos and the anxiety they produce are mutually constitutive; comparing their own stories to viral lies in order to reassure themselves of their own truth, viewers realize that truth is always provisional, contingent, and embattled. Stolen valor confrontations are as popular as they are embarrassing because calling out a lie places both the accuser and the accused on a scale of relative entitlement where the accuser's claims are equally vulnerable. It requires at least a fleeting awareness that the stories of our lives are not our lives. Entitlement critiques expose the seamy underside of language. Calling someone out punctures the narrative envelope, overturning the smaller world of the story and replacing it with the larger, more complex and dangerous world that the story is needed to contain. "Fake news" thrives in the narrative economy of the web because we measure every story not against the world, but against ourselves. Truth is not a matter of what you know, but of who you are, and in a virtual marketplace of identity we have increasingly little control over, we can't afford to change our minds.

Notes

https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/press/news/2016/12/11/WOTY-16.

Reddit, June 18, 2015, https://reddit.com/r/Military/comments/3abxxu/has_anyone_here_ever_been_accused_of_stolen_valor/#bottom-comments (accessed October 15, 2017).

Reddit, September 1, 2016, https://www.reddit.com/r/cringe/comments/50q8pa/questionable_stolen_valor_confrontation_turns/#bottom-comments (accessed October 15, 2017).

Reddit, November 4, 2016, https://www.reddit.com/r/StolenValor/comments/5b4qgo/psa_stop_harassing_crazy_people/ (accessed February 9, 2017).

Reddit, September 21, 2017, https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/71lcmx/stolen_valor_video/#bottom-comments (accessed October 15, 2017).

Reddit, March 22, 2015, https://www.reddit.com/r/StolenValor/comments/2zxkwl/what_would_a_real_vet_do_if_called_out_as/#bottom-comments (accessed February 9, 2018).

G-Had, "Son Proudly Follows in Father's, Grandfather's Footsteps in Faking Military Service," Duffel Blog, June 6, 2012, https://www.duffelblog.com/2012/06/son-proudly-follows-in-fathers-grandfathers-footsteps-in-faking-military-service/ (accessed October 15, 2017).

Adam Linehan, "stolen valor part 01 9 12 v01," YouTube, September 12, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qalynem0bKI (accessed October 15, 2017).

Adam Linehan. "stolen valor part 02 9 13 v01" YouTube. September 13, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9EewGqRPZE (accessed October 15, 2017).

Reddit, September 21, 2017, https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/71lcmx/stolen_valor_video/#bottom-comments (accessed October 15, 2017).

Reddit, September 1, 2016, https://www.reddit.com/r/cringe/comments/50q8pa/questionable_stolen_valor_confrontation_turns/#bottom-comments (accessed October 15, 2017).

Reddit, June 18, 2015, https://reddit.com/r/Military/comments/3abxxu/has_anyone_here_ever_been_accused_of_stolen_valor/#bottom-comments (accessed October 15, 2017).

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Space Station Unit to Study Genetics of Model Organisms

ISS - International Space Station patch. Oct. 24, 2017 Scientists and engineers are developing new hardware destined for the International Space Station to support experiments demonstrating how different organisms, such as plants, microbes or worms, develop under conditions of microgravity. Results from the Spectrum project will shed light on which living things are best suited for long-duration flights into deep space. According to Dr. Scott Shipley, project engineer for Spectrum at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, what make this system unique is it will allow scientists to observe how different genes are turned on and off while the organisms grow in space. In ground testing using plants, the device works by exposing the plants to different colors of light while a camera records fluorescent light emitted from the plants with time-lapse imagery.

Image above: Dr. Scott Shipley of Ascentech Enterprises makes an adjustment to the Spectrum unit. He is the project engineer for the effort working under the Engineering Services Contract at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The device is being built for use aboard the International Space Station. Results from the Spectrum project will shed light on which living things are best suited for long-duration flights into deep space. Image Credits: NASA/Cory Huston. In these experiments plant seeds are placed on agar gel (a jelly-like substance obtained from algae) in a Petri plate set up in the Spectrum unit. The seeds germinate and as the seedlings develop, they are exposed to any combination of red, green, blue, white or infrared light to investigate different aspects of their growth and physiology. In a typical experiment, an astronaut will load a Petri plate with seeds into the Spectrum unit, the system then runs on an automatic script controlling temperature and changing the lights according to a desired program and the camera takes pictures about every hour. Scientists on Earth will receive regular photographs of the plants growing in the Petri plate. The results will shed light on how plants grow differently in the microgravity environment of space.

Image above: Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings were placed in a Petri plate loaded inside the Spectrum prototype unit for testing prior to the critical design review in September 2017. The small plant is a popular model organism to study plant biology and genetics. Image Credit: NASA. The Spectrum experiments will be important because genes control the physical and functional similarity between generations of plants. However, genes do not determine the structure of an organism alone. Environmental factors such as lighting and microgravity are other influences that can determine what types of plants are best suited for long spaceflights. Recently, the team conducted a 14-day test with plant seedlings to evaluate whether the Spectrum prototype met NASA's design specifications. At the end of the test, NASA managers and subject-matter experts conducted a critical design review to determine if the performance of the unit demonstrated it was ready for full-scale fabrication and assembly.

Image above: Inside the Spectrum prototype unit, plant seedlings in a Petri plate are exposed to blue excitation lighting for the green fluorescent protein. The device will allow scientists to observe how different genes are turned on and off while the organisms grow in space. Image Credit: NASA. "There were a lot of smiles all around," Shipley said. "The prototype passed the review and was judged to exceed all requirements. We also were given a 'go' to proceed with building the Spectrum unit." Aboard the space station, the flight version of Spectrum will be inserted into an EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments for Space Station, or EXPRESS, rack. EXPRESS Racks support research aboard the station by providing structural interfaces, power, data and other elements needed to run science experiments. Plans call for the flight unit to be launched to the space station aboard a commercial resupply services spacecraft. "Our goal now is to have the Spectrum unit ready," he said, "for a space station resupply mission in mid-to-late 2018." Related links: EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments for Space Station, or EXPRESS: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/608.html Commercial resupply services: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/index.html Living in Space: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/living-in-space/index.html International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Images (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA's Kennedy Space Center, by Bob Granath. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Title: True North Series

Author: Sarina Bowen

Series: Books 1-5

Format: Audiobook purchased from Audible

GOODREADS

Mini-Reviews

This series was my first time reading a book written only by Sarina Bowen.

I adored the Him/Us duet by this author and Elle Kennedy, so was pretty excited to see what Sarina Bowen could do on her own.

And let’s just say… I’m SOLD.

I’m such a sucker for contemporary romance series that follow either a group of friends, a team, or a family – in which you learn to love all the characters and anticipate reading all of their stories.

This series follows members of the Shipley family as well as some of the people that work on their orchard.

The setting was its own character in these novels, and though I don’t typically gravitate toward romance novels that take place on farms, I’m glad I started the series despite it.

Here are my mini-reviews for each book in the True North series that I read:

Bittersweet One of the things that I appreciated the most about this particular book, was learning about the process of making cider. I adored how passionate Griffin was about this. His back story (his history with studying chemistry) and how it wove into his obligation to his family’s farm was really interesting. I always love a good grumpy guy with a big heart hero, and that’s exactly what I got. This was a refreshing enemies-to-lovers romance that I absolutely devoured.

  Steadfast This book definitely brought some tough subjects into play in this series. I was intrigued by Jude’s story from the moment he was introduced in the first book. Although, I do admit I was a little apprehensive going into this book knowing that we were dealing with a character who is recovering from serious addictions. It can be so difficult for me to read about these types of troubling issues, and while I think Sarina did a great job of depicting the struggles Jude had to go through to recover, it wasn’t unbearable to read. At its core, this book is still a romance. If you love second chance romances, you’ll love this one.

  Keepsake Guys… GUYS… this freaking book. Holy crap. This is by far my favorite book in the entire series and one of my favorite contemporary romances to date. Describing this book makes it sound absolutely ridiculous… you have a heroine who was previously kidnapped during a trip overseas and then a hero who escaped from a cult. But, I promise you, it’s done so well and it’s so believable, I didn’t roll my eyes ONCE. In fact, I was basically panting the entire time because the chemistry between Lark and Zachariah is so palpable. Also, it certainly helps that this book has one of my all-time favorite romance tropes (male virgin). There is so much beautiful, heart-wrenching longing in this book between the two characters and it absolutely made my heart so full of butterflies.

  Bountiful

I didn’t love this book quite as much as I loved the first three. And, to be fair, it is pretty hard to top Keepsake. This book is a bit of a crossover novel from Sarina Bowen’s other series, Brooklyn Bruisers, so there was a sports romance aspect in this as well. First of all, I loved Zara and Dave – their characters were fantastic. I think the only thing that was slightly lacking in this one was the chemistry between the two characters. Also, I’m not really big into the single mother trope, either, so that could be part of it.

  Speakeasy

I liked this book only a touch more than I liked Bountiful. Mostly because I adored May’s character throughout the entire series and I was so excited to hear her story, especially after everything you see her go through throughout the rest of the series. I certainly appreciated the bi rep in this book. There is a bit of a forbidden romance aspect to this, which is always a plus since that’s one of my favorite tropes.

      True North Series Books 1-5 by Sarina Bowen Title: True North Series Author: Sarina Bowen Series: Books 1-5 Format: Audiobook purchased from Audible GOODREADS…

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MARYANNE BARKAN works at a strip club with Chloe Keaton.

BIANCA CABRERA CERVANTES is friends with BUSY NOLAN. BUSY NOLAN is Kitsey Nolan's assistant. BIANCA and BUSY have children with Edwin Miles. BUSY'S son is SAMUEL NOLAN.

RIAN DOYLE is a member of Archetype, along with LOUIS YOUNG, NOAH YU, KENNEDY ST. CLAIR, KAI-MING SONG, Trevor Quinn, Ada Harper, Molly Sommerset, Hania Mar, Cary Alcock, Yancy Murray, Isobel Morgan, and Zosia Kaczmarek. (SPIRIT HARRIS also has a non-canonical verse within Archetype.) (Charlotte and Dana also write muses in Archetype.)

VERONICA FANG hosts get-togethers for her group of friends, including LOUIS, KENNEDY, HANNA ROBINSON, Ezra Haven, Cassius Bairn, Edwin Miles, Élodie Morin, and Yancy Murray. Also they're all fucking.

LOUIS and Houston Morin have a son, MAXWELL YOUNG. LOUIS and an NPC have a daughter, Xia Young.

HANNA and Edwin have a daughter, Simone.

CAIN GLASS is a member of the cult of KIERAN GLASS. CAIN has a daughter, GABRIELA GLASS, with other cult member JENNY FINNIGAN (NPC). KIERAN has a son, CULLEN GLASS, with Susanna.

FELICITY HARTMANN has a daughter, AMELIA HARTMANN, with SOME GUY PETER. Cassius Bairn steps up as AMELIA'S stepfather.

MACKENZIE KNIGHT, CASS HWANG, and JM Hamilton are in an open polyamorous relationship. MACKENZIE KNIGHT, ELIJAH KNIGHT, and Shipley Knight (written by Charlotte) are siblings. Their father is IDRIS KNIGHT. MACKENZIE, CASS, and JM raise RACHEL KNIGHT. ELIJAH was in a romantic relationship with Henry Sinclair before MACKENZIE murdered him. Henry and ROSE SINCLAIR are siblings. ROSE marries Gabriel Monday and has two children with him, NAOMI MONDAY and Jane Monday. Henry raises GRAHAM SINCLAIR and Freddie Sinclair.

BECK BOY is in a family/"pack" with Rudy Boy, Lake, Fern, and Valen and Saya (who don't have blogs right now but are written by Dax and Charlotte respectively). BECK is actively hunting HARRIS HARRIS and BURNS HARRIS.

BURNS HARRIS, HARRIS HARRIS, LILA HARRIS, JUNIPER HARRIS, and SPIRIT HARRIS are THE HARRISES we know the drill by now. SPIRIT HARRIS and Flynn Nichols are exes. SPIRIT and Ezra Haven are married. JUNIPER and Flynn have four children together.

DAVY NICHOLS, PHOEBE NICHOLS, Maisie Nichols, and Lucy Nichols are siblings. ALEX HAVEN and Theo Haven are siblings. The Nichols and the Havens are cousins.

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Lords Vote

On: Victims and Prisoners Bill

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon moved amendment 133, after clause 47, to insert the new clause Relevant domestic abuse or stalking perpetrators’ register. The House divided:

Ayes: 203 (55.7% Lab, 28.1% LD, 13.3% XB, 1.5% , 0.5% Bshp, 0.5% PC, 0.5% Green) Noes: 198 (94.9% Con, 2.0% , 1.5% DUP, 1.0% XB, 0.5% UUP) Absent: ~409

Likely Referenced Bill: Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill

Description: To require the Parole Board to take into account any failure by a prisoner serving a sentence for unlawful killing or for taking or making an indecent image of a child to disclose information about the victim.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 2nd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (113 votes)

Adams of Craigielea, B. Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, B. Anderson of Swansea, L. Andrews, B. Armstrong of Hill Top, B. Bach, L. Bassam of Brighton, L. Berkeley, L. Blackstone, B. Blower, B. Blunkett, L. Boateng, L. Bradley, L. Bragg, L. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L. Browne of Ladyton, L. Bryan of Partick, B. Cashman, L. Chandos, V. Chapman of Darlington, B. Clark of Windermere, L. Coaker, L. Collins of Highbury, L. Crawley, B. Davidson of Glen Clova, L. Davies of Brixton, L. Donaghy, B. Donoughue, L. Drake, B. Drayson, L. Dubs, L. Eatwell, L. Evans of Watford, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Foulkes of Cumnock, L. Gale, B. Glasman, L. Golding, B. Goudie, B. Grantchester, L. Grocott, L. Hacking, L. Hannett of Everton, L. Hanworth, V. Harris of Haringey, L. Hayman of Ullock, B. Hayter of Kentish Town, B. Hazarika, B. Healy of Primrose Hill, B. Hendy, L. Hollick, L. Howarth of Newport, L. Hughes of Stretford, B. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Jay of Paddington, B. Jones of Whitchurch, B. Jones, L. Jordan, L. Kennedy of Cradley, B. Kennedy of Southwark, L. Kennedy of The Shaws, B. Khan of Burnley, L. Kinnock, L. Knight of Weymouth, L. Lennie, L. Leong, L. Lipsey, L. Lister of Burtersett, B. Livermore, L. Maxton, L. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. McNicol of West Kilbride, L. Merron, B. Monks, L. Morris of Yardley, B. Murphy of Torfaen, L. Nye, B. O'Grady of Upper Holloway, B. Osamor, B. Parekh, L. Pitkeathley, B. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Prentis of Leeds, L. Primarolo, B. Quin, B. Ramsey of Wall Heath, B. Rebuck, B. Reid of Cardowan, L. Ritchie of Downpatrick, B. Robertson of Port Ellen, L. Rooker, L. Rowlands, L. Royall of Blaisdon, B. Sahota, L. Shamash, L. Sherlock, B. Sikka, L. Smith of Basildon, B. Snape, L. Stansgate, V. Taylor of Bolton, B. Taylor of Stevenage, B. Thornton, B. Touhig, L. Tunnicliffe, L. Twycross, B. Watson of Invergowrie, L. Wheeler, B. Whitaker, B. Whitty, L. Wilcox of Newport, B. Young of Old Scone, B.

Liberal Democrat (57 votes)

Addington, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Beith, L. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Brinton, B. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Burnett, L. Burt of Solihull, B. Clement-Jones, L. Dholakia, L. Featherstone, B. Foster of Bath, L. Fox, L. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Grender, B. Hamwee, B. Harris of Richmond, B. Humphreys, B. Hussain, L. Hussein-Ece, B. Janke, B. Jolly, B. Kramer, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. McNally, L. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B. Newby, L. Northover, B. Oates, L. Palmer of Childs Hill, L. Parminter, B. Pinnock, B. Randerson, B. Razzall, L. Russell, E. Scriven, L. Sharkey, L. Sheehan, B. Shipley, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Storey, L. Strasburger, L. Suttie, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Teverson, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Thornhill, B. Tope, L. Tyler of Enfield, B. Walmsley, B.

Crossbench (27 votes)

Aberdare, L. Anderson of Ipswich, L. Berkeley of Knighton, L. Campbell of Surbiton, B. Cavendish of Little Venice, B. Clancarty, E. Colville of Culross, V. Craigavon, V. Cromwell, L. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Freyberg, L. Hogan-Howe, L. Hope of Craighead, L. Hunt of Bethnal Green, B. Kakkar, L. Kerr of Kinlochard, L. Meacher, B. Meston, L. Pannick, L. Prashar, B. Russell of Liverpool, L. Somerset, D. Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, L. Thomas of Cwmgiedd, L. Trevethin and Oaksey, L. Vaux of Harrowden, L. Warner, L.

Non-affiliated (3 votes)

Mann, L. Paddick, L. Patel of Bradford, L.

Bishops (1 vote)

Southwell and Nottingham, Bp.

Plaid Cymru (1 vote)

Smith of Llanfaes, B.

Green Party (1 vote)

Jones of Moulsecoomb, B.

Noes

Conservative (188 votes)

Agnew of Oulton, L. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L. Altmann, B. Altrincham, L. Anelay of St Johns, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Ashcombe, L. Ashton of Hyde, L. Attlee, E. Balfe, L. Banner, L. Barran, B. Bellamy, L. Bellingham, L. Benyon, L. Berridge, B. Bethell, L. Blencathra, L. Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, B. Booth, L. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bourne of Aberystwyth, L. Bray of Coln, B. Bridgeman, V. Browning, B. Brownlow of Shurlock Row, L. Buscombe, B. Caine, L. Caithness, E. Callanan, L. Cameron of Chipping Norton, L. Cameron of Lochiel, L. Camrose, V. Carrington of Fulham, L. Cathcart, E. Chadlington, L. Choudrey, L. Colgrain, L. Courtown, E. Crathorne, L. Cruddas, L. Davies of Gower, L. De Mauley, L. Deben, L. Deighton, L. Dobbs, L. Douglas-Miller, L. Duncan of Springbank, L. Dundee, E. Dunlop, L. Eccles, V. Effingham, E. Elliott of Mickle Fell, L. Evans of Bowes Park, B. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Farmer, L. Fink, L. Finn, B. Fleet, B. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Foster of Oxton, B. Framlingham, L. Fraser of Craigmaddie, B. Frost, L. Fuller, L. Garnier, L. Glendonbrook, L. Godson, L. Gold, L. Goldie, B. Grimstone of Boscobel, L. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Hammond of Runnymede, L. Harlech, L. Haselhurst, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Henley, L. Herbert of South Downs, L. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L. Horam, L. Houchen of High Leven, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Howard of Rising, L. Howe, E. Howell of Guildford, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Jackson of Peterborough, L. James of Blackheath, L. Jamieson, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Johnson of Lainston, L. Johnson of Marylebone, L. Jopling, L. Kempsell, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Kirkham, L. Kirkhope of Harrogate, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. Lansley, L. Lawlor, B. Lea of Lymm, B. Leicester, E. Lexden, L. Lilley, L. Lindsay, E. Lingfield, L. Liverpool, E. Livingston of Parkhead, L. Lucas, L. Magan of Castletown, L. Mancroft, L. Manzoor, B. Markham, L. Marks of Hale, L. Marland, L. Marlesford, L. McInnes of Kilwinning, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. McLoughlin, L. Mendoza, L. Meyer, B. Minto, E. Mobarik, B. Monckton of Dallington Forest, B. Montrose, D. Morris of Bolton, B. Mott, L. Moylan, L. Moynihan of Chelsea, L. Moynihan, L. Murray of Blidworth, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Jones, B. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Noakes, B. Norton of Louth, L. Offord of Garvel, L. Owen of Alderley Edge, B. Parkinson of Whitley Bay, L. Petitgas, L. Pickles, L. Popat, L. Porter of Fulwood, B. Porter of Spalding, L. Randall of Uxbridge, L. Reay, L. Redfern, B. Risby, L. Roborough, L. Rock, B. Sanderson of Welton, B. Sandhurst, L. Sater, B. Scott of Bybrook, B. Seccombe, B. Shackleton of Belgravia, B. Sharpe of Epsom, L. Shephard of Northwold, B. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Stewart of Dirleton, L. Stowell of Beeston, B. Strathcarron, L. Strathclyde, L. Sugg, B. Swinburne, B. Swire, L. Taylor of Holbeach, L. True, L. Udny-Lister, L. Vaizey of Didcot, L. Vere of Norbiton, B. Wei, L. Wharton of Yarm, L. Willetts, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Wolfson of Tredegar, L. Wyld, B. Young of Cookham, L. Younger of Leckie, V.

Non-affiliated (4 votes)

Chisholm of Owlpen, B. Faulks, L. Foster of Aghadrumsee, B. Fox of Buckley, B.

Democratic Unionist Party (3 votes)

Browne of Belmont, L. McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown, L. Morrow, L.

Crossbench (2 votes)

Brookeborough, V. Lytton, E.

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Empey, L.

[gordonwilliamsweb]

Must-Reads Of The Week

The Friday Breeze

Want to read the best and most provocative stories from the week? Welcome to the Friday Breeze, where we compile them all — so you’re set with your weekend reading.

Our regular newsletter editor remains on hiatus, so I’m back for a second (and final) round providing highlights of all the health care news you missed if you were locked in a closet or otherwise occupied.

While New York City, the Washington metro area, California and other regions loosen their stay-at-home restrictions, coronavirus cases continue to rise to surpass 2 million domestic infections. Hospitalizations are increasing in Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Arizona’s health director told hospitals to “fully activate” their emergency plans as the state’s biggest system, Banner Health, said its ICU bed use was nearing capacity.

Dallas County reported new daily highs of new cases, and there are outbreaks in immigrant communities in Florida. The head of North Carolina’s health and human services department told NPR’s “Morning Edition” that “this is an early warning sign for us that we really need to take seriously and make sure that we don’t forget that COVID-19 is with us.” Yet some public health officials are being harassed or pushed out of their jobs.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the coronavirus “my worst nightmare” and underscored that “it isn’t over yet.” He said that AIDS, the disease caused by HIV, was “really simple” in comparison because the coronavirus presents so differently in different people.

Oregon’s governor put on hold county applications for further reopenings, but governors in other states seem reluctant to impose or reimpose restrictions. So do some individuals. A Houston hospital CEO told The Wall Street Journal, “I have been to pools where there are 100 people crowded in, and that’s not safe behavior.”

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In The Hot Spots

Journalist Sara Shipley Hiles traveled to the Ozarks for KHN to see how the tourist season was shaping up, and found it’s going bananas after a shoulder-to-shoulder Memorial Day Weekend that went viral on social media. One resident said people have been eager to get out of the house because “it’s just the nature of freedom lovers.” Health authorities discovered one such freedom lover who was possibly already infected with the coronavirus partied through an ambitious Memorial Day itinerary that included stops at Backwater Jacks, Buffalo Wild Wings, Shady Gators and the Lazy Gators pool.

As President Donald Trump’s campaign prepares to resume rallies, attendees are being asked to sign waivers that they won’t sue if they get COVID-19. Joe Biden is warning of a second wave and wants to hire 100,000 contact tracers so that workers can return to their jobs.

The federal response continues to be pilloried as insufficient as each state struggles to figure out how to expand testing and how to reopen. A fifth of nursing homes still lack sufficient personal protective equipment despite Trump’s promise to “deploy every resource and power that we have” to protect older Americans.” Instead of proper medical gowns, a government contractor has been sending homes plastic ponchos without armholes that a nursing home administrator says look like trash bags.

To find supplies on their own, health care workers are resorting to desperate measures, including parking-lot meetings to negotiate gown purchases and arrangements with “shady characters” to blend their own hand sanitizer. Massachusetts has also turned to the gray market out of desperation, inking contracts with a businessman with expertise in selfie-taking equipment and a company run out of a New Jersey home.

Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser at Reuters took a comprehensive look at how already-low nursing home staffing levels, a perennial concern for residents and their families, have gotten worse during the pandemic. Nursing home nurses and aides told them staffers are quitting “in large numbers” for fear of getting sick and because of a lack of testing and protective gear, and management’s downplaying of the dangers. Katie Thomas at The New York Times found some nursing homes want employees and their insurers to pay for testing rather than pay for it themselves.

In The Hot Seat

Heeding persistent complaints that provider relief money wasn’t helping those most in need, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced it would send $25 billion to safety-net providers, including $10 billion to about 750 hospitals that treat the most poor or uninsured patients.

The Wall Street Journal autopsies New York City’s hospital response to the pandemic and finds plenty of blame to apportion, including hospitals that transferred patients who were so sick they should not have been sent elsewhere, changing state and city guidelines about when sick health care workers could come back, and problems in obtaining personal protective equipment. “We are not running these ICUs safely or appropriately,” a resident wrote in an email to the attending physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. “The emotional burden of working in these sci-fi-movie-gone-wrong ICUs is through the roof.”

So Young

Researchers and doctors are still trying to decipher how the virus injures children in a small number of cases known as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. NPR’s Peter Breslow and Lulu Garcia-Navarro reported how doctors at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., are handling the cases. One big mystery is how the syndrome afflicts children differently than adults, since a majority of the kids did not test positive for the virus but did have antibodies. “Is this acute viral? Is this post-infectious? Is it a combination? We’ve got to figure this out in our patient cohort,” one doctor told NPR. In Queens, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children is allowing one parent for each hospitalized child to move in during their stay.

Another medical mystery is why the debilitating symptoms of the virus linger for more than 60 days in some people, including younger ones in great shape. “I’m better, but the hardest, most confusing thing about this is that I’m not well,” one triathlete told The Washington Post’s Ariana Eunjung Cha and Lenny Bernstein.

Medical Advances

The first-known double lung transplant in a COVID patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, occurred at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Ankit Bharat, Northwestern’s chief of thoracic surgery, said he’s been contacted by health centers around the country to see if Northwestern would perform transplants on their patients, and five other patients are now being evaluated as candidates.

Researchers are looking at decades-old vaccines against tuberculosis and polio to see if they might be useful to fight COVID-19, and seeing if mosquito spit might be used to ward off all diseases spread by the insects. If the rest of this week’s crop of we-don’t–have-a-vaccine-or-treatment-but-we’re-working-on-it updates are too numerous to digest, The New York Times has a nice tracker of where individual vaccination efforts stand. The Urban Institute published a tracker of more than 100 resources summarizing state policy responses, data and other relevant information on COVID, food, income, housing and elections. This tracker of trackers — very meta! — will be updated monthly, Urban says.

Do Not Disturb

The hotel experience will be changing as chains try to provide psychological comfort that their guests will not check out with a case of “corona.” Chains such as Hilton are asking guests to use mobile apps to unlock their rooms rather than giving them key cards. Buffets are being replaced with prepacked foods, coffee stations are gone, and if you want one of DoubleTree’s warm chocolate chip cookies, you’ll need to ask for it. The Beverly Hills Hilton is using a 3-foot-tall robot named Kennedy that flashes ultraviolet light into rooms to kill germs.

Finally, the New York Times’ Modern Love column offers 18 first-person sketches of how relationships are going in pandemic isolation. The tl;dr version is: not so hot for everyone. A wife wants to scream every time her husband yells “woo” as his go-to response; a couple stuck in a studio apartment is celebrating their one-year anniversary by spending a week apart; and a 30-year-old living with her boyfriend in New Jersey declares she’s moving across the country when their lease is up. On the positive side, a grandmother is doing the swiping for her granddaughter on dating sites; two roommates, one 83 and the other 27, enjoy ogling handsome men on TV, and a couple in Florida now argue in British accents so they don’t take themselves too seriously.

Enjoy the weekend, and if you’re in the Ozarks, try to limit yourself to one gator-themed venue per day.

Must-Reads Of The Week published first on https://nootropicspowdersupplier.tumblr.com/

[dinafbrownil]

Must-Reads Of The Week

The Friday Breeze

Want to read the best and most provocative stories from the week? Welcome to the Friday Breeze, where we compile them all — so you’re set with your weekend reading.

Our regular newsletter editor remains on hiatus, so I’m back for a second (and final) round providing highlights of all the health care news you missed if you were locked in a closet or otherwise occupied.

While New York City, the Washington metro area, California and other regions loosen their stay-at-home restrictions, coronavirus cases continue to rise to surpass 2 million domestic infections. Hospitalizations are increasing in Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Arizona’s health director told hospitals to “fully activate” their emergency plans as the state’s biggest system, Banner Health, said its ICU bed use was nearing capacity.

Dallas County reported new daily highs of new cases, and there are outbreaks in immigrant communities in Florida. The head of North Carolina’s health and human services department told NPR’s “Morning Edition” that “this is an early warning sign for us that we really need to take seriously and make sure that we don’t forget that COVID-19 is with us.” Yet some public health officials are being harassed or pushed out of their jobs.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the coronavirus “my worst nightmare” and underscored that “it isn’t over yet.” He said that AIDS, the disease caused by HIV, was “really simple” in comparison because the coronavirus presents so differently in different people.

Oregon’s governor put on hold county applications for further reopenings, but governors in other states seem reluctant to impose or reimpose restrictions. So do some individuals. A Houston hospital CEO told The Wall Street Journal, “I have been to pools where there are 100 people crowded in, and that’s not safe behavior.”

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In The Hot Spots

Journalist Sara Shipley Hiles traveled to the Ozarks for KHN to see how the tourist season was shaping up, and found it’s going bananas after a shoulder-to-shoulder Memorial Day Weekend that went viral on social media. One resident said people have been eager to get out of the house because “it’s just the nature of freedom lovers.” Health authorities discovered one such freedom lover who was possibly already infected with the coronavirus partied through an ambitious Memorial Day itinerary that included stops at Backwater Jacks, Buffalo Wild Wings, Shady Gators and the Lazy Gators pool.

As President Donald Trump’s campaign prepares to resume rallies, attendees are being asked to sign waivers that they won’t sue if they get COVID-19. Joe Biden is warning of a second wave and wants to hire 100,000 contact tracers so that workers can return to their jobs.

The federal response continues to be pilloried as insufficient as each state struggles to figure out how to expand testing and how to reopen. A fifth of nursing homes still lack sufficient personal protective equipment despite Trump’s promise to “deploy every resource and power that we have” to protect older Americans.” Instead of proper medical gowns, a government contractor has been sending homes plastic ponchos without armholes that a nursing home administrator says look like trash bags.

To find supplies on their own, health care workers are resorting to desperate measures, including parking-lot meetings to negotiate gown purchases and arrangements with “shady characters” to blend their own hand sanitizer. Massachusetts has also turned to the gray market out of desperation, inking contracts with a businessman with expertise in selfie-taking equipment and a company run out of a New Jersey home.

Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser at Reuters took a comprehensive look at how already-low nursing home staffing levels, a perennial concern for residents and their families, have gotten worse during the pandemic. Nursing home nurses and aides told them staffers are quitting “in large numbers” for fear of getting sick and because of a lack of testing and protective gear, and management’s downplaying of the dangers. Katie Thomas at The New York Times found some nursing homes want employees and their insurers to pay for testing rather than pay for it themselves.

In The Hot Seat

Heeding persistent complaints that provider relief money wasn’t helping those most in need, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced it would send $25 billion to safety-net providers, including $10 billion to about 750 hospitals that treat the most poor or uninsured patients.

The Wall Street Journal autopsies New York City’s hospital response to the pandemic and finds plenty of blame to apportion, including hospitals that transferred patients who were so sick they should not have been sent elsewhere, changing state and city guidelines about when sick health care workers could come back, and problems in obtaining personal protective equipment. “We are not running these ICUs safely or appropriately,” a resident wrote in an email to the attending physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. “The emotional burden of working in these sci-fi-movie-gone-wrong ICUs is through the roof.”

So Young

Researchers and doctors are still trying to decipher how the virus injures children in a small number of cases known as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. NPR’s Peter Breslow and Lulu Garcia-Navarro reported how doctors at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., are handling the cases. One big mystery is how the syndrome afflicts children differently than adults, since a majority of the kids did not test positive for the virus but did have antibodies. “Is this acute viral? Is this post-infectious? Is it a combination? We’ve got to figure this out in our patient cohort,” one doctor told NPR. In Queens, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children is allowing one parent for each hospitalized child to move in during their stay.

Another medical mystery is why the debilitating symptoms of the virus linger for more than 60 days in some people, including younger ones in great shape. “I’m better, but the hardest, most confusing thing about this is that I’m not well,” one triathlete told The Washington Post’s Ariana Eunjung Cha and Lenny Bernstein.

Medical Advances

The first-known double lung transplant in a COVID patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, occurred at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Ankit Bharat, Northwestern’s chief of thoracic surgery, said he’s been contacted by health centers around the country to see if Northwestern would perform transplants on their patients, and five other patients are now being evaluated as candidates.

Researchers are looking at decades-old vaccines against tuberculosis and polio to see if they might be useful to fight COVID-19, and seeing if mosquito spit might be used to ward off all diseases spread by the insects. If the rest of this week’s crop of we-don’t–have-a-vaccine-or-treatment-but-we’re-working-on-it updates are too numerous to digest, The New York Times has a nice tracker of where individual vaccination efforts stand. The Urban Institute published a tracker of more than 100 resources summarizing state policy responses, data and other relevant information on COVID, food, income, housing and elections. This tracker of trackers — very meta! — will be updated monthly, Urban says.

Do Not Disturb

The hotel experience will be changing as chains try to provide psychological comfort that their guests will not check out with a case of “corona.” Chains such as Hilton are asking guests to use mobile apps to unlock their rooms rather than giving them key cards. Buffets are being replaced with prepacked foods, coffee stations are gone, and if you want one of DoubleTree’s warm chocolate chip cookies, you’ll need to ask for it. The Beverly Hills Hilton is using a 3-foot-tall robot named Kennedy that flashes ultraviolet light into rooms to kill germs.

Finally, the New York Times’ Modern Love column offers 18 first-person sketches of how relationships are going in pandemic isolation. The tl;dr version is: not so hot for everyone. A wife wants to scream every time her husband yells “woo” as his go-to response; a couple stuck in a studio apartment is celebrating their one-year anniversary by spending a week apart; and a 30-year-old living with her boyfriend in New Jersey declares she’s moving across the country when their lease is up. On the positive side, a grandmother is doing the swiping for her granddaughter on dating sites; two roommates, one 83 and the other 27, enjoy ogling handsome men on TV, and a couple in Florida now argue in British accents so they don’t take themselves too seriously.

Enjoy the weekend, and if you’re in the Ozarks, try to limit yourself to one gator-themed venue per day.

from Updates By Dina https://khn.org/news/friday-breeze-health-care-policy-must-reads-of-the-week-june-12-2020/

[stephenmccull]

Must-Reads Of The Week

The Friday Breeze

Want to read the best and most provocative stories from the week? Welcome to the Friday Breeze, where we compile them all — so you’re set with your weekend reading.

Our regular newsletter editor remains on hiatus, so I’m back for a second (and final) round providing highlights of all the health care news you missed if you were locked in a closet or otherwise occupied.

While New York City, the Washington metro area, California and other regions loosen their stay-at-home restrictions, coronavirus cases continue to rise to surpass 2 million domestic infections. Hospitalizations are increasing in Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Arizona’s health director told hospitals to “fully activate” their emergency plans as the state’s biggest system, Banner Health, said its ICU bed use was nearing capacity.

Dallas County reported new daily highs of new cases, and there are outbreaks in immigrant communities in Florida. The head of North Carolina’s health and human services department told NPR’s “Morning Edition” that “this is an early warning sign for us that we really need to take seriously and make sure that we don’t forget that COVID-19 is with us.” Yet some public health officials are being harassed or pushed out of their jobs.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the coronavirus “my worst nightmare” and underscored that “it isn’t over yet.” He said that AIDS, the disease caused by HIV, was “really simple” in comparison because the coronavirus presents so differently in different people.

Oregon’s governor put on hold county applications for further reopenings, but governors in other states seem reluctant to impose or reimpose restrictions. So do some individuals. A Houston hospital CEO told The Wall Street Journal, “I have been to pools where there are 100 people crowded in, and that’s not safe behavior.”

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In The Hot Spots

Journalist Sara Shipley Hiles traveled to the Ozarks for KHN to see how the tourist season was shaping up, and found it’s going bananas after a shoulder-to-shoulder Memorial Day Weekend that went viral on social media. One resident said people have been eager to get out of the house because “it’s just the nature of freedom lovers.” Health authorities discovered one such freedom lover who was possibly already infected with the coronavirus partied through an ambitious Memorial Day itinerary that included stops at Backwater Jacks, Buffalo Wild Wings, Shady Gators and the Lazy Gators pool.

As President Donald Trump’s campaign prepares to resume rallies, attendees are being asked to sign waivers that they won’t sue if they get COVID-19. Joe Biden is warning of a second wave and wants to hire 100,000 contact tracers so that workers can return to their jobs.

The federal response continues to be pilloried as insufficient as each state struggles to figure out how to expand testing and how to reopen. A fifth of nursing homes still lack sufficient personal protective equipment despite Trump’s promise to “deploy every resource and power that we have” to protect older Americans.” Instead of proper medical gowns, a government contractor has been sending homes plastic ponchos without armholes that a nursing home administrator says look like trash bags.

To find supplies on their own, health care workers are resorting to desperate measures, including parking-lot meetings to negotiate gown purchases and arrangements with “shady characters” to blend their own hand sanitizer. Massachusetts has also turned to the gray market out of desperation, inking contracts with a businessman with expertise in selfie-taking equipment and a company run out of a New Jersey home.

Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser at Reuters took a comprehensive look at how already-low nursing home staffing levels, a perennial concern for residents and their families, have gotten worse during the pandemic. Nursing home nurses and aides told them staffers are quitting “in large numbers” for fear of getting sick and because of a lack of testing and protective gear, and management’s downplaying of the dangers. Katie Thomas at The New York Times found some nursing homes want employees and their insurers to pay for testing rather than pay for it themselves.

In The Hot Seat

Heeding persistent complaints that provider relief money wasn’t helping those most in need, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced it would send $25 billion to safety-net providers, including $10 billion to about 750 hospitals that treat the most poor or uninsured patients.

The Wall Street Journal autopsies New York City’s hospital response to the pandemic and finds plenty of blame to apportion, including hospitals that transferred patients who were so sick they should not have been sent elsewhere, changing state and city guidelines about when sick health care workers could come back, and problems in obtaining personal protective equipment. “We are not running these ICUs safely or appropriately,” a resident wrote in an email to the attending physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. “The emotional burden of working in these sci-fi-movie-gone-wrong ICUs is through the roof.”

So Young

Researchers and doctors are still trying to decipher how the virus injures children in a small number of cases known as pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. NPR’s Peter Breslow and Lulu Garcia-Navarro reported how doctors at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., are handling the cases. One big mystery is how the syndrome afflicts children differently than adults, since a majority of the kids did not test positive for the virus but did have antibodies. “Is this acute viral? Is this post-infectious? Is it a combination? We’ve got to figure this out in our patient cohort,” one doctor told NPR. In Queens, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children is allowing one parent for each hospitalized child to move in during their stay.

Another medical mystery is why the debilitating symptoms of the virus linger for more than 60 days in some people, including younger ones in great shape. “I’m better, but the hardest, most confusing thing about this is that I’m not well,” one triathlete told The Washington Post’s Ariana Eunjung Cha and Lenny Bernstein.

Medical Advances

The first-known double lung transplant in a COVID patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, occurred at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Ankit Bharat, Northwestern’s chief of thoracic surgery, said he’s been contacted by health centers around the country to see if Northwestern would perform transplants on their patients, and five other patients are now being evaluated as candidates.

Researchers are looking at decades-old vaccines against tuberculosis and polio to see if they might be useful to fight COVID-19, and seeing if mosquito spit might be used to ward off all diseases spread by the insects. If the rest of this week’s crop of we-don’t–have-a-vaccine-or-treatment-but-we’re-working-on-it updates are too numerous to digest, The New York Times has a nice tracker of where individual vaccination efforts stand. The Urban Institute published a tracker of more than 100 resources summarizing state policy responses, data and other relevant information on COVID, food, income, housing and elections. This tracker of trackers — very meta! — will be updated monthly, Urban says.

Do Not Disturb

The hotel experience will be changing as chains try to provide psychological comfort that their guests will not check out with a case of “corona.” Chains such as Hilton are asking guests to use mobile apps to unlock their rooms rather than giving them key cards. Buffets are being replaced with prepacked foods, coffee stations are gone, and if you want one of DoubleTree’s warm chocolate chip cookies, you’ll need to ask for it. The Beverly Hills Hilton is using a 3-foot-tall robot named Kennedy that flashes ultraviolet light into rooms to kill germs.

Finally, the New York Times’ Modern Love column offers 18 first-person sketches of how relationships are going in pandemic isolation. The tl;dr version is: not so hot for everyone. A wife wants to scream every time her husband yells “woo” as his go-to response; a couple stuck in a studio apartment is celebrating their one-year anniversary by spending a week apart; and a 30-year-old living with her boyfriend in New Jersey declares she’s moving across the country when their lease is up. On the positive side, a grandmother is doing the swiping for her granddaughter on dating sites; two roommates, one 83 and the other 27, enjoy ogling handsome men on TV, and a couple in Florida now argue in British accents so they don’t take themselves too seriously.

Enjoy the weekend, and if you’re in the Ozarks, try to limit yourself to one gator-themed venue per day.

Must-Reads Of The Week published first on https://smartdrinkingweb.weebly.com/

[libromundoes]

Home Life Review – El atractivo duradero de los hogares de escritores | Libros

yoEn los años 80, mi padre escribió una guía, Escritores en Sussex, para lo cual tomé las fotos. Durante nuestra investigación, visitamos las antiguas casas de unos cuarenta escritores. Incluían la casa de pedernal de William Blake en Felpham ("el lugar más dulce del mundo", según Blake); La imponente mansión de piedra de Rudyard Kipling, Bateman's, en Burwash; La casa de Hilaire Belloc, King’s Land, en Shipley, que originalmente era un granero del diezmo construido por monjes; y la cabaña Mervyn Peake vivió durante la escritura Titus Groan, en vista de las enormes paredes grises del castillo de Arundel, tal vez una inspiración para Gormenghast. Peake está enterrado cerca, su lápida está inscrita con una línea en movimiento de uno de sus poemas: "Vivir es un milagro".

Lamentablemente, algunas casas han desaparecido. Uno de ellos es Asheham House, cerca de Beddingham, que Virginia y Leonard Woolf alquilaron en 1912, antes de comprar la casa de Monk en Rodmell en 1919. Leonard l & # 39; correctamente descrito como "romántico, dulce, melancólico, encantador". Cuando visitamos en otoño, los árboles que rodeaban esta casa apartada y austera, con sus elegantes ventanas góticas, estaban desnudos y hacían eco de las estridentes llamadas de las torretas. Los residentes le habían dicho a Virginia que Asheham estaba encantada y que se convirtió en el tema de su historia "La casa encantada".

La biógrafa de Woolf, Hermione Lee, viajó a Asheham en 1993, un año antes de su demolición. En ese momento, ella estaba desierta y embarcada y "sofocó la atmósfera de silencio, decadencia y belleza desesperada". Lee admite que de todas las casas de Woolf, esta es la que "más me persigue".

Junto con su colega autora Kate Kennedy, Lee coeditó una colección rica y ecléctica de ensayos sobre el papel que juegan los hogares en la vida de las personas y nuestra fascinación por los hogares de nuestros héroes creativos. Como biógrafo, Lee sabe que "escribir vidas a menudo implica escribir casas".

La descripción de una casa puede revelar vívidamente la experiencia de la infancia o la historia de una relación: "La forma en que se vive una casa puede contarte todo que necesita saber sobre las personas, ya sea la elección del papel tapiz, el desorden en la cocina, el silencio o los gritos alrededor de las comidas, las puertas abiertas o cerradas, un fuego ardiente en la chimenea ".

La descripción de una casa puede revelar vívidamente la experiencia de la infancia o la historia de una relación.

Con la contribución de poetas, arqueólogos, historiadores, novelistas y conservadores de museos, La vida de las casas enfatiza "los hombres y mujeres que han moldeado y registrado la historia de sus hogares a través de su propio trabajo". También tiene en cuenta las experiencias de las personas sin hogar, en movimiento (o "flotando" como solía llamarse) y la memorización de las casas de personas famosas.

Los puntos destacados incluyen a Jenny Uglow en las villas de Edward Lear en San Remo, Italia ("hay mucho encanto en las tranquilas ramas de olivo y se ve a través de su red, el mar en calma", escribió Lear); Julian Barnes en la "gran villa de troncos" del compositor finlandés Sibelius, Ainola, cerca del lago Tuusula; David Cannadine en Chartwell de Winston Churchill en Kent, que sigue "imbuido de su presencia"; Alexander Masters sobre el miedo a las casas y por qué la gente termina en la calle (las razones cubren todo, desde "agitación hasta la muerte"); y Lucy Walker en las casas de Aldeburgh por Benjamin Britten: "Siempre sentí que quería vivir junto al mar".

En su propia contribución bellamente escrita "Una casa de aire", cuyo título está tomado de la descripción de Penélope Fitzgerald de la casa demolida de Edward Burne-Jones en el norte de Fulham, Lee pregunta por qué tantos entre nosotros sentimos la necesidad de peregrinar a la casa de un autor, artista o compositor de toda la vida. Nuestra motivación a menudo se confunde: "una mezcla de miedo, deseo, interioridad y curiosidad intrusiva". De hecho, la realidad es a menudo profundamente decepcionante, como descubrió Keats durante su visita al lugar de nacimiento de Robert Burns: "¡Oh, el desastre de un lugar de nacimiento! Cant! Cant! Cant! "

Si bien la mayoría de los propietarios actuales son acogedores e incluso orgullosos de las asociaciones literarias en sus hogares, algunos no lo son. Cuando Lee visitó Talland House en Cornwall, la muy querida casa de verano de los hijos de Woolf, el dueño en ese momento estaba lejos de estar feliz de ver a otro compañero del novelista en su puerta. . Él le dijo que cuando compró la casa, "nunca escuchó de la mujer sangrienta". Ahora, se quejó, "cada vez que te das la vuelta, ¡hay estadounidenses en la sala de estar!" Australianos en el baño! "

La fascinación por las casas de iluminación literarias y de otro tipo no es nueva. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst describe cómo, a fines del siglo XIX, había una atmósfera de "acecho literario y puerta a puerta" por la cual el poeta ganador, Alfred Lord Tennyson, sufrió más que la mayoría. En una de sus caminatas regulares, despegó al ver lo que creía que era una multitud de fanáticos que lo pisaban, solo para descubrir que en realidad era de un rebaño de ovejas. Pero incluso Tennyson no era inmune a la fascinación, y una vez visitó la "cámara baja oscura" que había sido "el estudio sagrado" de Goethe. En su poesía, sin embargo, se rebeló contra la idea sentimental de la casa victoriana, y Douglas-Fairhurst detecta el deseo de "escribir poemas que nos impidan sentirnos demasiado en casa".

En su ensayo, Elleke Boehmer va más allá de las ideas convencionales sobre "lugar, hogar, escritura y pertenencia". Durante un tiempo, en 1976, después de ser acusado por el New College de varios delitos, el escritor zimbabuense Dambudzo Marechera vivió en una tienda de campaña cerca del Támesis en el Port Meadow de Oxford. Fue en este ambiente bucólico que Marechera, un "joven negro delgado con cabello corto y espiral, sentado con las piernas cruzadas bajo la solapa abierta de la tienda", escribió borradores de las historias que se convirtieron La casa del hambre (1978), por el cual ganó el premio de ficción Guardian. Autor migrante que se convirtió en uno de los más grandes escritores de Zimbabwe después de la independencia, Marechera estaba "sin hogar tanto de hecho como de acuerdo con la tradición nacional de llamarlo suyo", remodelando el paisaje de la literatura africana. con su escrito "sofisticado, intertextual y caprichoso".

WB Yeats solo ha tenido una casa: Ballylee Tower House, cerca de Gort, en el condado de Galway. Yeats lo describió como un "antiguo castillo cuadrado". Fue abandonado, sin hogar y propenso a las inundaciones. Pero su educación poética había estado llena de trucos en los que eruditos solitarios escribían a la luz de las velas y donde, como dice Roy Foster, "estaban atrapadas princesas trágicas". Ezra Pound despreciaba estas nociones románticas, describiéndolo como un "símbolo fálico en los pantanos: Ballyphallus o lo que sea que llame con un río en el primer piso".

Yeats lo compró en mayo de 1917, con dos chalets y terrenos, por £ 35. La restauración de su "Chateau" tomó varios años y le encantó el proceso de usar materiales históricos. Su colección de 1928, La Torre, tiene una ilustración exquisita en la portada de Sturge Moore. Este recorrido romántico por la casa "inspiró algunos de los mejores poemas de Yeats", permitiéndole explorar su "relación con el pasado violento y el futuro desconocido". Declarado monumento nacional en la década de 1960, Seamus Heaney lo llamó "un sitio sacramental". Siempre propenso a las inundaciones, es, según Foster, "tan atmosférico como siempre", y un poderoso monumento de la sensibilidad única de Yeats.

En esta colección hay dos piezas maravillosas en WH Auden. El primero es de Seamus Perry en el apartamento de Auden en Nueva York, en 77 St Mark's Place en el Lower East Side, donde se mudó con su compañero Chester Kallman en febrero de 1954. Él permaneció allí hasta 1972, "convirtiéndola en su vivienda individual más larga". El caos en el que vivió Auden fue famoso. Un amigo recordó que sus habitaciones estaban llenas de "botellas vacías, vasos de martini usados, libros, papeles, discos fonográficos". Stravinsky dijo una vez "es el hombre más sucio que he amado". Cuando Edmund Wilson le reprochó esto, Auden respondió: "Odio vivir en la miseria. ¡Odio eso! – Pero no puedo hacer el trabajo que quiero hacer y vivir de manera diferente. "

En 1958, Auden compró una casa (la única que poseía) en el tranquilo pueblo austriaco de Kirchstetten. Su decisión de hacerlo fue, según Sandra Mayer, "uno de los puntos de inflexión más extraños en la historia literaria". Pasó los últimos 15 veranos de su vida allí. Era "un ambiente que debió parecer extraterrestre y alienante". Sin embargo, Auden se sintió como en casa en este lugar poco probable, a una hora de Viena en su VW Beetle amarillo (usado anteriormente por uno de sus amantes en una serie de robos). Aunque asistió a la misa dominical católica, no trató de integrarse en la vida de la aldea. Pero los aldeanos respetaron a "Herr Professor" y hicieron la vista gorda a su forma de vida y la de Kallman "que incluía visitas regulares de novios griegos, niños vieneses contratados y delincuentes menores".

La secuencia de poemas "Acción de gracias por un hábitat", incluida en su colección de 1965 Acerca de la casa, explora todas las habitaciones de la casa, desde la oficina hasta el privado. Auden reveló que encontrar un hogar que inesperadamente se convirtió en un hogar a veces lo llevó a "lágrimas de gratitud y sorpresa": "Lo que no me atreví a esperar o luchar por / es, en mis cincuenta años, el mío : un toft-and-croft / donde nunca necesito estar en casa con / aquellos con quienes no estoy en casa ". Ahora su casa en Hinterholz 6 pertenece a la comunidad y es un museo para Auden, que atrae a visitantes de todo el mundo para ver dónde compuso sus poemas.

En su estudio, o "Cueva de hacer", como lo llamó, es su Olivetti Portable y una carta de él a las autoridades fiscales austriacas, "que es realmente una teoría de la poesía velada y revela la agudo intelecto y humor frágil de Auden ". Auden está enterrado cerca de la casa que amaba, su tumba marcada por una simple cruz de hierro y una placa: "W. H. Auden 21.2.1907 – 28.9.1973 Poeta y hombre de letras. "

• Lives of Houses, editado por Kate Kennedy y Hermione Lee, es publicado por Princeton (PVP £ 20). Para pedir una copia, visite guardianbookshop.com. P&P gratis en el Reino Unido por más de £ 15.

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