The key conclusions that can be drawn from the transcript are:
There is a desire to establish a county-wide sanitary district program to provide refuse and recycling collection services in areas without homeowner's associations (HOAs). This would allow the county to leverage its purchasing power to negotiate better rates and service standards.
However, there is some debate around whether the county should subsidize the startup costs for this program or require it to be fully cost-recoverable from the residents in the sanitary districts.
The committee also recommended creating a county-wide streetlight program that would use capital improvement program (CIP) funding to install new streetlights in communities that petition for them, with the ongoing maintenance and electricity costs being added to the county's operating budget.
There were concerns raised about excluding HOA communities from being eligible for the streetlight program, and the committee amended the motion to include both non-HOA and HOA communities.
A countywide flood assessment and mitigation program was also approved to be included in the FY2026 budget request, building on previous efforts to address flooding issues in certain areas of the county.
Detailed Summary
00:11:56 - 00:12:10
The chair welcomed the committee and announced some adjustments to the agenda, including moving up item #12 (human services nonprofit grants) and the possibility of a dinner break.
The chair also announced that all three credit rating agencies have confirmed the county's triple-A bond rating.
00:12:10 - 00:13:52
The chair reviewed the 8 items proposed on the consent agenda.
Supervisor Koran Saines requested item #10 (utilization of federal and state asset forfeiture funds) be removed from the consent agenda.
00:13:52 - 00:14:51
The committee approved the remaining 9 consent agenda items in a 5-0 vote.
The committee then heard an informational update from the Department of Economic Development.
00:14:51 - 00:20:01
The new chair of the Economic Development Authority, Dr. Angela Wilson, introduced herself and discussed the authority's recent focus on strategic planning around entrepreneurship, housing, and economic development support.
Supervisor Briskman and the chair discussed issues some businesses have faced with permitting and zoning, as well as workforce challenges, particularly the difficulty retaining employees due to the high cost of living in Loudoun County.
00:20:01 - 00:30:41
The committee heard a presentation on the FY2025 human services and nonprofit grants program.
There was discussion around monitoring whether religious organizations that receive grants are not using the funds for proselytization, as well as ensuring the grants are reaching Loudoun County residents.
Supervisor Briskman raised concerns about the proposed subsidy of startup costs, arguing it would unfairly burden her constituents who are already paying higher taxes. The committee ultimately voted 3-2 to recommend the subsidy to the full board.
00:30:41 - 00:59:47
The committee heard a presentation on the proposed sanitary district refuse and recycling collection program.
Supervisor Umstattd expressed concerns about subsidizing the program, arguing it would unfairly burden her constituents who already pay for trash service through their town taxes.
The committee voted 2-2 on a motion to approve the subsidy, so the item will move forward to the full board without a recommendation.
00:59:47 - 03:02:00
The committee heard a presentation on a proposed county-wide streetlight program that would use CIP funding to install new streetlights in communities that petition for them.
Supervisor Randall raised concerns about excluding HOA communities from eligibility, and the committee amended the motion to include both non-HOA and HOA communities.
The committee voted 4-0-1 to recommend the streetlight program to the full board.
The committee also heard a presentation and approved a motion to implement a county-wide flood assessment and mitigation program, to be included in the FY2026 budget request.
2024.05.19 07:38 VirtualAdeptGirlCurious about life as a gay man on the Isle
So according to Ancestry.com and Ancestry DNA back when they actually connected you to cities, I've got some ancestry tracing back to the Isle of Man. I went back to school for my second bachelors in CS, which I'm about to graduate in, so I could travel and do the digital nomad thing. I have been to a few small island communities, Mackinac Island, Key West, Catalina, and I've really liked all of them. I'm really into history, especially when it involves on of my ancestors, I love to stand in a place and see or touch a thing that one of my distance ancestors interacted with. It makes history feel more real for some reason, like I think about how some piece of me has physically been here before. (I mean it's more so with matrilineal ancestors because of the whole, thing with inheriting physical cells, not just dna, from the person that gives birth to you, and how those cells can be passed for generations through the umbilical cord...) Anyway, the idea of getting to experience the culture of a place where I can trace my people to being from, seems really cool. As the topic says though, I'm gay. I get that it's unlikely people are going to try to outright gay bash me, but how welcoming are people to gay people on the island? Like am I going to be able to make any friends while I'm there? Is there a LGBT community there, that has like a place folks go, or events, or like a group that once you meet people they have house parties or something? Like I don't want to move there, just to have no one to socialize with.
2024.05.19 07:32 Independent_Row_624POSSIBILITY OF HEDGE FUNDS COVERING THEIR SHORT POSITIONS ON MONDAY
Projected Impact of Hedge Fund Buybacks:
Initial Spike: As hedge funds begin buying, the demand would skyrocket, causing an immediate sharp increase in the stock price.
Sustained Buying Pressure: Continued buying throughout the day would keep pushing the price higher, especially with the likely additional interest from retail investors.
Estimated Prices for 5/20:
Opening Price: $2.50 to $3.00
The anticipation of the short squeeze might lead to a significantly higher opening price.
Highest Price: $7.00 to $10.00
Given the extremely high demand to cover shorts, the price could spike dramatically. Historical cases of short squeezes have seen stocks increase several-fold in a single day.
Closing Price: $5.00 to $6.00
While the price might not maintain the intraday high due to some profit-taking and market corrections, it would still close substantially higher than the previous close.
Summary of Predicted Prices for 5/20:
Opening Price: $2.50 to $3.00
Highest Price: $7.00 to $10.00
Closing Price: $5.00 to $6.00
Factors Influencing Hedge Fund Decisions:
Short Interest and Market Dynamics:
Initial Short Dates: The two big funds initiated their short positions on 5/14 and 5/15. Given the rapid price increase from 0.266 on 5/14 to 1.568 on 5/16, and the subsequent volatility, the hedge funds might be facing significant unrealized losses.
Short Interest Level: With a high short interest of 85.17%, the potential for a short squeeze is substantial. Hedge funds might decide to cover their positions to avoid further losses if they anticipate a squeeze.
Market Sentiment and Retail Investor Behavior:
The recent price increases suggest high retail investor interest, potentially driven by speculation or social media. Hedge funds might assess this sentiment and decide that the risk of holding short positions is too high.
Risk Management and Loss Mitigation:
Hedge funds employ sophisticated risk management strategies. If their models indicate a high probability of further price increases, they may opt to cover their shorts to mitigate losses.
Technical Analysis and Trigger Points:
Technical indicators and key price levels might trigger automatic covering of short positions. If the stock price breaks through certain resistance levels, it might prompt hedge funds to cover.
Estimating the Likelihood:
Based on the above factors, let's provide a qualitative likelihood estimation.
High Probability Scenarios:
Short Squeeze Anticipation: If hedge funds believe a short squeeze is imminent, they are more likely to cover their positions to prevent catastrophic losses.
Technical Breakouts: If the stock price breaks significant resistance levels, triggering automatic cover orders.
Moderate Probability Scenarios:
Risk Management Decisions: If the unrealized losses reach a predefined threshold, hedge funds might decide to cover.
Low Probability Scenarios:
Strong Conviction in Short Thesis: If hedge funds believe the stock price will eventually decline based on fundamental analysis, they might hold their positions, hoping the price will fall.
Qualitative Likelihood Estimation:
Given the rapid price increases and high retail interest, combined with the substantial short interest, the likelihood of hedge funds covering their short positions on 5/20 can be estimated as follows:
High Likelihood (60-70%): If the price continues to rise significantly in pre-market and early trading hours on 5/20, creating pressure on short sellers.
Conclusion:
The most likely scenario is that hedge funds will cover their short positions on 5/20 if they anticipate a significant short squeeze or if the stock price breaks through critical resistance levels. Based on the recent price trends and market sentiment, there is a high probability (60-70%) that hedge funds will cover their short positions to mitigate losses and avoid further upward pressure on the stock price.
2024.05.19 07:16 blowcj7Seeking guidance on PCB Layout & Schematic Review in Altium Designer
Hey everyone, Mechanical Engineer here trying to spread my knowledge base. I've been learning Altium Designer and PCB design for the past month, and I'm encountering some challenges. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on my schematic, connections, and PCB layout. This project means a lot to me, and any help would be invaluable. Project Overview:
PCB Type: 4-layer PCB
Key Components:
nrf52840 Microcontroller
nPM1100 Battery Charging IC & Power Management
MAX77816 -Voltage regulator
AO4882 MOSFET,
TFT LCD display,
BMP390 pressure sensor,
USB-C charging.
Areas Where I Need Guidance:PCB Layout Optimization:
Best practices for component placement and routing, especially for high current paths (up to 4.7A).
General Layout help
Effective use of power and ground planes for different voltage levels (3.3V, 5V, etc.).
Managing thermal dissipation for components like voltage regulators and MOSFETs.
What could be causing this copper to appear in the middle of my SMD footprints?
How can I resolve these clearance issues effectively?
I'm a beginner and still learning the ropes, so any assistance would be amazing. I'm even willing to pay someone to help me get this designed. Thank you so much for your time and help!
I dont really have a lot for numbers...this is more of a concept to explore a possibility in the Arcane storyline, where Madame Medarda (The Noxian mother, not the senator) is able to glean an experimental machine after the bombing of the council chambers, return with it to Noxus, and eventually have one of her subordinates pilot it into battle. Champion Concept: [A.T.L.A.S.]: The Foebreaker The All-Terran Legend Annihilation System is a piloted mechanical suit that’s under the command of a special Noxian unit rumored to be within the Medarda faction. This close-range combat Enforcer mechanical model utilizes state of the art technology to deter and detain powerful opponents or large crowds in head-on combat. Passive: Pilot Maxie / Nanohex Core - A.T.L.A.S. is piloted by Maxie. When the mech takes lethal damage, Maxie ejects, taking a new set of abilities and utilizing a ranged 6-shot revolver sidearm with a fast reload time, but losing 30% of all stats. The A.T.L.A.S. system utilizes Nanohex technology, which is able to mend and reassemble itself from a broken state after a set amount of time. [Time is determined by level, and is not affected by Ability Haste.] Q: FoebreakeEvasive Roll - A.T.L.A.S. Jumps to an area, damaging and slowing enemies in the landing zone by 20% and Concussing them for 2 seconds. / Maxie dives and reloads his sidearm. W: Hexplosive Shot/Hammer Shot - A.T.L.A.S. Fires a hexplosive cannon, exploding on the first enemy hit and damaging enemies in the area in the detonation area. Concussed enemies take 50% more damage and are stunned for 1s. / Maxie fires all of his remaining shots wildly, dealing damage to enemies in a cone. This move prioritizes enemies that haven’t been hit, and subsequent damage on a single target reduces the extra shots by 15%. E: Hexshield Charge/Core Shield - A.T.L.A.S. generates a hextech shield mitigating a % of damage taken from all sources while the shield holds. Using Foebreaker while the shield is active shatters the shield to deal up to 20% more Foebreaker's damage as true damage on landing (based on remaining shield) and empowers A.T.L.A.S.’s basic attacks with additional true damage for the next few seconds. / Maxie generates a directional damage shield for the next few seconds, mitigating a % of damage taken from the targeted direction. This ability lengthens the recharge timer of Nanohex core proportional to the time active and the mitigated damage taken while active. R: Unstable Hexgate/Hex-Destruct - A.T.L.A.S. fires a beacon in a target direction, sticking to the first enemy champion hit, if any. A.T.L.A.S. utilizes a prototype hexgate teleporter, swapping places with the enemy while damaging the enemy. Reactivating this ability before the swap, or not hitting an enemy champion, will instead eject Maxie and activate a self-destruct mechanism. A.T.L.A.S. will instead teleport itself to the beacon’s location and explode, dealing damage and briefly stunning enemies in an area. Using Hex-Destruct *doubles* the recovery time of Nanohex Core. Notes: -Unlike Kled, there is no way to rush A.T.L.A.S. to recover faster, only to further sabotage its respawn. However, exactly like Kled, when the mech takes lethal damage, you are an incomplete version of yourself in melee range. In this case, a ranged unit with lowered stats sitting on top of someone…probably the last place you’d want to be. So managing your health and your positioning especially while at low mech HP is key. -A.T.L.A.S. is primarily a melee-style mech. As such, it thrives in an environment where it’s allowed to wreak havoc on the enemy in close quarters. However, Maxie himself is somewhat of a wimp. It’s imperative to understand when to engage, disengage, and properly manage our positioning in a teamfight *at all times* while playing A.T.L.A.S. -Unstable Hexgate has a 2 second delay, allowing you a brief window to reposition after firing. Taking yourself under tower or into your teammates can allow you to isolate the afflicted enemy from everyone else. But, it can also put you in the danger zone. If you're going to be teleporting into a bad situation for yourself, it may be best to just deal with the doubled Nanohex cooldown and simply opt to Hex-Destruct. ...I'm again, not really a numbers guy. If this is something that seems neat, I will leave balance to people that can balance. ;P
2024.05.19 07:06 supered67Fractal Terra build help
This is my first time building a sffpc so I'm not sure what parts would fit the Terra. So far all I know I want is the CPU, motherboard, and a RX 6700 XT. Im not sure which aftermarket 6700XT I should get however since they are all different sizes and I'm still not sure which CPU cooler to get. If anyone has recommendations for parts that would be greatly appreciated. I've included the PC part picker list below. PCPartPicker Part List
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2024.05.19 07:00 blowcj7Seeking guidance on PCB Layout & Schematic Review in Altium Designer
Hey everyone, Mechanical Engineer here trying to spread my knowledge base. I've been learning Altium Designer and PCB design for the past month, and I'm encountering some challenges. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on my schematic, connections, and PCB layout. This project means a lot to me, and any help would be invaluable. Project Overview:
PCB Type: 4-layer PCB
Key Components:
nrf52840 Microcontroller
nPM1100 Battery Charging IC & Power Management
MAX77816 -Voltage regulator
AO4882 MOSFET,
TFT LCD display,
BMP390 pressure sensor,
USB-C charging.
Areas Where I Need Guidance:PCB Layout Optimization:
Best practices for component placement and routing, especially for high current paths (up to 4.7A).
General Layout help
Effective use of power and ground planes for different voltage levels (3.3V, 5V, etc.).
Managing thermal dissipation for components like voltage regulators and MOSFETs.
What could be causing this copper to appear in the middle of my SMD footprints?
How can I resolve these clearance issues effectively?
I'm a beginner and still learning the ropes, so any assistance would be amazing. I'm even willing to pay someone to help me get this designed. Thank you so much for your time and help!
2024.05.19 06:59 QuestionMarkKittenLudwig D&D game
I just had an awesome D&D game and I think my friend who was also the GM is both low key and high key an absolute genius. Because, she came up with a brilliant campaign. I would love if Ludwig did something similar, I think it would make great content. This occurred because her original party had some drama and split (which was why they didn't let me film it or reveal any identities. But, OMG I wish I could have because it was the best and funniest campaign I've seen in all 15 years of my playing this game.) So being the geeks we are we settled the argument with a D&D duel... but a party vs. party duel. (I was called to fill in because someone rage quit over some other drama and they needed to keep the party numbers even. We are playing 4 vs. 4) She has essentially created a PVP version of D&D. The campaign is: The city has been besieged by random monsters who keep appearing out of mysterious portals. So the Mayor has offered a thousand gold reward to the adventurers who kill the most monsters, thus thinning their numbers and keeping them at bay. Plus gold bonuses for reaching a certain amount of monster kills e.g. 100, 200, 1000. or for killing particular bosses. However, kills can only be monsters. If you kill an NPC/townsfolk it is still considered murder. This and any other crime still applies if someone reports it to the city office and of course bounties will be put on anyone who commits a crime. If caught, and jailed then found guilty you can be fined the 100g diamond dust each to resurrect the murdered (as long as their body is retrieved) or you will be executed if you cannot pay the fine(s). You can only claim the prize money or access the bank if your ledger is clear of any crimes. We are playing the campaign on endless mode so we allow resurrection of party members, rescue from executions and buying new identities/re-rolling characters if you do get caught or killed but if you want to limit that, you can just end their character's story and have the player help the GM act out citizen NPCs when their character gets caught or killed. The other team...I mean ANYONE can claim the gold bounty if they assist in the capture of any criminal character. (We are also playing with friendly fire on, but that, again, is optional.) To keep track of these kills/murders each team is assigned a guide played by the gm and given an enchanted bracelet (much like an iwatch). We used bards as the guides, but any class will do. This guide is a bit like a police officer or park ranger they show the adventurers around, they can be asked about knowledge of the terrain, city lore or rules of the tournament at any time. They also report back to the Mayor and enforce any rules/laws. (They can be killed, threatened or bribed but then they could also report you for the crimes or it could registered on the "enchanted bracelet" as a murder.) They are however a non-active party member who stays back away from the combat and offers minimal assitance when in town they go home or to the townhall head office to make reports and leave the adventurers to their plots and schemes. You can claim the bonus gold or bounties at any time but only if you are in the city bank, there are no outstanding murders/crimes registered against you or a party member, and your guide is alive and around to verify it. Here is the genius part, she runs each session turn based, team 1 one session then team 2 one session. Here is where the game gets super fun: During your session, teams can sabotage each other as much as they want. Feed misleading intel to the citizens, plot assassinations of other party members, set traps, frame other party members for crimes, any shenanigans the players can think of to slow or eliminate the other party members is allowed. (My team this round divised a mail bomb which plays "pop goes the weasle" then fires an explosive weasel at their face. Which will be delivered to the other team next session.) You can also come up with defenses or counter measures. Or you can get down to the business of racking up as many monster kills as possible by exploring the near by caverns or patrolling the city walls. The other thing that was genius, is my friend set up a huge monitor and had AI generated art of things we described as we played, displayed on the screen in HD... so you immediately got some very vivid, graphic and bizarre images of the most random things. Like a weasle firing out of a jack in the box. 🤣 We also had a printer and laminator so that whenever an NPC, monster or even our own characters were described we could AI generate an image print it, laminate it and make it an instant token for the board.
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and my settings.py:
""" Django settings for project4 project. Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.2. For more information on this file, see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/ For the full list of settings and their values, see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/ """ import os # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...) BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/ # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret! SECRET_KEY = '13kl@xtukpwe&xj2xoysxe9_6=tf@f8ewxer5n&ifnd46+6$%8' # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production! DEBUG = True ALLOWED_HOSTS = [] # Application definition INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'network', 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', ] MIDDLEWARE = [ 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', ] ROOT_URLCONF = 'project4.urls' TEMPLATES = [ { 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', 'DIRS': [], 'APP_DIRS': True, 'OPTIONS': { 'context_processors': [ 'django.template.context_processors.debug', 'django.template.context_processors.request', 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', ], }, }, ] WSGI_APPLICATION = 'project4.wsgi.application' # Database # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'), } } AUTH_USER_MODEL = "network.User" # Password validation # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [ { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator', }, ] # Internationalization # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us' TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' USE_I18N = True USE_L10N = True USE_TZ = True # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images) # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/ STATIC_URL = '/static/' STATICFILES_DIRS = [ os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"), '/network/project4/network/static', ]
my folder structure looks like this: https://preview.redd.it/00fdiiqidb1d1.png?width=256&format=png&auto=webp&s=48028d2103a8f7d3ec2a181da3193518a45aabf4 I've been stuck on this project for half a week now because I thought my JS code was bugged, and only until today I added more triggers and realized it wasn't run at all...... (I have 2 more earlier versions of js code in the same folder but none of them are quoted anywhere so I assume this isn't a problem) I truly really appreciate anyone's help to get out of this brain prison!! I used 120% of my brain and I am still 100% clueless rn :P
2024.05.19 06:57 Free_Cat_7687Does this description of a magical glyph make sense
I’m working on a new project and need to know if this description of a powerful Magical glyph makes sense(also name is a work in progress lol): “Book Of Fate Glyph: a complex symbol that when drawn on a book, will create a new universe in which the contents of said book are true, the book is capable of generating entire multiverses if stated, also when the glyph is complete a lock and key will generate on the book, the key can be inserted into any door to open a portal to the universe of said book.”
2024.05.19 06:51 GrownUpGirlScoutNancy Cunard, Parallax, and (Taylor's Version of) Modernism
I did not entirely intend to end up this deep down a rabbit hole, but here we are!
The other night after reading the wonderful The Eras Tour Follies post-GO READ THAT POST, everything in there relates to ALL of this as Loie Fuller was a modernist choreographer and so her art relates strongly to everything I will be discussing. Pretty much everything I present here emphasizes the idea that Taylor is leaning into a very specific type of performance art. Anyway, after reading that, facebook suggested to me a post from a page with follies in the name and between that and the line “my swift imagination”, my attention was captured. From the post- “‘You shall not prison, shall not grammarise / my swift imagination.’ So declares a poem Nancy Cunard wrote in 1919, at the age of twenty-three. The speaker of “In Answer to a Reproof” casts herself as “the perfect stranger / outcast and outlaw from the rules of life”. Conveying something of Cunard’s defiance of social norms, the poem seems to prophesy her later cutting of ties to both her mother and her country. For Jane Marcus, it constitutes “the declaration of independence of female modernism”.Cunard began her writing career as a poet, and her long poem Parallax was published by Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press in 1925.” Jane Marcus wrote a book called Nancy Cunard: Perfect Strangers which was released in 2020 (post-humuously, the book was finished by her research assistant.) It seems like it was a small university press type deal and not widely available in print, though it seems sites like jstor may have it available in its entirity. The book summary- “Nancy Cunard: Perfect Stranger reshapes our understanding of a woman whose role in key historical, political, and cultural moments of the 20th century was either dismissed and attacked, or undervalued. Here, Jane Marcus, who was one of the most insightful critics of modernism and a pioneering feminist scholar, is unafraid and unapologetic in addressing and contesting Nancy Cunard’s reputation and reception as a spoiled heiress and “sexually dangerous New Woman.” Instead, with her characteristic provocative and energetic writing style, Marcus insists we reconsider issues of gender, race, and class in relation to the accusations, stereotypes, and scandal, which have dominated, and continue to dominate, our perception of Cunard in the public record. In the wake of inadequate histories of radical writing and activism, Nancy Cunard: Perfect Stranger brings its subject into the 21st century, offering a bold and innovative portrait of a woman we all thought we knew.” I was mostly going to get into her poem Parallax, but after having looked up the entirety of “In Answer to a Reproof”, I HAVE to bring that up as well. Her work isn’t super widely available online, but I did find this weird little poorly formatted archival site that seems to have the full text of her collected poetry . I haven’t read it all (yet), but to start with I’d direct you towards the poems “Outlaws”, “Monkery” and “The Love Story”, but when I read the opening lines to “In Answer to a Reproof” my jaw DROPPED. “Let my impatience guide you now, I feel You have not known that glorious discontent That leads me on : the wandering after dreams And the long chasing in the labyrinth Of fancy, and the reckless flight of moods — You shall not prison, shall not grammarise My swift imagination, nor tie down My laughing words, my serious words, old thoughts I may have led you on with, baffling you Into a pompous state of great confusion.” “The long chasing in the labyrinth” “shall not grammarise my swift imagination” (grammarise or gramarize can mean to analyze or describe), are both lines and ideas resonate a lot with what we know about Taylor and her work. The poem is saying, "you will not hold me to these interpretations you have of me, even if I was the one using my words to lead you on and confuse you.” “...I have concluded we are justified Each in his scheming ; is this not a world Proportioned large enough for enemies Of our calibre ? Shall we always meet In endless conflict ? I have realised That I shall burn in my own hell alone And solitarily escape from death” The burning imagery, the implications of a deep emotional rift between enemies who might be lovers? This poem, and honestly a lot of her others, have that sort of vibe. This part is justifying the need of enemies in the world and bringing attention to the role of destiny in the fate of two such adversaries. The poem text is available the collected poems I linked above, there is also this handwritten original from Yale’s archives on Nancy Cunard (had to go to the original to figure out what word she was using for solitarily because the formatting was so wonky on the other, lol) Let’s move on to Parallax! As mentioned above, the poem was originally published by Virgina Woolf’s literary press. It is a long form poem based on the The Waste Land, also a long form poem by T. S. Eliot. This is from the wiki page on The Waste Land- “widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry…The Waste Land does not follow a single narrative or feature a consistent style or structure. The poem shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, and features abrupt and unannounced changes of narrator, location and time, conjuring a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures.” These ideas are all VERY important in modernism. And modernism is VERY relevant to the idea of what Taylor does, but ESPECIALLY what she is currently doing with TTPD. Modernism was about rejecting the old ideas of things, and trying to rebuild, especially in the aftermath of WW1. Artists,writers, and musicians strongly embraced the idea of the visibility of the artist in their work. They no longer felt compelled to uphold the status quo and traditional methods (of poetry, of painting, of music, of literature, of architecture), they experimented with forms and processes that would be visible to the viewer in ways that had not been common or fashionable in the art world in the past. Stream of consciousness writing, unreliable narrators, and multiple points of views were new things being explored, especially in writing (A Room of One’s Own by Virgina Woolf being a great and relevant example of this, also go check out the first edition cover-Midnights much…). The artists wanted to invite deeper thought about what was being said and by whom.The way modernism referenced the past was also very relevant. Modernism was known for creating entirely new interpretations of traditional works. Rewriting traditional narratives, creating parodies, satire, incorporating aspects from many other sources and being referential to those sources (the idea of artistic collages, and incorporating old media into new works was being heavily explored). The definition of Parallax is “the apparent displacement or the difference in apparent direction of an object as seen from two different points not on a straight line with the object”especially : the angular difference in direction of a celestial body as measured from two points on the earth's orbit.” Okay so I honestly have a hard time wrapping my head around this, but…put your finger in front of your eyes, look beyond your finger, and then alternate closing one eye at a time. The way your finger appears to jump? That is an example of parallax. The closer an object is, the more drastically it appears to move when observed from different places. The further the object, the less it moves. (I find it interesting that Taylor’s shows have been speeding up and going faster? Almost like as she gets closer to…whatever she’s heading towards, the faster, the more drastic the change?) These are typical visual representations of parallax https://preview.redd.it/qk5mz85a8b1d1.png?width=1141&format=png&auto=webp&s=22232367790ba25ca7bbab72a39fdffe9e96d703 https://preview.redd.it/ry2565v38b1d1.png?width=733&format=png&auto=webp&s=4c820f59ffcf5307910723217a64dd3e54b986a6 Which majorly reminds me of this. https://preview.redd.it/jzdd6h4e8b1d1.png?width=1892&format=png&auto=webp&s=613b0265f22a95ddbde729ea23907dabd395f3f3 And I know that there’s only so much one can do with lights on a stage, but I find the visual parallels and the different perspectives during the TTPD set interesting. https://preview.redd.it/hdepna4h8b1d1.png?width=2134&format=png&auto=webp&s=9fcd00f1e7bd6f72918634100b8cf32bd4e7a9a2 https://preview.redd.it/kmedb1di8b1d1.png?width=1793&format=png&auto=webp&s=a03fe6fbb2e238d15c4858f3f797a7602a9d94de https://preview.redd.it/7zm1varj8b1d1.png?width=2091&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d3797ec39235a046429f5164e7d995af4fe53e5 And from the lyric video of “I Can Do it With a Broken Heart” https://preview.redd.it/98d87po19b1d1.png?width=1886&format=png&auto=webp&s=43d6f598c1493d88f2a3cf94f30dbb25a15cff21 https://preview.redd.it/ex2ew8349b1d1.png?width=1888&format=png&auto=webp&s=7069f52988b92e60edd03f76ff8ffe812c1ff7c7 Let’s get back to the poem! Here is Parallax by Nancy Cunard Scan from google books of the original printing of the book. A website with an easy to read full text version. It's long, but it's WELL worth reading. Very very rich imagery and themes which seems to go along with Taylor's use of similar themes and images “Provisioning of various appetite. Midnights have heard the wine’s philosophy Spill from glass he holds, defiant tomorrows Pushed back.” \* “Think now how friends grow old— Their diverse brains, hearts, faces, modify; Each candle wasting at both ends, the sly Disguise of its treacherous flame . . . Am I the same?” \* "Without prompter for the love-scene or the anger-scene. And . . . You and I, Propelled, controlled by need only, Forced by dark appetites; Lovers, friends, rivals for a time, thinking to choose, And having chosen, losing." Again, long but well worth reading. For a couple years, Nancy had a relationship with a man named Lois Aragon. I found this research paper about Aragon’s personal interest in fairy tales and in the author Lewis Carol. Cunard was instrumental in assisting Aragon to create a printed French translation of the Lewis Carol nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark. The paper includes this bit, (part of?) a poem Aragon wrote for Cunard during their first trip together-to London. It is a love poem which uses ideas and imagery from Alice in Wonderland (the pdf of this pastes to nonsense so, screenshot.) https://preview.redd.it/s2fc5indab1d1.png?width=944&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb1970d7e6a9ae102351ade13bff00e321c9f2b5 So as interesting as I found all of these connections, I did at many points wonder if I was in fact thinking about all of this way too much. BUT THEN. BUT THEN. I decide, I’m just…gonna google Nancy Cunard and Taylor Swift. See if anything, at all, comes up. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11956353/Taylor-Swift-films-new-bank-robbery-themed-music-video-Cunard-Building-Liverpool.html The Cunard Building. She filmed the video for I Can See You. In. The. Cunard. Building. The Cunard Building, which was built for the Cunard Steamship Company. Nancy Cunard’s family. So now I officially feel like I’ve lost my mind, but I am even more interested in…where this is going and what is the POINT of it all? All of this suggests to me that TTPD has been HIGHLY HIGHLY staged and planned and executed in ways which seem to encompass all of the ideas of modernism, while making reference to modernists and their work (Louie Fuller, Virginia Woolf). She is using herself and her life, as well as them and their works, as the references for the writing. Leaning into the unreliability of her narration, the parody, and the multiple points of views from switching narrators. And that concludes my post on...introducing Nancy Cunard as a highly probable (in my opinion anyway) inspiration for Taylor's work and life, as well as giving even more context and understanding to what we already knew-she's performing. But trying to be sophisticated about it? And trying to point at a lot of references in order to make us think about the deeper meaning. I'm EXHAUSTED. And so happy I've finished this. Thank you thank you to this sub for the assistance, moral support, brilliant information, and incredible connections that make us all more knowledgable and better critical thinkers. <3 <3 <3
2024.05.19 06:51 epiccabbage123review of every professor i've had at BU
now senior so i thought id take a look back. most TFs or lab instructors missing bc i don't remember them and never attended most office hours. Courtney Martin - FY101 freshman fall. utterly useless class (was an undeclared major so took it hoping to get some guidance, basically got nothing out of it.) very chill instructor though, no issues there, just waste of time. Scott Possiel - WR120 freshman fall and WR152 freshman spring, grad student teacher. pretty chill and class was interesting (mediterranean religion [roman religions]), learned strong amount about writing. no complaints, hope he's on to great things. Alexander Nikolaev - CL/208LX208 freshman fall. awesome class on zoom, funny and knowledgeable dude, learned so much about about indo-european linguistics, and sparked basically all my interest about linguistics. assignments were fun and refreshing. one of my favorite professors at BU despite only having had one class with him, unfortunately he disappeared (left?) after 2020 and I have no idea why, nor did any of my classmates. lucky to have had his last BU class in first semester of freshman year. Christine Papadakis - CS112 freshman fall. her ratemyprofessor 1.9 score says enough, bad at explaining topics, strange class vibes, pretty unhelpful. seems like a nice person though. main reason i did not continue with compsci after 1 semester at BU, class wasn't too difficult (got B+ and could have done better if i tried harder) but it was so utterly boring it was the dread of every week and genuinely difficult to find any will to do work for it. lectures were insufferably boring, especially on replay when studying. avoid her at all costs. Edward Loechler - first half of BI107 freshman fall, BI108 freshman spring? (i remember him and spilios teaching some class together or two part or something). chill old man vibes, class was solid and well taught. don't remember anything else except no issues. recommend. Kathryn Spilios - second half of BI107 freshman fall. chill professor, class was solid and well taught. don't remember anything else except no issues. recommend. Leah Kronenberg - CL102 freshman spring. awesome professor, very kind and good at teaching. recommend thomas keyes - CH101 freshman spring. worst professor i had in all of BU hands down. so utterly useless and incompetent his syllabus was barely even divided into paragraphs, just a spam wall of text. lectures monotonous and uninteresting, bad at answering questions, mean to students, generally seemed like he was on the verge of suicide or homicide or both at any given moment. thankfully he retired so i do not have to say avoid him at all costs. special shoutout to Alyssa Kranc - TF for CH101, grad student. actual angel sent from heaven to guide the class thru the horror that was CH101 with thomas keyes. great at explanations, patient, and brought good vibes. i actually really liked chemistry and it was only thru Alyssa's help and lab review meeting things that I learned anything in this class and got an A. Hope she is onto greater things and epic research. jane x. luu - AS102 sophomore fall. chill professor, kinda made class easier as time went along when she realized nobody really gave a shit about the subject and was just there for hub or get chance to look thru telescope. actually discovered some really awesome things in her research (the kuiper belt). was visiting professor so dont think she'll be back. brandon jones - CL101 sophomore fall. awesome professor, good lectures, chill guy. recommend. john thornton - HI175 sophomore fall. boringest history lecturer ive ever had, quiet so had to sit in the front to even hear him (maybe cuz covid masks everything was quieter). chill guy, easy class, probably cooler to talk to at office hours than for survey history class. recommend. cathal nolan - HI284 sophomore fall. Lowkey kinda pompous guy, but classes were always insightful and really felt like attending a speech notsomuch a lecture. history of war class was one of the few classes where i felt like i really gained wisdom and not just knowledge, but also fell short of my expectations at the same time if that makes sense. pretty easy if you like history / are good at writing. needs to learn how to use slides though lol, windows photo app on USB stick photos can only last so long. recommend. Christopher McMullen - FY102 sophomore spring. genuinely do not remember a single thing about this class or professor. pretty sure we unironically did a meyers personality test thing, hilarious waste of time. or that was in FY101. hannah culik - CL237 sophomore spring. very kind professor, learned a lot in the class. 0 official dealines so u can turn in everything late but i do not recommend leaving it all to the last minute. pretty political charged, but i think in an engaging way. she left BU but i would recommend if she were still here. simon payaslian - HI176 sophomore spring. felt like high school class but i guess that's how history survey courses go. chill dude, kinda tough grader? dumb assignments. average lecturer. recommend. bruce schulman - HI231 sophomore spring. very kind professor, i turned in my final research paper like a week late LMFAO and he still accepted it (with some completely justified points off for lateness of course). good lecturer. recommend. Christopher Daly - HI231 sophomore spring. kind professor chill lecturer some course as schulman (double professors). retired, otherwise would recommend. Alexis Peri - HI200 sophomore spring, HI272 junior fall - one of the best professors at BU hands down. kind but pushes you to truly learn. writing excelled under her and i felt i improved my overall skills as a student / scholar in every way. she grades easier as class goes on. genuinely proud to have achieved in A in both her courses, pushed myself to get there. maybe a bit too much class discussion for my tastes though, i don't really enjoy sharing out. recommend. shoutout to Margot Rashba, TF for HI272. helpful explainer since I couldn't go to professor Peri's office hours due to time conflict. hope she is onto great things. christopher Backman - HI101 junior fall. chill professor, class pretty boring but funny lecturer. completely ghosted my email sent in next semester discussing my idea for senior thesis lol, and wasn't at the office hours listed on website, idk what happened. apparently went on leave after some controversy regarding speech. so yeah lol. recommend. Stephanie Nelson - CL161 junior fall. awesome professor, kind and fun class. recommend Timothy Clark - CL162 junior spring, CL322 disorganized and seems like he didn't really care about the class tbh, but overall chill guy. really likes parthia and didn't really care about Rome at all. dumb assignments at times, but he did have no issue with me consistently missing a language class day to to schedule conflict without issue, which I appreciated. don't recommend. eugenio menegon - HI363 senior fall. hard to explain but going to class just felt... uncomfortable every time? does lot of cold-calling. lecture was kinda boring, didn't learn very much, felt more like a high school survey class of china than a 300 level class on ancient China. covers way too long a time period in too little detail. dude seems pretty chill though don't recomment. christopher ell - CL300 senior fall. very boring lecturer but he clearly does try to make it funny, which is appreciated. chill guy, some leniency on scheduling and assignments, very clear about all his instructions and overall taught well. very fair and no conflicts at all. enjoyed his class. recommend. spiridon-iosif capotos - CL261 senior fall, grad student teacher. hilarious, deadpan dry humor. fun class, learned a lot of greek, hope he is onto great things. recommend simon anderson - SY101 senior spring. chill guy, class not the most useful but was alright. not really that indepth, prob waste of time could've learned everything reading online guides. instructor was fine though, no issues. hannah kloster - CL262 senior spring, grad student teacher. awesome and kind instructor, very fun class, learned a lot despite having no interest in Greek poetry. hope she is onto great things. recommend. jilene chua - HI500 senior spring. very kind professor, chill class and great vibes, but too much discussion for my taste. new professor to BU, had her on her second or third semester teaching as professor ever (i think); class was kinda unorganized or ad hoc at times. will only get better as time goes on. recommend. stephen scully - hi406 senior spring. no interest in the subject (iliad translations) when i joined class and minimal interest in the subject as I leave the class (and BU). chill professor, but grades harshly and requires a lot of writing. cold calls often. class was also quite unorganized for entire first half. in terms of material, honestly a lot of stuff in class felt quite arbitrary in understanding (as is probably the case with most literature classes, which i did not take outside of this). recommend if you really love classical literature / mythology / philology (or anything humanities), don't recommend for classical history (or anything social sciences). Rui Hua - HI364 junior fall, HI370 junior spring, HI553 senior fall. the most energetic, fun, chill professor i've had at BU, every lecture was a blast and even if i went to class in a bad mood it was impossible to leave without a smile on my face. took us on field trips to relevant destinations when possible. I had the first 3 classes he's ever taught as a professor ever (I think), and it definitely showed bc they were somewhat unorganized or ad hoc. but i am sure his teaching will only get better as time progresses, learned a lot and had a great time in all his classes, he does cover some overlapping material in them so if u take them u might repeat some stuff. also super lenient on deadlines but i do not encourage delaying all of them to the last minute as I did like an idiot. easy classes overall, but if you like the subject he definitely is encouraging for those who want to learn more. recommend. Loren J. Samons - CL321 junior fall, CL303 junior spring, CL202 senior spring. best professor i've ever had at BU, hilarious, funnest lectures of all time, learned so much, and brings so much old man sardonic energy to every class. CL303 fall of roman empire another class where I felt I genuinely attained wisdom and not just knowledge. assigned readings are some of the few I actually did. class might be difficult if not ur a good writer / not a social sciences person, but u'll definitely improve if you take the effort to do so, otherwise easy class got As in all of them. very straightforward. recommend. feel free to ask individual questions about any of these professors / instructors in comments.
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Very inconsistent in my runs so far, all comes down to luck for mana potion/lockpick/gold drop rate and lockpick luck. I myself finished the Rasmusen Orb at 2hrs exact before crashing and it was a very messy run to say the least. Could see someone with practice and better hand-eye coordination beating the game Any% at or a little over 2hrs without major glitches. My route:
Sprint through tutorial
Go to Pwyll, set teleport spawn, and pickup the God quest and Fort quest
Go to the Pwyll underground and advance the God quest until you get the key
Go to the farmer near the fort, kill the Clockwork enemy, turn in
Go to Fort, sprint through to the table at the top
Go to the Cartographer
Go to the Giant Mushroom, save the son, and teleport back to Pwyll
Turn in both quests, go to Hallow Town
Sell loot, pickup Endurance spell, plot the map, talk to first Dark Star to trigger the three quests, set teleport spawn in inn
Endurance sprint to the Emberian, plot the map along the way
Teleport back, get the Emberian key, Endurance sprint to Rustburg, plotting the map along the way (stop by the bell tower and castle)
Finish Emberian quest, teleport back, go to Hallowshire cartographer to get academy admission
Endurance sprint to the academy lift, start the portal quest, activate the academy portal, teleport back and activate the Hallow Town portal
Sell loot, buy Union Passport, Endurance sprint to the airship guy
Endurance sprint to Clockwork portal then onto Horace, get his dream, Endurance sprint to Corrupted Lands
Advance Horace's quest in the Lost City of Progress, teleport back to Hallow Town, then portal to Clockwork, and Endurance sprint back to Horace
Sell loot, buy Union Passport, Endurance sprint to Endless bridge
Endurance sprint to Endless portal then Endurance sprint to Duchess
Teleport back to Hallow Town, portal to Endless, advance quest in Sepuclher
Endurance sprint from the Sepulcher inn to Cadaver Keep
Teleport back to Hallow Town, portal to Endless, Endurance sprint back to Duchess
Fall off the edge and die to rez in Bastion Light
Go through Underland sequence, nothing to note other than memorizing the quickest routes to the Emberian generators and automechanical key
Advance quest with Inquisition, get writ for airship, teleport to Hallow Town, sell loot, buy airship
Travel to Rasmusen deserted island, advance the quest as normal
Fall off edge to rez in Pwyll, go back to Inquisition
Get sphere mounted to your airship, onto the last quest, gg
It's pretty consistent other than getting screwed over by lockpicks as the biggest bane in my book. The game never gives you lockpicks when you have none/little but will only drop lockpicks when you're full in my experience. I do the Wisdom/Lore/Agility start and otherwise it's a fun time and I can finish the whole thing in like 2hr45min-3hr but there's a lot of fat to trim.