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as confirmed in a study analyzing over 22,000 people
These findings underscore the potential need for dietary guidelines that also consider food processing levels and encourage whole food consumption to promote long-term health
A study conducted by the Research Unit of Epidemiology and Prevention at the I.R.C.C.S
in collaboration with the LUM University of Casamassima
shows that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with the acceleration of biological aging
regardless of the nutritional quality of the diet
The results were published in the prestigious journal The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
The study showed that a high consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with a significant acceleration of the biological aging of participants
Credit: Neuroscience NewsItalia researchers analyzed data on over 22,000 participants from the Moli-sani Study
one of the largest population cohorts in Europe
and used over thirty different blood biomarkers to measure biological age
that depends exclusively on the date of birth
biological age reflects the biological conditions of our body
Using a detailed food frequency questionnaire
researchers were able to estimate participant’s consumption of ultra-processed foods
that is foods made in part or entirely with substances not routinely used in the kitchen (e.g.
Ultra-processed foods include not only packaged snacks or sugary drinks
but also apparently ‘harmless’ products such mass-produced or packaged bread
some breakfast cereals or meat alternatives
The study showed that a high consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with a significant acceleration of the biological aging of participants
people turned out to be biologically older than their actual chronological age
Biological aging is in fact an “internal clock” of our body
which can tick faster or slower than the years marked on the calendar
reflecting the true state of health of the organism
“Our data – says Simona Esposito
researcher at the Research Unit of Epidemiology and Prevention and first author of the study – show that a high consumption of ultra-processed foods not only has a negative impact on health in general
suggesting a connection that goes beyond the poor nutritional quality of these foods”
“The mechanisms through which ultra-processed foods can be harmful to human health are not yet entirely clear – explains researcher Marialaura Bonaccio
nutritional epidemiologist at the Research Unit of Epidemiology and Prevention-IRCCS Neuromed
“Besides being nutritionally inadequate
these foods undergo intense industrial processing that actually alters their food matrix
with the consequent loss of nutrients and fiber
“This can have important consequences for a series of physiological functions
and the composition and functionality of the gut microbiota
these products are often wrapped in plastic packaging
thus becoming vehicles of substances toxic to the body”
“This study” – adds Licia Iacoviello
director of the Research Unit of Epidemiology and Prevention at the IRCCS Neuromed and full professor of Hygiene at LUM in Casamassima – “prompts us once again to reevaluate the current dietary recommendations
that should also include warnings on limiting the intake of ultra-processed food in our daily diet
some nutrient-dense packaged foods can be classified as ultra-processed
and this suggest the need of guiding people towards dietary choices that address also the degree of food processing”
Author: Americo BonanniSource: IRCCSContact: Americo Bonanni – IRCCSImage: The image is credited to Neuroscience News
Original Research: Open access.“Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with the acceleration of biological aging in the Moli-sani Study” by Simona Esposito et al. Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with the acceleration of biological aging in the Moli-sani Study
Healthy diets have been inversely associated with biological aging. However, the nutritional content is only one aspect of the overall food health potential, and more recently, increasing attention has been paid to nonnutrient food characteristics, such as food processing.
To examine the association of ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption with biological aging measured by circulating blood biomarkers.
A diet rich in UPF was associated with an acceleration of biological aging in a large sample of Italian adults. The poor nutritional composition of highly processed foods weakly accounted for this association, suggesting that biological aging could be adversely influenced by nonnutrient characteristics of these foods.
Neuroscience News is an online science magazine offering free to read research articles about neuroscience, neurology, psychology, artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, robotics, deep learning, neurosurgery, mental health and more.
My name is Domenic Casamassima and I am excited to announce my candidacy for a seat on the Masconomet Regional School Committee for the town of Middleton / Tri-town Community .
In 2015, my wife Danielle and I decided to move out of Wakefield with our two children and establish ourselves in a small, close-knit community. In the past six years we have had the absolute privilege of having our daughter attend Fuller Meadow, Howe-Manning and now prepare herself for Masco. Our son has flourished in Fuller Meadow and now is ready for the challenges and opportunities awaiting him at Howe-Manning.
These two schools, and their staff, exemplify the importance of what I call foundation learning. As with any construction project you can always build higher as long as the foundation is in place to support what is above.
My goal is simple one…. Get involved to ensure that our school system is the best that it can be for our children and ensure that they have every opportunity to flourish in every aspect of their academic lives, whether it’s in a classroom, art studio, after-school club or on a field. They get one shot at this; Let’s make sure the odds are in their favor.
2023 ShareSave In correspondence with other writers over the years
Joseph Conrad often referred to Henry James as “The Master.” He would not be the only writer to do so
the kind who attracted the adulation of his peers
Conrad once described James’s writerly talent as a “magic spring” flowing “without languor or violence in its force
opening new visions at every turn of its course.”
and offers a lesson for our politically chaotic times
we believe followed by a string of rhetorically charged slogans
These signs are sometimes the weapons of lawn-ornament wars that reduce political discourse among those who disagree with each other to dueling Blue Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter flags
It’s hard to imagine that the politically disengaged work of Henry James would have much to offer this situation—but the novel is politically disengaged only if we limit our understanding of politics to rhetoric
We can learn something from James about our own politics: how to let go of our political identities in service of political actions
Read: The dangerous rise of ‘front-yard politics’
The names and dates of hot-button political fights in James’s day may have been different
On one side of English politics in the 1880s
the Liberal Party claimed to protect the poor and disadvantaged
but was mistrusted by the people as made up of bureaucrats and performers who cared only about lining their own pockets
a Conservative Party preached national values tied to nostalgia for a mythologized past
and its members did everything in their power to protect the hyper-wealthy elite who kept them in office
the Social Democratic Federation was established
Its early leaders included the writer and visual artist William Morris
who would later be executed for his role as commander in chief of Ireland’s Easter Rising
This political backdrop offered a loose model for James in developing Hyacinth’s revolutionaries
It was a time of extraordinary political turmoil and unrest
Soon after Casamassima appeared in this magazine
police in London violently quashed a Socialist-led protest in an event that came to be known as Bloody Sunday—one of many instances of police violence to go by that name
Casamassima is less a debate between two sides than a portrait of the tense political scene playing out in London at the time it was published—the novel is a portrait
of the dangers of thinking that either side can offer a realistic model for understanding an individual’s relationship to civic society
Hyacinth’s ingratiation with revolutionary circles starts out the way these things typically do: a vague politics supported by occasional attendance at barroom meetings where one performs much shouting before returning home
He is introduced to these meetings by Poupin
an older man from his workplace who seems to speak only in political slogans
except that he meets the Princess Casamassima
an aristocrat who wants nothing more than to devote herself to the Cause so long as there is a real Cause to be devoted to
So Hyacinth gets more involved with socialism in direct proportion to his growing involvement with the Princess
a contradiction that propels the story along
He encounters the beautiful world that wealth makes possible and at the same time pledges himself to someday commit violence for the Cause
The last third of the novel is given up to Hyacinth’s fluctuations of feeling as the possibility of that violence looms and the Princess becomes more and more invested in the Cause herself
giving up the ornate furnishings and artworks she previously surrounded herself with
Hyacinth is called on to commit an assassination
and the novel ends with the crisis of him deciding whether or not he can bring himself to do it
James’s novels are concerned almost exclusively with the mind
but in Casamassima every character whose politics are based on ideas is mocked
By the end of the novel Poupin is described in hideous terms: His “ardent eyes
always expressive of the greatness of the occasion
had never seemed to him to protrude so far from his head.” Poupin is no villain in the novel
and in fact the novel has no discernibly malicious character
keep repeating the slogans he seems to feel he is supposed to say
rather than taking political action like Hyacinth does
and grows grotesque and insectlike along the way
The upper-middle-class liberals whose politics remain within the bounds of their lawn ornaments might find something to relate to in Poupin
there is little expectation that they will act on their political slogans
because they are clearly disinterested in following through on their incessant talk
“Look at the way he has picked up all the silly bits of catchwords!” The only people Paul actually respects in the novel are those who visit his bedridden sister
Paul Muniment has an attitude toward political life that we could use more of today: a politically involved person who doesn’t care about what you say so much as what you do
Read: The political novel gets very, very specific
The novel has as many defenders of the aristocracy as it does of the revolution. Hyacinth’s foster mother, Pinnie, worships the idea of the aristocracy in much the same way that Silicon Valley fanboys reflexively defend Elon Musk: with an almost endearing lack of information
the estranged husband of the novel’s title character
is treated even more comically than Pinnie for his contempt toward anyone without a title
the Prince comes off as a surprisingly contemporary character—the way he warps everything he encounters makes him conspicuously like the culture warriors who denounce “wokeism” but cannot define it
Not all who support the aristocracy are made fun of by the novel: An old woman named Madame Grandoni lives with the Princess and disagrees with her growing involvement with the revolution
saying throughout that there is a point at which she will no longer be able to stay with the Princess and implicitly sanction her behavior
Madame Grandoni has left; her clear-eyed understanding of the politics around her and the material role she plays is never treated with anything but dignity
There is a lesson here too: Rather than degrading oneself like the Prince
skulking around the world looking for clues that your worst nightmares have come true
you should instead be like Madame Grandoni
When you find yourself in a situation that you dislike
or that you think you are inadvertently enabling
simply make your disapproval quietly clear
Casamassima shows us how rhetoric makes politics ridiculous and toothless—how ideologies
when rigidly defined by the slogans and catchwords we think we’re supposed to believe in
This is what makes Hyacinth’s fate by the end of the novel so tragic
gave a stirring stump speech about his willingness to do more than speak
and was condemned to action he didn’t believe in because the language he had learned to mimic made unsubtle claims that he would fully understand only when it was too late
Too often people today fall into the same trap
They parrot rhetoric without understanding that their words should be based on their actions
we would do well to learn from Hyacinth’s mistake
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Christopher Casamassima is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses on complex business disputes involving antitrust
He has achieved significant victories on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of industries
Casamassima has led the defense for numerous corporate clients facing class action claims
qui tam claims and other matters involving significant potential exposure
He has represented clients in high-profile matters impacting the Los Angeles business community
including representing Sony Pictures Entertainment after the company was left reeling from a data breach when thousands of documents were published online including personal email correspondence
executive pay and unreleased films and scripts
Casamassima is also an active member of the legal community
active in the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section
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When Paolo Casamassima was appointed CEO of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) in December 2023
said Casamassima brought ‘outstanding and relevant experience to his new role’ and that he would ‘contribute enormously to the further development of MEIRA’s offering for the benefit of our members and partners.’
was looking for a Spanish and Italian speaker and
I decided to give it a go and joined his team in London
What are your aspirations as the new CEO of MEIRA
I would like MEIRA to become the most disruptive IR association worldwide
and I want to start by creating a number of very bespoke IR courses
MEIRA offers members education courses and certifications
So we are revisiting the material we have available and we have started to create bespoke courses
These include sector-focused programs and eventually we would like to introduce country-focused courses
we have introduced the first IR in telecoms course
which is tailored to IROs working in the telecoms sector
or those who would like to make a transition from another industry to telecoms
We have announced an IR in the oil & gas sector course – which we will start in May – and we will also have the first IR in the metals & mining industry course
We are reviewing the list of our members and our goal is to cover all sectors
or at least the largest sectors based on what our members require
I have always felt that perhaps IR associations miss one piece of the puzzle
The capital markets wouldn’t be capital markets without institutional investors
which is why I want to open up the association to institutional investors
And I am pleased to say we welcomed our first buy-side member two months ago: Mayar Capital
Which lessons from your experience in capital markets around the world do you bring to your role at MEIRA
In my previous role as head of global marketing intelligence at Orient Capital
I led three divisions: shareholder analysis
And one of the first things I did when I joined MEIRA was to conduct a survey of our members’ sentiment toward MEIRA
I’ve listed at least five areas where members would like to see more from us – one of which is to see a lot more buy-side engagement
they would like to see more bespoke education
I have always been client-focused and I see our members as my clients
so we are really trying to think outside the box to provide a lot more value to our members
If you were to highlight three trends and three challenges in the regions covered by MEIRA
Let’s start with trends. ESG is a big trend in the sense that we are seeing an increased push by regulators – and others – toward further disclosure from companies
Bahrain introduced a set of mandatory ESG disclosure rules; by December 2024
all corporates in the country will have to disclose ESG-related data based on a specific set of criteria
but it’s likely it will start to happen in other regions covered by MEIRA as well
That’s because while there are a multitude of service providers and consultants
There is a myriad of frameworks and company and sector-specific considerations that need to be complied with
and then there are investors’ requirements – that’s a huge challenge for IR
I would add that IR professionals can’t be experts in the E
they are likely to have to pay a consultant who can help them in this disclosure journey
At MEIRA we are trying to strengthen our offering in terms of ESG education for IROs
but we have started rolling out events on the topic and will further develop programs and seminars on this front
there is a significant shift toward CRM platforms being used as an IR management tool
this will continue to be an important trend
the impact of AI on the IR function is another challenge
While it will help with some IR-related tasks
the first risk is that it can make engagement with the buy side a lot more complex
you will be facing institutional investors that because of AI
they were maybe conducting peer analysis and comparing a stock against five or 10 others
it’s likely they will be able to come up with comparisons across an entire industry
It will become increasingly difficult for IR to face the buy side
The other challenge AI poses is with regards to the profession
One member told me that within a few years
AI will make at least a third of IROs redundant
some corporates are already starting to consider bots for automating some of the IR-related processes and responses to investors’ queries
We have been having conversations that highlight a shortage of IROs in the region
I wouldn’t say there is a shortage of IR professionals: in Saudi Arabia alone there are more than 250 IROs
As the judge at a recent event in Saudi Arabia
I’ve also been reviewing lots of applications for best IR program and best ESG program for the awards at the Saudi Capital Market Forum and I can say the quality of the applications we received was very high
Compared with other countries such as the UK or the US
there is a difference in this region in terms of the level of engagement IROs have with senior management
but many – the IR function is still seen as almost a PR role and access to management or the board is limited
for the function to achieve its full potential and to be respected as much as it is in the UK or the US
Do you think the trust placed in IR is directly linked to the size of a company
I’ve seen a small-cap company based in Jeddah hire a very ambitious IRO and this company is now proactive when it comes to its investor relations program and strategy; previously it appeared reluctant to have an active IR professional
I’ve also worked with companies that perhaps had a very proactive approach to IR and then suddenly decided to run without it
You will find that even companies that are experiencing exponential growth can decide not to have a full-time IR practitioner
Are investors in the region prepared to engage with IR instead of directly with management
I think there should be a transition period whereby IR starts to be always present and then slowly goes independent
if historically there has not been an IRO going out to talk to investors
it will be necessary to have a transition period
where management will introduce the function and the practitioner to investors
there should be a strategy and plan that aim to boost the IR function to its full value and potential within the company itself
If you could pass on one IR lesson to IROs in the Middle East right now
Don’t be afraid of engaging with senior management and
Educate yourself about the equity story so you can confidently engage and communicate with institutional investors – only then will you become the point of contact between your company and its investors
you will have become an IRO in the way the profession is seen in the western world
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David is survived by his longtime companion
and Joan (Salvidio) Casamassima of Northborough; a brother
Gina Casamassima and Melina Casamassima-Gibbons; aunts
David worked more than 20 years for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Management Information systems and Information tech divisions before retiring
He was a motorcycle and automobile enthusiast
John Cemetery will be held at the convenience of the family
memorial contributions may be made to the Jake Casamassima Educational Fund
has been chosen to assist the family with arrangements
.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Staten Island Advance StaffSTATEN ISLAND
died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital
Born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn
Casamassima relocated to Great Kills in 1979
He was a truck driver for Faztec Industries
a New York State and New York City approved fill material transfer station in Bloomfield
he enjoyed spending time at home and was a loving and spiritual family man
would have celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary Sept
Chrissy Pritchett and Kimberly Casamassima; two grandchildren; his mother
The funeral will be Thursday from the Casey McCallum Rice South Shore Funeral Home
Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery
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Seneca Falls Town Supervisor Greg Lazzaro has appointed TJ Casamassima to the position of deputy town supervisor
Casamassima will serve as deputy supervisor in Supervisor Lazzaro’s absence
Casamassima previously served on the Town Board between 2011 and 2014
He’s currently a freelance court reporter and a volunteer with the Seneca Falls Fire Department
where he serves as fire police captain; and actively sits on its board of directors
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Lazzaro says that Casamassima’s known by most employees and is familiar with the day-to-day function of the Town
Casamassima is well-qualified to assist me
and town employees in daily operation of the Town,” Lazzaro said in a statement
While Casamassima will not carry a vote on the Town Board or serve in any capacity on the County’s Board of Supervisors – Lazzaro says the two will work closely together over the remainder of his term
“He will in consultation with me act as the Supervisor in my absence,” Lazzaro added
“He is experienced in town government
and has been mentioned by many in the community
He will be a valuable member of the Municipal Government of Seneca Falls.”
The appointment comes after a back-and-forth between the Town Board and Supervisor Lazzaro over the re-appointment of Councilman Lou Ferrara to the deputy supervisor post
Ferrara was originally appointed by Lazzaro two years ago
but after a no confidence vote this summer had his title removed
The Town Board then re-appointed Ferrara after the first dismissal
which caused a secondary stir up between board members and the supervisor
Ferrara was removed from the post for a second time
leaving it vacant until Monday’s appointment of Casamassima
who is running as a Democrat to become Town Supervisor released the following statement after the appointment:
“It is unfortunate that the Supervisor has decided to do this at all
He has fired the existing Deputy Supervisor twice
and now has asked at least three different individuals to fill the spot
What he hasn’t done is make any attempt to work things out with the other members of the town board
The concerns that led up to the “No Confidence” vote in August were very serious
and Supervisor Lazzaro hasn’t shown any interest in even acknowledging them
but this nomination stems directly from the Supervisor’s unwillingness to work or even communicate with the rest of the board
These next few weeks will be difficult enough
The people of Seneca Falls deserve much better than they’re getting from their current Supervisor.”
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Print The beautiful game was anything but for the Edison boys’ soccer team on Friday night
the Chargers being dealt a cruel fate after battling back twice
Studio City Harvard-Westlake’s Nathan Casamassima scored four minutes into overtime
quelling what would have been an improbable comeback for the host Chargers in what wound up as their 3-2 ouster from the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs
a senior captain who said he has been competing under a minutes restriction due to injury
was playing out of position when he struck for the Wolverines’ golden goal
and it was Theodore Ottosson who fed the shallow cross in from the right side to the far post for the decisive touch
Edison’s Luca Petruolo (19) celebrates a goal to the dismay of Harvard-Westlake’s James Federman (4) on Friday
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer) “He’s one of our best players,” Casamassima said of Ottosson
I hope they don’t clear it off the line,’ and then it went in
the Mission League champion and ranked fifth in the division
will face Moore League champion Long Beach Millikan (15-3-6) in the quarterfinals on Tuesday
Micah Rossen opened the scoring early in the first half for the Wolverines
who kept the Chargers off balance and out of rhythm offensively until late in the period
Edison’s Micah Novak (11) skillfully dribbles past Harvard-Westlake’s Kevin Chen (14) on Friday
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Luca Petruolo got the Chargers even in the 35th minute
completing an effective combination with Nathan Jackson dribbling near the left post and then playing the ball back with a centering pass
It was a short-lived respite from chasing the game for Edison (15-3-4)
Center back James Federman was the culprit this time
heading in the corner kick from Rossen to send the Wolverines into the break with a 2-1 advantage
“It was an intense game,” Harvard-Westlake coach Mike Erush said
but the response to go into overtime is tremendous for this group and well deserved.”
Harvard-Westlake striker Micah Rossen (10) makes a long kick for a goal as goalie Dylan Dwight reacts in the net on Friday
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Edison called on its defense to make critical tackles to keep the margin within striking distance in the first half
getting key contributions from Sebastian Bilger and Rafael Godoi
the Chargers largely dictated the pace and field position
It appeared that the Chargers had missed their best chance to equalize when Micah Novak’s bid from a careening corner kick screamed wide of the right post in the 49th minute
Edison finally got the bounce it had worked for the entire second half
Tai Khoshkbariie challenged for a ball at midfield
who played a through ball to send Khoshkbariie in on a breakaway
and the Chargers’ captain didn’t miss his chance
Edison’s Nathan Jackson battles between Harvard-Westlake’s James Federman (4) and Nathan Casamassima (6) for ball control
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer) “There’s no other option except to score,” Khoshkbariie said
I will score it.’ Getting back into that game and then losing like that was rough.”
Edison was the second-place team in the Surf League this season, earning an automatic qualifier spot into the playoffs with wins over Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar to end the season. The Chargers beat Baldwin Park Sierra Vista in the first round of playoffs.
“I think our kids did really well tonight to fight and battle back and put themselves in a position to potentially win it,” Edison coach Charlie Breneman said. “Maybe had we been a little tighter in a couple moments or a little more turned on, I think for big stretches we outplayed them, or outworked them, at least.”
Edison’s Nathan Jackson steals the ball from Harvard-Westlake’s Spencer Casamassima on Friday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Also in the CIF Southern Section boys’ soccer playoffs:
Newport Harbor 1, Agoura 0: Senior Eduardo Hopkin’s goal was the difference for the visiting Sailors on Friday in the second round of the Division 2 playoffs.
Newport Harbor (16-5-1) plays host to Oxnard Pacifica (19-5-2) in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Davidson Field.
Ventura Foothill Technology 3, Laguna Beach 1: Sophomore Grant Regal scored for the Breakers, who were eliminated from the Division 5 playoffs in Friday’s second-round match at Ventura College.
Laguna Beach (8-13-1) was the second-place team in the Wave League this season.
Cathedral City 2, Costa Mesa 2 (4-3 on PKs): The visiting Mustangs held a 2-0 lead before falling victim in a penalty-kick shootout on Friday in the second round of the Division 6 bracket.
Nathen Rocha and Miguel Reyes scored the goals for Costa Mesa (11-5-3), which was the Orange Coast League champion, marking the program’s first league title since 2002.
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has been involved in all stages of Scouting
he will earn the highest rank of Scouting when he becomes an Eagle Scout during his Court of Honor
completed a high adventure camp at Philmont
His Eagle project involved work at the Hillside School
Casamassima made a section of an old dirt road passable
so the students could walk back and forth between the school and farm
“I chose to do that project because I went to Hillside for middle school and wanted to give back,” Dominic wrote in an email
“The biggest challenge about directing the project was all the planning
Casamassima is entering his senior year at Worcester Academy
as the captain of the football team and a member of the wrestling team
He is the son of Vincent and Patricia Casamassima
means I have accomplished something great that not a lot of people do,” he said adding the growth he has experienced “has better prepared me for life.”
.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Johnathan Croyle | jcroyle@syracuse.comBelieve it or not
it has already been 20 years since the final episode of "Seinfeld" aired on NBC
More than 40 million viewers watched the finale on May 14
and it ranks as the fourth-most-watched episode in the history of American television
(It trails the series finales of "M*A*S*H," "Cheers" and "The Fugitive.")
With streaming services like Netflix and Hulu
it is doubtful that another episode of television will ever earn such a rating again
Winners of the Post-Standard Seinfeld look-a-like contest in May 1998
It is also doubtful that a current show's finale could garner as much attention as "Seinfeld's."
The Post-Standard had coverage during the week leading up to the finale
Reporter William LaRue did an interview with Jerry Stiller before the finale
Stiller said he initially turned down the role of Frank Costanza because he was then working on Broadway
doing rehearsals for the play "Three Men on a Horse." He did not think it fair to his fellow cast members if he skipped days to tape a television show
He heard that Rodney Dangerfield was being considered for the part
But the producers held out for Stiller until he was available
"It was really the first time I ever turned down anything in my life," he said
I made sure for my first time that I turned down a big one."
LaRue had another role that week: being the newspaper staff's "Seinfeld" hater
"I don't like 'Seinfeld,'" he wrote
I can't recall one episode that gave me a good belly laugh."
Music critic Mark Bialczak argued the other side in the debate: "Seinfeld" was the "gem that captured the nation's fancy like so few TV comedies before it."
The Post-Standard ran two contests during the week
The first found Central New York look-a-likes for each of the show's four iconic characters
but they looked so authentic that "after we dressed them up and poufed their hair (yes
that during a photo shoot at a local diner one woman stopped us to ask
Another contest allowed area fans to write the most creative ending to the show
One of the winners predicted the show ending with the characters stranded on an island after Donald Trump allows Kramer to watch one of his yachts
Kramer takes them on a tour until they ship wreck on a small island between Manhattan and Martha's Vineyard
The optimistic fan said that scenario "leaves the door open for future episodes."
The Syracuse SkyChiefs were happy. Their ace pitcher, Roy Halladay
His teammates hoped that Halladay would pitch a quick game and they would be home before the 8:45 start
The 21-year-old Halladay hurt his shoulder with Syracuse leading 4-0 in the fourth inning
The game took three hours and 23 minutes to play
People hosted "Seinfeld" parties
with familiar items from the show's past
Others went to local businesses which hosted their own parties before showing the final episode
"Seinfeld" fans watch the final episode at The Jukebox
which was packed with people gathered to watch the show on May 14
Radio station 95X held a party at Bleachers in Liverpool
The Jukebox on North Geddes had a free buffet and gave away an autographed "Seinfeld" script and Roman's Restaurant held a "Imitate Kramer's entrance" contest and held a drawing for a trip to New York City
The biggest party was at the Landmark Theatre
which featured "Soup Nazi" soup from Pastabilities
the four main characters are arrested for not being "Good Samaritans" and after a trial featuring cameos from many of the show's past minor characters
Elaine and Kramer are convicted and taken away to jail
Nearly all came away happy with the finale
which has become divisive among the show's fans
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falls in with a group of would-be revolutionaries and pledges to sacrifice himself to their cause
is an outlier in James’s novelistic output
which consists mostly of understated dramas set among the upper-middle classes
One might take issue with its perfunctory treatment of the politics that is its supposed theme
or see it as a failed attempt to marry James’s psychological pointillism and exquisite
mannered prose to the sentimentality of Dickens and the naturalism of Zola
But the novel’s Frankenstein quality is a manifestation of what I take to be its real inquiry: the fate of a style of hyper-refined sensibility when confronted with the brutality of a sensationalistic plot
The book’s melodrama is pronounced: it opens with Hyacinth
visiting the prison deathbed of his mother—a French servant woman who murdered her lover
an English lord whom Hyacinth comes to believe was his father
he meets the princess of the title—a brilliant
impetuous woman whose latest caprice is a flirtation with radical politics—at the theatre
surrounded by her beautiful old things—“things with which the aspirations and the tears of generations have been mixed”—he also falls in love with the artistic culture of the aristocracy
the culture that his radical friends would like to raze to the ground
lies in the clarity with which Hyacinth sees that the works of art he now treasures are inextricable from the exploitative class system that has made his life miserable
but he does rehearse many of the earlier book’s elements: aesthetes
One of Crain’s characters is even called Hyacinth
because he reminded one of his friends of James’s protagonist
a thirtysomething doctoral student writing a dissertation on “poetic kingship” in sixteenth-century literature
(Crain is not specific about time or place in the novel
but readers may be inclined to assume that it is New York City circa 2011.) Their encounter leads not to the sex that Matthew desires but to an apartment where he meets two of Leif’s friends
who soon encourage Matthew to join them in a game involving tarot cards
but recruited: Leif and his friends are participants in the Occupy movement
they are convinced that they possess psychic abilities which they can use to help their fellow-activists; the game with tarot cards is intended to see if Matthew shares their occult talents
Matthew is bemused but willing; among the many virtues of cruising as a narrative device is that it can dispose a character to play along in uncongenial situations
“Sometimes during a pickup it was advisable to be as parsimonious as a diplomat with statements of how much one believed or disbelieved,” Crain writes
Leif and his friends call themselves the Working Group for the Refinement of the Perception of Feelings
The “perception of feelings” is a euphemism for telepathy
although what telepathy means in the novel is not entirely clear
it is “an alternative means of communication.” Meanwhile Raleigh
wants to use Leif and Elspeth’s psychic powers—which he lacks—to hack into government and corporate databases and expose their secrets
a handsome mover who has no esoteric gifts but believes in Leif and Elspeth’s abilities
cultured woman who joins after speaking with Raleigh and Matthew at an Occupy protest in a city plaza that calls to mind Zuccotti Park
the group watches police officers beat a protester “as if he were a nail that they were competing to hammer”; afterward
Leif attempts to psychically hack into the computer of a government contractor by telepathically obtaining his password
They are described as threats to national security
The legal complications and media frenzy that result determine the plot of much of what follows
Point of view shifts between each of the members of the group
“the only one who’s really any good” at telepathy
This allows the novel to remain agnostic about his true abilities
and about its own stance toward psychic powers more generally
Leif suggests that “it’s a funny kind of metaphor,” in which one of the components of the figure is obscured
One might say the same for the device of psychic powers in the novel
The book variously suggests that it might stand for surveillance
or literary criticism (the members of the working group call the ability “reading”)
Or maybe it can represent anything we only sort of believe in: authority
although “the integrity of our bodies isolates us,” the imaginative faculty of sympathy—“a work of fiction with real effects”—allows us some meaningful access to the experience of others
But it is difficult to get from her levelheaded explanation of it to Leif’s conviction that he will be able to telepathically hack into a government computer—and it’s a problem for the effectiveness of the plot that few of the characters seem entirely sure how much they share his conviction
(Only Leif and Chris seem wholeheartedly to believe; the group’s apparent success in divining the contractor’s password will prove a baited trap
a possibility of extrasensory perception is allowed to hover.) The novel treads a fine line: the characters must be skeptical
so that we can take them seriously; but they must believe in their abilities enough to set the plot in motion
and it’s important for the earnest tone and emotional investments of the book that their belief never seem ridiculous
The result is a plot that never convinces or even
But plot is very nearly incidental to this novel; all of its real conviction lies in style
to take seriously the idea of prose as a technology for “the refinement of the perception of feelings”
What would it mean to find in such perception the primary drama of a work of fiction
and the source of its powerful emotional hold
resides in the extent to which it provides an answer
In the introduction to the New York edition of “The Princess Casamassima,” James asserts that “the agents in any drama” are “interesting only in proportion as they feel their respective situations
Their being finely aware—as Hamlet and Lear
are finely aware—makes absolutely the intensity of their adventure.” By this measure
Crain’s characters are extreme adventurers
The novel is virtuosic in mining beauty and pathos from the texture of daily life; reading Crain’s prose can feel like seeing a world made hyper-real
as through some phenomenological Instagram filter
Blades of grass in the rain tremble “like tines plucked by the rotor of a music box”; a pen twirls in a man’s hand
“unfurling into a pinwheel and then condensing into a pen again”; a chair creaks “as if a cricket had found enough daring for one stridulation.” (The extravagance of that last lies not in “cricket” or even “stridulation,” but in the attribution of “daring.”) The text is peppered with little excurses of wonder:
She had to use a knife to pry apart the slices of bread
some of the crystals of rime with which the bread was diamonded
The pith of each slice of bread had been bleached to an uncanny
Crain luxuriates in obscure and outdated words
“subfusc,” “quilped,” “dolichocephalic,” “jaillissant.” Some of this may be a kind of nostalgia; one senses that Matthew speaks for Crain when he admits—echoing James’s “tears of generations”—that “he always felt a little protective of a thing if it spoke of the past.” But
the impression is less of preciousness than of an intelligence jealous of all its resources for precision
One limitation of such extravagance of style in close third-person narration is that it requires characters who can be imagined to have such words and perceptions in reach
Three of Crain’s point-of-view characters—Matthew
and Julia—are aspiring writers of some kind
Proportion is a good guide to authorial investment: Elspeth and Matthew’s sections amount to nearly two-thirds of the book
They are given this prominence because they are the novel’s finest perceivers
but also because they are the characters who love Leif most intensely: Leif is the novel’s center of gravity
Matthew’s devotion to Leif grows even as Leif
who feels responsible for the trouble he and his friends find themselves in
loses “the swan’s-neck nonchalance” that had first made him so attractive
In the sections devoted to their relationship
Crain’s style of elevated perception becomes a sharp tool for psychological notation
Matthew is returning home with Leif after a meeting with an attorney when he notices a man cruising him on the subway
both because “cruising was one of the analog practices that the internet was rendering obsolete” and because he is so visibly attached to Leif
But the man’s “eyes suggested that he was telling a story about himself in which he didn’t mind that he was misbehaving,” and Matthew is excited by this; he imagines
being subdued by the shoulders and arms the man is showing off
And he imagines the greater pleasure of being free to indulge
in “the animal life of the city.” But he turns away from temptation
having instead “chosen to have a name and to be part of a story.”
to judge by common logic,” James writes of his princess
and my frustrations with Crain’s beautifully rendered novel finally feel irrelevant in light of such scenes
of what Crain uncovers—the quick delight of “animal life” set against the more burdensome pleasures of bearing a name and a story—as he painstakingly tracks the inner lives of his characters
But psychological acuity alone does not account for the novel’s effect on the reader
which depends more profoundly on the curious plangency of its style
with their jewelled words and carefully curated perceptions
the novel’s characters articulate an adversarial posture toward contemporary life
They see themselves as in “a war over perceiving
Over what we’re allowed to perceive,” Leif says
They lodge complaints against the Internet’s “general sloppiness of expression,” which makes the achievement of fine effects—the sorts of effects that are Crain’s aim—more difficult to discern
and against a general intolerance of inwardness
“People get so angry now when they see someone paying more attention to thoughts and feelings than they think thoughts and feelings deserve,” Elspeth says
“It’s like there’s a new sumptuary law against introspection.”
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A good-looking young man with a mysterious past carries a loaded gun
on the streets of the world’s financial capital
This scene not only describes Luigi Mangione’s alleged murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown New York – and the ensuing flood of media attention – but also the plot of one of Henry James’ lesser-read novels, “The Princess Casamassima.”
The high-profile slaying and James’ novel help explain the public’s fascination with political violence
and even more about the psychological guessing game that accompanies those extreme acts
the novel leaves readers wanting to know more – both Mangione and James’ stories give clues
of why a person would commit such violence
Born in the U.S. before moving to Europe, James is considered one of the most skilled writers of modern literary fiction. “The Princess Casamassima,” however, is usually overshadowed by classics such as “The Portrait of a Lady” and “The Turn of the Screw.”
Serialized in The Atlantic from 1885 to 1886
the novel tells the story of working-class and aristocratic leftists who are caught in various love triangles
inspiring novelists on both sides of the Atlantic
grows up as a bastard orphan in working-class London
But when the rich and cultured Princess Casamassima befriends him
Hyacinth becomes enamored of her lifestyle
the princess herself begins to shed the trappings of wealth as she falls in with Hyacinth’s revolutionary organization
grappling with a “strange mixture of contradictory impulses,” hesitates to abandon the finer things in life: good food
beautiful experiences and fully committing himself to a ideology that would tear it all down
Prominent liberals have been inspired by “Princess Casamassima,” as have famous Black leftists
James’ plot seems modeled on the Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev’s political novel “Virgin Soil,” which also influenced Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent.”
struggle with the problem of getting inside the mind of a revolutionary
Conrad and James found something captivating about political revolutionaries who were also well educated
Their novels ask whether someone who finds such meaning in life and art would sacrifice themselves in pursuit of a revolution
Could protagonists follow through with acts that would destroy themselves and the things they loved
Yet all three novelists also refuse to narrate key moments of violence from the mind of a vacillating protagonist
In “Virgin Soil,” you hear about the revolutionary action secondhand
In “The Secret Agent,” the reader never sees the bomb targeting the Greenwich Observatory explode
“The Princess Casamassima” follows the same pattern
James narrates the “touching surprises” of Hyacinth’s moods and his “sudden inconsistencies of temper.” But he refrains from describing the scene – and what goes through Hyacinth’s head – when Hyacinth pledges his life to the revolution
The reader only learns about the scene later
through Hyacinth’s conversations and recollections
after Hyacinth is called to kill – and I won’t spoil the ending – James describes the aftermath of that event
James resists full explanations for the psychological states of secondary characters
The princess never fully says why she becomes a class traitor
She also attends revolutionary meetings outside the reach of Hyacinth and the narrator
even describes the princess’s actions as an “immense anomaly” and “more than may be explained.”
I say “strangely” because as the creator of a fictional world
James could easily take a stab at explaining
James’ novels often offer the cause for characters’ actions with famously detailed descriptions of their thought processes
his characters will still defy explanation by behaving in unexpected ways
I think the same sense of mystery can help explain the public fascination with the Mangione case. People want to understand his motivation. While the books featured on Mangione’s Goodreads page and the posts on his social media accounts can offer clues
His relatively brief manifesto discusses the “abuse” and the “corruption and greed” of the health insurance industry
Mangione was angry about the health care system
Had there been a precipitating psychological break
choose murder instead of other avenues to effect change
What went through his mind while he waited for Thompson on a midtown street
If Mangione never wavered on his hatred of health insurance companies
did he waver over resorting to deadly violence
Part of that guessing comes from a gap in our knowledge; Mangione went off the grid in the months leading up to the alleged murder
Even in those rare cases when the public has all the facts
it’s hard to get inside the head of someone who commits political violence
And that difficulty makes it all the more intriguing
It’s no coincidence that those who wrote about political violence struggled against the limits of the genre known as literary realism
Harriet Beecher Stowe and George Eliot strove to capture the complex
These literary realists used their fiction to examine the effect of circumstances on psychology
They wanted to show how someone’s upbringing and experiences influenced their choices
“Violence is the subject matter of literary forms that refuse realism.”
the revolutionaries who wanted to tear down society pushed at the limits of the literary form
Psychological realism requires some sympathy with a central character
James addresses the problem by creating a revolutionary who resembles himself: not just a single-minded ideologue
Hyacinth seems to believe in the cause of equality
But as someone who also loves the world as it is
who seems to wonder whether he himself could actually commit political murder
And so there is a glaring gap – a mental block – when it comes to exploring his protagonist’s psyche
His realist fiction could never arrive at a full understanding
There are many reasons why Mangione’s alleged murder of Thompson has drawn so much attention: the way it spotlights problems with the health insurance industry
the lurid details of the shooting and Mangione’s subsequent escape
SYNOPSIS: Rock star Conrad Birdie is going into the Army
the name of Kim MacAfee is selected from fan mail to receive "One Last Kiss." All of Sweet Apple
is forever changed as Conrad Birdie arrives and transforms the town
WHAT MAKE THIS SPECIAL: All of the Sweet Apple parents are played by Stroudsburg Area School District faculty
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Weston Memorial Junior Public School principal Susanne Fata looks inside the schools 40-year-old time capsule that was opened in celebration of the school’s 100th anniversary
A picture of Drake and other students from Weston Memorial Junior Public School from 1991 hangs inside the school’s main hallway
Weston Memorial Junior Public School principal Susanne Fata (left) and teacher Paula Casamassima have invited Drake to his former school’s 100th anniversary party
Toronto-raised rapper Drake pays homage to his early days coming up in the west-end neighbourhood and warns 'don’t let your new-found fame fool you or cloud up your judgment.”
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Weston Memorial Junior Public School principal Susanne Fata looks inside the schools 40-year-old time capsule that was opened in celebration of the school's 100th anniversary
A picture of Drake and other students from Weston Memorial Junior Public School from 1991 hangs inside the school's main hallway
Weston Memorial Junior Public School principal Susanne Fata (left) and teacher Paula Casamassima have invited Drake to his former school's 100th anniversary party
Toronto-raised rapper Drake pays homage to his early days coming up in the west-end neighbourhood and warns “don’t let your new-found fame fool you or cloud up your judgment.”
say they hope he’ll follow his own advice and accept an invitation to attend the school’s 100th-anniversary celebration next spring
But they’ll settle for a shout-out if he can’t make it
“It would be wonderful if Drake sang us Happy Birthday,” said Paula Casamassima
“A short video on Twitter commemorating the anniversary and wishing Weston Memorial a happy birthday
Casamassima took to Twitter this month to invite the former JK-to-Grade 4 student to the school’s anniversary celebration in June
She said the invitation was meant as a lighthearted gesture to draw attention to the event
Anniversary celebrations began with an Oct
27 school assembly during which staff opened a 40-year-old time capsule sealed in October 1979 to mark the school’s then-60th anniversary
Among treasures in the capsule were faded photos
homework assignments written entirely in cursive and an announcement that Saturday classes were to be abolished for good
“One of the teachers did a whole presentation to set the tone and look at what it might be like in 1979,” said school principal Susanne Fata
Casamassima posted about the occasion on Twitter
capping off a thread of tweets by pointing out that young Aubrey Drake Graham walked the halls of the school for six years as that very capsule sat in a display case near the school’s office
She said there is a lore among the staff and students around the formative years the rapper spent there
“We have kind of a buzz in our school about Drake and the fact that he’s a former student and about him being a member of the Weston Redwings,” Casamassima said
explaining that many of the school’s students play in the Weston Minor Hockey League
“So they get a kick out of how they share the same jersey and history with him
At the end of the day he’s a famous person but he was also a student here
Drake lived near the intersection of Weston Road and Jane Street as a child before moving to the more upscale Forest Hill neighbourhood
and has referenced the area on several tracks
including Weston Road Flows and God’s Plan
Drake had not responded to the school’s invitation
Fata and Casamassima weren’t bothered though
“We recognize how famous he is and how it might be difficult when he gets requests to go everywhere,” said Casamassima
“We understand he’s busy getting the Raptors going,” Fata added
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"Danny can still saw into the heads of enemies
or even use the environments to take them out," Matt Casamassima writes
Danny uses a sewer cap to decapitate a hunter
at which point the enemy's body fell into the sewer hole." I think it's safe to say the controversy over this title isn't over.
The main change is the removal of the major death strikes
the ultra-gory killing moves that effectively work like Fatalities from Mortal Kombat
but you can't tell what's going on
The new animations now have "an extreme blur effect," and the graphics are too dark to tell what's going on
Casamassima describes the new animations as being a "garbled
motiony mess that's far less satisfying."
I had the same reaction watching that movie as I did reading about Manhunt 2
I asked myself why I was being kept from seeing something
and what the people effectively censoring the content thought would happen if I looked behind the blur.
Manhunt 2 launches this Halloween on the Playstation 2
On Monday, 16 September the first electric train shall debut on the completely restored tracks of the Bari-Putignano line (via Casamassima) of Ferrovie del Sud Est
The new ETR train (with 3 modules and at 59 metres long) has been designed according to modern standards of safety
of which two are for passengers with reduced mobility
1 toilet and a luggage rack for large suitcases
Amongst the services aboard are internal LED information displays
mobile platforms to facilitate access for people with reduced mobility
All 5 trains purchased by Ferrovie del Sud Est will be operational by the end of October and will guarantee 70% of connections
quality of the environment and comfort in travel
Present this morning for the inaugural journey from Mungivacca to Adelfia were Giovanni Giannini—the Regional Councillor for Transport
Luigi Lenci—Chairman of Ferrovie del Sud Est and Giorgio Botti—Chief Executive Officer of Ferrovie del Sud Est
The radical renewal of 48 kilometres of line (tracks
ballast and beams) and the restoration of electrification mean electric trains can circulate on the Bari-Putignano (via Casamassima) line
the Bari-Putignano (via Casamassima) stretch will be also equipped with the Sistema di Controllo Marcia Treno (SCMT - the Train Speed Control System) and 17 level crossings that are currently managed manually shall be entirely automated
The total investment for the renewal of the infrastructure and the modernisation of the train fleet is equal to 80 million euro and will permit—by the end of 2020—an increase in the commercial speed of trains from the current limit of 50 kilometres/hour
reducing the travel time between Bari and Putignano to less than an hour
The Adelfia station is confirmed as the hub of integrated train/bus transport for the Bari-Putignano line (via Casamassima)
It is from here that the connections by bus to and from Cellamare
Amongst the developments of the new timetable
trains shall return to the Putignano-Martina Franca-Taranto line
which will be reopened following the track restoration works
There are thirty trains circulating daily between Putignano and Martina Franca (with a travel time of 55 minutes)
16 trains between Taranto and Martina Franca (with a travel time of 50 minutes)
Finally comes Ferrovie del Sud Est’s 2019 scholastic offering
thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the Puglia Region
Municipal Institutions and Educational Institutes
bus connections are more widespread and increasingly frequent
based on the entry and exit times for the schools
A dense network of connections connects the districts and smaller towns with the main school basins throughout the provinces of Bari
We design and build infrastructure to move people and goods sustainably
We’re shortening the distance for the development and growth of our country
In 2021, Daniele Casamassima, a finance and trading professional, created Pure
and investment services together in a single app
We’ve sat down with Daniele to discuss the goals and features of the platform
as well as the influence of the current geopolitical situation on the wide adoption of crypto assets
and I got my first job in a bank in Milan when I was 21
I have 15 years of experience in the industry
I decided to open my own Forex Broker and it was then that the idea of Pure
started as an international Forex and CFDs broker
we have expanded our services to include payments
is a unique ecosystem built alongside 5 regulated European entities
We aim to create the “all in” platform for investors
and we’re working to achieve this vision by giving them access to the most useful financial instruments all within our app
All users between 18-60 that want a centralized platform with 100% control of their investments and finances can find it on Pure.
we’re offering a way to trade crypto on a European-regulated exchange while keeping it simple
Our clients get access to multi-currency accounts for receiving transfers and arranging SEPA payments
as well as exchange with super-low spreads where they can buy
We have more features and services coming before the end of this year
There is no other platform on the market offering all of these services in one
The main problem with crypto is that it is difficult to use it for everyday payments
we cannot say that cryptocurrencies are a true medium of exchange
Our ecosystem aims to prove that crypto assets are real money
crypto will finally be considered a valid alternative to a currency
We’re looking forward to three new products at the beginning of April
which will allow making payments in crypto within the Pure
It will allow users to maximize their investment by converting only the amount they need right now
we’ll be presenting a crypto earn program with flexible 3-month
users will get access to portfolio management
We will offer a list of strategies to assist our users in investing and tracking their investment from our app
as well as different portfolios with various risk levels
we will launch an account and card service
It will allow our clients to open a euro Iban and a euro card to utilize for their salaries
and use as an ordinary euro bank account — with a bonus that it will be connected to the crypto
and investment parts of the app so they can monitor everything from one place
We are also focused on alternative investments
while smart regulations will set the rules of the game
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Patricia Platt is a seasoned freelance writer for Ranker
writing everything on the macabre and the mysterious
With a knack for unearthing the chilling and the bizarre
her lists look at both historical curiosities and contemporary oddities
you can find Patricia watching true crime docs with her husband and cat
The man in the tape has yet to be identified and the tape's authenticity remains a mystery
The release of the tape resulted in many questions
Is the Grave Robbing for Morons video real
Amateur internet sleuths have debated the origin of the tape developing theories about the possible identify of its creator
While we may never know the true story behind the VHS tape
it's certainly an intriguing topic for debate and speculation
Many people have watched the Grave Robbing For Morons footage over the years. Still, none of the men in the tape have been identified
The voices of those off camera remain unknown
as does the precise identity of the man giving instructions on screen
with the thousands of viewers over the years
someone would have had to recognize something
Perhaps those who know something are staying silent for a reason.
You can still buy the original VHS online
Sellers on sites like eBay sometimes have copies of the film
most sellers do not know any more about the film than anyone else
They usually got their copy second or third hand during the time the video was circulating
there are some legitimate holes in this theory
Casamassima was in his forties at the time of his arrest
While it’s unclear when the video was recorded
if it was shot around the time it was released
the boy in the video is far too young to be Casamassima
Casamassima stole objects and was never known to actually take body parts from graves
The man in the film discusses dealing with witnesses at one point
His advice is a major indicator the video is a hoax
He advises viewers to knock out any witnesses to make them believe the experience was all a dream
it would take a great deal of force to knock someone unconscious
there is no guarantee this would actually cause someone to forget an experience
This maneuver sounds more like something out of a Hollywood film than a real life crime tactic.
Users claim the man lived in Brooklyn and ran a shop selling bootleg products
such as movies and knock-off clothing. Most posters claim "Screws" has been dead for 20 years
While you can’t give random internet comments too much credence
it is odd that the same story keeps popping up across forums
Could this theory actually hold some weight and
is the video just a hoax made by a shady bootlegger?
Grave Robbing for Morons and Mortuary of the Dead remain mysteries
but fictional, cooking show featuring him poisoning friends and family members
Exploding Varmits was a tongue-in-cheek video about blowing up small animals
released by a company that produced instructional hunting videos
Mortuary of the Dead involves three men breaking into a mortuary and recording themselves examining body parts
There does not appear to be a connection between this film and Grave Robbing For Morons
other than the fact both were included on the tape
It appears two out of the four videos may be authentic recordings of illegal activities.