Is it any wonder that American news consumers are at the end of their ropes of patience with the “mainstream media?”
Three weeks ago, when I first documented troubling questions, contradictions and doubts about Trump-hating, attention-craving actor Jussie Smollett's absurd hate crime claims, few in the “professional” journalism herd paid heed. Now, with a grand jury investigation on the horizon, everyone's a Johnny-come-lately debunker.
And everyone's making excuses: How could we have known? Why would anyone lie about racism? What could have possibly prepared us for such a scandalous swindle?
I'm especially looking at you, Robin Roberts. You and ABC's “Good Morning America” willingly played public relations agents for Smollett last week while his story was already falling apart and he refused to be fully transparent with investigators. Now, you defend yourselves by hiding behind a veil of ignorance about hate crimes hoaxes.
Listen and learn, addled enablers of fraud. Fake Noose is a sick phenomenon that has run rampant across the country unchecked. I've chronicled the self-victimization pathology in my books, columns and blog posts for years:
- Columbia University, 2007. Remember black psychology professor Madonna Constantine? She made the rounds on none other than ABC's “Good Morning America,” claiming she found a “degrading” noose (made of hand-tied twine) hanging from her office door. Constantine led fist-waving protests, decried “systematic racism,” and prompted a nationwide uproar, as I reported at the time in the New York Post. Things didn't add up when Columbia initially blocked investigators from obtaining 56 hours of surveillance video. No culprits could be found on the militantly progressive campus obsessed with diversity and multiculturalism. It turned out that Constantine was desperately trying to distract from a brewing internal probe of her serial plagiarism, for which she was eventually fired. The hate crime probe hit a dead end and Constantine faced no criminal charges over the Fake Noose incident.
- Baltimore Fire Department, 2007. Another manufactured outrage erupted when black firefighter-paramedic apprentice Donald Maynard claimed he found a knotted rope and threatening note with a noose drawing on it at his stationhouse. A federal civil rights investigation ensued and the NAACP cried racism -- until Maynard confessed to the noose nonsense amid a department-wide cheating scandal. A top official revealed that Maynard admitted “conducting a scheme meant to create the perception that members within our department were acting in a discriminatory and unprofessional manner.” Maynard faced no criminal charges over the Fake Noose incident.
- University of Delaware, 2015. Black Lives Matter agitators and campus activists triggered a full alert when a student spotted a “racist display” of three “noose-like objects” hanging from trees. The UD president called it “deplorable;” protesters wept that they were not being taken seriously. After investigating, police discovered the “nooses” were metal “remnants of paper lanterns” hung as decorations during an alumni weekend celebration.
- Salisbury State University, 2016. Students, faculty and administrators were horrified when a stick figure hanging from a noose on a whiteboard was discovered at the school's library. The N-word and hashtag #WhitePower also appeared in the menacing graffiti. Campus authorities immediately launched an investigation, which exposed two black students as the perpetrators. Prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against the Fake Noosers.
- Kansas State University, 2017. A paroxysm of protest struck K-State after someone reported a noose hanging from a tree on campus. Black students lambasted authorities for not acting quickly enough. They stoked anger online with the hashtag #DontLeaveUsHanging and demanded increased security. But the “noose” was made of cut pieces of nylon parachute cord, which police believed had been discarded by someone who “may have simply been practicing tying different kinds of knots.”
- Michigan State University, 2017. When a student reported a noose hanging outside her dorm room, MSU administrators went into full freakout mode over the racial incident. Cops and the Office of Institutional Equity were immediately notified. “A noose is a symbol of intimidation and threat that has a horrendous history in America,” the university president bemoaned. But it turned out the “noose” was a “packaged leather shoelace” that someone had dropped accidentally.
- Smithsonian museums, 2017. NPR called the discovery of “nooses” lying on the grounds of two Smithsonian Institute museums the "latest in a string of hate incidents" after Trump's election. The African-American museum director called them a “reminder of America's dark history.” But the museums refused to release surveillance video and my public records request filed last November yielded zero corroboration of any hate crime. The Washington Post, New York Times and ABC's “Good Morning America,” which all splashed the story front and center, have yet to follow up.
- Mississippi State Capitol, 2018. ABC, CBS, CNN and Yahoo were among the media outlets that blared headlines about seven nooses and “hate signs” found hanging in trees by the capitol building before a special runoff election for U.S. Senate. The stories created an unmistakable impression that the nooses were left by GOP racists intending to intimidate black voters. In truth, the nooses were a publicity stunt perpetrated by Democrats.
In the wake of Smollett's folly, media sensationalists bluster that there's no way they could have known they were being strung along. Thanks for the valuable admission, elite news professionals, that you are not only dumb and blind but incompetent to boot. It doesn't take a fancy journalism degree to learn from the long, sordid history of Fake Noose:
When you've seen one social justice huckster, you've seen ‘em all.


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NC State fans got their first look at the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Reynolds Coliseum in “Primetime with the Pack” on Oct. 19, 2018.
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RALEIGH – The NC State men's and women's basketball teams hosted the annual Primetime with the Pack preseason event Friday evening inside Reynolds Coliseum. The squads joined Wolfpack Nation to celebrate the approaching start of the 2018-19 basketball...
PLAYER PREVIEW: Eric Lockett is the guy nobody is talking about, but that may not be the case for long
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Grad-transfer Eric Lockett hasn’t been talked about much this offseason, He decided to transfer back at the beginning of April two days after former head coach Anthony Evans was let go. He started 31 of 32 games last season, averaging 14.3 points, 6.5...
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South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley describes how the Gamecocks will switch to a position-less style of basketball in 2018-2019 and how USC might get more 3-point looks.
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Closing arguments ended Thursday at the Moynihan U.S. Federal Courthouse in Manhattan in the Adidas college basketball trial, and the jury will reconvene Monday morning at 9:30 to begin deliberations.
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Auburn guard Bryce Brown reflects on Anfernee McLemore’s recovery from injury during SEC media day on Oct. 17, 2018.
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NC State men's basketball single-game tickets for the Pack's 10 home non-conference games and two mini ticket packages are now on sale for Wolfpack Club members.
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This past weekend NC State Men’s Basketball head coach Kevin Keatts took his Wolfpack squad down to his old stomping grounds, Wilmington, North Carolina, for a beach workout. Keatts served as the head coach at UNC-Wilmington for three seasons (2014-2017).
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As things wrap up in New York at the Federal conspiracy trials of three men accused of defrauding universities by delivering them coveted basketball recruits, no one has taken a bigger hit than NC State, the only school to be directly and explicitly...
by: Athlon Sports — Athlon Sports 16 Oct
Kevin Keatts promised he was a winner at his introductory press conference, and he delivered with an NCAA Tournament berth in his first season at NC......
by: Adam Zagoria — The Herald-Sun 15 Oct
FBI-Adidas case: Text messages between former basketball coach Brad Augustine and a former agent runner Christian Dawkins shown in court on Oct. 15, 2018 appear to back up a claim made by UNC’s Nassir Little and his father that they did not accept money.
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The Seminoles dominated the match, but allowed the tying goal with one second left in regulation.

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The 21-Day Healthy smoothie Diet regimen, developed by health coach Drew Sgoutas, asserts that changing some of your meals with shakes will certainly result in fast and also very easy weight loss. As with so many weight-loss strategies, including restrictive diet regimens like this one, the information are important beginners guide to starting smoothie diet.
As part of a well balanced diet, shakes can assist you lose weight. Yet active ingredients, part size, and also your overall eating strategy will make all the distinction. A diet consisting of mostly smoothie mixes, nonetheless, may not benefit every person as a solution for long-lasting weight reduction success.
Sgoutas (who is not a signed up dietitian), produced the 21 Day Shake Diet to aid his customers lose weight. His electronic book, “The Smoothie Diet regimen,” has 36 healthy smoothie dishes, wish list, and a three-week schedule that information which healthy smoothies to prepare every day. The e-book likewise supplies a “detox” strategy with recipes as well as guidelines for changing three dishes a day with smoothies for a total of 3 days.
The 21 Day Smoothie Diet regimen advises eating generally (but still “healthy”) one day weekly as well as includes a recommended food checklist for that day. Sgoutas recommends duplicating the 21 day cycle whenever you would love to lose weight, yet there is restricted study to recommend that a smoothie diet plan is an effective approach for weight reduction.
In the short term, fans of this diet plan might lose weight. But to maintain it off, they might need to stay on the diet plan past the 21 day duration, which is not a healthy lasting service because it suggests that vital food teams including essential nutrients are continuing to be limited.
For many people, two homemade meal-replacement drinks per day, plus a “routine” dish, may not offer the appropriate balance of calories, healthy protein, carbohydrates, and also healthy and balanced fats the body requires. Any kind of meal-replacement diet plan is tough to stick to for the long run because these replacements commonly aren’t as pleasing as strong food.
What Can You Eat?
On the 21-Day Shake Diet, followers prepare and drink two smoothie mixes a day as meal substitutes. The shake active ingredients vary, concentrating on great deals of vegetables and fruits with some protein and healthy and balanced fats.
The diet plan’s electronic book offers some assistance on the one solid-food dish fans are encouraged to eat every day (consisting of suggestions for what to eat as well as some “entire food” recipes), in addition to suggestions for low-sugar, high-fiber snacks. You are also permitted to consume generally someday per week, so long as the meals abide by the referrals in the electronic book.
What You Required to Know.
The stringent “detoxification” strategy changes all 3 daily dishes with smoothie mixes for 3 days. On the 21-day strategy, you’ll take in two meal-replacement shakes (breakfast and lunch), one solid-food meal, and a couple of treats. Though not a part of Sgoutas’ “official” shake diet, some plan for a “flex day” to make the diet more sustainable.
Nevertheless, Sgoutas mentions that if the routine dishes are too high in calories, the diet possibly will not work for weight loss. Also of note: The electronic book recommends that this diet regimen is not for individuals with food allergies.
What to Consume.
- Great deals of vegetables and fruits.
- Nutritious meal as soon as each day.
What Not to Eat.
- No solid food for 2 meals a day.
The recipes consisted of in the 21-Day Smoothie Diet regimen contain lots of fruits as well as veggies, have a tendency to be reduced in calories, and also provide crucial phytonutrients. While fruit offers healthy and balanced nutrients, it likewise includes normally happening sugar, which may not help you if you’re trying to minimize your sugar intake. Some healthy smoothies also ask for honey, which only includes more sugar.
Additionally, a lot of the diet plan’s shakes are extremely low in healthy protein, as well as a few fall short in healthy and balanced fats. Sgoutas does highlight obtaining adequate protein throughout the day as well as advises at the very least 50 grams daily by consuming a little with each meal and also snack. However, some individuals might find it tough to fulfill their day-to-day protein requires on this strategy, particularly those that do not invest a lot of time dish preparation.
If you are utilizing a healthy smoothie as a dish replacement, see to it it contains each important macronutrient: protein, fat, and carbohydrates. You may take into consideration consulting with a nutritional expert or signed up dietician for more guidance– though they would likely suggest that you prevent a smoothie-based diet regimen as well as attempt various other, much healthier techniques rather.
Pros and Cons Of The Smoothie Diet plan.
- Focus on fruits and vegetables.
- Much less calorie-counting and also food tracking.
- Shopping lists included.
- High in sugar.
- Prep work could be taxing.
- Not lasting.
- Does not have scientific assistance.
Is the Healthy Smoothie Diet Regimen a Healthy Option for You?
In general, fruit smoothie mixes have a tendency to have calories from carbohydrates as well as a small amount of fat. However to give a well-shaped meal, they also require a good resource of lean healthy protein.
Protein helps build muscle mass, which you need to preserve a healthy and balanced metabolic process. A diet consisting of mostly shakes would likely disappoint meeting your everyday consumption of healthy protein.
Smoothie diets like the 21-Day Smoothie Diet plan are popular, but you’ll also find similarities in between this diet and also various other temporary, low-calorie, meal-replacement diet regimens such as SlimFast. Realize that these diet regimens do not satisfy skilled advice on healthy and balanced consuming strategies.
The USDA 2020– 2025 Dietary Standards for Americans advises eating a range of nutrient-dense foods and drinks while staying within the suggested limitation of 2,000 calories a day for weight administration.
The 21-Day Smoothie Mix Diet plan does not abide by federal standards given that it omits numerous healthy and balanced foods that compose a balanced diet.
For weight reduction, the USDA suggests a daily calorie intake of about 1,500 calories. While Sgoutas recommends about 1,500 calories per day in the e-book, the smoothie dishes in “The Healthy smoothie Diet” appear at much less than that, making it tough to get to the 1,500-calorie target without overeating in the one daily solid-food dish.
Creating a calorie shortage is frequently the best way to drop weight effectively and sustainably. But a healthy and balanced daily calorie objective is different for every person, as a result of aspects such as age, sex, weight, and activity degree. Use this calculator to identify the calorie objective that might benefit you.
Health and wellness Perks.
It is most likely that people will certainly reduce weight promptly when they begin the 21-Day Smoothie mix Diet due to the fact that they are cutting calories (while also possibly cutting nutrients like healthy protein as well as healthy fats). Yet replacing dishes with fluids, as well as surviving on so few calories, isn’t something that lots of people can safely remain to do for the long-term.
There is no strong clinical evidence to sustain the notion of detox diet regimens– partly since there is no clear meaning of what a “detox diet regimen” does. The body naturally “detoxes” itself with digestion and excretion (such as defecation and also sweat). Detoxing is a primary function of body organs like the liver and also kidneys. Nobody food or food mix can do this by itself.
The high sugar from the Smoothie mix Diet plan could be a concern for individuals with particular medical problems (which is why it’s not recommended for people with diabetes mellitus). Furthermore, it is feasible to lose muscle mass if you reduce weight as well promptly. And if somebody adhering to the weight-loss diet regimen returns to their regular eating habits as well as increases their calorie consumption, they are not likely to preserve their weight-loss long-lasting. This could be why the e-book suggests duplicating the 21-day diet as commonly as required.
Bear in mind that “detoxification” diets are not shown for some people, including youngsters, pregnant as well as nursing people, and people with specific health and wellness conditions. Before starting any kind of diet be sure to review it with your doctor initially.

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If this is in relation to smoking, just don't. It will be the best thing you ever do for yourself not to smoke or if you do, to stop!

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Bulgarian Customs Agency Head Backs Relocation of Key Agencies
Bulgarian Customs Agency head Vanyo Tanov has declared that he is in favor of the government's efforts to move important state agencies to cities other than the capital Sofia.
However, Tanov has told Nova TV that the move requires a serious analysis and a political consensus.
The official has confirmed that there is currently "no chance" for the Bulgarian Customs Agency to move to the Danube town of Ruse.
Last week, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov postponed indefinitely the relocation of the Customs Agency headquarters to Ruse, explaining that his cabinet needed money to increase minimum wages and retirement pensions in 2013.
The idea to relocate several state institutions is a top priority brainchild of Finance Minister Djankov.
At the beginning of September, the Tourism Directorate of the Ministry of Economy and Energy became the first State institution to move from the capital Sofia to the second largest city of Plovdiv under the relocation plan.
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SEASONS OF THE HEART BOXED SETJanette OkeONCE UPON A SUMMERWINDS OF AUTUMNWINTER IS NOT FOREVERSPRINGS GENTLE PROMISEJosh, an orphaned boy, must overcome trials as the aunt who raised himmarries and moves away. As he grows older, Josh struggles to find...
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Once Upon A Summer^Winds Of Autumn^Winter Is Not Forever^Spring's Gentle Promise
Oke writes with a special feeling about her characters and their time, reminding us of those family values that we hold dear. This heartwarming collection of four novels is a wonderful series of stories about an American family on the prairies of yesterday. Includes Once Upon a Summer, Winds of Autumn, Winter is Not Forever, and Spring's Gentle Promise.
Janette Oke was born in Champion, Alberta, Canada, during the depression years. She graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Alberta where she met her husband, Edward. They married in 1957 and served in churches in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada, and Indiana. Oke writes historical novels which portray the lives of early North American settlers from many walks of life and geographical settings. She also writes engaging children's stories and inspiring gift books that warm the heart. Oke published her first book, Love Comes Softly, in 1979. This book experienced immediate success and became a series. She has won a number of awards including the Gold Medallion Award, The Christy Award of Excellence, the 1992 Presidents Award for her significant contribution to the category of Christian fiction from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, and in 1999, the Life Impact Award from the Christian Booksellers Association International. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages. Oke has published some 75 books including, The Canadian West, Seasons of the Heart and Women of the West. Her most recent releases include a beautiful childrens picture book, I Wonder...Did Jesus Have a Pet Lamb and The Songs of Acadia series, co-written with T. Davis Bunn. - Publisher.

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I created a ticket with this request but am curious if others agree. I think filters to be used when scrolling through available online games would create a more convenient and efficient way for players to find and join the type of game they’re looking for. A series of boxes to check would allow players to set their preferences when browsing the available games. Most poker sites use a similar method to help players find their preferred game type.
For example, a player who mostly plays Classic and U.S. maps, with progressive cards, and time limit 3m or higher can check those boxes and be shown those games and those games only. Players who don’t have preferences can simply check “show all games” and it will remain the same as it is now. And, of course, these filters can be changed by the player at any time.
It’s clear that most players have game type preferences and I think this could create a more user friendly way to find and join other’s games.

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The nation of Israel is under attack from Palestinian terrorists bombing and cruelly slaughtering innocent civilians: grandparents, women, children, babies.
There are hundreds of casualties, as well as over a hundred people abducted into Gaza.
Added to this is continuous infiltration of southern Israeli towns and also the northern border with Lebanon and Syria.
As of this writing, there are 1400 killed and over 4475 Israelis injured.
IDF soldiers have personally asked us for flak jackets and other specialty jackets. We would also like to provide food bags to evacuated Sderot residents as soon as it is safe to go back to their homes.
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Flat polyps: Sessile refers to the morphology of the polyp rather than the polyp type. Sessile polyps are more flat than peduculated polyps, which grow from a stalk. Once removed, the polyp is sent to pathology to determine the polyp type (hyperplastic, adenoma, cancer, etc). ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Different things: Stomach polyps are rarely precancerous and are seen most commonly in patient who take acid blocking meds regularly. Colon polyps are of different type but most are genetic mutations which can progress over time into cancers. Colon poylps should be removed. Stomach polyps should be biopsied to confirm their type. ...Read more
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A commuter rail service is a train service which connects a central business district to outlying areas. This allows people to commute into the city from suburbs and neighboring towns and cities. Often, commuter rail connects with city transit, such as a subway or metro system, allowing the passengers to move on to their next destination easily. Many large cities have commuter rail service, which is often sponsored in part by the local or national government.
Several things distinguish a commuter rail service from other train services. The first is that it is designed to accommodate very large numbers of passengers, not always entirely comfortably, because it is not designed to travel very long distances. The second is that a commuter rail runs at regularly scheduled times, unlike many metro and light rail services, which run at specific intervals. Commuter rail is also distinguished from light rail by using heavy rail trains, which can share tracks with freight trains and long distance passenger trains.
There are numerous advantages to installing a commuter rail service. The service encourages people to use public transportation, rather than driving into a city. This, in turn, reduces congestion and parking problems in the city. It is also more energy efficient, since a commuter rail train may use green energy sources. For passengers, a commuter rail is a convenient way to get into the city without having to drive, allowing them to relax, read, or work on work projects on the way in.
Since a commuter rail system often uses existing tracks, it may not be as expensive to install as a light rail or metro system. In some areas, bridging sections of track are needed to get the commuter rail system all the way into the city, or to link it up with city transportation services, but the expense for these is minimal when compared to laying down an entirely new track. Since a commuter rail train can often use existing infrastructure, the company running the commuter rail can focus on purchasing extremely fast, high capacity trains, which are in great demand.
Because most commuter rail trains connect with other methods of transportation, they are also very convenient. Once passengers disembark from the commuter rail train, they can use city transportation to get to their end destinations. This sharing of services across several networks is highly efficient, and it encourages people to be confident in public transportation. With a growing interesting in relieving congestion and reducing energy use in the 1990s, many cities started to make serious investments in commuter rail.

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Logitech announced its first cloud gaming console after leaks last month. Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld will be $349.99 in October.
The Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld combines precision gaming controllers, a huge 1080p display, and cloud game streaming capabilities. The Tencent Games-developed smartphone supports Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Nvidia GeForce Now. It can stream Xbox and Steam games locally. The smartphone can use Google Play Store games and video streaming apps.
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Logitech uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 2.3GHz octa-core processor. 4GB LPDDR4X RAM, 64GB UFS storage. One USB-C 3.1 port should charge the 6,000mAh battery in 2.5 hours. Logitech includes a microSD card for expansion, but there’s no 5G or SIM card support, so cloud games require Wi-Fi.
Logitech has integrated Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia’s GeForce Now into the handheld. The Switch-like UI lets you launch each service, but the Xbox Cloud Gaming app is only a PWA, so there’s no deep connection. No cloud games can be pinned to the homescreen.
This device’s battery life and lightweight frame are its main draws. Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld is narrower and lighter than Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch (1 pound). It’s heavier than the Switch (322 grams/0.71 pounds) but lighter than the Steam Deck (669 grams/1.47)
Tencent’s software skills helped Logitech create the Android launcher for this handheld. Logitech’s game launcher offers a portable mode and a standard Android tablet mode. YouTube, Chrome, GeForce Now, and Steam Link will be preloaded.
Logitech is pitching this portable for cloud gaming, although it can run Android games. Mobile gamers prefer to play games while commuting in vehicles, trains, and aircraft, where internet connectivity is spotty. The Logitech G handheld requires a Wi-Fi signal, reducing its attractiveness.
Logitech’s October launch of the G Cloud Gaming Handheld is limited to the US and Canada. Early adopters can preorder for $299.99 instead of $349.99. However this pricing falls between the Nintendo Switch ($299.99) and the Steam Deck ($399), making it a tough sell for a cloud gaming device.
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Luc Jobin was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director on 25 July 2017. He is a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. Following the Company’s announcement of 15 October 2020, Luc will be appointed Chairman Designate of the Company effective 1 March 2021 and the Board has selected Luc to succeed Richard Burrows as Chairman of the Company from the conclusion of the Company’s 2021 AGM.
Luc brings significant financial, regulatory and M&A experience to the Board, together with extensive North American knowledge and experience of enterprise transformation and consumer and customer businesses.
During his executive career, Luc was President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian National Railway Company from July 2016 until March 2018, having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2009. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Power Corporation of Canada (an international financial services company) from 2005 to 2009. Luc was Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Tobacco Canada from 2003 to 2005 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 2003.
Luc previously served as an independent Non-Executive Director of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) from 2008 until its acquisition by the Group.
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Consolidated fdi Policy
Construction development: townships, housing, BUILT-UP infrastructure
Construction-development projects include development of townships, construction ofresidential/commercial premises, roads or bridges,hotels, resorts, hospitals, educational institutions, recreational facilities, city and regional level infrastructure, townships Each phase of the construction development project would be considered as a separate projectfor the purposes of FDI policy. Investment will be subject to the following conditions: (A) (i) The investor will be permitted to exit on completion of the project or after development oftrunk infrastructure i.e. roads, water supply, street lighting, drainage and sewerage. (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained at (A) (i) above, a foreign investor will be permittedto exit and repatriate foreign investment before the completion of project under automaticroute, provided that a lockin-period of three years, calculated with reference to eachtranche of foreign investment that has been completed. Further, transfer of stake from onenon-resident to another non-resident, without repatriation of investment will neither besubject to any lock-in period nor to any government approval. (B) The project shall conform to the norms and standards, including land use requirements andprovision of community amenities and common facilities, as laid down in the applicable buildingcontrol regulations, bye-laws, rules, and other regulations of the Stategovernment/municipal/ Local Body concerned. (C) The Indian investee company will be permitted to sell only developed plots. For the purposesof this policy, “developed plots” will mean plots where trunk infrastructure i.e. roads, water supply,street lighting, drainage and sewerage, have been made available. (D) The Indian investee company shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals, including those of the building/layout plans, developing internal and peripheral areas and other infrastructure facilities, payment of development, external development and other charges andcomplying with all other requirements as prescribed under applicable rules/bye-laws/ regulationsof the State Government/ Municipal/local Body concerned. (E) The State Government/municipal/ Local Body concerned, which approves thebuilding/development plans, will monitor compliance of the above conditions by the developer.
• FDI is not permitted in an entity which is engaged or proposes to engage inreal estate business, construction of farm houses and trading in transferable development rights( TD RS ).
• “Real estate business” means dealing in land and immovable property with a view toearning profit there from and does not include development of townships, construction ofresidential/ commercial premises, roads or bridges, educational institutions, recreational facilities, city and regional level infrastructure, townships. Further, earning of rent/ income onlease of the property, not amounting to transfer, will not amount to real estate business.
• Condition of lock-in period at (A) does not apply to Hotels &Tourist Resorts, Hospitals, special Economic Zones (SEZS), Educational Institutions, Old Age Homes and investment bynris.
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Organic Architecture should not be understood as an argument between the classic and the romantic or between the straight line and the curved. The mind and the emotions need not be at war. The designer works in the organic mode when his mind leans more toward the process inherent in nature, and less on rational, idea driven design. (more…)
A garden is a space between. We may think of a house or the city as a place for people, a human place where we create order and protection for human needs. The garden is a meeting place between this world of man and the world of nature, a nature not in the control of man. The garden is about magic, connection, and, as we are part of Nature, our own shadows and wellsprings within that we only barely comprehend.
The garden is a place of safety in a world of mystery, where the world of the mind and spirit may be explored. It is a playground for the soul. Art, too, is about this playground. It holds chaos and order within one thing. The garden may be formal or informal but there is always a part that we must give to the whims of Nature. (more…)
My world is the world of objects, of inner musing made real, a world of things not necessarily coming from ideas. Yet, there are thoughts and ideas that have been extremely important to me through the years. One is Beauty. This word, at least in the art world, has been out of favor for a good part of this century. I would like to see its reintroduction into the modern world with the understanding that Beauty, like love, has the power to change things. It can also help us make decisions and unite the disparate elements in our lives for example our health, we have the power to overcome if we take care of ourselves, you can visit a cosmetic dentistry office and start making a change in yourself.
Why has our time turned away from Beauty? Why have we been party to the catastrophic destruction of culture and nature in this century? In our rush to idealize what we thought was the scientific, rational approach — our wish to harness nature — we turned away from those concepts not easily explained in scientific terms, such as spirit, love, and beauty. Albert Einstein has characterized our age as being one of, “Perfection of means, confusion of aims.”
In my late teens, I was doing two kinds of paintings. One kind was, by most standards, grotesque — people contorted, things out of shape. I realized that these works did not give me pleasure to do, so I decided not to do them anymore. I made up my mind, I am not sure why, to follow Beauty. I also decided not to try to define Beauty. I find now that I will often do a work, and in my mind say that it is not beautiful, yet a year or so later realize that it is. I learn from making the art object and my work tells me new things about beauty.
What I call beauty is far from what we call pretty. A plastic rose no matter how well fashioned can never be beautiful; it can only grow dusty. It is the full cycle of life of a real rose that gives it its beauty. Knowing that it wilts and dies is the essence of its wonder. Mozart’s music is beautiful because there is within the wonderful melody, both the pathos and joy of being human.
Beauty must contain within it not just the sunshine but the shadows. And an art that contains only the darkness leads only downward. It is in that precarious balance at the edge of heaven and hell that the power of beauty lies.
Beauty can be a guide in helping us put together a complex world and be a tool to help us make changes for the better. Our particular time in history is marked by indecision and misdirected efforts, not only in the technical fields but also in such diverse worlds as politics, architecture, philosophy and culture. We are unsure about life, why we are here, or even how to make a decision about what we value most. We begin to sense that even those paths laid out by science and technology may not take us where we wish to be. Beauty can be an arbiter of paths. It may not be the “way” but it can help us in choosing the “how.”
At the present time, we have a great many of the tools and technical know-how to make a new world: everything from stainless steel hipbones to sustainable houses and cities. But how do we relate these things to life and each other so that they truly serve life? It is here that a sense of beauty and balance can help us give form and meaning to what otherwise would be scattered possibilities. It is as if we had all the parts of a human being laid out before us. How do we put them together into an elegant and sympathetic whole? Einstein says, “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the emotion which stands at the cradle of True Art and True Science.”
There is a connection of Beauty, both inner and outer, to Love. Both can open within us feelings that seem to be outside of fear. Putting aside fear even for a moment begins to change things. Somehow Beauty and Love awaken the part in us that allows us to be ourselves. I have come to call this, “to give light.” It can come through an individual or a work of art. It is very much one human reaching to another and allowing for the wholeness of the other.
I believe we underrate even our traditional concept of Beauty. Why is nature so prolific in endowing its creations with magic of form, color, and diversity? Is it merely for competition and procreation? Or does the beauty of the flower or an Indian maiden dressed in her beaded buckskin change the rules of the game? Is Beauty perhaps the physical manifestation of Love? Does Beauty open the door and allow Love in?
Some years ago, we built a small house for some friends. It is used for counseling. It was designed specifically for inner healing. A great deal of effort was put into how it would be experienced…the entering of it was by falling water and a jewel-like glass door…coming into sculptural space with a surprising light within. One of her first patients arrived and, upon entering said, “This has been one of the worst days of my life. Being here in this space, I can’t even remember why.”
Space and light can transform our understanding of who we are and what life is about.
It is my hope that we are rediscovering Beauty. Not the “pretty” of the 19th century or the ugliness of our century, but a robust kind of beauty that accepts the intertwining of chaos and order, and of darkness and light…one that guides and transforms life because it sees life as a whole. Can we learn to put a sense of beauty to work for us?
James T. Hubbell
Lecture to Friends of Jung Society
I wrote Architecture of Jubilation in 1974. It is still helping to guide my work today.
It is my belief that we are passing through a gate from one age to another perhaps more profound than the changes medieval man faced with the rise of Humanism and the age we call the Renaissance. We have spent the last five hundred years trying to understand the world by dividing it into parts. We are now at the task of putting our world back together. We are seeking a vision of a whole world, with ourselves as part of the whole. (more…)


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The first way in which the Coen Brothers transgress mainstream conventions lies in the choice of working within a genre that had all but been pronounced dead. No significant Western since Unforgiven (Eastwood, 1992) has enjoyed such mainstream success as No Country. The release (and subsequent success) of the film has ushered in what many refer to as a mini-revival of the Western with There Will Be Blood (Anderson 2007), a remake of 3:10 to Yuma (Mangold, 2007), The Proposition (Hillcoat, 2005), and most recently the Coen’s own remake of Portis’ True Grit (2010) faring well both critically and commerically. The genre’s iconography often includes vast barren landscapes, the heavy desert sun, cowboys, guns, and standoffs: many of which figure prominently in the Coen Brothers' film. From its inception, the Western has adhered to a strict ideology often centered on White expansion in the old western frontier of the United States as it dealt with themes surrounding civilization versus lawlessness. No Country for Old Men updates this slightly as the film is not set in the old west but rather 1980. Also, instead of the civilized law fighting for their manifest destiny over the (racist) savagery of the Other, the anti-hero of No Country for Old Men is simply trying to stay alive in a cat-and-mouse game against villains sprouting from Mexican Drug Cartels.
Another major way in which the Coen Brothers subvert formal expectations within No Country is by eschewing a prominent musical score. As Llewelyn Moss fights for survival against the ruthless Anton Chigurh, the battle is waged within a soundscape devoid of any non-diegetic music. Though the film’s score is credited to Carter Burwell nothing more than the occasional ambient tone highlights the action of the film. Typically, the Western is marked by an audacious driving score (think Ennio Morricone’s timeless Western motif from Leone’s The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) or the work of Dmitri Tiomkin in the cinema of John Ford). Yet even as No Country lacks a traditional score its potency to produce the intended emotions of anxiety are seemingly unimpeded. The Coen Brothers build their soundscape based purely around the diegetic elements at play: the charging gusts of wind out on the plains of Marfa, Texas, the steadily increasing rhythm of Chigurh’s tracking device, a distant ringing phone from a hotel concierge, approaching footsteps. By removing a standard musical track No Country is asking spectators to lean in and focus on the elements at play within the scene; to aggressively and actively read the text for information and not to rely on letting their emotions be guided by the film’s score.
Additionally, within American Film history, the Western is often cited as a leading example of the Classical Hollywood Narrative tradition. This tradition, the dominant system for telling mainstream stories in narrative fiction film, is embodied by several rules including but not limited to: a goal oriented protagonist on a journey against forces of antagonism which culminate in a climax through which one destroys the other. However, No Country is not concerned with adhering to a typical three-act structure and reconciling the protagonist's journey. Rather, the Coen Brothers weave an engaging cat-and-mouse thriller whereby the anti-hero Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) and the villain Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) never actually meet face-to-face and the one single conversation they do have is set at a remove over a telephone line. To add to this, Llewelyn is killed off-screen by another party and that shocking event occurs even before the second act draws to a conclusion. Such decisions often prove frustrating, even quite unsettling, for the viewer; much like the demise of Marion Crane at the midpoint of Psycho.
Still, to discuss the film in relation to its adherence (or lack thereof) to the Classical structure within the Western is to miss the point of the film entirely. The reason for these significant deviations from Classical Design are not simply to allow the Coen Brothers to condescend to traditional filmic organization but rather to expand No Country from a straightforward exercise in genre (which until the death of Llewelyn Moss it handles expertly) into a greater work that reflects on the existential nature of evil within our contemporary world. To view No Country properly means one has to consider all three male characters at the center of the film: Anton, Llewelyn, and Sherrif Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) as characters that straddle a continuum of good-to-evil. Bell resides at one end, Anton the other and Llewelyn is the poor soul caught in between (hence anti-hero) who is not equally matched to survive in a world of such chaos.
The Coen Brothers position spectators to view the characters in this narrative as linked thematically. On a deeper level of subtext these are not three separate characters but rather three aspects of the fabric of being in our twisted universe guided by chaos, not order. They are each one-third of a whole; who when tallied together sum to the entire experience of good and evil in this world:
- Llewelyn hunting the game is immediately contrasted with Anton hunting as he escapes from police captivity.
- Anton and Sheriff Bell both consider their reflections through Llewelyn's television set.
- Llewelyn and Anton both change bloody socks.
- Llewelyn and Anton both proposition strangers for their clothing.
- Llewelyn and Anton both pick shotgun fragments from their bodies.
- Llewelyn and Anton both crash their vehicles.
- All three characters travel into Mexico.
- Sheriff Bell and Llewelyn both utter the phrase "You Can't Stop What's Coming."
- Characters often engage in conversations with odd townsfolk (Anton with the landlady of Llewelyn's trailer park and with the cashier at a local gas station, Llewelyn with the propietor of a men's clothing store, etc.
The unending parallels drawn between these characters are not merely coincidence but rather a design to link them thematically in their journey. Sheriff Ed Tom carries the third act of the film. He retires from law enforement after dealing with the situations at hand in the film not because he feels he's physically unable to carry out the duties of Sheriff any longer but because he cannot risk his soul for a world in which he no longer understands. The conversation-heavy final act ponders the mystery of evil in this world and it is argued that maybe this level of evil has been with us all along, it will never be escaped, and we must simply press through it.
No Country for Old Men ends with an odd story in which Sheriff Ed Tom Bell recounts two dreams to his wife; both concerning his father. The dreams are spoken by Jones with the intact polysyndetonic syntax that marks much of McCarthy's work. The folksy wisdom meted out by Jones as he recounts his story is brilliantly simple: We look to our past and to our fathers for the light of guidance to shepherd us from evil. Sheriff Bell laments that God never came into his life and this fact leaves him in despair. Yet he dreams of his father's light guiding him through darkness. There is an unacknowledged spirituality that cuts across this seemingly simple genre film of cowboys, guns, and drug money. There is an exploration of much deeper philosophical concepts that do not contain easy answers. The Coen Brothers do not purport to have these answers. But they sidestep the trappings of Classical Hollywood Cinema and thereby force us to straighten up and pay attention.
You Can't Stop What's Coming.


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This is plate #15 from Colton’s Atlas of the World depicitng New York counties in light pastel color. There are two inserts: Vicinity of Niagara Falls and Vicinity of New York.
|Date & Place Made:||1856 – New York|
|Publisher:||J.H. Colton & Co, 172 William St, NYC|
|Original Image Size:||27 x 16.5 in|

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Sports pools authorized.
The legislature hereby authorizes any person, association, or organization to conduct sports pools without a license to do so from the commission but only when the outcome of which is dependent upon the score, or scores, of a certain athletic contest and which is conducted only in the following manner:
(1) A board or piece of paper is divided into one hundred equal squares, each of which constitutes a chance to win in the sports pool and each of which is offered directly to prospective contestants at one dollar or less;
(2) The purchaser of each chance or square signs his or her name on the face of each square or chance he or she purchases; and
(3) At some time not later than prior to the start of the subject athletic contest the pool is closed and no further chances in the pool are sold;
(4) After the pool is closed a prospective score is assigned by random drawing to each square;
(5) All money paid by entrants to enter the pool less taxes is paid out as the prize or prizes to those persons holding squares assigned the winning score or scores from the subject athletic contest;
(6) The sports pool board is available for inspection by any person purchasing a chance thereon, the commission, or by any law enforcement agency upon demand at all times prior to the payment of the prize;
(7) The person or organization conducting the pool is conducting no other sports pool on the same athletic event; and
(8) The sports pool conforms to any rules and regulations of the commission applicable thereto.
[1987 c 4 § 31. Formerly RCW 9.46.030(6).]

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supply, and even boost independence during times of hardship. This point is called the markets equilibrium. Command economy economy where supply and price are regulated by the government rather than market forces Division of labour - Division of labour is the specialization of cooperative labour in specific, circumscribed tasks and like roles Enterprise- simply another name for a business. After some level of output, marginal cost begins to rise because B (a) total costs always increase. All queries should be directed to the invigilator; do not communicate or attempt to communicate with any other candidate. This question is very important because countries are keenly interested in the performance of their economy. However, the criteria by which TEI measured their success illustrates the scope of benefits to a community which practices urban agriculture. Create the social framework to plan, implement, and maintain the urban green space. Many state that working in agriculture is much more interesting and fulfilling than going to the gym, and that it makes getting exercise fun. Question.0.5 out.5 points The opportunity cost of an action is Answer Selected Answer:.
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10 short Tennis Rules
The short set format
We are experimenting with a different match format at Regents Park. In this busy centre, courts are bookable for only an hour at a time. To make it easier to complete matches, we are using short set tennis.
Matches are .
A short set is played to four games instead of six.
A set is therefore won at 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, etc.
At 4-3 the player with the four game advantage needs to win one more game to win the set (ie 5-3).
At 4-4, the next game is sudden death - the set is won 5-4.
If the matches goes to is played. A match tie break is played like a normal tiebreak, but is played to 10 points rather than 7)
The player who received serve at the end of the previous set serves first in the tie-break.
You get one point for completing a match
You get one point for every set you win (the tie break counts as a set as far as points are concerned)
So the player winning the match on a tie-break gets a total of 3 points (one for each set, one for completing the match; the loser gets 2 points (one for the set, one for completing the match)
Typical final scores might be:
Roger Federer bt Andy Murray (Feb 5) 4-0, 4-2
(Federer 3 points; Murray 1)
Andy Murray bt Roger Federer (Feb 6) 2-4, 5-3, (10-7)
(Murray 3 points, including one for the third set tie-break; Federer 2 points)
Players who complete three or more matches by the mid-point of the round receive 2 bonus points, and a free can of balls which we will post to you.
- Players are asked to keep the warm ups as short as possible to make it easier to complete matches in one hour.
- If a match can't be concluded in the hour and can't be continued as a court is unavailable, the match should be completed at a later date.
- Please do respect waiting players' court time and finish playing promptly even if a match is unfinished
Matches must start by at least 10 past each hour (but can start earlier if both players agree
If one player is more than 20 minutes late, they forfeit the match (unless their opponent is still willing to play)
If a game is unfinished at the end of the hour, it can be completed if both players agree, subject to court availability – please don’t hold up other games!
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Study on Fiber Optical Vibration Monitoring System for Electromechanical Equipment
- 10.2991/mcei-16.2016.288How to use a DOI?
- Mechanical & Electrical Equipment; Vibration;Fiber Bragg Grating
To improve equipment utilization and guarantee long-term reliable efficiently running for mechanical and electrical equipment, fiber-optic sensing technology is applied to construct mechanical and electrical equipment fiber-optic vibration monitoring system, which can achieve real-time online monitoring and early warning of device status, and provide reliable data for the device fault diagnosis. Field test and comparison showed that the vibration monitoring system meets the equipment needs for vibration monitoring.
- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Shujuan Li AU - Xiaohui Liu AU - Li Min AU - Chang Wang PY - 2016/12 DA - 2016/12 TI - Study on Fiber Optical Vibration Monitoring System for Electromechanical Equipment BT - Proceedings of the 2016 6th International Conference on Mechatronics, Computer and Education Informationization (MCEI 2016) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1418 EP - 1422 SN - 1951-6851 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/mcei-16.2016.288 DO - 10.2991/mcei-16.2016.288 ID - Li2016/12 ER -


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While I was in California, I took a photo of a goldfinch. The composition of the photo really inspired me. Even though the photo is bit blurry, I could still see the details of the bird and use it to draw the pattern for my applique. There’s still a long way to go with this piece.
When I look at basic fabric applique, it always looks so 2-dimensional. I like what I’ve created, but see that I’m missing definition and shading. Once the fabric composition is complete, I’ll pull out my colored pencils to add shading. Then I’ll add some stitching to create definition, texture and secure the pieces to the background fabric. Many layers of technique will be used for this new composition.
I love the fact that this piece is inspired by something I actually witnessed and was able to capture with my own camera. Usually my compositions come from a mental image I have and I use photos for general reference (e.g., shape of a tree or flower). In this piece, I used Photoshop Elements to manipulate the photo to get things placed exactly as I wanted. I will be using the new image as a direct reference for my composition and to create the pattern pieces for applique.
It’s great to have an array of tools and techniques available when creating art quilts. I call this my “toolbox.” Whenever I’m creating new art, I can pull from many different techniques to create a desired affect. It took many years of exploring for me to acquire all these resources. If you’re just starting to work in fabric art, don’t get overwhelmed by it all. Learn as you can and practice. You’ll gravitate towards things that you feel confident doing and discard things that you dislike. All these skills will be available as part of your toolbox.

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Former deputy premier George Smitherman has made it official — he wants to be mayor of Toronto.
Smitherman filed nomination papers this morning to put his name on the Oct. 25 ballot, joining other declared candidates including Liberal strategist Rocco Rossi and Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti.
Then, with the wind chill nearing minus 20C, he laced up his skates, put on his Leaf scarf and took a spin around the rink outside city hall.
"Skating is about not being afraid of the cold," he told reporters. "It's about energy and my ability to perform well on slippery surfaces."
And he skated for the cameras with no wipeouts.
Although the former provincial politician's campaign received a boost when John Tory abruptly announced Thursday he won't be running, Smitherman insisted he is focused on his own race.
"It doesn't alter what the game plan for the campaign is. I have a motto "Never be outworked" and I hope over the course of the next nine months or so, in every neighbourhood and ward across the breadth of this city to live up to that motto," he said.
While he offered few specifics on his platform, saying he wants to talk to residents to come up with his policies, he said the next mayor needs to focus on bringing jobs to the city and protecting core services.
Rossi has promised to sell off Toronto Hydro and Mammoliti wants to build a city casino to help generate revenue for the cash-poor city. In response, Smitherman said well thought out ideas are needed.
"What I've noticed is that quite a few candidates have given their top of mind utterances, but the campaign is just beginning," he said. "I think I owe to the people of Toronto to get out into the neighbourhoods and hear from them what the key challenges are."
Others are expected to enter the mayoral contest include Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone next Wednesday and possibly Councillors Shelley Carroll and Adam Giambrone.


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Saturday, May 22, 2010
First thing this morning, I had the pleasure of meeting Becky Gruenwald. We have been corresponding through email. Becky and her son came down to meet me today and she is very excited joining our stamping group. I keep telling her how she will love all of you...so don't let me down gang...lol....I know you won't! She has signed up to be hostess for October. If you would like to be the lucky winner of the month of November, or later....let me know! I work hard to make your party a success, and you get lots of goodies in return!
I am making good progress on the baby quilt. 40 square out of 60 are sewn and squared up, ready to be sewn into the top. So I only have 20 to go, and I will be able to start putting the top together. I have a list a mile long to do before the Milwaukee trip and the shower, and am not quite sure how I am going to get it all done with 2 more doctor's appointments added to this upcoming week, one the following week and maybe more will be added, but it all will get done some how! I may have to do some improvising to my list and simplify some things! Hope your weekend is going well! Me


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|The Frankfurt-Tipp rating:
|Approx. 101 min.
|From 12 years
15-year-old Ada (Michelle Barthel) is bored - bored by her classmates, by her mother's (Ulrike Folkerts) problems and by her overtaxed teachers. Only the philosophy teacher Höfi (Richy Müller), who has been completely broken since the death of his wife, repeatedly manages to challenge the intelligent outsider and to penetrate behind her facade, which is marked by bitter sarcasm. When the well-off Alev (Jannik Schümann) joins Ada's class, the girl quickly feels drawn to the boy three years her senior. She senses that he is similarly maladjusted as she is, and his provocative, self-confident demeanor has an intriguing effect on her. As the two grow closer, Alev opens up to her about his very special outlook on life. For him, life is a game and people are pawns in the hands of fate. Alev wants to prove to Ada that he can manipulate a person in such a way that he can completely redefine the rules of the game for this person and thus guide him to a new and perhaps better life. A candidate is quickly found: the teacher Smutek (Maximilian Brückner), whom Ada is to seduce sexually. Alev films the two having sex in the gym, setting off events that soon threaten to spiral out of control.
With this film adaptation of Juli Zeh's bestseller Spieltrieb, director Gregor Schnitzler presents another ambitious adaptation of the novel after Soloalbum and Die Wolke, which is also quite convincing over long stretches. Good actors, especially newcomers Michelle Barthel and Jannik Schümann, an atmospheric visual language and a well-constructed dramaturgy do justice to the book's interesting subject matter. Admittedly, due to the running time restrictions alone, the film cannot go into as much depth as the original and can only deal with the psychological and moral aspects of the novel in a much more superficial way. Nevertheless, Schnitzler has succeeded well and entertainingly in translating the intentions of the author into the language of cinema.
The intention to stage intelligent head cinema for a young audience, as expressed by producer Markus Zimmer in an interview in the press booklet for the film, stands a little in the way of a consistently positive overall picture, however. Although the makers deserve a lot of credit for avoiding the often embarrassing attempt to appeal to a youthful target audience by using cool youth language, the dialogues often seem too artificial to be real and thus comprehensible. What might work in the book, seems very stilted and undercooled in the movie, especially since different rules apply to the language in literature and cinema. Had they not been so concerned with pretension here and instead made the characters seem a little more real, Spieltrieb would certainly have worked better as a film.
The story itself, and also the way in which the character of Alev is drawn, almost inevitably bring up comparisons to Ice Cold Angels with Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon. And even that doesn't prove to be a positive for Schnitzler's film. Certainly, upon close inspection, such a comparison only holds up on the surface. Still, it also makes it clear that Roger Kumble's modern youth adaptation of a classic literary tale has succeeded better in reaching its target audience than Spieltrieb succeeds. For it lacks any form of self-deprecation, of levity and clever wordplay that made Ice Cold Angels so entertaining despite its rather dramatic love story.
This is not to say that Spieltrieb is a bad film. Neither in comparison to the novel nor to similarly conceived films like Eiskalte Engel does Schnitzler's film reveal such major weaknesses that it would have to be called a failure. But in the end there is the feeling that the film gets in its own way with its high ambitions and that the production could have done with a little more lightness and naturalness without necessarily diminishing the expressiveness of the story or the intellectual claim. So Spieltrieb is just a good movie, which would have had the potential for more. Nevertheless, this is still enough for a: Worth seeing!
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New Delhi: Amid heightened focus on aerial maritime surveillance, the Navy is planning to induct nine amphibious aircraft to keep a vigil over the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.
"We would use the amphibious aircraft for carrying out search and rescue missions, inter-island communication, rapid response missions and reconnaissance of islands," a Navy official told a news agency here.
The process to procure the amphibious aircraft, which can take-off and land on either land or water, has already been initiated with the issuing of a global Request for Information (RFI) by the Defence Ministry.
Post 26/11 attacks, the Navy and the Coast Guard have taken various steps to ensure that Pakistan-based terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba, or sea pirates don`t use the uninhabited islands to launch attacks against India.
The aircraft would also be used for "inter-island ferry for personnel and cargo, long-range search and rescue missions, visual and radar surveillance of coastal areas and island territories," the official said.
The capability of the amphibious aircraft to land on water would also help us to carry out casualty evacuation operations, supply critical spares to units and respond rapidly for humanitarian assistance missions at sea.
The Navy wants an aircraft which should have a short take-off capability with a range of at least 800 nautical miles so that they can cover a long range, the official said.
Canadian Bombardier and Russian Beriev are expected to receive the Request for Proposal (RFP), which is expected to be issued by the Navy soon.
In the recent past, India has enhanced its focus on increasing aerial vigilance over its huge maritime zone and islands situated there.
In 2009, India signed a deal worth USD 2.1 billion for procuring eight P-8I long range maritime surveillance aircraft and is also planning to procure new medium range aircraft for the Coast Guard for reconnaissance and surveillance.


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Marvel has released three additional clips and a featurette from Thor: The Dark World (first clip here). We’re starting to feel like we’ve seen the whole movie out of order, but the extensive promotion isn’t hurting Marvel any. Thor: The Dark World is tracking to earn over $75M its opening weekend, exceeding the $65.7M opening of Thor.
In this first video, Sif (Jamie Alexander) and Volstagg (Ray Stevenson) fight Malekith’s Dark Elf army while Thor is fashionably late.
In the next clip, Thor and Jane (Natalie Portman) are finally reunited, and we have the exposition dump about why Natalie Portman wasn’t in The Avengers.
Don’t watch this next one if you’re trying to keep your knowledge about the villain, Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), at the minimum.
He’ll always be The Doctor to us.
Finally, here is a featurette about Loki’s motivation. As Tom Hiddleston explains, “He’s someone who knows his true nature, and he’s having a really good time.”
In other words, HE DOES WHAT HE WANTS.
Thor: The Dark World opens November 8th, 2013.
[Sources: Hero Complex, Totalfilm, and Geeks Are Sexy. Banner picture courtesy of Marvel.]