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A filmmaker’s goal is to be almost invisible and let the stars of their videos shine.
Fifth-year linebacker Andre Mintze did just that when he filmed senior defensive back Allan George’s proposal to his longtime girlfriend Kaitlyn Richardson on Aug. 30.
His video of George’s proposal went viral and, at the time of publication, has over 80,000 likes on TikTok, with an additional 300,000-plus views from reposts on House of Highlights, SEC Network, Bleacher Report and Overtime, among other major outlets.
“It was a very genuine moment and authentic,” Mintze said. “So I just put the camera on and rolled with it.”
Mintze has come a long way from the photographs and videos he took on a study abroad trip to Australia in the summer of 2018. His initial motivation for documenting the trip was to capture moments and images he never wanted to forget, but that personal project has led to a degree in Cinema and Media Arts and an unrelenting passion for film.
Mintze returned to Nashville and realized that his life as an SEC football player would make for interesting content. He parlayed that passion into a YouTube channel, where he makes vlogs showcasing his life. His videos mainly focus on his routine and his teammates.
“At first, it was primarily for documenting my friendships and my personal friends,” Mintze said. “Years later, we may look at this. And when I started recording, I kind of fell in love with capturing the moment and editing and creating things that will last a lifetime, especially in the social media age.”
The proposal video was a change from his usual funny vlogs, including his “#First48” vlog series on YouTube. The series documents the 48 hours before Vanderbilt football gamedays, and the name is a homage to Mintze’s #48 jersey number.
Mintze has been challenging himself to grow as a filmmaker. He upgraded from his father’s camera to two high-tech cameras to achieve better color and quality in his videos. He says he doesn’t have a defined style yet, but Mintze is encouraged by the constant growth he’s experienced as he’s made more videos over the years.
It’s this drive to improve every day, the same commitment he has behind the lens, that has made Mintze a formidable presence at linebacker for Vanderbilt football. Last year as a redshirt junior, Mintze accumulated a team-high 4.5 sacks to go along with 40 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss. He looks to improve on these numbers in an abbreviated season under first-year defensive coordinator Ted Roof.
“We’ve changed the structure of our defense to a four-down front,” Mintze said. “We have some versatility and have some different parts coming in, but the transition has been smooth to say the least with everything happening with the spring ball ending early, COVID and campus shutting down.”
Constantly looking to improve, he takes lessons away from photography that can be used on the football field, and vice versa.
“They’re two completely different things, but the meticulous attitude you have to have about the process, and just the attention to details, is the thing that connects them both,” Mintze said.
Throughout his time at Vanderbilt, Mintze says he’s challenged himself to be limitless — an aspect of student-athlete life that is stressed time and time again by Coach Derek Mason. And after adding “vlogger” to his long list of achievements, it seems that Mintze has done just that in his time here at Vanderbilt. In February 2018, he founded the charity Dancing ‘Dores to get student-athletes involved in fundraising for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Mintze also received bachelor’s degrees in both Medicine, Health and Society and Cinema and Media Arts in December 2019.
This year, as Mintze looks to earn a master’s degree in Medicine, Health and Society, he will partner with the school’s film department to elevate his vlogs to the next level. For Commodore fans in the era of COVID-19, this behind-the-scenes content will be a breath of fresh air.
“[The vlogs are] coming, and they’re going to be a lot better with the help of the video department and myself,” he said.


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If you quite fancy the Hawkmoon and want to make it a little more powerful then the news is good. The Hawkmoon Catalyst is available in Destiny 2, and will all more damage potential to one of the game’s most storied Hand Cannons.
That Catalyst will increase your magazine size, allowing you to stack more Paracausal Charge, and will also give you improved handling, reload speed, and weapon range based on the number of stacks you have.
To get your hands on this, you will need to complete the Harbinger quest. To begin, go and visit the Crow on the Tangled Shore. Speak with him and you will find a new Exotic quest is in his inventory. This will give you access to the Harbinger mission, and a new run of quests to get Hawkmoons with rerolled perks.
After that, you need to head to the EDZ. Spawn in at Trostland and make your way to the right, across the front of the church, and in the door front of the broken building on the far side. If you look at the second floor you will see a golden bird perched on a broken beam.
Head inside and go to the floor just below the bird. Head to the right and you will see a small fireplace in the wall on the left. You need to shoot this with a Hawkmoon to remove it, revealing a small tunnel. Crawl into it and you will have the option to start a new mission.
Now, this mission is a doozy. You will want a full Fireteam, and it seems to be around 1280 or so Power. You will find yourself back at the dam where you had to originally do a mission for the Crow at the start of the season.
Now, some tips for this mission. Make sure you have strong weapons that do a variety of elemental damage types in your inventory. You will run into lots of heavily shielded enemies, and you will want the right element to break their shields. This is especially troubling as three of them will be mini bosses. It’s not a terrible idea to go with The Lament and the Falling Guillotine as two of your options here. Lament will quickly taken care of a tough Taken Captain, but the Void shielded enemy is a Wizard. Unless you are confident you take out this flying enemy with a sword, you might want to bring something else.
While the overall mission is tough, bringing some friends should make it much easier. When the mission is finally complete, you will get the Hawkmoon Catalyst.

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LEBANON — Lawyers for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center want dismissed the lawsuit brought by a fired fertility doctor who claims the hospital engaged in dangerous medical practices.
Dr. Misty Blanchette Porter claims in her lawsuit that she was fired from the hospital in 2017 after she brought up her concerns about medical procedure done without consent, concerns over billing and concerns about a potential Zika virus exposure improperly handled by the hospital.
“Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s decision to terminate Dr. Blanchette Porter’s employment was motivated, in part, out of retaliation for her blowing the whistle on Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s wrongdoing and refusing to go along with or remain quiet about questionable medical practices, including a) its tolerance of medical care by members of its staff that was significantly below an acceptable standard of care; b) fraudulent billing practices; c) performing procedures on patients without consent; d) impregnating a patient through assisted reproduction where the transmission of Zika virus to the conception was a known risk; and e) failing to retain appropriate physician staff with knowledge as required to fulfill validation and reporting obligations,” wrote her attorney, Geoffrey Vitt, in the original complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Rutland, Vt.
Blanchette Porter also claims that she was fired in part because of her disability that limited the number of hours she could work. Blanchette Porter started at the hospital’s Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility in 1996. Sometime in 2015 she suffered an injury and was forced to work part time as a result, according to her complaint.
In a court motion filed by one of the hospital’s attorneys, Tristram Coffin, the hospital is seeking to have the case dismissed, stating that Blanchette Porter’s version of events is untrue.
“None of Dr. Porter’s conspiracy theories allow her to escape summary judgment,” Coffin wrote.
Coffin’s motion to dismiss the case claims that the hospital fired Blanchette Porter along with two other doctors in 2017 when it phased out the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Radiology department where she had been working. The closure was forced on the hospital when it lost nursing staff and was unable to find qualified replacements, according to a statement of facts prepared by the hospital’s attorneys.
The hospital’s statement goes on to claim that Blanchette Porter was offered a position to continue on at the hospital, a part-time role reading gynecologic ultrasounds through the radiology department.
At the time she was fired, according to her attorney, the hospital told staff it was because she was disabled.
“Dartmouth-Hitchcock has informed members of its professional staff that Dr. Blanchette Porter was terminated because she had been injured and was only working part-time,” Vitt wrote.
The case is slated for trial in the federal court later this year.

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Iconic Women To Celebrate This Women's History Month
March 1, 2020
By Madisson Haynes
Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks – these women are some of the many faces of Women’s History Month. They broke barriers, changed laws and orchestrated some of the most powerful movements in the history of women. It's women like these, and many others, we recognize during Women's History Month. Here's a few more iconic women – both past and present – to celebrate during the month of March.
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Susan B. Anthony helped lead the way for women's right to vote. In 1846 while teaching at a female academy in Canajoharie, New York, Susan discovered that she earned about a quarter of the salary as the male teachers. She Inspires showcases Anthony, who eventually became the co-founder of the Women’s Suffrage Association and spent the rest of her life fighting for women to have equal rights and an equal voice.
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart was one of America’s first celebrities. After only a few years as a pilot she became the best-known female flier in America, not only for her daring and determination, but also for her outspoken personality. American Experience portrays her journey.
Illuminating the stories of extraordinary American heroines from the early years of feminism, American Masters — Unladylike2020 is a multimedia series consisting of a one-hour special for broadcast and 26 digital short films featuring courageous, little-known and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century.
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“I want the Greek DNA showcased in this exhibition to trigger pride, acknowledgement and a respect for the modern world’s roots.” Melbourne leg of Nick Bourdaniotis’ “The Evzones Collection” photography exhibition national tour a resounding success.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have been invited by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to participate in the events marking the bicentenary of the Greek War of Independence and will be attending a reception at the newly re-opened National Gallery of Greece on the evening of March 24.

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“Urban planning and economic development are two of the most stimulating and intellectually satisfying types of work one can do,” says Sandy Goldstein (MS 1998). “And a business improvement district,” she adds, “is an incredible way of helping to create a sense of place in a community, increase real estate values, and support local businesses.” Goldstein is the president of the Downtown Special Services District (DSSD) in Stamford, Connecticut, a post she has held since 1993. Since that time, she has implemented a number of programs and initiatives that have had tremendous impact on the city. In the last five years alone, for example, the cumulative real estate value of downtown Stamford has nearly tripled, to $2.1 billion, according to the Stamford Advocate.
Goldstein got her start in community engagement with the Stamford chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW). Having moved from her native Brooklyn to Stamford in the early ‘70s with her husband and two young children, joining NCJW was a way to connect with local women who were “active in the community and interested in local, national, and global affairs,” she explains. When her children approached school age, Goldstein and her NCJW committee were appalled at the number of school bus accidents in the region and they were particularly concerned for their children’s safety. Her team investigated solutions to the problem and they found a small town in North Carolina that had implemented the novel but effective strategy of attaching retractable stop signs to school busses. The committee believed the strategy was brilliant and submitted a proposal based on that model to the Stamford school board. “We thought it was the best idea in the world,” says Goldstein, “but unfortunately, the school board did not, as it was working on local educational issues which they considered higher priority.” So the group galvanized to educate the community and garner support for the premise that "if “kids” can’t get to school safely what good is the rest of the curriculum?” After tireless effort, the proposal passed. Once school bus stop signs were employed in Stamford, it wasn’t long before they became standard across Connecticut and the rest of the country.
That experience, Goldstein says, “really solidified my sense of the importance of community involvement, and how small groups working together can truly make a difference.” Goldstein’s ability to motivate others did not go unnoticed. She was soon approached by the head of Stamford’s Democratic City Committee and asked to run for public office. Although she was young, and thus a little surprised by the request, she decided to give it a shot. “At that time I was a fabulous idealist,” says Goldstein (admitting that she’s perhaps “a little more cynical” now). “I really believed in the power of the political process, and that’s what I ran on.” Her idealism was contagious and Goldstein was elected to the Stamford Board of Representatives in 1975.
Once in office, Goldstein’s political career was off and running. She became the first female president of the Board in 1979 and she served in that role for ten years. After her fifth term as president, she ran for mayor. Goldstein lost that campaign to a native of Stamford and she decided to move on from politics. She had developed a side career in real estate during her political tenure, and now turned to it full-time. But she didn’t find it as fulfilling as her previous political and community oriented work. Her second golden opportunity came along in 1993 when the newly established, Stamford Downtown Special Services District (DSSD) searched for an executive director. Goldstein applied, but kept her application a secret. “I wanted to get the position on my own merit,” she explains, “not through a phone call from someone I knew from my time in office.” She spent several days preparing for her interview and produced a report of recommendations, which ultimately helped win her the job.
A few years into her role, Goldstein decided to apply to graduate school. “I always wanted my master’s,” she says. She had been a school teacher before moving to Stamford and had completed 30 credits for an MA in English at Brooklyn College by the year she relocated to Connecticut. “I always felt that my education was incomplete without a master’s degree,” she explains. Of course, by the time she was President of the DSSD, she no longer wanted a degree in English, “but I did want an MS in Management, as the credentials for the job that I had, even though I already had it,” she says.
Goldstein attended NYU Wagner part time after work and thrived in the classroom where she describes the curriculum as engaging and challenging. “I was a mentor to many of the students because I had the community, political and professional experience many of them sought, she says. “The school was dynamic,” she continues, “the cutting edge classroom conversation really motivated me and I would come home from school on a high.” She also appreciated her professor’s interest in her career. Several years after graduating from Wagner, Professor Mitchell Moss wrote to congratulate her after reading an article about her work in the New York Times. “It just shows what a great teacher he was and how much he cared,” she says. “I could say the same thing about many of the instructors, such as Ellen Schall and Mary McBride, just to name a few outstanding professors on the Wagner roster,” she continues.
Goldstein applied much of what she studied directly to her job. “I learned a lot about strategic planning at Wagner,” she says, “which has been integral to the way I run the DSSD. Everything we do,” she explains, “is through the prism of creating programs to enhance the downtown and by extension the rest of Stamford.” Goldstein is particularly proud of the DSSD’s economic development initiatives. For example, she and her team worked hard to prevent urban sprawl. “Urban sprawl kills downtowns,” she asserts. “It was very difficult to educate the public on this, but we did. We got regulations to limit most “big box” development in industrial areas and thus create a critical mass of retail in the downtown area.” As a result, Stamford’s downtown is a dynamic center with restaurants, entertainment, and department stores. It even includes retail outlets one might expect to find along a highway strip mall. As a matter of fact, Target’s first urban model was built in Stamford. Goldstein admits, however, that one of the biggest challenges “is getting boutique retail on the downtown streets.” While it’s desirable to have such retail downtown, it is hard to sustain those stores in the current economic climate.
Mitigating the challenge of sustaining retail businesses is the fact that downtown Stamford is also a residential area. “We realized very early that if we didn’t have dense housing downtown, we would never have enough residents to sustain the businesses,” says Goldstein. She and her staff worked hard early in her tenure to change zoning laws, alter parking regulations, and encourage residential development to ensure the downtown area became a “24-hour environment.” As a result of altered regulations, “we tripled the housing stock, at a minimum.” Goldstein says.
The housing development in downtown Stamford works hand-in-hand with the city’s economic development initiatives. Furthermore, in addition to the theater, concerts, ballet, opera, movies, restaurants, and shopping available to residents and visitors, the DSSD also works to ensure there are plenty of engaging events that bring in additional visitors from the surrounding area. “We just finished a summer with twenty events, including a Beach Boys concert that brought 15,000 people downtown,” says Goldstein. Under her leadership, the DSSD also vamped up the city’s pre-Thanksgiving Day, helium balloon parade, which once received a couple hundred spectators and now attracts over 100,000 people every year, with its 60’ high colossal balloons.
Despite the achievements that the DSSD has had, Goldstein doesn’t take license to sit back on her laurels. She is currently working with her team on a major planning and zoning initiative which will help ensure effective zoning for the downtown area in the future. With Goldstein’s track record, she’ll likely not rest until she believes the new plans are as strong as possible. “Sandy is never content,” said the DSSD chairman, Stephen Hoffman, interviewed in the Stamford Advocate. “If something is good, it can be better. If something is better, it can be the best.” Despite Goldstein’s claim that she’s become more cynical over the years, her work proves she is still an idealist at heart. And as long as she’s going strong, surely downtown Stamford will be going strong too.


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|Name in local language:||太行山隧道 (Tàiháng Shān Suìdào)|
|Beginning of works:||11 June 2005|
|Completion:||22 December 2007|
|Coordinates:||38° 7' 0.37" N 113° 28' 6.83" E|
|Coordinates:||38° 8' 49.10" N 113° 47' 1.98" E|
|length||27 848 m|
|number of tracks||2|
|number of tubes||2|
|on-axis distance between tubes||35 m|
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Taihang Tunnel (Chinese: 太行山隧道; pinyin: Tàiháng Shān Suìdào) is the third-longest mountain railway tunnel in northern China, after the New Guanjiao and West Qinling tunnels. It is a double track tunnel that was built to allow the Shitai Passenger Railway to cross the Taihang Mountains. The left track is 27,839 m (17.298 mi) long and the right one is 27,848 m (17.304 mi) long. Construction on the tunnel began on 11 June 2005 and the tunnel was opened on 22 December 2007.
The Shitai Passenger Railway is the high speed railway line linking Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, and Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province. After the opening of the Taihang Tunnel and completion of the high-speed railway, the travel time from Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan went down from almost six hours to one hour.

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South Africa will be celebrating 25 years of freedom on Saturday – it’s been a quarter of a century since the country’s 1994 democratic elections took place.
Freedom Day will also mark 10 days before the country’s sixth national and provincial elections.
Besides the fact that voting was a privilege for a few before 1994, I personally had a two-year shortfall in terms of being an eligible voter and a form four (Grade 11) pupil at the Dr Moses Josiah Madiba High School in the Northern Province when the first democratic elections came around.
Growing up Mohlonong village in Ga-Mashashane, I found myself listening to a lot of Peter Tosh, Blondie Makhene, Amaqabane, the African Youth Band and Mbongeni Ngema.
This is an experience that might have something to do with me treasuring the right to vote.
A quote generally attributed to Joseph Stalin is: “People who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.”
I cannot help but reminiscence about the first time I cast a ballot at Meetseng Primary School, Block L in Soshanguve in the 1999 general elections.
This was during my time as a journalism student at the erstwhile Technikon Northern Gauteng.
As my folks back in the village will be exercising their civic right at my alma mater in Ward 40 of Polokwane municipality in the Limpopo Province, I will be visiting my polling station in Ward 39 of the same municipality.
The Independent Electoral Commission has also been hard at work through the #Xsê2019 campaign, encouraging people to visit polling stations on the 8th May.
Recent reports indicate that more than 26.5 million voters are eligible to cast their votes at the polls.
As some of the 26.5 million eligible voters grapple with the decision of voting or not voting, George Jean Nathan had this to say: “Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
Voting is a right, make your choice.
• @MaleselaB is a public relations strategist and President of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (@1PRISA). He writes in his personal capacity.

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CITU all India general secretary and MP Tapan Sen has said the general strike on February 20 and 21 will proclaim the firm determination of the working class to fight against exploitation. It will also affirm the unity among the trade unions.
At a meeting convened by CITU here on Tuesday in memory of E. Balanandan, a veteran trade union leader, he said the two-day strike would send a strong message to the government. G.Sanjiva Reddy, INTUC president, who made the E.Balanandan memorial speech, said the strike would be a fitting tribute to the late trade union leader. A coordination committee has been formed to ensure greater participation of workers in the strike. He said workers would launch united struggle against the UPA’s wrong policies.


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Chow Down On Ribs And Rock Out At The Upcoming Ribs n' Rock Festival In Ohio
By Sarah McCosham|Published June 14, 2023
I write like it's my job - because it is! I have a Master's in English and love words: crossword puzzles, Scrabble games, Wordle, and, of course, good, old-fashioned books.
I'm a writer and editor at OnlyInYourState, and a contributing writer at Cincinnati Magazine. I love the Great Outdoors and am endlessly awestruck by this beautiful country of ours. Coffee keeps me going, yoga keeps me sane, my kids keep me grounded, and my writing keeps me inspired.
The Buckeye State might not be considered ribs royalty like, say Texas or Tennessee, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find killer ribs in Ohio. Quite the opposite, in fact, and our BBQ road trip is case in point! Well, friends, if BBQ is your love language, you’re going to want to mark your calendar for the upcoming Ribs n’ Rock Festival in Ohio. Happening June 22-24 in Boardman, Ohio, this festival promises to be three fun-filled days of rock, revelry, and, of course, ribs.
Tell us: on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you for this epic festival? An 11? We thought so… and we agree! Learn more and plan your BBQ-filled adventure by visiting the Ribs n’ Rock Festival website and Facebook page.
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On September 12, 2018, the European Parliament approved a directive to tighten copyright regulation on the Internet. Proponents of the initiative call this protection of intellectual property of journalists, authors, publishers and creative people. In their opinion, this is a victory over technology giants such as Facebook and Google, which now completely control the global network. Opponents of the directive believe that this is the beginning of the end of the free Internet. But first, let's understand what all fuss is about, and how it will affect simple Internet users.
What started it allFirst of all, it is worth noting that this is the second attempt to consider the directive. The first was undertaken on July 5, then the European Parliament rejected the document and sent it for revision. The main wave of indignation concerned two key articles - 11 and 13. The first provides for the right of publishers to request payment for their materials that are distributed by online platforms, and the second makes these online platforms responsible for content downloaded by users that violates copyright. In protest, Wikipedia even suspended the site in several European languages, as the resource was primarily subject to the new law. In the parliamentary version of the amended directive, this moment was taken into account and made an exception for sites such as Wikipedia, GitHub and others.
As conceived by lawmakers, both articles should compensate for the imbalance at the core of today's global network. For example, Google has large revenues on content (music, films, books, articles and other materials of foreign intellectual property), at a time when the authors themselves, at best, receive some meager rewards. Obviously, this did not affect everyone equally, someone more, someone less, and someone doesn’t get anything at all. Thus, the copyright directive is intended to correct this inequality.
Section 11. Tax on LinksThis section has been nicknamed the “link tax”; it allows authors to request a license to use their materials. Most likely, the goal is various aggregators and large online platforms. As for ordinary users, the article “does not prevent the legal private and non-commercial use of publications in the press by individual users”. But what exactly is meant by a commercial platform is not explained in the document. Which category, for example, include a blog or Facebook page with a large audience?
Amendments to the directive state that ordinary hyperlinks, and with them “individual phrases”, will not be taxed. The question again arises: what is the maximum number of words or phrases that can be legally used so that such phrases do not turn into a so-called snippet (a fragment of the source text), and the site does not have to pay the author for this?
Opponents of the directive argue that exceptions will not work, since no one usually clicks on a link without a brief description of what it leads to. In addition, they note that it will not be possible to adapt this law in different countries either. For example, in Spain in 2014, a similar law was passed that obliged publishers to identify fragments provided by news aggregators. Google on this occasion closed the Google News service, and local platforms did not cope with the collapse. Total traffic, respectively, fell by 15%. The same law was adopted in Germany a year earlier, the consequences were similar.
Section 13. Content FilterAnother headache is the 13th article, dubbed “Downloadable Content Filter”. It states that online platforms that provide access to various materials should ensure that users do not infringe on copyrights. Theoretically, such resources can be held accountable by copyright holders, therefore, it is in their interests to cooperate with each other.
It is not very clear how to implement such a requirement in practice. For example, YouTube and Facebook will need to check the content downloaded by users against the database and, if it is protected by copyright holders, block it. On the other hand, this can trigger the abuse of copyright by the so-called copyright trolls, which will lead to millions of errors. Some suggest that the adoption of new rules will ultimately “kill” memes, although supporters of the bill argue that this will not affect various kinds of parodies. The problem is that the filtering system is unlikely to understand where the memes are, and where there is a clear violation of copyright. In addition, in different countries of Europe the law will have its own nuances, perhaps somewhere exceptions will not apply to memes.
Experts argue that, in theory, the directive does not provide for the use of filters. Instead, a system similar to the Content ID on YouTube will be used, which stores digital fingerprints (samples) of content provided by copyright holders and compares the materials published by users with them.
The paradox is that laws are written by politicians who spend the least time on the Internet. However, they believe that the global web consists only of Facebook and YouTube. But we are not only talking about technological giants, there are fears that technologies such as text mining and data mining may be at risk.
What will happen nextThe adopted copyright directive as it is now will now be discussed between elected members of parliament, the European Commission and representatives of EU Member States. This process usually occurs behind closed doors. Perhaps some of the most controversial aspects of the document will be changed or removed, but there is also a high probability that everything will remain as it is. After that, the directive will again be put to the vote in the European Parliament from January to March 2019.
If the European Parliament finally approves the directive, EU member states will have two years to amend their legislation. How this will happen in individual regions and what will happen next remains a mystery. In any case, if large online platforms have to use Internet filters, this may lead to the termination of many services in Europe, as was the case after the entry into force of the GDPR (general regulation on the protection of personal data), and also accelerate the separation of the Internet when In Europe, the global network will be significantly different from the rest of the world.

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If you happen to’re choosing the Audi Modellen 2020 over the almost similar Chevy Tahoe, you may as properly skip right to the Audi Modellen 2020 . You get a a lot better powertrain and extra refined suspension, nicer interior materials, and all the bells and whistles. It is also only a tiny price bump over the SLT with the powertrain improve from the Graphite Efficiency Version bundle.
There aren’t many body-on-frame SUVs being made lately, but the Audi Modellen 2020 occurs to be one of them. Like its company sibling, the Chevy Tahoe, the Audi Modellen 2020 offers ruggedness and high towing capability that solely this sort of car can ship. A V8 engine comes commonplace, and obtainable four-wheel drive with low-range gearing provides traction when you want it most.
The Audi Modellen 2020 , nevertheless, also has some flaws generally related to this kind of vehicle. Cargo area is not as efficient as what you get from a car-based crossover SUV, neither is its use of fuel. We’re additionally not keen on the base V8’s sluggish responsiveness. Go for the larger 6.2-liter V8 and the road-adapting MagneRide suspension, though, and the Audi Modellen 2020 ‘s trip and driving experience begin to fall in line with more modern automobiles. As a bonus, the 10-speed computerized transmission that comes with the bigger engine can match the highway mileage of the smaller V8.
Even so, we would advocate testing the Audi Modellen 2020 ‘s closest competitor, the not too long ago redesigned Ford Expedition. It is also a conventional body-on-frame SUV, nevertheless it has the next maximum towing capability and superior cargo house and it is all around a more refined and upscale car.
The non-compulsory Enhanced Driver Alert package deal adds forward collision warning with low-speed automatic braking, automatic high beams, and lane departure warning and intervention. The Comfort package deal provides a power liftgate, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, power-adjustable pedals and a universal storage door opener.
Some features on higher-trimmed fashions are available on supporting models at further price. Optionally available for SLE and SLT trims is an HD Trailering package with a singular axle ratio, trailer brake controller and a self-leveling suspension. The SLT and the Audi Modellen 2020 are eligible for a sunroof, adaptive cruise control with automated braking, and a rear-seat entertainment system. The Audi Modellen 2020 additionally provides power-retractable facet steps.
For 2019, GMC retains the Audi Modellen 2020 fresh by adding a budget-conscious Customary Version Value Bundle as well as a Graphite Version and Graphite Efficiency Edition packages to the SLT trim. Other trims embrace the bottom SLE and the near-luxury Audi Modellen 2020 , which pushes the Audi Modellen 2020 into the territory of its platform mate, the Cadillac Escalade. The Chevrolet Tahoe rounds out the trio of GM truck-based SUVs and might be had in lengthy wheelbase Suburban form as well, usually at a slight discount over the GMC. There are additionally three new metallic colours accessible for 2019: Dark Sky, Pepperdust, and Smokey Quartz.


INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Based in Northern Ireland with a 25-year history, Cinemagic is a film foundation with a unique mission to educate, inspire and motivate young people. Their newest goal is to expand Cinemagic Los Angeles, reaching out to numerous schools, after-school programs and community groups to help ambitious young people who might lack opportunity or resources to work directly with the LA industry professionals in the film, television and entertainment business.
AMPA is proud to partner with Cinemagic going on ten years. Students from both Los Angeles and Belfast have enjoyed the educational and social exchange during the annual LA tour and festival. In addition, many local students have also had the unique opportunity to travel to Ireland to take part in creative projects and two full-feature film productions.
Students who participated in the Cinemagic festival LA this year enjoyed masterclasses and workshops, participated in tours to HBO, FOX, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Mattel, Aero Film, The Jim Henson Company, United Talent, Pepperdine University, Warner Bros, New York Film Academy, Variety Magazine and CBS. The festival also features a formal reception at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica. Host families along with Irish television and film actors, directors and musical talent gather to celebrate the foundation and the extraordinary work they do.


A resident of Auckland, New Zealand, lost 92 kilograms in six years and spoke about an effective method of losing weight that helped her. This is reported by the website News.com.au
At 23, Simone Anderson weighed 168 kilograms. She ate fast food and convenience foods. Due to her extra weight, it was difficult for her to climb or descend a flight of stairs. Her stomach was so distended that she could never get enough.
In 2014, Anderson underwent gastric bypass surgery, as a result of which the volume of her organ decreased. Later, she underwent another operation - to remove excess skin. The woman revised her eating habits and began to play sports. “The operation will not do the hard work for you, because you have to act yourself. But it gives a fresh start so that you have the opportunity to act,”she said.
As a result, the New Zealander, who is now 29 years old, has lost 92 kilograms. She eats a balanced diet and goes to daily workouts that include cardio and strength training.
For breakfast, Anderson drinks a smoothie with vegetables and eats fruit, then she snacks on fruit, nuts, or a boiled egg. Her lunch consists of fresh salad, spring rolls or corn pancakes, and for dinner she eats meat with vegetables or pasta.
“I see the process of losing weight as a journey and rejoice in every little achievement. This led me to success,”she stressed.
Earlier it was reported that a resident of the Scottish city of Leuven, who weighed 165 kilograms, lost almost two-thirds of her weight and shared the secret of losing weight. She changed her diet and began to exercise regularly.


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Paperback original, 7" x 4.25", 160 pages, Fiction, Retail $15, ISBN 9780983868385, Publication: June 2015
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A deliriously dark comedy exploring the absurd tragedy of the human condition when left to the devices of our tech-obsessed society.
“I had many things in mind that I wanted to achieve before the Frenchwoman Katia arrived…”
So begins the story of Amir Tag Elsir’s French Perfume as told by Ali Jarjar — the town gossip and schemer of a poor community rich with sleazy bachelors, desperate women, soothsayers and secret police. Tasked to introduce his impoverished town to a chic foreign visitor, Ali’s attempts to make the best first impression are left in limbo as the newcomer perpetually postpones her trip.
Quickly escalating to a terrifying conclusion, Spike Jonze’s Her crashes into Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot as our charming narrator allows his attraction for a stranger’s online existence to become a frightening obsession in the real world.
Amir Tag Elsir, who was born in the north of Sudan in 1960, currently lives in Doha, Qatar. He has published two biographies, a poetry collection, and fifteen novels. He studied medicine in Egypt and Great Britain and worked for many years in Sudan as a gynecologist before moving his practice to Qatar. He began by writing poetry but shifted to novels in 1987. Among his novels are The Dowry of Cries, The Copt’s Worries, French Perfume, and Crawling Ants. His novel Sa’id al-Yaraqat was shortlisted for the Arab Booker Prize in 2010 and published by Pearson in the African Writers Series as The Grub Hunter in 2012. Amir Tag Elsir is the nephew of the beloved and distinguished Sudanese author Tayeb Salih.
William Maynard Hutchins, who teaches at Appalachian State University of North Carolina, was educated at Berea, Yale and the University of Chicago. His translations appear in Words Without Borders, InTranslation at Brooklyn Rail and Banipal Magazine of Modern Arabic Literature. The Arabic novels he has translated include Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street, and Cairo Modern by Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz; Basrayatha by the Iraqi author Muhammad Khudayyir; The Last of the Angels, Cell Block 5 and The Traveler and the Innkeeper by the Iraqi author Fadhil al-Azzawi; Return to Dar al-Basha by the Tunisian author Hassan Nasr; and Anubis, The Seven Veils of Seth and The Puppet by the Saharan author Ibrahim al-Koni. He has received two Literary Translation Awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, both for works by al-Koni. His most recent translations, in addition to The Diesel, are A Land Without Jasmine by the Yemeni author Wajdi al-Ahdal, The Grub Hunter by the Sudanese author Amir Tag Elsir and a newly revised translation of Return of the Spirit by Tawfiq al-Hakim.
Cover art by Porous Walker
Book design by Will Petty


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2009 Independent Sprit Awards Red Carpet Photos: The Men
With the ladies taking the opportunity of this more laid-back of awards shows to dress a little more on the less formal side, the guys had the opportunity to show off a little more of their personal style than they would in a traditional tux and tie.
Emile Hirsch kept it very collegiate-looking in a pair of jeans and a purple v-neck sweater and a brown pair of tennis shoes. Interesting choices of color. Triumphant Mickey Rourke stepped out in a trademark Mickey Rourke outfit complete with sunglasses and a wallet chain. Actually, this is probably one of his better looks we’ve seen this award season, with just a touch of color in his orange belt and silk scarf in his pocket. I can’t wait to see him at the Oscars.
Another winner on stage was James Franco, who was decked out in a suit, but tried to make it casual with some scruffy facial hair. Why do boys do that? OK, at least Bradley Cooper looks like it’s a full-fledged beard and not just him being lazy. Also, I like his suit and the subtle splash of color in his shirt.
Gallery Info: Mickey Rourke, James Franco, Emile Hirch, John Malkovich, Ryan Kwanten, Giovanni Ribisi, John Walters, Bradley Cooper, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, Aaron Eckhart, Blair Underwood, Michael Bolton, Leonard Maltin, Richard Jenkins, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Rainn Wilson, Eric Roberts, Adam Yauch, Richard Jenkins, Jonathan Demme, Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Haaz Sleiman, Jason Bateman, Darren Arnofsky, John C Reilly, Hugh Dancy and Bryan Cranston at the 2009 Independent Sprit Awards.


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New Jersey’s share of the construction costs of the new rail tunnels that would run under the Hudson River to New York’s Penn Station is likely to be $4 billion or more.
Yes. If the two existing rail tunnels into New York have to be shut down for a year each to repair Sandy flood damage before the new tunnels are built, New Jersey’s economy will go into the tank, and housing prices will plummet.
Yes. The Gateway tunnel will create construction jobs, draw wealthy taxpayers to live in New Jersey suburbs, and boost housing prices anywhere near a direct train route to New York. We’re all going to benefit -- and we would already be better off if Gov. Chris Christie didn’t cancel the ARC Tunnel four years ago.
Maybe. But we should do everything we can to get federal and Port Authority funds to help us out. Young people want to use mass transit, not cars. This is the way of the future, and having a first-rate mass-transit system will give New Jersey a competitive edge.
No. Not unless New York pays half the money for the tunnel. Christie was right. Why should we pay to transport New Jerseyans to jobs in Manhattan so they can pay New York City and state income taxes instead of helping New Jersey.
No. New Jerseyans are already overtaxed, and I don’t want to pay higher gas taxes for a rail tunnel I’m not going to use.


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FBI offers $10,000 prize for data prompting capture of supposed executioner father
FBI is seeing data on the whereabouts of Jorge Rico-Ruvira.
An Amber Alert was given for the youngster, Chaves County Magistrate Court and the FBI each gave warrants for his capture. Examiners charged the 32-year-old outlaw with first-degree murder and the feds recorded charges for unlawful trip to stay away from arraignment or giving declaration.
The feds trust Rico-Ruvira is “included” with the 27-year-elderly person’s passing, as indicated by the organization’s public statement gave on Wednesday. The couple had a past filled with aggressive behavior at home where Rico-Ruvira was accused in October 2019 of irritated battery against a family unit part for purportedly gagging her.
Specialists trust Rico-Ruvira might be driving a maroon, four-entryway, 2003 GMC Yukon with New Mexico tag MNF-231 and is making a beeline for Mexico, where he has connections to the territories of Zacatecas and Jalisco, the FBI said.
Anybody with data on Rico-Ruvira’s whereabouts is asked to promptly contact the FBI, (505) 889-1300, Roswell Police Department, (575) 624-6770 or the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse 1-800-457-3463.


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A source told the E! that the 30-year-old model is in her second trimester and "so excited" about becoming a mother.
A stunning model has revealed how she got football star Cristiano Ronaldo seeing double – as the astonishing lookalike of his ex Irina Shayk. Kristina Peric, 20, has told how...
The couple of nearly a year appeared to be feuding at Wimbledon on Sunday.
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Plenty of tears were shed at Wimbledon, but not all were from victors. As Andy Murray and Milos Raonic squared off for the title on Sunday, the cameras panned...
The pair was spotted strolling hand-in-hand in Tribeca.
It’s the police debate that has polarized the nation — so of course it’s perfect for high fashion!
Cooper and Shayk were first linked last April and were continually spotted throughout 2015.
The couple were hand in hand at Givenchy’s afterparty at Queen Club in Paris.
He is still with Irina Shayk.
Sports Ilustrated Swimsuit model Irina Shaykhlislamova — better known as Irina Shayk — has just bought herself new digs at 150 Charles Street, according to city property records. The deal...


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@CanesWBB in Top 25 for Eighth-Straight Week
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s basketball team is ranked among the top 25 teams in the country this week in both The Associated Press Poll and the USA TODAY Coaches Poll.
The Hurricanes check in at No. 21 in both major polls. Miami (22-7, 10-6 ACC) has been nationally ranked for 11 of the past 12 weeks.
In Monday’s release of the AP Poll, Miami earned 150 points in the voting and was ranked as high as No. 17 by three voters.
In the Coaches Poll released Tuesday, the Hurricanes got 176 points in the balloting. Miami has been ranked in the top 22 of the Coaches Poll in 12 of the past 13 weeks.
Miami is one of five ACC teams in the top 25 of both major polls, along with No. 2/3 Notre Dame, No. 7/6 Louisville, No. 14/10 Florida State and No. 17/17 Syracuse. Those four teams will receive double byes in this week’s ACC Tournament, while Miami finished just behind them at fifth in the conference and earned a one-round bye.
Head coach Katie Meier‘s team will begin play in the ACC Tournament Thursday at 11 a.m. against the winner of Wednesday’s game between 12th-seeded Pittsburgh and 13th-seeded North Carolina. The action will be broadcast live on RSN from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.
To learn more about the University of Miami women’s basketball team, follow @CanesWBB.


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This is a partial list of recent crimes in Berkeley based on information from the Berkeley Police Department and the UC Police Department. (Please note that these are Calls For Police Services only and are subject to review and reclassification by supervisors, detectives and the DA as appropriate.) The calls for service spreadsheet is available on Google Docs. See also the San Francisco Chronicle’s regularly published list of arrests in Berkeley. For other sources of information on crime in Berkeley see BPD’s Community CrimeView and Crimemapping.com.
Vehicle Vandalism, 500 block of Arlington Avenue
On Sunday, July 15 at 8:14 a.m., several vehicles were discovered vandalized along Arlington Avenue. It appeared the unknown suspect(s) damaged the vehicles by shooting the windows with a BB or pellet gun.
Armed Robbery, Ashby Avenue/Benvenue Streets
On Sunday, July 15 at approximately 11:40 pm., a robbery via gun occurred near the intersection of Ashby Avenue and Benvenue Street. The unknown suspect approached the victims while he was walking in the area. The suspect pointed a gun at the victims and demanded their property. The victims complied and turned over their property. The unknown suspect was last seen going east on Ashby Avenue.
The suspect is described as “unknown race male, 5’10” tall, thin/athletic build wearing a black mask, black hooded sweatshirt and black pants.”
Strong Arm Robbery, Haste and Bowditch Streets
On Monday, July 16 at approximately 7:40 p.m. a strong armed robbery occurred in the area of Haste Street and Bowditch Street. The victim was walking in the area when she was approached by the unknown suspect. The suspect forcibly grabbed her property from her hand and then fled to a waiting vehicle. The vehicle was last seen going north on Bowditch Street.
The suspect is described as “black male, 40-50 years old, 5’7”-5’8” tall, medium build, dark complexion wearing black baseball hat, black zippered hooded sweatshirt and baggy jeans.”
Suspect vehicle: “Possible White Honda Accord”.
Auto Burglary, 100 block of Seawall Drive
On Monday, July 16 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:36 p.m., an auto burglary occurred in the 100 block of Seawall Drive. The unknown suspect broke the window to the victim’s vehicle removing several items, including a backpack.
Residential Burglary, 900 block of Hilldale Avenue
On Tuesday, July 17 sometime after 8:00 p.m., a burglary occurred to a garage in the 900 block of Hilldale Avenue. The unknown suspect entered into the garage area and stole several items. The unknown suspect went through the interior of the garage and vehicle parked inside.
Auto Burglary, 2500 block of Regent Street
On Wednesday, July 18 at approximately 9:50 p.m., the victim contacted police reporting their vehicle burglarized in the 2500 block of Regent Street. The unknown suspect broke a window to the vehicle and stole an electronic device.
Auto Burglary, 2000 block of Bancroft Way
On Wednesday, July 18 at approximately 12:00 a.m., the victim reported an unknown suspect broke the window to their vehicle. The vehicle was parked in the 2000 block of Bancroft Way. The unknown suspect took several items from the vehicle.
Auto Burglary, 1000 block of Gilman Street
On Thursday, July 19 at approximately 5:30 p.m., the victim reported an unknown suspect broke the window to their vehicle. The unknown suspect took money and the victim’s bag from the vehicle.
Suspicious Fire Investigation, University Avenue/Bonar Street
On Thursday, July 19 at approximately 2:53 a.m., BPD officers responded to the 1200 block of University Avenue for a report of a chair on fire. BPD personnel arrived on scene and located a small fire. The officers were able to contain the fire until the Berkeley Fire Department arrived on scene and handled of the incident. It is unknown who may have set the fire and there is no suspect information.
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We have just returned from our latest Issachar Tour to Israel, where we were briefed by many senior officials of the Israel Defense Force and others from the intelligence community.
Along the way, we also visited the major Biblical sites in the Galilee and in Jerusalem (one highlight of the trip was our “bird’s eye view” of the Holy Land from small planes, below), but this fall trip is distinctive from the spring Bible Study “Berean” Tour because of the special briefings we receive, all of which focus on the issues facing Israel’s security in The Land today. Among the excellent speakers this trip were:
1. Raphael Israeli, author and professor at the Hebrew University;
2. Avigdor Kahalani, Brigadier General of the IDF;
3. Aviv Oreg, former Shin Bet leader and now a consultant for counter-terrorism;
4. Uzi Dayan, former National Security Advisor;
5. Uzi Arad, former Director of Intelligence for the Mossad;
6. Benny Elon, Knesset member and head of the Judeo/Christian Alliance;
7. Briefings from the Ramat David Valley Squadron, IDF airbase in the Valley of Armageddon;
8. Gina Utterback, Jerusalem Support Center; and 9. Adi Zahavi, Hatzollah emergency “first response” ministry.
Among the memorable briefings was the talk by Uzi Arad, who had some strong opinions of U.S. involvement in Iraq, saying it was the wrong choice strategically for many reasons, but most importantly because it diluted our ability to deal with Iran. He said our main focus needs to be on Iran due to their rising strength in the region and their support of terrorism-Iran is the “gorilla on the block.” He also emphasized that not all Arabs and Muslims are bad but the fact of the matter is that the leadership is and that the religion is!
According to Arad, Israel also failed to focus on Iran, and shifted its focus on disengaging from Gaza. This was a timing issue (six meetings were held with the U.S. from 2003-07 and all of them dealt with the PLO and not Iran). The whole face of the Middle East will transform when Iran develops its nuclear industry-they are nearing completion of 3000 centrifuges which, when finished, could provide the materials necessary for one or two bombs, but they are pursuing more (through the black market, North Korea etc.). A few months’ time is all they need to complete the manufacturing, which means they are anywhere from one to three years away.
Uzi Dayan was the National Security Director under Ariel Sharon. He told our group that the problem with democracy in Israel is that will one day Jews will be outnumbered. He sees Israel today without leadership and without vision. It is not smart for Israel to be the lamb at this time-Israel must be strong like a lion! She must fight terrorism and war against Hamas and Hezbollah. The U.S. needs to support Israel because of shared values, not just shared interests. Ahmadinejad in Iran is more dangerous than Saddam and Osama. He would like to see a “Rest in Peace” Process, not a Peace Process.
Undoubtedly the highlight of all of our speakers, Avigdor Kahalani is a national hero and has begun a passion to inspire the younger generation to “take up the flag because Israel has not yet arrived and the threats to their existence increases day by day!” His new program for the younger generation is entitled, “In the Footsteps of the Warriors.”
During the Yom Kippur War, Kahalani almost single-handedly held the Golan Heights for Israel. Some estimate that Kahalani’s OZ brigade of 12 Israeli tanks held off and defeated over 250 Syrian tanks! For this Kahalani was awarded the Medal of Valor, the highest honor that Israel has to give. His presentation captured the spirit of the soldiers and reflected the sovereignty of the God of Israel.
Being a national hero and a true warrior, Kahalani has looked at the current landscape and determined that even though the world would want Israel to be a “Bambi” today, Israel must remain strong and be willing to fight for her existence. From his talks with Hamas, there is no doubt that he sees no bridge for peace and with the rumblings from the “little dictator” in Iran who wants to relocate Israel to Alaska, he reiterates that Israel must be prepared.
We sat in the Golan overlooking the Valley of Tears where the epic tank battles took place during the war and Kahalani ended with the words, “To be or not to be … to BE!” Kahalani then pulled out the Israeli flag and offered it to the younger generation and warned them to hold the flag and never let it fall or else Israel one day might cease to exist. Avigdor Kahalani … a true hero.
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Yesterday, my daughter and I went to see the RSC's production of The Taming of the Shrew. As with any RSC production, it was excellent. Fantastic acting, directing and setting. Stephen Boxer made an admirable Sly/Petruchio and Michelle Gomez played Marion Hackett/Kate to perfection.
It is a problematic play though as it deals with the battle of the sexes and there are some who argue that it should never be performed. The RSC, unlike many, performed the whole of The Taming of the Shrew. The part that is generally performed is the play within the play. The framing device about the drunken Christopher Sly who refuses to pay for damages and therefore needs to be punished is generally left out. The actor who plays Sly also then plays Petruchio, and the woman out for the damages plays Kate. At the end, Sly is left with very little indeed. But I can understand why it has been often staged without the framing device as the device is a bit clunky and it was not quite clear what was going on. The reason for the clunkyness could be that this is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, if not the earliest.
The play also can be a problem for feminists as Kate is seemingly transformed. Both my daughter and I feel that Kate knows about the bet etc, from the servant and the way the request is formed, and thus is playing along, rather than being truly tamed. But it does make for several uncomfortable moments when she is being totally submissive. Her closing speech about male dominance and the need for female submission is a case in point. I kept wondering why is she doing it - -does she love her husband? How could such a vibrant woman become a doormat? Did he truly break her? And if he did, did he ever long to have his sparring partner back?
According to the programme notes, the play owes a lot of the Commedia Dell'Arte. In fact of the first uses of pantaloon in the English language occurs in the stage directions for Taming. There is reason to suppose that the first time Shakespeare saw women acting on stage was in a Commedia Dell'Arte performance. It is known that at least two women ran troupes. Identifying the sources for the play have been difficult and complicated by a rival play called Taming of a Shrew which is broadly similar in structure but does not have the framing device.
Anyway, the play is worthwhile seeing. Very bawdy and laugh aloud. Not boring or stuffy. It travels to the Novello Theatre in London from 12 Feb to 7 March. Go see it if you can.

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Europe cannot fill the void left by a possible end of support for Ukraine from the United States! This is in substance the statement made recently by Joseph Borrell when questioned by journalists on the hypothesis of the end of American military aid to Kyiv. What are the consequences, as well as the reality, of this declaration by the head of European diplomacy?
Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, Americans and Europeans have, so to speak, fairly shared the task of supporting Kyiv, both in the area of military equipment and the financial aid necessary for the Ukrainian state to function.
Balanced support for Ukraine between the United States and Europe since the start of the conflict
Indeed, the EU committed to providing aid of €20 billion per year, for €100 billion in total aid, shortly after the start of Russian aggression. At the same time, the American Congress announced overall aid of €113 billion for Kyiv, for the same purpose.
This parity is also seen in the execution of these commitments. Thus, Washington has already transferred €28 billion in budgetary aid and €43 billion in military aid to Kyiv for a total of €71 billion.
The European Union and its members, for their part, allocated immediate budgetary aid reaching €33 billion to Ukraine, and transferred €28 billion worth of military equipment and ammunition, for a total of €61 billion. By adding British and Norwegian aid, parity between the two allied powers is almost perfect.
A threatened balance in Europe and the United States
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