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Montage (Cinema Aesthetics).
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006.
(Review copy supplied by Manchester University Press)
This book treats of montage much as Eisenstein described cinematography at the outset of his chapter on the ideogram in The Film Form. For its author montage is cinema itself. Rather than laboring through the definitions it carries under the names of celebrated theorists and historians, Sam Rohdie first locates its origins in Eadweard Muybridge’s photographic experiments, in “the gaps between the still images” of moving figures and the “real” that the spectator takes these images to represent. When read sequentially the images of galloping horses or, more tellingly (because she figures on the attractive cover of the book) a nude descending a staircase, an “illusion of movement and of reality” (p. 4) is obtained. Rohdie calls Muybridge a “narrator of subjects” in motion or of “characters in action” who offered pictures that could be read in a glance, separately and consecutively, or even diagonally as well as horizontally. Prior to his mention of Duchamp’s Nu descendant un escalier shown based on Muybridge (noted on pp. 111-12), Rohdie situates the most recent manifestation of an open-ended montage in Takeshi Kitano’s 69 photographs with which the editors of Cahiers du cinema celebrated its 600th number in April 2005. Arranged horizontally on two folios, each is a fragment drawn from everyday life and numbered consecutively with respect to the others. The photos comprise an assemblage from which a variety of mini-narratives can be deduced. The play of chance and necessity occasioned the editors to put the work under title of La Règle du jeu, thus to project the relation of arbitrariness and form to Renoir’s masterpiece of 1939. Kitano, like Renoir, creates a palette of multiple possibilities on which the eye and the mind sense “the true fullness of going nowhere in particular” (p. 12).
The open-ended character of montage that Rohdie identifies is embodied in the form of the book. Composed of a short introduction and twenty-five ‘takes’ or unnumbered chapters (or, better, 24 + 1, if each segment is comparable to a photogram in an arbitrarily drawn series), the book examines montage through sixteen auteurs. Muybridge and Kitano stand on one end and Etienne-Jules Marey on the other. Between them are found, outside of any chronological order, intensely reflective studies of Pasolini, Kuleshov, Eisenstein, Griffith, Rohmer, Hitchcock, Fuller, Vertov, Hawks, Renoir, Rivette, Antonioni and Resnais. The aim is to crack open the parochial definition of montage so as to bring its theoretical and analytical potential to a higher and more effective plane of analysis and appreciation. The effect is one in which each section, as in the tradition of parataxis, reinvents the concept as it leads along a line of inquiry of its own. The auteurs are treated with such precision and care that the analyses apply at once to whatever films are taken up (Vertigo [USA 1958]for Hitchcock, Red River [USA 1948] for Hawks, for Rivette La Belle Noiseuse [France/Switzerland 1991], Fuller Forty Guns [USA 1957], Resnais La Guerre est finie [France/Sweden 1966…), to the ways they bring a signature to montage, and to its process in their collective works.
The historical crux of the book is discerned in the sequence of chapters on Kuleshov, Eisenstein and Griffith (pp. 27-59) that relate to the segments on Vertov and Renoir. Kuleshov’s experiments pointed to what could be done with junctures and juxtapositions of images. “Not only were the joins and continuities revealed as fictive (…), but the real space of which the shot was only a fragment was equally fictive” (p. 28). His work yields an intensely fictive reality from which the spectator is excluded. By contrast Eisenstein links shots in order to efface the presence of the juncture and to emphasize natural progressions that “create relations of tempo, rhythm and rhyming” (p. 33) and generate associations or correspondences (as in Baudelaire’s eponymous sonnet) “whereby elements distant in time and space and from different realities are brought together” (p. 36), congealed and often dispersed. Griffith (shown following Eisenstein), makes of montage a form of writing that scripts “a story with images of absent realities” (p. 43). He causes space to contract in narratives of trauma, such as The Birth of a Nation (USA 1915) in which a density of associations exceeds the narrative from which they emerge. In a lucid comparison in the vein of The Film Form Rohdie notes that Eisenstein’s aim was to refashion and transform reality through montage whereas for Griffith it based its narrative compositions on pregiven reality, with the difference that (even with films reaching back to the Biograph years) montage causes the world to run out of time. The chapter on Vertov adumbrates further: his films are shot “in reality,” with raw material that becomes visible through editing. Shots do not correspond with one another but underscore the gaps between them, the sum of them becoming “an open rather than a closed construction” (p. 83).
Throughout the book Bazin’s embrace of the long take stands both as a counterpoint and an affirmation of the virtue of montage. The founding father of the French New Wave tested the principles of editing and composition through his work on Renoir, for whom the inherent theatricality of any and every situation comes forward when the personages are shown playing at playing various roles in precarious existential moments. The reading of La Règle du jeu confirms the point, as does also, in a different way, that of L’Avventura (Italy/France 1960), in which both the personages and the images wander without aim or end. Enthusiasts of American cinema will welcome the work on Howard Hawks. Red River and Rio Bravo (USA 1959) yield an equilibrium of mise en scène (narrative staging) and montage insofar as style, the pertinent trait of the latter, dramatizes and carries the former. When the same director films The Land of the Pharaohs (USA 1955) in cinemascope the new breadth of the frame draws attention to the elements of the shot that cause narrative to be less visibly manifest. The sequence-shot (plan-séquence), unlike traditional montage, brings to the visual plane new and unforeseen ambiguity and uncertainty. In its “lack of finish, occasional obscurity, and disjunctiveness” (p. 73) Samuel Fuller’s cinema stands in strong contrast. Objects in frame are multiplied from different points of view so as to underscore a cinema tending to a “juxtaposition of differences” (p. 75) in which visual “battleground” (to which he alludes in Pierrot le fou [France/Italy 1965]) takes precedence over mise en scène.
The commanding virtue of Montage is found in its montage. Each unit, in itself a clear and incisive treatment of a director’s form, can be juxtaposed to any of the others. Students of the great auteurs of the seventh art will find readings that equate the art of composition that gives rise to the medium with that of a variety of styles and signatures. The great films and filmmakers that readers know by heart will find in Rohdie’s elegantly written monograph a forum in which films are seen and read afresh, anew, with care, force and, above all, with pleasure.
Harvard University, USA.
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Being relatively new to this area, I have found myself eating up anything canon related. Among what I have found, the Star Wars Thrawn novel is unequivocally the best thing I have come across.
It took me some time to come up with my latest Audible novel. I have practically finished all of the relevant canon novels and have no interest in novels like Canto Bight and Cobalt Squadron. I was in a bit of a quandary at this point, there were plenty of good novels to discover, but I just didn’t know which to go with. Being a massive fan of Rebels, the Star Wars Thrawn novel intrigued me.
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What there is to like
I debated on this for most of the month but eventually made the decision to go with this novel. I absolutely do not regret this. It was a beautiful reintroduction of a character that was loved and adored from legends.
However, it wasn’t just a reintroduction. It dove deeper into a character that casual fans generally don’t know much about. Having not read any of the original Thrawn trilogy, I had nothing to compare it to, so please don’t attack me for not knowing something I should already know.
Not wanting to spoil the book for you, I don’t want to dive into the nitty-gritty of the novel. However, we actually got to see a completely different Thrawn than we see in Rebels. For brevity reasons, we basically only get the rigid imperial military leader Thrawn in Rebels. This is also done to shine more on the main characters as opposed to the antagonists.
In short, the first half of the book features Thrawn’s quick rise through the ranks of the Imperial Navy. While the second half of the book is the lead into a meeting with the character Nightswan. It is in a meeting with this character towards the end of the book that peels back the layers of Thrawn’s true intentions.
Not only do we get an understanding of Thrawn’s character, but we also get an introduction to Governor Arindha Pryce. Zahn does a fantastic job of not only introducing us to her character but giving us an incredible slow heel turn for her character.
She initially starts out very innocent, but actually slowly turns into the monster Imperial Officer that we see in Rebels’ seasons 3 & 4. Zahn does this very well, aligning you the reader/listener with her and her story to where you almost empathize with her.
Where the novel could have done better
While I didn’t find as many issues with the novel as Den of Geek writer Megan Crouse. I did find myself disappointed in a few things from the novel.
Lack of Relational Battles
One of the main problems is that the book had a one track mind on Nightswan and the pursuit of Nightswan. I thought that there could have been a better application of Thrawn’s influence and military rise. While I thought the battles did well to advance the story, I felt that they didn’t really apply to the era in which they were in.
At this point in time, there are several rebel groups popping up. Despite his position and influence with the Emperor, instead of trying to put out these rebel fires, he is busy with pirates and spice smugglers. It just didn’t seem like it was something that really advanced or added to the story of the time.
Lack of Strong Supporting Cast
This is an area that was likely done to lift up Thrawn above the rest. However, it seemed odd that the supporting cast aside from Governor Pryce was simply blah. I wasn’t looking for a Thrawn and Tarkin combo but it seemed like there was room for more strong characters around Thrawn. Perhaps this is what we will see with the release of Thrawn Alliances this summer.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this book. It certainly is a fantastic addition to the canon and it adds more to a character that deserved a backstory and depth. I am excited and am greatly anticipating Thrawn Alliances and hope that Marc Thompson will be back to voice the Audiobook. He does an excellent job as Thrawn even though he had me thinking of the characters he voiced in the Aftermath series, I enjoyed hearing him voice Thrawn.
If you haven’t read Thrawn yet, you absolutely need to do so. You can purchase the book here from Amazon. Or you can go the route I took and get this and one other book for free by signing up for a free trial with Audible, if you decide to not continue the membership after the first month, there is literally no cost to you and you get two books FOR FREE!!

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Lawsuit threat to Princess deal
SHAREHOLERS in P&O Princess could end up shouldering court payouts of hundreds of millions of dollars if the cruise operator merges with Royal Caribbean. Miami-based Royal Caribbean is facing a possible class action lawsuit in the US alleging that since 1998 it underpaid foreigners who worked on its liners for more than 10 hours a day, seven days a week.
US law firm Cappielo Hofmann & Katz is representing staff working in the hotel departments of the company's ships, ranging from cooks to stewardesses, who it alleges are owed overtime pay. The aggrieved employees claim they were routinely not paid the correct overtime for working beyond 70 hours a week.
Merger documents issued by Princess, led by chief executive Peter Ratcliffe, admit that if Royal loses the case it could face claims from thousands of former employees. The current application for a class action, which is testing the law on only 64 cases, calls for a minimum payout of $8m (£5.5m).
Princess's merger documents say: 'There can be no assurance that such proceedings, if decided adversely, would not have a material adverse effect on the results of operations of Royal Caribbean.'
The case was put to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1999. It demands Royal pays the wages alleged to be owed, penalty wages under US law and punitive damages. Cappielo Hofmann & Katz says the workers were either covered by individual contracts issued by Royal or a collective union bargain. Those pay deals provided for an hourly rate varying from less than $2 an hour to more than $4 for any time over 70 hours, the firm says. Most claimants say they worked between 77 and 118 hours a week.
A bid by Royal to have the court dismiss the case was thrown out in August 2000 and Cappielo, Hofmann & Katz continues to recruit more claimants on its website.
Royal declined to comment on the action. The merger with Princess is contested by a hostile takeover proposal for the UK operator from the leading operator, Carnival Cruises. Princess has given Carnival until the close of play on Friday to sweeten its offer from 450p a share and prove it is not running a bluffing campaign to spoil its merger plans.
Carnival is expected to ignore the deadline and increase its bid to between 500p and 525p next week, so shareholders can consider an offer before the extraordinary meeting on 14 February.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 01:00 pm
Apple releases software v1.1.4 for iPhone and iPod touchApple on Tuesday released software version 1.1.4 for both the iPhone and iPod touch alongside a set of release notes comprised of only two words: "Bug fixes."
Users can download and apply the update by docking their iPhone or iPod touch, selecting it under the device list in iTunes, and then hitting the "Check for update" button.
AppleInsider readers are discussing the 162MB update in this forum thread.
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The “metrological traceability” is one of the supporting pillars of conformity assessment. The German Accreditation Body has adapted its regulations on traceability policy to the requirements of the European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA). Whenever measurements are made and the measurement results are used for conformity assessment, metrological traceability is of central importance. In this way, laboratories and inspection bodies ensure the accuracy of the measured results and the conclusions based on them – such as the correct compliance with limit values. These bodies must therefore prove in an accreditation procedure that the traceability of their measuring instruments complies with international requirements.
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A Succulent bowl can be a stylish design feature for your front entry or even your indoor living space. These plants are drought tolerant, easy to care for and provide a colourful, contemporary aesthetic throughout the year. Succulent bowls are also extremely functional as you can move them around if you want to change your home’s look or if your plants need more sunlight. When growing succulents remember to have fun and show some creative flair. Consider the following when planting your stunning assortments;
Colour & texture: There are a wide range of colours, tones and textures available so don’t limit yourself to the humble cactus. There are some stunning flowering varieties like Delosperma, Echeveria and Kalanchloe which can give your home bold splashes of pink, orange, red or yellow. A mix of spikey, smooth, wavy, tall, short or cascading succulents provides a sculptured display of foliage. Crassula undulata, also known as Jade plant, has a stunning wavy leaf that is great for borders and large containers. There are over four hundred species of succulents in Australia so the hardest thing will be limiting your selections to avoid a cluttered display. Select complementary colours and keep your colour palette to only three tones for a contemporary style.
Planting & Care: Use a range of cuttings, they are easy to propagate and you can turn one plant into many. Snap off leaves attached to the main stem and leave the cuttings in a covered area to dry for 3 days so the ends form a callus. Wait for roots to appear and then plant away.
Succulents require minimal water and attention. In winter only water when the soil is dry, this may be once a month but it will depend on your conditions. In summer water every couple of weeks. You may choose to bring some of your succulents inside during winter as many don’t like the cooler temperatures.
Allow for adequate drainage by drilling a hole in your container and include stones at the base of the bowl. Succulents love sunlight so consider this when choosing where your plants will live. They don’t need a lot of fertiliser, so if you apply a slow-release fertiliser in spring it will maintain your succulent throughout summer.
Choose a theme; Modern Australian, architectural or contemporary creations may be to your taste. Consider the overall look of your succulent display to give it uniformity. Choose interesting containers like painted bowls, recycled materials like timber antique boxes or a glass terrarium to add flair to your indoor or outdoor space. Stone or terracotta pots can be used if you prefer a more classic look. Features like stones, crystals or decorative pebbles can enhance your visual display. Succulents are a fantastic plant to select when creating a vertical garden as they grow slowly and don’t require lots of water. Nurseries sell vertical planting kits or you can make your own using an old picture frame, plywood and wire mesh. For a bold table, setting use a succulent bowl as a centerpiece.
Have fun and enjoy creating your succulent bowl. Weave your tapestry of colour with nature’s little wonders

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Monday, September 20, 2010
On the topic of having your own smell. Every single person has a smell, and buildings and homes and institutions and companies have their own smells as well. When you are in your own house, you never smell its smell, but when you return to it after some time absent it hits you like only home can.
You will never smell your own smell, but I remember reading about some studies done that claimed that each person has a particular smell and that people who are a good genetic match to that person will love it. Put simply – or romantically – this means that your soul-mate will adore the way you smell. I don’t know if I believe that this is the case in all people or in all relationships – surely, there are people that are in relationships and dislike or feel neutrally about their partner’s smell, and surely there are people who love each other’s smell but can’t stand each other’s anything else.
Back to the topic – having your own smell. I remember realising that our house had a smell quite distinct to any other, and that every house smelled different. People might smell like their houses, but they also have a distinctly individual element to their own smells. I remember wondering whether – and when – I would acquire my own smell, and what my own house would smell like one day. Although a residence room is not a house and lacks the smell of a kitchen, living room, bathroom, child or partner, it is quite a good litmus test for my personal smell. I don’t mind it, but imagine disliking your own smell? That must be what drives air freshener sales...
Next year, I will have a flat (what I will call my ‘practice house’), complete with kitchen, living room, bathroom, spare room, and my own Ben. This will be the true house-smell test. What kind of cooking will we do? What soaps will we use? Will we have flowers in our house? These are all relevant questions when considering your house smell.
Go on, all of you. Go smell your house.

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Danish navy puts Camcopter S-100 to use for maritime surveillance
The Royal Danish Navy (RDN) has been operating the Camcopter S-100 rotary-wing UAV for ‘various maritime surveillance tasks’ on behalf of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), manufacturer Schiebel revealed on 25 May.
The S-100 is a modular platform that can integrate a variety of equipment, such as EO/IR payloads, SAR systems, lidar scanners, ESM sensors, searchlights and loudspeakers.
For EMSA purposes with the RDN, the S-100 is equipped with an L3Wescam EO/IR camera gimbal, a PT-8 Oceanwatch small target detection payload from Overwatch Imaging and an Automatic Identification System receiver.
‘All data gathered from the flights is shared live through the EMSA RPAS Data Centre allowing users to monitor any unusual activity at sea with a potentially harmful impact on the safety and security of persons and vessels in the area or affecting the environment itself,’ Schiebel noted.
Schiebel previously announced in July 2020 that the S-100 would be deployed to support the Danish Maritime Authority and Danish Environmental Protection Agency monitoring of ship emissions.
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DroneSentry-X, a cross-vehicle compatible, automated 360° C-UAS detect and defeat device, can offer 360° awareness and protection using integrated sensors. According to its manufacturer, it is suitable for mobile operations, on-site surveillance and on-the-move missions.
Funded by the country’s former president, the new C-UAS systems will be sent to the frontline where they have already been tested against Russian invading forces.


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When Joe and Melissa Pilaster pulled into the Rest Area and Welcome Center on Interstate 60 last week, they expected to find the regular items associated with welcome centers across the country: rest rooms, lots of brochures for area attractions, maybe a few freebies, and perhaps a couple of vending machines for those feeling a bit peckish.
What they didn’t expect was to find stacks and stacks of cookies for sale at $4.00 per box.
“We always make it a point to support the Girl Scouts Cookie Sales,” Melissa Pilaster said. “But we looked around and didn’t see any Girl Scouts. Then we looked closer and noticed they weren’t really Girl Scout cookies.” Instead of sporting familiar names like “Thin Mints” and “Tagalongs,” the displays included names like “Minty Merge,” “Rocky Roadbed,” and “Orange Cones.”
The Pilasters have discovered the latest trend in creative financing by state departments of transportation (DOTs) across the country. Weary of attempting to cajole additional revenue from Congress and their respective state legislatures, and constrained by the rising costs of planning for and deploying infrastructure improvements, DOTs are increasingly looking to come up with new sources of funding.
“It is a departure from past policy,” says Bertram Rousillon, the head of the DOT’s creative fundraising office. “But when you keep trying the same things and they don’t work, it’s time to try something new. Schools and other organizations use these types of programs to raise millions of dollars every year, and nobody seems to mind paying unseemly prices for things they probably wouldn’t have bought otherwise. And with the reputation that government has for overpaying for things–deserved or not–it seemed like a logical synergy.”
The cookies are manufactured by the Motivational Cookie Company under a contract with the DOT. Rousillon is also working on a contract with fundraising merchandise suppliers Doodads R We to place brochures and order forms in rest stops, as well as in the lobbies of Department of Motor Vehicle offices.
Still, the new approach is not without its limitations. “Do you know how many boxes of Choc-o-mints we have to sell to resurface one mile of highway?” says Rousillon, with a look in his eye that strongly resembles desperation.
DOT’s new approach has also incurred the wrath of school groups and other traditional charities. The state Organization of School Associations has hired a lobbyist to pursue legislation banning the initiative. “This is clearly a demarcation issue,” says Malcolm Donalbain, the lobbyist. “The sale of overpriced candy, doodads, and knick-knacks has long been the purview of my clients. With the state pushing in on their territory like this, how are their kids supposed to raise funds for their organizations? Are they supposed to go back to washing cars and mowing lawns, or what?”
DOT head Rousillon is so far unrepentant. “It’s a tough economy for all of us,” he says. “Transportation is vital for our state’s economic development, and we need to deploy all the resources we can to support it.”
The Pilasters, and others we spoke to at the welcome center, seem resigned to the trend. “I suppose it’s the new reality,” says Mrs. Pilaster. “That’s the way the cookie crumbles.”
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Lala Kent may be attending the Vanderpump Rules Season 5 reunion taping today in Los Angeles.
Although the singer and actress said earlier this week that she would be spending the weekend in New York City, a more recent tweet suggests she may have stayed in Los Angeles to film the upcoming reunion special with her co-stars.
“#GiveThemLala,” Lala Kent wrote to fans on February 24 as her co-stars assembled for the taping.
Lala Kent has not yet officially confirmed whether or not she will be filming with her Vanderpump Rules co-stars today, but she has spoken of the possibility on at least two different occasions, starting with an appearance on Dr. Tabasum Mir’s GlamMir podcast weeks ago.
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“You know, I’m back and forth with it,” Lala Kent told Dr. Mir last month, according to a report by Bustle on February 23. “I want the negativity to be out of my life, but at the same time, I feel like I’ve let these people off easy. We all have skeletons in our closet, and if we want to go there, we can absolutely go there.”
Lala Kent joined the cast of Vanderpump Rules during the fourth season of the Bravo reality series after being hired as a hostess at SUR Restaurant. Throughout her time on the show, Lala Kent has faced numerous feuds with the majority of her co-stars, starting with Jax Taylor, who infamously hit on her while dating his current girlfriend Brittany Cartwright. Although nothing was believed to have happened between them, Kent ended up being labeled as the bad guy and their relationship has been tense ever since.
“I would like to attend for the mere fact, I feel like they think they won because I left and I think I have a few things I need to get off my chest,” Lala Kent continued to Dr. Mir.
Weeks later, Lala Kent spoke to Entertainment Tonight about her possible appearance at the reunion.
“We’ll see… I don’t know. I just may watch it and tweet from a yacht,” she said at the time. “It was a tough season for me… Trying to keep a relationship that I love and adore private, but I just feel like … give them Lala! And if Vanderpump is the way to get them, let’s do it. I don’t know.”
Throughout the fifth season of Vanderpump Rules, Lala Kent’s relationship faced tons of rumors. As fans will recall, a number of the women from the show, including Stassi Schroeder and Katie Maloney, claimed that Lala Kent’s mysterious boyfriend was married.
While Lala Kent denied she was dating a married man at the time, she ultimately chose to quit the show in hopes of keeping her relationship protected. Now, her co-stars, including Scheana Marie and Lisa Vanderpump, are hoping that they will see her one last time at the reunion special in Los Angeles.
“[Lala Kent] should be there,” Lisa Vanderpump told Entertainment Tonight. “I know myself, with Housewives, when I’ve been under pressure, I’ve thought, ‘Oh, I don’t wanna go to the reunion.’ And you saw it, Adrienne [Maloof] didn’t once. I think it’s always good to go and defend yourself, really, because otherwise, somebody fills your void, you know? And Lala wouldn’t want her void filled, now would she?”
To see more of Lala Kent and her co-stars, tune into the remaining episodes of the fifth season of Vanderpump Rules on Monday nights at 9 p.m. on Bravo TV.
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Jessica Johnson is a senior at The University of Alabama double majoring in English Studies and Communication Studies while minoring in Creative Writing. Avid reader, writer and one-man band, Jessica is always working on a project of some sort. After spending summer 2011 interning with Atlanta's Q100 morning radio show (and waking up at 3:30am to dress for work) she has a new respect for early birds. When not playing with her three rescued mutts, you'll find her at Gallettes sippin' on a Yellow Hammer screaming ROLL TIDE ROLL!!
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We would like to congratulate and thank all of Saturday’s Recital Competition entrants who provided us with a wonderful afternoon of music. Second prize ($500) went to cellist Joel MacDonald. Cellist Alyssa Ramsay won first prize ($2000). We are looking forward to her full recital in January 2016! Thanks also to adjudicators Dr. Sophie Bouffard, Tamsin Johnson and Lahni Russell.


BAS Soratnik was tested in conditions as close as possible to the combat ones. These tests confirmed the characteristics of the complex and proved the possibility of using this robotic system at air temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius- Said in concern.
They clarified that the scientific and technical background that was obtained during the development and creation of the “Companion”, as well as the results of its tests, will form the basis of promising combat robotic complexes.
The Soratnik armored tracked vehicle is intended for reconnaissance and retransmission, patrolling and protection of territories and important objects, demining and barrage. The Companion operates in three control modes, the mass of the complex does not exceed 7 T, it is capable of speeds up to 40 km / h. With remote control and direct visibility, the range of the machine is up to 10 km.
Machine guns of caliber 7,62 mm and 12,7 mm, as well as grenade launchers of type AG-17А caliber 30 mm can be mounted on the tracked platform. The combat module is equipped with a gyroscopic stabilization of weapons and is able to independently detect, accompany and destroy targets, determining their type. In addition, it is possible to install eight Cornet-EM anti-tank guided missiles at the Companion. The armored vehicle can also work in conjunction with drones.


Former INLA man Dessie O'Hare, who was known as "The Border Fox", has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court for seven years for his involvement in a gang which evicted a man and his family from their home.
Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt said today that the violent side of O'Hare's personality is a source of continuing concern and his threat to society had not completely abated.
The three-judge court previously heard that O’Hare told gardai that he was employed by businessman Jim Mansfield Junior at the time.
The employee pleaded with O’Hare to be given a few days for him and his family to leave their property voluntarily but the defendant refused, saying: “Get out right now”.
O'Hare (62), of Slate Rock Road, Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, admitted last January to assaulting John Roche, causing him harm, at The Towers, Garter Lane, Saggart, County Dublin on June 9th, 2015.
He also pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning Martin Byrne at Rathcoole and Saggart on the same date.
The non-jury court was asked to take two counts of falsely imprisoning Mr Byrne’s wife and son into consideration.
O’Hare was jailed today for three years for assaulting Mr Roche and ten years with three suspended for the rest of his life for falsely imprisoning Mr Byrne. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Mr Byrne was employed by the late Jim Mansfield Senior, the father of Mr Mansfield Junior, for almost 20 years and provided security for him and his extended family.
Mr Byrne and his family had been living in a town-house at The Towers, which was owned by his employer Mr Mansfield Junior and became the subject of a dispute.
Mr Byrne went with Mr Mansfield Junior to a meeting on June 9 at a business park, where O'Hare and former Republican paramilitary Declan "Whacker" Duffy were present. When Mr Mansfield Jnr left the room, five other men came in and Mr Byrne was prevented from leaving. He was told in "no uncertain terms" that he and his family had to vacate The Towers that day and was driven to the complex by the men.
Following this, John Roche was assaulted by O'Hare and the other men.
In 1988, O'Hare was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for falsely imprisoning and assaulting Dublin dentist Dr John O’Grady, causing him grievous bodily harm, but was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in 2006.
The former terrorist also has convictions for firearm offences as well as assaulting a garda.
O’Hare gave little reaction before he was led away by prison officers.
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Greater Gainesville International Festival and Longest Table
Help us celebrate our diverse community and international connections at this year’s Greater Gainesville International Festival. Enjoy the performances and presentations, savor the diverse foods, and take advantage of the information and services available from some of our local organizations! Don’t forget to apply for a Community ID!
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"Family Conflict" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Struggle or disagreement between parents, parent and child or other members of a family.
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family Conflict" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Family Conflict" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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The hardest Christmas song ever!
He shared a preview of the album’s intro this morning, declaring this haunting rendition of “Jingle Bells” to be the “hardest Christmas song ever.” Mariah Carey would probably like to have a word on that, but let’s let Gucci shine for a moment. The video he posted on Instagram of him roaming around his heavily-decorated mansion, Starbucks cup in hand, would have made a perfect music video, but Gucci came through with that just an hour later. The actual music video documents his wild time at SantaCon. Instead of children sitting on his lap, East Atlanta Santa is surrounded by twerking women. He flips “bells” into “bales”, referencing the drugs he transports in lieu of presents.

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First, via El Marco, a definition of lawfare:
Lawfare is “the use of law as a weapon of war.” It is one of several alternative war-making concepts outlined in a 1999 Chinese book that set forth new types of offensive actions available to an international actor that seeks to undermine a military force. The international left has become adept at using lawfare in many arenas including against law enforcement. Both congressman John Conyers and Weather Underground terrorist Bernadette Dohrn are or have been members of the guild. Radicals are trained to harass the police and disobey every attempt of law-enforcement to control a deliberately orchestrated volatile mob action.
The Washington Examiner reported on this shiny example of lawfare as deployed by members of Occupy DC:
The protesters, Kelly Canavan and Samuel Dukore, pitched a tent outside the wealth management firm’s District headquarters Feb. 13 to advocate for banking reform. They were arrested, police said, for violating a District law that prohibits constructing a temporary abode on a sidewalk.
In their lawsuit, Canavan and Dukore contend that they shouldn’t have been arrested because their tent didn’t contain sleeping materials and was clearly designated as a symbolic representation of their protest.
What kind of imaginary dream world do these people live in? “Our tent wasn’t a real tent – it was a symbolic tent” is the argument?
Nobody cares whether or not it had “sleeping materials” inside. The law prohibits the construction of “temporary abodes” (tents) on sidewalks, period.
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Yemen-based Houthi militants claimed to have hit Saudi Arabia M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle at the Saudi Arabian province of Najran.
Houthi media released footage on Thursday showing the of attack on M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the south of the country along the border with Yemen. The damage inflicted on the infantry fighting vehicle has been difficult to assess from the images.
It is noted that the rebels attacked one of Saudi Arabia’s border defensive points using the modern Iranian ATGM.
An armed conflict between troops of Saudi Arabia and Houthi insurgents is taking place at the Saudi–Yemeni border, at the southern edge of the regions of Najran, Jizan, and Asir. The conflict began in response to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
According to the Army-technology.com, the M2 Bradley is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle and designed by BAE Systems Land & Armaments (formerly United Defence).
The role of the M2 infantry fighting vehicle is to transport infantry on the battlefield, to provide fire cover to dismounted troops and to suppress enemy tanks and fighting vehicles. The M2 carries three crew, commander, gunner and driver, plus six fully equipped infantry men.
The main armament is a ATK Ammunition Systems (formerly Boeing Ordnance) 25mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun. The M242 has a single barrel with an integrated dual feed mechanism and remote feed selection. The gunner can select single or multiple shot mode. The standard rate of fire is 200 rounds a minute but the gun is optionally converted to 500 rounds a minute. An M240C 7.62mm machine gun is mounted coaxially to right of the Bushmaster.
The M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle has a welded aluminum armor hull. Front arc has a spaced laminated aluminum and steel armor. Initial production variant provided protection against 14.5-mm armor-piercing rounds. Front arc of the latest models provide protection against 30-mm armor-piercing rounds. Also vehicle is fitted with explosive reactive armor and withstands hits from RPG rounds. Bottom was reinforced with steel plates for improved protection against mines. The M2 Bradley is also fitted with NBC protection system.
Currently, the Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces operate a total of around 400 M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.


The 2021brought with it memorable performances, heartfelt speeches, and a couple viral moments. Among the night’s winners had been globe-renowned artists Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, the two of whom broke data. Soon after a person clip of Swift made the rounds on social media, Bey responded with her possess gesture.
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift go way back again
Like most her age, Swift grew up listening to Beyoncé. When she broke into the new music business herself, the artist was among the people she now regarded as a peer. This was hardly ever a lot more evident than at thewhen Kanye West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video.
Later that night time, Bey gained for Movie of the 12 months. Alternatively than give a speech herself, she mentioned, “I don’t forget becoming 17 years aged, up for my to start with MTV award with Destiny’s Youngster. And it was a single of the most enjoyable moments in my life. So I’d like for Taylor to come up here and have her instant.”
Her graciousness did not go unnoticed. “It was just so fantastic and so very stylish of her,” said Swift immediately after (via). And so they remained helpful.
Both of those manufactured record at the 2021 Grammy Awards
A lot more than a ten years later on, the two musicians have received lots of, numerous far more awards. At the 2021 Grammys, Swift took home Album of the Yr for her. She designed history, getting to be the to start with female ever to win the award a few periods.
It was also a historic night for Beyoncé. She won four out of a complete nine nominations, the most of any artist this calendar year. Of individuals, two were being offered throughout the telecast. Best Rap Track (with Megan Thee Stallion) set her at 27 wins in her vocation, tied for the most for a feminine artist. And her last gain of the evening put her around the major.
A clip of Swift cheering for Beyoncé built the rounds
When Beyoncé won for Best R&B Effectiveness forthe group went wild. She the natural way obtained a standing ovation as she produced her way to the stage, but all through her speech, she earned quite a few whoops and cheers as very well. Swift, in certain, confirmed her enthusiasm.
A clip of Swift clapping excitedly, bouncing up and down in her seat, started to flow into. Though a lot of of her enthusiasts cited her pure pleasure as charming and endearing, not every person took it that way. “That’s strange,” replied 1 person with a gif response. “She’s so obsessed,” wrote yet another.
Beyoncé gave Swift flowers to congratulate her
But neither Beyoncé nor Swift was bothered by these internet reactions if they saw them at all. In reality, Bey gave Swift “the best Friday EVER” on March 19, 2021, by sending her flowers and a really form take note, congratulating her on her Album of the Calendar year Grammys.
Swift shared a image of the flowers and take note in issue in her Instagram Tale. “Woke up to bouquets from the queen of grace and greatness,” themusician wrote, noting that her cat, Olivia, “loves them much too.” “Thank you B and congratulations on your epic achievement Sunday night time!!” she additional.
Bey wrote, “Taylor, Congratulations on your Grammy. It was wonderful seeing you on Sunday night. Thank you for normally being so supportive. Sending enjoy to you & your loved ones. B.”


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A Ventura native has announced she is running for a seat on the Ventura City Council.
Lorrie Brown, 39, hopes to protect housing options, support local growers and make downtown successful for businesses, residents and tourists, according to a news release announcing her candidacy.
Brown, who works in Oxnard’s Community Development Department, has never sought office before. She serves on Ventura’s Downtown Parking Advisory Committee.
Her release says she wants to send a message to residents, including women and youths.
“You are not invisible, you do exist and ... you do not have to be silent, because you do have a voice,” she wrote. “It is important to make sure the needs of all populations in this community are heard and reflected in policy where feasible.”
Two other people have formally announced they are seeking election: former Ventura Mayor Richard Francis, a 64-year-old attorney; and 43-year-old Erik Nasarenko, a Ventura County deputy district attorney who serves on the city’s Library Advisory Commission.
Mayor Mike Tracy and council members Neal Andrews, Brian Brennan and Jim Monahan are up for re-election.
The nomination period opened Monday and will run until Aug. 9. The election for the city, which holds odd-year elections, will be Nov. 5.
For more information on the nomination process, call the City Clerk’s Office at 658-4787 or go to City Hall, 501 Poli St.

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Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille -- only recently published -- pushes boundaries on sexuality, disability, identity -- all in gorgeous poetic prose.
Lee Martin's Yours, Jean is a perfectly balanced and heartbreaking mix of true crime narrative and literary fiction.
Streaming services and large TV screens have really hurt movie theaters and now the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered multiplexes and arthouses. The author of The Perils of Moviegoing in America, however, is optimistic.
Television min-series Mrs. America and Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana make vivid how beauty pageants are more multi-dimensional than many assume, offering a platform to some (attractive) women to pursue higher education, politics, and more.
Initially, the city of Oran does not take care of its most vulnerable populations in Camus' The Plague, and as a result, the city suffers for it. This parallels today's COVID-19 world.
Americans are approaching a historical US presidential election in unprecedented times. Or are they? Chris Barsanti's The Ballot Box: 10 Presidential Elections That Changed American History gives us a brief historical perspective.
Annik LaFarge's Chasing Chopin is a slim book but it stands out because it's a hybrid work—biography and journalism—with utterly lovely, vivid descriptions of Chopin's music.
In their collaborative graphic fiction, Old Growth, Olivo and Bavarksy drew in tandem, trading the panels back and forth, each adding new details, both and neither taking the role of primary artist-writer.
The worn trope—Time Devours All Things (tempus edax rerum)—is true for human beings, says Shakespeare: if you're a mortal, death lurks at the heart of the very thing you most want. During a plague, or a pandemic, it's wanting that endangers us.
Dyson's seminal Writing Superheroes, and how children process violence and power, is considered in a new light as children consume media in this time of social isolation.
Andy Warner's style of narrative in Spring Rain is evocative of those visual puzzles that require the viewer to look beyond the image in front of them, letting their eyes relax into an indirect gaze, in order for the hidden picture to reveal itself.
Even though these times of self-isolating feel absurd, the Theater of the Absurd has a lot to teach us about waiting, time, isolation, and feeling like we exist.
When we can't turn to the federal government for the truth, sometimes we need to turn to fiction. Sam J. Miller's Blackfish City maps a pandemic in a post-United States future.
Join us -- at a safe distance -- on this journey through the canonical and radical as we look to literary representations of pandemics in the past to help us understand the politics and possibilities of the present COVID-19 pandemic.
With The Beauty of Your Face, Sahar Mustafah pens an emotional and rich journey, laden with awareness and intrigue.
Whether you remember waiting for dial-up access, tiny screens, and green lines of text or not, you'll get a kick out of Alex Wiltshire's travel back in time to when computers came with wires. Enjoy this excerpt of Home Computers, courtesy of MIT press, with nostalgia photography by John Short.
Contrary to the intention of Ken Liu's short story, "Good Hunting", Netflix presents a superficial arc of female empowerment, then allows animation and the role of male characters to undercut that message.
While Lake City masquerades as a social climber satire that is really something else, author Thomas Kohnstamm is an open book about his intentions in his work and his hopes for his city.
Tim Brooks' detailed research tells us how blackface didn't die, but found ways to multiply as the entertainment industry grew.
Reading Dressed is rather like the experience of wandering through a department store or a friend's well-curated closet.
The images in Blutch's Mitchum are technically cartoons, but the style is idiosyncratic, sometimes warping into full abstraction.
Junior Burke knocks James Dean's bad-boy-gone-too-soon off the iconic pedestal in his latest book, The Cold Last Swim.
Fearless in its demand for accountability, transcendent in its honesty, Mieko Kawakami's Breasts and Eggs breathes life into feminist literature and throws down a gauntlet for other writers to aspire toward.
An accompaniment to Beth B's documentary of the same name, Nick Soulsby's book is the first comprehensive overview of Lunch's creative campaign of resistance, a celebration of pleasure as the ultimate act of rebellion. Enjoy this excerpt courtesy of Jawbone Press.
Stephanie Ross' book on aesthetic philosophy, Two Thumbs Up, can be used as a dissertation template. Just expect -- like a critic -- to argue with it, at times.
Bhogwan Singh performed with snakes for a beach sideshow in Los Angeles before he got his chance with Universal Studios to fix Rudolf Valentino's turban.
Rather than write about death and the world unfolding in the throes of the Black Plague, Giovanni Boccaccio instead wrote about the utopian potential of storytelling.
Whereas J.M. Coetzee's writing regularly utilizes parables, The Death of Jesus purposely destabilizes. It dazzles in its ability to present profound questions while challenging the reader to remain critical and question the meaning derived from any and all parables.
In addition to its literary significance, Jean Giono's newly translated Occupation Journal is also an important reminder of the value of pacifism in a world where over-eager partisanship is once more merging with the enthusiastic violence of political dogma.


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Every year, the United States takes in about 25,000 people who are seeking asylum from persecution of one form or another in their country of origin. Declaring asylum is a complex process that involves multiple forms and extensive evidence that you meet the criteria for protection within U.S. borders.
If you would like to seek asylum yourself or have a family member who might benefit from this option, you should speak with a dedicated immigration attorney at Hacking Immigration Law, LLC. Based on our appraisal of your unique circumstances, a Washington DC asylum lawyer could provide tireless and tenacious support for you and your loved ones as you pursue safety from the harm you may be facing abroad.
Who Is Eligible to Seek Asylum?
Asylum is meant for foreign nationals who are experiencing persecution or have a reasonable fear of persecution in their home country based on their race, nationality, religious beliefs, political affiliation, or membership in a specific social group. Individuals who meet this requirement may formally begin the process of seeking asylum by filing Form I-589 upon their arrival at a U.S. port of entry or soon afterwards while they are currently residing in the United States.
Generally, USCIS does not allow foreign nationals who have been in the United States for longer than a year to apply for asylum. However, applicants who can prove that their circumstances have changed drastically enough to have a material impact on their asylum eligibility or that other extraordinary circumstances delayed them from filing their application on time may still be eligible, provided that they still begin the application process within a reasonable amount of time in light of those exceptional circumstances.
Individuals applying for asylum may include their spouse and/or unmarried children younger than 21 on their application. If this application is granted, those family members would have asylum status in the U.S. as well. A Washington, DC attorney could address any concerns that an asylum seeker may have about these qualifications and conditions.
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Once someone is granted asylum in the United States, that asylee may also receive the right to legally hold employment in the U.S. the same way that any other green card holder could. However, these immigration applicants usually cannot apply for authorization to work in the United States at the same time they are applying for asylum.
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POLICE in Shrewsbury are turning to cricket to stop anti-social behaviour and crime among young people.
West Mercia Police already organises various sporting initiatives to engage youngsters under its youth inclusion programme, especially in football, rugby and angling.
Many of these are run by local policing teams and have been so successful in building bridges with youngsters that anti-social behaviour has been significantly cut in many areas.
Following the success of other established sporting schemes, PC Scott Smither who runs the local policing youth inclusion team at Shrewsbury, has been pledged £600 from the West Mercia Police community safety fund to promote cricket activities among local children.
He said: “I'm delighted the Police Authority has approved our bid. The money will enable us to buy equipment for running outdoor and indoor cricket sessions the year-round for boys and girls in the area, including disabled youngsters.
“This is part of the police diversionary strategy where we engage with young people, encouraging them to pursue constructive and enjoyable activities.
“This has a positive effect on the whole community because it not only promotes a good relationship with the police but also helps divert them away from becoming involved in anti-social behaviour.”
PC Smither said youth inclusion schemes organised by local policing teams had played a significant role in reducing anti-social behaviour and crime in many areas.
“At the moment we lack any cricket teams and equipment but there are numerous young people interested in the sport as an activity they can enjoy with the police,” he added.
“We also have a local man who is a qualified coach who is willing to run training sessions.
“We would also like to support disability cricket which is dwindling in Shrewsbury due to lack of equipment and numbers.
“A club which previously had a large number of participants of all ages and disabilities, would benefit from our intervention.”


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Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India – Although he is currently on a visit to Ladakh, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been moved by reports of excessively heavy monsoon rains that have caused the loss of precious life, as well as damage to property and infrastructure in several parts of Himachal Pradesh, bringing great hardship to many people. He has written to the Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur to express his sadness.
“I offer my condolences to you, to the families who have lost loved ones, and to all those affected by this devastation,” he wrote. “I pray for them.
“I appreciate that the State Government and other agencies are doing their utmost to provide relief to people affected by these calamitous conditions.
“As I hope you know, I naturally feel a particular affinity for the people of Himachal Pradesh, which has been my home for more than sixty years.
“As a token of our solidarity with the people of Himachal Pradesh, our friends and neighbours, the Dalai Lama Trust is making a donation to relief and rescue efforts.”
His Holiness ended his letter by offering his prayers and good wishes.


Many probably do not like advertising, many are indifferent to her, but advertising with the participation of stars does not leave anyone indifferent. Some are indignant that too much already stars — they are everywhere, even in advertising, and someone, for example, fans are rejoicing — once again see their idol. And how do you feel about the stars in advertising?
The ex-participant of the VIA Gra group smiled from the advertising posters of remittances. Brezhneva also advertised cosmetics, toothpaste, mobile phones, clothing and underwear. Her approximate roller fee — 40.000 dollars
She also became the face of the advertising campaign of the Tattoo Sweaters brand. Her 15-year-old daughter Sonya Kiperman also participated in the filming.
Sergey Svetlakov today actively cooperates with one of the mobile operators. Sum of his fee 15-20 million rubles
Urgant has a number of major contracts with MegaFon. For example, for the propaganda of yogurt, Urgant fee amounted to 150 thousand dollars.
Dmitry Nagiyev. Fee from 15 — 20 million rubles. The amount includes a full package of rights to use an artist’s image.
We will mention the positive effect of the participation of stars in mobile advertising. So, according to the analytical agency Mobile Research Group, in Moscow for half a year with other operators on Tele2 more than 100 thousand subscribers were transferred. «MegaFon» received almost 77 thousand customers during this time, and Beeline is over 19 thousand. With MTS to other operators, more subscribers have passed than.
The star, according to employees of the advertising business, increases the recognition of the brand. So, one of the most developed areas in advertising, where stars are attracted — the banking sphere. So in 2008, the Bank «VTB 24» attracted the actress Chulpan Khamatov, the conductor of Vladimir Spevakov, TV host Alexander Maslyakov, the coach in figure skating Tatiana Tarasov and some other recognizable persons. It is worth noting the increased demand for this by the Bank’s services.
They said that Sergey Garmash a few years ago for shooting in commercials of one of their banks received about 25 million rubles. Now Harmash is removed in the advertisement of another bank, but the amount of the contract remains a mystery.
Ksenia Sobchak earns about 2-3 million dollars a year. The lion’s share of this money is advertising and corporate.
Annual advertising contract of Hockey player Alexander Ovechkin with one of the Russian banks is estimated at least $ 500,000 (29 million rubles).
The cost of one advertising contract with the levels of the level of Porechenkov is estimated in the amount of € 150-200 thousand
Cord (Sergey Shnurov)
The most famous advertising with the participation of the musician had videos for the potency «Ali Caps»: in 2014, according to TNS Russia, they were on average 34 times a day. Promotional cord fees reach $ 150-180 thousand.
The most promoted performers — the level of Philip Kirkorov, Larisa Valley and Christina Orbakayte — cost from $ 30,000 to $ 50,000 per roller
Dmitry Hvorostovsky, because of his image and world fame, in demand — he advertises the luxury brands, such as a clock, although quite recently the singer advertised chocolate candies. But it was very adequately filed and did not damage him. The cost of advertising contracts of Hvorostovsky begins from 100 thousand dollars.
Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova fees, since tennis is popular on the entire planet, will be measured tens of millions of dollars.
Colleagues Sharapova Anna Kournikova due to its attractiveness and correct advertising positioning also many advertising orders — 8 — 10 million dollars a year.
Elena Isinbaeva asks not lag behind the colleagues in the workshop and the fee — 200 thousand dollars plus taxes of 7%. Separately, travel and accommodation is paid. Thus, the Olympic champion is ready to be filmed in domestic advertising for 11 million 600 thousand rubles.
Yana Rudkovskaya, Dima Bilan and Yevgeny Plushenko — a trio of some of the most sought-after stars in the advertising sphere. In 2009, a well-known cosmetic firm paid Dima Bilaan about a million euros for using his behalf in perfume advertising. Then the artist advertised chips, for which the fee in a million euros again was received. According to rumors, the Italian watches brand paid about the same than the same Bilan.
Evgeny Plushenko and Yana Rudkovskaya
Evgeny Plushenko — number one in Russia by the number of contracts among representatives of winter species. For example, his contract with a well-known cosmetic brand brought him 1.5 million euros. Also Yana Rudkovskaya and Yevgeny Plushenko participated in the advertising campaign of toothpaste, earning about a million dollars. In advertising, the paste was shot and the little son of the star couple, who also earned about a million rubles.
The most uninterested in advertising, advertisers consider Andrei Arshavin. He starred in advertising Pepsi in early 2010. The fee amounted to $ 1.5 million. Then there was Lays chips advertising with low-voltage cucumbers. He also advertised poker, windows, beer, advertised the store «Technochok» and participated in advertising Nike.
We note one point. According to experts in the advertising sector, for Russian companies, the use of famous people in advertising — the reception is very controversial.
First, unconditional stars, in Western understanding, in Russia there is no. As a rule, the attitude to our famous people is divided by society exactly in half — someone loves, and someone hates.
Secondly, in Russia, where some of the population is beyond the poverty line, the appearance of people in advertising, achieving success and wealth, often causes no admiration and respect, and anger and envy.
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JOHANNESBURG - Eskom and the government are scrambling to find a solution to the energy crisis currently manifesting in the unprecedented Stage 4 load-shedding.
Offices, shops, factories, traffic lights and private homes were hit on Monday by Stage 4 load-shedding -- the highest severity level since March 2014.
"The power system is severely constrained, which is why after a long time we have had to implement Stage 4 of load-shedding," Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said.
"Since this morning we have unexpectedly lost six additional generating units which have put additional strain on the system," the company said in a statement.
Eskom said the cuts would take 4,000 megawatts of demand out of the system to prevent its collapse.
The announcement has placed South Africa in unchartered waters.
Energy experts say this is completely unprecedented, but Eskom's spokesperson insists we've been here before.
LOAD-SHEDDING: Schedules, info, and how it affects you
Chris Yelland said load-shedding has an immense impact on the economy.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has met with Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe on Monday morning as well as system operators of the utility.
The utility has also been tight-lipped about when the load-shedding will end, with the company predicting an end to the cuts in April.
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A drug created to treat type 2 diabetes has shown an ability to reverse Alzheimer’s-related memory loss in mice, according to researchers at Lancaster University in England.
The drug, not named in the university’s report, is a triple threat; it combines three hormones that act as growth factors. While the hormones can help the pancreas deal with sugar, they also appear to restore brain cells under attack by Alzheimer’s-causing processes.
Persons with type 2 diabetes are statistically at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s.
The drug was tested on mice genetically engineered to develop Alzheimer’s. After taking the concoction daily for two months, mice could better retain memories of the path through a maze than those not dosed. The treated mice also showed fewer protein clumps and tangles among their brain cells, a signature of the disease.
TRENDPOST: Liraglutide, an older diabetes drug, already is in human trials as an Alzheimer’s treatment. Tests of the new three-part drug could begin within three years.


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- Of Coleopterans and Chameleons:Romanticismo británico, or 英國浪漫主義
Julio Cortázar, a great aficionado of John Keats, once categorized the world into two types: coleopterans and chameleons. In a chapter entitled "Casilla de camaleón," he offers his own rendition of the hedgehog and the fox, branding bad literary critics as coleopterans: those philosopherand politician-types who sacrifice or ignore "everything that has its origins beyond the span of their chitinous wings."1 Chameleons, by contrast, are flexible and open to the world.
Romanticists are, by nature, more akin to the chameleon than the coleopteran. The higher calls for universal liberty, equality, and fraternity impel us to embody the spirit of resistance and revolution until those ideals are truly extended to all—regardless of citizenship, ethnicity, or language. Around the time of the Cuban Revolution, Cortázar also [End Page 152] gleaned in Keats's chameleon poet an expressly political message of sympathetic identification: the unfailing recognition of the other as equal.2
Conscientiously opening our field to include more multilingual scholarship—focusing on translations, adaptations, and receptions of the British Romantics—could capture that spirit of the chameleon, particularly through Luso-Hispanic and Asian connections. Until recently, German, French, and Italian have traditionally dominated comparative studies in Romanticism. But in the midst of a political climate so brazenly antagonistic toward Spanishand Chinese-speaking Americans—from vituperative accusations of "murderers and rapists" to taunts of "kung flu" and "the Chinese virus"—institutionalized hate speech has led to deportations, family separations, and a marked spike in hate crimes. What better way to counteract the xenophobia emanating from the White House than to model multilingual scholarship adopting those other tongues? We might promote scholarship that lies beyond the comfortable parameters of whiteness in Anglophone literary study, all while honoring the contributions of Latin American or Asian texts, authors, and translators.
The fruits of such multilingual research are already varied and plentiful, with new discoveries that promise to "load and bless" our discipline: We can trace the phenomenon of Byromania in 1845 Brazil, where, for students at the University of São Paolo, it was all the rage to "byronize" ("… foi consagrado à mania que então grassava de byronizar").3 We learn of centenary commemorations of Shelley's death in an 1922 issue of El Universal, a radical Venezuelan newspaper: "El Poeta Shelley—Con Byron y Keats,—El Prometeo
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[End Page 153] Libertado."4 We might reexplore Alejo Carpentier's well-known Cuban novel Los pasos perdidos, read against its source text, Prometheus Unbound, which was only fully translated into Spanish in 1994.5 And in China, after the 1919 May Fourth Movement, editors faced the baffling quandary of whether to translate Wordsworth's canonical poems using Classical Chinese characters (古文) or bai hua wen (白話文), the new vernacular designed to be the "real language of men."6 These afterlives bring Wordsworth (华兹华斯), Keats, Byron, and Shelley studies from Caracas to the Andes Mountains, to Buenos Aires and Beijing.
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Multilingual scholarship enriches our field while building upon important existing work in transatlantic, comparative, and Black Romanticisms.7 It invites collaboration from Latinx and Asian scholars across disciplines, as well as engagement with non-Anglophone publications and universities—thus augmenting antiracist commitments already embraced by institutions such as the K-SAA and the Bigger Six Twitter collaborative. As The Last Man portended, the current pandemic has reframed us as world citizens who are all potentially subject to the same fate. Traversing new languages in English Romantic studies rewards us, in turn, with an even more global Shelley, a yet more international Byron, a still more universal Keats. [End Page 154]
Olivia Loksing Moy is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Lehman College and the author of The Gothic Forms of Victorian Poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 2021...

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The importance of supply chain management (SCM) is often underestimated, especially in large diversified chemical companies. However, it offers untapped opportunities for European chemical companies to stand out from the competition and achieve measurable improvements.
There are three reasons to revaluate supply chain management:
- The primary drivers are the ever-increasing demands from customer industries to ensure flexibility, delivery reliability and, if necessary, customized product quality. If an individual chemical company doesn’t want to fall behind the competition, it has to keep up without building up massive working capital.
- This balancing act is facilitated by new approaches and technologies: digital solutions that supply chain management can use to manage increasing complexity in the operational business. However, these types of solutions also require greater coordination across business areas.
- New approaches to clustering or segmenting chemical businesses support the targeted use of digital solutions for specific clusters of businesses, thereby avoiding the mistakes that have often caused company-wide supply chain initiatives to fail in the past.
In combination, these factors will enhance the position of supply chain management in the company, both qualitatively and organizationally, enabling it to make stronger contributions to satisfying customer requirements and thus to increasing the value of the company. Supply chains will continue to be segmented according to individual businesses, but the supply chain function will become more embedded on the corporate level.
We begin our series of articles by asking to what extent the strategic framework for SCM in the chemical industry has changed. We then show what potential can be achieved in supply chain management using digital solutions, how a company-specific approach to supply chain realignment can be designed and the impact that both of these have on the SCM function in chemical companies. Finally, we will outline some of the basic supply chain models in the chemical industry.
Underlying conditions for SCM in the chemical industry
Customers in the chemical industry, such as those from the automotive accessories, packaging or food sectors, often have a lower level of added value, sometimes achieve lower margins and therefore depend on a well-coordinated supply chain. Many of these industries are also ahead of the chemical industry with regard to supply chain digitization. It is therefore not surprising that they demand the same standards from their suppliers as they do from their own company.
In contrast, the chemical industry has so far neglected supply chain management as a distinguishing competitive feature. This is true regardless of the many individual, very intelligent solutions that often transcend the supply chain and link production planning, product and customer portfolio management or margin optimization across entire value chains. There is no lack of creativity or attention-to-detail, but there is a lack when it comes to systematic operation of all levers at the entire company level using the latest technologies, and company-wide transparency of efforts and exchange of experience on potentials in the supply chain are insufficient.
There are several reasons why supply chain management has not yet been systematically used as a value lever at the entire company or group level. Most large chemical companies have been organizing themselves into strategic business units (SBUs) for more than twenty years, initially for strategic reasons. This was also accompanied by a differentiation and fragmentation of supply chains and supply chain management, which in some cases is no longer even present at group level.
SBU structure continues to dominate
CAMELOT assumes that most large, diversified chemical companies will continue to opt for the strategic business unit model and the decentralized structure of SCM will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. A more functional organization, like that which exists in medium and smaller chemical companies, could only prevail where (often smaller) businesses with focused product portfolios emerge from their companies via portfolio management and ownership changes.
The trend is rather going in the other direction: individual chemical companies have even been strengthening their decentralized positioning in recent times. As long as portfolio streamlining and growth through acquisition are at the top of CEOs’ agendas, this preference will not change. The differentiation of supply chains also does justice to the diversity of the businesses and has generally proved its worth. There will be ‘no one size fits all’: different supply chains will continue to exist under the umbrella of one chemical company or even one business unit.
The implicit selection of differentiated supply chains has undeniable advantages: the chemical industry as a whole has fared better in competition than predicted around the year 2000, and many individual businesses have developed well thought-out solutions to business-specific supply chain challenges. But the differentiation of supply chains is also a fragmentation, the disadvantages of which are becoming increasingly apparent: while business units are managed according to operating profit, there is a lack of operational responsibility for supply chain performance, which is why the relevant KPIs (e.g., net working capital) are unsatisfactory in many chemical companies, with corresponding negative consequences for profitable growth. Supply chain know-how and skills are not systematically collected and further developed or are only done so inadequately. This weakens an organization’s ability to recognize and apply innovation quickly.
Risks of fragmentation
Lacking this ability is dangerous, especially in the current environment. On the one hand, the cost pressure (from new competitors, high energy prices, etc.), to which the chemical industry in Europe and Germany is exposed, makes it necessary to consistently exploit all potentials for improvement. This forces the use of cost and know-how synergies by pooling resources in the supply chain. On the other hand, many chemical companies are responding to the commoditization of their products or corresponding customer requirements by increasingly differentiating their product/service offerings, e.g.. through customer-specific configuration. This in turn drives complexity and cost in the supply chain. Supply chain management in the chemical industry is thus faced with the challenge of supporting differentiation while at the same time streamlining cost structures – seemingly squaring the circle.
In the next article, we will illustrate why this balancing act can succeed today: The Future of Supply Chain Management in the Chemical Industry, Part 2
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"Cats" seemed to have it all — a stellar cast, memorable music from a Tony Award-winning Broadway show and the careful guidance of acclaimed director Tom Hooper.
Then Universal released its first trailer.
Either "Cats" will be a masterpiece that critics have yet to realize or it will be a nightmarish fever dream of a film that tanks at the December box office.
The film is based on "Cats," a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber ("Phantom of the Opera"). The musical is based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," a book of poems about cats. Webber's musical debuted in 1981 and took home the Tony for best musical.
The cast that Hooper assembled for the 2019 reimagining is an impressive one. Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo and Jennifer Hudson are set to star alongside some of the world's greatest dancers. The film will be released on Dec. 20.
However, if the first reaction from moviegoers is any indication, "Cats" could be headed toward disaster.
Hooper had long teased that the film would not be using the iconic costumes from the Broadway musical. Instead, in post-production a team of animators would use "digital fur technology" to add fur to the actors.
The reality of this technology is less charming and more creepy in the eyes of many possible audience members, who took to social media after the trailer's release on Thursday to comment.
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There are also those who found the trailer to be creepy but also campy in a way that makes them excited to see the final product.
"Theater geeks and Broadway aficionados are collectively licking their chops, but the multiplex masses will be a much more difficult sell," said Jeff Bock, senior box office analyst at Exhibitor Relations. "It's catnip to those that already love the show, however, [it] may liken itself to Razzie-fodder for the uninitiated."
Razzies, short for the Golden Raspberry Awards, is a parody award ceremony that honors actors and filmmakers for terrible cinematic performances or movies.
"Cats" is by no means the first film, even this year, to elicit such a polarizing response. "Sonic the Hedgehog," "Men in Black: International" and "The Lion King" have all made headlines because of their visuals.
In the case of "Sonic," fans were so unhappy with how the video game character was designed for the film that Paramount decided to revamp the entire design and pushed the movie's release from November 2019 to February 2020.
Critics said the new "Men in Black" relied too heavily on CGI rather than the practical special effects that made the original films so charming.
There was also a lot of chatter ahead of "The Lion King's" release. Many critics agreed that the film was beautifully rendered but said it felt disconnected when the realistic lions, warthogs and hornbills began singing.
"CGI at its best is invisible," Dergarabedian said.
"Cats" is being released on the same day as "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," one of the most hotly anticipated films of the year. However, this matchup might not signal defeat for "Cats." Often studios will release films that are completely different from films like "Star Wars" in an effort to attract audiences that would skip box-office blockbusters.
Still, the die-hard Broadway fans will likely set the tone for how this film will perform at the box office.
"Everyone is basing how they feel about it based on its trailer," Dergarabedian said. "How many movies have we seen a trailer that looks amazing and the movie disappoints?"
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Shoppers and visitors to Broadway Market today will notice something new. No, not another over priced chi chi specialty boutique shop, but a big blue menacing looking pigeon. Most people first began to notice the colourful bodacious pigeon on the corner of Ada Street and Broadway Market on Thursday morning and going by Twitter comments, reaction locally has been favorable.
The mural created by street graffiti artists Boe + Irony, isn’t the first to be painted on that strip of wall. Last summer, Shoreditch-based artist and Pure Evil gallery owner Charley Edwards, put his stamp of disapproval of the 2012 Olympics on the same space. This time Hackney Council left it up for almost 7 months before painting over it. When I spoke to an employee of Broadway Fish and Chip late morning Thursday morning, officials from the council had already been and gone. Blue bird hadn’t been up 24 hours!
How long it will remain up is another matter. Hackney Council frowns on street art and have a history of painting over them. Street artist Boe and other half of tag team Boe + Irony, told Hackney Hive: “I hope they leave it for a while, but that’s life with street art I guess. I think the fox is still running up in Turnpike Lane, so hopefully this will stay for a while also.” The “fox” he refers to is the Cunning Mr Fox another bold expression by both Boe and Irony, painted on the wall of a street in Turnpike Lane, Haringey.
A spokes person for Hackney Council told Hackney Hive “We have not established that the owner wishes to keep the work as yet, but we have spoken to employees of the business”.
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Each month, Victor will select a question and answer it here. If he answers your question, you will receive an Airweld t-shirt! Send your question to: firstname.lastname@example.org
Our question this month comes from Philip C. of Hauppauge. He asks:
Dear Answerman: The other day, I told one of my welders to reposition his ground clamp and he corrected me, saying that it is called a work clamp and not a ground clamp. I’ve been welding for thirty years and have always called this a ground clamp. Who is right?
Dear Philip: Actually, your welder is! Some of the expressions and slang used over the years in the welding industry are actually misused. In electrical terms, the word “ground” implies an electrical connection to the earth. In a welding circuit, the “ground” is actually the work connection. Welding manufacturers are now labeling this side of the connection on their power supplies as “work” and the clamps are work clamps. Give your welder an “A” for accuracy! Thanks for asking!
This month’s question comes from Joseph G. of Patchogue, New York. He asks,
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Dear Joseph: While these two SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc or “stick”) electrodes have two properties in common, there is one property that makes a huge difference. They both start with “70” meaning a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi and they both have a “1” in the third position which means they can be used in all welding positions, flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead.
The fourth position here is the critical factor. This refers to the type of coating and welding polarity.
4 = Iron Powder Titania and AC or DC+ (Reverse Polarity)
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Where 7014 may be used for general purpose mild steel welding requiring 70,000 psi tensile strength, 7018 is used for structural steel and pipe applications requiring low hydrogen welds and meeting the AWS D1.1 Structural Steel Code. They were created to avoid hydrogen cracking on high strength steels and are moisture sensitive requiring storage in a rod oven between 250 and 300 degrees F. after the container is opened.
It is very important to know the difference. Thanks for asking!