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Mute, block, private - the three Twitter levels of peace and quiet, but not much else
The three Twitter levels of shushing people are
1. Mute
Muting someone just stops their tweets from appearing in your timeline. You'll still receive any tweet they send you as an @mention or a direct message. Muting is useful for temporarily shushing people who are live-tweeting an event that you're not interested in while keeping all other lines of communication open. They won't know they're muted unless you tell them.
Can you see their tweets? Only the ones where they've tagged your name
Can they see your tweets? Yes (unless they've muted you)
2. Block
Blocking someone means you don't see their tweets. None of their tweets will be shown to you including their broadcast tweets and any tweet that mentions you. They also can't follow you or interact with your tweets. It is possible that you'll still see something of them if someone else that you follow retweets one of their tweets. All of your tweets are still entirely visible to them however, blocking just means they can't communicate with you on Twitter.
Can you see their tweets? Yes but on official Twitter you may need to click a 'view tweets' button (see first picture below)
Can they see your tweets? Yes, but it may take more effort depending on what platform they use (in second picture I've taken the screenshot from Twitter desktop which doesn't show profile, but Echofon on iPhone does).
What it looks like when you block someone, on Twitter
What it looks like when someone blocks you
(on Twitter, tweets visible on other apps!)
They may know they're blocked if they look at your profile on official Twitter sites (desktop or Twitter for smartphone / tablets) but might not notice if they're using third party apps.
Blocking someone does not stop them from seeing your tweets however and even if they're shown a blank profile your tweets will still show up in searches. You can see screenshots of what a blocked account can still see (I tested it with a spare account) here.
If you have blocked someone know that they can see your tweets by searching for from:yourname.
Think of the Twitter block more as a "continue to site" hurdle rather than "you shall not pass" barrier. Most apps still show a blocker's tweets to a blockee (even when logged in) and blockees can always search for a blocker's tweets (even if they're logged in), or just log out.
Rather unfortunately an awful lot of people have taken the "you are blocked from following X and viewing X's tweets" to mean that "if you block someone on Twitter they can't see your tweets", which isn't true.
2a. The missing impossible level
This is the one that everyone seems to want - the ability to really block one or more people from ever seeing your tweets while making all your tweets publicly available to everyone else - but of course it's impossible. Anyone, if blocked, can use another app, use another browser or log out, or search for the tweets of someone who's blocked them.
It is impossible to stop someone from seeing your tweets unless you make your tweets private and trust everyone that you've allowed to follow you.
3. Private
This hides your tweets from everyone except those accounts that you've allowed to follow you. Your tweets will not show up in search results and tweets you send to people who aren't following you won't be seen by them.
Can you see their tweets? Yes
Can they see your tweets? No (unless you give them permission to follow you). Remember that your followers can share your tweets by manually retweeting them (comment RT) or by taking a screenshot (or, worst case scenario, having their account phished or hacked).
If you want to see how much people can infer from your conversations, even though they can't see your tweets, run a search for to:yourname or just yourname. In fact I'd recommend this to anyone with a private account.
Labels: #newtwitter, block, blocking, mute, private twitter, Twitter tips, Twitter update
Approximate aspect ratios for Google maps - post largely for me to be honest :)
This is a public memo for me for the next time I need a quick way to work out approximate aspect ratio reductions. Fiddling about with a Google map embed... it comes with defaults of 640 x 480 and no way to change it (other than by manually editing the underlying HTML code) and the preset was a little large for its purpose.
I played around with a calculator so that the larger number is about 1.3333 times the smaller one, maintaining an approx 4:3 aspect ratio.
Here's what I came up with. Might be of use to others hence sticking it here rather than just in a file.
w=640&h=480
Tempting as it is to put a big map on a blog post it rarely works well when viewing on a smartphone. Scrolling down often means you get stuck scrolling within the map, so a bit of thumb-space around the map is helpful.
Labels: aspect ratios, calculations, google maps
This mangled quote is rather pleasing though
Newspapers, quotes, misheard quotes - always entertaining.
Susan Greenfield described the mercurial nature of social media (one minute woohooing over a cute kitten pic, the next getting in a rage over some injustice) with the phrase 'yuck and wow' however it was mistranscribed as 'yakawow' spawning its own meme.
My favourite recent example of 'getting the quote wrong' might be this one, which I think I took from the Daily Mail or another tabloid newspaper. I can't remember what the story was but, knowing what the quote should be, I had quite a good giggle at this. I wonder how it happened - did the person giving the quote not know what the phrase is supposed to be, or did the person listening just summarise as best they could while not knowing the original either?
No. No no no no.
It's meant to be...
"It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in."
Labels: childish fun, error, humour
How to take screenshots
A version of this was originally posted another post about capturing tweets.
On desktop computers people may want to INCLUDE the URL in the address bar but NOT INCLUDE their bookmarks. If so they can usually use the VIEW option in their browser to temporarily hide their bookmarks toolbar (and any other toolbars) to neaten the captured image. They can also resize the entire window and use the Ctrl+- (the Ctrl or Command* key plus the hyphen key) to reduce the size of the text on the screen. Ctrl++ (Ctrl / Command and the + key) to embiggen it again :)
*Command = for Mac keyboards
To take a screenshot on a Windows desktop PC or laptop
• Look for 'Print Screen' on the keyboard which is likely to be spelled Prt Scr.
• Press it to take a picture of the entire screen or press the Alt key first and then Prt Scr to take a snapshot of just the active window.
• This silently copies an image of the screen, or part of it, to the clipboard (it doesn't send it to the printer).
If you open Paint (free with Windows) or Word you can paste it in (keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+V). In Paint you can edit the image.
To take a screenshot on a Mac laptop
Note that 'Command' = the ⌘ key
Command+Shift+3 Capture the entire screen to a file
Command+Shift+Control+3 Capture the screen to the Clipboard
Command+Shift+4 Capture a selection to a file
Command+Shift+Control+4 Capture a selection to the Clipboard
Source: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343
You can use the Preview tool (free with Macs) to do some basic editing of the image.
To take a screenshot on an iPhone
Press the on/off button (at the top right) and the 'home screen' button at the bottom. This will copy whatever's on your screen to your camera roll which you can then email to yourself (private) or upload to image sharing services (public).
To take a screenshot on an Android phone (v4.0 and above)
Press and hold the power and 'volume down' buttons simultaneously - h/t @ErisianLib
More at http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-android/3446798/how-take-screenshot-on-android-phones-tablets/
To take a screenshot on a Samsung S3 Mini
Press and hold the 'home' and 'on/off' (power) button simultaneously - thanks to @Jackpot73 for the info.
To take a screenshot on a Windows 8.1 phone
Press 'power button' and 'volume increase/up' at the same time - info from @Flatsquid, thank you
To take a screenshot on a Sony phone
It's power and volume down simultaneously, according to @clangyandjammy - thanks
Labels: copy page, howto, screen capture, screenshots
Things lots of people don't seem to know about Twitter - some Twitter myths
Over two years ago I rattled off a quick post about what happens when you block someone on Twitter. I didn't think a great deal of it after that but began to notice, from Google Analytics search logs (the search phrases that result in people visiting my site) that a lot of people are mystified by a variety of aspects of Twitter. That post has since gone on to be the really popular one on my blog (450,000 views says Blogger, 130,000 views says the more accurate Google Analytics).
Thanks to the latest change to the Twitter block I've been keeping an eye on tweets that include phrases like "they can't see your tweets" and have been a bit disheartened to see how many people seem to believe this. Quite a few have even declared that they can now "come off private" because no-one will be able to see their tweets. It's not true.
There are a lot of (actually perfectly reasonable) assumptions made about Twitter but unfortunately they seem to be mostly wrong.
I'll add more 'Twitter myths' here as I think of them. It concerns me that lots of people are blithely unaware that if they have a public account ALL their tweets (other than DMs) are searchable and embeddable in blogs and Storify stories etc. Probably very few of these people follow me (I've tweeted about 150 of them since the weekend) so it's hard work getting this info out. Tell your friends :-)
1. Blocking someone doesn't stop them from seeing your tweets
There are so many workarounds including them logging out, creating another account (things like Tweetdeck let you log in to multiple accounts at once), searching for your tweets, they can of course search for tweets from you and see the conversations you're participating in even if you make your account private.
A block on Person X just stops their tweets from being shown to you (you can still go looking for their tweets too). Every now and then Twitter changes its block function and a lot of people seem to think there's been an improvement. With the latest December 2014 if you visit someone's profile on desktop Twitter you're told that you've been blocked and can't view their tweets. If they search for your tweets they can still find them, or they can use a third party app like Echofon on iPhone which, at time of writing, is still showing full profiles.
It's possible that in the next few weeks Twitter will tighten things up so that (a) smartphone apps won't show profiles and (b) desktop searches won't show tweets from the person who's blocked you but I can't see a way round (c) them logging out. Even if Twitter insisted on people logging in to view tweets they could still log in with a different account.
Beyond making an account private I can't ever see a way to stop someone from seeing your tweets (and remember they can still see the other halves of your conversations).
2. Changing your Twitter handle doesn't stop people from finding you - blame conversation threading
I think this confuses a lot of people too. You change your Twitter handle and your previous one stops working. If someone visits the profile of the old account name it tells them the page doesn't exist. Anyone following you at the time of the change will be immediately 'transferred' to following you on the new account.
However if anyone has ever replied to any of your previous tweets then a 'thread' has been set up between the two, and this threading persists even if your name has changed. People can use this to find your new account. I've done this unwittingly by wondering where some annoying person has gone (usually an alternative medicine quack spouting rubbish and trying to avoid being challenged), failing to find their profile page then searching for any tweets I'd sent to their previous account.
In the search results on desktop Twitter (the best search interface) their old handle is no longer a clickable link (cos their page doesn't exist). But if you click on the tweet to unfurl it, and see the threaded conversation, then you'll probably see what their new Twitter name is. That's probably how anyone would have found your new Twitter name, if that's ever happened.
Possibly this will change in future. If you've blocked someone and then changed your name then at the time of writing they can still find you by searching, but if Twitter fixes its search so that your tweets won't show up to people that you've blocked then this could become harder. Though they could still log out or use a different account to check.
The only other way around this is to create a completely new account or delete ALL of your previous tweets (up to about 2009/2010 when I think threaded conversations were introduced).
Labels: Twitter myths, Twitter tips
Twitter's updated its block function but nothing has really changed
It appears that Twitter has rolled out a new version of its block. If you view, on Twitter (desktop) or Twitter for iPhone (I assume it's similar for other smartphones), the profile of someone who's blocked you you'll get a message saying:
"You are blocked from following @Name and viewing @Name's Tweets. Learn more"
It looks like you can't view their tweets and suggests that if you block someone they won't be able to see your tweets either. This is incorrect.
If someone's tweets are public then anyone can view those tweets by using any of the following methods
(a) using a different browser
(b) logging out of the blocked account and using the same browser while logged out
(c) logging into a different account
(d) using a different smartphone app - at the moment Echofon for iPhone lets me see the profiles of a couple of homeopathy quacks who've blocked me
(e) search for their tweets (or if they're using a hashtag you'll still see their tweets there) on desktop Twitter or with Hootsuite / Tweetdeck.
If you want to ensure that someone cannot see your tweets you'd need to
(a) make your account private and
(b) be careful who you allow to follow you (is it them under a different name?)
(c) hope none of your followers get phished or hacked, or leak your information
Remember that anyone can see tweets sent to you (by searching for to:yourname or @yourname on Twitter dot com, search).
What does a block do then?
It's acts as a mute, it's really nothing more than that.
If you block me any tweet I send you won't show up in your timeline or mentions, so I am effectively silenced. You'll be able to go looking for my tweets if you want to but they won't be delivered to you.
If I look at your profile I'm told I can't see your tweets but I can use the methods above to see them, as you can if I block you.
Blocking someone doesn't ever stop them from seeing your tweets. It just means you don't have to see theirs if you don't want to (and they can't favourite or retweet you - well they can manually retweet you).
You can see all the accounts that you have blocked at https://twitter.com/settings/blocked
Read more about private Twitter accounts
How to view private tweets - and what to be aware of to protect your account (7 December 2013)
Don't assume that your private Twitter account is all that private (7 December 2012)
Read more about Twitter blocks
What happens if you block someone on Twitter? What happens if they block you? (7 June 2012, updated 4 January 2014 and again today (12 December 2014).
Labels: block, can't see tweets, new Twitter, Twitter block, Twitter tips, you are blocked from following
Alexandre Desplat is film music concert-ing next Thursday at Barbican
by @JoBrodie, brodiesnotes.blogspot.com - cross-posted to the Sound stuff blog
Press play to enjoy a 11min sonic overview of the music of Alexandre Desplat including a short interview, by Tim Burden, then scroll down :)
Well now this is a good name for a film music concert! I might rethink the titles I give to my talks on diabetes research ;)
LSO on Film: The Magic and Majesty of Alexandre Desplat (link on LSO page)
with the London Symphony Orchestra
Thursday 11 December 2014 / 19:30
Hall, Barbican
Before the concert, at 6pm, there's also a free Q&A with the composer, hosted by the flautist / flutist / flute-player (LSO Principal Flute Gareth Davies).
Alexandre Desplat, whose name I can almost pronounce, is doing a concert of his film music next Thursday. He's done the scores for some very well-known films like Harry Potter, and The King's Speech (I felt that needed a comma given the style of naming films within the Harry Potter franchise) as well as some as yet unknown to me.
Two of my favourites from his work include Birth which also happens to be directed by Jonathan Glazer (I think he's amazing) who's just been announced as the Wellcome Trust's new Screenwriting Fellow, and Painted Veil.
It seems that Birth will be included among the concert pieces, woohoo - see the YouTube video at the end.
Programme to include music from:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Labels: Alexandre Desplat, Barbican, concert, film / movies, film music, live music, sound and music
Twitter's block still seems to be 'security theatre'
Blocking an account never stops a person from seeing your tweets. They can log out (or use a different account) to view your profile.
Every now and again Twitter tweaks its block function. The most recent one that I was aware of was to separate blocking from reporting - they made it easy to 'no blame' block someone (if they look like a pretty irrelevant account that sells widgets and you happen to have mentioned widgets once) or to select from a range of options if you wanted to report a more troubling account.
In their 2 December 2014 post on improvements to harrassment, blocking and things like that they said
"Additionally, accounts that you've blocked won't be able to view your profile."
I've asked the post's author about this... because I think it might lull people into a false sense of security.
@shreyas "Additionally, accounts that you've blocked won't be able to view your profile" - ppl can just log out or use another account yes?
— Jo Brodie (@JoBrodie) December 4, 2014
To be honest this was how things used to be a couple of years ago and then, because* everyone would either just log out or view with a different profile Twitter let everyone see everything, so at least people would know that a block doesn't make any difference to someone's ability to see tweets.
(*possibly not because, it might not have had a causal relationship to be fair)
I'm not sure why this has changed again. My worry is that quite a lot of people will think that if someone they've blocked can't see their profile / tweets then they're 'safe' from that person seeing their tweets. I don't think this is true at all.
It would seem that there is no way to protect a user from an irritant seeing their tweets other than for them to make their account private (even that can be imperfect, see posts below).
An improvement might be to make it impossible to see any tweets without being logged in (but that doesn't solve the 'using a different account' scenario, and it doesn't seem to be what Twitter wants as it presumably it wants to share its content to draw in new users).
I'm basing my assumption about what people understand about Twitter and the block function from the search queries that bring them to my blog. A couple of years ago I wrote a post and have kept it up to date, it turned out to be quite popular and as far as I'm aware is still on the front page of searches for things to do with Twitter blocking (126,000+ people have viewed it) and as such I get to see an awful lot (13,000 searches) of people wondering what happens if they block someone. Most don't seem to understand what happens, which worries me.
What happens if you block someone on Twitter? What happens if they block you?
(7 June 2012, updated 4 January 2014)
How to view private tweets - and what to be aware of to protect your account
(7 December 2013)
In most circumstances you cannot view private tweets, but it's still quite leaky.
Don't assume that your private Twitter account is all that private
Money (£500k) for charities from NHS England, to do self-care related stuff
NHS England has a pot of money that looks like it could be put to an interesting use
NHS England has launched the Realising the Value Programme, a new initiative which will empower people and communities to take more control of their health.
Through this initiative, NHS England will award a grant of up to £500,000 to a charity or not for profit organisation (or consortium) to identify evidence-based approaches to self-care. This programme will also support the commissioning and spread of such approaches, across local communities, and in the NHS, to empower people to take an active role in their health and care.
Interested organisations have until 9 January 2015 to apply for money from the Realising the Value programme. NHS England will be hosting and event on 8 December, in London, where organsations can come and find out more about the programme and submitting an application.
For further information see: http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/11/28/realising-value/
Labels: charity, health, NHS England, Realising the Value programme, self-care
Guess who's doing more film music concerts in 2015? @DavidGArnold is, in Dublin, Manchester & Liverpool :)
Also cross-posted to my Sound Stuff blog.
tl;dr version: film composer David Arnold's doing three four film music concerts in 2015 in Dublin (Jan), Manchester (April), Liverpool (April) and Birmingham (June).
*****On 2 December 2014*****
On Tuesday 2 December David Arnold's being interviewed by Tommy Pearson in the Elgar Room at Royal Albert Hall, 7pm, £11.20. Tickets have now sold out but it's worth checking the website for returns, a couple appeared last week before being snapped up again (and also try the Box Office on 0845 401 5034).
David's score for the film Shaft is also due to be released by La-La Land Records on 2/12, the same day as his RAH interview. Also he wrote the music for Made in Dagenham the musical which is at the Adelphi until March 2015 - it's a joyous thing, go.
He's on Twitter @DavidGArnold.
Before we start, press play... (there are a few more clips from his concert recorded from an iPhone by Jack Chapple).
I really enjoyed his July 2014 concert at the Royal Festival Hall (YouTube clip above) and so did all the reviewers as you'll see in this post (full list of reviews I've found at the end). We heard music from films he scored early in his career (Stargate and Independence Day) and of course all his James Bond films, but also more recently his work (with Michael Price) on the BBC Sherlock series and a whole lot of stuff in between. He's been consistently brilliant :)
"What last night did was give an overwhelming sense of satisfaction to the audience and to highlight the versatile nature, talent and musical legacy that David Arnold has given us. I can only hope this is something that many others have the opportunity to see and listen to as he is one of the finest in the business and worthy of every bit of praise that comes his way after this London concert."
David Arnold Live - The Passionata Project
"While this event was a one-off, we hope that the composer has the bug for more, as his terrific music deserves to be heard live."
'David Arnold: Live in Concert' review - Cult Box
Good news - his London concert wasn't a one-off and he's announced three concerts for 2015, in Dublin, Manchester and Liverpool.
Thursday 22 January 2015, 8pm
National Concert Hall, Dublin
€20-€45 (conc. €18-€40.50)
Tickets and info - Dublin
Tuesday 14 April 2015, 7.30pm
£26.50 - £44.50 + VIP packages available
Tickets and info - Manchester
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
£24.50, £29.50, £37.50, £42.50, £50
Tickets and info - Liverpool
Friday 26 June 2015, 7.30pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
£24.50, £29.50, £37.50, £42.50 & £75 VIP plus transaction fee (£3)
Tickets and info - Birmingham
Based on the July 2014 concert I think everyone's in for a treat again.
"The first half of the program appeared hand-selected to show off the eclectic nature of Arnold's oeuvre. Immediately, the audience was bombarded with the heroic fanfare of his overture for the late '90s space adventure Wing Commander. From there, the program ventured into the gorgeous, Barryesque gestures of Last of the Dogmen, the bluesy guitar of Four Brothers, the cool, understated majesty of his 2012 London Olympics Closing Medals Ceremony, the thundering monster movie heights of Godzilla, and the delirious, waltzy splendor of The Stepford Wives."
David Arnold plays his greatest hits in his London concert debut - Enjoy the crawl
"During this segment Mr Arnold unsheathed his "secret weapon", singer David Mcalmont, who stepped onto the stage to perform Play Dead, a song made famous by Bjork. The shot was a bullseye. The target exploded. And the audience, including David Walliams, Mark Gatiss, Steve Furst, Amanda Abbington and Martin Freeman, roared with excitement."
Review: David Arnold at the Royal Festival Hall - beige
"The mood sobered briefly when Arnold assumed singing duties for a never-before-heard song from his upcoming stage musical, Made in Dagenham—a work about the late '60s women's rights movement in the UK. With lyrics written from the perspective of a wife and mother, this heartbreaking song was delivered by Arnold with all the passion and all the poignancy it deserves."
"We enjoyed Arnold's vocals again on the title track from The World is Not Enough, as well the unused 'Only Myself to Blame' from the same film, both songs written in collaboration with legendary lyricist Don Black. Arnold also performed a raw and pounding instrumental version of 'You Know My Name' from Daniel Craig's debut Casino Royale."
Incidentally his work on the Bond films has also had a nice citation in the academic literature on film music: "Arnold's music represents an elegant integration of broad orchestral statements, big-band inspired brass, electronica, and exotic percussion. ... He references the established Bond motives and gestures and, consequently, the scores sound like the contemporary continuation of a tradition. In short, Arnold fulfilled many of the unwritten rules of the Bond scores."
"The star character of this memorable event however was not 007, but undoubtedly Sherlock. It is rare for any contemporary television series to have such an imaginative and well written score, which when performed last night as an orchestral suite, captivated and invigorated the entire auditorium."
So there you go, and go you should :D
David Arnold's film and television scores on iTunes and Amazon
If you like film music concerts in general you'll probably like the Movies in Concert site.
Here are the reviews for David's July 2014 concert.
David Arnold Live (7 July 2014) Passionata Project
Review: David Arnold at the Royal Festival Hall (7 July 2014) Beige
Review: David Arnold: Live in Concert (7 July 2014) Sci-Fi Bulletin
'David Arnold: Live in Concert' review (8 July 2014) Cult Box
Bondmisc special correspondent Bob Foster reviews David Arnold's recent concert (15 July 2014) Bond Miscellany
David Arnold plays his greatest hits in his London concert debut (17 July 2014) Enjoy the Crawl
Over the next few days a couple of David's scores for James Bond and Hot Fuzz can be heard on UK terrestrial television - Die Another Day (10.40pm, ITV, Thursday 4 December); Hot Fuzz (9pm, ITV2, Monday 8 December & rpt 9pm, ITV2, Friday 12 December), Casino Royale (10.40pm, ITV, Friday 12 December).
Here's Tim Burden's interview with David on Soundcloud, shortly before the July 2014 concert
Labels: "live music", David Arnold, film music, Independence Day, James Bond, sound and music, Stargate, Stepford Wives
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Albert Lanier checks out Moonchild; Shara; My House; Lumpia; One Armed Swordsman; For Good; Girl With A Pearl Earring
Published at: Nov. 9, 2003, 1:12 a.m. CST by staff
Father Geek here with another HIFF Report from Albert Lanier...
HIFF's THIRD DAY
by Albert Lanier
The 2003 Hawaii International Film Festival experienced a substantial rise in audience turnout in only its first few days.
Take for example THE RIDE--a TV movie shot in Hawaii by local boy and Loyola Marymount University film school graduate Nathan Kurosawa. THE RIDE received its World Premiere at an outdoor screening on Queen's Surf Beach in Waikiki. THE RIDE attracted an estimated 15,000 moviegoers to Waikiki and a couple of additional screenings has since been added and is reportedly close to being sold out.
Another example is the second day screening of Peter Webber's GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING on Oct. 31. The film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth filled the 400-seat theater at Honolulu's Dole Cannery theater complex.
Though I didn't attend the film (I saw GIRL at a press screening earlier that week), I was told by a couple of HIFF staff members and volunteers that ticket holders who came late couldn't get in due to the capacity crowd already seated in the theater. Likewise, an additional screening of GIRL was added during the weekdays.
This rise in audience attendance came as a slight surprise to me. As a veteran HIFF attendee over the years, I've seen crowd turnout at films rise and fall like waves in the ocean. Last year, attendance levels varied with a dramatic rise in box office proceeds during the last weekend when most of the 2002 festival's sellouts occurred. In any event, the turnout by local film fans and other interested parties has been excellent at the 2003 fest thus far. Of course, I turned up for movies during the third day of HIFF.
The short A PLACE TO STAND and the accompanying feature FOR GOOD, both from New Zealand, were the first films I saw Nov. 1.
A PLACE TO STAND revolves around an elderly Maori man named Tiare played by veteran actor Wi Tuki Kaa. We first see him in a bed in what appears to a shelter or home and then follow Tiare as he carries a couple of shopping bags throughout the streets of a city, shares a meal with a younger tattooed Maori man and is taken by his ! daughter to an important native site.
Weaved between these contemporary scenes are flashbacks to Tiare's past as a soldier ducking from gunfire in Vietnam and a young man taking part in a Maori ceremony.
Director Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger and his cinematographer Rewa Hare do an especially good job in directing and filming these flashback scenes which are sometimes jarring and sudden, other times elegantly transitional and expected. A PLACE TO STAND or TURANGAWAEWAE is a fine short that combines flashy scenes with quiet, touching sequences that reveal Tiare's search for home both within and without.
Adapted from a play, Stuart McKenzie's FOR GOOD is an intense drama revolving around aspiring journalist Lisa Pearce who wants to interview Grant Wilson, a ! prison inmate who raped and killed a young girl named Tracey Hill a decade ago and is up for parole.
However, Lisa's interest in Wilson is not that of the detached reporter. Lisa knew Tracey previously and was the same age when Tracey died. In fact, Tracey has come to identify herself with Tracey deeply. She manages to interview Wilson in prison and tapes them on video.
Wilson toys with Lisa at times during their interviews. He seems interested in her obsession, her identification and her need to know the details of the crime and his particular kinks (there is a chilling scene where Wilson talks fondly of rape scenes in feature films including the extended rape sequence in THE ACCUSED). Lisa also visits Tracey's family and talks to Tracey's outraged dad who has already stated to the news media that he will harm Wilson if he is released from prison.
FOR GOOD builds tension scene by scene effectively until its climax and resolution. The circumstances seem a bit contrived to me and the ending more a dramatic whimper than a bang. FOR GOOD barely works. McKenzie does a credible, solid job here as director but his own script betrays this interesting story by grafting on a climax that while somewhat logical seems a bit of copout in regards to the relationship of Lisa and Wilson.
I only saw an hour of LUMPIA--a crazy DV lensed comedy directed and written by Filipino-American filmmaker Patricio Ginelsa, Jr--but I thought what I saw was very funny though painted in broad brushstrokes.
LUMPIA features a cast of non-actors in a story set in Daly City, California. At Fogtown High School--where over 50% of the student population is Filipino--the Filipino-American kids harass and intimidate immigrants from the Philippines who are F.O.B's (Fresh Off the Boat). Into the fray steps a Baron, clad hero who eats Lumpia and then hurls them like weapons at thugs. He stands for stands for truth, justice and munching on a nice snack.
Since I haven't seen all of LUMPIA, I can't approve it or reject it but this film has a blatant sense of humor that has comic.
Fans of the Filipino-American drama THE DEBUT might also want to check out this film. Actress Joy Bisco (who also appeared in GHOST WORLD and NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE) has a cameo in LUMPIA and also serves as the film's off-screen narrator.
The picture quality of this film is lousy though. The colors look a little muddy and hazy at times and total visual effect is of an overlong home video. Still, I don't want to dump on a young filmmaker like Ginelsa and after all, this is his first film. I'm sure he will invest in a better DV system in the future for his next film.
Besides hopping into a theater to see 15 minutes or so of Chang Cheh's ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN (part of the Heroic Grace film tour of Shaw Brothers Kung-fu classics), the rest of the day consisted of screenings of Japanese film which were all U.S. Premieres:
MY HOUSE-Directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Isama Uno is a tale set on a run-down town on a island in Western Japan and focuses on brothers Itta and Nitta and their "sister" Kanoko (! whom they meet for the first time at the start of the film).
The film focuses largely on Nitta, a young boy who often comments to the camera, filling the audience in on back stories or aspects of his small town while his brother Itta looks for ways to make money.
MY HOUSE vacillates from charm to harshness. The filmmakers aim to create a film that is mostly sweet but sometimes sour but this mix doesn't quite come out right. MY HOUSE is cute and funny at times but the bittersweet quality needed to be sustained here ends up losing out to sunny, childish optimism.
Naomi Kawase's SHARA--which played at Cannes this year--is rooted in a section of Nara and centers on Shun Aso and his mother and father. In the film's opening scenes, Shun and his brother Kei run down! and through the streets of their community. Shun heads back to meet his parents but Kei is nowhere to be found.
Fade out and then in to a close up of Shun's face. He is now a teenager sketching his girlfriend in an art class. His mother is pregnant with another child. His father serves as Chairman for the annual festival. As the film progresses, Shun and his family are informed by the police that Kei's body has been found. Shun is demonstrably upset and then moody. The family has to find a way to face the reality of the tragedy.
Kawase's camera gives us true feel of the environment and the surroundings seen in SHARA by relentlessly prowling the streets and alleys of Nara with a handheld camera at times. The acting here is naturalistic and the screenplay (also written by Kawase) never make grand speeches or epigrammatic statements meant to be profound.
SHARA succeeds by watching, forcing its audience to observe how the passage of time shapes its characters and how life marches on not in a shallow, and philosophical sense but in a real, everyday manner.
I saw MOONCHILD late that Saturday night.
This action film/drama revolves around a handful of Japanese immigrants who live in the non-existent country of Mallepa in the early years of the 21st Century. One of the immigrants is a vampire who seems tired and jaded with his long existence as a blood-sucker. The immigrants become pals with a Chinese man and his deaf mute sister and so a gang of friends forms.
HIFF's program guide calls this film "a good humored and touching plea for cross-cultural communication." I call it a agonizingly boring film that contains a few good ideas (a vampire ruminating on his existence who is tired of extracting bodily fluids for his survival) and surrounds those ideas with tired action scene, a lame sense of style and a tame script that pads this film to a nearly two-hour running time.
Takahide Shinabushi's guidance of camerawork here is quite good but Director Takahiza Zeze falls short.
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Hollywood producer Jason Blum booed off stage after attacking President Trump
Knowing the support President Donald Trump has provided to the Jewish community — what was Jason Blum thinking?
While accepting an award during the 32nd Israel Film Festival, the Hollywood producer went on an anti-Trump rant that caused him to be not only booed, but actually pulled off the stage by event organizers.
False Narrative
After being awarded the IFF Achievement in Film and Television Award, Blum immediately started to lash out at Trump.
"The good thing about this country is that you get to like Trump but I don't have to and I don't like him," Blum stated.
The words had no sooner started to come out of his mouth when crowd members started to lay into him with chants like "we like Donald," and "get off the stage."
But when Blum blamed Trump for an alleged increase in anti-Semitism in our country, organizers had heard enough.
As Blum continued to speak, an organizer rushed on stage to pull him off, and even called for further security.
Since he was taken off the stage early, Blum decided to publish his entire speech on Twitter.
He claimed things that are happening here in the states are not happening elsewhere (never mind that many other parts of the world have it way worse than we do in America).
He also said that it is up to people in his industry to inform citizens.
Stoking Hatred
At the end of the day, Blum is guilty of the same things the media and Democrat politicians are guilty of.
He is spreading a narrative that is simply not true.
The elected leader of Israel considers Trump a close friend and ally, yet Blum says Trump is anti-Semitic.
Trump has done everything in his power to rebuild the relationship with the Jewish community that was so strained under Barack Obama.
Thankfully, attendees at the IFF recognized this and gave Blum the exact reception he deserved during his ridiculous rant.


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Good evening everyone. I hope you're having a wonderful Halloween night. I just finished up with the Stanford Steve & The Bear podcast and here's the picks as I understood them. The gentlemen threw around a LOT of games where they were on the fence about whether to give them out or not. It was difficult to tell whether some were official or not. Stanford Steve never gives out this many official picks, so some of these are probably not official in regards to his ESPN Chalk column. Please listen to the podcast yourself if you're looking to invest in these picks to be sure. Anyways, here's the picks.


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Los pirosomas, género Pyrosoma, son tunicados taliáceos coloniales de flotación libre que viven generalmente en las capas superiores del océano abierto en los mares cálidos, aunque algunos pueden encontrarse a mayores profundidades. Los pirosomas forman colonias cilíndricas o en forma de cono con cientos o miles de individuos, conocidos como zooides. Las colonias varían en tamaño desde menos de un centímetro hasta varios metros de longitud. Son comúnmente llamados "pepinillos de mar".

Cada zooide tiene unos pocos milímetros de tamaño, pero está incrustado en una túnica gelatinosa común que une a todos los individuos. Cada zooide se abre hacia el interior y el exterior del "tubo", arrastrando el agua del océano desde el exterior hasta su malla de filtrado interna llamada canasta branquial, extrayendo las células de plantas microscópicas de las que se alimenta y luego expulsando el agua filtrada hacia dentro del cilindro de la colonia. La colonia está llena de baches en el exterior, cada bache representa un único zooide casi liso, aunque perforado con agujeros para cada zooide en el interior.

Los pirosomas son planctónicos, lo que significa que sus movimientos están controlados en gran medida por las corrientes, las mareas y las olas en los océanos. Sin embargo, en una escala menor, cada colonia puede moverse lentamente por el proceso de propulsión a chorro, creada por el golpeo coordinado de los cilios en las cestas branquiales de todos los zooides, que también crean corrientes de alimentación.

Los pirosomas son bioluminescentes, centelleando un pálido azul verde que puede ser visto a decenas de metros. El nombre Pyrosoma proviene del griego "pyro" = fuego y "soma" = cuerpo. Están estrechamente relacionado con las salpas. Los marineros en el océano abierto ocasionalmente observan los pirosomas iluminando una noche oscura.

Bioluminiscencia
Aunque muchos organismos planctónicos son bioluminiscentes, la bioluminiscencia de los pirosomas es inusual en su brillo y emisión de luz sostenida, y evocó el siguiente comentario cuando fue visto por el científico T.H. Huxley en el mar:

"Acabo de ver la puesta de la luna en toda su gloria, y miré esas lunas menores, la hermosa Pyrosoma, brillando como cilindros candentes en el agua" (T.H. Huxley, 1849).

Los pirosomas a menudo exhiben ondas de luz que pasan de un lado a otro a través de la colonia, ya que cada zooide individual detecta la luz y luego emite luz en respuesta. Cada zooide contiene un par de órganos de luz ubicados cerca de la superficie exterior de la túnica, que están llenos de orgánulos luminiscentes que pueden ser bacterias bioluminiscentes intracelulares. Las ondas de bioluminiscencia que se mueven dentro de una colonia aparentemente no son propagadas por las neuronas, sino por un proceso de estimulación fótica. Los zooides destellantes no solo estimulan a otros zooides dentro de la colonia a la bioluminiscencia, sino que las colonias cercanas también mostrarán bioluminiscencia en respuesta. Las colonias se bioluminiscen en respuesta a la estimulación mecánica (tacto), así como a la luz.

Especies

Las especies siguientes están aceptadas como válidas por el Registro Mundial de Especies Marinas:

 Pyrosoma aherniosum - Seeliger, 1895
 Pyrosoma atlanticum - Péron, 1804
 Pyrosoma godeauxi - van Soest, 1981
 Pyrosoma ovatum - Neumann, 1909

Floración en el Pacífico Norte
En 2017, se observó que los pirosomas se habían diseminado en números sin precedentes a lo largo de la costa del Pacífico de América del Norte hasta Alaska. Las causas siguen siendo desconocidas, pero una hipótesis es que esta floración puede haber resultado en parte del agua inusualmente cálida a lo largo de la costa durante los años anteriores. Los científicos estaban preocupados de que si se producía una muerte masiva de los pirosomas, podría crear una enorme zona muerta ya que la descomposición de sus cuerpos consumía gran parte del oxígeno disuelto en el agua de mar circundante.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Enorme pyrosoma capturado en el Atlántico Norte - historia e imágenes
 Imágenes de pyrosoma tomadas por buzos en el Sur de California
 Lifesci.ucsb.edu - Sitio web que explica la bioluminiscencia
 Buzos y enormes pyrosomas en el hemisferio sur
 Artículo: "Millones de criaturas de mar tropical invaden aguas de la costa de la Columbia Británica"
 Artículo: "Investigan explosión en el número de pyrosomas fuera Alaska"

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Giant mice threaten rare seabirds on remote British island
A picture released by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) shows a pair of endangered Tristan albatross on Gough Island, part of a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean
Mice brought to a remote South Atlantic island by sailors in the 19th century are threatening seabirds including the critically endangered Tristan albatross, a British charity said on Monday.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said the rodents have proliferated on uninhabited Gough Island, part of a British overseas territory, and are killing two million birds every year.
"We knew there were large numbers of chicks and eggs being beaten each year but the actual number being taken by the mice is just staggering," Alex Bond, a researcher from the Natural History Museum in London, said in a statement released by the RSPB.
The predatory mice have evolved to become "two or three times larger" than the average house mouse and they attack in groups, eating away at the flesh of chicks which can suffer for days before the open wounds lead to their deaths, the RSPB said.
Other threatened species endangered by the mice include the Gough bunting and Atlantic petrel, the RSPB said.
Gough Island is part of the same territory as Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena, the island where Napoleon was exiled and died in 1821.
The RSPB and Tristan da Cunha government are teaming up with international partners to eradicate mice from Gough Island in 2020, using two helicopters laden with poisonous pellets.
"Restoring the island to a more natural state will prevent the deaths of millions of seabirds," said John Kelly, RSPB manager for the Gough Island mouse eradication programme.
The RSPB said the operation would be "logistically complex" because staff and equipment would have to be shipped to the island, located 1,550 miles (2,800 kilometres from South Africa.
The project is inspired by a successful eradication programme on the British overseas territory of South Georgia, where rats were introduced by sealing and whaling ships in the 19th century.
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The news of this bill comes after Governor Ron DeSantis signed a separate bill into law that removed Walt Disney World's special governing power in retaliation for the company publicly coming out against the "Parental Rights in Education" law. Image credit: Governor Media Center.
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida Legislature, with the backing of Governor Ron DeSantis, have announced their plan to introduce a bill that, if ultimately passed, would replace the Reedy Creek Improvement Act – the bill passed in 1967 that allows Disney World to self-govern its own property – with a law that would place the world-famous amusement park's land under state control.
The bill would create a state-run board – whose members would be appointed by the governor – to oversee the 25,000 acre, Orange and Osceola County-based property of Disney for the sake of leveling the playing field for Florida's business community, according to DeSantis' communications director, Taryn Fenske.
"The corporate kingdom has come to an end," she said. "Under the proposed legislation, Disney will no longer control its own government, will live under the same laws as everyone else, will be responsible for their outstanding debts, and will pay their fair share of taxes. Imposing a state-controlled board will also ensure that Orange County cannot use this issue as a pretext to raise taxes on Orange County residents."
Disney's special jurisdiction – known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District – has reportedly accumulated $700 million dollars in unsecured debt, which the entertainment giant would be forced to pay if the proposed legislation is passed.
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The news of this bill comes after DeSantis signed a separate bill into law that removed Walt Disney World's special governing power in retaliation for the company publicly coming out against the "Parental Rights in Education" law – referred to by some as the "Don't Say Gay" law – which prohibits classroom discussion of gender and sexuality between teachers and younger students.
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A new crypto trading platform providing services to institutional investors has made a soft launch in Europe. The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has introduced 300 retail account holders and a select number of institutional participants to its platform. GBX, a subsidiary of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), aims to become one of the first licensed and regulated digital asset exchanges operated by an EU regulated stock exchange.
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), which will serve institutional crypto investors, has recently started operations on a limited scale. 300 retail account holders and a number of preselected institutional participants have been introduced to its platform. The announcement of the soft launch follows the recent addition of another sponsor, Blockchain Worx. The exchange now has 10 sponsor companies in its network.
At this early stage, the chosen users will be given full and exclusive access to the trading platform. The clients that have been invited to participate in the launch and start trading will also be asked to provide feedback on their experience. The goal: to better assess their needs in order to develop "the finalized user experience".
"This is a significant step in our journey to becoming a leading digital asset exchange and token sale platform," said GBX CEO Nick Cowan, quoted by Banking Tech. "The soft launch of the platform will mean that we can continue as effectively as possible toward providing an institutional-grade token sales springboard for utility tokens and top-quality digital asset exchange for the global blockchain and trading communities," he added.
Cowan said that GBX will be working to develop a robust token market and provide top-class service to all interested in trading or being listed on the exchange. He promised that the market on the platform will be fair, transparent, efficient, and safe. The chief executive officer also mentioned the successful launch of the GBX GRID token and spoke about two other token sales using the same platform – those of Strykz and Traceto tokens.
GBX, which is a subsidiary of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), plans to become one of the first licensed and regulated digital asset exchanges operated by an EU regulated stock exchange. This is possible thanks to a decision by the Gibraltar Parliament from December last year. The legislature voted unanimously to pass a bill to amend the Financial Services Act in order to regulate the crypto sector.
The mechanism aimed at protecting customers of cryptocurrency businesses in Gibraltar went into effect on January 1 this year. The regulation targeted crypto and blockchain companies by introducing a licensing regime implemented by the Financial Services Commission of the British overseas territory. The providers of distributed ledger technology services are now obliged to adhere to the regulatory requirements of the Financial Services Act.
Undoubtedly, local authorities are trying to tap into crypto incomes and profits. Gibraltar, which is known for hosting huge businesses from the financial services sector and the online gaming industry providing a sizable portion of its domestic product, has been making efforts to present itself as an attractive destination for crypto and blockchain companies as well. The territory has also become the first jurisdiction in Europe to regulate Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Do you think Gibraltar can be a global crypto trading hub in the future? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Everyone knows the UAE loves a world record, from the biggest this and the tallest that and the first of its kind.
But the country does have a way of getting itself on the global records map, and some of this year's entries were nothing short of stunning.
This week, The Dubai Mall unveiled the world's largest Christmas bauble. Measuring 6.597 metres in height, 4.689 metres in width and weighing 1,100 kilograms, it took a team of 15 people two nights to assemble and another night to put it up. It topped off a big year for superlatives.
The UAE scored 95 entries in the 2019 Guinness World Records. These included the 77 policewomen who pulled a 240-tonne Boeing 777 as well as a continuous 60 kilometre quad-bike wheelie down Sheikh Zayed Road.
But the India International School in Sharjah broke two records in one attempt, first by creating the largest human image of a coffee pot.
Samer Khallouf, head of the Guinness World Records management team for the Mena region, said the level of co-ordination required to pull off the stunt was impressive – and that he did not believe they would clinch it at one stage.
"And they had 5,500 students to do that, which is quite a big number compared to 250 for that previous record," he said.
After forming the coffee pot image, pupils in black changed into white to represent the pot emptying as the liquid was poured.
The scene was "entirely created by human beings, so they had to change their clothes while moving", Mr Khallouf said.
Their successful attempt doubled the previous record, which involved 2,500 people forming a transforming image in Spain.
Mr Khallouf said it was unusual to find governments and police forces taking part in world records, but said that Dubai in particular embraced the concept.
The Dubai Police and Dubai Motorbike Festival break the Guinness World Record for the world's longest wheelie on an ATV. Courtesy: Dubai Police.
Dubai Police performed the longest wheelie on a quad bike, clocking up 60km without the front wheels touching the road.
"It was unusual in the sense that police were doing it, but they were kind of advising on how it can be done safely," Mr Khallouf said.
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Sarunas Kezys, from Lithuania, set another wheelie record during the RAK Road Riders show when he completed 36 circles in 60 seconds on his motorcycle's rear tyre.
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CSB Blazers' 'Chinito Heartthrob' Carlo Young in brink of basketball stardom
By: Paolo Manuel C. Fule
When he side steps from way beyond the arc and hit that lethal dagger three, the crowd goes wild. The pandemonium doesn't end there, because the throng of girls who wanted to take a photo op with him piles up in the athlete's entrance. Indeed, he is more than just his boy-next-door image in campus because he is also an ace player, playmaker, and shooter of the College of St. Benilde Blazers. Let us take a peek of this young athlete's path to stardom and beyond.
Born Carlo Michael L. Young on January 22, 1995 in Bacolod City Negros Occidental to Mr. Franklin Young Sr. and Ms. Maria Fe Fernandez, the 5-foot-10 CSB Blazers shooting guard is currently studying as a 3rd year college student in College of Saint Benilde.
"I balance my studies and basketball by practicing good time management skills which I developed since high school" quipped the chinito cager. His career high in points is 35 during the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) while he scored his career high 24 points in the NCAA. In the NBA, he idolizes 3-point shooter JJ Redick of the LA Clippers. In the UAAP, he likes Ren Ren Ritualo. Aside from basketball, he is also into track and field sports. His favorite shot is his bread and butter 3-point shot. In the recently concluded NCAA All-Star game, he joined the 3-point shooting contest.
Carlo wants to fulfill his dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur someday. With unmatched perseverance and the will to excel in every game that he is in, his dreams are not far-fetched to reach. For the time being, determination and faith in God is his armor in each battle he is at.
· Photo by Mr. Teddy Manansala
Email the author at: paolomanuelfule@yahoo.com
Posted on August 27, 2016 January 25, 2018 Author Pow SaludCategories basketball, NCAA season 92 Leave a comment
Edward "Tower Heartthrob" Dixon steps up for CSB Blazers basketball
He who controls the rebound, controls the game. If one is gifted with a 6' 4" height and muscular physique, that will not be a problem. This center-forward teen heartthrob from Western Visayas is taking his time with the CSB Blazers for the second consecutive year. Meet Edward Christopher Dixon.
Born on March 30, 1998 in Iloilo City to Mr. Ron Dixon and Maryflor Doce, the 6-foot-4 cager is currently studying as BS-HRM student and is playing as forward/center for the College of St. Benilde Blazers Seniors basketball this year.
Edward started playing basketball when he was just 8 years old. "My cousins taught me how to play the game and also my Mom because she's really a fan of basketball since she was with my Dad", said the cager from Benilde. His best asset in the court would be his hustle and giving his 100% in every game he's in. He idolizes 5-time NBA world champion Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. In the PBA, he like James Yap who also hails from Iloilo just like him. He admires James as he admires Kobe. In the NCAA, he likes former CSB guard Jonathan Grey. "Kahit graduate na siya, siya pa rin idol ko kasi nagging team mate ko siya ay yung mga galawan nya grabe talaga. Siyempre grabe din galawan niya off the court, haha" quipped the beaming cager. His career best in points was 53 during a local tournament in Iloilo.
Edward played in the 2014 Palarong Pambansain Laguna to represent the Western Visayas region. His ambition in life is to make his family happy in the near future by finishing his studies and play basketball in the pro league.
* Photo by Teddy Manansala
From 'Captain' to 'General': Cager Sean Andrew Neri in brink of basketball stardom
Mindanao is rich in talent especially in the world of sports. The likes of Manny Pacquiao, Scottie Thompson and Jiovani Jalalon all came from the southern part of our country. Meet one of the most promising athletes in Emilio Aguinaldo College who came from Cagayan De Oro City: Sean Andrew Neri.
Born Sean Andrew Neri on July 27, 1997 in Dipolog City to Mr. Wilbourne Neri and Ms. Shella Marie Neri, the 5-foot-11 shooting guard who hails from Cagayan De Oro City, is currently playing for Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals.
He started playing basketball when he was in grade 3. "It was my dad who taught me to play the game. When I was starting to play basketball, he was training me the basic skills like dribbling and shooting. I used to cry before because of the ten pushups I have to do early in the morning. I have to dribble the ball on the wall before I go to school. It was a hard training but only now that I knew that those trainings would lead me to become a better athlete. I have also seen how my father, together with my uncles, plays basketball. I was watching them then, and from then on, I also started to like the game. That's why I told my father that I want to play basketball. My father started to teach me the ways of the game. I was inspired to play because of my father" said Sean.
Asked on who he thinks is the best basketball player for him, "For me, it would be my dad simply because I learned how to play the game because of him. He also motivated me and he became my inspiration. That's why for me, the greatest player of all time would be my father", quipped the beaming cager from EAC.
"I make my family in Cagayan de Oro City my inspiration in every game. I hope that we (EAC) can make it to the final four. We will do our best" said Sean Andrew. With determination, perseverance and faith in God, this young athlete can achieve greater heights and carve a niche in the world of professional basketball in the near future.
*Photo by Mr. Teddy Manansala
AU Braves spitfire point guard Guilmer Dela Torre is NCAA Jr's newest toast
His speed on the court can be likened to that of an unstoppable bullet train in full throttle. Better mark his name in the halls of future basketball stars of this country because he is definitely the real deal. Meet Guilmer B. Dela Torre. The 5' 9" cager who plays shooting guard and point guard for the Arellano University Braves is indeed a revelation in this year's NCAA.
In his debut for the NCAA, he rattled 18 points in their game against LPU Junior Pirates, while he registered 13 points against five-time champions San Beda Red Cubs. Last year, he led his team with 33 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists and 4 steals against their rival Letran Squires. He made his career high 78 points during an inter barangay 13-under game in Bataan. This year, he was one of the participants for the Slam Rising Stars Challenge held at Mandaluyong City.
Born November 25, 1997 in Balut 2, Pilar, Bataan to Maricar Dela Torre and Guillermo Dela Torre, Guilmer hopes to make it someday in the pros, and what better way than to start in the NCAA.
Guilmer is a student athlete so he learns to manage is basketball and studies. "If it's training time, I am focused on my training. For my studies, I make sure to ask my classmates or teachers
about the lessons or activities I missed", quipped the cager from Bataan.
His favorite shot is teardrop shot like that of PJ Simon's. His favorite players include all-time great Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, Ateneo's Kiefer Isaac Ravena, AU Chief's John Pinto, and San Mig Coffee's PJ Simon of the PBA. His ambition in life is to finish his studies and for his dreams to become a reality.
Photo courtesy of UBL.
Posted on July 15, 2016 January 25, 2018 Author Pow SaludCategories NCAA season 92 Leave a comment
Lions, Cardinals draw first blood in NCAA opener as favorite Chiefs play today
On June 25, 2016, Saturday, at the Mall of Asia Arena, the oldest collegiate basketball in the country opened once more with the San Beda College as its host for the 92nd season.
The Opening ceremony at the Mall of Asia Arena was highlighted by the first two games courtesy of the defending champions Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights versus the San Beda College Red Lions at 2:00pm and was followed by Mapua Institute of Technology Cardinals versus the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers at 4:00pm. The San Beda Red Lions nipped the defending champs Letran Knights, 89-85, while reinging MVP Allwell Oraeme recorded a double-double to help Mapua Cardinals beat JRU Heavy Bombers, 74-71.
The Scores: (first game)
SAN BEDA (89) – Mocon 18, Potts 16, Sara 14, Tankoua 13, Tongco 9, Bolick 7, Noah 4, Presbitero 3, Soberano 2, Navarro 2, Bonsubre 1, Carlos 0, Oftana 0, Adamos 0, Alas 0.
LETRAN (85) – Quinto 23, Nambatac 18, Calvo 13, Sollano 11, Balanza 8, Apreku 7, Luib 5, Pambid 0, de la Pena 0, Balagasay 0, Sario 0.
Quarter Scores: 27-17, 45-36, 62-60, 89-85.
The Scores: (second game)
MIT (74) – Oraeme 24, Isit 17, Estrella 10, Victoria 8, Menina 5, Eriobu 3, Magboo 3, Orquina 2, Serrano 2, Raflores 0, Biteng 0.
JRU (71) – Pontejos 16, Teodoro 13, Poutouochi 8, Grospe 7, Dela Paz 5, AbdulWahab 4, Cruz 4, Lasquety 4, Mendoza 4, Dela Virgen 3, Evardo 3, Dada 0.Quarter scores: 12-20, 36-38, 59-58, 74-71.
On Sunday, June 26, Arellano University Chiefs, the second runner up in the NCAA season 90, will clash with University of Perpetual Help Altas at 12:00hn at the FilOil Flying V San Juan Arena. Other match ups in the same day include College of Saint Benilde Blazers and San Sebastian College-Recoletos Golden Stags at 2:00pm and Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals versus Lyceum of the Philippines University Pirates at 4:00pm.
Posted on June 26, 2016 January 25, 2018 Author Pow SaludCategories NCAA season 92 Leave a comment


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Flora i fauna
Roślinność głównie tropikalna, a także subtropikalna, w postaci zarośli i obszarów leśnych. Naturalną formację stanowię niewielkie połacie lasów tropikalnych rosnących w górzystych częściach wyspy, w miejscach, które otrzymują największe opady. Liczne są palmy, oraz takie rośliny jak storczyki, kaktusowate i endemiczne gatunki winorośli. Wokół wyspy rosną rafy koralowe. Na stokach wulkanicznych Quill rosną także niewielkie połacie lasów kolczastych

Świat zwierząt wyspy, to gatunki antylskiej krainy neotropikalnej. Na wyspie żyje wiele gatunków ptaków, zarówno lądowych jak i morskich. Na Sint Eustatius żyją cztery gatunki nietoperzy. Liczne są gady, w tym żółwie morskie i różne gatunki jaszczurek. W wodach przybrzeżnych żyje wiele gatunków ryb i skorupiaków. Należą do nich m.in. koniki morskie, płaszczki, a także rekiny.

Cały obszar wyspy i wód przybrzeżnych podlega ochronie, gdzie znajdują się trzy parki narodowe o łącznej powierzchni 33 km2. Są nimi Park Narodowy Saint Eustatius, Quill-Boven National Park i Miriam C. Schmidt Botanical Garden. Zadaniem tych obiektów jest ochrona wiele gatunków zwierząt, w tym wielu endemicznych.

Bibliografia
 Encyklopedia Geograficzna Świata: Ameryka Północna. Wydawnictwo OPRES Kraków 1996
 przyroda - Oficjalna Strona Parków Narodowych St. Eustatius


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Zofeen Ebrahim in IPS: Up until Saturday the Attabad Lake in northern Pakistan had been rising one metre every day and was thus on the verge of breaking its banks, observed Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed, chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). In the last four months, the water level had been rising in the lake due to glacial melting, swelling it to 18.5 kilometres long and 107 metres deep, he explained.
Then what he had feared all along happened over the weekend when the Attabad Lake in the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan broke its banks, which were overtopped with water flowing into the spillway. The water pressure is low but the artificial lake could burst in the next 12 hours, resulting in massive floods in the region, said Ahmed. If that happens, he said, another major disaster could be in the offing.
On Jan. 4, following a snowstorm, a massive landslide hit the village of Attabad, in Pakistan-controlled Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), an autonomous territory in the northern part of the South Asian country with an estimated population of one million. Initially, it forced some 1,200 people to evacuate their homes. The resulting debris blocked Hunza River, located in the G-B region, creating a lake now known as Attabad Lake. As the lake swelled, another village, Sarat, was also submerged while two others were inundated by floodwaters.
"As a result of the formation of the lake, four bridges that linked 16 villages upstream and the 22-kilometre Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan to China have been submerged in water," said Asif Hussain, spokesperson of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in G-B.
…Landslides and flash floods are a seasonal occurrence in the G-B region, which is surrounded by the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountain ranges….
Dark rock covers the river in the upper left corner of the image, and the turquoise V-shaped lake stretches out behind the slide. Near the temporary lake, the Karakoram Highway is a faint meandering line of pale brown. A bridge across the Hunza River has been submerged by the rising waters. NASA Earth Observatory
Labels: disaster, flood, glacier, lakes, Pakistan


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