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"What the hell?" movies, part 1: Close Encounters
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Close Encounters, plot holes, Steven Spielberg, story logic
People will ignore howling plot problems if they like a story enough. Some of the most popular stories make no sense.
I'm not talking about the kind of mystery that can make a work of art intriguing. I enjoy some ambiguity in art. Why does the Mona Lisa smile? What's Dali evoking by making a clock face hang like a soggy T-shirt? What's wrong with Citizen Kane's Charles Foster Kane? People have spent rich careers happily digging into these questions.
No, I'm talking about stuff that just plain unravels — yet people don't seem to care.
Take Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spoiler ahead.
Mysterious aliens controlling high technology are visiting Earth. They send to the minds of receptive people a compulsion to draw a distinctive mountain and travel to it.
In addition to telepathy, the aliens communicate via patterns of light and sound, transmissions spelling out longitude and latitude coordinates, and hand gestures. What's more, they kidnap people who speak a variety of languages.
As these developments pile up, the movie's human characters — and its audience — wonder: What do the aliens want?
Here's the spoiler: The aliens want the people most receptive to the telepathically implanted compulsion to show up at the mountain so they can take the most receptive person or persons away.
But why do aliens with advanced science and multiple ways to communicate use indirect, confusing ways?
And whether they use telepathy or kidnapping, why do the aliens take people away?
The movie reveals none of the above. It doesn't even leave intriguing hints.
You'd think that audiences would find such unanswered questions frustrating, but they don't. They usually love the movie.
Hell, I love it. The movie's story is so compelling, its characters so sympathetic, and its visuals so stunning that I didn't even wonder about these questions until after I'd seen the movie at least twice. I still enjoy it.
But it makes no sense at all.
Jurassic Sex
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dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, sex, Steven Spielberg
So I've been re-watching JURASSIC PARK. Enjoyable. But . . .
The movie makes much of how all of its dinosaurs start out female, but at least some of them turn male. The movie implies that turning male is a factor that makes them go on the attack.
Reviving long-dead dragons is so tantalizing that the audience (including me) wants to believe it — but it's still a fantasy, and making it convincing required a lot of hard work by a lot of gifted filmmakers. In a story that's already walking the edge of the improbable, adding the bit about females turning male stretches credibility even further.
And it wasn't necessary.
Well before any dinos turn male, the movie proves that they're dangerous — most clearly in a scene with the park's warden, a big-game hunter who explains how smart and vicious the beasts can be. In the minute or two while he's talking, a dinosaur shreds and devours an entire cow. The dino was apparently female at the time.
Besides, the movie has already supplied a reason for the dinos to go rampaging. Presumably dinos, like other beasts, are mostly or exclusively heterosexual. Pen them up without members of the opposite sex, and some may turn to members of their own gender; but a lot of them will just get sexually frustrated — and very angry. And then they'll get destructive.
I've run into this problem (unnecessary story elements, not sexual frustration, thank you very much) as both an editor and a writing teacher.
Writers sometimes over-complicate their stories. The complications end up slowing a story down with excess exposition, over-fancy plotting, or ideas that distract or confuse the reader (or that simply don't pay off). When JURASSIC PARK brings in the idea of a female dino populace that can turn male — or, really, an all-female dino populace in the first place — it's over-complicating.
Maybe the original book had good reasons for this stuff, but I'm just going by what's in the movie.
The movie throws in so many enjoyable scenes and episodes that while watching it, I'm willing to set aside its storytelling mistake — but it's still there, and it's still a mistake.
Barry Sonnenfeld, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, politically conservative movies, Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes
Been gone from this blog for a while, but I'm back now. And there will be more. Let's start here:
Just re-watched MEN IN BLACK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black_%28film%29) and noticed how politically conservative it is. That is, it's against big government — in fact, against government of just about any kind.
Agent Zed, to the military men who have just flunked their screening to become Men in Black: "You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training."
Agent Jay: "What branch of the government do we report to?"
Agent Kay: "None, they ask too many questions." (Immediately after this criticism of nosy government bureaucrats, Kay reveals that Men in Black get their funding from patents — a government-protected arena but one that's all about capitalism and the private sector.)
Whenever people from a government agency appear, something is wrong with them, from the hapless and easily outclassed immigration agents at the beginning of the movie to the bored city morgue clerk who tells someone (an alien bad guy, but whatever) looking for a deceased loved one to fill out a bunch of forms.
The only truly competent government workers in the move are Jay (formerly of the N.Y.P.D.) and Dr. Weaver (the morgue's medical examiner) — and both of them quit to join the Men in Black.
The movie's also big on using unregistered, unlicensed guns. There are no background checks when the people carrying the guns have no backgrounds.
I don't think that the filmmakers deliberately set out to put conservative messages in the movie. Conservatives have attacked Barry Sonnenfeld, the director, for the liberal messages that they see in his pictures (http://libbyquotes.blogspot.com/…/barry-sonnenfeld-hollywoo…; http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/…/9311180019_1_charles-…). And Insidegov.com says that he leans Democratic (http://individual-contributors.insidegov.com/…/Barry-Sonnen…).
The same is true of screenwriter Ed Solomon (http://individual-contributors.insidegov.com/d/c/Ed-Solomon). Producer Walter Parkes has often given to Democratic politicians (http://littlesis.org/enti…/96152-walter-parkes/relationships). And executive producer Steven Spielberg is a longtime supporter of liberal politicians and causes.
Yet the conservative messages are in the movie.
Their presence cuts both ways. On the one hand, conservatives can say, "See? Even Hollywood liberals acknowledge how idiotic government bureaucracy is." On the other, liberals can say, "Conservatives claim that liberal filmmakers always put liberal messages in their movies; well, the conservative messages in MEN IN BLACK show that their claim is wrong."
And all that in a picture about giant bugs from outer space.


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Sometimes I put a pot on the floor for one of my pets to help me clean up after dinner. Some people might think that's gross. Well, I don't care. I don't do it all the time, because we have three dogs (we used to have 5) and they can get pretty competitive. The step dogs, the two my husband brought into our marriage, even get into knock down drag out fights.We have to watch them.
Doodle was literally starving when he rescued her, and she's food aggressive. She's the first to come into the kitchen when I'm cleaning up and she hears me scraping a pot of sauce or soup into the storage container. She might be the first one to hear this, because at around 8 years old, she's the youngest of our pack. The other dogs are 14 and 12, so they don't hear as well as Doodle. But you can bet that if I put down that pot for Doodle to help me clean up, I will soon hear the pitter-patter of dogs nails on the floor sauntering into the kitchen. The only thing that prevents that from happening is if I put on some background noise like the radio, or washing machine, or sing loud, so the other dogs don't hear. If the other dogs do come in, I have to get them a treat too. A pat on the head won't do it. Are they spoiled? You bet.
I wonder if the other dogs know when Doodle is getting a treat because they have doggy ESP. When my husband and I talk quietly about taking the dogs for a you know what, without saying the W word, they start to pay closer attention. If one of them sees me go into the bedroom to put on my sneakers, her ears perk up and she watches me closely. Then one of the other dogs, who didn't even see me go in my room, and who was sound asleep when my husband and I started talking about the you know what, comes in to where the excited dog is. We don't even have to touch the leashes, and it's like they can sense us thinking about going for a walk. Then they start dancing and prancing around with infectious excitement, and they all get worked up into a minor frenzy.
Dogs are really good at noticing things that precede eating and going for a walk. They don't have so much clutter to distract their minds from the important things in life.
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Clair Boucher, otherwise known as Grimes, posted a video on her Tumblr yesterday that features "Venus in Fleurs", off of her debut album Geidi Primes, accompanied by an assortment of clips taken at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in British Columbia. While Grimes typically has a hand in the creation of her videos, the panning shots and close-ups in "Venus in Fluers" were blended together by Video Marsh, who has also created videos for Caribou, Crystal Castles and Shlohmo.
Throughout the video Boucher's icy voice expands out of the hazy instrumentals, which is visualized by showcasing open spaces and the different paths that birds take within them. As Grimes says on her Tumblr, "it's very very beautiful and haunting and peaceful and scary."


The X-Team will soon be QRV from Azores, using the callsign CR2EME. We will be QRV from the QTH of José CU2EQ (HM77FT) who rented his holiday apartment to us and thankfully also took care of licensing.
So we should become QRV on March 25th at latest and have our final activity on March 29th.


Hobart, your start to a Tasmanian adventure.
Rugged Hobart is a city of history and the sea. Shadowed by the craggy peak of Mount Wellington and neighboured by Tasmania's largest area of real Aussie wilderness, Tasmania's capital has many stories to tell about settlement of the island and the entire country. It also has a growing reputation as a centre for excellent food and wine, and a growing arts scene.
The central area of Hobart is right at the river mouth, and it is there one will find the best shopping, eateries and other urban entertainment. On the riverbank are the Queens Domain and Royal Botanical Gardens, and on the coastline a lovely waterfront area, home to the Maritime Museum of Tasmania which tells the remarkable story of Hobart as an important port. At Salamanca Place near the wharves is the site of the Salamanca Market which takes place every Saturday, and behind there is the historical Battery Point suburb which is known for great eateries. This area is a hub of cultural and arts festivals all year round.
Hobart's suburbs spread along the riverbanks and the river mouth , from Kingston and its beach on the estuary to Bridgewater which is the last spot of civilisation on the river before it enters the wild. To the west of Hobart is a huge area made up of several National Parks which covers almost a third of Tasmania. Hobart's proximity to this untouched natural playground makes it a launching pad for the adventurous and intrepid visitors to Tasmania.
Hobart is the gateway via air to all of Tasmania, with the island's biggest airport being located there. A campervan hire from there can lead to an exploration of Tasmania's great southwestern wilderness, or a scenic drive across the island to Devonport and Launceston. Tasmania is truly a wonderful place for a camping holiday!


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Located at the most northern point of the East Midlands, the picturesque city of Lincoln is known as one of the UK's best places to visit. A settlement dating back well over 3,000 years, the city was once known as Lindum Colonia and is now a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, thanks to its stunning 1,000 year old cathedral in the town centre. The town is associated with Imps due to their presence on the walls of the cathedral, whilst a major tourist attraction is the aptly named Steep Hill in the Medieval part of the town. With a one in seven gradient, the Hill, which dates back to Roman times, even has its own bus service to run up and down the hill to connect the town centre to the cathedral. As you now know, the city of Lincoln is a great place to live, and is rich in culture, history and nature. For these reasons, it's quite possible that you may have a friend, relative or loved one visiting, studying, working or living in Lincoln, so make the most of FloraQueen's international flower delivery service and send flowers to Lincoln today and you'll be sure to put a beaming smile on their face!


Best Screen Cleaning Cloth, ever.
Discussion in 'Mac Accessories' started by marold280, Apr 25, 2009.
This is a company my mum works for. and the lens cloth, which i just stole off her. literally, made my screen spotless. no need for disgusting chemicals.


To deal with the electricity problem in Karachi; alternate energy options (Solar & Wind Power) should be considered; small renewable energy grids should be developed and implemented at the neighborhood levels: let government offer help to home owners to buy small solar (panel) power units! The home owners should have the option to buy/sell power from/to this energy grid! The development of such grids in Karachi and other parts of the country would generate power and, as well as provide jobs to the youth!


I like the delicate squiggles, the spacing and the light cross hatching in this sketch. It has a coincidental resemblance of a Joan Miró composition. But Miró planned his work.
I did not plan the visual look of this drawing but rather followed a manual procedure. My process was to create a uniform spacing of irregular lines. If I had continued the drawing to its natural limit, the entire paper would be a field of gray, or entirely black. I cross hatched along some of the curved lines, varying directions, creating different planar surfaces.
The final flourish was filling in a tear-drop shaped form with red.
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- Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea.
- Neighbours: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran.
- subtropical desert.
Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface: 491,210 km2
Population*: 5.8 million
Pop. density*: 11.7 people/km2
GDP*: 38.5 EUR billion
GDP/capita*: 6,677.7 EUR
Currency: Manat
Code: TMT
Since: 2009
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2D artists are usually the minds behind concept design, storyboard design, and texture. Concept artists are the ones who work hand-in-hand with game designers, game development, and visual ideation begins from them. They decide how a game looks and how the characters will shape out. Storyboard artists are totally responsible for the cinematic and texture artists use different techniques such as gradients, shading, frames, etc. To design the skins, backgrounds, game menus (and other interfaces). We also have experienced UI artists.
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The Charlevoix High School Performing Arts program will present the musical "Hello Dolly!" at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the Charlevoix High School auditorium.
"Hello Dolly!" is the story of Mrs. Dolly Levi's efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught her. Along the way she also attempts to match up the young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder's head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius' assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy's assistant, Minnie Fay; and the struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder's weeping niece, Ermengarde.
The show takes the audience on a whirlwind race around New York at the turn of the 20th century, as it follows the adventures of America's most beloved matchmaker, said Jodi Thompson, Charlevoix High School performing arts program director.
Thompson said her affection for the movie version of the show (with Barbra Streisand playing Dolly) played a big part in choosing it for this year's production.
Thompson said the entire cast has been working hard and doing a good job getting into their characters.
"One of my favorite scenes in the movie version of "Hello, Dolly!" is the vocal duet between Barbara Streisand and Louis Armstrong. I tried to recreate that duet in our show with Zack Crandell, a young man in our cast who does an excellent job with vocal improvisation. He is playing the role of Rudolph, the head waiter. When Carly Thompson, as Dolly makes her grand entrance down the stairs of the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, Zack (as Rudy) and Carly (as Dolly) sing a duet together.
Thompson noted that a back injury kept Jake from finishing the wrestling season this year, but he has been very involved with Performing Arts instead, this time in the role of Cornelius.
Thompson said the production has again benefited from contributions from John Guirey and the Charlevoix High School Art Department who helped out by drawing and painting the design on the street scene.
Thompson also offered her thanks to all the parents and community members who have volunteered their time and talents on the production.
Tickets will be sold at the door and are $5 for students, $7 for adults. For the Sunday matinee, a family package for two adults and two or more children is offered for $20.


The official trailer and artwork for Carol Morley's Out of Blue.
The official trailer and artwork for Carol Morley's anticipated new release Out of Blue (The Falling, Dreams Of A Life), has finally dropped!
Morley's neo-noir film features acclaimed actress Patricia Clarkson, playing Mike Hoolihan, a New Orleans-based homicide detective who embarks on a dark and mysterious investigation. With a stunning supporting cast that includes Toby Jones, Jacki Weaver, and James Caan. Check out the new trailer below.
Out of Blue will be in cinemas 29 March.


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MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Washington is unable to furnish evidence to prove that Moscow violated the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range missiles (INF Treaty), because there is no such evidence, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
"The Americans have failed to provide hard facts to substantiate their accusations. They just cannot provide them, because such evidence essentially does not exist," she said.
"At the same time, they brush off Russia's concerns," the diplomat stated. "There are launching facilities that are capable of firing Tomahawk cruise missiles at the US missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania, which everybody can see. The Pentagon plans to deploy the same systems to Poland in 2018, although their deployment ashore contravenes the INF Treaty."
In July 2014, Washington accused Moscow of violating in the INF treaty for the first time. Later on, the US has repeatedly come up with similar accusations. Russia has refuted them, accusing Washington of failing to comply with the treaty's provisions.
The INF Treaty was signed in Washington on December 8, 1987, to take effect on June 1, 1988. In 1992, in the wake of the Soviet Union's breakup the treaty turned multilateral, as Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine joined in (until the elimination of the missiles of this class). The INF Treaty applied to operational and non-operational ground-launched missiles having an intermediate range (1,000 to 5,500 kilometers) and shorter range (from 500 to 1,000 kilometers). The Soviet Union eliminated 1,846 missiles, and the United States, 846.


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2hrs Khelo India Youth Games | Kiran keeps her cool, pips Neeru for trap gold
Consistent inconsistencies
Sunday Anchor
Suhasini Haidar
August 24, 2014 01:17 IST
Updated: August 24, 2014 16:55 IST
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Are India-Pakistan talks scripted far failure? Although strong and implacable powers are ranged against dialogue in both nations, there is scope for optimism
In early May 2001, the then Foreign Secretary, Chokila Iyer, was meeting a group of foreign journalists based in Delhi to talk about the National Democratic Alliance government's foreign policy. Inevitably, the question of India-Pakistan talks came up. Ms. Iyer was categorical — this was just two years after the Kargil conflict in which India had lost more than 500 soldiers. There was no evidence that Pakistan, where the General who instigated the conflict was now a coup-installed "Chief Executive" (self-appointed President from June 2001), had changed its policy on funding anti-India militancy, she said, and no talks could be expected for the "foreseeable future." Yet, less than a month later, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee invited President Pervez Musharraf for the Agra summit from July 14 to 16, 2001.
In a few weeks, the discourse in India and Pakistan went from bitter acrimony to discussions about what the two leaders would eat and which hotel they would stay, as television crews swarmed General Musharraf's ancestral Nehar Wali Haveli in Daryaganj in Delhi to discuss the Pakistani leader's "deep links" to India. When the two ended their summit meeting abruptly a few weeks later, it all dissipated quickly, much like the fizzling out of the effervescence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reach-out to his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, in May with the cancellation of Foreign Secretary-level talks that were due in Islamabad this week.
Surprise starts and abrupt endings are now the hallmark of the India-Pakistan dialogue process, with similar results each time. Sometimes, terrorists fashion those results. In July 2006, the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's timetable for talks came to an end when Foreign Secretary-level talks were called off after the Mumbai train blasts. In November 2008, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks began when the Pakistani Foreign Minister was in Delhi for talks.
Even when terror attacks have not been able to deter the interlocutors, the end has been the same. In February 2007, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri came to Delhi days after the Samjhauta Express bombings; in September 2013, Dr. Singh went on with his talks with Mr. Sharif despite the Jammu Army camp attack; and in May 2014, Mr. Modi met Mr. Sharif despite the attack on the Indian Consulate in Herat. Even so, each of those engagements proved equally unsuccessful.
What the long and repetitive list shows however is India's continued attempt at dialogue and Pakistan's consistent acceptance of the process. Then where does the problem lie? Geographically, the nub of the problem lies in Pakistan itself. Despite its avowals, no government has succeeded in controlling the three forces based there that can derail talks at any point.
The first are the anti-India terror groups that operate from Pakistan-held Kashmir and also from Pakistani Punjab and Sindh such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba. In their testimonies during the 26/11 trial in Pakistan, officials there identified two locations of camps where Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged for the Mumbai attacks, were trained. Increasingly, these very groups threaten Pakistan too, and from the Marriott Hotel bombing to attacks on Army, Air Force and Naval bases, evidence on facilitators and Fidayeen training has often led to the Lashkar.
The second force is the Pakistani military. While both Indian and Pakistani troops exchange fire at the Line of Control, a sharp increase in attacks from the Pakistani side are often seen as a signal from Rawalpindi to the government in Islamabad, more than it is a signal to New Delhi, to go slow on the dialogue process. If anything, events of the past week in the Pakistani capital, with Mr. Sharif pitted against protests by opposition leader Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, have shown that the military has regained that upper hand over the civilian government there.
The third force, surprisingly, is the judiciary. Ever since the toppling of General Musharraf in August 2008, and of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in June 2012, it has been clear that justices in Pakistan can often play an effective, yet politically partisan role. While that situation is wholly an internal affair of the Pakistani state, it impinges on the India-Pakistan dialogue when it comes to the Mumbai 26/11 trial, which means a lot to every Indian citizen. No-one can tell courts anywhere to do their job, yet when a case of such importance is concerned, with evidence from so many sources, along with trials in both the U.S. and India, it is difficult to explain the delays, with repeated adjournments, judges transferred and even prosecutors handling the case and prosecution witnesses failing to show up.
On the Indian side, the forces that oppose talks can be counted on to react exactly as each of the Pakistani forces inimical to India would like them to. Therefore, the talks with Hurriyat leaders cannot be seen in isolation as the trigger for India's decision … ever since Mr. Modi's SAARC outreach, he has faced criticism from more extreme members of his support base and those opposed to talks from within the government. It is not mere coincidence that so many former diplomats who spent careers carrying out dialogue were signatories to a petition to Dr. Singh last year, demanding that he call off dialogue with Pakistan. If anything, it is evidence of a resistance inside South Block to the kind of sudden initiatives announced by practically every Prime Minister of the past two decades, from Mr. Gujral to Mr. Vajpayee, Dr. Singh and Mr. Modi.
Given this history of such strong and implacable powers ranged against dialogue, it is a wonder if anyone even asks the question: is there a future to India-Pakistan dialogue? The answer is yes, if the two sides are able to drop the desire for grand and unexpected initiatives entirely, and put aside powerful symbolism for more boring substance.
Mr. Modi's invitation to Mr. Sharif, though creditable and praiseworthy, never had the potential of substantive engagement, given its timing. Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit's invitation to the Hurriyat leaders was an unnecessary one, and only meant to produce a desired photo-op, as Mr. Basit could have taken their input through less visible means as well.
There are areas where the two sides made considerable progress in the past two years, however, and these have been areas devoid of any grandstanding or the "carbon monoxide" (not oxygen) of publicity. The Home Secretaries, for example, have an agreed framework for a new visa regime between India and Pakistan. The Commerce Secretaries had negotiated the last mile in non-discriminatory market access, just short of Pakistan's broken promise of Most Favoured Nation status for India. The past three months have seen an unprecedented level of engagement on possible power and fuel agreements, and energy transfers in the pipeline, that could be revolutionary for the region. A small start may even be made by the revival of the Joint Commission that last met in September 2012. The biggest challenge for both governments, then, is to break the repetitive cycle of past engagements.
To the persistent question of why there should be talks with Pakistan at all, a senior Union Minister this week gave the oft-repeated euphemism for "because it's there," which is "one can choose one's friends but not the neighbours." When The Hindu asked when such talks might be, a senior Pakistani government official replied, "Not for the foreseeable future." Then again, we have heard those lines before as well.
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Analysts: Iran Deal Offers Chance to Rehabilitate Foreign Relations
Henry Ridgwell
LONDON —
The tentative framework on Iran's nuclear program agreed to this month is in renewed doubt over when Western sanctions should be lifted. But many analysts say the progress made offers an opportunity for both Tehran and the West to tackle other burning issues in the region, such as the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
To a round of applause and a rendition of the national anthem, President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a nuclear fuel assembly in parliament Thursday to mark Iran's "Nuclear Technology Day."
Iran's Supreme Leader said this week there was no guarantee a final deal on the country's nuclear program would be reached by the June deadline. But the Ayatollah is striking a delicate balance, says Peter Jenkins, former UK ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"There's a contrast between what's for public consumption and what he's saying privately to Rouhani," he said.
Towards a deeper involvement?
The tentative framework agreed to in Switzerland earlier this month on Iran's nuclear program provides a springboard for deeper engagement, says Mehrdad Khonsari, a former Iranian diplomat and head of the Organization for Economic Reconstruction and National Reconciliation in Iran.
"Whatever has been agreed to in Lausanne can provide a framework and a catalyst for Iran to try to address these issues, to move in the direction of confidence-building, in order to try to enhance its own position," he said.
Some analysts say such optimism over Iran's intentions is dangerously misplaced — among them Davis Lewin of policy group The Henry Jackson Society.
"It is a vicious regime that is very good at tactically exploiting a situation, creating those kinds of alliances, relationships and dynamics in the region that have allowed it to expand its nefarious influence significantly. And we must not be fooled into thinking that peace is about to break out," he said.
Yemen conflict
The civil conflict in Yemen is escalating as Houthi rebels advance into the southern city of Aden. Washington has accused Iran of providing support for the Houthis. But the nuclear deal does provide an opportunity for détente, says Peter Jenkins.
"There is a chance that the United States and Iran can have a fruitful dialogue and Iran can perhaps offer to exercise whatever influence it has with the Houthis in favor of bringing hostilities to an end," he said.
Tehran has described Saudi Arabian-led coalition airstrikes against the Houthis as "genocide." Iran has legitimate interests in the region, says Mehrdad Khonsari.
"There are limits to what Iran can do or has done, in comparison to let's say what Saudi Arabia has been doing and is doing. But they can talk, they can have dialogue," said Khonsari.
Iran supports Syria's President Bashar al-Assad — accused of war crimes against his own people. But the emergence of terrorist groups like Islamic State has created a common enemy - and common ground - for Iran and its rivals, says Khonsari.
"Addressing their competitors can take a different shape. And I think that is the direction in which the Rouhani government can proceed. Not that Iran should abandon its policy in Syria," he said.
Analysts say the window of opportunity for wider dialogue may be short-lived if Iran and the West fail to agree on a full nuclear deal in coming weeks.
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Pakistani Lawmakers Oppose Yemen Intervention
Saudi-Led Coalition Targets Rebel Sites in Yemeni Capital
US Senator: Airstrikes Could Eliminate Iran Nuke Sites
Opinion: Iran Advances Beyond 'Third Tier' Cyber Power
US Sees Urgent Need for De-escalation in Israel, West Bank


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Air France Is Progressively Increasing Its Flight Schedule
18 May 2020 . 2 min read
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, Air France has been adapting its network and flight schedule in real-time in line with travel restrictions and demand. Since end-March and at the present time, Air France is operating between 3 and 5% of its usual schedule, with a focus on maintaining a service to the French regions and links with key destinations in Europe and worldwide, to both transport passengers and goods. In this capacity, Air France currently serves 43 destinations.
Between now and the end of June and subject to travel restrictions being lifted, Air France plans to gradually resume its flights, with a gradual increase in the number of frequencies and destinations, especially to/from metropolitan France, the French Overseas Departments, and Europe.
This flight schedule will be equivalent to 15% of the capacities usually deployed at this time of year and will be operated by 75 aircraft in the Air France fleet, which comprises 224 aircraft.
To assist its customers as traffic picks up again, Air France regularly adapts its flight schedule and updates it daily across all distribution channels. As of 18 May 2020, the flight schedule is up to date until 30 June 2020.
Flight schedule at 30 June 2020 to/from Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Ajaccio, Bastia, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Calvi, Clermont-Ferrand, Figari, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Pau, Perpignan, Toulon, Toulouse
French Overseas Departments and Caribbean
Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint-Denis de La Réunion, Saint-Martin (cargo only)
Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Bergen, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Heraklion, Ibiza, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Naples, Newcastle, Oslo, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw, Venice, Vienna, Yerevan, Zurich
Bangalore, Beirut, Bombay, Delhi, Dubai, Cairo
Abidjan (cargo only), Bamako (cargo only), Cotonou, Douala, Yaoundé
+ Conakry and Nouakchott, only for sale to Paris CDG.
+ other destinations subject to obtaining necessary governmental authorizations.
Atlanta, Boston (cargo only), Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Montreal
Panama City (cargo only), Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
Bangkok (cargo only), Ho Chi Minh City (cargo only), Hong Kong, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai (cargo only), Singapore, Tokyo
(1/7) = number of weekly flights
Flight schedule at 30 June 2020 to/from Lyon-St. Exupéry
Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Caen, Lille, Nantes, Nice, Pau, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse
This flight schedule is likely to change and remains subject to obtaining the necessary governmental authorizations. Days of operation and the resumption date of these different services can be consulted at airfrance.com
Details of the flight schedule for the months of July and August will be published at the beginning of June 2020.
This updated flight schedule implies the cancellation of bookings for flights that will not be operated. Commercial measures available for consultation on airfrance.com and at all points of sale allow concerned customers to reschedule or cancel their trip at no extra cost.
Prior to travelling, Air France encourages its customers to contact the competent authorities for information on the formalities for entering and residing in their countries of destination and transit, as these are likely to have been modified following the COVID-19 epidemic.
Air France reminds that wearing a face mask is compulsory on all its flights and that temperature checks have been implemented on departure of each flight. To find out more about Air France's sanitary measures on the ground and onboard, click here.
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TJLX - 18 May 2020
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2015 is halfway over already. Individuals and organizations alike are looking back at the past six months and ahead at the next to help plan and predict 2015 in its entirety. This has been an exciting year for the technology and mobile device industries with notable trends and developments. Right off the bat, the Apple Watch was introduced to the public this year. It was just as successful as expected with pre-order delivery dates ranging into early September of this year. The variety of styles and synced operation with the iPhone 5 and 6 made this device a must-have for Apple-lovers around the globe.
Mobile devices this year also put the spotlight on health by including scanners and monitors that help users track their daily exercise and activities. More than ever before, smartphones are including pedometers, sleep monitors and activity logs that can help owners be healthier and review their success over a period of time. While it hasn't been released yet, 2015 could see the Simband. This product is in the works through Samsung as a wearable device with comprehensive health software. This industry focus on health is helping owners and users throughout the world pay more attention to their mind, body and overall health.
Google also helped the mobile industry by changing its algorithms to favor websites with mobile-friendly platforms. More people than ever use their smartphones and tablets to visit websites and research companies. Google recognized this trend and responded to the demands of users. As more and more smartphone users utilized their devices for online browsing, the more supportive Google has been. This great advancement of 2015 is also thanks to companies and organizations worldwide that have instituted a BYOD policy in the office.
BYOD – Bring Your Own Device, encourages employees to bring and work on the mobile device of their choice instead of the provided hardware given by the company. Desktop computers run slow and lack the programs that today's modern employees need to do a good job. It turns out that a significant amount of employees would rather bring their own laptops or tablets into work to accomplish both small tasks and large-scale projects. Organizations that focus on employee's satisfaction and productivity have embrace BYOD so far in 2015 and this trend doesn't show any signs of lightening up.
So far, 2015 has been a great year for mobile devices of all types. In the next six months we expect to see further developments in all the aforementioned arenas and even new trends like curved or flexible devices. With an impressive start, the second half should be a good one for electronic device manufacturers and repair organizations like Dr.PhoneFix. We know how important your device is to you, especially this year, and we're here to fix it for you quickly, affordably and correctly. Stop in today if you have any questions about repair, mobile devices or the current state of the industry so far in 2015.


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