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Teresa Kałuda (ur. 25 września 1936 w Warszawie, zm. 18 marca 2016 w Katowicach) – polska aktorka teatralna i filmowa.

Życiorys
Absolwentka Wydziału Aktorskiego Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Filmowej, Telewizyjnej i Teatralnej w Łodzi z 1959 roku. Podczas kariery scenicznej występowała na deskach Teatru Powszechnego w Łodzi (1958–1974), Teatru Ludowego w Krakowie-Nowej Hucie (1974–1979) oraz Teatru Śląskiego im. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego w Katowicach (1979–2005), grając w kilkudziesięciu przedstawieniach. Występowała również w audycjach radiowych.
W 1985 roku została odznaczona Srebrnym Krzyżem Zasługi, natomiast w 1991 roku – odznaką Zasłużony Działacz Kultury.

Filmografia

Filmy fabularne
 Orzeł i reszka (1974, reż. Ryszard Filipski)
 Wysokie loty (1978, reż. Ryszard Filipski)

Seriale telewizyjne
 Ile jest życia (1974, odc. 10)
 Blisko, coraz bliżej (1986, odc. 13)
 Rodzina Kanderów (1988, odc. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
 Banda Rudego Pająka (1988, odc. 3)
 Galeria (2011–2013, odc. 88)

Spektakle telewizyjne
 Nadzieja (1962, reż. Jerzy Antczak)
 Waga (1966, reż. Jerzy Walczak)
 Tak tu cicho o zmierzchu (1974, reż. Borys Wasiliew)
 Strych na Kossakówce (1975, reż. Roman Michalski)

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Absolwenci Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Filmowej, Telewizyjnej i Teatralnej im. Leona Schillera w Łodzi
Aktorki teatralne związane z Łodzią
Ludzie urodzeni w Warszawie
Ludzie związani z Katowicami
Ludzie związani z Krakowem
Odznaczeni odznaką "Zasłużony Działacz Kultury"
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Krzyżem Zasługi (Polska Ludowa)
Polskie aktorki filmowe
Polskie aktorki teatralne
Urodzeni w 1936
Zmarli w 2016


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In 1919, only months after the end of the Great War, the men and women of Deseronto struggle to recover from wounds of the past, both visible and hidden. Kenan, a young soldier who has returned from the war damaged and disfigured, confines himself to his small house on the Bay of Quinte, wandering outside only under the cover of night. His wife, Tress, attempting to adjust to the trauma that overwhelms her husband and which has changed their marriage, seeks advice from her Aunt Maggie. Maggie, along with her husband, Am, who cares for the town clock tower, have their own sorrows, which lie unacknowledged between them. Maggie finds joy in her friendship with a local widow and in the Choral Society started by Lukas, a Music Director who has moved to the town from an unknown place in war-torn Europe. While rehearsing and performing, Maggie rediscovers a part of herself that she had long set aside. As the decade draws to a close and the lives of these beautifully-drawn characters become more entwined, each of them must decide what to share and what to hide, and how their actions will lead them into the future.
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Introduction: Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is quite common in female adolescents and adults worldwide. Despite the higher prevalence of IDA, there is a paucity of research in finding its prevalence and potential causes in young Saudi female population. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and possible causes of IDA in young female medical students and search for risk factors in the studied group. Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty female students from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University were selected by randomized sampling whose blood samples were taken to measure their hemoglobin (Hb) and serum ferritin levels. According to the World Health Organization criteria, individuals with Hb <12 g/dL and ferritin <15 ng/mL were considered anemic. The sociodemographic, gynecological, and dietary data were collected from all the respondents with the help of a well-designed 15 items questionnaire. The association between IDA and the potential risk factors was found through Fishers' exact test or Chi-square test. Results: Among the studied group, 38.3% of total population were anemic. Mean Hb ± standard deviation (SD) was found to be 12.6 ± 1.3 and mean ferritin ± SD was 18.9 ± 5.2. No statistically significant correlation (P > 0.05) was found between IDA and the background, gynecological history, and dietary habits of the anemic participants. Conclusions: The higher prevalence rate of anemia among Saudi female medical students (38.3%) was similar to the earlier reports of the Gulf region. Considering the higher ratio of anemic students, iron supplements should be prescribed to the affected youngsters to improve their Hb level.
Higher hemoglobin (Hb) levels are associated with improved performance and quality of life (QOL). Its deficiency, known as anemia, causes poor pregnancy outcome, suboptimal learning and cognitive function, disturbed behavior, poor attention, and growth issues in the affected individuals. The definition of anemia as explained by the World Health Organization (WHO) and most frequently used in epidemiologic studies is when Hb concentration is <12 g/dL in women and 13 g/dL in men. Anemia is a common but multifactorial condition which continues to be a problem in the developing world. Approximately one-quarter of the world's total population is suffering from anemia. In teenage and early adulthood only, the WHO estimates the prevalence of anemia to be 22.6%–54.0%.
Anemia has many types, and among them, iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) has the highest prevalence., In many developing countries, it has reached to an epidemic level and is recorded as the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency in the world., Its deficiency has remarkable negative effects on the suffering individuals. Among the commonly known negative outcomes, impaired mental and physical growth, poor motor function, diminished work capacity, and an overall poor QOL are the most pronounced ones.
Within the affected adults, females suffer from anemia the most. A recent study reported the prevalence rate of anemia to be 58.9% in Saudi Arabian women. This prevalence rate is considerably higher as compared to the findings of Rasheed et al. who reported 41.3% prevalence rate in Saudi females. The greater number of affected females shows increased prevalence rate over this period of time.
In young IDA inflicted females, it causes lifelong effects on the affected individuals such as poor maternal and neonatal outcomes and pronounced risk of disability in their lives ahead. Despite its severity and unfortunate after effects, the latest information on the prevalence and the associated risk factors of IDA are scarce in the context of young Saudi females. Few studies have reported the prevalence of IDA in Saudi females; however, the potential risk factors associated with IDA were mostly not the focus of these studies, especially in the eastern region. Due to this gap in the literature, this study aimed to evaluate the causes and risk factors of IDA among female youngsters and also intended to report any significant risk factor associated with this condition.
It was a cross-sectional observational study which was done between June and November 2017. Through random sampling, a total of 120 otherwise healthy female students were selected who were studying at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. Those female students who had a reported eating disorder, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or a history of medication/nutritional supplements were excluded from the study. After explaining the purpose of investigation, an informed consent was obtained from all the participants. The confidentiality of their personal details and study results was ensured. The ethical approval for this study was obtained from the ethics and research committee of Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.
Before blood sampling, students were also asked to fill a questionnaire of 15 items to obtain their personal and demographic data. The structured questionnaire was based on the prior literature and was recently used and pilot tested by Riyadh and Osama.,,, The three major domains covered in the questionnaire were the information regarding the personal sociodemographic data (marital status, mother's education level, and family history of anemia); gynecological and obstetric history (age of menarche, length of cycle, duration of menstruation, the presence of clot, history of flooding, and chronic bleeding); and dietary habits (intake frequency of breakfast, meat, vegetables, Vitamin C, and drugs). Approximately 15 min were taken by each participant to fill the required information.
The blood sample collection was done on campus for the convenience purpose. A sample of venous blood (10 mL) was collected from each student on the same day when the questionnaire was filled by them. The vacutainers, which were used to perform venipunctures, were of two types, one had ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in it for hematological tests including Hb, mean corpuscular Hb, hematocrit, mean corpuscular Hb concentration, and mean corpuscular volume. Beckman Coulter LH750 machine was used to perform these tests. For biochemical screening, vacutainers were used without the addition of any anticoagulant. The purpose was to allow the blood sample to clot while it was assigned to a serum separator. A modular machine was used to calculate serum iron, ferritin, and total iron capacity.
The statistical analysis was performed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). The results were presented as number and percentage. Fishers' exact test or Chi-square test was used for testing the association between anemia and its potential predictors. During analysis, the participants were gathered into anemic or nonanemic groups according to the WHO criteria. Participants with Hb <12 g/dL and ferritin <15 ng/mL were considered to possess IDA. Value of P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
According to the WHO classification, it was found that 46 female students (38.33%) had anemia and 74 (61.67%) had normal Hb and ferritin levels. Mean ± standard deviation (SD) of Hb was found to be 12.6 ± 1.3 and mean ferritin ± SD was 18.9 ± 5.2. The age range of the participants was from 18 to 24 years with a mean age of 20.2 years. The mean age of menarche was 12.8 years. The mean length of the menstrual cycle was 27 days and mean duration of menstruation was 6.6 days. A proportion of 16.7% of students had a history of flooding and 53.3% of students had a history of clots. Only four students were married. Positive family history of anemia was found in 45% of participants and 5% had a history of chronic bleeding. [Table 1], [Table 2], [Table 3] show the distribution of IDA according to students' background, gynecological history, and dietary habits, respectively. In all the cases, a significant association between anemia and included variables could not be found.
Anemia is a commonly known and widespread condition, but its prevalence differs in developing and developed countries. For instance, 43% of total population is suffering from anemia in developing countries whereas its prevalence rate is significantly lower in highly developed countries which is reported at 9%. One such example can be seen in an Indian study which reported 44% prevalence of anemia among female students. Similarly, IDA, which is an anemic condition, has also been detected at higher rate among female students in other developing countries. In a study, Shill et al. found IDA in 63.3% of Bangladeshi female students. On the contrary, in developed countries such as Australia, only 3% female university students were found to be suffering from IDA. In local Saudi context, the prevalence of IDA (38.33%) found in the current study is significantly lower as compared to previous study which reported 64% prevalence of IDA. Interestingly, in a recent study, Alzaheb and Al-Amer have reported the prevalence of anemia to be 12.5% in female students which are significantly lower than the current findings.
Current findings showed that female students who were anemic reported lower consumption of meat. The heme form of iron is largely found in meat which has an absorption rate of 50%. The nonheme iron type is typically found in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. Meat consumption plays a vital role in preventing IDA. Many existing studies strongly suggest a negative correlation between low meat consumption and increased chances of IDA., One contributing factor toward less consumption of meat could be the low socioeconomic background. The meat is relatively costly that can prevent families of humble background to consume it on daily basis. Işık Balcı et al. reported that families with poor background consume red meat and fish which result in less intake of iron.
The iron intake is not the only contributing factor in decreasing the chances of IDA. There are other dietary factors which enhance or inhibit the iron absorption, one such factor is Vitamin C intake. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), found in citrus fruits, has already been reported as an enhancer for iron absorption found in nonheme foods., Previous research has associated low citrus fruit consumption with an elevated risk of anemia. In this study, the effect of Vitamin C intake on the absorption and bioavailability of iron has also been calculated. While doing so, it was found that most reported cases of IDA had inadequate intake of Vitamin C. However, the negative correlation was not statistically significant.
In the current findings, IDA showed no statistically significant association with the sociodemographic gynecological variables which are in line with a recent study conducted by Alquaiz et al. However, this finding is in contrast to some prior studies which have been conducted in Saudi context and have reported that IDA has a significant relationship with past personal, medical, and/or gynecological history of the participants.
In the present study, there are some limitations to report. First, this study was quantitative in nature and is unable to report the rationale of its findings. In the future, a longitudinal observatory study will be more helpful in evaluating the actual affiliation between the variables and IDA. The second limitation is related to the context specificity and its findings, therefore, may lack generalizability for other ethnic groups.
The present study concluded the overall prevalence of IDA among the apparently healthy young Saudi female students. In this study, 38.33% of females were found anemic. The study also tried to find the association of anemia with personal, gynecological, and socioeconomic risk factors. The high rate of anemic prevalence can be encountered by awareness campaigns, improved nutritional habits, and regular iron intake through diet or supplementation.
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At Large October 8, 2021 Ivy Pratt
A Brief History of the Female Nude: From Willendorf to Kardashian
Created: Fri, 10/08/2021 - 11:37
Author: anna
The history of the female nude is complex and profoundly entangled with women's rights. The subject matter and the manner in which it appears through the ages is sometimes academic, often objectifying, and occasionally empowering.
This list spans approximately 25,000 years of art-making and is by no means comprehensive. Rather, it serves as a highlight reel of particularly fascinating instances in which an artist rendered the female form in a manner that additionally captured some aspect of the concurrent culture. It should also be noted that this list is exclusively focused on Western art history.
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Unknown, Woman of Willendorf, 30,000 - 25,000 BCE.
This sculpture, which is small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand, is one of the oldest artworks ever recovered. Found in Willendorf, Austria in the early twentieth century, its purpose has long been a source of debate. An initial, popular theory suggested that the statue was prehistoric pornography. Today, it is commonly believed that it is either a fertility token—due to the exaggerated rendering of the figure's vulva and breasts—or a self-portrait—made as the artist looked down at their own body. This last theory is also supported by the lack of facial features.
Alexandros of Antioch, Venus de Milo, 130 BC.
The Venus de Milo is characteristic of the Greek understanding of the human body in general rather than of the female form in particular. Still, this sculpture is one of the most famous depictions of the nude body and is therefore a vital piece of this list. Greek artists placed an emphasis on perfection, athleticism, and symmetry. Statues such as this Venus were never based on one specific model. Rather, artists would observe the most so-called perfect aspects of several models and combine them to create the ultimate example of a human figure.
An Iconic Composition Emerges
Giorgione (likely completed by Titian), Sleeping Venus, 1510.
For centuries, artists have returned to this pose and composition for inspiration and to create artwork that exists in dialogue with it. Although a 1499 woodcut has been presented as a possible inspiration for this pose, the nude figure's scale and the artist's singular focus on her were unprecedented. The composition has since remained influential. One need only look to Titian's Venus of Urbino, Manet's Olympia, Picasso's Reclining Nude, and countless others.
Courtesy of the Met. The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982.
In the Rococo
François Boucher, Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto, 1763.
The story of Jupiter's seduction of Callisto, achieved while the god was disguised as Diana, has long been used by artists as a sort of excuse to create a scene of sapphic intimacy that could still technically qualify as heterosexual. Additionally—within the context of the female nude—this allowed artists to create a sensual scene featuring two, rather than one, scantily clad women. Boucher, the ultimate Rococo artist, surely delighted in the production of such an artwork.
Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Yann Caradec.
The Body of a Queen
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette en Chemise, 1783.
This painting, created by one of only fourteen women admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, is a genius example of an artist's ability to create a revolutionary statement through art. This portrait of a French queen is unique in its total lack of any reference to the king. Marie Antoinette is presented as an individual, rather than as an asset. Though the Queen may appear dressed to a modern audience, contemporaneous audiences—and the general public in particular—were scandalized by her lack of clothing. These two factors, unfortunately, led to the forced removal of the painting at Vigée Le Brun's first Salon exhibition.
Jean Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814.
This painting, though beautiful in its own right, dabbles in several deeply problematic traditions including the diminishing, exoticizing, and sexualizing of non-white individuals as well as cultural appropriation. Although the woman's skin tone and features are heavily Westernized, her body is elongated to manufacture a sense of otherness. She even appears to have extra vertebrae. Lastly, the central figure is surrounded by objects—a fan, a pipe, and so on—that are meant to situate her within a harem and mark the artwork as Orientalist.
Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1865.
Though the painting's composition was clearly meant to fall into the academic and historical tradition of the reclining, female nude, Édouard Manet also chose to include several details—her jewelry, the flower in her hair, and the cat by her foot—in this painting which identify the central woman as a prostitute. This identity in combination with the subject's so-called confrontational gaze was entirely scandalous to audiences at the time. Today, many academics are more interested in the maid—based on the model Laure—and what her portrayal can tell viewers about racism, beauty, and autonomy.
A photograph of Marilyn Monroe featured in Playboy. Published in 1953. Taken in 1949.
Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe—long deemed pop-cultural icon by Andy Warhol and countless others—was also the first Playboy centerfold and the first-ever 'Sweetheart of the Month,' a precursory title to the eventual 'Playmate of the Month.' It is important to note that the star never agreed to be featured in the magazine. The iconic centerfold image was captured four years before the inaugural edition, when the not-yet-famous Monroe was struggling for cash. Hugh Hefner purchased the centerfold image, taken by Tom Kelley, from the John Baumgarth Calendar Company.
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A censored, nude selfie taken by Kardashian and posted to Instagram on March 7, 2016.
Kim Kardashian's name is synonymous with many pop-culture topics including the selfie. She came into the public consciousness in 2007, when an ex-boyfriend released their sex tape. According to the star, this was done without her consent. Before the release of Selfish, a coffee table book of selfies, Kardashian was hacked by an unknown entity who threatened to release unseen private photos. The star chose to publish the hijacked images in a centerfold series of the book. Though many see Kardashian as an airhead perpetuator of sex-obsession and the objectification of women, one cannot deny the relative autonomy that her nude images possess. For centuries, the most culturally relevant images of the female body were painted, sculpted, and captured by and for men.

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#define MPS_MPSImageThreshold_h

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/*!
 *  @class      MPSImageThresholdBinary
 *  @discussion The MIThreshold filter applies a fixed-level threshold to each pixel in the image.
 *              The threshold functions convert a single channel image to a binary image.
 *              If the input image is not a single channel image, convert the inputimage to a single channel
 *              luminance image using the linearGrayColorTransform and then apply the threshold.
 *              The ThresholdBinary function is:
 *                  destinationPixelValue = sourcePixelValue > thresholdValue ? maximumValue : 0
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NS_CLASS_AVAILABLE( NA, 9_0  )
@interface  MPSImageThresholdBinary : MPSUnaryImageKernel

/*!
 *  @abstract   initialize a MPSImageThresholdBinary filter
 *  @param      device          The device the filter will run on
 *  @param      thresholdValue  The threshold value to use
 *  @param      maximumValue    The maximum value to use
 *  @param      transform       This matrix is an array of 3 floats.
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/*! @property thresholdValue
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@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   thresholdValue;

/*! @property maximumValue
 *  @discussion The maximum value used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   maximumValue;

/*! @property transform
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@end  /* MPSImageThresholdBinary */

/*!
 *  @class      MPSImageThresholdBinaryInverse
 *  @discussion The MPSImageThresholdBinaryInverse filter applies a fixed-level threshold to each pixel in the image.
 *              The threshold functions convert a single channel image to a binary image.
 *              If the input image is not a single channel image, convert the inputimage to a single channel
 *              luminance image using the linearGrayColorTransform and then apply the threshold.
 *              The ThresholdBinaryInverse function is:
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@interface  MPSImageThresholdBinaryInverse : MPSUnaryImageKernel

/*!
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 *  @param      device          The device the filter will run on
 *  @param      thresholdValue  The threshold value to use
 *  @param      maximumValue    The maximum value to use
 *  @param      transform       This matrix is an array of 3 floats.
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-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice: (nonnull id <MTLDevice>) device
                        thresholdValue: (float)thresholdValue
                          maximumValue: (float)maximumValue
              linearGrayColorTransform: (nullable const float *)transform       NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;

/* You must use initWithDevice:thresholdValue:maximumValue:linearGrayColorTransform: instead */
-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice:(nonnull id<MTLDevice>)device            NS_UNAVAILABLE;

/*! @property thresholdValue
 *  @discussion The threshold value used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   thresholdValue;

/*! @property maximumValue
 *  @discussion The maximum value used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   maximumValue;

/*! @property transform
 *  @discussion The color transform used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic, nonnull) const float *transform;

@end  /* MPSImageThresholdBinaryInverse */

/*!
 *  @class      MPSImageThresholdTruncate
 *  @discussion The MPSImageThresholdTruncate filter applies a fixed-level threshold to each pixel in the image:
 *              The threshold functions convert a single channel image to a binary image.
 *              If the input image is not a single channel image, convert the inputimage to a single channel
 *              luminance image using the linearGrayColorTransform and then apply the threshold.
 *              The ThresholdTruncate function is:
 *                  destinationPixelValue = sourcePixelValue > thresholdValue ? thresholdValue : sourcePixelValue
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NS_CLASS_AVAILABLE( NA, 9_0  )
@interface  MPSImageThresholdTruncate : MPSUnaryImageKernel

/*!
 *  @abstract   initialize a MPSImageThresholdTruncate filter
 *  @param      device          The device the filter will run on
 *  @param      thresholdValue The threshold value to use
 *  @param      transform       This matrix is an array of 3 floats.
 *                              The default if no transform is specifed is BT.601/JPEG: {0.299f, 0.587f, 0.114f};
 */
-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice: (nonnull id <MTLDevice>) device
                        thresholdValue: (float)thresholdValue
              linearGrayColorTransform: (nullable const float *)transform       NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;

/* You must use initWithDevice:thresholdValue:linearGrayColorTransform: instead */
-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice:(nonnull id<MTLDevice>)device            NS_UNAVAILABLE;

/*! @property thresholdValue
 *  @discussion The threshold value used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   thresholdValue;

/*! @property transform
 *  @discussion The color transform used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic, nonnull) const float *transform;

@end  /* MPSImageThresholdTruncate */

/*!
 *  @class      MPSImageThresholdToZero
 *  @discussion The MPSImageThresholdToZero filter applies a fixed-level threshold to each pixel in the image.
 *              The threshold functions convert a single channel image to a binary image.
 *              If the input image is not a single channel image, convert the inputimage to a single channel
 *              luminance image using the linearGrayColorTransform and then apply the threshold.
 *              The ThresholdToZero function is:
 *                  destinationPixelValue = sourcePixelValue > thresholdValue ? sourcePixelValue : 0
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NS_CLASS_AVAILABLE( NA, 9_0  )
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/*!
 *  @abstract   initialize a MPSImageThresholdToZero filter
 *  @param      device          The device the filter will run on
 *  @param      thresholdValue  The threshold value to use
 *  @param      transform       This matrix is an array of 3 floats.
 *                              The default if no transform is specifed is BT.601/JPEG: {0.299f, 0.587f, 0.114f};
 */
-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice: (nonnull id <MTLDevice>) device
                        thresholdValue: (float)thresholdValue
              linearGrayColorTransform: (nullable const float *)transform       NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;

/* You must use initWithDevice:thresholdValue:linearGrayColorTransform: instead */
-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice:(nonnull id<MTLDevice>)device            NS_UNAVAILABLE;

/*! @property thresholdValue
 *  @discussion The threshold value used to init the threshold filter
 */
@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   thresholdValue;

/*! @property transform
 *  @discussion The color transform used to init the threshold filter
 */
@property (readonly, nonatomic, nonnull) const float *transform;

@end  /* MPSImageThresholdToZero */

/*!
 *  @class      MPSImageThresholdToZeroInverse
 *  @discussion The MPSImageThresholdToZeroInverse filter applies a fixed-level threshold to each pixel in the image.
 *              The threshold functions convert a single channel image to a binary image.
 *              If the input image is not a single channel image, convert the inputimage to a single channel
 *              luminance image using the linearGrayColorTransform and then apply the threshold.
 *              The ThresholdToZeroINverse function is:
 *                  destinationPixelValue = sourcePixelValue > thresholdValue ? 0 : sourcePixelValue
 */
NS_CLASS_AVAILABLE( NA, 9_0  )
@interface  MPSImageThresholdToZeroInverse : MPSUnaryImageKernel

/*!
 *  @abstract  initialize a MPSImageThresholdToZeroInverse filter
 *  @param      device          The device the filter will run on
 *  @param      thresholdValue The threshold value to use
 *  @param      transform       This matrix is an array of 3 floats.
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-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice: (nonnull id <MTLDevice>) device
                        thresholdValue: (float)thresholdValue
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/* You must use initWithDevice:thresholdValue:linearGrayColorTransform: instead */
-(nonnull instancetype) initWithDevice:(nonnull id<MTLDevice>)device            NS_UNAVAILABLE;

/*! @property thresholdValue
 *  @discussion The threshold value used to init the threshold filter
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@property (readonly, nonatomic) float   thresholdValue;

/*! @property transform
 *  @discussion The color transform used to init the threshold filter
 */
@property (readonly, nonatomic, nonnull) const float *transform;

@end  /* MPSImageThresholdToZeroInverse */

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Meddobje (v španščini Entresiglo) je literarna in splošnokulturna slovenska revija, ki izhaja v Argentini.

Revijo je leta 1954 ustanovila Slovenska kulturna akcija (SKA) v Buenos Airesu. Podnaslov revije Splošno kulturna revija ima špansko različico Revista de cultura general. Meddobje označuje čas pred velikimi spremembami, med starim domom in novim svetom. Gre za neko vmesno dobo med vojno in njenimi posledicami ter obdobjem, ki bo prineslo odgovore na vprašanja vrnitve, sprave in nov politični režim v domovini Sloveniji. Revija je namenjena ljubiteljem umetnosti in izobražencem, ki naj bi z eseji in leposlovjem »posegali med probleme slovenskih izseljencev«. V njej objavljajo poezijo, prozo, razprave in eseje, ankete, natečaje, prispevke o gledališču, glasbi, arhitekturi ter knjižne ocene. Znana je po bogatih ilustracijah likovnih umetnikov Bare Remec, Ivana Bukovca, Franceta Goršeta, Milana Volovška in nekaterih drugih.

V reviji objavljajo najpomembnejši slovenski kulturni delavci v zdomstvu in zamejstvu svoje leposlovne prispevke, prevode, umetnostne in literarnoumetnostne razprave ter kulturne glose in kulturnopolitične eseje o domačih in svetovnih dogajanjih. Vanjo pišejo predvsem slovenski povojni emigranti in njihovi potomci ter tudi nekateri Slovenci iz domovine in zdomstva. Kulturniki so skrbeli za kulturo in jo skušali vzdrževati na tako visoki ravni, da bi Slovencem omogočila obstanek tako v domovini kot v emigraciji.

Izhajanje in obseg revije

Prvi letnik revije je izšel v Buenos Airesu leta 1954, v letih 1960, 1962 in 1965 revija ni izhajala, nekaj težav so imeli tudi v 80. in 90. letih. Prva urednika sta bila Ruda Jurčec in Zorko Simčič, leta 1961 se jima je pridružil še Rafko Vodeb. Simčič in Vodeb sta odšla v času izdaje 9. letnika in Ruda Jurčec je ostal sam na čelu uredništva do sredine leta 1969. Na pomoč mu je priskočil Tine Debeljak, katerega je nasledil France Papež. Slednji je uredniškemu delu posvetil dobrih 26 let, deloval je kar do sredine leta 1996. Po razcepu v Slovenski kulturni akciji je revijo od leta 1970 urejal uredniški konzorcij v sestavi Tine Debeljak, France Papež, Srečko Baraga, Marijan Eiletz, Mirko Gogala in Nikolaj Jeločnik, kasneje se jim je pridružil še Alojz Kukovica. Med letoma 1972 in 1996 je revijo urejal predvsem France Papež, leta 1997 Vinko Rode, od 1998 do 2002 Marijan Eiletz, za njim Tine Debeljak, od leta 2005 dalje pa zanjo skrbi Tone Mizerit.

Meddobje ni izhajalo redno, do leta 2010 je z nekaj prekinitvami izšlo 44 letnikov revije. Število izdanih številk posameznega letnika je nihalo od ene pa vse do šest številk, med katerimi pa so bile posamezne številke enojne, dvojne ali trojne. V zadnjih letih izhajanja revije se je število omejilo le še na dve oziroma eno dvojno številko letno, kar kaže na postopno zmanjšanje obsega revije in manjšo ustvarjalnost avtorjev.

Razvoj revije

V reviji je svoja dela objavilo preko štiristo avtorjev, katerih dela so se navadno delila po naslednjih poglavjih (skozi leta so se vrstni red in naslovi rubrik rahlo spreminjali):
0 SPLOŠNO - uvodi, ankete, natečaji
1 LEPOSLOVJE – poezija
2 LEPOSLOVJE – proza
3 RAZPRAVE IN ESEJI
4 ČRKE, BESEDE, MISLI (avtor Ruda Jurčec)
5 ČAS NA TRIBUNI
6 ČRTA IN PROSTOR (umetnost)
7 GLEDALIŠČE
8 GLASBA
9 KNJIŽNE OCENE
10 KRONIKA - ZAPISI (kulturni večeri SKA)
11 SLIKOVNE PRILOGE
12 ŠPANSKI TEKSTI.

Pisatelj Zorko Simčič in esejist Ruda Jurčec sta dala začetnim letnikom revije poseben usmeritveni pečat. Pisci so predstavljali kulturno življenje doma in po svetu, objavljali so kritike, ocene, poročila o knjigah in razstavah ter različne preglede. V prvem desetletju je pri ustvarjanju revije sodelovalo veliko število ljudi, v njej je objavljalo več kot štirideset pisateljev, pesnikov, esejistov, kritikov in drugih sodelavcev.

Leta 1969 se je začelo novo obdobje izhajanja in razvoja revije. SKA in z njim Meddobje je tega leta doživljalo svojo prvo krizo zaradi spora, ki je bil vodstvene in ideološke narave. Kulturniki so hoteli kot člani politične emigracije delovati neodvisno, tudi SKA je ob ustanovitvi nastopila kot popolnoma svobodna in neopredeljena ustanova, ki ji je bil edini cilj krščanski pogled na svet, pripadnost politični emigraciji in čim višja kakovost kulturnega ustvarjanja. Nekaterim vse prej opisano ni bilo dovolj in so hoteli, da se ustanova tudi politično, tj. strankarsko opredeli. Zaradi neopredeljenosti so bili zadržani in sumničavi, nekateri so ji tudi javno nasprotovali. Kriza SKA se je pojavila kot nesoglasje med manjšino, ki sta jo predstavljala Ruda Jurčec in Alojzij Geržinič, in ostalo večino. Manjšina (predvsem Jurčec) je zagovarjala stališče, da se mora SKA izrecno opredeliti za protikomunistično ustanovo in prevzeti politično nalogo. Ostali so zagovarjali zmernejša stališča. Zaradi nesoglasja je Jurčec odšel. V 70. letih je ponovno oživela založba, razširil se je krog sodelavcev, revija je redno izhajala ter utrjevala svoj položaj osrednje kulturno-literarne revije v izseljenstvu. Slabe ekonomske razmere in upad ustvarjalne dejavnosti so revijo pripeljale do druge krize v letih 1979−1981.

Tretje obdobje revije se pričenja po letu 1982, ko so se reviji pridružili še izseljenski ustvarjalci iz drugih držav. Jože Cukale je tako pošiljal svoje prispevke iz Indije, Vladimir Kos z Japonske, Ted Kramolc iz Kanade, Vinko Beličič, Milena Merlak Detela in Lev Detela iz evropskega izseljenstva, svoj delež pa so prispevali tudi pripadniki nove, mlajše generacije Slovencev, ki se je že rodila v Argentini (Andrej Rot, Katica Cukjati).

V četrtem obdobju je poudarek na vračanju v preteklost, saj je začel France Papež objavljati bogato arhivsko gradivo in dokumentirati značilnosti zdomske kulturne dejavnosti. Objavljalo se je tudi gradivo o glasbeni dejavnosti Slovencev v Argentini.

Poleg slovenskih so avtorji objavljali tudi besedila v španskem jeziku, vendar je delež teh opazno manjši. Večinoma so španski le uvodni članki, prevodi del slovenskih avtorjev ali pesmi, ki jih praviloma spremlja tudi slovenski prevod. Mlajše generacije Slovencev vse manj obvladajo slovenski jezik in vse več jih piše v španščini. Ob pregledu novejših številk revije se je pokazalo, da je tako v prozi kot v poeziji vse več prevodov del iz španščine v slovenščino.

Viri

 Meddobje. Enciklopedija Slovenije.
 Sabina Grabljevec: Proza prvih desetih letnikov revije Meddobje: Diplomsko delo. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, 2005.
 Nika Dolar: Izseljensko pesništvo revije Meddobje (1954-2010): Diplomsko delo. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, 2012.

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Home > Celebrity > Hawaii
Friendly Exes! Beach Bums Karina Smirnoff & Maksim Chmerkovskiy Are 'NOT Back Together,' Says Insider
By:Gina Bacchiocchi
Aug. 21 2014, Published 6:19 p.m. ET
They say time heals all wounds!
Nearly five years after Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy bitterly ended their engagement, the former couple was spotted paddle boarding in paradise together on August 20— with smiles on their faces.
Despite their chummy beach outing in Waikiki, Hawaii, an insider swears to RadarOnline.com that the pair is strictly platonic.
"Maksim and Karina have been traveling to different cities for Ballroom With a Twist," the source explains, citing the Dancing With the Stars pros show with fellow dancers Sharna Burgess and Chmerkovskiy's brother Val. "They're friends, but that's it. They're definitely not back together."
In October 2009, the Ukrainian hunk told PEOPLE he felt "betrayed" by his former fiancée amidst reports Smirnoff got too close to her then-dancing partner, Aaron Carter.
While Chmerkovskiy went on to date top model Kate Upton and a newly single Jennifer Lopez, the Playboy cover girl got engaged to baseball player Brad Penny in 2010. They split soon after.
As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported in June, the single 36-year-old is considering using a sperm donor to start a family.
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Tag Archives: TalkSport
Child Beater Jamie O'Hara Says Leeds United Are "Embarrassing" – by Rob Atkinson
Jamie "Irony Alert" O'Hara in Desperate Tweet Shock
Football has-been Jamie O'Hara, best known for being sacked by non-league Billericay Town, is now employed by a down-market radio station that survives by trying to provoke fans to call in by making "controversial" statements. O'Hara now appears to have outdone himself in the irony alert stakes, with his latest desperate attempt to entice Leeds fans to call in to his lame show and have a go at Marcelo Bielsa, a world class coach he coveted for Tottenham Hotspur only last season.
35 year old O'Hara's amateurish attempts at being controversial are cringeworthy enough, given a failed non-league appointment being the main item on his CV, but it's even more ridiculous that he applies the word embarrassing to a Premier League club widely praised by genuine football experts, when he himself was found guilty of punching a 14 year old boy in 2017. The then 31 year old football failure lashed out after what the boy later described as a "handshake prank" – presumably O'Hara was nettled by his team's defeat, although losing is hardly a novelty for him over the course of a less than sparkling career.
You have to admit that O'Hara has a pretty thick skin, and virtually zero self-awareness – that's the only conclusion you can reasonably draw when a failed footballer and confirmed child-beater presumes to criticise a major football club and an international legend like Bielsa. Now that is embarrassing. Or maybe he's simply stupid? You decide.
In this so far troubled season, it was always likely that Leeds would become a target for pundits, who are usually ex-pros who have never made any secret of their dislike for Yorkshire's finest. So O'Hara's brainless drivel is hardly a surprise – but the least that Leeds, and Bielsa, deserve is a better class of troll.
Nobody should find themselves under attack by a nonentity like Jamie O'Hara, least of all a club of global fame like Leeds United. That's like a rat attacking a lion, and a past-it and toothless rat at that.
Tagged Andrea Radrizzani, assault, child beater, conviction, court, Daily Mail, Elland Road, fans, fine, Football, gutter press, history, hypocrisy, Jamie O'Hara, justice, Leeds United, Marcelo Bielsa, media, Premier League, rivalry, Shaun Harvey, soccer, supporters, TalkSport, Tottenham Hotspur, Twitter, UK Football, Wordpress, Yorkshire
Villa Fans Ashamed of Agbonlahor as His Leeds Obsession Continues – by Rob Atkinson
Villa fans annoyed with Gobby, who's strangely whining about Leeds being "rattled"
Perhaps if Aston Villa had actually beaten Leeds United, as their former journeyman striker Agbonlahor evidently expected with the utmost confidence, that gentleman would not now be contriving to make an even bigger fool of himself by refusing to let the whole matter drop. Then again, maybe he'd have been even more insufferable, in the manner of a triumphal schoolboy crowing after winning a conker fight.
Gobby's latest argument appears to be that the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City fans don't react as many Leeds fans have done, when either Klopp or Guardiola are referred to as myths. But TalkSport's shining light appears to have missed the fact that nobody – and especially no-one with any pretensions to a media career – is fool enough to take that line about either Jurgen or Pep, because it'd be self-evidently ridiculous. Equally, only a clueless dolt would level such a jibe against the world-renowned Bielsa – step forward, Gormless Gobby. The hapless former Villan seems to be judging everybody else by his own dismally low standards, as if it wasn't bad enough already that he's attached to a so-called radio station trying to be the aural equivalent of the Sunday Sport.
Gobby seems to be the sort of lad that tries to extricate himself from a hole by doing some more digging. The more he protests, the dafter he looks, and the dafter he looks, the harder he tries to place himself on the right side of the argument, and so on, ad nauseam. He's in a vicious downward spiral, and is too witless to see that the only person he's hurting is himself.
Certain facts are undeniable. Firstly, Agbonlahor stands guilty of sabotaging his favourite club's chances of beating Leeds United, by providing all the extra motivation United could have wished for ahead of a tricky trip to Villa Park. It's quite clear from the most cursory trawl of the AVFC hashtag (a couple of examples appear above) that many Villa fans saw this, and were justly annoyed about it. It could well be argued that Gobby has done a better job of rattling his own fanbase, than he has of winding up the Leeds support.
Secondly, Gobby has failed to minimise his own humiliation by keeping his trap tactfully shut in the wake of Villa's heavy defeat. He has instead persisted in trying to defend the indefensible, still digging away in that hole, and now claims to be surprised that a big club like United should be rattled by a has-been like himself. But this sort of bogus self-deprecation has always been a transparent ploy to deflect attention from some horrible faux pas; everybody with any sense at all is well aware that Agbonlahor's reckless disrespect of Leeds only days prior to a match against the Whites will live forever in football's memory as unprofessional, immature, and the classic example of inserting one foot squarely into his mouth whilst simultaneously shooting himself in the other.
This is the last word I shall have to say on this matter, which I'm sure will be a relief to many. Ultimately, Agbonlahor is irrelevant, and I wouldn't normally bother with a mouthpiece for a trash radio station. In this case, though, the behaviour was so extreme and immature that I was moved to highlight the ridiculousness of it. But it's now time to stop feeding the troll, so I'll just sum up by reproducing Kalvin Phillips' devastating post match response to one of Gobby's more childish efforts before the game. Succinct and brilliant, it really should have persuaded Agbonlahor that he should immediately retire to lick his wounds. Sadly, he's got far too much ego, and far too little by way of brains, to do any such thing.
Game, set and match to Kalvin
Tagged Aston Villa, FA Premier League, fans, Gabby Agbonlahor, Kalvin Phillips, Leeds United, punditry, soccer, TalkSport, Twitter
Villa's Gobby Agbonlahor "To Deactivate Twitter Account" if They Don't Beat Leeds – by Rob Atkinson
Gobby fears Whites Twitter reaction to a Leeds win
Ex-Villa forward and current professional motormouth Gobby Agbonlahor appears to have had a moment of self-awareness today, as the Friday night showdown between the Villans and Leeds United approaches. The former striker has tweeted an admission that, unless his side beat United, then his own Twitter presence would be unbearable to the point where he'd feel compelled to deactivate his account. The implication is, of course, that if Aston Villa do win, then there'll be a lot more crowing and trolling to come from one of trash radio station TalkSport's shining lights (my apologies for the gratuitous rhyming slang).
Having delivered Leeds United's Friday evening teamtalk for them with his previous online rants, Agbonlahor seems to have potentially painted himself into a corner from which it would be difficult to escape, should Leeds manage to take anything from Friday's fixture. Several Villa fans have responded to Gobby's rash tweets with anger at the incentive he has provided for the Whites to ram his words back down his virtual throat.
Now, Agbonlahor has gone further in the incentivisation stakes, with the prospect of seeing him disappear from the Twittersphere surely something that will spur Leeds on (always assuming that Gobby isn't just emulating his fellow "gob on a stick" Katie Hopkins, who threatened many times to leave Twitter, but eventually had to be kicked off).
It promises to be a spicy old affair at Villa Park on Friday and, despite his over-use of the laugh emoticons, you get the feeling that Agbonlahor knows full well he has committed the cardinal sin of winding up an imminent opponent while wiser heads are keeping their powder dry. Really, it's a shame that Leeds appear beset by injuries ahead of a match where they will need to be as strong as possible. The absence of skipper Liam Cooper, and more especially that of England's Kalvin Phillips, does not bode well for United's ability to cope with a Villa side on the crest of a wave after their 100% start to the season. Leeds, of course, will doubtless back themselves to deal with such problems – and they certainly aren't lacking for either incentive or motivation. Credit to Gobby for that, at least.
Tagged Andrea Radrizzani, Angus Kinnear, Aston Villa, Box Office, BT Sports, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Leeds United, Premier League, Sky Sports, TalkSport
Thanks, Gobby Agbonlahor, for Motivating Leeds Ahead of Villa Away – by Rob Atkinson
Bielsa – over-rated according to Gobby Agbonlahor
Sometimes, in sport as in life, a helping hand can come from the most unexpected source. In the sporting arena, that helpful gesture might occasionally even emanate from within the opposition camp, giving an unexpected boost ahead of a difficult task. You'll have doubtless heard of the phenomenon whereby some Rentagob ex-player for this or that Rovers, City or United will unwisely open their piehole and give major and unintended motivation to the next opponents of that ex-player's former employers.
One such instance of this occurred last night in the wake of Leeds United's slightly unfortunate home defeat to Wolves. Former Aston Villa player Gabriel "Gobby" Agbonlahor, the proud owner of two losers' medals as the fruits of his less than glittering career, seemingly couldn't resist the opportunity to mock Leeds United, heedless of the fact that, for the Villans, providing an extra incentive for Leeds United ahead of Friday night's Villa Park summit was possibly the very last thing Dean Smith's charges would have wanted. But good old Gobby, showing the kind of intellect needed to work at TalkSport, went ahead anyway – and, should Villa lose their impressive 100% record at the hands of United, it could be that Mr. Agbonlahor will find the blame fairly and squarely laid upon himself.
It's a strange situation just now with Leeds and Villa, with the Villa fans in particular seeming to wish to generate an unnatural rivalry between their own club and the Whites, who habitually look west to Trafford or south to Chelsea for their own bêtes noires. With United still acclimatising themselves to the Premier League, and with Villa putting last season's narrow and distinctly dodgy escape from relegation behind them with four wins in four games this time around, you might suppose the fans of Agbonlahor's former club would be looking elsewhere themselves for rivalry fodder. But there it is, and we can probably trace this odd situation back to Villa's rather fortunate promotion season, when Leeds missed out on doing the double over them only because of Marcelo Bielsa's FIFA Fair Play Award-winning gesture of allowing the Villans to walk the ball in for an equaliser at Elland Road.
The reverse fixture at Villa Park had ended up with Leeds triumphant, having come back from two down – but in truth, United were the better team throughout, something that had Smith grinding his teeth on the touchline before muttering ungraciously about the Whites celebrating as though they'd won the title itself. Whatever the roots of the situation, Villa fans – who may well have something of a chip on their collective shoulder about the media adulation of Bielsa – have lost no opportunity to gloat over the contrasting fortunes of the two clubs this season, with warnings of premature exultation falling on deaf ears. But that's fans for you.
It's different when ex-players join in. The comments circulate more widely, and with much more chance of being noted inside the dressing room of the club targeted for such unwise trolling. You can safely bet your mortgage on the fact that Liam Cooper & Co will be well aware of Gobby's online ramblings, including the assertions that Leeds United are more myth than legend, as well as his notion that Bielsa gets too much credit, which should more properly be laid at the feet of Dean Smith. As I said, you can forgive blinkered fans for spouting that kind of rubbish – but when an ex-player of your next opponent does it, then it can make the troops thus slighted imitate the actions of the tiger. It's certainly not the kind of thing Agbonlahor's former employers would have wished him to do, as they will be uncomfortably aware that Friday night's challenge may just have become even more difficult.
Obviously, as a United fan, I hope so. I hope that Leeds will hand Villa a right pasting to ruin their 100% start, and I hope that Gobby's words will be rammed well and truly back down the orifice whence they originated, to emerge a day later, via a natural excretory process, in the form of a TalkSport match summary. Villa are a good team, so this desirable outcome is by no means guaranteed. But if it did happen, then this blogger would be well chuffed – along with, I suspect, those well-motivated men from Elland Road.
Tagged Aston Villa, Dean Smith, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Leeds United, Marcelo Bielsa, motivation, TalkSport, Team Talk, Wolves
Leeds Now Linked With Totti, So Can They Finally Get Maradona? – by Rob Atkinson
Maradona – will he finally realise his Leeds United dream?
According to certain media sources, Leeds United are planning to tempt 42 year old Francesco Totti out of retirement to fire them to promotion. The speculation follows hard on the heels of suggestions that fellow World Cup winner Gianluigi Buffon could be in line to replace Kiko Casilla in goal, as Leeds seemingly look to experience for next season's Championship campaign.
Given this apparent non-ageist policy, Life, Leeds United, the Universe & Everything is now asking the $64,000 question: is it finally time to make good on the ambition, dating back to the mid-eighties, of bringing Diego Maradona to Elland Road?
They say that any winning team needs a strong spine and, with Buffon in goal and the attacking partnership of Totti and Maradona, we'd only need a legendary centre-back and maybe a holding midfielder of the same ilk, and we'd be cooking with gas. Franz Beckenbauer owes Leeds United a favour or two after his pivotal role in the 1975 European Cup Final, so maybe he could slot in alongside Liam Cooper, allowing our shrewd transfer team to capitalise on the market value of Pontus Jansson. And Beckenbauer, a sprightly 73, could also act as a defensive mid, although surely our own David Batty could do a job there despite his relative inexperience at only 50 years old.
These are exciting times for Leeds United as they seek to exploit the potential of geriatric footballers the world over. Could Diego Maradona really be the jewel in our promotion crown at the age of 58?
Only time, and possibly TalkSport Radio, will tell.
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CHASING TENENBAUMS
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I've been a fan of Wes Anderson's since Bottle Rocket, his first film. It was small, simple (simple for Wes Anderson) and quirky, but you'd expect that. Over the years his films have become bigger in ways while still maintaining a 'small film' feel. (Disclaimer, I've seen all of his films except for Moonrise Kingdom, just haven't gotten around to watching it yet).
We took in The Grand Budapest Hotel on opening day, a rare feat in the world of having a toddler. We found ourselves drawn to the imagery, pulled along by the story, never confused. But after we walked out into the afternoon sunlight we looked at each other and said at the same time 'not as good as Tenenbaums.'
And there you have it. Every director has a film they'll never direct better. Every band has an album they'll never record better. Every author has a book they'll never write better.
Wes Anderson has Royal Tenenbaums.
Quentin Tarantino has Pulp Fiction.
Fleetwood Mac has Rumors.
Barbara Kingsolver has The Bean Trees.
But at least they keep trying.
I do recommend Grand Budapest, if you like Anderson's quirk and circumstance. Ralph Feinnes puts in an incredible performance and the cast is chock o' block of Anderson regulars and some new faces.
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Christian Toto March 21, 2014 at 11:00 pm
As gorgeous as Budapest is, and as brilliant the comic moments are … I left the theater and stopped thinking about it then and there. I know Anderson is beloved, and I dug Tenenbaums as well as Rushmore, but the sense of artifice on display in his more recent work, while always stunning, covers up the fact that his films just don't move me. I fear I'm alone …
admin March 22, 2014 at 12:25 am
I don't disagree, Christian. I was more excited about this one than Moonrise, which I still haven't watched, but it is not one I will ever need to watch again. I could watch Tenenbaums again right now. Or even Bottle Rocket. I feel he is falling for his own gimmicks too much perhaps and pushing the quirky over content.
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