Photograph by Jason Schmidt; makeup by Aaron de Mey at Art Partner; hair by Ayumi Yamamoto at Defacto for Shu Uemura.Sofia Coppola in her West Village apartment.
SOFIA COPPOLA'S NEW MOVIE, "The Bling Ring," tells the true story of a gaggle of San Fernando Valley teenagers so obsessed with the trappings of celebrity that they decided just to steal them. In 2008, this group set off on a nine-month spree in Hollywood, looting more than $3 million worth of jewelry and designer clothes from the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and other TMZ-tracked starlets — in some cases breaking in by just walking through an unlocked front door. (They had Googled the addresses.) Unlike Coppola's earlier films, which approach the follies of youth with a sweet sense of melancholy, this one seems to raise a kind of parental alarm. Coppola's interest in this subject matter was sparked in part by having two young daughters, Romy, 6, and Cosima, 4. Here she chats with her friend Lee Radziwill about the current state of celebrity culture — and how this glittery world fascinates her as a filmmaker, and terrifies her as a mother.
Coppola: Lee, I'm so sorry you had to watch my loud and obnoxious film!
Radziwill: Not at all. I thought it was really interesting, and I was interested in why you chose to do this now.
Coppola: When I read the Vanity Fair article about these kids, it summed up everything that I think is declining in our culture. And it just doesn't feel like anyone is talking about it. Kids are inundated with reality TV and tabloid culture so much that this just seems normal. When I go to a concert, everyone is filming and photographing themselves and then posting the pictures right away. It is almost as if your experiences don't count unless you have an audience watching them. There are even videos of kids having their sweet-16 birthdays and they want a red-carpet V.I.P. theme. This movie was about an extreme version of this.
Radziwill: Does that fascinate you or frighten you or bewilder you?
Coppola: It frightens me, and it just seems like this trash culture is becoming acceptable as mainstream culture.
Radziwill: I find it sad that that's the way culture is going.
Coppola: Yeah, I guess I was hoping to have some kind of discussion about it in the hopes that we can try to improve things. I wanted at the beginning of the film for it to look as enticing as possible, so you could sort of understand why these kids were obsessed with that world and go along with the ride, so we're not just looking from a distance. I wanted you to try to experience it through their eyes. But I also wanted to kind of catch up with them, and then for people to start to have other feelings about it.
Radziwill: Imagine if your girls were as obsessed with celebrities and clothes! You would be in such despair.
Coppola: I know. I don't know if I would have been as interested in this if I didn't have daughters and know that they're growing up in this world. I think that's the way that it's affecting, because these are kids in the movie, they're so young and impressionable.
Courtesy of the Coppola FamilySofia, age 3, with her father, Francis Ford Coppola, on the set of ''The Godfather, Part II.'' Right: her little director's chair on the set.
Radziwill: It was amazing to me that there were no alarms and that nobody was ever home.
Coppola: Yeah, they never turned on their alarm. The Bling Ring went to Paris Hilton's house like six times before she noticed. I think she has so much stuff that it took a while before she noticed that someone had broken into her house.
Radziwill: Did you actually film in Paris Hilton's house?
Coppola: Yes, she was really helpful to us.
Radziwill: Amazing that she let all that be photographed.
Coppola: I know, I was surprised. She wasn't there, but she let us into her closets and we were in her bathroom. I think it was also this idea of no privacy — no privacy, or mystery or anything.
Merrick MortonThe stars of Coppola's ''The Bling Ring'' (from left): Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang and Claire Julien.
Radziwill: It seems nothing is private anymore. That must particularly fascinate you, because you have such a sense of mystery about you. I find it so amazing that you've managed to keep your privacy and keep your mystique. And I think that's one of the things that has attracted such curiosity about you, because it's the antithesis of everybody else.
Coppola: To be private seems normal to me. In a magazine recently there was some personality talking about some private health issue, and I thought, Why not keep that private?
Radziwill: You keep yourself at a distance without being unfriendly. You have dignity, which is really rare in the entertainment world. Everybody wants to be out there until you're so sick of their faces and their magazine covers that you think, Oh no, not again. With you, at first I thought, Well, she's incredibly shy, but I understood it so well.
Coppola: I also appreciate that you are a fellow suspicious person. I remember you saying that you are suspicious of people, which I am. So it's always nice when you become friends with someone who sees things in a similar way.
Radziwill: What do you think made these kids that way? Was it their upbringing, their parents who didn't give a damn?
Coppola: I feel like they didn't have a strong family culture. So probably a combination of that and then being bombarded with those values. I try to be empathetic. You can't totally blame them, because they're young and they're being shown that this is what's valued in that society. But it's so important, the values of your family.
Radziwill: Now, your family is very close. I was wondering if your great serenity and calm came from your childhood?
Coppola: Oh, my mom is very calm and quiet, so I think I got that from her. Because my dad is passionate and loud.
Radziwill: But you had a very happy childhood?
Jason SchmidtCoppola in the living room of her New York apartment, where she lives with her husband, the French musician Thomas Mars, and their two children.
Radziwill: What was the hardest time?
Coppola: Well, as a teenager losing my brother. He died in a boat accident when I was 15 and he was 22, and we were very close. I have one brother now, Roman. I think our family is so close because we would go on location with my dad sometimes, and we weren't around neighborhood kids and so we had to hang out with each other and be friends with each other.
Radziwill: What location interested you the most?
Coppola: The Philippines for "Apocalypse Now" was the most exotic. I was really little. I was about Romy's age. We were there for more than a year. That was the most exotic and fun, but I always liked to go on location. When we moved for "The Outsiders" to Tulsa, Okla., my parents just put us in the local school. So I felt like I got to really have a sense of different kinds of people. My dad was always very charismatic and exciting and doing interesting things and having people over and blasting opera and cooking, and so I have good memories. We did not have a boring childhood.
Radziwill: Your choices in film are so interesting and so original. What attracts you to the totally different films that you've done?
Coppola: I feel like when I finish one, the next one is always a reaction to the one before. So after I did "Marie Antoinette," which was so decorative with so many characters, then I wanted to make "Somewhere," where it was just two characters, really simple. And then after that, which was so simple and slow paced, I felt in the mood to do this kind of gaudy, flashy, faster-paced one. But I feel like I'm usually just naturally drawn to something. I don't know what I want to do next, but I feel like doing something beautiful after this.
Radziwill: Would you like your children to go into film?
Coppola: After seeing "Cinderella," Romy keeps telling me that she wants to be on the Broadway stage. I'm hoping she'll outgrow that. We'll see. Romy is in the Girl Scouts and I was around this group of 6-year-olds, and we were talking about things and a few of them said, "I want to be famous." I thought, Where does that come from? I don't think we knew about that when we were 6 years old.
Radziwill: I've often thought — even though it's hard to give him even more credit than he has had — that Andy Warhol must have started a lot of 15 minutes of fame.
Coppola: I feel like now is the epitome of that idea.
Radziwill: It's such an amazing prediction from somebody who died a good 25 years ago. And it wasn't spot on then as far as I could tell. Maybe in Andy's circle, it was starting, but I think he was brilliant foreseeing this.
Coppola: I would be very curious what he would think now.
A version of this article appears in print on 06/02/2013, on page M254 of the NewYork edition with the headline: In Praise of Privacy.


Today, the Cultural Affairs Committee discussed the use of artistic works in public places, i.e. the so-called freedom of panorama exception. The European Commission has launched a public consultation in the issue, for shaping the common position of the European Union. The term for responding is 15 June.
The Committee stressed the need to find a common EU solution for the use of artistic works in public places.
"We want to see the digital internal market functioning smoothly, and support every action that favours this," said the Chairman of the Committee Laine Randjärv. She added that the new solution should be implemented uniformly in all the Member States, carefully taking all the different interests into account in the most balanced way. "For the greater good of the society, the freedom of panorama should be worded as clearly as possible," Randjärv emphasised.
The representative of the Ministry of Justice present at the meeting said that the questionnaire was sent to nearly 40 agencies and interest groups. Most seem to support the clarification of the freedom of panorama exception in a way that extends the free use of artistic works in public places. However, certain interest groups that represent authors are against this amendment.
In the valid Copyright Act, copying and publishing an artistic work in a public place is currently allowed, e.g. in the case of figurative art and architecture. This is not allowed only if the artistic work holds a central position on the image, and is used for commercial purposes.
The EU information society directive allows a broad interpretation of the panorama exception, and the practices of the Member States vary greatly. Under the directive, the Member States can provide exceptions and restrictions for the use of artistic works that are permanently displayed in public.


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A Better Chicago and Saks Fifth Avenue invite you to a private cocktail reception to celebrate the FENDI Fall 2017 collection. The fashion show will take place on Monday, April 24th at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue.
Thanks to Saks Fifth Avenue's generosity in underwriting the event, 100% of all proceeds will go to improving educational opportunities for low-income Chicagoans. There are two ticket options available, VIP Front Row Seating and Second/Third Row Seating.


Lurssen Yacht News, Reviews and Features | YachtForums: We Know Big Boats!
Lurssen Yachts was originally founded by Friedrich Lurssen in 1875. Several generations later, Lurrsen is managed by two cousins, Friedrich and Peter Lurssen, who have successfully crossed-plat formed Lurssen's military shipbuilding expertise into one of the premiere luxury yacht manufacturers in the world. A family owned business for many generations, they are involved in every step of the construction with a goal of customer satisfaction through the entire manufacturing process. What Friedrich Lurssen originally envisioned over 130 years ago, along with Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, continues today in the production of Lurssen yachts. Lurssen is headquartered in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany and uses a combination of shipyards and worldwide connections to achieve their end results. Lurssen has the distinction of building the world's first motorboat, the first diesel engine boat and the first remote-controlled boat. Lurssen's shipyards is an expansive facility with a total area of 350,000 sq. meters, of which 150,000 sq. meters is covered. With 70,000 sq. meters of air-conditioned facilities, linked by an inter-connecting 2500 ton travel lift… over 1500 meters of structural assembly can be completed at any one time. Lurssen's in-water capability offers over 700 meters of deep quays. A variety of manufacturing technologies govern Lurrsen yacht building, and Lurssen achieved ISO 9001 certification by 1994. That same quality has been the premise behind more than more than 13,000 vessels since 1875. Lurssen has built some of the most magnificent yachts in history including, the 319' Carinthia VII, the 315' Limitless, the 377' Pelorus, and the 414' Octopus. Lurssen has won many awards, with the most recent being the 2004 International Superyacht Design Award for "Pelorus", in the best power 43m plus category.
Ester III, delivered by Lürssen in 2014, is a sleek 66-metre yacht that combines a truly authentic, classic interior and unusual deck layout with a distinct and masculine external profile. Lürssen comments: "Two world-leading design studios, each adding unique ingredients to the successful recipe, together with a number of Owner-commissioned artisans, have allowed us the opportunity to create a truly unique vessel that opens the eyes to new possibilities in designing spaces for living. Combined with the Lürssen engineering and expertise, the end result is a superyacht that will provide decades of seaworthy enjoyment with an authentic feel".
Feature: World's Largest Yacht - Lurssen's 180m "Azzam"
Lurssen's 180m Superyacht 'Azzam'The World's Largest Yacht! On April 5th, 2013 Lürssen Yachts launched the World's Largest Yacht, the 180-meter project 'AZZAM'. An industry leader in superyacht construction, the German shipyard has launched many of the world's largest, most notable builds including the 115-meter Pelorus, the 147-meter Topaz and the 138-meter Rising Sun. Under the guidance of Eng. Mubarak Saad al Ahbabi, the technical engineering was developed by Lürssen, the exterior design by Nauta Yachts and the interior design by Christophe Leoni to create what would become the most complex and challenging yacht ever been built. Ahbabi assembled and oversaw a world-class team for the project. Under his leadership, the overall requirements for general layout, size and performance and exterior style were developed. His brief was to build a large luxury yacht with an innovative and timeless design that would be able to travel at high speed in warm and shallow waters while providing luxurious and sophisticated accommodation to its guests.
Review: Lurssen Yachts 247' "Northern Star"
Lurssen 247' "Northern Star"Cruising into the Cold Blue Yonder by Capt. Chuck Gnaegy Lurssen launches yet another of its strikingly-designed, strong and sea-worthy mega-yachts, catering to its owners' needs for sea-going originality in comfort and style. Sporting ample room to indulge their passion for fine arts and literature, yes, even with extended cruises in northern climes. Comfort and capability live here. Adept use of color and placement -- certainly demanding requirements in these owners' literary and fine arts -- define restful areas throughout the ship's multiple decks, with deep, welcoming couches, foot stools, plush seating, fine dining. Plus, a handy bar for afternoon and evening libations, indoors and out on the northern bounding main. Cleverly shaded from the afternoon glare or heat with triangular awnings, awaiting the evening's charm, Northern Star is a satisfying way to celebrate friendly, glorious sunsets. Owners and charterers alike will appreciate the thoughtfulness designed into this beauty.
Review: Lurssen Yachts 257' "Madsummer"
Lurssen, with a proud history dating back nearly 135 years, launching thousands of vessels, from sailing dinghies to full-blown battleships, proudly unveils another of its stand-apart innovations. A unique personality in herself, perhaps recalling memorable adventures; she brings fresh, new concepts to the world's super-yacht sorority. Every Super-Yacht glitters with its own particular personality, flaunting before the world a special image; an 'oeuvre' – like an artist's handiwork – to display its one-of-a-kind grandeur. Yet even in that hall of fantasy, a unique few rise above the crowd, displaying extraordinary creativity in design and engineering; a signature of excellence. Introducing Madsummer, a veritable candy-store of super-yacht confection.
Review: Lurssen Yachts 224' "Kismet"
"Opulence" is a measure of status, especially in the yachting community, and, paired with excellent taste, often defines the character/impression of the yacht itself, as well as its designers, builders, and owners. Rarely, even the highest standards are exceeded; surpassed by the superiority of a new introduction. Yet, given the hallowed heights reached by Lurssen's 68.15-m Kismet, the loftiest adjectives are, perhaps, inadequate. To call her... impressive, is simply the grandest understatement.
Lurssen's 238' "Queen M"Royalty Arrives... by Capt. Chuck Gnaegy Royalty, when it arrives, eclipses every star presentation that has gone before; And this certainly holds true with Lurssen's latest unveiling of its superlative 238' superyacht. The Queen is in attendance!
The next "Northern Star" will again come from German custom superyacht builder Lurssen and is being built for a serial and very experienced yacht owner. The client has built and owned several yachts in the past and affixed the name Northern Star to them. As a passionate sailor he loves the ocean and likes to traverse them either by sailyacht or motoryacht which would explain his ownership of both sail and motoryachts. Now the longstanding relationship between owner and Lurssen is set to continue with the current build of the new Northern Star.
Another new project starts life at the prestigious German shipyard Lurssen. This time it is not a gargantuan 100-meter plus yacht it is actually quite small for what we have come to note as is normal for the yard. The yard confirms it is a 53.90-meter superyacht with the project name 'Moon Sand' or project 13800. Yes Lurssen builds alot of large superyachts and it is easy to forget that they can build any custom yacht even if it is smaller than their usual large size pedigree.
News: Lurssen Launches 111M Superyacht "TIS"
Lurssen has launched their latest custom built superyacht, "TIS"...previously known as project 'TIS'. The 111-meter luxury yacht stands six decks and comes with a full owners deck, two helipads (one on the bow and one on the upper aft deck), a large swimming pool measuring 12-meters, resort-style spa onboard, numerous tenders described to be a pair of 13-meter guest, two 10-meter craft, a submarine and a plethora of personal water toys and craft. Below photos are by Tom van Ossanen.
German custom superyacht manufacturer Lurssen has announced that their large superyacht the 136-meter (446.2-foot) Project 'SHU' has ended its sea trials in the Baltic Sea and will be soon ready for delivery. Espen Oeino was responsible for formulating the exterior lines of this massive yacht while Mark Berryman brought the interior to life with their concept for the owner. This highly voluminous superyacht has staggering dimensions and at nearly 450-feet long, project SHU is also pretty beamy, with a maximum width of 20.50-meters or around 67.2-feet!
News: Lurssen Delivers 123M Superyacht "Al Lusail"
Designed by H2 Yacht Design (exterior) and March and White (interior), the 123-meter superyacht "Al Lusail" was recently delivered and left Lurssen's build facilities. She is now located in Norway, to be specific Kristiansand which is a popular area for superyachts to travel to after delivery from European yards. The 406-foot superyacht was built under codename 'Jupiter' and has now been named Al Lusail, after a new city in Qatar. She also flies the Qatari flag from her stern. First photo by Jan Oddvar Eide.
German custom superyacht builder Lurssen is having a very busy period with them announcing the launch of yet another superyacht from their facilities. The latest yacht launched yesterday, the 10th of April and is the much anticipated 85-meter build code-named 'Sasha'. Winch Designs is responsible for the very sleek exterior design which runs sweeping lines from bow to stern that help to easily hide Project Sasha's large 85-meter frame. The interior is also by the Winch firm which Lurssen describes as been traditional but fresh!
German custom superyacht manufacturer Lurssen launched another large superyacht this morning at their facilities. This time it is the 120-meter (plus) superyacht known under the build name; Project 'Thunder'. Her exact length is not known but Lurssen commented that the craft is above 120-meters. Many sites that she may well be in the region of 135-meters but Lurssen has yet to confirm that. Another facet that has been swirling around is that she was designed by Espen Oeino and the yard has confirmed that in their press release.
News: Lurssen's Astonishing 156M Superyacht "Dilbar"
At 156-meters LOA the brand new "Dilbar" (formerly Project 'Omar') may not be the longest yacht in the world (that title still goes to another Lurssen, "Azzam" at 180-meters) but she certainly grabs the title for her sheer Gross Tonnage. This superyacht floats in at a staggering near 16,000 tonnes, 15,917 GT to be exact according to Lurssen. With a superyacht having such voluminous interiors, some of the features must be astounding! Some may wonder why there isn't a large pool seen on the exterior decks. It's not that she doesn't have a pool, it is that the pool is indoors! It's a fairly large pool and according to Lurssen it can be filled with 180 m³ of water which makes it the largest pool ever installed on a superyacht to date!
News: Lurssen Hands Over 91-meter Superyacht "Lady Lara"
The announcement of the delivery of another Lurssen superyacht rings music to the ears. She is the 91-meter superyacht built under the project name 'Orchid' and christened as "Lady Lara". It can be assumed that she is the successor to the 59-meter 2009 Benetti of the same name, which is presently for sale. Her very distinctive lines and curves are the work of Reymond Langton Design. The interior is by the same firm as well.


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Medi Bed with Automated Temperature Control and Heartbeat Alert system
Medibed,' the brainchild of Joseph Sen, Ashwin Stanly, Jeswin Joseph and Shevin K A, developed under the guidance of Nobin Paul, is a path-breaking invention which can beat a traditional water bed.Automated 'Medibed' is to aid the bedridden.
Innovation is not altering the existing benchmarks, but pioneering change and becoming the new paradigm touchstone, believes a group of final year students of Electrical and Electronics Department of AISAT, Kalamassery. They are all set to leave their inedible mark in the healthcare sector with the invention of 'Medibed,' a technology-embedded water bed with automated temperature control and heartbeat alert system that can help bedridden patients.
"Traditional waterbeds can cause bedsores during long-term use. But by using 'Medibed,' bedsores can be prevented as water circulation system has been incorporated in it," says Joseph Sen.
The sensors inside the bed measure the temperature of the patient, thereby regulating the temperature of the water inside the bed. When the body temperature of a patient varies, the sensor will stabilise the temperature of the water inside the bed.
"Another feature of the bed is its heartbeat alert technology. The sensors inside the bed will measure the heartbeat, and abnormalities, if any are found, an alert will be sent to a relative via mobile phone immediately," says Ashwin Stanly.
As all the systems are automatically controlled, no human help is needed to adjust settings.
"When we started work on the project, we faced many problems. We, as a team, could overcome all hurdles and the project became a reality," says Shevin K A.
"The main aim of the bed is to make the life of the paralysed easier. In the next stage, we plan to have tie-ups with hospitals and organisations to commercialise the product and spread the technology to all those who need it," says Nobin Paul, the guide.
Music therapy, Apart from temperature control and heartbeat alert, a music system that detects spikes in the patient's stress and alleviates it by playing soothing music has been incorporated in it. It will help the patient get mental relief, as it's the same as music therapy.
The product was certified by Dr Ramachandran, a veteran in field of Kerala Health Services. Taking a step forward, the tech geeks are planning to apply for a patent for the product.
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You have brought me many hours of entertainment and brainless "down time." Of course, we've had some good times and good memories. But, in sifting through what I've been stiffnecked about, I've come to realize that I have been way too stubborn about our relationship. You see, our love affair has gotten out of control. And, as I push myself to choose a deeper obedience to the Lord, I realize that I have to break up with you.
Oh, we can still be friends. In fact, I am realizing now that if all five of us in my little family are careful and yes, I will use this word--intentional--than our relationship with you can become healthy. We can choose to watch a certain show on occasion, turning you on for a time limited duration. But, gone are the days of mindlessly getting sucked in for way too much of our time. Or, at least, I hope that is a thing of the past.
Because I care, I want to be brutally honest. As I have stepped back and taken some time apart, I have realized some things about you that I think, for your own sake, as well as mine, that I need to point out. Unfortunately, you seem to take over. My children are impacted in their attitudes as they become addicted. And, the time--oh the time--that you can demand. This time apart has taught me that my children have BIG imaginations that can be put to better use. And, the evenings of family time are much more enjoyable and healthy when we interact. Oh wait--you may not know what the word interact means? Our summer days have brought us a deeper relationship with each other because we have asked you to take a step back.
And, so, please know, that I appreciate your time and effort. You in and of yourself are not bad. You are a hard habit to break! But, I think if we change our status to friends who occasionally spend time together, then it is better for everyone involved.


The Good Canary offers impressive video quality including a highly detailed night vision mode. Its "Homehealth" sensors are accurate and helpful.
The Bad An over-sensitive motion sensor renders Canary borderline unusable, and we didn't receive text alerts when we cut the power.
The Bottom Line Canary is packed with solid hardware, but it doesn't add up to a device we'd want to depend on.
If I were a shopper currently in the market for a home security system, I'd be giving Canary a good, close look. With an HD, night-vision camera and a bevy of sensors for things like motion, temperature, and air quality Canary promises to stand guard over the living room and alert your Android or iOS device if anything's amiss, all for $250 and no monthly fees. It's a solid pitch.
That, coupled with a strong marketing push, is why Canary did so well on Indiegogo back in 2013, crowdfunding nearly two million dollars only to follow the effort up with millions more in venture capital from big names like Khosla Ventures. Canary looked every bit like the real thing, and for those of us in the market for a cheaper, smarter alternative to costly, brand-name security systems, the gadget couldn't get here fast enough.
Well, it's here now, in the living rooms of those Indiegogo backers and on store shelves across the US (Canary isn't shipping internationally just yet, but that price comes out to £170/AU$325, converted roughly). Following a few months of tweaks and firmware updates, many of the initial bugs that held Canary back seem to be more or less resolved, and the 1080p picture quality it offers is right on par with Dropcam.
Canary works as promised, but that doesn't mean that it lives up to its promise of packing complete home security into a single device. There are some glaring shortcomings with how Canary works that keep me from recommending it, especially with worthy competition like iSmartAlarm's iCamera Keep and Piper NV already on the market. I expect Canary to get better with time as its creators continue to fine-tune the firmware, but if you're buying in today, I'd look elsewhere.
I think that one of the reasons behind Canary's crowdfunding success is that it's a really good-looking gadget. The slick, cylindrical build looks appropriately modern and minimalist in all three colors -- white, black, and grey. It isn't anything close to an eyesore, which is important for a device that needs to be kept out in the open in your living room.
Inside that body is Canary's 1080p night-vision camera, along with the motion sensor that tells it when to start recording; ambient sensors for temperature, humidity and air quality; a 90 dB panic siren; and a Wi-Fi radio to send everything to your Android or iOS device by way of the cloud. A color-changing LED ring on the bottom of the device lets you see what mode it's in at a glance -- green when it's armed, yellow when it's disarmed.
Canary detects as you come and go, and automatically arms and disarms accordingly.
There's a third option, too: Privacy mode. Switch it over, and Canary will essentially go to sleep, ceasing all video and audio recording. Originally, you could only put Canary into Privacy mode manually, but after a recent update, you can set the thing to automatically switch over when it detects you've arrived home, the same as it does with arming and disarming.
For as many features as Canary can claim, it doesn't have everything. Though it boasts a fairly wide, 147-degree angle of view, it won't pan or tilt on command, like iSmartAlarm's iCamera Keep will. That camera, along with Piper NV , will also detect loud noises and then, if needed, sound the alarm -- Canary won't.
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Additionally, Canary is currently a walled-off device, with no third-party compatibility to speak of. By comparison, iSmartAlarm can sync up with third-party gadgets by way of its IFTTT channel, while Piper NV has its own built-in Z-Wave radio to help connect it with things like locks, smart switches and open/closed sensors.
An obvious answer here might seem to be integration with the Nest Learning Thermostat, which could likely put Canary's temperature and humidity sensors to good work. However, Nest already owns Dropcam, and doesn't seem terribly interested in getting cozy with any other connected cameras -- at least not through the year-old Works with Nest initiative, where Dropcam remains your only compatible camera.
I had a rough time getting my Canary up and running when I first previewed the device in January, but I'm happy to report that things have gotten a lot easier in the months since. The process is simple on paper -- just power your Canary, plug it into your phone, and enter your Wi-Fi info into the app.
That second step was my first roadblock last time around. You plug Canary into your phone using a yellow cable that plugs into your headphone jack. From there, Canary will "listen" for the Wi-Fi info you enter into the app. In my case though, the gadget couldn't hear my iPhone 5S, even after I followed all of Canary's troubleshooting tips. Finally, I switched over to my iPad, which worked fine.
Canary couldn't "hear" my iPhone back in January, and it couldn't this time around, either.
This time around, I was hoping to be able to get everything set up with just my phone, but that wasn't the case -- the yellow cable problem persisted. Again, I had to jump over to my iPad, where everything worked perfectly. There must be a weird setting on my phone getting in the way of the setup process, but whatever it is, I can't find it, and neither could Canary's troubleshooters.
Once you've paired Canary with your Wi-Fi network, you'll probably need to update the gadget's firmware. This was another sticking point last time, and an even more aggravating one, as I couldn't get the download to work despite repeated attempts and multiple phone calls to Canary's support team. All told, it took a solid day of fiddling before I had Canary up and running.
This time, things went much, much better. The firmware downloaded and updated within a few minutes on my very first attempt, and voila, my Canary was up and running. It's still not a perfect setup process, but it's significantly better than it was, so I give Canary's team credit for making progress.


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Renowned Economist Austan Goolsbee Joins Analysis Group as Academic Affiliate
Date:October 26, 2016
Contact:Sue Brelus
susan.brelus@analysisgroup.com
Boston, MA – Analysis Group, one of the largest economics consulting firms in North America, welcomes Austan Goolsbee, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for the Obama Administration and a member of the President's cabinet, as Academic Affiliate.
Dr. Goolsbee has held other key roles in the government, including serving on the Panel of Economic Advisers to the Congressional Budget Office, on the US Census Advisory Commission, and as a special consultant for Internet Policy to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
Currently, Dr. Goolsbee is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and strategic partner to 32 Advisors, where he leads their Economic Advisory practice. In addition, he serves on the Economic Advisory Panel to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is a member of the US Department of Commerce's Digital Economy Board of Advisors.
"We have worked with Dr. Goolsbee on a number of important cases and we are thrilled that he has chosen to affiliate with us," said Analysis Group President and CEO Martha Samuelson. "His experience with economic policy issues deepens the expertise we offer our clients, and he brings a unique perspective on the role of the government and other competitive dynamics that determine the course of business, technology, and innovation."
"I have great respect for Analysis Group," said Dr. Goolsbee. "They have earned their reputation for sound economic analysis across a wide range of cases and research. I am excited to affiliate with them."
Dr. Goolsbee's research, teaching, and public service have earned him broad recognition, including being named a Fulbright Scholar and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.
About Analysis Group
Analysis Group is one of the largest private economics consulting firms in North America, with more than 700 professionals across 11 offices in the United States, Canada, and China. Since 1981, we have provided expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. Our internal experts, together with our network of affiliated experts from academia, industry, and government, offer our clients exceptional depth of expertise.
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How do you define success in your life? It's not a trick question, and there's no right answer. Everyone has a different vision of what a successful life looks like. What matters is 1) making sure you understand what your vision of success is, and 2) doing something to make that vision a reality.
1) Figure out what matters to you. People talk about "work-life balance", but that's way too simple. There are numerous key areas in your life and they all have to fit together. For example, I've learned that for me, work, family, physical health, mental health, spiritual health, financial situation, and social activity all have to be in balance for me to feel good about my life. Maybe those seven things are the same for you. Perhaps you'd trade one or two for something else. They're certainly not all of equal importance. The point is there are lots of things that have to be right for you to have balance, and you have to understand what those things are for you.
2) Figure out what "balance" means. So you understand your key areas that have to be in balance. Great – but what is "balance"? What kinds of things have to happen for you to have balance? For example, take physical health. When I ignore that area of my life I find myself being tired, lethargic, short-tempered, etc. I've found that when I exercise in the morning before I go to work, my energy levels are higher all day long. And the less sugar I eat, the better I feel (I can't believe I just admitted that). Think about your life. When those key areas of your life are in balance, what kinds of things are you doing? What are the activities in your life that are indispensable to staying balanced?
3) Do something about it. It doesn't do you much good to know what you need to be balanced and then not do it. If you know you need to attend your kids' music program to feel good about your family life, then do it. If you know you need to give up dining out every night to feel good about your financial situation, then do it. Make that vision of your life a reality.
One last thing: there are a lot of people out there who would say they don't have time for those "balancing activities", or they have too many other things they have to do instead. Here's my response to that: You're wrong. You are in charge of what you do with your life. You don't have to continue to fill your life with things that make you unbalanced. Whatever you're doing that's keeping you unbalanced, you're doing because you choose to do it. In the rare case where big parts of your life really are beyond your control (think: terminal illness), you still have choices about what to fill your life with. It's always your decision. Make the most of it.


Are ALL Dovastons related to one another ?
The answer is No, but maybe. Having the same surname doesn't indicate a common ancestor. In the case of Dovastons at Shropshire, Ruth thinks it does appear that most, if not all, Shropshire Dovastons, can show, through paper-records, a line descending from Daniel Dovaston at Dovaston Farm. The same is probably true with Derbyshire Dovastons. There could be a link between both lines, that needs further investigation. However, the best way forward would be to prove the lines through Y-DNA [male-male-male] testing. Present day male Dovastons should have identical Y-DNA to one-another, if they are all descended from Daniel Dovaston, ie, if he was the common male ancestor. Unfortunately, not one living male Dovaston [to date] has recorded a Y-DNA result so unless a male Dovaston comes forward and gets tested [preferably several to cross-check results], we'll never know what Y-DNA Daniel Dovaston may have had; we'll never know the true line. Traditional family trees using paper-records are useless, not worth the paper they're printed on, without Y-DNA proof.


"Merida, our central character, she's a fiery, spirited lass, and her hair is very much part of her character and who she is."
Princess Merida is the protagonist of the film Brave. She has three brothers Harris, Hubert, and Hamish. Her parents are King Fergus and Queen Elinor. She is also the first female protagonist in a Pixar film.
Passionate and fiery, Merida is a headstrong teenager of royal upbringing who is struggling to take control of her own destiny. She feels most at home in the outdoors honing her impressive athletic skills as an archer and swordfighter, and racing across the magnificent Highland countryside with her faithful horse, Angus. With a spirit as vibrant as her untamed hair, Merida also has a softness of heart, especially when it comes to her wee triplet brothers. As the daughter of the King and Queen, her life is weighted with responsibilities and expectations, causing her to yearn to preserve her freedom and independence. When Merida blatantly defies an ancient tradition, the consequences of her actions prove disastrous for the kingdom. She must race against time to make right the result of her reckless behavior, her journey compelling her to look inside to discover the meaning of bravery and reveal her true fate.
Merida is first seen as a child playing hide-and-seek with her mother Queen Elinor on her sixth birthday. Then she sees her father's bow on the table and asks him if she can shoot an arrow with it. Fergus, her father, presents her with her own bow as a birthday present. She accidentally shoots her 6th arrow into the forest and goes to retrieve it, but is distracted by a trail of Will O' the Wisps that appear before her. The Wisps lead her out of the forest and back to her parents. Elinor tells her that the wisps lead you to your fate, but Fergus doesn't believe it. Suddenly, Mor'du attacks, and Elinor and Merida flee while Fergus stays behind to fight the demonic bear.
As she takes out her anger and frustration on her bedposts by striking with her sword, Elinor enters telling her the story of a beloved king who had divided his kingdom for each of his four sons to rule, but the eldest wanted to rule the entire land and so brought chaos and war, and his desire to follow his own path led to the downfall of the kingdom. Merida still refuses to listen, but Elinor is adamant and tells Merida to go through with it even if she doesn't want it for the good of the kingdom. Moments later, Merida is seen in Angus's stall talking to Angus of what she would say to her mother about her wishes if she would listen. Merida is determined she will not marry whoever wins the games. Days later, the Lords arrive in DunBroch. Elinor prepares Merida in a tight formal dress and they all gather in the Great Hall for the presentation of the suitors. Each of the Lords presents their sons. Merida is not pleased with any of them. A brawl breaks out, at which Elinor is disgusted and Merida is displeased. Elinor proclaims that only the firstborn of the great leaders may compete in the games which gives Merida an idea of how to get out of the marriage: she declares that she chooses archery for the Highland Games. When the competition begins, Merida sneaks her bow and arrows behind her throne. As the suitors shoot at the targets, she chats with Fergus about each of them until Wee Dingwall wins by accident, striking a bulls-eye. She sneaks off and appears on the field, declaring she will shoot for her own hand. Ignoring Elinor's protests, she strikes the bulls-eye of the first two suitors' targets. When she shoots an arrow through the full length of Wee Dingwall's arrow and through the target, she smiles... until she sees her furious mother. Elinor drags and throws Merida into the tapestry room as they have a heated argument with each other about Merida's actions, with Elinor calling her a child and Merida calling her a beast for trying to ruin her life. Merida then throws a huge tantrum and slices the family tapestry between the pictures of herself and Elinor in a fit of rage, and Elinor throws Merida's bow into the fire out of anger. Merida tearfully runs away from the castle as Elinor quickly fishes the bow from the fire, feeling horribly guilty and she too begins to cry.
Merida is weeping as she rides Angus heedlessly through the forest until they come across the Ring of Stones and a trail of will o' the wisps leading them to a woodcarver's cottage. Noticing a broom that sweeps by itself and a talking crow, Merida discovers that this old woodcarver is actually a witch, and asks for a spell. The witch tells her to get out, threatening her with floating knives, until Merida offers to buy all her carvings with her pendant in exchange for a spell that will change her fate. The witch begrudgingly gives in and conjures up a cursed cake, which she says that she did for a prince who had wanted the strength of ten men and got what he wanted. Merida takes the cake and heads back to DunBroch.
She sneaks back into the kitchen to make the cake presentable, as Elinor enters the room, relieved to find her daughter home. Merida gives her the cake on a false peace offering and Elinor eats a piece, then suddenly starts feeling sick. Merida escorts Elinor to her chambers and puts her in bed. Suddenly Elinor starts transforming into a bear. Merida is horrified at the spell's effect and with her brothers' help gets Elinor out of the castle. They journey back to the Witch's cottage but they find her gone. Then they find the witch's cauldron with a ghostly image of the Witch in the potion-controlled automated voice message telling Merida that she has until the second sunrise to break the spell or her mother will remain a bear forever. The Witch tells Merida the way to do it was to remember the riddle "Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride." Baffled, Merida accidentally sabotages the cottage, so Merida and Elinor take shelter in the remains of the cottage for the night. Merida has a dream about a memory of her as a child with Elinor as they are both are singing "Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal)" together. The next morning, Elinor brings some berries and water for breakfast. Merida explains that the berries are poisonous nightshade berries and the water has worms in it. They go to a creek, where Merida teaches her mother to catch fish, and they both start bonding.
Then Elinor heads into the forest and Merida follows her, but Elinor is not herself and starts attacking her daughter until she returns to herself. Merida is confused until they see a trail of will o' the wisps and follow them to the ruins of a castle. Merida falls through the floor into a throne room and realizes it was the kingdom from the story Elinor was telling her about. Merida sees a stone with three figures and a split stone with the fourth figure and realizes that the curse has happened before, when the prince sought to change his fate, resulting in his kingdom's downfall and his transformation to Mor'du. Then she sees Mor'du and he attacks her until she barely escapes with Elinor's help and they flee back to the Ring of Stones. Merida realizes that Elinor will become like Mor'du forever unless she sews the tapestry back together to "mend the bond torn by pride" in hopes it will break the transformation spell.
That night they sneak into the castle. Peeking into the Great Hall, they see Fergus and the lords behind barricades, hurling weapons at each other, on the brink of war. That is when Merida realizes that the kingdom will be torn apart if she doesn't set it right, and she tries to tell Elinor to stop them. But Elinor, in bear form, can't do any such thing, and it is up to Merida to stop this madness. Elinor, fearful of being seen and attacked, freezes into a stationary position while Merida walks into the room and tells them she was in conference with Elinor. The Lords demand to see the queen until Merida silences them all. She tells them of the story of the selfish prince who brought chaos to the land and reminds them that legends are lessons and they ring with truths. The clans had been enemies until they were threatened by the Northern Invaders and joined forces to defend their lands. When they won the war, the clans made Fergus their king for bringing them together and made an alliance. Merida then admits that what she had done was selfish and must amend her mistake. She tells them that she and the sons should all be free to follow their hearts and find their own loves. The Lords' sons agree with this and confess to their fathers that they didn't want to fight over a girl who doesn't want any of it. So they all agree, but Merida notices a guard staring at Elinor's frozen pose and distracts everyone by telling them to got to the cellar to celebrate. When everyone is gone, Elinor is proud of her and they both head to the tapestry room. As Merida is looking for thread and needles to mend the tapestry, Elinor turns wild again and attacks Merida. When Fergus enters the room she attacks him and cuts Merida's arm. When Elinor snaps out of it, Merida tries to calm her, but her mother flees in horror as Merida tries to tell Fergus that the bear is Elinor, but Fergus refuses to listen. He locks her in the tapestry room for protection and gives the key to the servant Maudie while he and the Lords go after Elinor. Merida starts crying again and calls out until her brothers show up... but they, too, have been turned into bears for eating of the cursed cake. She tells them to get the key. They release Merida, and all four ride on Angus while Merida frantically sews up the tapestry. They follow a trail of will o' the wisps to where Elinor was captured. Merida fights Fergus to keep him from killing Elinor until he is convinced when the three bear cubs help stop him, and he realizes they are his sons.
Suddenly Mor'du appears and attacks the soldiers and Fergus. Then he attempts to eat Merida until Elinor breaks free from the ropes. She saves Merida just in time and starts fighting Mor'du. After slamming Elinor into one of the stones, he turns to kill Merida, who is holding up a spear against him, until Elinor pulls him back and smashes him against a cracked menhir, which then crushes him to death. A wisp of something rising from his body reveals the image of the prince, who nods to them as if in acknowledgment and gratitude and then disappears. As the sun starts to come up, Merida realizes it is the second sunrise; she grabs the tapestry and throws it around Elinor, but realizes that nothing is happening, much to her shock and sadness. Thinking she has failed, she tearfully hugs her mother. Merida sincerely apologizes for everything, admitting it is her fault and tells her she loves her. Then the tapestry seals itself around her clumsy stitches. She feels a human hand touching her hair and realizes Elinor is human again. Fergus comes and hugs his wife and daughter and kisses Elinor.
Merida reminds her she is naked under the tapestry and Fergus tells the lords not to look as the triplets, now human once again, come running naked and hugging their parents and elder sister.
Many people believe that "Merida" is a variation of "Meredith". However, as Brave is set in Scotland in the Middle Ages, this cannot be true. "Meredith" is a Welsh name, and until the late 20th century, it was exclusively male (it means "lord").
Merida has more than 1500 individually sculpted, curly red strands that generate about 111,700 total hairs. Brenda Chapman insisted upon Merida having such curly hair, which was very difficult to create. Claudia Chung, the simulation supervisor, said, "We've never seen anything like Merida's curly hair. Technically, that was incredibly hard to achieve." The simulation team had to create a new simulation program to achieve the needed movement, which they named "Taz", after the Tasmanian Devil character from Looney Tunes, because it was "crazy fast", as Chung said. The results were so pleasing that they used the program to create all the other hair in the film, from Angus's fur to the triplets' hairstyles. It took three years and left them only six months to finish the rest of their work on the film.
If Merida's curls were straightened, her hair would be four feet long and reach the middle of her calf.
With five dresses, plus a cloak, quiver, hand wrap, and necklace, as well as torn dresses, Merida has a total of 22 different costumes throughout the film. She also has five different hairstyles.
Brenda Chapman came up with the concept of the Merida character as a combination of a daughter and a friend.
Reese Witherspoon was originally cast to voice Princess Merida but was replaced due to scheduling issues.
Merida has the strangest preview cameo prior to her film's release of any Pixar character in history: she and her family were all first seen in public media in automobile form on a tapestry on the wall inside a bar in London, England seen at the end of Cars 2.
Merida joined the Disney Princess line-up on May 11, 2013, making her the 11th Disney Princess in the franchise, and the first ever Disney Princess to not come from the Disney Animated Canon.
When she initially joined the line-up, Merida was given a redesign that drew much controversy, with many critics stating the design made her "too girly", which is the polar opposite of her adventurous personality. Disney eventually re-redesigned her to be closer to how she appeared in the movie.
Tia Kratter, responsible for Merida's initial character design, has admitted that Merida took inspiration from British model and actress Lily Cole.
Apparently, Merida and Young MacGuffin were going to be the "canon" couple, but then the filmmakers decided it would be better to leave her single.
Merida appears as a figurine and playable character as part of Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition.
She appeared in the fifth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time, played by Amy Manson.
Merida is the first Disney Princess to originate from a Pixar film, as well as not to have a love interest.
Merida made an appearance in Ralph Breaks the Internet, along with the other Disney Princesses.
Merida with her trusty bow.
Merida on a promotional poster for Brave.
Merida waits in the Circle of Stones with her bow and arrows ready.
Merida aiming her arrow at Mor'du.
Merida enjoying dinner with her family.
Merida encountering a Wisp just outside the Circle of Stones.
Merida stops the tribes' fighting the same way her mother did.
Merida represents Clan DunBroch in the competition for her own hand.
Merida looks at the Witch's pet crow.
Merida walks briskly through the crowd of people gathered in the castle.
Merida engages in a swordfight.
Merida and Angus walk through the Circle of Stones.
Merida carefully aims her last arrow.
Merida rides Angus back to the castle.
Merida laughs at King Fergus's remark.
Climbs a cliff to reach the Flaming Waters.
Merida tells a story to the Royal Triplets at dinner.
Merida finds herself in a dark castle room somewhat similar to hers.
Merida practices talking to her mother while she cares for Angus.
Merida in the Circle of Stones.
Merida and her mother, now a bear, approach the entrance to the Prince's castle.
Merida sobs into Angus's mane as she rides off.
Mor'du reaches for Merida as she jumps to reach her mother's paw.
Mor'du's claw trying to reach Merida as she jumps to reach Queen Elinor's paw.
Concept art of Merida aiming her arrow while on Angus's back.
Concept art of Merida readying her bow and arrow.
Concept art of Merida in her extremely tight dress.
↑ Alexander, Bryan. "Merida's hair in 'Brave' is an animation sensation" June 26, 2012, USA Today.


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Inkwell Awards Overhauls Nomination Procedure
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(New Bedford, MA/USA—Oct. 5, 2018) After 10 years, the Inkwell Awards, a non-profit organization devoted to public education and promotion of the art of comic-book inking, has changed its nomination procedure for its annual awards. For the first time, ink artists ("inkers") are now invited to submit their work for consideration.
Previously, all award nominees in the Inkwells' five categories were chosen exclusively by a volunteer Nomination Committee ("NomCom"), composed of various industry professionals, journalists, reviewers and supporters. This year, inkers (or their agents/publishers) may submit two to three pages of interior art from American comic books cover-dated 2018 for each category. Those will be evaluated by the NomCom, who will choose a minimum of two names and may also submit up to four of their own, per category. The Inkwells' core committee will tally all results and choose the top names in each category for the final public ballot. Nominees for The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame lifetime achievement award will continue to be chosen internally. The Inkwells' core committee will remain ineligible to nominate, vote, submit work or be nominated for any inking award.
"We've had a lot of feedback over our previous decade," said founder and director Bob Almond. "There were various concerns regarding popularity, visibility, requirements, and other things. We listened, and after much deliberation within our core committee, we worked it out and decided it was time to implement the change. Now it's up to the inkers to send in their work."
Those interested will have till December 31, 2018, to submit their work. Full details and instructions, including rules, are available on the advocacy's website. Unlike some others, The Inkwell Awards will not charge a submission fee. "We want every ink artist to have their shot," Almond said.
Final nominees will be decided by spring of 2019 when voting will be open for the public. The winners will be announced at the Inkwells' live awards ceremony in the summer.
The five categories of The Inkwell Awards are:
1) Favorite Inker: favorite ink artist over the pencil work of another artist.
2) Most-adaptable: showing exceptional ink style versatility over other pencil artists (minimum of two cited sources).
3) Props award: ink artist deserving of more attention for their work over other pencillers.
4) The S.P.A.M.I: for favorite Small Press And Mainstream-Independent, inking over another penciller (non-Marvel or DC work).
5) All-in-one award: for favorite artist known for inking his/ her own pencil work.
The Inkwell Awards is an official 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public and promote the art form of comic-book inking. Entering its 11th year, the organization is overseen by a volunteer committee of industry professionals and assisted by various professional ambassadors, numerous contributors and supporters. They sponsor the Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Kubert School and host the Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award.


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Q: Vanishing locus of a general section of a vector bundle. Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety of dimension $\geq 2$ and $E$ a vector bundle on $X$ of rank $r\geq 2$. Is it true that, if $E$ is globally generated, then the zero locus of a general section of $E$ has codimension $\geq r$ in $X$?

A: As Donu pointed out, it may happen that the general section has no zeroes.  Anyway, the  the answer to your question is yes.
This is a special case of the following more general result "of Bertini type" about degeneracy loci of morphism of vector bundles, whose proof can be found in Ottaviani's book Varietà proiettive di codimensione piccola. This book is in italian; if you prefer a treatment in english, look at Lazarsfeld's book Positivity in algebraic geometry II, Section 7.2, and at the references given therein.

Theorem. Let $\phi \colon F \to E$ be a morphism between vector bundles on $X$, with $\textrm{rank} \, F=s$, $\textrm{rank} \, E=r$,  and let $D_k(\phi)$ be the set of points $x \in X$ such that $\phi_x \colon F_x \to E_x$ has rank $\leq k$.
If $F^{*} \otimes E$ is generated by global sections, then for the general $\phi$ either $D_k(\phi)$ is empty or it has the expected codimension $(s-k)(r-k)$.
Moreover, if $F^{*} \otimes E$ is ample and  $(s-k)(r-k) < \dim X$, then for the general $\phi$ the locus $D_k(\phi)$ is non-empty, of the expected codimension $(s-k)(r-k)$.

Now apply this result to the morphism $$\phi \colon \mathcal{O}_X \to E$$
induced by the section. Since $D_0(\phi)$ is exactly the locus where the section vanishes, you are done.

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Gunda Ebert (* 5. Dezember 1969 in Potsdam) ist eine deutsche Schauspielerin.

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Gunda Ebert ist die Tochter eines Lehrers und einer Ärztin und begann zunächst eine Ausbildung im medizinischen Bereich, die sie jedoch zu Gunsten eines von 1988 bis 1992 dauernden Schauspielstudiums an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock aufgab. Ebert hatte Gastengagements am Berliner Ensemble, an der Volksbühne Berlin, am Theater Basel und dem Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf.

Hauptsächlich arbeitet Ebert allerdings vor der Kamera. Ihr Debüt gab sie dabei 1988 in der DEFA-Produktion Der Bruch unter der Regie von Frank Beyer. Seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre ist sie eine vielbeschäftigte Darstellerin vornehmlich in zahlreichen bekannten Serien. Unter anderem war Ebert in mehreren Tatort- und Polizeiruf-110-Folgen zu sehen und hatte Gastauftritte in Wolffs Revier, SOKO Wismar, Ein Fall für zwei oder Notruf Hafenkante. In der Serie In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte verkörpert sie die Figur der Ärztin Dr. Franziska Ruhland.

1995 bekam sie einen Sohn. Im April 1999 heiratete sie ihren Schauspielkollegen Anatole Taubman, um das Jahr 2004 war sie mit einem australischen Geschäftsmann liiert. Sie lebt in Berlin.

Filmografie (Auswahl)

Hörspiele
 1998: Pyrophonie – Autor und Regie: Kain Karawahn

Weblinks

 Memento vom 28. November 2020 bei archive.org Agenturprofil bei der Agentur Ahrweiler
 Website Gunda Ebert

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Theaterschauspieler
Filmschauspieler
Hörspielsprecher
DDR-Bürger
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Nawaz Indian Cuisine
The brand new 19th Avenue / Dunlap light rail station, the line's western terminus until track is extended to MetroCenter in the next decade, is easy to identify by its vibrant public art. In a community plaza built right at the corner, distinctive metal structures descend from an overhead canopy and form varied shadows on the surface below. The metal is painted a color that is not quite yellow, not quite orange, but a sort of golden hue in between. The color might be described in terms of turmeric, the popular spice revered not only for its taste but also its healthful properties.
station art
According to the artists, the metal structures represent a theme of the sun, not food. Still, it's an interesting coincidence that plenty of dishes flavored and colored by turmeric can be found just a block to the west at Nawaz Indian Cuisine. Walk west from the turmeric-colored metal, past the bike racks and parking lot, and look for Nawaz at the far end of a strip mall, beyond a thrift shop and a dialysis center. Nawaz is a modest market and restaurant where customers order at the counter and dine at a few small tables placed amid shelves full of lentils and spices for sale.
Outside Nawaz' shoebox space, there are several signs touting fried chicken. This may be an attempt to appeal to customers unfamiliar with south Asian foods, but it's clearly not the emphasis here. Instead, Nawaz' small, open kitchen offers classic Indian dishes from a variety of the subcontinent's regional cuisines. The small laminated menu is available at both the tables and the counter. Either way, walk up to the front to place an order. The staff vary in their English proficiency but will generally fetch a bilingual employee to handle order taking.
The appetizer menu is a familiar assortment of fried starters. Pakora are fritters of onions and vegetables, while the samosas are a pair of deep-fried pockets full of potato and minced vegetables with a dark chutney on the side as a condiment. South Indian dishes such as masala dosa, a crepe folded over a potato-based filling, are also suitable for eating by hand. Idli, steamed rice cakes with a slightly sour taste, and methu vada, a service of two savory doughnuts made from ground lentils, are two other offerings from the southern end of the country.
chicken tikka kabab
Because Nawaz's space is so limited, it does not have a tandoor, or clay oven, and instead emphasizes those dishes given to stovetop preparation. That means that the naan, a quintessential Indian bread, is produced off site and packaged, rather than fresh baked on the premises. It's still a good way to mop up extra curry sauce, though, and the bread comes in garlic, onion, and cheese varieties in addition to a plain, unadorned version. While naan is an airy bread, roti is also available as a flat, round, unleavened alternative.
Likewise, tandoori chicken has an effective, flavorful marinade that imparts a deep red color but not the audible sizzle usually associated with this dish. It's an all dark meat serving with two drumsticks and one thigh. The white meat version is chicken tikka kababs, in which the breast meat is off the bone, cut into manageable pieces, and presented with onion, lime, and two pieces of bread for constructing wraps. Most all the other dishes, however, benefit from cooking over a gas flame, resulting in a variety of intense, fragrant curries and masalas.
The curries are mostly chicken and some lamb. The chicken curry is the most basic variety with a medium-spicy sauce. Chicken tikka masala has a more tangy, tomato-based sauce. For a higher level of spice, andhra chicken curry is available, and chicken vindaloo matches the chili heat with a bit of vinegar for a sharper flavor. At the opposite end of the heat spectrum, chicken koorma has a creamy, soothing sauce. Beyond the choices of poultry or lamb, goat masala is served, and mutton congura, flavored with sorrel leaves, is another dish from the andhra region.
Vegetarian curry dishes include channa masala, a chickpea steaw with a spicy sauce full of turmeric and tomato; daal, a puree of lentils with black mustard seeds and chilies floating within; and aloo gobi, a blend of cauliflower and potatoes in a sauce that is slightly creamy with a moderate level of spice. All the curries come with a side of rice. Be warned, however, that it's plain long grain rice and not aromatic basmati grains. It does just fine for soaking up the rich gravies of the main dishes but has little discernible flavor on its own.
For a more satisfying rice experience, order one of the biryanis, the pilafs that Nawaz prepares particularly well. Chicken dum biryani benefits from slow cooking that infuses the rice and meat with ample flavor. The result is moist, fragrant, and well-seasoned. The chicken special biryani is the same pilaf with boneless white meat. Fish, goat, and vegetarian biryanis are also available, and all of the pilafs are attractively presented on a metal platter with side servings of a vegetable curry and raita, a yogurt condiment.
chicken dum biryani
Yogurt is also a key component of the small beverage menu.The lassis come in plain, mango, sweet, and salty varieties, act as good fire extinguishers for the fiery curries. The refrigerator case is full of juices, bottled Mexican Coke, and Thumps Up, an Indian soft drink. Desserts include Indian restaurant classic such as rice pudding and gulab jamun — sweet, syrupy balls with a cake doughnut texture. In contrast to the big statement made by the public art, Nawaz is small and unassuming, but the color of turmeric links food and sculpture at 19th Avenue and Dunlap.
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Rare Disease Day 2021: Data Is the Key to a Rare Disease Diagnosis
By Intouch Team | Category: Culture
Rare Disease Day Overview
The last day of February marks Rare Disease Day, which is honored annually to raise awareness for those impacted by a rare disease. In addition to their unique medical problems, people struggle to find information, advocate to receive proper treatment, and fight to get a proper diagnosis.
For people suffering with an undiagnosed disease, data holds the key to ending years of uncertainty. The challenge is getting it, and that's where Intouch Group is stepping in.
Everything We Do Starts With Our Clients
Intouch Group understands the importance of Rare Disease Day through our work with many rare disease clients. This year, Intouch Group is joining the conversation and spotlighting the need for awareness and research into rare diseases. This initiative shines a light on the experiences of those living with rare conditions such as hereditary angioedema, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, primary immunodeficiency, and myasthenia gravis. These stories highlight the crucial points of data that led them to an official diagnosis.
One in 10 Americans are suffering from a rare disease — that's 25-30 million Americans. For many, it could take years to get a diagnosis — some wait as long as 41 years. That's why it's so important to amplify their voices and let their stories be heard — one pivotal data point can end years of searching for an answer.
Intouch Group designed DataPointsToRare.com to celebrate the stories of people successfully reaching a diagnosis and to commit to making more of them possible through the power of data. The data that makes a difference can come in many shapes — test results, MRIs, conversations with a doctor, something overheard in a waiting room, even a misdiagnosis. We believe that data holds the key to expediting the path to diagnosis, especially in rare communities where diagnosis often takes years.
We invite you to join in on Rare Disease Day and help raise awareness by:
Spreading the Word. Visit DataPointsToRare.com and get the word out by clicking one of the social platform icons. Encourage friends and family to take a look!
Sharing Your Rare. If you or a loved one are living with a rare disease and you're willing to share your story, let us know! We'd love to hear about the pivotal data points that helped you or a loved one reach a diagnosis. Share your story here.
Engaging With Us. We'll be posting to all of the Intouch Group social channels before and after the big day. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to like, comment, or share our Rare Disease Day content.
We're so excited to make an impact in the rare disease community. We hope you join us to honor those impacted by rare diseases.
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A Day in the Life of a Senior Art Director
Meet Meg Bradley, Senior Art Director at EVERSANA INTOUCH. Meg has been with EVERSANA INTOUCH for more than 5 years and has held a variety of positions. After joining as a Creative intern in October 2017, she was hired full-time as an Associate Art Director and worked up the ranks to her current role! Get to know Meg, a "typical" day in her working world, and advice she has for others looking to break into the Creative field.


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Q: XmlUnit 2.x compare 2 xmls fail because of difference in namespace prefix
*

*Comparing two xmls using XmlUnit 2.2.1 in java.

*The only difference between the documents is in the namespace prefix.

Here is code snippet to reproduce:
 @Test
 public void testDifferentPrefix() {
            final String control = "<ns:a xmlns:ns='abc'></ns:a>";
            final String test = "<ns1:a xmlns:ns1='abc'></ns1:a>";

            Diff myDiff = DiffBuilder.compare(Input.fromString(control))
                              .withTest(Input.fromString(test))
                              .build();
            Assert.assertFalse(myDiff.toString(), myDiff.hasDifferences());
}

when the above test is run, it is failing with below error:

Expected namespace prefix 'ns' but was 'ns1' - comparing  at /pfx:a[1] to  at /pfx:a[1]
  junit.framework.AssertionFailedError
      at NewEmptyJUnitTest.testDifferentPrefix(NewEmptyJUnitTest.java:95)

What should be corrected in order to avoid the error? I believe that am missing something trivial.

A: By not specifying any DifferenceEvaluator you are implicitly using DifferenceBuilders.DEFAULT for which a different namespace prefixes are "SIMILAR" differences.
If you want to ignore "SIMILAR" differences you must set checkForSimilar() on the DiffBuilder.


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At Least 235 Killed in Mosque Attack in Sinai, Egypt
Nov 24, 2017 Source: wsj.com
Tags: Egypt ISIS Islam Islamic terrorism Israel Mossad Muslim Muslim terrorism political violence Terrorism violence
At least 235 people were killed and 109 injured when gunmen armed with explosives attacked a Sufi-linked mosque in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, according to officials quoted by the state media, the deadliest assault in the country's modern history.
The assailants detonated a bomb at the Al Rawda mosque in the town of Ber al Abd, west of the city of al-Arish, state media said, before firing at people trying to flee. Several ambulance vehicles were fired upon as they tried to ferry the injured from the scene, state television said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The Egyptian branch of Islamic State regularly stages assaults in Sinai, and is active in al-Arish. A string of terrorist attacks have hit the sparsely populated province since 2013, mostly targeting policemen and army troops. Violence against Coptic Christians has also increased.
The attack is likely to heap political pressure on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who came to power vowing to take a harsh stance against extremism but has failed to halt regular attacks across the country, particularly in Sinai.
"This heinous act, which reflects the inhumanity of its perpetrators, will not pass without a firm and once-for-all punishment," said Mr. Sisi.
The president declared three days of mourning and will meet with a panel of top security officials and intelligence chiefs to assess the attack, state media said. Images of corpses wrapped in blood-soaked fabric and laid down inside the mosque were broadcast by state media.
If claimed by Islamic State, the assault is likely to highlight the significant threat the group poses in countries where it has a foothold even as it is squeezed out of its onetime strongholds. Syrian regime and Western-backed forces have routed the group in Syria and Iraq in recent months, but it remains a potent force in Egypt and neighboring Libya.
Mr. Sisi warned earlier this month that Islamic State militants would make their way from Syria and Iraq to Libya, and then on to Egypt. In Iraq, Islamic State now controls just a desert area of Anbar province near the Syrian border. In Syria, the Sunni Muslim militant group maintains a small chunk of territory near the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
Any new recruits would further complicate Egyptian efforts to eradicate Islamic State's arm in the country, known as Sinai Province.
Local residents in Sinai said the mosque attacked Friday is associated with Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam dubbed heretical by extremists. Though not the first to target Sufis in Egypt, Friday's attack is the deadliest known recent assault there against its followers.
Official figures for the size of Egypt's Sufi population aren't available, but the sect is estimated by experts to amount to roughly 15% of the country's nearly 100 million people. Believers venerate dozens of icons.
Sinai Province was created by roughly 1,000 jihadists who were part of a group previously known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis. That group pledged allegiance to Islamic State in November 2014. It claimed responsibility for blowing up a Russian jet in 2015, killing all 224 people on board.
Fighting between Sinai Province militants and Egyptian forces in the peninsula has increased in recent weeks as Islamic State's territory elsewhere has diminished. Egyptian armed forces this week said they had killed at least three suspected militants and arrested dozens of others in a major operation.
But those successes came after Islamic State militants last month mounted two fatal assaults and robbed a bank in al-Arish, Egyptian authorities said. Islamic State also killed at least 16 police officers in a shootout in a desert hideout southwest of Cairo, the authorities said.
Israeli and Palestinian authorities say they are monitoring the recent clashes in neighboring Sinai. The Israeli army this week said one of its soldiers on the border was injured from fire that spilled over.
"We must all stand together against radical Islamist terror in all its forms," tweeted Gilad Erdan, Israel's public security minister. "We must tolerate it nowhere, and fight it everywhere."
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package serf.data.storage.impl;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;

import serf.data.Record;
import serf.data.io.ParseYahooData;
import serf.data.io.RecordFilter;
import serf.data.storage.DataSource;

public class GetRecordsFromYahooData extends ParseYahooData implements
    DataSource {

  protected Set<Record> yahooRecords;

  public GetRecordsFromYahooData(String[] srcs, RecordFilter rf, int maxcount)
      throws IOException {
    super(srcs, rf);
    yahooRecords = new HashSet<Record>();

    parseDataSources(maxcount);
  }

  public GetRecordsFromYahooData(String[] srcs, RecordFilter rf)
      throws IOException {
    super(srcs, rf);
    yahooRecords = new HashSet<Record>();

    parseDataSources();
  }

  public GetRecordsFromYahooData(String[] srcs) throws IOException {
    super(srcs);
    yahooRecords = new HashSet<Record>();

    parseDataSources();
  }

  public GetRecordsFromYahooData(String[] srcs, int maxcount)
      throws IOException {
    super(srcs);
    yahooRecords = new HashSet<Record>();

    parseDataSources(maxcount);
  }

  public GetRecordsFromYahooData(String[] srcs, int[] mcPerFile)
      throws IOException {
    super(srcs);
    yahooRecords = new HashSet<Record>();

    parseDataSources(mcPerFile);
  }

  @Override
  protected void action(Record r) throws IOException {
    yahooRecords.add(r);

  }

  public Iterator iterator() {
    return yahooRecords.iterator();
  }

  public Set<Record> getAllRecords() {
    return yahooRecords;
  }

}

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Review: Panorama 2018 Showed That Women Can Carry A Major Music Festival
Panorama went on despite the weather and artist cancelations.
Charles Kang
They say the best-laid plans often go awry. Panorama saw the might of a New York City summer, which shows no mercy for the investment made in three-day festivals. Just ask Electric Zoo or Governors Ball, which has had to cancel days in the past due to weather. The festival had to shut down Friday a little before 5pm due to inclement weather as a night of lightning and thunderstorms descended on the city. It was tough to convince various legions of superfans that they had to leave, but eventually they were coerced into leaving the grounds and going home.
That wasn't the end of the problems for Panorama. Lil Wayne canceled during his set due to weather issues that meant he couldn't get to the festival on time. He had Cardi B's timeslot, who canceled months ago. If Cardi can't play in New York, I guess nobody can. Greta Van Fleet had to pull out Sunday morning because the drummer had hurt his finger so much he couldn't pick up a drumstick. Even with these unfortunate circumstances, the festival still went on.
With one day canceled, this gave us the opportunity to evaluate the festival from a new perspective and some fresher legs. The lineup would have been more male-dominated by men with a full Friday, but capped by Sabrina Claudio on the day, Saturday and the rest of the weekend showed that women can carry a major, multi-genre festival.
Saturday was the prime example for women leading the way. The day was filled with talented female musicians like Jay Som, Japanese Breakfast, Sigrid, St. Vincent, SZA and Avalon Emerson. Both PVRIS and Lo Moon have female members, with PVRIS lead singer being a woman. Friday would have had Dua Lipa, Jhené Aoki, The Black Madonna & Yaeji, among others, while Sunday had The xx, Helena Hauff, Jlin, Lauren Halo & Nora En Pure.
Sigrid put on an energetic performance with her fun and bubbly brand of pop music, bouncing around the stage on a hot summer afternoon. Japanese Breakfast had the perfect recipe for the late afternoon with her soothing indie rock. St. Vincent was an all-star on stage, shredding solos on her guitar, running through records on Masseduction. The color red is prominent in her stage production as her fellow bandmates played in tan body suits. She capped off the performance with a fitting ode to the city she was performing in and resides with the song "New York." She even sand a few alternate lines that never made the record before launching into the ballad to this hot, tall, at times soul-crushing, but incredible city.
It was clear who a large portion of the festival was there to see once SZA came on stage. She appeared to a screaming audience with their phones recording the moment. She mixed witty commentary with tracks from CNTRL, fitting her set into the time constraints – barely. Security guards packed in to get photos, videos and the opportunity to sing along with SZA.
As the night set on the festival Avalon Emerson took over the mini-club within the festival The Point (more on that in a little bit), for some stomping techno and house music that was a necessary counterpoint to the other artists on the bill.
Janet Jackson then put on a showstoppng performance to close out the festival. Equipped with a full band, a squad of elite dancers and a full arsenal of massive records, she owned the stage, the crowd and the moment, running through her catalog of hits for an eager audience. She would only stop dancing for a few moments in between songs and I got exhausted watching her put on that performance. Next to everyone else there who are still honing their craft or probably too shy for big outbursts on stage, Janet Jackson's decades of performing on the biggest stages showed.
On Sunday, David Byrne showed the world he has so much left to give with his inspired performance where his band of about nine used hand-held instruments that ranged from drums to guitars and various wind instruments. Some sang and everyone danced in grey suits as he switched from his own tracks to iconic Talking Heads records.
The festival did very well to represent electronic music. Odesza brought the cross-genre main stage flare with their drum line, the biggest production of all and booming festival beats. Mount Kimbie slowly built their set with some softer, vocal records that fit with the larger stage they were on and then took things to the rave that fit into The Point as they finished the set.
The Point was where EDM was set aside and dance music found its home. It was a small club within the festival. It was nestled near the entrance, enclosed within walls (with openings in the middle of each side), with an elevated dancefloor in the middle and a wall of speakers in each corner. The DJ was set up inside one of the walls, away from the action. Over the two full days of action, The Point had sets from Floating Points, Moodymann, Bicep (Live) and Helena Hauff. Though it was hard to leave Jackson, seeing Bicep play records from their standout debut album was enthralling as the crowd gyrated and moved to every beat in the dark, glowing night.
Moodymann acted as both a DJ and bartender, pouring out shots for the crowd, who he dubbed "bad motherfuckers" as he played a mix of disco, house, soul and even a little drum and bass. The leading ladies continued their trend in The Point with Avalon Emerson on Saturday and then Sunday with Jlin, Laurel Halo and Helena Hauff, who spared nobody with a relentless and powerful techno set just in time for her new album out now.
Julian Basjel
It was fitting that the heavily branded HP activation The Lab was next to The Point with its trippy visuals, including the planetarium-like space Portal To Flatland that was modern, 3D visual interpretation of the book Flatland with music from St. Vincent.
Not everything was perfect about the festival. Beyond the weather and the cancelations, the grounds were set up in some confusing and head-scratching ways. It was a good thing the festival didn't appear to be sold out or even that close, because a strange wooden barrier separated two sides of the grass leading to the main stage (though there were openings every couple hundred feet) that made it hard to navigate that area. Getting from The Point to the main stage required you walk to the back of the grounds through one pathway, which could have been very slow if there were larger crowds.
Merch tents and food trucks seemed to cramp in on the actual lawn where you walked, sat and listened to music. This could have been a calculation dealing with soft ground from a week of heavy rain, but it seemed to condense the grounds unnecessarily. The festival didn't seem that prepared for the copious amounts of mud with potential solutions like hay or pieces of wood laid down on high traffic areas. It was good the weather was hot and sunny Saturday and Sunday to soak up some of the water, but it still managed to get worse each day. The branding was pretty overwhelming all over the grounds, but that is the new state of affairs at major festivals.
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Photo Recap: Panorama Festival 2018 With Odesza, The xx, The Killers
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