I hate drama. I'd like to say that I'm evolved and like the Dalai Lama I have compassion for everyone, that I forgive them all their excesses and weaknesses; that I have patience and tolerance for all. Are you kidding? I don't even forgive myself all my excesses and weaknesses! (I'm still mad at myself for eating 14 Reese's Hearts last night.) And you know what? I'm probably not changing. Not in this life anyway. Maybe I'll be reincarnated and come back at a higher life level and I'll be a better, kinder person. Or maybe I'll come back as a squid. Who knows?
Why do I hate drama? Because some people wallow in it, they aren't happy unless they are in the middle of chaos. If things are calm, they have to stir them up. If people are happy, they have to wreak some havoc.
They never let their cell phone out of their sight because they might get a text from someone. Other people own them.
Their life is too chaotic to make plans in advance. If they do, they often cancel or show up late. Wheeeee! Keeping things dramatic, baby!
They disregard other people's boundaries. They search though other people's computers or cell phones. They show up unannounced. They contact your new boyfriend on Facebook.
You become obsessed with what they are doing. She posted what video online? She slapped who? Where is he now? Why isn't she working? You are in the vortex.
They make you feel bad. Drama people really don't have anything to give to anyone else. They are too consumed with themselves. They will make you think there's some big prize there, but if you look closely, it's not that great. They use the excitement, the drama to hide how little they have to offer.
These people aren't going to change. They are not going to be happy with a little non-dramatic life in the country. They LOVE drama! If they can't catch you cheating, they have to cheat to keep things interesting. If things get boring at work, maybe they'll start stealing. Maybe they can cheat on you AND steal from you! Woohoo!!! And don't you check up on them, it only shows that you don't trust them, you bad person. Your only hope is escape.
Obviously those of you who are Tibetan monks may choose to do otherwise.
For those of you in the vortex, I'm throwing you a line. GRAB IT!
1. Realize if you stay in the vortex too long, you will become a drama person. Yep, you'll start thinking that checking other people's e-mail is a fair and just thing to do. You'll be constantly watching your phone for texts from the drama person. You'll enforce company rules haphazardly. You are now the drama!
2. Stop staring at the shiny object! Drama people are exciting! It's like slowing down to look at a car wreck. Suddenly you put your own well-being in danger, so you can see something that's more exciting. We want to hear all about it! If it bleeds, it leads! Yeah, until you're the one bleeding.
3. If you are spending a lot of time trying to figure out why they do what they do, stop. Normal people do normal things. They respect other people's boundaries. They call ahead. They are dependable. Drama people want you to focus on them – because they are focused on them. It's ALL about them.
4. Keep your boundaries and don't start violating theirs. No one should read someone else's e-mail or check their phone. If you are doing this, you are in the vortex. Why would you be with/employ someone you don't trust? Just because you aren't doing anything wrong doesn't mean people get complete access to you. Should you submit to a cavity search too?
5. GET OUT! Being with a drama person is like walking into the haunted house. The sane people got back in the car and drove off three hours ago. You are not going to fix this person, exorcise the demons, or find a pot of gold. You want to be with the rest of us boring people or the thing from beyond the grave?
6. Protect others. You can help keep non-drama people out of the vortex. It's not always easy, but it can be done. One way is by refusing to be drawn in yourself. Example – my boyfriend's ex-wife texted me to get a message to him. I told her to communicate directly with him. I am not a go-between. That's my boundary. The same ex-wife went to her daughter's roommate's place of work to try and get information on her daughter. The roommate said she needed to talk directly with her daughter. Your setting of boundaries can be an example to others of what life is like outside the vortex.
One thing I have found with drama people is that if you refuse to play (to let them control or manipulate you, to let them bend the rules, to shape your life around them), they go away. A non-drama person will respect you and change their own behavior. A drama person will slink back to the depths of the vortex. Like a squid.
Len! Great thoughts and always fantastic to hear from you!!! I hope you are doing well and I hope I'll get to see you again soon!
I love this article, unfortunately it is very hard when you are in a tiny works pace with a drama person and have found that in ignoring them, they turn on you and begin to spread malicious gossip to peers. WOW, talk about a vortex!
AAIIEE!!! I'm so sorry! Too bad your supervisor doesn't deal with the drama. Too many don't. Hang in there – think karma! If they are doing all that – they are so not happy. Keep the faith and thanks for the comment!
This is right on! I know the people you are talking about, have to deal with them! Even have them in my family. So glad you sent this out because it is easy to be sucked in.
Hang tough, Melva! Glad to hear that you are staying out of the vortex. Thanks for the comment and stay strong, my friend!


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Donna J. Snyder, 70, of Salamanca, died Wednesday (April 18, 2012) in Buffalo General Hospital following a short illness.
She was born April 28, 1941 in Salamanca, the daughter of Salamanca Common Council President Charles E. Hensel and Dorothy E. (Marks) Hensel who pre-deceased her.
Mrs. Snyder was a 1959 graduate of Salamanca Central High School and for many years served as treasurer of the family-owned commercial real estate business, Hensel Enterprises. She was married to Daniel T. Snyder who died April 4, 2003.
She began her journalism career as Cattaraugus County bureau chief for the Buffalo Courier Express, and then later served as County Editor for the Salamanca Press before joining the News. She was well known as a tenacious reporter of the courts and criminal justice system as well as her ability to report on government finance and political issues.
In April of 2004 she entered a nursing home for an extended rehabilitation from illness, but, continued to cover stories through phone contacts and a laptop computer. In 2007 she returned to work from her home office through March 2012.
In 2002 she was presented with a community service award from the Cattaraugus County Bar Association at the Law Day Program held April 24. As Senior Correspondent of the Cattaraugus County Bureau of the Buffalo News, the award was presented to Mrs. Snyder in recognition of her part in law making in New York State. After enactment of the ³Operation Recognition² legislation which made high school diplomas available to World War II veterans who were unable to complete their secondary education, Mrs. Snyder sought assistance of the late New York State Senator Patricia K. McGee to include Korean War veterans in the legislation. As a result the law was amended. It was signed into law by Gov. George Pataki on Sept. 5, 2001. Mrs. Snyder¹s husband, Daniel was a Korean war veteran and the first to receive such an honorary degree.
Active in community affairs, Mrs. Snyder served as President of the Salamanca Area Chamber of Commerce in 1995-97 and was chairperson of the city¹s annual Falling Leaves Festival.
Mrs. Snyder was a member of the Cattaraugus County Arson Task Force and active in volunteer fire company activities, serving for many years as head of the Kill Buck Volunteer Fire Department¹s Ladies Auxiliary. For many years she raised basset hound show dogs, winning numerous awards.
She is survived by a brother, Rodney C. Hensel of Buffalo; a close friend and helper, Mark S. Williams of Hinsdale; a son Donnald G. Hensel of Salamanca; two grandchildren, Charles and Ginna Hensel; five aunts, Irene Fidurko of Salamanca and Velma Hensel, Clara Merrill, Inez Domes and Viola Hogan, all of Florida and several cousins; a sister-in-law Jeanne Haines of Salamanca, a brother-in- law Earl Crouse, a sister-in-law Joanne Snyder; stepchildren Richard Snyder, Denise Porter, Patricia Luna and Barbara Snyder, several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 1:00 P.M.in the O'Rourke & O'Rourke Inc. Funeral Home, 25 River Street, Salamanca, New York.
Interment will be in Crawford Cemetery, Salamanca.
Memorials may be made to the Salamanca Rail Museum and Salamanca Historical Society.


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Figural aftereffects transfer, but are also contingent on, race categories
Emma Jaquet; Gillian Rhodes; William G. Hayward
Emma Jaquet
Emma Jaquet, Gillian Rhodes, William G. Hayward; Figural aftereffects transfer, but are also contingent on, race categories. Journal of Vision 2006;6(6):884. doi: 10.1167/6.6.884.
Race is perceived categorically in faces. Clear boundaries separate faces perceived as belonging to one race category, e.g., Caucasian, and those perceived as belonging to another, e.g., African American (Levin & Angelone, 2002). We investigated the functional independence of these race categories by attempting to alter perception of faces from one race independently of another race. Participants were adapted to configurally distorted Chinese (or Caucasian) faces and tested for transfer of aftereffects to Caucasian (or Chinese) faces (Experiment 1). In the Experiment 2 participants were adapted simultaneously to Caucasian faces distorted one way, and Chinese faces distorted in the opposite way to determined if race-contingent aftereffects could be induced. Some transfer of aftereffects between race categories was found in Experiment 1. Perception of normality was systematically biased in the direction of the adapting distortion in most cases, regardless of which race was viewed during adaptation. In Experiment 2, perceptions of normality were biased in opposite directions for the two races. These results suggest that the perceptual system can update our face norms in a way that is insensitive to race categories. However, where a race distinction is made relevant, the perceptual system can selectively update the norms of each face category. These results present evidence that coding of race categories may rely on both shared and distinct neural populations.
Jaquet, E. Rhodes, G. Hayward, W. G. (2006). Figural aftereffects transfer, but are also contingent on, race categories [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 6(6):884, 884a, http://journalofvision.org/6/6/884/, doi:10.1167/6.6.884. [CrossRef]
This research was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award to Emma Jaquet and an Australian Research Council Grant to Professor Gillian Rhodes

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The Internet Of Things: Big Upside For Brands, Tons Of Risk
July 20, 2015 /in Blog Page, News & Press /by Resonate
"Data-Driven Thinking" is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. The column, written by Pat LaPointe, EVP at Resonate originally appeared in AdExchanger // Tuesday, July 7th, 2015.
The Internet of Things (IoT) – where physical products can connect to the web and communicate with users and other products – has presented brands with new ways to engage consumers along the path to purchase. Marketers, such as Diageo and its "smart bottle," have already launched products that are used as new communication channels to create ongoing conversations with consumers.
But while exploring the full spectrum of opportunities, brands should tread carefully. The IoT can also bring new types of risks that could significantly outweigh potential benefits and damper enthusiasm for this accelerating phenomenon.
IoT: A Risky Data Business
The real thrill for brands with IoT relates to data and what digital marketers can do with it. Brands will have access to data from 25 billion connected "things" by 2020, according to Gartner, which will help marketers significantly increase message targeting accuracy and effectiveness.
But in an era of rising security hacks and increasingly sophisticated "phishing" scams, the IoT opens up new nodes through which malfeasance can bring highly destructive and costly results, and even violate consumers' sense of privacy. Vulnerabilities can run the gamut of refrigerators sending malicious emails to hackers spying into families' homes through baby monitors.
To mitigate these risks, I see several specific focal points where brands should approach IoT with consumer protection at the core of their operating philosophy.
Opt-In: The Key To Preserving Consumer Control And Trust
Personal data privacy has become a hot button for consumers. Some 92% of US Internet users worry about their online privacy, according to a TRUSTe study, while 89% say they avoid doing business with companies they believe do not protect their privacy online.
To alleviate consumers' concerns, brands should give consumers every opportunity to control their personal data and the extent to which they receive branded content. This process can start as early as product design. Rather than rely on unique web page interfaces for each and every appliance, for example, kitchen appliance brands, such as Maytag or Electrolux, could incorporate simple LCD screens into smart appliances that show clear messages about privacy settings alongside operating settings.
This would allow consumers to easily opt in to a variety of data settings in the beginning, while also allowing the brand's marketers to display relevant, contextually branded messages and notifications, such as special offers or alerts on low household supplies. As consumers' preferences change, they can also easily return to the appliance's interface and modify IoT-enabled settings.
In the long term, by providing various opportunities for consumers to opt in and out, brands preserve trust and entice consumers to engage with the brand in new ways.
Adopt Minimalist Big Data Policies
Earlier this year, the FTC published an IoT report with recommendations on how businesses can embrace strategic commercial opportunities. One recommendation revolved around the judicious use of data by "limiting the collection of consumer data, and retaining that information only for a set period of time, and not indefinitely."
The report further noted that data minimization addresses two key privacy risks. There is the risk that a company with a large store of consumer data will become a more enticing target for data thieves or hackers, and second, that consumer data will be used in ways contrary to their expectations.
This idea of data minimization should be a key policy for brands as they embrace the IoT. While big data has become all the rage, small data can also provide marketers with equally useful, actionable information at a fraction of the cost.
Understand Consumers' Motivations Before Activating IoT
IoT conversations shouldn't even start until brands have a firm grip of what drives their consumers' behaviors. Otherwise, brands could be acting on false assumptions about what's really relevant and invest in the wrong products and marketing strategies.
Clorox, for example, recently revealed how, contrary to prior belief, it learned that its older demographic customers preferred discounts to loyalty programs. This insight helped Clorox develop initiatives that drove more valuable onsite engagement, such as offering a coupon in exchange for a product review.
IoT discussions can benefit greatly by first ensuring a deep understanding of why consumers feel loyal to one brand over another, why they decide to purchase the things they do or don't, and how marketers can relevantly reach them in a way that adds value but doesn't intrude into their daily lives.
As IoT and connected products hit their stride in the marketplace, smart data practices will make the difference between success and failure for brand marketers.
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For two years, advocates have lobbied the parks board, which oversees the city's boulevard system, to change the name. Jean-Paul Chaurand, the board president, responded last month with a letter stating that longstanding policy has been to name streets after local residents who made significant contributions to the city. He suggested creating a commission to discuss the renaming further.
This sounds like a ready-made research question: do honorary roads affect attitudes and behaviors over time? Major cities have many such roads, in various neighborhoods, and designated at various times which would give researchers plenty of variation to work with. I wonder if such research would show minimal positive effects in a city overall (though it could be more important in particular locations, as noted in the discussion above) but then it might be argued that not naming such roads – particularly in a case like Martin Luther King, Jr. – would have negative repercussions.
See an earlier post where Illinois legislators discussed creating a Barack Obama roadway. If Reagan has a highway (the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway in Illinois among others in the United States), shouldn't Obama get one as well?
As Google Fiber rolls out in Kansas City, they are running into an issue: the existing racial divides in the city.
During the sign-up, Google faced other practical problems. Many people did not have credit or debit cards, which were required to register, or e-mail addresses. And it failed to account for numerous vacant homes in some communities, so it lowered the number of registrants needed to qualify in those areas.
Many people in black neighborhoods had not heard about Google Fiber, and many who knew only had a vague understanding of it.
This is a reminder there is a "digital divide" between those who have Internet access as well as have knowledge about it and how to use it versus those who do not. As Google has found out, this project also involves public education about the value of having the Internet. It does read as though the company is making a strong effort to inform people about Google Fiber but it may take some time to get the information out.
The emptying out of African-American neighborhoods in the heart of this city is bemoaned by many who are battling the decline. But in an unexpected twist, the flight of blacks to other city neighborhoods and nearby suburbs in Missouri and Kansas has created an unforeseen result that is generally greeted with optimism: desegregation.
The decline in segregation here is even more striking than drops in Detroit and New Orleans, areas with similar racially charged histories that are losing black populations. Detroit may be less segregated because blacks have left the area in search of jobs in the Sun Belt. Segregation has declined in New Orleans partly because many blacks were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Does this mean that more blacks have joined the middle class and then are moving to the suburbs or is the move to the suburbs motivated by a search for jobs and opportunities in order to join the middle class? And what are the consequences of this for cities?
This is one of the most important trends in suburbs today: more minorities and immigrants moving to the suburbs. How this changes the face of suburbia in the next few decades will be fascinating to watch.
But what is Mission Hills? After failing to define that with regulations and zoning laws, the city last spring hired a Los Angeles planning consultant named David Sargent to define it.
Sargent's first draft came out this month, and now some are waiting to see whether the recommendations, when they're in final form next year, will bring peace and understanding in the extraordinary city.
Sounds like a typical standoff: residents who want to protect the historical character of the community versus those who want to live in a well-known location but in a new big house with all the modern amenities.
This planning consultant has his work cut out for him. However, many other communities have adopted guidelines or planbooks that at least offer some guidance to what new houses might look like. Without declaring neighborhoods historic districts (which are often the strictest option – see an example here), guidelines can help opponents and proponents of teardowns work with a common set of expectations as they try to decide what their neighborhood should look like in the future.
Thinking further about this, I wonder if anyone has done research on what suburban residents expect their neighborhood to be like in the future. I don't think I'd be alone in expecting that many residents would want the neighborhood to stay about the same as when they moved in. I recently heard someone cite Mark Twain saying, "Everyone likes progress, but no one likes change." Are things that could be changed in a neighborhood that a majority of residents would see as positive?
Figures from the 2010 census were a bitter disappointment, as the city's population dipped to 319,294.
That's down more than 29,000 – a staggering 8 percent – from 2000.
For St. Louis leaders, the news was doubly disappointing because they were expecting to see an increase.
St. Louis was the nation's eighth-largest city with a population of 856,795 in 1950. Now, for a couple of decades, it hasn't even been Missouri's largest city.
Kansas City's population grew to 460,000 in the latest census, widening the gap over St. Louis, though the St. Louis metro area remains significantly larger.
Since the mid-20th century, the exodus of St. Louis residents to the suburbs has been startling. And people keep moving farther away from the urban core. St. Louis County lost population in 2010 for the first time, down 1.7 percent to 998,954 in 2010, as residents relocate to communities like St. Charles, O'Fallon, Wentzville and Troy.
A census estimate on July 1, 2009, forecasted that the city's population of 348,189 in 2000 had grown to 356,587.
Either the estimate was wrong or there has been a substantial recent exodus.
The 2010 census is based on the population in April 2010.
So what happened between this 2009 Census estimate and the 2010 figures?
2. There are two things at stake with these figures: the loss of state and federal dollars (often tied to population) and a blow to civic pride. As the mayor suggested, the city had thought they had turned a corner. Additionally, there appears to be some comparisons to Kansas City, the other major city in Missouri.
2a. But on the other hand, the trends happening in the St. Louis area are happening in many large cities: people are moving to the suburbs, further and further from the center of the metropolitan region. Even St. Louis County (suburban but three times larger than St. Louis) lost population, 1.7%, for the first time.
3. While it is notable that the population in St. Louis dropped by about 29,000 (8%), in the last sixty years, this is the smallest percentage drop since a population increase in 1950. From 1960 onward, here are the percentage decreases: -12.5% in 1960, -17% in 1970, -27.2% in 1980, -12.4% in 1990, -12.2% in 2000, and -8.3% in 2010. So perhaps the population in St. Louis is slowly stabilizing.


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I am an artist, designer, and video production specialist focusing on user oriented design with a combined 10 years of experience in studio art, digital design, and arts administration. Using my skills in fine arts, graphic design, and curation, I have produced commissioned work for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation; worked as a mosaic artist at Cheryl Hazan Mosaics; and served as a curatorial assistant at the Roger Brown Study Collection in Chicago. At my previous position as a Video Production Specialist at Squarespace, I designed mock sites, created artwork, and designed motion graphics as well as wrote, recorded, and edited videos that onboarded customers to the site's various platforms.
As a fine artist, I am motivated by the idea of empathy. By portraying first person reactions to real-world struggles such as poverty, disease, violence, and immigration, I create pieces that explore different ideas of identity, borders, and kinship to inspire wonder and social action. My themes and approach lend themselves to collaboration, and I am looking forward to working with other artists on dynamic, socially aware, creative projects.
Drawing, watercolor painting, unpredictable imagery, cats from hell tv show, walking in New York, and other things!
Anything that's worth doing comes with a challenge.
Clipping my cat's nails. Trust me, it's a superpower.
Directions to where I need to go. I check before I head out and I'm good to go.
Today, it would be making your own felt.
Vulnerability makes us human and empathy allows us to recognize and respond to the needs of others.
We're transparent in that we share openly, but in a very controlled and highly self-conscious way.
Happiness is ignoring the rules.
We need politicians to be activists.
We need new memes, new visual and written critique, we need to excite with possibilities, and maybe we need to scare people a little as well.
We have to believe that another world is possible, other than the one we're born into.
Use what you learn to adjust the reality that you live in, day to day.
We're meant to internalize the effects of these systems of power on other people and we're meant to feel and then, on the back of that feeling, we can change and make change.
Learning about systems of oppression isn't meant to feel good, it's just meant to feel.


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Film review – The Hunger Games (2012)
22 March 2012 Thomas Caldwell Film review 8 comments
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence)
The catchphrase 'May the odds be ever in your favour' is spoken by the powerful elite in The Hunger Games to strategically give a glimmer of hope, but not too much, to the oppressed and poor citizens who are subject each year to a brutal televised game in this futuristic parable. The phrase is uttered before the reaping where one girl and one boy from the twelve districts are selected by lottery to take part in the game, and it's also uttered during the preparation and then right before the contest, where the 24 children are expected to fight to the death. It's a taunting and cruel catchphrase because it implies the fate of the children is to do with luck, when in fact the games are really a ruthlessly orchestrated public event designed by the ruling class to keep the non-ruling classes distracted and fearful. When Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to become a 'tribute' for her district in place of her sister, she along with male tribute Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) join the 22 other tributes in the Capitol where they are taught to kill, survive and to put on a good show.
Presumably one of the challenges with making a film adaptation of Suzanne Collins's popular 2008 Young Adult novel The Hunger Games was how to present the novel's critique of violent spectacle without the film itself providing moments of violent spectacle. Other similarly themed films where a futuristic incarnation of the ancient Roman gladiator contests was fused with reality television faced a similar problem. The Running Man (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987), Battle Royale (Koushun Takami, 2000) and Series 7: The Contenders (Daniel Minahan, 2001) were all set in either the future or an alternate reality where disenfranchised people are forced to take part in a violent competition where they must fight for their survival. The Running Man is the simplest of the mentioned films as there is a strongly defined good guys versus bad guys narrative, and the film is unapologetically providing violent spectacle for the cinema audiences. Similarly to The Hunger Games, Battle Royale contains a scenario where the delineations between good and bad characters are not so clear cut, since they are all teenagers from a randomly chosen school class and forced to fight to the death in a large outdoor area until there is only one survivor. Battle Royale also provides moments of violent spectacle, but in a far more uncomfortable way than The Running Man since the presentation of violence in Battle Royale juxtaposed with the films's social critique does compel the film viewer to ask themselves what it is they are enjoying.
However, the film with the most in common with The Hunger Games is the lesser-known Series 7: The Contenders since both films undermine the voyeuristic appeal of the violence. The Hunger Games spends close to an hour establishing the world of the film, its characters and the film's themes before the first scene of conflict. It's what is now almost an old fashioned approach to narrative development where the film spends its time building up to the main action rather than cutting to the chase as soon as possible. A film that was more overtly focused on providing the audience with a thrilling action-packed ride would have included an action scene much earlier to establish the tone. Instead, The Hunger Game waits and when it delivers it does so with disorientating quick edits and muted sound to create the sensation of the violence being sickening and confusing. For the rest of the film the acts of violence, which are crucial to the film's narrative, are sudden and blunt, often off screen and never glorified. Thus The Hunger Game effectively establishes itself as a drama about the spectacle of violence rather than being a spectacle of violence itself.
The production design combines modern and classic motifs and references in order to make several statements about class, exploitation and social inequity. The scenario of a populace having to sacrifice its young to appease a higher authority occurred in many ancient legends, including the Ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur who was sent youths to devour. The modern day version of this myth as depicted in The Hunger Games is the lottery based reaping, which could also be viewed as a parable for young people being conscripted or manipulated into fighting a foreign war started by the older generation. However, The Hunger Games also explores the scarified youth theme by looking at the way in which young people are groomed to conform to an idealised image so that their youth and beauty can be commodified and exploited. Not only are the tributes trained in how to kill and survive, but they are coached to be media savvy in order to project the type of image that will earn them sponsorship. They are constantly being looked at and scrutinised and the very tight cinematography often creates a claustrophobic effect by only shooting in close up and medium close up. Shots from a greater distance are often filmed from the corner of a room so that it unconsciously gives the impression of closed-circuit television surveillance.
The ceremonial aspects of the games are a mixture of Ancient Roman and Nazi German iconography with modern day red carpet events. The vast open spaces, eagle insignias and neoclassic design captures the appearance of a totalitarian state attempting to awe its people with displays of power, while the focus on the clothes worn by the tributes echoes the vacuous commentary that takes place during events such as award ceremonies. The combined effect is like that of the gladiators of Ancient Rome and modern day reality show contestants. The tributes are briefly huge celebrities, designed to win the favour of the public in the short term until they are disposed of. It's a highly subversive critique of mass entertainment that expresses Noam Chomsky's argument about how the hype surrounding spectator sport is used to distract people from engaging in issues of real importance and therefore keeping them subservient through ignorance.
The representation of class divisions is overt with the wealthy members of society living in the opulent Capitol city while the poorer members of society, who are selected for the games, come from the surrounding districts. The bleak and improvised rural setting contrasts with the high tech and garish world of the Capitol where the dominant fashion is a grotesque fusion of Max Headroom type designer punk and the Rococo style fashion favoured by the French aristocracy before the French Revolution.
The final ingredient in what makes The Hunger Games so compelling is Katniss. Unlike the heroes of many other Young Adult novel and film franchises, she has not got any natural gifts or special powers that have been bestowed upon her magically, nor is she simply driven by a romantic crush, and the film even self-reflexively includes a romantic subplot to comment on audience expectations. Katniss is completely self-made, the skills she possesses are the result of experience and she undermines the machinations of the games by using ingenuity, cunning and humanity to survive and care for others. The overall combination of smart social commentary, compelling narrative, clever yet unobtrusive film style and the integrity to not be what it is critiquing, results in a very impressive film.
Thomas Caldwell, 2012
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Stephanie Holt says:
Thanks for this thoughtful critique – am now glad I promised to go with my teenager (and glad she's so keen) and very much looking forward to it. Great discussion of the fine line the film walks – much to think about in relation to many other films mentioned and unmentioned.
rp421 says:
Yes, a thoughtful critique. I only take issue with the comments regarding the so-called love triangle. This aspect is a part of the original books, albeit a small one. It was not inserted to appease a filmgoing crowd
Benicio says:
Probably the wrong place for this question but how come you dont rate the movies anymore?
Thomas Caldwell says:
@Stephanie – Thanks and I hope you enjoy the film.
@rp421 – Thanks also. I appreciate your point about the love triangle element being in the novel, but I am responding to how it comes across in the film and it felt like it was presented very slyly.
@Benicio – It's a fair question. Last year I'd become increasingly frustrated at how the value of a film is reduced to an arbitrary star-rating. It didn't used to bother me, but these days I'm more interested in doing an analysis rather than simply giving an opinion about whether or not I think other people should see the film. Also, I'd rather people read what I have to say about a film rather than look at the number of stars I give it. I do still list star ratings in the index and when I submit the reviews to sites like Rotten Tomatoes, but I'd just prefer to no longer have them on the actual reviews.
Actually I like your comment so much it explains what I have not understood after watching the film. thank you !! Without your comment, I am sure I could not sleep tonight as I am extremely frustrated after watching this film. I keep asking why people in this film are so stupid, so heartless, such a fake film. I think it is so fake because it is, in my opinion, we will never ever going to have that sort of a society in the face of the earth after the popularization of movie, TV and now internet ever since WWII. We talk about freedom of speech, free market economy, trading for win win situations, democracy, socialism and we hate corruption etc etc … with all these popular ideas, any totalitarian power has to go underground and no way in this world will accept those sort of oppression and ignorance. Never in mankind has so many people understand what the power of people can do to even the most brutal and powerful Government. No one will support the Hunger Game type of society in real life. Thanks for your comment that I cannot even find in Wikipedia, I now understand that it is intended to be a Ancient Roman type totalitarian society but in future setting kind of a fiction, a total impossibility which is a clear statement enough for me to differentiate it from Da Vinci Code type fiction which are so real people even start research if the book is real or not.
p.s. I like the film and it is well made, but before I did not understand how the reasoning be possible until your review and thank you again.
"…how to present the novel's critique of violent spectacle without the film itself providing moments of violent spectacle."
YES! Hit-the-nail-on-the-head. I know lots of book fans wanted more blood, without realizing how shamefully ironic that would have been.
Loved the film. The only sore point for me was Lenny Kravitz playing… well, Lenny Kravitz.
Great review and a great film. Both Miss (just) 16 and I really enjoyed it!
2 May 2012 at 11:45 pm
I couldn't put my finger on what this movie reminded me of besides all of the normal similar films. I forgot about Series 7: The Contenders!
Thanks for the nice review!
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It might make sense to remove the battery to increase its overall life. However, it seems a bit odd to remove the battery each time you plug your laptop in.
The short answer is yes... and no. For the best battery life, you might consider removing the battery from your laptop, but only in certain scenarios.
Deciding when to remove the laptop from your battery is mostly determined by convenience.
One easy way to consider whether or not to remove your battery laptop when it's being powered through the wall is to estimate how long you'll have it plugged in. If you plan to use your laptop for six hours on a desk, plugged in, and then quit using it again until tomorrow, you might remove the battery.
However, if you're mobile and are only planning to stay plugged in for an hour or so before you'll need the battery again, it would make more sense to keep your laptop charged through the wall even with the battery attached. This is because shutting down the whole laptop, removing the battery, and then booting back up only to power down again, and reattach the battery shortly after (and then turn on the laptop again), is a waste of time.
Another reason to remove the battery from your laptop is if you won't be using it again for a while, whether attached to the wall or not. Sometimes, a laptop is only necessary for when you work away from home or want to play on your laptop when the weather is nice. If you won't be using it for the next couple weeks, go ahead and remove the battery.
Something else to think about is whether the power in your building is reliable. If the electricity often disconnects or there's a storm outside that could switch the power off at any moment, you should keep the laptop battery attached so that an interrupt won't disrupt your work. That, or invest in a UPS, which is handy even for always-powered-on desktops.
Laptop overheating is one of the worst things for all of the laptop's hardware parts, including the battery, which can age much quicker when fully charged and hot for long periods of time.
Anyone with a laptop has surely experiencing a hot lap or near-burned skin from touching certain areas around the battery in times like these. While putting something like a pillow between you and laptop can help remove the heat from your skin, it's not going to protect the battery from overheating.
Also, while some high-powered tasks like gaming and multimedia editing can drive up the amount of heat your laptop produces, and therefore abstaining can help reduce that heat, it's still recommended to remove the battery if you won't be needing it for extended periods of time.
Remove the power cable from the wall.
Reattach the power cable to the wall.
The most common recommendation for laptop battery storage is to have it charged to about 40% (or somewhere between 30% and 50%) and then keep it in a dry place.
Some manufacturers recommend a storage temperature of 68 and 77 degrees Fahrenheit (20 to 25 degrees Celsius), which isn't too cold or too hot.
Some people actually keep batteries in the fridge, but you have to take care that the battery isn't exposed to humidity and that you warm it up to room temperature before using it, which could be more hassle than it's worth.


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KEITH ELLIOTT's postbag from those wanting advice on training often demonstrates exactly what not to do if you want to become a sports journalist
Dear Mr Elliot,
I wont to come on you're journalism course this summer, I leave university this summer. I am expected to get a 2:1 in my media studies degree.
I would like to write about football for one of the national news papers after the course, prefarably the Sunday Times, and cover mainly Manchester United, I am an big fan. I notice that you advice people to get some work experience, I hav'nt been able to do this because of my degree, but my tutor's have praised my writing and I am sure I have what it takes to be a journalist. Your's sincerely"
He didn't get an interview.
You may think: must be made up. Nobody could write that badly. Depressingly, I rarely get a faultless application. Some are even worse than the example above.
If you're young, carefree and just heading for or just out of college, you're probably puzzling why this old fool is so obsessed with all that detailed guff. After all, this is the age of creative writing and texting, so NEfin goes, ryt?
Wrong. It may be that in a few years, when we'll all be speaking in grunts, and writing as if a dyslexic monkey has found a keyboard. But every editor I know still thinks grammar and spelling are a lot more than an optional extra. And misspelling an editor's name is tantamount to talking about their pride 'n joy as "your rag".
Trouble is, two generations (unless you went to a "proper" school) never ran into grammar or spelling. For many, their first encounter with grammar is when they learnt a foreign language.
Last week, I was running a course and explaining the difference between practice and practise. "The simple explanation is that one's a noun and one's a verb. But…"
"Excuse me, could you just go over what a noun is?"
That's not untypical. A much tougher one is explaining when to use a full stop and not a comma (the splice comma, for fellow pedants).
Doesn't matter if your only interest is covering underwater hockey, non-league soccer or fishing. Even sports writers have to observe some of the core rules.
OK, we're not always dealing with the sharpest knives in the drawer. There's a story that West Brom once had a player who had passed an O Level (like a GCSE, but smarter), and the rest of the team called him Brains.
Guardian football writer David Lacey, travelling on a 747 to some match with the Scottish team, asked one of the players, a known snooker addict, if he could sit on the aisle seat. "I want to get on to the snooker table upstairs first," he said.
The player, who shall remain nameless, said: "You'll be lucky!" And as soon as the seat-belts sign was turned off, he was heading for the stairs to chalk up his name.
So the sports stars may not read what you write, and if they do, they probably won't know you've misplaced an apostrophe. But readers will spot it for sure and take great delight in pointing it out to an editor that he or she is employing illiterates.
This is all a very long-winded way of saying that if you want a job on a newspaper, website or magazine, you'd better sharpen up on the basics pronto. Don't even consider writing to an editor if you're duff on this stuff. Sort it now.
The book I recommend here is English for Journalists by Wynford Hicks. It's not written like a grammar book, but it covers all the stuff teachers never told you, or the things you've forgotten.
It will also help you to dispel some of the myths you were taught at school (never end a sentence with a preposition, never use a split infinitive, never start a sentence with "and" or "but").
If you ever get berated for the latter, by the way, say to your accuser: "If you find it in a grammar book, I'll give £50 to a charity of your choice." And you'll never hear from them again.
Keith Elliott is chairman of PMA Media Training, a specialist journalism training company. He has worked on several national papers, and edited magazines on subjects as varied as computing, general practice and taxidermy. He writes two weekly news columns for an evening paper and he penned a weekly column for the Independent newspapers for more than 20 years
For the full SJA online archive of advice and support articles about journalism courses and how to become a sports journalist, click here
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In an effort to better understand the differences that can occur between theoretical and as-manufactured performance, Examples 1-3 show what happens at the sensor level, and how output from the sensor would be visualized with different wavelengths and f/#s. Figures transition from theoretical to real world examples that include aberration and lens fabrication errors.
As will be noted, the shorter the wavelength, the theoretically greater the performance of the imaging system. In recent years, blue LEDs have become very dependable for increasing the performance of small pixel-equipped sensors. Remember EO Best Practice #5, Color Matters. Understanding the physical capabilities and limitations of a lens at different f/#s and wavelengths helps the user optimize the utility of high resolution imagers and enables solutions to once difficult applications.
Figures 1a and 1b demonstrate four different wavelengths being perfectly imaged, with the exception of blur caused by diffraction (Diffraction Limit), in the center of a sensor containing 3.45μm pixels and at f/2.8. This is considered a small pixel size, and it is associated with a very popular 5 MegaPixel sensor utilized by many camera companies. Figure 1a shows the difference in spot size when stepping up from 470nm (Blue) to 880nm (NIR) wavelengths. Figure 1b shows pixel outputs for each of the images created by the lens in Figure 1a; notice the smaller spots associated with the shorter wavelengths.
The images in Figure 2 is similar to Figure 1, but the aperture setting has been changed to f/8. At this setting, Figure 2a shows that all of the spots, regardless of wavelength, exceed the size of a single pixel, which causes energy to spill into adjacent pixels. Figure 2b shows a noticeable blurring in the pixel outputs at the longer wavelengths with spots at 880nm no longer able to be separated. This demonstrates the physical ramifications associated with changing the f/#, even in a theoretically perfect system.
In this example, a more realistic representation of the center and corner of a true lens design is shown at f/2.8. These figures now include aberrations that are inherent in even the highest quality lens designs, as well as issues associated with manufacturing tolerances. Aberrations misplace information and alter the shape of the spots that are created, leading to shapes that are no longer rotationally symmetric; the sum of all aberrations involved determine this shape. Please note, aberrations tend to be more pronounced at the corner of an image than compared to the center. A great difference can be seen between the spots shown in Figures 1a and 1b versus Figures 3a and 3b; Figure 1 is a theoretical demonstration, while Figure 4.3 uses a real lens. Notice how aberrations influence the spot shapes image shown in Figure 3c and 3d.
Example 4: Real-World Lens Performance. Looking at Actual Images.
Figure 4 is an application image that shows the difference in real-world performance of two lenses with the same focal length (16mm), f/# (2.8), and field of view (100mm horizontally) coverage. These images demonstrate all of the concepts detailed in the sections in MTF, f/#, and wavelength. The target is a multielement Star Target (#58-835) that allows the concurrent visualization of a wide range of frequencies (resolutions) in all areas of the FOV and in all directions. More details on this and other targets for benchmarking a systems performance can be found in application note, Choosing the Correct Test Target.
The differences in lens performance can be seen by examining closeup sections of the field of view (full resolution images available online). Figure 4 shows the complete star target; the highlighted areas located in the center, bottom middle, and the corner of the target will be compared between the two different lenses. A Sony ICX625 monochrome sensor with 3.45μm pixels and a total resolution of 5 MegaPixels and a white light back light illuminator are used in this example. The comparisons shown in Figure 4 demonstrate Lens A's superior performance. Specifically, the corner of the image shows a large difference in contrast, as it is noticeably more difficult to differentiate the blacks and whites in the Lens B example. Additionally, the directionality of different aberrations (mainly astigmatism) are prominent; more detail can be seen associated with lines propagating in the radial direction.
The close up of the corner of the image in Figure 4 (yellow and red boxes) presents an additional concern, where each black and white line pair covers approximately 10 pixels total. Compared to the resolvable portion at the center of the image, the corner has effectively reduced spatial resolution (due to the blur circle covering multiple pixels) from 5 MegaPixels (2448 x 2050) near the center to approximately 500 x 400 pixels in the corner, which is below what a VGA sensor (640 x 480 pixels) can reproduce. Even at reduced sensor resolution, some lenses will still struggle greatly due to design constraints and manufacturing tolerances, which is demonstrated by the different contrast levels from each lens. For instance, the contrast level in the yellow box for Lens A Figure 4: is 45% and 7% in the red box for Lens B.


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I wanted to share more on my heart attack from two weeks ago. Maybe there is a lesson in here that will help you.
During the heart attack I was angry, confused and embarrassed.
I was angry the moment I realized it was a heart attack. I never thought of death, and I never felt any fear. Funny as it may sound, my mindset for those 95 minutes was very similar to Lt. Dan on the ship mast during the storm.
The initial anger came from the fact that I'm under 50 and in relatively good health. The subsequent anger, and embarrassment, has come from the realization that my health is not as good as I first assumed. Genetics played a major part, but any additional blame falls squarely on me.
I was confused. I am diligent with my meds and spent the past two years with my doctor tweeking the doses of my blood pressure and statin drugs. My numbers looked great. Further, I have taken a baby aspirin every day for the past two decades. I even paid out of pocket several years ago for a CAT scan to check my heart for blockages and received a clean bill of health. Although my cardiologist suggests otherwise, I cannot recall having any symptoms prior to the attack. In the six months prior, I was eating better and was more active. Obviously the damage had already been done.
2min: Full pain. Tried to find a comfortable position. Tried to determine cause. Did my Lt Dan impression. I came up with four possible reasons for the pain and started narrowing them down.
4min: Full pain. Called the better half and told her to come home. Still not sure what the cause was, but a heart attack was the worst case scenario and I decided to get dressed and go unlock the front door just in case.
19min: Full pain. Dressed. Front door unlocked. (Yes, it took ALL 15 minutes to get dressed and make it to the front door.) 90% sure it is a heart attack. I call a neighbor who is an RN and off duty and asked her to come over. By the time I hung up with her, I was sure it was a heart attack.
23min: Full pain. Call 911. I hear the siren less than a minute into the call. RN helps answer all the medics' questions as they prep me for the ride.
65min: Full pain. Rolled into ER.
80min: Full pain. Rolled into catheter lab. Blood clot removed. Stent installed.
95min: Zero pain. Rolled into ICU.
I required two full days to sleep off that 95 minute experience.
Someone once told me a heart attack feels like an elephant stepping on your chest. That is a bingo.
The reasons I did not immediately identify it as a heart attack: 1) there was no pain or other sensation in my left arm, 2) did I mention I'm under 50? and 3) there were other recent activities and events that could have led to muscle cramping and/or nerve pain.
It was at the 23min mark when I looked up and saw the elephant.
The CAT scan checks for calcium deposits, not plaque. It is simple, cheap and fast. It is a good test, but NOT the assumed foolproof peace-of-mind procedure. The proper way to check for blockages is with angiography - an involved procedure that is expensive and can take a full day. The angiography may be hard to arrange for someone without symptoms. Some still use a stress test and this too is a useful procedure to check for blockages. My advice: ask your doctor, but do NOT settle for the CAT scan as I did.
My attack was triggered by the combination of a blood clot and a partial (70%) plaque blockage in one artery. I had a pain level of ten going into the catheter lab off the ER. The doctor first removed the blood clot and asked about my pain. Four. A minute later he placed a stent in the area of the blockage and expanded the diameter from 30% to full. Pain level: zero. First question: I take a baby aspirin every day, so why the clot? First assumption: The clot was floating around and became stuck in the blockage. Wrong. I now understand the plaque can crack or be disturbed, causing a rough surface. Blood cells attach to that rough surface and a clot forms. Once the clot became big enough, blood flow was reduced to the point the heart muscle reacted.
A funny note: When speaking with friends and family, I was shocked at how many carry baby aspirin in their car in fear of an attack. These are people who have never had a heart attack. I took one about 10 minutes prior to my attack, and the medics gave me three more on the way to the ER. I had never heard of this before, but now I too have some baby aspirin in my car.
Every heart attack causes damage to the heart muscle. There are two factors in my favor: 1) the degree of blockage and 2) duration.
I did not have a full blockage. Circulation was limited, but there was no time when that part of my heart muscle did not have blood flow.
I heard two timelines from the several doctors I spoke with. Less than two hours is ideal and can lead to nearly no damage. Less than six hours is ideal to limit the worst kind of permanent damage. They told me there are patients, with similar symptoms as mine, who wait a day or two before coming in. They suffer permanent damage that includes scar tissue and huge health issues from that day forward.
I'm headed to a cardiac rehab program for two months of supervised cardio. I can't wait. I'll do a stress test next year to get a good benchmark.
My cardiologist says the biggest worry for a man my age is that, from the anger and embarrassment, I make radical changes to my diet and exercise to the point that I become frustrated and give up. He advises minor and steady improvements, and to avoid processed meats. He advises becoming more active with minor activities like walking the dogs or raking the leaves.
The science of the heart is understood. Most of the drugs are now generic. One can have heart disease but, with diligence, live a full life.
I had a 70% blockage two weeks ago. Now I have none. I feel great.
The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I renew my pledge to seek commies out and mock them for a good laugh. It is what He wants me to do.
Thanks for the advice and comments in the comments section! Wayne - I read your comment an hour ago and I'm still laughing. Thanks Comrade, and be well!
Found at Imgur. This about sums it up.
He sees this kind of thing all the time and knows the true cause and the cure.
He has many videos on youtube and they might very well open your eyes.
THey map your arteries while you blood is radioactive.
THey can see where the flow is (and isn't) much better.
Don't let the bastards get you down Karl. I've survived 3 dvts and a pulmonary embolism - in spite of excellent health, my body has problems processing folic acid, and leaves me prone to blood clots. I'm told that I'm the only man known to have survived this many episodes, but I've no way to confirm this.
Lt. Dan shows us the way - Is that all you got, Marxist Pussies?! Can't keep a good man down.
Glad you are still with us comrade! Do you do the fish oil and Vitamin D thing?
Just a multi-vitamin, Comrade Robert.
May I suggest large amounts of natural Vitamin D (5 or 10 times the US RDA).
Karl, I'm so sorry to hear this. Take care of yourself comrade, we need you!
As far as diet goes, look at the book "The Fast Matabolism Diet" by Haylee Pomroy.


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MOUNT VERNON – A woman was impaled after jumping off an apartment building in Mount Vernon, officials said.
The woman jumped from the roof of a four-story building at 40 Mount Vernon Ave. around 6:20 p.m., Mount Vernon Fire Chief Al Everett said. She landed on a 2-inch-thick pipe that pierced her through her buttocks and abdomen and then became lodged there, he said.
Firefighters had to cut the pipe, which was embedded in concrete in the wall of the building, Everett said.
The woman was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx with the pipe still impaled in her, Everett said.
Mount Vernon and Westchester County police vehicles were on the scene until about 7:30 p.m.
TransCare said it sent an ambulance to the incident, which Mount Vernon police are investigating.
Police would not comment further.
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In Shakhty, rescuers found the body of the fifth victim of a house collapse and completed search and rescue operations, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) reported.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in the morning on January 14, in Shakhty, an explosion occurred in a multi-storey building, as a result of which four apartments on the eighth and ninth floors collapsed. By the evening on January 15, the bodies of four persons were found under the ruins, while the fate of one more tenants of the house remained unclear. Four victims were hospitalized.
The body of the last victim of the gas explosion was discovered in the apartment building in Shakhty, and the total death toll reached five persons, reports the press service of the MfE's Department for the Rostov Region.
"The body of the fifth victim has been found. The search and rescue operations have been completed," the agency "Interfax" quotes today the spokesperson for man for the MfE's Department for the Rostov Region as reporting.
After the explosion, investigators opened a criminal case under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing death by negligence).
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency 'Caucasian Knot' on January 16, 2019 at 07:46 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
In Shakhty, death toll in explosion increases to four persons, In Shakhty, death toll in explosion of a nine-storey building increases to two persons, Authorities name gas explosion as the only reason for house collapse in Shakhty.


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Meet Joe Patterson
Joe Patterson and his wife Colleen understand the challenges facing today's families as they work to raise their four children. That's what propelled Joe to get involved in public service and eventually run for the City Council. Joe's top priority is to make our community a better place to live, work and raise a family.
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Skyler and Spencer were bummed upon their return to the house, as they'd sent home Corey and Adam, guys they considered their friends. The blue houses threw parties to cheer the guys up, and these involved lap dances.
Bennett, unfortunately, was too sick to party. But he did compete.
The twins had to stand on inclined podiums with footholes. They started on the easiest level, then the second, then third. If they fall, they can run over to balls and frisbees and try to knock others off. The last three remaining win.
Skyler and Spencer were out first. They targeted Tre and Torian b/c they'd put them in the twin off against Adam and Corey. Claire and Shawn were out next, followed by Tre and Torian. Torian threw balls at Ji. AnnaMarie and GinaMarie fell next, leaving Bennett and Winston, and Li and Je and Kamila and Kristina. Kamila said she'd go after Claire and Shawn. Claire cried because she let Shawn down. She said she didn't realize how much she needed to win.
There was drama over Tre and Torian going to the twin off, with only Kamila and Kristina against it.
Kamila and Kristina got mad because Winston didn't defend them, which led to a fight between Winston and Bennett because Bennett threw Winston under the bus.
It ended up with Claire and Shawn against Tre and Torian in the twin off.
Before the twin off began, the hostess said something had to be discussed. She said there was no twin off. This is because Bennett was too sick to continue, and he and Winston would be leaving instead. There were a lot of tears, and Winston and Kamila parted on good terms.
And that was it for the episode.


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Paperback 2013
Doctor Who The Scream Of The Shalka
Imprint: BBC Books
Dimensions: 178mm x 16mm x 110mm
#260 in the Series: DOCTOR WHO
When the Ninth Doctor lands in the town of Kennet, he finds that something is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking questions. What alien force has invaded the town and why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney?
The Ninth Doctor is sardonic, witty, compassionate, and tired of how foolish humans can be. He has lived through things his predecessors never dreamed of but has difficulty with things that those before him have taken for granted. He has secrets that may put him, Alison, and the whole world in danger.
The Doctor is helped by his new military liaison Major Kennet and his Royal Green Jacket troops. Starting with a small community under threat, this Doctor Who story takes in the entire world, from New Zealand to India, Siberia to the USA, and cosmic expanses beyond.
Originally published in 2004.
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Haifaa Al-Mansour romance, culture-clash comedy get IFB backing
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Haifaa Al-Mansour's A Storm In The Stars and comedy Halal Daddy among those supported in latest funding round.
A culture-clash comedy set in Ireland's first Halal meat factory is among the productions backed by the Irish Film Board (IFB) in its latest round of funding decisions, which totals more than €3m.
Halal Daddy - the story of a young Muslim's struggle to manage a rundown abattoir in the West of Ireland - has received a production funding commitment of €500,000.
It is one of a number of comedies backed by the IFB as it faces the challenge of building on what has been a buoyant period for the Irish film industry, with a number of projects performing strongly throughout awards season. Comedy traditionally performs well with domestic audiences.
Halal Daddy will begin shooting in Sligo in early summer and was written by Conor McDermottroe (Swansong: Story Of Occi Byrne) and Mark O'Halloran (Adam & Paul, Viva). It will also be directed by McDermottroe.
Hermann Florin and Ailish McElmeel are producing for Florin Film and Deadpan Pictures, respectively. The film is co-financed by Eurimages and Koch Media with Global Screen handling world sales.
Irish comedian and actor Pat Shortt (Garage) will head the cast of The Flag, a comedy set around Ireland's centennary celebrations of the proclamation of an Irish Republic.
The project, which received the IFB's highest funding commitment this quarter of €550,000, will be directed by Declan Recks (The Truth Commissioner, Eden) and produced by Rob Walpole and Rebecca O'Flanagan for Treasure Entertainment.
The Flag tells the story of a 'past-it' Irish builder and his motley crew as they aim to pull off a daring heist - reclaiming the Irish flag of the 1916 revolution from its home in an army barracks in the UK.
He does so to restore his family reputation after discovering a letter from his grandfather claiming to have been the one to raise the flag at Dublin's General Post Office during the Rising. His support crew? An ex-jockey, a dogging enthusiast and a cockney republican. The film was scripted by playwright Eugene O'Brien (Eden, Pure Mule).
Other comedies to have received production funding include the sequel Hardy Bucks 2, which was granted €450,000 by the IFB. The Hardy Bucks - which follows the often-outrageous exploits of a group of young men in small-town Ireland - started life online before being developed into a TV series and film.
A Long Way Home, a drama about a boy's efforts to reunite his family, was granted €500,000. Samson Films is producing.
In fiction co-production, €250,000 was granted to A Storm In The Stars, about the unconventional life of Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley. Wadjda director Haifaa Al-Mansour - the pioneering female filmmaker from Saudi Arabia - will direct a script from Emma Jensen with Parallel Films producing.
Its an interesting period for the Irish film industry as it aims to build on recent output. Room, Brooklyn and Viva have all enjoyed awards-season attention, while there has also been some domestic box-office growth.
Documentaries The Queen Of Ireland and Older Than Ireland, features The Lobster and Two By Two performed solidly at Irish cinemas, while Brooklyn charted in the 2015 top ten.
Documentaries which have received production funding from the IFB this quarter include Venom's Us: Ireland In A Day (€90,000) and Wavelength Pictures' Kevin Roche: Living Architect (€80,000).
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Acts Passed at the First Session of the 1st Congress - 3d Session of the ...
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thousand dollars per annum; the assistant treasurer at Boston shall be paid a salary of two ihousand five hundred dollars per annun; the assistant treasurer at Charleston shall be paid a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per anmim; the
assistant treasurer at St. Louis shall be paid a salary of two Additional com · thousand five hundred dollars per annum; the treasurer of the pensation to the mint at Pbiladelphia shall, in addition to his present salary, mint & branch receive five hundred dollars annually, for the persormance of
the duties imposed by this act; the treasurer of the branch mint
at New Orleans shall also receive five hundred dollars annually, No officer to for the additional duties created by this act; and these salaries, ceive any com respectively, shall be in full for the services of the respective mission, &c. for officers; nor shall either of them be permitted to charge or oflicial services
receive any commission, pay, or perquisite, for any official service, of any character or description whatsoever; and the making of any such charge, or the receipt of any such compen. sation, is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, for which the officer convicted thereof, before any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to punishment by fine and imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court
before which the offence shall be tried. $5,000 appropri. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That there shall be ated for repair, and hereby is appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the vaulis
Treasury not oiherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in such repairs or additions as may be necessary to put in good condition for use, with as little delay as may be consistent with the public interests, the offices, rooms, vaults, and safes herein mentioned, and in the purchase of any necessary additional furniture and fixtures, in the purchase of necessary books and stationery, and in defraying any other incidental
expenses necessary to carry this act into effect. Acts and parts
Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That all acts or paits of acts conflict. of acts which come in conflict with the provisions of this act ing repealed. be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, August 6, 1846.
CHAP. 91.-AN ACT to provide for the confirmation of certain settlement
claims in the Greensburg land district, Louisiana.
The 2d proviso [Sec. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreofas, no Morro sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asply to the re- sembled, That the second proviso of the third section of the & Skipwith on act of eighth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled certain settle." An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the which are here: claims to land and establishing land oflices in the districts east by confirmed. of the island of New Orleans,'* shall not apply to the reports
See vol. 7, p.dated eighteenth November, eighteen hundred and twenty, 101.
and twenty-fourth July, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, of Cosby and Skipwith, on settlement claims in that part of Lou
isiana which lies east of the Mississippi river and west of Pearl river ; but such claims which, according to the said reports, were inhabited or cultivated, or where the date of settlement was before the fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and thirteen, are hereby confirmed under the other restrictions of said third section, but this confirmation shall in no manner affect prior rights, and shall only amount to a relinquishment on the part of the United States.
CHAP. 92.-AN ACT to surrender to the State of Tennessee all title the
United States have to lands in Tennessee south and west of the line commonly called the Congressional reservation line, and to release lo said State the proceeds of such of said lands as may have been sold by the State of Tennessee as the agent of the United States.
[Sec. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre. sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States hereby release and surrender
All unapproprito the State of Tennessee the right and title of the United ated land of the States to all lands in the State of Tennessee lying south and
U.S. in Tennes
see, south and west of the Congressional reservation line in said Siale which west of the conmay yet remain unappropriated, and further release and trans-gressional res. fer to said State of Tennessee the proceeds of such of said leased to said lands as may have been sold by said State, not heretofore paid
State, with the
proceeds over to the United States, nor deposited subject to the order or such
as have use of the United States, under the authority of the act of Con- been sold. gress of the eighteenth February, eighteen hundred and forty. one, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the State of Tennessee 10 issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated lands within the same,' passed the eighteenib day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six."*
*See vol. 10, p. This surrender and transfer is upon the express condition that 92.
Said State to the State of Tennessee shall, out of the proceeds of said lands,
apply $40,000 set apart and apply forty thousand dollars towards the establish of the proceeds ment and support of a college at Jackson, in the county of oft snid hands to Madison, in the State of Tennessee, if the proceeds of the sales and support of of said lands shall amount to so much ; and if the aggregate
a college. amount of said sales (not paid over nor deposited as aforesaid) shall not amount to the said sum, then whatever sin smaller than forty thousand dollars they may amount to, in accordance with the provisions contained in an act of the General Assem. bly of said State, passed in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, being chapter one hundred and seven, section eight, and in accordance wiih the desire expressed by said General Assembly, in their certain memorial to Congress, passed December four, eighteen hundred and forty-five: Provided, nev- Proviso. ertheless, That the release herein provided for to the said State of Tennessee of said lands shall be in full satisfaction for any and all services rendered and expenses incurred by said State,
or the authorities thereof, in the management, disposal, or ad-
ministration of said public lands, and as agent or agents of the
United States, in virtue of the provisions of the act entitled
"An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to authorize the
State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain
lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant
and unappropriated lands within the same, passed the eigh-
teenth February, eighteen hundred and forty-one:" And, pro-
vided, also, That all the said lands the release of which is
herein provided for, and the proceeds thereof, shall be and re-
main subject to all the same claims, incuimbrances, and liabili-
ties in relation to " North Carolina land warrants," or other
claims of North Carolina, as the same would or could be sub-
ject to as regards the United States, if the same were not so as
aforesaid released.
CHAP. 93.-AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Robert Fulton.
Sec. 1.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre.
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress asTo be paid sembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to the heirs of the claims of of Robert Fulton seventy-six thousand ihree hundred dollars, Robert Fullon. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
in full of the claims of the said Robert Fulion against the United States, due at the time of the death of the said Fulton, for inventing floating steam batteries, and superintending the construction of the steam frigate Fulton, for the detention of, and damages to, his steamboat Vesuvius, and for the great benefits conferred on the country by his improvements in the application of steam to navigation.
CHAP. 94.-AN ACT making appropriations for certain defensive works of
the United States for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven,
(Sec. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep: resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any inappropriated money in the
Treasury, for the preservation, repair, and construction of certain fortifications for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. Purchase of de. For the purchase from the State of New York of the defenfensive works on Staten Is. sive works on Staten Island, together with the land bought by land, N. Y. with the State for the site of said works, with all the material on and land for site.
about them, and for repairs of said works when the title of the State of New York shall have been extinguished, one hundred
thousand dollars: Provided, That the Executive be, and he Proviso.
is hereby, anthorized to dispose of the site and materials of old
Fort Gansevoort, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the
repair of the works on Staten Island.
For the commencement of batteries on Sollers's Point flats, Sollers' Point below Baltimore, thirty thousand dollars.
flats. For the commencenient of a sort at the entrance to Cumber.
Cumberland land sound, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars.
sound, Georgia. For the commencement of a fort on the east side of Dauphin Dauphin island island, Mobile bay, Alabama, twenty thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of Adjustment of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to take such Patch island. steps as he may deem advisable for adjusting the tiile to the Pea Patch island; and, should the same be found to be adverse to the United States, that he cause the value to be ascertained by arbitration, according to the agreement entered into between the Secretary of War and the agent of the claimants.
CHAP. 95.-AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the army for
the year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.
(Sec. 1.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the support of the army for the year ending on the shirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven:
For pay of the army, one million three hundred and twenty. Pay. nipe thousand three hundred and seventy-four dollars.
For commutation of officers' subsistence, four hundred and Officers' subsixty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty-two dollars.
sistence. For commutation of forage for officers' horses, including ar Forage. rears since commencement of hostilities, one hundred and thirty-one thousand six hundred and three dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing to oflicers' servants, twenty- Clothing to offieight thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars.
For subsistence in kind, four hundred and sixty-eight thou- Subsistence. sand one hundred and ninety.three dollars and sixty-seven cents. For clothing for the army, camp and garrison equipage, two Clothing, camp
garrison hundred and thirty.one thousand dollars.
cers servants.
equipage. For expenses of recruiting, twelve thousand and twenty-two "Recruiting.
For three months' extra pay to non-commissioned officers, Extra pay to musicians, and privates, sixteen thousand dollars.
non-commis
sioned officers, For the regular supplies of the quartermaster's department, &c. consisting of fuel, forage in kind for the authorized number of Regular supofficers' horses, and for the horses, mules, and oxen belonging Quartermasters to the quartermaster's department at the several military posts department. and stations, and for the horses of the two regiments of dra
goons, and the four companies of light artillery; of straw for soldiers' bedding; and of stationery, including company and other blank books for the army, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quartermaster's departments, and the printing of Department orders, army regulations, and gen
eral regulations, two hundred and five thousand dollars. Incidental ex For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster's departpenses of the ment, consisting of postage on letters and packets received by department. officers on public service; expenses of courts-martial and courts
of inquiry, including the additional compensation to judge advocates, members, and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of the sixteenth of March, eighteen hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed in the erection of barracks and quarters, the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days, under the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of expresses from the frontier posis; of escorts to paymasters; of the necessary articles for the interment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers ; hire of laborers; compensation to clerks to the officers of the quartermaster's department; at posis where their duties cannot be performed without such aid ; and compensation to agents in charge of dismantled works, and to such wagon and forage masters as it may be necessary to employ, linder the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; various expenditures necessary to keep the two regiments of dragoons and the four companies of light artillery complete, including the purchase of horses to supply the place of those which may be lost and become unfit for service; shoeing horses; and the apprehension of deserters ; and the expenses incidental to their
pursuit, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. + Repairing and For repairing and enlarging barracks, quarters, store-houses, enlarging bar-and hospitals at the several posts; for erecting temporary canracks, &c.
lopments at such posts as may be occupied during the year, and gun-houses for the protection of the cannon at the several posts and military works, including the necessary tools and materials for the objects enumerated, and for the authorized furniture of the barrack-rooms of non commissioned officers and soldiers; building and repairing stables for dragoons and light artillery; for rent of quarters for officers, barracks for troops at posts where there are no public buildings for their accommodation, and of store houses for the safe-keeping of subsistence, clothing, &c., and of grounds for summer cantonments and encampments for military purposes, one hundred and sixty
thousand dollars. Transportation
For transportation of officers' baggage, when travelling on of officers bag. duty without troops, fisty thousand dollars. gage.
For transportation of troops and supplies of the army, inTransportation of troops and cluding the baggage of troops when moving either by land or supplies, &c. water; freights and ferriages; the purchase or hire of horses,
mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; drayage and cartage at the
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