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Chase on Kingsway FREE Download
The next release from my upcoming EP "Head Back East" is now available to download FREE from Bandcamp.
Chase on Kingsway by Matt Clark Three To visit my Bandcamp page, click here.
Phonoscene Presents: THX 1138 LIVE FILM SCORE at Komedia, Brighton
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"Sometime in the future in a state controlled society, conformity and homogeneity are the rule; a time when people have designations instead of names. A man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society…"
Matt Clark, Brighton based experimental guitarist and composer, performs an improvised live score to the film, interweaving with and adding to Lalo Schiffrin's sparse original soundtrack.
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In 1997… [David] Gedge (The Wedding Present) started work on a new project called Cinerama in which he indulged his love of film music from John Barry to Ennio Morricone via Serge Gainsbourg, Blaxploitation, easy listening and surf music!
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Matt Clark; Three
Matt Clark; Three is a new, rhythm based jazz project I'm starting. The music takes influence from the burgeoning new jazz scene on both sides of the Atlantic, but also throws a nod to influences as diverse as Krautrock, funk and hip-hop.
It's a convergence ideas inspired by all the new music I've heard over the last couple of years, and aims to be more than just a gigging band. Think events, happenings, art installations, film scores…
It's early days, but stay tuned for more…
New Music – DADDAD First Release
I've at last got round to recording the first tracks for the experimental album I started back in March. I now have a SoundCloud page where I'll be releasing the whole album over the next few months.
https://soundcloud.com/mattdcmusic
DADDAD Project
I've decided to record a number of tracks for a new project, DADDAD, which I've been experimenting with for a couple of months now. The title comes from the tuning – DADDAD, and the plan is to record 6 improvised tracks using the notes as inspiration. It could turn out to be a really restrictive decision, but we'll see!
Stay tuned for more updates on release dates etc.


Is there any difference in the apps other than I can see contexts in the little information drawer?
Mostly they are the same. The obvious differences are in color and prefix character. I can't think of anything else. Maybe someone else can chime in.


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From: Tardebigge (SP001689)
To: West Heath (SP029767)
Via: Burcot, Lickey End, Marlbrook, Lickey, Cofton Hackett
Distance: 8.7 miles (14 km)
Meets: B4184, M42, A38, B4120, A441
Old route now: B4551
Birmingham • Worcestershire
B4096 Tardebigge - West Heath
B4096 Lickey End - Halesowen
The B4096 ascending the Lickey Hills
The B4096 is the long way round route between the edge of Redditch and West Heath, in the south of Birmingham.
It starts by the Tardebigge Inn, heading northwest from the point where the northbound B4184 TOTSOs left to pass beneath the A448 dual carriageway. The first 400 yards follow what used to be the alignment of that road before it was dualled.
The standard of the B4091 varies between S2 and S1, including a low bridge under the Birmingham to Bromsgrove railway line (on the Lickey Incline). After passing the village of Burcot, it hits Lickey End in the northern suburbs of Bromsgrove. Contained within the suburb is the Forest Roundabout (after the nearby pub, though it is increasingly becoming known as the Harvester Island since the chain took over the pub). This is where the B4091 meets the A38 and M42 (eastbound only) at junction 1.
From here the road starts its accent up the Lickey Hills, passing through the village of Marlbrook. This road is called Old Birmingham Road; many years ago it was the main route into Birmingham from the south, though this is now taken care of by the A38 passing between a gap between the Lickeys and the Wasleys (this road has never been the A38). No sooner does the B4096 reach the top of the hill, it starts its steep decent down again: a hill that is prone to accidents in icy weather. At the bottom the road crosses the B4120 at a roundabout and then skirts the edge of Cofton Park. Here the B4096 must TOTSO to the right to enter the suburbs of Birmingham. The railway line is crossed again, alongside the former Rover Factory, much of which has now been demolished. One final TOTSO right at a mini roundabout sends the route in the right direction for its terminus on the A441, right on the administrative boundary between Birmingham and Worcestershire.
A number of maps locate the southern end of the B4096 not by the Tardebigge Inn but just over a mile further southeast at the B4184 junction with the A448 at Foxlydiate, west of Redditch. This seems unlikely to be truly the case, however, since it sets up a "useless multiplex" with the B4184 (which begins on the A441 in north Redditch). Although a flag sign by the Tardebigge Inn does label as "B4096" the southeast-bound B4184 from there to Foxlydiate, the corresponding sign pointing northwest to Tardebigge from the latter place confirms that this stretch is in fact part of the B4184.
The B4096 originally reached Halesowen
The original starting-point of the B4096 was 400 yards further north than at present, at a junction with the then-route of the A448 by the northwest gate of Hewell Park, Tardebigge. From there, the B4096 ran to the A38 at Lickey End, followed by a short multiplex north along that road. It then continued north via Romsley to end on the A456 at Halesowen. The section north of Lickey End was renumbered A459 in the early 1920s. The B4096 was extended north along the previously unclassified Old Birmingham Road over the Lickeys to meet the B4120 in the early 1930s but did not reach the A441 until after World War II.
The Lickey End - Halesowen section of the B4096 has now reverted to Class II status as the B4551 (although the northern end is still A459). The southern section of the B4551 does not follow the ex-B4096 as its route has been taken by the M5 (the building of which was probably the catalyst for the downgrading of the A459).
Junctions Harvester Island
Places Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove A38 • A4024 • A448 • A449 • A459 • A491 • B4091 • B4094 • B4184 • B4186 (Bromsgrove) • B4551 • Droitwich - Leicester Motorway • E116 (Old System) • Longest Lane • M42 • M5 • T16 (Britain) • Western Orbital
Redditch A4022 • A4023 • A4189 • A435 • A441 • A448 • B4092 • B4093 • B4094 (Redditch) • B4095 • B4101 • B4160 • B4184 • B4480 • B4497 • B4504 • Droitwich - Leicester Motorway • Longest Lane • M42 • Ryknild Street • Strensham - Solihull Motorway II • Studley Bypass
Birmingham A34 • A38 • A38(M) • A4027 • A4028 • A4029 • A4030 • A4040 • A4097 • A41 • A4123 • A4166 • A4167 • A42 (Reading - Birmingham) • A435 • A4400 • A441 • A45 • A452 • A453 • A4540 • A455 (Birmingham - Stafford) • A456 • A457 • A458 • A47 • A4723 • A5127 • B384 • B38 (Selly Oak) • B4025 • B4043 • B4100 (Birmingham) • B4114 • B4118 (Birmingham) • B4120 • B4121 • B4122 (Birmingham) • B4123 • B4124 • B4125 • B4126 • B4127 • B4128 • B4128 (Suffolk Street, Birmingham) • B4129 • B4129 (Birmingham City Centre) • B4130 • B4131 • B4132 • B4133 • B4134 • B4135 • B4136 • B4137 • B4140 • B4141 (Birmingham) • B4142 • B4143 (Birmingham) • B4144 • B4145 • B4146 • B4147 • B4148 • B4167 • B4182 • B4217 • B4284 • B4498 • B4514 • B4515 • B4516 • B4531 • B4532 • B4533 • B4552 • B4730 • E05 • E116 (Old System) • E24 • E28 (Birmingham - Ipswich) • E33 (London - Glasgow) • Holyhead Road • Longest Lane • M40 • M42 • M5 • M6 • M600 • Northern and Western Motorway • Ryknild Street • T13 (Britain) • T14 (Britain) • T15 (Britain) • T16 (Britain) • T35 (Britain) • T53 (Britain)
Halesowen A4034 • A4099 • A456 • A458 • A459 • B4043 • B4171 • B4174 • B4183 • B4551
B4060 • B4061 • B4062 • B4063 • B4064 • B4065(W) • B4065(E) • B4066 • B4067 • B4068 • B4069 • B4070 • B4071 • B4072 • B4073 • B4074 • B4075 • B4076 • B4077 • B4078 • B4079
B4080 • B4081 • B4082(W) • B4082(E) • B4083 • B4084 • B4085 • B4086 • B4087 • B4088 • B4089 • B4090 • B4091 • B4092 • B4093 • B4094 • B4095 • B4096 • B4097 • B4098 • B4099
Earlier iterations: B4004 • B4007 • B4008 • B4014 • B4018 • B4021(W) • B4021(E) • B4023 • B4024 • B4025(W) • B4025(E) • B4027 • B4028 • B4029
B4043 • B4044 • B4045 • B4047 • B4053 • B4063 • B4064 • B4065 • B4066 • B4068 • B4069(W) • B4069(E) • B4070 • B4076 • B4088 • B4094 • B4098
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Worcestershire Council

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Innocent pop, like music for a beloved kids' TV special. Bright-eyed touches of early '70s retro, especially when the trumpet crosses over the airy guitars. Spritely whispery female vocals and calm male ones. Some nifty suble electronics sounds letting you know it's modern (and Japanese).
Anyone who dug the recent Citay album needs to hear this, especially track 9. It also jibes with what little I know/remember about the whole Elephant 6 and Olivia Tremor Control vector.
1- Pastoral folky bounce w/flute and trumpet. Long instrumental intro.
2- Peppy chamber feel w/jazzy chords, neat clarinet/flute work. Really blooms later on.
3- A gentle charm. Would be a lullabye, but it's got a touch of slow rock to it.
4- Slightly sad folky feel, female vocal, some old-school synth. Gorgeous stuff.
5- Slow, close-mic'ed vocal, gets more intense later.
6- Pleasant tune, some glitchy drum sounds. Very catchy and simple chorus. Strange ending.
7- Easy, gentle rollling. Lightly picked guitars. Ends with filtered guitar strum; you'll want to fade out.
8- Gentle, simple. Heavy accented Japanese vocal.
9- Dreamy. Long, lush instrumental intro. Slow flute and clarinet lines, nifty percussion/drums. Slow sleepy vocals, very '60s. Long instrumental outro.


The Haudenosaunee, more commonly known as the Iroquois or Six Nations, have been one of the most widely written about Indigenous groups in the United States and Canada. But seldom have the voices emerging from this community been drawn on in order to understand its enduring intellectual traditions. Rick Monture's We Share Our Matters offers the first comprehensive portrait of how the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River region have expressed their long struggle for sovereignty in Canada. Through careful readings of more than two centuries of letters, speeches, ethnography, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film, Monture argues Haudenosaunee core beliefs have remained remarkably consistent and continue to inspire ways to address current social and political realities.


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The Quatermass Report - Part Two
In our continuing look at the influential Quatermass series of the mid-century we turn the spotlight onto Nigel Kneale's final serial of the 1950s - Quatermass and the Pit, as well as the final episode, simply entitled Quatermass from 1979. Part One is available to read here.
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
Andre Morrell, who had been the original choice for the role of Professor Quatermass when Kneale first conceived of the character in 1953, had finally consented to portray the now-famous bow-tied Brit. This third installment, released in 1958, combined the same elements of the previous series - an alien invasion through human takeover and a time-ticking race on Quatermass' part to stop this - but in a new and completely absorbing way. In fact, Quatermass and the Pit is one of the best of the series.
"The last adventure, which I called Quatermass and the Pit, went way past the concerns of the time and into an ancient and diabolical race memory," said Kneale in an interview in 1996. "It sought to explain man's savagery and intolerance by way of imagines that had been throbbing away in the human brain since it first developed. Racial unrest, violence and purges were certainly with us in the 1950s, and I tried to speculate on where they first came from."
During routine engineering work at Hobbs' End underground station ( "Hob" is a folk name for Satan ), a group of bones and half complete skeletons of ape men are discovered, apparently drastically predating the era that scientists had established for those creatures. Later, an unusual metal container is unearthed. The authorities, led by the unimaginative Colonel Breen ( Julian Glover ), believe it to be an unexploded bomb left over from WW2, but when Professor Quatermass arrives on the scene, he proves otherwise. The contents inside reveal to him a discovery which shatters the accepted theory of Darwin's evolution and offers a dire warning for the future of mankind.
Kneale ambitiously attempted to rationalize the nature of both supernatural hauntings and human concepts of the devil and, surprisingly, he translated those ideas into a convincing and plausible, if improbable, script.
Quatermass and the Pit was broadcast in December 1958 and received much acclaim from television critics, with several reviewers praising Morell for having given the definitive portrayal of Professor Quatermass. Cic Linder, Anthony Bushnell, and John Stratton rounded out the great cast.
As with the previous two serials, Hammer purchased the film rights to these monumental Pit episodes, however, partly due to the declining box-office receipts of Quatermass 2, Kneale's refusal to tolerate a drunken Donlevy once again, and Columbia disinterest in the series ( Hammer had recently struck a distribution deal with Columbia Pictures ), it was not brought to the big screen until February 16, 1968.
Instead, Hammer plunged into another film adaptation of a Kneale teleplay - this time of "The Creature" ( 1955 ), which they retitled The Abominable Snowman.
Roy Ward Baker undertook the directorial responsibilities when Quatermass and the Pit was put into production in February 1967. Baker had directed a number of fine films during the 1950s, notably The October Man and A Night to Remember, but several recent failures made him turn to television, directing episodes of such popular crime-fighting series like The Saint and The Avengers.
Kenneth More was Baker's original choice for the part of Quatermass, but eventually he selected Andrew Keir to replace Morell, who had turned down the chance to play the role again. This was a stroke of good fortune, for Keir brought an excellent steely determination to his characterization of the professor as well as injecting a very human fragility and vulnerability.
James Donald adds great support to Keir, and Barbara Shelley, one of Hammer's most popular and prolific leading ladies, is excellent as fellow scientist, Barbara Judd. Quatermass and the Pit ( also known as Five Million Years to Earth ) was her final film for the studio. There are a swarm of delectable British character actors to enjoy as well, including Peter Copley, Bryan Marshall and Edwin Richfield.
Hammer's home base, the Associated British Studios in Elstree, Borehamwood did not allow for enough space to film and so the project was relocated to the MGM Borehamwood studios where no other film was being shot at the time, giving the crew - and especially the production designers - ample space to work with, which they utilized in creating the enormous Underground station and excavation settings.
QUATERMASS 1979
After Quatermass and the Pit, Hammer approached Kneale about the possibility of writing another script for a film follow-up but that idea never came to fruitation. Instead, Professor Quatermass made his final television appearance in the four-part 1979 Thames Television serial release, simply entitled Quatermass. Alas, it was a serial that should not have been made. In the mid 1960s, Nigel Kneale had written a dreary and depressing tale of the future state of London - and much of the world - where young people have formed violent gangs and attack bystanders without provocation while bands of hippies worship the ancient energies and dance around archaic stone monuments waiting to be transported by aliens into a faraway world.
Quatermass was not put into production until late 1978, when these peace, love and hate incidents seemed oddly irrelevant. What's worse, Professor Quatermass is no longer an optimistic man of science, but has warped into a bitter and discouraged old man. He has long been retired, living in retreat in the Scottish Highlands. His sole purpose in coming to London is to search for his missing teenage granddaughter. After a recent space mission goes horribly wrong, right before the public's eyes on live television, a young astronomer ( Simon MacCorkindale ) and Quatermass search to find the answers to this occurrence and other unusual happenings.
The series, and even the 100-minute feature film release The Quatermass Conclusion, progress along cumbersomely and convey a bleak dystopian setting, a far cry from the 1950s post-war Britain of the previous serials.
Whereas Kneale's original series were genre-defining and ground-breaking, this Quatermass lacks energy and quite frankly, fizzles out before it has a chance to begin. Not even John Mills' superb acting ability could inject new life into the character.
THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT 2005
BBC Four attempted to revive Professor Quatermass for the younger generation
in 2005, when they mounted a remake of the original Quatermass Experiment, this time with a much more youthful Jason Flemyng portraying the now tie-less Professor. More recently, Simon Oakes, the current CEO of Hammer Films has announced plans to dip into the archives and remake several of Hammer's post popular films, including the inimitable Quatermass.
The BBC Quatermass serials of yor did not rely on special effects but rather on interesting characters, good dialogue and an intelligent story, elements seen far too rarely in modern science fiction films, which hopefully will be remedied if a remake is undertaken.
To this day Nigel Kneale's creation of Quatermass, and the serials that showcased this character, remain one of the BBC's finest achievements and influenced numerous science-fiction series including Doctor Who and Sapphire and Steele.
Be sure to check out the Quatermass films available on DVD, as well as The Quatermass Film Music Collection.
Posted by The Metzinger Sisters at 6:37 PM
Labels: Barbara Shelley, British, Classic TV, Horror, John Mills, Mystery, Quatermass, Sci-Fi
Classic Film and TV Cafe November 8, 2013 at 5:17 PM
Fantastic two-part post on the extraordinary Professor Bernard Quatermass! The best of the bunch, for me, is the Hammer film version of QUATERMASS AND THE PIT. Although the TV version is very good and I'm a big Andre Morell fan, the film works better and Andrew Keir is superb. Thematically, I think it's the most complex of Kneale's Quatermass works. I rather like the QUATERMASS serial (even though the children's song remains in my head several days after viewing). It's not as optimistic as the other films, but I appreciate that and Mills makes a fine other Quatermass.
The Metzinger Sisters November 9, 2013 at 10:26 PM
When I was writing this up, I was surprised to find how many great story plots ( and scripts ) Nigel Kneale had written; one of which - my personal favorite - was "First Men in the Moon". In one way, it would have been nice had Hammer not undertaken any of the Quatermass films until the early 60s, perhaps they would not have chosen Donlevy then. Andrew Keir was an excellent Quatermass. And I agree that John Mills would have been good too, but the storyline just seemed too bogged down with hippies and it lacked the urgent appeal of the previous films. Glad you enjoyed the post, Rick!
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New analyses of two states' free college programs indicate that the widely praised programs fall short on making college affordable for lower-income and working-class students.
The Institute for Higher Education Policy's (IHEP) equity-focused analyses show that while Tennessee's Promise program and New York's Excelsior Scholarship cover tuition for students attending public colleges in the states, the programs fail to cover non-tuition related expenses, which can serve as a pressing financial barrier for low-income students compared to higher-income peers.
"The details matter," said Mamie Voight, vice president of policy research at IHEP. Voight added that free college programs like the Tennessee Promise and Excelsior Scholarship have an opportunity to place equity at their core by targeting resources to students with the greatest financial need, making college "more of a stepping stone" for socioeconomic mobility.
Since 2015, the Tennessee Promise covers tuition and fees for students attending the state's technical and community colleges. A recent expansion in 2018 – the Tennessee Reconnect – expanded the program's benefits to adult learners in the state.
Similarly, New York's Excelsior Scholarship covers students' tuition and fees if they attend a City University of New York (CUNY) or State University of New York (SUNY) public college.
Building on a 2017 IHEP college affordability report "Limited Means, Limited Options," Voight and Alain Poutré, a research analyst at IHEP, performed data analyses on college affordability in Tennessee and New York.
The researchers ran three example students from varying income backgrounds through net price calculators in both states before and after the free college programs were offered. Then, researchers modeled out the implications for students.
"Once we started running those numbers, the results became very clear" that low-income students were not benefiting from the programs due to their design, Voight said.
IHEP's recent analyses found that because both programs are designed as "last-dollar" programs, they fail to help students cover non-tuition fees such as room and board, textbooks and transportation.
IHEP's analyses used the "Rule of 10" to determine the example students' "affordability threshold" for college.
The threshold is calculated by factoring in 10 percent of the student's family's discretionary income for 10 years before college and their minimum-wage earnings from working 10 hours a week while enrolled. A college is affordable for a student if they can cover the total cost, including tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies and other educational fees.
Additional findings showed that the Tennessee Promise distributes state funding inequitably, "providing the greatest financial benefit to a wealthy student while offering no additional support to low-income and working-class students with greater financial need," IHEP's analyses said.
IHEP researchers cited a recent report on the Promise program that found that half of Promise students receive $0 – of that group, 98 percent are Pell recipients. Among the students who do receive some amount of Promise aid, only three percent received Pell Grants.
IHEP findings on the Excelsior Scholarship showed that the program fared no better for low-income students because of its last-dollar design, despite the fact that it has an income-cap.
Research showed that low-income students who received need-based Pell Grants and New York's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants received less Excelsior aid or no funding at all compared to students who were ineligible for Pell or TAP.
Especially damaging to students is the Excelsior Scholarship's punitive element that converts any grant aid given into a loan if a student leaves New York State after graduation.
"These programs should be designed to help educational attainment overall" instead of placing an undue burden on students, Voight said.
5. Avoid restrictive or punitive requirements.
Ensuring that Pell or other state grants keep up with the pace of inflation and using state grant programs to supplement free college programs can also make a difference for students, IHEP researchers said.
A greater investment in need-based grants and aid can "make a dent" in the cost of attendance for students who need the most assistance, Voight said, noting an opportunity for states to build upon existing grant programs.
Voight added that designing the free college programs as "first-dollar" instead of "last-dollar" programs could help low-income and working-class students because their Pell grants and other aid like TAP grants can be used fully or partially for non-tuition expenses.
"What really matters is the details of the programs," Voight said. "We can have that clear message and we can communicate that college is accessible and affordable" while also investing tax dollars in students with financial need.
IHEP will host a discussion on its findings and free college programs, titled, "The State of Free College," on September 13, 2018 at the Capitol Visitor Center.


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Marvel Offers 1st Look At Eternals And Upcoming Film Slate
What will it take to get moviegoers back into theaters? Hollywood has been asking themselves that question a lot recently: things were looking up for a moment with the success of Godzilla Vs Kong, but Mortal Kombat's limited mainstream appeal made it a poor successor to the Monsterverse epic. All eyes are turning towards Marvel's Black Widow to make or break the box-office, and just this morning Marvel has released a teaser of their upcoming film slate that's supposed to work as a little…incentive, to get people hyped up about their theatrical releases after a few months of Disney+ series' (and streaming in general) dominating the conversation.
The Eternals | comicbook.com
Granted, at least one of these movies will be available to purchase on Disney+ while it plays in theaters, and that happens to be Black Widow, so…we'll see whether this ends up revitalizing the box-office like it's supposed to, but either way this teaser gave me all the feels, and a first fleeting look at the upcoming film Eternals, my most-anticipated Marvel feature and the one best positioned to be a serious contender at next year's Academy Awards race.
When I say fleeting, I'm not kidding – we only get a mere thirteen seconds to admire Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao's stunning cinematography, and a range of what will presumably be outstanding performances from an all-star cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie. But thirteen seconds is all it takes to sell me on the film's premise, and Zhao's stunning vision for her first MCU project, one to which she has committed herself with the same clear passion as her critically-acclaimed A24 drama, Nomadland.
Spanning time and space, Eternals follows a group of celestial beings (not to be confused with the literal Celestials, who created the Eternals) who have roamed the earth since prehistoric times, subtly guiding the forward flow of human civilization. Thirteen seconds isn't much, but it allows us to see the Eternals in their ancient guise as godlike superheroes defending the city of Babylon outside the famous Gate of Ishtar (once considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World)…before showing them in their modern forms, revisiting the site of the Mesopotamian city as archaeologists.
We see a little bit of how they've each adapted to life coexisting alongside the human race; with some of them, like Salma Hayek's Ajak, distancing themselves from civilization (Hayek appears to be riding on horseback through what could be the American Southwest or even the Pampas of Argentina), while others, like Kumail Nanjiani's Kingo, have become celebrities among the humans (I love that he's brought his own personal camera crew along with him to meet the other Eternals). Angelina Jolie's Thena is the only character we see fighting in the clip (and I could be wrong, but I think she's only sparring with her fellow Eternal, Gilgamesh), but the choreography looks good and her golden sword is both beautiful and cool.
Angelina Jolie as Thena | indiewire.com
Perhaps my biggest fear was that the Eternals' costumes wouldn't look great in live-action, since up until now all we've really seen of them is some concept art…which, with all due respect to the artist, wasn't quite as visually striking as some fans had been hoping. But this clip lets us see a few of the suits in action (not all, though, and not the ones that looked worst in the concept art), and they seem practical, well-made, and simply gorgeous – with Jolie's Thena making a particularly strong impression, dressed from head to toe in white with gold accents. Her regal, even haughty, stride indicates that she's not going to allow any opponent to get a speck of dirt or blood on her pristine outfit – and I respect that power move.
While the rest of the teaser does feature some new footage from Black Widow and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, the two major talking points besides the never-before-seen Eternals footage were both title reveals – Black Panther 2 officially receiving the emotional subtitle Wakanda Forever (that movie is gonna make me cry: I just know it), and Captain Marvel 2 rather unusually being retitled and rebranded entirely as The Marvels.
I'm a bit conflicted on how I feel about the latter title: firstly, because when I got the notification on my phone about this announcement, I honestly thought The Marvels was going to be an MCU sitcom. Of course, the title is supposed to reference the film's holy trinity of heroines – Brie Larson as Carol Danvers' Captain Marvel, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau (who also goes by Captain Marvel in the comics), and Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel – but it's a bit too much of a cheeky pun on the company's name, and slightly undermines what I feel should be more of an epic and awe-inspiring moment. Some fans are upset that the Captain Marvel solo franchise is now dropping Captain Marvel's name, and I get that – though I also understand and appreciate that the new title celebrates more inclusivity, and puts the three women on equal status, rather than elevating Carol above her costars.
The teaser is very focused on release dates, some of which we already knew, some of which are a bit of a surprise. Black Widow and Eternals are both set in stone and unlikely to shift around on the calendar – the former is comfortably anchored by a Disney+ simultaneous release, and the latter is being positioned for awards season. Shang-Chi will still release in September, between the two films, while Spider-Man: No Way Home will close out the year on a bang, by all accounts setting up a Multiverse saga that will escalate in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, arriving March 25th, 2022. Thor: Love And Thunder and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be the big summer event-movies of that year, and The Marvels will premiere on November 11th.
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So far, only Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 are confirmed for 2023 (the former in February, the latter in May) but Mahershala Ali's Blade will likely end up there too, along with Fantastic Four – the electric-blue logo for which pops up again in the final moments of this teaser, as if to remind us that we never know the full extent of Marvel's plans for the future. Remember, these are just the upcoming movies.
But how do you feel about the studio's slate of films, and which is your most anticipated? Share your own thoughts, theories, and opinions, in the comments below!
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Imagination launches affordable micro-computer to take on the Raspberry Pi
By Kane Fulton 2014-12-04T13:07:00.337Z
MIPS Creator CI20 runs Linux and Android
Micro-computer, big aims
Imagination Technologies has launched the MIPS Creator CI20, a palm-sized micro-computer that runs Android 4.4 KitKat and various flavours of Linux.
The £50 ($65) device has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and MIPS32-based Ingenic System-on-Chip (SoC) that's backed up by 1GB of DDR3 SDRAM. It comes with 4GB of onboard flash memory for storage, which can be expanded using an SD card.
London-based Imagination develops the IP for SoCs housed in many of world's top smartphones and tablets. Its PowerVR graphics technology powers Apple's iPhone devices, among others.
The MIPS Creator CI20 uses a PowerVR SGX540 GPU that supports OpenGL 2.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0, allowing for 1080p video playback up to 60Hz. It's internet-ready out of the box and uses 802.11 b/g/n, Ethernet and Bluetooth 4.0 for communication.
Dreaming on
The company is aiming the low-power board at open source developers and system integrators who it hopes will use it to develop applications and projects – ranging from Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to home automation, gaming and wireless multimedia streaming.
Speaking at a launch event in London, Tony King-Smith, EVP of marketing for Imagination, said that the board marks the start of a family of micro-computers from the company, which will "go all the way from universities to students to entrepreneurs."
The MIPS Creator CI20 was originally made available to university students, developers, hobbyists and partners in August 2014, which led to demand for a commercial release, according to Imagination. It's available now for pre-order and is scheduled for global release in January.
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La plaça de Cánovas de Castillo és una plaça de la ciutat de València que se situa gairebé al final septentrional de la Gran Via del Marqués del Túria, entre els barris de Gran Via i del Pla del Remei. És una plaça rodona i oberta, de grans dimensions, que funciona de plaça giratòria per al trànsit provinents dels carrers de Salamanca, de Serrano Morrales, del gravador Esteve i de la mateixa Gran Via. Queda dividida en tres parts pel trànsit de la Gran Via: dues mitges llunes i un quadre central on se situa un parc amb nombrosos arbres de grans dimensionsi el monument al Marqués de Campo. És destacable aquesta forma rodona, la qual cosa força les finques adjacents a adoptar la mateixa rodonor. Els edificis de la plaça són totes finques residencials i en gran part d'estil modernista, com l'edifici Xapa.

La plaça és una de les parades principals per als autobusos intermunicipals, els anomenats metrobús, sobretot els que a continuació es dirigeix cap a l'Albufera. També hi passen les línies 1, 2, 3, 12, 22, 41, 80 i N1 d'autobús de l'EMT València.

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Q: BeautifulSoup returning incorrect text I'm trying to scrape the below site for live tennis scores. When the match is over the elements I'm scraping changes and I can get the score, but during the match when I search for the associated 'span' class where the score is kept I return the class but the score is blank (see below)
http://www.scoreboard.com/game/6LeqhPJd/#game-summary
score = score.findAll('span',attrs={'class':'scoreboard'})

output:
[-, -]

expected output
[1, 0]

Using firebug I can see the score within these fields, however I can't seem to return it. Would anyone know why this would occur..?
NOTE: When the match in the above URL has finished the element for the score changes. This is only a problem for LIVE matches...

A: The webpage is using JavaScript. If you are downloading the URL with urllib, the JavaScript is not getting executed. So much of the HTML you are seeing in the browser is not getting generated.
One way to execute the JavaScript is to use Selenium.
Another way is to use PyQt4:
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtWebKit
from PyQt4 import QtCore
from PyQt4 import QtGui

class Render(QtWebKit.QWebPage):
    def __init__(self, url):
        self.app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
        QtWebKit.QWebPage.__init__(self)
        self.loadFinished.connect(self._loadFinished)
        self.mainFrame().load(QtCore.QUrl(url))
        self.app.exec_()

    def _loadFinished(self, result):
        self.frame = self.mainFrame()
        self.app.quit()

url = 'http://www.scoreboard.com/game/6LeqhPJd/#game-summary'
r = Render(url)
content = unicode(r.frame.toHtml())

Once you have content (after the JavaScript has been executed) you can parse it with an HTML parser (like BeautifulSoup or lxml).
For example, using lxml:
import lxml.html as LH

def clean(text):
    return text.replace(u'\xa0', u'')

doc = LH.fromstring(content)
result = []
for tr in doc.xpath('//tr[td[@class="left summary-horizontal"]]'):
    row = []
    for elt in tr.xpath('td'):
        row.append(clean(elt.text_content()))
    result.append(u', '.join(row[1:]))
print(u'\n'.join(result))

yields
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Zeballos H. (Arg), 0, 4, 63, , , ,

Using Selenium and PhantomJS (so that a GUI browser doesn't pop up), this is what the equivalent code would look like:
import selenium.webdriver as webdriver
import contextlib
import os
import lxml.html as LH

# define path to the phantomjs binary
phantomjs = os.path.expanduser('~/bin/phantomjs')
url = 'http://www.scoreboard.com/game/6LeqhPJd/#game-summary'
with contextlib.closing(webdriver.PhantomJS(phantomjs)) as driver:
    driver.get(url)
    content = driver.page_source
    doc = LH.fromstring(content)
    result = []
    for tr in doc.xpath('//tr[td[@class="left summary-horizontal"]]'):
        row = []
        for elt in tr.xpath('td'):
            row.append(elt.text_content())
        result.append(u', '.join(row[1:]))
    print(u'\n'.join(result))

Both the Selenium/PhantomJS solution and the PyQt4 solution take about the same amount of time to run.

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As a Business Partner to both Finance & People programme teams, this role covers the global transformation programmes and is the primary Finance business partner for both transformation teams. Providing financial support and rigour to Transformation is key to this role, and it is uniquely placed to ensure consistency across both programmes. You will work with and support Finance, People, Technology and external parties to ensure they receive the financial support needed to make Transformation a success.
Ownership for People & Finance transformation period end activities including preparing accruals, journals and forecasts.
Prepare periodic reporting to Transformation Directors and programme sponsors (CFO & CPO and provide insight and analysis to programme managers to identify and flag risks and opportunities.
Resource management- Oversee the end-to-end resourcing process. Accountable for recording budget implications of resource changes.
Vendor management - Oversee end to end vendor management process. Accountable for ensuring POs are receipted accurately and timely.
Perform line management responsibilities to the PMO Administrator.
Be part of the pilot for rolling out the Projects module in Oracle and work with programme delivery team to ensure cost centres are set up and budgets allocated correctly in Oracle Fusion.
Educate stakeholders on cost management to ensure budget holders are cost conscious congruent with Group policies and strategies, local legislation and governance (e. right approvals are obtained in a timely manner).
Strong Excel and analysis skills.
Ownership and an ability to drive the agenda.
Agile and responsive to a fast paced environment.


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Access New Clients
Why SAITEX is essential for your business
SAITEX gives you direct access to buyers whose main aim is to source the latest products, establish partnerships and to conclude import / export deals.
SAITEX has opened up opportunities across Africa for local and international importers and exporters for 26 years.
As one of Africa's most established multi-sector trade shows, SAITEX 2019 drew attendance from over 67 countries, sourcing products from around the world.
One of Africa's most established multi-sector trade-shows, SAITEX has delivered 26 successful years of affording local and international importers and exporters to take advantage of multi-sector trade opportunities across the continent.
SAITEX is a high-level international business-to-business trade platform, giving access to secured companies from around the world, attracting buying missions and quality visitors.
Purchasing power in attendance
Decision Makers
"We were first-time exhibitors. Overall, we had a great show experience with at least 60 highly valuable business leads, and we benefited from the networking opportunities. Our expectations were surpassed. We also had the opportunity to network and potentially do business with other exhibitors."
Nadhida Fajandar, Marketing, Shalamy Stationers
"SAITEX 2019 was great. The best experience and I have learnt a lot from the people I have interacted with. Thank you for making it easy for us to participate. See you next year."
Pesha Shale, Executive Head: Enterprise Development,
Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation, Lesotho
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Country pavilions
Provincial pavilions
High-level content
SAITEX gives you direct access to buyers from more than 67 countries who attend to source the latest products, meet new partners and conclude export and import deals.
Meet thousands of buyers and decision makers from the region's capital goods and consumer sectors.
Capitalise on Africa's trillion US dollar consumer market with profitable trade partnerships.
Engage with key industry stakeholders
Meet and engage with C-level executives and decision makers from public and private sector enterprises.
Connect with local & international trade bodies
A multitude of embassies, buying missions and local governments support and attend the event each year.
Government & trade agencies:
Development and government agencies / services
Financial, investment and business services
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Investment and promotion agencies
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Machinery for manufacturing and packaging retail ready products
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Innovative products & new patents
Beauty and cosmetic products
Exhibiting zones
& Giftware
Clothing, Textiles, Apparel
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SMME
Light Industrials
Exhibitor geographical origin
For more than 26 years SAITEX has been bringing buyers and sellers together. We've built an unrivalled database, our campaign reaches senior buyers across the continent – from multinational wholesalers and retailers to niche importers and distributors.
Product Manufacturers
By 2030, Africa's 18 largest cities will have a combined spending power of US$1.3 trillion. With an estimated 355 million middleclass consumers, Africa has one the largest, rapidly growing retail markets in the world. Driven by the most rapid urbanisation in the world and the shift from informal to formal retail markets, Africa's is the second fastest growing economy in the world, following Asia.
General retailers hold the largest share of retail sales and will continue to lead the market in 2020
Africa boasts 20 economies growing at an average 5% or higher over the next five years, as compared with 3.6% growth rate for the global economy.
The top 25 retailers have a high concentration in Southern Africa: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
The African Development Bank estimates that consumer spending in Africa will reach US$2.2 trillion by 2030
South Africa's townships contribute up to R100 billion to the overall economy*
*estimated 2018 figures
Why B2B exhibitions work
of attendees have not been seen by your sales force in the last 15 months
of decision makers ask for a quote at the show
of decision makers believe that going to shows saves them time and money
of all attendees represent new prospects
of attendees have significant procurement activities planned in the next 12 to 15 months
of visitors attend for the first time
Every dollar invested in a trade show typically yields a 6-dollar return
CGCSA
Attending countries
Gallagher Convention Centre
19 Richard Drive, Midrand,
Johannesburg, 1685
Gallagher Convention Centre is one of Africa's largest conference and exhibition venues. Located in Midrand, between Pretoria and Johannesburg, Gallagher is conveniently positioned in the business hub of Gauteng and is the ideal location.
Security monitored parking is available in an open air field opposite the venue as well as behind Hall 5.
The cost per day is R20.


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Tools for Living with Learning Disabilities
By: Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities
The term "learning disability" describes a neurobiological disorder in which a person's brain works or is structured differently. These differences in brain structure affect a person's ability to speak, listen, read, write, spell, reason, recall, organize information and do mathematics.
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in seven children has a learning disability. Most children with learning disabilities (80%) have difficulty with language skills, including reading, writing and spelling. Even though these children are as smart as their peers, they need additional time and tools to help them read, write and spell.
We can give children that extra time to develop their skills if we identify learning disabilities early. When we identify language learning disabilities in a young child, he or she has more time to learn to read and write with less difficulty.
Tools that help
Tools help people work around their learning disabilities
Learning disabilities can't be cured or fixed. But with the help of tools, a child with a learning disability can work around his or her difficulties with reading, writing, numbers, spelling, organization or memory.
Children and adults with disabilities can use tools (or technology) to perform everyday activities. Complex, high-tech tools and normal devices are referred to as "assistive technology." The purpose of tools and assistive technology is to help people work around specific deficits rather than fixing them. Tools help people of all ages with learning disabilities reach their full potential, giving them greater freedom and independence along the way.
Just as a person in a wheelchair needs a ramp to go around stairs, people with learning disabilities need tools to help them work around their difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, numbers or memory.
Tools can be simple or complex
Everyone uses tools. Tools are devices and equipment designed to make everyday tasks easier. People use dictionaries-whether paper or electronic-to spell a word correctly. Color highlighters help people pick out important sentences in long pieces of writing.
People with learning disabilities also need tools. Sometimes standard technologies (such as voice recognition systems) can be used, adapted or designed to help people with learning disabilities perform everyday tasks.
Tools for people with learning disabilities can be as simple as highlighters, color coding files or drawers, books on tape, tape recorders, calculators or a different paper color or background color on a computer screen.
Complex or high-tech, assistive technology includes:
· computers that talk to help people with reading and writing difficulties,
· speech recognition systems that turn oral language into written text,
· talking calculators that assist people with math difficulties, and
· software that predicts words for people with spelling difficulties.
Who uses assistive technology?
The following stories show how children with typical learning disabilities can use assistive technology to perform learning tasks with greater confidence and independence.
I'm free to write
Lisa is a third grader with a learning disability that causes her to have a hard time forming letters. She has a writing disability called dysgraphia that makes it difficult to write words on paper. Because of her disability, she gets behind in her schoolwork and becomes frustrated when she cannot write as easily, quickly or legibly as her peers.
With a software program that translates her voice into text on a computer screen, Lisa can write stories by talking to a computer rather than having to write the words out by hand. With assistive technology, Lisa has more freedom to communicate through writing. She can develop her potential with greater confidence as she improves her written expression skills.
Reading with my ears
José a freshman in high school whose dyslexia means he has difficulty reading printed words on the page and remembering what he has read. He spends much longer on all of his reading assignments than his peers do, and so they think he is not as smart as they are. José is frustrated when he cannot keep up with his friends and often feels defeated even before he starts a reading assignment.
But when he listens to school textbooks and fiction books, he has an easier time understanding and remembering them. With simple tools like books on tape and a tape recorder, José can keep up with his classmates. He feels better about his abilities in school and is more interested in reading outside of school.
With a simple tool like books on tape, José and people of all ages with reading difficulties can read books faster and easier than when they must struggle with print.
Spelling on my own
Raymond is a sixth grader who likes to talk in class and does well giving speeches. But because he has a learning disability, reading and writing are not as easy for him. His learning disability, called dyslexia, makes it hard for him to identify certain letters and words.
Even with years of practice, Raymond's spelling is still so poor that many times he and others usually cannot read what he writes. Because he has such a hard time telling the difference between letters, a spell checker in a computer word processing program isn't enough to help.
But a personalized word bank on the computer makes writing easier for Raymond. With the help of his teachers, he can create an electronic list of words he uses often and others he misspells often.
Raymond can select words he needs from the electronic word bank rather than having to spell each of them as he writes. With assistive technology, Raymond is almost as confident a writer as he is a speaker.
More on assistive technology
An assistive technology guide is available. Go to E-ssential Guide: A Parent's Guide to Assistive Technology. for a free copy or call (650) 655-2410.
A list of assistive technology products is available from the International Dyslexia Association. For a copy, call (800) ABCD123.
A resource called Educational Technology & Learning Disabilities is available from The Learning Disabilities Association of America. For a copy, call (888) 300-6710.
The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities is a collaborative public awareness effort of the National Center for Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Association of America, The International Dyslexia Association (formerly The Orton Dyslexia Society), Division for Learning Disabilities at the Council for Exceptional Children, Council for Learning Disabilities, and the E-ssential Guide: A Parent's Guide to Assistive Technology.
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities (1998)
Related Topics: > LD Topics	> Assistive Technology


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Hi, guys. 1st of all, sorry for bad english.
I'm set roundcube+postfix+dovecot+mariadb on localhost.
But web interface unavailable. I can login, but I can't open smth in settings and options, most of buttons unavailable. What I did wrong? Pls help.
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What version/how did you install roundcube? If you installed from source did you download the JS deps? Check your browser console for JS errors.
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Joao Garcia
Climbs below 8000m
14 x 8000m
Lecture introduction film
14 – A life on the Top of the World
The Highest Solitude
10 Steps to Get to The Top
© Joao Garcia and Rui Nabeiro
1st Edition:
Publisher Caderno, November 2009, 207 pages
Only available in portuguese
What can we learn from the most successful Portuguese entrepreneur and with our best-known climber?
The Honorable Rui Nabeiro is the most successful manager of his business field. Johao Garcia is best known Portuguese climber and one of the best in the world. At first glance, everything separates them: born at different times, followed several paths. But if we approach a little bit of both, if we listen carefully, we realize what they have in common: they know what they want and are moved by the enormous ambition of reaching their goals. In this book we follow two entrepreneurs, step by step, toward the peak of their careers. We learn how to build teams, how they define the route, such as choosing the right timing for attack the mountain. Witnessed the hard work, but the rewards – and learn methods and secrets that will help us to achieve our objectives, to conquer our own Everest.
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After an amazing message from JC Cancelleri on our identity in Christ, Jeremy Chambers discussed the idea that our post on our Facebook timeline tell us a lot about what is important in our lives. The big question that so often comes to mind is what is your calling? That's an interesting question and we don't hear that asked us of in high school or college. It is this sense of what drives you, what consumes you. Jeremy talks about how our calling is really a mixture of our purpose and identity combined.
The text for the night is Phillipians 3:4-16, in which the apostle Paul talks about what his calling his. He talks about how nothing else matters except for Jesus. We get this idea that Jesus Christ should consume us. He should be our main focus. Jeremy unpacks this idea that we are actually ambassadors for Christ. Did you know you were an ambassador? What does that look like? Do you get to drive fancy cars with flags on them and stay in 5-Star hotels?
Our third message of this series focuses on the idea that as individuals we like to mask who we are and what we do. James Lee discusses how often what we put on our Facebook page ties back to what we want people to think about us. He talks about this idea of being vulnerable and allowing others to see us for who we really are. Have you ever been truly vulnerable with someone. This is often something people practice in marriage.
James talks about how we can be vulnerable before Christ. That the whole idea of Jesus going to the cross and dying for our sins was to free us to be vulnerable about who we are and what we struggle with. You see, God does look to enslave believers into guilt and shame and have them living their lives in fear. That is what the enemy and the world does. In Christ there is freedom. James unpacks this idea of what true Christian freedom looks like and how we can be vulnerable before God.
Our last message of this series focuses on the idea of having a new start. Often we forget that when we are on Facebook, every new post is an opportunity to say something totally different from our past. How does that translate to the Christian life? Lee Mitchell talks about this idea of once we are saved we have the privilege of a fresh start. We can write the next chapter totally different from the last.
The scripture for the night comes out of John 6 and recounts a miracle that Jesus performs for a large multitude. After this miracle the crowd follows Jesus and through dialogue between Jesus and the crowd, we find their real intentions. They want physical needs met, not spiritual ones. Jesus calls them out for seeking the wrong thing and asks them one simple question, will you say yes to Jesus? You see, Lee helps us come to the conclusion that Jesus Christ is the author and perfecter of our faith and it is He that allows us to write that new clean slate. However, in the message tonight we see that many find that new slate hard to follow.


If you listen to, or read the British media often, you will be told at least once a week that the British public loves to talk about the weather. It is always said in such a nostalgic, almost romantic way. They make it out to be one of the quintessential traits that differentiates us from the rest of the world.
And how untrue. People may talk about the weather because they don't know the other person well enough to talk about anything meaningful or they may not trust them with their own views. Or they may just be too ill-informed to hold a conversation on a different subject.
However, that is by the by, what I'm really getting at is that in ordinary circumstances, people all over the world talk about the weather all the time. I speak seven languages and have lived in several countries from Thailand to Suriname and there is not one country that I have ever visited where the weather is not the main topic of conversation!
Sure, the emphasis might be different. In Thailand, people talk about how hot it is (although it is hot almost every day); Welsh people talk about the rain; Finns talk about the cold… British people are not unique in talking about the weather!
British people lap up this nonsense because most of them don't speak any foreign languages, but why does the media constantly ram the idea down our throats?
Distraction? Feel-good factor? I don't know, you tell me. I only know that it is rubbish of the highest order and we are fed it all the time.


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The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005
Ingram Book Company
This book documents the erection of a temporary, but monumental work of art featuring 7,500 16-foot-high vinyl gates designed to look like a golden, flowing river--coming to New York's Central Park in February of 2005.
Ingram Publishing Services
In February 2005, Christo and Jeanne-Claude will complete a monumental work of art in New York City's Central Park. The project, first conceived in 1979, will feature 7500 16-foot-high vinyl gates lining the park's paths, from which will hang saffron-colored fabric panels. Seen from the buildings surrounding the park, The Gates will look like a golden, flowing river, while those walking through them will experience the ambience of a fluid, golden ceiling. The temporary work of art will remain in place for 16 days, after which it will be disassembled and the materials recycled. The installation will be free for all visitors, who can continue to use Central Park undisturbed during the whole process. This historic event is intended to provide a memorable and joyous experience for every New Yorker, and TASCHEN will document this project from start to finish in two editions.
Publisher: Koln ; London : Taschen, 2005
Characteristics: 95 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm
Additional Contributors: Jeanne-Claude 1935-
Volz, Wolfgang
Strauss, Anne L.
Henery, Jonathan
Alternative Title: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: the gates, Central Park New York City 1979-2005
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MASTODON Has 'Too Much Material' For Next Album
MASTODON drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor spoke to Revolver about the progress of the songwriting sessions for 2017's "Emperor Of Sand" album. He said: "We have too much material at the moment. We have enough for probably a couple of albums, so that's good. But also we need to focus now. We're at the point where we're ready to go in and do it for real, I think. We just started jamming the new stuff as if we were gonna go in and do it, so that's where we're at."
He continued: "We'll narrow it down. We'll probably do 45 to 50 minutes of new stuff and pick the cream of the crop, the stuff we're all gravitating towards. There's gonna be some hard decisions because I think we're liking more than what we need for an album. And we don't wanna do a double album. It doesn't make sense to do that, currently. I don't know why, but I feel like those types of records can get kinda chubby. We want a svelte MASTODON album. [Laughs]"
Regarding the lyrical themes covered in the new MASTODON material, Brann said: "As far as the subject matter is concerned, it's gonna be about [MASTODON's late manager] Nick John after everything's said and done. Of course, it's going to be a fantastical representation to mask the true emotion of the situation, but it's probably going to be Nick John-centric because that was our guy and we lost him and he deserves nothing less than an album's worth of material that's centered around his passing. That was a huge blow to us. We lost one of our favorite human beings, and it just came out of nowhere. It really sucks. So that's what we're thinking about — plus all this shit that's happening now. It's the craziest time that we've experienced as human beings, so how are you not gonna reflect that in what you're creating artistically? It would be impossible to sidestep it. It's going to be about going insane in your fucking house."
MASTODON will release a rarities collection titled "Medium Rarities" on September 11. The compilation includes one brand new song, "Fallen Torches" (featuring a guest appearance by NEUROSIS's Scott Kelly), along with a bevy of classic covers, soundtrack contributions, instrumentals, B-sides, and live recordings on one complete package for the very first time.
"Emperor Of Sand" debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. That album was nominated for the 2018 Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album," and its opening track, "Sultan's Curse", won the Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance."
Earlier in the year, MASTODON wrote and recorded a new song for inclusion in the upcoming "Bill & Ted Face The Music" movie.
"Bill & Ted Face The Music", which reunites Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in the title roles for the first time since 1991's "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey", is scheduled for a September 1 release.
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Could Russia be preparing to abandon Syria's Bashar al Assad?
Nizar Mohamad
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Assad can face a future where he has no card left to play.
At first glance, the rift between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his cousin, notorious tycoon Rami Makhlouf, seems surreal. Estimated to own up to 60 percent of Syria's economy, the multibillionaire has long been the quintessential symbol of the regime's corruption. Some attribute recent attempts to confiscate Makhlouf's funds to Assad's wife, Asmaa, an apparent sign of elite infighting. But does elite competition explain the full story?
Makhlouf's arrest, commonly traced to a string of regime crackdowns, was initially reported last September, in which he and other businessmen were targeted and under Assad's so-called anti-corruption campaign. One popular hypothesis asserts that Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Assad appropriate some of the oligarch's financial assets to subsidize Syria's reconstruction, which, according to the United Nations, is expected to cost over $400 billion.
However, this comes amidst a chain of curious maneuvers frequently attributed to the Russian President, who is reportedly growing frustrated with Assad. Uncooperative and underhanded, he is increasingly viewed as a liability. Could Putin force him to step down?
For decades, Russia's presence in the Middle East has been transactional, its only robust ties limited to its relationship with Syria. Its naval port in Tartous, a relic of Cold War, has constituted its sole access point to the Mediterranean. However, since Putin militarily intervened in the Syrian war to prop up Assad's emaciated regime in 2015, its calculus shifted. Russia has positioned itself to broaden its horizons in the Middle East, a strategy achieved largely by exploiting the complex geopolitical terrain of the region to leverage rivals against one another, market its mediation, and enhance bilateral ties. To this end, Putin has – somewhat successfully – transformed the Syrian quagmire into an opportunity for greater regional penetration. But his strategic ambitions require, first and foremost, a stable base of operations and a reliable client in Damascus.
With Moscow's help, Assad survived the war. No longer existentially concerned by the armed opposition, his security and intelligence apparatus have looked inward, ushering in a new era of repression. Since the war shifted decisively in Assad's favor, the root causes of the Syrian uprising – corruption, inequality, authoritarianism, and brutality – have only intensified. Resentment and desperation leave the door to instability open.
In Deraa, a province 'reconciled' with the regime, civilians and former rebels have endured massive abuses, including imprisonment, torture, and forced disappearance. By October 2018, the regime's atrocities sparked a renewed insurgency in the region – just months after it was recaptured due to a Russian-led campaign to retake the South. Armed resistance against pro-Assad forces has since gathered momentum and could spread. In the nearby Druze-dominated al-Suwayda province, periodic anti-regime protests have evolved into armed clashes with the security forces. Islamic State or Daesh militants have resurged in central Syria, and the currency crisis has exacerbated living conditions in an economy already decimated by war. Even 'loyalist' communities, like the Alawites, have grown disenchanted over the course of the conflict.
Systemic corruption has been made worse by the emergence of a class of war profiteers. Smugglers and militias act with relative impunity, disregarding borders and state institutions. They manipulate a culture of warlordism, enabled by Assad, to bypass the Syrian state, with which they share a parasitic relationship.
Additionally, Assad's intransigence has been an irritation for Putin. In March, a retaliatory Turkish drone campaign killed thousands of Assad's soldiers in Idlib, where Turkish forces maintain several observation posts. Putin negotiated a ceasefire with his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyep Erdogan, effectively rescuing Assad's forces from certain onslaught. Weeks later, Assad, supported by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reignited the offensive reportedly in exchange for $3 billion from the UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed. For the second time since January, Assad's provocations in northern Syria risked escalating tensions between Putin and Erdogan, whose partnership is strategically vital to Russia's regional immersion.
Moscow is also faced with a disruptive ally in Syria: Tehran. Since 2016, observers have discerned an intra-alliance rivalry between Russia and Iran – the two primary backers of the Syrian regime – over the fate of post-war Syria. By 2019, this competition peaked when Putin intensified his campaign to counteract Tehran's influence within Syria's state institutions. After years of efforts to restructure the Syrian regime's military and security apparatus, Putin sponsored warlord Suhail al-Hasan's Tiger Forces against Maher al-Assad's 4th Mechanized Division, a move allegedly inspired by his proximity to Iran. Though unsuccessful, the attempt to dislodge Maher is immensely symbolic for another reason: He is Bashar's younger brother and his main pillar of support in Syria's military.
Iran-backed militias have also been exploiting Assad's tenuous authority to operate freely. Russian attempts to rein them in by integrating them into Syria's military institutions have been partially stalled, both by Iran and by Moscow's own unwillingness to risk confrontation by challenging their autonomy. However, Russia cannot have a client in Syria unable to meaningfully consolidate authority over its territories. Re-asserting Damascus' sovereignty, ironically, is key to Russia's ambition to dominate it.
In all of this, the thought that Moscow may consider ousting Assad is not far fetched. A 'reformed' version of the Syrian regime – one without Assad and his circle of cronies – could permit Putin to transform Syria into a client state over which Russia presides as the uncontested patron. In addition, it would enable Putin to secure reconstruction aid from the West, which has made finance contingent on a political transition, a process that Assad has insidiously undermined for years.
In late April, a media outlet close to the Kremlin published and then deleted a three-part series portraying Assad as corrupt, weak, and incompetent. It cited a survey allegedly conducted in Syria that casts serious doubts about the prospects of Assad's victory in the 2021 elections. On Friday, Russia Today Arabic (Russia's regional mouthpiece) replicated the same process, airing then deleting an interview with Firas Tlass, a defected Syrian mogul whose family history with the Assad dynasty includes decades of loyal service – and subservience – and whose brother and father, Manaf and Mustafa, occupied high positions within the regime. During the interview, Firas called on Russia to abandon the regime, referring to it as a "sinking ship".
While their removal could indicate that it was a stunt intended to entice Assad into cooperating with Russian directives, they appear to highlight Russia's growing dissatisfaction. Increasingly more sources are suggesting that the Kremlin is psychologically preparing the Russian public for Assad's ouster.
Only time will tell if Russia abandons Assad. Putin's strategic interests are his red lines – and Assad has spent years flirting with them. If he manages to segregate Assad from the structures and supporters that have been his lifeline throughout the conflict – Iran, pro-regime militias, the army, the intelligence agencies, and significantly, the Alawites – he would cultivate a context in which this option becomes feasible. Should that moment come, Assad, increasingly isolated from his base, may find that he has no card left to play.
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Nizar Mohamad is an independent analyst based in Toronto, Canada who focuses on Middle Eastern politics and security. His work has appeared in The New Arab, Mondoweiss, Atlantic Council, the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, and the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy. He previously worked on Canada's Syrian refugee project.


With 620 moorings available for rental for short and long stays, the Marina de Portimão can receive boats up to 50m long, drawing a maximum of 4,2 meters. The moorings are equipped with 16/32/63 amp. electricity and water; there is a daily collection of rubbish and oil. The entrance to the Marina is easy to access given that it is the most ample in Portugal. This Marina provides a variety of sea-related tourist activities. All access to the pontoons and support services for Marina users is made through a entrance control system using a secret code provided after yacht check-in.
Fuel is supplied everyday. For safety reasons all supplies shall be provided inside the Northern pontoon. For further information please contact the reception or Channel 9 VHF. Accepted payments: Cash, Portuguese cheque and anticipated bank transfer (Atm in the administration building).
Any business activity within the Marina can only be carried out after securing a "Business Activity Permit" (Autorizaçao para o Exercício de Actividade Comercial) issued by the Marina de Portimao administration office.
Marina de Portimão has a commercial area where you will find shops, restaurants and bars. Situated on the Fortaleza on the Marina level, we have a Convenience Store open every day for all your needs.
All mail must be properly addressed to Marina de Portimao Edifício Administrativo Ponta da Areia 8500-345 Portimao Algarve/Portugal, specifying the name of the boat. Mail is subject to collection from the Marina´s reception.
Underground parking for 310 vehicles. Outside parking next to the Shopping Centre for 150 vehicles. Alternative car park for 500 vehicles. Car park for 200 vehicles in North Bay, next to the Administrative Building. It is expressly forbidden to park any towed vehicles inside the Marina de Portimao parking area. Any trailers/caravans found parked there shall be removed to the Portimao Marina Boatyard and all corresponding transport and parking costs shall be for the account of the respective owners.
The Boatyard, which covers a total area of 20.000m2, is located in the Portimão Fishing Port and is equipped with a "travel lift" with a lifting capacity for boats of up to 50 tonnes and 6m beam, as well as the use of a 300 tons travelift with 9 mts of beam. Services available include high pressure cleaning, a bilge water drain, a locker rental and painting, as well as other services.
Waste recycling bins containers are located in the South Basin near the beach and in the North basin near Sector A. There are as well containers for used oils, used batteries and used oil filters in the South Basin in Sector C and in North Basin near Sector A.
The boatyard includes hardstanding facilities where you can winter your boat.
In the Marina it is available crane services for boats up to 2 tons (near the reception of the Marina).
The Tivoli Marina Portimão hotel has 196 spacious suites, a panoramic restaurant - Aqua Lounge, 2 outdoor swimming pools (sea water), gymnasium and children's playground. It also has excellent meeting rooms, which together with a professional service will guarantee the success of your congress, meeting or banquet.
Is posted daily in the reception area. Please feel free to request a copy from our services whenever you wish.
Located in the north basin next to the Marina's reception, the self-service laundry operates by means of tokens available at the reception. There are washing and drying machines.
Shaded by palm trees, the beach enjoys a full range of infrastructures. This is the place to enjoy memorable moments spent at the seaside.
Formalities - On reaching the Reception Pontoon, located starboard of the Marina entrance, you will be able to rely on the help of the dockmasters who will provide all the support and personalised service you may need to moor your boat. They will then direct you to the reception where you can check-in.
There is a personalised and duly identified security team, which operates 24 hours a day.
All the boats must have a valid liability insurance during its stay. For questions or in case you want to subscribe to a policy please contact the reception.
These services are available at reception. The fax service will be charged according to an established tariff regarding to the country of destination.
These support services are located next to the Marina's reception and in the shopping center. Showers are provided for the exclusive use of the Marina users and can be accessed with the chech-in of the boat.
Trolleys for transporting material are located at the entrance gates to each pontoon. Please return the trolleys to the same place after use.
Wireless facilities for the Marina de Portimao. We are a hot spot. Please contact Reception.
These can be found on display in the Marina Office and also in our tariff booklet. It will be assumed that all customers have read, understood and will abide by these regulations.


Rural Health Success Stories: Rural female primary care physician- By choice?
Many people ask me how and why you become a rural primary care physician? Is it by choice or a circumstantial decision? So to get answers to these questions let me share little bit of background of mine. I Dr. Smruti Subhash Nikumbh now known as Dr. Smruti Mandar Haval is a daughter of Dr. Subhash K. Nikumbh & Dr. Usha Nikumbh. My parents are specialist in their own subjects (Obstetrics Gynaecology & Ophthalmology) respectively. They are practising in area named Chalisgaon, Dist Jalgaon a town with population of 1 lakh to 2 lakh now with a good rural area surrounding it. When my parents started their practice 32 years back the population was round 40000 and most of the patients used to be farmers, poor daily wagers with not so good paying capacity. Most of the consultations used to be charity service. The connectivity was also poor then to the town. Patients used to come on bullock cart, cycle, walking. Ambulance service was a fancy thing. Maternal and child mortality was a regular thing. Laboratory facilities were in very primitive stage.
With so many challenges my parents started their practice and with their good clinical judgement they managed to improve overall mortality and morbidity of patients from that area. Health promotion and awareness was always a part of their consultations. Since childhood I have observed their moves - conservative approach, no unnecessary surgeries, IV fluids, antibiotics abuse as that of today's era.
This entire thing nurtured a family physician in me and I learnt to live with people of golden heart. This journey with my parents generate a kind of liking in me for rural health, it's up liftment, challenges.
With God's grace and wish I got family medicine as my post graduate course and carrier. Also I got married to a man who has his work place in a small developing town of population 50000 -60000. For me this new work place is like my own home town 15-20 years back. After looking back at my 2 years of journey of rural physician I feel my challenges are same as of my parents but I love my job as patients I deal here are same as of my childhood pure mind, golden heart with lots of faith in me. They do feel I have healing hands. Their trust act as placebo in my treatment plan.
For my residency & undergraduate training I have stayed in urban and metro areas. Those 10 years taught me how urbanisation changing human psychology. There I mate various types of patients like Google masters, self-diagnosis specialists, doctor shopping freak etc. This work culture was just not suitable for me. May be I was still a country side gal. Hence as soon as I finished my studies I decided to come back to my routes the rural practice.
Here I diagnose patients with minimal investigations, cost effective medicines, no much branding of pharmacy companies. This job gives me lots of satisfaction of work and my dues are getting clear slowly towards community I live. I also run few projects to improve treatment compliance of my patients to their long term treatment.
In these activities we make sure that they will receive best treatment with each visit, investigations done by me. Slowly & steadily I am working on up liftment of health of my community.
Being a female I can relate well with both male and female patients. Female patients open up about their problems much better & clear so with that I can help them in best way.
I am thankful now that I got connected to various rural GP networks all over world via rural café, rural health stories etc initiatives. Learning a lot from these activities. I am a proud # Rural Female GP by choice and I am loving it. Thank you Almighty for all guidance & strength.
Congratulations. A nice write up. Very true close to heart and inspiring.
Great going Dr. Smruti. Keep it up!


Jill Duffy Blogger (for iPhone) Google's Blogger finally has a mobile app for iPhone, although it's an entry-level add-on for an otherwise mature product. Bloggers who love mobile can do better. Those already dedicated to Blogger should sit tight.
Easy to draft simple, short posts. Extremely simple to upload mobile photos.
Limited functionality: no video upload, no comment moderation; no formatting tools, no way to update page elements. HTML-heavy pages. Interface requires a lot of flipping between pages. Setting options very limited.
Google's Blogger finally has a mobile app for iPhone, although it's an entry-level add-on for an otherwise mature product. Bloggers who love mobile can do better. Those already dedicated to Blogger should sit tight.
What snowboarding is to downhill skiers, mobile blogging is old-school bloggers. Somewhere between the flags of the downhill slalom, the earlier sport veered off course entirely and became something else, batted into shape by a new generation who wanted to play on the same slopes, but by a new set of rules. I see the same thing in mobile blogging, which I sometimes think deserves its own genre. It's tighter, punchier, and almost always much more visual than other kinds of blogging. Blogger (4.5 stars, free), the blogging platform and hosting site owned by Google, has been around since 1999 and in many ways belongs in the earlier camp of bloggers who recall when the word "blog," a contraction of "Web" and "log," first came into use. Mobile was never its focus. But in trying to stay current with the tools and services offered by other free platforms, Blogger now has its own dedicated iPhone app (free), and as you might expect, it doesn't soar to any great heights the way apps for later blogging sites, like Tumblr (3 stars, free) and Posterous (3.5 stars, free) do.
Posterous and Tumblr launched in 2008 and 2007, respectively, just as mobile blogging was gaining traction, so they were built with a different user and output in mind than Blogger, and as such, they offer superior apps and a mobile blogging experience. Posterous has the best options and is the easiest to use, although Tumblr has a stronger following. Blogger remains an excellent service and is our Editors' Choice (alongside Wordpress.com) for free blogging tools, but the Blogger iPhone app doesn't meet the expectations of a mobile blogger. It has limited functionality, even fewer setting options, and a pumpkin-colored interface that shames the elegant white, orange-flecked redesign of the new Blogger dashboard. If you're already a Blogger user, I guess you can download the free app in case you are suddenly possessed by the urge to draft of publish a post from your phone, but the app is so limited in what it can do that it's almost not worth it to bother getting the app at all. You might as well continue using the Blogger website in a mobile browser. Anyone who is considering starting a blog and intends to be posting frequently from a mobile device should not even consider using Blogger, as Posterous and Tumblr offer much better tools for those purposes.
The main complaint to lodge against Blogger's mobile app is its limited functionality. The interface lacks a homepage, which is one of my software pet peeves. I need a place to land or return to after completing a task, a dashboard or some screen that indicates I'm back at square one. I also need—and in Blogger for iPhone don't get—a good menu bar that orients me and informs me of the primary actions and services that the app offers. Blogger's app disorients me. I know what I want to do, but I don't know where to go to do it. And after testing the app for a few days, I see that I can't do what I had hoped anyhow.
I'd love to start at the beginning by describing the home screen, but since there is none, let me tell you about the postings page. The top of the page shows the name of your blog, which is helpful if you manage more than one blog. Below that is a reverse-chronological list of published and drafted posts. If a post has published, it's in black type. If it hasn't, it's in gray.
You can switch which blog is active in the Settings, accessible from a cog icon at the lower right corner of the screen. To the left of the cog are only two other icons: a pen for when you want to write a new post, and a 'B,' which launches your blog so you can see how other mobile users will see it (you can optimize your site for mobile browsers in the full browser version under Settings > Email & Mobile).
Sadly, that's basically it for the overall structure. Even the Settings button doesn't have a whole lot more in it, other than the ability to switch the active blog and a wheel where you can select your image size preferences for mobile uploads (small, medium, large, X-large, or original).
While I don't expect a mobile version of a very sophisticated online platform to have every tool that's available in the original, I do expect it to have some of them, or at least a selection from which I might set favorites based on how I manage my blogs. For example, I keep a list widget on my blog's right rail that I update at least once a week. In the past, I've used a mobile browser to log into Blogger and update this component, but it's a little clunky and requires a lot of pinch-zooming to be able to get to the fields I need. I'd love to be able to update this piece easily from a mobile app, but Blogger for iPhone doesn't let you into that area at all. There's also no way to moderate or even access comments, no video upload function, and no formatting buttons. I thought I could tolerate the utter lack of formatting tools until I opened an older post that contained an image at the top and realized I had to scroll through several lines of HTML just to get past code needed to keep the image on the page. The mobile app just wasn't designed for any kind of blog upkeep.
In writing a new post, Blogger's iPhone app at least handles images with greater ease. You can snap a new photo or upload one from your camera roll, and when it's pulled into a post, the HTML is completely out of view. Instead, a thumbnail of the image appears in the bottom of the screen. But there's still limited functionality, as you can't change the location of the photos, which appear by default after the text.
Labels don't work well in the mobile app either. You can add labels to a post, but you can't access your list of currently used labels, which can leave you trying to remember how you named a particular label, whether you used a hyphen in spelling it, and so forth.
One other feature in the app that I have mixed feelings about is the ability to add a geolocation tag. It's cool because it pulls up a list of places by their name, rather than latitude-longitude coordinates, so you can tag being at John's Pizzeria rather than 40.7315 and -74.0032. The app lets you scroll through a wheel of options nearby until you find your place. The downside is you're not always at a named location that Blogger or Google can find. When I tried the feature at the PC Mag lab, I got a dozen options for stores, churches, and other places nearby, but nothing that named the building where I work. And on the first day the app was released, it gave me options for places near my home rather than near my actual physical location (my guess is that some data wasn't clearing, as geolocation services were activated).
Blogger's iPhone app isn't strong enough to win over new mobile bloggers, nor is it useful enough to entice existing bloggers to go mobile. I'd keep an eye out for news of major updates if you're seriously interested in using a mobile blogging tool and are dedicated to Blogger, but if you're new to blogging on the whole, Posterous and Tumblr are the way to go for those shorter, punchier, and more visual blogs.
Bottom Line: Google's Blogger finally has a mobile app for iPhone, although it's an entry-level add-on for an otherwise mature product. Bloggers who love mobile can do better. Those already dedicated to Blogger should sit tight.


The last Friday of the month from 5:30 to 9:30pm enjoy happy hour at the Science Center (with no kids in sight!). This "Stay and Play" event gives visitors 21+ the opportunity to enjoy drinks while exploring the museum, play games and catch live science shows.
One of the 21+ events offered throughout the year, Brewology takes place Friday, February 8th from 7 to 10 pm. The $50 ticket ($45 for museum members) will get guests unlimited tastes of some of the best loved local breweries, along with demos and other activities. Brewmasters will be on the scene to answer questions, and share their processes. The list of participating breweries is extensive and includes 20 Corners Brewing Co., Fremont Brewing, Elysian Brewing and more. Check out the complete list and get your tickets here.
Take a deeper dive into some of the most compelling and timely topics in science and technology in the Science in the City series. Designed with general audiences in mind, experts share their passion for science along with extras including IMAX documentary showings, planetarium demos and more. Upcoming events include Women in STEM, Global Access to Cancer Treatment and the Art of Healing.
Pacific Science Center's Laser Dome has a show for every musical taste! From Cardi B, to ODESZA, to the newly launching Laser Jay-Z! These shows will rock you with a 10,000 watt sound system and lights that will immerse you body and soul. Check out the schedule here.
Get real at the Final Friday Virtual Reality Open House the final Friday of each month from 6:30-10:30pm. You can hang out at the Virutal Reality Bar, compete with friends in a "Beat Saber competition" and take part in other fun VR activities.
Visit the website here for details on all of these After Dark activities.