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CALGARY – About half an hour after being fitted with goat horns, Mikael Backlund received the tap he didn't see coming on Monday.
As a shootout between two of the world's most prominent goalkeepers progressed to the seventh round, it was the veteran Sweden who learned he would have a chance to atone for a costly penalty that prolonged the game until late. in the night.
"You're always ready to take the call, but with my 0v7 record going before today, I didn't expect to be picked, really," beamed the Calgary Flames center.
"But when I heard my name, I was excited. I just tried what I'm working on in practice.
A warning shot in front of the glove of eminent Pittsburgh Penguins Tristan Jarry paved the way for compatriot Swedish Jacob Markstrom to close an entertaining evening that ended with the Flames finally getting the point extra with a 2-1 win.
Markstrom's save on Brock McGinn's deke attempt sent the 15,343 home crowd buzzing over the top spot, 13-4-5 Flames.
"I just checked out a bit before, kinda where he left some goals," Backlund said of his pre-shot preparation.
"I tried this movement in training and scored on Marky. I thought if I could score on Marky, I could score on this guy too. It was great, however. Homemade ice cream too. I enjoyed the moment.
The timing was especially good, not only because the Flames had already lost five of their six games after regulation this season, but because he felt primarily responsible for the Penguins' lone goal.
"It was really tough… a stupid penalty," Backlund said of an interference penalty near Jarry's crease that resulted in a power play goal from Jake Guentzel seven seconds later.
"My emotions got the better of me in net. It's hard to go to the box when you're late by one at the end of the match. When they scored, it was tough.
"I was delighted to have the chance to redeem myself. "
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Backlund had played one hell of a game before that, doing well to help keep Sidney Crosby shot-free before a solid overtime in which the Flames could have won several times.
"Funny, Mikael scores the shootout winner, but he's also probably our best guy 3v3," said coach Darryl Sutter, who moved his lines to include Backlund in his second line with Johnny Gaudreau and Chris Tanev.
"Try to do something different. It's a part of our game that obviously we don't have this guy who can go from start to finish or go through the guys. So I'm just trying to get something that fits.
Without Jarry's spectacular outing, which included 31 saves, the Flames would have won this one long before overtime.
Johnny Gaudreau, whose top line was sublime all evening, struck two iron shots, including one in overtime. This was the only one of the Flames' first six shootout attempts to beat Jarry – a tall, gloved snipe much like Backlund's.
The only man to beat Jarry in regulation was Milan Lucic, who took a good-humored rib earlier today when the Flames players were asked about Crosby's idolatry as a child.
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"When I was nine or 10, I came to the Dome to watch (Crosby) pre-game skating – it was pretty cool," said Dillon Dube, 23, who casually turned his trip in the past to the man sitting next to him.
"But it's even cooler to play with Milan Lucic, who was by far my favorite player when I was 10 years old. It's better to sit next to him.
This drew instant laughs from Lucic, who had the last laugh later in the evening when his goal midway through the second period, a five-hole shot behind Jarry, looked like he could be the winner.
"I was actually looking to move that to (Trevor Lewis) but he and (Mike) Matheson got tied up there so I was in a good scoring zone there. I pulled as hard as I could along the ice between the legs, as I did before, and off we went.
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It became his signing decision, as half of his six snipes this year have come this way.
Would he have played five holes if he had been chosen for the shootout?
"No, I sure would have mixed it up if I had been patted on the shoulder," he laughed.
"I think I'm around the 12th, 13th lunge (for the penalty shootout). You know what, on the breakaways I'm pretty good, but for some reason I'm 0-for-3 on penalties. But I'm excited around the 12 or 13 mark.
Earlier today, Lucic's first comments about his major Saturday boarding against Winnipeg's Dylan DeMelo were interesting.
"We made a check before on the game and we made eye contact," he said.
"He looked at me, I looked at him. He knew I was coming and he got into a bad patch.
"I'll tell you what, there are guys who said thank you because I saw them in vulnerable positions and I didn't finish them. "
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"I think DeMelo put himself in a vulnerable position.
"The rulebook says if it's a boarding call and if a guy is cut, it's automatically five-and-a-game. That's why it was five and one game.
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On June 27, 2017 June 27, 2017 By Tributary StuIn Week In, Week Out
Movie of the Week:
The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015)
The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015): It's my not so hidden secret that I want to visit Chernobyl one of these days. In preparation for the event, I thought some lessons of wisdom from radiation ridden old ladies might do me good. Babushkas turned out to be quite the sensitive portrayal of resilience and sentimentality in the face of the man-made adversity. The women still living in the wider exclusion zone couldn't bear leaving their homes as the reactor core melted in 1986 and in spite of their forced evacuation, they returned illegally to go on with their lives. Authorities deemed they would more likely be killed by old age than by the nuclear fallout (although the protagonists we see would have been in their early 50s back then), so they were permitted to stay. It's fascinating to see how everything looks normal, as if the thing had been shot somewhere in rural Romania, instead of one of the most toxic places on earth. What has always given me a sense of the otherworldly are the images of nature reclaiming Pripyat, the kind of post-apocalyptic foreshadowing so many disaster movies try hard to fake. Living on the now impure land, as they had always done, the babushkas are a testament to the small joys of life, with an emphasis on the importance of being and belonging ahead of mere survival. 7/10
Kong: Skull Island (2017): In a way, I didn't like much of what was going on in Kong:SI. The scriptwriting is frustrating and pompous, there are too many characters, the film has an overreliance on slow-mo and the monster fight is your usual WWF struggle. I mean, really, Hiddleston looks like he's posing for GQ in almost all his shots! There's a heavy visual influence of Apocalypse Now, which also spreads in varying ways across the characters, from John C. Reilly's Crusoe-esque character, to Samuel L. Jackson's blatant Colonel Kurtz impression. In spite of all this, though, I got taken in by the action, and managed to enjoy Kong, perhaps, more than I should have. It's a mystery. 6/10
Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017): I'm all in on anything Resident Evil, but it's even hard for me to find anything worth recommending in RE: Vendetta. This animated movie sure looks a lot like the games (and, of course, the previous animated films), bringing in familiar characters like Chris, Leon and Rebecca. The bulk of the story, about another frustrated douchebag arms-dealer wanting a new start for the world, takes place in that weird chronological order that the Resident Evil universe exists in and is pathetic. Everything looking like a collage of previous locations, characters and plots, sometimes just textured differently, which nobody seems to find familiar. I won't even complain about the off-key dramatic scenes or the by-the-numbers action moments, as I felt it more worrisome, that empathizing with anyone proved impossible. Plainly put, the writing on this is so awful, almost everything else goes with it. I never thought it would be possible to top or equal P.W.S. Anderson's live-action movies as long as you stuck to core characters, but it seems I was naive and idealistic. Skip this, even more so if you care about Resident Evil. 3/10
A Pleasant Quote
On June 23, 2017 By Tributary StuIn Quotes of Random Days
Please excuse my busy schedule this week, but a non-domestic travel arrangement severely hampered my movie-watching agenda. The couple of movies I did see are miles apart from one another.
Harvey (1950): Long festering on my watchlist, I gor around to watching this Jimmy Stewart showpiece by pure randomness. The night before the event, I endured my favourite football team squandering a gazillion chances to save their asses from a relegation play-off, which still happened later in the week, but the initial 2-1 home advantage was nightmare inducing. So when I awoke at 5 am and was bereft of any desire to rest any further, what else could have been more advised than checking out Stewart and his imaginary rabbit-friend? Well, it took some time getting used to the idea, but once that was achieved, I enjoyed Harvey. Its utterly optimistic approach to mental illness – to an almost frustrating degree – is more allegorical than rooted in practical nit-pickings and, of course, Stewart makes it work. Funnily, Josephine Hull, playing his irritating, conniving, selfish sister (but kind, oh-how-kind) ended up with an Oscar for her performance, in what was one of the only stand-out roles of her career. 7/10
Alien Resurrection (1997): TBH, maybe I only watched two movies so that I could put an Alien on the MotW list. Wish I was this premeditated – I only saw AR because I plopped my ass on a couch and there it was, running on one of my underused TV cable channels.Resurrection has this bad rap of being somehow the worst Alien film of the quadrilogy. Alien 3 gets a hall pass because Fincher has proved to be such a great director and, supposedly, the director's cut sorts out all the damage done by studio interference on the original cinematic cut. I disagree – while 3 is watchable and coherent, it lacks personality. Jean Pierre Jeunet's Resurrection is more of a wild bet, with Jeunet at the bottom of a long list of directors who refused the opportunity to work on the fourth Alien movie. As scriptwriter and nerd darling Joss Whedon disowned the execution of the film ("They said the lines but they said them all wrong. And they cast it wrong. And they designed it wrong. And they scored it wrong. They did everything wrong they could possibly do."), it isn't all too difficult to see shortcomings in AR. While I agree it could have been better and some scenes do come across ridiculously, I feel Resurrection is more enjoyable than Fincher's third iteration of the series, primarily because you've got many memorable scenes, awesome one-liners and the final 'boss' battle has a weird, disturbing emotional heft to it. Sure, most of the casting doesn't work very well (except for the ever-awesome Ron Perlman), the new Ripley is not particularly likable and it's just plain lazy to set a movie 200 years into the future but keep it artificially identical in visual style to the original story. But AR is the last Alien movie that still felt like an Alien movie, which matters a great deal to me. 7/10
On June 13, 2017 By Tributary StuIn Week In, Week Out
In a week so full of tennis, there was little time and energy left for the movies. A few still managed to be squeezed in and they weren't even half bad.
Movie of the Week
20th Century Women (2016)
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Airplane (1980): I somehow forgot to write about this – which is understandable, considering I caught it just after Saturday lunch, a pleasant no-memories-get-stored period of my week. It wasn't the first time I saw Airplane either and I'm quite the fan of the early work done by Abrahams and Zucker, especially the TV series Police Squad and its associated movie The Naked Gun (1988). Their particular brand of deadpan, literal humour has found a second coming in a recent series, Angie Tribeca, which does a good job in carrying the torch, but lacks some freshness. It all really got off with Airplane, one of the cornerstone parodies to have graced cinema screens, which does a balanced job in being ironic and amusing without feeling like a bunch of reels stuck together of the various movies it pokes at. A fun fact I just came across is that the Airplane is a sort of remake based on Zero Hour! (1957), as they share the same plot: food poisoning on a commercial flight wreaks havoc. Not much else in common as far as style is concerned, though. Long story short, if you're interested in a different kind of comedy, give it a shot. All goes well – you have some material to go through and laugh yourselves silly. 7/10
20th Century Women (2016): For whatever reason, it took me a while to get into 20thCW. The first part of the movie felt slow and a tad pretentious, as a complex assortment of characters drifts into the frame, led by Annette Benning's Dorothea Fields, a single mother worried about providing a rounded character-building youth to her son, Jamie. As the story progressed, or rather the personal intricacies deepened, I felt myself being taken in by a what proved to be a touching tale of motherhood, of womanhood, that manages to stay away from the obvious, the inauthentic, the political. There's this beautiful, nuanced subtlety to 20thCW, in how it explores its themes, and that's priceless. 8/10
The Young Zlatan (2015): My fascination with football biopics is a fact, as exhibited in the reviews on another couple of similar movies, Messi's disappointing re-enactment and C. Ronaldo's flamboyant, narcissistic ride. One would expect a player of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's stature, coming from a complex immigrant background in Sweden, to have an interesting story on its own merits, which indeed is the case. Constructed from archival footage, a surprising amount of it, we get some insight into Ibrahomvic's move from Malmö FF to Ajax Amsterdam and the age-old struggle to fit in, rise to the occasion of being more than just a big fish in a small pond. Although he appears in most scenes, sometimes even unguarded, it's hard to see beyond the cocky boy that Zlatan seemed to amount to in those days and get an understanding of the man. Nonetheless, I would argue this docu works well as a sort of cautionary tale towards talented youth anywhere, but particularly in sports, of how even someone who would end up being one of the best at his craft needs to overcome this particular type of adversity, show resilience and a willingness to endure. Also, you can see Zlatan playing some old-school Hitman, which is always fun. 7/10
Baywatch (2017): For whatever reason, I thought the first Baywatch trailer was fun and nostalgic – not that I had ever followed the series, but just as an afterthought to a bygone age. While the next couple of trailers seemed less inspired, I stuck to my initial gut feeling and went to check out this Dwayne Johnson – Zac Efron bonanza – hey, I had already seen and not totally hated Dirty Grandpa (2016), so how bad could it be? Truth is: it's not all that bad. You get what you expect – manly men, generically beautiful female characters with no personality, absurd concerns of seeming politically correct in spite of this, a TV-level plot, somewhat surprisingly TV level special effects, and a wallop of good banter between Johnson and Efron. I guess you can see the shortcomings right there. I did, however, have the occasional laugh and in spite of an almost ungodly two hour runtime, didn't get bored. Just cerebrally anesthetized, which can be a healthy thing. 5/10 (P.S. You just know most of the special effects budget went into making Pamela Anderson look like she was forty again)
Hidden Figures (2016): I like to thing I'm reasonably sized on most things NASA, so even delaying to watch HF for so long was shameful. The story conveying the importance of African-American women in the space-race of the 60s, a double whammy for the segregated American society of the day, is pretty much by the numbers. What elevates it into something pleasurable are the performances, especially those of the three female leads ( Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe), while even Kevin Costner's phoned-in good guy part makes you feel at home. Other than that, HF is the opposite of 20th CW in regards to how it flaunts its socio-political convictions, with little nuance and focusing on the absurd situations arising from a dysfunctional society. Pretty much your template Oscar movie, for better or worse. 7/10
On June 6, 2017 By Tributary StuIn Week In, Week Out
Not the best week quality-wise, but we're good on quantity. And you know what they say, the more you do it, the better human being you are. I was bemused by the Netflix ratings system, which seems confused due to the fact that both I and my mother sometimes use it. Consequently, although we like some similar films, we get horrible recommendations – stuff like ¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño? (2016) gets five stars and Anvil: The Story of Anvil! (2008) gets two. Shame.
High Fidelity (2000)
High Fidelity (2000): Re-watching HF was something I wanted to do for a while now. It's probably the third time seeing it, as I recall one occasion where I just couldn't remember John Cuasck's name until literally three seconds before it popped up on the end credits. I've read some of Hornby's books and seen a lot of his stuff that's been put to film, but HF is my favourite (yes, even ahead of About a Boy (2002) or An Education (2009), where he penned the screenplay; Brooklyn (2015) I have not yet seen). It's this sketch of the frustrated, egotistical, clueless young male that got to me, a self-enlightened anti-hero who envisions himself playing both the persecuted and the persecutor. Yet, we sort of like him, a) because it's John Cusack and b) because he's trying and conscious about his shortcomings, if unconvincing in his attempts to improve. So yeah, it's a solid rom-com with a lot of music and pop-culture. What else can you want? 8/10
War Machine (2017): The much touted Netflix production with Brad Pitt is an underwhelming, been-there, seen-that kind of affair. Being parodic about the bureaucracies of war and some inherent structural flaws in the conception of military leadership works for a while, but there's usually no end game, just a bunch of familiar truths and platitudes. Ultimately, you are better off watching Lord of War (2005) or Buffalo Soldiers (2001), a pair of flawed movies also riding on the charm of their leading men, which have the simple advantage of having been there first. 6/10
¿Qué Culpa Tiene el Niño? (2016): As I was intimating, Netflix fooled me here. This Mexican rom-com starring the gorgeously long-legged Karla Souza (How to Get Away with Murder) has its charms, but doesn't quite deliver. You sort of know what kind of ride you're going to get once the premise – a rich, talented woman in her late 20s gets pregnant after a one night stand with a hopeless guy in his early 20s – becomes apparent. The to and fro, the wannabe amusing side-characters, the I-can-provide-shtick, the spontaneous evolution, the odd surprise; nothing's new here, but it's reasonably well executed. Until the ending, that is, which felt completely off due to the, erm, moral implications of how it's presented. I fought against my better judgment to let it slide and choose a simpler, if less logical, interpretation of events, which eases my cerebral suffering and replaced the ending with the kilobyte equivalent in images of Souza. But, really, come on people! What the heck. 6/10
Table 19 (2017): Because I don't know when to call it quits, I doubled down on rom-coms with the uninspiring Table 19. It's weird that the movie doesn't work, given the many agreeable actors gathered in front of the camera (Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson, Stephen Merchant) and behind it (written by Mark & Jay Duplass, directed by Jeffrey Blitz, of Rocket Science (2007)). Alas, it doesn't, probably because the characters are bland and do not gel together well, mayhaps due to some ill-advised casting decisions (Lisa Kudrow and Craig Robinson together?). There's also a bizarre moment with a potential alternative suitor for our leading lady, which is then left unresolved, as if it didn't happen at all. And the conclusion, well, I really couldn't care less. 5/10
Wonder Woman (2017): I have enough experience by now to know that superhero movies going in the 90% on Rottentomatoes, or even mid-high seventies on Metacritic, are guaranteed to be competently executed, yet distinctly un-riveting. The same goes for WW, which I initially didn't even want to go watch, as Gal Gadot failed to impress my acute sensibilities in Batman v Superman (2016). Good reviews changed my mind, in spite of the knowledge I claimed to have gathered through experience, and, sure enough, I was entertained, but not excited. There is talk of the importance of having a strong female character, who happens to come from an exclusively matriarchal society, but what helps WW stand out is that it doesn't try too hard to build you up for whatever new cross-franchise mash-up they're going to release next year. There was even a moment, about three quarters of the movie in, that I felt something unexpected and insightful might be occurring, but it didn't last long before the usual order of things was resumed and we moved on to a finale with big pow-wow effects. Which was all fine and good, if it's what you want. 7/10
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Their Finest (2016): It made sense to stick to the feminist movies, this time with a more overtly feminist one in TF. Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Calflin and Bill Nighy (the latter, as himself – well, not really, but haha), it tracks back to the second world war and the integration/acceptance of women in scriptwriting. So, yeah, there's this trend now that's being ridden, emphasizing the involvement of women in as-of-then out-of-bounds domains, with the likes of Hidden Figures (2016) and even The Imitation Game (2014) offering similar insights. I'm not good at liking movies with such socio-political agendas, but what really undoes TF is its slow pace. Other than that, the movie is both sensitive and sensible, with the one big flaw of not having caught much of my interest and attention. 6/10
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On June 5, 2017 By Tributary StuIn Reviews


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Republican Socialist Solidarity
March 7, 2014 Frontline	Leave a comment
Below we are posting the statement agreed by the RSA Steering Committee in London on Feb. 14th in response to Cameron and Osborne. This is followed by a statement of solidarity sent to republican socialist organisations in Scotland by Steve Freeman, member of the Republican Socialist Alliance and Left Unity Party in England. He was a speaker at the 'After the UK – the future of 4 nations' session at the RIC national conference in Glasgow on 23.11.13.
1. WHY A SOCIAL REPUBLIC FOR ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND?
The Tories are facing their Waterloo. As the rivers flood and their credibility sinks the Tories and the whole British Establishment are preparing for their final battle with the people of Scotland. The Prime Minister's speech at the Olympic Park in East London launched his appeal for the people of England, Northern Ireland and Wales to back the Tory war effort. George Osborne, the Chancellor joined in a co-ordinated pincer movement to sabotage the Scottish economy in the event of a Yes vote. The Hammer of the Scots was soon backed up by the discredited Clegg and the discreditable Miliband.
The SNP government has offered to keep the pound and pay homage to the British monarchy in exchange for control of Scotland's assets. But with the pound stolen, the obvious retaliation is to end the monarchy and become a republic. But Scottish business, which backs the SNP government, fears a republic will unleash the forces of "people power".
2. RESPONSE FROM ENGLAND TO THE NEW THREATS TO THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE
This week has seen the British Establishment step up their war against the SNP government plan for constitutional change to be put to the Scottish people in September 2014.
The Prime Minister's speech at the Olympic Park in East London (February 7 2014) launched the attack by appealing to the people of England, Northern Ireland and Wales to back the Tory government in this struggle by appealing to British patriotism and commending the bloody history of the British Empire.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (February 13 2014) supported by Clegg and Miliband threatened to sabotage the Scottish economy by refusing the option of a currency union in the event of a Yes vote. This 'united front' of the three main Establishment (or monarchist) parties is the kind of unity which occurs, as in the Falklands war and the Iraq war, when the political class believe the fundamental interests of the state are at stake.
Whatever view we take of the SNP government plan for Scotland there are certain demands which the left in England, Northern Ireland and Wales must support.
We call on the labour movement, trade unions and socialist organisations, and the people of England, Northern Ireland and Wales more generally to support:-
1. The right of the Scottish people to self determination.
a) The right of the Scottish people to a referendum without threats of economic sabotage or covert action sanctioned under the UK state's Crown Powers.
b) The right of the Scottish people to form an independent sovereign democratic state.
2. A yes vote in the referendum
We will support those in Scotland who are calling for a democratic republican and internationalist approach to the referendum. We note this approach is being taken by the Radical Independence Conference which is critically supporting a Yes vote in September 2014. We will urge support for this approach by all progressive forces in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Regardless of the outcome of the referendum organised by the SNP government, we will support those in Scotland who intend to continue the struggle for self determination to secure an independent sovereign democratic social and secular republic with the closest voluntary relations with the people of England, Wales and Ireland.
3. People united
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Struggling to lose weight? A new device that wires your jaw together could help
July 1, 2021 teamjolycom
Things that were popular in the 80s often make a comeback—fashions, He-Man, retro consoles—but some are less welcome than others, such as the threat of global nuclear war. Something else that was surprisingly common during the decade was wiring people's jaws shut so they could lose weight, and now it's back, albeit in a much less horrifying form.
Researchers from the University of Otago and the UK have partnered on a weight-loss device called the DentalSlim Diet Control, which keeps wearers on a liquid-only diet by preventing them from opening their mouths wider than 2 mm (0.07 inches).
Unlike the old-fashioned method of wires attached to implants or braces, which is still occasionally used today for dieting purposing as well as fractures, DentalSlim features "magnetic devices and custom-manufactured locking bolts." It is attached to the first molars with orthodontic cement by a professional, and wearers get cheek protectors made from silicone to stop their mouths being cut to pieces while it's in place, which is good.
Researchers say the DentalSlim doesn't interfere with a wearer's breathing or speech and is less invasive and dangerous than the previous method of jaw wiring, which often led to gum disease, permanent jaw movement restrictions, and even psychiatric conditions.
One of the worst elements of the previous method of jaw wiring was the choking risk if a user vomited. The DentalSlim avoids this danger by providing users with an unlocking tool they carry with them at all times. It may seem an easy way for wearers to cheat, but no participant from a recent study reported having used this key. Those taking part in the trial lost an average of 6.36kg (14 pounds) in two weeks.
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"The beauty of it is that once patients are fitted with the device, after two or three weeks they can have the magnets disengaged. They could then have a period with a less restricted diet and then go back into treatment," said Lead researcher, University of Otago Health Sciences Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Brunton.
"It is a non-invasive, reversible, economical and attractive alternative to surgical procedures."
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Best alternative-movie picks: '39 Steps,' more
This week's off-the-grid options include "The 39 Steps," one of the best thrillers ever, and "Mary and the Witch's Flower," new Japanese animation.
Best alternative-movie picks: '39 Steps,' more This week's off-the-grid options include "The 39 Steps," one of the best thrillers ever, and "Mary and the Witch's Flower," new Japanese animation. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2FrsMDC
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Robert Donat (right, with Madeleine Carroll) plays a man wrongly accused of murder while pursuing a spy ring in Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 classic thriller "The 39 Steps."(Photo: Journal Sentinel files)
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"The Hunger": The first modern-era movie to make vampires cool, this slick 1983 horror-thriller stars Catherine Deneuve as a seductive vampire who changes the lives of her companion (David Bowie) and a doctor (Susan Sarandon) whose specialty is aging. 5906 W. Vliet St. 9 p.m. Friday, with a DJ spin starting at 8 p.m. $5.
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"The 39 Steps": An engineer unwittingly gets caught up in an attempt to catch a deadly spy ring in Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 masterpiece. Church in the City, 2648 N. Hackett Ave. 7 p.m. Saturday. $3.
Info: ficoa.biz/focus.htm
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"Pillow Talk": Rock Hudson and Doris Day star in this 1959 opposites-attract romantic comedy, nearly stolen by Tony Randall as the former's best friend who's in love with the latter. 2473 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. 10:30 a.m. Saturday. $5, with a brunch menu available.
Info: avalonmke.com
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"Hangman": Al Pacino plays a detective on the trail of a serial killer whose crimes mirror the children's game Hangman in this 2017 movie, which didn't open in Milwaukee theaters last year but is getting a one-time showing in three theaters Thursday: 4:30 p.m. at Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet St.; 2:45 p.m. at Avalon Theater, 2473 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.; and 4:15 p.m. at Rosebud Cinema, 6823 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa.
Info: rosebudcinema.com
A girl's life is changed by an enchanted plant in "Mary and the Witch's Flower." (Photo: Fathom Events)
"Mary and the Witch's Flower": Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the director of the Oscar-nominated movie "When Marnie Was Here," returns with a fresh animated fantasy about a girl who gets unusual powers from a strange and beautiful flower. It's getting a one-night showing Thursday at hundreds of theaters around the country, including Marcus Theatres' Majestic, Menomonee Falls, North Shore, Ridge and South Shore cinemas, with a dubbed version at 7 p.m. and a subtitled edition showing at 8 p.m. $15.
Info: marcustheatres.com and fathomevents.com
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How COVID-19 Could Hit Chicago's Budget
State and local government budgets across America are reeling from the pandemic's economic blow. What will it look like in Chicago?
May 8, 2020, 6 a.m. CT
Katherine Nagasawa / WBEZ
There was an extra tax on every restaurant bill, higher fees for solo ride-share trips and a property tax hike to keep public libraries open on Sundays.
These were just a few of the measures newly-elected Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot took to close the city's $838 million deficit for this year.
Then came COVID-19.
Restaurants closed. Rush hour vanished. Public libraries are closed every day of the week. Lightfoot's best-laid plans had, in fact, gone awry.
The pandemic is wreaking havoc on government budgets across the country as tax revenues plummet. But it will be weeks, months — even years — before Chicago taxpayers know the full impact of the coronavirus crisis on public services — and on their pocketbooks.
Chicago is in line for about $1.6 billion in federal stimulus money from the federal CARES Act, but with a $10 billion budget to balance, City Hall officials will have a big task ahead of them. Here's what we know so far about how Lightfoot's budget is holding up during the pandemic.
Even before coronavirus, Chicago faced a tough 2021 budget.
Before the pandemic hit, city officials had already projected budget shortfalls beyond 2020's historic budget gap. Assuming a stable economy and little to no changes in revenues and expenses, budget documents predicted a $1.187 billion deficit for 2021 — one of the largest in city history.
"There wasn't revenue to cover [2021 expenses] before coronavirus," said Ralph Martire, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, which analyzes government finances.
The mayor's budget forecast includes a negative outlook that would increase the gap to $1.6 billion. City budget officials have yet not said if they're in this "worst case scenario" — or whether next year's project deficit could be even bigger than that.
"There is no doubt that the pandemic will have an impact on the city's economy, but we can't know to what extent until we come out of this health crisis," said Kristen Cabanban, Lightfoot's budget spokeswoman.
Lightfoot has been asked repeatedly about how COVID-19 might hit the city's finances, and she frequently returns to the same refrain: Chicago does not overly rely on any single revenue stream, which diversifies the city's risk. That is true.
But what happens if all or most of them decline?
With concerts canceled, Netflix could help.
Under the city budget, there's a whole section of revenue labeled "recreation taxes" that include extra charges on liquor, cigarettes, boating and concerts. The biggest money maker in the category is the "amusement tax."
That's a catch-all phrase for the tax the city charges on a diverse set of amusements, from concerts to baseball games to Netflix.
In 2020, the amusement tax was expected to bring in $193.9 million. It had grown the previous year after former Mayor Rahm Emanuel increased the tax to 9% for large venues, like concerts at the United Center, football games at Soldier Field and baseball games at Wrigley. He did away with the tax for smaller venues.
But nobody is gathering right now in groups of more than 10 people, much less groups of 10,000. And such large events aren't expected to return until the final phase of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's reopening plan, which could take months. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra already canceled shows through June 9, and Pitchfork called off its music festival scheduled for July.
But there is a silver lining in the giant, dark cloud that is 2020's amusement tax collections: Streaming services.
"Our amusement tax — 30% of it is from streaming fees. And a lot more folks are saying, 'Oh, I'm streaming more Netflix,' " Martire said, noting that about $81 million was expected to come from streaming fees this year.
What's a restaurant tax worth when all dining rooms are closed?
Chicago planned to rake in an additional $20 million this year from an increase to the city's restaurant tax. It amounted to an extra $0.25 on a $100 bill. That tax is on top of the sales tax collected at restaurants.
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, revenues were in line with expectations, Cabanban said. But with restaurants and bars closed under the stay-at-home order, the expectation of anemic tax revenue for March, April and May will likely dash any hopes of having this stream of money help bail out the city. The restaurant tax does not apply to delivery and takeout orders, which have been allowed to continue during Illinois' stay-at-home order.
Cabanban said the city does not yet have reliable numbers for a lot of its tax revenue – including from restaurants – because it's given businesses until June 30 to actually send in the taxes they've collected.
As downtown congestion evaporates, so could potential tax revenue.
Money from the city's ground transportation tax had already grown significantly under Emanuel, who first imposed extra fees on rideshares, like Uber and Lyft, to bring in some extra cash.
Lightfoot took it to the next level in 2020 when she added surcharges for trips downtown and during rush hour to reduce congestion. The moves were estimated to bring in an additional $43 million for an expected total of $190.5 million in 2020. And as of the end of March, revenues were at about $48.5 million, up from $28.9 million during the same period last year, according to the city budget spokeswoman.
"As soon as this [pandemic] started to hit, people started moving more to ride-share than they had before, so that's actually a number that's up," Lightfoot said on a conference call in early April.
Still, the global pandemic is reducing congestion more than any tax increase could have. Cell phone data provided by the city shows Chicagoans have been staying close to home since the stay-at-home order went into effect. That means fewer people are commuting downtown.
One glimmer of hope: There is a new charge on solo rideshare trips, which could help the city's bottom line, considering nobody is taking group rides with strangers. (Rideshare apps Uber and Lyft aren't even offering shared rides right now.) But, like restaurants, rideshare companies and taxi drivers have until June 30 to send in the taxes they've collected, so the full impact on Chicago's budget still isn't clear.
Property tax is still largest revenue stream, but stability is in question.
Property taxes make up the city's largest revenue stream and are traditionally the most stable. They help fund basic government services, schools and public safety.
However, as businesses shut down, unemployment rises and people struggle to pay their rent or mortgages, even property taxes could be shaky. Because property taxes are collected by the county and are one year behind, the pandemic's impact on property tax revenue won't show up immediately.
The Cook County Assessor recently announced he would be reviewing assessments for every single piece of property in the county as COVID-19 takes its toll on the economy. This move could provide relief to property owners, but it will impact how much local governments can collect.
Is there a steeper pension cliff ahead?
While the city has a litany of taxes to generate a couple hundred million here or a few million there, it all feels like small potatoes next to the city's expenses. One of the largest line items is the annual payment made to the four retirement funds for city workers — pensions that were in deep trouble long before the pandemic.
If you have a retirement account and haven't looked at it in the last two months, don't.
"Now, my retirement age has been pushed out to 137 years old," Martire joked when first asked about the city's pension obligations.
According to Martire, the same market downturn that might have you sweating about your own retirement is also hitting the city's pensions. According to the most recent projections available, the city is required to pay about $1.8 billion into the retirement funds of city workers in 2021.
The $1.8 billion number isn't going to change much since it will be based on investment performance from 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But when it comes time to recalculate the required payments due in 2022, it's going to be ugly.
The city's required pension contribution is already scheduled to increase significantly then, as the city starts kicking in a lot more money each year to all of its pension funds in order to get them on a path to solvency. The most recent projections for 2022 put the total due at more than $2.2 billion. But there's a good chance that number will rise significantly, as the city has to shell out more money to make up for the funds' investment losses caused by COVID-19.
In other words, the pension cliff Chicago was already due to see in 2022 just got a lot taller.
"The return on investment assumptions for the next few years are going to be wrong," Martire said.
He added that now might be a good time for Lightfoot's administration to turn to borrowing in order to help meet its pension future pension payments.
"This kind of refinancing makes perfect sense," Martire said. "It's the right thing to do. It is a structural reform, and it may be the only way really if you believe in a principle we call 'math' for the city to be able to deal with this problem."


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Q: Using Fonts in System with iTextSharp I want to use iTextSharp to write some text. I'm using this method:
var font = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_BOLD, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);

My question is: does iTextSharp support all fonts in the system fonts directory?
Say I have a font called 'mycoolfont' selected by the user in the font chooser dialog. Can I create a new iTextSharp font like this?
var font = BaseFont.CreateFont("mycoolfont", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
overContent.SetFontAndSize(font, fontSize);

UPDATE:
I tried var font = BaseFont.CreateFont("Verdana", BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED); but got the error "Verdana" is not recognized by itextsharp

A: Im posting this since someone else might find this useful.
I had a similar problem when i ran my code on server. The reason being itextsharp could not find the font style in OS.
My PDF showed some random font style when it could not find the font(dint throw error).
I copied the required font files (.ttf) to my project bin folder and used following code.
public static BaseFont GetFont(string fontName)
{
    return BaseFont.CreateFont(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Bin/" +   fontName + ".ttf"), BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
}

Here i get the desired font
`BaseFont sm = GetFont("comic"); //The fontName here should exactly match` the` file name in bin folder

A: 1st you need to register the font and then just retrieve it from the FontFactory (and don't create it every time):
public static iTextSharp.text.Font GetTahoma()
{
    var fontName = "Tahoma";
    if (!FontFactory.IsRegistered(fontName))
    {
         var fontPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\tahoma.ttf";
         FontFactory.Register(fontPath,fontName);
    }
    return FontFactory.GetFont(fontName, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
}

A: I ended up combining the 2 answers here into this method:
public static Font GetFont(string fontName, string filename)
{
    if (!FontFactory.IsRegistered(fontName))
    {
        var fontPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\" + filename;
        FontFactory.Register(fontPath);
    }
    return FontFactory.GetFont(fontName, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
}

Which I then use in my code like so:
writer.DirectContent.SetFontAndSize(GetFont("Franklin Gothic Medium Cond", "FRAMDCN.TTF").BaseFont, 24f);

On Windows you can find out the font's file name from the font's property sheet:

I also found that you have to use the font's exact name on the Details tab:

A: In case this variation helps someone.
This is a variation on VahidN's answer.
In this solution, you can use (at least on our filesystem) the fonts in the fonts folder of Visual Studio.  This makes for a more self-contained (and potentially more 'portable') Visual Studio project.  So rather than trying to find the fonts folder on your Windows operating system... which may change the next time Windows develops a new operating system, the fonts are all in your Project.
Please note that I need 'BaseFont.EMBEDDED' to be true for my particular Project.  This is not generally needed for all Projects (see other answers on this page).  Please vary the arguments of 'FontFactory.GetFont()' as needed for your Project.  There are many overloads available.
Side-note: The fonts folder of the Windows file system shouldn't change.  But is it guaranteed to stay in the same place in the next version of Windows?  Plus if you load your Project onto a new computer because your hard drive crashed, and you are using a Project backup... is the font you need already in the fonts folder of your Windows file system?  If so, great.  If not, you've got to go get it.  No big deal usually.  But, if you had tied the font permanently to your Project via this solution, it's one less hassle.
The main change to the code is:
Instead of 'Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot")'
Use: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath("\")
Also note that 'ttf' font file has been placed in the 'fonts' folder of my Project:

public static iTextSharp.text.Font GetFontAwesome()
{
string fontName = "fontawesome";
if (!FontFactory.IsRegistered(fontName))
{
var fontPath = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath("\\") + "fonts\\fontawesome-webfont.ttf";
FontFactory.Register(fontPath, fontName);
}

var FontColour = new BaseColor(0, 0, 0); // optional... ints 0, 0, 0 are red, green, blue
int FontStyle = iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL;  // optional
float FontSize = iTextSharp.text.Font.DEFAULTSIZE;  // optional

return FontFactory.GetFont(fontName, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED, FontSize, FontStyle, FontColour );
 // last 3 arguments can be removed
}

Then just call the function...
var fontawesomeFont = GetFontAwesome();
The use the function:
    Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
    paragraph.Add(new Chunk("Hello world! "));
    paragraph.Add(new Chunk("\xf118", fontawesomeFont));
    paragraph.Add(new Chunk("\xf14a", fontawesomeFont));
    paragraph.Add(new Chunk("\xf0c8", fontawesomeFont));
    paragraph.Add(new Chunk("\xf046", fontawesomeFont));
    paragraph.Add(new Chunk("\xf096", fontawesomeFont));

    document.Add(paragraph);

This variation allows you to also change the color however you wish via 'new BaseColor(0, 0, 0)' above.  (If you want, try (255,0,0) for a red font.)
FYI - Specific to fontawesome
I'm using the font awesome cheatsheet codes from: https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/cheatsheet/

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