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Welsh Rugby Union
The quiet yet welcome rugby revolution that's been sweeping across Wales
Girls' and women's rugby is soaring in popularity in Wales. Here's a look at how and why
Katie Sands
Charlotte Wathan with several young rugby players (Image: Ben Evans/Huw Evans Agency)
Every match day and training session up and down Wales, at whatever level of the game, players will lace up their boots, pop in their gum shields, don their kit with pride and head out to race, tackle and scrum - all for the love of rugby.
Our nation's well-documented, deep and sustained love affair with the sport appears to know no bounds, whether it's fans' adoration for stars on the international stage or the generations of players, volunteers and coaches who have helped make the game what it is today at grassroots level.
But, in more recent years, the sport has gained more of a foothold than ever before with girls and women.
The girls' community game in Wales now boasts more than 4,309 junior players who are registered in clubs. They are either playing mixed junior rugby or are active members in designated for girls' and women's hubs, of which there are 32 in Wales.
It's a drastic surge compared to the couple of hundred who were actively playing rugby four years ago at community level, and is testament to the resource and drive put into developing the women's game in Wales in recent years.
The woman tasked with spearheading such growth is Charlotte Wathan.
A wide-ranging job description sees her oversee all strategy around the women's and girls' game at the Welsh Rugby Union, from on-field performance and participation to off-field issues like profile, perception, governance and leadership.
She is also tasked with helping to diversify the culture of rugby and change the image of rugby volunteering, coaching, refereeing, officiating and committee roles, too.
Charlotte Wathan looks on during a session (Image: Ben Evans/Huw Evans Agency)
A pretty big remit, then, for a role she took on almost a year ago. Prior to that, Charlotte was responsible for participation in women's rugby.
The next three years, Charlotte explains, are a golden opportunity to "show Wales and the wider communities that there is a place for women in rugby, and that's not just women and girls playing rugby, that's supporting rugby in its entirety - the male and female game.
"It's those grassroot structures and frameworks that need to be in place, so that there's a sustainable infrastructure for the next 30 years, not just for the good of rugby and Welsh rugby, but actually for Wales, the communities, for women - for everyone."
THE BARRIERS
Various barriers have stood in its way to date, and yet perception remains one of the biggest challenges to further growth.
"Interestingly, it's not girls that are necessarily put off by rugby, it's quite often the stakeholders around girls - potentially parental influence, or the fact that it's just not visible, or hasn't been overly seen as an option.
"The quotes we get all the time for girls is 'I never thought I could play rugby', 'I didn't realise girls could play rugby'...
"There are undoubtedly some challenging mindsets around perception of girls playing rugby, but the question I always go back to whenever I get challenged on it is 'why not?'
"There's something incredibly powerful about the values of rugby for us, that sense of belonging, building lifelong friendships, feeling part of something in the community.
"When you strip it all back, those are the really important things - bringing people back to rugby, to sport, to their community hubs."
'HAVING THE GIRLS' CLUSTER HAS COMPLETED OUR CLUB'
The WRU's girls' and women's hub scheme - previously known as clusters - saw its fourth season draw to a close this summer. Before they existed, the only way girls could play rugby was in mixed club provision.
From the Red Kites in Brecon and the Sospans in Llanelli to the Ogwr Hawks, they are all part of a joined-up approach to boost girls' participation in the community game. Each hub has its own distinctive identity and offers family-friendly rugby environments for girls aged six to 18 and, in some cases, provides rugby-based fitness activities for adult women, too.
One such success story so far is Jesters. They train out of RTB Ebbw Vale on a pitch tucked behind a row of houses in the hilly town. It's the type of place where it's the people and a friendly welcome that give it its warmth, but a cup of tea doesn't do any harm either.
Jesters is one of 32 hubs set up in Wales (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
Formed in 2016, Jesters hub lead Robbie Young says they were expecting only 10-12 girls to turn up for the first session.
"Forty turned up from age seven to 14 and 15. The day before that first session there was snow up here, and it was raining the first session!"
Now attracting around 60 girls for training during the height of a season, the benefits have been there for all to see.
"The main thing it gives them is confidence," he explains.
"They lose their inhibitions, shyness, which is fabulous, because when you started you wouldn't hear anything out of them, they'd be really shy and timid.
"They never had the opportunity so if you don't know about something, you won't miss it."
A young player runs with the ball during a Jesters training session (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
Another success story is Bridgers, who play out of Llantwit Fardre RFC. They have weekly sessions for Under-7s right up to Under-18s, and will start playing again in March.
Dan Michel, secretary of the hub, says: "Having the girls' cluster and the women's team has completed us as a club and it feels a proper family unit. They've benefited our club massively."
Last season, there were 165 girls registered, and many of the club's senior women's side, the Pink Rhinos, pitch in with coaching, too.
Dan pays tribute to the work of Tony Davies, chair of the Bridgers committee, without whom "there probably would be many girls in the area without the option to play rugby.
"Once people give girls' and women's rugby a try and let go of, perhaps, misconceptions that it's not as good to watch as the boys and men's games, they'll find they couldn't have been more wrong."
A new addition to the hub family, Neath RFC have been given the green light to launch a female hub at the Gnoll in March, called the Neath Panthers.
Plans are in place to cater for mini and juniors up to the age of 16 in the first season, plus rugby fitness and rugby boot camps for seniors, before rolling out to Under-18s and senior provision in the second season.
Matt Church, CEO of Neath Rugby, says: "This is our first foray into the women's game.
"We want to integrate back within the community and the women's game is a key to that.
"We're pleased to have the opportunity to go down that path and if we can assist the women's game across Wales and look to develop some elite players that's what we're here for. We want to become a stakeholder in the town from all angles of rugby."
Once up and running, there will actually be more provision for young girls than boys at the Gnoll.
Rugby is being seen as a unique offering (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
FILLING A VOID AND RUGBY'S 'UNIQUE' ATTRACTION
The hubs have filled a void and given girls who want to try the sport, train and play a natural pathway to do so.
"We've got 300 odd clubs across Wales, and obviously tens of thousands of men and boys playing rugby," Charlotte explains. "What we don't have is the critical mass - or haven't had - to service a women's team or club. The difficulty then is where do you put them?
"Women's sport is a tough place to be, around the challenges that we see across physical activity for female engagement. The traditional drop-off is at 13, and a big part of that is girls will have had a negative experience of their sport, physical activity, PE, etc.
"They don't see sport for them and they will make a decision at 13, 'that's it, sport's not for me and I'm not sporty'. We've seen evidence of girls sticking with that for life then."
Rugby can then offer a "unique" attraction, away from the more traditional "girls'" sports offered in school like netball, hockey and gymnastics.
"What are we seeing is positioning rugby as something that's okay to have a go at, because it is new, it's different, there's not that traditional 'role models look like this'. It's almost really stripped back some of that confinement."
Great strides have been made in schools, increasing girls' rugby activity.
From girls' rugby in schools being almost non-existent when the WRU introduced the first hub officers to 43 schools in 2014 - less than 200 girls played in the 43 schools back then - that figure climbed to almost 10,000 girls playing rugby in 2016/17. For 2018/19, the figure rose to 18,791 girls playing rugby in secondary schools.
"We've got hub officers, which is WRU-owned provision for education, so mainly secondary schools, colleges and some HE", Charlotte says.
"One of the things we did last year was to build a specific female curriculum for those hub officers to work on. We're seeing they've done at least a term of rugby, if not a full 12 months."
Some of the players at Ebbw Vale's Jesters (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
Ambitions are there to reduce the number of players whose first experience of rugby comes at university, while another aim is to see rugby become mainstreamed in primary and secondary schools across Wales within the next three years.
"The hub programme is our obvious place to start with secondary", Charlotte says. "We're in just under 50% of state secondary schools in Wales, where we have a hub officer.
"How do we dial that up? How do we take it where they've done at least a term of rugby, to where it is mainstreamed on the curriculum? That is the ambition. How long will it take us? I would really to think in the next two to three years."
Rugby bosses have stopped themselves short of setting an official target, because "the cruellest thing we can do is we dial up this rugby activity and we haven't then necessarily got the exit routes or the staff resource around it, because that would be quite cruel.
"We're not just firing ahead in one avenue without having the plan around it. But for sure, that's the ambition."
Charlotte says the next three years are seen as a golden opportunity to grow the sport among girls and women further (Image: Ben Evans/Huw Evans Agency)
Schools are exactly where the target audience is.
"While we're working hard to promote and change the profile of girls' rugby, and do a lot of work with the hubs, and the communication and marketing around that, just like in any other sport, are girls who haven't necessarily touched rugby or had a positive experience of rugby going to suddenly turn up on your doorstep on a rainy Monday night at 7pm and say, 'Hi, I want to play rugby'?
"They're not going to, and that's not just a rugby issue, that's a sport issue. If we can give them positive experiences through education, that's positive for us."
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CHOOSING TO BE DIFFERENT
By virtue of girls' rugby being a relatively new offering en masse, there is the opportunity to do things a little differently.
Men's rugby in Wales enjoys a history and culture stretching back 140 years, while the women's game is still developing after decades of predominantly male-dominated focus.
That freedom offers a chance to build something special from scratch.
"What we do need to do, is to undoubtedly work with the male game and the male infrastructure across the board, from grassroots to performance, to look at where can we share resource", Charlotte adds.
"Where is the best practice? It's not a case of wanting everything the same as the male game because that's not right for the female game now, or possibly ever in the future. Who knows? It's different and the same all in one go.
"What we are seeing is some of the new campaigns and programmes are having a direct positive impact on the male game as well.
"Any diversifying of groups and voices in any meeting, in any room, in any environment is a positive thing. Ultimately that brings a richer culture to what we're trying to do anyway."
Charlotte Wathan with a group of rugby-loving girls (Image: Ben Evans/Huw Evans Agency)
The ultimate commitment is to drive a whole range of rugby activity, whether it's girls playing touch or tag, in the community or at school, playing competitively for clubs or on the international stage - as long as there's a positive experience to go with it.
"We, as Welsh Rugby Union, have a desire - or have a duty - to ensure that Welsh rugby is maintained in the heart of the culture of Wales for the next 140 years.
"When you go and talk to people across Wales or outside of Wales, when they talk about being Welsh, often they refer to rugby.
"I think we've got a duty of care to try and keep that in the fabric of Wales."
Growing the girls' and women's game is seen as integral to that.
As November drew to a close, Wales' women's side prepared for their historic double-header against the Barbarians at the Principality Stadium.
Prior to the match, captain Siwan Lillicrap admitted she did not start playing rugby until she was 17, because there just weren't the opportunities to do so at a younger age.
Thankfully, that lack of opportunity is now a thing of the past.
You can find your nearest hub by visiting www.wru.wales/girlsrugby
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Saxa was at the head of the left-hand couch, adjacent to Priscus. Below him were Varus and the teacher, Pandareus.
Corylus wasn't present. There was no reason he should have been. It was just a possibility, an obvious thing to wonder about, that was all.
There was no bench on the right end. Instead, two chairs had been placed there with little side tables to hold the dishes or cup that the diner wasn't using at the moment.
Alphena looked at the arrangement. Because I'm a girl!
Hedia laughed like a string of little silver chimes. "Perhaps a trifle younger, Marcus dear," she said.
Alphena settled onto the end of the couch, what would have been the middle couch if there had been the normal three. She took most of her meals in her suite, sitting upright. She'd only complained because her father had directed her to sit instead of reclining, and now she realized–as an instant's thought should have told her–that it was her stepmother, not Saxa, who had decided that.
She'd seen an insult where there hadn't been one. She had to stop doing that and not pick unnecessary fights.
Alphena grinned. She wasn't sure what the vision in the theater meant, but it seemed likely that it involved enough fighting for even the most pugnacious of young ladies.
He gestured toward the teacher with a broad grin.
"So I've been told," Pandareus said blandly.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. "Tardus sipped his wine and said, 'You mention sorcery, Marcus Tardus.'" This has to be a typo, or else Tardus is talking to himself – and for that matter, it was Priscus who mentioned sorcery. And he responded to Tardus too.


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Charles Adrien His graaf de Butenval (Évreux, 3 juni 1809 - Bagnères-de-Bigorre, 15 maart 1883) was een Frans hoog ambtenaar, diplomaat en politicus ten tijde van het Tweede Franse Keizerrijk.

Biografie
In de jaren 1850 was hij enige tijd de Franse ambassadeur in België. In deze hoedanigheid woonde hij op 5 april 1853 de eedaflegging bij van Leopold II in de Belgische Senaat als senator van rechtswege. Hij was tevens staatsraad in de Raad van State.

Op 4 november 1865 werd His de Butenval door keizer Napoleon III benoemd tot senator. Hij zou in de Senaat blijven zetelen tot de afkondiging van de Derde Franse Republiek op 4 september 1870.

Zie ook
 Lijst van senatoren tijdens het Tweede Franse Keizerrijk
 Belgisch-Franse betrekkingen
 Leopold II in de Belgische Senaat

Senator tijdens het Tweede Franse Keizerrijk
Frans ambassadeur
Frans ambtenaar

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UTair orders 50 Mil Mi-8AMT helicopters
Russian airline Utair has signed for 50 Mil Mi-8AMT heavy-lift helicopters as part of a fleet modernisation.
To be delivered from 2022, the agreement with Russian Helicopters, unveiled at the MAKS air show, also commits the manufacturer to improve the efficiency of the M-8AMT to allow operation with a two-person crew.
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Russian airline already operates fleet of Mi-8s
Andrey Boginsky, director general of Russian Helicopters, points out that two-person operation has previously been implemented on the related Mi-171A2, whose launch customer was Utair.
The Mi-8AMT can carry up to 27 passengers or 4t of cargo, the airframer says.
Utair says it will use the new helicopters to support oil and gas projects, initially for the Vostock Oil development in central Russia on behalf of customer Rosneft.
"Together, we managed to create a unique product for the world helicopter market with the highest level of flight safety at a minimum price for heavy helicopters," says Utair chief executive Andrey Martirosov.
"Fleet replenishment will bring a positive budgetary effect and will create many new jobs for pilots, engineers and ground service workers."
Russian Helicopters head appointed to lead MC-21 manufacturer Irkut
Russian Helicopters head Andrey Boginsky is to take over as chief of airframer Irkut – producer of the MC-21 twinjet – after the company's board agreed to end the tenure of Ravil Khakimov after two-and-a-half years. At a 30 November board meeting Boginsky was approved to serve a three-year term ...
Russian Helicopters lands deal for upgraded Ka-52Ms
Russian Helicopters has signed an agreement with Russia's defence ministry to supply upgraded Kamov Ka-52M Alligator helicopters.
Boeing to open fourth 737 production line, in Everett
Boeing plans in 2024 to expand its 737 Max production footprint by opening a new production line at its facility in Everett, supplementing the three 737 lines at its original 737 assembly site in Renton.
Airbus promises to be 'voice of reason' in face of eVTOL hype
Airbus Helicopters intends to be the "voice of reason" in the emerging market for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, arguing that the industry is making too many unrealistic promises about service entry.


Sledding is a winter staple for most families and kids-at-heart. Here's a list of some of the best places to go sledding in Northern Colorado!
The sledding hill is on the east side of the park, east of the pond and west of N Monroe Ave. Parking is available along Monroe Ave.
The sledding hill is located along the north side of the EPIC parking lot. Enjoy some hot chocolate at the snack bar or slip into the hot tub afterward!
Since you're on that side of town, take a drive down Overland Trail after sledding to Vern's Place in Laporte to enjoy one of their famous cinnamon rolls!
The hill beside Nottingham Field on the University of Northern Colorado campus has been a popular sledding destination for decades. Celebrate your love for Greeley with this tradition!
The hilly area in the Fox Run community is a popular yet less-crowded sledding area in Greeley. If you hate crowds, this is the place for you!
The large hill behind the Water Valley Senior Living Resort is another popular Weld County sledding destination. Go hug some senior citizens when you're done!


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The Lineup for the Official Prince Tribute Concert in October Has Been Announced
By David Canfield
Sept 16, 201610:47 AM
Prince.
Bertrand Guay
In late July, Prince's estate teased a concert for the fall—an official tribute concert after the many that have taken place since the musical icon's untimely death. In recent months, artists ranging from Beyoncé to Questlove to Janelle Monáe have performed Prince classics for mourning fans, while The Revolution, Prince's legendary backing band, recently reunited to take on "Purple Rain" and other hit songs.
Now, after months of anticipation, details on the date, venue, and lineup of the official tribute show have been revealed. Prince: The Official Prince Tribute—A Celebration of Life & Music is currently set for an Oct. 13 launch at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. And as first reported by City Pages, the artists among those slated to perform are Christina Aguilera, Anita Baker, Bilal, Mint Condition, Morris Day & the Time, Doug E. Fresh, Luke James, Tori Kelly, Chaka Khan, John Mayer, and Stevie Wonder.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Prince's estate is expected to raise more than $1 million from the event.


Here are some new pictures of Metal Gear Rising merchandise that was announced earlier, this time with the packaging and some additional info.
The sword flash drive comes with an exclusive 'Return to Ashes' track by Jamie Cristopherson, who did the soundtrack for the game.
It holds up to 2GB of data.
A picture of the 'Raiden Rocks' candy.
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Let's Look at the Russell's Rut
The longer-term chart of the Russell 2000 shows it peaked in the fall of 2018 and has never come close to regaining that level -- but why?
By HELENE MEISLER
Oct 07, 2019 | 06:00 AM EDT
When we look at a longer-term chart of the Russell 2000, we all know that it peaked in the fall of 2018 and has never come close to regaining that level again. But why?
I hear plenty of reasons. It's late cycle. They are drowning in debt. They are loaded with financials, which weigh it down. I'm sure there are other reasons bantered about, but those are the ones that I hear most often.
Let's begin with the chart itself. This small cap index closed at 1500 on Friday. It was 1500 in October of 2017. That's two years of nothing. Now I know in the course of those two years, the Russell did see a rally of about 15%, which is nothing to scoff at. With the exception of the summer rally in 2018 -- from 1550 to 1750 and the fall decline from 1750 to almost 1250 -- this index has been in a trading range.
We can highlight the Bank Index as being somewhat similar, but the Bank Index actually enjoyed almost an entire year above the range. Not to mention that the Bank Index peaked in January 2018, not in October. Therefore, I don't see how folks can say that as go the banks, so goes the Russell. The only common theme I see is that both groups have gone nowhere in two years, only the banks are closer to three years.
How does the Bank Index compare to the Russell 2000? It's got a similar shape in that there was that spike high in early 2018 and it moved lower, but once it pushed down just over a year ago, it's been in a range, not a steady decline.
Now let's look at the Russell 2000 compared to the S&P 500. We had many ups and downs in 2017 and even the first half of 2018, but since the middle of 2018 it has been a one way street in favor of the large caps.
If you're staring at this chart of the ratio and asking, Where have I seen that chart before? Take a look at the chart of the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. It's almost the same shape as the ratio chart.
The ratio peaked around three or four months before interest rates peaked, but rates have been on a one-way path since November of last year. Now look back at that ratio chart and you will see it was already at the lower band in November. Notice you can see the September 2019 spike in rates and the exact same spike in the ratio (blue circle). Yet, over that time the Bank Index and the Russell on its own have remained in their respective ranges.
It looks to me like small caps prefer higher interest rates, which intuitively makes no sense if they are loaded in debt (at least not to me; I am happy to be schooled in why I am wrong, though). But what I do know is these charts say if rates are going lower, then the small caps are likely to continue their under performance.
As for Friday's market, the S&P filled its gap, so the island is no longer in play. Aside from that, there was very little change in any of the indicators after Friday's rally.
At the time of publication, Helene Meisler had no position in the securities mentioned.
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Carnival's Valuation Is a Head Scratcher
Jan 15, 2021 1:33 PM EST
Markets may be painting an overly rosy picture for the cruise ship company.


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"Full authority has been given to me both in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations" (Matth 28, 18-19).
1. These words from today's Gospel take on a special meaning in the context of the Jubilee which, together with the World Youth Day, the Church in the Philippines is celebrating. Four hundred years ago, in 1595, the first Ecclesiastical Province was set up on these Islands: the Archdiocese of Manila and the Dioceses of Cebu, Caceres and Nueva Segovia.
I greet the whole Filipino people, wonderful Filipino people. I greet all their Pastors. I thank Cardinal Sin for these kind words of welcome. I greet also His Excellency President Ramos and the Authorities.
The establishment of a Metropolitan Church in the Philippines bore witness to the fact that the work of the first missionaries had borne abundant fruit. The process of planting and building up the Church had already taken place in other parts of the world, especially in the European countries. In the case of my own Poland, it had taken place in the year 1000. Later, the same thing happened in the countries of South America, Central America and North America. So it happened and continues to happen in Africa, in Australia and throughout Oceania, and on the continent of Asia. All this has a meaning that is not just a question of ecclesiastical administration. The Church is a living body. Like a living body, at a certain point she reaches a stage of maturity which makes it possible for a particular Church to give life to other Churches like itself.
Plantatio Ecclesiae. Mysterium plantationis Ecclesiae. Paulus plantavit; Apollo rigavit. Deus autem incrementum dedit. I see that Filipino people are understanding very well Latin.
2. Four hundred years ago the Church in Manila became the Metropolitan See for the Church in Cebu, Caceres and Nueva Segovia. In the space of these four centuries the number of the particular Churches in the Philippines has greatly increased. Those first four Dioceses have each become a Metropolitan See, and alongside them numerous particular Churches have developed and continue to grow. In this part of the world it is the Philippines which enjoys the greatest wealth of ecclesial life. Plantatio fecunda, fecundissima.
Dear brothers and sisters, we have come together here to give thanks to God precisely for this grace, great grace of God. Not just you who have come from all over the Philippines, but also representatives of the Churches throughout Asia and the Far East. As I see also many Cardinals from Europe, and from Africa, from Asia. All together we greet the delegates of the other Christian Churches and Communities, as well as the representatives of other religions. For me it is a great joy to be here with you on this day, as Bishop of Rome and Successor of Saint Peter. Peter was the first in "plantatio Ecclesiae" in Rome and from Rome. "Plantatio Ecclesiae" in Manila, in the Philippines, Peter, Successor of Peter, also a grace. Together let us praise God for the grace of this Four Hundredth Anniversary. In one great chorus let us commend the Church in the Philippines and the whole Nation to God's Providence: "Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance" ( Ps. 28 (27), 9).
In the midst of our joy on this occasion we cannot forget our Filipino brothers and sisters who live in difficult social and economic conditions, and those who are trying to recover from the natural disasters which have occurred with a certain frequency in recent times. I am thinking in particular of the victims of the Pinatubo eruption and its after-effects. I ask God to strengthen and comfort those who have lost their loved ones, their homes, their livelihood, and I earnestly hope that their appeals for further help and solidarity will not go unheard. And I think also there are many Filipinos in Rome, in Italy and through the world. I greet all of them. They are also the same inheritance. They are also celebrating this centenary.
3. Today, we cannot fail to remember the first messengers of the Good News who came to these Islands. Their origins were in Spain, for it was above all the Iberian Peninsula which gave rise to that great missionary thrust which followed the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. At that same time other brave explorers were travelling south and east, round Africa by way of the Cape of Good Hope, through the Indian Ocean, towards Asia and the Far East. Those remarkable voyages opened up for the Church vast new horizons for her evangelizing mission. It was in that context that the evangelization of the Philippines began.
It is significant that the first Episcopal See in Manila was originally attached to Mexico, in spite of the enormous distance involved in crossing the Pacific Ocean. Clearly that was a temporary measure, until the first independent Ecclesiastical Province was erected in the Philippines, precisely in 1595. After hesitation at the beginning, the missionary Church of that early period gradually became more truly Filipina as the number of native-born priests and Bishops increased.
Looking back today on that past, we must express our thankfulness to God for those pioneers who laid the foundations of the Church in this land: for the Augustinians who were the first to arrive, followed by the Franciscans, the Jesuits, the Dominicans and the Augustinian Recollects. The early missionaries who sought to defend the native peoples from the abuses of the conquistadores and encomenderos found a vigorous leader in the Dominican Fray Domingo de Salazar, the first Bishop of Manila. As early as 1582 he summoned the first Synod, which decided many questions regarding conquest, settlement and administration in accordance with the principles of the faith and Christian morality.
A wonderful process, a wonderful history, history of the Church, history of salvation, history of Filipino people. All of us, all of you Filipinos today, you are the inheritance, the successors in this great process, great process.
4. Saint Paul writes to the Ephesians: "May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, grant you a spirit of wisdom and insight... that you may know the great hope to which he has called you... and the immeasurable scope of his power in us who believe" (Eph. 1, 17-19). What Saint Paul wished for the Christian community at Ephesus is what I wish today for the Catholic people of the Philippines. I pray above all that you will appreciate ever more fully the grace of your Christian vocation as explained by the Second Vatican Council in its Constitution on the Church (Cfr. Lumen Gentium, 40).
This vocation has its beginning and source in Christ himself. All Christians live by the inexhaustible riches given to us in him. Saint John of the Cross, the great Spanish mystic who lived just at the time when the evangelization of the Philippines was getting underway, reminds us of this fact. He wrote in the Spiritual Canticle: "(Christ) is like a rich mine with many recesses containing treasures, and no matter how men try to fathom them the end is never reached" (Saint John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle, st. 36). Christ is so rich!
In the work of the missionaries and in their service to the people, the power of Christ, Crucified and Risen, was being manifested – the power of Christ, who is seated at the right hand of the Father and who, as Redeemer and Bridegroom of the Church, works through her in the Holy Spirit. It is very important not to confuse the Church with some merely human or humanitarian organization. The Church lives and grows in Christ and through Christ. All her members, in their thoughts and actions, are called to bear witness to the living presence of the Redeemer.
5. The Father, as we read in the Letter to the Ephesians, "has put all things under Christ's feet and has made him thus exalted, head of the Church, which is his body" (Eph. 1,22-23). That is why, after his Resurrection, Christ sent out the Apostles with the words: "Full authority has been given to me both in heaven and on earth" (Matth 28,18). This saving power of the Redeemer is what sustained the missionaries who came to the Philippines in the sixteenth century. This same power is what has preserved the sons and daughters of your nation in living their lives as Christians, in forming Christian families, in educating your children in the faith. By doing all of this, your forefathers laid the foundations of the only predominantly Catholic country in this part of the world, a region which still presents an enormous challenge for evangelization. In time, children of this land, as priests and Bishops, took over full pastoral responsibility, while others filled the ranks of the congregations of men and women religious, so that the Church which is "the fullness of him who fills the universe in all its parts"(Eph. 1, 23) would be truly catholic and universal, but also truly immersed in the life and culture of these Islands.
6. Today therefore is a day of great joy: rejoice in great gratitude to the Lord. The Responsorial Psalm contains an appropriate invitation: "All you people, clap your hands, shout to God with cries of gladness... For the king of all the earth is God... God reigns over all the nations" (Ps. 47(46),2.8-9). The faith which springs from the Gospel transforms the life both of individuals and of nations. For four hundred years the Church has served as a leaven and as a kind of soul for Philippine society, most of all by her healing and elevating impact on respect for the human person, and by the way in which she strengthens families and communities, and imbues everyday activity with a deeper meaning and reference to God (Cfr. Gaudium et Spes, 40). Inspired by their faith, Filipino Catholics have begun countless initiatives for the good of society, in the fields of education, healthcare and service of all kinds. Out of the Church's religious mission during these four hundred years there came a light and an energy which have served to structure and consolidate the human community according to the divine law (Cfr. Gaudium et Spes, 42). This is the source of our joy. This is the source for our joy and our gratitude to the Lord, the Almighty Father. This is the reason for the Philippine Church's joy, visible in this celebration, with all the color and vitality of your culture and Christian traditions. But this is also your task and responsibility: to remain faithful to what has been handed down and to build on it, so that God's law will abide in your hearts and his blessings will increasingly be poured out on your nation.
A great boost to our joy is given by the young people of the World Youth Day who have come to Manila from every corner of the Philippines, from many parts of Asia and the Far East, and from the other continents. They are the sign and the confirmation of your living faith. My heart is going to all of them, to all the Filipino young men and women, and to all young men and women of the whole world, of so many countries of the world... European, Asiatic, Africa, America, North America, Latin America, Central America, Australia, all the continents.
7. The joy of the human heart springs from the presence of God in us, in our hearts. Isaiah writes: "All who... hold to my covenant I will bring to my holy mountain and make joyful in my house of prayer". The spiritual joy of God's people in the Philippines has two fundamental points of reference: the house of prayer and the holy mountain. First, the community gathers in "the house of prayer"(Is. 56, 6-7) – which is the home, or a chapel, a parish church or a cathedral – to celebrate the mysteries of our redemption and to profess the one, holy, catholic and apostolic faith. From there God's pilgrim people go forth to ascend "the holy mountain": marching forward in hope towards the fullness of God's kingdom, all the time striving to make present and operative at every level of your personal and national life that kingdom of holiness, justice, peace and solidarity. So two points: the house of prayer and the holy mountain, being together and ascending with Christ into heaven, into his kingdom. All that is inspired by the liturgical texts as of today's liturgy.
8. Filipino People of God: at every Mass you hear the call to lift up your hearts: Sursum corda!
Lift up your heart, holy Church, which in four centuries has built a solid dwelling place for God in these Islands! So numerous islands, Filipino islands, wonderful islands!
Whole generations have gone up from here to the Holy Mountain, where the God of glory dwells. The sign of this ascent are your Filipino Saints, beginning with Saint Lorenzo Ruiz whom I had the joy to beatify here in Manila and to canonize in Rome. They remain closely united with you in the Communion of the Saints. They show you the way to God, which is the fulfilment of the vocation of each and every human being.
Rejoice, Filipino people, holy Church of Manila, Cebu, Caceres, Nueva Segovia! Rejoice, every Filipino family, every Filipino Diocese and parish! Rejoice, for it has pleased the Father to give you the kingdom! This promise of the Father is fulfilled unceasingly through the power of Christ: to him be honor and glory for ever! Amen.
A long homily, but not too long for this occasion!
Mabuhay, to all Filipino people! Long live!
Very, very, very grateful for this celebration, for this great festivity of the Church in the Philippines.
Very grateful to almighty God!
Very grateful to all of you!
Viva Manila, Cebu, Caceres, Nueva Segovia!


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Q: What is the benefit of splitting aggregator and parent projects? I've read that it's supposedly a good idea to split an aggregator project (the one with all the module declarations) from the parent/dependency project (the one with all the shared or common dependencies). So that the parent project is not the one you use to do a full build.
Why is that?

A: In a large environment you may want to have parents that define common behaviour for classes of projects (e.g. a servlet parent, a portlet parent, a war parent etc). Because there is no multiple inheritance in Maven, you either have to have a gigantic parent POM with all this content in and some complicated profile conventions, or several parents, one for each type of project.
Similar projects are not necessarily built together (in fact usually not). To build your projects for a single release you therefore want an aggregator that defines the relevant modules to be built.
There is a section of the Maven book that describes the distinction between aggregation and inheritance. This may help your understanding.

A: Aggregator projects generally package up all dependent projects somehow (e.g. as a J2EE EAR or WAR archive, or as a distribution ZIP), which requires all dependent projects to be built first.
However, a parent POM must be built before it's children projects.
If the parent project is also the aggregator, then you have a circular dependency:
Aggregator depends on children dependencies, which depend on the Aggregator parent.
In our build system we solve this by having a parent POM file that is also the reactorizes it's children. One of the children is an aggregator, which depends on the other children and creates the distribution artifact. Maven dependency resolution allows us to build the top-level pom, which reactorizes all children in the correct order, with the aggregator project last.

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Quarterback Ryan Tannehill isn't the only member of the Dolphins who addressed the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin situation on Wednesday and his comment that the two men were close friends is far from the only thing said that serves to make the whole thing harder to wrap your head around.
There's more on Hubbuch's timeline in a similar vein from both players, all of which makes for a much more complex picture of the Dolphins workplace than we had before. That's only going to lead to a desire to find out more, which means that any hopes the Dolphins had of putting a cork in the story popped on Wednesday.
some family. A lot of people are turning their backs on a guy that obviously has problems.
I don't like what was done to Martin but it sure looks to me that he has been following the steps of "setting up your lawsuit 101." He went from them playing a cafeteria prank directly to the hospital? Please. he was put up to that. I am an attorney (like both Martin's parents) and see it all the time. Since he left the team, information has leaked in a systematic and coordinated manner, and they are slowly setting up an intentional tort against the team management in order to get out of the worker's compensation system. The way I see it, Martin will eventually play the victim card way too far and lose sympathy from everyone.
Yeah I don't see why Martin would go back anytime soon. He may as well ask to be released. The locker room clearly doesn't have his back.
Amen Tyson!!! This is the NFL isn't it?
The more the players talk and the more information comes out, I think its likely that Incognito plays in the NFL before Martin does.
Ok well if what Hartline said is true, then Martin probably wasn't actually bothered by the voicemail. But then again, that was April. It's now November. Clearly much more has happened since then.
Anyone notice how these things never happen in Pittsburgh?
If this happened in Pittsburgh — and it wouldn't — it never would have exited the locker room.
In Pittsburgh we are brothers and nothing distracts us.
He did stand up by walking away instead of confronting with violence. That was the manly thing to do.
Sounds like that independent investigator will have his hands full with everything flying around.
Clabo stands up all the time…and let's rushers run right around him for a sack and/or loss!
It's risky to make comments that include within those comments a statement that you "don't know" what is going on. That is if you are going to take a firm position in favor or against somebody.
It's clear the Dolphins still have no idea how to even begin getting this problem under control. People, only 1/2 of the season is over, how many more OLs will they lose in Part 2 of this tragedy?
Clabo's trying to get this half to a faster start than the last half.
It's much more difficult to turn the other cheek and walk away, than to just react violently.
Ireland should be fired for drafting Martin in the second round. Martin has no heart.
What a mess. This is not going to end well.
Brian Hartline is on record as saying Martin played the voicemail for everyone, and laughed about it when it happened a year ago.
Has anyone actually heard the audio of the infamous voicemail? No? Why not?
If this was pittsburgh…. the steelers would cut Martin and make him live under a highway overpass (like they did Mike Webster).
If Brian Hartline is telling the truth, that Jonathan Martin passed around that voicemail and laughing about it months ago, then story over as far as I am concerned. The more I think about it, the guy doesn't like football, but likes the money, and setting up a lawsuit is a better and less painful way to get paid.
The reason he probably didn't react with violence is because he didn't want to face suspension by the team or the league. Or charges of assault.
Hartline says that Martin himself passed the voicemail around the locker room as a joke..
But Ryan Tannehill says he'd never heard of the voicemail… so there goes that.
Then Tannehill says that Incognito told HIM that Martin was like a little brother to him.. but is that how Martin felt too?
I think the Dolphins are trying to close ranks and protect a teammate… but Incognito has crossed the line and needs to be punished.
Given that the coaching staff asked Incognito to perform a code red on him and the lack of support shown by Martin's teammates, I can see why he would have been afraid to lodge a complaint with anyone connected with the team.
It certainly seems like Martin had no friends on the team, no one he could turn to in a time of crisis, not even the coaches. Is it any wonder he snapped and wanted to get back at everybody who wronged him?
And all because he wasn't perceived as 'tough enough' to play football? Why, because he went to Stanford and true manly football players don't go to Stanford??
It's clear everyone was afraid of Incognito and he turned the whole team against Martin. This is the type of juvenile stuff you expect to see in high school, not a professional NFL team. All the players and coaches on the Dolphins have a lot of growing up to do. I pity the fans down there forking over their cash to watch these petty disputes play out.
Martin is twice the man Incognito will ever be. A real man doesn't demean a person who they have power over.
Mike Webster lives under an overpass?
No one will want Martin moving forward, no one.
Martin should just change the sports. Maybe synchronized swimming?


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The Texas State University's theatre and dance department presents Steven Sondheim's musical classic Company Oct. 15-25.
Directed by Richard Sodders, performances will be Oct. 15-18 and Oct. 22-25 at 7:30 p.m. at the outdoor Glade Theatre on the Texas State campus. The Glade Theatre is located on the west side of campus off Moore Street .
Set in the 1970s, Sondheim's ground-breaking musical follows Robert, a 35-year-old bachelor who has been unable to commit to a long-term relationship, and his circle of married, once married or soon-to-be married friends. Eventually, Robert learns that relationships are not going to be perfect, but they are a necessary part of "Being Alive." The music and lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim, winner of six Tony awards, an Academy Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Admission is $10 for the general public and $7 for students with a Texas State ID. For information, call (512) 245-8548.
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Cox hails fantastic support
Manager Paul Cox has praised our supporters for the backing they gave to the team in last night's victory over Tamworth at One Call Stadium.
Speaking moments after the final whistle, Cox said: "I thought the supporters were fantastic tonight and a massive credit has to go to them."
"The drum came back and it brought a real energy to the stadium. It's no coincidence whatsoever, that we put in a good performance and gained the three points.
"Positive vibes from fans encourage the players out on the pitch and help to push them on.
"The lads came in tonight, banged the music on and they all had really big smiles on their faces. The team spirit has come back and we all feel very positive right now."
A penalty from Matt Green in stoppage time at the end of the first period and a header from Luke Jones earned us a comfortable victory over the Lambs, and our manager was pleased with the way his side performed.
He continued: "The main thing for us was that we improved on Saturday's performance against Woking, and I thought we did that tonight."
"We looked instructed, organised and deserved to win the game. It is pleasing that we put our chances away and kept a clean sheet too."
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Though it sometimes seems like it, Toronto didn't become a worldwide tech hub overnight.
In fact, it was a years-long process that led to Canada's biggest city being mentioned alongside tech markets like New York and Silicon Valley. Still, things have undoubtedly accelerated as more and more companies launch or shift to the lakeside metropolis.
So, what are the factors underpinning that supersonic growth? Let's take a closer look at how Toronto got here.
Toronto's status as a destination for tech companies is first and foremost down to its people.
The city has been adding tech talent at a breakneck pace, with a recent report from the CBRE Group concluding that Toronto added 82,100 tech jobs between 2012 and 2017, the most of any North American city. Toronto's tech talent pool grew 50 percent to 240,000 workers over that five-year span.
The CBRE study found that Toronto offered the best value when it comes to cost and quality of tech talent. Lennox points out that an important reason Toronto talent is so highly valued is due to its diversity.
In the fast-moving world of tech, timing is everything; in that sense, Toronto's companies were blessed by both foresight and fortune.
"A lot of the early fundamental technology for AI and blockchain was built by local scientists, developers, and teams, which has given us credibility and attention," Norman said.
Along similar lines, Toronto could now be poised to become a hub for artificial intelligence.
Toronto's quick progress has been helped immensely by the efforts of municipal, provincial, and national governments.
Norman points to favorable changes to tax laws for U.S. investors and a global search for investment as two important factors. Further, he says that the aforementioned influx of immigrant talent has been made possible by good government policies.
It's not just governments that have been supportive. Different tech companies also seem open to working together.
Part of the reason Toronto is a reasonably affordable place to set up shop is the aforementioned government assistance and tax incentive. But there's more to it than that.
CBRE's study revealed that a 500-employee firm using a 75,000 square-foot space in Toronto would face operating costs of $30,224,259 annually, cheaper than all of the American cities included in the survey. By comparison, the Bay Area was one of the most expensive places to operate, with annual estimated costs of $59,124,612.
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Norman points out that the ecosystem will become truly sustainable when the city produces a few high-profile exits – or IPOs – that make investors and employees alike very wealthy. But he sees promising developments.
Toronto certainly seems to have the tech world's attention now. It was recently announced that Collision, regarded as North America's fastest-growing tech conference, will call Toronto home from 2019-21.
"With over 100,000 people moving to the Toronto region every year, we have the momentum going forward to sustain our position as a leading and dynamic tech hub in North America," Lennox said.


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David Byrne's American Utopia DVD 2020 Concert Film with Extras (Region 1 for ALL USA + Canada DVD Players) Talking Heads quantity
SKU: SKU-3806 Categories: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Alternative, New Wave, Pop, Punk Rock, Rock, Top 40
1. David Byrne's American Utopia Official Trailer (8/24/20) (:30)
2. Sneak Peek at American Utopia (08/24/20)
3. Spike Lee-directed David Byrne's American Utopia. The concert film is based on David Byrne's 2019 Broadway show of the same name, which is also inspired by Byrne's recent American Utopia album. The footage above showcases Byrne sticking his head from behind a curtain made of chain-mail before taking the stage with his band for the cover of Janelle Monáe's "Hell You Talmbout," a 2013 track that protests police brutality. The trailer features stunning camerawork signature of Lee, which also highlights the frenetic choreography provided by Annie-B Parson. Although the second run of Broadway shows has been pushed back due to COVID-19, the film was recorded in front of a live audience.
American Utopia ran on Broadway from October 2019 to February of this year and showcased Byrne touching on the state of America in front of an audience. It also included performances from his time with Talking Heads up to his recent solo album. What made performances stand out in this show was how the musicians were able to move around the stage. Even the drummers were handheld to keep anyone on stage from being stationary.
"What if we eliminate everything from the stage except the stuff we care about the most?" Byrne asks the audience in one scene. "Without cables or wires, what would be left? Well, it would be us, and you. And that's what this show is."
Musicians: Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba,
Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan, Bobby Wooten III,
Creative Concept and Music: David Byrne
Choreography and Musical Staging: Annie-B Parson
Production Consultant: Alex Timbers
Musical Director: Karl Mansfield
Lighting Designer: Rob Sinclair
Sound Designer: Pete Keppler
DVD Extras
4. The Evolution of AMERICAN UTOPIA 10/20/20: A behind the scenes featurette how David Byrne's American Utopia came together
5. The Making of AMERICAN UTOPIA 10/10/20: An Inside Look
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 1 Hour 53 Minutes
Sound: 2.0 Digital Dolby Stereo
Format: DVD-R
A NOTE FROM DAVID BYRNE
"Once in a while, various things one has been working on for years have an opportunity to converge, separate strands meet, and it all falls into place. As if they'd always been meant to come together. In reality, one can't always plan it, though we might try…but happily this seems to be one of those times.
I often get asked, "What is this show about? What is this song about? What is the message, what are you trying to tell us?" My preferred answer would be to refer them to the quote from old-school Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn: "If you want to send a message, use Western Union!" It seems to me that in creating something—a song, a show, a blog post, a meal, a dance—a vision comes together, intuitively, gradually, bit by bit, little by little, and we don't always know the totality of what we've made until we can actually see, hear and taste it.
A few years ago I did a show that involved high school color guards, and it wasn't until I watched a run-through that I realized the show was about inclusion. The same thing is true with many of the songs I write. If we're lucky during this process, we've remained true to some unconscious guiding principle – we often know what that is, even if it's hard to articulate at the moment. It was that way with this show – it wasn't conceived all at once, but rather one part of it led to the next, it evolved organically, and as soon as one element was resolved, the next one presented itself – a new puzzle and mystery to be solved.
And at some point, there it was.
In retrospect, it all made sense together, as if it had been conceived all at once. But the truth is I didn't really know what it was about until it was close to up and running.
Here's how my thinking went, and how the show evolved:
As I was recording the songs for my American Utopia album, it occurred to me that they would be exciting to play live – and I realized that a lot of my older material would fit right in. I imagined a live show…I pictured a lot of drummers, a kind of drum line/samba school/second line – that would create the rhythms. I had this vision of how exciting that would be – both for me and for an audience.
I also realized that what creates the biggest impact on an audience is performers. By that, I mean we might go ooh and ahh at pyrotechnics and wild video projections, but it's the people on stage that interest and move us the most. The human connection, I realized, carries more weight and emotion than all the gadgets in the world. If I could foreground the performers, I might connect in a visceral and exciting way.
I wondered what that could be. Remember that.
A few years earlier, I had toured with the musical artist St. Vincent, and we had a large horn section that we decided should be completely mobile…not a complete surprise, as it's not unusual for horn players to carry their instruments. We did a fair amount of moving around while playing, but certain elements of the band—the keyboard and the drums—were still firmly stuck in place. Could I liberate them, too? It turns out I could. Drummer Mauro Refosco, whom I've worked with for years, said we'd need 6 drummers to reproduce the necessary grooves…I checked the budget and it was tight, but I could afford it. And it turns out there is a technology that allows a keyboard to be mobile, so Karl Mansfield tested it out. Guitarists have been able to be untearthered for years – and now everyone else could do it, too.
I realized that with everyone untearthered, I could now have a completely empty stage. No wires, no mics, no gear, no risers. Wow. Obviously we're going to move around. Visually, how does one emphasize that emptiness? With all this work to achieve emptiness, we want people to notice it! I hate seeing all the gear, speakers, stagehands, tech and support stuff that tends to crowd and surround concert stages. Now I can relegate all of that to the edges…but how to define our empty space?
At first, I thought maybe a curtain or scrim would hide it all. But then I realized that when we played outdoor festivals, the wind might turn scrims into sails. Scary. We tried some fabric that was more like a mesh, which let lots of air through, but even that wasn't enough.
An associate mentioned that in Vegas, they sometimes use a fine lightweight chain for a curtain – and probably the wind would pass right through that. It did! And we could pass right through it, too – we could now enter and exit the stage anywhere. This was getting exciting. Solving one problem creates opportunities in other areas!
There were more technical hurdles, but by the time we'd begun rehearsing we'd solved most of them, and it became immediately apparent how liberating this experience was going to be. We had no idea how audiences would react, but for us it was simultaneously a steep learning curve—playing, moving and sometimes singing all at the same time—and a complete thrill.
Annie-B Parson, whom I'd worked with a number of times in the past, came on board and we began to collaborate on discovering movement that seemed appropriate for the songs. Sometimes she gave us complex movement to try, and sometimes, a little surprisingly, we'd discover, or at least I did, that the simplest idea could have a huge emotional impact.
Eventually I realized we were doing something no one had ever done before, or if they had, I didn't know about it. When we began to put the show in front of audiences, I realized there was a kind of narrative there. Friends, and even strangers, began to point it out, and we all sensed it, as well. As a friend from London said, "The American Utopia of the title is there on stage." I also realized that this narrative was not something told, it was something experienced.
Because of how theatrical the show is, others started telling me, "This needs to go to Broadway." Why not? But what did that mean? Parked in a beautiful Broadway theater, we can perfect the sound, the lights, the movement – we don't have to adapt to a new place every night! It was an exciting challenge – I realized a Broadway setting would likely be a different audience than the concert crowds I was used to. The Broadway crowd has slightly different expectations. There might even be audience members who don't know me or my music – which for me is exciting. I thought to myself that this new context might be good – it might actually help to bring out the narrative arc a little bit more, to make it just a little more explicit. I asked Alex Timbers, whom I'd worked with twice before on musicals, to help. He brought some original and insightful ideas to the room, ideas I was too close to imagine, and we used those to build on what we had, to add some extra elements and nuance, while keeping what is integral to the show.
So, after all this, what do I think this show is about? I won't say—that's like putting the nose on the clown—but I will say the title is not ironic.
People also ask me whether I will be darting into a town car after these shows, or taking a flying leap onto my bicycle.
Take a wild guess."
3 reviews for David Byrne's American Utopia DVD 2020 Concert Film with Extras (Region 1 for ALL USA + Canada DVD Players) Talking Heads
Mike Scitcher (verified owner) – January 24, 2021
Purchased David Byrnes' American Utopia DVD. Byrne navigated us through the precarious years of the mid-to-late 80's with his movie "True Stories". A movie spoofing American tabloids. Byrne describe True Stories as "60 minutes on Acid". American Utopia creates social commentary through staging and motion…… he taps the nations zeitgeist offering navigation in a polarized country. The show develops the use of staging and motion capturing movie maker Spike Lee to produce Byrne's vision, resulting in a nouveau delivery a Broadway production. MVR exceeded my requirements of service insuring my order arrived in 3 days at no additional cost in postage fee. Thank You…. Mike
Denver Cornett (verified owner) – March 27, 2021
David Byrne's American Utopia Broadway Show DVD came from MVR with all the extras of trailers, "making of. . ." While this comes in a clamshell disc holder with a free DVD Catalog, it is good quality and the only way to get it for an American Region 1 DVD player.
The show itself is stunningly visual with great songs and very artistically choreographed. Each musician is untethered by cords, microphones, wires. Sound is clear, as is visuals. Very cool. Glad to have a DVD of this show from MVR.
Lee Steele (verified owner) – April 15, 2021
This was the only Region 1/USA version of this DVD I could find after months of searching. While I would have preferred Blu-Ray, the standard audio and video quality was very good. The performance was creatively and technically stunning, show-casing the inexhaustible genius of David Byrne. Camera work and lighting design were amazing. Loved the high-tech connectivity of the untethered mobile musicians/dancers — both to the audio pickup as well as the lighting system. Wicked cool. Also enjoyed the 50/50 mix of Byrne's older standard songs with newer ones. A terrific performance.
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