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For Kate Shindle, it'll be fun to come home for 'Fun Home'
Former Miss America from South Jersey takes lead role in tour of Tony-winning musical
By Chuck Darrow
PhillyVoice Contributor
Theater Broadway Philadelphia
As a veteran musical theater performer whose Broadway credits include "Legally Blonde" and "Cabaret"—and as the current president of Actors Equity, the union that represents theatrical performers--Kate Shindle probably didn't need the current touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical, "Fun Home," to get a regular paycheck. Nonetheless, the 1994 graduate of Bishop Eustace High School in Pennsauken, N.J. is traversing North America as the star of the production that, on Tuesday, opens a six-day run at the Forrest Theatre.
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So, why did Shindle, who, as Miss Illinois (she was a student at Northwestern University), was crowned Miss America 1998 (fun fact: she was the first winner to compete in a two-piece swimsuit), take the role in the show based on Alison Bechdel's acclaimed 2006 graphic memoir about her family and the role homosexuality played in its dynamics.
"There are a lot of factors," she said during a recent phone call from Kansas City.
"When I first saw the show, I was incredibly struck by both the quality of the writing and by the story being told. 'Fun Home' is about a lot of things, primarily a family that looks perfect on the outside, but on the inside, there are a lot of things they probably should be talking about.
To me, this is a show for people who love musical theater and anybody…who wants to see what the future of theater looks like should come see this show."
"I think Jeanine Tesori [who wrote the music] and Lisa Kron [lyrics and book] did a really amazing job translating a piece of source material that, in some circles, is fairly legendary into a legitimate stage production. They didn't just take the story and plunk it onstage because people were familiar with it.
To that point, she offered that "Fun Home," which won five 2015 Tonys (out of 12 nominations) including Best Musical, is "a unique musical. In a lot of ways, it feels more like a play than a musical. I catch myself referring to it as a play quite a lot when I talk to people about it.
"It also has a different sound than many of the shows people would consider to be traditional musicals. It's got more of a singer-songwriter vibe and there are a couple of songs that sound like what [Bechdel] would have been listening to as a child in the '70s. There's a song that sounds like a Jackson 5 song, for example. There's one that sounds very much like a Partridge Family song. And so, it's not a big 'jazz-hands' kind of musical—I've done those too, and I like them—but this is its own animal.
"I have also have said plenty of times that it's a show for people who aren't sure they like musicals because they have a vision of a musical as just an extravaganza simply entertaining. This one is entertaining, but it has a lot more to say.
As the adult Bechdel (the author is portrayed by three actresses representing various stages of her life), Shindle is onstage the entire show—a rarity for a character in a musical. But that part of the task wasn't daunting enough to keep her from the role.
An Ohio native who was raised in Brigantine and Moorestown, Shindle, 40, has, amazingly, never had a chance to strut her stuff in front of a hometown crowd.
"I've never done a real show in Philly," she said. "I did a developmental reading several years ago at the Arden Theatre, but other than that, I've…never come to town with a proper show.
"It's definitely special for me to come perform. I've been hearing from people I haven't heard from in years who are coming to see the show. That's pretty cool."
Shindle is the youngest person to ever be elected president of Actors Equity. Her involvement with the union started when she was in a show and had an issue with the producers. She was subsequently asked to join an oversight committee. Once she assumed that role, she found she enjoyed it. That led her to run for a spot on the group's governing board. She then was elected Eastern regional president. After a hiatus from union activity to concentrate on producing (she was part of the team that brought the musical version of "A Christmas Story" to Broadway. From that, she said, "I mostly learned that producing was not my lane"), she decided to run for president "because it sounded interesting to me and I thought I might be good at it."
Because of her union position, she was recently asked by the Washington Post if politics might be in her future. During this interview, Shindle didn't rule out the possibility, but made it clear it's not on any current "to-do" list.
"I haven't really made a plan," she said.
"I tend to think big, but beyond that, I have no idea. It's not in the five-year plan; it may be in the 20-year plan.
"I've lived in New York since 1999…at the same time, I'm such a Jersey girl that I feel like I could really advocate for Jersey in some way. I love it, and the stereotypes about New Jersey drive me crazy.
"Plus," she added with a laugh, "if I ran for office in New Jersey, I could go to Wawa all the time. And I wouldn't have to pump my own gas."
"Fun Home" debuts at the Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St.; 7:30 p.m. June 13-15, 8 p.m. June 16, 2 and 8 p.m. June 17, 1 and 6:30 p.m. June 18; $132-$67; 215-893-1999, www.kimmelcenter.org.
Chuck Darrow
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Artsmark Journey
We are pleased to announce that we were successful in achieving our Artsmark gold award!!!
Artsmark is the creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England.
Schools are awarded Silver, Gold or Platinum, based on their achievements.
Alice the Musical
There were 30 children in the cast of the musical, 7 of which had various roles and costume changes, they covered children from year 2 to 6. In addition, there were 36 members of the choir who sat at the front of the stage and sang the wonderful songs. The children rehearsed every Mon and Thurs after school for months.
It was performed to parents across two performances on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June 2019, then to the whole school Monday 1st July 2019.
The amazing costumes were bought from the proceedings of the last performance, which was "Treasure Island".
Mrs Marks and Mrs Mumford said, "The cast and choir worked REALLY hard on their singing for this fabulous musical, they have risen to the occasion and we are very proud of them!"
Mrs Elderfield said, "It was fantastic! All the children sang beautifully, I would like to say thank you to all the staff and children that were involved".
Ivy in Reception said, "I liked ALL OF IT!"
Honey in Year 4 said, "It was good". Harvey also in Year 4 said his best bit was the song "Off with her Head!"
The production of Alice was chosen because it is Mrs Mumford's favourite book.
Alice In Wonderland Vocal Tracks
Who Stole the Tarts?
Beautiful Soup
Lobster Dance
Croquet Song
Royal Procession
What Will Become Of Me?
Caucus Race
I Wish I Hadn't Cried So Much
My Lovely Garden
Down, Down, Down
All In A Golden Afternoon
Halfway Houses Variety Show
Wednesday 3rd April 2019 marked the first ever Halfway Houses Variety Show and what a show it was!
With over 22 acts from Year 2 up, the evening was filled with a cornucopia of entertainment.
In the blink of an eye we witnessed singing, dancing, gymnastics, magic, comedy, ventriloquism and karate.
Both the young voices choir and the newly formed staff choir loosened their vocal chords and treated our ears to some wonderful harmonies.
Congratulations goes out to everyone involved in this truly entertaining event.
On Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st June 2018 there was a performance of 'Treasure Island' by some of the children from Halfway Houses in the school hall.
The trailer below was created by Mrs Mumford to help promote the performance, we feel it is worthy of being on our 'The Arts' web page, well done Mrs Mumford and the actors!
Treasure Island Trailer!
Some of our work featuring famous artists
Gospel Touch
On Thursday 20th April we had the 'Gospel Touch' choir in to work with children in years 3 to 6.
They began the day with a whole school assembly, where they taught the children a little bit abut the meaning and origins of gospel music and sang some songs.
The children really enjoyed the assembly and joining in with clapping and singing, everyone left the hall with a big smile on their face!
During the workshops, the children did a range of warm up activities and then split in to groups to sing and perform gospel songs with actions.
They then performed them to each other in a 'Halfway Houses have got talent' style competition with Simon Cowell as head judge!
Years 3, 4 and 5 Animations
During terms 3 and 4 the children have been creating short animations using learnpads and an app called Animator.
They used various tools, backgrounds and characters to create their short stories.
There are just a few examples below.
Don't try this at home please!
Year 6 Music Theatre Workshops
Year 6 took part in musical theatre workshops which were run by members of the 'Wicked' musical cast. They learned about characterisation, choreography and a variety of different singing techniques. They performed their dance to the rest of the school. Here are some of the things that they said about the workshops.
Matilda "I liked the fact that they went through it with us and broke it down so that we could really understand it"
Kitty "Before we started I was really nervous because I didn't know what to expect but when I got in to it I really enjoyed it"
Freddie "It was really good fun. They had a really good way of teaching it to us so that we could remember it."
Ethan "The main thing I learned is that dancing is not as cringey as I thought!"
Scarlett "I loved finding out more about theatres and the background behind theatres such as the costumes and the rehearsals"
Lilly "When I dance in a dance show I feel self -conscious but they really helped me to just let go"
Billy "I learned how hard it was to put a show together and remember all the words and dance moves".
Year 3 Pirate Dance
As part of their work on 'The Big Adventure' Year 3 worked hard to create pirate themed dances.
They choreographed the routines themselves and showcased their amazing dances at the end of term open afternoon.
Woodpecker Pirate Dance Project
Year 5-The Nutcracker
The children in Year 5 have been taking part in a dance competition over the last 2 terms based around the 'Nutcracker' which was run by the Royal Opera House. This was a National project and the children worked with a range of online resources each week to help them to create a final dance piece. This was then filmed and sent in to the competition. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful and the competition was won by a school in Leeds. However, as a reward for taking part, we were invited to attend a special screening of the Nutcracker at the Odeon Cinema Canterbury on Tuesday 13th December.
The children really enjoyed taking part and we spoke to them about it afterwards. Here's what they had to say….
"I enjoyed the choreography and the dancing. I feel that my dancing has improved." Lily.
"I was able to express my feelings during the dance. I definitely have a better opinion of dancing now" Esther.
"I liked collaborating to put different ideas together. It was exhilarating" Kameron.
"We were able to enjoy it and have fun. It has really improved my ability to dance" Lara
"I liked that we could watch each other dance. We were able to see the progress" Scott
"I enjoyed the fact that we sent the video in to the competition. It made me feel really proud." Regan.
"I thought the ballet that we got to see as our prize was really interesting. I liked going to the cinema to watch it." Harry.
"Now we have done that type of dance at school I would like to do more so that I can use some of the techniques." Lyla
"I liked the whole ballet. I loved the story, I thought it was really different" Kassia
"I enjoyed joining in and having the chance to try out a different sort of dance" Joshua.
The Nutcracker performed by Year 5
We created a whole school portrait gallery to celebrate the move to the new site.
Each year group had a different medium to work with and the children learned how to create an effective portrait.
They look really great in the new display boards along the corridors!


Portland, Oregon - On March 1, Judge Marco A. Hernandez of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered an order revoking the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a convicted war criminal. The court held that defendant Sammy Rasema Yetisen aka Rasema Handanovic aka Zolja, a native of the former Yugoslavia, illegally procured her U.S. citizenship. The court's order was based on its finding that Yetisen lacked the good moral character required to naturalize because she had executed six unarmed civilians and prisoners of war during the 1990s Balkans Conflicts because of their religion and ethnicity. She later concealed her crimes to procure refugee status and U.S. citizenship in the United States.
In April 2012, Yetisen was convicted in a Bosnian court pursuant to a guilty plea of war crimes against prisoners of war and war crimes against civilians based on the firing squad execution-style killings. In exchange for her plea and cooperation, Yetisen was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. Upon her release from prison, Yetisen returned to the United States and resides in Oregon. The Justice Department previously secured the denaturalization of Edin Dzeko, one of Yetisen's fellow soldiers and another perpetrator of the Trusina massacre.
Before their war crimes had come to light, Dzeko and Yetisen each requested and received refugee status from the United States, claiming themselves to be victims of persecution. Dzeko and Yetisen concealed and affirmatively misrepresented their criminal history, military service, and persecutory acts throughout their immigration proceedings. Such benefits would have been denied had immigration authorities known about their roles in the Trusina massacre.
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations Human Rights Violator and War Crimes Center and the Civil Division's Office of Immigration Litigation, District Court Section (OIL-DCS) National Security and Affirmative Litigation Unit (NS/A Unit), with consultation and support from ICE's Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) Seattle Office of the Chief Counsel, and the Criminal Division's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section.
The case was jointly prosecuted by Chief Timothy Belsan and Senior Counsel for National Security Aram Gavoor of OIL-DCS's NS/A Unit and Trial Attorney Steven Platt of OIL-DCS, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Dianne Schweiner of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon.


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Vegan 'Stranger Things' Star Sadie Sink to Attend Animal Rights Documentary 'Dominion' U.S. Premiere
Vegan actress Sadie Sink will join the list of impressive plant-based activists and leaders at the US premiere of "Dominion," a new animal rights documentary. The young star, known for role as Max in the hit Netflix thriller, "Stranger Things," is also one of the film's narrators, along with other vegan celebrities.
The Farm Animal Rights Movement confirmed the actress's attendance in a tweet. The non-profit captioned, "We're proud to announce #StrangerThings star & #vegan activist, @SadieSink is attending the Dominion Documentary premiere at the Animal Rights National Conference #AR2018!…Stranger Things Star is a Passionate #Vegan."
Kiko was #BornTo play, snuggle and give lots of kisses, not fight. Sunday was National Dogfighting Awareness Day, however we should be aware of the barbaric activity of dog fighting everyday. I'm helping @ASPCA raise awareness about this cruel practice. Visit ASPCA.org/BreakTheChain to take action and help end dogfighting for good! #BreakTheChain
A post shared by Sadie Sink (@sadiesink_) on Apr 11, 2018 at 8:30am PDT
The sixteen-year-old was introduced to the vegan lifestyle after working on "The Glass Castle" with Woody Harrelson, who is a longtime vegan. In an interview with Vegan Life, Sink explained, "I got really close to [Harrelson] and his family. I spent a lot of time with them. While I was with them I was eating vegan and I was kind of like watching them and seeing the way they ate and the way they lived their lives. I was really inspired, so I decided to try it and I did some research, mainly by watching documentaries, and then I realized that it was the right thing to do. It was a really good decision that I made and I'm very happy." She continued, "The most important thing to me is that I'm helping the animals and the environment."
Documentaries seem to be among the main entry points to the plant-based diet, as numerous celebrities and athletes have attributed their transition to a certain film. For example, "The Walking Dead" star Austin Amelio recently went vegan after watching "Cowspiracy," and Forumla 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton discovered veganism after watching "What the Health." These informative films spark an interest and offer a new perspective on food, encouraging the audience to do their research. Once one becomes educated on the ethical, environmental, and health issues surrounding an animal-based diet, many find that they cannot continue to consume animal products.
The producers and celebrity narrators of "Dominion" hope this new film produces a similar effect. The documentary team has gathered a remarkable list of A-list vegan celebrities to take part in narrating the film. In addition to Sink, Kat Von D, Sia, Rooney Mara, and Joaquin Phoenix have all contributed their voices to advance the film's storyline. There has been no word as to whether these stars will also attend the premiere.
Image Credit: Sadie Sink
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My Everything () — второй студийный альбом Арианы Гранде. Вышел 21 августа 2014 года на лейбле Republic Records. My Everything дебютировал на вершине чарта альбомов Billboard 200 в Соединенных Штатах, продав 169 000 копий за первую неделю, что стало вторым подряд хитом Гранде в США. Позже он был сертифицирован Американской ассоциацией звукозаписывающей индустрии как дважды платиновый и вошел в список самых популярных альбомов 2014, 2015 и 2010 годов в Billboard 200. Альбом дебютировал на первом месте в Австралии и Канаде, а также достиг пика в первой десятке из двадцати стран мира. Он получил в целом положительные отзывы музыкальных критиков, появившись в списках лучшей музыки 2014 года по итогам года. На 57-й ежегодной премии Грэмми в 2015 году My Everything был номинирован на лучший поп-вокальный альбом.

My Everything был поддержан пятью синглами, каждый из которых достиг глобального успеха. Ведущий сингл «Problem» побил многочисленные рекорды цифровых продаж после выпуска и достиг второго места в американском чарте Billboard Hot 100. Второй сингл, «Break Free», занял четвёртое место в США. Следующий сингл, «Bang Bang», достиг третьего места в США и возглавил международные чарты. Четвёртый и пятый синглы, «Люби меня сильнее» и «В последний раз», достигли седьмого и тринадцатого мест соответственно, а последний достиг второго места в Соединенном Королевстве. Чтобы продолжить поддержку альбома, Гранде отправилась в тур The Honeymoon Tour в 2015 году.

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Дебютный студийный альбом певицы Yours Truly был выпущен 3 сентября 2013 года и был встречен одобрительными отзывами критиков. Позже в том же месяце в интервью журналу Rolling Stone Гранде заявила, что начала писать и работать над своим вторым студийным альбомом и уже закончила две песни.

Сессии записи начались в октябре 2013 года, когда Гранде работала с предыдущими продюсерами своего дебютного альбома Хармони Сэмюэлс и Томми Брауном. Изначально Гранде планировала выпустить альбом примерно в феврале 2014 года. В январе 2014 года она подтвердила, что работает с новыми продюсерами Райаном Теддером, Саваном Котеча, Бенни Бланко, Ки Вейном и Максом Мартином. Гранде заявила в конце февраля, что хочет назвать свой альбом в честь песни, которую она закончила в те выходные, которая очень искренняя и заставляет её плакать.

3 марта 2014 года было объявлено, что Гранде будет представлена на пятом сингле с альбома Криса Брауна X под названием «Don't Be Gone Too Long». Первоначально сингл должен был выйти 25 марта 2014 года. Однако он был отложен из-за того, что Брауна отправили в тюрьму в ожидании суда по обвинению в нападении. Гранде объявила о задержке песни 17 марта 2014 года через Twitter. В тот же вечер она провела прямую трансляцию, чтобы компенсировать задержку сингла, где она представила четыре новые песни со своего второго альбома.

Через два дня после объявления Гранде сообщила, что из-за задержки с песней она выпустит вместо этого первый сингл со своего предстоящего второго студийного альбома. Она закончила работу над альбомом в конце мая 2014 года. 28 июня Гранде подтвердила название альбома My Everything и дату выпуска 25 августа 2014 года. Фотографии для упаковки альбома были сделаны 27 мая 2014 года.

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 «Problem» интерполирует текст из «99 Problems» Джея Зи.
 «Break Your Heart Right Back» содержит элементы из «Mo Money Mo Problems» в исполнении The Notorious B.I.G. и «I'm Coming Out» Дайаны Росс.
 «Only 1» семплирует «Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz» в исполнении Biz Markie при участии T.J. Swan.
 «Cadillac Song» содержит семпл из «How Love Hurts», написанной Леоном Сильверсом.

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Q: Skip attributes having nil values when to_json on ActiveRecord I was wondering if there is any way to just skip attributes having nil
values when to_json on ActiveRecord.
The default behavior is to include a nil value.
Is there an option way to make this value just not appear?

A: You can get at the Hash representation of an ActiveRecord object used for serializing to JSON through the as_json method.
The hash will have the (underscored) class name as the only key, and the value will be another hash containing the attributes of the class.
hash = object.as_json # Convert to hash
hash.values[0].reject! {|k,v| v.nil?} # Remove attributes with value nil
hash.to_json # Convert to JSON string

A: @lars's answer will work for a single object, but for an array of Active Record objects, you will have to iterate through every element of the array and do the conversion. If you want this conversion everytime you call .to_json or render :json => for that model, you can override the as_json function in the model like this:
class Model
  ..
  def as_json(options={})
    super(options).reject { |k, v| v.nil? }
  end
end

Also, I am assuming you have defined, ActiveRecord::Base.include_root_in_json = false in the your environment(config/initializers/active_record.rb in Rails 3 and config/initializers/new_rails_defaults.rb in Rails 2). Otherwise, you will have to implement @lars's function fully in the model(taking value[0] to get the attribute hash etc.).
Use this method only if you want to do this everytime you call .to_json or render :json => for that model. Otherwise you should stick to @lars's answer.

A: For any hash array, here is what I usually do considering that any value besides false and nil will be considered true:
filtered_array = array.select{|k,v| v}

Or the bang alternative:
array.select!{|k,v| v}

This will NOT work, though, if the values could reliably be the boolean value false.

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Q: How do I get a fresh copy of an array in each iteration? I cannot understand the following behavior
<% filter.each do |f| %>
   <% aux = @taxon_ids %>
   <%= check_box_tag "filter_taxon", aux << f[:id], @taxon_ids.include?(f[:id]) %>
   ...
<% end %>

for each loop of my function the aux var is not re-initializing. Indeed there is accumulating each id in him self.

A: Unless you're assigning a new object (or one of the literal shorthands like []) then Ruby assignment is by reference, look:
[14] pry(main)> x = []
=> []
[15] pry(main)> y = x
=> []
[16] pry(main)> y << 1
=> [1]
[17] pry(main)> x
=> [1]

If you want your own copy of that array then use the .dup or .clone method:
aux = @taxon_ids.dup


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ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT الكويت
Ahmed Al Jarallah
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor
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Brotherhood history of blood … treachery
Destroy 'Brotherhood' terrorism with iron fist
Hezbollah's owl hoots on 'ruins' in Lebanon
Sanctions and starvation will defeat Mullah regime
Real religiousness neither in appearance nor hatred or violence
Impossible offence
Peace nowhere near your horizon
No consolation for 'grads' of Harvard
Night Turkey changed forever
'We are our own enemies'
Brain tells … left or right
Tolerance waning in India
Wanted! … A fresh crop of Lebanese Sunni politicians
IMF and World Bank wolves in sheep's clothing over taxes
'Peace to Prosperity'
Trump's Twitter feed is a magnet for bigots
'Govt should impose blanket ban on the entry of criminals' – 'Increase raids, arrest illegals'
'Righteousness, decency can be acquired by any person' – 'God created man as one'
'Inbred intolerance tough to overcome in Mideast'
'Petty criminals cannot tarnish residents image' – 'Deport law-breaking expats'
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BERLIN, Aug 24, (Agencies): The Turkish judge sits in a busy cafe in a big German city. Thirteen months ago, he was a respected public servant in his homeland. Now he is heartbroken and angry over the nightmarish turn of events that brought him here.
The day after a 2016 coup attempt shook Turkey, he was blacklisted along with thousands of other judges and prosecutors. The judge smiles, sadly, as he recounts hiding at a friend's home, hugging his crying son goodbye and paying smugglers to get him to safety.
"I'm very sad I had to leave my country," he said, asking for his name and location to be withheld out of fear that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government might track him down. "But at least I'm safe and out of Erdogan's reach. He cannot hurt me anymore."
Germany has become the top destination for political refugees from Turkey since the failed July 15, 2016 coup. Some 5,742 Turkish citizens applied for asylum here last year, more than three times as many as the year before, according to the Interior Ministry. Another 3,000 Turks have requested protection in Germany this year.
The figures include people fleeing a long-simmering conflict in the Kurdish region of southeastern Turkey, but the vast majority belong to a new class of political refugees: diplomats, civil servants, military members, academics, artists, journalists and anti-Erdogan activists accused of supporting the coup.
With many of them university-educated and part of the former elite, "their escape has already turned into a brain-drain for Turkey," said Caner Aver, a researcher at the Center for Turkish Studies and Integration Research in Essen.
Germany is a popular destination because it's already home to about 3.5 million people with Turkish roots and has been more welcoming of the new diaspora than other Western nations, Aver said.
"Some of the highly qualified people also try getting to the US and Canada because most speak English, not German. But it's just much harder to get there," Aver said. "Britain has always been popular, but less so now because of Brexit."
Comparable figures for post-coup asylum requests from Turks were not available for other countries.
More than 50,000 people have been arrested in Turkey and 110,000 dismissed from their jobs for alleged links to political organizations the government has categorized as terror groups or to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Ankara blames the Muslim cleric, a former Erdogan ally, for the coup attempt. Gulen denies the claim.
The true number of recent Turkish arrivals to Germany exceeds official asylum requests. Many fleeing academics, artists and journalists came on scholarships from German universities or political foundations. Some got in via relatives. Others entered with visas obtained before the failed coup.
The judge, a slim man in his 30s with glasses, arrived illegally by paying thousands of euros to cross from Turkey to Greece on a rubber dinghy and then continuing on to Germany.
Two other Turks in Germany — an artist who asked for anonymity, fearing repercussions for her family back home, and a journalist sentenced to prison in absentia — also spoke of ostracism and flight.
Ismail Eskin, the journalist, left Turkey just before he was sentenced to 3ó years in prison on terrorism-related charges. The 29-year-old worked for the Ozgur Gundem newspaper and the Kurdish news agency Dicle Haber Ajansi until the government shut them down shortly after the failed coup.
Eskin tried to write for different online news sites but the Turkish government blocked them too. He reluctantly decided to leave when the situation became unbearably difficult for journalists — about 160 are now in jail.
"I kept changing places to avoid being arrested, and I hid that I was a journalist," Eskin said, chain-smoking at a Kurdish immigrants' center. He hasn't applied for asylum but is studying German — an acknowledgment he might be here to stay.
The judge said he "never supported any kind of coup" and had no connection to the Gulen movement but took hurriedly packed a few belongings and went to a friend's place after learning he was among more than 2,000 judges and prosecutors being investigated.
A few hours later, police searched his apartment and took his computer.
His wife and children had been out of town during the coup attempt. While he was in hiding, his wife was told she had 15 days to move out. Friends and relatives stopped talking to her. After several months, he chose to leave.
"Since there's no independent justice in Turkey anymore, I would have been exposed to injustice, maybe be tortured, if I had surrendered," he said.
He sold his car and paid 8,500 euros ($9,910) to a smuggler for a December boat trip to a Greek island. From there, he flew to Italy and on to Germany. He brought his wife, son and daughter to join him a few weeks later.
The number of Turkish citizens fleeing to Germany has complicated the already tense relations between Ankara and Berlin. Accusing Germany of harboring terrorists, Turkey has demanded the extradition of escaped Turkish military officers and diplomats.
At least 221 diplomats, 280 civil servants and their families have applied for asylum, Germany says. Along with refusing to comply with the extradition requests, Germany has lowered the bar for Turkish asylum-seekers — those given permission to remain increased from 8 percent of applicants last year to more than 23 percent in the first half of 2017.
Some Turkish emigres have started building new lives in exile.
Almost at the opposite end of the country, CHP chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu will begin hosting a four-day "Justice Congress" in the western region of Canakkale, complaining of judicial abuses in the crackdown that followed the July 2016 failed coup.
Kilicdaroglu will be seeking to build on the surprising success of his "Justice March" earlier this summer where he walked from Ankara to Istanbul and rallied hundreds of thousands in the biggest opposition event in Turkey in years at its climax.
The combative president and the mildly-spoken opposition leader have traded bitter insults, with Erdogan's accusations against Kilicdaroglu even sparking speculation the CHP chief could be arrested, something the government denied.
In the latest spat, Erdogan mocked Kilicdaroglu for being photographed wearing an underwear vest while eating during the march. "It's an insult to my citizens," snorted the president.
The referendum transformed Turkish politics not just by handing Erdogan more powers — which will apply only if he wins the 2019 polls — but allowing him to again become chief of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) — which took effect immediately.
Erdogan was party boss while he served as premier from 2003-2014, but under the old constitution was forced to sever his links with the party when he became president in 2014.
With the referendum won, he rapidly resumed his old job. But the narrow victory contained troubling signs for Erdogan and the AKP, despite a campaign heavily skewed in their favour.
Turkey's three biggest cities — Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir — all voted 'No' while many Kurds were put off by the AKP's alliance with nationalists.
"By responding to the ballot box signals, Erdogan is preparing the AKP for the 2019 polls," wrote Abdulkadir Selvi, the conservative commentator for the Hurriyet daily.
Since resuming the leadership, Erdogan has sought to reassert his dominance over the party bureaucracy, warning it was suffering from "metal fatigue", urging the need for renewal and saying that only he will determine the party's style.
"Erdogan's preparation to reshuffle the party grassroots organisation is a reflection of his desire to realign the party with the new reality of a single leader," said Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, Ankara Office Director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Through its emphasis on justice, the CHP is sniffing around to see if there is value in alliances with other anti-Erdogan forces including even the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), whose leader Selahattin Demirtas has been in jail since last year.
And the nationalist sphere is also shaken by the vows of leading right-wing figure Meral Aksener to set up a new party to rival the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) of Devlet Bahceli which has become an ally of the AKP.
Unluhisarcikli, said the CHP is trying to increase the coherence of groups that opposed Erdogan in the referendum and unite behind a candidate who could defeat him in the second round in 2019.
But he warned: "This is no easy task as there is not much in common among those parties except opposing the AK Party and Erdogan."
Furthermore, ties between Turkey and Germany will remain strained after the German elections on Sept 24, an adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
"The tension between Turkey and Germany are thought to be about elections, but I don't think it is. It is a long term strategic calculation. I think it is independent from (Chancellor Angela) Merkel and will continue after the elections," Cemil Ertem said during an interview with broadcaster NTV.
Relations between Ankara and Berlin have deteriorated sharply in recent months, with tensions escalating further in the latest war of words triggered by Turkey's use of an Interpol red notice to have Turkish-German writer Dogan Akhanli arrested in Spain.
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Le quai des Antilles est un quai de Nantes, en France, situé à la pointe ouest de l'Île de Nantes, le long de la Loire (bras de la Madeleine) entre les quais Fernand-Crouan (au nord) et Président-Wilson (au sud).

Description
Cette ancienne infrastructure du Grand port maritime de Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, longue de , est aujourd'hui fermé au trafic fluvio-maritime de marchandises, mais la présence d'une ancienne voie ferrée parmi le pavage de la chaussée, rappelle son passé industriel et commercial.

Rénové au début des années 2000, il accueille désormais des activités festives au sein du hangar à bananes, tandis que les rambardes du quai sont également agrémentées par Les Anneaux, œuvre de Daniel Buren et Patrick Bouchain.

Historique
Commencé en 1902 et terminé en 1904, il est nommé « quai des Antilles » en 1905 en référence aux relations anciennes entre le port de Nantes et les Antilles françaises.

Mais les tout débuts de son aménagement remontent à 1840 : avec l'apparition des premiers chantiers navals de Nantes, les berges de l'île de la Prairie au Duc sont en effet peu à peu stabilisées, mais il faudra attendre le début du , avec le comblement des bras de la Loire et la suppression de l'île Mabon (ou île Lemaire), pour que le quai des Antilles prenne sa forme définitive.

Le , le port, les chantiers, les quais et la gare de l'État sont atteints par les bombardements alliés. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le quai endommagé est reconstruit. Destiné principalement au trafic portuaire, notamment l'importation de bananes en provenance des Antilles (ce qui nécessitera la construction du hangar à bananes), il reçoit également sur sa partie amont les navires en cours d'armement.

En 1950, la construction du musoir à sa pointe permet son raccordement au quai Wilson. Désaffecté à la suite de la fermeture des chantiers Dubigeon en 1987, il fait l'objet d'un programme de réaménagement à la fin des années 2000 pour devenir un lieu de promenade en bord de Loire, avec un hangar à bananes accueillant désormais des bars, des restaurants, une discothèque et un théâtre. Il est notamment agrémenté des anneaux de Buren et Bouchain, œuvre permanente installée en 2007.

Depuis 2004, le « hangar 32 », ancien hangar portuaire réhabilité situé sur la partie nord du quai, accueille une exposition permanente autour du projet urbain de l'île de Nantes.

Au hangar 31 se trouve l'association « La Cale 2 L'île » créée en 1989, dont la vocation est de sauvegarder le patrimoine maritime et fluvial. En 2005, elle mena à bien la reconstruction de l'un des bateaux de Jules Verne, le Saint-Michel II.

La partie dédiée à la circulation automobile située parallèlement à environ  à l'est du quai porte depuis 2008 le nom de « boulevard des Antilles ».

Le nom de « Quai des Antilles » a été attribué au terminus de la ligne de Chronobus C5 (mise en service à la rentrée 2013) qui se trouve néanmoins à l'extrémité ouest du boulevard de la Prairie-au-Duc.

Vue panoramique
Nantes : vue panoramique du quai des Antilles depuis la butte Sainte-Anne
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Quai des Antilles, de la grue jaune à la grue grise (prise de vue de 2004, le hangar à bananes n'est pas encore réaménagé et les anneaux de Buren ne seront installés qu'en 2007). Les cinq grues Mofag (vertes et bleue, aujourd'hui disparues) du quai Président-Wilson ont été démontées après l'arrêt définitif de l'activité portuaire à cet endroit en 2007.

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All posts tagged Frankfurt
"We are enemy aliens"
Cookham-born expat Will Spencer's German wife Johanna, living with him in Switzerland, missed her family very much. In the autumn of 1917, she hoped it might be possible to meet up with her sister Agnes.
Johanna having received a letter from [her sister Agnes] yesterday, in which she said that she had heard from the Ohlers, who had heard it from Herrn Rob. Loeliger, in Frankfurt, that persons were allowed to cross from Rheinfelden to Badisch Rheinfelden on showing an Ausweis, asked whether Johanna could not meet her at the other side of the bridge. I despatched a telegram to Agnes for Johanna after breakfast – "Es is nur unmoglich Inez (i.e. Agnes) aufzusuchen". (We are not Swiss that have business that calls them to the German side of the river, but "enemy aliens".).
At 4 we had tea … [with friends] to meet Frau de S., a Polish lady, a daughter of a Prince L., who has visited Rheinfelden regularly for 18 years. She lost her only daughter in 1911, her only son in the war.
by berkshirerecordoffice on 29 September, 2017 • Permalink
Posted in Enemy nations and individuals, Life on the Home Front
Tagged Badisch Rheinfelden, Border crossings, Frankfurt, Germans, Johanna Spencer, Loeliger, Neutral countries, Ohler, Poles, Rheinfelden, Swiss, Switzerland, Telegrams, Will Spencer
Posted by berkshirerecordoffice on 29 September, 2017
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Remember the brave and true, and give them rest
Bracknell mourned the loss of several of its soldiers, and the serious injury of others.
THE ROLL OF HONOUR.
The following prayer from a Russian Liturgy will be valued by many at this time.
"Remember all those, the brave and true, who have died at the death of honour and are departed in the hope of resurrection to eternal Life. In that place of light, whence sorrow and mourning are far banished, give them rest O Lord, the Lover of man. Grant this O Lord."
Lieut. William A. P. Foster, the elder son of Sir William and Lady Foster, has died of wounds received in action at Frankfurt in Germany. He was in the South Staffordshire Regiment and came back from South Africa in September and went out on the 4th of October to join the Army on Active Service. After three or four weeks of strenuous service he was wounded on October 31st and fell into the hands of the enemy, and now the sad news has come that he died of his wounds in November 11th. Since he joined the Army he has served mostly abroad, but we have seen him from time to time when he has been home at Priestwood House, and he was greatly loved, not only by his fellow soldiers, but by all who knew him.
Another of our Bracknell men has fallen, Frederick Butler. He rejoined the Army at the beginning of the war; he had served in the South African war and had two medals. The news of his death reached Bracknell on November 16th but he was killed on October 21st.
We also deeply regret the loss of Sub-Lieut. Charles Van Neck, the youngest son of Mrs. Van Neck, late of Lily Hill. He was a most promising young officer and fell on October 24th. Mrs Van Neck's eldest son is also amongst the "missing."
Amongst the wounded form this Parish are Lieut. Warren Mackenzie, who we are glad to say is reported to be doing well; he is at present in hospital in France. George Clarke, who is in the Reading hospital. Harry Hollingsworth, who some weeks ago was reported to be wounded, but of whom no further news has yet come through. H. Downham, who has been in hospital in Newcastle. Henry Barlow, who is at Chatham. Harry Matthews, who is in France, and according to his own account, "going on grand." Another young soldier, Harry Loader, whose family lived until lately here, is also reported to be wounded; he is in the hospital at Dewsbury.
Mrs. Alfred Isaacs, whose husband was reported to be missing weeks ago, has now received a letter from him telling her that he has been wounded and captured; he has now recovered from his wounds and is a prisoner in Germany.
Lieut. Norman Johnston who was slightly wounded has come home. William Notley is also at home minus a finger, and Arthur Richardson is wounded and in France.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
There is to be a Sale of Work (consisting of useful articles for Sailors, Soldiers, Refugees and Children) at the Parish Room at the Vicarage on Tuesday, December 6th, from 2.30 to 6 p.m., the proceeds of which will be given to Missions.
Bracknell section of Winkfield District Magazine, December 1914 (D/P151/28A/6/12)
by berkshirerecordoffice on 6 December, 2014 • Permalink
Posted in Hopes and prayers: the religious response, Never forget: remembering the war, News from the Front: the grim reality of war, Nursing the wounded, Roll of honour: the war dead, Safe asylum: refugees in Berkshire
Tagged Barlow, Boer War, Bracknell, Butler, Chatham, Clarke, Clothes, Dewsbury, Downham, Foster, France, Frankfurt, Germany, Hollingsworth, Hospitals, Isaacs, Johnston, Lily Hill, Loader, Mackenzie, Matthews, Missing, Missions, Newcastle, Notley, Priestwood, Prisoners of War, Reading, Richardson, Rolls of Honour, Soldiers' wives, South Africa, South Staffordshire Regiment, Van Neck, Wounded
Posted by berkshirerecordoffice on 6 December, 2014
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The Cinematography of "Chernobyl"
September 7, 2020 August 27, 2020 neilosemanAlexa, Alexa Mini, awards, Bafta, cinematography, Cooke, lighting, production design, VOD
Like many of us, I've watched a lot of streaming shows this year. One of the best was Chernobyl, the HBO/Sky Atlantic mini-series about the nuclear power plant disaster of 1986, which I cheekily binged during a free trial of Now TV.
In July, Chernobyl deservedly scooped multiple honours at the Virgin Media British Academy Television (Craft) Awards. In addition to it claiming the Bafta for best mini-series, lead actor Jared Harris, director Johan Renck, director of photography Jakob Ihre, production designers Luke Hull and Claire Levinson-Gendler, costume designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux, editors Simon Smith and Jinx Godfrey, composer Hildur Gudnadóttir, and the sound team all took home the awards in their respective fiction categories.
I use the phrase "took home" figuratively, since no-one had left home in the first place. The craft awards ceremony was a surreal, socially-distanced affair, full of self-filmed, green-screened celebrities. Comedian Rachel Parris impersonated writer/actor Jessica Knappett, and the two mock-argued to present the award for Photography & Lighting: Fiction. Chernobyl's DP Jakob Ihre, FSF gave his acceptance speech in black tie, despite being filmed on a phone in his living room. In it he thanked his second unit DP Jani-Petteri Passi as well as creator/writer Craig Mazin, one of the few principal players not to receive an award.
Mazin crafted a tense and utterly engrossing story across five hour-long instalments, a story all the more horrifying for its reality. Beginning with the suicide of Harris' Valery Legasov on the second anniversary of the disaster, the series shifts back to 1986 and straight into the explosion of the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Ukraine. Legasov, along with Brosi Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) and the fictional, composite character Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) struggle to contain the meltdown while simultaneously investigating its cause. Legions of men are sacrificed to the radiation, wading through coolant water in dark, labyrinthine tunnels to shut off valves, running across what remains of the plant's rooftop to collect chunks of lethal graphite, and mining in sweltering temperatures beneath the core to install heat exchangers that will prevent another catastrophic explosion.
For Swedish-born NFTS (National Film and Television School) graduate Jakob Ihre, Chernobyl was a first foray into TV. His initial concept for the show's cinematography was to reflect the machinery of the Soviet Union. He envisaged a heavy camera package representing the apparatus of the state, comprised of an Alexa Studio, with its mechanical shutter, plus anamorphic lenses. "After another two or three months of preproduction," he told the Arri Channel, "we realised maybe that's the wrong way to go, and we should actually focus on the characters, on the human beings, the real people who this series is about."
Sensitivity and respect for the people and their terrible circumstances ultimately became the touchstone for both Ihre and his director. The pair conducted a blind test of ten different lens sets, and both independently selected Cooke Panchros. "We did a U-turn and of course we went for spherical lenses, which in some way are less obtrusive and more subtle," said Ihre. For the same reason, he chose the Alexa Mini over its big brother. A smaller camera package like this is often selected when filmmakers wish to distract and overwhelm their cast as little as possible, and is believed by many to result in more authentic performances.
When it came to lighting, "We were inspired by the old Soviet murals, where you see the atom, which is often symbolised as a sun with its rays, and you see the workers standing next to that and working hand in hand with the so-called 'friendly' atom." Accordingly, Ihre used light to represent gamma radiation, with characters growing brighter and over-exposed as they approach more dangerous areas.
Ihre thought of the disaster as damaging the fabric of the world, distorting reality. He strove to visualise this through dynamic lighting, with units on dimmers or fitted with remote-controlled shutters. He also allowed the level of atmos (smoke) in a scene to vary – normally a big no-no for continuity. The result is a series in which nothing feels safe or stable.
The DP shot through windows and glass partitions wherever possible, to further suggest a distorted world. Working with Hull and Levinson-Gendler, he tested numerous transparent plastics to find the right one for the curtains in the hospital scenes. In our current reality, filled with perspex partitions (and awards ceremonies shot on phones), such imagery of isolation is eerily prescient.
The subject of an invisible, society-changing killer may have become accidentally topical, but the series' main theme was more deliberately so. "What is the cost of lies?" asks Legasov. "It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognise the truth at all." In our post-truth world, the disinformation, denial and delayed responses surrounding the Chernobyl disaster are uncomfortably familiar.
This article first appeared on RedShark News.
My Two Cents on the Bafta Best Picture Nominations
February 2, 2015 March 24, 2017 neilosemanawards, Bafta, review
Looking at this year's Bafta Best Picture nominations, I realised there was only one that I hadn't seen, so I headed off to the cinema to complete the set. For what they're worth, here are my thoughts on the five nominated films.
THE IMITATION GAME is the story of Alan Turing, the man who helped shorten World War II by breaking the Nazis' Enigma code, but was driven to suicide after being convicted of indecency for homosexual acts. The film takes numerous liberties with the truth – creating conflict where none existed, and ignoring other people who contributed to the code-breaking success – but such liberties are often necessary in adapting reality to the needs of cinema.
As played by the ever-brilliant Benedict Cumberbatch, Turing is arrogant and socially inept to the extreme, like a wartime Sheldon Cooper. Keira Knightley turns in a solid performance as Turing's friend and confidant, as do Mark Strong and the rest of the supporting cast. With great design and beautiful 35mm cinematography, the film is a treat for the eyes.
Of all the nominated films, this is the one that got me most, emotionally. I rooted for Turing and his much-doubted Bombe machine to work, and when it does the film really soars. Then begins the plunge to the opposite end of the emotional scale. It is truly tragic what this country did to Turing, and I felt the shame of that keenly as the film drew to a close.
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING is similar in many ways, the story of another brilliant Englishman whose life is marred by tragedy. Eddie Redmayne is Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist who defied time in more ways than one. Diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the sixties and given two years to live, Hawking went on to model the origins of the universe.
The film is based on the autobiography of Hawking's wife Jane, played by the very talented Felicity Jones. But inevitably it's Redmayne who provides the tour de force performance, reportedly exhausting himself on every take as he maintained Hawking's contorted postures.
Director James Marsh peppers the film with galactic spirals, from the simple joy of the Hawking kids playing around a circular fountain, to the profound mundanity of UHT milk swirling in a British Rail coffee. Like The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything looks great, though its digital crispness can't quite match the beauty of the former film's 35mm images.
While both of these films are extremely well made and engaging, neither demonstrates a particularly unique cinematic voice, which would seem to be necessary to justify the winning of a Best Picture Bafta.
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, on the other hand, is stamped with the unmistakable style of auteur Wes Anderson. Formal compositions, deliberate lateral tracks, stop motion FX, intertitles, neo-fetish costumes and quirky characters all abound in this tale of hotel concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) and his young apprentice Zero (Tony Revolori).
Book-ended by scenes in the present day (shot in 1.85:1), the film quickly moves to 1968, which depicts the titular hotel in decay, the 2.39:1 frame literally revealing the fraying edges as they bow under the distortion of Anderson's super-wide lenses. Conversely, the main narrative, set during the hotel's heyday of 1932, is seen only through the blinkered eye of a 4:3 frame, all flawless straight lines, as slick as Gustave.
As in all of Anderson's best work, every situation comes across as hilariously ridiculous, and every character is memorable. Fiennes is delightfully arrogant and self-involved, Revolori is charmingly earnest, and the supporting cast are clearly having the time of their lives. The ski/sledge chase is a particular highlight, the stop motion wide shots looking joyously like something out of a seventies kids' TV show. (I had the pleasure of working with lead animator Andy Biddle many years ago on Soul Searcher.)
But while The Grand Budapest Hotel is the quirkiest of the nominations, this quirkiness has been well practiced by Anderson throughout his career. He's not pushing himself, and so this film does not, to my mind, merit a Best Picture win.
The last two nominations, however, both push the artform of cinema by challenging the conventions of how films are made.
BOYHOOD, directed by Richard Linklater, was filmed in annual stages over twelve years, in order to capture the genuine ageing of its young protagonist (Ellar Coltrane). I don't know about you, but I'm often distracted from the storyline of a movie by unconvincing ageing make-up or the substitution of what is clearly a different actor to play a character at a different age, so it was great to see a movie that finally showed real ageing.
The film stays close to reality in other aspects, too. None of the cast look like (or are, for the most part) movie stars. It's unusual to see a spotty face or an overweight leading lady in a Hollywood movie, but Linklater does not shy away from these things. The performances are all naturalistic, even when the kids are very young; Samantha's teasing of her younger brother will be recognisable to anyone who's not an only child, and provides an early highlight in the film. The look of Boyhood is equally raw; its 35mm images are dirty, and you can feel the stock being pushed in the night scenes.
Unfortunately, Linklater also chose to be true to life in the narrative: there isn't one. A burst of story a third of the way through sees the family suffer as mum (Patricia Arquette) marries a violent alcoholic, but otherwise it is, like life, a series of unconnected events. Characters show up and disappear without explanation, like the friends we lose touch with. Towards the end, Mom monologues about the futility of life, and that's the theme I took away from this unique, accomplished but unsatisfying movie.
Finally we have BIRDMAN, in which Michael Keaton gets near the knuckle as Riggan Thomas, a has-been actor most famous for playing a Batman-esque superhero. Riggan is now trying to reinvent himself as a serious thesp by writing, directing and starring in a Broadway play.
Apart from a brief montage near the end, Birdman echoes its theatrical setting by appearing to consist of one continuous shot. Although this isn't unprecedented in movies, nowhere has it been done as effectively. The technical and logistical challenges of shooting a movie like this – with grips dancing around behind the camera and technicians dimming lamps up and down to maintain shape in the lighting – God knows how the boom op got in there – would overwhelm most directors, but not Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
DP Emmanuel Lubezki's roving camera puts you right inside the action. His wide lenses, pushing incredibly close to the actors' faces, provide a level of intimacy unparalleled in my experience of cinema. That the performances not only stand up to this minute scrutiny, but positively shine, and that the pace never flags despite the impossibility of trimming scenes in post, is evidence of a tremendous talent and skill from director and cast alike. Both Keaton and Emma Stone, as his daughter, turn in career-high performances, extending their range beyond what we have previously seen from them.
But most importantly, Birdman tells a great story with strong and interesting characters. It's essentially a portrait of a man's mental breakdown, and it uses the simplest techniques – arresting performances, honestly photographed – and the most complex ones – elaborate hallucination VFX within a single-shot framework – to paint this portrait.
So, because it tells a strong story, and because it does that through the highly effective use of a challenging and near-unique production methodology, BIRDMAN would be my choice to win this year's Bafta for Best Picture.


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Sunday 11 October 2020 / 1:00 pm
Fake Cryptocurrency Scammed 55,000 investors for over $200 million
The cryptocurrency crime cartel has been shut down after more than 55,000 investors were conned for more than $ 200 million. Brazilian police arrested 10 people suspected of operating an $ 850 million ($ 210 million) pyramid cryptocurrency scheme. This was reported by local media such as Correido Do Povo on May 21st.
As part of the Egyptian operation, to unveil unapproved financial schemes, the Brazilian tax authorities, together with the police, organized a crackdown against the figures on which the transaction was based and raised funds from 55,000 investors.
They attracted victims with the promise of a 15% payment the first month after investing in the crypto scheme.
In total, the investigation involved 13 individuals and five legal entities.
"The problem with this company is that it was acting without the authorization," Correido Do Povo quotes Delegate Eduardo Dalmolin Boliis of the federal police's Office of Corruption and Financial Crimes as saying.
On the basis of a traditional financial pyramid, seizures of the assets of those involved showed that the company could not honor all the withdrawals of its investors at the same time.
They also invested in luxury goods, including 30 cars and gems, which were subsequently confiscated.
The news comes in the same week when the United States is acting against a Ponzi scheme linked to a cryptocurrency allegedly backed by diamonds. In this case, the network operators would have persuaded domestic and foreign customers spend about $ 30 million over several years.
The use of cryptocurrency is not illegal in Brazil. Police are trying to repeat the impetus for the raid on the contracts, which is based on the lack of legality of the company.
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This afternoon, I heard a gentle "ping" on my iPhone. My sister, Maj, had sent me a photo.
It turns out, it was on the front passenger seat of their car while her son, Jonah, was driving around their environs. They were five minutes into their journey when they noticed the bright harlequin green hitchhiker perched on the right passenger mirror. It looked drenched but none the worse for wear. It hung on for the next thirty minutes of the ride. Mind you, they were in the heart of Vancouver, so it's not as though they were driving on a Grand Theft Auto game or something. By the time they arrived at their destination, it simply hopped off and was on its merry way!
P.S. Based on my quick search here and here, this is likely a grasshopper. But, could it be a cricket or a katydid? I'm no entomologist.
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It was probably going shopping!
Lol, bet he had a heck of a story to tell his grasshopper friends. He had a nice view up there.
You betcha! He gets bragging rights!


A native of Kilmichael, Co. Cork, Jim Dromey is a retired member of An Garda Síochána. He served in several divisions and was Weights and Measures Sergeant in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. He still lives there.
Jim has an abiding love of nature, fostered in him as a child by his parents while his strong regard for his native locality never waned. He has written some autobiographical material relating to his growing years in West Cork in the 1930s. "Holidays" is an extract.
It was summer holiday time and thoughts of school were banished for a month. My parents decided to take my brother and me to our Aunt Minnie's place in Ballingeary, 10 miles from home, for a week or so.
We loved the notion of going to our aunt's house because we had heard glowing accounts of it from older members of the family. I was eight years old; my brother was two years older.
Full of glee we set out one morning with our parents in a tub trap. Fitted springs and rubber tyres, the trap glided smoothly drawn by Betsy the horse. We passed our school with its creaking gate and tall monkey tree. A man on a ladder was whitewashing the walls, how wonderful it was to pass by independently.
When we reached Inchigeelagh there was a fowl market in progress. We saw horse and donkey carts in which hens and ducks lay in straw, their legs tied together. Parked on the street were two touring buses. Those who alighted from them were being treated to humorous anecdotes by the popular Johnny Creedon of the post office and were in convulsions of laughter. As my father remarked: "Johnny could humour a poor man going to the gallows. "
On our journey to Ballingeary there was a picturesque panorama around every bend. On our left several lakes were shimmering in the sun. The edges of the lakes were decorated with white and yellow lilies lying on the water. Blue heathery hills in the background were mirrored in the calm lake waters. These are the waters of the River Lee and are guarded on one side by the hills and on the other by upland farms.
foxgloves or fairy thimbles as they are locally known.
We had almost reached Ballingeary when we parted company with the lakes. We stopped in the village and our father gave us money to buy minerals. In the shop people used Irish. They spoke very quickly and seemed to roll one word into the next. Sitting in the trap we drank and looked at the Irish names on the shops.
Our parents had decided to visit Gougane Barra, five miles from Ballingeary, to perform the rounds. My mother explained that it would be a quiet time for prayer, much more so than on the last Sunday in September, Gougane Sunday. On that day people flocked there on a pilgrimage, some walking down from the mountains, others travelling by carts, trap, bicycle and saddled horse.
Having turned right off the Bantry road we travelled for about a mile into a most picturesque valley. From the lakeside two swans and some cygnets eyed us suspiciously. The lake was encircled by towering heather and myrtle-clad mountains from which several rivulets cascaded down.
Looking west along the valley, also guarded by the zone of black hills, the only sign of life we saw was a lone house. It looked like a grey rock in its obscurity, with a few fields overgrown with bushes, sally trees and tall rushes. We thought it was an isolated place to live.
We crossed a causeway to a little island. While our parents performed the rounds my brother and I examined the ruined remains of an 18th century building-outer walls into which six monastic-type cells were built, and close by a more modern oratory, small and attractive. This was the site of St Finbarr's 6th century hermitage.
The pilgrimage was over. We returned from the island to where Betsy was tied in the shade. Father gave her a feed of oats while mother took flasks of tea and parcels of food from the trap. As we ate we could see the island with its ruined church and oratory, the lake and the sheep dotted mountains all around. When we had finished our picnic we said goodbye to Gougane Barra of many memories, sacred Gougane Barra which soothes the troubled mind and is conducive to contemplative thought.
Having returned to Ballingeary we travelled up a byroad to Aunt Minnies house. There we were given a warm welcome especially by a black and white collie which kept following Minnie's husband, William, around the kitchen. "He all but goes to bed with me ," William told my father.
While the older people chatted, my brother and I went out to have a look at our new surroundings. Nearby, Ronan's Mill was a hive of industry. Wheels were turned by the big belts and workmen were white with dust. Sacks of meal were filled from chutes and stacked nearby. Aunt Minnie warned us about the mill. "Once a cat went into one of those chutes chasing a rat and came out in the form of crushed oats," she said. The advice startled us and we kept away from the mill.
When our parents had left, Eileen, our 16-year-old cousin took us for a walk to the village. We saw young people there whom Eileen said were students at the Irish Collage. We met one of the students on the bridge. Eileen started talking to him and told us to go away and buy sweets in the village. Our parents had given us two shillings each and we were overjoyed at having so much money. Now we could buy NKM toffees and slabs of Mickey Mouse chocolate. Having paid a visit to the church we returned to the bridge. Eileen was still there with the student and told us to continue homewards, she would catch up on us. "He's a cousin of ours," she said when she rejoined us a few minutes later.
We told Aunt Minnie about the sweets and our visit to the church and I mentioned that Eileen had met her cousin at the bridge. "What cousin?" asked Minnie. Eileen blushed and her mother took her into the parlour. Next day Eileen seemed offended and wouldn't talk to me although she remained friendly towards my brother. I asked him why she wouldn't talk to me. "A shut mouth catches no flies". That's what she told me to tell you", he said.
Aunt Minnie was a warm-hearted lady. Once I lost my balance when coming down stone steps from the loft with a container of newly-laid eggs. All the eggs were smashed but my aunt's only concern was for my well-being. "Don't worry about the eggs, the hens will lay again tomorrow", she said.
Sitting on a fence we watched the sheep being dipped. The dog herded them into a pen where two men dipped them, one at a time, into a prepared solution. One of the men, Mick, asked us if we would like to accompany him the next day when he went on horseback to collect his own sheep. Aunt Minnie gave permission and when Mick arrived next morning we were ready. He put us astride the grey horse's back and kept a hand on either side of us as he held the reins so that we wouldn't fall off. His dog followed. On the summit of the hill Mick told us we were now on the roof of the world. He showed us the long range of Kerry mountains to the west, Inchigeelagh Lakes like sheets of broken glass to the east, Shehy Mountains to the south and the towering mountains that support Gougane Barra.
Mick took the opportunity to examine the bank of cut turf and pointed out two hares careering through the heather, having been disturbed by the dog.
The following day we got a lift in Ronan's lorry to Inchigeelagh to be met by our father. It was the end of our holiday. When we were leaving Ballingeary, Aunt Minnie gave each of us an apple and an orange. Eileen shook my hand. "I'm sorry," she said warmly, "I should have known better. You're only half my age".


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If you're spending several days in Las Vegas, you're probably going to want to take a tour outside of Las Vegas and you should. There's so much to see and do not just inside Sin City, but in the areas surrounding Las Vegas. If you're not interested in driving, then hop on a bus and enjoy a full day exploration tour instead. One of the most popular tours among those visiting Las Vegas is a full-day Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour from Las Vegas with a stop on Route 66 along the way.
Money Saving Tip! Full-Day Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour from Las Vegas is included on the Go Las Vegas Pass and Las Vegas Flex Premium Sightseeing Pass. If you are sightseeing in Grand Canyon Village, then you can save a lot of money with a pass.
Grand Canyon South Rim History
Located in northern Arizona, the Grand Canyon is a natural formation. This one-mile deep gorge that is 270 miles long and is up to 18 miles wide at some points is like nothing you've ever seen before. It is believed to have been formed somewhere between 5 and 6 million years ago. To understand how big the Grand Canyon actually is, if you took all of the water on the Earth and poured it inside the Grand Canyon, it would only fill it halfway. That should give you a better understanding of just how enormous the Grand Canyon actually is.
While not the deepest canyon in the world (that goes to Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Tibet), it was named a National Monument in 1908 by Theodore Roosevelt. Later, President Woodrow Wilson made it a National Park in 1919 and visitors have been visiting the Grand Canyon in droves ever since.
Grand Canyon South Rim: The Main Attraction
The reason to go on a full-day Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour from Las Vegas is to see all of what the Grand Canyon has to offer. Not only is it one of the most visited destinations in the United States, but it's also one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
Why the Grand Canyon South Rim is a Must-See
If you want to see what a force of nature Mother Nature actually is, then you need to see the Grand Canyon in person. No video or picture will ever do the Grand Canyon justice as it is far more majestic and enormous than what can ever be relayed through any type of media.
The Colorado River began to cut a channel through the Grand Canyon but it's not because of water alone that it was formed. A combination of water, wind, and rain helped form the Grand Canyon as the sedimentary rocks were exposed and eventually eroded. What To See When You're There
Your full-day Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour will take you to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Because the North Rim is remote and has a high elevation, the majority of visitors choose to visit the South Rim instead on their visit to the Grand Canyon. Your first stop once inside the Grand Canyon should be to the visitor center. Visitors can walk from one scenic point to another while on a day tour and you can even walk part of the Rim Trail called the Bright Angel Trail.
If you have time to visit the West Rim of the Grand Canyon, with a sense of adventure definitely love the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Imagine standing 4,000 feet above the canyon floor on glass. The horseshoe shaped glass walkway opened in 2007 and has drawn visitors from around the world for this unique way to look at the Grand Canyon.
Why You Should Go on a Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour
While the destination for this full-day Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour may be the Grand Canyon, the trip to get there is far from boring. You'll leave Las Vegas and travel through the Mojave Desert. One of the stops along the way includes the Lake Mead scenic overlook. As the elevation grows, the scenery around you does as well.
Upon arrival at the Grand Canyon, most tours allot around three hours for exploration at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Visitors to the Grand Canyon will have the chance to walk along a paved road to some of the stops within the park, such as Mather Point and Bright Angel Lodge. These are the most notable scenic vantage points within the Grand Canyon so you'll want to consider taking lots of pics and videos. For anyone not wanting to walk, passengers can remain on the bus instead. There's also a free park shuttle that can take guests to other scenic viewpoints within the Grand Canyon.
Your bus tour will travel along Route 66 in Arizona either before or after visiting the Grand Canyon. In case you didn't know, Route 66, or the Main Street of America, once linked Chicago to Los Angeles. Established in 1926, Route 66 quickly became part of popular culture and a must-see destination since its inception. Over the years, highways grew in demand and Route 66 wasn't as important as it once was. By 1985, Route 66 officially ceased to exist after it was decertified. While many parts of Route 66 no longer exist, many sections have been preserved and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a reason to visit any remaining parts of Route 66 so you can visit and see what those Americans who crossed the country back in the 1930's used to travel from the East to West. This is a part of American history you need to experience at least once in your lifetime.
Consider your full-day Grand Canyon South Rim Bus Tour an appetizer for the Grand Canyon. Enjoy your full-day tour and then plan a return visit where you can dive in deeper into all that the Grand Canyon has to offer.


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Pirates of the Caribbean ride update will remove all references to pirates
"It's the obvious next step, given the changes up until now."
GLENDALE, CA — It is well-known that the current Pirates of the Caribbean rides are different than the original versions. As society has changed and developed certain sensitivities, Disney Imagineers have altered the ride experience to avoid offense. Pirate men first chased the town's women, then their food, and now the women chase them. The Redhead is no longer up for auction, but is a pirate herself. And as society became less offended by Johnny Depp, he was added to the ride.
Now, as sources within Disney Imagineering and Spa tell Uncle Walt's Insider, the rides will be changed again.
Avoiding offense
"It's the obvious next step," says Disney (the company) spokesperson Jun Disney (no relation), "especially given the changes up until now. Disney really bends over backwards to avoid offending anyone, which is the reason for how the ride has evolved before.
"Well, many people find the whole idea of pirates and pirating extremely troublesome. It's high time we recognized that. Plus, we get constant complaints from Somalians that they are not represented in the ride. We'd either need to add them in or take out pirates altogether."
No timetable
Disney (no relation) says the ride will be changed "soon," but no specific schedule has been released.
"It's the second thing on the to-do list right now," she says, "right after we remove all references to the occult from Haunted Mansion."
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Home testimonies sports Bears football star Tommie Harris weathered loss of wife
Bears football star Tommie Harris weathered loss of wife
By Levi Photenhauer —
Chicago Bears star Tommie Harris was the best at everything, but he'd never been tested — until his wife died unexpectedly 41 days into their marriage.
"I was #1 getting drafted, #1 going to Oklahoma University, so I never was tested," Harris recounts on a Grace For Purpose video. "I knew God in a good place. I didn't know Him in a place when things didn't go the way I wanted them to go."
The Texas native was playing for the San Diego Chargers at the time. On a visit from his fiancé, Tommie decided to move the wedding date forward and go to the courthouse right then and there on New Year's. They already had two kids together.
The church ceremony would come a few months later, and to fit the white dress better, Ashley wanted a breast reduction. It was a simple procedure, but she never woke up. A brain aneurysm tragically snuffed her life out on the operating table in 2012.
"I had something like $25 million in the bank when I lost Ashley, and not one dollar had been able to help her," Tommie laments. "If it could have, I would have given every last cent to save my wife."
Up to that point, Tommie was a football sensation. At Oklahoma, he was twice named All-American. In his eight years in the NFL, the 6'3", 295-pound defensive tackle was three times a Pro-Bowl pick and once a Super Bowl player.
But when his wife slipped into eternity, he suddenly retired. He wanted to take care of his kids, Tyson and Tinsley.
"Physically, I was ready" to keep playing NFL, he says. "But mentally, I wasn't dialed in. I mean, what if I went out there and suffered a head or neck injury and couldn't take care of my kids? What would I tell them, that daddy had wanted to make some more money?"
He invested his money for the family to live on. He went back to school to complete his MBA and capitalized a variety of business ventures.
And he would grow in God. After winning so much in football, Tommie calls the untimely death of his wife "my greatest loss."
"Today, I'm not the man Ashley married," he says. "I'm a much better version of that man — one I wish she was here to see. But I know that she is here, every day, watching over me, Tyson and Tinsley, shining the light that guides us as we do our best to keep her spirit alive and make her proud."
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Travel at day time to St. Catherine and visit one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world, St. Catherine. at the foot of Mount Sinai. Climb the mountain in day time to take in the stunning sunset from the mountaintop before descending again to Return to Taba.
We leave Taba at 8 in the morning and drive for 2 and half hours to visit St. Catherine's Monastery. Climbing Mount Sinai to see the sunset. If we climb Mount Sinai, we will back in Taba around 9 at night. Visit the Monastery of Saint Catherine which is considered one of the most famous monasteries in the world and also it's one of the oldest monasteries of Christianity. It's located in heart of Sinai Peninsula at a height of 1570 meters in the place where according to the tradition Moses saw the bush on fire which didn't burn up .The Monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monastery dates back to the age of the emperor Justinian 6th century. It was the same time of building enclosure wall surrounding the monastery right now but the monastery was named Saint Catherine at the beginning of the 11th century in honor of saint Catherine, one of the earliest Alexandria Christians martyrs. It contains several monuments like the burning bush seen by Moses, and the remarkable Icons Gallery.
The monastery closes every Sunday and is open from 09:00-11:30 on Fridays. On other days the monastery is open from 09:00 until noon. The monastery is closed during Christian Orthodox holidays. Please check with our office for trip availability.
It was a very good trip on quadbikes in taba and also a trip to Mount of Moses. Ahmed is a great guy that can help in everything.
We have a lot of fun with them and spend lovely time, kids enjoyed the outings. We descovered taba a lot of places I'm taba, and it was so lovely.


BEREEV, a legacy planning platform is here to answer a very basic question. What is going to happen when something happens to you? Will your family know what to do? Do they know where to find your documents and information? Or have you said everything you want to say?
The platform is similar to TheKnot in the United States but instead of helping people plan for their weddings, Bereev helps them plan for the inevitable.
Most of us would prefer to sweep this under the carpet, citing how 'pantang' (taboo) it can be to broach the topic of life and death. However, there is a growing population who are taking the more pragmatic and logical approach. The truth is death is the only guaranteed thing in life, so would it not make more sense to prepare yourself and your loved ones for it?
This question lingered in the head of Bereev's founder and CEO, Izumi Inoue after losing both of her grandparents in 2016 and 2017 respectively. The passing of Izumi's late grandmother was a chaotic experience, it was the first death so close to home and when it happened, no one from the family knew what to do. In the week that followed, many difficult decisions had to be made. Decisions the grieving family was in no condition to make and that caused disagreements and conflicts to arise within the family.
A year later, Izumi had to bid goodbye to her grandfather. This time things were vastly different. Izumi's late grandfather was diagnosed with stage 4 parotid cancer and he refused to receive any treatment, all he wanted was to spend his remaining days at home with his family. In his final days, he had very open and honest conversations about his last wishes, cleaned out his room and made all the necessary arrangements. When his time came, the experience was entirely different. It felt like a very smooth transition and the family could finally process their own feelings and properly grieve their loss.
"So it dawned upon me, what if everyone were to plan in advance just like how my late grandfather did? There should be a simple, guided and affordable platform out there to help us plan for something none of us can avoid," says Izumi.
But, there wasn't one as it turned out. Malaysians are still doing things the old-school way. The typical path is to start with writing a will and if you have extra cash, get insured. The whole process is still fragmented and there's too many different moving parts. That's where Bereev jumps in, acting as the glue that holds your entire plan together so that it'll be much easier for your loved ones when your time comes.
On top of this, user security and privacy is Bereev's top priority and that is why the entire platform is fully encrypted (AES-256). This means that nobody will be able to view your information, not even the internal team. There will also be additional security measures such as two-factor authentication and regular security audits, led by Bereev's leading security expert (ex-security specialist for Royal Bank of Scotland, CitiBank and Standard Chartered). You can learn more about how Bereev is protecting our users' data and files, here.
Bereev recently joined hundreds of startups in applying for the Khazanah Nasional Entrepreneurship Programme (KNEO) and was selected as one of the 30 startups that made it to the final Acceleration Stage where it joined the cohort led by WTF Accelerator.
"The area Bereev addresses is not something everyone thinks about everyday but it is addressing a major issue in our complicated world today," says WTF Accelerator co-founder Sam Shafie.
"During the KNEO programme, we found that the Bereev team was putting together a very powerful product and they deservingly made it to the final stage. We are happy to have them on board for the next three months and assist them in building a strong platform," adds Sam.
The official launch for Bereev is planned for mid-April 2018 but users can now sign up for the beta program where the company is offering 1,000 free 1 year premium (Bereev+) subscriptions for users to explore the platform and provide their feedback.


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A Historic Day: 15th Anniversary of Largest Anti-War Mobilization Ever (Interview WITH Cindy)
A Historic Day: 15th Anniversary of Largest Anti-War Mobilization Ever
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Mike Prysner, a veteran of the Iraq War who became a leading anti-war activist, and Cindy Sheehan, an anti-war activist and journalist whose son Casey was killed during the Iraq War.
In our first hour, fifteen years ago yesterday, more than 10 million people around the world participated in mass demonstrations in opposition to the US decision to attack Iraq. It was the largest mass one day mass anti-war mobilization in history. All these years later, the US military is still in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it has armed troops in countless other countries around the world. The hosts take a look at militarism and war and the global forces that are trying to changing course.
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Any student of recent Oscar lore knows of the sad tale of sound mixer Kevin O'Connell, who has gone win-less over a remarkable 20 ceremonies (a small fortune in tux rentals) and must surely want to beat a pulp every well-meaning sap who offers, "You know, it's an honor just to be nominated…" Kevin first got dressed up for Oscar night in 1983 (for his work on Terms of Endearment), his latest (and we certainly hope not final) nomination was for 2007's Transformers.
Most Career Nominations that Have Resulted in Wins: 4 Sound editor Mark Berger has gone a perfect 4 for 4, with nomination/wins in 1980, 1984, 1985, and 1996. We're guessing he's not very welcome in the O'Connell household. You know, because of that whole ugly sound mixer vs. sound editor thing.