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Chapter 1218 The very cool (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique)
No, Pavilion Master Chu isn't such an unreasonable person, Song Shuhang thought to himself.
Furthermore, he'd already made it very clear that the outside world was changing and in turmoil as the Wielder of the Heaven's Will was soon going to be replaced. If she were to step on her path to immortality right now, she would undoubtedly appear on the radar of the current Wielder of the Will. Doing that would simply not be worth the price.
So, it was strange that Pavilion Master Chu suddenly lost her patience.
Song Shuhang said, "Chu Chu, can you look after Yinzhu? I'm going to go out and take a look at something."
"Alright," replied Chu Chu. She could also sense that changes were happening to Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion outside.
Song Shuhang brought out the invisible saber insect, used the saber flying technique, and flew away.
Chu Chu did not know that Song Shuhang had an invisible saber insect. She only saw Song Shuhang stepping on the air and flying away.
"He's already this powerful?" Chu Chu blinked.
Treading on air… Isn't that something that only Fifth Stage Spiritual Emperors can do? I thought that Song Shuhang was still at the Fourth Stage Realm.
Moreover, the 'treading on air' movement would have one make a 'walking' action. However, when Song Shuhang flew out, he was simply suspended in the air, his posture was different from the normal posture…
The upper level of the Time City was not as complicated as the lower level. Song Shuhang flew around the Time City according to what he could recall, and entered the 'Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion'.
Next, he saw the sky of the 'Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion' twisting and turning. It was as if it was a basin of water that was being stirred up. The whole space was spinning and seemingly beginning to collapse.
It looked as if the end of the world was imminent.
The area of the collapse was getting larger and larger, and if this were to continue, the entire Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion would soon be involved.
I can't seem to find Pavilion Master Chu…
Song Shuhang shouted out, "Pavilion Master Chu!"
Nobody responded to him.
Down below, the disciples of the 'Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion', whose eyes were without life, were standing still.
What in the world happened here?
While he was in thought, a figure holding an umbrella quickly flew towards him, descending beside him.
"Hello, Fellow Daoist. I seem to have heard you shouting 'Pavilion Master Chu'. Are you perhaps also looking for her? Eh? Profound Sage Tyrannical Song! Why are you here?" Daoist Umbrella said in surprise.
"Do you know where Pavilion Master Chu is?" Song Shuhang didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and directly went to the point.
At the same time, he looked at the disciples down below, and then looked at Daoist Umbrella… Why can this guy still move around normally?
Could it be that he isn't a disciple of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion formed through Pavilion Master Chu's illusory reality?
Daoist Umbrella said, "I'm also looking for her. A huge change suddenly happened to the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion. It's as if it is soon going to be destroyed. I was terrified, but I couldn't find her no matter how hard I tried."
Song Shuhang asked, "Have you checked the Celestial Pavilion?"
Daoist Umbrella replied, "I… I've forgotten whether or not I've checked the Celestial Pavilion, but I seem to have fought with someone?"
Song Shuhang sighed, this guy really could not be depended on. It was really tiring to talk with him.
"I'm going to the Celestial Pavilion to check. I have to find her before the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion gets destroyed. You can also search around, just send a signal towards the sky if you find any clues," said Song Shuhang. He then quickly flew towards Pavilion Master Chu's residence.
Daoist Umbrella shouted, "No problem, I will remember to send the signal."
Relying on his memory, Song Shuhang quickly rushed to the 'Celestial Pavilion'. I hope that the defensive formation at the entrance of the pavilion won't be a problem, I really don't want to be hung upside down in a shameful position.
Just as he prepared to step into the Celestial Pavilion, two figures stepped out of the door.
They were the male and female attendants.
When Song Shuhang had first got into the 'Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion', these two little guys had greeted him. After that, when Song Shuhang had woken up in the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion, they'd taken him to Pavilion Master Chu.
At this time, the eyes of the two were similarly without spirit, just like the other disciples'. Despite their eyes seemingly void of spirit, they still blocked Song Shuhang's path. When compared to other disciples, the two attendants could at least act.
"Is Pavilion Master Chu inside?" Song Shuhang asked.
The male attendant shook his head.
"Then, do you know where Pavilion Master Chu is?" Song Shuhang continued to ask. The male and female attendants were both created through Pavilion Master Chu's illusory reality, so if they continued to respond, it meant that Pavilion Master Chu could receive his messages.
This time, the male and female attendants did not respond
Song Shuhang asked, "Is Pavilion Master Chu perfecting her path to immortality?"
This time, the female attendant shook her head.
Can't you guys say anything? I'm having trouble guessing what you guys are trying to say by shaking your head!
Song Shuhang asked, "Can you take me to see Pavilion Master Chu?"
This time, both of them shook their heads together.
Song Shuhang thought for a moment, "Then, can I enter the Celestial Pavilion? I want to go in and check."
Both of the attendants shook their heads once again while their lifeless eyes continued to stare at Song Shuhang. They seemed ready to block him.
[Something is wrong. They aren't the attendants.) At this time, Ye Si's voice echoed in Song Shuhang's mind.
Song Shuhang said, (Ye Si, have you already gotten through your inner demon tribulation?]
Ye Si's voice echoed, [Not yet, I just responded because I felt your mind shaking. There are problems with the two attendants in front of you, they aren't how I recall them to be. Force them away and directly go to the top floor to check.]
She can actually speak to me while transcending her inner demon tribulation? Could it be because Ye Si is a ghost spirit, so her inner demon tribulation is different?
However, it wasn't the time to be thinking about this.
"Got it." Song Shuhang's figure forcefully rushed towards the Celestial Pavilion and attacked the two attendants.
The two attendants had been prepared. When Song Shuhang attacked them, the two of them similarly made their moves to block him.
The male attendant shot out shadow palms that filled the sky, making it appear as if there was an endless wave of them. The female attendant extended her hand towards Song Shuhang while holding a short sword, which contained sharp sword intent, between her fingers.
Ye Si said, (It's the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion's 'Sea Overturning Palm' and 'Heavy Water Sword'. They're using the cultivation technique of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion.]
Song Shuhang's arms met their attacks. At this time, his body was under the effect of the (Steel Hands Technique), which made it extremely hard.
He used the advanced fist technique, (Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Technique), with his left hand, while the right one, which appeared to be throwing out a punch, actually held the invisible saber insect and slashed out the (Strong Gale Saber).
After using the 'Demon Subduing Buddhist Fist Technique', pure light of virtue emerged. This light of virtue did not condense into the form of a lamia. Instead, it turned into a wrathful buddhist attendant whose face was faintly similar to Song Shuhang's. The buddhist attendant and Song Shuhang were moving the exact same way, and both swung their left fists at the exact same time.
In the air, the sound of chanting resounded.
The fist technique met the palm technique head-on.
The male attendant's Sea Overturning Palm was destroyed with a single strike, and the momentum of the fist surged forward to his body, directly sending him flying and crashing into the Celestial Pavilion.
The (Strong Gale Saber) used by his right hand wasn't any less powerful. The female attendant could not resist Song Shuhang's slash at all. The sword in her hand broke into pieces, and her figure was similarly sent flying
Song Shuhang did not want to waste any time. After forcefully getting past the two attendants, he directly rushed into Celestial Pavilion, and went straight to the top floor.
"Someone else is coming over. Are there still other people in the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion?" Inside a room in the Celestial Pavilion, a man with white hair all over his body stood up. This person looked just like a white ape.
In the corner of the room, something that looked like a slime said, "Perhaps it's a guest of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion that accidentally entered. A similar situation had happened before."
The white-haired man gravely said, "No, if there was a guest, then where was this guy hiding before? The entire Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion has already been turned upside down by our people. We did not overlook anything."
The slime gently said, "It doesn't matter. It's just a little guy at the Fourth Stage Realm, he can't possibly affect our plans."
"I'll go and take care of this little guy." The white-haired man revealed his sharp canine teeth.
The slime sighed. "It's just a little guy at the Fourth Stage Realm, is it really necessary to bother with him?"
The white-haired man laughed, and said, "Did you not notice? This guy has a very special scent, it's the scent of the 'Righteous Body Tempering Poem'. He must have practiced the (Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha). This is just too great! I have to go and test him. It would be a head-on confrontation between the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) and the (Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha), both of which are known to be among the strongest body tempering techniques."
The slime sneered, and said, "As someone at the Fifth Stage Realm, would it even be interesting to bully a little guy at the Fourth Stage?"
The white-haired man said, "Of course it's interesting. I can prove that the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) is the strongest." After opening the door of the room, he warmed up his muscles and went to greet Song Shuhang
(Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha) vs. (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique)! This time, the (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) was definitely going to defeat the (Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha)!
Song Shuhang was running up the spiral staircase. However, after making one circle, he facepalmed.
"I'm so f*cking stupid, I can just fly." He then brought out the invisible saber insect and directly flew towards the top floor.
A white-haired man stood at the staircase, and shouted at him, "Come on. Let's fight, young
"Whoosh-"Song Shuhang quickly brushed past him.
The white-haired man: "…"
Bastard, stop right there!
The white-haired man yelled, "It's always the same, the bastards from the scholarly faction are always so condescending. I shall teach you a good lesson today, little boy."
In the next moment, the projections of 10 ancient holy apes condensed on the top of his head.
The 10 ancient holy apes roared towards the sky while exuding an ancient and brutal aura.
"My (Holy Ape Dragon Power Technique) can already produce 10 holy ape projections; I am invincible in the Fifth Stage Realm. Fight me, boy. Let me see how strong your (Scholarly Indestructible Body of the Buddha) really is." The white-haired man turned his body and pounced at Song Shuhang.
The 10 holy ape projections that had condensed on the top of his head also made a pouncing movement towards Song Shuhang.
This cultivation technique looks quite cool, Song Shuhang, who was flying, thought to himself.
However, he didn't bother to waste any time with the white-haired man.
(There are even outsiders that have appeared in Pavilion Master Chu's Celestial Pavilion. What in the world is happening?] Ye Si felt very uneasy.
Song Shuhang said, [Are you having any trouble with your inner demon tribulation?]
At the same time, the virtuous lamia automatically emerged from his body.
"Go away~"A strong voice came out of the virtuous lamia's mouth-it was Scarlet Heaven Sword's voice.
At the same time, the lamia held a slipper in her right hand and slammed it towards the white man.
Right behind the slipper was a fat whale with long wings that came crashing down on him.
"Bang-"
The white-haired man was smashed to the ground, and the 10 holy apes projections broke into pieces. The man's face was now covered in blood.
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No mercy for anyone involved in Easter Sunday terror attacks – Chamal
The Government will not spare anyone proven to be involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Irrigation and State Minister of Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management Minister Chamal Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday.
Denying allegations against the Government, Minister Rajapaksa pointed out that the release of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen's brother Riyaj from Police detention probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks does not mean that the suspect is vindicated from all charges. The Minister pointed out that the same suspect would be taken into custody, if new evidence linked to him surfaces.
Responding to a question raised by Samagi Jana Balavegaya Badulla District MP Chaminda Wijesiri, the minister said that Riyaj had been taken into custody on April 14, this year on suspicion of the latter's connections with Insaf Ahmed, the terrorist who committed suicide at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo during the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
"As per the call records, there were 17 calls made by the suspect to the terrorist. The suspect had been detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act for three days for questioning and thereafter obtained the permission of courts twice for three months each. The investigators had found that the suspect and the terrorist had had no terror links. The calls had been made for business purposes. There is no evidence to prove that the suspect aided and abetted the terrorist to carry out the attacks.Therefore, he was released on September 29, 2020. The last call they had made was three months prior to the attacks. However, if there is new evidence, he would be arrested again," the Minister said.
MP Wijesiri said that when the suspect was nabbed, the Police Spokesman stated that the Police had evidence to prove that the suspect aided and abetted the terrorists by transporting explosives. "Now, after a couple of months, the same Police Spokesman says that there is no evidence. What statement are we to believe? Imagine the plight of the person who was under custody if he is innocent and the ordeal he had undergone- not only him but also his family members too. What action would the government take against the Policeman whose double standard on the matter is exposed?" the MP demanded to know from the minister.
(Source: Daily News – By Sandasen MARASINGHE, Camelia Nathaniel and Amali Mallawaarachchi)
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While You Were Here
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Does it feel real yet?
Has the shock set in, or the relief? Does it feel good? Scary?
You did so much to get to this point, and worked so hard. A lot of cups of coffee — and a lot of cups of other drinks — went into getting here. A lot of borrowing friends' staplers, practicing solos in stairwells and submitting papers minutes before the deadline have shaped you into the student you are now.
Except soon, you won't be a student. You'll be something else — maybe you know what that is already, and have known for a while, or maybe you don't know and don't feel like trying to find out until your bank account runs too low to pay rent. Still, even once your NYU ID card stops letting you access Bobst Library at all hours of the day, you'll carry the university as part of your personal identification. You're a fully blossomed Violet, and you've got the subway map memorized well enough to prove it.
In honor of the effort you put in to get here, we present the While You Were Here issue. Leaf through in between studying for your last finals and preparing for your senior recitals. Reminisce on your years here and take a deep breath as you step outside of our non-campus and into New York City and the world at large as a college graduate — a violet-bleeding, network-wielding, city-slicking alum.
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Aaron Zigman has been hired to compose the orchestral score for Disney and Walden Media's fantasy adventure BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, directed by Gabor Csupo based on the novel by Katherine Paterson. Recording artist Alison Krauss has decided to step down from scoring duties on the film but is still involved in the project as a songwriter. The film is due out on February 16 next year and stars Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, and Robert Patrick.
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Six Degrees of Treasure Trivia: Quiz #4
September 28, 2013 / Arthur Grant
6 DEGREES OF TREASURE TRIVIA:
Further hints to question #1 will be provided in the others (#2-#6). Feel free to send your answers to arthur@thecinemacafe.com
The first person to e-mail me at the address above with all of the correct answers will receive at no charge either:
A Region 4 DVD of The Big Heat: one of the great film noirs of all time or
A Region 1 DVD of The Man From Laramie: one of the best westerns ever made.
(Winner's choice)
1. The following is heard in this film:
"I know what you're thinkin'. Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I've kinda' lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"
Can you name the film?
2. Before delivering the speech above, we can see a theatre marquee displaying the name of a film the actor previously directed. In addition, the director of film #1 appears as one of the characters in this film (on the marquee).
Name the actor who makes the above speech and the film on the marquee he previously directed before appearing in film #1.
3. In a documentary about film #1 Arnold Schwarzenegger states that when the scene above takes place the character is eating a hamburger before and during some of the ensuing mayhem.
Is he right?
4. The director of film #1 made another film directly after this one that cast 6 of the same actors (including the director himself) appearing in film #1. Listed below are the actors (in bold) who appeared in both films next to the parts they played in film #1:
1. Andy Robinson as"Scorpio"
2. John Vernon as The Mayor
3. Woodrow Parfrey as Jaffe (food vendor)
4. Albert Popwell as a bank robber
5. James Nolan as a liquor store owner
6. (the director) as a passerby (of title character's vehicle)
Listed below are the 5 character parts played (in no particular order) by the actors above in the same director's subsequent film:
Murphy (plays table tennis and gets beaten)
Maynard Boyle (Boss to Harold Young)
Unnamed (Clerk in a store the title character visits)
Percy Randolph (has his car repossessed)
Harmon Sullivan (a bank robber)
Harold Young (bank manager)
Can you name the film subsequently directed by film #1's director, the director himself and match the parts listed in the director's subsequent film to the actors who played them (listed above the parts in bold)?
5. The same director and star of film #1 made 4 other films together.
Can you name the other 4?
6. The setting for film #1 is San Francisco. The same star plays a cop for the same director in their first film working together. In their debut working relationship, this actor has to travel to a different city (other than San Francisco) to extradite a prisoner.
Can you name the pair's first film working together and name the city that the main character travels to, that most of the story takes place in?
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Get it off your chest? Not anymore. LGBT rights can be debated on T-shirts in schools.
December 31, 2015 September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte
Seldom has one piece of real-estate been so bitterly contested as the space between teenagers' armpits. You could design a semester-long law-school course around First Amendment rights and T-shirts in schools.
The latest entry comes from a federal district judge in Tennessee, who decided last week that a Lynnville, Tenn., student had a constitutionally protected right to wear a pro-LGBT-rights shirt bearing the message "Some People Are Gay, Get Over It" — which her principal had difficulty getting over.
The case, Young v. Giles County Board of Education, was made substantially easier by the school board's decision not to bother putting up a defense, which made Judge Kevin H. Sharp's ruling a foregone conclusion. Still, portions of Sharp's opinion are worth noting for their future application in other student-speech cases.
First and most importantly, a school cannot manufacture its own "disruption" by overreacting to speech. The Supreme Court's Tinker standard says that substantially disruptive speech can be banned or punished. But the judge noted that the only "disruption" was caused by the principal's own decision to humiliate Richland High School senior Rebecca Young by reprimanding her in front of a crowded school cafeteria. (The school told Rebecca's parents, by way of a disturbingly ungrammatical letter, that the shirt was proscribed to protect Rebecca from being bullied. They just didn't say that the bullying would be by the principal.)
Second, a public school can never restrict discussion of only one side of a contested issue. The judge wrote that both Principal Micah Landers and his boss, Phillip J. Wright, justified the ban on the grounds that references to LGBT rights are "sexual." But by selectively enforcing the school's prohibition on sexual messages only against gay-rights advocacy, the school crossed the constitutional line of "viewpoint discrimination."
Rebecca Young's case is reminiscent of the recent controversy in Chesnee, S.C., over a student's insistence on wearing a T-shirt — "Nobody knows I'm a lesbian" — that her school attempted to ban as disruptive. In both instances, it appears that students (a more resilient audience than adult regulators care to credit) collectively shrugged at the message while school authority figures freaked out. (In the South Carolina case, the school backpedaled and rescinded the ban after acknowledging that the shirt did not in fact provoke any disruptive student reactions — only adult ones.)
Just as the consensus now seems established that Confederate flag apparel can be excluded from school in anticipation of disruption, there is growing agreement that LGBT rights are fair game for debate even on school grounds during school time:
In 2008, a Florida judge struck down a Pensacola-area school's ban on logos including rainbows, pink triangles and the words "gay pride" or "GP," which students began wearing in defense of a classmate bullied for being a lesbian.
In Ohio, a school district capitulated in the face of likely defeat in a First Amendment lawsuit and allowed a Waynesville high-schooler to continue wearing his "Jesus Is Not A Homophobe" T-shirt, which the district had characterized as "indecent and inappropriate in a school setting."
A Naperville, Ill., student won the right to wear a T-shirt with the slogan "Be happy, not gay," over objections that the shirt would disrupt school activities by provoking bullying. (In a contrary view that appears based on the especially harsh language of the shirt, a federal appeals court sided with a California high school that banned a T-shirt reading, "I WILL NOT ACCEPT WHAT GOD HAS CONDEMNED… HOMOSEXUALITY IS SHAMEFUL," which the judges classified as a "verbal assault" intruding on the rights of LGBT students to feel safe.)
These rulings are of potential significance to student media, because LGBT rights remain a lightning-rod issue regularly motivating schools to censor student newspapers and yearbooks. If students have a recognized right to express opinions on school grounds about the rights of gay and lesbian citizens, it is difficult to justify declaring the subject off-limits for mention in journalistic publications.
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UWE Bristol's Launch Space Incubator cohort takes off!
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 12 October 2021 20 October 2021
The University of the West of England's 2021 Launch Space incubator cohort gathered for their induction last week at Future Space – Bristol. The day was led by Mark Corderoy from UWE Bristol and Aimee Skinner from Oxford Innovation.
Launch Space is for aspiring entrepreneurs and early stage businesses and is home to high-tech, innovative start-ups with a strong focus on research and development. The residents receive free business support, incubation, and acceleration services.
The group started off the day with a welcome from Tracey John, Director of Research, Business and Innovation, before hearing first hand from Arthur Keeling of indus four about their journey from UWE Bristol, to Launch Space, and into their current office at Future Space.
Next up were talks from key members of UWE Bristol's University Enterprise Zone, including Shaun Jordan from RIF Bristol, and David Attwood from the Health Tech Hub, as well as the chance to speak with Andy Johnson from the Centre for Print Research about the fascinating work going on in their new location at Frenchay campus. After lunch, the group were thrown in at the deep end, delivering 90 second pitches to each other!
There were some seriously exciting #ideas, #innovations, and #entrepreneurs in the room, and we're looking forward to seeing how they progress over the coming months.
'As founder of VisitMôr, I am really excited to be on the UWE Launch Space business accelerator. The expertly led programme offers access to unparalleled specialist, technical and business support. It's perfect to nurture the development of our new interpretation and visitor experience products — these will be designed to help the museum, heritage, and conservation sectors to tell their own stories. We are also thrilled to be sharing our Launch Space journey with a talented cohort of fellow business pioneers; it will be great to share ideas amongst peers.'
Beth Môrafon, Founder/Director VisitMôr Ltd and Launch Space Resident.
Beth Môrafon, founder and director of VisitMôr, a public realm and visitor experience consultancy
"Launch Space has been an excellent asset for myself and my business so far. The support from the mentors has been invaluable and the opportunity to learn from other entrepreneurs and share experiences with them has been amazing."
Guy Thurlow, Co-Founder and Client Director, TargetStudent and Launch Space Resident.
Guy Thurlow, Co-Founder and Client Director Target Student, offering digital advertising platforms for business brands in student accommodation.
Future Space Business produces technology to help tackle sustainability and climate change issues
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 5 October 2021 5 October 2021
Future Space is part of UWE Bristol's University Enterprise Zone. They aim to drive the University's ambitions to prepare students with entrepreneurial skills, spark collaboration between UWE researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs and commercialise the latest research.
Professor Steve West, UWE Bristol Vice-Chancellor and President, said:
"This is the latest venture that sets us apart as a technology-based university focused on generating opportunities for business growth and collaboration.
There is no doubt in my mind that fostering an entrepreneurial atmosphere on our campus is a win for our students and our research community, as we know that by collaborating and nurturing business we create a climate of innovation that has a ripple effect."
Future Space is part of one of four University Enterprise Zones in the UK. The West of England University Enterprise Zone provides facilities and services to companies specialising in robotics, biosciences, medical technologies and other high tech sectors.
Albotherm is a member of Future Space and they are focusing on developing technology that provides a solution to address climate change.
Here's their story:
Albotherm was founded by a team of scientists turned entrepreneurs in 2020 with a vision to bring our planet one step closer to carbon neutral and ensure future food security with their passive cooling technology.
Air conditioning alone currently accounts for 20% of electricity usage from buildings and this is expected to triple by 2050 due to rising global temperatures. Using fossil fuel derived energy for air conditioning traps us in a 'Catch 22' as we are further warming our planet, creating even more demand for cooling.
At Albotherm we are developing coatings based on novel polymer chemistry that reversibly transition from transparent to white, passively cooling the structure they coat by reflecting solar radiation in hot weather. We can control the trigger temperature this transition occurs at, between 18 ℃ and 45 ℃ to create optimal conditions in a range of climates. Our technology works without electrical input, cutting down carbon emissions associated with air conditioning and removing our reliance on fossil fuels.
Our first product is a glass coating aimed at the Greenhouse Horticulture market. Greenhouses are designed to extend our growing seasons by increasing growing temperatures during colder months, hence the term "The Greenhouse effect", however they are consequently prone to overheating in the Summer months.
Currently, greenhouses are painted with chalk based white paints each summer. This is a labour intensive process and also means light levels are reduced even on cooler summer days. Unlike these solutions, our coatings only turn white to shade crops when they risk being damaged by heat. This protects crops while maximising light levels in cooler days, boosting yields in an industry that has historically struggled with razor thin margins.
In the future, we plan to develop products for commercial buildings to reduce carbon emissions associated with air conditioning. At the moment air conditioning accounts for 20% of electricity usage from buildings and 10% of total global electricity usage. By applying our technology to windows and roofs, we can significantly reduce energy usage from these buildings to protect against the impacts of climate change.
Furthermore, another key benefit of our technology is the ease with which it can be retro-fitted. More than half of current global building stock will remain standing in 2050. On top of that, two thirds of UK homes do not meet energy efficiency standards. Is it essential that we improve the sustainability of the buildings we currently have and retrofitting is the only way to do that. As our technology is applied as a coating, it can be easily sprayed onto existing and new buildings.
To get in touch with Albotherm please click here
University Enterprise Zone Spotlight: Robotics Innovation Facility
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 10 September 2021 10 September 2021
The Robotics Innovation Facility (RIFBristol) is one of five areas that make up UWE Bristol's University Enterprise Zone. The below spotlight explains its purpose:
Located beside the UEZ café, which forms a central meeting place for the building's companies, entrepreneurs and academics, is one of the most exciting parts of the University. Identifiable by the array of industrial robot arms and other cutting-edge hardware, visible through its window onto the café – the Robotics Innovation Facility (RIFBristol) is a high tech, inspiring and truly creative space.
As UWE Bristol's specialist industry-facing unit within the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) – a collaborative partnership between the city-region's two universities and the UK's most comprehensive academic centre for multi-disciplinary robotics research – RIFBristol provides training, research and consultancy services to a range of private and public sector clients.
Recognised as a Digital Innovation Hub by the European Union, it has been successfully delivering robotics workshops, prototyping and validating new products, demonstrating how automation can improve manufacturing processes, and supervising student-industry collaborations, since 2013.
"Our engineers help clients to trial various technical solutions, identifying the best options for their requirements," says Farid Dailami, Director of RIFBristol and Associate Professor for Knowledge Exchange in Manufacturing.
"They can advise on capital purchases, support the deployment and integration of hardware, undertake research and proof-of-concept work, and deliver training."
One of the unique strengths of RIFBristol is what it describes as its 'brand agnostic' approach. As part of BRL and UWE Bristol, it is not tied to a particular hardware manufacturer or supplier. It is, therefore, under no pressure to favour a particular brand or model and its advice is always honest, unbiased and wholly tailored to its customers' needs.
This also means that its dedicated workspace in the UEZ is equipped with an impressive range of manufacturing equipment. ABB, KUKA and Universal robot arms sit alongside conveyers, sensors, cameras and laser measuring systems, all of which can be used to address clients' research, CPD and product development challenges.
"Our expertise is as diverse as our hardware", says Dailami. "Our staff have knowledge of industrial robotics, cobotics, mechanical and electronics engineering, mechatronics, smart manufacturing, 3D printing and simulation. This diversity is our strength. We can help with robotics, but we can also bring knowledge and experience of related disciplines into play"
Alongside its private consultancy projects, RIFBristol leads several publicly funded research and business support programmes. The EU-funded TERRINet initiative, for example, enables researchers at all levels, from undergraduates, to PhD candidates and industry-based professionals, to access robotics infrastructure located across Europe.
Since 2018, RIFBristol has also delivered the ERDF-funded SABRE Programme. This £1m project has enabled small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the West of England to explore the benefits of robotics and automation.
From start-ups, micro-enterprises and sole traders, to larger and more established companies, its free and subsidised services have helped businesses to get the most from these important technologies.
"RIFBristol and the SABRE Programme played a vital role in the completion of our initial prototype. It enabled the company to undertake pilot studies with leading OEMs – and to safeguard the development of this exciting technology in the UK, securing 3 existing, and creating 4 new, jobs in the West of England."
Dr Evangelos Zympeloudis, CEO, iCOMAT Ltd | www.icomat.co.uk
For more information about RIFBristol visit its website. The University Enterprise Zone is also made up of the Health Tech Hub, Future Space, Launch Space and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory Hardware Incubator.
University Enterprise Zone Spotlight: Future Space
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 23 August 2021 23 August 2021
Future Space is one of four areas that make up UWE Bristol's University Enterprise Zone. The below spotlight explains a bit about them:
Future Space is an innovation centre, based on UWE Bristol's Frenchay campus, within the University Enterprise Zone. The centre offers a range of office space, laboratories, workshops, and coworking facilities designed specifically for high-tech, science-based entrepreneurs and innovators. Future Space is managed by Oxford Innovation, the UK's largest operator of innovation centres, and manages a growing network of over 25 innovation centres in the UK.
A former head chef, a PhD in cancer genetics, and one of the region's top 75 innovators; just some of the eclectic accolades of our Future Space Team. With a wealth of experience in business, and managing lab and workspace, we're on hand to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
What we offer to business
There are many reasons why Future Space is a fantastic location for growing science and technology businesses: Purpose built laboratories; Customisable workshops; and a range of flexible offices and shared spaces. A distinct advantage is the positioning of the centre – on UWE Bristol campus and co-located with the Health Tech Hub and Bristol Robotics Laboratory.
We also have an onsite Innovation team to oversee all the business needs of our community and provide practical business support for our tech and life science residents. As well as running peer networks and 1:1 support, the team organises free expert advice for resident businesses, connects companies with the University, and designs and develops a varied support programme of workshops and Q&As.
An event held in the Hub Space of the University Enterprise Zone
How we work with UWE
Our Innovation team works closely with UWE Bristol to drive collaboration opportunities. If you are a small company in the early stages of development, it can be difficult to find the capacity to carry out all aspects of running the business as well as giving focus to building your product and services. The knowledge and expertise you have in-house is also likely to be limited. Universities can play a key role in helping SMEs grow, with access to skills training, student and graduate resource, academic expertise, and an abundance of practical advice.
Businesses based at Future Space have benefitted from more than 200 engagements with UWE Bristol, from the use of specialist equipment at the university, to funded business assist support through programmes such as the Health Technology Accelerator Programme and SABRE. This support has enabled companies to build new products and services, as well as giving access to valuable knowledge and technical expertise that is needed in the early stages of development.
You can read more in our recent article.
What's new for 2021/2022
Student and graduate engagement with SMEs are a core focus in the centre, with residents offered fully funded UWE Bristol internships, as well as regular chances to pitch project briefs to degree and masters level students. This year we launched our new internship programme aimed at post-graduate students, as well as undergraduate students – more than 40 interns have been employed in the Future Space community over the years, and these internships bring in vital skills and talent to resident businesses. We will be developing this programme further in 2021/22.
This year, our team also got involved in UWE Bristol's Digital Innovation Fund, delivering innovation training as part of the 'Innovation & Bid-writing' course, delivered to SMEs in the region. This was a great opportunity for SMEs and our Future Space community, and we are committed to working closely on future programmes.
Our strong affiliation with UWE Bristol brings a huge amount of opportunities for resident businesses, from student and graduate engagement, to innovation support, and funding opportunities. The impact of all of this work is seen in the great successes of our community, and you can read about some of these in our cases studies and blogs. We're excited to see what's next.
For further information about Future Space please contact info@futurespacebristol.co.uk
UWE Bristol's Launch Space open for applications
UWE Bristol's Launch Space Incubator is now open for applications from aspiring entrepreneurs and early stage businesses. Based within the University Enterprise Zone (UEZ), Launch Space is home to high-tech, innovative start-ups with a strong focus on research and development. Applications are now open for the free business support, incubation, and acceleration services we provide for graduate entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses.
The Launch Space incubator and accelerator could be the place for you if:
you have a business idea you'd like to put into action
you're a recent graduate, or in the early stages of developing your idea
you need support to validate and develop your business further.
With access to communal networking areas, use of professional meeting rooms, and on-site hot-desks, you can get ready to launch your business. Launch Space is home to existing graduate-led businesses at various stages on the start-up journey, so you'll be working alongside others who have a common goal of making their vision a success.
Launch Space is open to graduate-led, or early stage, businesses with high-growth potential. We're looking for those that are working on products and services across key themes:
Digital futures
Our new Launch Space programme will kick off with an exciting Induction day onsite in early October. Meet your peers, say hi to our Innovation team, and get your first glimpse of the science and tech community in our University Enterprise Zone.
A weekly programme of pitch events, boardroom advisor sessions and coaching sessions will kick start your start-up journey and help bring your idea to life.
If you're a graduate entrepreneur, you may also be able to benefit from a £6,000 bursary to support you, while you focus on your new business.
Interested businesses will need to complete a short application form before being invited to an interview. Find out more about the application process here.
Mark Corderoy, Entrepreneur in Residence UEZ, commented:
"We are excited to be able to accept new applications to Launch Space. Launch Space gives those starting out or recent graduates with a business idea the support to be able to really focus on their start-up. The 1-on-1 support and access to expertise and facilities is invaluable for any new business".
UWE Bristol and Future Space listed as top Innovators in region
Author rachelpyke | Posted on 5 August 2021 1 September 2021
TechSPARK recently produced their list of top entrepreneurs, techies and innovators who they have named the Top Innovators in the region.
TechSPARK is a not-for-profit network dedicated to connecting, educating and strengthening the digi-tech cluster in the West. They work with tech and digital businesses from Startups to Scaleups, SME's to Global Corporations based in the region to help them to grow.
In 2019 TechSPARK compiled a list of top innovators from across the region to celebrate and recognise their achievements. We were delighted that the 2021 list featured Aimee Skinner, Innovation Manager at Future Space and Mark Corderoy, Entrepreneur in Residence at UWE Bristol.
Aimee said:
"I am thrilled to have been named as one of the region's top 75 innovators. The list is brimming with innovative thinkers, future leaders, and entrepreneurs, and I am proud to be considered amongst them."
Aimee has background in Environmental Science and a decade of continuous improvement experience in regulated industries. She is currently Innovation Manager at Future Space, as well as co-managing Bristol Innovators' Group. Future Space is part of the University Enterprise Zone, based on UWE Bristol Frenchay campus, and managed by Oxford Innovation. In her role she actively supports the growth of start-ups and SMEs within the South West, providing a range of business support and advisory services, as well as running University engagement opportunities, such as a dedicated Internship programme for resident businesses.
Mark said:
"It's really pleasing that our work in the University Enterprise Zone is being recognised. Launching a start-up is an ambitious venture for anyone, and we are always trying to find new ways to help these companies succeed."
With a background in engineering and technology in a variety of commercial settings, Mark is an experienced Technologist and Mentor. He has been at UWE Bristol for last four years as Incubation Manager for the Bristol Robotics Laboratory the leading and largest academic centre for multi-disciplinary robotics research in the UK and also Incubation Manager for Launch Space, a programme that provides business support and space to start-up businesses in UWE Bristol's Enterprise Zone.
To contact Aimee email ASkinner@oxin.co.uk and to contact Mark email Mark.Corderoy@uwe.ac.uk .
Launch Space Business Bunk to receive funding from Nationwide
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 18 September 2019 13 November 2019
A start-up funded by our alumni, that grew out of Launch Space within the University Enterprise Zone has received investment from Nationwide Building Society:
Nationwide Building Society yesterday announced its latest venturing fund investment in Bunk, a digital lettings agency. Bunk uses the latest technology, including Open Banking, to help improve the rental market for both landlords and renters – something the Society, which both represents landlords, as a major buy to let lender, and tenants with over two million members who themselves rent their home, has campaigned on.
The investment is the latest deal from the £50 million Venturing Fund set up just over a year ago to create partnerships enabling the Society and start-ups to share knowledge and expertise. As part of the fund, Nationwide is making strategic investments in and partnering with early stage start-ups exploring innovative products and services that could provide real benefits for the Society's members in the future.
Around half of all landlords choose to run their rental businesses on their own. In a market where regulations change frequently, landlords often need support in ensuring they comply with the rules. Bunk can automatically list a landlord's property on reputable sites, verify tenants as well as providing peace of mind to tenants by verifying the landlord proof of ownership.
The service allows landlords to list a property within minutes, which can then be viewed by potential tenants on their website and app as well as on major portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla. Bunk can make a landlord's life easier by processing tenants' references and completing the tenancy set up within the site. Once the properties are listed, landlords can view them on a dashboard, which also notifies them when a deposit and rent has been paid, saving the need to review their current account statements. Bunk also allows tenants and landlords to correspond within the site, so enquiries such as expressing an interest in renting a property and maintenance requests will go directly to them, providing transparency giving landlords and tenants peace of mind.
To ensure landlords are up to date with their responsibilities and able to comply with the latest regulation, Bunk offers prompts and smart insight. For example, landlords are unable to take more than five weeks' rent as a deposit and the system will not progress if they try to take more than this. In addition, Bunk also offers support and advice for those who have become accidental landlords. Bunk have also partnered with Experian, so tenants who make regular rent payments on time will see this reflected in their credit file, something which starts to redress the balance between renters and homeowners, who's regular mortgage payments already make up part of the credit file.
Tony Prestedge, Deputy Chief Executive at Nationwide Building Society, said: "Nationwide is one of the biggest Buy-to-Let lenders in the UK and we have long campaigned to improve standards within the rental sector for both tenants and landlords. Bunk is combining the latest digital technology backed up with human service to not only offer a seamless digital experience but also reduce friction in the rental market between tenants and landlords. Many landlords choose to manage their portfolio on their own, the service that Bunk offers could support them, ensuring they're on top of their obligations and providing a better service to their tenants. They are a natural fit for our Venturing Fund investment, which seeks to fund start-ups that are focussed on making people's lives easier through smart insights and fair practice."
Tom Woollard, CEO at Bunk, said: "We want to build something the rental market has never seen before. Landlords are facing reduced margins coupled with increased regulation and there has never been a better time to make their lives easier through the use of technology. Bunk is there to make the process less stressful and more enjoyable for both renters and landlords. Bunk's mission is to make renting work for everyone and we're thrilled to have a partner like Nationwide backing our vision."
Mark Corderoy, Incubation Manager at Launch Space, said "Bunk is a great example of a business that has thrived through the support provided by UWE's Launch Space incubator. During their time in Launch Space, Bunk grew from a team of 3 graduates to 11 staff, got through to the finals of Pitch@Palace, and successfully developed and executed their current funding round."
Launch Space's role is to provide support, guidance and experience for companies like Bunk as they embark on their entrepreneurial journeys. They provide free desk space and business support for graduate start-up businesses in the heart of the UWE Bristol University Enterprise Zone.
To find out more about Bunk visit their website.
Launch Space will receive up to £2,000,000 of funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is the programme's Managing Authority. Established by the European Union, the ERDF helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects that support innovation, businesses, job creation and local community regeneration.
New Start-up visa for international students to develop businesses of the future
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 18 June 2019 13 November 2019
The government's new Start-up visa has been launched which allows international graduates to apply for a two-year visa to remain in the UK and develop a start-up business.
As part of UWE Bristol's ambition to support innovation and enterprise, we are now inviting applications from UWE Bristol international graduates who have a high-tech, high-growth business idea to apply for a Start-up visa and benefit from using the free desk space and business support available from Launch Space.
Set in the heart of the University's Enterprise Zone, Launch Space has supported over 50 businesses who have raised funds of £1.8 million and employing more than 90 people.
With connections in the regional start up, academic, and business communities, it's a great place to kick off a start-up.
Students coming to the end of their studies apply to Launch Space which assesses the business proposal and viability.
Approved start-ups are then supported by the Immigration Team to make a visa application.
The specific support for students is
12 month free incubation space
Business support from experienced business advisors
Connections into the University community of academics and students, and the wider regional business community
After their first year of support people they will then have a further 12 months to develop their business further.
The University can put forward a maximum of 20 students per year although all business ideas are scrutinised in the Launch Space application process so not every applicant is accepted.
You can find out more about the opportunities available to international graduates by applying for a Start-up visa on the UWE Bristol website.
You can also contact the Immigration Advice Team, email immigrationadvice@uwe.ac.uk or visit the immigration hub in 2P4, Frenchay campus Monday to Thursday 10:30-12:00 / 14:00-15:30 and Friday 10:30-12:00.
Scale Up 4 Growth Initiative wins national award
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 14 June 2019 21 June 2019
Scale Up 4 Growth (S4G) has won best External Knowledge Exchange (KE) Initiative of the Year at the PraxisAuril KE Awards 2019.
The KE Awards, organised by PraxisAuril – the UK's world-leading professional association for Knowledge Exchange (KE) practitioners – and sponsored by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), celebrate the contribution of KE professionals in enabling and facilitating the societal and economic impact of research.
S4G is an innovative, £2.7m programme, designed by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)'s Research, Business and Innovation (RBI) team and funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The programme is delivered by the unique S4G Partnership of UWE Bristol (lead), NatWest's Entrepreneur Accelerator and Corporate and Commercial Banking Teams, and Foot Anstey LLP
The S4G team beat the University of Manchester for their Manchester Law and Technology Initiative (MLaTI) and the University of Kent for their Employability Points Scheme to claim the prize.
Tracey John, Director of Research Business and Innovation (RBI) at UWE Bristol said:
"We are extremely proud of the S4G programme, the valued Partnership we have created with NatWest and Foot Anstey, and our impact on the West of England's scaling businesses in the regional economy."
Nathan Peacey, Partner at Foot Anstey commented:
"It's fantastic to see Scale Up 4 Growth recognised as a standout example of university and business working in partnership. We have a huge amount to gain by working with exciting growth businesses and we have been delighted to support them on this journey through sharing our expertise and experience. This collaboration is another great example of how businesses are successfully working together to raise the South West's profile as being at the forefront of tech and innovation and build the regional economy."
Matt Hatcher, NatWest Director of Corporate and Commercial Coverage, South West, said:
"As a bank we're hugely committed to supporting the growth of entrepreneurism in the region and helping more start-up and scale-up businesses achieve success. Collaboration and innovation is key, which is why we are delighted with the success of the S4G scheme. It is making a real impact and along with our Entrepreneur Accelerator Hub in Bristol, helping support the rich vein of talent we have in the West of England achieve national and international success."
The S4G team collecting their award
Olly Reid, Scale Acceleration Manager at NatWest, added:
"Through our accelerator programme we're working with hundreds of exciting start-up and scale-up businesses from across the region in multiple sectors. The cross-team collaboration involved with working with the team at UWE and our corporate and commercial team at NatWest has allowed us to develop a real exciting programme that is crucially expanding the network of opportunities available to local businesses. This is where the success of the S4G programme lies and why we hope more local entrepreneurs will benefit in the years ahead."
S4G is a 3-year, free programme of support for businesses in the West of England (WoE) that are looking to grow, expand and scale. It includes:
Two-day 'business growth' workshops, delivered across the WoE by leading Bristol Business School academics and industry experts from the S4G Partnership
Grants of £10k–40k for projects that help businesses address barriers to growth
S4G is an excellent example of an External KE Initiative that brings together the very best in university-business partnership working, sharing knowledge and expertise from academia and industry with growing businesses, to benefit the regional economy.
Since its launch in November 2018, over 300 businesses have registered to be part of the S4G network and benefit from the programme.
S4G is the latest in a series of projects led by UWE Bristol to support innovative high growth businesses in the West of England. These projects have supported 100's of businesses across the region and created over 1,000 new jobs. NatWest's Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme has supported nearly 900 businesses from the South West since it opened in Bristol in 2015. Applications are now open for its latest intake.
Congratulations to the Scale Up 4 Growth team. You can find out more about S4G here
Universities Minister Chris Skidmore attends the official launch of the Foundry Technology Affinity Space at UWE Bristol
Author Research, Business and Innovation | Posted on 8 May 2019 8 May 2019
Chris Skidmore MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, attended the official launch of the Foundry Technology Affinity Space at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).
The Minister, who is also MP for Kingswood, met a number of university and digital industry representatives during the visit, including Professor Jane Harrington, UWE Bristol Deputy Vice-Chancellor; co-chairs of the Institute of Coding Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK and Professor Bernie Morley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath; and Dr Rachid Hourizi, Director of the Institute of Coding. The purpose of the visit was to hear more about this new facility, which is funded by the Institute of Coding and will equip students with vital digital skills and ensure they are ready for the workplace. This is a key part of the objectives of the Institute of Coding, a £40million project funded by the Office for Students and led by the University of Bath.
Developed through a research-led design process led by UWE Bristol Associate Professor Andy King, the industry-themed Foundry at UWE Bristol is intended as an 'other space' on campus, where students can build their professional identity through working with industry partners on paid projects that fit around their studies. Aside from being home to UWE Bristol's Enterprise Studios, the Foundry will also be a digital event space, hosting a high-profile calendar of technology outreach and engagement events across cybersecurity, computer science, creative technologies and STEM subjects designed to widen participation around coding and digital skills.
Science and Innovation Minister Chris Skidmore said: "As we rely more on new technologies and cyber threats become more sophisticated, the Foundry Technology Affinity Space will provide the vital skills needed to meet the opportunities and address the challenges of the future. The impressive state-of-the-art facility with its cutting edge technology will introduce a range of innovative new courses for students, enabling them to go on and compete successfully in the global digital economy.
"This builds on our commitment to tackle this issue, and this government is funding projects to design out many forms of cyber threats to online and digitally enabled products and services through our modern Industrial Strategy."
Professor Harrington said: "We were delighted to welcome Minister Skidmore to this fantastic new facility on our Frenchay campus alongside the Institute of Coding. The Foundry is a major investment that will connect our students with globally-renowned industry partners, and will give them invaluable insight into what digital skills and innovation the future workforce will need. Deep and meaningful collaboration with industry and the world of professional practice will hugely benefit our students not just during their degrees, but in their futures as they progress into the digital industry. I look forward to seeing what our students will create in this innovative new space."
Dr Hourizi said: "The Institute of Coding is pleased to launch and support a new Foundry Technology Affinity Space, which will serve as a gateway for students to gain critical on-the-job experience through paid work with industry without disrupting their academic studies. With employers crying out for new candidates who are workplace-ready, and students seeking valuable experiences to bolster their CVs, this new facility will enable thousands of young people to begin the first step in their career."
The Institute of Coding is a national consortium announced by the Prime Minister in January 2018 and UWE Bristol is a full member. To help fund its contribution to the Institute of Coding, UWE Bristol was awarded £1 million from a £20 million funding pot allocated by the Office for Students (formerly known as the Higher Education Funding Council for England -HEFCE) to improve the way universities train people for digital careers.
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Pop Culture Imports: 'Roma,' 'Happy as Lazzaro,' a French Comedic Caper, an Immigrant Detention Drama, and More
Posted on Friday, December 14th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui
(Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.)
With last week's announcement of the Golden Globe nominees and the plethora of film awards ceremonies popping up every week, we're well into the swing of awards season. You know what that means: a full month of Oscar contenders making their way to theaters while studios vie for the precious golden statuette. But in the case of a few of these foreign films, Oscar contenders are making their case on streaming services too.
This isn't a special Oscar season edition of Pop Culture Imports, but a few of the movies this week are strong competition during awards season — and rightfully so. This week we have Alfonso Cuaron's magnum opus Roma, which hits the streaming service after a two-week theatrical run, Alice Rohrwacher's mesmerizing Cannes favorite Happy as Lazzaro, a French comedic crime caper featuring Vincent Cassel, an absurdist Mexican thriller about the horrors of timeshare, and a timely HBO original immigrant drama.
Fire up those subtitles for the best foreign movies and TV streaming now.
Best Foreign Movies and TV Streaming Now
Roma – Netflix
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Enoc Leaño and Daniel Valtierra.
Words can't do justice to this masterpiece of filmmaking. Alfonso Cuarón has crafted a pure cinematic experience out of his own childhood, in a film that has rightfully become Netflix's best shot at a Best Picture Oscar. Drawing from his own childhood growing up in 1970s Mexico, the Gravity and Children of Men director tells the story of a housekeeper working for a middle-class family in Roma who enjoys a warm relationship with her employers while striking up a budding romance outside of her work. Anchored by a tender and uninhibited performance by Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Roma envelops you in an overwhelmingly empathetic and human experience. The narrative is exceedingly spare, moving at a slow and deliberate pace, but Cuarón makes it clear that this is a master at work: every scene is meticulously staged, every frame gorgeously rendered. And though the film hones in so closely to Cleo's story, Roma is never anything less than sprawling — in one scene in particular, Cuaron's camera floats over the rooftops of Roma away from Cleo to show hundreds of other women, each with their own stories, dreams, and sacrifices. While the groundbreaking sound design that accompanies the film in theatrical screenings likely won't translate to streaming, Roma remains a film that gently washes over you until you're drifting in a sea of half-remembered memories, before it strikes you with a sudden wave of emotions.
Watch This If You Like: Is there any film like Roma?
Happy as Lazzaro – Netflix
Genre: Surreal drama
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Nicoletta Braschi, Adriano Tardiolo, Sergi López, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani.
Italian neorealism meets magical realism in this gem of a movie that many will probably overlook as Roma earns all the awards hype. Well, I'm here to tell you: Don't. Italian director Alice Rohrwacher creates an offbeat modern-day fairy tale with Happy as Lazzaro, which follows a naive 20-year-old sharecropper named Lazzaro (Adriano Tardiolo) who becomes the unlikely confidante of the estate's marquis, Tancredi (Luca Chikovani), who schemes to trick his domineering mother with a fake kidnapping. But after Lazzaro comes down a fever, he falls down a cliff and wakes up decades later to find that the estate has been abandoned and reality has corrupted the idyllic existence he once lived. Part Rip Van Winkle myth, part anticapitalist manifesto, Happy as Lazzaro is an odd and dreamlike film that nonetheless grabs you. At the center of it is Lazzaro himself, who Tardiolo plays as an infuriatingly guileless man out of time, whose wide eyes and trusting nature leads to his constant exploitation. Happy as Lazzaro is a crazy-quilt of genres and narratives, transforming from a languid rural drama into a meandering urban fantasy that is ultimately a cynical vision of the idyllic world it once envisioned.
Watch This If You Like: Sorry to Bother You, Big Fish, Amelie, falling asleep in a sunny pasture and having a nightmare about the ills of capitalism.
The World Is Yours – Netflix
Genre: Comedy crime caper
Director: Romain Gavras
Cast: Gabby Rose, Karim Leklou, Vincent Cassel, Isabelle Adjani. François Damiens, Oulaya Amamra.
For a good 30 minutes through The World is Yours, I wondered whether this was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the recurring theme in La Haine, especially with Vincent Cassel's appearance in a supporting role. But apart from giving a glimpse of the seedy underbelly of French society, The World is Yours has little in common with the seminal '90s drama. But that doesn't make it any less fun. A stylish and slightly vacuous crime drama, The World is Yours follows a small-time mobster in Paris, François (Karim Leklou), who takes on one last job in Spain to escape a life of crime and ends up trapped in a chaotic web of drugs, the Illuminati, and the hijinks of his overbearing mother. But François isn't your typical cutthroat mobster — mild-mannered, pudgy, and sentimental, he was born into the life because of his con artist mother Dany, (a hilariously pathological Isabelle Adjani), and wants nothing more than to become the CEO of a small frozen soft-drink company operating out of North Africa. The World is Yours zips and zags through a wild series of heists and stumbles, with colorful characters like Cassel's conspiracy theorist Henri flitting in and out. It's a wacky and hyperstylized crime caper that doesn't reinvent the genre, but sure delivers a good time.
Watch This If You Like: Trainspotting, Logan Lucky, Snatch, wishing Guy Ritchie would go back to making heist movies.
Time Share – Netflix
Genre: Suburban thriller
Director: Sebastian Hofmann
Cast: Luis Gerardo Méndez, Miguel Rodarte, RJ Mitte, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Montserrat Marañon, Andrés Almeida, Emiliano Rodríguez.
Time Share is a paranoid suburban thriller that is as baffling as it is intriguing. At first the Mexican family unfolds like an absurdist family drama before director Sebastian Hoffman plants seeds for a greater conspiracy, which…never really amount to anything. But Time Share will keep you watching, if only for the way that Hoffman creates a sense of electric, gripping unease throughout this story of a family going on a dream getaway that turns nightmarish. Time Share follows Pedro (Luis Gerardo Méndez) as he, his wife, and young son arrive at a resort for a much-needed vacation. But things go awry when the resort overbooks, forcing Pedro to share his villa with another obnoxious family. Meanwhile, an employee at the resort struggles to keep his marriage together in the wake of his son's death, and finds something sinister afoot at his company. A psychological thriller that offers more questions than answers, Time Share is a strange one, but nonetheless remains a compelling watch.
Watch This If You Like: Get Out, The Stepford Wives, Hot Fuzz, denouncing timeshares as scams.
Ice Box – HBO Go
Director: Daniel Sawka
Cast: Anthony Gonzalez.
A competent and important film that hits harder because of its timely topic, Icebox tells the story of Óscar (played by Coco's Anthony Gonzalez), a 12-year-old Honduran boy who is forced to flee his home and seek asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the U.S. immigration system. Based on his short film of the same name, director Daniel Sawka expands the story into a humanistic drama that puts a face on the news reports that dominated the cycle earlier this year. Icebox is a haunting, compassionate film that soars thanks to the performance of Gonzalez, who makes a powerful turn as a boy forced into gang violence. Though visually it doesn't offer more than "this is an HBO original film," Icebox is personal and affecting film that will give you chills.
Watch This If You Like: Sin Nombre, Under the Moon, angrily watching CNN.
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End the game with the most fruit.
A set of 5 or so homogeneous pawns for each player, so each player's pawns are different from the other players' pawns.
Pick a set of pawns. Set the die and the seed, tree, and fruity tokens where everyone can reach them. Shuffle the season deck. Build the game board by laying out a 3×3 grid of cards in the center of the table with one card in each space. Deal two cards to each player.
Take the card from a corner and put one of your pawns there. That's your home base. Add the card you just took to your hand. You can look at the cards in your hand and arrange them. You may show your cards to the other players if you want to.
Before the game starts, decide how many game-years the game will last for. A new game-year starts when the deck of cards runs out of cards and the discards are reshuffled to create a new draw deck. The first time the deck runs out of cards indicates the end of the first game-year.
Turn all cards on the board face-up. Select a player to go first.
One seed on each Summer space grows into a tree.
One tree on each Fall space becomes fruity.
One fruity on each Winter space becomes a tree.
One tree on each Spring space becomes two seeds.
Each Spring space with no seeds, trees, or fruitys gets a seed.
On your turn, you must play a card. You may take a free move action with each pawn you control. You may also take an additional action with each pawn you control. Each pawn may take a different action. You may play the card at any time during your turn.
Cards: You may play a card in an empty space, or in a space occupied by the season that precedes it. If you're about to cover a card, move the covered card to the discard pile. After you play a card, draw a card to replace it. If you need to draw a card and no cards remain, shuffle the discarded cards to form a new draw pile and draw from that newly-created draw pile. Remember that this marks the end of one game-year. If you can not play a card, show your hand to the other players, discard a card and draw one to replace it.
Plant – Move a seed from your basket to the space you're in.
Harvest – Take a fruit from a fruity in your space. Roll a die. If it comes up "4, 5, or 6", the fruity tuns into a tree.
Gather – Pick up a seed in your space and put it in your basket.
Move – Move to an orthogonally adjacent space.
Grow – Remove two fruit from your basket, plus two fruit for every pawn you have in play. Put another pawn in your home base.
The game starts to end when there are no more cards left to draw and it's the end of the last game-year. Instead of reshuffling to create a new draw deck, continue playing normally without drawing replacement cards. The game ends when a turn ends and no players have cards in hand.
If you have the most fruit in your basket at the end of the game, you win.
All players win if the total of all fruit gathered by all players at the end of the game is greater than X. X equals the total of all fruit gathered by all players at the end of the most recent game. If X equals 0, then X equals 20.
All players win if the average of all fruit gathered by all players at the end of the game is greater than Y. Y equals the average of all fruit gathered by all players at the end of the most recent game. If Y equals 0, then X equals 10.
All players win if all players gather at least Z fruit. Y equals the least fruit gathered by any one player at the end of the most recent game. If Z equals zero, then Z equals 7.
No player can win if any player has less than half as much fruit as the player with the most fruit.
Each seed in your basket at the end of the game reduces your score by two points.
Forestry – Pick up a tree or a friuty in your space and put it in your basket as a wood token.
Grow – Remove six fruit or two wood from your basket. Put another pawn in your home base.
This is derived from a game I made up / collaborated on with Brandon W. many months ago while playing around with his hexagonal season-based Tarot set. I was brainstorming card-based game ideas on November 10th, 2005 when this one bubbled back up to the surface.
If you don't want to use the suggested seed, tree, and fruity tokens, you can use poker chips or Icehouse pieces (which work rather nicely).


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Measure What You See
Color and Appearance Concepts Explored
Panel Match – When Matching to a Standard Isn't Enough Reply
by BYKmktg • Appearance
If you've ever used a spectrophotometer for color QC, you probably have a general idea of how it works: measure a standard or use a stored one, then measure the sample. The color difference is calculated, and if that difference falls below a certain level it means the sample is a good color match to the standard, and the product is ready to be shipped. The assumption here is that any parts that are a good color match to the standard will also be a good color match to each other, and this is unfortunately not true. Two samples can be a good match to the standard, both visually and instrumentally, but may not be an acceptable match to each other. This is where the panel match function comes in.
Take a look at the set of three flooring tiles below:
Each tile is labeled on the back with a 1, 2, or 3, and when placed in numeric order as above, they appear to be a good color match to each other. But look what happens when we switch Tiles 2 and 3:
Suddenly the tiles don't appear to match! Nothing has changed about the tiles themselves, only the configuration in which we're viewing them. To understand the cause of the apparent mismatch, we look to the color data:
Here we see that Tile 2 is slightly lighter, less green, and less yellow than Tile 1. This trend continues when comparing Tile 3 to Tile 2. However, the color differences between Tiles 1 and 2 are not large enough to be discerned visually, nor are the differences between Tiles 2 and 3. We can see from the table and color plot below that when Tile 2 is used as the standard, Tiles 1 and 3 both fall within tolerance:
However, if we set Tile 1 as the standard:
Suddenly Tile 3 is no longer within tolerance! This explains why the colors appear to match when lined up in numerical order, but when the order is switched such that we are directly comparing tiles 1 and 3, they no longer appear to match. Now suppose Tile 2 is used as the master standard and Tiles 1 and 3 are production parts. Tile 1 would be measured against Tile 2 and found to be an acceptable match, as would Tile 3. When the customer goes to install Tiles 1 and 3 side-by-side however, they would be upset to find that the tiles do not match! This is why when testing parts that will end up being viewed next to each other, it is necessary to compare those parts not only to the master standard, but to each other as well. This is where the panel match function comes in; by using Organizers in BYK-Gardner's smart-chart software, when a color reading is taken of a sample to compare to the standard, another sample can be selected to compare the reading with as well. This ensures that not only will production parts match the desired color standard, but will also be a good visual match to other samples when viewed in a real-world setting.
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I never knew when you walked in the room.
I sold my soul to a stranger, an angel face yea.
This kind of vision white, hang on tight yea.
I don't know, girl, you've been around.
Don't you go, don't you let me down.
One is such a lonely number, to make the world go round.
To make the world go round and round and round.
I think about what this has done to me.
I'm going back to the start, back to school days.
To hear the sound of a heart fill the airwaves.
There's a love line, it's tied to the ground.
Leave you here, never let you down.
One is such a lonely number, to mend a broken heart.
To make the world go round and round and round and round.


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Madhav S. Aney, Singapore Management University
By vipress On March 1, 2015 · Add Comment
Centre for Development Economics
Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
ANNOUNCE A SEMINAR
Jobs for Justice(s)
Madhav S. Aney
Singapore Management University
26th April 2018 (Thursday) at 3:00 PM
Venue : Seminar Room (First Floor)
All are cordially invited
We investigate whether judges respond to pandering incentives by ruling in favour of the government in the hope of receiving jobs after retiring from the Court. We construct a dataset of all Supreme Court of India cases involving the government from 1999 till 2014, with an indicator for whether the decision was in its favour or not. We find that pandering incentives have a causal e↵ect on judicial decision-making, where we define pandering incentives as being jointly determined by 1) the salience of the case (exogenously determined by a system of random allocation of cases) and 2) whether the judge retires with enough time left in a government's term to be rewarded with a prestigious job (since the date of retirement is exogenously determined by law to be their 65th birthday). We also find that authoring judgements in favour of the government is positively associated with the likelihood of being appointed to a prestigious post-Supreme Court job. These findings suggest the presence of corruption in the form of government influence over judicial decisions that seriously undermines judicial independence.
back to seminars...


The new uploader looks awesome. Works great for me. And I like that it's a command-line application now.
Could you incorporate the instructions for installing the software into the docs (instead of just in the README.md)? I found myself going back and forth between the readthedocs page and the README to figure out how to install and run.
Could you rename upload.sh to something like irida-upload.sh (or irida-upload)? Also, allow it to be runnable outside of main directory (that is, don't use source ./.virtualenv/bin/activate, but instead use source $ROOT_DIR/.virtualenv/bin/activate, where ROOT_DIR is set like so https://github.com/phac-nml/snvphyl-galaxy/blob/development/scripts/setup_toolshed.sh#L2).
The reason for this is that if we install the uploader to some system-wide directory (or package up in conda) the name will be a bit more descriptive and it will still work no matter which directory you're currently in.
Could you add a usage statement to upload.sh if this is the main method people will run the software (e.g., just running upload.sh should print out a description of what the program does and how to run it).
I was fairly confident that this directory is properly formatted as a miseq directory though I may have been missing CompletedJobInfo.xml. Is this file necessary? Could you maybe add a message to the logs saying something like directory structure not formatted as a MiSeq structure, defaulting to regular directory structure?
I was testing with the miseq-run directory in the IRIDA sample data download (https://irida.corefacility.ca/documentation/downloads/#sample-data). We may have to re-format some of the files/samplesheets in there to get to work with the new uploader (that's okay).
Could you provide an example set of data that is formatted correctly (and linked to in the docs)? You could maybe link to the sample data from IRIDA (https://irida.corefacility.ca/documentation/downloads/#sample-data).
Hey @jeffrey.thiessen The new uploader looks awesome. Works great for me. And I like that it's a command-line application now. Below are some comments I have: 1. Could you incorporate the instructions for installing the software into the docs (instead of just in the `README.md`)? I found myself going back and forth between the readthedocs page and the README to figure out how to install and run. 2. Could you rename `upload.sh` to something like `irida-upload.sh` (or `irida-upload`)? Also, allow it to be runnable outside of main directory (that is, don't use `source ./.virtualenv/bin/activate`, but instead use `source $ROOT_DIR/.virtualenv/bin/activate`, where `ROOT_DIR` is set like so <https://github.com/phac-nml/snvphyl-galaxy/blob/development/scripts/setup_toolshed.sh#L2>). The reason for this is that if we install the uploader to some system-wide directory (or package up in conda) the name will be a bit more descriptive and it will still work no matter which directory you're currently in. 3. Could you add a usage statement to `upload.sh` if this is the main method people will run the software (e.g., just running `upload.sh` should print out a description of what the program does and how to run it). 4. I got an error when I tried to upload a miseq directory structure: ``` 2018-12-12 11:42:03,093 ERROR ERROR! An error occurred with directory '/home/aaron/Downloads/irida-sample-data/miseq-run', with message: The directory /home/aaron/Downloads/irida-sample-data/miseq-run has no sample sheet file with the name SampleList.csv ``` I was fairly confident that this directory is properly formatted as a miseq directory though I may have been missing `CompletedJobInfo.xml`. Is this file necessary? Could you maybe add a message to the logs saying something like *directory structure not formatted as a MiSeq structure, defaulting to regular directory structure*? I was testing with the `miseq-run` directory in the IRIDA sample data download (https://irida.corefacility.ca/documentation/downloads/#sample-data). We may have to re-format some of the files/samplesheets in there to get to work with the new uploader (that's okay). 5. Could you provide an example set of data that is formatted correctly (and linked to in the docs)? You could maybe link to the sample data from IRIDA (https://irida.corefacility.ca/documentation/downloads/#sample-data).


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A 'heavenly' scene turns 'hellish'
Gabe Whisnant
Steve and Brenda Bouser were enjoying a typical, though scorching hot, Sunday afternoon at Oak Island.
In an instant, normal turned chaotic.
Just after 4 p.m. at high tide, the first of two shark attacks occurred at the Brunswick County beach. A few hundred feet from where the Bousers - both former Star editors - were lounging, a 12-year-old girl from Asheboro was being carried from the ocean by several rescuers.
Steve Bouser, now the opinion editor at The Pilot in Southern Pines and the editor of The Star from 1979-82, went to survey the scene.
He began taking pictures - documenting the quick-acting bystanders, the emergency responders' arrival and their departure with the girl, along with the terrified on-lookers.
Later, those photos were picked up by The Associated Press and have now been published across the country by numerous print and online outlets. Since then, he has also been interviewed by the likes of CNN, MSNBC and ABC news. As of Monday afternoon, Bouser was expecting calls from CNN's Anderson Cooper and Greta Van Susteren of Fox News.
"I went over there trying to help, then being a journalist, I decided to take a few pictures," Bouser said. "I thought, 'who might be interested in these pictures?'"
Bouser said the Wilmington Star-News was the first to contact him Sunday night via email. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of replying to calls, texts and emails from major news outlets.
"That led to AP, ABC, NBC and CNN ..."
According to Associated Press reports on Monday, the Asheboro girl lost part of her arm and suffered a leg injury. Surgeons amputated the girl's left arm below her elbow, and she has tissue damage to her lower left leg.
"We were just relaxing and all of a sudden pandemonium broke out. It was like a scene from 'Jaws,'" Steve Bouser said. "Everyone was screaming, 'Get out of the water! Call 911!' Then, we became aware somebody was carrying this girl out of the water."
Two miles away and an hour later from the first attack on Sunday, a 16-year-old boy from Colorado Springs, Colo., lost his left arm below his left shoulder.
Both were in good condition Monday at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, where Dr. Borden Hooks operated on both victims.
Brenda Crosby Bouser, a Cleveland County native who worked 16 years at The Star, including a stint as managing editor, noted the quick action of the bystanders on the scene.
"The real heroes were the people who went in and got her. I'm not sure if it was her dad that brought her on the beach, but three young men and one woman swooped in and took over," she said. "One woman seemed to have a medical background. She was barking orders for a makeshift tourniquet."
Brunswick County Emergency Services director Brian Watts echoed her sentiment in an Associated Press report.
Both survived because bystanders helped stanch their bleeding and emergency personnel worked to stabilize and airlift them to the hospital 25 miles away, said Watts.
"Without that, we would have had a different outcome," he said.
Steve Bouser said the shark attack should serve as a wake-up call to beach-goers.
"It's like going instantly from a heavenly scene to hellish. It's a reminder that in the middle of all of this laid back stuff, there's a scary world offshore. It comes as a jolt," he said.
There were 72 unprovoked shark attacks on humans around the world in 2014, including 52 in the U.S., according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Three of them — all outside the U.S. — were fatal.
Shark researcher George Burgess, who oversees the database, said he's aware of only two other multiple shark attacks on the same beach in one day. "It may be that there are big schools of fish out in the surf zone that are attracting the sharks," he said.
Just four days earlier, a 13-year-old girl suffered small lacerations on her foot from a shark bite on Ocean Isle Beach, about 15 miles from Oak Island. Both towns are on barrier islands just off the coast.
Most beaches in North Carolina lack lifeguards, and without authorities keeping watch, the best advice is to close the beach temporarily, Burgess said.
"It would be my best judgment to shut down the beach for the day," he said.
- News editor Gabe Whisnant: 704-669-3334; @GabeWhisnant on Twitter.
- The Associated Press contributed to this report.