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Welcome Back from Aspire CEO
As we prepare to welcome back our staff and pupils, we can't wait to see our schools buzzing again after so many months.
The UK Chief Medical Officers have reiterated the risk to schools is low, the greater risk now being to keep the nation's children away from school. The Aspire Academy Trust agrees with this wholeheartedly. Children need to return to their routines, their learning and all that their individual schools have to offer.
Every child has missed something, be it learning or being around their friends and teachers, and we want to reassure you that both pastoral and academic considerations will be of the utmost importance when settling the children back into daily school life. The return to school will be greeted with excitement for many children, however, others will be feeling a variety of emotions including anxiety and fear. It is our aim to support and nurture every child's individual concerns, whilst ensuring we harness the positive aspect of children regaining their normality and day-to-day routine. School staff will remain extra vigilant, quickly identifying any newly vulnerable members of our school communities. Where a child, or family, requires a more bespoke package of support, we will work with expert outside agencies and children's services to sensitively address this. Do not hesitate to contact your school directly if you have any concerns over your child's wellbeing.
Behind the scenes, an enormous amount of work has taken place to ensure we are ready to open fully and safely. Managing the health, safety and well-being of our children and staff whilst maintaining the highest quality of teaching and learning and delivering an exciting and engaging curriculum for all.
All schools, guided by our expert Health and Safety Officers, have carried out thorough and comprehensive risk assessments which are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that we have all necessary protective measures in place. Every Head of School, throughout the Trust, is kept fully updated with any changes to official guidance.
The government, in accordance with their medical advisors, has set out a system of controls that all schools must follow. The government plan is based on a twin strategy of limiting contact between pupils and implementing hygiene measures. These are described in more detail HERE.
Further guidance from the government on opening schools for parents and carers can be found HERE.
The Aspire Academy Trust has an informative Coronavirus/COVID-19 page on this website HERE which contains useful links and downloads and will also include details on any local lockdown procedures, should these occur, and home learning plans.
In addition, the Department for Education (DfE) has launched a designated helpline to answer any questions you may have:
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Finally, I would like to extend a huge "thank you" to you all for everything you have done to support your children during this period. For many it has been a huge juggling act to manage work, life and home-schooling responsibilities and we do not underestimate the difficulties this has posed.
Your child(ren)'s school will have provided detailed guidance regarding aspects such as drop off and collection times, one-way systems and any timetable variations. Please adhere to the 'rules' and ensure your children see you doing so. This will make it easier for us to support them in learning new routines and they will quickly see that we are 'all in this together', promoting a sense of security.
Working in partnership we can ensure that our schools remain as safe as they can possibly be. Your support and co-operation is, as ever, hugely appreciated.
Mrs Vanessa Bragg - Aspire CEO
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Chris Berg Send an email April 24, 2018
Charles City, Iowa – A benefit account has been established for the lone survivor of a deadly crash this past Friday.
Tom Parcher is currently in critical condition at St. Mary Hospital in Rochester, MN. Parcher suffered multiple injuries with his spinal cord being the most severe. He is expected to undergo more surgeries in the coming days, followed by rehabilitation.
There is a benefit account that's been established at First Citizen's Bank in Charles City to assist the family with the many expenses that will accumulate over the next several months. You can also drop of monetary donations at the State Farm Insurance office in Charles City.
The Friday afternoon crash took the lives of 28-yer-old Jacob Allen Mahnesmith of Nashua, 28-year-old Shane Allen Wiltse of Charles City, and the driver of the other vehicle whose name hasn't yet been released.
Services for both Mahnesmith and Wiltse are set for Thursday.
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Electronic Transactions Act Amended To Facilitate Electronic Transactions, Providing Convenience And Strengthening Singapore's Trade Competitiveness In The Digital Economy
Last updated: 01 February 2021
Published on: 01 February 2021
SINGAPORE – 1st February 2021: The Electronic Transactions (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament today, to amend the Electronic Transactions Act (ETA), and make consequential and related amendments to the Bills of Lading Act and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act.
To facilitate electronic transactions for businesses and citizens in Singapore and help businesses benefit from more convenient and secure electronic transactions, the Ministry of Communications & Information (MCI) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have amended the ETA to adopt the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) with modifications into Singapore law, and for the ETA to apply to transferable documents or instruments such as Bills of Lading.
This is the second comprehensive review of the ETA since it was first enacted in 1998, and follows the increasing central role of electronic transactions and e-commerce in the global economy.
An enabler to enhance Singapore's competitiveness in the Digital Economy
The ETA facilitates the use of electronic transactions and e-commerce transactions by consumers and businesses. Among other things, the ETA amendments will enable the creation and use of electronic Bills of Lading (eBLs) that are legally equivalent to paper-based Bills of Lading.
Bills of Lading are key legal documents in maritime trade. Compared to the use of paper-based Bills of Lading[1], the adoption of eBLs will enable the shipping industry to benefit from faster transactions, cost savings (e.g. reduced administrative cost of cargo holding and document processing), and lowered fraud risks (through the use of digital authentication systems). Singapore has been encouraging the adoption of eBLs and has conducted technical trials through the TradeTrust digital utility. Please refer to the attached factsheet for more benefits of using Electronic Transferable Records (ETRs).
Singapore: Among the first countries to adopt the UNCITRAL MLETR
Singapore is amongst the first major trading hubs to adopt with modifications the UNCITRAL MELTR.
Adopting this globally harmonised framework will enable the creation and use of ETRs under the law and allow alignment with Singapore's trading partners, benefitting both domestic and international industry players across the shipping, finance and legal sectors. The ease of consistent regulations is expected to promote more domestic and cross-border electronic transactions. The ETA amendments also ensure that reliable methods will be used to ensure the authenticity and reliability of ETRs. The shift from paper-based to digitally-enabled trade will speed up trade processes and promote business confidence, supporting the digital transformation of Singapore as a financial, trading and maritime hub.
Moving forward: Singapore to accord legal certainty to more electronic transactions
MCI and IMDA have consulted various industry stakeholders via two public consultations and a targeted industry consultation exercise for the ETA review. The Government will continue to work closely with the industry to study the feasibility of extending the applicability of the ETA to more types of items which are currently excluded. Where an item is ready to be removed from the Exclusion List, the Government will work towards the implementation of the necessary legislative and regulatory frameworks and corresponding safeguards to protect the vulnerable and less digitally-savvy.
Together with close industry partnerships, the amendments will ensure the ETA continues to be progressive in the Digital Economy. Please refer to Annex A for related quotes from partners.
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[1] Bills of Lading are documents which acknowledge receipt of cargo for shipment and also prove ownership of the cargo. An importer will incur additional storage and handling costs if a paper BL arrives at the destination port later than the cargo or suffer losses if the BL has been tampered with.
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One Of Zac Efron's First Big Movies Just Hit Netflix
By Rick Gonzales | 2 weeks ago
It's a new year for streaming giant Netflix and they have just released a bunch of "new" old movies to their customers. One of the movies that just hit the airwaves is the fun Zac Efron comedy, 17 Again.
Many of you who know Zac Efron as an actor may think he got his start with Disney when, in fact, his career got going a few years prior to his High School Musical days. Efron actually grabbed his first role on the short-lived cult classic TV series Firefly. He bounced around early on finding time on shows like The Guardian, CSI: Miami, and NCIS before Disney snagged him for High School Musical. He would go on to play Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 and 3 before he began to look past his Disney persona. That first venture would be one of his bigger early hits with 17 Again.
The movie starred Zac Efron as Mike O'Donnell, who was a big-time high school basketball star. He is preparing for a big game, one in which scouts would be attending, there to offer him a scholarship. But right before the game, his girlfriend tells him that she is pregnant. O'Donnell plays the first few minutes of the game, then walks off the court to find his girlfriend, thus walking out on a potential basketball career.
The movie jumps 20 years into the future and Matthew Perry is now an adult Mike O'Donnell. We see his life is immediately boring, going nowhere. He has two children from his high school girlfriend Scarlett, but she has filed for a divorce, which has forced Mike to live with his weird, though very wealthy, best friend Ned (played by a very funny Thomas Lennon of Reno 911 fame). After Mike gets passed over for a promotion he deserved, we also see that Mike's kids – 17-year-old daughter Maggie and 16-year-old son Alex, want absolutely nothing to do with him. In a nutshell, life blows for Mike. But a strange meeting on a bridge with a janitor somehow transforms Mike into his 17-year-old self. Re-enter Zac Efron and here is where the movie takes off.
Zac Efron's Mike first has to convince his buddy Ned who he is and when that happens, Ned feels Mike is being guided by a mystical spirit whose intentions are to move him along a better path in life. With a new lease on life, Mike enrolls in high school as Ned's son and begins his pursuit of a basketball career, something he feels he missed out on. But as he begins his new life, he befriends his son, whom he sees constantly be bullied. He also sees that his daughter is dating a kid who has zero respect for her. Mike's priorities begin to shift as he feels he needs to help his kids. Not only that, through Maggie and Alex, Mike begins to hang around their house and see his soon to be ex-wife Scarlet, opening his eyes even further to what his previous life was all about.
The movie is fun, yes, even for a Zac Efron movie, as it did give a glimpse into Efron's comedic chops. It's a genre that Efron has visited on more than one occasion as his career developed and one that he's done quite well with.
When 17 Again released it was projected to bring in around $20 million based on Zac Efron's popularity with High School Musical. It brought in over $23 million and was number one at the box office. The movie went on to earn over $136 million, making it a bonafide hit for Efron. He has since gone on to other comedies such as Baywatch, Neighbors, Dirty Grandpa, and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. If you want to see Zac Efron in one of his early hit comedies, check out 17 Again on Netflix. It just may become a guilty pleasure.
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Koniambo Nickel is an international example of sustainable development. Our commitment: to limit the impact of the industrial complex on New Caledonia's natural environment so that future generations can be proud of this achievement and can continue to live in harmony in their natural setting.
More than 10 years were spent in producing comprehensive environmental impact assessments prior to beginning construction in 2008. The findings gave us a better grasp of the environmental context in which we would work and helped us to anticipate the impact of the construction and operation of our industrial complex (click here to download the Environmental Baseline Study in French only). Environmental protection is now one of the core elements of our Sustainable Development Policy.
New Caledonia is host to a remarkable marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Protection of the various ecosystems, especially the lagoon, mangrove and watercourse ecosystems, is one of the foundations of our environmental policies. As well, rehabilitation of affected areas will be taking place throughout the mine's operation. We must also respond to the expectations of our stakeholders in relation to airborne emissions and effluent from our facilities.
Since 2006, one of our commitments has been to carry out the basic monitoring and management program we introduced to control the Project's impact on water quality and marine plants and wildlife. The monitoring program was developed based on the information available since the start of the design work and on solid monitoring protocols scientifically approved at the international level.
As Koniambo Nickel moves forward with its operations, new data will in all likelihood be added to what we know and be potentially used to adjust and refine our current monitoring and management measures.
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Excellent news! We've struck a licensing deal with Shorts International to broadcast Connie on ShortsTV in North America, Europe and South Asia for five years from late 2018. ShortsTV is the world's first 24/7 HD TV channel dedicated to shorts. This is a very exciting agreement as the ShortsTV channels are currently available to approximately 25 million homes!
PLUS, Connie will shortly be added to the ShortsTV online stores on Amazon (UK, USA and Germany) and iTunes (in over 80 countries) for purchase! Launch date details coming soon!
Great news! Connie has won big at GenreBlast Film Festival 2017 in Virginia, USA! Connie scooped the Funniest Short Film award this month following her State Premiere at the festival, where she screened alongside the opening feature film, Guardians!
GenreBlast is an awesome festival and the comedy shorts selection was really amazing, so the little fuzzy felt puppet is extra proud of this award and even she's a little gobsmacked. She's celebrating with a swearing competition.
Connie was also nominated in two other categories against impressive competition – Best Actress and the female writer/director award for our doyenne at the helm of the film, Cat Davies.
Massive congrats to all the nominees and winners at GenreBlast, and a big thank you to the festival team for including us in the festival. The selection was amazing and communication before, during and after the festival has been great – a festival really worth submitting to and being part of.
There are more festival announcements and screenings still to come for Connie as she continues to stomp around the globe – thrilling, touching and offending as many wonderful people as she can well into 2018! These are regularly added to our Screenings page.
Connie continues to cook up a storm stateside with four upcoming state premieres over just nine days, with three award nominations to boot!
First, Connie gets to catch some rays at the California premiere tomorrow, 31st August, at Long Beach Indie International Film, Media and Music Festival 2017. The film is screening as part of the Suspense and Horror shorts block from 9pm. Oh California, she's going to cause mayhem in the golden state.
Connie is hitting Kansas City on Monday 4th September! The little diva is headed to kick Dorothy's butt and teach Toto a thing or two, and enjoy her Missouri premiere next week, screening at the super cool Slaughter Movie House at the Screenland Armour movie theatre. Connie will be screening with the feature film, Space Babes from Outer Space, kicking off at 7pm… and better still, it's FREE! Check out this gorgeous event poster!
Just a couple of days later after a stroll down the yellow brick road, Connie heads to GenreBlast Film Festival 2017 for her Virginia state premiere! Connie screens with the opening feature film of the festival, Guardians, from 7pm on Thursday 7th September at the Alamo Drafthouse. You know it's a great festival when it's at an Alamo Drafthouse, and GenreBlast have a really cool selection of shorts and features playing, including an advance screening of IT, also on the opening night!
AND… The awesome team at GenreBlast have very kindly nominated Connie for not one, not two, but THREE awards at the festival! So the EGO HAS LANDED! It's pretty stiff competition though, so Connie better get her boxing gloves on…
Finally, finishing off next week, Connie will be hitch-hiking her way to Utah for FilmQuest 2017, screening as part of Shorts Block 2 on Friday 8th September from 6pm. FilmQuest celebrates the majesty of genre filmmaking in the realms of fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and beyond, running until 16th September. Connie is in great company as Moranic Productions stablemate, Mina Murray's Journal, has also been selected for the festival!
That's a lot of mileage to cover in just nine days! It's a US road trip for this diva freebird…
This month, Connie was unleashed on the poor, unsuspecting folks of Berlin for her German Premiere! The diva herself jetted across with our director and producer to Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, making the most of every single inch of her seat on Easyjet… The cabin crew didn't have it so easy…
Connie causing havoc on Easyjet
But this well-travelled chanteuse and comedienne made the most of every moment, taking in the sights of the city and basking in the sunshine of a heatwave from the balcony of her executive suite…
But this little star takes her preparations for premieres VERY seriously, leaving nothing to chance and ensuring she looks stunning for her fans…
Connie putting on her face
Just a little freshening up…
Connie and our director and producer were very pleased to enjoy the screening with such a lovely audience, and especially enjoyed the Q&A.
Director Cat Davies with Connie at the Q&A
Director Cat Davies with Producer James Moran
Festival brochure listing
Connie loving the brochure
Big thank you to Final Girls Berlin Film Festival for making the team so welcome and obliging the diva demands of the little felt-mouthed starlet. It's a great festival and one that the team highly recommends to filmmakers and film fans alike.
Connie continues to thrive on the festival scene, with more award wins and nominations under her tiny little felt belt (ooer!).
Connie has won an Honourable Mention Award at The International Horror Hotel 2017, and screens at the event in June in Ohio, US. Connie has had several screenings in Ohio and has either been nominated for an award or won one at each of those festivals. Big love to Ohio!
Back on home soil, Connie also took the Unrestricted View Film Festival in London by storm at the end of April, garnering nominations for Best Short, Best Director and Best Actress!
Our next UK screening is currently set for August bank holiday weekend in a city close to our director's heart – beautiful Manchester – where she lived for six years. Yes, Connie will have her Northern UK Premiere at the incredible Starburst International Film Festival.
Before she's let loose on Manchester, Connie will be making her way to Berlin for her German Premiere next month at Final Girls Berlin Film Festival! Connie will no doubt chomp down on a bit of bratwurst before entertaining her fans. What a well travelled puppet she's going to be!
Her jet-setting doesn't stop there, oh no! Connie has been selected as part of the prestigious Etheria World Tour 2017/18 and will screen internationally at Etheria events throughout 2017/18 at universities, art galleries, conventions, museums, independent cinemas, year-round travelling horror conventions, partner festivals, pop-up Etheria screenings, official Etheria Women in Horror Month events, and horror/sci-fi/comic conventions. Now that is BIG news – she might be coming to a town near you soon! We can hear you all running away screaming "potty mouth."
And finally, we're very proud that Connie is screening TONIGHT (26/05) at the Seattle International Film Festival! Being selected for an OSCAR qualifying festival is something that just couldn't have been predicted for a small film about a very sweary, domineering puppet showgirl. It's beyond our dreams and expectations. Connie already has Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender in her sights, though she'd eat them alive. So, if you're anywhere close to Seattle, go along and enjoy.
As Connie continues to make use of her passport and cause trouble for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, we'll bring you more updates on her exploits, awards and screenings. More details are added regularly to our screenings page.
It's been almost exactly a year since the film was shot. And what a year it has been, and what a year there still is to come. Chin chin!
Great news! Connie is now an award-winning film! We've bagged our first award from five nominations in just a few short months. We couldn't be happier!
Our wonderful lead, Catrin Stewart, won Best Actress at HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival in Ohio, US! Catrin is an incredibly talented actress and played both Connie and Dolly in the film, that's thirty four scenes all shot in just two days.
Thanks a million to HorrorHound for making us an award-winning film! Even Connie is bouncing around!
Though the team behind Connie are now hard at work on three forthcoming short films, Blood Shed, Hank: Portrait of a Serial Killer and TickTock, the little felt puppet that is Connie is still on the first leg of her film festival journey. It's been an incredible six or seven months so far, and we've also had the wonderful news that Connie has not only been selected for the HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival in Ohio, US, we're also nominated for the Best Actress award for our superb lead, Catrin Stewart!
Catrin Stewart, photo by Michael Shelford
This is wonderful recognition for Catrin's work on the film. Catrin had to play both Connie and Dolly, often in the same scenes – not just vocally, but also 'operating' Connie for a large proportion of the film. This was a great mental and physical challenge, and one that Catrin pulled off with aplomb. She's a tremendous talent and if anyone deserves recognition for the final product, it's her.
HorrorHound is a great convention and film festival all in one, taking place 17th-19th March in Cincinnati. It's CRAMMED to the ceiling with special guests, including Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chandler Riggs, Tobin Bell, John Waters, Lloyd Kaufman… Team Connie is devastated to not be able to attend! But, you lucky people can get tickets HERE.
Connie is screening as part of the Late Night Laughs slot on the Saturday night (or technically early Sunday AM), before Space Babes from Outer Space. Check out their cute schedule! Congratulations to Jamie Hooper – a friend of Team Connie – whose short Unto Death, which is a real must-see, has also been selected for the Sunday.
Congratulations to all the HorrorHound nominees. It's very stiff competition. This is our fifth award nomination. We're currently also nominated for the iHorror Award for Best Short Film, which is announced at the end of the month, so March is shaping up to be super, smashing, great.
Connie featured in SFX magazine, January 2017 edition – out now!
The little felt-mouthed hellion has made quite an impression on the lovely folks at SFX magazine! Her charm seems limitless!
Connie is featured in the glorious SFX January 2017 edition, issue number 281. It's out in print (photo below) and digital formats, and available from all good newsagents and via this link. If you aren't tempted enough by the recommendation and picture of Connie alone, then you may well be swayed when you find out it's a bumper Star Wars: Rogue One edition. It's FANTASTIC.
Connie featured in SFX
Connie in print
Best Screenplay (Short) award nomination by Nightmares Film Festival
More incredible news for team Connie! Our writer/director, Cat Davies, has been nominated for an award – Best Screenplay (Short) – by the judges at Nightmares Film Festival, Ohio, US!
Both Cat and Connie are shocked and have been celebrating with coffee, cake, 80s music on repeat and lots of swearing in disbelief.
This is fantastic recognition for our writer/director's months of research into the uncanny, and the use of dolls and dummies in horror cinema, and her hard work in crafting the screenplay.
Huge thanks to Nightmares for this nomination. We're really honoured, and the fellow nominees are impressive. We'll wait with bated breath for the outcome!
Connie's North American Premiere at Nightmares is this Thursday, as part of the Horror Comedy shorts block from 10pm to midnight. Festival passes, VIP All Access Passes and single screening tickets all available here.
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Artista francese eclettico, pittore ma anche musicista e cantante, Georges Valmier è cresciuto in un ambiente familiare carico di fermenti culturali.

Biografia
La famiglia Valmier si trasferì, intorno al 1890, a Montmartre. Georges Valmier è stato allievo, dal 1905 al 1909, all'École des beaux-arts, di Luc-Olivier Merson. Risentiva della lezione di Paul Cézanne. A Parigi divise lo studio con Marie Laurencin e con il pittore e scrittore Francis Picabia.

Senza partecipare attivamente alla definizione e alla difesa dell'estetica cubista, esordì nel 1911 con un olio di chiara matrice cubista. Le sue opere giovanili erano ancora attaccate a un residuo di realismo, ad esempio Rue de Montmartre del 1912, la gouache Ritratto del Commandant Lambert del 1914-15 e Les Jouets del 1913, anno in cui Georges Valmier partecipò alla mostra degli Indipéndents, con un ritratto, una natura morta e con l'olio Le Canal Saint-Martin.

Dopo la I guerra mondiale, cui aveva partecipato come soldato, quando sembrava a molti Artisti che il Cubismo avesse fatto il suo tempo, Georges Valmier scoprì un cubismo altamente decorativo. Diventò amico di Braque. Espose nel 1921 alla galleria parigina L'Effort Moderne.

Cigura è una sua opera del 1919, ora conservata a New York, nelle collezioni del Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, dove sono presenti anche sue opere successive, tra cui Composition del 1919, Figure del 1920, Scherzo del 1920, Improvisation del 1922 (acquarello), Fuga del 1923, (olio) e Composition del 1925 (olio).

Dopo il 1925, in una sintesi formale lenta e progressiva, Georges Valmier giunse all'astrattismo completo. Riempiva la tela con elementi geometrici e fortemente cromatici ravvicinati, simili a quelli che risultano dal fondo di un caleidoscopio. I suoi disegni furono utilizzati per la tessitura di arazzi e di tappeti. La sua stesura dei suoi colori divenne piatta.

Nel 1932 Georges Valmier ha aderito al gruppo Abstraction-Création. Ha disegnato scenografie e costumi teatrali per pièces futuristeː ad esempio, per Isabelle et Pantalon di Max Jacob del 1922, ha realizzato bozzetti di costumi, tra cui quelli di Arlecchino e di Pierrot.

Per i balletti russi dell'impresario Sergej Pavlovič Djagilev ha creato anche una serie di illustrazioni, a guazzo. Nei suoi bozzetti per i costumi femminili la geometrizzazione delle forme non escludeva mai il fascino della figura della donna.

Nel 1936 si dedicò interamente a tre grandi tele, destinate a decorare la nuova sala cinematografica del Palais des Chemins de Fer, che doveva essere pronta per l'Esposizione Universale del 1937; ma l'aggravarsi della malattia, che lo tormentava dal 1932 e che lo portò alla morte, gli impedì di completare le opere.

Artista eclettico e completo, fu anche musicista e cantante, e si esibì in opere di Debussy, di Ravel, di Fauré, e di Satie, sia in sale da concerto, sia in chiese.

Sue opere si trovano anche nel Musée des Beaux-Arts (Nancy) e al Museo Kröller-Müller.

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Creature Features in Review: King Kong (1933)
I am going to assume you've seen this film so spoilers will abound. If you haven't, for the love of God, go. Go now.
Well, now. Here we are again.
Last time, it was Bride of Frankenstein (check out THAT review here). Sure, Thomas, I'll cover Bride', thinking quick watch through of Frankenstein and the sequel, then 1500 words, bish bash bosh, job done. Then that sinking feeling, as I realized how ludicrously good Bride was, how much I'd have to say, would want to say, just how big the world of existing essays, books and criticism must already be.
You might have thought I'd have learned something from that.
Apparently not.
So, King Kong. In my defense, I had seen it before, and more in my defense, it had been well over a decade. So, my memory was simply that it was bloody brilliant, absurdly good for a movie made in 1933, a cracking, action packed monster movie with some bonus pathos and what have you.
And, you know, that wasn't wrong, per se. Watching it again for this, I was forcibly struck by how sophisticated so much of the effects work was. The combination of stop frame and huge model work, for example, is incredibly impressive, as are the moments where the stop frame interacts with filmed actors at certain points (even if with modern eyes it's painfully clear when the actor becomes a stop frame version of themselves, there's still a certain not-quite-sure-how-they-did-that thrill to the transitions). Kong himself is glorious, especially in mid shot, fighting a T-Rex or giant snake. The giant model face isn't quite as expressive or mobile as the stop frame equivalent, but it's for the most part intelligently used for short close ups and is especially brilliant when he has some poor islander or explorer being used as a chew toy.
Similarly, Skull Island is as spectacular as I remembered. Bathed in the ethereal, slightly hazy black and white glow (my DVD copy of the movie was clearly a straight lift from the film stock, preserving even the cue marks signaling the need to swap reels), the island really does feel like a visitation to The Past. The giant wall, the extensive, gorgeous hand painted backgrounds, the cunning use of rear projection to show dinosaurs and explorers on camera together and the mighty, thunderous score, all combine to brilliant effect, creating a viewing experience that is utterly captivating. King Kong is a class act all the way.
Similarly, the acting is superb throughout, with special props going to the indefatigable Fay Wray, who has the absolutely thankless task of screaming in peril from basically the 30-minute mark to the close, with little pause for breath, but who nonetheless brings incredible depth, humanity, and interiority to her character. Her acting in her first big scene, when filmmaker Denham makes his pitch, is especially brilliant, her desperation and hunger warring with common sense and fear, her vulnerability genuinely heartbreaking. It packs an extra wallop when you consider that the Great Depression was both a current and ongoing event at the time the film was made, with many young actresses no doubt facing real world choices every bit as stark as Ann Darrow's dilemma.
That's a layer of sophistication the movie exhibits that had completely passed me by on prior viewings, actually. I'm so used to movie depictions of The Great Depression (The Sting being the example that immediately springs to mind, a movie I love unconditionally) that the contemporaneous nature of the film passed me by. And yet King Kong is, in part, a pretty pointed social commentary on the economics of that time – how people sought to escape from the crushing misery of the day to day by visiting movie theaters and getting blissed out on Hollywood. When you think about the essential amorality of filmmaker Carl Denham in King Kong, and the ultimate fate of the theatregoers eager to see the '8th wonder of the world'… well, let's just say there was a to-me entirely unexpected level of anxiety and self-criticism from Hollywood that was both pointed and kind of thrilling. I mean, I was expecting – eagerly anticipating, even – the fifty-foot gorilla going ape. A movie displaying insecurity about the role of mass entertainment in the midsts of financial upheaval and social misery? That was a welcome and crunchy surprise.
There were other surprises that were less welcome. And here, I am going to wimp out by simply observing the painfully obvious; namely, that a movie that was made in the 1930's and that depicts an island of 'natives' with brown skin contains racial politics that could charitably be described as 'problematic'. I am both acknowledging and skipping that not because I don't think it matters, or doesn't deserve discussion, but because minds far superior to mine have already engaged with the subject with far more knowledge and insight than I could hope to bring, and you should go to Pop Matters and READ their article, and then read Angry Bitch Blog on the subject, and then Inverse's take, and don't forget this bit of commentary. All I will say here is obvious; it's there, and it's ugly. And if you feel a discussion of Kong that doesn't engage with the racial politics of the movie is woefully incomplete, you're right, and I'm sorry, but I also know when a subject is too big for me, both in terms of concepts and word counts.
I think it's worth taking just a quick look at the Kong-as-boy thing, though.
And let's just start by observing that Kong clearly is male. It's not just the name – though there is that – but his performative chest-beating displays are lifted directly from the behavior of the male silverbacks he's modeled on. And let us further observe that this fifty-foot ape is, therefore, genetically speaking, a very close relative indeed.
Again, in full awareness that I'm dislocating my hip in order to sidestep the huuuuuuuge racial implications and encoding of the giant ape falling for a white woman, having previously eaten all the brown women he was offered (because, fucking yuck, let's not), what we have here, therefore, is a love story. A violent, inarticulate, hugely powerful male is drawn to kidnap, then preserve and protect a small, vulnerable beautiful female from a hostile world.
Now, the movie itself draws an explicit parallel here between this situation and the story of Beauty and the Beast – indeed, it makes what looks suspiciously like a post-modern joke to that effect on the boat, with Denham fully saying out loud, apparently to himself 'Say! I'm developing a theme here!'. But the film that I found myself going back to was Bride Of Frankenstein.
Because Kong, like The Monster, is, well, a monster. Powerful. Inarticulate. Angry. Violence-prone. Strong, yet vulnerable. Lonely.
Innocent.
That's the real kicker, for me – the factor that gives both such amazing cinematic power and resonance. The innocence. Kong is innocent. Not good, you understand: he kidnaps women, seems to enjoy a spot of mortal combat rather too much, and certainly chews people to death, even if he doesn't eat them. Like the other Monster, his anger is swift to rise and terrible to behold.
At the same time, he's still innocent. In Kong's case, he's unarguably a product of his environment. In an ecosystem as hostile and violent as Skull Island, only the most ruthless and strong can possibly survive. Kong's aggression and violence may be terrifying, but they are also understandable necessary survival mechanisms. He may have that considerable ape intelligence, but he's still, as we'd understand it, a 'dumb animal'.
Like the monster, we are invited to both fear Kong, but also pity him – perhaps even love him. It's fundamentally Not His Fault, after all – he's taken from a place where he belongs to a world he cannot hope to understand. Again, sidestepping the imagery of the chains (not enough yuck in the world, there), we've got the same notion seen in 'Bride..' of 'civilisation' colliding with a more primal force.
And this is where, I think, things get fundamentally fucked up. Because Kong is a monster. He kills indiscriminately, his obsession with Ann Darrow is the worst kind of stalker/woman as object behavior, and he appears to enjoy destruction and violence for its own sake. These are monstrous behaviors. Add in the whole fifty feet tall thing, and, well…
None of us would remotely dig having Kong in our town, and if he was coming down the street, the vast majority of us wouldn't want the RSPCA (or ASPCA for my transatlantic friends). No, we'd want the army and a fucking bazooka.
But he's not on our street. He's on the screen. And there, knowing what we know about his history, safe in the knowledge that we're not going to become Kong popcorn, we can feel for him. We can empathize with his pain. We can rationalize his obsession, forgive his violence. He's a dumb animal. He doesn't know any better. He's been hurt and he's lashing out. It's the only behavior he understands.
And when the planes finally take him down, some of us may even weep.
I usually do.
And, you know, that's okay, because he is an animal. If we take the fiction seriously, it's not surprising to feel that way. But it is, also, undeniably unsettling. Kong's behavior, his effect, is terrible, terrifying, horrendous. Yet he is innocent. As with that other monster, it's the tension between those two facts that elicits such strong emotions, such powerful pathos.
Still, I can't help feel like there's a parable here, albeit not the one intended by the filmmakers. Because looked at as a list of traits, Kong is pretty much textbook toxic masculinity (yes, I know he's an ape). And you can feel the racist barely-subtext tugging again if you note that the message seems to be that these traits are innate, a product of environment, and that 'civilisation' is ultimately to blame for transforming the environment to such an extent that these natural instincts no longer have relevance, have become destructive.
And, you know, fuck that, basically.
I think by far the more interesting read is to note that, yes, Kong has these horrible traits, but we as an audience can see them and still empathize with him, still feel sadness at his treatment and his passing. In the same way as we do for the Universal Monster, and interestingly, in a way that far fewer of us can for the real life, human monsters that share these traits.
Because, of course, Kong is innocent.
That's the aspect of the movie that still gnaws away at my mind, the dichotomy that elevates this from merely brilliant period popcorn to something… ah, hell, we've come this far. Let us just call it art, shall we?
Kit Power lives in the UK and writes fiction that lurks at the boundaries of the horror, fantasy, and thriller genres, trying to bum a smoke or hitch a ride from the unwary. In his secret alter ego of Kit Gonzo, he also performs as front man (and occasionally blogs) for death cult and popular beat combo The Disciples Of Gonzo. He is the published author of such works as, GodBomb!, Lifeline, and has contributed to numerous anthologies, including The Black Room Manuscripts, Widowmakers, and upcoming Easter Eggs and Bunny Boilers.
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The partner of abducted Upper Holloway man Andy Tsege feels so hopeless about his illegal imprisonment that she has resorted to standing against the Prime Minister in next month's general election.
Yemi Hailemariam, of St John Street, is standing in Theresa May's Maidenhead constituency. Her ultimate aim is to secure a meeting with Mrs May, nearly three years since Andy was jailed in his native Ethiopia.
Andy, 62, is a human rights activist who fled to the UK in 1979, becoming a citizen and making a new life in Islington. But at a trial in his absence in 2009, he was given a death sentence. And in June 2014, while waiting to catch a flight to Eritrea, Andy was abducted at an airport in Yemen.
With her husband still languishing on death row, 48-year-old Yemi announced her candidacy on Thursday, 1,052 days after Andy's abduction.
"I just want to make a point," she told the Gazette. "David Cameron was far more engaged, writing letters to us about the situation. Theresa May, on the other hand, has been in power for almost a year and has done nothing at all.
"She actually met the Ethiopian president on Thursday and did not engage him – which I found troubling. Nothing has changed in our case and it becomes more and more outrageous.
Yemi, who in February handed a 28,000-strong petition to Downing Street demanding Andy's freedom, added: "We need a prime minister who will pressure the foreign office, as [foreign secretary] Boris Johnson as done nothing, either. I'll be campaigning around her constituency so hopefully I'll bump into her.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it had provided "significant support" to Andy's family, and that it remains "committed to ensuring his ongoing welfare".


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Web 2.0 has its Patrick's Day parade
Two weeks after St. Patrick's day Read/Write Web features a parade of Irish startups. David Lenehan of PollDaddy chooses an interesting structure for the article, categorising Pigsbacks, Statcounter and Hostelworld as old-timers. All you have to do is look at their logos for the inclusion of a giveaway .com to realize how right he is. Not that I'd mind the old-timer label if I was a stakeholder in any of these!
On the contrary Nooked, Pixenate, PutPlace and LouderVoice all rightly eschew the domain designation (AllFreeCalls being the exception due to it's .net standing). Zinadoo and MySay also get a mention. It's a pity FeedHenry and Segala were left out but I guess David couldn't include everyone.
I'm not much of a digital media producer, nor do I make many international phone calls so LouderVoice is likely to be the most useful product to me. In fact I gave it a test run a few days ago and found it a very smooth way of microformatting my review post. One bit of advice to Conor O'Neill though - hire a copy editor before sending out the Press Releases! I'm something of a geek but I still had to read his description of LouderVoice three time to fully comprehend what this meant --
"LouderVoice harnesses the distributed expertise in blogs to provide quality rated reviews for us all instead of spam, product placements and search results noise. Our site enables bloggers to publish structured reviews to their blogs and in turn aggregates structured multi-lingual review content from those blogs. Users can search for reviews, rate them, relate them and collect them in ways that are useful to themselves and others."
Yikes! ;-)
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Mar 30, 2007 10:28:02 AM
Steve Poland has announced the launch of Ringside Startup - "The gist of the website is that I'm raising $20,000 from readers/sponsors — to enlighten everyone's entrepreneurship education. With the contributions, I'm going to launch a web start-up (one of the Techquila Shots ideas) and blog the entire journey". Subscribed.
Paul Walsh has provided more detail (in follow up to his earlier tweet) about the British Council's Digital Pioneer programme - "I was contacted by the British Council this week and asked if I would consider becoming a mentor to a Hong Kong based mobile games company under a new scheme called the 'Digital Pioneer Programme'. I have accepted because I think it's a brilliant initiative... and an integral part of the programme is mentoring. The Digital Pioneers from Hong Kong will have mentors in the UK and the UK pioneers will have mentors in Hong Kong". Paul suggests a meeting with Enterprise Ireland to help clue them in on this kind of initiative.
A Dublin based e-learning company called nybble picked up on my 2 year old post about cheating at Leaving Cert Maths (with mobile phones) - "We are currently looking into adapting PointsBuilder so that it can be used on a mobile phone and allow students to revise for their Leaving Cert Maths exam while on the move. If we did then we would obviously advise against bringing mobile phones into exams!"
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SoHo Solo & Coworking, from Cork to the Canaries
One of the interesting comments left to Damien's post about the success that was ShareIT (congrats all) was from Jenny Kent where she mentioned something I'd not heard of but the sound of which definitely piqued my interest -
"I was at a SoHo Solo meeting this morning where there was a lot of interest in the Business Advisory & ShareIT. I'll be sure to include that group on the mailing list for the next session."
SoHo Solo? Hmmm? I've written a lot lately about Bedouin workspaces, hot-desking nomads and coworking but I'd never heard of SoHo Solo which turns out to be a wonderful European initiative with a local presence right here on my doorstep in southwest Ireland (Cork & Kerry) -
"The Soho/Solo project was launched in 2003 as a European pilot project funded by the Interreg IIIB 'Atlantic Area' Programme for two years. The programe promotes the Atlantic regions of Europe as better places to live and work, encouraging rural sustainability and regeneration.
The aims of the project are to identify Small Office Home Office Workers(Soho Solos) in the South West of Ireland, to encourage others to relocate or return to the region, to promote Small Office Home Office Working and to offer support to these "new" entrepreneurs."
The site includes a member's directory with 39 people currently listed in the New Information and Communication Technologies section alone. Tom Raftery, why aren't you on there? The list could do with a Social Media Consultant.
Some of the Atlantic Regions of Europe covered by the umbrella Soho Solo project include the Canary Islands, Cadiz (Spain) and Beira (Portugal). One page poses the question - have you considered relocating to one of the participating regions? Have I what!
It all reminds me of a wonderfully dreamy post I read over on That Vodoo You Do - Coworking goes abroad. Janette observes that,
"The geek nomad idea is based on the twin observations that a change of scenery can be great for the brain, and that there are plenty of places in the world that are beautiful, cheap, and well-connected (to the internet, anyway). If you are working on a mid- to long-term project, or building that app for your start-up, why not go off somewhere beautiful and cheap to do it? You'd need to have established a good relationship with your client or be working for yourself, but with skype and a fast connection, why not?"
Why not indeed? Especially for someone like myself who doesn't yet have a wife and kids 'holding me back'. But even for family men like Conor and Walter, why wouldn't they take advantage of an opportunity to go on a working holiday (for themselves but a proper holiday for the family) if it's a choice between that and no holiday at all.
I definitely suffer from cabin fever now again working from home. If I knew there were good coworking facilities available in any of the Soho Solo locations along the Atlantic seaboard I'd jump to the opportunity of a more regular working holiday. I wonder if this is an idea the project could embrace?
Review of No Experience Required
Great program giving an entertaining insight into some glamorous professions.
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Rated as 4/5 on Mar 23 2007 by James Corbett
Last night I watched the second episode in the new season of "No Experience Required" on RTE2, 21:30 - 22:30.
If featured the glamorous world of PR as seen though the offices of Kennedy PR. Run by one of the top PR people in the country, Caroline Kennedy, the agency is a highly respected one that has an A-list roster of clients, which including the likes of The Brown Thomas Group and The Monart Spa in Wexford.
The first section of the program, where the various wannabes are interviewed was, as usual, hilarious and cringe worthy in equal measure. One particularly arrogant candidate met with a quick comeuppance.
After that we got a glimpse at the hectic side of PR when the 3 successful interviewees headed off to Monart Spa on Sunday afternoon to organize their first press trips and liaise with assigned journalists. This was quite an eye-opener for me as I'd no idea about the level of mediation by PR people in such a role.
Consecutive challenges included dealing with the media circus around a photocall involving Claudia Schiffer, and finding suitable patrons for photo shoots at a race meeting.
As usual this episode of "No Experience Required" was expertly produced and edited, capturing the both the glamorous and dull sides to the world of PR, while focusing on the drama and tension around the challenges faced by the candidates. Roll on next week's episode.
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See Irish blog posts mapped by geography
Did you know that Google Maps now support GeoRSS? That means you can grab the feed from IrishBlogs.ie, plug it into the Geonames RSS to GeoRSS converter, then put the converted feed into the Google maps search bar thus. Voila, Irish blog posts mapped according to places discussed.
Dan Bricklin says we're hitting a sweet spot
A report in this week's Massachusetts High Tech journal carries an article about Grazr Corp and includes a few quotes from our new board member Dan Bricklin, who says -
"I'm doing it because I think they're building a really useful tool,... [Adam] Green seemed to be hitting a sweet spot."
Mar 22, 2007 11:52:45 PM
Report from Limerick OpenCoffee Club
I went along to OpenCoffee Club in the Clarion Hotel in Limerick today where I met up with four other entrepreneurs - Mary Gilmartin, Paul Sweeney, Conn O'Muineachain and Patrick Liddy. A small turnout perhaps, by Cork standards, but whatever we lacked in quantity of people we more than made up for in quality of conversation. And I know there were a few people, like Jan Blanchard, who couldn't make it due to other commitments so I'm sure we'll have a bigger group next time around too.
Mary has more information on some of the things we discussed including, of course, Twitter which I even talked her into signing up for! :-)
Social Networking site for Mentors and Entrepreneurs
Sam Sethi spotted the public beta launch of Horses Mouth, a new social networking site enabling secure, private one-to-one mentoring relationship. I'll be interested to see if this gets much take up among Irish entrepreneurs and mentors because, as I've said on many occasions, the best part of participating in the Enterprise Platform Program at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology a few years ago was definitely the access to mentorship. Never discount the value of the grey hairs!
Castlebar hosts evening on entrepreneurship
Galway Independent: "The Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Castlebar will host an Enterprise Evening titled 'Spirit of Entrepreneurship' in the Innovation Centre, Castlebar campus, on Thursday 29 March from 6pm to 8.30pm."
Gapminder puts Ireland in context
Kosso pointed to Google's Gampinder, an incredibly nifty stats application which puts Ireland's economic growth in context. Having difficulty finding the country? We're represented by that little orange dot inside the big yellow dot near the top right corner, doing extraordinarily well in terms of both income per capita and life expectancy.
Of course there are those who would still ask - "But are you happy?" - reminding me of a friend whose glass is perpetually half empty. He's got a good job, a manageable mortgage, goes out every weekend, jets off on two or three foreign holidays per year and still grumbles that things are much better in The States, or in Switzerland, etc. Yeah, sure, things can always be better but just look at where our little dot lies in relation to all the other and larger dots. Pfhhh... some people are never happy!
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Pulwama students forced to lookout for other 'options'
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Khan Basit Bilal, 17, a class 11th student at Mehjoor Memorial High School (MMHS) Pulwama, stealthily sits on a chair in one corner at district Public library. He then starts whispering something to his friend.
On insisting he revealed that he is actually counting the number of school days which were wasted due to shutdowns or due to closing of schools by authorities after gunfights which frequently take place in his home town and its surroundings.
An ambitious science student, Bilal aims to crack national eligibility entrance test ( NEET) after passing 12th, a-prerequisite for seeking admission in a medical college.
For him education becomes the first causality every time an encounter breaks out between militants and government forces in his vicinity.
He said that his school opened for only three days from 1st of August till today.
Interestingly, three of his examination scheduled dates were postponed by authorities after encounters broke out in his vicinity.
On 1st of August when militant commander Abu Dujana and his associate, Arif Nabi Dar was killed in an encounter with government forces at Hakripora village, Bilal's examination date for English paper was postponed, on 3rd August date for Physics Paper examination was postponed after a civilian, Akeel Ahmad of Gabbar Pora, who was shot by army at his native village died at a Srinagar hospital.
The Biology paper scheduled on 12th August was postponed after joint resistance leadership had given a shutdown call against repealing of article 35 A.
Though, the examination for biology was held on 16 of August. The examination dates for two other papers are yet to be announced by authorities.
"On an average the schools remain shut for two days a week after authorities order their closure," said Bilal, adding that after 15 April police raid on government degree college Pulwama his school remained closed for around a month.
"We started preparing for first term examinations from first March but couldn't cover the whole syllabus. Around 20 percent syllabus remained uncovered," said Ubaid Hussain Lone, another student of the same class.
He said that their second term examinations will start by November. "I don't think that we can cover the syllabus in next two months," said Lone, adding that this will impact their NEET preparations.
Bilal and Lone had worked hard to cover the whole syllabus by taking tuitions twice a day but the coaching classes too were impacted by uncertainty.
Frustrated, Bilal doesn't want to be promoted to next class. "I will study one more year in the same class," he said, adding that he is planning to migrate outside Kashmir.
"Next year I would seek admission in Aligarh Muslim University," he said.
Many of their classmates have already migrated to different places. The list includes Shahid Nazir, Muzaffar Ahmad and Mohammad Asif.
The teachers at MMHS said that only 10 percent syllabi couldn't be covered. "We plan to have extra classes to compensate for the loss," said Ghulam Mohudin," Principal MMHS Pulwama.
However, many teachers feel that additional classes would be burden for them. "The administration always victimizes the teacher community by such arrangements," said a teacher wishing anonymity.
Chief Education Officer, Pulwama, Mushtaq Ahmad ruled out possibility for any additional classes." You need extra resources for additional classes which are not available at this time," he said, adding that syllabi are farmed keeping in view number of working days.
"When the numbers of working days get reduced, syllabus automatically gets impacted," he said, adding that they desire to keep only those schools closed which fall in the immediate neighborhood of the encounter sites.
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Oregon State QB Luton granted sixth year of eligibility
The Associated Press January 10, 2019, 8:10 p.m. UTC
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA.
Luton has started in just nine games for the Beavers since his first season in 2017 because of injuries. That year he missed eight games with a spine injury, then last season he missed all or parts of seven games with an ankle sprain.
NCAA rules allow players who have redshirted in their first year to be granted an extension if they play in four games or less in a season, as Luton did in 2017.
In his time with the Beavers, the 6-foot-7 junior college transfer has passed for 2,513 yards and 14 touchdowns.
He earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors last season following a come-from behind overtime victory over Colorado that snapped a 22-game losing streak on the road.
Luton redshirted his freshman year at Idaho in 2014, transferring to Ventura College in Idaho following the 2015 season.


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Why is the vastly superior character on the right again? It's okay to mix things up sometimes Nintendo.
That way she gets all the punchlines to their jokes/banter, thus solidifying her "superiority" amongst the fanbase.
Hope I didn't blow anyone's mind there.
They had the octobrush in the video, maybe they're gonna give them the inkbrush's run and hit speed?
Vote based on the things you're actually supposed to vote for, maybe?
It didn't bother me originally but it would be especially useful for handheld mode. I cracked the motion sensitivity to the max for that so I don't have to move the screen as much.
I'm thinking that rapper from Die Antwoord.
When they have the inevitable Marina versus Pearl splatfest, is that a race war?
Can we enter the test range in the new "demo"? Do we have any indication that progress/rewards from the weekend will carry over?
No and no. You only have the tutorial for spraying ink, and they haven't said. The demo does look like it should transfer save data since it seems like the game with many options locked away.
Pearl is cool because she is the hype-squid for the group which neither Callie nor Marie filled. Her dynamic with Marina is a little more interesting at a first glance, whereas the Squid Sisters were kinda the same unless you read a ton of dialogue from the both of them.
Also gonna download that demo and shitpost all over Inkopolis.
Marie and Marina are the best. Callie would be almost okay if she wasn't a disgusting traitor, and Pearl looks like she's Marina's bratty babysitting gig.
Would be a great comedy duo.
Pearl seems good because she looks like an rear end in a top hat and that means she'll probably be pretty funny.
I hope Pearl just constantly pisses everyone off by insulting the fans cause frankly we deserve it.
If you have downloaded the demo yet, she's more level headed than she looked in the trailer. I'm dangerously close to flipping sides after that.
Not two days out of the gate and the kid's getting dunked on.
Oh cool the old hair styles are back. I was wondering about that.
Boss tells me about a schedule change on Saturday, instead of my usual hours which would cover the splatfest, I'll be getting off in time to play the whole thing!
Your boss changed the schedule so they could play the Splatfest themselves.
My fifty five year old Filipino boss sure does love herself some Nintendo. She best not be repping cake because I'm gonna be putting foot to rear end for ice cream.
Some say she was raised by sentient birds, and that test subjects replicating her equipment were horribly broken.
Leavin' your fingers on the lens like a turbonerd.
I thought Marina was going to be the popular one but looks like Pearl has all that meme potential.
I'm not sure if popular is the right word.


Amazon Prime Day kicked off on Monday with a flurry of activity – including an unfortunate Amazon site crash as visitors vied for the best Prime deals of 2018.
Regardless of its rocky start, the annual shopping holiday is projected to break records. Industry experts have estimated Amazon could reach at least $3.4 billion within the event's 36-hour window. According to Coresight CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig, July 17 could be the biggest shopping day ever for Amazon in terms of revenues.
It's not just about Amazon anymore. In the U.S. alone, 76 percent of online shoppers are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to visit Amazon during Prime Day. This means the pressure is on for companies struggling to retain market share against Amazon. Retailers like Target, Walmart, and Kohl's are working hard to grab a piece of the pie by marketing major discounts that mirror Black Friday. This is very good news for savvy shoppers – and a call to action for everyone else.
After the dust settles on Amazon Prime Day, sellers and brands must analyze their company/brand performance to glean new insights. Black Friday and the Christmas season are just around the corner, so now is the time to prepare. A great place to start is by developing strategies focused on product content and channel convergence.
That's where Product Information Management (PIM), or Product Master Data Management (MDM), can help. From initial product discovery to research and fulfillment, a PIM/MDM solution aids in getting the right product to the customer at the right time. In the digital age, this helps win sales, build loyalty, and reduce the rate of returns.
Curate your product content: According to Forrester, providing differentiated digital experiences relies not only on product data, but more notably, curated product content. A PIM solution helps manufacturers and retailers offer corresponding product demonstrations, videos, manuals, images, etc. to help consumers make informed purchases. This is true whether the consumer is on a manufacturer's website, Amazon product page, mobile app, etc.
Ensure consistent and accurate product information: Through a centralized PIM solution, organizations can ensure that verified, up-to-date product details and specifications are shared seamlessly across all touchpoints, including Google, your website, social media, online marketplaces including Amazon, etc. With PIM, product information is also more granular, which helps improve the searchability of items and aids in complying with standards such as GTIN and GDSN.
Facilitate product research: A PIM solution helps populate tools that aid shoppers in determining the desired size, color, fit, etc. A PIM solution can also help with upselling and cross-selling, along with creating wish lists and product preferences that deliver a personalized experience.
Offer seamless channel convergence and fulfillment: When competing with Amazon, retailers often have the advantage of meeting consumers in the channel of their choice. This requires seamlessly converging traditional channels like brick-and-mortar stores and catalogs with digital channels including e-commerce. Shoppers often review product features, options, and availability online first before coming to an actual retail location. With PIM, you can assure customers of accurate data on inventory levels and availability, even down to providing the aisle number of the product in the store. Furthermore, retailers can leverage PIM-powered Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality to create a new shopping experience.
It's interesting to note that all these attributes of retail success relate to PIM.
Today's market is driven by a generation of consumers who expect rich product information when, where, and how they choose—and thrive on digital experiences.
To learn more about how your organization can keep up with the ever-increasing demand for product content in digital channels, listen to the Webinar, Building the Case for Better Product Information to Lift Sales and Increase Margins, with Forrester Analyst Bruce Eppinger.


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Sponsor vegetable & fruit tree saplings for a very poor farmer, INR 3200
| NGO:Haritika | State: Uttar Pradesh | Tax Benefit : 50%
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HARITIKA works with people whose lives are dominated by extreme poverty, illiteracy, disease and other handicaps. With multifaceted development interventions, HARITIKA strives to bring about positive change in the quality of life of the poor people of Bundelkhand region of UP and MP.
• Under their Horticulture Wadi Development programme in Bijawar and Bakswaha District: Chhatarpur (M.P.) India, the organization provides seeds and saplings to marginalized & excluded tribal community to give them a viable source of food and supplementary income.
• This fruit plantation will give income returns after the fourth year.
• The seeds and saplings are bought in bulk and supplied to the beneficiaries between March & October.
Fruit & vegetable saplings provided for 1 acre of land 3200.00
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Damodar Sahariya, a resident of Dudaria Village of Bangra Block of Jhansi District belongs to the most disadvantaged Sahariya Community a backward tribe. His annual income was only Rs 10000 to Rs.15000, earned from Non Timber Forest Produce. Even though he had 2 acres of fertile land, he did not have access to two meals per day. He did not have access to basic necessities nor hoped that he would ever have!
With the support of NABARD Jhansi, HARITIKA has provided him plants of fruits, Bio-pesticides, bio-fertilizers, fencing plants and materials, intercropping plants and paid for the cost of tilling his own land. Along with this help, more importantly we have given him support for water resource development. Thanks to this support, he dug a well in his land. We have also trained him and monitored the programme at every phase of implementation and post implementation.
Today it is approximately 3 years after the implementation of project and the impact on the villagers, including Damodar is seen. Along with orchard development, he has started intercropping of vegetables as well. His income has increased to 35000 per annum. From this year in his orchard has yielded good quality guavas. Now he is able to fulfill basic needs of his family. His children attend school. He has gained self-confidence within himself and can raise his voice for his rights.


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Ken DoctorAugust 11, 2011
The newsonomics of the next recession
All those unfriendly trends facing newspaper companies? Expect them to accelerate.
The newsonomics of U.S. media concentration
Could News Corp.'s U.K. hacking scandal impact the coming wave of news company consolidation in the United States? Ken Doctor
The Newsonomics of roll-up
The shakeup at MediaNews: Why it could be the leadup to a massive newspaper consolidation
Langeveld, Martin. "The shakeup at MediaNews: Why it could be the leadup to a massive newspaper consolidation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 20 Jan. 2011. Web. 19 Jan. 2022.
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This was the first of three days that the legendary Muddy Waters played San Francisco's Fillmore West in November of 1966. In addition to this show on the 4th, he played another night on the 5th and a rare matinee show on the 6th of November. All three shows included Quicksilver Messenger Service and Andrew Staples on the bill.
Although Waters (born McKinley Morganfield) would continue recording and performing until his death in 1983, many consider the touring band featured on this show among the finest backing bands he would ever front. Featuring George Smith on harmonica and Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson on guitar (along with Waters himself), the band was obviously enjoying their newfound audience, which consisted mostly of San Francisco's emerging hippie community.
Opening with the instrumental "Chicken Shack" blues romp, this show is radically different than the other sets played during this run. Included here is "Long Distance Telephone Call," which was one of Waters' earliest sides for Chess Records, originally released in 1951. Also included is his classic "Hoochie Coochie Man," which hundreds of blues rock artists have covered, including Jimi Hendrix. The highlight of the show, unquestionably, is the classic "Trouble No More," which Waters sings with a true Delta Blues growl. The blues standard is immortalized on the first Allman Brothers Band album three years later, but their version is no match to Waters' original trademark sound. Another fun song is Waters' rendition of the R&B classic, "I'll Go Crazy," which was a hit for James Brown and The Moody Blues in the U.K., circa their 1965 Go Now period.
Like many of Waters' live recordings, this is a far from perfect performance. His guitar is usually out of tune on the higher strings, and he doesn't always get the words right. But who cares? This is a testament to the talent of a real Chicago blues pioneer, and it's fantastic, warts and all.


Review of Richmond water heaters for home water heating. Explore the features and benefits of the electric, gas, tankless, tank-type and hybrid models. Find out how to select the right unit.
Richmond hot water heaters are owned by the well-known American company Rheem, a leader in HVAC industry, tested and certified by the authorized labs. The corporate office is in Atlanta and the extensive line of products, which can be found among electric, gas and solar, tank, tankless and hybrid water heating systems covers a great number of potential customers in US and Canada.
As Rheem, Richmond implements the advanced features in its water heaters; such as the EverKleen Self Cleaning System to fight the lime and sediment build-up, Integra System, LifeGuard stainless steel heating elements and other for the reliable and safe operation.
Gas and electric water tank heaters come with the different warranties; 6, 9 and 12 years, which depends on the quality of materials and features that protect the heater, while tankless come with the 10-year and hybrid with 12-year warranties. In addition, part of the Richmond/Rheem offer is the Marathon electric heater which offers a lifetime warranty.
One of the main features found in Richmond gas tank-type heaters is the Integra System, a Flammable Vapor Ignition Resistant system (FVIR) which protects the unit and provide an efficient and reliable operation.
Gas water heaters that are equipped with the EverKleen system and heavy-duty anode rods will provide longer warranties since the heater has better protection. Also, these models have faster recovery rate, so they are recommended for larger homes where families require higher hot water demand.
Tankless heaters heat water on demand. They are small and compact, wall-hanging and take less space than the tank-type. Richmond water heaters with the tankless technology are used for homes with up to three bathrooms, where the largest model produces up to 9.5 gallons per minute. Richmond builds several types of tankless heaters, which can be installed either indoor or outdoor. Find the review here.
Richmond water heaters that are powered by the electricity are very simple appliances for water heating. Tank-type models come with the tank sizes from the lowest 2.5 gallons, designed for point-of-use service, to the largest 120-gallon whole-house models. Specialty models include the table-top and solar electric heaters, plus mobile homes.
Electric tankless heaters are built for those who prefer on-demand water heating, simply hang the unit on the wall, rather than occupying the floor space. Smaller units, such as the 3 kW models are mainly used for single fixtures, while more powerful, such as the 27 kW units, are meant for two or three applications working at the same time.
If the electricity is your only option, but you prefer Energy Star products, high efficient water heating, the right choice will be an electric water heater with the heat pump technology. Richmond hybrid models are available in two sizes and provide a long 12-year warranty.
So what are the best Richmond water heaters? The best ones are those that are long-lasting, have a fast recovery rate and first-hour delivery and have the advanced features that not only protect the unit and the user but make the water heating efficient, reliable and environment-friendly.


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Better off alive
On a Sunday evening in June, camo-clad men chat and laugh by pickups next to a restaurant near Billings, Montana. There is a faint but unmistakable odor of decay coming from a large trash bin across the parking lot—the just-weighed bodies of 29 coyotes, some of them rotting for two days in 90-degree...
Why killing coyotes doesn't work
For more than a century, human beings have waged a war on coyotes, killing them with poison, traps, guns, hunting dogs and a variety of other cruel coyote killing methods . Nonetheless, the wary nature of coyotes and their remarkable adaptability has allowed them to quadruple their range throughout...
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Chimpanzees used in research FAQ
Contents What is life like for chimpanzees in laboratories? Which laboratories house chimpanzees for use in invasive research? Do we need to use chimpanzees to find cures for human illnesses and diseases? Who pays for research on chimpanzees? Why should we give chimpanzees special attention? What is...
Editor's note 5/30/17: GOOD NEWS! The HSUS and the New York Blood Center have announced an agreement to provide long-term sanctuary for the Liberian chimpanzees. Read the update The chimpanzees live on six islands, near where a tangle of rivers meets the fierce waves of Liberia's Atlantic coast....
Jane's lost chapter: Documentary offers new look at Goodall's early work
Within the first few minutes of Jane , a new documentary from National Geographic, the viewer is treated to wide shots of a gorgeous lush landscape, extreme close-ups of frilly insects going about their business—and a shot of young Jane Goodall, sitting in a boat, making her way into Gombe, Tanzania...
Together, we can learn how to peacefully coexist with wild animals and support their natural habitats.
Coyote hazing: Guidelines for discouraging neighborhood coyotes
Coyotes generally avoid people. But if you encounter coyotes who have adapted to urban environments, hazing techniques can teach them to keep away.
It's their time
Other than the pattering of rain on the leaf-strewn ground and an occasional mourning dove call, it's quiet in this part of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Then you hear it: low grunting and hooting that rises through the pine trees into a ruckus of screeches and howls. Owls? Coyotes? No, it's...
Chimpanzees are wild, complex animals who live in family groups and form lifelong bonds.
Coyotes deserve lives free from persecution.
Coyote calling contests
"Coyote calling contests"—in which contestants compete for prizes to see who can kill the most coyotes in a specified period of time—are found across the west and midwest. In South Dakota, coyote hunters gather at bars the night before a hunt to bet on winning teams and take bets on who will kill...
Proposed Westport, Connecticut ordinance would overturn longstanding trapping ban
The Humane Society of the United States is speaking out as the town of Westport, Connecticut, is considering changes to the current town code to allow the use of trapping to control coyotes. The proposed change would allow homeowners or the town Board of Selectman to hire wildlife trappers to trap...
The Humane Society of the United States and New York Blood Center announce agreement to provide long-term sanctuary for Liberian chimpanzees
The Humane Society of the United States and the New York Blood Center, Inc. announced an agreement today that should secure the long-term well-being of more than 60 chimpanzees in Liberia.
New York Blood Center
Coyotes and people: What to know if you see or encounter a coyote
If you see a coyote in the city or suburbs, don't be alarmed. Attacks on humans are very rare. Our tools will teach coyotes to keep their distance.
How to make your yard family-friendly
Decaying logs and miniature bogs, hollowed stalks and piled rocks, nutritious pollen and leaves fallen: They're not the stuff of traditional nursery rhymes and baby showers. But if wild mothers-to-be had gift registries, these natural supplies would top the list. Though the basic elements for...


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From a close collaboration with the Unislim team and their branding partners CI Studio we designed and built a beautiful and rich user experience.
Unislim approached Friday to help them take their business to the next level through a re-platform and complete re-design of their e-commerce site. We also work with Unislim on a number of digital marketing launch initiatives and we are currently executing their 2019 digital and content marketing strategy.
Friday was challenged with bringing the new Unislim brand to life through its website and digital content.
Key to the momentum behind the rebrand was the shift in the sector from slimming and weight loss to lifestyle and healthy eating and living. This meant more focus on engaging content in recipes, advice and tips.
We also needed to make the process of finding and selecting classes a seamless experience, and encourage users to book their classes online.
With a mobile-first approach, we created a website that engages users and is effective in encouraging people to join their local class and make a positive difference in their life.
Friday first worked with the Unislim team to understand their offering and audiences.
Workshop sessions helped us plan a simple but smart user experience for the website to showcase their service and many success stories. We then built a WordPress e-commerce framework to showcase classes and support the online booking process.
Our work with Unislim is ever-evolving as it should be for a digital experience that is critical to the brand's success. We have seen numerous phases of work to enhance and optimise the user journey, and introduce new content and functionality to the site.
Friday is currently working closely with the Unislim team on a new digital marketing strategy to build on the growth of the past number of years.
"Having a team that just 'gets' your concept and goals from the start means you have full trust they will deliver results for you. Every step of the way, Dave, Graham and their team have been fantastic to work with."


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Q: Understanding recursive solution of some algorithm Most of the time we need to understand someone else' code for example I am studying Graph Algorithms from Sedgewick's online resources, the particular code example is taken from cycle detection algorithm here:
 private void dfs(Graph G, int u, int v) {
        marked[v] = true;
        for (int w : G.adj(v)) {

            // short circuit if cycle already found
            if (cycle != null) return;

            if (!marked[w]) {
                edgeTo[w] = v;
                dfs(G, v, w);
            }

            // check for cycle (but disregard reverse of edge leading to v)
            else if (w != u) {
                cycle = new Stack<Integer>();
                for (int x = v; x != w; x = edgeTo[x]) {
                    cycle.push(x);
                }
                cycle.push(w);
                cycle.push(v);
            }
        }
    }

Although I know the basic gist of the algorithm(finding the back edge) and I can tell from looking at the code that its trying to store the generated cycle as well but I am not able to trace how would the algorithm would execute and why the author has takes one extra parameter in the dfs code. Generally how should I proceed to understand such recursive algorithms?

A: This dfs algorithm looks for a cycle in the graph G starting at v. The "extra parameter" u is the "previous" or "parent" node of v in the search tree, it is passed here because it enables the algorithm to avoid to take a sequence like "u - v - u" for a cycle.
Understanding code is sometimes not easy, it takes practice, especially recursive code. There are several techniques, like adding comments, "scratch refactoring", running the code in a debugger (as suggested by Robert Harvey), add logging statements to the code and run it, or drawing an example on a piece of paper and "execute it" by using a pencil. Only you can find out which technique works best for you and your specific case.

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Feature request #7440
loading of angled geotiffs when not displayed
Added by John Sankey almost 9 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.
I've got a large geotiff (10kx10k) that was created to WGS83; to use it in UTM 18N a small angle is needed. With the angle, it takes over a minute for 1.8.0 to load the project even when the geotiff isn't selected for display. (Yes I've pyramided it; makes no difference in project loading time, just in subsequent display.) Would it be possible on loading project to not process any layer that is not displayed, to avoid this problem?
duplicate of #3794 ?
#2 Updated by John Sankey almost 9 years ago
The feedback is the same as #3794, but I'm proposing a feature that would reduce its impact. It also might help projects with large numbers of layers (see #7425) when most aren't displayed all at the same time.
#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 4 years ago
Easy fix? set to No
#4 Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 4 years ago
Category set to Unknown