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Students at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park pay homage to the Roland Corp.'s creations
By Randall Roberts on Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 4:00 am
On Friday, the music department at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park will present "303::808," a performance celebrating the revolutionary, lauded 303 bass sequencer and 808 drum machine created by the Roland Corp. Those two instruments are responsible for the sounds of house and techno, and students in the electronic-music program at Forest Park (note to budding dance producers: Forest Park offers two classes in the music) will honor the 303 and the 808 with their compositions.
The show won't solely highlight the machine, but, says James Hegarty, assistant professor of music at Forest Park, "I've been encouraging them to try some sounds in that ballpark -- the old analog drum sounds -- to give them something to think about and a place to start. I just tried to come up with some sort of handle for them to work towards."
Also featured will be a strange-sounding creation based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Though we don't encourage the mixing of poetry with electronic music -- it's a recipe for disaster, especially when Poe is involved -- the performance sounds cool. Says Hegarty: "We set different verses in either small groups or as a whole -- there's about 10 people in the group. Some of it turned out rather rappy -- one singer who's part of it naturally fell into the rap aspect of the verse -- it's real duple-ish. Then there's some settings that are very abstract; one of the guys took the text and really manipulated it using software, so it sounds very stretched-out and distorted. One of the other guys has a Star Wars toy from the first time around; it makes a Darth Vader kind of sound, but it's a $15 Fisher-Price thing, so it crackles and pops. It's a mixed bag of things coming together. Some of the people from the ensemble have gotten together and made pieces for smaller groups."
The event is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, April 28, on the Forest Park campus in the main theater of the Mildred E. Bastian Center for Performing Arts, 5600 Oakland Ave.
ACE OF BASS: Improvisation is a dangerous game, especially when a distorted guitar is involved and the player has more background knowledge in rock than in jazz. The line between artistry and self-indulgence is almost always breached when a rock-guitar player is involved; if you want improvised electric guitar, run straight to Sonny Sharrock, and kick Joe Satriani in the shin on the way.
This past week, though, Darin Gray and Chris Trull's improvised performance at the Side Door was transcendent. At its heart was the work of distorted electric guitar, coupled with Gray's ever-solid bass. Gray and Trull opened for the Shipping News and were on it. The two, who have been working together for about a year now, moved from deep, rough riffing -- Gray tossed off some bass chords that would have been at home on one of his early Dazzling Killmen albums while Trull, whom you may know as guitarist for Darling Little Jackhammer, picked at the innards of the thing with great restraint -- to gentle, quiet beauty. Alas, the quiet wasn't too quiet; the packed house was annoying as usual, talking when they should have been listening. Given his vocation, Gray's used to such rudeness, and he takes it in stride. He doesn't get angry at the talkers anymore and refuses to play louder just to drown them out: "I always feel like I lose if I start playing louder," he says, "because then the audience gets louder anyway, and I have to go louder than that, and then they get louder. So I try and play quietly. That way, I haven't lost the battle. I just haven't participated in it." He's more concerned with the improv at hand, and he's a diamond at it.
BEAT POETRY: The Upstairs Lounge is so over-the-top on alternating Saturdays these days that mere words don't do the thang justice. What a freak show Superbreakout is: Doug Surreal, Mike 2600, DJ Device, Ryan B. and Joe Beuckmann going totally apeshit on four turntables, juggling beats and playing tag, tossing on a 33-rpm Bobby Brown "My Prerogative" 12-inch, punching it up to 45 and then beat-matching it with a DJ Assault ghetto-tech 12-inch. The general theme is hip-hop, old school and middle school (according to 2600, middle-school hip-hop is "anything after Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell and before Souls of Mischief's '93 Til Infinity'"), mixed with rock, soul and jazz breaks (EPMD, James Brown, Oliver Sain, De La Soul, the Meters, Eric B & Rakim, the Ohio Players). It goes on and on, and the result is some of the most innovative and off-the-wall turntable antics we've ever seen. Mixing Billy Joel's "My Life" with a funk beat? Why would anyone do that?
Of course, if you're looking for tight, seamless mixes, you're looking in the wrong place; half the time they're pretty sloppy on the decks, more concerned with shocking segues than invisible merges; you'll hear train wrecks, and furrowed-brow DJ types should stay away if they're going to get all technical. That said, the other night when 2600 and Device manned all four decks simultaneously, it was brilliantly crazy, a mess of scratches and beats that had the totally packed Upstairs bursting at the seams. Sometimes creativity and wide-eyed fun is a bloody mess; at Superbreakout, bloodier is better. That's this Saturday at the Upstairs: good, messy fun.
CORRECTION: Two issues ago (RFT, April 12), we flagged an editorial written by DJ Matt Costello on the Web site of The Point (105.7 FM). We referred to Costello as the station's music director, but he is not. The music director is Donny Mueller. We regret the error.
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Kwak Jung-wook (born 12 June 1990) is a South Korean actor.

Personal life
On January 24, 2022, it was confirmed that Kwak and Park Se-young are getting married in mid-February, and the wedding ceremony would be held privately in Seoul. They met during the filming of drama School 2013, and developed into a couple a few years ago.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
South Korean male television actors
South Korean male film actors
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Presenting a large family home fully serviced with a double lock up garage.
Offering 5 generous sized bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes a spacious master bedroom with ensuite positioned at the front of the property. Wide open lounge room that flows through to a seating/dining area through to the spacious kitchen overlooking a secured undercover deck area with stairs leading down to the backyard.
The property provides side access, undercover storage and better yet access to the park from the rear of the backyard.
A perfect property to renovate situated in a family friendly location with all amenities close by!


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Application of Landsat-7 satellite data and a DEM for the quantification of thermokarst-affected terrain types in the periglacial Lena-Anabar coastal lowland
Title Application of Landsat-7 satellite data and a DEM for the quantification of thermokarst-affected terrain types in the periglacial Lena-Anabar coastal lowland
Authors Grosse, G, Schirrmeister, L, Malthus, TJ
Journal Polar Research
Date Published Jan 2006
Keywords Classification, GIS, Laptev Sea coastal lowland, Mamontov Klyk, Mapping, quantification, Remote sensing, Siberia, terrain analysis, Thermokarst
Extensive parts of Arctic permafrost-dominated lowlands were affected by large-scale permafrost degradation, mainly through Holocene thermokarst activity. The effect of thermokarst is nowadays observed in most periglacial lowlands of the Arctic. Since permafrost degradation is a consequence as well as a significant factor of global climate change, it is necessary to develop ef.cient methods for the quantification of its past and current magnitude. We developed a procedure for the quantification of periglacial lowland terrain types with a focus on degradation features and applied it to the Cape Mamontov Klyk area in the western Laptev Sea region. Our terrain classification approach was based on a combination of geospatial datasets, including a supervised maximum likelihood classification applied to Landsat-7 ETM+ data and digital elevation data. Thirteen final terrain surface classes were extracted and subsequently characterized in terms of relevance to thermokarst and degradation of ice-rich deposits. 78 % of the investigated area was estimated to be affected by permafrost degradation. The overall classification accuracy was 79 %. Thermokarst did not develop evenly on the coastal plain, as indicated by the increasingly dense coverage of thermokarst-related areas from south to north. This regionally focused procedure can be extended to other areas to provide the highly detailed periglacial terrain mapping capabilities currently lacking in global-scale permafrost datasets.


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Q: не могу вывести массив большие своих соседей справа и слева #include <iostream>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "Rus");
    srand(time(NULL));
    int const DOR = 20;
    double arr[DOR];
    int i, a = 0, b = 10;
    for (int i = 0; i < DOR; i++)
    {
        arr[i] = (double)rand() * (b - a) / RAND_MAX + a;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < DOR; i++)
    {
        printf("%6.2lf \r \n", arr[i]);
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < DOR; i++)
    {
        if ((arr[i] > arr[i - 1]) && (arr[i] > arr[i + 1]))
        {
            printf("%6.2lf \r \n", arr[i]);
        }
    }
}

само задание :

Сформировать с помощью датчика случайных чисел в диапазоне [0,10]
массив из 20 элементов вещественного типа. Вывести его на экран.
Вывести элементы массива, большие своих соседей справа и слева.

A: вам надо найти элементы массива arr[i], такие, что
(arr[i] > arr[i - 1]) && (arr[i] > arr[i + 1])

вот и все
ну естественно ни первый ни последний элементы массива не могут быть выбраны, так что цикл будет от 1 до DOR - 1
for (int i = 1; i < DOR - 1; i++)
{
    if ((arr[i] > arr[i-1]) && (arr[i] > arr[i+1]))
    {
         printf("%6.2lf \r \n", arr[i]);
    }
}

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The GandCrab ransomware, which first appeared in January, has been updated rapidly during its short life, with Version 5.0.2 appearing this month. In this post we will examine the latest version and how the authors have improved the code (and in some cases have made mistakes). McAfee gateway and endpoint products are able to protect customers from known variants of this threat.
The GandCrab authors have moved quickly to improve the code and have added comments to provoke the security community, law enforcement agencies, and the NoMoreRansom organization. Despite the agile approach of the developers, the coding is not professional and bugs usually remain in the malware (even in Version 5.0.2), but the speed of change is impressive and increases the difficulty of combating it.
The group behind GandCrab has achieved cult status in underground forums; the authors are undoubtedly confident and have strong marketing skills, but flawless programming is not one of their strengths.
On September 27, the GandCrab crew announced Version 5 with the same showmanship as its earlier versions. GandCrab ransomware has gained a lot of attention from security researchers as well as the underground. The developers market the affiliate program like a "members-only club" and new affiliates are lining up to join, in the hope of making easy money through the large-scale ransomware extortion scheme.
The prospect of making money not only attracts new affiliates, but also leads to the formation of new alliances between GandCrab and other criminal services that strengthen the malware's supply and distribution networks. One of these alliances became obvious during Version 4, in which the ransomware started being distributed through the new Fallout exploit kit. This alliance was again emphasized in the GandCrab Version 5 announcement, as the GandCrab crew openly endorsed FalloutEK.
The GandCrab Version 5 announcement.
With Version 5, yet another alliance with a criminal service has been formed. The malware crypter service NTCrypt announced that it is partnering with the GandCrab crew. A crypter service provides malware obfuscation to evade antimalware security products.
The NTCrypt-GandCrab partnership announcement offering a special price for GandCrab users.
The partnership between GandCrab and NTCrypt was established in a novel way. At the end of September, the GandCrab crew started a "crypt competition" on a popular underground forum to find a new crypter service they could partner with. NTCrypt applied and eventually won the competition.
This novel approach emphasizes once more the cult status GandCrab has in the underground community. For a criminal business such as GandCrab, building these alliances makes perfect sense: They increase the ease of operation and a trusted affiliate network minimizes their risk exposure by allowing them to avoid less-trusted suppliers and distributors.
For the security community it is worrisome to see that GandCrab's aggressive marketing strategy seems to be paying off. It is generating a strong influx of criminal interest and allows the GandCrab crew to form alliances with other essential services in the cybercriminal supply chain.
GandCrab Version 5 uses several mechanisms to infect systems. The following diagram shows an overview of GandCrab's behavior.
The goal of GandCrab, as with other ransomware, is to encrypt all or many files on an infected system and insist on payment to unlock them. The developer requires payment in cryptocurrency, primarily Dash (or Bitcoin in some older versions), because it is complex to track and quick to receive the payment.
The malware is usually, but not always, packed. We have seen variants in .exe format (the primary form) along with DLLs. GandCrab is effectively ransomware as a service; its operators can choose which version they want.
This version has two releases. The first works only on Windows 7 or later due to a big mistake in the compiling time. Version 5.0 carries two exploits that try to elevate privileges. It checks the version of the operating system and the TokenIntegrityLevel class of the process. If the SID Subauthority is SECURITY_MANDATORY_LOW_RID (0x1000), it tries to execute the exploits if it also passed one previous check of a mutex value.
One release is the exploit released in August on Twitter and GitHub by the hacker "SandboxEscaper." The original can be found at this link. The Twitter handle for this hacker is https://twitter.com/sandboxescaper.
This exploit tries to use a problem with the Task System in Windows when the operating system improperly handles calls to an advanced local procedure call.
The GandCrab authors claim there is no CVE of this exploit, but that is incorrect. It falls under CVE-2018-8440. This exploit can affect versions Windows 7 through Windows 10 Server. More information about this exploit can be found at this link.
In the first release of Version 5.0, the malware authors wrote the code exploit using normal calls to the functions. Thus at compiling time the binary has the IAT filled with the DLL needed for some calls. This DLL does not exist in Windows Vista and XP, so the malware fails to run in these systems, showing an error.
Import of xpsprint.dll that will not run on Windows XP or Vista.
The exploit using direct calls.
This release published an HTML file after encrypting the user's files, but this file was faulty because it did not always have the information needed to decrypt the user's files.
The exploit with dynamic calls and obfuscated strings.
The second exploit is covered under CVE-2018-8120, which in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 allows an elevation of privileges from the kernel. Thanks to a faulty object in the token of the System process, changing this token in the malware results in executing the malware with System privileges.
You can read more about this exploit on mcafee.com.
A new registry entry to hold the random extension.
The malware tries creating this new entry in the root key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. If it cannot—for example, because the user does not have admin rights—it places the entry in the root key HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This entry is deleted in some samples after the files have been encrypted.
This version fixed some internal bugs in the malware but made no other notable changes.
This version changes the random extension length from 5 to 10 characters and fixes some internal bugs. Other bugs remain, however, meaning files cannot always be encrypted.
This section is based on the latest version of the malware (Version 5.0.2 on October 4), though some elements appear in earlier releases of Version 5. Starting with this version, the malware uses two exploits to try to elevate privileges in the system.
The first exploit uses a dynamic call to the function IsWoW64Process to detect whether the operating system is running in 32 or 64 bits.
The dynamic call to IsWoW64Process with obfuscated strings.
Depending on the result, the malware has two embedded DLLs, encrypted with a simple operation XOR 0x18.
Decrypting the DLL to load with the exploit and fix the header.
The malware authors use a clever trick with fuzzing to avoid detection: The first two bytes of the DLL are trash, something that is later fixed, as we see in the preceding image.
After decryption and loading the exploit, this DLL creates a mutex in the system and some pipes to communicate with the main malware. The malware creates a pipe that the DLL reads later and prepares strings as the mutex string for the DLL.
Preparing the string for the DLL.
The DLL has dummy strings for these strings.
Creating the new mutex and relaunching the process.
This mutex is checked when the malware starts. The function returns a 1 or 0, depending on whether it can open the mutex. Later, this result is checked and if the mutex can be opened the malware will avoid checking the version and will not use the two new exploits to elevate privileges.
Opening the new mutex to check if there is a need to run the exploits.
As with GandCrab Version 4.x and later, the malware later checks the version. If it is Vista or later, it tries to get the "TokenIntegrityLevel" class and relaunch the binary to elevate its privilege with a call to "ShellExecuteExW" with the "runas" application. If the system is Windows XP, the code will avoid that and continue in its normal flow.
Explaining the check of mutex and exploits.
Creating the new wallpaper at runtime.
The username is checked with "SYSTEM." If the user is "SYSTEM," the malware puts the name "USER" in the wallpaper.
Checking the name of the user for the wallpaper.
The wallpaper is created in the %TEMP% folder with the name pidor.bmp.
Creating the wallpaper in the temp folder.
Here is an example of strings used in the wallpaper name and to check the name of the user and the format string, whether it is another user, or the final string in the case of SYSTEM user with USER in uppercase.
The name of the wallpaper and special strings.
The malware detects the language of the system and decrypts the strings and writes the correct ransom note in the language of the system.
Customers of McAfee gateway and endpoint products are protected against the latest GandCrab versions. Detection names include Ran-Gandcrabv4! and many others.
An independent researcher, Twitter user Valthek, has also created several vaccines. (McAfee has verified that these vaccines are effective.) The version for GandCrab 4.x through 5.0.2 can prevent the files from being encrypted.
For Version 4.x, the deletion of shadow volumes cannot be avoided but at least the files themselves are kept safe.
For Version 5.x, encrypting the files can be avoided but not the creation and changing of the wallpaper, which the malware will still corrupt. The malware cannot create random extensions to encrypt the files but will prepare the string. Running the vaccine a second time removes the wallpaper if it is in the %TEMP% folder.
The vaccine has versions with and without persistence. The version with persistence creates a random filename in a special folder and writes a special random entry in the registry to run each time with the system. In this case, the machine will always be protected against this malware (at least in its current state of October 10, and perhaps in the future).
Alexandre Mundo, Senior Malware Analyst is part of Mcafee's Advanced Threat Research team. He reverses the new threads in advanced attacks and make research of them in a daily basis. He is focused in APT and new, and old but very active, ransomware attacks and malware. He performs malware and forensic analysis and teach junior malware analysts and has developed training courses, workshops and presentations of malware analysis.
He worked as freelance and consultor in the past too.
John Fokker is Head of Cyber Investigations for McAfee Advanced Threat Research. Prior to joining McAfee, he worked at the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), the Dutch national police unit dedicated to investigating advanced forms of cybercrime. Within NHTCU he led the data science group, which focused on threat intelligence research. During his career he has supervised numerous large-scale cybercrime investigations and takedowns. Fokker is also one of the cofounders of the NoMoreRansom Project. He started his career with the Netherlands Police Agency as a digital forensics investigator within a task force against organized crime. Before joining the national police, he served in the special operations and counterterrorism group of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps. Twitter: @john_fokker.


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Weekend Preview: Wong Kar-Wai's long-awaited "Grandmaster" arrives
August 30, 2013 Christopher Schobert
With TIFF so close, and so much to do before then, my updates here will be a little shorter than normal. But things will be back to normal once my time at TIFF is complete. Here is a quick look at what's opening this weekend.
"The Grandmaster": I will certainly have more to say about Wong Kar-wai's latest film after TIFF; it is his first release since "Ashes of Time Redux" and his first new feature since "My Blueberry Nights." Reviews have been mostly positive, and the trailers are stunning … But I'm a bit worried about all the cuts.
"Getaway": If this "Taken"-meets-"The Transporter" Ethan Hawke vehicle (see what I did there?) is a hit, I think the actor is officially summer's MVP.
"Closed Circuit": Solid cast (Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent), ho-hum story.
"One Direction: This is Us": Well, the kids'll love it.
Buffalo Film Seminars: On Tuesday (September 3) Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" (1934) screens, and guess what? This one is as good as its reputation.
The Screening Room: More big-screen Marilyn at The Screening Room — it continues to celebrate Monroe and the 60th anniversary of "Niagara" with 7:30 screenings today, Saturday, and Sunday.
VOD: Brian De Palma's bad TIFF12 entry "Passion" is making its theatrical and VOD debut.
Etc.: For the latest releases at Dipson's Amherst and Eastern Hills theaters, visit the official Dipson site.
Photo courtesy of the Weinstein Company
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Wednesday Round-Up: It's Wong Kar-Wednesday!
On certain days, "Chunking Express" is my favorite movie, and Wong Kar-wai is my favorite director. So the fact that his latest film, "The Grandmaster," is opening in Buffalo next Friday (August 30) thrills me.
It has been a long-time coming. It feels like his last release, 2008's "Ashes of Time Redux," was a decade ago, and his last "real" film, "My Blueberry Nights," seems like it came out two decades ago.
"The Grandmaster" has been talked about for several years, and its production was downright epic. But now it is here, and that means we are being flooded with interviews, appreciations, reviews, and more.
One example is a very good interview he did with Slant. One question in particular jumped out to me:
Slant: I've seen two different cuts of the film, and there was plenty of "exclusive" footage in each. If it weren't for that lack of patience among audiences, would you like to release a version that comprises most of the footage, one that would be as long as most Leone movies? Or are the running times dictated by other things?
"Yeah, sadly, today, the distribution of films is very competitive, so in China we can afford to release this film at two hours and 10 minutes, but we have an obligation to release this film under two hours in the United States. But I don't just want to do a shorter version, do some trimming, take out some scenes, because I think the structure of the Chinese version is very delicate, and very precise. So instead I want to do a new version, I want to tell this story in a different way. And in fact, American cinema, besides Chinese cinema, has the longest history with kung-fu films. So I think we can focus and go directly to the story. In the Chinese version, it's really about time. And here [in the U.S.] it's really about character. We follow the story of Ip Man and go through this world of martial arts."
Hmm. I hope we have a chance to see both cuts here in the States, perhaps on DVD; methinks I'll be buying an import copy. This is tricky, though. WKW seems pretty cool about it all above, but check out this breakdown of the crucial differences between the U.S. and Hong Kong edits on Film.com.
Let's take a look at some cool articles etc. on WKW and his films.
Here is the second American trailer for "The Grandmaster"
Zhang Ziyi talks "Grandmaster" training.
Ranking the film's fight sequences.
The Weinstein Company has brought in Martin Scorsese and Samuel L. Jackson (huh) to "present" the film.
Some making-of videos.
The Film Stage has a documentary on his great "In the Mood for Love."
The Playlist tackles his entire back catalog — I think they were a bit harsh on "My Blueberry Nights," although I can't disagree with many of the criticisms — and this link also offers the complete short films of WKW.
More Playlist: Jessica Kiang's Berlin Film Fest review, along with a review of the American cut by Rodrigo Perez.
I love this: A mix of music from the films of WKW.
Last but not least, me, talking "Chunking Express." I wrote this at the end of my first week posting on this site.
Photo from Slant article: Wong Kar Wai on the set of "The Grandmaster." [PHOTO: THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY]
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Squid, McDonald's, and Blueberry Nights: Talking Food and Film on "Eat It Up"
July 23, 2013 Christopher Schobert	Leave a comment
Recently, my old Target coworker Donnie Burtless, who has become one of Western New York's top bloggers with his fantastic Buffalo Eats website, invited me onto his "Eat It Up" podcast to talk about food and film, and I was honored to be asked. We had a blast, touching on a wild mix of films and topics, everything from the infamous squid-eating scene in "Oldboy" to the great "How's the Italian food in this restaurant?" sequence in "The Godfather."
There were plenty of films I forgot to mention, such as "Ratatouille," but I think we did a good job of covering a range of films.
Before going on, I did some serious thinking about the topic, and I realized how vitally important food is to the films of my favorite director, Wong Kar-wai. It was a thought that had never occurred to me … and then seemed forehead-slappingly obvious.
"Chunking Express," of course, sets the majority of the action in its second tale in a rather dive-y Hong Kong restaurant; it is here where the characters played by the incandescent Faye Wong and the sweet-cool Tony Leung meet. And of course, there is the expired-pineapple-as-metaphor-for-dying-romance segment in the first tale.
As an incisive piece on the Hungry Donkeys blog pointed out, "Fallen Angels," released shortly after "Chunking," "is even more focused on food." I love this take on the ubiquitous Golden Arches:
"Scenes include Leon Lai (Li Ming), playing a hit man, eating a burger and fries in an empty 24hr McDonald's as Karen Mok, playing a half crazed woman with a blond wig, comes over, sits down and proceeds to pick him up. Not a word is spoken through the whole scene. This is by far the best advertisement for McDonald's ever made."
But the culmination of Wong's food-adoration is surely "My Blueberry Nights," a film that to me is without question the most underrated creation of his career. We see pie during the opening credits, we watch Norah Jones eat pie, we see Jude Law kiss away a dollop of ice cream on her lips — we are deep in a world of food and passion, and, Wong seems to be saying, it's the world we live in.
Perhaps that's why I hope foodies seek out "Blueberry"; it is hard to think of a film so focused on the art of eating. I reviewed the film for the Buffalo News back in May 2008, and I did not spend too much time on the food aspect. But I did, I believe, make my love for it clear.
Here — while we await the American release of the director's latest, "The Grandmaster" — is that four-star review:
Wong Kar Wai is the world's greatest living director, period.
OK, that's one man's opinion, but I have no doubt about it. His films — "Chunking Express," "In the Mood for Love," "2046" — have the passionate thrust of Scorsese and Bertolucci, the quirk of Woody Allen or Almodovar, and the kinetic sense of possibility that engulfs the finest moments of Spielberg or Coppola. He's the man.
But even knowing all of this, there is reason to be wary of "My Blueberry Nights," Wong's first-ever English language work.
For starters, its main character, a soul-searcher named Elizabeth, is played, in her acting debut, by singer Norah Jones. Second, distributor the Weinstein Company sat on the film for months, releasing it only in a heavily edited version. It's the director's first film in years without his usual cinematographer, Christopher Doyle. And lastly, the critical response so far has been mostly blah, with many calling it the director's weakest effort.
Consider mine an alternate view, one that's admittedly colored by my outright fanaticism for his films: I think "My Blueberry Nights" is a heartfelt, lyrical wonder that is at once a fresh move for Wong, but also an ideal next step whose heart is directly in line with the unrequited lovers of "In the Mood for Love" and the shy romantics of "Chunking."
Norah Jones — the Grammy-winning, smooth-voiced songstress — makes a fine debut here, although she plays a character who spends most of the film reacting: smiling, crying, thinking. The blank- slate aspect of this novice actress works ideally for the role, especially since the story takes a back seat to the mood.
Ah, the story. "My Blueberry Nights" is a romance, a modest little road movie without much in the way of plot. Jones' Elizabeth (or later, Lizzie) is a recently jilted lover drawn into a New York City cafe run by Jeremy, played by Jude Law in what might be his most effective, likable performance to date. The two form a bond over heartbreak and, yes, blueberry pie.
But it's not enough to keep Elizabeth in one place. She decides that it's time to hit the road, and so she does, finding herself in Memphis, and beyond.
Here, she comes into contact with a varying group of somewhat shady characters, most notably Arnie (played with wounded grace by David Strathairn), his fiery ex (a boiling Rachel Weisz) and, finally, Leslie, a poker-mad gambler played with a sexy joie-de- vivre by a blond Natalie Portman.
And, well, that's pretty much the plot. Elizabeth/Lizzie learns some lessons, Jude's Jeremy searches for her in vain, the singer Cat Power (real name: Chan Marshall) makes a short cameo appearance and, through it all, Wong Kar Wai's standard mood of unbridled romance surges through every character, word and shot.
Darius Khondji is the lensman this time, and he has big shoes to fill; Chris Doyle's work on "Fallen Angels," in particular, is time- capsule-quality. But the remarkably talented Khondji has a solid track record of his own, having shot "Se7en" and "Delicatessen." Wong, viewing the vastness of America as an outsider, likely loved the idea of seeing his work with a new set of eyes, especially considering Doyle's noted craziness.
If you allow yourself to be drawn into these characters' shaggy- dog lives, and the Lizzie-Jeremy love story in particular, you're in for a real treat, and you might wonder why exactly the critical response has been so negative.
Clearly, "My Blueberry Nights" is by no means a film for all viewers. But I can imagine that many who have never heard of Wong Kar Wai might attend the movie for its stars and find a sweet, simple tale.
For those of us who view the world of cinema through Wong's ever- present shades, it's another masterpiece.
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Wednesday Round-Up: The Dissolve Kicks Off by Demonstrating Why "Innocence" is "Unmistakably Scorsese"
I'm not sure why it took Pitchfork so longer to enter the film criticism realm, but taking its time may have been wise. Last week, The Dissolve finally launched, and it features a murderer's row of cinema heavyweights: Keith Phipps, Scott Tobias, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Matt Singer. These are some of my favorites, and the site that has brought them together, Avengers-style, is—so far, at least—a treat.
For example, check out the "Departures" column, explained thusly: "Departures looks at films by talents who defied expectations and tried something different. Are these films true anomalies, or not quite the left turns they appear to be?"
That's a great idea, and Tobias's first pick, Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence," is an ideal selection:
"It's hard to compare the New York of 'The Age of Innocence' to the savage criminal underworlds of Scorseseland a century later, but only because the kills here don't stain the hardwood. But Newland is rubbed out just as surely as the pileup of gangsters in 'Goodfellas'—to a point, he's responsible for pulling the trigger—and for the same reason: With the world outside threatening change, the mobs in both films have to close rank to survive."
"Innocence" is, I think one of Scorsese's least best films, and is deserving of such a close analysis. If this is where The Dissolve is going, I applaud it.
Or consider the column "Performance Review," in which "each entry focuses on a specific category in a given year, in several different awards ceremonies, in an effort to determine the year's most criminally overlooked performances. First stop: Bes Supporting Actor, 1991.
I love Mike D'Angelo's appreciation of Samuel L. Jackson's un-nominated—by Oscar—role as Gator in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever"; he was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle:
"[I]n his final confrontation with his father, his act of defiance takes the form of a silent, murderous hate-shimmy that conveys far more contempt than words ever could. It's chilling to behold. One year earlier, Jackson was still playing roles like 'Taxi Dispatcher' in films like 'Betsy's Wedding'; Gator changed that, and it's no surprise it was the New York critics who acknowledged it."
The Dissolve seems a worthy entry in the crowded field of online movie criticism, and it will be interesting to watch it develop.
And the rest:
"Eyes Wide Shut" opened on July 16, 1999. To commemorate, The Film Stage offers a doc on symbolism in Kubrick's swan song.
"Only God Forgives finally opens this Friday, and I am having an internal debate: theater, or home? Chances are I'll opt for VOD. I'm very much looking forward to it, although it's difficult not to go in expecting a major letdown. Here is one of the more interesting reviews I've come across so far.
A Tweet about the ending of Jeff Nichols' "Take Shelter" led me to this nice analysis of that film's mysterious and controversial ending.
Two must-see trailers: The latest American preview for Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster," and the first look at Spike Lee's "Oldboy." I did not spot a squid.
The great Indiewire is 15. Take a look at its "first issue." Author Irvine Welsh made an appearance: "According to a story in this week's issue of _New Yorker Magazine_ (July 15, 1996) the novelist who wrote TRAINSPOTTING spent a night in jail following 'a recent four-day binge' which featured 'everything—everything you can imagine.'"
David Cronenberg's latest has begun filming. "Map to the Stars" John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, and Sarah Gadon.
The unrealized projects of Alan Resnais.
Guess what? Only 50 days until TIFF.
"The Age of Innocence" still is from a TIFF retrospective of the film
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Thank You! And (Re)Pondering "Chunking Express"
So it has been one week since my first real post, and it's been a great eight days. I've enjoyed doing some writing, but it's also been cool receiving such nice feedback. A sincere thanks to everyone who has visited the site, "liked" FilmSwoon on Facebook, started following me on Twitter, and read some of my FB posts. There will be a lot of fun to come, I think.
Case in point: One of my most eagerly anticipated films of the summer is "The Grandmaster," directed by Wong Kar-wai. He is probably my favorite filmmaker, and his "Chunking Express" is probably my favorite movie. It is, in fact, something of an impetus for this site. There are few films that have bowled me over the way "Chunking" did (and does). The above still is from the sequence that made me realize just how much I adored the film.
"Chunking" is certainly a film I'll be revisiting. Just thinking about it now makes me want to go watch it again …
Quentin Tarantino had a line about the film (I feel like it was on the original DVD release from his Rolling Thunder imprint) that just seems perfect, something about it making him so happy to love a film that much. That's what I feel for "Chunking Express."
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The students of Helen Cox celebrated Spirit Week last week by participating in themed costume days. The days were: College Day, Hippie Day, Hawaiian Day, Superhero Day, and the classic Red and Gold Day.
About 70% of the school participated in the spirit week, College day was one of the most popular day. Most of the students wore LSU shirts for this day. Hippie day was full of funny wigs and clothing; this day was definitely a success! Almost everyone wore bell-bottom, curly wigs, and headbands as one of their outfit pieces. Their outfits were very creative, colorful, and hippie-ish!
Hawaiian day was another success! Leis, hawaiian skirts, and shirts was the outfit of the day. Almost of all the teachers participated by wearing their colorful floral shirts, but not all of the students participated. Superhero day was the most creative and humorous day because of the pros and artificial costumes. The most popular imitation of superheros were Spiderman, Superman, and Batman. Some students thought of their own type of superhero by dressing in their "diy" props and creative clothing.
For the classic Red and Gold day, almost the entire school participated in this day. A couple of students painted themselves red and gold from head to toe, and some wore red or gold also. The teachers that participated in Spirit Week did a wonderful job!
Every year of spirit week is different but this particular year was creative and funny!
I believe the teacher and the students did very well and definitely showed school spirit by participating. The bar has been set for 2015!


Celebrations and mourning for the late doctor Oliver Mutukudzi continue with the country's political leaders including President Emerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa converged paying tribute to the fallen national hero.
The late 'Tuku 's body was yesterday flown to the national sports stadium where scores of people from all works of life had time to pay their last respect before laying him to rest today at his kopje home at Madziva in Mashonaland central.
Addressing mourners yesterday , President Mnangagwa urged family members to be united maintain the legacy and desist from fighting for the possessions left by the late.
MDC alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa hailed great works left by the late music icon.
Meanwhile YAFM radio station took the opportunity to celebrate the life of the late Tuku with listeners at Pote Central in Zvishavane where they played his music as well as giving out presents as send off to the lengend..
Lets get more from one of the organising officials Ruvarangu Tichareva.
Tuku music lovers who were present also had a time to talk about his music that inspired them.


Josh Wright will be banned for three first team games after the club's appeal against his sending off on Tuesday proved unsuccessful.
The midfielder was given a straight red card for what was deemed to be a dangerous tackle on Scunthorpe striker Paddy Madden.
Justin Edinburgh said after the game that the club would appeal against the decision, however his dismissal has been upheld and he will now be unavailable until mid November at the earliest.
In his programme notes the Manager said: "We lose him for three games which is a big blow because he's been consistently good since he's come into the team.
"Like I always say though, someone's misfortune is somebody else's gain and whoever comes in we will be strong."


NO doubt you've heard about spectacular athletic accomplishments by the elderly such as the California physician Paul Spangler, who began running at age 67 and went on to set more than 40 records by age 85. Or the tennis champion Kirk M. Reid, who at 80 was still winning national tournaments. Although these are unusual people in exceptionally good physical condition, their stories have significance for older men and women with far less athletic prowess.
Today, growing numbers of older Americans who were never particularly active in their younger years are taking up exercise with a vengeance. Millions of Americans over 50 are now running, dancing, cycling, swimming and walking their way to a healthier, more fulfilling life. Not to mention those who continue to play tennis, racquetball, handball and other demanding sports long after most of their contemporaries have become content to sit on the sidelines.
The results of this national exercise fever - which includes all age groups - have been both good and bad. Physical activity appropriately pursued at any age can unquestionably add life to years and possibly years to life. Even among people with chronic ailments such as heart disease or arthritis and people using wheelchairs or those confined to bed, an exercise regimen improves physical and mental well-being.
Unfortunately, some older people become so hooked on the rejuvenating effects of physical activity that they endanger themselves by doing too much too soon; others don't do a broad enough spectrum of exercise to reap its full benefits with the least possible risk. The older one gets, the more important it is to heed the cautions that traditionally accompany strenuous activity at any age. And for older people, there are special precautions to prevent injuries that are more likely to occur later in life.
What kinds of exercise and how much? There are three major types of exercise, and all are important in maintaining the highest possible quality of life for however long a person lives.
* Endurance activities condition the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and enable a person to do more physical work with less effort and less strain on vital organs.
* Strengthening exercises increase the power of muscles, which permits greater, safer and more sustained muscular effort and, even more important, helps protect the joints against injury.
* Flexibility or stretching exercises keep aging joints from stiffening. Researchers have shown that most of the joint stiffness and aches and pains that accompany aging are the result of disuse, not of arthritis or an unavoidable age-related deterioration of tissues.
The basic recommendation for endurance exercise is to pursue an activity or activities for 30 continuous minutes at least three times and at most five times a week. This is not to say that a healthy older person who has been vigorously active every day for years must cut back with advancing age; but such a person might be wise to reduce the intensity of each workout and to introduce variety so that different parts of the body are used on different days.
Activities that bring conditioning benefits use the long muscles of the body, which are in the legs, arms and trunk, in a rhythmic fashion for at least 20 continuous minutes. Heart and breathing rates should increase, and the exerciser should work up a sweat.
The ideal activity for most older people is brisk walking at a pace of three to five miles an hour. Swimming laps can also be excellent if done rapidly and continuously. So is using a stationary bicycle, indoor ski track or rowing machine. But to prevent injury to the knees and ankles, most experts advise that the elderly avoid vigorous jogging, rope jumping, aerobic dancing and other activities that involve jumping or pounding motions.
As people get older, optimum endurance benefits are attained at less strenuous levels of activity. A person under 50 is usually advised to exercise at a heart rate that is 70 to 85 percent of the maximum rate for the person's age, but older exercisers can achieve peak cardiovascular conditioning by exercising at only 60 to 75 percent of maximum heart rate for at least 20 minutes at a time at least three times a week. When swimming, however, do not go above 60 percent of your maximum heart rate.
To determine your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220. Determine the target heart rate for exercise by calculating 60 percent and 75 percent of the resulting number, and do not exceed the latter number during your endurance workout. For example, if you are 70 years old: 220 minus 70 equals 150 beats per minute, your maximum heart rate; 150 times 0.60 (60 percent) equals 90, your minimum heart rate during exercise, and 150 times 0.75 (75 percent) equals 112, the highest heart rate you should sustain.
Strengthening exercises need be done only two or three times a week to increase muscle strength by 40 to 75 percent over several months. In fact, you might consider working your muscles against resistance on your days off from endurance training.
You can use lightweight hand and leg weights, building gradually from perhaps 10-ounce weights (such as a can of soup), or work out on weight machines (such as Nautilus or Universal). Exercises such as leg lifts, finger presses and bent-leg situps can also be done.
Flexibility exercises are best done daily, but significant benefits can be achieved with just three sessions a week. The single most important rule in stretching the body's soft tissues (muscles, ligaments and tendons) is to hold the stretched position for at least a count of 10. Then relax for a moment and repeat. Bouncing when stretching is counterproductive; it tightens, not stretches, soft tissues.
* See your doctor. A medical checkup is extremely important before beginning an exercise program, especially if you have been relatively sedentary in recent years, if you have any chronic health problem or if you are taking medication. If you want to increase the intensity of an exercise program you have begun, see your doctor again. The doctor may well recommend an exercise stress test to see how well your heart performs during endurance-promoting activities.
* Take it slow. Start at a low, comfortable level of exertion and increase its intensity very gradually. You might start by walking only half a mile and, over a period of 6 to 12 months, work up to three miles of walking and light jogging alternately.
* Know your limit. If you have excessive fatigue, sleep problems or persistent muscle soreness, you are probably trying to do too much. Check your pulse several times during your workout to be sure you are not exceeding the recommended limit for your age. If you have difficulties exercising at 60 percent of your heart's maximum rate, exercise at a lower intensity but do it longer. Older people can obtain significant benefits from exercise at just 40 percent of capacity.
* Exercise regularly. It takes many weeks to reach a peak level of conditioning, but it can be lost in a week or two of inactivity. Try to maintain an exercise schedule of at least three workouts a week. But stop your program if you become ill, even if it is only a cold. If illness or other circumstances preclude exercise for a week or more, resume at a lower level of intensity and gradually work back up.
* Warm up first. The older you are, the more important it is to prepare the body for intense exercise. A proper warm-up of about 10 minutes protects the heart, muscles and joints from injury. After your muscles are warm, you might do some flexibility exercises before beginning a conditioning workout.
IN addition to the excellent book ''Fitness After 50,'' you might consult the ''Medical and Health Guide for People Over Fifty,'' prepared by the Dartmouth Institute for Better Health and published this year by the American Association of Retired Persons ($14.95), and ''Pep Up Your Life,'' a fitness booklet for the elderly published by the Travelers Insurance Companies, 1 Tower Square, Hartford, Conn. 06115.


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Starkman: Beaumont's FU to Metro Detroit and its Covid-19 Workers
The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.
By Eric Starkman
CEO John Fox of Beaumont Health
When I was in PR, I warned my clients about engaging in spin. Distorting or dancing around truths to manage out of one situation invariably provides tinder for the next corporate fire. Eventually, the PR team becomes like the proverbial little Dutch boy with his finger in the dike, plugging one hole while exposing another.
The lawyers and flacks at Beaumont Health, Michigan's largest health care system, would be wise to heed the counsel. The company's mismanaged efforts to justify why CEO John Fox's compensation nearly doubled to $5.6 million created optics that don't look so good in the wake of the surreptitious closing of Beaumont's Wayne hospital this week and the paltry bonuses awarded to its nonunion frontline Covid-19 caregivers.
SEIU Healthcare, Michigan's largest healthcare union, uncovered Fox's 2017 raise in a regulatory filing and made it public last July. Beaumont's health care workers were outraged given their battle with the company for better wages, affordable health care benefits, and improved staffing. The compensation disclosure was a PR nightmare, as hospitals like to play on the public misperception that they are struggling nonprofits run by altruistic managements doing God's work.
Being a nonprofit often is a tax avoidance scheme that benefits from poor IRS oversight. Check out this Bloomberg story about the dubious charity that enabled the Varsity Blues scandal where rich and famous parents got their kids into college under the ruse they were star athletes. This Washington Post story about the University of Virginia Health System dispels the myth that nonprofits act more kindly than for-profit hospitals. UVA is more aggressive forcing patients into bankruptcy than Tenet Healthcare, a national, publicly traded for-profit chain.
Fox's $5.6 million seems like a lot, but not when judged in a broader context. GM's Mary Barra earns more than $20 million a year and it's unlikely that under her watch the company will develop a car generating the loyalty and excitement of Elon Musk's upstart Tesla. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi earned $45 million last year for running a glorified taxi dispatch service that might never make money. At least Fox is good at his job; Beaumont ranks among the top hospital networks in the country.
In defending Fox's salary, Beaumont issued this tone-deaf statement I'd guess was drafted by a lawyer: "A large portion of executive compensation at Beaumont is at risk. This means executives earn much of their money only if we achieve organizational objectives and strategic goals."
Beaumont didn't outline those goals and objectives, which likely included patient satisfaction, hospital rankings, and other measurements worth touting if you're a company in the life-and-death business. Achieving "organizational objectives" and "strategic goals" are buzzwords used by company boards to justify paying their CEOs oodles of money for generating big profits. It's safe to assume one of Fox's strategic goals isn't to attract and increase uninsured patients.
Income Soars
Beaumont Hospital in Wayne
Beaumont last year saw its net income soar 165 percent to $390.2 million. The whopping increase was skewed because a year earlier Beaumont's net income was hammered because of a $72 million payment it paid for cheating the federal government and the value of its investments declined by $64 million despite a roaring bull market. Also impeding Beaumont's 2018 net income was a six percent uptick in expenses. Presumably Fox's salary was slashed after the company's dismal 2018 performance.
Beaumont's stealth closing of its hospital in Wayne this week possibly was intended to avoid any discussion that it was financially driven. One giveaway is the company's PR spin insisting the hospital is merely "paused" after the media got wind of the closing. Note to Beaumont's management: When a 60-year-old local hospital empties out patients, including those on ventilators, transfers or furloughs all the staff, and locks its doors, the facility is closed.
Apparently no one at Beaumont thought to call local Congresswomen Debbie Dingell or Rashida Tlaib or even Wayne mayor John Rhaesa, who has called for a criminal investigation about the hospital closing. Channel 7's Heather Catallo reported that 39 Beaumont patients from across their system were transferred to Veterans Affairs hospitals in Detroit and Ann Arbor despite not being "military patients." This is pure conjecture on my part, but one possible reason for the transfer is that treating Covid patients isn't profitable.
Beaumont said it closed the Wayne hospital because an expected Covid patient surge hasn't occurred, but the facility will reopen if it does. The company said it is operating under "several executive orders" that restrict the kind of care Wayne can provide.
Beaumont didn't cite the executives who have the authority to open the hospital. Beaumont Wayne has a Level III trauma center serving Metro airport and expertise in emergency management and disaster preparedness to respond to community trauma events. Some commercial planes are still flying and so are cargo planes, so it's a wonder the hospital can close given its proximity to the airport.
Beaumont pays lip service to the frontline caregivers treating Covid patients. It launched a campaign to let residents to "share and demonstrate their gratitude for our health care workers."
But talk is cheap. Fox sent an email to the frontline Covid workers on Monday saying they were eligible for non-taxable bonuses, ranging from $500 to $1,000 depending on their status.
The scuttlebutt at Beaumont is that Henry Ford is paying some frontline workers an additional $20 an hour during the pandemic. A Henry Ford spokeswoman declined to confirm that, saying the hospital doesn't comment on compensation issues. Regardless, even a $1,000 bonus seems like a diss for people risking their lives, and the lives of their families, and working 10 to 12-hour shifts for weeks on end. Four percent of Beaumont's employees are out sick with symptoms consistent with coronavirus.
Letter from Congress members Dingell and Tlaib
Events are fast turning ugly for Beaumont. Representatives Dingell and Tlaib sent Fox a second letter Thursday asking very detailed questions, including about Beaumont's finances. The last thing a nonprofit with $2 billion on hand wants is having a couple of pols sniffing around its financials.
Fox would be wise to fast reach out to Dingell, Tlaib, and Mayor Rhaesa and hold a news conference to explain the Wayne closure and other actions. The experience will be akin to undergoing a colonoscopy without anesthesia at a Beaumont gastroenterology clinic, but that's why Fox is paid the big bucks.


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Online grocery logistics: 5 key questions March 31, 2014; 00:12 am by Bill Bishop. With the growing activity around grocery ecommerce, it's a great time to delve into the potential of dark stores, the growth of click & collect, and the significance of different Area - School District 12.B Derry HW of location analysis with someone who is already well up the learning curve. Given this objective, I immediately thought of Will Treasure who is Director for the Javelin Group, a consultancy that has been developing ecommerce solutions for UK grocery retailers for several years now. Will's crisp, experience-based grasp of the situation rounded out my understanding of developments in the UK at a presentation I attended two years ago. Today, his keen ability to explain how "getting the logistics right" for the many lecture conventional instrumentation parts of a successful ecommerce grocery operation makes this Q&A a must-read. 1. 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Grocers are aggressively marketing collection as a more profitable method of fulfilling online grocery orders. Most important, grocers are investing heavily in developing propositions that make it more convenient for customers to collect: Lead times between ordering and collection are shrinking, and collections can now be made from many locations – from inside stores, from attached units, from standalone units, from business parks, from unattended lockers and from public transport locations. 2. Where and how does the concept of dark stores fit into fulfillment of online grocery orders? "Dark stores" are a hybrid between large automated warehouses (like Ocado's) and in-store picking. Dark stores are built to serve 10,000-30,000 orders per week and may be entirely manual or have some elements of automation or mechanization. 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Having good processes and systems in place to resolve any unexpected issues will keep costs low and service high. Finally, ensure that store management and staff are fully engaged with the click-and-collect offer, so it's critical to devise incentives and other methods to make sure that store personnel drive the service. These need to be carefully thought through. Click-and-collect in the UK has undoubtedly been slower to develop than deliveries, unlike most of continental Europe. This is probably because the early movers in the market offered deliveries rather than collections. The UK has a unique mix of affluent customers, dense population and high gross margins in grocery, which is sufficient for grocery home delivery picked from the Area - School District 12.B Derry HW to be profitable. Therefore, there was less economic incentive to offer click-and-collect. 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The ADT is generally split into four regions, Eastern, Central – Northern Route, Central – Southern Route, Western. Data books and GPX files describing the routes are available through the ADTS store. The northern route is 4,834 miles and the southern 5,057.
(Because most through hikers hike the trail from east to west the trail is listed in that direction.)
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The Eastern ADT
Dolly Sods, West Virginia (image from ForestWander)
The eastern section of the trail runs from Cape Henlopen in Delaware to the western side of Ohio passing through
Maryland & D.C.
The ADT divides into northern and southern routes in Elizabethtown, Ohio, with just one mile of the southern route and almost 60 miles of the northern route in Ohio.
The Central ADT – northern route
Living History Farms, Iowa.
(Dennis Bratland CC BY-SA 4.0 from Wikimedia Commons)
The northern route runs from Elizabethtown, Ohio to Denver, Colorado passing through
The Central ADT – southern route
Fort Larned National Historic Site
The southern route also runs from Elizabethtown, Ohio to Denver, Colorado passing through
Ohio and Kentucky
The Western ADT
Limantour Beach, California, the western terminus of the ADT
(Bob Palin)
The western section of the ADT runs from Denver, Colorado to Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco, California passing through


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What to Watch For! 2018 Seacoast Championships!
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By Nate Leveille
Teams from around the Seacoast area will converge at Exeter High School this Friday for the Annual Seacoast Championship Meet. This year for the first time, all throwing implements will be weighed and measured making all jumping, throwing, and track events eligible for the Meet of Champions. Let's hope for clear weather and fast times.
On the girls side, last year's champs, Exeter High School will look to defend its crown, but should have significant competition from Portsmouth High School, Oyster River, and Sanborn. At the Salem Kiwanis Freshman-Sophomore meet, 2 weeks ago Portsmouth, Exeter and Sanborn went 1-2-3 on the girls side, so there is plenty of young, talented athletes in this meet. The Seacoast Meet always features some of the state's fastest sprinters across all divisions. Sanborn is built to score massive points behind Kristina Allard, Hannah Elhers, Kaylen LaChapelle, Megan Sheehan, and their relay teams. With enough event wins and high finishes, they could challenge the two favorites in the team race, Exeter and Portsmouth.
I bet Coach Lyford would admit this is one of the deepest and most well rounded teams he's ever coached at Portsmouth High School. They have displayed that depth all season long winning their own relay meet invitational and the freshman- sophomore meet in Salem. Winning the Seacoast meet would go a long way in building confidence heading into the state meet next week. Don't let this Portsmouth team fool you they have very good relay teams, Ellen Baker in the distance (5:23 1600m, 2:25 800m), Acadia Momm-White in the hurdles and sprints, and Sarah Morin in the 300h and the pole vault, and enough other pieces to put together a Seacoast title run. They will be in contention to score in almost every event.
The favorites on the girls side have to be the defending champs, Exeter High School. Exeter won last year and has a very talented and large freshman class of 28 girls which makes them deeper and more talented than last year's team. Exeter is led by captain and hurdle specialist Ellie Johnston, and distance stars Jackie Gaughan and Violet Sullivan. Exeter is built much like Portsmouth in that they can threaten to score in every event contested. They are strongest in the field events with 4 girls over 16 feet in the long jump. Exeter will need to spread their athletes out across all events, run solid relays, and perform well in the field events to win the meet.
Allard of Sanborn has been a star since she arrived on the high school stage. She will be the girl to beat in whatever events she decides to compete in and has the top times from 100m to 400m in Division 2. If she is challenged in the sprints it will most likely come from Devin McClain, Xiana Twombly, and/or Amelia Concannon of Oyster River. Last year, Oyster River scored 57 of their 88 points in the 100m to 400m races. If they can do something similar this year, they can challenge for the title.
The distance races will feature some of the best talent in the state with Division 1 stars Exeter's Gaughan and Sullivan, Division 2 standouts Oyster River's Danielle Slavin, Sanborn's Avery Scully, Coe-Brown's Addison Cox and Portsmouth's Ellen Baker. We obviously can't leave out the new kid on the block, Division 3's Raymond superstar Anna Harmon, who is top seed in the 1600 (5:11.91). With states the following week, many distance runners elect to run in a 4×800 and one distance race. In the past, some of the best races have been in the shorter distances like 800m and 1600m. Exeter, Portsmouth, Coe-Brown, and Dover could put together some fast 4x800s prior to the state meet.
The field events will be the place to be from a spectating perspective. The long jump has the potential to have 6 girls over 16ft led by Allard. After Allard, her teammate Kaylen LaChapelle is over 16ft and then Exeter has 4 girls, Sydney Ward, Kelsey Pierce, Ellie Johnston, and Camille Sweet all between 16'2" to 16'6".
The shot and discus will involve many of the key players in this year's MOCs. Sarah Williams of Dover, Maddy Buchalski of St.Thomas, Megan Sheehan of Sanborn, Abby Laurence of Portsmouth, Becca Olson of Sanborn, and Kathleen Collins of Coe-Brown are all ranked in the top 10 in all divisions of the state in the shot put. Speaking of Collins, she comes into the meet with a monster throw of 149 feet in the discus, followed by Sheehan at 125ft, and Williams at 119ft. The field events will not disappoint.
The boys team competition on paper seems to be all Winnacunnet as they have potential to score in 15 events and do serious damage in the distance and hurdle events. Obviously when discussing the Warriors, Billy Powers immediately comes to mind as he should definitely post 20 individual points and bolster the relays. However, 1 individual does not make a great track and field team. Powers needs help and has plenty of it across all events, especially the distance events. Quietly, Winnacunnet, led by Colin Donnelly and Jack Taylor, has positioned themselves to score close to 40 points from the 800 up, and 50 if their 4×800 holds their top seed. Couple that with a potential win in the 4×400 as well as spraying several points over the remaining events, and it looks like over 120 points and a Winnacunnet victory.
If any team has the depth to give Winnacunnet some trouble, it would have to be D2's Portsmouth. Like the Warriors, the Clippers can score in numerous events, around 13 of them. They have the potential to drop a bunch in the High Jump as several athletes are seeded at 6′. They could score two in the pole vault as sophomore Chris Mood is having a great season and don't overlook Cam Duncan in the Long Jump as he is the only jumper seeded over 20′. They also need a big day from Ryan Prinz, who is ranked second in both the 400 and 800.
Host Exeter, 2017 Champs Coe-Brown and Sanborn appear to be the best of the rest. Exeter is led by distance ace Jake Winslow (1600/800), long sprinter Dante Radigonda (200/400), and thrower Jeremiah Swett. After getting hit heavy by 2017 graduation, CBNA is led by seniors Orion Clachar and Evan Tanguay as well as junior thrower John Thorn, but has a tremendous supporting cast comprised of young guns across several events. They may be a year away. It seems as if every year, Sanborn continues to improve, and this year is no different as they continue to build a program! Look for them to make noise in the sprints and jumps led by Kashief Bogannam and thrower Owen Snively. Considering throws, Somersworth's Zach Andrews is ranked in the top 3 in all three throwing events.
By the way, this year's meet has the following features!
New Event T-shirts! $15!
All event winners need to report to the Runner's Alley Champions Tent (near the High Jump on the infield) for their Championship Tees and Interview!
Lobster Pull Raffle! Chance for a dozen Maine Lobsters!!!
As with last year, we will be there in full force! Check out our Meet Hub sponsored this year by Lenk Orthodontics. Last year's meet is pasted below! Good luck to all!!!!
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