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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.18-a0-1720-g8df8b1a (webtiles) character file.
1694 sigma658 the Skirmisher (level 9, 0/92 HPs)
Began as an Ogre Chaos Knight on Apr 25, 2016.
Slain by a jackal (2 damage)
... on level 5 of the Dungeon.
sigma658 the Skirmisher (Ogre Chaos Knight)         Turns: 7169, Time: 00:23:39
Health: 0/92       AC:  8    Str: 19      XL:     9   Next: 2%
Magic:  9/9        EV:  1    Int:  7      God:    Xom [*.....]
Gold:   162        SH:  0    Dex: -2 (9)  Spells: 0 memorised, 8 levels left
rFire  . . .      SeeInvis .    a - +1 falchion (chaos)
rCold  . . .      Gourm    .    b - +2 robe
rNeg   . . .      Faith    .    d - +0 shield
rPois  .          Spirit   .    (helmet restricted)
rElec  .          Dismiss  .    v - +0 cloak
rCorr  .          Reflect  .    (gloves unavailable)
SustAt .          Harm     .    (boots unavailable)
e - -2 ring of protection (curse)
@: slowed, lost dexterity, very slow, not resistant to hostile enchantments,
extremely unstealthy
A: unfitting armour, horns 2, rough black scales 1, dopey 2, tough skin 1, weak
a: Renounce Religion
You worshipped Xom.
You were a special plaything of Xom.
You spent 90 gold pieces at shops.
a - a +1 falchion of chaos (weapon)
n - a +2 dagger of venom
y - a cursed +0 dagger
z - a +2 trident of venom
b - a +2 robe (worn)
d - a +0 shield (worn)
v - a +0 cloak (worn)
e - a cursed -2 ring of protection (left hand)
g - a scroll of recharging
l - 2 scrolls of amnesia {unknown}
m - 2 scrolls of blinking
o - a scroll of random uselessness {unknown}
p - a scroll of remove curse {unknown}
q - a scroll of fear {unknown}
s - 2 scrolls of teleportation {unknown}
u - 2 scrolls of identify {unknown}
f - a potion of mutation
j - a potion of lignification
t - a potion of might
x - a potion of degeneration
c - 3 bread rations
i - 3 meat rations
+ Level 6.7 Fighting
* Level 3.3 Armour
+ Level 6.7 Dodging
+ Level 1.1 Stealth
* Level 3.3 Unarmed Combat
Temple: D:4-7
Makhleb
Qazlal
Sif Muna
The Shining One
D:4 !   D:5 :
D:6 Menkaure
You are too large for most types of armour.
You have tough skin (AC +1).
You have a pair of horns on your head.
You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1).
You are very dopey. (Int -4)
You are weak. (Str -2)
The hound bites you.
The jackal bites you but does no damage.
The hound bites you but does no damage.
You hit the hound.
You kill the hound!
The jackal bites you but does no damage. x2
The jackal bites you.
Unknown command.
You barely miss the jackal.
"Boring in life, boring in death..."
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You could see a jackal.
Eustachio (D:6)
An orc warrior (D:5)
A phantom (D:4)
A boggart (D:4)
A centaur (D:5)
A giant frog (D:4)
2 scorpions (D:4)
A quasit (D:5)
A giant frog skeleton (D:5)
An orc priest (D:4)
2 orc wizards (D:5)
Natasha (thrice) (D:4 D:5)
Terence (D:3)
An iguana (D:5)
3 worker ants
2 hound zombies (D:5)
6 gnolls
4 oozes
2 adder zombies
16 jackals
7 bats
3 giant gecko skeletons
6 giant newts
Grinder (D:3)
1 creature vanquished.
0 | D:1      | sigma658 the Ogre Chaos Knight began the quest for the Orb.
95 | D:1      | XOM: butterfly on damage
213 | D:1      | XOM: harmless Pois miscast
395 | D:1      | XOM: mild Ice miscast
645 | D:1      | Reached skill level 1 in Armour
809 | D:2      | XOM: noise
863 | D:1      | XOM: potion effect (might)
1438 | D:2      | XOM: scenery: create altars
1565 | D:2      | XOM: divination: detect creatures
2071 | D:3      | Noticed Grinder
2368 | D:3      | Noticed Terence
2384 | D:3      | Killed Terence
2512 | D:4      | Found Xueffec's Distillery.
2517 | D:4      | Bought a potion of lignification for 30 gold pieces
2517 | D:4      | Bought a potion of heal wounds for 50 gold pieces
2517 | D:4      | Bought a potion of degeneration for 10 gold pieces
2520 | D:4      | XOM: give mutations
2520 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in rough black scales (AC +4, Dex -1). [Xom's grace]
2520 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are agile. (Dex +2) [Xom's grace]
2520 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of small horns on your head. [Xom's grace]
2520 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You have a pair of horns on your head. [Xom's grace]
2563 | D:4      | XOM: summons 2 hostile shadow creatures
2594 | D:4      | XOM: smoke on damage
2841 | D:4      | Noticed Natasha
2868 | D:4      | Killed Natasha
2872 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are partially covered in thin metallic scales (AC +2). [Xom's mischief]
2872 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [Xom's mischief]
3099 | D:4      | Found a sacrificial altar of Ru.
3124 | D:4      | Found a burning altar of Makhleb.
3126 | D:4      | Found a glowing golden altar of the Shining One.
3368 | D:5      | Reached skill level 1 in Unarmed Combat
3730 | D:4      | XOM: enchant monster (good)
3737 | D:4      | Reached skill level 1 in Shields
3764 | D:4      | XOM: harmless Erth miscast
3838 | D:4      | XOM: swap monsters
3844 | D:4      | XOM: silly message
4041 | D:4      | XOM: colour smoke trail
4231 | D:3      | XOM: harmless Conj miscast
4307 | D:3      | Killed Grinder
4307 | D:3      | XOM: divine lightning (protected)
4636 | D:5      | XOM: blink monster(s)
4901 | D:5      | XOM: harmless Fire miscast
4971 | D:5      | XOM: enchant monster (bad)
5127 | D:5      | Lost mutation: You are partially covered in thin metallic scales (AC +2). [Xom's mischief]
5127 | D:5      | Lost mutation: You are agile. (Dex +2) [Xom's mischief]
5177 | D:5      | XOM: divination: detect items
5411 | D:5      | XOM: confuse monster(s)
5432 | D:5      | XOM: 1-stop teleportation journey
5435 | D:5      | Found Baclaz Nee's Book Emporium.
5823 | D:4      | XOM: god gift: potion of lignification
6182 | D:5      | XOM: fake destruction
6265 | D:5      | Lost dexterity.
6305 | D:5      | Lost mutation: You are frail (-10% HP). [potion of mutation]
6305 | D:5      | Gained mutation: You are robust (+10% HP). [potion of mutation]
6742 | D:4      | Lost mutation: You are robust (+10% HP). [Xom's mischief]
6742 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are dopey. (Int -2) [Xom's mischief]
6742 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are very dopey. (Int -4) [Xom's mischief]
6742 | D:4      | Gained mutation: You are weak. (Str -2) [Xom's mischief]
6912 | D:5      | XOM: harmless Chrm miscast
7080 | D:6      | Noticed Eustachio
7094 | D:6      | XOM: confusion (+ monsters)
7116 | D:6      | Killed Eustachio
7131 | D:6      | Noticed Menkaure
7166 | D:5      | HP: 4/92 [hound (2)]
7169 | D:5      | Slain by a jackal
D:1:      eino_arrival_cavern_a, minmay_quantized
D:2:      grunt_ministairs_10
D:3:      lemuel_tele_altar, uniq_terence, uniq_grinder
D:4:      minitemple, first_bread, serial_shops, kennysheep_little_box,
minmay_mini_jars, uniq_natasha
D:5:      serial_shops, shop, grunt_ministairs_3, xom_teletrap_fun
D:6:      serial_shops, shop, uniq_menkaure, uniq_crazy_yiuf_cottage,
uniq_eustachio
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Fighting       |           5           6 |  6.7
Dodging        |           3     4  5  6 |  6.7
Long Blades    |              3          |  3.4
Unarmed Combat |                    2  3 |  3.3
Shields        |                    1  2 |  2.4
Stealth        |                    1    |  1.1
Action                   |  1- 3 |  4- 6 |  7- 9 || total
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Melee: Falchion          |   123 |   181 |   269 ||   573
Dagger            |       |       |     6 ||     6
Use: Scroll            |       |     5 |       ||     5
Potion            |       |       |    11 ||    11
Stab: Sleeping          |       |     1 |       ||     1
Eat: Chunk             |       |     8 |     6 ||    14
Beef jerky        |       |       |     3 ||     3
Pizza             |       |       |     3 ||     3
Royal jelly       |       |       |     1 ||     1
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sigma658
a +0 spear
a +1 mace of protection
a +0 naga barding
a cursed -2 short sword
28 sling bullets
a +0 pair of boots
a +0 ring mail of magic resistance
[Shop] Xueffec's Distillery
2 potions of flight (60 gold)
a potion of lignification (30 gold)
a potion of degeneration (10 gold)
2 potions of degeneration (20 gold)
a potion of berserk rage (50 gold)
2 potions of agility (80 gold)
a potion of heal wounds (50 gold)
a potion of cure mutation (250 gold)
a cursed +0 spear
[Shop] Baclaz Nee's Book Emporium
a book of Burglary (1125 gold)
a book of Necromancy (450 gold)
a book of Debilitation (600 gold)
a book of Death (1050 gold)
a book of Geomancy (525 gold)
a book of Hinderance (300 gold)
a Fen Folio (1125 gold)
a book of Annihilations (1656 gold)
a +0 halberd
a +0 battleaxe
an arrow of dispersal
a +0 plate armour
a +0 rapier
a +2 leather armour of cold resistance
the human corpse of Eustachio

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Feds Charge Three Men for Attempted Assassination of Journalist Critical of Iran
Iranian Human Rights Leader: 'We Are in the Middle of our Revolution'
All International Sanctions on Iran Reimplemented, Killing Nuclear Deal
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo / Getty Images
All international sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the Obama administration's landmark nuclear deal with the country have come back into effect as of Saturday evening, removing the last remaining vestiges of the agreement that were still in place.
The renewal of these sanctions comes after months of last-ditch diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration to ensure a United Nations ban on Iran's purchase of advanced weapons was not lifted. This effort was unsuccessful after it failed to garner backing from traditional European allies on the U.N.'s Security Council. Following that bid, the United States exercised its right under the original 2015 accord to reimpose a litany of sanctions on Tehran that have been waived since the accord was signed and endorsed by the U.N. With the reimposition of these sanctions, the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 is effectively voided.
Members of the U.N. Security Council were powerless to stop the United States from triggering what is known as "snapback"—a mechanism written into the original agreement that permits any member nation to reimpose international sanctions. The move is likely to further enflame ongoing tensions with Iran and also complicate America's relationship with some its closest allies, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Each of these countries stood in the way of U.S. efforts to extend the Iran arms ban as they sought to keep the nuclear accord on life support.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed European powers on the Security Council for forcing the United States to invoke snapback.
"The United States took this decisive action because, in addition to Iran's failure to perform its commitments [under the nuclear deal], the Security Council failed to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, which had been in place for 13 years," Pompeo said on Saturday evening. "The Security Council's inaction would have paved the way for Iran to buy all manner of conventional weapons," including from Russia and China.
The Trump administration could use the sanctions to penalize any country or business that does not end its relationship with Iran. Pompeo indicated the administration will not hesitate to enforce the sanctions.
In addition to extending the arms embargo, the reimposed sanctions include restrictions on Iran's processing of uranium—the key component in a nuclear weapon—and its testing of ballistic missiles, which have been a source of regional tension since the nuclear deal took effect. They also bar countries from transferring nuclear and missile-related technologies to Iran.
The Trump administration also will announce "a range of additional measures" on Iran in the coming days, according to Pompeo, a move meant to "hold violators accountable."
Published under: Iran , Mike Pompeo , Sanctions


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Archive for Robert Wise
Wests Sides Stories
Posted in Dance, FILM, literature, MUSIC, Theatre with tags Ansel Elgort, George Chakiris, Iris Menas, Jerome Robbins, Lawrence of Arabia, Natalie Wood, Ned Glass, Rachel Zegler, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Robert Wise, Romeo and Juliet, Russ Tamblyn, Shakespeare, Steven Spielberg, Susan Oakes, The Haunting, The Letter, West Side Story on April 15, 2022 by dcairns
We watched the Wise/Robbins WEST SIDE STORY and the Spielberg together in one day, to see which is better — neither of us, disgracefully, had actually watched the original properly.
Verdict up front: the original is the better film, but the remake doesn't disgrace it, and you can argue that it has a good reason to exist. It's hard to imagine what it must have been like for Rita Moreno to act surrounded by white folks in shoe polish the first time. And Rachel Zegler is so adorable in the new one, it makes you think, There was a 1961 version of her out there, somewhere, who should have played that role but never had a shot at it.
On the other (west) hand… the play and the first film had an impeccably simple idea — Romeo and Juliet updated to NOW. Spielberg's film has a weird idea — Romeo and Juliet updated to 1957. So he has to recreate, physically or digitally, all that stuff that was just THERE for Wise & co. And instead of making the story newly relevant to a contemporary audience, he's SORT OF doing that, and sort of doing nostalgia? This slight confusion probably has more to do with the film's failure to find a large theatrical audience than any issue of quality — it's an enjoyable watch, probably more so if you haven't been exposed to the original.
We definitely set Spielberg a difficult job, because the opening ten minutes + of the '61 WSS are absolutely stunning. Impossible to top. Quite Spielbergian, in a way: high impact visual storytelling. A whole series of dramatic reveals done with the camera.
The bird's-eye views of New York must have been staggeringly new at the time, but they're still stunning, thanks to the sound/picture combo — whistling echoes from the shaded concrete canyons, impossibly clear and impossibly isolated from other city noise, but creating a thrilling sense of scale and mystery.
The film's ONE zoom shot crashes in from a high angle and we IMMEDIATELY cut to a tight profile on Russ Tamblyn (the film's real star — well, Mercutio is the most fun, or should be) and a series of jagged cuts that yank us back and make room for his finger-clicking cohort. The spatial jumps are so short it's impressive that they work at all, without feeling ugly. It's important to realise that Wise was an editor (KANE) and this is an editor's film. Its best effects are all dependent on cutting.
But also framing, movement, and colour. Jerome Robbins may not fully deserve his co-director credit, except that the choreography is so crucial a part of the film that, yeah, he kind of does.
The opening is so good — a series of totally pre-planned in-frame DISCOVERIES, each one dazzling and exciting — that the rest of the film has a hard time living up to it. It's very good, but only intermittently as EXTRAORDINARY as its start.
Spielberg starts with an aerial view also — if Wise's film is a cutting film, Spielberg's is all about crane shots. We're closer to the ground — the echoing whistle is SUBTERRANEAN — and we're looking at the ruined skeletons of fire escapes, a nice idea. Slum clearance — the Lincoln Center will rise here. Opening and closing the film in this locale (how much, if any, of this scenery is real?) is a neat idea — especially the ending. It feels post-apocalyptic by night, and it's a shame Tony Kushner's script has less talk of war.
I guess Spielberg HAD to change everything here — simply reproducing all the 1961 film's choices would hardly have been respectable. But it inevitably means everything is either not quite as good or not nearly as good. Still good, I'd say. Just not at the sublime level of Version 0.1.
Even Wise can't follow himself, so that as the films progress, Spielberg does gain ground. And I don't fully understand the widespread negative reaction to Ansel Elgort. He's not as pretty as Richard Beymer, it's true, and maybe that's mainly what we want from the part. But I found him in every other respect just as good. If the negative reaction was due to his alleged sexual misconduct, that's entirely understandable, I too would rather Tony not be played by an alleged sex offender, but that's not what people were saying was their reason.
The new movie is guilty of a heck of a lot of OPENING OUT, which should probably be a criminal offence. Hitchcock's "do the play" approach may not be universally correct, but there are so many unintended consequences set off when you faithfully do a scene that was written to take place somewhere else. When "Gee, Officer Krupke" is relocated to a police station, Kushner has to contrive a situation where the kids can be alone to perform it, then has to contrive a situation where they all get released, and both solutions feel… contrived.
I'm prepared to admit that giving "Cool" to Elgort's Tony actually makes the song more useful to the narrative — though it's the original, with its fast low angle trackback, that made Fiona gasp.
But moving "I'm so Pretty" to late in the movie, after the deaths of two major characters, is a blunder. The song just washed over us, signifying nothing — our minds were literally elsewhere, on the drama now surging towards a climax while Maria is blissfully unaware. On paper that could be poignant. But the song wasn't written with that in mind, and I think Bernstein & Sondheim were artful enough that they'd have written a different song for a different context.
Fiona points out that Spielberg DOES steal from Wise, just not from WSS. This reflection is pulled from THE HAUNTING, another Spielberg favourite he's previously remade (very badly indeed). In the Shirley Jackson adaptation, Fiona says, the shot has a very specific meaning — Eleanor is already being absorbed into Hill House. In the Spielberg, it's just an attractive shot.
Time and again, the Spielberg movie weakens the show's effects by overcomplicating things. Removing "America" from its rooftop is acceptable, I guess, though keeping it there and using the modern screen's ability to show a digital cityscape ought to have been irresistible. But here come the extras — here's a random woman driving past — there's such an accumulation of unnecessary STUFF.
And you are?
Spielberg doesn't steal from Wise much but he does steal from himself, particularly the dancehall rumpus from 1941. And here are the heavily backlit cloths for people to appear behind as pastel wraiths — this one goes back to LAWRENCE OF ARABIA I think but Spielberg has been mimicking it endlessly.
There are moments in the Wise where he approaches the splendour of his opening. In "Quintet" — often, in the movie, I found myself wishing for the camera to push in, only for it to remain obstinately static. Here, it pushes in, and the sequence is AMAZING. The cross-cutting becomes absolutely magical — it gives the dramatic connectedness of disparate scenes a significance that transcends narrative and really becomes magic, in the sense of numinous or supernatural. The Spielberg sequence is… good. Decent. It's been… opened out. He never actually wrecks a song, and if you compare his work with overedited garbage like CHICAGO you can genuinely admire his skill and restraint.
(Actually, maybe "Quintet" should really be done splitscreen, it'd be the only way to get everyone who's singing in their own scenes on screen at once along with their voices…)
The ending. This is Wise's other best moment. I think you could copy the effect of the shock tragedy — he actually makes it a shock, even when it's been heavily telegraphed and we know our Shakespeare — without copying any of his shots or his exact cutting pattern. Spielberg chooses to throw out the underlying IDEAS and his version strikes me as simply ineffective.
Natalie Wood was always your go-to girl if you wanted hysterics, photogenic yet credible, and in the final scene she does walk all over Rachel Zegler. Surely, Zegler has the right to be there, not only by dint of race but by voice. Maybe she needed a merciless number of takes, Robbins-style, to break her down, or maybe she needed Ernest Lehman's screenplay adaptation of Arthur Laurents' book, not Tony Kushner's.
"They even flubbed the ending," mourned Fiona. The sensation of being in the presence of greatness was very much with me when the Sharks stepped in to help lift the fallen Jet. You can mess with other stuff in that sequence — Lehman, Wise & Robbins evidently wanted to keep it exactly like the play, and it worked perfectly, but you could get away with tinkering. But not with that moment. That's what the piece is ABOUT. And to add insult, Spielberg chooses to fade out on the cops coming to arrest Chino, who has more backstory here but is still a minor character. It's like the Hays-mandated ending of THE LETTER. Justice must be served. Appalling.
I haven't talked about Rita Moreno yet, and I must. She more than earned her Oscar first time out. And she's excellent here, and she again has a right to be here. Her insertion as a new character does do some violence to the story, though. I liked the original's Doc (Ned Glass), who I take to be Jewish, an emigre, a survivor of an actual war who can comment on the gang war with the advantage of experience. (IS experience an advantage, though? Experience HURTS.) Doc does get a cameo here, photoshopped in.
Still, I can see why they did it, and even giving Rita a song, purloined from the lovers, kind of works. It's still a song for them even if she sings it (beautifully). It's an issue, though. Friar Laurence in R&J is a neutral figure, ideally placed to help the star-cross'd lovers. It kind of doesn't make sense for her to be Puerto Rican and for the Jets to like her. The Jets are racist — even more so in the remake. The script attempts to cover this, and it's not wholly successful. It's passable. But still a weak area. Maybe it's worth it, to include Rita, and not just as a meaningless cameo.
The other character I'd like to talk about is Anybodys, the tomboy, coded queer, in the original, who is maybe kinda proto-trans in the remake. And apparently trans is a superpower because they can punch out a swarm of policemen. Unless I missed it, nobody calls them by name, and they've lost most of their dialogue, which is a shame. I know a character can make an impression without words, but I also know that Susan Oakes got to make more of an impression than Iris Menas in the new version. And Menas' character being, essentially, unnamed is a shame. If you think about the nickname, implying promiscuity, you have to assume that Anybodys wanted so badly to be a Jet she went with more than one of them, and now they shame her for it. Heartbreaking. The Jets suck.
I guess in the end I'm not nice enough to agree that casting the right ethnicity, unquestionably a good thing to do per se, is enough of a reason to remake WEST SIDE STORY if you can't make it otherwise better than the original. I'm not really in favour of remaking classics. Make a new film with Puerto Rican characters. Comparisons are odious, so don't ask for them.
Posted in Comics, FILM, literature with tags Byzantium, Clockwork Orange, Helen of Troy, Irvin Kershner, JSA: Joint Security Area, Margaret Rutherford, MASH, Murder Ahoy, Neil Jordan, Red Angel, Robert Wise, S*P*I*E*S, Shortbus, Tale of Tales, The 'Burbs, The Genius of the System, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Steel Claw, Vladek Sheybal, Yasuzo Masumura on May 8, 2021 by dcairns
The non-essential shops and businesses are open in the UK — bizarrely, the pandemic is less rampant here than on the European mainland right now — so I got my first haircut in a year and hit the charity shops. Amazing what you can find.
My sister, who works in a lab, says now is the best time to go out and do stuff if you're going to. Later will be more dangerous, probably.
I've never see S*P*I*E*S, the failed attempt to reunite the leads of M*A*S*H and I don't expect it to be any damn good but I bought it for £2 because I'm curious what fresh new flavour of awful it may provide. I think C*I*A would have been a better title — calling up the asterisks of the earlier film but actually making sense. And if your satirical purpose was to do for the intelligence community what you did for the Korean War, you have at least the beginnings of a satirical line of attack, something I doubt this movie possesses. This is directed by Irvin Kershner, specialist in following up other people's movies. But I'm a Vladek Sheybal completist, as you know.
I've seen RED ANGEL, Yasuzo Masumura's own answer to M*A*S*H, kinda — well, it does deal with medicine in wartime. I found it incredible as cinema and deeply problematic in its attitudes to what it's showing. The overheated and desperate atmosphere of it was so impressive I'm willing to see it again, and I wanted to own it because I am on some level horribly acquisitive.
Fiona liked Matteo Garrone's TALE OF TALES more than I did, but it was certainly great-looking.
CEX, the dopily-named second-hand store was open too, but they know how to price the things I want high enough for me not to want them anymore. But I bought THE 'BURBS on Blu-ray because I couldn't resist all those extras and I wanted to see the original cut. And A CLOCKWORK ORANGE was actually pretty cheap.
Back to the charity shops — I hit the main clusters, in Leith, Morningside and Stockbridge. My favourite, the St Columba's Bookshop, is kind of in the middle of nowhere but that's on the walk between here and Stockbridge so I picked up some comics — The Steel Claw! — and books — The Genius of the System! — and DVDs.
I got Robert Wise's HELEN OF TROY on a whim because it was only a pound — terrible film, but I don't think I've ever see a good copy — maybe it'll grown on me — Neil Jordan's BYZANTIUM was equally cheap — don't usually like his stuff but he has some ambition at least — MUDER AHOY with Margaret Rutherford was 50p so now I want all her Marple films — JSA: JOINT SECURITY AREA "from the director of OLDBOY" seemed worth a punt at 50p — and THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN even though we just watched it, and SHORTBUS because we've never seen it. GHOSTBUSTERS I&II — I've only seen one of them. I'll probably never watch the other.
Can you look forward to reading about these films on Shadowplay? Oh, probably not. I have too many films, and too many ways of getting more. But if there are any you really want to hear more about, tell me.
Posted in FILM with tags Gene Roddenberry, Peter Winkler, Robert Wise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Late Show: The Late Films Blogathon on December 4, 2020 by dcairns
So, I'm working on this really exciting project, and it's going well, but it has become a nocturnal project, which is wrecking my brain slightly. And as a result The Late Show: The Late Films Blogathon just hasn't happened. It hasn't happened even more than it usually doesn't happen (because I don't chase contributors in a personal and assiduous way). BUT!
Peter Winkler has sent a lovely piece — a vintage review he wrote in 1979 for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (late Robert Wise, last Gene Roddenberry, more or less), bracketed by his contemporary observations. It brought back my memories of seeing the film with my mum at the time (and liking it, though she suggested it might be a wee bit long, a judgement I would now support).
Hope you enjoy.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Produced by Gene Roddenberry. Written by Harold Livingston (and Roddenberry without credit)., based on the story "Robot's Return" by Alan Dean Foster. Directed by Robert Wise. Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Stephen Collins and Persis Khambatta. 132 minutes. Released by Paramount Pictures on December 7, 1979.
Originally Reviewed by Peter L. Winkler in December 1979 for CineFan Magazine.
I wrote this and several other reviews of sf films released at the end of 1979 while on my Christmas break from law school. I had no expectation that I would end up writing two books and numerous articles decades later. I wanted to see my name in print. At the time, I was still avidly interested in print sf, Star Trek, and sf films. I thought CineFan was worth writing for, and that the editorial barrier to entry was probably fairly easy to overcome.
Star Trek : The Motion Picture succumbs to the disease endemic to the major sf. films of the 70s: a poor story. A strong story can be about a mystery being resolved, a goal being achieved, or diverse characters in conflict. ST: TMP has little of this.
The film is structured as a mystery. Something incredibly powerful has devastated a flotilla of Klingon battle cruisers, and a Federation starbase, and is headed toward Earth. The only available starship is the Enterprise, still undergoing refitting in drydock and not yet finished. With it's crew reunited, it sets out to meet the impending threat. Unfortunately, the mystery of the alien entity is not worth the two hours it takes to encounter and resolve.
The plot of the film is essentially that of the television series episode "The Changeling." It's disappointing enough to see a television episode recycled for the big screen, but if one had to choose a Star Trek tv episode on which to base a major motion picture, "The Changeling" would most certainly not be the one.
ST: TMP's story, by Alan Dean Foster, is inexcusable. It borrows the plot of the old tv episode whole, amplifies its weaknesses, and pads it to feature length. If you've seen "The Changeling" and can figure out what "V 'GER" is a contraction for, you'll be able to decipher the feeble plot of ST:TMP in nothing flat. But even if you don't, the story simply is not interesting or exciting enough to hold you for the time it takes to unfold.
Alas, ST: TMP also lacks what was one of the strong suits of the best of the television episodes: character conflict. The very manner in which ST:TMP begins, reuniting the old crew, as well as introducing two new characters, is an open invitation for human drama. Some promising starts are made—between Kirk and McCoy, Spock and the crew, and between Kirk and Decker (Stephen Collins) (which short-lived conflict is lifted whole from director Robert Wise's Run Silent, Run Deep [1958])—but are just as quickly abandoned.
If the film lacks substance, its execution is spotty as well. The special effects are hardly state of the art. While the miniatures are impressive, the optical effects are frequently obvious. Almost uniformly disappointing are the interior sets, hand props, and costumes. Though they have a slick, updated look, they lack the invention of their predecessors.
Despite its poor story and uneven production values, ST:TMP is not entirely without merit. The first half hour has a sustained sense of wonder which is rare in recent sf films. William Shatner, for the first time, gives a controlled performance that helps give the film some dramatic weight. Robert Wise, given a difficult task, gives coherency to an obviously thrown together film. The greatest praise should be reserved for Jerry Goldsmith. His score is simply superb, It saves much of the film, but can stand alone as one of the finest scores for an sf film, or any film, that I've had the pleasure of hearing.
Though not a groaner, ST: TMP is at best a pleasant, sentimental reunion. It could, and should, have been more than that.
In retrospect, I think I may have been a little too hard on Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). In his review, Roger Ebert wrote, "There is, I suspect, a sense in which you can be too sophisticated for your own good when you see a movie like this." With some exceptions, it's slick, impressively executed in spots, moderately engaging and fairly intelligent, a hallmark of the original TV series. Unfortunately, it shares the same flaw as Apocalypse Now (1979): Both films begin with their most exciting scenes. Only Mr. Spock's spacewalk to penetrate V'Ger's interior, a sequence devised by some of the film's effects team, gives the film some much-needed kinetic excitement late in the game. What ST: TMP isn't is the human adventure the film's end title promises; the sequel delivered on that adventure. On the other hand, I'm hard-pressed to retract any specific judgement I made in 1979, and a least one other critic, The Cleveland Press's Tony Mastroiani hit some of the same points as I did. "For all of its length it has about as much plot as one of the original one-hour TV shows, maybe a little less than many of them had," he wrote. "There isn't much anybody can do about this except peer at the approaching cluster of light and vapor through TV monitors and cope with occasional malfunctions that threaten to destroy the ship. The film's chief virtue for fans of the series is its reunion of the original cast after a decade, picking up the old relationships and rivalries, repeating lines of dialog that have become permanently associated with some of the characters." ("Star Trek –– Motion Picture is bigger, not better," Cleveland Press December 22, 1979.)
ST: TMP's troubled production poses the question "What went wrong and who was to blame?" In 1969, NBC unceremoniously cancelled Star Trek. The series became a surprising success in syndication, especially in markets where it was shown in the after-school time slot, where it found its natural audience. Then the Star Trek conventions became a successful phenomenon. Paramount planned a moderately budgeted feature to be directed by Philip Kaufman, but it failed to go into production. Paramount decided to launch a fourth network of syndicated programming. The bait for local stations was to be Star Trek: Phase II, reviving the original series with the original cast. Scripts were commissioned while costumes and sets were being constructed. Then something phenomenal suddenly happened: Star Wars (1977) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) demonstrated that science fiction could be more than just moderately profitable, but shatter box office records.
Paramount quickly cancelled Star Trek: Phase II and announced a Star Trek feature to be directed by Robert Wise, who had a proven affinity for science fiction, having directed the classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and The Andromeda Strain (1971). What Paramount didn't have was a screenplay but was committed to deliver the film to theaters in early December 1974. Gene Roddenberry's screenplay was rejected. Harold Livingston, who had never written for the TV series and was not an sf writer, was hired to turn Alan Dean Foster's Phase II teleplay "Robot's Return" into a screenplay. Roddenberry couldn't keep his hands off of Livingston's screenplay and rewrote it on a daily, sometimes hourly basis.
Serious trouble arose when the original effects firm, responsible for some award-winning animated TV commercials, produced very little useful. Paramount had to scramble, assembling two parallel effects teams, one run by Douglas Trumbull, the other by John Dykstra. Robert Wise was editing until the last minute available. The prints shipped to theaters were barely dry. Wise was later invited to produce a director's cut more to his liking. It added a few minutes of running time but simply feels distended. Wise made two more films after Star Trek before retiring.
ST: TMP cost 44 million dollars but proved profitable enough to justify a sequel. By giving himself a writing credit on the screenplay, producer Roddenberry triggered an automatic arbitration over credits conducted by the Writer's Guild of America. Roddenberry rejected a story credit and received no screen credit. He was blamed for the film's production difficulties and budget overruns. He was booted from his own brainchild when it came time to produce a sequel: he received an executive producer credit and an undisclosed sum to keep the fans happy. Paramount hired TV producer Harve Bennett to make Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) more efficiently through Paramount's television division. Nicholas Meyer, with no previous association with Star Trek, wrote and directed what would prove to be the best Star Trek film so far. George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic produced Star Trek II's impressive effects.
Copyright 1979, 2020 by Peter L. Winkler.
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GirlzLuhDev – Leg or Arm
Inland Empire rapper GirlzLuhDev's latest sensual single "Leg or Arm" brings a bit of summer warmth to the depths of winter. The track, which is out now on Capitol Records, is built around soft keyboards and West Coast bounce that provide a canvas for Dev's mischievous and fun vocals. Listen HERE.
The dizzy, intimate production of "Leg or Arm" feels like a dreamy afternoon in the California sun. It's pure warmth, an escape from the troubles of the world. Dev flows like a breeze, sipping Shirley Temples, messing around with a girl, and playfully wondering if he'll end up being talked about in her groupchat. When he croons about "riding round with blicky and designer clothes," it sounds less like a threat than a positive affirmation. Dev places gangsta tropes in new contexts, making every bar feel like a celebration. He's the fun-loving ball of energy and melody that rap needs, next in a lineage of West Coast rap-singers.
"Leg or Arm" follows a hot streak of memorable singles from Dev, including the pounding "Gas Me Up" and the somber "Dead Bro." This track kicks off a new year for the 18-year-old rising star as he continues to build on the success that began with 2020's "Tooka," which launched him to the national stage and earned him a deal with Capitol. The game needs rappers as charismatic as Dev, and with each passing track, he's proving that he's rare indeed. Dev has amassed over 34 million streams in the U.S. alone.
About GirlzLuhDev
GirlzLuhDev is a rapper, singer, ex-basketball star, and quite possibly America's next great hitmaker. Oh, and he's a senior in high school. The 18-year-old artist from California's Inland Empire is a year into making music but has already landed a viral hit, the raunchy but blissed out "Tooka." Supported by simple beats and rich keys, he parlays his youthful energy into a bright blend of bars, warbled melodies, and ad-libs that sound like smack talk beamed down from a distant planet. Its sun-baked West Coast Street rap meets the wonky charm of a kid with nothing to lose. Signed to Capitol Records, Dev has his sights set on the national spotlight.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 360, 360 Magazine, artist, California, Capitol Music Group, capitol records, Celebrity, dead bro, DEV, entertainment, Gas Me Up, GirlzLuhDev, high school rapper, high schooler, hip hop, Inland Empire, INSTAGRAM, Kevin Young, lnk.to, music, new hip hop, new music, New Rap, new rapper, new single, New Song, new track, pop culture, rap, rapper, single, Skyler Johnson, song, teen, teen rapper, teenage rapper, teenager, Tooka, track, Twitter, up-and-coming rapper, Vaughn Lowery, West coast, West Coast rappers, young rapper, YouTube on 01/14/2022 by Skylerjohnson4936.
Lex Leosis – Wanted
Toronto-based queer alt-hip hop artist, Lex Leosis, shares the latest single and outlaw anthem, "Wanted," along with a video. The new release is from her EP, Terracotta, which will be dropping just in time for peak summer vibes on July, 9, 2021. The now Tiktok rap battle champ is showing off her signature attitude in the "Wanted" video with her lioness hair and long, bright nails.
On the new video, Leosis says, "The Wanted video is the perfect pairing to my record. I was so excited to create a video that was as high-energy as the song! I had so much fun on set, and I'm excited to share this one with the world." On the song itself, she says, "While in lockdown, I had been watching so many classic movies…Thelma and Louise, Heist, Catch Me If You Can. I wanted to make a song that felt like a getaway moment. Instead of making a track for a specific movie, I envisioned that this track WAS a movie. I went into this full-on vision of my best friend (Keysha Freshh) and I on the run."
The latest track follows the debut single from the new project, the sunny, tropical-beat infused, "Won't Wait," which showcased a breezy, bouncy beat under Leosis' vulnerable lyrics and she yearns for real talk and love, but not at the expense of self-worth. "Won't Wait" and "Wanted" were produced by Rainer Blanchaer (Drake, The Weeknd, French Montana, The 1975), who is an executive producer on the EP. Having met through Leosis' roommate, Blanchaer became a pandemic pal, and one of the only people she's seen consistently seeing during lockdown. They've used their time making music together in Leosis' bedroom studio and the result is Terracotta.
Leosis also admits, "The EP definitely had a muse. Someone I really love and has consistently inspired me. This EP details all the feelings I've had about them, and consequently, about myself over the last year." A dedication to the softness that quarantine created in her, a part of herself she didn't have time to look at before. She also had time to dig through her grandfather's old jazz records that she loved as a kid. When he passed in 2009, the records were given to her but had been dusty until Covid made her slow down. The piano, saxophones and live drums on those records inspired the live elements on the new EP and Leosis says, "He had this foresight to leave those to me. We used to sit in his car outside our house and just listen to Jazz and I loved music as a kid."
Between her quality time with Rainer, her grandfather's records and her time to be with herself, she found a way to channel summer's warmth, growth and freedom into 6 tracks. Stay tuned for more before the EP is out on July 9, 2021.
About Lex Leosis
Known for her dynamic flows, aggressive stage presence and elaborate story-telling, Lex Leosis is a name you will soon remember. With a unique gravely vocal delivery, acrobatic flows, and a mastery of her instrumentation, Lex breathes life into Hip-Hop and mesmerizes with her rapping abilities. Setting herself uniquely apart by holding space for various causes and using her platform to support other women and non-binary artists and creatives, Lex is not afraid to give props where it's due.
Born in the west end of Toronto, Lex Leosis has dedicated her life to her music and artistry. Juggling her hiphop career, a plant-forward cooking website and catering company, and holding down multiple jobs, Lex prides herself on hard work, discipline and survival, traits she picked up from her mother. It gave Lex the energy to perfect her craft, grow her career and exchange stories with artists from all over the world. Lex is loud, opinionated, constantly fighting for what she believes in and hungry to make something of the Leosis name. She's got an attack in her flow, juxtaposed with a finesse in her lyricism and a hunger in her vocal tone. Her family gave her traditions, Toronto shaped her, and California helped form her sound.
Keep your eyes on this rising star as she continues to blaze her own trail in hip hop.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Big Hassle Media, Celebrity, Covid-19 inspired, entertainment, ep, Facebook, female empowerment, hip hop, INSTAGRAM, Leigh Greaney, Lex Leosis, music, music video, new ep, new music, new music video, new single, New Song, new summer beats, new summer track, new track, outlaw anthem, rap, rapper, single, Skyler Johnson, song, summer, summer beats, summer track, Terracotta, Toronto, track, Twitter, Up-and-coming Artist, up-and-coming rapper, Vaughn Lowery, Wanted, young artist, young rapper, YouTube on 06/10/2021 by Skylerjohnson4936.
Sleepy Hallow – Chicken/Mi No Sabe
Winners Circle Wednesdays continues with the release of two new tracks and video by Sleepy Hallow – "Chicken" and "Mi No Sabe." Click HERE to watch the video for Mi No Sabe. The singles and video delivers more heat for the highly anticipated release of Sleepy Hallow's debut album Still Sleep? on June 2 via Winners Circle Entertainment/RCA Records. When Sleepy hits, he hits hard, which is what he does with this incredible track, accompanied by a surreal and colorful music video.
Still Sleep? will include previously released tracks "2 Sauce" and "2055," which gave listeners a preview of what's to come on the Great John-produced album. Sleepy transforms his lowkey persona on each of the 14 tracks with hard-hitting lyrics, signifying to the masses to not sleep on his undeniable skills.
About Sleepy Hallow
Hailing from East Flatbush, Brooklyn and one of the breakout stars of the Brooklyn Drill hip-hop scene, Sleepy Hallow came to prominence in 2020 with the RIAA Gold-certified hit "Deep End Freestyle," which featured vocals by Fousheé. Recently selected as one of HipHopDX Rising Stars 2020 and BET Amplified Artist of the Month (January), Hallow's impressive repertoire of EPs – Sleepy Hallow Presents: Sleepy For President, The Black House, Don't Sleep, has earned him coveted "best of" lists recognition from XXL, Complex, UpRoxx and more.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 360, 360 Magazine, album, Amanda Zimmerman, artist, Brooklyn, Celebrity, chicken, drill hip hop, drill hip hop music, entertainment, hip hop, hip hop music, INSTAGRAM, Mi No Sabe, music, new, New Album, new artist, new music, new rap song, new single, New Song, new track, New York, rap, rap music, rap song, rapper, RCA records, rising artist, single, Skyler Johnson, Sleepy Hallow, song, Still Sleep?, style, track, Twitter, Up-and-coming Artist, up-and-coming rapper, Vaughn Lowery, YouTube on 05/26/2021 by Skylerjohnson4936.
Li Heat – Heatin' Up
After racking up millions of views and streams independently and attracting cosigns from the likes of Young Thug, Gucci Mane, and more, viral rap phenomenon Li Heat unleashes his new mixtape, Heatin Up. Along with the full project, an official video for "Victim" with Li Heat and Big 30 is out now. The Niles Bryant directed visual is a high-energy showcase of the duo's combined lyrical skills.
To listen to the mixtape, click HERE.
The project showcases his growth as a red-hot artist-to-watch. Among multiple bangers, it boasts his breakout anthem "007," which has amassed over 5 million YouTube views on its official music video and north of 1 million streams.
Additionally, Heatin Up flaunts fan favorites such as the wild "Young & Turnt" and his most recent drop "Intro." Elsewhere on the project, he leans into airy keys on the proud Alabama anthem "Crimson Tide" [feat. Big Yayo] where he namechecks Crimson Tide heroes like DeVonta Smith. Everything concludes on "Bows" [feat. Manny Major]. He and Manny Major launch a lyrical crossfire accelerated by rapid fire cadences and tense production. With no shortage of rambunctious delivery, trap-flavored energy, and Alabama grit, it illuminates his rhyme prowess and cements him as a force to be reckoned with.
About Li Heat
Hailing from Birmingham, AL, Li Heat is the latest viral rap phenomenon poised to take over the industry's new wave. Heat originally gained notoriety for his track "007", an instant viral success and his biggest single to date. The rambunctious, trap-flavored, warm tune has now amassed more than two million views since uploaded to YouTube on May 27. The song's simple, yet catchy setup has made fans out of everyone, including Young Thug and Gucci Mane (who he's since collaborated with).
Li Heat's style is catchy, bare-bones, and instantly memorable. He lists his inspirations as NoCap, Rylo Rodriguez, Tee Grizzley, Luh Soldier, and Lil Baby, incorporating traces of their influences into his rap style in a way that boldly creates its own, unique niche in rap's crowded culture. It's both familiar and yet different enough to make you intrigued. Now with the release of his debut project, which traces his growth as a musician, the Alabama-bred lyricist is on the verge of dominating the airwaves after only being in the industry for less than a year.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 360, 360 Magazine, Alabama, Birmingham, Celebrity, Cinematic Music Group, entertainment, Heatin' Up, hip hop, hip hop music, INSTAGRAM, interscope records, Li Heat, mitake, mixtape, music, music video, musician, new mixtape, new music video, new rapper, new tracks, Noelle Accardi, phenomenon, rap, rap music, rap phenomenon, rapper, Rico Rippoly, singer, Skyler Johnson, song, songs, track, tracks, Trap, trap music, Up-and-coming Artist, up-and-coming rapper, Vaughn Lowery, viral, viral phenomenon, YouTube, Youtube Music on 05/19/2021 by Skylerjohnson4936.
Dominique – Soulja Life Mentality
Artist, multi-platinum producer, and entrepreneur Dominique drops his new single "Soulja Life Mentality" via Win 1st Records. Dominque delivers cinematic bars blanketed by boasting beats as he gives fans a powerful preview of this forthcoming debut project True Story. "Soulja Life Mentality" is available to purchase and stream on all music platforms. Listen HERE.
"Soulja Life Mentality" pulls the curtain back on Dom's experiences navigating as a first-generation Black Man in America and the armor that he, along with many Black men alike, must be equipped with for survival, both in metaphorical and grave literal senses.
"Soulja Life Mentality is a story of frustration that most are familiar with. You got the world on your shoulders, but you have to deal with it alone because you can't trust too many people. You get views from a Black Man in America here that's questioning the lack of collective identity. It's a true story to many men out here; we not only have to be cautious of the people who are hired to keep us safe, but we also have to be wary of our own people."
"Soulja Life Mentality" follows the success of Dominque's recently acclaimed singles: "The Player Way" and "The Code." All three singles will feature on his forthcoming project True Story, which will soon release.
About Dominique
After a knee injury ending his football career during his senior year of college, Dominique switched gears to being a record producer overnight. A proud Guyanese American originally from Broward County, Florida, he began crafting his signature sound that has attracted both mainstream and international superstars. He's worked with artists such as the late Juice WRLD, T.I., Fivio Foreign, French Montana, Yo Gotti, YFN Lucci, T-Pain, Montana of 300, Maxo Cream, Burna Boy, Lil Yachty and more. Dominique has songs reaching RIAA certified Platinum and Gold, along with over 130 million streams of Spotify alone.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 360, 360 Magazine, black lives matter, blm, Celebrity, Dominique, entertainment, hip hop, immigrant, INSTAGRAM, music, musician, new single, New Song, Paul Thorn, producer, racial justice, racism, racism in America, rap, rapper, rising artist, single, Skyler Johnson, song, Soulja Life Mentality, style, The Thom Brand, Twitter, Up-and-coming Artist, up-and-coming rapper, Vaughn Lowery, YouTube on 05/14/2021 by Skylerjohnson4936.
Big Bratt – Paid in Full
Today, Cinematic Music Group's up-and-coming rapper Big Bratt delivers brand new music video for "Paid in Full." Built on a massively heavy beat, the track spotlights the 17-year-old rapper's larger-than-life presence and tremendous lyrical talents. The song comes alongside a gritty and cinematic visual, which pays homage to the original 2002 film of the same name. "Paid In Full" is available now at all digital retailers, listen HERE.
Recently recognized by DJ BOOTH as one of "10 rappers you should know right now", Bratt flawlessly raps in "Paid In Full" with unstoppable confidence and charisma oozing from every bar. Naming Lil Baby among her main influences, the Chattanooga-bred rapper first showed her supreme skills on her official debut single "Rich Rollxn"—a 2020 release that reflects on the then-recent death of her godbrother.
"My songs are talking about life, struggles, losing friends, females, boys, growing up in the neighborhood I grew up in—anything that comes to mind," says Bratt. "When I'm in my zone, I'm gonna make it into something good."
About Big Bratt:
Raised on Southern hip-hop legends like Boosie, 8Ball, and MJG, Bratt stepped into the studio for the first time as a little girl. During her high school years, she learned how to make beats and started sharing her remixes on social media, and soon began putting her fierce work ethic to the test. "Before I got my vehicle I was always catching the bus or getting an Uber to Nashville… three hours away," says Bratt. "It was hard but I didn't care what it took; I just knew I needed to get to the studio."
Now at work on her debut project, Bratt has teamed up with producers like Bankroll Got It (Stunna 4 Vegas, Smokepurpp, Lil Pump) to further develop her sound. "The whole goal of this project is to be motivational," she says. "I want all the females my age to know they deserve more, but they can't be lazy or depend on anybody else to make it happen. It's time [for them] to go get it on their own."
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 360, 360 Magazine, A&M, African American empowerment, African American female empowerment, Big Bratt, black lives matter, blm, Celebrity, Cinematic Music Group, entertainment, female empowerment, Geffen records, hip hop, INSTAGRAM, interscope records, movie, music, music video, new single, New Song, Noelle Accardi, Paid in Full, rap, rapper, Rico Ripoly, single, Skyler Johnson, song, Southern Trap, Trap, Up-and-coming Artist, up-and-coming rapper, Vaughn Lowery, Wikipedia, young artist, young rapper, YouTube on 05/12/2021 by Skylerjohnson4936.


Teams is tightly integrated with other Office 365 applications, such as Groups, SharePoint and OneDrive. Because it does not operate in a vacuum, it is important to also talk about governance for Office 365 in the whole at governance for Teams.
But if that's the case, why is your organisation's user adoption rate for these solutions so much lower than it is for Outlook?
The truth is email is ingrained and changing user habits is difficult. Studies show that only about 34 percent of users are willing to use new technology roll-outs within the enterprise.
The team will share insights into the adoption and governance best practices that actually move the needle and help positively impact organisational culture.
Governance is not about limiting freedom. The point is to be able to manage Teams while removing chaos and sprawl so users can work in a compliant fashion that does not affect their day to day productivity.
To realise maximum benefit and business outcomes with Teams, users must actually use it. Firstly ensuring quick win on Microsoft Teams is important, find out how to find your champions (people or departments) who can trial and evangelise Microsoft Teams on your behalf.
However, initial excitement tends to wane and users easily revert to old ways of working. Learn how to encourage user adoption and maintain excitement for Microsoft Teams with an ongoing adoption plan from CEO to firstline workers in your organisation.
Everyone's got a job to do – including your executives. A person's desire to adopt and use a work tool is only going to be as strong as the tool's ability to produce results.
Facilitating leadership buy-in and engagement is important and cannot just be lip-service saying " Hey, we're going to use Microsoft Teams. We're digitally transforming. We're going to use all this goodness. But that doesn't apply to me because I'm C-level. All I need is my iPhone and my email." Learn how to get leadership involved, brought in and taking advantage of the technology – essentially having your leaders become good role models to the rest of the organisation.
Anand is a passionate Office 365 advocate with 9 years of experience in the SharePoint space spanning industries and continents, such as investment banking in Australia and legal technology in the UK. He has been at AvePoint for a year and a half. working closely with customers of all sizes, as well as strategic partners to deliver solutions for Office 365.
Tony is a Master level consultant and a member of HPE's worldwide Office 365 ambassador community, who is the technical lead for Unified and Intelligent Communications in the Pointnext Advisory and Professional Services organization. He has delivered multiple global deployments based upon Lync and Skype for Business, consolidating telephony and conferencing infrastructures, into a single platform for enterprise organisations such as Subsea 7 and Virgin Atlantic Airways. He is currently engaged on a project to deliver Teams communication and collaboration services to a UK car manufacturer comprising of 45,000 end users.


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extern crate regex;

pub struct Prefix {
    pub nick: String,
    pub user: String,
    pub host: String
}

impl Prefix {
    /// Attempts to parse a prefix, e.g. ":aleph!user@example.com"
    pub fn parse(prefix: &str) -> Option<Prefix> {
        let re = match regex::Regex::new(r"^:(.+)!(.+)@(.+)$") {
            Ok(re) => re,
            Err(err) => panic!("{}", err),
        };

        match re.captures(prefix) {
            Some(caps) => Some(Prefix{
                nick: caps.at(1).to_string(),
                user: caps.at(2).to_string(),
                host: caps.at(3).to_string()
            }),
            None => None
        }
    }
}

pub struct Message {
    pub prefix: Option<Prefix>,
    pub command: String,
    pub trailing: String
}

impl Message {
    // Returns a single token from a line
    pub fn parse_token(line: &str) -> (&str, &str) {
        let tokens: Vec<&str> = line.splitn(1, ' ').collect();
        return (tokens[0], tokens[1]);
    }

    /// Parses a line and returns a Message instance
    pub fn parse(line: &str) -> Message {
        let (prefix, line) = Message::parse_token(line);
        let (command, line) = Message::parse_token(line);
        Message::new(prefix, command, line)
    }

    pub fn new(prefix: &str, command: &str, trailing: &str) -> Message {
        Message{
            prefix: Prefix::parse(prefix),
            command: command.to_string(),
            trailing: trailing.to_string()
        }
    }
}

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Parking review: Bath Conservatives deny any wrongdoing after Lib Dems lodge formal complaint
Lib Dems call for 'immediate investigation' over alleged lack of information made available to scrutiny panel
Parking in Bath looks like it could be about to change
Bath and North East Somerset Council has responded to an official complaint from Bath's main opposition party.
Liberal Democrat Group Leader Dine Romero (Southdown) lodged the complaint that a scrutiny panel was not as informed about the authority's parking strategy as it could have been.
Mrs Romero claimed the Communities, Transport and Environment panel received "a limited presentation about the parking review, which was not even made available at the time papers were published."
In a letter to the council's chief executive, Ashley Ayre, she wrote: "Either the Conservative administration has compelled officers to withhold information to avoid proper scrutiny of an important area of public interest, or they have interfered with the scrutiny process through changing the agenda item.
"We therefore request that you conduct an immediate investigation into the facts of this matter."
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The scrutiny panel met to discuss the parking review on Monday, September 18.
Responding to the complaint, Mr Ayre accepted that "timeliness was an issue" but senior officers had been working on the detail even the weekend before the meeting.
He said: "I can confirm that neither councillor Mark Shelford [B&NES cabinet member for transport] or any part of the Conservative administration was involved in the preparation or the content of the presentation or engagement document and had no say about the nature of the item (report or presentation) to the CTE panel – this was a discussion between the officers and the chair of the panel."
Ashley Ayre, Bath and North East Somerset Council chief executive
He added: "I agree that timeliness is an issue and that paperwork should have been available in advance. I will be discussing what can be done to address this, however, it does reflect the volume of work being undertaken and some delays are inevitable."
Bath's Conservative group denied any wrongdoing. When asked if either of Mrs Romero's complaints were true, a Conservative group spokesman simply replied "no."
Council library stock spending hits ten year low
Councillor Neil Butters (Lib Dem, Bathavon South), the opposition transport spokesman, said: "There is no reason that the additional information released on the council's website and to the press could not have been shared with the scrutiny panel. This is a clear case of the Conservative Cabinet seeking to avoid answering difficult questions in public.
Mrs Romero added: "Scrutiny committee members should be provided with complete information, in good time, to allow them to prepare for meetings. Their role is to check that the executive's plans are appropriate, evidenced and represent good value for local people."
Dine Romero at Royal Victoria Park
But Mr Shelford (Cons, Lyncombe), said: "Our proposed parking strategy aims to balance the interests of residents, businesses and the environment, whilst at the same time reducing the impact of coaches on our World Heritage City by providing more appropriate places for them to park – something the Lib Dems completely failed to do in all the years they ran the council.
"The council's draft parking strategy has been produced following an extensive public consultation exercise earlier this year involving both residents and businesses.
"The draft strategy is now subject to a further round of public consultation, during which time residents, businesses, community groups and councillors can all respond with any comments they have."
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Fantastic Fest Day 4 Recap: 'GERALD'S GAME', 'THE ENDLESS' and 'TIGER GIRL'
James Cole Clay // Film Critic
A recap of the fun and misfortunes of Day 4 at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX:
GERALD'S GAME
Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken and Chiara Aurelia
This has been the year for Stephen King's resurgence. While he's never really out of the pop culture conversation, two of King's most beloved stories, IT and THE DARK TOWER, received major studio releases — and, of course, there's the whole peripheral connection to STRANGER THINGS.
GERALD'S GAME is a small story perfectly suited for Netflix's small budget/wide net routine that has been working well for the horror genre as of late. There's very little expectation brought to the film that winds up being haunting and healing thriller. Jessie (Carla Gugino) ventures up to secluded vacation home in the woods of Maine with her older – and curiously buff – husband Gerald (Bruce Greenwoods) as try to toss some spice in their sex life. After a half-hearted attempt at kinkiness, Gerald kills over and leaves Jessie handcuffed to the bed. To top it all off, there's a hungry stray dog in the mix… maybe more.
About 85% of the film is set in the bedroom, and if there was ever a director to figure out this puzzle its Mike Flanagan (HUSH, OUIJI: ORIGIN OF EVIL), who gives Jessie her own perspective as we hear her inner most thoughts while Gerald tries to kill her spirit. This isn't your average tale of survival. Gugino and Greenwood and given complex human emotions to fill in the blanks were other horror films lack. GERALD'S GAME continues to give horror new life.
Also read Courtney Howard's full review of the film here.
GERALD'S GAME releases on Netflix on Friday, Sept. 29.
Director: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Cast: Callie Hernandez, James Jordan, Lew Temple, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Tate Ellington and Emily Montague
Fantastic Fest alums Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead brought their film SPRING to the festival a few years back to wide acclaim. SPRING had still and visually sumptuous cinematography that was stylish and authentic. Their latest, THE ENDLESS, got a large crowd at its screening on Sunday. The film promised a cerebral and deliberately paced thrill, and it delivers on that, but with a few ZZZ's thrown into the mix.
The ambitious work takes its time in telling the story of two brothers who return to the "death cult" they left 10 years prior. Filmmakers Benson and Moorhead cast themselves in the star roles, but unfortunately, there's an unfocused demeanor to their delivery that causes lots of resistance to the story at hand. They toy with ideas about time travel, dread and skewed perspectives. (Fans of the Netflix series THE OA and the film ANOTHER EARTH will delight in this slow-burn story.) But in the end, all its ideas come without any sense of urgency.
Grade: D+
THE ENDLESS has an encore screening on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 3:45 p.m.
Director: Jakob Lass
Cast: Ella Rumpf, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Enno Trebs, Franz Rogowski, Orce Feldschau and Benjamin Lutzke
Lately there has been a huge push for European films at Fantastic Fest that center on a woman's self-discovery. Films such as ELLE, BLIND, VICTORIA, RAW and Joachim Trier's THELMA (which screened at Fantastic Fest this year) all have approached the topic in clever ways and have been some of the best films in recent memory.
The German film TIGER GIRL, directed by Jakob Lass, inflicts an ass-kicking style into his film about a young girl named Vanilla (Maria-Victoria Dragus) who's training to be an elite security guard in Berlin. She seems focused and poised to succeed, but this changes when she meets Tiger (Ella Rumpf), a punk who squats in apartment buildings and ends up saving Vanilla from a group of catcalling men at a subway stop. The two become fast friends and wind up mugging people, breaking plates and throwing fruit at cops. There's tons of mischievous fun to be had in an anarchist sort of way.
TIGER GIRL grows a bit cold in its third act, especially when it shows Vanilla doing even more senseless debauchery and losing herself in being an agent of chaos. The two young women grow in opposite directions and you're left wondering, "Who is the real 'tiger girl?'"
Grade: C+
Tune in tomorrow for Day 5, where we catch up on Monday's films and provide some thoughts on the secret screening (revealed to be THE DEATH OF STALIN), THE CURED (an original zombie film) and MY FRIEND DAHMER (an origin story to the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer).
Fantastic Fest Review: 'GERALD'S GAME' brilliantly toys with perception
Movie Review: 'ELIZABETH BLUE' – aesthetically pleasing, narratively disconnected


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50-5-103 Rules and standards -- accreditation
TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES
Rules And Standards -- Accreditation
50-5-103. Rules and standards -- accreditation. (1) The department shall adopt rules and minimum standards for implementation of parts 1 and 2.
(2) Any facility covered by this chapter shall comply with the state and federal requirements relating to construction, equipment, and fire and life safety.
(3) The department shall extend a reasonable time for compliance with rules for parts 1 and 2 upon adoption.
(4) (a) Any hospital located in this state that furnishes written evidence required by the department, including the recommendation for future compliance statements, to the department of its accreditation granted by an entity listed in subsection (4)(b) is eligible for licensure in the state for the accreditation period and may not be subjected to an inspection by the department for purposes of the licensing process.
(b) A hospital may provide evidence of its accreditation by:
(i) DNV healthcare, inc.;
(ii) the healthcare facilities accreditation program; or
(iii) the joint commission.
(c) The department may, in addition to its inspection authority in 50-5-116, inspect any licensed health care facility to answer specific complaints made in writing by any person against the facility when the complaints pertain to licensing requirements. Inspection by the department upon a specific complaint made in writing pertaining to licensing requirements is limited to the specific area or condition of the health care facility to which the complaint pertains.
(5) The department may consider as eligible for licensure during the accreditation period any health care facility located in this state, other than a hospital, that furnishes written evidence, including the recommendation for future compliance statements, of its accreditation by the joint commission. The department may inspect a health care facility considered eligible for licensure under this section to ensure compliance with state licensure standards.
(6) The department may consider as eligible for licensure during the accreditation period any rehabilitation facility that furnishes written evidence, including the recommendation for future compliance statements, of accreditation of its programs by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities. The department may inspect a rehabilitation facility considered eligible for licensure under this section to ensure compliance with state licensure standards.
(7) The department may consider as eligible for licensure during the accreditation period any outpatient center for surgical services that furnishes written evidence, including the recommendation for future compliance statements, of accreditation of its programs by the accreditation association for ambulatory health care. The department may inspect an outpatient center for surgical services considered eligible for licensure under this section to ensure compliance with state licensure standards.
(8) The department may consider as eligible for licensure during the accreditation period any behavioral treatment program, chemical dependency treatment program, residential treatment facility, or mental health center that furnishes written evidence, including the recommendation for future compliance statements, of accreditation of its programs by the council on accreditation. The department may inspect a behavioral treatment program, chemical dependency treatment program, residential treatment facility, or mental health center considered eligible for licensure under this section to ensure compliance with state licensure standards.
History: En. Sec. 171, Ch. 197, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 366, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 448, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 349, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 69-5213; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 347, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 432, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 279, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 415, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 366, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 99, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 188, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 401, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 157, L. 2013.


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The RSS accreditation process is relevant for those institutions offering programmes at Graduate and Masters level. The standards at levels 6 and 7 relate to QAA benchmarks at that level, but are designed to fit to a wide range of programmes, delivered in different ways.
We are in the process of developing standards at level 4/5 with a view to extending the accreditation service to cover Foundation degree programmes, and joint honours degrees which develop statistical knowledge and skills at this level.
In addition, an endorsement process is being developed which will enable the RSS to recognise good practice in programmes which develop statistical literacy at lower levels of the qualifications framework. If you are interested in being involved in developments in this area, please contact us.


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He was born Philip William May at Wortley, near Leeds on the 22nd April 1864, the son of an engineer. His father died when the child was nine years old, and at twelve he had begun to earn his living.
Before he was fifteen he had acted as time-keeper at a foundry, had tried to become a jockey, and had been on the stage at Scarborough and Leeds. When he was about seventeen he went to London with a sovereign in his pocket. He suffered extreme want, sleeping out in the parks and streets, until he obtained employment as designer to a theatrical costumier. He also drew posters and cartoons, and for about two years worked for the St Stephens Review, until he was advised to go to Australia for his health. During the three years he spent there he was attached to The Sydney Bulletin, for which many of his best drawings were made. On his return to Europe he went to Paris by way of Rome, where he worked hard for some time before he appeared in 1892 in London to resume his interrupted connection with the St Stephens Review.
His studies of the London guttersnipe and the coster-girl rapidly made him famous. His overflowing sense of fun,, his genuine sympathy with his subjects, and his kindly wit were on a par with his artistic ability. It was often said that the extraordinary economy of line which was a characteristic feature of his drawings had been forced upon him by the deficiencies of the printing machines of the Sydney Bulletin. It was in fact the result of a laborious process which involved a number of preliminary sketches, and of a carefully considered system of elimination.
His later work included some excellent political portraits. He became a regular member of the staff of Punch in 1896, and in his later years his services were retained exclusively for Punch and the Graphic. He died on 5th August 1903.
There was an exhibition of his drawings at the Fine Arts Society in 1895, and another at the Leicester Galleries in 1903. A selection of his drawings contributed to the periodical press and from Phil Mays Annual and Phil Mays Sketch Books, with a portrait and biography of the artist, entitled The Phil May Folio, appeared in 1903.


The Devotional Temple of Rajasthan!!!
In Indian history 'Raja Bharthari' is also known as "Sant Bharthari" in many parts of the country. The Bhartrihari temple is more than thousands years old and is one of the best places to visit near sariska national park. The Samadhi of Shri Bhartrihari, is located near jingling refreshing waterfalls over the hills, which is a perfect blend of serenity and calmness. There are number of folklores associated with Maharaja Bharthari, some believe that Raja Bharthari gave up his kingdom on realizing the disloyalty of his beloved wife. The temple is considered very pious and has healed and fulfilled the desires of many. It thus has hundreds of foot falls every year.
The Hiding place of Pandvas!!!
As per the epics; it is said that the Pandavas spent some part of their exile at Pandupol, Sariska. The famous Draupadi ki Rasoi, one of the best places to visit in sariska national park still exists there. This has given the place a significant historical importance and a reason of making tourists stop on their route to Sariska National Park. It is also claimed that here Bhima, who had acquired the strength of thousand elephants, had been defeated in the ego battle by Lord Hanuman and so a well-known Hindu temple was founded amidst the mountains. The cave is a natural arch that has been engraved in the limestone because of the action of water and is several hundred feet above the ground.
About 35 km away from Alwar is a picturesque place in the Talwrik district, which is popular for its historical and religious serenity. Located on the Alwar-Narayanpur road, it is famous as a natural tourist destination for its natural beauty and scenic scenes. It is believed that the great sage Mandyav originated from this place.The Famous ancient temple of Ganga Mata with its springs of hot and cold water kiosks adds importance of this place. The head of lion is the main attraction which was killed by Maharaja of Alwar.
The fort narrates an untold story about the city mentioning the curse of a witch craft person on the city. The man was fascinated by the charm of Princess of Bhangarh, Ratnavati. As she was considered to be the jewel of Rajasthan, but the charmer could not get married to her. The story reflects are tales of souls still haunting the place. And some even say that that is the reason for the government barring all entry from the city. The locals believe that the princess has reincarnated and the fort and the empire of Bhangarh still awaits the princess return and put an end to the curse.


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Inflammation "game changer" as cellular death dance discovered – University of Reading
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Inflammation "game changer" as cellular death dance discovered
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Release Date 15 January 2020
Inflammation in the human body has been revealed to be managed through a unique, highly-organised shape of receptors that 'dance' across a cell surface, according to new research.
The discovery, published in Science Signaling today (Tuesday 14 January), explains how this process makes cells decide whether to die, multiply or migrate across the body.
The team, from the University of Reading and German institutions in Frankfurt and Wurzburg, document how a specific, complex arrangement of a cell receptor called TNFR1 into a triangular shape takes place – by binding together in a process described to be similar to how dancers link arms.
Dr Darius Widera, an Associate Professor at the University of Reading said:
"This is a game changer in our understanding of cell signalling which may well help in the development of future drugs. Depending on the exact nature of this `dance` of receptors on the cell surface, inflammation signals can lead to death, proliferation, or migration of immune cells and cancer cells.
"As inflammation in the body is regulated by a lock and key process where molecules stick to specific proteins on their surface, we have now observed how the specific receptors involved in cells producing this inflammatory response are shaped.
"Chronic inflammation has a significant effect on the human body, being linked to everything from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. Armed with the understanding of how these triangular receptor clusters are involved in how cells decide to act, we hope that our discovery will help to create new treatments that will reduce inflammation without some of the unpleasant side effects of existing drugs."
The research team have been able to observe for the first time the way that receptors organise themselves into highly ordered oligomers.
Using advanced imaging techniques, the team were able to confirm the idea that the TNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining three lots of trimers (three-bound receptors) together to make complex oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response that can be the cause of various diseases.
Dr Sjoerd van Wijk from the Institute for Experimental Tumor Research in Pediatrics and the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer at Goethe University said:
"In order for the tumor necrosis factor to bind to a membrane receptor, it must first be activated. This means that it acts as a key which only fits in the lock under certain circumstances. This prevents, for example, a healthy cell from dying.
"Despite the great medical importance of TNFα, its physiology on the cell membrane was still largely unknown. Our findings could be relevant for conditions such as cancer or excessive inflammatory reactions including rheumatoid arthritis and open up new avenues for therapeutic regulation"
Full citation:
Karathanasis, et al. 2020, Single-molecule imaging reveals the oligomeric state of functional TNFα-induced plasma membrane TNFR1 clusters in cells, Science Signaling, Vol. 13, Issue 614, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aax5647


Will Cleland reached first on a throwing error by ss.
David Lockwood grounded out to 2b, RBI; Will Cleland scored, unearned.
Perry Rigby doubled down the lf line, RBI; Scott Gillespie scored, unearned.
Will Carlton reached on a fielder's choice; Perry Rigby advanced to third.
Paul Phillips doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Will Carlton scored, unearned; Perry Rigby scored, unearned.
J.J. Rodriguez walked; James Lovett advanced to second.
Stephen Machin hit by pitch; J.J. Rodriguez advanced to second; James Lovett advanced to third.
Luis Palencia reached on a fielder's choice; Stephen Machin advanced to second; J.J. Rodriguez out at third 3b unassisted.
David Lockwood grounded out to ss, RBI; Will Cleland advanced to third; K.C. Simons scored.
Jason Riley doubled down the lf line.
James Kornegay flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Ciro Norzagaray advanced to third; Jason Riley scored.
James Lovett doubled down the lf line, RBI; Ciro Norzagaray scored.
Will Carlton reached first on a throwing error by ss.
Forrest Hunter singled to left field; Will Carlton advanced to third.
Robert Mondoux to p for Will Beasley.
Chris Rollins reached on a fielder's choice; Forrest Hunter advanced to second; Will Carlton out at home p to c.
K.C. Simons walked; Chris Rollins advanced to second; Forrest Hunter advanced to third.
Perry Rigby walked; Scott Gillespie advanced to second; David Lockwood advanced to third.
George Moore to p for Robert Mondoux.
Will Carlton grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Perry Rigby out on the play; Scott Gillespie advanced to third; David Lockwood scored.
Scott Gillespie scored on a wild pitch.
Ciro Norzagaray singled to shortstop.
Jason Riley doubled to right center, RBI; Luis Palencia scored.
Braeden Lane pinch hit for Forrest Hunter.
Z Arima to c for Braeden Lane.
Chris Rollins doubled down the lf line.
K.C. Simons doubled down the lf line, RBI; Chris Rollins scored.
Will Cleland tripled down the lf line, RBI; K.C. Simons scored.
Dillon Moore to p for George Moore.
David Lockwood homered, 2 RBI; Will Cleland scored.
Scott Gillespie singled to left center.
J.J. Rodriguez singled to left center.
Stephen Machin walked; J.J. Rodriguez advanced to second.
Stephen Machin advanced to second on a wild pitch; J.J. Rodriguez advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Luis Palencia singled, Luis Palencia advanced to second on a fielding error by rf, 2 RBI; Stephen Machin scored; J.J. Rodriguez scored.
Hayden Williams grounded out to ss, RBI; Jason Riley advanced to third; Luis Palencia scored.


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Olectra Greentech to supply 30 electric buses to Dehradun, 150 to Surat, 25 to Silvassa
The citizens of Dehradun Smart City Limited, Surat and Silvassa will have the pleasure of commuting in zero emission, noiseless electric buses supplied by Olectra Greentech Limited, the maker/supplier of these e-buses in India.
Olectra Greentech, a MEIL Group company, is set to supply 30 e-buses to Dehradun, 150 to Surat city and 25 buses to Silvassa. The trial run in Silvassa is scheduled next week.
The company has an order book of 775 electric buses under FAME II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) from various States. These buses, made in India, are to be supplied in a phased manner. Olectra is a major player in the sector and accounts for about 20 per cent of the sanctioned 5,595 buses under FAME-II.
Will electric bus orders ignite Olectra Green?
After flagging off the electric buses today, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said, "We are planning to start these 30 eco-friendly electric buses in this financial year. These buses will run in hill terrains of Dehradun, Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar."
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani is set to flag off the trial run in Surat on Saturday (December 12).
The company will supply 9-metre, air-conditioned buses numbering 150 to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in a phased manner.
Carbon-free ride
B Sharat Chandra, CEO & CFO, Olectra Greentech Limited, told BusinessLine, "Olectra is proud to operate its state-of-the-art electric buses in the country. Our buses will now contribute to preserving the rich ecology of Uttarakhand. Olectra is committed to its efforts to reduce pollution levels through an efficient electric public transport system. Our electric buses have already proved themselves in reliability and efficiency as they have been successfully deployed at Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Kerala."
Olectra-BYD launches intercity eBus at AUTO Expo 2020
The buses have a seating capacity of 25, +wheelchair, and come with an electronically-controlled air suspension that ensures a comfortable ride for passengers. The buses are equipped with CCTV cameras to enhance commuter safety.
The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery installed in the bus can cover up to 180 kms on a single charge based on traffic conditions. The technologically advanced electric bus has a regenerative braking system which allows the bus to recover part of the kinetic energy lost in braking. The high-power AC charging system enables the battery to get fully recharged in 3-4 hours.
Thus far, Olectra has delivered over 280 buses to various States. These buses have completed over two crore kms on Indian roads and have reduced CO2 emissions of around 13,000 tonnes till now, which would have required one lakh trees instead.
Olectra buses have covered high hill terrain of Manali to Rohtang Pass and entered the Limca Book of Records.