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SDCC 2020: Fear the Walking Dead season 6 trailer
Camille Rae Lim
on July 26, 2020Posted in: News, Television
AMC released the trailer for the upcoming season of Fear the Walking Dead which will be premiering in October.
During the Comic-con@Home panel for Fear the Walking Dead, the team behind the show shared some footage and details about the upcoming season as well as the premiere date. As previously reported, Fear the Walking Dead will be taking the slot usually reserved for season premieres of The Walking Dead as production on the eleventh season of the latter has been delayed to 2021.
The footage featured Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey) and Strand (Colman Domingo) being interrogated by Virginia (Colby Minifie), who is the leader of the community all the main characters found themselves reluctantly joining at the end of the fifth season.
Scott M. Gimple, head of The Walking Dead franchise, mentioned that this season will feature multiple time jumps as well as a new, anthology structure.
Co-showrunner Ian Goldberg elaborated on these changes, saying:
"The exciting thing is, I think you're going very surprised by the way these characters react in these new circumstances…
Tonally, I think you can probably tell from watching the trailer – it is going be a darker season. No doubt about it because of the way these characters are going to be tested…
The other thing we're really excited about is that we're going to have an anthology structure to the episodes, where we get to deep dive into exactly what these characters are going through within Virginia's communities, within the style of episodes we've done in the past that we've loved… You're going to see a lot more of that kind of storytelling in season six."
But, as with all shows at this time, the creative team is still facing a multitude of challenges in production for the show given the global pandemic. Hopefully, they will be able to film all episodes of the season.
Fear the Walking Dead season six will premiere on October 11 on AMC.
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Cognex Acquires Maker of Deep Learning Software for Industrial Machine Vision
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Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced today that it has acquired ViDi Systems SA, a maker of deep learning software for industrial machine vision. The acquisition was completed on April 4.
ViDi's deep learning software uses artificial intelligence techniques to improve image analysis in applications where it is difficult to predict the full range of image variations that might be encountered. Using feedback, ViDi's software trains the system to distinguish between acceptable variations and defects.
"The ViDi team is at the forefront of applying deep learning techniques to the real-world challenges of industrial machine vision," said Robert J. Willett, President and CEO of Cognex. "We are excited to bring this expertise to Cognex to broaden the scope of applications that can be addressed at a world-class level with Cognex vision."
Upon closing, ViDi Systems became part of Cognex's Vision Products business unit, where their deep learning software will continue to be developed and integrated into the Cognex product portfolio. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Cognex's financial results in 2017 or 2018.
ViDi Systems, based in Villaz-St.-Pierre Switzerland, was founded in 2012 by Dr. Reto Wyss, a computational neuroscience Ph.D., and the CPA Group, a Swiss industrial holding company and business incubator. Dr. Wyss and ViDi's team of engineers joined Cognex at the time of the closing on April 4, and Cognex will maintain operations at the company's current site in Switzerland.
About Cognex Corporation
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include machine vision systems, machine vision sensors and barcode readers that are used in factories and distribution centers around the world where they eliminate production and shipping errors.
Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 1.5 million image-based products, representing over $5 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For details visit Cognex online at www.cognex.com.

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Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch open the season in the famed Royal Room at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. Credit: Submitted photo.
After a friendship spanning 35 years, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch practically finish each other's sentences.
Since meeting in Texas, each has become a star within the tight cabaret community. Caruso has performed in concert and on Broadway and produces the popular "Cast Party" series on Monday nights at Birdland in Manhattan. Stritch is the accompanist of choice for Liza Minnelli, Linda Lavin, Christine Ebersole and Marilyn Maye.
On Friday, Oct. 30, they will be reunited once again in Palm Beach to open the 2015-16 cabaret season at The Colony Hotel's famed Royal Room.
But, the duo does have a treat for the loyal Royal Room audiences. They plan to move the piano down into the dining room, creating an intimate lounge atmosphere. After an opening set of standards from the Great American Songbook and a centennial tribute to Frank Sinatra, they plan to take requests from the audience.
The format was a hit last year with audiences requesting the usual chestnuts from the repertoire, along with a few unexpected curveballs, like a medley of hits from Donny & Marie (Osmond).
Even after years on the cabaret circuit, they have found themselves stumped, searching for songs on their phones during the break. But that's just part of the fun, they insist.
"We'll try anything once," Caruso said confidently.
Caruso pointed out the cabaret repertoire continues to expand beyond the classics of the '20s and '30s and now includes easy listening pop tunes from the '70s and '80s and even more contemporary works from up-and-coming composers.
Royal Room audiences will be treated to the full range of classic and contemporary cabaret this season. After Caruso and Stritch's opening weekends, Oct. 30 – 31 and Nov. 6 – 7, the Colony line-up includes Nicole Henry, Nov. 13 – 14, 20 – 21; Nicolas King, Dec. 3 – 5; violinist Aaron Weinstein and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, Dec. 10 – 12; and The Four Freshmen, Dec. 15 – 19.
Broadway legend Tommy Tune offers another gala New Year's Eve engagement, Dec. 31, followed by performances, Jan. 5 – 9.
For 2016, both returning favorites and debut performances round out the schedule: Spencer Day, Jan. 12 – 16; Steve Tyrell, Jan. 19 – 23, 26 – 30; Carole J. Bufford, Feb. 3 – 6; Tony Danza, Feb. 9 – 13, 16 – 20; Melissa Manchester, Feb. 23 – 27; John Pizzarelli, March 1 – 5; The Lettermen, March 8 – 12; Marilyn Maye, March 15 – 19; Jane Monheit, March 22 – 26; and Will and Anthony Nunziata, March 29 – April 2.
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Concert Review Aug 24, 2009
Recital, Edinburgh (Debut)
It took the arrival of Joyce DiDonato to inject some real star quality into the evening. Even here, though, she was foiled by some unlooked for drama as the Usher Hall lighting desk failed (twice!), plunging the stage into darkness.
In the end it wasn't properly fixed and the performers had to do with an orange floodlight effect which, it was judged, was better than nothing, if far from ideal. Once she finally got to sing she was magnificent. DiDonato is one of the greatest singing actresses of our age, as anyone who has seen her Rossini at Covent Garden will testify. She stormed through Berenice's recitatives, proving alluring and sensuous for the aria, then fierce and implacable for the mad scene. The highlight of the evening, however, was a piece that wasn't on the programme and wasn't even by Haydn. For an encore DiDonato sang Handel's Ombra mai fuwith utmost sensitivity and sensual allure.
–Simon Thompson, Seen and Heard, August 26, 2009
The Usher Hall, such an acoustic relief after the bizarre Albert Hall, is still in refurbishment but opened specially for the festival. It proved less than fully functional, however, during the all-Haydn programme by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by the eternally genial and genius-like Roger Norrington. He could not control what happened in the Scena di Berenice. Three times the platform lights failed, three times the thrillingly dramatic mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato tried and failed to get beyond the recitative to the aria. Many a diva would have stomped off, but DiDonato has a sense of humour. The audience roared gratitude and were rewarded with the interpolation of Handel's Largo.
–Paul Driver, The Sunday Times, August, 2009
After a run of Rossini at Covent Garden during which Joyce DiDonato fractured her leg on the first night of The Barber of Seville and thereafter had to sing from a wheelchair, the bubbly American mezzo must have hoped that her next British engagement, Haydn's Scena di Berenice, would pass off without a hitch. But it wasn't to be. One minute Berenice was promising to follow her slain lover into the Underworld; the next, the gods had granted her wish by turning out the lights and plunging orchestra, conductor and singer into Stygian gloom.
True to form, DiDonato took it with good humour – even after our chuckles had turned to exasperated clucks when the performers were twice more defeated by the gremlin in the electrics. Thankfully, when she finally resumed the aria – now under the nuclear glow of emergency neon – the hiatus hadn't dented her lacerating emotional force and scintillating virtuosity. A generous encore followed to soothe any frazzled nerves: Handel's Ombra mai fù, as serene and glowing as her Berenice had been all fire and fury.
–Neil Fisher, The Times, August 25, 2009
An electrical failure after the interval plunged the orchestra and American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato into gloom half way through the mad scene aria of Scena di Berenice. After a couple of false starts Usher Hall staff gave up on the misbehaving rack of overhead spotlights and turned on every other available light in the hall to allow the performance to continue.
Miss DiDonato was undaunted. She threw herself into completing the tragic aria with passionate despair and earned near-rapturous approval from the house.
–Mark Meredith, Edinburgh Guide, August 23, 2009
Here was a concert that began impressively but later fell victim to what has come to be known as the Usher Hall's annual festival mishap. This time it was the fault of the platform lighting, which suddenly blacked out the scintillating Joyce DiDonato's singing of Haydn's fierce Scena di Berenice, obliging her to launch the dramatic opening recitative three times before she could finally steer the work to its close.
The problem, never properly resolved, resulted in the concert's entire second half being presented beneath the sickly amber glow of the renovated hall's dismal old ceiling lights.
Happily, the accident-prone mezzo-soprano – who recently broke her leg during the opening night of The Barber of Seville at Covent Garden and made it seem less paralysing to the performance than a dark Usher Hall – proved unfazed by what happened and delivered a stirring account of Haydn's dramatic scena as part of a programme devoted (ironically as things turned out) to the composer's contribution to the enlightenment.
…But before that, space had been found for a DiDonato encore in the form of Handel's Largo, or what we know today as Ombra Mai Fu, an unhurried ode to a shady tree. Though now commandeered by counter-tenors, it was here a flowing, glowing vehicle for DiDonato's swaying voice.
–Mary Brennan, The Herald, August 24, 2009
A faulty lighting board turned out the lights on the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the newly-refurbished Usher Hall on Saturday.
The show, part of the Edinburgh International Festival and Scotland's Homecoming celebrations, was brought to a standstill for nearly half an hour before emergency lighting kicked in.
Conductor Sir Roger Norrington entertained the full house of 2,300 with a few wisecracks in the dark, and when the lights returned soloist Joyce DiDonato gave a stirring performance rewarded with a standing ovation.
– The Scotsman, August 24, 2009


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They will join the rest of the OAA Executive Board later this month as they make plans for the continued growth and success of this organization!


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In the ascetical classic, The Spiritual Combat, by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli he views the spiritual life through the lens of 4 principles, or 4 steps. They are: 1) Distrust of Self 2) Confidence in God 3) Proper use of the faculties of the body and mind 4) The duty of prayer.
In our culture distrust of self can often be considered a bad thing, such as low self esteem, low self worth, etc.. But, I think what the Spiritual Master is getting at here is a type of self, self insofar as it is estranged from and even in rebellion against God. It is the self, separated from God's wisdom, God's liberating power, that is the self that must be distrusted: the same self that we put all of our confidence in prior to a fall. It is the self that we must mortify, that must die, so that Christ may live in us and we may be new men in Him.
Experience proves that acknowledged sinners are reformed with less difficulty than those who willfully hide themselves under the cloak of a false virtue. From this you can easily understand that the spiritual life does not consist in the practices enumerated above, if they are considered only in their outward appearance. It actually consists in knowing the infinite greatness and goodness of God, together with a true sense of our own weakness and tendency to evil, in loving God and hating ourselves, in humbling ourselves not only before Him, but, for His sake, before all men, in renouncing entirely our own will in order to follow His. It consists, finally, in doing all of this solely for the glory of His holy name, for only one purpose—to please Him, for only one motive—that He should be loved and served by all His creatures.
Lord, I am addicted to lust, I am enslaved to it, to the extent that I can not free myself.
Lord, I lack the power, and the wisdom to overcome my enslavement to lust.
Lord, I have coupled with the spirit of lust so long I can no longer tell what is me, and what is him.
Lord, I realize I will fall over, and over, and over again as long as I rely on my own strength, for as long as I pridefully tell myself there is another way to freedom than You.
Lord, I am powerless over lust and my life is a mess, my moral life is disgusting and embarrassing. I am ashamed of these acts Lord.
Lord, I pretend to be holy, but You know better, and so do those close to me.
Help me to realize my powerlessness Lord, help me to see my true condition, apart from your Presence, apart from your Grace.
Teach me Lord to know longer place all of my trust in self, help me place trust in You, and the people you have put into my life who can help me grow.
Lord, I am willing to go to any length to grow in chastity and purity of heart.
Lord, your heart is pure. I offer you my broken heart, my heart diseased by sin, that my heart may be Your Heart, that Your heart may reign in me.
Blessed Mother, your heart is purer than any other woman, I look to your pure heart whenever I call to mind a woman I want to lust after.
St. Joseph, Most Chaste, show me the way of solid virtue, may I imitate your sacrifice for Jesus and for Mary.
Scupoli, Dom Lorenzo. The Spiritual Combat and A Treatise on Peace of Soul (with Supplemental Reading: The Classics Made Simple: The Spiritual Combat) [Illustrated] (p. 6). TAN Books. Kindle Edition.


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Cayman Airport's Long-Standing Beacon Comes Down
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Cayman Airport's Long Standing Beacon Comes Down
As part of the next phase of continued improvements in operations and safety standards at the Airports, The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA), which operates the Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) and the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CKIA), will be removing the Airport's Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) off Walkers Road this weekend as it is no longer relevant or in use for aircraft navigation purposes.
The Non-Directional Beacon, which stands at 120 feet high, was commissioned in January 2005 and served as a flight navigational aid used by aircraft to navigate to Owen Roberts International Airport. It replaced the Airport's original beacon that was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
In 2016, the Non-Directional Beacon was switched off and replaced by Satellite-based navigation aids to navigate aircraft. Satellite-based navigation allows for a more efficient use of the airspace within the region, and aircraft can fly a more direct route reducing flight times and fuel consumption.


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Nelson José Hubner Moreira (Lajinha, 1954) es un ingeniero y político brasileño.

Fue ministro interino de Minas y Energía en el gobierno de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, de 24 de mayo de 2007 al 21 de enero de 2008.

Fue actual director-general de la Agencia Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ANEEL), cargo que asumió el 13 de marzo de 2009, después de la aprobación por el Senado Federal en enero del mismo año.

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TOP 2021 RUNNING BACK RECRUITS
Top 2021 Running Back recruits at College Football Today features a new column on our rankings document with recruits "Hudl highlight's" attached for viewing. Click on "Hudl" to view each Top 2021 recruits highlight's and see why they were selected as top 2021 football recruits at College Football Today.
Updated June 29th at 2:56 PM Central (No new recruits)
Top 2021 RB recruits at College Football Today features Mar'Kiese Irving out of Hillcrest HS (IL). He bedazzled us on his first run of his highlight's below, as this was the 2021 HS football run of the year in our opinion. The run is simply reminded us of NFL Hall Of Fame Running Back Barry Sanders!
2021 RB RECRUIT
2021 RB recruit Antwain Littleton is by far the most intriguing recruit in the world of College Football Today. Standing at 6'0,265 pounds, Antwain recently was clocked running a 4.6,40 yard dash in which can visibly be seen in his game tape below. He is by far one of the scariest recruits ever to come out of the backfield for opposing defenses and could redefine the running back position moving forward in the world of College Football Today. As a South Jersey native, I remember Overbrook's Ron Dayne, who currently is first all time in NCAA rushing yards for a entire career with 7,125 yards (second without including bowl games to Donnell Pumphrey). Ron Dayne was 5'10,250LBS and enjoyed a tremendous run at the University of Wisconsin. Dayne was selected in the 1st round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the New York Giants and finished his NFL career with nearly 4,000 yards rushing. Scout Trout note - Ron Dayne was 270LBs coming out of Overbrook High School.
"His football role was expected to change when he reached college. At 270 pounds out of high school, many felt that he was too big to be a tailback and believed he would be best suited as a fullback. Eventually, coach Barry Alvarez promised Dayne a tailback position and persuaded him to come to play for the University of Wisconsin." - Wiki
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Epson to host its third annual Digital Couture event
The event will showcase the design capabilities through the featured collections of designers from North and Latin America.
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Built around the theme Textile Stories, 13 design teams from North and Latin America will leverage Epson's world-class textile printing solutions in a fashion presentation, showcasing the design possibilities fuelled with its advanced digital imaging technology.
"In the high-fashion business, nothing stands still. The designer's vision is constantly advancing, ultimately creating and driving fashion trends that change how we look and feel," said Keith Kratzberg, president and CEO, Epson America. "Our goal with the Digital Couture event is to spotlight the power and potential that digital printing technology plays in the apparel industry. From haute couture to sports team apparel, Epson technology gives designers and apparel manufacturers the digital platform necessary to launch the next great design."
Kicking-off the Technology Showcase portion of the Digital Couture Project, Epson's global president, Minoru Usui, will outline Epson's continued vision for the role that digital technology will play in fashion.
A panel of fashion and apparel industry experts, moderated by Anthony Cenname, vice president and publisher at WSJ. Magazine, will discuss market trends and technology's role in fashion.
Digital Couture Project
The 2017 Digital Couture Project event will also serve as the official introduction of the Robustelli-Epson brand to the international fashion community. In June 2016, Epson acquired Italian textile printer manufacturer Robustelli, a renowned textile printer manufacturer and long-time partner, and will showcase for the first time, an array of high-quality Robustelli-Epson textile samples during the event.
According to the company, entry of Robustelli into the Epson Group allows it to leverage Epson's manufacturing capability to bring the advantages of its digital inkjet textile printers to more customers around the world.
"New technologies from Epson are allowing designers to push the boundaries of colour and quality while simultaneously giving creative teams incredible versatility and productivity. With the market for worldwide digital textile printing expected to grow annually at almost 25%, this is a very exciting opportunity," added Keith Kratzberg.
At the Digital Couture Project event, each designer or design team will tell a story through their collection via textiles created with Epson dye-sublimation and direct-to-fabric printing technology. The third annual Epson Digital Couture Project event will showcase the design capabilities through the 13 featured collections of designers from North and Latin America.
"For the third year in a row, the Epson Digital Couture event showcases how digital textile printing helps designers expand their vision for creativity without limits," said Agustin Chacon, Epson America's vice president of international marketing.
"The future of fashion and technology is in the process of being shaped, and we are excited to be at the forefront of the industry – providing designers with printing solutions that offer a host of new and exciting opportunities."
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Jewish communities in the European Union
The Jewish population in the EU has been diminishing in recent decades, and has witnessed an increase in acts of anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish violence in recent years. In defence of its values, including respect for minorities, the EU undertakes and funds actions to counter anti-Semitism. This is a further updated version of an 'at a glance' note published in January 2019.
Kort overzicht pdf
Ruimte van vrijheid, veiligheid en recht
Genderkwesties, gelijkheid en diversiteit
Magdalena PASIKOWSKA-SCHNASS
misdaadbestrijding
Verdrag betreffende de Europese Unie
jood
EP-resolutie
Handvest van de grondrechten van de Europese Unie
Bureau van de Europese Unie voor de grondrechten
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Roma and Sinti Holocaust
On 27 January 1945, the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. Held on this date since 2002, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a solemn occasion to commemorate the Jewish, Roma and Sinti victims of Nazi terror. The Roma and Sinti Holocaust is still largely unknown to the public.
The European Union and Holocaust remembrance
The term Holocaust refers to the mass murder of 6 million European Jews, Roma and other persecuted groups, whom the Nazi regime and its collaborators sought to annihilate. The expropriation, state-sponsored discrimination and persecution of the Jews by the Nazi regime began in 1933, followed by pogroms and their mass incarceration in concentration camps. Ultimately, this policy was extended to all Nazi-controlled European territories and countries during World War II, culminating in mass summary ...
The term Holocaust refers to the mass murder of 6 million European Jews, Roma and other persecuted groups, whom the Nazi regime and its collaborators sought to annihilate. The expropriation, state-sponsored discrimination and persecution of the Jews by the Nazi regime began in 1933, followed by pogroms and their mass incarceration in concentration camps. Ultimately, this policy was extended to all Nazi-controlled European territories and countries during World War II, culminating in mass summary executions ('Holocaust by Bullets') and extermination in death camps. The perpetrators were prosecuted at the Nuremberg trials in 1945-1946; however, the tribunal preferred to indict them on charges of crimes against humanity rather than genocide. It was not until 2005, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz that a United Nations resolution designated 27 January the day for international commemoration of the Holocaust, to be known as 'International Holocaust Remembrance Day'. In the European Union, numerous programmes seek to preserve the memory of these tragic events in the history of the continent. Since 1995, the European Parliament has adopted resolutions drawing attention to the obligation to remember not only through commemorations but also through education. In November 2018, the EU became a permanent international partner of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). This is a further updated version of a briefing from January 2018.
Philippe PERCHOC
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collectief geheugen
vrijheid van godsdienst
herdenkingsplechtigheid
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International Year of Indigenous Languages – Sami people and languages in the EU
Indigenous languages are the essence of indigenous peoples' culture and traditions. They constitute the majority of the almost 7 000 languages spoken all over the world, yet, tragically, almost half of them are threatened with extinction. The loss of an indigenous language results in the loss of culture, tradition and ancestral knowledge, mainly botanical, gathered throughout the ages by those who speak it, resulting also in the loss of biodiversity. In light of this, the UN General Assembly declared ...
Indigenous languages are the essence of indigenous peoples' culture and traditions. They constitute the majority of the almost 7 000 languages spoken all over the world, yet, tragically, almost half of them are threatened with extinction. The loss of an indigenous language results in the loss of culture, tradition and ancestral knowledge, mainly botanical, gathered throughout the ages by those who speak it, resulting also in the loss of biodiversity. In light of this, the UN General Assembly declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Access to cultural life for people with disabilities
Despite the additional barriers they face, artists with disabilities make a creative contribution to cultural life. People with disabilities should also have equal access to works of art and be able to enjoy cultural life on a par with all citizens. The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities entered into force in 2011. It enshrined, among other rights, the right of people with disabilities to access cultural venues such as theatres, cinemas and museums, and to enjoy ...
Despite the additional barriers they face, artists with disabilities make a creative contribution to cultural life. People with disabilities should also have equal access to works of art and be able to enjoy cultural life on a par with all citizens. The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities entered into force in 2011. It enshrined, among other rights, the right of people with disabilities to access cultural venues such as theatres, cinemas and museums, and to enjoy cultural materials, books, films and music in an accessible format. It also highlighted the right of people with disabilities to participate in cultural life as both amateur and professional artists. The European Union, party to the Convention, is committed to working on legislation, and implementing and promoting programmes and actions in favour of these rights. The EU disability strategy is a step in this direction. It also covers the cultural rights of 80 million people with disabilities in the EU. According to a public consultation on disability issues carried out in accordance with the recommendations of experts from the Member States working on access to culture, such access is an important area that the EU should address. Various EU funds contribute financially to research and innovation, cultural and infrastructure projects, and programmes promoting the right to cultural life of people with disabilities within this framework. In October 2018, the EU also ratified the Marrakesh Treaty, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization, to facilitate access to published works for people who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled. The EU effectively became a party to the treaty as of 1 January 2019, committing to set mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired, and otherwise print disabled. The European Parliament and its Disability Intergroup, established in 1980, promote the rights, including the cultural rights, of people with disabilities.
European Capitals of Culture: In search of the perfect cultural event
Between 1985 and 2019, 60 cities have held the title of European Capital of Culture – most recently Matera in Italy and Plovdiv in Bulgaria in 2019. Initiated in 1983, by Greece's then Minister of Culture, Melina Mercouri, the concept took shape two years later as an inter-governmental initiative under the name of the 'European City of Culture'. The success of the event was such that in 1999, the Council of the EU transformed it into a Community action, and created a more transparent rotational system ...
Between 1985 and 2019, 60 cities have held the title of European Capital of Culture – most recently Matera in Italy and Plovdiv in Bulgaria in 2019. Initiated in 1983, by Greece's then Minister of Culture, Melina Mercouri, the concept took shape two years later as an inter-governmental initiative under the name of the 'European City of Culture'. The success of the event was such that in 1999, the Council of the EU transformed it into a Community action, and created a more transparent rotational system for the designation of the titleholder. The selection procedure – last modified in 2014 – places particular focus on the monitoring of proposals, the enhanced European dimension of projects, improved competition between candidate cities, and the redefinition of the selection panel role. As more and more cities enter the European Capitals of Culture race, substantial sums of money are being spent, including on the bidding process. While in the early years of the programme (1985 1994) the average operating budget was around €25 million per city, this amount has more than doubled to reach some €60 million per city for the period 2007-2017. With rising budgets, there is also increased scrutiny of cities, national governments and the EU, as to the wider benefits in terms of the cultural development, social cohesion and city image that most bids promise. This, in turn, has led to more frequent and sophisticated monitoring and evaluation of the whole process, both by the European Commission and by the host cities themselves. The symbolic celebration of European cultural identities is however closely tied to the economic success of the operation. According to experts, over time a number of conflicts and tensions have become apparent due to the multiple and sometimes contradictory objectives of the event, e.g. economic and cultural, to name just two. Additional criticism includes failure to enable local ownership, difficulty in overcoming social divides and exhaustion of local resources. Notwithstanding that, ex-post evaluations of the event show that in general it boosts economic growth and tourism, helps build a sense of community and contributes to urban regeneration.
Ivana KATSAROVA
De bibliotheek Solvay, de toekomstige "bibliotheek van Europa"
Op initiatief van het Europees Parlement gaat de oude bibliotheek Solvay weer haar oorspronkelijke functie van cultureel hart van Europa vervullen. De bibliotheek van het sociologisch instituut van Brussel, opgericht door de Belgische industrieel Ernest Solvay, was karakteristiek voor haar tijd door haar architectuur en haar originele indeling. Zij werd in 1902 opgezet als onderzoekslaboratorium voor de sociale wetenschappen en was al gauw het middelpunt van een internationaal documentatienetwerk ...
Op initiatief van het Europees Parlement gaat de oude bibliotheek Solvay weer haar oorspronkelijke functie van cultureel hart van Europa vervullen. De bibliotheek van het sociologisch instituut van Brussel, opgericht door de Belgische industrieel Ernest Solvay, was karakteristiek voor haar tijd door haar architectuur en haar originele indeling. Zij werd in 1902 opgezet als onderzoekslaboratorium voor de sociale wetenschappen en was al gauw het middelpunt van een internationaal documentatienetwerk op basis van een nieuw classificatiesysteem voor wetenschappelijke boeken en tijdschriften. Het gebouw dat nu in oorspronkelijke staat is gerestaureerd en de monumentenstatus heeft gekregen zal door een overeenkomst tussen het Europees Parlement en de Belgische autoriteiten worden opengesteld voor het publiek om zijn oorspronkelijke functie weer te vervullen.
ETIENNE DESCHAMPS
Creative Europe programme 2021-2027
Having considered the possibility of merging the Creative Europe programme with other programmes supporting European values, rights and justice, the European Commission has decided to continue the Creative Europe programme as a stand-alone programme, increasing its budget by 17 %. The only programme focusing exclusively on cultural and creative activities and enterprises, it falls under the 'Cohesion and values' heading of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework. The existing programme focuses ...
Having considered the possibility of merging the Creative Europe programme with other programmes supporting European values, rights and justice, the European Commission has decided to continue the Creative Europe programme as a stand-alone programme, increasing its budget by 17 %. The only programme focusing exclusively on cultural and creative activities and enterprises, it falls under the 'Cohesion and values' heading of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework. The existing programme focuses on the economic dimension of the cultural sector and its contribution to job creation and economic growth. Some stakeholders have voiced concern at taking such a strongly economic approach to culture. Under proposed programme, the economic dimension is one axis alongside the social dimension, and culture's contribution to international relations. The proposed framework for cultural policy therefore highlights not only the economic dimension of the cultural and creative sectors, but also the role of culture in social cohesion and its relation to creative and artistic freedom and diversity, and freedom and plurality of media. Both Parliament and Council have agreed positions on the proposal, and trilogue negotiations started in autumn 2019 with a view to finding agreement before Council's first reading. Third edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure.
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audiovisuele productie
pluralisme in de media
artistieke schepping
audiovisuele industrie
cultuurindustrie
culturele verscheidenheid
EU-programma
culturele samenwerking
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Cultural heritage in EU discourse and in the Horizon 2020 programme
The EU recognises its Member States' collective cultural heritage both as a European legacy and as a contributor to EU growth and development. That is why, the Horizon 2020 programme was singled out as one of the 'new generation of EU instruments' to safeguard and enhance the EU's cultural heritage. Between 2014 and early 2019, €495 million was invested in Horizon 2020 research actions related to the EU's cultural heritage to achieve this goal, and experts recognise programme's achievements. The ...
The EU recognises its Member States' collective cultural heritage both as a European legacy and as a contributor to EU growth and development. That is why, the Horizon 2020 programme was singled out as one of the 'new generation of EU instruments' to safeguard and enhance the EU's cultural heritage. Between 2014 and early 2019, €495 million was invested in Horizon 2020 research actions related to the EU's cultural heritage to achieve this goal, and experts recognise programme's achievements. The new 2021-2027 Horizon Europe programme should continue and enhance its support as well as contribute to keeping the legacy of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage.
Onderzoeksbeleid
Beoordeling van wetgeving en beleid in de praktijk
Buitenlandse zaken
Anna ZYGIEREWICZ
The Vice President-designate, Margaritis Schinas, appeared before the European Parliament on 03 October 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Culture and Education, Employment and Social Affairs. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission ...
The Vice President-designate, Margaritis Schinas, appeared before the European Parliament on 03 October 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Culture and Education, Employment and Social Affairs. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including: - Skills, education and integration; - Finding common ground on migration; and - Security Union.
EU-democratie, institutioneel en parlementair recht
Toekomstplanning
Sociaal beleid
Veiligheid en defensie
PIERRE MARIE HERIARD
Katarzyna Anna ISKRA
INA SOKOLSKA
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PETER GRIMES (Title Role)
Opéra National de Paris – Bastille
"The American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey made one of the truly remarkable debuts here in the title role. While his voice doesn't quite have the amplitude of Ben Heppner (who did the part here in 2001), Griffey's vocal qualities wed perfectly with those needed by Grimes."
Jacques Doucelin, Le Figaro, January 30, 2004
"The ensemble of singers was uniformly excellent, but Anthony Dean Griffey stood out from the rest with his beautifully nuanced performance."
Assia Rabinowitz, Le Figaro, January 27, 2004
Bruckner – TE DEUM
"Anthony Dean Griffey sang with majesty and authority."
Alex Russell, musicweb.uk.net, November 2003
OF MICE AND MEN (Lennie Small)
New York City Opera
"It's impossible to imagine a more affecting and nuanced portrayal of the slow-witted, itinerant ranch-hand Lennie than that offered by tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. Griffey, who first mesmerized audiences in the role five years ago, wholly embodied Lennie's curious character – from his hunched shoulders, shuffling gait and fidgeting hands to the sudden shifts of expression on his often-bewildered face. Griffey's Lennie was so utterly unaware of his strength and unaccountable for his actions that even Steinbeck would have been impressed. The emotional intensity of Griffey's dramatic performance was coupled with an equally expressive vocal reading. His lithe lyric tenor was tender in its high notes and impassioned in the lower register, all the while possessing the perfect degree of stylistic simplicity for the role."
Stacey Kors, Newsday (New York), October 17, 2003
THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK (Title role)
Glimmerglass Opera
"Best of all, Anthony Dean Griffey as Schweik gently but firmly commands the stage every minute, both through the appealing emotional tug of his plangent tenor and the wide-eyed, lovably
innocent character he creates."
Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine, August 25, 2003
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Mitch)
"What is undeniable is that Fleming and Gilfry put over this appealing music magnificently, as do Janice Watson and Anthony Dean Griffey."
Richard Morrison, The Times (London), June 26, 2003
"Anthony Dean Griffey was moving and slightly disturbing as Mitch, starting out with Oliver Hardy-bumptiousness and ending in confused rage and frustration. Somehow, the beauty of his voice made his roughness all the more poignant rather than deracinating it."
H.E. Elsom, ConcertoNet.com, June 25, 2003
Florentine Opera
"Anthony Dean Griffey, as Lennie, led the strong cast. This tenor combines power, clarity and beauty from top to bottom. Griffey's effortless, float-away tenor was an apt foil for the weighty, burly bass
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Tom Strini, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 9, 2003
Recital – North Carolina
Highpoint Community Concert Association
"Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey and pianist Warren Jones are at the pinnacle of success in the world of classical music; they returned to their North Carolina home for a concert Friday night." "One of Griffey's gifts is a magnificent stage presence; this was evident throughout the evening. His vocal ability is top?notch. Beautiful phrasing, gorgeous tone, especially in the middle register, and the ability to sing dramatically and tenderly in the same phrase is evidence of his artistry. Another great strength is his ability to genuinely convey heartfelt emotion. His English diction is splendid; one hardly needed the printed texts."
Tim Lindeman, News & Record (Greensboro, NC), January 12, 2003
Britten – SERENADE FOR TENOR AND HORN
Pittsburgh Symphony
"Griffey, known for roles in opera's A Streetcar Named Desire and Of Mice and Men, proved himself adept at orchestral song. With sharp diction, clear projection and tender expressing of the words, he illuminated the poems by such luminaries as Johnson, Tennyson, Blake and Keats. This truly is a masterful composition. I am not fond of everything Britten writes, but this work, written originally for Peter Pears, tenor, and Dennis Brain, horn, is alone certainly worth the trip to hear."
Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 7, 2002
Recital – New York, NY
As Guest Artist for David Daniels, Carnegie Hall
"His [David Daniel's] performance of Benjamin Britten's 'Abraham and Isaac,' for which he was joined by the wonderfully sincere tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, was a never-to-be-forgotten occasion, with Martin Katz playing piano as though the composer himself were turning his pages."
Terry Teachout, The Washington Post, December 2, 2002
"In one point of departure from the recital norm, Mr. Daniels brought theatrical drama, and another singer, onto the stage: Anthony Dean Griffey, the tenor, joined him and his accompanist, Martin Katz, in Britten's Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac. It was an inspired choice: the piece was lovely, and both singers performed it outstandingly, starting in the pitch-black auditorium, their backs to the audience, joining in the harmonies Britten used to limn the voice of God. Mr. Griffey was a powerful, satisfying Abraham, and Isaac's music, written for the darker-toned mezzo Kathleen Ferrier, seemed to fit Mr. Daniels like a glove."
Anne Midgette, The New York Times, November 28, 2002
Elgar – THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
"Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, in the role of Gerontius, was magnificent, singing raptly, sweetly, with impeccable diction, hitting the high notes squarely in their center with a sense of clarion endeavor rather than human strain."
Tim Page, The Washington Post, November 5, 2002
"The soloists were uncommonly good and well-matched to their roles. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, a last-minute substitute for the ailing Stanford Olsen, stepped in seamlessly. He proved startlingly effective in the dual roles of the dying old man Gerontius, and later his questing soul. Mr. Griffey's diction was impeccable, his grasp of the role profound."
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root

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joyce# cp /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2e_1/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib .
cp: ./libssl.1.0.0.dylib: Operation not permitted
joyce# ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2e_1/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib .
ln: ./libssl.1.0.0.dylib: Operation not permitted
joyce# touch blah
touch: blah: Operation not permitted

Any idea how can I write to /usr/lib as root?

A: /usr/lib is protected by SIP. Even if this wouldn't be the case, it's not the best idea to put your own stuff there as any system upgrade can wipe it.
The better place to store such stuff (or link to it) is /usr/local/lib. You may need to pass appropriate flags to the linker then (or you point it directly to the Cellar folder).

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Formal Name: Republic of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Respublikasy).
Short Form: Kazakhstan.
Term for Citizen(s): Kazakhstani(s).
Capital: Astana (formerly Aqmola) became the official capital of Kazakhstan in 1997, succeeding Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata) and moving the national government from the far southeast to the industrial north.
Other Major Cities: Almaty, Karaganda, Öskemen, Pavlodar, Shymkent, and Taraz.
Independence: The recognized date of independence is December 16, 1991, when the Republic of Kazakhstan split from the Soviet Union.
Public Holidays: The national holiday is October 25, Republic Day. Other holidays are International Women's Day (March 8), Novruz (spring equinox, March 21–22), Unification Day (May 1), Victory Day (May 9), Constitution Day (August 30), and Independence Day (December 16). Russian Orthodox citizens celebrate Christmas on January 7.
Until the arrival of the Russians in the eighteenth century, the history of Kazakhstan was determined by the movements, conflicts, and alliances of Turkic and Mongol tribes. The Kazakhs' nomadic tribal society suffered increasingly frequent incursions by the Russian Empire, ultimately being included in that empire and the Soviet Union that followed it. The earliest states in the region were the Turkic Kaganate, established in the sixth century, and a state established by the Qarluq confederation in the eighth century. Islam was introduced by Arabs who entered Kazakh territory in the eighth and ninth centuries. Between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, the dominant states of the region were those of the Qarakhanids and the Karakitai. In the early thirteenth century, the latter group was conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan.
During centuries of Mongol rule, the territory of Kazakhstan broke up into several major groups known as khanates. The first leader of the Kazakhs was Khan Kasym, who ruled in the early sixteenth century. After having expanded significantly, the Kazakhs split into three groups,
called the Great Horde, the Middle Horde, and the Lesser Horde. In the eighteenth century, Russian traders advanced from the north, catching the hordes between them and Kalmyk invaders from the east. When the Great Horde was forced to accept Russian protection in the 1820s, all of the Kazakh groups had come under Russian control, and the decay of the nomadic culture accelerated. Uprisings against Russian rule began in the 1830s (under the national hero Khan Kene) and continued sporadically through the so-called Basmachi Rebellion of the 1920s.
Beginning in the nineteenth century, Kazakhstan suffered from waves of large-scale implantation of Russians, including the agricultural settlements of Tsar Nicholas II's Minister of Interior Pyotr Stolypin, the Virgin Lands project of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (in power 1953–64) in the 1950s, and the relocation of Soviet industry to Kazakhstan in the 1960s and 1970s. Soviet leader Joseph V. Stalin (in power 1927–53) also forcibly resettled other ethnic groups in Kazakhstan.
Soviet agricultural policy was especially harmful to indigenous people and their economy. As the Soviet Union began to deteriorate in the 1980s, Kazakh nationalism grew under Communist Party leader Dinmukhamed Kunayev. Nursultan Nazarbayev, the last leader of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and an advocate of maintaining a union of Soviet republics with increased autonomy, became president of an independent Kazakhstan when the Soviet Union split apart in 1991.
In the post-Soviet era, Kazakhstan remained closely tied to Russia by energy supply lines, national defense, and the importance of Russian technologists in Kazakhstan's economy, but Nazarbayev also sought closer relations with the West. Beginning in the 1990s, the discovery of major new oil fields and subsequent international investment enabled Kazakhstan's economy to pull far ahead of its Central Asian neighbors. Since his first election in 1991, Nazarbayev has maintained firm control of Kazakhstan's political and economic policy, removing all potential political rivals, including four prime ministers. A new constitution ratified in 1995 significantly expanded presidential power. After canceling the 1996 presidential election, in 1999 Nazarbayev easily won an election that received international criticism. However, by the mid-1990s the ruling elite already had begun to show signs of factionalism. Beginning in 1999, a series of corruption scandals arose, and frequent changes of government disrupted economic policy. In 2002 the government arrested the leaders of the top opposition group, the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK), and pressured the media to stop critical reporting. In 2004 corruption allegations against the Nazarbayev regime intensified as a U.S. oil executive was indicted on charges of bribing representatives of the Kazakhstan government. In 2004 and early 2005, a series of restrictions on opposition parties, including the liquidation of the DVK, brought accusations of a political crackdown in advance of the 2006 presidential election. The government advanced the election date by one year to December 2005, when Nazarbayev gained 91 percent of the vote in what international observers called an unfair election. In February 2006, Altynbek Sarsenbayev became the second major opposition leader in four months to suffer a violent death, prompting street protests. Nevertheless, Kazakhstan's international diplomatic and economic positions continued to advance in 2006, despite domestic oppression, as the oil and natural gas extraction of Western oil companies in Kazakhstan increased substantially and Kazakhstan continued to support antiterrorism campaigns in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Location: Kazakhstan is located in the center of the continent of Asia, with a coastline only on the landlocked Caspian Sea. Russia forms its entire northern border.
Size: At 2,717,000 square kilometers, Kazakhstan's area is about four times that of Texas, making Kazakhstan the ninth largest nation in the world. Some 47,500 kilometers of the total area is occupied by bodies of water.
Land Boundaries: Kazakhstan has common borders with the following countries: China (1,533 kilometers), Kyrgyzstan (1,051 kilometers), Russia (6,846 kilometers), Turkmenistan (379 kilometers), and Uzbekistan (2,203 kilometers).
Length of Coastline: Kazakhstan's only coastline runs 1,894 kilometers along the landlocked Caspian Sea.
Maritime Claims: Jurisdiction over oil, natural gas, and other resources in the Caspian Sea is in dispute with other littoral states.
Land Use: In 2005 some 8.3 percent of land was rated as arable, a reduction from the 1998 estimate of 11.2 percent. Less than 0.1 percent of that land was under permanent crops. About 4.8 percent is forest and woodland. The remainder is pastureland, meadows, desert, and mountains. In 2003 irrigated land totaled an estimated 35,560 square kilometers.
Time Zones: Kazakhstan has three time zones, which are, respectively, five, six, and seven hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Languages: Kazakh and Russian are official languages for commercial purposes. Kazakh, spoken by 64.4 percent of the population, is the official "state" language, and Russian, spoken by 5 percent of the population, is designated as the "language of interethnic communication. In 2006 President Nazarbayev proposed that Kazakhstan switch from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet.
Religion: Some 47 percent of Kazakhs are Muslim, primarily Sunni Muslims; 44 percent are Russian Orthodox, and 2 percent are Protestant. Because the Muslims of Kazakhstan developed their religion in isolation from the rest of the Islamic world, there are significant differences from conventional Sunni and Shia practices. For example, the teachings of the Quran are much less central to the Kazakh version of Islam than in other parts of the Muslim world.
Health: In principle, health care is free.
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Solar system. Author: Mike Weber. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic
January 29 (Renewables Now) - Hong Kong-based independent solar power producer (IPP) Sky Solar Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:SKYS) has replaced its finance head, Sanjay Shrestha, who only acted as such for about six months.
Sky Solar said in a press release that Shrestha has been terminated from his position as chief financial officer and that this role will now be assumed with immediate effect by Julie Zhu. The company did not give a reason for the change.
Shrestha took the CFO position in August 2018, when Andrew Wang left the company to pursue other opportunities.
Sky Solar develops, owns and operates solar parks. As of end-June 2018, it had 203.5 MW of such facilities in its portfolio. The company closed the first half of 2018 with a net profit of USD 8.2 million (EUR 7.2m), up from USD 5.2 million a year back.
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No one ever grows up truly believing that they will be in a position to parent their parent. Sure, we all know we're going to become elderly one day, and we all know that we're going to see our parents get there before we do. The thing is, no one really thinks of their parents as anything less than strong, independent and happy people. So, to see them frail, scared and full of confusion in a body that no longer allows them to move in the way that they are used to, it can be very difficult. You expect to be the child your entire life, but then a day comes where your parents need to depend on you more than you ever thought possible.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing; after all, these are the people who spoon fed you, taught you to walk, gave you a way to find your purpose in life with the occasional nudge every now and then. These are the people who raised you, so there's a sense of 'owing' them that care and attention at the last hurdles of their life in the same way that they cared for you at the beginning of yours. It's an emotionally complex thing, to be the person looking after their parent, and when you're the carer the feelings that you will have can be diverse and span from sadness to euphoria and back again.
Move toward acceptance that things have changed as soon as you are able. Your parent is now depending on you when for your whole life, you've depended on them. This has caused a massive shift where your old roles, methodologies and emotions may no longer apply. A whole new chapter to the story has been written and you have to play it out.
Go as slowly as possible. You are taking care of someone, which is a marathon and not a sprint. It's not something that you can rush and you are all in a space in life you didn't anticipate. How you handle it will come in time, but you have to allow it all to unfold the way that it's going to and you can't force things to move faster. Taking care of your parent is going to break your heart, especially in cases of dementia. You need to go at their pace - it's scary for them, too.
Emotionally checking out is going to happen for your parents. Not only are you going to hear things from them about their personal lives and their past, you're going to be in a position that they may not know who you are. Either side is going to be hard to hear, but you have to be steady and patient, listening to the words they're telling you. Some of it may come in words of love, telling you that they love you and want the world for you. The rest could come in words that are painful to hear, because they don't remember you and they don't recognise you. Always have zero expectations when it comes to their emotions; you'll thank yourself later.
Expect your parent to lash out. Dementia is a confusing thing for you to cope with, so imagine how hard it must be for them. When you step into the shoes of their carer, you're going to be essentially taking the one thing that they crave away from them: independence. They also won't have authority over you anymore, and that's not an easy thing to lose, either. Lashing out at you just means that they are lashing out about their loss, and you have to absorb it. Remind yourself that this is a process.
The one thing that you should always do when you're in a position of a carer, is to give options and not orders. They need to feel as if they are in control and running their lives, even if they're not technically in charge anymore. They need to make the decisions about their situation as much as possible, and you can guide those decisions without making them feel like they're losing control.
Ask your parent for advice if you want to show them the same level of respect and love you've always had. This confirms to them that their opinion is still valid and their reply is still going to be valuable for you.
Love the care staff. When you are in a position of being a carer, you could choose to move your parent from their own house into a specialist home that can cope with their degeneration. It doesn't matter who looks after your parent and in which capacity, you need to show everyone your appreciation. You are all working closely together and these are the people that are going to be stepping into your shoes when you have to keep going with your own life or you need a break. It's worth learning the names of everyone who cares for your parent, too. It's polite.
Being a carer to your parent isn't the norm; it's not what you would ever have expected to deal with. However, this is where you are and all you can do is your very best. Remember, your parent is still a person who has had a life and has memories. You're also still a person who needs support, so take it where you can get it and roll with what's to come. It's the best way forward.


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On January 25, 2023 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, Review1 Comment
Cave Dwellers
Officially, this was the second movie in the Ator series of Conan the Barbarian knock offs. But it's as "Cave Dwellers" that it leapt into my heart as the greatest Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode I have watched. The small and sus company known as Film Ventures International took a questionable strategy of getting the rights to show clips from movies, changing the titles and credits, then calling the rest of the movie a "clip" for legal reasons. It only worked because they were small.
Anyway, the film started with an extremely blurry clip from a 1960s Italian Tarzan knockoff in its bootleg credits, and then only got crazier from there, following up with an action-packed climax featuring a hang glider and concluding with nuclear bomb footage(!). Joel and the robots excelled, especially because this is the kind of mock where the movie itself has enough great material to build on (for instance, it's hard to do that much with a stilted, no-budget 50s movie).
Yeah. This is my favorite Mystery Science Theater episode of all time. It's amazing, and the movie it's mocking is amazingly bad.
A Thousand Words: Armoured Commander II
On January 10, 2023 By coilerxiiIn ReviewLeave a comment
Armoured Commander II
Surrounded by all kinds of danger, a threat can come out of nowhere and kill you. This describes war, but it also describes roguelikes, the kind of deliberately unfair randomized video games that have occupied a niche for decades. Naturally, someone had the great idea to combine them. The result was the Armoured Commander series, with the second installment being the subject of this review.
You are a tank in World War II. You can command just about any kind of tank in any campaign at any point during the war. Try and survive in a world of ASCII graphics and constant threats. The deliberately ultra-retro UI gives the game a bit of a learning curve, but I didn't consider it too hard. A more intentional "issue" is that you get what you want. I learned the hard way that a Renault FT means you're slow, you're weak, you're inaccurate, and the commander has to do a ridiculous amount of multitasking.
This is an excellent game for anyone who likes roguelikes and/or tanks.
A Thousand Words: Electric Football
On December 19, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
Electric Football
As Christmas approaches, it's important to acknowledge a rite of passage every American child has faced. Getting an electric football set and only using it once. I remember getting an electric football set, thinking the players were actually programmable (ha!), watching them shake downfield once after turning the game on, and never touching it again.
The creation of Norman Sas and Tudor Games shortly after WWII, electric football involves a vibrating board to move its players. When the NFL expanded massively in popularity, electric football gained the official license, becoming the Madden of its day. If Madden was programmed in two days by people who couldn't make the cut at Game Freak or Bethesda.
Now electric football is both technically improved and far less popular because, you know, video games exist. But it was and still is a thing.
A Thousand Words: Billy The Kid VS Dracula
On November 4, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
Billy The Kid VS Dracula
When I saw the title of the 1966 film Billy The Kid vs. Dracula, I knew I had to watch it. With a name like that, you know you're in for something special. And this indeed was something very special. A vampire Western that hits every single cliche of both genres, the story is that Billy The Kid has reformed (!) and aims for a new peaceful life, but his fiancee is threated by Dracula.
Actually, there's one point in which the movie is surprisingly progressive for its time: The inevitable Native American attack on the stagecoach is explicit as only happening because Dracula killed one of the previously stated as friendly ones and blamed it on the other passengers. Apart from that, it differs in how stupid and clueless everyone, including female lead Melinda Plowman, is. I was rooting for the vampire, especially because John Carradine (David's father) delivers one of the few good performances as the monster.
This is very much a B-movie with B-movie problems, but its pure weirdness means it's worth a watch.
A Thousand Words: Scanners
On October 23, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
The 1981 David Cronenberg film Scanners, about people with psychic powers, is a perfect movie to review in October. It's also an underappreciated movie. See, it has Cronenberg's trademark twisted body horror done in a way that's suspenseful and not overexaggerated. It also manages to be excellently paced and creepy.
However, most people only know Scanners for the scene where a man's head explodes. While that is well-done, there's so much more to the movie than that. It's well worth a watch.
A Thousand Words: SpringSharp
SpringSharp
Want to design a physically capable steam-age (1850-1950) warship? Then Springsharp is the game/program for you! Designing anything from coast defense ironclads with low freeboard to ridiculous twenty turret monsters, it works very well for any alternate shipbuilder.
Some caveats are in order. First, it's just a weight simulator. This is why it doesn't really work for volume-dependent missile age ships. Second, it works better for large (by the standards of the time) ships than small ones. Third, you have to know the basics of naval design and ship dimensions to really put in the right numbers for a viable ship.
But with this in mind, it's an excellent simulation that can create the fleets of your dreams.
A Thousand Words: Airport
On August 25, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
Airport: The Movie
I was not exactly the fondest of the original novel Airport. So what did I think about the Burt Lancaster movie, which basically created the disaster genre? It was mixed, but I'm willing to give it a break based on its limitations. Having read the book first was not the best way to appreciate the movie, especially as it tracks the plot well. Too well.
First off, the cinematography is dated and clunky. This isn't the movie's fault, but it was one of the last "old fluffy Hollywood" movies, and it was made just before movies got more dynamic and more of an edge (the low body count in this compared to later disaster films is something.) But that's not really its fault.
What I do think is its fault is trying to cram too many subplots from the book into an inherently shorter movie. A looser adaptation would have been preferable, especially because the book is not very movie friendly. It has too much overhang of "look inside an airport" and less focus on the main "a plane is in danger" plot.
Thankfully, the cast and crew are undeniably talented, and they do the best within these limitations. It's easy to see why it made so many imitators, and at the time, it would have been seen rightfully as a giant spectacle.
A Thousand Words: Snakes On A Plane
On August 3, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
One of the first "internet meme movies", the Samuel L. Jackson epic Snakes On A Plane has a title that, like The Death Of Stalin, describes the movie perfectly. As part of a convoluted scheme to eliminate a murder witness, a crate full of crazed snakes are set loose in a 747 flying from Hawaii to Los Angeles. And that's basically the entire plot of the movie. This is not a character drama or deep film.
Thankfully, it is an enjoyable one. It's actually an heir to the 1970s disaster movies more than anything else, which got plenty ridiculous by themselves. Embracing the ridiculousness, it serves as a wonderfully stupid and crazy spectacle. You're not watching this for the sake of a good movie. You're watching this for the sake of a fun one. And it's very, very fun.
A Thousand Words: Noita
On July 6, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
Noita
A roguelike platformer based on Finnish mythology, Noita (Finnish for "mage" ) is a brilliant game of losing. You control a vague purple-robed wand-wielding adventurer and delve into one randomly generated cave after another, facing all sorts of threats and almost always getting killed.
The big gimmick of Noita, besides its huge array of customizations, is that every single part of the game world is destructible. So yes, with the right tools you can blast a tunnel down and avoid the monsters-in theory. In practice you'll probably just break open the entrance to a lava pit or something. This is not a fair game.
But it is a fun one, and it handles well. The player character has a limited levitation "jump" that handles a lot like the jetpack in the classic platformer Cave Story (that's unlikely to be a coincidence). It's very smooth and precise, and thus works beautifully. Obviously not everyone will play as story-light, unfair a game as Noita, but for what it is, it's incredible.
A Thousand Words: The Assassination of Trotsky
On June 4, 2022 By coilerxiiIn A Thousand Words, ReviewLeave a comment
The Assassination of Trotsky
Directed by Joseph Losey and starring Richard Burton as the title character, The Assassination of Trotsky is often placed on many "worst movies ever" lists. It is a well deserved placement. For this is a terrible, terrible movie. And it's deliberately terrible-it's not due to circumstances, but due to creative choices.
First off is Richard Burton's performance. His Trotsky looks like a cheap Colonel Sanders mascot and acts like that aging beatnik professor you had in college and loathed. You will learn absolutely nothing about the historical context from this film. In fact, the only way to make sense of the incoherent plotting is to assume that Losey thought the audience would already know everything historically relevant.
Second is the massive, massive padding. Since it doesn't take ninety minutes to have an ax hitting someone in the head (SPOILER ALERT!), Losey fills the movie with filler. This includes a scene involving rabbits being raised, a long gondola ride where Stalin's image appears in the water, and, worst of all, a long and gruesome bullfight scene. The only attempts at suspense involve dragging every scene out and playing minimalist music. This gets old after about, oh, two such scenes.
About the only sympathetic character is Romy Schneider's "Gita", who is as confused with the situation and disgusted with the bullfight as the audience is. Sadly, she cannot carry on her own, and is the subject of a padding scene as well.
This is a terrible, terrible mess that's almost so bad it's good. Almost.