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Message #81 of 173 May 4, 2019
David Weicker Producer
Nelson Au said: ↑
Jamaica Inn will be the last of the British titles for my project. I have to say so far this project has been interesting. I admit I wasn't too enthusiastic about the early British titles either since I had no idea what to expect, especially the silent titles. But for this project, my goal was to see each one in order. And I found that there are quite a lot of good ones that were enjoyable.
Did you skip Young And Innocent and The Lady Vanishes?
Nelson Au Executive Producer
Hi David. No, I didn't skip those two titles. I'm trying to keep a two film buffer so that I can make a post a week of each film I watch. The buffer is in case something happens and I can't see a film on schedule. So I'm actually about to watch Jamaica Inn. I'll post my thoughts on Young and Innocent this weekend. Then The Lady Vanishes next week. I have a story about the effort it took to watch Young and Innocent. No, it wasn't bad, it turned out well.
The US poster and title
Young and Innocent
83 minutes B&W
Nova Pilbeam: Erica Burgoyne
Derrick De Marney: Robert Tisdall
Percy Marmont: Colonel Burgoyne, Chief Constable
Edward Rigby: Old Will the China Mender
Mary Clare: Erica's Aunt Margaret
John Longden: Detective Inspector Kent
George Curzon: Guy
Basil Radford: Erica's Uncle Basil
Pamela Carme: Christine Clay
George Merritt: Detective Sergeant Miller
JH Roberts: Henry Briggs, Solicitor
Jerry Verno: Lorry driver
HF Maltby: Police Sergeant Ruddock
John Miller: Police Constable
Torin Thatcher: Nobby's Lodging House proprietor
Based on the novel A Shilling for Candles by: Josephine Tay
Written by: Charles Bennett, Edwin Greenwood, Anthony Armstrong
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Production Studio: Gaumont- British International Picture Corporation
Viewing date: 4/20/19
MGM Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection 8 Master Works, 2008 DVD Box Set
This film begins as if we are jumping into the middle of a play with a couple we see arguing. The man claims his wife has been seeing younger men and the wife argues they are divorced. The woman is the famous actress Christine Clay and her husband is Guy. During the argument Guy's eyes begin to twitch uncontrollably. At the end of the argument, Christine slaps Guy several times. After which, he leaves the house and into the stormy rain, looks back and we see his eyes twitching again!
The next morning we see what looks a like a woman swimming in the sea but is actually a dead woman who washes up on the beach. Robert Tisdall is walking along the seaside and looks down to see the woman on the beach and concerned that she is in trouble, runs down to the beach to find she is dead. So he runs off to get the police. Simultaneously, two woman out for sun bathing sees the body and finds she is dead as well. They look up and see Robert running away and assumes he's the killer.
The police arrives and the two woman give their side of the story. While Robert is there to give his account of the incident, the police take him in based on the circumstantial evidence. The police seem to want to railroad Robert based on the evidence. He is assigned a barrister but his ability to defend Robert doesn't look good as the barrister seems more on the police's side. Plus his obvious incompetence doesn't help. We are also introduced to Erica Burgoyne who's the daughter of the Chief Constable. She becomes involved with Robert as Robert escapes from the police as he sets off to find the evidence that will clear his name.
This was a very fun movie and quite a contrast from the darkness of the previous film, Sabotage. It is a romantic comedy too as the two young leads become attracted to each other. Nova Pilbeam plays Erica who is 18 when this was filmed. She was in The Man Who Knew Too Much as the kidnapped daughter. Derrick De Marney plays Robert and they have good chemistry together on screen. Again, Hitchcock explores the wrong man accused theme. And the nice girl comes along who comes to believe his innocence and tries to help the poor guy to clear him.
There is a fun bit with the barrister's eye glasses as he's interviewing Robert that pays off later. The police are portrayed with much humor as stumbling and bumbling. At one point they are riding in a cart with pigs as they search for Robert.
There are three sequences that impressed me. First as the young couple are on the run, they come to a town and hide their car among the trains in the railway. There a sequence that uses miniatures to show this and the trains and surrounding streets and buildings are so well made and filmed, It would fool most people. The shot pans along with a train and then pans down to show the car hidden amongst the parked train cars, as the camera pushes in, you can see it's a miniature of the car and two models of Robert and Erica in and beside the car. The second shot that surprised me was when Erica and Robert with Old Will drive into an old mine tunnel to hide out from the cops. As the car drives into the mine, the ground collapse under the car. Robert and Will manage to get out as the car sinks into the ground and they manage to pull Erica out of the car. That was really well done! The likely most famous shot though is a long crane shot into a large ballroom at a hotel during the penultimate sequence as the camera pans across the room and cross through people who are dancing, the camera passes to the musicians on the band stand. The end of the pan shot is a surprise. This is like the famous shot in Notorious when the camera is high up on the second floor of Sebastian's house and pans down and right into Ingrid Bergman's hands that are behind her back with the needed item.
This leads to a very satisfying climax that is also suspenseful as we don't know if our heroes will be able to catch the real killer.
I had a problem with the DVD of this film. Since I bought the Premiere Collection Alfred Hitchcock Master Works set in 2008, I had not actually watched any of the films yet. So it was a very pleasant surprise to open the set and see how nicely it's done as a book with pages for each film with descriptions and information about each film. And a page that holds the disc. While the Sabotage DVD was fine, the DVD for Young and Innocent had a play back issue right at the point that Robert and Erica find Will, the disc locks up. The disc won't play past this point. I'm watching on an Oppo 205 which can play just about anything. So I tested the disc on an Xbox and it actually played though the troubled area. But I didn't want to watch it on that system. So I used my copy from the Mill Creek set on the Oppo and finished the movie. It didn't look as good but I could still enjoy the story. This was disappointing to find. I tried to clean the disc, but the disc was clean. I also tried the disc on an old HD-DVD player in another room and it played fine. My friend had a theory the disc was hanging up at the layer change. So after some searching, I found a copy of Young and Innocent as a single film release from this same MGM Premiere Collection. I bought it right away. I have a theory that perhaps others might have insight into. My theory is that each commercial DVD replication process has a specification for a tolerance level to which a disc is made. There would be a high end and low end of acceptable disc readability from the laser. The layer change on the disc might have been below that standard spec. I came to this theory when I bought a music CD that plays fine on my main system. But I tried it once on an older NAD CD player and it was unplayable, it kept skipping. I thought maybe the player was too old and maybe couldn't handle the disc. But I wasn't accepting that, so I bought another copy of that CD. And to my surprise, the disc played fine on that older NAD player. It might have been a little crazy to buy a second copy of this DVD, but it proved my theory again. Even though the Oppo is a brand new player, my older players could play the problem disc. So not exactly sure what the issue is, but it seems the disc is the variable.
I enjoyed this movie a lot and that was why I was willing to make an additional investment to buy another copy. I've also watched it a second time to listen to the audio commentary by film historians Stephen Rebello and Bill Krohn. I found it to be an informative commentary and quite listenable. I have not listened to the audio interviews with Peter Bogdanovich and François Tauffaut yet.
The Hitchcock cameo is early in the film where he's seen outside the courthouse mugging and holding a small camera. It's quite a long one too.
One last thing, the Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection Master Works box set from 2008 is a really nice set. Though many of the titles have since been replaced by newer blu rays from Criterion and Kino Lorber. If you have a copy of the Master Works set, it's a keeper for the titles not re-issued as blu rays.
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This is a favorite of mine. I've always enjoyed it.
There is a very nice Zone B (locked) Blu-Ray available from the UK.
Matt Hough Director
Matt Hough
I have a DVD-R I burned from a TCM broadcast of the movie, but I've been tempted to get that Region B blu-ray for awhile and have just not gotten around to buying it. This is one of my favorites of the British thrillers.
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Brent Reid Supporting Actor
Nottingham, UK
Occam's razor. The problem is the eight-DVD book packaging warping the discs; all the individual releases play fine. Amazon is awash with reviews testifying to this.
BrentonFilm.com
Hi Brent, thanks for the reply and this information about the Master Works 8 disc set! I didn't know this. I bought the set back in the day, I didn't seek out any reviews at the time other then the posts here on the HTF.
I just looked at the discs in the set and they look OK. Nice and flat. With the exception of Sabotage and Young and Innocent, all the titles in that set are superseded now with better releases. So I'm glad the above two titles are Ok. I put Sabotage in a separate case for now just in case.
This is a shame, the set is a very nice package.
Message #88 of 173 May 12, 2019
Margaret Lockwood: Iris Matilda Henderson
Michael Redgrave: Gilbert Redman
Paul Lukas: Doctor Hartz of Prague
Dame May Whitty: Miss Froy, Governess
Cecil Parker: Eric Todhunter
Linden Travers: "Mrs. Margaret Todhunter"
Naunton Wayne: Caldicott
Basil Radford: Charters
Mary Clare: Baroness Isabel Nisatona
Emile Boreo : Boris, the Hotel Manager
Googie Withers: Blanche
Sally Stewart: Julie
Philip Leaver: Signor Doppo
Zelma Vas Dias: Signora Doppo
Catherine Lacey: The Nun
Loosely based on the novel The Wheel Spins by: Ethel Lina White
Written by: Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Production Studio: Gainsborough Pictures
The Criterion Collection No. 3 blu ray. 2011
I've heard about The Lady Vanishes, of course I bought the Criterion disc several years ago. I have not read any details about the plot or seen it before until viewing it for this project. All I knew was it is set on a train and a woman tries to find her traveling companion who disappears. It also wasn't what I expected.
It starts off with a group of people stranded for the night in a hotel waiting for the train that's buried under snow from an avalanche. It's being dug out. This hotel is located in the fictional Earopena country of Bandrika, "one of Europe's undiscovered corners". So we get to meet this group, which includes Charters and Caldicott; a pair of traveling bachelors who seem to be more concerned about getting home for the cricket matches. Miss Froy is a former governess and musicologist on her way back to England after spending some time in Bandrika. There is also Mr. Eric Todhunter a lawyer and his "wife" Mrs. Margaret Todhunter. Mr. Toddhunter is more concerned about keeping a low profile and avoiding scandal while traveling with his mistress. Gilbert Redman is a musicologist whose writing a book about folk music and makes a racket during the night in his room above our main character, Iris Henderson whose traveling across Europe before returning home to marry her fiancée. During the night, Gilbert is making a racket with some folk musicians in his room and it keeps Miss. Froy and Iris from getting any sleep. Iris has a confrontation with Gilbert which ends with Iris giving in. This sets up Iris and Gilbert as characters in conflict, but it is Iris who does't like Gilbert.
The next morning this group boards the train heading back to England. Along the way from the hotel to the train, a planted pot falls and hits Iris on the head. Miss Froy quickly helps Iris onto the train. Iris seems ok and as the train heads out, Miss Froy and Iris become traveling companions after she looks after Iris who passes out after the head injury. After Iris wakes up, they have some tea in the dining car. We meet some other people on the train who will figure in the story as it unfolds. Miss Froy and Iris head back to their compartment where Iris falls asleep. Some time later she wakes up to find Miss Froy missing. The others in the compartment say they don't know of Miss Froy, so puzzled, she leaves her compartment to find her. But she is finding that everyone on the train denies ever seeing her. Iris searches the train and finds Mr. Gilbert Redman in another car whom she'd rather not speak to after what happened the night before. But he listens to her story and eventually agrees to help her after seeing something that corroborates her story. This is where the fun begins as they begin to uncover a conspiracy.
It was interesting that so much time was spent at the hotel to introduce all the main characters prior to the train section of the film. It gave us the chance to get to know who these people are and what makes them tick. It also reminded me of the disaster movie, where we meet a group of characters who all have a part to play in the plot.
There is an almost understated ramp up of tension was my first impression as Iris is trying to figure out what happened to Mrs. Froy. It wasn't until Gilbert gets involved that I started to feel the sense of danger they were getting themselves into. Then as they dig deeper and get more resistance from some of the passengers, the plot is revealed. Again, I'm trying to not spoil the story, but as the plot develops more, I was surprised by the big reveals. There's a fight and some gun play that occurs later with a very satisfying ending. Iris at the end is changed by the experience and decides to take a different path.
To be honest, while the spills and chills are really good, I wasn't feeling like this was so good. Maybe I was tied, maybe still feeling the highs from The 39 Steps and Young and Innocent. Maybe I'm watching these films too close to each other. Maybe what Josh wrote that he wishes he could see this film for the first time again made me feel this was going to be something really special. But as the last third of the film starts, it gets better.
I've been thinking about the film during the weeks since I've seen it, I do feel it's a really good film. There's a lot of fun stuff going on from how the two leads become attracted to each other. How the villains are revealed and how the good guys are able to prevail. I think I need to watch it again. For me, I feel it needs another viewing. Now that I know what happens, I can enjoy the journey more.
I did enjoy the film a lot, don't misunderstand. I learned that the two characters, Charters and Caldicott were so popular, they were brought back to appear in two other films as the same characters. I plan to watch the film Crook's Tour from 1941 in which they appear and is included as a bonus on The Lady Vanishes Criterion Blu Ray disc. And on the second disc of the Criterion DVD edition. The pair also appear as the same characters in a 1940 film called Night Train To Munich. I picked up the Criterion disc of this film after learning about it after watching The Lady Vanishes. The film also stars Margaret Lockwood, but not as Iris, but another character. The synopsis says it is a romance and comedy and cloak and dagger film. They say its Hitchcockian so I'm curious to see it now.
As I said earlier, The Lady Vanishes demands several viewings. It is a kind of romp, there are spills and chills and it's a slow boil. And it goes where I didn't expect. But I also should have known it was going there!
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Josh Steinberg Executive Producer
Josh Steinberg
Night Train To Munich is pretty fun in its own right. I don't know if I'd call it Hitchcockian, exactly, but I enjoy it.
Once again, I was very privileged to get to review the Criterion Blu-ray of The Lady Vanishes. It is by far my favorite of Hitchcock's British output, and I never tire of revisiting it.
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Hey Josh, thanks for the input on Night Train to Munich. It read like it was going to be a fun movie!
Matt, thanks for the link to your review, I'll have a look at it right now!
Matt, I read your review. I think what I probably miss in the British films is what you cited as the droll humor. So I sometimes miss the jokes. I'm going to have another look at this film.
You mentioned the miniature work too. I really liked that aspect of the opening titles. I thought the model work was really good. Sure, it's obviously a model.
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Just got an email this morning from Taschen books about a new Hitchcock book:
https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/film/all/49395/facts.alfred_hitchcock_the_complete_films.htm?utm_source=tas&utm_medium=nl&utm_campaign=cl_hitchcock&mobile=1
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108 minutes B&W
Charles Laughton: Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Leslie Banks: Joss Merlyn
Maureen O'Hara: Mary Yellen
Robert Newton: James Jem Trehearne
Marie Ney: Patience Merlyn
Horace Hodges: Butler
Hay Petrie: Groom (Sam)
Frederick Piper: Agent Davis
Herbert Lomas: Tenant (Dowland)
Clare Greet: Tenant ( Granny Tremarney)
William Devlin: Tenant ( Burdkin)
Emlyn Williams: Harry the Pedlar
Jeanne de Casalis: Sir Humphrey's friend
Mabel Terry-Lewis: Lady Beston
Bromley Davenport: Ringwood
George Curzon: Captain Murray
Basil Redford: Lord George
Wylie Watson: salvation Watkins
Moreland Graham: Sea Lawyer Sydney
Edwin Greenwood: Dandy
Mervyn Johns: Thomas
Stephen Haggard: Willie Penhale
John Longden: Captain Johnson
Aubrey Mather: Coachman
Adaptation of the novel Jamaica Inn by: Daphne du Maurier
Written by: Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville, J.B. Priestley
Production Studio: Mayflower Pictures
Viewing date: 5/4/19
iTunes HD download of the 2013 Cohen Media Group restoration. Also Kino 1999 DVD Number 105.
This is another milestone, I've reached the end of the British period as this is the last film Hitchcock made in England prior to going to Hollywood.
The film takes place in 1820 and is a period piece. The story concerns Mary Yellen who after the death of her mother, she travels to the Jamaica Inn where her aunt, Patience lives. Whilst traveling by a horse driven carriage, the driver wouldn't stop to let her out for fear of the Jamaica Inn. Eventually the carriage stops and the driver throws her things out and she is forced to walk back, where she discovers the mansion of Humphrey Pengallan who is the local high official. He is taken by her beauty and provides a horse and escorts her to Jamaica Inn.
Patience lives with her husband, Merlyn Joss. She quickly learns that Joss is a bully and that there are some strange goings on at the Inn. In fact, Joss is a leader of a gang of pirates who wreck ships and steal their cargo. The Jamaica Inn is located along the rocky Cornish coast of England, so this makes for easy ship wrecking. Shortly after settling at the inn, Mary befriends one of the gang, Jem Trehearne. This is the start of trouble and the story quickly evolves into another unexpected twist.
I had made the effort to chase down the Kino DVD of this film. It's a title I had never heard of or knew the plot. After discussing it here with the other Hitchcock experts, I decided it was the better choice to chase down a HD copy as the consensus is that the Kino DVD is subpar. The Cohen Media Group had produced an HD remastered from the restored film elements and released a Blu Ray. It's out of print and very expensive. So I decided since iTunes has this HD copy available, I went where I said was an option, download. I bought the iTunes HD version and downloaded the file to my Mac. It was then streamed to the Apple TV connected to my plasma. What is cool, as you guys know, is there is a cloud version of the films you buy from iTunes so I could stream it on any device. This makes for quick and easy access if I want to rewatch a scene on my iPad Pro.
About the film, it was interesting to see it, the HD version definitely made it a much more enjoyable experience and well worth the investment. Though I don't think it will be an often viewed film. I did compare the quality to the DVD and it was no question, the DVD wasn't going to be fun to watch. Mary is played by Maureen O'Hara in her first film role. She has an impressive debut playing a tough and strong young woman. I've not knowingly seen her later films, and I know she is known for playing that type of character. Charles Laughton plays Sir Humphrey Pengallan in a wildly over the top performance. This is the second or third Laughton film I've seen him in, the first was a Cary Grant title. I'll probably next purchase the Hunchback of Notre Dame as I've never seen that. Though I know about it and probably seen portions on TV as a kid. Laughton and O'Hara star as most know. Joss is played by Leslie Banks and I didn't recognize him! His make up was so good and I remembered him as the father in The Man Who Knew Too Much. So it was such a different character, it was hard to believe it was the same actor. The other main cast member is Robert Newton as Jem Trehearne.
I wasn't sure what I was getting into with this film. Was it going to just be about the pirates and the goings on at the Inn? No, I should have guessed as by now, I'm learning more about what goes into a Hitchcock film. I didn't expect the turn of the events and it made the film much more interesting. The element that seems to be repeating is characters who turn out to not be what you expect. The repeating theme of characters whose motivations are not what you are initially made to think. So there were a few surprises and unexpected things that kept my interest.
I believe Laughton, from what I read, was a source of difficulty for Hitchcock and so his character was changed over what was intended.
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By the way, I had another viewing of The Lady Vanishes. Probably 2 1/2 times total as I was listening to some of the commentary, I enjoyed it more on successive viewings as I know more about the characters and I can pick up some of the dialogue I missed earlier.
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Nelson, I'm happy about The Lady Vanishes and even more delighted that you find things of merit in Jamaica Inn, a movie that is often just dismissed outright before folks move on to Hitchcock's American period.
Lawrence Olivier: Maximillian "Maxim" de Winter
Joan Fontaine: The Second Mrs. de Winter
George Sanders: Jack Favell
Judith Anderson: Mrs. Danvers
Gladys Cooper: Beatrice Lacy
Nigel Bruce: Major Giles Lacy
Reginald Denny: Frank Crawley
C. Aubrey Smith: Colonel Julyan
Melville Cooper: Coroner
Florence Bates: Mrs. Edythe van Hopper
Leonard Carey: Ben
Leo G. Carroll: Dr. Baker
Edward Fielding: Frith
Lumsden Hare: Tabbs
Forrester Harvey: Chalcroft
Philip Winter: Robert
Adaptation of the novel Rebecca by: Daphne du Maurier
Written by: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison; adapted by: Philip MacDonald, Michael Hogan
Production Studio: Selznick International Pictures
Produced by: David O Selznick
The Criterion Collection Blu Ray 135, 2017
A shy woman is in Monte Carlo under the employ of Mrs van Hopper as her personal assistant, a domineering woman on vacation whose goal seems to meet and be with the aristocrats. The young woman meets Maxim de Winter whose a widower of the past year, his former wife being the title character Rebecca. Maxim and the young woman begin a whirlwind romance that lead to marriage. After the honeymoon, the couple return to Maxim's large country home, Manderley in Cornwall. There the new Mrs de Winter meets Mrs Danvers, the house keeper. Mrs. de Winter soon discovers the ghost of Rebecca has a powerful hold on everyone at Manderley. This hold is one that test Mrs. de Winter's own sanity.
Rebecca has been a film that's intimidated me, so I had never seen it until last year when I finally watched the Criterion Blu-ray. This is probably crazy as I own the earlier Criterion DVD and MGM Blu Ray, which remain still sealed. Not sure why I was so intimidated, perhaps the cast, perhaps the plot. Admittedly I really didn't know what the plot exactly was. I think I had a slight clue it was a psychological drama.
That being said, I didn't expect the way the film would start off as a romance film that quickly turns into phsychological drama and then a mystery. The mystery is one the new Mrs. de Winter transforms from a naive and shy woman under the employ of Mrs. Van Hopper to the second Mrs. de Winter who is finding herself while adjusting to her new husband, and dominance of Mrs. Danvers and the ghost of Rebecca.
This is the second time I viewed the film and it was a much richer viewing experience as I already knew the story, but had forgotten one of the plot developments that occurs late in the film. It was interesting to watch Joan Fontaine go from a quiet shy woman to a young bride as Maxim sweeps her off her feet and just takes her away from van Hopper's employ and becomes the new Mrs. de Winter. I really could study more her journey into the world of Rebecca. Mrs Danvers is quite a character. She was totally devoted to Rebecca and it wasn't clear if it was loyalty or something more. I could really see the way she was working on the new Mrs. de Winter in an attempt to drive her away or to madness.
The reveal between Maxim and Mrs. de Winter in the boat house and police inquiry late in the film was a surprise twist and explained a great many things. I'm not sure if the reveal was changed from the book, but I liked how it provided a happier ending. It also showed that Rebecca wasn't this perfect character herself and engaged in a psychological game against Maxim.
It was interesting to read that Nova Pilbeam was the choice for Mrs. de Winter by David O Selznick but Hitchcock's view of the film was at odds with Selznick. I thought Fontaine was a great choice. We'll never know if Pilbeam could have pulled off the role. Lawrence Olivier was terrific as the moody Maxim with his secret. And Dame Judith Anderson is Mrs. Danvers. She was very creepy and quite insane by the end.
Production design was pretty amazing for the country house Manderley interiors. The miniature work for the house was also very cool. I liked the way the film starts with the camera moving into the miniature.
I was also wondering, given this is Hitchcock's first film in America and Hollywood, what he was thinking given Selznick being such a powerful producer. Selznick wanted to make a very faithful adaptation and Hitchcock wanted to adapt the story and only use what he felt was needed to tell the story. So he wasn't entirely free to make the film he had in mind. He might have wondered why he put himself in this position. Hitchcock and Selznick both did very well with this film.
Overall. I had no reason to be intimidated by this film, though I think I was probably in a better place to view it now then at a younger time in my film viewing experiences. I was more able to focus on the character study.
PS- Matt, I assume you reviewed this Criterion blu ray, so I'll look for it.
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Matt Hough said: ↑
I need to pick up a copy of Jamaica Inn at some point, I don't have it at all.
Message #100 of 173 May 27, 2019
benbess Producer
Rebecca has been a film that's intimidated me, so I had never seen it until last year when I finally watched the Criterion Blu-ray. This is probably crazy as I own the earlier Criterion DVD and MGM Blu Ray, which remain still sealed....
I first discovered Rebecca when the VHS for it was released at a discount price about 1986. I'd watched a few Hitchcock films on TV before, but Rebecca quickly became a favorite, and all these years later it still is. Anyway, thanks very much for your detailed and perceptive review. As you say, the new blu-ray from Criterion is really good. The Mrs. Danvers character by Judith Anderson is rather over-the-top but really quite interesting. It's amazing how in a couple of scenes Hitchcock somehow glides past the Breen office in a rather daring way. The romance, suspense, and mystery of this movie still holds me after seeing it more than 20 times over 30+ years.
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Buying a new product or testing a new technique but not sure how it stacks up against the alternatives? It's an all too familiar situation for most of us. Most of the options sound similar to each other so picking the best out of the lot is a challenge.
Consider a scenario where we have three medical treatments to apply on patients with similar diseases. Once we have the test results, one approach is to assume that the treatment which took the least time to cure the patients is the best among them. What if some of these patients had already been partially cured, or if any other medication was already working on them?
In order to make a confident and reliable decision, we will need evidence to support our approach. This is where the concept of ANOVA comes into play.
In this article, I'll introduce you to the different ANOVA techniques used for making the best decisions. We'll take a few cases and try to understand the techniques for getting the results. We will also be leveraging the use of Excel to understand these concepts. You must know the basics of statistics to understand this topic. Knowledge of t-tests and Hypothesis testing would be an additional benefit.
And we believe the best way to learn statistics is by doing. That's the way we follow in the 'Introduction to Data Science' course where we provide a comprehensive introduction to statistics – both descriptive and inferential.
A common approach to figure out a reliable treatment method would be to analyse the days it took the patients to be cured. We can use a statistical technique which can compare these three treatment samples and depict how different these samples are from one another. Such a technique, which compares the samples on the basis of their means, is called ANOVA.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a statistical technique that is used to check if the means of two or more groups are significantly different from each other. ANOVA checks the impact of one or more factors by comparing the means of different samples.
We can use ANOVA to prove/disprove if all the medication treatments were equally effective or not.
Another measure to compare the samples is called a t-test. When we have only two samples, t-test and ANOVA give the same results. However, using a t-test would not be reliable in cases where there are more than 2 samples. If we conduct multiple t-tests for comparing more than two samples, it will have a compounded effect on the error rate of the result.
Before we get started with the applications of ANOVA, I would like to introduce some common terminologies used in the technique.
Mean is a simple or arithmetic average of a range of values. There are two kinds of means that we use in ANOVA calculations, which are separate sample means and the grand mean . The grand mean is the mean of sample means or the mean of all observations combined, irrespective of the sample.
Considering our above medication example, we can assume that there are 2 possible cases – either the medication will have an effect on the patients or it won't. These statements are called Hypothesis. A hypothesis is an educated guess about something in the world around us. It should be testable either by experiment or observation.
where belong to any two sample means out of all the samples considered for the test. In other words, the null hypothesis states that all the sample means are equal or the factor did not have any significant effect on the results. Whereas, the alternate hypothesis states that at least one of the sample means is different from another. But we still can't tell which one specifically. For that, we will use other methods that we will discuss later in this article.
Consider the distributions of the below two samples. As these samples overlap, their individual means won't differ by a great margin. Hence the difference between their individual means and grand mean won't be significant enough.
Now consider these two sample distributions. As the samples differ from each other by a big margin, their individual means would also differ. The difference between the individual means and grand mean would therefore also be significant.
Such variability between the distributions called Between-group variability. It refers to variations between the distributions of individual groups (or levels) as the values within each group are different.
Each sample is looked at and the difference between its mean and grand mean is calculated to calculate the variability. If the distributions overlap or are close, the grand mean will be similar to the individual means whereas if the distributions are far apart, difference between means and grand mean would be large.
There's one more thing we have to do to derive a good measure of between-group variability. Again, recall how we calculate the sample standard deviation.
We find the sum of each squared deviation and divide it by the degrees of freedom. For our between-group variability, we will find each squared deviation, weigh them by their sample size, sum them up, and divide by the degrees of freedom ( ), which in the case of between-group variability is the number of sample means (k) minus 1.
Consider the given distributions of three samples. As the spread (variability) of each sample is increased, their distributions overlap and they become part of a big population.
Now consider another distribution of the same three samples but with less variability. Although the means of samples are similar to the samples in the above image, they seem to belong to different populations.
Such variations within a sample are denoted by Within-group variation. It refers to variations caused by differences within individual groups (or levels) as not all the values within each group are the same. Each sample is looked at on its own and variability between the individual points in the sample is calculated. In other words, no interactions between samples are considered.
We can measure Within-group variability by looking at how much each value in each sample differs from its respective sample mean. So first, we'll take the squared deviation of each value from its respective sample mean and add them up. This is the sum of squares for within-group variability.
The statistic which measures if the means of different samples are significantly different or not is called the F-Ratio. Lower the F-Ratio, more similar are the sample means. In that case, we cannot reject the null hypothesis.
This above formula is pretty intuitive. The numerator term in the F-statistic calculation defines the between-group variability. As we read earlier, as between group variability increases, sample means grow further apart from each other. In other words, the samples are more probable to be belonging to totally different populations.
This F-statistic calculated here is compared with the F-critical value for making a conclusion. In terms of our medication example, if the value of the calculated F-statistic is more than the F-critical value (for a specific α/significance level), then we reject the null hypothesis and can say that the treatment had a significant effect.
Unlike the z and t-distributions, the F-distribution does not have any negative values because between and within-group variability are always positive due to squaring each deviation.
Therefore, there is only one critical region, in the right tail (shown as the blue shaded region above). If the F-statistic lands in the critical region, we can conclude that the means are significantly different and we reject the null hypothesis. Again, we have to find the critical value to determine the cut-off for the critical region. We'll use the F-table for this purpose.
We need to look at different F-values for each alpha/significance level because the F-critical value is a function of two things: and .
As we now understand the basic terminologies behind ANOVA, let's dive deep into its implementation using a few examples.
A recent study claims that using music in a class enhances the concentration and consequently helps students absorb more information. As a teacher, your first reaction would be skepticism.
What if it affected the results of the students in a negative way? Or what kind of music would be a good choice for this? Considering all this, it would be immensely helpful to have some proof that it actually works.
Now, we will calculate the means and the Grand mean.
How do we decide that these three groups performed differently because of the different situations and not merely by chance?
In a statistical sense, how different are these three samples from each other?
What is the probability of group A students performing so differently than the other two groups?
To answer all these questions, first we will calculate the F-statistic which can be expressed as the ratio of Between Group variability and Within Group Variability.
Let's complete the ANOVA test for our example with = 0.05.
A one-way ANOVA tells us that at least two groups are different from each other. But it won't tell us which groups are different. If our test returns a significant f-statistic, we may need to run a post-hoc test to tell us exactly which groups have a difference in means. Below I have mentioned the steps to perform one-way ANOVA in Excel along with a post-hoc test.
Step 1: Input your data into columns or rows in Excel. For example, if three groups of students for music treatment are being tested, spread the data into three columns.
Step 2: Click the "Data" tab and then click "Data Analysis." If you don't see Data Analysis, load the 'Data Analysis Toolpak' add-in.
Step 4: Type an input range into the Input Range box. For example, if the data is in cells A1 to C10, type "A1:C10" into the box. Check the "Labels in first row" if we have column headers, and select the Rows radio button if the data is in rows.
Step 5: Select an output range. For example, click the "New Worksheet" radio button.
Step 6: Choose an alpha level. For most hypothesis tests, 0.05 is standard.
Step 7: Click "OK." The results from ANOVA will appear in the worksheet.
Here, we can see that the F-value is greater than the F-critical value for the alpha level selected (0.05). Therefore, we have evidence to reject the null hypothesis and say that at least one of the three samples have significantly different means and thus belong to an entirely different population.
Another measure for ANOVA is the p-value. If the p-value is less than the alpha level selected (which it is, in our case), we reject the Null Hypothesis.
We won't be covering all of these here in this article but I suggest you go through them.
Now to check which samples had different means we will take the Bonferroni approach and perform the post hoc test in Excel.
Step 9: Input the range of Class A column in Variable 1 Range box, and range of Class B column in Variable 2 Range box. Check the "Labels" if you have column headers in the first row.
Step 10: Select an output range. For example, click the "New Worksheet" radio button.
Step 11: Perform the same steps (Step 8 to step 10) for Columns of Class B – Class C and Class A – Class C.
Here, we can see that the p-value of (A vs B) and (A vs C) is less than the alpha level selected (alpha = 0.05). This means that groups A and B & groups A and C have less than 5% chance of belonging to the same population. Whereas for (B vs C) it is much greater than the significance level. This means that B and C belong to the same population. So, it is clear that A (constant music group) belongs to an entirely different population. Or we can say that the constant music had a significant effect on the performance of students.
Voila! The music experiment actually helped in improving the results of the students.
Hence 60% of the difference between the scores is because of the approach that was used. Rest 40% is unknown. Hence Eta square helps us conclude whether the independent variable is really having an impact on the dependent variable or the difference is due to chance or any other factor.
There are commonly two types of ANOVA tests for univariate analysis – One-Way ANOVA and Two-Way ANOVA. One-way ANOVA is used when we are interested in studying the effect of one independent variable (IDV)/factor on a population, whereas Two-way ANOVA is used for studying the effects of two factors on a population at the same time. For multivariate analysis, such a technique is called MANOVA or Multi-variate ANOVA.
Using one-way ANOVA, we found out that the music treatment was helpful in improving the test results of our students. But this treatment was conducted on students of the same age. What if the treatment was to affect different age groups of students in different ways? Or maybe the treatment had varying effects depending upon the teacher who taught the class.
Moreover, how can we be sure as to which factor(s) is affecting the results of the students more? Maybe the age group is a more dominant factor responsible for a student's performance than the music treatment.
For such cases, when the outcome or dependent variable (in our case the test scores) is affected by two independent variables/factors we use a slightly modified technique called two-way ANOVA.
In the one-way ANOVA test, we found out that the group subjected to 'variable music' and 'no music at all' performed more or less equally. It means that the variable music treatment did not have any significant effect on the students.
Here, there are two factors – class group and age group with two and three levels respectively. So we now have six different groups of students based on different permutations of class groups and age groups and each different group has a sample size of 5 students.
Is music treatment the main factor affecting performance? In other words, do groups subjected to different music differ significantly in their test performance?
Is age the main factor affecting performance? In other words, do students of different age differ significantly in their test performance?
Is there a significant interaction between the factors? In other words, how do age and music interact with regard to a student's test performance? For example, it might be that younger students and elder students reacted differently to such a music treatment.
Can any differences in one factor be found within another factor? In other words, can any differences in music and test performance be found in different age groups?
Two-way ANOVA tells us about the main effect and the interaction effect. The main effect is similar to a one-way ANOVA where the effect of music and age would be measured separately. Whereas, the interaction effect is the one where both music and age are considered at the same time.
H1: All the music treatment groups have equal mean score.
H2: All the age groups have equal mean score.
H3: The factors are independent or the interaction effect does not exist.
An F-statistic is computed for each hypothesis we are testing.
Before we proceed with the calculation, have a look at the image below. It will help us better understand the terms used in the formulas.
The table shown above is known as a contingency table. Here, represents the total of the samples based only on factor 1, and represents the total of sample based only on factor 2. We will see in some time that these two are responsible for the main effect produced. Also, a term is introduced which represents the subtotal of factor 1 and factor 2. This term will be responsible for the interaction effect produced when both the factors are considered at the same time. And we are already familiar with the , which is the sum of all the observations (test scores), irrespective of the factors.
We have calculated all the means – sound class mean, age group mean and mean of every group combination in the above table.
Now, calculate the sum of squares (SS) and degrees of freedom (df) for sound class, age group and interaction between factor and levels.
In two-way ANOVA, we also calculate SSinteraction and dfinteraction which defines the combined effect of the two factors.
Since we have more than one source of variation (main effects and interaction effects), it is obvious that we will have more than one F-statistic also.
If, for a particular effect, its F value is greater than its respective F-critical value (calculated using the F-Table), then we reject the null hypothesis for that particular effect.
Step 1: Click the "Data" tab and then click "Data Analysis." If you don't see the Data analysis option, install the Data Analysis Toolpak.
Step 2: Click "ANOVA two factor with replication" and then click "OK." The two-way ANOVA window will open.
Step 3: Type an Input Range into the Input Range box. For example, if your data is in cells A1 to A25, type "A1:A25" into the Input Range box. Make sure you include all of your data, including headers and group names.
Step 4: Type a number in the "Rows per sample" box. Rows per sample is actually a bit misleading. What this is asking you is how many individuals are in each group. For example, if you have 5 individuals in each age group, you would type "5" into the Rows per Sample box.
Step 5: Select an Output Range. For example, click the "new worksheet" radio button to display the data in a new worksheet.
Step 6: Select an alpha level. In most cases, an alpha level of 0.05 (5 percent) works for most tests.
Step 7: Click "OK" to run the two-way ANOVA. The data will be returned in your specified output range.
If the p-value is smaller than your chosen alpha level.
Note: We don't only have to have two variables to run a two-way ANOVA in Excel 2013. We can also use the same function for three, four, five or more number of variables.
As you can see in the highlighted cells in the image above, the F-value for sample and column, i.e. factor 1 (music) and factor 2 (age) respectively, are higher than their F-critical values. This means that the factors have a significant effect on the results of the students and thus we can reject the null hypothesis for the factors.
Also, the F-value for interaction effect is quite less than its F-critical value, so we can conclude that music and age did not have any combined effect on the population.
Until now, we were making conclusions on the performance of students based on just one test. Could there be a possibility that the music treatment helped improve the results of a subject like mathematics but would affect the results adversely for a theoretical subject like history?
How can we be sure that the treatment won't be biased in such a case? So again, we take two groups of randomly selected students from a class and subject each group to one kind of music environment, i.e., constant music and no music. But now we thought of conducting two tests (maths and history), instead of just one. This way we can be sure about how the treatment would work for different kind of subjects.
Here we have one factor, music, with 2 levels. This factor is going to affect our two dependent variables, i.e., the test scores of maths and history. Denoting this information in terms of variables, we can say that we have L = 2 (2 different music treatment groups) and P = 2 (maths and history scores).
The Calculations of MANOVA are too complex for this article so if you want to further read about it, check this paper. We will implement MANOVA in Excel using the 'RealStats' Add-ins. It can be downloaded from here.
Step 5: Type an Input Range into the Input Range box. For example, if your data is in cells A1 to A25, type "A1:A25" into the Input Range box. Make sure you include all of your data, including headers and group names.
Step 6: Select "Significance analysis", "Group Means" and "Multiple Anova".
Step 7: Select an Output Range.
Step 8: Select an alpha level. In most cases, an alpha level of 0.05 (5 percent) works for most tests.
Step 9: Click "OK" to run. The data will be returned in your specified output range.
RealStats add-on shows us the results by different methods. Each one of them denotes the same p-value. As the p-value is less than the alpha value, we will reject the null hypothesis. Or in simpler terms, it means that the music treatment did have a significant effect on the test results of students.
But we still cannot tell which subject was affected by the treatment and which was not. This is one of the limitations of MANOVA; even if it tells us whether the effect of a factor on a population was significant or not, it does not tell us which dependent variable was actually affected by the factor introduced.
Here, we can see that the P value for history lies in a significant region (since P value less than 0.025) while for maths it does not. This means that the music treatment had a significant effect in improving the performance of students in history but did not have any significant effect in improving their performance in maths.
Based on this, we might consider picking and choosing subjects where this music approach can be used.
I hope this article was helpful and now you'd be comfortable in solving similar problems using Analysis of Variance. I suggest you take different kinds of problem statements and take your time to solve them using the above-mentioned techniques.
Great and pleasant explanation of Anova. Thanks!
I found the explanation of the 1 way anova great, but couldn't follow the 2 way anova at all. Also is this for repeated measures anova or between participants? I hear they are very different mathematically.
The basic intuition behind One way Anova is to determine the effects of Music treatment on the scores of the students. Similarly in Two way Anova, we determine the effects of 2 variables (Age, Music) on the score of the students. In addition we also check for combined effect of these two variables.
In regards to your other query, this is not repeated measures Anova. Repeated measures Anova involves determining the effect of independent variables on the same sample ie determining the effect of music on the same sample of students. This could be done by determining the scores of students without music and comparing it with scores of same students with music treatment.
This is what I was waiting for, I hope you have the chance to publish more articles related with statistical tools in Tableau.
Thank you Jose.. Good read.
A great piece. I learnt a lot in such a fast and fun way. Thanks a lot!
You just dropped a knowledge-bomb on me! Thank you Mr. Singh. This was much easier to read than most dense articles around this subject. I will no-doubt be revisiting this again and again for reference.
phew! I am more confident with Anova now!!!
Great article! Thank you very much for publishing this. I have a question on how it could help me with the following analysis. Any feedback an/or tips would certainly be appreciated. Thank you!
I have 5 variables that impact a result, let's call it "TC". When I evaluate each variable independently (with the rest of the variables constant), per plotting these I know they are linear and follow these y=mx+b equations.
when, (x1 x2 x3 x4 x5) = (x1, 0, 5, 6.5, 6.5), (0, x2, 5, 6.5, 6.5) (0, 0, x3, 6.5, 6.5), (0, 0, 5, x4, 6.5), and, (0, 0, 5, 6.5, x5) for each of the equations respectively.
I also know that x1 is between -5 and 5, x2 is between -5 and 5, and, x3 is between 1 and 7.
So, how can I develop a 5-variable equation to be able to change any of these and get a new TC (or y) value as the output?
I am still not very clear with the question you asked. Try reframing it. Also, try using the Discussion portal for such questions so that the community can answer you better.
Great article. I have learnt much from this article. Thanks so much.
This is the best explanation of ANOVA I've found! Thank you so much for making it clear and simple to understand. I am preparing to teach these concepts to high-school students, and your post has helped me immensely.
Great post, Very thank you so much ! I have learned so many thing with this.


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Spain Park softball tops Wenonah
By Wesley Hallman
Published 10:05 am Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Spain Park High School softball team defeated Wenonah 10-0 in a high school softball game March 21.
The Jaguars (12-5), who scored five runs in the second inning, finished with 15 hits in the victory.
Casey Craig led Spain Park at the plate as she finished 3-for-4 with a double. Craig drove in two runs and scored a run.
Elizabeth Ballew finished 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored. April Scott, who scored two runs and drove in one run, went 2-for-4 with a double.
Hannah Camp, who drove in one run and scored one run, finished 1-for-3 with a double. DeKayla Sankey finished 2-for-3 and scored two runs.
Keri Krake and Haleigh Sisson each had an RBI double. Erin Hornsby also had a double. Mary Beth Glass finished with an RBI single.
Channing Haynes and Julie Knight combined to pitch a no-hitter in the victory.
Haynes earned the win in the circle after striking out eight batters in three innings. Knight finished with three strikeouts in two innings.
Thompson downs Northridge in soccer match
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Drink, but not too often. Eat, but not too much. Exercise, but not to the exclusion of everything else. Work, but not to the exclusion of everything else. Dance when you can, even if you can't; sing when you can, even if you can't. Don't worry about the future — it'll take care of itself. Time is life's great leveller: all stars fade and every dog does have its day. Talk and listen in equal measure but always make your own decisions. Do not be dull but be kind to those who are. Don't be 'impressed' by others; they are just faking it.
Some people think literally, which is confusing, but remember that 'the literal' find 'the lateral' thinkers confusing too, understand? Beware of the certain, for they are most certainly wrong. Ignore the moaners and embrace the doers. Say 'yes' 90% of the time but remember it's important to also say 'no'. All resilience, leadership, and caring training is futile.
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LEGO brings pop culture home with LEGO Art launch featuring Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles, Marvel and Star Wars
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What have Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, the Marvel Universe, and the cast of iconic characters from Star Wars all got in common? Answer, they're all the subject of a new pop-culture focused LEGO Art launch aimed directly at the adult fans.
The LEGO Group has launches a new canvas for creative expression, aimed at adult fans of LEGO and offering them 'a different way to transform their passion into art,' in the form of a series of new building sets that once complete become their own LEGO artwork portrait to display.
The LEGO Art sets offer adults a new creative experience to help them relax and recharge as they transform a blank canvas (or in this case, small interlinking base plates) using LEGO tiles. Each set can be reimagined in a number of different ways to express the personality of each different builder, and to make it easy and simple for pop culture lovers to refresh the LEGO Art piece on display in their house.
All four new sets come with a signature tile unique to the set that is worthy of any true work of art, and a new hanging element to make them easy to hang up and switch around.
The launch comes following research from The LEGO Group that found that 73 per cent of adults often research new ways to help them relax. Each LEGO Art set comes with a bespoke soundtrack to aid the construction, each featuring anecdotes from the creators of Iron Man and Star Wars, or those closest to the stories of Andy Warhol and the Beatles; the soundtracks dive into the inspiration behind each design.
The LEGO Marvel Studios Iron Man set will be available exclusively from LEGO Retail Stores and LEGO.com while the other three sets will be available from retailers from 1st August 2020, or from 1st September in the US.
LEGO Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe set will allow pop art admirers to recreate Andy Warhol's famous bright pink screenprint of Marilyn Monroe from 1967, or reimagine it in three different colours using LEGO tiles.
With LEGO The Beatles, music lovers can bring Beatle-fandom into the home with a LEGO portrait of their favourite band member, whether it's John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison or Sir Ringo Starr. Each set can be used to create four unique portraits or collect four and display the full band side-by-side. Fans can get by with a little help from friends of the Beatles as they switch their headphones over to accompanying soundtrack to listen to music and stories about the band as they build.
LEGO Marvel Studios Iron Man challenges super hero fans to decide between powering their hero up with the Mark III, the Hulkbuster Mark I or the Mark LXXXV with this three-in-one set. After the tough decision is made, builders can recharge by listening to cool details about the set and stories from Marvel Experts as part of the accompanying soundtrack.
Fans who want to channel Tony Stark and 'run before you walk' can combine three of the same sets into one to create the ultimate Iron Man artwork.
Finally, LEGO Star Wars The Sith celebrates iconic villains from a galaxy far, far away with this three-in-one portrait set. Choose between portraits that pay tribute to the Sith, with Darth Vader, Darth Maul or Kylo Ren, or take the artwork to the next level by combining three sets into an ultimate Darth Vader wall piece.
The soundtrack means the Force will be with fans as they create their very own piece of wall art while listing to music from the films and fun stories from Star Wars creators.
Louise Elizabeth Bontoft, senior design director at the LEGO Group, commented: "We know adults are always trying to destress after a day at work, and we thought, what better way to help them switch off than by encouraging them to explore their favourite passion in a new creative way?
"With these wider ranging designs, we believe that we can inspire film fans, music lovers and art and design aficionados to immerse themselves in a world of art and creativity linked to their idols. Through this new experience, we believe adults can unwind, engage in a mindful building activity and ultimately create a beautiful piece of wall art that perfectly reflects their personality."
These new wall art sets are the second 2D tile creative concept to be announced by the LEGO Group this year, following the launch of LEGO DOTS, a new theme that offers children a new way to express themselves inspired by arts and crafts.
The LEGO Art range will be available to pre-order from Zavvi.com and lego.com from 2nd July.
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MARCH 2016 HAS BEEN A VERY BAD MONTH! By CAMERON DUODU Well, it's been a bad month for me. First was the funeral, on 10-11 March 2016, of my cousin, Mrs Comfort Akua Agyemang (known to all her relatives and friends as "Akua Fio"), who passed on 3 December 2015. Akua grew up in a …
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AN EVENING AT BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, WITH LORD BOATENG "OF AKYEM AND WEMBLEY"
The "Akyem" in the title was a tribute to his late father, the Honourable Kwaku Boateng, MP, who served as Minister of the Interior as well as of Higher Education, in the Government of Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Mr Kwaku Boateng hailed from Akyem Abuakwa and his son, who was brought up in Ghana (his secondary school was Accra Academy) did not forget his ancestry in his hour of glory. It was an extremely courageous thing for Mr Boateng to choose such a title, for the British find it difficult to pronounce even "Boateng" (which some still mispronounce as "boating", despite his having been in politics there for so long!) Adding Akyem (which they would no doubt pronounce as Ah-kyerm!) could have seemed a foolhardy thing to do: a double mispronunciation of the name of a single individual? But Paul Yaw Boateng is not the sort of man to be deterred by trifles like mispronunciations. He nonchalantly took that "cumbersome" nomenclature to the "House of Ermine" and Lord Boateng of Akyem and Wembley he became. The title, of course, evokes a particular resonance in the bosoms of all Akyemkwaas – like yours truly!
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GHANA ELECTION TALK 2012 (PART TWO) BY CAMERON DUODU If you only use the Internet – and especially Ghanaweb– as your main source of news about the 7 December 2012 Ghana election, you will be making a great mistake. You would get the impression that the election campaign is full of vitriol and that …
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Sustainability is built into the delivery of tours for incoming students. Student Leaders that deliver the tours are trained on some of the green features of various buildings on campus, programs and services available to students, and the impact that everyday actions can make when we all step up together. As an example a Student Leader leading a tour may stop by a recycling bin to mention U of C's goal to become a net zero waste campus and let students know what types of items can go into an organics bin and that the organics are sent for composting at an onsite invessel composter called an Earth Tub.
A formal presentation is delivered by the Programs and Communications Coordinator from the Office of Sustainability as part of the Student Life portion of orientations. This presentation highlights institutional goals and actions in sustainability coupled with information on every day actions that students can take to step up with U of C in turning SustainabilityON and meeting these commitments. Students can then speak with the Programs and Communications Coordinator at a booth after the presenation to sign up for the SustainabilityON Coordinators program or Sustainabiltiy Street Team and to obtain more information about sustainability on campus.
The President's BBQ, a large lunch event for new undergraduate students, has become waste-free. While at the BBQ, students are educated on waste reduction by volunteers standing at recycling / composting bins. Over 3000 students attended during the reporting year.
At the grand induction ceremony for all new undergraduate students, the Students' Union highlighted various sustainable initiatives including our newly expanded post-consumer organics program.


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Sagetech Corporation announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy Identification Systems Branch to estimate the development of a Mode 5 military aviation transponder.
The company will estimate the cost and schedule to adapt its existing 3.5-ounce civil XP transponder to add Mode 5 encrypted IFF (identify-friend-foe) technology and make it small enough to be carried by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) like the AAI Aerosonde aircraft, Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle, and AeroVironment Puma, which all weigh less than 50lbs.
"Our Micro-Mode 5 transponder is an order of magnitude smaller than alternatives — it's a game changer," explains Sagetech President Kelvin Scribner. "We are very excited about working with the Navy on this project and we're committed to developing a Micro-Mode 5 prototype this year."
Aviation transponders work in conjunction with air traffic control (ATC) radar systems to locate and identify aircraft, facilitating airspace management. Transponders are especially important for small UAS which are too small to be seen by ATC radar unless they have a transponder. Mode 5 transponders are a militarized version of civil transponders. Mode 5 interrogations are used by fighter aircraft to electronically determine if an unidentified aircraft or "bogey" is friendly or enemy. The Mode 5 protocol includes encryption and secret codes that change daily. NATO forces are presently upgrading all military aircraft from Vietnam era Mode 4 to Mode 5, which employs greater sophistication.
The Iraq and Afghanistan wars saw the proliferation of small UAS, proving invaluable to battlefield commanders. Because existing military IFF transponders weigh several pounds, they could not be carried by small UAS. Sagetech's lightweight XP series of civil transponders solved the basic problem of airspace management by making small UAS visible to ATC radar, though not providing military IFF functionality. Now that small UAS are becoming mature military systems, new requirements mandate the replacement of civil transponders with military IFF versions.
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The handbook is an initiative to enable athletes to recognize and address the dynamic requirements of sport. A culmination of in-depth research, expert interactions andinterviews, the handbook intends to equip athletes with all the information necessary to make the most of their careers in shooting sport.
An ISSF Judges Course was run on 14th - 15th October 2017, in Wellington.
15 keen participants attended, with the course being provided by Aado Maranik (Australia) and Craig O'Brien (NZ). Many of the attendees were current ISSF Judges updating their knowledge of the new ISSF Rules, but there were also four new Judges who will qualify from this course once their ISSF licences are approved. TSNZ is committed to providing trained Judges at all Designated Matches, and welcomes the these new Judges into the fold.
ISSF member federations have recently received several reports and rumors regarding possible changes in the 2020 Olympic shooting program. There are concerns about the possible elimination of certain events. One national federation is encouraging members to request an extraordinary General Assembly to discuss these changes. There are other organized groups or campaigns that are trying to support events being proposed for elimination. Much of the information being circulated is incomplete, misleading or even false. None of these reports and rumors provides information about gains shooting will experience from proposed Olympic shooting program changes. This is a very complex situation and we feel it is important for national federations to have better information. This letter identifies the most important questions being asked and provides answers to them.
One of the new Rules below says that music must be used at Finals and should be used at Elimination and Qualification matches if possible.
Click here for ISSF's Play-List of approved music.
The ISSF Official Statutes, Rules and Regulations are revised every four years. The ISSF Administrative Council has now approved the 2017-2020 ISSF Rules that will be effective from 1 January 2017.
10m and 50m Single Position Events FINALS. The two 3-shot series at the beginning of each Final were increased to 5-shot series to be fired in 250 seconds (150 seconds for 50m Rifle Prone). These Finals will now consist of 24 shots.


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Business travel set to take longer to 'stabilise' post-Covid
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Business travel is likely to be the last workplace activity to "stabilise" as the world emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report by risk management firm International SOS.
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The London-based company's Risk Outlook Report found there were "significant" variations in how quickly different business activities are likely to stabilise post-pandemic, with business travel set to face the longest period of disruption as organisations "build back confidence" among their travellers.
The global survey found that 15 per cent of risk management specialists expected that it could take up to two years for a "new normal" for business travel to be established.
Although those based in Europe were more optimistic that corporate travel patterns will stabilise more quickly, with 40 per cent in the region expecting this to happen within the next six months. Respondents in the Americas and Asia predicted that this process would take longer in their regions.
Globally, just over half of respondents (54 per cent) said their employees were currently willing to travel internationally for work, although this rose to 73 per cent for domestic business travel.
James Bird, security director – intelligence and assistance, at International SOS, said: "There is a job for organisations to build back confidence. Employers are still working out what can be done remotely and what requires that face-to-face interaction.
"While business travel is picking up again, it is not as straightforward as it was. Rapidly changing travel restrictions and testing requirements mean that crossing borders can be complicated.
"For organisations managing travel programmes, it's vital that they are proactive in understanding the risks – logistical, security and health – and provide the necessary support to employees."
The report also found that 77 per cent of organisations have adopted a hybrid working approach with employees splitting their time at the office and working from home. Only 15 per cent of companies have now returned to working five days a week at an office or other on-site locations.
International SOS highlighted three ways to support a safe return to work activities including giving employees access to emotional support services, creating the ability to communicate with staff during critical events, and providing location-specific health information.
"For organisations responsible for a lot of business travellers, location-specific health and security information is considered vital for supporting employees," added Bird.
"Office workers, however, are commonly being supported with emotional support services. Given mental health is expected to be a primary productivity disruptor this year, this mental health support is essential for avoiding a cycle of productivity issues."
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Hello and welcome to the inaugural episode of 5 things – an independent web series dedicated to answering the 5 burning tech questions you have about technologies and workflows in the media creation space. Tech stuff I dig, and how it's used. I'm your host Michael Kammes.
This episode we'll be looking at one of my favorite new technologies: Adobe Anywhere. Let's get started.
Yes, I'll start out basic for those few who are uninitiated. Anywhere is Adobe's Enterprise class solution for collaborative and remote editing. I know, marketing gobbledegook, right? Here's what it boils down to: Multiple editors can now open the same project (now called a Production) at the same time. They use the same media and timelines within that production, as well as share and receive these changes from other editors – on demand. No shuttling around bins or project files. Multiple editors, working together in real time.
So that addresses the collaboration, what about 'remote' part of the equation? Remote, in this case, is the ability to utilize the Production's media and timelines outside of the 4 walls of your facility and away from where the media is housed. This means that with any place that has a decent internet connection, you can log in on your own computer and edit the media as if you were sitting next to the storage. How this differs from most is that there is not an offline/online media or proxy workflow.
Adobe Anywhere plays a real-time stream of the high res media to your system. Anywhere throttles the quality of the media being streamed to your system to accommodate the available bandwidth you've got. All rendering is done on the Anywhere system and streamed out to your remote system when you hit play.
These 3 GPU accelerated servers -called Mercury Streaming Engines are accompanied by at least 1 traffic cop, known as the Collaboration Hub. These 4 systems enable the core functionality of Adobe Anywhere….and this core system supports about a dozen users.
….but there is a lot more to it than that. Unlike some other remote collaboration solutions, like Avid Interplay Sphere, Adobe Anywhere relies heavily on 3rd parties to complete the build-out of a fully functional base system. This means having a fast, centralized storage pool that can be utilized by the Anywhere servers. This needs to be some beefy storage; a Drobo and a USB drive ain't gonna cut it.
Next, you're going to need Asset management. I know, not the most exciting topic, but in almost all cases – completely necessary, especially for those who are utilizing the remote editing functionality. See, Adobe has a written a robust REST API and has relegated many of the creature comforts of media management to 3rd party applications accessing the API.
You'll also need a decent internet connection both up and down from the facility where Anywhere is living, as well as from the remote site where you'll be editing. And don't forget a VPN, lest you invite unscrupulous folks to partake in your media.
3. What is the performance like?
For the product being a year old, pretty good. Snappy and responsive, rarely any lag during shuttling or quick keyboard combinations. I'm finding 25mb/s (~3MB/s) to be a good baseline for a remote editing system. Your local coffee shop probably won't deliver the speed you're going to need, so choose your fortress of editing solitude carefully. Oh, if you're doing multi-cam, you're in luck. Because all rendering is being done on the Anywhere system, all media streamed to your editing system is one, single video stream. This is transparent to the editor, but drastically reduces the amount of data needed to be streamed to your computer.
Currently, Anywhere supports Premiere Pro CC, Prelude CC, and there is a tech preview of After Effects currently available.
There are some other caveats, however. Plug-ins need to be on the client system and all of the Adobe Anywhere servers, as well as any fonts. Also, exports from your timeline are performed and saved on the Adobe Anywhere servers, not on your local machine. Also, a big one is being able to actually look at the centralized storage pool when you're remote…this cannot be done without Asset Management.
A license to use Adobe Anywhere, much like the rest of the creative Adobe applications, is at least partly subscription based. However, this subscription – as well as the server software to install on the aforementioned collaboration hubs and render nodes – is only available through a sanctioned Adobe Anywhere integrator…like our sponsor, Key Code Media. Given the complexity of a full deployment, Adobe has set up rigorous requirements in order to ensure that these systems are deployed by integrators who know what they are doing.
5. The question I get asked the most – How much does it cost?
Let's go on the assumption you're building a system from scratch that supports a dozen users. First off, you'll need a Creative Cloud plan. This can be as little as $360 a year, depending on your plan. The Adobe Anywhere subscription part of the equation is $999 per each user, per year. The Adobe Anywhere server software is, as of now, free – but again, only available to integrators.
If we now look at the hardware needed to run the Anywhere software, the minimum you're going to need to spend for a qualified, Adobe sanctioned 4 server system will be $60,000. I've been involved in the building, integration and support of several Anywhere deployments. The weakest link has always been the least expensive servers for the Collaboration Hub and Render Nodes. Go with a name brand, like Dell or HP. Skip Supermicro. You're going to pay a bit more, but the availability of parts, the warranty and support far outweigh the initial savings on cheap parts. You'll thank me later.
We now need to add sanctioned storage to the mix. Adobe has qualified storage, such as Isilon, Quantum, Harmonic and other enterprise storage platforms. These solutions will easily be $70,000+. I have no doubt that less expensive storage, at some point, will be qualified, but even those systems will be $20,000+ minimum. Keep in mind folks, you need fast video storage, not fast data storage, which tends to thin the herd out quickly.
Asset Management is an often overlooked component. If you were at NAB this year, many manufacturers had Panels for Anywhere access. Vizrt, Apace, Levels Beyond, and Axle – among others. These solutions range from $12,000 up to $50,000 or more.
Lastly, none of these numbers include additional infrastructure additions, like switches, VPNs…or other overlooked costs, such as installation or training.
As you can see, $150,000 for a complete, turnkey entry level Anywhere system is not uncommon.
Most deployments will easily be an additional $75,000 if not more.
There is a ton more info on Adobe Anywhere. Have more queries than just these 5 questions? Ask me in the Comments section. Also, please subscribe and share this tech goodness with the rest of your techie friends.
I plan to be back in 2 weeks with another 5 things. Until the next episode: learn more, do more – thanks for watching.
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this was a very special edition of BOOK HUNGRY because (1) i know the author (well, loosely. i know her from twitter), (2) i read the book in one day, the day after i got back from india and was supremely jet lagged, (3) jessica joined our conference call and gave us insider tips (on where the idea came from, the characters' names, and which scenes got cut and which elaborated) and she was generally as lovable as her characters, and (4) i got a super-dee-duper secret copy.
basically, it was all mission impossible and once i read it, my device blew up. well, loosely. not blow up in the KABOOM kind of way, but definitely in the bow-chicka-wow-wow kind of way.
you guys, i admit it, i was nervous about this book. i REALLY wanted to like it because i REALLY enjoy jessica on twitter, but i had to read it in one day and when i could barely see straight from all that jet lag? yup. me. nerves.
but, as with most things, i was worrying for no reason at all.
the awesome cover opened to even more awesome things inside. it was realistic! funny! charming! sweet! and the ending (specifically the very last line) was spot on. i've been on the lookout for really good endings lately because it seems most books end quietly and normally, but TEMPTING THE BILLIONAIRE (and GONE GIRL for that matter) nailed it. they both contained genius endings that left me inordinately pleased.
this book did not disappoint and in fact, even turned a bit of the romance genre on its head. it's absolutely worth a read.
jessica's had a wild ride from the selling of her book to the rapid release of it (we all know publishing's not known for its quick turnarounds) and folks, let me tell you, this is one ride you want to get on. it comes out on january 8th (a FANTASTIC DAY if i do say so myself), so make sure to get thyself a copy.


The youngest of us all finally found 30 years old.
To celebrate the occasion we had a "surprise" birthday party for Ash with friends and family. The festivities began with an after school Harley ride through Moses Coulee and then culminated with a party at the house. Hot dogs over the fire, pie in place of cake, and a "30" bon fire to finish the night.
A special thanks to Jonda and Staci for the amazing decorations!
Attempting to light the "30"