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Либерти-Сити (, ) — вымышленный город из серии компьютерных игр Grand Theft Auto, разработанных компанией Rockstar Games. Либерти-Сити вдохновлён реальным городом Нью-Йорк, и, как и его прообраз, расположен на Северо-восточном побережье США, в вымышленном штате Либерти (), аналоге штата Нью-Йорк.

Либерти-Сити находится в той же вымышленной вселенной игр компании Rockstar Games, что и штат Сан-Андреас, города Вайс-Сити, Лос-Сантос, Сан-Фиерро, Лас-Вентурас. Также эта локация чаще других встречается в серии Grand Theft Auto: она фигурирует в девяти играх и является основным местом действия в семи играх.

В разных вселенных, которые появляются в играх «GTA», существует несколько вариаций Либерти-Сити:
В первой Grand Theft Auto 1997 года, относящейся к 2D-Вселенной, Либерти-Сити — это один из трёх мегаполисов, образующих место действия игры. Город уже тогда был расположен на нескольких островах и географически сильно напоминал Нью-Йорк.
В играх Вселенной 3D Либерти-Сити является основной игровой локацией в Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance и Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, а также частично показан в Grand Theft Auto: Vice City и Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Здесь он также изображён как крупный столичный город, который вновь повторяет облик Нью-Йорка и других американских городов, таких как Лос-Анджелес, Чикаго и Детройт.
Во Вселенной HD Либерти-Сити стал основным местом действия в Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, и Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, где так же похож на город Нью-Йорк, узнаваемы достопримечательности и география (реализованы все нью-йоркские боро: Алгонквин, символизирующий Манхэттен; Брокер, похожий на Бруклин, Дюкс, представляющий собой Куинс и Бохан, воплощающий Бронкс). Также в GTA IV показана прилегающая территория — Олдерни, являющаяся штатом, соседним с Либерти-Сити (он основан на штате Нью-Джерси, граничащим с Нью-Йорком).

Во всех играх Либерти-Сити — это большой густонаселённый город (4-8 млн жителей), с обширной транспортной сетью, расположенный на нескольких островах. В городе высокий уровень преступности, а также коррупции должностных лиц. Кроме того, город подвержен действиям террористических актов (таких как подрыв моста Каллахан в «GTA III»), затрудняющих движение транспорта.

Вселенная 2D

Вымышленный город Либерти-Сити () впервые появляется в серии игр Grand Theft Auto в оригинальной игре 1997 года. Город основан на Нью-Йорке и штате Нью-Джерси и является одним из трёх мегаполисов США представленных в игре, наряду с Вайс-Сити (Майами) и городом Сан-Андреас (Сан-Франциско). Это первая локация, доступная игроку, пока тот не разблокирует оставшиеся два города.

Дизайн
Либерти-Сити расположен на восточном побережье США. Его география и расположение в первой GTA, гораздо больше похожа на реальный Нью-Йорк, в сравнении с более поздним вариантом города показанным в Grand Theft Auto III. Центральный остров Либерти-Айленд, напоминает Манхэттен и имеет большой парк в центре, аналогичный Центральному парку. Остров окружён рекой с несколькими маленькими островами и связан с материком мостами. В соседней с островом территории узнаются очертания Нью-Джерси и других районов Нью-Йорка. Городская планировка Либерти-Сити, как и Нью-Йорка, очень сильно урбанизированная, с огромными количеством зданий и минимальными территориями парков и зелёных насаждений. В городе есть работающая круговая линия метрополитена, в основном связывающая центральный остров с почти всеми ближайшими районами и имеющая надземные и подземные участки. В 1997 году в городе вещают 7 радиостанций.

Территория Либерти-Сити в оригинальной Grand Theft Auto разделена на 20 районов, больше, чем в каждом из остальных городов в игре. Но де-факто к самому городу Либерти-Сити относятся лишь 15 районов, а 5 — это соседний штат Нью-Гернси. Районы основаны на реальных районах и кварталах Нью-Йорка и Нью-Джерси, а их названия представляют собой игру слов, каламбуры из названий их реальных прототипов. Всю карту можно разделить на несколько участков:
 Центральный остров, носящий название Либерти-Айленд (Манхэттен), поделён на районы: Айленд-Сити (Нижний Манхэттен и Мидтаун), Айленд-Хайт (Вашингтон-Хайтс), Ноу-Ло (Инвуд) и Парк (Центральный парк);
 Восточный берег основанный на Лонг-Айленде, имеет районы: Ардлер (), Броклин (Бруклин), Доки Броклина (Нью-Йоркская военно-морская верфь), Эстория (Астория), Кингс (Куинс) и Теллберг (Уильямсберг);
 Северо-восточный берег, основан на материковой части Нью-Йорка и поделён на Брикс (Бронкс) и Айленд-Вью ();
 Аналогично островам на Ист-Ривере, имеются пара малых островов — Ло-Айленд (острова Рандалс и Уордс) и Никсон-Айленд (остров Рузвельт), название которого — это отсылка к Ричарду Никсону;
 Северо-западный берег, является отдельным штатом — Нью-Гернси (Нью-Джерси), он разделён на Иглвуд (Энглвуд), Хакенслэш (Хакенсак), Форт-Ло (), Шелчберг () и Гернси-Сити (Джерси-Сити).

Вселенная 3D

Grand Theft Auto III
2001 год. Появление Либерти-Сити в Grand Theft Auto III является вторым в серии. Город уже сильно отличается от оригинала. Внутриигровая литература называет его «худшим местом в Америке» из-за гангстерских разборок, грабежей и убийств, принявших характер пандемии. Где-то поблизости от него находится Карцер-Сити («тюремный город») из Manhunt.

О ранней истории Либерти Сити мало что известно, хотя упоминается, что «на момент изобретения телефона» город состоял «из церкви, трёх домов и пастбища с коровами». На карте также указано, что город отмечал свой 200-летний юбилей в 1998 году, что должно означать дату основания — 1798 год. Население города составляет четыре миллиона человек, городом-побратимом Либерти-Сити является Бейрут.

Либерти-Сити располагается на двух островах: Портленд (Portland), Стонтон (Staunton Island) и части материка Шорсайд-Вейл (Shoreside Vale), сообщение между которыми осуществляется по навесным мостам, подземным автотуннелям и метро. Каждый район отличается от других архитектурой, населением, доступным транспортом, местными криминальными группировками. Районы разделены на зоны влияния между преступными группировками «Дьяволы», «Ярди», «Худз», колумбийским картелем, семьями итальянской мафии Леоне, Форелли и Синдакко, японской якудза и китайскими триадами. Климат в городе преимущественно пасмурный и дождливый, случаются сильные туманы. В самом начале игры доступен только остров Портленд, а транспортное сообщение между остальными частями перекрыто. Эти локации города открываются по ходу прохождения сюжетных миссий. В конце игры игроку доступны все три части города.

Деловым центром Либерти-Сити является Стонтон, аналог реального Манхэттена. Здесь находятся ряд небоскрёбов, а также площадь Бедфорд-Пойнт (Таймс-сквер), Бельвилль-Парк (Централ-Парк), Либерти-Кампус (Колумбийский университет) и Мемориальный стадион Либерти-Сити (аналог реального стадиона Медисон-сквер-гарден). На острове же Портленд располагается контролируемый «триадами» Чайнатаун (:en:Chinatown, Brooklyn) и местный квартал красных фонарей.

Мэром Либерти-Сити на 2001 год являлся Майлз О'Донован, который стал преемником Роджера С. Хоула, убитого в 1998 году Тони Сиприани по приказу местного мафиозного босса, дона Сальваторе Леоне.

Grand Theft Auto Advance
2000 год. Город такой же, как и в GTA III. Три острова, на которых располагается город, претерпели некоторые изменения, и все элементы, которые было невозможно реализовать в двухмерной игре, исключили, из-за чего в GTA Advance отсутствуют наклонные поверхности, туннели и метро.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
1998 год. В Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories город несколько отличается от города в Grand Theft Auto III. Разработчиками было добавлено несколько новых локаций и переработаны многие районы города.
Так, к примеру, «Sex Club Seven» Луиджи Готерелли () здесь называется «Paulie's Revue Bar», и владеет им JD O'Toole, который работает на мафиозную семью Синдакко () из Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, причём игрок становится свидетелем того, как клуб получает нового владельца и название «Sex Club Seven». Также в городе существует небольшой район — Маленькая Италия (), которого нет в Либерти-Сити времён Grand Theft Auto III, но его судьба также становится известной игроку в одной из миссий ближе к концу игры. В самом начале игры также доступен только остров Портленд, а транспортное сообщение между остальными частями перекрыто. Эти локации города открываются по ходу прохождения сюжетных миссий. В конце игры игроку доступны все три части города.

Претерпел изменения и путь между островами. Мост между Портленд-Айлендом и Стонтон-Айлендом, а также туннель, соединяющий их в Grand Theft Auto III ещё не завершён, открыта только секция туннеля, которая идёт от северной части острова Шорсайд-Вейл до южной. Мост Каллахан (который разрушается взрывом в начале Grand Theft Auto III) также недостроен. Строительство моста в игре закончено так и не будет, но после миссии «Driving Mr. Leone» перед недостроенными пролётами появляются трамплины, и игрок путём прыжков на транспортном средстве может попасть на остров Стонтон. Вместо автодорог между островами курсирует паром, которого на момент действия Grand Theft Auto III уже нет, а на месте паромных причалов в Портленд-Айленда и Стонтон-Айленда — соответственно въезд в уже достроенный туннель Портер и небольшая военная база.

Население города составляет 12 миллионов человек, живущих на трёх островах и четырёх районах. Ещё не введён общегородской запрет на мотоциклы, действовавший в GTA III, и объяснявший отсутствие в городе этого вида транспорта. Этот запрет был пролоббирован фондом «American Road Safety for Everyone» (сокращённо ARSE — «задница»), который финансировала автомобильная корпорация «Майбацу», ранее таким же образом успешно «запретившая велосипеды».

Полицейские автомобили в целом повторяют цветовую схему реального Департамента Полиции Нью-Йорка (New York Police Department, NYPD), хотя и с заменой сине-белой гаммы на чёрно-белую.

Вселенная HD

Grand Theft Auto IV
2008 год. Либерти-Сити — место действия в Grand Theft Auto IV. В этой игре город больше походит на прототип Нью-Йорка и копирует не только общее архитектурное оформление города, но и многие его достопримечательности, среди которых Бруклинский мост (Брокерский мост), Крайслер-билдинг, Статуя Свободы (Статуя Счастья) и Эмпайр-стейт-билдинг (Роттердамская башня), Флэтайрон-билдинг и многие другие. В GTA IV Либерти-Сити поделен на четыре района: Брокер (прототип — Бруклин), Алгонквин (Манхэттен), Дюкс (Квинс), Бохан (Бронкс) и Олдерни (часть штата Нью-Джерси).

Известные места Нью-Йорка, воспроизведённые в игре, получили другие названия. Так, Брайтон-Бич был переименован в Хоув-Бич, Остров Рузвельта — в Колони-Айленд, Центральный парк известен как Миддл-Парк, а Таймс-сквер — Звёздный перекрёсток ().

В городе есть международный аэропорт Фрэнсис, объединяющий черты реальных аэропортов Ла Гуардия и JFK.

История города также похожа на историю реального Нью-Йорка. Район будущего Либерти-Сити был впервые обследован в 1609 году Горацием Гумбольдтом. В 1625 году основана голландская торговая фактория в Нижнем Алгонквине. Сам город изначально появился под названием «Новый Роттердам» (вместо первоначального названия реального Нью-Йорка — Новый Амстердам). В результате объявленной политики этнического разнообразия голландцы вскоре оказались в меньшинстве в своей собственной колонии, однако «их жалобы не волновали никого, кроме местных проституток».

В 1664 переименован в Либерти-Сити в связи с переходом под английский контроль. Новое название города объясняется тем, что передача города англичанам спонсировалась Банком Либерти («Банком Свободы»).

Британцы оставляют город в 1783 году, во время войны за независимость. Затем он стал первой столицей страны, и оставался ей вплоть до переезда правительства в Кэпитал-Сити («столичный город») в 1790-х годах.

В подобном ключе излагается также и история происхождения названий всех пяти районов Либерти-Сити. Так, если верить идущим по городскому телевидению документальным фильмам, название района Брокер происходит от имени вымышленного незаконнорождённого сына короля Великобритании сэра Уильяма Брокера III, а район Дюкс получил своё название от «дуки» (dookie), жаргонного названия фекалий, из-за характерного запаха большинства местных жителей. Также, если верить этим фильмам, название района Бохан по-голландски означает «слово по-голландски», а название Алгонквин (совпадающее с реальным индейским племенем алгонкинов), на языке индейцев (неизвестно, на каком именно) означает «место для жилых небоскрёбов» или «место, чтобы подцепить ЗППП».

Планировка района Алгонквин аналогична реальной планировке Манхэттена. Дороги с запада на восток — «улицы», названные в честь минералов и химических элементов, от А (Аметист), до «Икс» (Ксенотайм). Дороги с севера на юг — «авеню», названные в честь городов, от А до G. Улицы же района Бохан вообще названы по известным американским тюрьмам: Алькатрас, Синг-Синг, Гуантанамо и др.

К западу от Либерти-Сити располагается формально независимый от него район Олдерни, входящий в одноимённый штат, и пародирующий реальный Нью-Джерси. Одной из основных его достопримечательностей является тюрьма («исправительное учреждение штата Олдерни»). Официальным прозвищем Олдерни является «Уродливая сестра Либерти Сити». Во время вертолётного тура над Либерти Сити пилот, указывая на реку Вест-Ривер (соответствующую реальному Гудзону), замечает: «Вот Вест-Ривер. Жители Либерти Сити очень рады, что она отделяет нас от Олдерни». Название Олдерни происходит от Филиппа де Олдерни, единственного человека, кто смог вытерпеть жизнь в подобном месте.

На момент действия население Либерти-Сити достигает 15 млн чел., мэром является демократ Хулио Очоа, а его заместителем республиканец Брюс Докинс; кроме того, имеет место избирательная кампания на пост губернатора штата. Основными кандидатами являются Джон Хантер и Майкл Грэйвс, хотя не упоминается, к каким партиям они принадлежат, и кто из них является (если кто-то является) действующим губернатором.

В городе имеется собственный Пожарный Департамент (Fire Department of Liberty City, FDLC), внешний вид которого напоминает реальный Пожарный департамент Нью-Йорка (FDNY). Сотрудников департамента можно попытаться вызвать на тушение пожара; однако, независимо от того, есть на самом деле пожар или нет, пожарные вскоре заявляют: «А, ещё один ложный вызов», и возвращаются на место.

В Либерти-Сити также есть собственная бейсбольная команда «Либерти-Сити Свингерс», играющая в районе Дюкс, футбольная команда «Либерти Сити Рэт», хоккейная команда «Либерти-Сити Ремпейдж», и две баскетбольные команды, «Либерти-Сити Пенетрейторс» и «Либерти-Сити Саламандерс».

В начале сюжета городские мосты закрыты из-за террористической угрозы, затем они открываются.

Вместо реальной Статуи Свободы вымышленный Либерти Сити имеет Статую Счастья, расположенную, соответственно, на Острове Счастья, лежащем к югу от Алгонквина (который в реальном мире соответствует Манхэттену). Памятник был подарен Соединённым Штатам Францией в 1886 году, чтобы отметить «100 лет свободы от британской еды и британской орфографии».

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Телефонный код Либерти-Сити — 948.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
2009 год. В сравнении с Grand Theft Auto IV город остался таким же, но отсутствует Олдерни.

Транспорт в Либерти-Сити

Метро
В Grand Theft Auto III и Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories имеется метрополитен. В третьей части игры была одна линия и четыре станции (по одной в Портленде и Шорсайд-Вейл и две на острове Стонтон). Метро в Портленде открывалось после прохождения всех миссий в этом районе. Но попасть в метро можно и без прохождения миссий. Для этого нужно добраться либо до острова Стонтон, либо до Шорсайд-Вейла.

Также в Grand Theft Auto III и Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories на острове Портленд имеется линия надземного метро с тремя станциями: Чайнатаун, Хепберн-Хайтс, Сент-Маркс.

Метро вернулось только в Grand Theft Auto IV. В ней есть 2 линии (формально их 8 из-за того, что учитывается разделение на острова плюс сторона движения), на которых находятся 28 станций (одна из них пересадочная). Линии именуются следующим образом: первая линия (сине-жёлтая) состоит из участков E, B, C и K, а вторая (красно-зелёная) из A, J, 3 и 8. В метро присутствуют как надземные, так и подземные участки. Проходит везде, кроме острова Олдерни.

Такси
В Grand Theft Auto IV и GTA: Chinatown Wars появилась возможность ездить в такси в качестве пассажира. Игрок должен нажать соответствующую клавишу, чтобы главный герой свистнул или махнул рукой. Затем игрок садится в остановившиеся такси и выбирает место назначения (игровой пункт или любая точка, заранее указанная на карте). Игровая стоимость проезда в такси зависит от расстояния на которое требуется проехать и скорости (можно пропустить поездку за более высокую плату, время этой поездки не учитывается, что позволяет не опаздывать). Ранее в Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories ездить на такси в качестве пассажира можно было только в случаях попадания в больницу или полицейский участок при выполнении миссии. В остальных случаях герой ездит на такси в качестве водителя.

Автобус
И в 3D, и в HD Вселенной Grand Theft Auto присутствуют автобусы, однако установленных маршрутов ни в одной из игр не существует, несмотря на то, что по всему городу расставлены автобусные остановки. В бета-версиях Grand Theft Auto IV и эпизодов присутствовала полноценная система автобусов с 28 маршрутами. Факт её существования подтверждают остатки в коде игры, а также неиспользуемая 3D-модель водителя автобуса. В HD вселенной всем общественным транспортом управляет компания LTA (пародия на компании MTA и NYCTA).

Канатная дорога
В HD Вселенной Grand Theft Auto в Либерти-Сити между Алгонквином и Колони-Айленд курсируют вагоны канатной дороги, которая базируется на реальной канатной дороге в Нью-Йорке. Вагон канатной дороги технически является поездом.

Железная дорога
Действующая железная дорога в Либерти-Сити не показана ни в одной игре. В Grand Theft Auto IV в районе Истон присутствует здание под именем Grand Easton Terminal, которое своей архитектурой и расположением отсылает к Grand Central Terminal, однако это здание недоступно для игрока. В индустриальных районах Либерти-Сити часто встречаются остатки грузовых железных дорог, например, в районах Вестминстер и Мит-Квартер проходит эстакада, являющаяся отсылкой на грузовую линию Хай-Лайн, которая проходила в похожих районах Манхэттена и в данный момент переделана в парк.

Примечания

Ссылки
 wikia:ru.gta: Либерти-Сити вселенной HD — статья о Либерти-Сити вселенной HD на Grand Theft Wiki.
 wikia:ru.gta: Либерти-Сити вселенной 3D — статья о Либерти-Сити вселенной 3D на Grand Theft Wiki.

GTA
 Описание, история и карта города на официальном сайте Grand Theft Auto
GTA III
 Официальный сайт Grand Theft Auto III в версиях HTML и Flash
 Либерти Три, газета Либерти-Сити

GTA IV
 Официальный сайт Grand Theft Auto IV

GTA: Chinatown Wars
 Официальный сайт GTA: Chinatown Wars

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Q: FO ordered list item labels roman numerals I am converting two XSLT files to freemarker.  One is HTML and the other is FO. I need to be able to generate list item labels based on a variable typeordered which can be one of the values 1, a, A, i, I (as used in html ordered list type).
Original html.xsl

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Original fo.xsl
<fo:list-item>
    <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
        <fo:block><xsl:number format="{typeordered}" /></fo:block>
    </fo:list-item-label>
    ...
</fo:list-item>

FO freemarker version.  can do lower / upper case alphabet but how to do roman numerals?  seems overly complicated?
<#macro listItemM listItem listElement n>
<fo:list-item>
    <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
        <fo:block>
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                    <#else>
                        ${n}
                    </#if>
                <#else>
                    ${n}
                </#if>.
            <#else>
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            </#if>
        </fo:block>
    </fo:list-item-label>
    ...
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A: There's no roman number formatting built into FreeMarker as of 2.3.28 (nor into Java, last time I have checked). Probably there should be... but for now, you have to roll your own (write a TemplateMethodModelEx for it).

A: Like ddekany mentioned you can create your own method. Here is an example of how you can do it:
Java Code
import freemarker.template.*;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.TreeMap;

public class RomanNumerals implements TemplateMethodModelEx {

    private final static TreeMap<Integer, String> map = new TreeMap<>();

    static {
        map.put(1000, "M");
        map.put(900, "CM");
        map.put(500, "D");
        map.put(400, "CD");
        map.put(100, "C");
        map.put(90, "XC");
        map.put(50, "L");
        map.put(40, "XL");
        map.put(10, "X");
        map.put(9, "IX");
        map.put(5, "V");
        map.put(4, "IV");
        map.put(1, "I");
    }

    // Copied from Stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/a/19759564/2735286
    private static String toRoman(int number) {
        int l = map.floorKey(number);
        if (number == l) {
            return map.get(number);
        }
        return map.get(l) + toRoman(number - l);
    }

    @Override
    public Object exec(List arguments) throws TemplateModelException {
        final boolean upperCase = ((TemplateBooleanModel) arguments.get(0)).getAsBoolean();
        final Integer number = ((SimpleNumber) arguments.get(1)).getAsNumber().intValue();
        String roman = toRoman(number);
        return new SimpleScalar(upperCase ? roman : roman.toLowerCase());
    }
}

You will have to insert it into your data model map, before processing the template:
HashMap<String, Object> dataModel = new HashMap<>();
dataModel.put("date", new Date());
dataModel.put("roman", new RomanNumerals());
testTemplate.process(dataModel, new PrintWriter(System.out));

This is how you use it in Freemarker:
${roman(true, 1234)}

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Rape Victim Child Custody Drama Films in Atlanta
Nikita -- "Brave New World" -- Image NK310a_0075 -- Pictured: Lyndsy Fonseca as Alex -- Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW -- © 2013 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved
Based on the true story of Analyn Megison, the Lifetime TV movie You Can't Take My Daughter begins production in Atlanta this week, lasting through early November. Now an advocate for rape survivors and their children, Megison was allegedly raped at age 29 while working for the governor of Louisiana as a special assistant on women's policy. Becoming pregnant as a result of the attack, Megison chose to give birth to her daughter. Then several years later, her alleged rapist – who was never convicted – attempted to claim custody of her child, resulting in a two-year court battle (which Megison won). Lyndsy Fonseca (Agent Carter, How I Met Your Mother, CW's Nikita, pictured), Kirstie Alley, Hunter Burke (TNT's Claws), Michael Woods (various soap operas) and Tia Hendricks are starring in the tense drama film.
Published October 15, 2019 By Jeff Clark
Categorized as Call Sheet Tagged Filmed in Atlanta, Filmed in Georgia, True Story
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This year's Light Up Poole, Dorset's annual festival of light art, will feature four world premieres, a European premiere and a raft of newly commissioned works.
The premiere of Harbour Glow, an ambitious site-specific work, will see Poole's dockside and cranes illuminated by moving light, to create a uniquely immersive experience.
Bournemouth University graduate Ashley Wilkie will return to Light Up Poole with his playful piece Juxtapose. Alongside this will be the first showing of his new work Ebbs and Flows, an architectural projection mapping of Poole's iconic Guildhall, using the sweeping double stairway as a backdrop to a journey across the world's oceans.
Award winning light and sound artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid of the Projection Studio will be premiering their experimental projection piece Zenith, inside St James' Church; whilst simultaneously projecting another new work, Horizon, on the outside of the church. The work has been produced in collaboration with NASA scientists and the Ordered Universe team. It will be seen for the first time in Europe at the Poole festival.
To support these ground breaking works, Professors Giles Gasper (History) and Brian Tanner (Physics) from Durham University will host Where Medieval Meets Modern, a community talk at the Lighthouse on 23rd February. The talk will introduce the medieval scientist and thinker Robert Grosseteste, whose ideas and research inform Horizon and Zenith.
The other world premiere hosted by Light Up Poole is Sonic Tides, Karen Monid's multi-channel audio installation in the grounds of Scaplen's Court. A unique translation of local research into sound, it immerses listeners in soundscapes informed by the history of Poole.
The festival has also commissioned new work from teenage light artist Seren Birtles. A nest of plastic, stretched from floor to ceiling, with projected light and inspired by the ocean, Eyrie invites the audience to consider how mankind places itself above other species in the name of consumption and possession. Birtles is one of the local artists selected for GLEAM, a talent development programme for regional light artists. The company has also produced community event Tidal Remedies for this year's festival, where visitors will be invited to share soup and have a chat in a pop-up street café on the High Street.


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Home » News/Sports » Bolt Left On Bench In Central Coast Mariners Friendly Win
Bolt Left On Bench In Central Coast Mariners Friendly Win
Posted by Neil-Monticelli Harley-Rüdd on October 7, 2018 Bolt Left On Bench In Central Coast Mariners Friendly Win2018-10-07T14:56:56+00:00 under News/Sports
Usain Bolt's desired career change from Olympic sprinter to a professional footballer was given a reality check when he became an unused substitute for Australian top flight side Central Coast Mariners on Friday.
The 32-year-old Jamaican icon was left on the bench for their friendly at Wollongong Wolves as the A-League outfit – where he is a trialist – stormed to a 3-1 success.
He had been named in the squad, which appeared to simply help sell tickets, but only 3,000 fans turned up. And many would surely have been disappointed not to see Bolt make a cameo appearance.
Bolt at least finished on the winning side at the WIN Stadium courtesy of goals from Michael McGlinchey, Connor Pain and Matt Simon.
But with the season kicking off in a fortnight's time then things are not looking brilliant for Bolt.
He has only made one appearance on the pitch for Mariners, a modest 18-minute substitute role during the 6-1 mauling of an amateur team in August.
On his debut it was clear that his match fitness and technical ability were seriously lagging.
And with Mariners having finished rock-bottom of the A-League last term, Mike Mulvey has been brought in as coach to shake things up.
Mulvey, a former A-League champion, has recently made some astute signings and then followed these up with a stern announcement that he will make a decision around Christmas time as to whether he wants to sign Bolt.
Yet Bolt is a more marketable commodity off the pitch than on it, although his agent is demanding a highly lucrative contract for him to play for Mariners. However, the proposed lucrative contract would need to be subsidised by the A-League governing body of Football Federation Australia if Bolt signed for a season.
The harsh reality is that Bolt may be the fastest sprinter ever, but he is no great footballer – as failed trials in Germany, South Africa and Norway have proved. And Jamaica's national team are not showing any interest in getting him involved on the pitch.
Bolt, who repeatedly declares that he wants no special treatment from the Mariners, remains enthusiastic and ambitious.
He said: "I've always said that one of my all-time best moments is running the 4×100m, so for me to come into a team is wonderful.
"There's going to be a lot of banter and a lot of fun, but I'm learning right now."
For Bolt to not get any match time minutes seems harsh considering the hype about Friday's friendly after he was named in the squad.
Considering that when he made his debut for the Mariners he helped boost the ticket sales to just under 10,000, then the initial novelty of Bolt being involved may be beginning to wane already
He is now in a desperate race to prove to Mulvey that he has the ability and drive to earn a professional contract Down Under. And the club also need to improve their hype, to sell tickets, of having the eight-time Olympic champion in their ranks otherwise Bolt will be history.
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Stereo View of 'Mount Remarkable' and Surrounding Outcrops at Mars Rover's Waypoint
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to record this stereo scene of a butte called "Mount Remarkable" and surrounding outcrops at a waypoint called "the Kimberley" inside Gale Crater. The image appears three-dimensional when viewed through red-blue glasses with the red lens on the left.
The butte stands about 16 feet (5 meters) high. Its informal name comes from a mountain and national park in Australia. The rover team plans to drive Curiosity to the flatter outcrop at the base of the Martian Mount Remarkable for a close-up inspection that might include drilling into the rock.
This mosaic view combines multiple images taken during the 597th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (April 11, 2014). That same day, the rover had driven 90.2 feet (27.5 meters) and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed Curiosity at the location from which the rover captured this panorama. The resulting image from the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera is online at PIA18081. A map showing Curiosity's route from the August 2012 landing site to the Kimberley is online at https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/6153/curiositys-traverse-map-through-sol-597/.
Curiosity's science team chose the Kimberley in 2013 as a waypoint for science investigations along the route to the mission's long-term destinations on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp, in the middle of Gale Crater. This waypoint offers set of outcrops of different types of rock layers exposed close together, so that their relationship to each other can be studied. The team refers to the rock layer surrounding the base of Mount Remarkable as the "middle unit" because it is intermediate in location between rocks that form buttes in the area and lower-lying rocks that show a pattern of striations.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover and the rover's Navcam.
For more information about Curiosity, visit https://www.nasa.gov/msl and https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/.
Image source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18084
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Anniversary artwork of NASA Viking 1 and Viking 2 Landers and Orbiters against an American flag. Infographic text: Viking 1976. 40th anniversary. #viking40
Viking 40 Year Anniversary Artwork: American Flag
This stereo view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows "Lunokhod 2 Crater," which lies south of "Solander Point" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Lunokhod 2 Crater is approximate...
'Lunokhod 2' Crater on Mars (Stereo)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen at the "Pahrump Hills" area of Gale Crater in this view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orb...
Curiosity Rover at 'Pahrump Hills'
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Curiosity Extends Arm for First Time on Mars
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Signs of the Sky Crane's Impact
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Tackling the Challenge of Mars
A rock in the Sheepbed mudstone deposit in the Yellowknife Bay area inside Gale Crater is the first rock on Mars ever to be dated by laboratory analysis of its ingredients.
Measuring the Age of a Rock on Mars
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Radar, Top View (Artist's Concept)
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North Polar Cap Cross Section
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Replicating Martian Dunes
Download a zip file of the Opportunity Rover: Block Island 3D Model.
Opportunity Rover: Block Island 3D Model
Dark, seasonal flows emanate from bedrock exposures at Palikir Crater on Mars in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Warm-Season Flows on Martian Slope
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Variation in Water Content in Martian Subsurface Along Curiosity's Traverse
These two signature microchips (circled in red) carry 1.2 million names submitted from the public.
Signature Chips on Mars
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Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Horowitz Crater (Eight-Image Sequence)
On Sept. 7 NASA's ASPIRE project broke a record when its rocket-launched parachute deployed in 4-10ths of a second - the fastest inflation of this size chute in history.
Testing a Parachute for Mars
This panorama is a mosaic of images taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on the NASA Mars rover Curiosity while the rover was working at a site called "Rocknest" in October and November 2012.
Panoramic View From 'Rocknest' Position of Curiosity Mars Rover (Raw-Color)
Drive along with NASA's Opportunity Mars rover and hear the voices of scientists and engineers behind the mission. Designed to run for 90 days, the exploration spanned more than 15 years from 2004 ...
Opportunity: NASA Rover Completes Mars Mission
This back and forth comparison shows changes that occurred in a gully on a south-facing slope in middle southern latitudes of Mars.
Changes in a Gully in a Mars Crater (Two-Image Comparison)
This is an artist's concept of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover parachute system.
Mars Science Laboratory Parachute, Artist's Concept
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover team wraps up its scientific study at Rocknest.
Rover Results at Rocknest
This image, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, shows the transition between the "Murray Formation," in which layers are poorly expressed and difficult to tra...
Geological Transition
Members of NASA's Mars Helicopter team prepare the flight model (vehicle going to Mars) for a test in the Space Simulator.
Mars Helicopter Team Prepares for Test
In this picture, the rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools at the end of the rover's arm, which extends about 7 feet (2 meters).
Curiosity: Robot Geologist and Chemist in One!
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The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency's Mars Sample Return program will have to study.
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
Middle schoolers who have pushed past obstacles to reach their academic goals will be celebrated by the mission team with a personal message beamed down from NASA's Perseverance rover.
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Pictures from NASA's latest six-wheeler on the Red Planet suggest the area's history experienced significant flooding events.
NASA's Perseverance Sheds More Light on Jezero Crater's Watery Past
The rocks it has analyzed for sample collection are helping the team better understand a past marked by volcanic activity and water.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars' History
Panelists will discuss the Perseverance rover's successful collection of the sample and latest science analysis.
NASA to Host Briefing on Successful Sample Collection of Martian Rock
The rover continues to explore Jezero Crater while the team assesses today's activities.
NASA's Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt
The Red Planet
Past, Present, Future, Timeline
Why Mars?


Watauga Point Recreation Area - Wag!
Watauga Point Recreation Center is located in Unicoi, Tennessee. At 1,900 feet in elevation, this campground gives some of the best views around. The campground is medium-sized, but still provides a lot of the amenities you look for when camping. It is a favorite campground during the peak season, but you won't feel overcrowded with other people.
Watauga campground is filled with trees, forest, and plenty of shady areas to get away from the hot sun. However, if you want to sunbathe or hang out near the stunning Watauga Lake, you can do just that. There is a large and open grassy area for sunbathing, playing games, and running your dog around as well. There is also an excellent gravel trail that loops throughout the campground, so you can take hikes with your pup and family to enjoy the scenery!
You will also have access to bathrooms with flushing toilets, picnic tables, grills, accessible fresh drinking water, paved paths for walking and running, a pavilion that can be reserved for the day, scenic overlooks for enjoying views and taking pictures, and lake access for swimming. You are also allowed to bring kayaks, canoes, and small boats into the lake as well.
Access to electricity is available at this campground as well, making it convenient for charging phones, computers, and other electronic devices. Nearby, there is also a boat launch, a shooting range, and the Big Laural Branch Wilderness Area.
The peak season for this campground is between May 25th and October 12th every year. There does not seem to be poop bags available at this location, so you will have to bring your own. There are trash cans around the recreation area so you can quickly discard these bags. Always remember to keep your dog under control and make sure they are never aggressive to other dogs and people. The leash requirement is unknown, but it is always a better idea to keep your dog leashed.


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A Plethora of Choices: A (Semi) Knee-Jerk Reaction to the 2012 Academy Awards
February 27, 2013 by Travis J. Cook Leave a Comment
"Argo fuck yourselves" indeed.
"Do you want to be happy? I suspect that you do. Well, here's the first step to happiness: Don't get pissed off that people who aren't you happen to think Paris Hilton is interesting and deserves to be on TV every other day; the fame surrounding Paris Hilton is not a reflection on your life (unless you want it to be). Don't get pissed off because the Yeah Yeah Yeahs aren't on the radio enough; you can buy the goddamn record and play "Maps" all goddamn day (if that's what you want). Don't get pissed off because people didn't vote the way you voted; you knew this was a democracy when you agreed to participate, so you knew this was how things might work out. Basically, don't get pissed off over the fact that the way you feel about culture isn't some kind of universal consensus. Because if you do, you will end up feeling betrayed. And it will be your own fault. You will feel bad, and you will deserve it." – "Cultural Betrayal", Esquire 2005, Chuck Klosterman
Well, the Academy Awards happened on Sunday night (the 24th of February in the Year of Something or Other 2013), ostensibly celebrating the year in movies that was 2012. It was not a clean sweep, something that has become a little rarer in recent years, much like Bengal tigers and Bengals playoff visits. The last time I can think of where one movie solidly dominated the goings-on in Los Angeles was Return of the King in 2003. (Well, 2004, but it was a group of movies that were mostly released widespread in 2003. At least, in theaters in NY and LA near you.) Returning to last Sunday's evening, we were treated to Daniel Day-Lewis turning into a stand-up comedian, tasteful musical numbers, tasteless musical numbers, show-stopping numbers and numbers that almost literally dragged the bloated carcass that is any awards behemoth into the ground. (Thank you, Les Mis, but it's impossible for a bunch of mostly talented white people who seem otherwise charming to truly follow the awesomeness that erupted from Jennifer Hudson's mouth. It's almost institutionally unfair.)
The big winner of the night (if we have to pick one) was Argo, which followed the trends of most awards groups in Hollywood who voted this year and received Best Picture, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. In the eyes of the elite of Hollywood, Ben Affleck has finally been redeemed. (Though he was quick enough to castigate Seth MacFarlane for bringing up Gigli. See, Ben, that's the thing about movies: they're kind of going to stick around in the $5 Wal-Mart bin forever, and popular culture may forgive you for that particular piece of [art] but they will not forget it. No, sir.)
In reaction to the Oscars' results, there have been several noted popular and cinematic critics blowing up in outrage over Argo's victory. This should come as a surprise to no one; ranting about the Oscars is an annual pastime that might be even larger than watching the Oscars in the first place. The battle-cry of those critics voicing their opposition to the movie is that Argo is only mediocre when set up against the massive body of work that was casually dumped into theaters last year, and that it skirts its main issues whilst movies such as Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained dive full-bodied into topics that had heretofore been commonly regarded as media taboo.
To understand why Argo won, it is important to directly confront several myths that are generally held as spoken truths regarding the ceremony of the Academy Awards, who the voters are, and how a movie goes about winning Oscars.
Myth #1: The Oscars are a ceremony that rewards the best and the brightest of the movies released in the previous year.
This myth certainly can stand the test of time: films such as The Godfather, Casablanca, No Country for Old Men, and Schindler's List are typically regarded as canons of American cinema. (Key word – American. Name me a foreign movie (Britain doesn't count) that has won Best Picture, and I will eat my shorts.) However, other movies, including several in the Sight and Sound poll deconstructed by Alex and Andrew like Vertigo and Citizen Kane, are Oscar-less. Other deserving entries, such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Taxi Driver/Raging Bull/Goodfellas all suffer from a lack of recognition. Or, one might think, if we believe…
Myth #2: The annual winner of Best Picture is exactly that: The Best Picture of it's Calendar Year.
Which everybody and their mother knows is bullshit. As cited in the previous paragraph, Oscar makes mistakes (or public perceptions of mistakes, but we'll get into that) all the damn time. Sure, there are those who feel that Gladiator, An American in Paris, Rocky, Ordinary People, and Dances with Wolves are monuments to American cinema, and in many cases, they're correct. (Who can forget the final ballet of Gene Kelly dancing through Paris? Or Mr. R. Balboa running up the steps in Philadelphia? Or Kevin Costner dreaming up the idea that became Waterworld while lying stoned in a fake tipi?) However, the idea that a single collective body of voters can all agree on what they think is the greatest achievement by a single motion picture is patently absurd. Just because one slips through the cracks and receives its due recognition every few years doesn't mean this is a perfect system.
Myth #3: The Oscars mean something.
I know it might be hearsay to speak this, but the Oscars really are one of the silliest things that we do as humans every year. Seriously, how many people every year do you know who constantly pine about wanting to see all of the nominated movies? And how likely are these people to trek out to see Beasts of the Southern Wild? How often have you made your decisions on which movies to attend because of the Oscars? (If you read the Recorder, chances are that you do, so I might be talking to the wrong crowd, but you get my point. More people saw The Dark Knight Rises in one day in July last year than the total attendance of the entirety of BOTSW's run. Is that a fair comparison? I don't know, have YOU seen Beasts of the Southern Wild?
The idea that the winner of Best Picture is something to be hallowed and treasured is an idea that's been built up a lot over the last thirty years or so, ever since the auteur explosion of the 70's met the literal explosions of the 80's and the budget explosions of the 90's. All of a sudden, the winner of Best Picture stood to receive a hefty box office bump, while simply being nominated could turn a non-profitable indie film into a box office monolith. (Enter Weinstein, Harvey.) In this regard, a Best Picture Oscar does mean something, and that is that the winner will go on to make a gabazillion dollars more than it would without an Oscar. As with so many things in this world, the Oscars are really about a few things: money, power, and entertainment. To say that this means something of great significance, or that art has a place in there (which it should, but doesn't) is to deny the essential truths laid in front of us. The Oscars are nothing more than a fancy dog-and-pony show, with tuxedos by Armani. (And beards by full-grown badgers, apparently. Hey, George Clooney! Shave!)
Tuxedo by Armani. Beard by a Wild Badger He Found in the Woods.
But you knew this, already.
Considering that the Oscars are all about money, power, and entertainment, it is important to understand who these uber-successful/uber-powerful people really are.
Myth #4: The Oscars are a fair-minded, entirely objective body of voters who have long, storied careers in the film industry, and are completely balanced in their appreciation of art that advances the medium.
Well, maybe I worded that poorly…
Myth #5: The Academy Awards consist of a voting body more corrupt than the IOC, FIFA, and the NCAA combined, composed of with no moral integrity, no taste or understanding of what art actually is, and an ethical consistency more commonly found in spore mold.
And that might have been a bit harsh.
Myth #6: The Academy Awards voting body is comprised of members who are easily swayed by ritzy advertising, a desire to be part of a movement, as well as longtime industry insiders with agendas and grudges, young eyed innocent filmmakers being exposed to the maelstrom that is the Hollywood awards season, and Jack Nicholson.
That one's actually true. (Especially the Jack Nicholson part.) Let me boil that down to a simpler statement.
Myth #6: Oscar voters are ordinary schmoes like you and me, with a vested interest in their jobs, careers, and movies. And Jack Nicholson.
To understand what we're talking about here, let's go back to 1998, the year of Saving Private Ryan. Directed by one of the most beloved of Hollywood directors, starring one of America's favorite leading males, and completely changing the way that movies about WWII are to be discussed, produced, and viewed in contemporary society. (I would say 'changed', but apart from adding Friday the 13th to Omaha Beach, SPR really is nothing more than an episode of the old TV series "Combat", and the movies that have followed in its wake include, first and foremost, Pearl Harbor. Which is not to slight the impact of adding Friday the 13th to Omaha Beach, since, you know, that's what war is like.) At the same time, Miramax Pictures released Shakespeare in Love late in the year, a smartly-written romantic comedy portraying William Shakespeare and other men-in-tights competing for the affections of Gwyneth Paltrow. At first glance, and in retrospective, SPR seems like the obvious winner. Yet Shakespeare in Love won.
Because Harvey Weinstein campaigned for that movie as though he was in the running for the Republican Presidential Nomination (interchange with Democratic Nominee in 2016 to keep this joke relevant). In addition, Shakespeare in Love fits many tropes that Oscar voters have historically tended to look for; it's a costume drama, it has a litany of some of the best actors working today (including Ben Affleck! Hmmm…), and a killer script that continues to make English teachers rejoice. (In all honesty, I prefer Shakespeare in Love for several reasons that simply boil down to what I'm more likely to throw in when I'm not in a depressed-mood-that-coincides-with-my-need-to-watch-Vin-Diesel-running-around-in-combat-gear. That particular state of mind seldom happens, by the way.) Consequently, SPR won Spielberg his second Directing award, while Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture.
Flash forward to the modern day. Following his omission from the Best Director category (thanks in part to an unusually early nominating process, as well as the aforementioned stacked pile of quality directors), Affleck apparently went on a humble-brag campaign, stating that it didn't matter if he was nominated or not, he was simply happy not to be starring in Gigli anymore. That statement could have been 100% honestly true with 0% hidden agendas loaded into its subtext, or it could be part of a scheming Oscar campaign; either way, it worked, as we now see. Affleck's film went on to win the SAG Ensemble award, the DGA, the PGA, and the WGA, among several other instances of victories. When one movie is steamrolling through awards like that, it generally indicates a consensus among the awards-voting crowd.
And yet, now that the awards have been handed out, the knee-jerk reaction is as though Affleck took Judy Garland's ruby slippers from their glass case on Oscar night, defecated in them, and then set them on fire while dancing around them with a broomstick.
"Ben…what have you done?"
Which strikes me as patently silly.
Granted, I've already admitted that I'm not as invested in the Oscars as I used to be. (My low point was 2001, when The Fellowship of the Ring lost to the slowly fading from view biopic A Beautiful Mind, and I raged and raged for days on end.) In fact, one of the purposes of this website is to allow my co-editors and I a safe place to vent about popular culture. I've even written a column entitled the Grudge Report solely to unleash my unbridled anger upon works I deem to be "less than satisfying." With that being said, an annual venting about the Oscars is growing far too exhausting for me to keep up with. As I've discussed, their relevancy as an institution of distinction is somewhat compromised by their inconsistency of choice regarding the landmark establishments of cinema. To take their word as dogma is to ignore the whole purpose of the concept in the first place, which is to highlight and celebrate insightful, entertaining, and quality works of cinema. (This is where the phrase "It's an honor just to be nominated" should have far more weight than it does in actuality.) What's more, it is also important to keep in mind that the recipients of Oscars are based upon a majority of votes, meaning that a plurality of those who watched the movie (or at least shared a beer with Ben Affleck) cared enough to vote for one particular movie. That's how democracy works, and while there might be movies out there that we care passionately about, losing out on an ultimately empty prize is no cause for shame.
Is Argo the best movie of the year? Maybe. Maybe not. The entire notion of there being a Best Picture of the Year is entirely subjective, based upon your viewing preferences. (Although I did write a column dedicated to the subject, so No. No, it is not. With that being said, I did win $10 from a certain co-editor who didn't feel that it would win Best Picture.) The matter of whether or whether it doesn't deserve the award is not the point I'm trying to make. It did, and we can all move on with our lives, either ignoring the movie, or watching it religiously every three weeks with a fresh bucket of popcorn. From where the world of Hollywood is currently sitting, that means that they prefer to watch movies that make them feel better about themselves, judging by the trend of Best Pictures over the last three years. (Which is unsurprising, having just come out of one of the darker decades of American history) Should cinema be something more? It should! Should cinema move to entertain us without having to dumb down the stories it tells? It should! Do all movies need to be overly pretentious collections of images and sprawling over-the-top performances that try and ask deep questions while smacking the viewer upside the head with a symbolic phallus? Nope, there's plenty of room for crowd-pleasing superheroes and giant robots, but those aren't the movies winning Oscars, either.
Do the Oscars matter? No. Should they?
You tell me.
Travis J. Cook is the Editor-in-Chief and one of the original founders of the Addison Recorder. He writes about baseball, movies, and music, among other topics. He resides in a hole in the ground near Wrigley Field.
Posted in: Awards Season, Films, Grudge Report


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Sea Hags () — дебютный, а также единственный, студийный альбом американской хард-рок группы Sea Hags, выпущенный в 1989 году.

Об альбоме
У Шлосхарда и Йокома были разные музыкальные вкусы, что отразилось и на материале альбома. Основной упор группа делала на грязный хард-рок, не похожий на популярный в то время в Голливуде хэйр-метал. Стиль группы главным образом характеризуют как слиз-метал.

Запись альбома
Первоначально на роль продюсера альбома руководство Chrysalis Records предлагало, среди прочих кандидатов, Рика Рубина и фронтмена The Cult Иэна Эстбери. Однако группа заручилась поддержкой Майка Клинка, спродюсировавшего дебютный альбом Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction.

По настоянию Клинка ушёл барабанщик Грег Лангстон и его заменил Адам Мэплс, игравший до этого в лос-анджелесской панк-группе Legal Weapon. Мэплс был предложен Клинком и был принят в группу после первого дня прослушиваний. С подачи Майка Клинка и с помощью Джо Сатриани Рону Йокому пришлось заново учиться играть на гитаре. В конечном счете, Йоком сыграл партии ритм-гитары, оставив все соло-партии приглашённому на время сессий Кевину Расселлу. Запись альбома проходила в лос-анджелесской студии Rumbo Recorders, в которой записывался Appetite for Destruction. Начало рекорд-сессии было перенесено на день, так как в то же время в студии записывал несколько песен Джордж Харрисон. При записи альбома Клинк часто заставлял музыкантов перезаписывать свои партии, также как и при работе с Guns N' Roses. В сентябре 1988 года, после четырёх месяцев студийной работы альбом был завершён.

В ноябре 1988 года к Sea Hags присоединился гитарист Фрэнк Уилси, недавно покинувший другую группу из Сан-Франциско Head On.

Выпуск и последующее турне
Выпущенный в июне 1989 года одноимённый группе Sea Hags получил благосклонные отзывы прессы, которая окрестила группу «новыми Guns N' Roses». Однако продажи были не так хороши и альбом не поднялся в чарте Billboard 200 выше 163 строчки.

Песня «Night Under the Stars» прозвучала в фильме 1988 года Кошмар на улице Вязов 4: Повелитель сна, а также попала на диск с саундтреком.

Для раскрутки альбома в июне 1989 года группа отправилась в турне по Великобритании на разогреве у The Georgia Satellites. Эта поездка дала им возможность также сыграть небольшой тур по клубам в качестве хэдлайнеров, включая бристольский Bierkeller. Вернувшись из Британии, Sea Hags отыграли тур по ключевым городам США, включая концерт в Атланте, где их разогревали недавно образованные The Black Crowes. Вскоре после этого заявила о распаде, а 1 февраля 1991 года, 26-летний Крис Шлосхарт скончался от передозировки героина, официально прекратив существование группы.

В 2007 году лейбл Rock Candy Records выпустил переиздание альбома, добавив в него демоверсии песен «Doghouse» и «Half the Way Valley».

Список композиций
 Все песни написаны Крисом Шлосхартом и Роном Йокомом, кроме отмеченных.

Участники записи
 Рон Йоком — вокал, гитара
 Крис Шлосхарт — бас-гитара, бэк-вокал
 Фрэнк Уилси — гитара
 Адам Мэплс — ударные

Дополнительные музыканты
 Кевин Расселл — соло-гитара

Информация о композициях
Half the Way Valley
«Half the Way Valley» написана под влиянием «It's So Easy» Guns N' Roses и повествует о Роне Йокоме, который как-то сидел в закусочной Hamburger Mary's. Демоверсия «Half the Way Alley», выпущенная на переиздании от Rock Candy Records, была записана в 1987 году на студии Дэйва Денни (Steve Miller Band), расположенной в Сан-Франциско, в качестве презентации для Chrystalis Records. Продюсером записи выступил Боб Дэвид, а Дэйв Денни являлся инженером. Во время этой рекорд-сессии была записана 21 композиция, 20 из которых нигде не выпускались. Также песня «Half the Way Alley» была издана отдельным синглом в 1989 году.

Doghouse
«Doghouse» одна из самых ранних песен группы. Она была написана, когда Крис Шлосхарт и Грег Лэгстон отправились на концерт Butthole Surfers, а Рон Йоком остался дома чтобы написать новый материал перед предстоящими концертами Sea Hags. Он как можно быстрее написал «Doghouse» и «Back to the Grind», чтобы тоже успеть на концерт. Рон считает что песня является синтезом «One Way Street» Aerosmith и «Stray Cat Strut» Stray Cats. Текст к ней представляет собой переделанную версию ранней песни группы «Hammer in the Bag». Демоверсия «Doghouse», выпущенная на переиздании от Rock Candy Records, была записана в начале 1985 года для шестипесенной кассеты The Hag of the Sea в гаражной студии Билла Макбета, расположенной в Эль-Керитто, Калифорния. Эту кассету группа продавала на своих концертах.

Too Much T-Bone
Название для «Too Much T-Bone» было взято у писателя Джонни Уайтсайда. Она написана про владельцев лейблов, которые едят слишком много стейков за счёт своих музыкантов. Строчка «If you can't cut it rockin' you can always strip» является отсылкой к группам, которые выглядят как девушки. Строчкой «You're only as good as your shittiest song» Йоком хотел подстегнуть себя к написанию более качественной песни. Во время записи он думал, что это худшая песня группы, но в конце концов она стала одной из самых известных.

Someday
Песня «Someday» была написана Брайаном Марнеллом из сан-францисской группы SVT и предназначалась для их альбома, однако группа распалась в начале 80-х и песня не была записана. SVT оказали большое влияние на Sea Hags. Обе группы имели общего менеджера, который передал демозаписи Марнелла, скончавшегося в 1983 году от передозировки героина, Sea Hags, и они решили записать одну из них.

Back to the Grind
«Back to the Grind» о написании песен и исполнении их на концертах. Строчка «Tyner's whiners draggin' their tails» рассказывает о прошлой группе Йокома The Nasty Poodles, которых он прозвал «нытики Тайнера» (Грег Тайнер — вокалист The Nasty Poodles). Элис Купер услышал песню и предложил записать на неё кавер. Однако он настаивал чтобы в этом случае группа не включала её в свой альбом, поэтому Sea Hags отказались. Песня издавалась на B-стороне сингла «Half the Way Valley» в 1989 году.

Bunkbed Creek
«Bunkbed Creek» и «In the Mood for Love» были написаны после совместного с Крисом ЛСД-трипа в канун Рождества 1984 в году на холмах Сан-Франциско Всё ещё под его действием, Крис прислонился к двухъярусной кровати и она издала продолжительный скрип. Крис сказал: «Вау, послушай этот скрип двухъярусной кровати!() Эй, тоже классное название для песни!».

In the Mood for Love
В «In the Mood for Love» Йоком использует скэт, которому он научился слушая джазовые пластинки матери. «Большой» Сэм (Big Sam) из песни — это реальный человек, работавший в Hamburger Mary's. Вдохновением для песни послужили белый альбом Beatles, особенно песня «Helter Skelter», и песня «Critical Mass» Aerosmith.
«In the Mood for Love» является первой написанной песней группы, она была написана Йокомом ещё для The Nasty Poodles после совместного ЛСД-трипа Йокома и Шлосхарда в канун Рождества 1984 в году на холмах Сан-Франциско.

Miss Fortune
Название песни «Miss Fortune» было взято с татуировки одной из подруг Йокома. На татуировке была изображена женщина, полулежащая в бокале Мартини с надписью «Miss Fortune» внизу. В музыкальном плане на песню повлияли фанковые эксперименты Led Zeppelin и недавно выпущенная «St. John» Aerosmith.

All the Time
«All the Time» была написана просто для веселья. Основную вокальную партию на «Three's a Charm» спел Крис Шлосхарт, в то время как Майк Клинк подпевал «hoo-hoo» в стиле Rolling Stones.

Under the Night Stars
«Under the Night Stars» является первой записанной песней группы. Она автобиографична и повествует о попытках обрести успех. Песня стала заключительной, так как группа хотела завершить альбом по театральному, чтоб он звучал словно конец шоу. В оригинале песня называлась «Love Kills» и была написана для фильма Сид и Нэнси, рабочим названием которого было Любовь убивает. С помощью Кирка Хэмметта из Metallica, который сыграл партию соло-гитары и выступил продюсером, песня была записана и отослана режиссёру Алексу Коксу. Однако он отклонил песню, объяснив что и так получил шесть различных песен с таким названием.

Примечания

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Chennai:For a state that holds the key to the country's highest office, Tamil Nadu faces as many crises as there are players who are in the fray this time.
This is the first time that the people of TN will vote for the Centre in the absence of political supremos M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa. This election will also determine the future of the Dravidian parties and leaders like MK Stalin and Edapadi K Palaniswamy, both of whom badly need to win to prove their leadership abilities to the party cadre and the people of Tamil Nadu.
On one side, there is a strong alliance of caste-centric parties, backed by the ruling parties of the AIADMK and BJP, and on the other, there is the DMK which, after several defeats in the past ten years, is looking for a victory. The DMK is banking on the anti-incumbency against the state government, and a campaign targeting PM Modi for being a fascist and indifferent to the interests of Tamil people.
The AIADMK is taking on the DMK for its 'corruption and rowdyism' and is conspicuously not uttering a word against Congress president Rahul Gandhi or other Congress leaders.
An AIIMS in Madurai, over six big infrastructure projects, a defence corridor, a special package to Tirupur garment industry, benefits under Mudra and Kisan Bima Yojna — these are some benefits that the Modi government gave Tamil Nadu in the past five years, according to senior BJP leaders.
"Be it the Gaja cylcone or Tamil New Year (April 14), he (Modi) has always made it a point to tweet in Tamil, send his people to the state etc," they said.
But these don't matter to people who feel the state's autonomy has been infringed upon by BJP. The DMK has spun its campaign around the AIADMK being a puppet of the BJP.
There have been over 200 protests in three years against the state and centre. The agitation against the Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi that ended in 13 deaths after police firing to the concerns over common medical entrance exam, NEET, and the Centre's stand on Jallikattu are a few such instances.
However, people in Delhi feel language barrier is the problem. "The PM's strength is his ability to communicate which doesn't work in Tamil Nadu. We don't have a strong leader like Himanta Biswa Sharma or Sarbananda Sonowal who can help us get the context right. That it was Modi who got the ordinance on Jallikattu also could not reach the people properly," said a BJP leader.
This time the party is contesting just five of the 39 constituencies in the state, giving the rest to allies with the AIADMK taking 20 ––a sign of the party's acknowledgement of its own limited reach in the state.
The BJP has been focusing on OBC vote consolidation either on its own or through allies –– a strategy it has deployed in states including UP, Bihar, Gujarat and Karnataka.
While the DMK has an alliance with the Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK headed by Vaiko, VCK, a Dalit party, Indian Union Muslim League, Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, and Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi, a Gounder outfit, the AIADMK- BJP combine is banking on the consolidation of OBC communities such as Gounders, Thevars and Vanniyars. The latter is projecting the CM's face to be a Gounder and trying to bring together the PMK, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), the Puthiya Tamizhagam (PT), and the Puthiya Needhi Katchi (PNK).
There are new factors too. Tamil superstar-turned politician Kamal Haasan has emerged as a fringe player while Jayalalitha's close aide Sasikala's nephew TTV Dinakaran sees himself as a claimant to Jayalalithaa's legacy. His party, an AIADMK breakaway group –– Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) –– may not win seats, but might be a spoiler in some seats, like in Theni where deputy CM O Panneerselvam's son is contesting.
The AIADMK, after Dhinakaran engineered a split, is unsure of its own vote base, so are the allying seven parties, all of which are regional. According to a PMK leader working in North Tamil Nadu, while PMK is able to convert its votes for AIADMK, the reverse is not happening.
"PMK is a smaller party with limited resources. All our contests are tough with DMK candidates. The transfer (of votes) is not happening at the rate we expected." The alliance is trying to get the maximum seats in the western belt that has been its bastion for years.
The tradition of buying votes is nothing new. The EC has, till now, seized over Rs 500 crore of unaccounted cash and jewellery in the state this year. In 2016, it registered around 100 cases of poll-related bribery and had countermanded voting in three constituencies, where voters were suspected to have been bribed. All three constituencies were won by the AIADMK in the by-polls held later. Both the major parties are keeping a close watch on the movement of cash and gifts by their respective rivals.
In 2016, when the DMK lost after MK Stalin's aggressive campaign, it was seen as a failure of Karunanidhi's chosen heir. A third place in the highly dramatic RK Nagar poll after Jayalalithaa's death, intensified the debate on his position. "This time, he has to prove his leadership by getting at least 35 seats because the circumstances are favourable for the party. He will be forced to justify if the party-led alliance gets less than 28 seats," a senior DMK leader said.
The entry of Stalin's son Udhayanidhi in state politics, and his sister Kanimozhi contesting from Thoothukudy have made the battle more interesting. "It is also about who will succeed him. Even in this election, he was unable to get major alliance partners. He is yet to show results," a DMK leader added.


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Chelford Market will hold its last sale on its current site on March 30.
The closure of Chelford Market, Cheshire, has been confirmed by the directors of Wright Marshall and it will hold its last sale on March 30. The Chelford business will be relocated to the firm's site at Beeston Castle in the short term.
The landlords at Chelford have entered into a conditional contract to sell the site to a development company. Described by the directors of Wright Marshall as a 'bitter disappointment', they have been looking for an alternative site for many years.
It is reported a planning consent for a new market at Middlewich was obtained in March 2014, in conjunction with developers Pochin, but these plans hit their own hurdles.
There has been market at the Chelford site since 1911, but the landlords, who include former partners of Frank Marshall, secured planning consent for the site six years ago. Wright Marshall had hoped to coincide its departure from Chelford with a move to a new site, but once that hit the buffers it meant they were forced to leave Chelford without a new home immediately ready in which to merge Chelford and Beeston marts.
Gwyn Williams, of Wright Marshall, said: "Good progress has been made on other options recently, and the firm had been attempting to negotiate a longer extension to the lease at Chelford to enable completion of a deal to move the business to a new site to coincide with moving out of Chelford.
"Subsequent attempts to renegotiate terms upon that site have come to nothing, nor has the firm been successful in applications for grant funding from a number of sources."
He added: "We have been a three month rolling lease at Chelford for some time and the landlords have given us extended occupancy. If we could have moved in the summer of 2015 it would have coincided well, but that has not been the case."
It is understood Wright Marshall is still looking at a site close to the motorway for a new auction mart, but this is currently being held up.
Wright Marshall said it remained committed to providing an auction sales service to the agricultural and rural community, and are continuing with negotiations over a possible new site. Chelford's Monday and Thursday sales will take place at Beeston on a Thursday, with a horticulture sale there on a Wednesday and the calf sales on a Friday.


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Podtalk: 'Dissidence' at Midwest Independent Film Festival 'Sci-Fi/Futurism,' June 4, 2019
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 3, 2019 - 2:24pm
Amy Guth
Ben Wolan
Bodyman (Experience Required)
Dissidence (2084)
Matthew Brdlik
Michael Kwielford
Midwest Independent Film Festival
Patrick McDonald
Podtalk
Rubicon Road
Ryan R. Browne
Timothy Troy
CHICAGO – It's Back to the Future for the Midwest Independent Film Festival on their First Tuesday in June. The Fest presents Sci-Fi and Futurism night on June 4th, highlighting four thematic short films. They will be "Dissidence (2084)," by filmmaker Matthew Brdlik; "Abi" by Timothy Troy; "Bodyman (Experience Required)" by Ryan R. Browne: and "Rubicon Road" by Ben Wolan. The festivities kick off at 6pm at Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago, click here for details and tickets.
Film News: Advertising Community Shorts at Midwest Independent Film Festival, Nov. 6th, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on November 5, 2018 - 9:33am
First Tuesdays
Producers Panel
Shorts Night
CHICAGO – The opportunity to showcase talent beyond day-to-day client work is one of the reasons the Advertising Community Shorts is one of the most popular "First Tuesdays" of the Midwest Independent Film Festival. On November 6th, 2018, ten short films will screen, selected by a jury of advertising professionals throughout Chicago. For more information about the jury, the event schedule and ticket info, click here.
Podtalk: Laura Madalinski of 'Two in the Bush' at Midwest Independent Film Fest, Oct. 2, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 30, 2018 - 9:19pm
Caitlin Aase
Kelly Haas
Laura Madalinski
Polyamorous
Sarah Mitchell
Travis Delgado
Two in the Bush: A Love Story
CHICAGO – The movie love story is a staple, but rarely has it been explored in the way co-writer/director Laura Madalinski takes it on. The polyamorous adventures of three people is the basis for "Two in the Bush: A Love Story," the next feature film at the Midwest Independent Film Festival on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018, at Chicago's Landmark Century Centre Cinema. For more details and ticket info, including the topic of the before-the-film "Producers Panel," click here.
Podtalk: Director Patrick Creadon on 'Hesburgh' at Midwest Independent Film Festival on Sep. 4, 2018
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Father Theodore Hesburgh
CHICAGO – For every grand name in history, there are behind-the-scenes performers who contribute to that history just as profoundly. One such person was "Father Ted" of Notre Dame, profiled in Patrick Creadon's new documentary, "Hesburgh."
Podtalk: Amy Guth, New Executive Director of Chicago's Midwest Independent Film Festival
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 6, 2018 - 11:20am
Female Filmmakers Night
WGN-AM
CHICAGO – First Tuesdays in Chicago have a new face and a new attitude. Amy Guth – who is a filmmaker, author and broadcaster – was named in July as Executive Director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival, the monthly fest event that convenes every first Tuesday during the year. Her first presentation opportunity for 2018 is tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 7th) at the popular Female Filmmakers Night. For the short film line-up, more information and ticket purchasing, click here.
Interview: Kevin Epperson Directs 'The Courtship,' Screening in Chicago on June 21, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 20, 2018 - 3:10pm
Arch Harmon
EZ's Plan Productions
Guy Wicke
Kara Zediker
Kevin Edward Epperson
One Tear Productions
The Courtship
Wendy Hayne
CHICAGO – The dark, mysterious film genre of noir has been a hand-in-glove for most of the cinema's epic history. Director Kevin Epperson's latest short film, "The Courtship," uses all the familiar tools within the noir theme… the use of black&white, plus the roles of the hapless mark and the mysterious dame… to showcase the story of online dating gone awry. Epperson will be screening "The Courtship" at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago, on Thursday, June 21st, 2018, at 7pm (click link below for more details).
Podtalk: Noga Ashkenazi of 'Saints Rest,' at Midwest Independent Film Fest on June 5, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 4, 2018 - 9:57am
Allie Trimm
Dana Ivgy
Hani Furstenberg
Noga Askhenazi
Saints Rest
Tyson Stock
CHICAGO – Another new voice has emerged on the film scene, and she is ready for her close-up. The director and co-writer (with Tyson Stock) of "Saints Rest" is Noga Ashkenazi, a filmmaker who grew up in Tel Aviv (Israel), but studied at Grinnell College in Iowa. Her new film is set in Grinnell, and will make its Midwest Premiere at the Midwest Independent Film Festival in Chicago on Tuesday, June 5th, 2018. For more information, including ticket purchasing, click here.
Film News: Midwest Independent Film Festival Presents Comedy Shorts Showcase on May 1, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 30, 2018 - 10:57am
Code-Switched
Geek Lounge
Gumbo and the Street Rat
Kartemquin Films
Larry Ziegelman
Mike Kweilford
CHICAGO – It's time to laugh, and the Midwest Independent Film Festival has just the ticket. The 2018 Comedy Short Film Showcase – an annual event – screens on Tuesday May 1st, 2018. at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago. The ten films include sneak previews and premieres, in film and TV shorts. For more information, including ticket purchasing and the list of short films, click here.
Film News: Midwest Independent Film Festival Celebrates Kartemquin Films on April 3, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 2, 2018 - 10:27am
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Edith + Eddie
CHICAGO – It was an amazing Oscar season in 2018 for Chicago-based Kartemquin Films. Two of the their documentary film productions, "Edith + Eddie" by director Laura Checkoway and "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Both films will be showcased at the Midwest Independent Film Festival on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema in Chicago For more information, ticket purchasing, click here.
Film News: 'Midwest Shorts' Screens at Midwest Independent Film Festival on March 6, 2018
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 5, 2018 - 8:58am
Brad Riddell
David Pasquesi
CHICAGO – Short films, in a society increasingly becoming attention challenged, are getting a new lease as an essential film showcase. The Midwest Independent Film Festival will highlight a "Midwest Shorts Program" for their second 2018 event on March 6th. 13 films are part of the line-up, including a World Premiere, a Festival Premiere, Two Chicago Premieres and a 2017 Sundance Film Festival Selection. For more information, including line-ups and tickets, click here.


Now to work my way through the edits and add the epilogue I haven't quite got round to yet. Happy ending or sad ending? It all hangs on the last couple of paragraphs… I guess I'll have to write them to find out!


Bandar Foods' sauces aren't just playing catch up.
To those who hold the belief that chutney isn't just for Indian food—and that it's best served in liberal portions—Bandar Foods is something of a godsend. The three-year-old company's genius concept? Take chutney out of its conventional glass jar and put it into a squeeze bottle.
The idea, explains Dan Garblik, who cofounded Bandar with Lalit Kalani, came to him one night at an Indian restaurant: "My food wasn't spicy enough, and they brought me Tabasco." When Kalani, who hails from Mumbai, explained that Indians spice their food with chutney, the pair began brainstorming a way to market Indian hot sauce to an American audience. Their solution? Purée it.


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Georges Sauge (1920-2012) est un homme politique catholique connu pour son engagement militant contre le communisme. Marxiste dans ses jeunes années, il évolue ensuite vers la droite nationale-catholique avant se rallier à la candidature de François Mitterrand en 1965 et d'adhérer au Parti socialiste à partir des années 1970.

Biographie

Premières années
Il aurait milité dans sa jeunesse, selon ses dires, dans une organisation proche du Parti communiste français, les . Il se présentera en effet plus tard comme un communiste repenti qui a connu le communisme de l'intérieur. Son adhésion au communisme est remise en cause par certaines sources.

En 1938, il aurait été chargé de perturber la conférence du père Marcellin Fillère, professeur à l'Institut catholique de Paris, qu'on lui présente comme un . Toutefois, touché par les convictions de ce dernier, il se convertit au catholicisme et devient l'un des proches. Il l'aide notamment à fonder le journal catholique L'Homme nouveau en 1946 et tient des réunions de propagande pour le Mouvement pour l'unité.

Il contribue au journal jusqu'en 1952, au moment où l'abbé Richard — avec qui il est en désaccord — en prend la direction.

Le 7 novembre 1956, il organise avec d'autres activistes le sac du siège du Parti communiste français, situé place Chateaudun, afin de protester contre l'écrasement de l'Insurrection de Budapest par les chars soviétiques.

Figure de la mouvance nationale-catholique

Centre d'études supérieures de psychologie sociale
En novembre 1956, il crée le Centre d'études supérieures de psychologie sociale, avec son ami Jean Damblans, professeur de mathématiques. Ce cercle a pour but de mieux faire connaître le communisme pour mieux lutter contre lui. Ses activités consistent en l'organisation de conférences et de débats partout en France, avec le soutien de personnalités notables comme :

 les gaullistes Jean Toutain, Michel Habib-Deloncle, Jean Taittinger et François Missoffe ;
 les indépendants Pierre Poujade, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Julien Brunhes et Édouard Frédéric-Dupont ;
 le démocrate-chrétien Georges Bidault ;
 le député  Ahmed Djebbour ;
 le cardinal Eugène Tisserant ;
 les évêques Tito Mancini et Jean Rupp.

Parmi les collaborateurs du Centre d'études supérieures de psychologie sociale, on peut citer le député André Gauthier, l'écrivain contre-révolutionnaire Pierre Debray, le chanoine Armand Muller. La présidence d'honneur en est confiée au général en retraite Maxime Weygand, connu pour son engagement dans la droite nationaliste. Des historiens affirment à tort que le général Weygand a présidé ce Centre d'études.

Les deux buts avoués du Centre sont de faire connaître la doctrine catholique et ses implications politiques dans sa forme de , ainsi que de s'opposer aux idées communistes considérées comme le plus grand danger que court la civilisation occidentale et la religion catholique. Pour cela, il faut former des cadres anti-marxistes à même de faire gagner la bataille idéologique.

En juin 1961, George Sauge se rend à Rome où il reçoit l'appui d'Eugène Tisserant.  Tito Mancini, un des collaborateurs du cardinal Tisserant, déclare à cette occasion :

C'est également en 1961 que Sauge crée une branche du Centre d'études supérieures de psychologie sociale à Rome.

Au cours de son existence, le Centre d'études supérieures de psychologie sociale aura un auditoire d'environ  à  personnes par an. De nombreuses conférences sont organisées dans les milieux militaires, notamment à l'École de cavalerie de Saumur, à l'École de guerre, au collège militaire de l'OTAN, en Algérie, etc. Parmi ceux qui ont assisté aux conférences de Georges Sauge, on peut notamment citer les colonels Antoine Argoud, Joseph Broizat et Charles Lacheroy, des officiers qui partagent ses thèses sur les dangers du communisme dans l'empire colonial français et qui auront un rôle notable dans la dernière phase de la Guerre d'Algérie. Le Centre d'études politiques et civiques (CEPEC) l'invite comme conférencier en avril 1959 pour son  dîner-débat, consacré à « L'armée face à la guerre psychologique ». Il s'adresse à l'auditoire habituel de cette organisation patronale et à des officiers généraux et supérieurs. Si ses conférences séduisent un temps son public anticommuniste, elles sont moquées par ses adversaires du fait de leur simplisme. La revue anticommuniste Le Contrat social de Boris Souvarine juge sévèrement le livre de Sauge, Echec au communisme : . C'est que sa brochure accumule . Ce qui ne l'empêche pas de continuer ses conférences dans les années 1960, répétant sans cesse les mêmes arguments.

Comités civiques
En décembre 1959, Georges Sauge et Pierre Debray créent les , des organismes qui s'affirment apolitiques, et dédiés à un but , d'après les mots de Guy Vaschetti, député UNR de la Seine qui parraine le mouvement.

Le premier rassemblement du mouvement se tient le 13 janvier 1960 à la Maison de la Mutualité et ressemble 300 personnes. Les orateurs qui se succèdent à la tribune sont les suivants : Georges Sauge lui-même, Michel Trécourt du Rassemblement national français, Pierre Debray, Louis-Olivier de Roux du mouvement maurrassien Restauration nationale, l'activiste Henri Dorgères et enfin le général Lionel-Max Chassin. Tous affirment leur hostilité à la visite en France du dirigeant de l'URSS Nikita Khrouchtchev, invité par le Général de Gaulle.

Les supports du programme des Comités civiques sont l'ouvrage de Sauge Échec au communisme (publié en 1958), l'encyclique Divini Redemptoris et la revue L'Ordre français de Pierre Debray. Ils soutiennent également la position du cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, lui-même un tenant du national-catholicisme.

D'après Sauge, il faut . Il nie entreprendre cette lutte . D'après lui, .

Le 6 mars 1960, Georges Sauge se défend toutefois de vouloir manifester son hostilité à la visite de Nikita Khrouchtchev par des actes de violence, dans une lettre qu'il envoie au journal Le Monde. Le 9 mars 1960, il demande à Sergueï Vinogradov, l'ambassadeur de l'URSS, d'organiser un débat au cours d'une rencontre publique avec Khrouchtchev, demande qui lui sera refusée.

Le 30 janvier 1960, au lendemain de la semaine des barricades à Alger, il est arrêté, ainsi que d'autres militants et inculpé par le pouvoir gaulliste d'atteinte à la sûreté intérieure de l'État. Il est finalement mis en liberté provisoire le 14 février puis relaxé.

Engagement pour l'Algérie française
En juillet 1960, il participe à l'appel du Front Algérie française qui affirme : . Le FAF occupera à cette époque le même bâtiment que le Centre d'études supérieures de psychologie sociale.

En 1962, la CGT, Force ouvrière et la CFDT de Nantes font annuler par la mairie une réunion organisée par Georges Sauge, en raison de sa sympathie présumée pour l'OAS.

Ralliement au Parti socialiste
Pour l'élection présidentielle française de 1965, il appelle à voter Jean Lecanuet au premier tour, puis soutient au deuxième tour François Mitterrand, du fait de son antigaullisme. Une position qu'il justifie de la manière suivante :

Il adhère au Parti socialiste après le congrès d'Épinay de 1971, intègre la Convention des cadres de réserve pour l'armée nouvelle (CCRAN), l'organisation des réservistes de ce parti et devient cadre de la fédération socialiste des Hauts-de-Seine>. .

Il continue à rédiger sa Lettre d'information, à la diffusion confidentielle, jusque dans les années 2000; il demeure anticommuniste et catholique.

Œuvres
 Échec au communisme, Paris, Les Îles d'or, 1958, 215 p.
 L'Armée face à la guerre psychologique, dans Les Cahiers du CEPEC, n° 11, conférence donnée au 18ème débat du Centre d'études politiques et civiques le 30 avril 1959, 28 p.
 Tu parleras au peuple, Paris, Nouvelles impressions latines, 1962, 190 p. Présentation par Jean Damblans (Lire le début en ligne)

Bibliographie
 Anne-Marie Duranton-Crabol, Le temps de l'OAS, Complexe, 1995
 Marie-Catherine et Paul Villatoux, La République et son armée face au péril subversif : guerre et action psychologique en France, 1945-1960, Les Indes savantes, 2005
 Jacques Maître, "Catholicisme d'extrême droite et croisade anti-subversive", Revue française de sociologie, 1961, vol. 2,  Lire en ligne

Références

Liens externes

 Conférence de Georges Sauge sur  en 1958 (voir la vidéo sur YouTube)
 Notice biographique sur le site marcellin-fillere.com (Lire en ligne)

Nationaliste français
Personnalité catholique traditionaliste
Anticommuniste français
Théoricien de la contre-insurrection
Naissance en août 1920
Décès en novembre 2012
Décès à 92 ans