Over the past few decades, great work by physicists and philosophers has cleared up much of the early confusion about the foundations of quantum mechanics. Controversies are still ongoing and old prejudices are hard to overcome, but the measurement problem and its possible solutions, the importance of non-locality, the status of probabilities, etc. are now well understood at least by experts. Time to look forward. In this two-day workshop, young researchers from Switzerland and abroad are going to present new research topics in the foundations and metaphysics of quantum physics.
Monism is roughly the view that there is only one fundamental entity. One of the most powerful argument in its favour comes from Quantum Mechanics. Extant discussions of quantum monism are framed independently of any interpretation of the quantum theory. In contrast, this paper argues that matters of interpretation play a crucial role when assessing the viability of monism in the quantum realm. I consider four different interpretations: Modal Interpretations, Bohmian Mechanics, Many Worlds Interpretations, and Wavefunction Realism. In particular, I extensively argue for the following claim: several interpretations of QM do not support monism at a more serious scrutiny, or do so only with further problematic assumptions, or even support different versions of it.
14h45-15h45 Matthias Egg (Bern): How Scientific Can a Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics Be?
Ongoing disagreement about the measurement problem in quantum mechanics is a major obstacle for the project of scientific metaphysics, because there do not seem to be any universally accepted scientific standards that would let us decide what the true metaphysics of quantum mechanics is. One response by scientific metaphysicians has been the attempt to dissolve (rather than to solve) the measurement problem. After discussing one particular proposal in that spirit (due to Ladyman and Ross), I will explore the prospects of such an approach in general. The tentative lesson to be drawn seems to be the following: the more narrowly "scientific" one's approach to the measurement problem is, the more it is in conflict with the kind of scientific realism that is usually presupposed by the very project of scientific metaphysics.
In "The wave-function as a multi-field" (EJPS 2018, with Mario Hubert), we have showed that the wave function in the de Broglie-Bohm theory can be interpreted as a (new kind of) physical field, i.e. a multi-field, in three dimensional space. In this talk, I argue that the natural framework for the multi-field view is the original second order Bohm's theory. In this context, it is possible to construct the multi-field as a real scalar field, to explain which sort of physical interaction is at work between the multi-field and the Bohmian particles and, finally, to clarify some philosophical aspects about the dynamics of the theory.
At the moment, one of the most worked out programs to quantize the general relativistic gravitational field is the so-called "canonical approach". However, the theories falling in the scope of the canonical program (most notably, loop quantum gravity) have to face at least three huge conceptual issues. The first is that canonical quantum-gravitational states "betray" the spirit of relativity in that they represent purely spatial, as opposed to spatiotemporal, physical degrees of freedom. The second is that the equation that describes the dynamical evolution of these states –the Wheeler-DeWitt equation– does not involve any time-like parameter, thus seemingly cutting off temporal evolution from the physical picture. The third is that quantum-gravitational states are obviously subjected to superpositions and entanglement, which makes very difficult to explain how stable classical spatiotemporal structures can emerge from the quantum regime.
In this talk, I will propose a philosophical framework based on the notion of "self-subsisting" structure, which might help physicists working in the canonical program to move in the direction of ontological clarity. This framework combines (i) a primitive ontology approach to quantum physics, (ii) ontic structural realism, and (iii) a non-standard treatment of dependence relations. Moreover, I will point out how the dynamics of self-subsisting structures can be naturally implemented using shape space physics, which is a theoretical framework for constructing purely relational theories, originally developed by Julian Barbour.
What are nomological entities? According to Quantum Super-Humeanism (Esfeld 2014, 2018), only matter points and their distance relations exist, while the wave-function and all the dynamical parameters of quantum mechanics should be considered nomological. If this is true, then it is certainly important to achieve a metaphysically rigorous understanding of what the term 'nomological' amounts to. In the first part of my talk, after exploring different accounts given to nomological entities within and outside Humeanism, I will raise some metaphysical worries that these accounts have to face. I will dedicate the second part of my talk to what I consider to be a very interesting case of nomological entities: the case of spin-networks in loop quantum gravity.
The emergence of spacetime from quantum gravity appears to be a striking case-study of emergent phenomena in physics (albeit one that is speculative at present). There are, in fact, two different cases of emergent spacetime in quantum gravity: a "synchronic" conception, applying between different levels of description, and a "diachronic" conception, from the universe "before" and after the "big bang" in quantum cosmology. The purpose of this paper is to explore these two different senses of spacetime emergence; and to see whether, and how, they can be understood in the context of specific extant accounts of emergence in physics.
Spontaneous collapse models models and Bohmian mechanics are two different solutions to the measurement problem plaguing quantum mechanics. Apart from having a clear primitive ontology, they have a priori nothing in common. At a formal level, collapse models add a non-linear noise term to the Schrödinger equation, and extract the primitive ontology either from the wave function (mass density ontology) or the noise itself (flash ontology). Bohmian mechanics keeps the Schrödinger equation intact but uses the wave function to guide particles, which then make up the primitive ontology. Collapse models modify the predictions, whilst Bohmian mechanics keeps the empirical content intact. However, it turns out that collapse models and their primitive ontology can be exactly recast as Bohmian theories. More precisely, the stochastic wave-function of a collapse model is exactly the Bohmian wave function of the system considered coupled to a carefully tailored bath upon conditioning on the bath Bohmian positions. The noise driving the collapse model is a linear functional of the Bohmian positions. The randomness that seems progressively revealed in the collapse models lies entirely in the initial conditions in the Bohmian theory. The construction of the appropriate bath is not trivial and exploits an old result from the theory of open quantum systems. This reformulation of collapse models as Bohmian theories brings the question of whether there exists realist reconstructions of quantum theory that cannot ultimately be rewritten this way, with some guiding law.
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Man, was I in a bad mood when I wrote this. It doesn't really come across in the writing, I just felt like putting that out there. Just… don't ask why I was so upset on my birthday, okay?
Also, I feel like I was too generous in this review. My opinion hasn't changed much, but it has gotten a little lower as time's gone on. It's dropped from an 'eh, it was alright' to a 'wow, that was mediocre' rating.
Any who, that's enough out of me. Enjoy the Archive.
I don't know if I've ever put it down on this blog, but I love Pixar movies. And with them usually coming out in late May or early June, they're always on time for my birthday. As such, most of my birthdays involve going out to see the newest Pixar movie.
Oh yeah, today's my birthday by the way.
Anyways, today's birthday film was a very special one to me: Incredibles 2.
The first Incredibles movie was fantastic (you expected me to say incredible, didn't you? Well, I don't go for the low hanging fruit) in about every regard. The animation, the story, the acting, the music, everything added up to become one of, if not the best Pixar movie ever made.
So the question is: does the sequel live up to it? Was it worth fourteen years of waiting?
It's not as good as the first, don't get me wrong. But it was still a really good movie. The story, while not nearly as good as the first one, was still really fun to watch and well written. The music wasn't as memorable, but it was still good. The animation was better, yes, but that's purely because of the advances in technology in the last fourteen years. The acting was phenomenal, because of course it was. No one fell behind in all the cast.
Overall, it was a very good movie. Not in the top five Pixar movies, but still a passable and fun film. If you waited for over a decade for this film like I did, I can't say you'll be too disappointed. If you're expecting the film of the century, you will be. If you're expecting something not as good as the first but still really good, then you'll be satisfied.
It's all subjective, I guess.
Unless it's Solo. Then my word is law and yours is wrong.


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Did Harry Styles Spit on Chris Pine? Behold the Internet's Latest Celebrity Conspiracy
The internet is debating a slow-mo video of the spitcident.
Chris Pine Will Star In a New 'Dungeons & Dragons' Movie
Making movies is a roll of the 12-sided dice.
Wonder Woman Roars Into the '80s With First 'WW84' Trailer
And Steve Trevor is back! Somehow...
It's True, You Can See Chris Pine Totally Full-Frontal Naked in Netflix's 'Outlaw King'
'Wonder Woman' teased Chris Pine in the nude, and Netflix's new movie shows it all.
'Wonder Woman 2' First Look: Chris Pine's Steve Trevor Is Alive Somehow
An unexpected cast member returns! Plus 2019's huge superhero sequel has an interesting official title.
New 'A Wrinkle in Time' Trailer Gives Us a Crash Course in Tesseracts
We've been looking forward to Ava DuVernay's 'A Wrinkle in Time' since we first heard about it. Now this new trailer has us even more pumped.
Emma Stefansky
Be Careful Googling 'Wonder Woman,' Or You Might Spoil the Ending
As we noted in our review of Wonder Woman, the primary antagonist of the film, the God of War Ares, is a bit of a mystery. Early in the film, a young Diana (Gal Gadot) is taught the origin of her race of Amazons, which involves Ares slaughtering all the other Greek gods. Many years later, Diana learns of World War I from Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) and believes it's the work of Ares. So she sets off into the outside world to find him and kill him in order to free mankind from his influence.
'Wet Hot American Summer' Goes Back in Time for Full 'First Day of Camp' Trailer and Poster
No one knew for certain if Wet Hot American Summer could pull off its prequel reunion series on Netflix, but by the full trailer, the First Day of Camp looks like everything we've dreamed. See the star-studded cast reunited (and joined by some other ridiculously famous folk) for our first official trailer, along with a slick new poster!
Morello's Top Weekend Movie 1-17
As usual, I'll start off by saying Happy Friday! There are a few new movies out today, I think I'll have a better chance and picking the top box office movie this weekend. I've been getting it wrong for the past three weeks or so, but we shall see...

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Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Criminology
Criminological theory, Research methods, Criminal Justice, Crimmigration, Human trafficking, Economic crime, Criminal careers, Prisons and prison sentence, Victimology, Safety, Criminalistics
Focus on The Netherlands, European countries and the United States
Books, reference works and journals (print and online), databases
The collection Criminology is part of the Law collections. The Law Library is located in the centre of the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. The collection is placed in open stacks and easily accessible. The books are arranged by subject and have a country code when relevant. The journals are arranged by number. Recent issues of printed journals however are displayed in alphabetical order in separate bookcases.
Shelf marks and information on availability can be found by searching the Catalogue.
The shelf mark of the collection Criminology starts with the indication JURBIB CRIM, the shelf mark of the collection Criminal Law starts with JURBIB STRAF. A list of shelf marks is available at the desk of the Law Library.
Except for reference works and reading list materials, most books of the collection Criminology are available for loan. Books can be borrowed at the circulation desk of the Law Library. It is also possible to request and borrow books via the Catalogue from other collections such as the University Library and the library of Social and Behavioural Sciences.The University Library also holds publications in the field of criminology, especially older books and older editions.
Catalogue: the full text of many e-journal articles is available through the Catalogue.
Frequently used databases for searching articles:
Criminal Justice Abstracts is a bibliographical database that allows for searching articles in international journals in the field of criminology and criminal justice. It provides abstracts, citations and references for many articles.
Web of Science is a bibliographical database that consists of three different citation databases, including the Social Sciences Citation Index (1956 to present). Web of Science contains abstracts of journal articles and books, references and citations.
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice: a broad online reference work with an international perspective in the fields of criminology and criminal justice.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd edition, 2015): a comprehensive online reference work for the social and behavioural sciences. Several indexes are available for searching for relevant articles.
Oxford Handbooks Online: handbooks in the field of criminology and criminal justice, political science, law, business and management, economics and finance are full text available on the platform of Oxford Handbooks Online. These handbooks can be searched simultaneously as well as individually.
Subject Librarian Criminology
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Newspaper articles (Netherlands)
Digital & Digitised Newspaper articles (International)


To Be Like Jesus – Conclusion.
We all want to have our own way. All things must work out for our own way. We want everything, wealth, riches, abundant life, the good car, the beautiful wife, fantastic kids, vacation to Dubai, social status, want to be wanted, to be loved, celebrated….wanting to appear important. And I have no problem with all these! They are "noble" wants as they are!
Several times, I have sat and thought long and hard over what to write. I have stories popping into my head and I try as hard as possible to see how I could flesh it up and be able to present it to my audience.
Most times, I just get a mental block and I abandon the idea. A dear friend told me probably I have too much on my mind and it's not allowing the ideas to flow through. Maybe????
Several times i sit and wonder, about the fragility of human allegiance. How often a times i wonder, God, why did you invent the word friend? Who truly is a friend? Who can you rely on? Who truly has your back covered?
You know God a times, i ask myself, if i feel this way, how do you feel, when we let you down, when we disappoint you and do things worthy of your instant anger and indignation. You are merciful of Lord, you are!
When people you look up to, show you they are not worthy to be looked up to… God what will you do?
When people preach a message, but they don't live up to the message, what do you do o God?
When people you trust, make boast about how they can harness you, and you know within you, that if they see the unharnessed part of you, their lyrics will change, what will you do Lord?
What will you do, Lord, when you are trying to nurture, but the people you are to work together seems only interested in what profits them, what do you do Lord, what do you do??
When people honestly deceive themselves and choose to see what they choose to see and hear what they choose to hear, what do you do Lord?
Am reminded of Whitney Houston's song, "I look to you" and all i can do is sing it along and meditate on your words, in Psalm 61:2.
It was 2pm and the bell rang signalling the end of classes for the day. Students spilled out of their classrooms to trek the 1 km road to their dormitories for lunch.
Garri, fried fish and sugar was on the menu for Wednesday, and it was one of the special delicacies for the boarders. Everyone of them trooped into the hall in orderly fashion. As expected of them, And.eager as well to be in the dining hall before 2:45pm when lunch will be stopped for the afternoon. Siesta to be observed.
Came across this interesting article online and i find it very instructive and enlightening.
I was on AWOL (Away Without Official Leave) on this page in the last two weeks. My apologies. What caper was I up to? I had quietly slipped out of the country on a 12-day pilgrimage to holy sites in Israel. The trip took me to Jerusalem, Jericho, Galilee, Bethlehem, and then Egypt. Yes, the same Egypt, for that is home to Mount Sinai, the place where God handed out the Ten Commandments to Moses. Every Christian knows (or rather, should know) something about those ten laws, as they are quite fundamental to the faith.
A full account of the spiritual odyssey will come, but let me isolate what happened on the sixth day, as topic for discussion today.


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Last week I received an email from a salesperson who attempted to get me interested in her web site development services by telling me that there were both major and minor problems with two of my web sites.
I might need to know what she knows.
But that is not the way to get a prospect enamored with you.
First, it's too easy to just delete an email from someone you don't know. Second, you don't introduce yourself to someone by telling them what's wrong with them or something they have, something they do or something they believe in.
A better approach, especially since she had an introduction, would have been to call, using the introduction as leverage. Once she had me on the phone, she could have asked specific questions about the site, getting me to tell her about issues that I may have known about.
"How do you think your site compares with some of the sites you use?
For details on how to get prospect interested, read the chapter on Getting to 1st Base in Baseline Selling. For exercises that will help you apply those lessons, get the Baseline Selling Field Guide.


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1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.


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Q: Voting SQL conundrum I have a PHP system that allows users to vote photos on a scale of 1 - 5, what I want to do is highlight where two people give each other the same vote/score. I can't figure the SQL out at the moment for my PHP function.
The database looks like this

id, user_uid, voted_uid, score

As someone votes the id is auto incremental, the user_id is inserted from the session uid and the voted_uid comes from the image the user is viewing, then the score is the ranking from 1-5.
In theory we are therefore looking for two similar rows like this:

uid      user_uid      voted_uid     score
7         3              5            3
38        5              3            3

At this point I want my php function to take the current users session and then match their votes and scores with other users.
In the example above I'd have the session id of 3 and I want it to return these two records as matches.

A: If I understand you correctly, what you want is to find pairs of rows where user_uid of the first row equals voted_uid in the second row and vice versa. But only, if score is the same in both rows.
In that case, this should do the trick:
SELECT a.*
FROM table AS a
JOIN table AS b
  ON a.user_uid  = b.voted_uid
 AND a.voted_uid = b.user_uid
 AND a.score     = b.score;

If you only want rows that "mention" a specific uid, you of course have to add a WHERE user_uid = 3 OR voted_uid = 3.

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Sikkim had to reckon with one Lhendup Dorji who presided over the liquidation of Sikkim as an independent and sovereign nation.
There are, unfortunately, a clutch of Lhendup Dorjis in Nepal, particularly in water resource sector who are already instrumental in resource colonization of Nepal's water resources.
However, what Lhendup Dorjis of Nepal don't know is that Nepal isn't Sikkim.


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Watch this video from ISUOG Board Member on why you can't miss the ISUOG World Congress, which will take place on 12-16 October 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Register now for the 29th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology - the leading scientific event in the field.
We're thrilled to announce that we received over 1,440 abstracts from 72 countries submitted for the 29th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology! This is our highest ever number of abstract submissions for an ISUOG World Congress. We're looking forward to seeing your research at our Berlin World Congress!
ISUOG Education Committee Chair and Board Member Prof. Jon Hyett explains why you can't miss the upcoming 'First Trimester' course, taking place on 4-5 May 2019. This course is available to live stream from a location that suits you. Join Dr Simon Meagher, Prof. Hyett and more experts - find out more and register now.
Are you joining us at ISUOG Fetal Anomalies 2019? This course has been awarded 15 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Attend onsite in Athens or via live stream from a location that suits you. You'll still be eligible for the CME points if you live stream the course at the time of the event. Find out more and register now!
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Production title :La Traviata - Chorégies d'Orange (2016)
Work - Composer :La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi
Opera house :Théâtre Antique d'Orange
The last of the three operas of the famous 'Verdian trilogy', together with Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, La Traviata was born of Verdi's discovery, during a stay in Paris in 1851-52, of the play that Alexandre Dumas junior had adapted from his novel The Lady of the Camellias. He felt deeply concerned by the subject, echoing his own life as it did. The story of Marie Duplessis told by Dumas did not fail to evoke that of his partner, the singer Giuseppina Strepponi, who had lived a troubled life. That Verdi was living together with the singer was badly received by the bourgeoisie of Busetto, the city near Parma where they had their home, that condemned his scandalous behaviour. Verdi saw in the play the opportunity of denouncing the lack of understanding and the hypocrisy of the society he was sur-rounded by – this also being the reason why he regularly stayed with Giuseppina in Paris, escaping there the parochial and bourgeois conformism of the small Italian duchy. Giving up the ample historical epics that were typical of his first creative period, from Nabucco to La Battaglia di Legnano, Verdi, deeply disappointed by the failure of the Italian revolutions of 1848-49, fell back upon a bourgeois and intimist drama exalting the spirit of sacrifice of a woman transcended by love. 'La Traviata', literally 'the woman gone astray', falls in love, and this love of the mere courtesan for a young provincial sowing his wild oats proves redemptive. This is the thread of the work that was created in Venice on 6 March 1853. It proved a resounding flop, due probably to second-rate or unin-spired performers. The soprano Salvini-Donatelli, singing the part of Violetta, displayed glowing health, and in the last act decidedly lacked verisimilitude for a consumptive, dying person, which drew laughter from the audience. Having revised the second act, obtained a better cast and more rig-orous staging by Piave, Verdi' librettist and friend, the work proved a resounding success one year later, still in Venice. That huge success has remained unfailing ever La Traviata is indeed an opera that requires singers of the highest standard to meet the boldness of the work, and this on different counts. First, Verdi addresses a subject that is directly relevant to the socie-ty of his times: the realism of the subject is given strong expression by the musical forms he uses, forms perfectly appropriate to the drama that unfolds. As concerns the parts, Violetta requires sensu-ality, but not devoid of distinction, her charm coming from a combination of voluptuousness and wit, requiring a coloratura soprano of outstanding qualities. Alfredo Germont, the young provincial who has gone up to Paris to lose his innocence, an unthinking boor, though authentically in love, requires a lyric tenor with a voice of great purity. Germont senior, the representative of the bourgeois society that crushes Violetta, himself the victim of prejudices he becomes aware of, is a Verdi baritone with a noble, hearty and grave voice, who has to amply express a beautiful cantabile.
Philippe Gut
More information is available on the opera house's official website.
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Louis Désiré
Daniele Rustioni
Ermonela Jaho
Francesco Meli
Ahlima Mhamdi
Laurent Alvaro
Anne-Marguerite Werster
Christophe Berry
Pierre Doyen
Nicolas Testé
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Violetta Valéry
Alfredo Germont
Flora Bervoix
Baron Douphol
Giorgio Germont
Marquis d'Obigny
Dr. Grenvil
Giuseppe, serviteur de Violetta
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Blue Is The Warmest Colour
November 14, 2013 by John Nugent Leave a Comment
It's something of a shame that Palme d'Or-winning drama Blue Is The Warmest Colour has been overshadowed by controversy. Following an acclaimed Cannes premiere, the two female leads had a very public falling out with director Abdellatif Kechiche, claiming they were poorly treated on set.
The actors have since partially recanted their statements, but all focus is now on the much-hyped lesbian sex scenes, and whether they amount to exploitation.
Pity, because it's actually a beautifully crafted romantic drama, and greater than the sum of its parts.
The scenes in question are indeed about as explicit as mainstream cinema is likely to get (aided in no small part by prosthetic genitalia). But they actually take up a small fraction of the three-hour runtime.
The story told roughly spans a decade – from early schoolgirl crushes, to a settled adult life of housewife-esque domesticity.
When we first meet Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), she is naive and shy, racked with confusion. It takes artist Emma (Léa Seydoux), with her shock of blue hair and worldly nature, to help the teenager grapple with her burgeoning sexuality.
Like 2011's Weekend, this a gay love story which generally shirks the 'issues' that similar films might previously have felt obliged to consider.
Adèle inevitably experiences some homophobia from her classmates at school, but the age-old battle to be accepted by society is infrequently touched upon.
In fact, it's a fairly conventional love story, with familiar relationship rigmarole every couple can recognise: meeting the parents; a messy split; an awkward post-break-up coffee.
The debate will rage as to whether those now-infamous love scenes are exploitative, or even pornographic. But in such an intense portrait of love, they're arguably key to the broader narrative.
This is a love story told in intimate tones. Kechiche's camera hugs Adèle throughout, the frame perpetually filled by her puppyish face. By the time the heartbreaking finale rolls around, we feel irrevocably intertwined with her story, and share in her grief.
These universal themes of love – the joys, the tragedies, the "infinite tenderness" as Emma puts it – will, with luck, resonate far beyond any media-generated controversies.
November 6, 2013 by John Nugent Leave a Comment
It's a Disney recipe as old as time. Take a much-loved fairytale, add a princess looking for love, reduce the story's unpalatably dark elements, chuck a couple of talking animals into the soup, season with some catchy singalongs, and bam – you've got yourself an animated classic.
The blueprint has had a chequered history over the years, but Disney are riding a new, confident wave at the moment, and Frozen is a new height.
This time, it's the turn of The Snow Queen to be run through the Disney-fier. Little of Hans Christian Andersen's bleak original makes it to this adaptation (which has been mooted by the studio in one form or another since the late 1930s).
Instead, it's a largely winning blend of Disney old and new: an unabashedly crowd-pleasing musical of princesses and true love colliding with more contemporaneous themes of independence and femininity.
Interestingly, Anderson's tale has been diluted to the extent that, at least until the conclusion, there is no significant 'baddie'. The biggest conflict comes from within Elsa, a princess with powers over ice and snow.
After a lifetime of incarceration for her powers, she accidentally sends the quasi-Scandinavian town of Arendelle into an eternal winter.
But if Elsa is the film's confused, screwed-up head, its heart and soul is in younger sister Anna (voiced with gusto by Kristen Bell). She's recognisably well-rounded and immediately endearing: sassy but awkward, sunny but insecure, relentlessly positive but inescapably klutzy.
Peppy Broadway show tunes are sprinkled throughout, and while they might induce the odd wince among grown ups ('Love Is An Open Door' imparts few great truths on the mysteries of the human condition), the appeal is plain to see. Frozen's likeability factor is too hard to resist.
There's inevitably the usual guff about the transformative power of love. But with a neat twist on the old 'only true love can break the spell' concept, an age-old formula is neatly refreshed.
In fact, the zippy, engaging approach is enough to forgive a few infractions. The character design, for example, is hardly original – Barbie doll for the girls, boyband looks for the guys. But then Olaf the singing snowman bobs along, with a heart of gold and a brain of mush; your cynicism melts and your grin widens.
With a semi-sophisticated sense of 21st-century wit mingling with a bit of old-fashioned Disney charm, it's nearly impossible not to be enchanted by Frozen. Walt himself would approve.
November 3, 2013 by John Nugent 2 Comments
How do you spin comedy out of tragedy? The true story of Philomena Lee, a Cathloic woman forced to give up her infant child for adoption in 1950s Ireland, is not exactly laugh-out-loud material on paper.
But Steve Coogan – who both stars and co-writes the screenplay with Jeff Pope – extracts some convincingly warm and human moments amid the horrors of Irish Catholicism's darkest chapters, in which children born out of wedlockwere effectively sold to the highest bidder.
Stephen Frears' unfussy direction – and Coogan's splendid script – maintains a confident balance across many potential conflicts: between humour and pathos, religion and atheism, revenge and forgiveness. And, at its core, a careful equilibrium between the two leads, who join forces to track down the long-lost son.
On the one hand, there's Philomena: a gentle soul who, despite the grave injustice dealt against her, bears no grudge or bitterness towards the church. On the contrary, a cross hangs permanently from her neck, a prayer never far away from her lips, forgiveness in her heart.
Martin, on the other hand, is almost her antithesis: a lapsed Catholic, an almost-lapsed journalist, impatient of Philomena's grannyish tendencies, and cynical about the wider world.
They certainly make an odd couple. And much of the comedy is mined from this clash of cultures. Martin observes his unlikely accomplice is what "a lifetime's diet of Reader's Digest, the Daily Mail and romantic fiction" will result in.
But despite plenty of opportunities, Frears and Coogan never veer into clichés. It's emotional without being maudlin, heartwarming without being over-sentimental, a comedy-drama which never once feels cheesy or overcooked.
In the title role, Judi Dench is reliably superb. And as investigative journalist Martin, Coogan delivers a strong, convincing supporting role, laying (at least temporarily) the ghost of Alan Partridge to rest; his powerful, sweet-natured and effortlessly funny script only cements this further.
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April 07, 2014 "Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News"
| From the Volume XXI No. 5 - April 7, 2014 Issue
Whole Genome Sequencing Is Poised for Clinical Use
In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service's (NHS) biggest consolidation of clinical laboratory services is expected to take place in May, after the government's Office of Fair Trading said it will conduct no further investigation into the project. Six health trusts are collaborating on this project and will create a new provider organization to run the consolidated laboratory, which is using the name The Transforming Pathology Partnership. Core laboratories will be located in the Cambridge University Hospitals and Ipswich Hospital Trust. Labs in the four remaining trusts will be organized as stat labs. Those trusts are: West Suffolk Foundation Trusts, Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, East and North Hertfordshire Trust, and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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Under pressure to control the cost of healthcare in the United Kingdom, the NHS expects that more consolidation of laboratory testing services can generate cost savings. A separate initiative has local hospital labs bidding to win the lab testing business of primary care trusts located in their service areas. This process is known as "commissioning" in the United Kingdom.
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Laboratory Corporation of America has announced that Glenn A. Eisenberg will assume duties as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on June 16, 2014. He has held executive positions outside the lab industry at The Timken Company and United Dominion Industries.
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Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae
Annales Ecclesiae Ucrainae is a collection of articles by Rev Dr Athanasius McVay, pertaining to the history of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. It is inspired by great works of ecclesiastical history, such as Baronius' Annales Ecclesiastici, Harasevych's Annales Ecclesiae Ruthenae and Athanasius Welykyj's Analecta OSBM.
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Rev. Dr. Athanasius D. McVay, HED
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On the 80th Anniversary of the Election of Pius XII
In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI opened the files of the Pontificate of Pius XI (1922–1939). Documents of the archives of the Apostolic See can be consulted up to 11 February 1939, with some exceptions. One such exception are the fascicles concerning the death of Pius XI and the election of Pius XII in the Archive of the Nunciature of Warsaw, in the Vatican Secret Archives. They contain updates from the Roman Curia to the Warsaw Nunciature and official messages of congratulation. Local church archives are invariably open beyond February 1939, and I have translated a message from the Oriental Congregation addressed to Bishop Ladyka, which was sent to all Eastern Catholic superiors. Historians eagerly await the opening of at least a portion of the Apostolic See's archives from of Pius XII's pontificate. Perhaps this eightieth anniversary will be the harbinger of that happy event.
Update: On 4 March 2019, Pope Francis announced that he has consented to the opening of the fonds of the pontificate of Pius XII (1939–1958), in March 2020.
From the Archive of the Nunciature of Warsaw:
Monsignor Giovanni Battista Montini to Archbishop Filippo Cortesi, Nuncio
2/III 1939
[I have the] pleasure to announce [that] Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli [has been] elected Supreme Pontiff Pius XII [,] alleluja. Deign [to] make [the] announcement [to the Polish] Government.
Cardinal Eugène Tisserant to Archbishop Filippo Cortesi
Vatican City, 2 March 1939
Your Excellency will not have failed to notice the delicate allusion that the new Pontiff addressed, in His first message, not only to the Bishops, the Clergy and to all the children of the Catholic Church spread everywhere across the world, – especially those who are suffering in poverty and pain – but "also to those who dwell outside the bounds of the Catholic Church." And undoubtedly among the first of these, the heart of the Supreme Pontiff included the separated brethren to which, moreover, the August hope that Pius XII made a point of expressing is addressed: that "they would willingly accept divine assistance from Us, at this most solemn hour which We have implored in prayer from Almighty God."
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Cardinal Eugène Tisserant to each Eastern Catholic hierarch
Eastern Christianity has very particular reasons to share the joy of the Catholic world at the election of the Most Eminent Lord Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli as Supreme Pontiff with the name of Pius XII.
He is not new to eastern religious questions as, in His multiple offices, He often dealt with them with vigilant attention and always with desirous hope of a priest and apostle. Now Pius XII assumes the Prefecture of the Sacred Congregation for the Eastern Church after already having offered, for many years, the wisdom of his counsel for its better administration, while fervidly and prudently collaborating with the codification of Eastern canon law.
And if His office of Supreme Pontiff – which He seems to indicate in the very choice of name – will be inspired by the magnanimous paths traced by the genius and piety of Pius XI, then the East is certain to have, in Pius XII, a Shepherd like the Former, lovingly solicitous of its every need and hope. And if, from the motto borne on his coat of arms "Opus iustitiae pax," it is reasonable to envision a program, then it can be said that, by Pius XII, the East will continue to be governed with that goodness and justice which are the only sources of peace.
And wherefore, Most Reverend Excellency, may Your joy be great and that of all the clergy and people which constitutes your crown, and may their feelings of filial devotion and generous confidence reach the Most High, Who again has given the Church its Visible Head. A new era of greatness and glory is announced for Catholicism, and the Christian East shall have the richest part in this general rejoicing.
United to Your Excellency and to His entire diocese in rendering praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, I again unite myself to Your prayer and to those of Your faithful, that the sweetest Mother of God will protect, comfort, and enlighten, the Holy Father Pius XII in the Pontificate which begins today.
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky to Archbishop Filippo Cortesi
In Pace. Léopol, 9 March 1939.
I beg Your Excellency to deign to receive, in the name of His Holiness the Pope, the homage of obedience, of fidelity and of piety, which I present to Him on the day of His Holiness's coronation in the name of my clergy, my faithful, and my own mediocrity.
The magnificent conclave of 2 March was such a striking manifestation of the unity of the Church, that we felt a very great joy. Permit, Excellency, that I congratulate you – who takes the place of the Holy Father. This conclave, no less than the August Person of Pius XII, increases our supernatural hope that, under the reign of this pontiff, the poor eastern nations separated from the Church by the Eastern schism, will return, little by little, to the unity of the Catholic Church, or move toward this unity by evermore understanding that it is the word of the Almighty.
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This map shows amenities, parking areas, features and trails. Grand Ravines is an 187-acre Ottawa County Park with a half-mile of frontage on the Grand River and can be accessed from the north and south. A county-wide natural features inventory completed in 1988 identified the extensive system of deep ravines that extends along the GVSU riverfront and through what is now park property as one of the most significant natural features in Ottawa County. The deep ravines feature unique plant communities, including a variety of ferns and trees uncommon to the area, such as Kentucky coffee-trees, paw paws and towering tulip trees.
The southerly 68 acres of Grand Ravines, the former Timmer Farm, was acquired in 1999 with park millage funds. The adjacent 100-acre parcel, which included a house overlooking the river, was purchased in 2011 with assistance from a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grant. Later in 2011, the Parks Commission added Grand River frontage upstream to establish the 19-acre John J. Helstrom Natural Area.
Major improvements to the park began in 2015, including the construction of the county's first off-leash dog park and restoration of the historic barn. Trails, entrance improvements, and renovation of the lodge overlooking the river on the north side of the park were also completed in 2015. In 2017, parking was expanded and a north trailhead was added. The accessible pathways that connect the north and south portions of the park and lead to the river were completed with help from a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant. Finally, a 275' long, 70' high suspension bridge traversing one of the park's namesake ravines was constructed. The bridge is fully ADA accessible and is believed to be the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Michigan. The bridge is easiest to access from the south side of the property, off of Fillmore St. Take the paved path on the EAST side of the park (closest to the barn). Follow it about a quarter of a mile north. The bridge can be accessed from the north side of the property, see trail maps for the best route.
In 2018, Grand Ravines was awarded the mparks Park Design Award.
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Grand Ravines South is home to the county's first enclosed off-leash dog park. Please review the dog park rules before visiting the park.
Dogs are not permitted in park buildings, restrooms, picnic shelters, playground areas, off-trail, or as posted.
For more park properties that allow dogs off leash year-round, take a look at the Ottawa County Open Space Lands.
Includes 21-acres of enclosed dog park, with separated fenced areas for large and small dogs. Additionally, there will be fenced trails for off-leash walking.
The Parks & Recreation Commission has already built the parking lot and support facilities and has allocated $75,000 toward building the park, but that will only pay for fencing and trails. In order to include the amenities that will make it a gold star facility, we will be seeking funding from local businesses and residents.
To learn more or to make a donation, please visit this page.


Sober Look: Consumer credit trend remains the same; guess who is doing all the borrowing?
Consumer credit trend remains the same; guess who is doing all the borrowing?
The latest increase in consumer credit finally showed some increase in revolving credit for October as consumers started to spend a bit. Once again some are attributing this increase in credit card purchases to homeowners stocking up in preparation for Sandy, a storm that ending up leaving millions on the Eastern Seaboard without power. But the growth in non-revolving credit continues unabated, driven primarily by government sponsored student loans.
Econoday: - Consumers are active borrowers with credit outstanding, up $14.2 billion, up sharply for a third month in row. Much of the gain is once again tied to loans for students who, limited by the soft jobs market, continue to stay in school. Strong sales of autos are also driving up borrowing. Student and auto loans are part of the nonrevolving component which is up $10.8 billion in the month. The revolving side, where credit cards are tracked, popped up $3.4 billion following the prior month's $2.2 billion decline. Willingness to borrow money and willingness to make big ticket commitments like auto purchases are good signs for the holiday shopping season.
Student loans owned by the federal government now constitute nearly a fifth ($0.52 trillion) of US consumer credit (excluding mortgages). Based on the pace of the past 12 months' growth, government-owned student debt will be at $1.7 trillion in 10 years. That's roughly 39% of total consumer debt, assuming other consumer credit also grows at the current pace. And this number doesn't include student loans guaranteed by the government but owned by banks (included in blue below), which represent another half a trillion. As discussed earlier (see post), this allows universities to rapidly increase tuition costs, often with little incentive to do otherwise. And that ends up creating even more demand for student loans.


Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage and onion to pan; cook 4 minutes or until sausage is browned, stirring to crumble. Add cabbage and remaining ingredients; bring to a boil.
Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaf.
This recipe is from Cooking Light magazine.


Get Primal With Your Fitness, Functional Training For The Win!
There are numerous reasons to want to work out such as wanting to look better on the beach, losing/ gaining weight, "toning" up (This is in inverted commas as it is just a buzz word and doesn't actually mean a lot please feel free to ask for more information) , gaining muscle etc.
Lo and behold there's a form of fitness that focuses on all of the above and also on teaching you how to move functionally and more effectively. It's called 'be better at life exercise' – just kidding, hello 'Functional Training'.
Functional Training is so diverse that if you want to live a healthy and mobile life then regardless of your fitness abilities, goals, injuries, it is a great option for you.
Why waste time with gimmicks when you can learn to train the way the body was designed to work. When you think about cavemen, how exactely would you descibe their movements?
Our primal ancestors moved smart. They didn't move slowly for hours, instead their lifestyle was based on working hard when necessary in order to hunt, gather food and survive. Recreating these movements in a gym would include a plethora of short, high intensity, power, strength and plyometric movements. Can you see the relation to functional training?
We've all heard people bragging about anything from their heaviest lift to the incredibly fashionable kicks they've got on. But how about we focus on the more important stuff guys! Without mobility, core stability, endurance, posture, agility, cordination, (need I go on?) – none of the rest really matters.
The beauty of functional fitness is that it can be done anywhere, whlist we'd love to have you at Training Space, if time is limited then sure go ahead and get 20 minutes done in your living room.
A great example of a functional exercise is a squat as it utlises numerous muscles during the process of lowering and raising the body. Congratulations, not only will your strength increase right now but you will also continue to have enhanced mobility into your old age.
Functional training will generally focus on movements that use several joints and muscles. So instead of only using your shoulders, you may use your shoulders, elbows, hips, spine and knees. When using this type of training you'll begin to excel not just in your training but also in everyday movements. What's not to love about an improved quality of life?
After nailing the correct form, of course start to add weight and play around with reps and your goals etc but you'll be able to do so with good and proper form.
Functional fitness is anectodal as quality of movement is so important. The medicine that is known as movement affects so many aspects of our lives including circulation, digestion and mental health.
This are all notably significant and should definitely not be overlooked but we understand that everyone wants to look their best too. Functional training is exceptional in this aspect also. Mobility and strength can only be improved by improving stability and changing aesthetically is a great bi-product of this.
During our metabolic conditioning sessions at Training Space we focus so heavily on form that it will prove some distraction from all that huffing and puffing. These compound movements will use multiple joints for a larger energy demand therefore resulting in more calories being torched.
The body will become better at whatever you do, or don't do.
If you don't move, your body will make you better at not moving.
If you move, your body will allow more movement.
Whether your live to exercise or not, your quality of life should still be important to you. Making minor tweaks to form will make huge changes toward the eifcacy of your workout. Learn how to develop your muscles in order to perform daily tasks better such as playing with your kids or cautiously hanging those 17 carrier bags on your body (cos ain't nobody got time for two trips from the car). We want to help ensure that you're mechanical movements are correct so make sure to ask for help with any progressions/ regressions and find out what your body is truly capable of. Start training more functionally for a sexier, healthier and stronger body.


This tri-clover gasket with a stainless steel screen is ideal for anyone who needs to keep an object(s) in place during distillation. If you are having problems with your packing sliding into the boiler, this should prevent that! If you want to make a gin or desire any other type of botanical essence in your final spirit, this will allow you to keep the botanicals in the column during distillation. Add this tri-clamp gasket with screen to your dual-purpose column and you will truly have a still that can make just about anything!
This will fit our 2″, 3″ or 4″ tri-clover ferrules on the still towers or distilling boilers.


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module Hirb
  # Namespace for Helpers defining multiple views in a module i.e. via DynamicView.
  module Views
    module Single #:nodoc:
    end
  end
end
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Playing it Cool written by James Olsen, Lawrence Swinburne. Published by Noble & Noble Publishers in 1969. This item is a Trade Paperback edition.
Moderate wear to edge and corners. Binding is intact. Pages are clean, unmarked with minimal tanning. Slight sun damage to spine. Slight curve to cover. Still a good, sturdy copy.