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\section{CMB interferometry}

\subsection{Interferometry basics}

An interferometer measures the complex correlation between pairs of antennas. In the flat-sky approximation, the observed ``visibilities'', $V(u,v)$, are samples of the $u,v$-plane which corresponds to the Fourier Transform (FT) of the sky intensity distribution, $I(x,y)$, given by the van Cittert-Zernike equation:

\begin{equation}
V(u,v) = \int du dv A(x,y) I(x,y) e^{2\pi i(ux + vy)}
\end{equation}

where $A(x,y)$ is the primary beam response of the antennae. Essentially, the visibilities are samples of the FT of sky distribution multiplied by the primary beam function. The visibilities can then be inverted to produce images of the sky distribution convolved with the synthesized beam.

The primary cosmological quantity of interest is the CMB power spectrum, $C_\ell$, since it is known that the CMB anisotropies are very close to Gaussian. The power spectrum is essentially the FT (or more stricty, the spherical transform) of the sky, and thus interferometers measure the power spectrum almost directly. Essentially, averaging the square of the visibilities, $|V({\bf u})|^2$, in shells of constant ${\bf u}$, gives a (noise-biased) estimate of $C_{\ell}$  at $\ell=2\pi {\bf u}$, convolved with the window function $W$. This is accurate in the flat-field approximation (typically $\ell \gtrsim 100$). The multipole window function is determined by the FT of the primary beam (the aperture illumination function), although the $\ell$ resolution can be improved by mosaicing \cite{Myers03}.

\subsection{Advantages of CMB interferometry}

Interferometers have a number of key advantages compared to total-power experiments; these are summarised in Table~\ref{tab:advantages}. Interferometers are inherently more stable than total-power receivers since they measure the correlation of signal between pairs and thus are not dependent on the total-power (baseline) response of individual detectors. Interferometers do not measure the DC signal, such as the 2.7\,K CMB temperature and the bulk of atmospheric emission, which is a major advantage. Long time-scale drifts of receivers ($1/f$ noise), which is a major problem for total-power experiments is also mitigated by implementing Automatic Gain Correction (AGC) in the IF before correlation. Phase-switching naturally provides further suppression of systematics. This allows the thermal noise to be realised even for very long (months and years) integration times.

Another key advantage is the attenuation of non-astronomical signals, which have different fringe rates to signals from within the field-of-view\footnote{Strictly, the DASI/CBI interferometers could not utilise fringe-rate filtering due to their non-tracking antennas, and had to use differencing techniques to remove local correlated signals.}. In fact, fringe-rate filtering can be put to good use for filtering out known sources including Sun, Moon and other local signals (see \cite{Watson03} for a demonstration). Accurate calibration is crucial for measuring the faint CMB fluctuations, particularly in the presence of bright foreground sources (radio galaxies, diffuse foregrounds etc.). Calibration of interferometric data is well-studied and has been shown to be capable of producing images with enormous dynamic ranges. Furthermore, the synthesised beam is known to high precision since it depends only on the $u,v$ sampling which is known to high accuracy.

\subsection{Disadvantages of CMB interferometry}

There are however some drawbacks, as summarised in Table~\ref{tab:advantages}. For measuring diffuse (extended) sources, such as the CMB, it is the surface brightness sensitivity (e.g. in units Kelvin, or Jy/unit area) that matters, rather than point source sensitivity (in units Jy). Therefore, the size of the dishes is not the critical quantity, but rather the filling factor, $f$, of the array, as defined by
\begin{equation}
f = N (D/d)^2
\end{equation}
where $N$ is the number of antennas, $D$ is the dish diameter, and $d$ is the longest baseline. The relation between brightness temperature $T_b$ and flux density $S$ is then given approximately by
\begin{equation}
S = \frac{2kT_b \Omega}{f \lambda^2}
\end{equation}
For a single dish, $f \approx 1$ and is the optimal that can be achieved. This is one of the principal drawbacks for interferometers, and this is why total-power (single dish) experiments with large detector arrays are now preferred. The other drawback is in measuring the largest angular scales, which are inherently difficult with an interferometer. They require very short baselines, which results in shadowing\footnote{DASI and CBI used co-mounted dishes which did not suffer from the effects of shadowing and achieved very high filling factors ($f \approx 1$)} and the largest angular scales (larger than the primary beam) are essentially impossible to measure. For the same reasons, aperture synthesis maps are difficult to quantify on scales $>>$ synthesised beam because of resolution effects i.e. loss of flux on large angular scales.

\begin{table}[!t]
\small
\begin{tabular}{c}
\hline
Accurate beam knowledge ($u,v$ coverage known exactly)    \\
Accurate window function (FT of primary beam) \\
Rejection of DC signals \\
Strong rejection of systematics (baselines, rejection of non-astronomical signals, no $1/f$ noise, pointing) \\
Direct access to power spectrum (square of visibilities) \\
High dynamic range \\
Maps via synthesis imaging \\
Easy access to wide range of angular scales (array configuration) \\
\hline
Not as sensitive as total-power (filling factor) \\
Largest angular scales difficult (shortest spacing) \\
Maps are difficult to quantify (flux loss on large angular scales/resolving out) \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{A list of some of the advantages ({\it top}) and disadvantages ({\it bottom}) of interferometry for CMB analyses compared to total-power experiments.}
\label{tab:advantages}
\end{table}
\normalsize

\section{Summary of observations}
\label{sec:obs}

There have been a number of early attempts of detecting CMB anisotropies with interferometers going back to the early 1980s\footnote{The author knows of early attempts by Prof Rodney Davies using the Lovell Mk1 and Mk2 dishes at Jodrell Bank but these were never published due to lack of sensitivity.}. A summary of interferometric CMB measurements is given in Table~\ref{tab:obs}.

\subsection{Early measurements at high resolution}

The first published work that the author is aware of was with the newly commissioned Very Large Array (VLA) by \cite{Fomalont84}. A number of similar measurements were made using the OVRO, Ryle, BIMA and ATCA arrays (see Table~\ref{tab:obs}). These gave constraints on the very high $\ell$ spectrum and on the contribution from unresolved point sources.

The first dedicated CMB array was the Cambridge Anisotropy Telescope (CAT). Built by Cambridge University at Lord's Bridge, it consisted of 3 antennas located inside a ground screen and operated at 15\,GHz. It was the first interferometer to detect primary CMB anisotropies at $\ell \sim 500$ \cite{Scott96}. In many ways the CAT experiment paved the way for the more sensitive arrays in the next decade. A dedicated single baseline interferometer was also employed in Tenerife, operating at 33\,GHz, and managed to detect anisotropies on $1^{\circ}$ and $2^{\circ}$ scales \cite{Harrison00}.

\begin{table}[!t]
\small
\begin{tabular}{lccccccc}
\hline
         &         &              &Frequency   &Bandwidth   &                &           &Reference \\
  Name   &Location &$N_{\rm dish}$  &(GHz)      &(GHz)        &Primary beam   &$\ell$     &           \\
\hline
OVRO     &U.S.     &6             &30         &2.0          &$4^{\prime}$        &6750   &\cite{Carlstrom96}  \\
VLA      &U.S.     &27            &8          &0.2          &$5^{\prime}$        &6000   &\cite{Fomalont84,Partridge97}  \\
IRAM     &France   &3             &88         &0.4          &$55^{\prime\prime}$  &3000--70000 &\cite{Radford93} \\
Ryle     &England  &8             &15         &0.4          &$6^{\prime}$        &4500   & \cite{Jones93} \\
BIMA     &U.S.     &10            &30         &0.8          &$6^{\prime}$        &5000--9000   & \cite{Dawson02} \\
ATCA     &Australia &6            &9          &0.1          &$8^{\prime}$        &3400   & \cite{Subrahmanyan98} \\
T-W      &U.S.     &2             &43         &...          &$2^{\circ}$          &20--100 &  \cite{Timbie90} \\
IAC-Int  &Tenerife &2             &33         &0.5          &$2^{\circ}$           &110--220        & \cite{Harrison00} \\
CAT      &England  &3             &13--17     &0.5          &$2^{\circ}$          &339--722 &  \cite{Scott96} \\
VSA      &Tenerife &14            &26--36     &1.5          &$4.\!^{\circ}6/2.\!^{\circ}1$  &150--1600 & \cite{Dickinson04} \\
DASI     &South Pole &13          &26--36     &10.0         &$3^{\circ}$          &125--700  &  \cite{Halverson02,Kovac02}\\
CBI      &Chile    &13            &26--36     &10.0         &$45^{\prime}$/$28^{\prime}$ &630--3500 &  \cite{Padin02,Readhead04b,Taylor11} \\
SZA      &U.S. &8      &30 \& 90   &8            &$12^{\prime}/4^{\prime}$     &4000      &\cite{Sharp10,Muchovej11} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Summary of interferometric experiments to measure CMB anisotropies. This is an update of a previous version of this table produced by \cite{White99}.}
\label{tab:obs}
\end{table}
\normalsize

\subsection{The era of the CMB interferometers}

In the late 1990s, three semi-independent collaborations began designing much more sensitive and flexible arrays dedicated to measuring the CMB power spectrum. The Cambridge, Jodrell Bank and IAC groups worked together to construct the Very Small Array (VSA). In the U.S., the Caltech group formed two independent collaborations to build the Degree Scale Instrument (DASI) and the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI). These three instruments were pivotal in making the first precision measurements of the CMB power spectrum on sub-degree scales.

The VSA was a 30\,GHz 14-element interferometer that could be reconfigured to probe angular scales from $\sim 10^{\prime}$--$2^{\circ}$. It was originally designed to have several 1.5\,GHz bands but funding was only given to utilise a single 1.5\,GHz channel. The VSA was carefully designed to minimise all systematics, both instrumental and astrophysical. The entire telescope was located inside a large ground-screen while the tracking elements on the tip-tilt table allowed fringe-rate filtering of non-astronomical signals such as cross-talk and and ground spillover \cite{Watson03}. This proved to be essential for observing during the day (to filter out the Sun and Moon) and also for filtering out correlated signals that were found to be strong on the shortest baselines. The VSA also employed an additional single-baseline interferometer consisting of two 3.7\,m dishes located in their own ground screens. This allowed for a survey of the brightest sources in each VSA field (positions were provided from an earlier 15\,GHz survey of the VSA fields by the Ryle telescope) at the same frequency and at the same time. The VSA produced accurate measurements of the CMB power spectrum over the range $\ell=150$--$1600$ \cite{Dickinson04}.

The DASI instrument was located at the South Pole and used 13 20\,cm horns located on a table mounted onto an az-el mount. It operated at 26--36\,GHz with 10 channel 10\,GHz digital correlator. Its small horns and table provided good sensitivity over the $\ell$-range 140--900 allowing detection of the first 3 acoustic peaks \cite{Halverson02}. DASI was reconfigured to measure CMB polarization, with each antenna measuring a single polarization (left or right circular). In 2002 DASI obtained the first detection of CMB polarization which provided remarkable confirmation of the standard theory of cosmology \cite{Kovac02}.

The CBI was located in the Atacama desert, Chile and operated from 1999--2008 and utilised many of the same components as its ``sister'' instrument, DASI. The CBI consisted of 13 0.9\,m antennas also located on a table that could be moved along 3 axes (az,el,parallactic angle). Like DASI, the antennas did not track giving a constant coverage in the $u,v$ plane, which was improved by rotating the telescope in parallactic angle. The CBI utilised the same 10 channel 10\,GHz digital correlator as was used for DASI. After discussions between the CBI/DASI/VSA groups (circa 2000), the CBI group focussed on high-$\ell$ measurements. The CBI was the first experiment to convincingly show the drop in power due to the Silk damping tail expected from the standard theory at redshifts of $z\sim 1000$ \cite{Pearson03}. The CBI also showed evidence for excess power at $\ell \sim 2000$--3500 \cite{Mason03,Readhead04a}, although this has been debated and has not been confirmed to-date. The CBI was also converted to measuring polarization and detected polarization \cite{Readhead04b}. Later, the CBI was upgraded with larger 1.4\,m dishes to measure clusters via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect \cite{Taylor11}.

\subsection{SZ interferometers}

The study of clusters via the inverse Compton scattering of CMB photons from hot electrons, the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect, has become an important topic in radio astronomy and cosmology. Interferometers are well-suited to measuring the SZ effect since clusters have a typical angular size of a few arcmin, which requires relatively large single-dish telescopes for ground-based instruments working at $\lesssim 100$\,GHz. One of the earliest measurements of SZ was made with the Ryle interferometer \cite{Jones93}. The VSA, CBI and DASI experiments all made significant contributions to the number of SZ detections.

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array (SZA) is an 8-element 3.5m dish interferometer located at Owen's Valley Radio Observatory in California. With sensitive receivers operating at 30 and 90\,GHz it has made important contributions to both primary anisotropies at high-$\ell$ \cite{Sharp10} as well as numerous SZ detections including a blind survey \cite{Muchovej11}. The Arcminute MicroKelvin Imager (AMI) is a 15\,GHz experiment located at Lord's Bridge, Cambridge, consisting of eight 3.7\,m dishes, in combination with the larger Ryle telescope dishes for point source subtraction. As well as making targeted observations of known clusters, it is surveying the sky for new clusters. The AMIBA array is a 90\,GHz array located at the Mauna Loa (Haiwaii) with a 10\,m platform. It was originally configured with seven 0.6\,m antennas and then upgraded to 1.2\,m antennas \cite{Liu10}.

\section{The future}

The future for CMB interferometry appears to be limited due to the great need for much higher sensitivity. This is important for both intensity (e.g. for SZ surveys) and, in particular, for polarization where the signal is much weaker. The main goal for CMB experiments is in measuring the large-scale B-modes which require 1000s of detectors. For an interferometer, the number of correlations scales as $n^2$ ($n$ is the number of antennas). The need for sensitivity necessarily leads to very large arrays, possibly with multiple feeds, that would therefore require extremely large correlators (although some correlations could be ignored) operating with very large bandwidths. Although this may be possible with the advent of digital (software) correlators, it is a formidable challenge. One possible exception to this is the bolometer interferometer concept, which essentially works as an adding interferometer (as opposed to multiplying) which gives some (but not all) of the benefits of an interferometer but with the higher sensitivity and larger bandwidths available from bolometers \cite{Piccirillo03,Tucker03}. The QUBIC experiment is aiming to deploy a small array at Antarctica to test this concept \cite{QUBIC11}.

In recent years, there has been great interest in low frequency ($\lesssim 1.4$\,GHz) arrays, aiming towards the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). A major science goal of the SKA is to detect HI during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR) at redshifts $z\gtrsim 6$. This involves measuring tiny ($\lesssim 1$\,mK) fluctuations of the redshifted HI 21\,cm line on scales of $\sim 10$\,arcmin. More recently, the idea of HI intensity mapping \cite{Peterson06} at moderate redshifts has emerged, which potentially could allow detection of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and thereby constrain dark energy. Both these new exciting areas require similar sensitivities and angular scales as for the CMB primary anisotropies but in the presence of much larger foregrounds and potential systematic errors and calibration. Interferometers may be a good way of achieving this and this is being pursued by a number of groups e.g. \cite{Chen11}.

\acknowledgments

CD acknowledges support from an STFC Advanced Fellowship and an EU Marie-Cure IRG grant under the FP7. CD wishes to thank the following people for reading an early draft and providing useful comments: Keith Grainge, Jean-Christophe Hamilton, Erik Leitch, Tim Pearson, Lucio Piccirillo and Paul Scott.

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Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Euractiv
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Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Euractiv, 14 March 2017
Are the relations between Russia and the Commission better than generally assumed? A few days ago the Commission greenlighted the project for a Rosatom nuclear power plant in Hungary, and yesterday Commissioner Vestager apparently put an end to the "Gazprom probe". There are also expectations that Nord Stream 2 will also receive the green light. Are relations indeed better than generally assumed?
I will have to disagree on two counts. One, Commissioner Vestager didn't speak of relations with Russia. She spoke of certain relations between the Commission and Gazprom. Second, business is not normal. I would say our relations overall are today abnormal. Having said this, of course, I recognise and acknowledge progress on certain tracks. The one is that you mentioned, the Commission's probe against Gazprom seems to have reached an understanding, a compromise. And there are other positive signs as far as our cooperation in the energy field is concerned. Though there are issues that still need to be clarified. But Gazprom is conducting its own business with the Commission and we as the Permanent Mission, we maintain contacts with the Commission on a broader range of energy issues.
Other positive signs are that we cooperate successfully with the EU on a range of international issues. I will refer to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear programme, which as we know requires concerted efforts by all signatories. And I think on this we share a lot with the EU. We maintain political dialogue on a number of tracks; we look forward to continuing consultations on anti-terrorism and other topical issues. But overall, the carefully built comprehensive institutionalised architecture of our cooperation is not working. The reason is that most elements have been frozen by the EU and our efforts even to undertake joint stock-taking of our relationship have not yet materialised, though specific proposals on that score were presented by President Vladimir Putin to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last June in St. Petersburg. That would be my overall analysis.
But as to counterbalance the positive news from Commissioner Vestager, the EU decided the same day to prolong the personal sanctions in the context of the crisis in Eastern Ukraine…
I would have called this an expression of dialectical approach by the EU, but unfortunately it is not. Indeed, the EU has decided to extend for another six months a package of unilateral restrictive measures against Russian and Ukrainian citizens and some legal entities. And that of course is disappointing. Not that we were expecting a breakthrough at this stage, because we understand that there are different views within the EU, which has the unfortunate result of the desire to maintain a single policy becoming a goal in itself.
This means basically that each time EU countries discuss sanctions, some of them say – let's perhaps ease or phase out the sanctions, and others argue that, on the contrary, sanctions need to be hardened as the situation on the ground has worsened, as they claim. Consequently the compromise is to renew the sanctions?
I think I can agree with your assessment. In effect, it's the overwhelming wish to maintain unity, regardless of the substance of the position. But in this case, this doesn't lead anywhere. The sanctions are extended for another six months, then in six months the situation may either be repeated, or if at last there is enough collective political will in the EU to start pulling itself from the corner that it has led itself into. Then we might see a change. I'm an optimist as you know, so I believe that at some point this critical mass of political will becomes reality, allowing the EU to change its course.
There isn't much unity in the EU these days except on the account of sanctions against Russia, don't you think so?
I agree with you again. There isn't much unity on a quite wide range of issues. I even had some difficulty trying to define whether the European Council [on 9-10 March] indeed took place, or if it wasn't a European Council at all.
Its Conclusions were not official, in any case.
Well, theoretically a European Council can take place without any conclusions, but there was this very unusual phraseology used to the "quasi-Conclusions…" But it's not my intention to suggest or much less to provoke another issue where there would be disunity in the EU. I would be happiest if the whole EU changed its position regarding my country on the basis of common sense and logic. You see, this link between the so-called sanctions and the Minsk agreements, and I stress "so-called sanctions" because the only authority entitled by international law to impose sanctions is the United Nations Security Council, anything else is illegitimate…
This applies also to the Russian sanctions against the EU.
There are no Russian sanctions, there are certain reciprocal measures which of course will be abrogated when the Minsk agreements are implemented. When I say there is no logic between the sanctions and the Minsk agreements, if you look back, you will see that this link was created much later than the sanctions had been imposed. First the EU rushed toward imposing sanctions, and then as an afterthought asked himself – where is the exit strategy, what should we do to put a certain benchmark to review them? Oh, there are these Minsk agreements, let's tie them to those. But the Minsk agreements are primarily between the parties to the conflict, namely Kiev and Donbass. Kiev is openly procrastinating the implementation, for a number of reasons, economic and political. But seeing the only burden of sanctions loaded on Russia, instead of the culprit of non-implementation which is Kiev itself, of course they are interested in not doing anything. Because the longer the Minsk agreements are not implemented, the longer the sanctions will apply on Russia. This is a bizarre logic, I would say.
The Minsk talks are held in the Normandy format…
No, the Minsk talks are held in the Contact group, and the Normandy format is in support of those talks.
In any case, the EU has delegated the Eastern Ukraine crisis management to two member states, France and Germany, who sit in the Normandy format, because this is believed to be more effective, rather than having all EU members, some of which, like Poland, dislike Russia for historic reasons. But why did you propose that the Minsk format be extended to the USA?
Actually we didn't propose such a thing. The US was showing interest, before the elections, in engaging in the political process regarding the Ukrainian crisis, and we established direct bilateral contacts, involving representatives of the Russian Presidential Administration and the US State Department.
That was before the elections?
Yes, I'm not aware of any use of this format under the current administration, so I will refrain from comment on that. Basically, if everybody else agrees, we will not be against US involvement, in some way or another. Because we believe that Washington has potentially a lot of leverage on Kiev. I say this not to diminish the role France and Germany have been playing and continue to play. But I believe the more pressure is applied on Kiev, the better the prospects of Minsk implementation will be.
Basically you expect the Trump administration to be on your side?
Well, we don't expect anybody to be on our side. We expect those who are genuinely interested in seeing a political settlement in Ukraine to be on the side of common sense, logic and on the side of the Ukrainian people as a whole, including those living in Donbass.
Another topic: there is a lot of talk about two-speed, multi-speed EU, Commission President Juncker published a White Paper as a basis for discussions expect to last until December at least. Does Russia has a preference, for the EU being more compact or looking like a patchwork of circles?
Without direct reference to the White Paper, I will say that Russia's interest is seeing the EU as a strong, reliable strategic partner, forward-looking and I would say independent in its decision making.
But it is becoming more independent, isn't it?
Actually some people that I speak to here in Brussels say – well, you Russians always wanted the EU to act on its own without following in the steps of the Americans. Now if Trump abrogates the anti-Russian sanctions, the EU will keep them. This will be the show of our independence… To this I say – this is not the show I would like to see.
I don't know whom you spoke to, but let's be realistic. The EU wouldn't be able to keep the sanctions in such a scenario…
I could add one practical element to this. I think the economic damage inflicted on EU economies has been much greater than on the US economy. In those days when we had full-fledged economic cooperation, the amount of our trade with the EU was 11-12 time bigger than our trade with the US. I used to call it the safety net of our relationship. Now this safety net has been torn in various places as a result of EU sanctions against Russia.
But the sanctions have not been an obstacle for major companies, like the German giants Mercedes or Siemens to start huge operations in Russia.
Yes. But they are an obstacle for other companies, primarily those heavily dependent on the financial sector. And even those companies whose activities are not covered by sanctions, particularly American sanctions, they would be thinking twice before engaging with Russian counterparts. I call this self-censorship.
It's psychological effect…
And it can be quite substantial and even decisive on many occasions.
Do you think that the many speeds of Europe the time will come when you will need several ambassadors to deal with the EU?
[Laughs] Well, if it's a concentric scheme, maybe one ambassador will be enough. If there are several centres of power, as a result to devolution to capitals, then we will see. But we have ambassadors in all the national capitals, and don't ask me if Russia plans to have an ambassador in Edinburgh.
Actually I'm asking.
Russia has over centuries had a special relationship with Scotland. St. Andrew is the saint protector of both Scotland and the Russian navy. The Russian navy has the same flag as Scotland. Only the opposite combination of colours.
They say Russia is influencing all the elections and referendums. How will the army of Russian trolls influence the new Scottish referendum?
[Laughs] Do you really believe that politics in Europe and the US have degraded so much, that any foreign country can influence the outcome of elections?
I believe all influential countries are trying to influence other countries' elections. And I don't think Russia invented the fake news, because I remember that the Vietnam War started because of fake news.
Actually the Second World War started because of fake news. There was an attack ostensibly on a German outpost by an SS squad dressed as Polish soldiers.
It's not about who started it, but now Russia's covert action is very much in the attention.
Alleged covert action. Everybody says it's covert, and nobody has seen it.
So is this alleged covert action going to influence the Scottish choice?
You know, actually I'm surprised that nobody has so far thought of blaming Russia for the Brexit referendum.
They blamed Trump. Who is a friend of Russia.
Well, that's an exaggeration. Trump is a friend of himself primarily, of his family and his country, the United States.

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What happens to youth too old for foster care? Affordable housing project in Des Moines to provide an answer
Kim Norvell
A new 42-unit apartment building will provide affordable housing for young people who have aged out of foster care yet continue to need counseling services and support as they attend college.
The Sixth Avenue Flats, to be built on a vacant lot at 1230 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines, is a partnership between Hatch Development Group, Kiernan Development and Youth & Shelter Services, a nonprofit organization that serves youth through mentorship programs, addiction recovery and crisis housing.
YSS also serves as the lead agency of the Iowa Aftercare Services Network, a statewide program that provides support to young people between the ages of 18 and 23 who are too old to remain in foster care.
The project will provide affordable housing, including loft space for residential and commercial use, for former foster children. It also will provide office space for YSS counseling services and, under a partnership with Des Moines Area Community College, academic and financial counseling.
DMACC, which currently enrolls 100 students who have aged out of foster care, is located just a half mile southwest of the development.
"Finding affordable housing to accommodate transition age homeless youth is tough, and then ensuring they have the transportation to connect with services and education adds to the complexity," Andrew Allen, president and CEO of YSS, said in a news release. "This new project will simplify connecting these kids to safe and affordable housing, quality education and employment through the live-work lofts, three key factors to success."
Jack Hatch, president and CEO of Hatch Development Group and a former state senator, said he's hopeful the proximity to DMACC will help ensure tenants have access to higher education.
As a senator, Hatch helped develop the All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship program, which gives up to eight full-time semester scholarships to Iowa undergraduate students. It prioritizes financial aid to students who have aged out of the foster care system or the State Training School or were adopted from the foster care system after age 16.
The maximum award amount varies each year; in 2020-21 it is $4,644 per student.
"Countless studies show that getting these vulnerable young people supportive services along with education and housing, increases their chances for long-term economic success, happiness and independence," Hatch said in a news release.
The apartments, which include 36 units in the upper four stories and six live-work lofts on the street level, will be open to anyone who qualifies as a low-income resident, earning 60% of the area median income.
But it's likely the units will be filled by young adults transitioning from foster care. In 2019, YSS found housing for more than 200 young people who had aged out of the system and were facing homelessness, Allen said.
Rents will range from $550 for a one-bedroom unit to $650 for two bedrooms.
The live-work lofts on the ground floor will have street-level access, serving as commercial storefronts for the tenants who will live in the unit's upper-story loft. It's the same model as Hatch's East Village Square project, 333 E. Grand Ave.
The $8.5 million project received financing through the Iowa Finance Authority's Low-Income Housing Tax Credits program, with private investment from WNC, Inc. a California investment group.
Construction will begin in spring 2021 and the building is expected to open the following year.
Kim Norvell covers growth and development for the Register. Reach her at knorvell@dmreg.com or 515-284-8259. Follow her on Twitter @KimNorvellDMR.


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Capsule drama reviews: The Secret Message, The Lover, etc.
'The Secret Message'
Starring: Choi Seung-hyun, Juri Ueno and Yoo In-na
Genre: Romance, Drama
Photo courtesy of CJ E&M and Amuse, Inc.
Like "EXO Lives Next Door," "The Secret Message" is a quick web series comprised of short episodes that are each only 10-20 minutes long, which is such a wonderful format. Unlike "EXO Lives Next Door," "The Secret Message" is pretty sophisticated, well-written and well-executed. Sorry about it.
The show takes place half in Korea and half in Japan. Juri Ueno plays Haruka, a Japanese woman who is staying with a friend in South Korea, trying to deal with the end of her first romantic relationship. T.O.P plays Woo-hyun, a Korean filmmaker working in Japan on a documentary about love who is, himself, still hurt from a recent breakup. When Woo-hyun accidentally texts Haruka's phone number, the two begin communicating despite the distance and language barrier between them.
The cinematography and scenery showing off the beauty of both Korea and Japan adds a really nice touch to "The Secret Message." And, although the show tries to take the subject of moving on from a lost love pretty seriously, T.O.P's goofy personality, interspersed jokes and references to Big Bang keep it cute and entertaining. But "The Secret Message" is kind of a big exercise in product placement. The show originally aired on Line TV and is clearly sponsored by the Line messaging app — quite a lot of the communication takes place through the app, and the trademark Line characters appear throughout. That being said, "The Secret Message" totally makes me want to download Line. I mean, if there's a possibility T.O.P will accidentally text you and fall in love despite the odds… Well played, Line.
'Twenty'
Director: Lee Byeong-heon
Starring: Kim Woo-bin, Lee Junho and Kang Ha-neul
Photo courtesy of Next Entertainment World.
I got quite a kick out of "Twenty." This is a raunchy coming-of-age sex comedy/buddy movie — just like "Superbad," only funnier and with better-looking actors.
The story follows three best friends who have just turned 20 and are at a crossroads in their lives. Chi-ho (Kim Woo-bin) is the spoiled rich boy whose only aspiration is to have sex with as many women as possible. Dong-woo (Lee Junho from the idol group 2PM) dreams of being a comic book illustrator, but has work part time jobs instead of attending art school after his family's bankruptcy. Kung-jae (Kang Ha-neul) is a preppy college student who falls in love with a smart upperclassman in the stock market club.
"Twenty" is awfully entertaining. Each of the lead characters is charismatic in his own way, and each individual plot arc is interesting. Although "Twenty" is decidedly a comedy, there are some well-done dramatic moments that add a lot of depth to the story. Even the cinematography is interesting — the film features some well-placed surrealism (the group of friends arriving at a literal crossroads in the dirt) and a solid soundtrack to enhance key scenes. It's a bawdy, laugh-out-loud funny movie (seriously, it is), but it's also slightly tragic. Basically, "Twenty" is a great movie that perfectly toes the line between soul-searching melodrama and dudes making dick jokes.
'Oh My Ghostess' (aka 'Oh My Ghost')
Starring: Park Bo-young, Kim Seul-gie and Jo Jung-suk
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Photo courtesy of tvN.
"Oh My Ghostess" is a fun show to watch — it's a kind of sexy romantic-comedy that slowly turns into a murder mystery. With solid acting from all of the cast members, this show just gets more exciting to watch as it progresses. It's, at times, funny and dark with an action-packed conclusion led by the show's cool group of heroines.
Shin Soon-ae (Kim Seul-gie) is a ghost who is unable to cross over until she resolves her grudge: that she died a virgin. Unfortunately, in order to resolve her grudge, she has to find and seduce a "man of vitality" who is able to withstand sex with a ghost without dying (she learns this the hard way). Na Bong-sun (Park Bo-young) is a meek assistant chef whose shaman grandmother enables her to see ghosts, making her body the perfect vessel for opportunistic spirits. And Kang Sun-woo (Jo Jong-suk), the handsome celebrity chef who employs Bong-sun, seems to be full of vitality, if you know what I mean.
"Oh My Ghostess" is very amusing, and Park Bo-young especially does an excellent job portraying both shy Bong-sun and gregarious, sexually liberated Bong-sun-as-possessed-by-Soon-ae. The budding romance is cute, and the relationship between Bong-sun and her coworkers at the restaurant is sweet. However, the show really gets interesting when Soon-ae's memories of her life begin returning and she starts to question the suspicious circumstances of her death.
'The Lover'
Starring: Oh Jung-se, Ryu Hyun-kyung and Jung Joon-young
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Takuya Terada and Lee Jae-joon star in "The Lover." Photo courtesy of Mnet.
"The Lover" is kind of a stupid show, but I just couldn't stop watching it once I started. Although it starts out highly ridiculously (there are entire long episodes hinged solely on double entendres, innuendos and sex jokes), the characters become relatable and, suddenly, the plot of "The Lover" seems very serious. I even cried a little during the last episode!
The show follows four different couples in the same apartment building who are — scandalously — living together before marriage. The primary focus is on Oh Do-si (Oh Jung-se) and Ryu Doo-ri (Ryu Hyun-kyung), who are both in their 30s and have lived together for two years. In the next apartment over lives Ji-nyeo (Choi Yeo-jin) and her cute guitarist boyfriend Young-joon (Jung Joon-young), who is 12 years her junior. On the seventh floor lives Joon-jae (Lee Jae-joon), a quiet homebody who is quickly falling in love with his Japanese roommate Takuya (Takuya Terada from Cross Gene). They get very little screen time, unfortunately, but their story arc is the most tense and compelling. And, finally, on the fifth floor lives Hwan-jong (Park Jong-hwan) and Seol-eun (Ha Eun-seol), an engaged couple who just moved in together.
Some of the couples are more entertaining than others: Ji-nyeo and Young-joon are adorable, hilarious and touching, while Hwan-jong and Seol-eun are awkward and lack chemistry. "The Lover" is definitely worth watching, though, for its amusing, in-your-face portrayal of cohabitation, sex and love in Korea (without marriage!), and its focus on more unconventional romantic pairings. Plus, it has a pretty sufficiently satisfying ending for everyone. "The Lover" even presents the happiest ending I've seen for gay characters in a k-drama so far! I'll take it.
This entry was posted in Film, film review, Television and tagged 2PM, capsule film review, capsule movie review, Choi Seung-hyun, Choi Yeo-jin, comedy, Cross Gene, drama, dramafever, EXO Lives Next Door, film, film review, foreign films, gay, Ha Eun-seol, 스물, japan, Jo Jung-suk, Jung Joon-young, Juri Ueno, k-drama, Kang Ha-neul, Kim Seul-gie, Kim Woo-bin, korea, Lee Byeong-heon, Lee Jae-joon, Lee Junho, lgbt, line, line tv, mystery, Oh Jung-se, oh my ghost, oh my ghostess, Park Bo-young, Park Jong-hwan, romance, romantic comedy, Ryu Hyun-kyung, sexuality, south korea, Superbad, t.o.p, Takuya Terada, television, the lover, the secret message, tv, twenty, web drama, Yoo In-na on January 10, 2016 by screamfmlondon.
Capsule drama reviews: Healer, Little Mom Scandal, etc.
'Little Mom Scandal'
Starring: Hwang Jung-eum, Im Sung-uhn and Song In-hwa
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Photo courtesy of CGV.
"Little Mom Scandal" is an awesome drama if you're looking for a story with many strong female characters and a straightforward look at female sexuality and sex work. It's rare to see these issues presented at all on television — let alone as well as they are covered in "Little Mom Scandal."
The show is split into two eight-episode seasons, and it tells the story of Hye-jung and Sun-hee, two high school best friends. Hye-jung is super smart and rich, but struggles with some real daddy issues that have led her to become a prolific sugar baby, dating rich older men. Sun-hee is such a typical teen girl: she just cares about finding a cute boyfriend and getting him into bed with her. The girls befriend Sung-sook and Hyo-won, two employees of the local gentleman's club, but things go south when Sun-hee finds out she's pregnant.
"Little Mom Scandal" has so much going for it. It's really a great drama with a shockingly realistic, honest and unbiased depiction of sex work from many different perspectives. It also really gets into the truth of teen pregnancy and, later, teen motherhood. And what's more! It also features a ton of multifaceted, interesting female characters all pursuing their individual dreams. Highly recommend "Little Mom Scandal."
'A Werewolf Boy'
Director: Jo Sung-hee
Starring: Song Joong-ki, Park Bo-young and Lee Young-lan
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Photo courtesy of CJ Entertainment.
"A Werewolf Boy" is one of the most successful Korean melodramas of all time, and it is no joke. It is a beautiful, bittersweet story of ill-fated young love — the best and most painful stories to tell. And it features the best and most relatable of all the movie monsters— the romantic werewolf.
The film begins in the modern day: Kim Sun-yi has traveled with her granddaughter back to Korea to sell her childhood home. When she arrives, she remembers her time spent there as a chronically-ill teenager — particularly a darling feral boy named Chul-soo she and her mother discovered living in the surrounding woods and adopted into the family.
Song Joong-ki gives a fantastic performance as the sympathetic wolf boy with huge, expressive eyes. Likewise, Park Bo-young's emotional delivery as Sun-yi is stellar, and the two actors create excellent chemistry in their scenes together. The first half of the film is very well crafted, funny and sweet as Chul-soo learns to become more "human" and forms a bond with Sun-yi and her family. The film's weakest points revolve around the cartoonish villain Ji-tae (a random rich asshole thrown in there to advance the plot with his rich asshole behavior) and the weird secret-government-experiment werewolf origin story that's thrown in unnecessarily. Really, the movie's success rests solely on the intense connection between Sun-yi and Chul-soo.
The ending of "A Werewolf Boy" is like getting your heart run over by a train, though. I sobbed loudly. Those last 20 minutes will knock you on your ass. I'm just warning you now. It's a deeply heart-wrenching conclusion that is fitting for the star-crossed lovers' overall story, but that doesn't make the tragedy any easier to bear. It's actually perfect and thoughtful and so, so sad — it's the kind of poignant conclusion that you'll be thinking about for weeks after finishing the film.
'Healer'
Starring: Ji Chang-wook, Park Min-young and Yoo Ji-tae
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Photo courtesy of Kim Jong-hak Productions.
Action-romance is done right in "Healer." It's a winning combination: a cast of strong and likable characters, a murder mystery storyline that doesn't let up on the excitement even toward the end, a substantial and complex villain backstory, sweet fight scenes, even sweeter wardrobe changes, and an incredibly darling male lead. For real, Ji Chang-wook might be the most attractive actor ever to appear in a drama. He is unbelievably gorgeous, and his felon-with-a-heart-of-gold "Healer" persona doesn't hurt one bit.
The show centers on Seo Jung-hoo (or, as most know him, Healer), a "night courier" who is known for his martial arts skills and an illegal business of breaking-and-entering, petty larceny and the like. He is planning to save up enough money to live alone on a deserted island as the only person he has any connection to is an ajumma he's never met in person who serves as his hacker accomplice. Unfortunately for him, he takes a job from a famous television anchor that sets him on a path toward unraveling the mystery of his father's death in 1992 and its connection to his present.
"Healer" really is great. Even the wild, unbelievable puzzle pieces that perfectly come together are presented so well they aren't even too ridiculous, which is a sign of a remarkable drama. "Healer" is also one of the rare dramas that doesn't lose momentum halfway through its 20 episodes. I wish there were more so I could continue being thrilled by each new revelation and, of course, admiring Ji Chang-wook all the while.
'EXO Lives Next Door'
Starring: Moon Ga-young, Park Chan-yeol and Do Kyung-soo
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Photo courtesy of Naver TV.
I am so pleased to live in a world where actual famous boybands are required to act out bad fanfiction on camera for our amusement. What a time to be alive. "EXO Lives Next Door" is all the standard self-insert fanfic tropes you may remember from LiveJournal circa 2006, but with the adorable, accommodating boys from EXO at the helm.
"EXO Lives Next Door" is a short web drama that packs a lot of zaniness into 16 quick episodes. Ji Yeon-hee is an underachieving 20-something who lives with her mother and younger brother and has never had a boyfriend because her face turns unnaturally red and she is unable to speak when faced with cute boys. Conveniently, several members of the 10-piece k-pop group happen to move into the house next door to her and immediately begin fighting over her, as this is how fanfiction usually goes. First, she slips on a banana peel and tosses her pads at them in the dark. Embarrassing! Then, she breaks into their house and chokes on rice cakes. Oh, no! At one point, Sehun and Baekhyun catch her spying on them with binoculars, so they decide to make out with each other to freak her out. Who even wrote this script? I'm not entirely convinced they didn't just lift it from some 13-year-old's FanFiction.net profile.
The best thing about "EXO Lives Next Door" is that the episodes are only 12-15 minutes long, which is exactly my attention span. The next best thing is that it's completely ridiculous. Yeon-hee is not an interesting or likeable character at all, but no fanfiction heroines ever are (see: Bella Swan). The storyline, however, is so ludicrous it's amazing. Personally, I'd stick around just for Sehun's unlikely bromance with Yeon-hee's kung fu-obsessed brother.
P.S. How can I get a job writing for one of these?!
This entry was posted in Film, film review, Korea, Television and tagged a werewolf boy, action, Byun Baek-hyun, capsule film review, chanyeol, comedy, Do Kyung-soo, drama, dramafever, EXO, EXO Lives Next Door, EXO Next Door, fanfiction, fanfiction.net, fantasy, female sexuality, film, film review, foreign films, healer, Hwang Jung-eum, Im Sung-uhn, Ji Chang-wook, Jo Sung-hee, k-drama, k-pop, korea, Lee Young-lan, little mom scandal, livejournal, Moon Ga-young, mystery, oh sehun, Park Bo-young, Park Chan-yeol, Park Min-young, romance, sehun, sex work, sexuality, Song In-hwa, Song Joong-ki, teen pregnancy, television, thriller, tv, Yoo Ji-tae on June 5, 2015 by screamfmlondon.
Capsule drama reviews: Pinocchio, Nineteen, etc.
'Mary Stayed Out All Night' (aka 'Marry Me, Mary!')
Starring: Moon Geun-young, Jang Keun-suk and Kim Jae-wook
Photo courtesy of ACC Korea.
The bad news first: "Mary Stayed Out All Night" has the worst soundtrack. The show is supposed to be about indie rock, but all of the music is just terrible. The songs keep getting worse as the story progresses. If I had to listen to "My Precious" one more time, I was going to freak out. But the good news: Kang Mu-gyul looks really cute singing them. He looks really cute doing everything. He is the cutest. So I somehow managed to endure the soundtrack — even though that chorus of "She's Mine" ("My woman, she loves me so very much! / My woman, she says I'm the greatest man she's ever met!") continues to haunt me.
The story follows Wi Mae-ri, who is out partying with her friends in Hongdae when she accidentally runs Mu-gyul (the stylish lead singer for a local indie band called Absolute Perfection) over with her car. They decide to get extremely drunk together and become fast friends, as you do when someone runs you over with their car. However, Mae-ri's horrible deadbeat father has secretly arranged for her to marry a wealthy family friend, Byun Jung-in, and won't take 'no' for an answer. So, Mae-ri enlists Mu-gyul's help to pretend that she is already married — just until her father calls off the nuptials. As you can expect, hijinks ensue.
The first half of "Mary Stayed Out All Night" is much better than the second. I enjoyed the fashion and the bohemian aesthetic; I enjoyed the growing chemistry between Moon Geun-young and Jang Keun-suk; I enjoyed looking at Jang Keun-suk a lot. But the show became more frustrating as it went on: Jung-in was never fully fleshed out as a character, Mae-ri's father never showed any redeeming qualities, and I was just sick of everybody's inability to communicate. Ultimately, though, I still thought this was a really good find. But that awful music…
'Nineteen'
Director: Jang Yong-woo
Starring: Choi Seung-hyun, Lee Seung-hyun and Huh E-jae
"Nineteen" just so perfectly captures what it's like to be 19 — the first of many years spent in the limbo between childhood and adulthood. It's beautiful.
The movie focuses on three 19-year-olds from different walks of life. Seo Jung-hoon is kind of a slacker, satisfied with living at his parents' house and working at a café. Park Min-seo is the meek rich boy who has a hard time interacting with other people and feels like he's failed to live up to his parents' expectations by not getting into a top college. Cha Eun-young just lost the hair stylist job she was using to support herself and her terminally ill mother in the hospital. The three of them are brought into the police station for questioning when a mutual acquaintance is found dead. They all feel as though the police aren't listening and aren't taking them seriously and are treating them like kids, so they miraculously escape police custody at the same time on go on the run together across South Korea.
It's a fun adventure, and it's infinitely relatable. What do you do when you're on the run from the law? Compete in a rap battle and spend all your money on flamboyant sunglasses? Well, yeah, when you're 19. It's a pretty silly movie, but, at the same time, it speaks to the Millennials' anxieties of growing up and finding a place in the world. And T.O.P performs a couple of goofy raps, so there's that.
'Pinocchio'
Starring: Park Shin-hye, Lee Jong-suk and Kim Young-kwang
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
I laughed really hard at this scene on the bus. Photo courtesy of iHQ.
"Pinocchio" is a romantic drama with a very heavy-handed overarching message about truth. Sort of like an Ethics in Journalism class with a romantic subplot.
For allegorical purposes, the story takes place in a world where a "Pinocchio syndrome" exists that makes those afflicted hiccup when they lie. Choi Dal-po and Choi In-ha are adopted siblings (more or less) who both aspire to become TV news reporters for different reasons. In-ha — a Pinocchio herself — wants to follow in the footsteps of her estranged mother who has a reputation for being a heartless but powerful news anchor. Dal-po wants to get revenge on the reporter who destroyed his birth family by spreading a sensationalized story that blamed his firefighter father for the deaths of many of his colleagues.
The drawn-out, Hamlet-style revenge-seeking and uncovering of the past was the most intriguing part of "Pinocchio." The actual romance was neither exciting nor really charming. Although, I do believe I am the only viewer who is in strong opposition to Dal-po and In-ha as the endgame "darling couple." I was really rooting for Seo Beom-jo —the spoiled rich boy who actually showed tremendous character growth and was one of my favorites throughout. He learned so much, and, although he struggled with it, he was always a good guy at the end of the day. And he was not related to In-ha at all, which is a plus.
'Flower Boy Ramen Shop'
Starring: Lee Chung-ah, Jung Il-woo and Lee Ki-woo
"Flower Boy Ramen Shop" is part one of the three-part "flower boy" series of dramas that also includes "Shut Up Flower Boy Band" and "Flower Boys Next Door." This one is okay. I wasn't that into it, but then I began to find Jung Il-woo very endearing, so I had to finish it.
It takes a while to even get to the ramen. At first, Yang Eun-bi is studying to become a teacher, but she quits after her father dies and leaves his ramen shop to her and some mysterious narcoleptic stranger he apparently wanted her to marry. Which she figures is just as well because teaching was getting weird considering the strange affair she was carrying on with one of her high school students, Cha Chi-soo, who is also (naturally) an extremely wealthy heir whose family controls the school. At the ramen shop, she and the creepy stranger who inserts himself into her life take a group of cute misfits from the high school under their wing to revamp the restaurant's image.
First of all, I find it very annoying that Eun-bi just lets Choi Kang-hyuk burst into her life and make himself at home, despite all of the Very Binding Legal Documents That Are Clearly Written In Crayon he produces to prove his ownership. It's not a very well-made drama, the acting isn't that great, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. Nonetheless, I guess I must be a sucker for cute rich boys learning the harsh realities of the world or something, because I still really wanted to observe Chi-soo's personal growth and ensure that he and Eun-bi lived happily ever after.
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Capsule drama reviews: My Love From Another Star, etc.
'My Love From Another Star' (aka 'You Who Came From the Stars')
Starring: Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Soo-hyun and Park Hae-jin
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi
Photo courtesy of HB Entertainment.
I laughed hysterically. I cried uncontrollably. I craved chicken and beer. "My Love From Another Star" has been my favorite drama to date.
The show is about Cheon Song-yi, a down-on-her-luck movie star, and her next door neighbor, Do Min-joon, the 400-year-old alien who falls in love with her just months before he's finally due to return to his home planet. This is a great example of how excellent a show can be when it centers on a fully-realized female character. Song-yi has been my favorite drama heroine to date — she is funny, exuberant, glamorous, sympathetic. She has so much personality, and she's so adorable, it's very hard not to fall in love with her and consider giving up your home planet. I understand completely.
Everything about "My Love From Another Star" is actually pretty great. Pretty stellar, as it were. The fashion, the cinematography, the script, etc. The supporting characters are also notable — particularly Shin Sung-rok as the cartoonishly evil villain Jae-kyung and Park Hae-jin as the rejected suitor Hwi-kyung, who recovers gracefully and proves to be a real friend and a stand-up guy in general. This show is fantastic.
'Bungee Jumping of Their Own'
Director: Kim Dae-seung
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Eun-ju and Yeo Hyun-soo
Photo courtesy of Cineclick Asia.
This movie really weirded me out. And it's not particularly easy to weird me out.
It begins with the love story of In-woo and Tae-hee, who meet at university and quickly become inseparable — until Tae-hee is killed in a car accident. In-woo moves on with his life, marries, has a baby, and becomes a high school teacher, which is working out well for him until he becomes convinced that Tae-hee has been reincarnated as one of the underage students in his class. From there, the movie becomes wholly unsettling as In-woo creepily grooms the boy, calls him up the middle of the night, and tries to convince him that they're soulmates.
It's, at least, an interesting challenge of gender and heteronormativity springing from a religious standpoint, but "Bungee Jumping of Their Own" is very uncomfortable to watch. And it ends with the unpleasant message that it's kind of romantic to kidnap a child that reminds you of your dead ex-lover. I can't really hang with that.
'Answer Me 1997' (aka 'Reply 1997')
Starring: Jung Eun-ji, Seo In-guk and Song Jong-ho
Unfortunately for me, the vast majority of the in-jokes, pop culture references and celebrity cameos that make "Answer Me 1997" so amusing were pretty lost on me. Much more entertaining if you have a basic understanding of Korean life in the 1990s. However, I still enjoyed the show as a quick and interesting coming-of-age story about a group of high school friends.
The show is framed with the story of Shi-won, a 30-something writer, attending a high school reunion and reminiscing with her friends and former classmates about growing up in the '90s. She reveals that she is now married and pregnant, but leaves the identity of her husband open for interpretation as the narrative bounces back and forth between the present day and her final year of high school in Busan.
"Answer Me 1997" is the most down-to-earth drama I've watched so far. It's honest and candid about premarital sex, homosexuality, erotic fanfiction about boybands… All the real issues that teens deal with every day. The pacing is great, the throwbacks to the '90s are refreshing, and the teenagers are really accurately depicted. Also unique is the setting in Busan and the distinction made between hailing from a big city like Seoul and growing up anywhere else in the country.
'Shut Up Flower Boy Band'
Starring: Sung Joon, Jo Bo-ah and Lee Hyun-jae
While I'm cruising around, living my life, I keep wondering what that song I always have stuck in my head is. Turns out it's "Jaywalking," the song that propels Eye Candy to fame in "Shut Up Flower Boy Band." Damn, that's an unexpectedly good song — super catchy hook, rhythmic back beat, rough rock 'n roll guitar, and the romantic lyrics Byung-hee wrote about his muse before his untimely death at the hands of the high school bullies.
"Shut Up Flower Boy Band" follows the five-piece band of outcasts as they pursue their dreams of sharing Byung-hee's music with the world. Will girls and money tear the band apart? Will they ever get through a live performance without something chaotic happening halfway through the single? Only time will tell!
Both the music and the aesthetic are consistently enticing. The boys are all pretty compelling individual characters, especially Do-il (the mysterious, long-haired drummer who is the son of a mobster and is ridiculously good-looking), Hyun-soo (the tormented guitarist, played by Kim Myung-soo from Infinite), and Ji-hyuk (the newly-appointed lead singer who takes Byung-hee's place as the group's leader). Less compelling is Jo Bo-ah as Soo-ah, Ji-hyuk's love interest/Eye Candy's general muse. But the unconventional music drama and the cute rocker boys more than make this show worth watching.
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What's in my DramaFever queue this month?
'Boys Over Flowers'
Starring: Ku Hye-sun, Lee Min-ho and Kim Hyun-joong
Photo courtesy of Group 8.
"Boys Over Flowers" is probably the perfect introductory drama — it is so extra.
The story follows Jan-di, a plucky girl from a working class family who receives a scholarship to attend the exclusive Shinhwa High School, which is populated primarily by rich assholes. She faces some of the most hardcore bullying I've ever seen depicted on screen (the kids light her bike on fire!). The most fearsome of the students are the F4 clique: Jun-pyo (the gorgeous heir to the Shinhwa fortune who owns a surplus of fabulous coats), Ji-hoo (the insufferable Nice Guy™ who cries while playing the violin alone in the woods), Yi-jung (the playboy who is popular at school because he's such a great potter) and Woo-bin (I'm not even sure what his story is, but I've grown fond of his silly hats and random usage of English slang).
Obviously, all of the cute rich boys begin fighting over Jan-di's affections, and there is a life-or-death situation in every episode. People are getting chloroformed and kidnapped left and right. It's truly wild.
There are a lot of complaints that could be lodged about "Boys Over Flowers," and I had to read some spoilers to make sure the ending wasn't going to piss me off, but it's just so over-the-top ridiculous I can't help being hooked.
'Commitment'
Release Date: Dec. 6, 2013
Director: Park Hong-soo
Starring: Choi Seung-hyun, Han Ye-ri and Kim Yoo-jung
Photo courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment.
This is cheating because "Commitment" isn't even on DreamaFever, it's on Netflix. But I'm going to talk about it anyway.
Myung-hoon is a North Korean teenager who has to go undercover as a spy in South Korea in order to save his younger sister from the labor camp where they've both been imprisoned after their father's death. It's a fairly lengthy and involved film (and it involves some knowledge of the politics revolving around the Korean War), but it is surprisingly captivating throughout with a handful of sweet, action-packed fight scenes.
To be honest, I mostly wanted to watch "Commitment" as an excuse to spend two hours gazing adoringly at Choi Seung-hyun (better known as T.O.P, a rapper and member of the boyband Big Bang). He's painfully attractive, and a talented actor to boot, so it's time well spent.
'Absolute Boyfriend' (aka 'Absolute Darling')
Starring: Ku Hye-sun, Jiro Wang and Kun Da
Photo courtesy of GTV.
"Absolute Boyfriend" is a Taiwanese adaptation of a Japanese manga novel, but it stars a Korean actress, Ku Hye-sun, and dubs over her dialogue. It's really weird.
That aside, the show is about a single woman, Xiao Fei, who ends up purchasing a robot boyfriend from an eccentric salesman through a strange sequence of events. Once she receives her order, she feels uncomfortable about it, but it's too late! To make matters worse, the arrival of the robot boyfriend dredges up all the hidden feelings her neighbor and best friend, Zong Shi, has for her, and he starts spilling his guts all over the place. Eventually, the robot begins to develop human emotions as well, putting a hitch in the plans. He is played by Taiwanese boybander Jiro Wang, who is completely perfect as the lovable galoot with a rockin' body, and I could totally go for one of my own, if anybody wants to hook it up.
The show starts off light-hearted and silly, but it really takes a dark turn somewhere in the middle. There is a lot of implied sexual assault and rape that I was not prepared for or expecting (again, people keep getting drugged and kidnapped!). I found it so disturbing I had to take a break from watching the show for a while. Once I resumed, the episodes became increasingly sad as they neared the ending. This is not what I thought I was signing up for — I'm glad to have finally finished "Absolute Boyfriend" and gotten it out of my life.
'High School – Love On'
Starring: Kim Sae-ron, Nam Woo-hyun and Lee Sung-yeol
Genre: Romance, Supernatural
Photo courtesy of KBS2.
"High School – Love On" is the best show of this bunch, and I am fully obsessed.
It's another romantic teen melodrama — albeit a lot more realistic than something like "Boys Over Flowers" — with a fantasy twist. Seul-bi is an angel of death who suddenly takes a human form after accidentally saving the life of a high school student, Woo-hyun. Once she's stuck among the humans, she has to decide if she wants to return to her world or stick it out in high school and give mortal romance a shot.
All of the characters are well-rounded and interesting, from the school bullies to the kids' parents and teachers to the other angels who appear throughout. The main love triangle is possibly the best I've ever seen on television, as I'm equally invested in all three characters and love the unique dynamic between each pairing. Woo-hyun and Sung-yeol are such compelling frenemies and have amazing chemistry — probably because the actors playing them are Nam Woo-hyun and Lee Sung-yeol, two members of the boyband Infinite. I'm rooting for them to all end up together in polyamorous happiness.
So far, I am really adoring "High School – Love On," and I can't wait to see the drama continue to unfold. Thankfully, I don't have a life, and watching dramas is all I do anymore.
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The volume of reservoir in which mobile steam exists for an extended period of time. Within the steam chamber, rock temperature rises to the point where steam vapor can be sustained at reservoir pressure conditions. The steam chamber is normally found in the upper portion of a reservoir sand between a steam injector and a producer, where steam has broken through to the producer. With time, the steam chamber can expand to cover an entire area of a five-spot pattern steamflood. For a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) system, the steam chamber in a mature field project can extend from a broad area across the top of the sand to a narrow finger down to the producing horizontal well near the bottom of the sand. Also referred to as a steam chest.


The 100Mirrors Project (2011-2013), now 100Mirrors Extended, developed three main products: an analysis report on women entrepreneurship in Europe, a collection of women portraits or 'success stories', and material for teachers and career counsellors who want to encourage girls to aim for technical and scientific degrees or promote gender equality in general.
The website provides 200 examples of successful women entrepreneurs in various European countries, operating in a variety of sectors, with the idea of learning through case studies and success stories. The project, which is promoted by the Erasmus+ EU programme, aims to improve the educational and training capabilities of teachers to promote entrepreneurship among women and boost their motivation.


Luxury Italian suit brand Canali unveiled a brand new, re-furbished boutique in the heart of Brisbane late October. Mr. Paolo Canali himself was in attendance so we sat down with him to talk about the new space, how Brisbane compares to the rest of the world and his long-standing partnership with Mitchell Ogilvie.
Congratulations on the new boutique opening.
Can you tell me about the new space?
PC: This is the new boutique with the new international Canali concept. This is part of a long-term collaboration with Mitchell Ogilvie. We started many years ago in a small way where we found the partnership working very well. The next natural evolution was to open a shop together where basically the entire Canali collection would be displayed and presented properly.
How do you view the Australian market compared to the rest of the world?
PC: We have a presence in over 100 countries around the world. 40 years ago we started looking beyond our Italian borders to start exporting our product.
One lesson we learnt is that ... each market is different. Because of the information from the media, magazines and internet – trends are spreading faster in certain countries. It's a mix of local and global.
We've been doing business in Australia for about 20 years and we've found that the Australian consumer likes to dress up and appreciates tailored clothing. In the last few years, they've adopted updated shapes and have become more innovative. Say, less conservative and more daring. What you find here in Brisbane is similar to what you find in our Milan store.
Blue seems to be very popular this season.
PC: Yes, blue is fashionable and at the same time a classic. It's been like that for the last few seasons. It's very masculine and it's a colour men feel comfortable wearing.
Who is the Canali man?
PC: It's somebody who understands and appreciates elegance, quality and sophistication. He's quite knowledgeable about what he buys and wears in his wardrobe. He understands the quality and the know-how of the Canali product.
What does Made-in-Italy mean to you?
PC: First of all, it means that it is 100% made in Italy. (he laughs) ...We make the garments with our own people which we train extensively using our know-how. For us, Made-in-Italy means that we fully own and control the production.
What is next for Canali in Brisbane?
PC: It will be an evolution of all we have been doing with Mitchell Ogilvie.
See the new collection and visit the Canali Boutique at 168 Edward Street, Brisbane City.
This is the new space with the new international Canali concept. This is part of a long-term collaboration with Michael Ogilvie. We started many years ago in a small way where we found the partnership working very well. The next natural evolution was to open a shop together where basically the entire Canali collection would be displayed and presented properly.
We have a presence in over 100 countries around the world. 40 years ago we started looking beyond our Italian borders to start exporting our product.
One lesson we learnt is that … each market is different. Because of the information from the media, magazines and internet – trends are spreading faster in certain countries. It's a mix of local and global.
We've been doing business in Australia for about twenty years and we've found that the Australian consumer likes to dress up and appreciates tailored clothing. In the last few years they've adopted updated shapes and became more innovative. Say, less conservative and more daring. They've even started liking more accessories than they had in the past. What you find here in Brisbane is similar to what you find in our Milan store.
Yes, blue is fashionable and at the same time a classic. It's been like that for the last few seasons. It's very masculine and it's a colour men feel comfortable wearing.
It's somebody who understands and appreciates elegance, quality and sophistication. He's quite knowledgeable about what he buys and wears in his wardrobe. He understands the quality and the know-how of the Canali product.
First of all, it means that it is 100% made in Italy. (he laughs) …We make the garments with our own people which we train extensively using our know-how. For us, Made-in-Italy means that we fully own and control the production.
What is next for Canali in Brisbane.
It will be an evolution of all we have been doing with Mitchell Ogilvie.


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Coordinated Attack On Parents? NEA Called On Big Tech To Combat Anti-CRT 'Propaganda' Pushed By 'Violent' 'Radicalized' Parents
Culture & Race •	Education •	Media & Internet •	Politics & Economics
Soon after the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a controversial letter to the Biden administration which asked for federal law enforcement to be leveraged against protesting parents — who were also compared to domestic terrorists — the National Education Association (NEA) sent a similar letter to social media companies. In this letter, the NEA urged these companies to "prioritize the safety of people over profits" by stifling "propaganda" on the subject of Critical Race Theory (CRT) which supposedly stoked the "alarming" growth of "a small but violent group of radicalized" parents. "Following recent revelations that the White House actually helped draft the NSBA letter and claims that Education Secretary Miguel Cardona solicited the letter (a claim a Department of Education spokesperson has denied), critics have suggested that the NEA letter represents yet more coordination between government and interest groups to silence parents," Fox News reported. "This looks like a concerted effort between the federal government and outside groups like the NEA and NSBA to interfere with the First Amendment rights of parents," Ian Prior, father and executive director at Fight for Schools, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.
Read the full article at dailywire.com


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Hokie Football Recruiting
Recruiting the State of Virginia: The 276, 540 and 434
Recruiting the state of Virginia is coming to a close as we focus on the last three regions in this last installment. The 276, 540, and the 434 are the less luxurious regions in the Commonwealth as of late. We took a look at the rich history, and the immediate future for Virginia's secondary regions.
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After reviewing the more talented and populated regions of the 757, Northern Virginia, and the Richmond area, we now take a look at the rest of the Commonwealth, its roots, and what the future holds in the areas.
We will focus on the 540-a region stretching from the northern part of the state and inching its way down the boarder of West Virginia, the 434 or the Piedmont Region in Central Virginia that extends down to the southern boarder state of North Carolina, and finally the 276-comprised of the Appalachian Plateau and western parts of the state, which boarders the 540.
If there's any confusion, here's a map of Virginia and the area codes:
http://www.allareacodes.com/maps/virginia-area-code-map.png
Let's start off by looking at the past players of these regions, some of which are in the NFL today. The 540 and 276 are grouped together here:
School/Town
Bill Dudley
Graham/Bluefield
Ronde Barber
Cave Spring/Roanoke
Tiki Barber
Pulaski County/Dublin
Lee Suggs
William Fleming/Roanoke
Ahmad Bradshaw
Torrey Smith
Stafford/Falmouth
Shayne Graham
Powell Valley/Big Stone Gap
Heath Miller
Swords Creek/Honaker
Bath County/Hot Springs
Akeem Jordan
Harrisonburg/Harrisonburg
Jermon Bushrod
King George/Fredericksburg
Bill Dudley:
One name that might slide under the radar for some but should ring a loud bell is halfback/defensive back/punter/kicker, Bill Dudley. Got it? Good.
Bill Dudley played college ball at Virginia where he became the first Virginia player to earn All-America honors and was awarded the Maxwell Award for best college football player of the year. He was also named the best college player of the year by the Washington D.C. Touchdown Club.
He was then drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the number one overall pick in the 1942 NFL Draft. He later spent time with the Detroit Lions and finished his career with the Washington Redskins until he retired in 1953. He is the only player ever with a rushing touchdown, touchdown reception, punt return for touchdown, kickoff return for touchdown, interception return for touchdown, fumble return for a touchdown, and a touchdown pass. He also had a touchdown via lateral and kicked PATs and field goals. Nonetheless Dudley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966.
Dudley also served as a member of the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943-1945. His legacy lives on today through the Bill Dudley Award, given to the state's top college football player by the Downtown Club of Richmond, Virginia. This player alone puts a star on the map in the 276 area code of Virginia.
Lee Suggs:
It's impossible to top the legend of Bill Dudley, but the other names on this list have some star power also with the likes of brothers Ronde and Tiki Barber, former Hokies Jeff King, Lee Suggs, Shayne Graham, great running backs Thomas Jones and Ahmad Bradshaw, and playmakers like tight end Heath Miller, and wide receiver Torrey Smith.
But let's go with a video of one of everyone's favorite Hokie running backs, Lee Suggs: (#22 in the video also with #7 Kevin Jones)
Lee Suggs and Kevin Jones are probably one of the best running back tandems of all time. The video speaks for itself. Suggs racked up 2,767 yards rushing during his four years in Blacksburg along with 53 touchdowns on the ground. He holds the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision records for most games scoring a touchdown in a single season (14 games in 2002), and most consecutive games scoring a touchdown.
He is one of the most memorable players in Tech's history and certainly a fan favorite. Suggs was selected with the 18th pick in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. But his career never amounted to much as he was cut by the Browns in 2006 due to injury. He served as running backs coach and later as the quarterbacks coach at Oberlin College.
Now for the 434:
Cedric Peerman
Campbell/Naurna
Paris Lenon
Heritage/Lynchburg
Bobby Massie
Liberty Christian/Lynchburg
Nick Novak
Albemarle/Charlottesville
Mario Harvey
Hargrave Military Academy/Chatham
George Washington/Danville
Monticello/Charlottesville
Austin Pasztor
Fork Union Military Academy/Fork Union
Rashad Jennings
Chris Long
St. Anne's Belfield/Charlottesville
Chris Cook
The list of star power is short for Central Virginia. Chris Long is a beast but here's the most exciting player:
David Wilson: I thought this was America!
Probably one of the most exciting players I've ever seen in person, Wilson has the heart of a lion, he's stubborn but confident and I like it. In 2011 Wilson was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year when he ran for 1,709 yards for the Hokies. He was drafted by the New York Giants with the 32nd pick in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He is currently battling his way back from a neck fusion surgery.
But with such a rich past and not so luxurious present, what's in store for these regions in 2015:
247Sports: Rankings last updated on 06/24/2014
Height/Weight
Star-Rating/
8. Austin Clark
Rockbridge County/Lexington
18. Chance Hall
Northside/Roanoke
29. Gus Little
Massaponax/Fredericksburg
34. RJ Proctor
Liberty/Bealton
36. Gary Jennings
Colonial Forge/Stafford
45. Jelani Carter
46. Coleman Fox
Salem/Salem
13. Tremaine Edmunds
Dan River/Ringgold
21. Juan Thornhill
Altavista/Altavista
25. Malik Clements
35. Damien Dozier
Virginia Episcopal/Lynchburg
A lot of the guys on these lists are already committed so here's a list of the verbal commitments:
The Hokies are only said to be in the running for Tremaine Edmunds: (brother of Tech running back Trey Edmunds and class of 2014 Hokie commit, Terrell Edmunds), Damien Dozier, and Coleman Fox. Still, the 434 and 540 don't look too promising for the Hokies in the 2015 class. Look for Tech to focus on the more talent rich areas of the 757, NOVA, and Richmond. The talent level just isn't there in these areas of the 540, 276, and 434.
That wraps up our installments for recruiting in Virginia. I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I have, and be sure to check back with us for all of your Hokie news and updates.
Recruiting The State Of Virginia
Last But Not Least: The 276, 540, and 434
With 757 Lagging, Hokies Pick Up Pace In The 804


The conferences of Malofiej 17 have names and are scheduled. You can take a glance to the complete program in PDF and the inscription form.
Keeping the NYT mood of the morning, justified by the supremacy of the Gray Lady on infographics lately. You can start reading his opinions here and here.
Tom Kennedy manages the are where talents as Xocas have flourished, although he arrived there pretty mature. The way the greenhouse works, on this coference.
One of the classics of the spanish infographics will explain how to deal with breaking news. Another reason to celebrate the return of El País to Malofiej.
Some years ago, El Mundo integrated the online and print infographics sections with an only head. Thsi head is whois coming to explain how is the integration working.
Flick pool of the event.
Luis Chumpitaz is peruvian and he's succesing with his graphics department, as the SND has recognized awarding infographics works of the three Arab Media Group newspapers. How to design for a different cuture with a different alphabet will be the leit motiv of the conference.
... Or any infographics journalist's dream. Brazil is one of the boiling points of infographis of the moment, so keep ears wide open to know what's on the fire.
One of the conferences of the year. Database specialist of the media who is showing everyone the best way to deal with them come to tell the best way to use data. When eveybody is talking about the exhaustivity of the information used on nytimes.com infographics, they come to tell how to edit.
Geoff, one of the instructors at Interact Don't Tell, migrated from nytimes.com to lemonde.fr. The contents of his area at Le Monde are closed (paid access), so this conference promise new things... Great expectations.
To complete the three aces of the afternoon, one of the new young (but senior) values of the Grey Lady will explain his work. Good to know what's behind this team of geniuses.
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Years ago, Madras's Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan ran a successful journalism course. I do not know exactly when the Bhavan started offering the course – it might have been in the 1950s or early 1960s. From old-timers, I understand that the course was well received and classes were generally packed with about 40-50 students, thanks mainly to the excellent faculty. When I was a student at the Bhavan's in the early 1990s, I was probably the oldest in the class of 25-odd, which had a fair sprinkling of girls; many were in their early 20s but I don't think there was anyone who had touched 30. A few years later, I returned to the Bhavan as lecturer and handled classes in reporting and editing. During all those years, the Bhavan continued to exude its own charm and I felt happy giving back something to the institution. And, of course, being in the midst of a young crowd. Otherwise, you wouldn't travel once every week all the way to Mylapore, braving the rush around the Kapaleeswarar Temple, for all of Rs 150, would you?
During the late 1990s, attendance for the journalism course at the Bhavan dipped and oftentimes I would enter the classroom to see only five or six students present. And that was how I gradually lost the enthusiasm to teach there. Later, one year, I heard that the journalism class was called off, and I haven't heard of classes resuming there since.
I was reminded of the Bhavan recently when I was given the responsibility of coordinating a postgraduate diploma course in journalism for the SRM School of Journalism & Mass Communication's evening programme in West Mambalam, at the SRM Nightingale School. Once the advertisements appeared, I received about 20 calls, mostly from students who were pursuing their graduation degrees. There were calls from others who were working, and one middle-aged man who said he was hell-bent on studying journalism and that he was a loyal reader of several newspapers for years. Almost all those who called seemed intent on joining the course, especially when I mentioned that the faculty would be an eminent one.
However, when I enquired from the SRM corporate office about the number of admissions, I was very surprised to learn that not one person had formally applied or paid the fee! That was two weeks after the advertisements appeared. So, what was keeping them away? Was it the fee? Is Rs 12,750 too much for a nine-month course? I wonder!