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M&A Cybersecurity: Lessons from the Marriott Breach
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By Christian Have, CPO, LogPoint
The new year is a time of reflection and learning from the mistakes of the past. For many organizations, that means re-evaluating their security posture and making improvements—whether they experienced a breach themselves or watched one of the many headline-making breaches unfold in 2018.
One of the most important breaches to learn from is the Marriott breach, which compromised the information of up to 500 million guests, making it one of the largest breaches of consumer data ever. Marriott, one of the world's largest hotel chains, announced the security incident Nov. 30.
According to Marriott, on Nov. 19, an investigation determined there was unauthorized access to the database, which contained guest information relating to reservations at Starwood properties on or before Sept. 10. Based on the sheer volume of compromised data, it was immediately evident that this attack had been underway for some time.—you don't exfiltrate information on half a billion people overnight.
Marriott was alerted to unauthorized access Sept. 8, but quickly realized it was living a business's nightmare when it was discovered the unauthorized access could be traced as far back as 2014.
It's been one bad headline after another ever since.
Questioning the Origins of Vulnerability
Based on current reports, it appears the breach did not originate with Marriott, but within the Starwood network—a family of hotels and resorts Marriott acquired in 2016.
Since the breach started in 2014 (before the acquisition), it's possible that Marriott unknowingly "inherited" the vulnerability as part of the acquisition. In the four years since, hackers have been able to gather information, bypass the in-house security measures and infiltrate the exact information they required. The longer it takes to contain a breach, the more damage is done and the more time it will take to remediate the impact.
Based on my math, this is going to be one costly acquisition for Marriott. The Ponemon Institute's 2018 "Cost of a Data Breach" study put the average cost of a lost or stolen record at $148 per. With the number of compromised records in this incident, Marriott is potentially looking at a whopping $74 billion price tag—not to mention the significant damage the breach has done to its reputation.
The Challenges of Maintaining Cybersecurity During M&A
Taking a step back from Marriott, the case highlights the challenges posed in maintaining cybersecurity during mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Businesses need to consider the security posture of an organization they will acquire or merge with very seriously— if not, it could cost them their business. When looking at the value of M&A, organizations simply must evaluate the prospects history of defending itself in the past. Companies exist that can provide public ratings for how companies are doing from an external perspective.
While a thorough evaluation is ideal and can help mitigate risks, it can be extremely challenging to complete security reviews when other elements of the M&A are underway. This challenge is especially compounded in industries with significant consolidation. In the manufacturing industry, for example, a company can acquire 10 to 30 companies a year. With growth at that pace, it's a lofty undertaking to maintain security.
How to Uphold Security During Times of Transition
Applying proper cybersecurity measures in a combined network is critical to maintaining the security posture of the new organization (which will likely have a more complex network). The following considerations can help to mitigate risks and set organizations up for success:
Collaborate from a very early stage. The sooner you can join business, technical and security teams from each organization, the better. Constant communication, knowledge-sharing and insight into the activities of each business will avoid any missteps early on and can also improve team-building across both organizations. At the onset of M&A, business leaders should create a security committee comprised of key stakeholders from various departments within each organization. Together, they can map out a plan for assessing both organizations' cybersecurity efforts throughout the merger/acquisition process.
Ensure baseline measurements and capabilities are in place. Before networks are connected, both organizations must ensure bare minimum capabilities are in place. This includes basic security hygiene practices, including identifying and safeguarding an organization's most critical data; establishing network security/monitoring; implementing access controls; developing an incident response plan; and more. Baselining your enterprise is also very important, as it is the only way to determine if something is normal behavior or abnormal activity. Again, before any systems or networks are connected, it is imperative for both organizations to have a baseline understanding of network activity.
Conduct a cyber-risk assessment. During the transition phase of the joining two companies—when systems and networks are merged—it is critical to perform a thorough cyber-risk assessment to ensure both organizations are aligned on actionable intelligence prior to completion of a transaction. An in-depth cyber-risk assessment evaluates technology, processes and people to uncover potential vulnerabilities.
Implement centralized log management. Centralized log management should be put in place for all organizations, but especially when bringing together disparate systems, networks and data during M&A. These logs can be generated by many sources, including antivirus software, firewalls and intrusion detection and prevention systems, as well as operating systems on servers, workstations, applications and more. Log management can serve as a hub for all security considerations and enable teams to collaborate more quickly when reviewing potential vulnerabilities.
Use data analytics to detect threats faster. Data analytics should remain a core element of any security program, but especially when merging two organizations. User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) in particular can help to quickly determine normal versus abnormal activity on your network. The more data you feed into a UEBA solution, the more quickly and accurately the solution can flag potential vulnerabilities and provide recommendations on the next best action.
It Takes Only One Weak Link
The reality for organizations today is that it is no longer a matter of whether you will be breached, but when you will be breached. In fact, this is so widely accepted as fact that more and more organizations are purchasing cybersecurity insurance to help mitigate the costs when breaches do occur (something I'd also recommend looking into prior to M&A).
The more thorough organizations are at the start of M&A, the more likely they are to avoid repeating the mistakes that have created chaos for Marriott. There are many factors and considerations throughout the M&A process, but it takes only one weak link to break a company's security barrier. The attack on Starwood was likely a standard attack that could (and should) have been detected, if not while an independent organization, then certainly when it joined the Marriott organization.


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Q: Finding the values of the real constants such that the limit exists Find the values of the real constants $c$ and $d$ such that
$$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sqrt{c+dx} - \sqrt{3}}{x} = \sqrt{3}
$$
I really have no clue how to even get started.

A: $\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sqrt{c+dx}-\sqrt{3}}{x}=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{(\sqrt{c+dx}-\sqrt{3})(\sqrt{c+dx}+\sqrt{3})}{x(\sqrt{c+dx}+\sqrt{3})}=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{c+dx-3}{x(\sqrt{c+dx}+\sqrt{3})}$. If this limit wants to  be $\sqrt{3}$ so, we have to eliminate $x$ from the denominator. This makes $c=3$ and $d=6$. Check it.

A: In the comment to the other answer you ask for a method using L'Hôpital's rule. Note first that the only way the limit is going to exists is if $c = 3$. By L'Hôpital then you have
$$
\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\sqrt{3 + dx} - \sqrt{3}}{x} = \lim_{x\to 0} \frac{d}{2\sqrt{3+dx}}.
$$
The only say that is going to equal $\sqrt{3}$ is if $d = 6$.

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Marana Mrudangam
Marana Mrudangam (Telugu: మరణ మృదంగం) is a Telugu film which released on 4 August 1988 and was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Chiranjeevi, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Radha, and Nagendra Babu played the lead roles. The score and soundtrack for the movie is composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
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5 Box Office & Trivia
Jaani (Chiranjeevi) runs a small time restaurant/casino with his partner Bhillu (Nagendra Babu). One fine day he helps two women( Radha & Suhasini), stuck with their broken car and gives them a drive. Utpala (suhasini) succeeds in an interview, by remembering jaani's answer and gets a job as nurse in an hospital.Jaani and his partner also help Radha to get a job by blocking the competitor.One day, Naga babu discovers cocaine in an egg in his kitchen and they start investigating the source of this egg. They discover this to be from Pogaku Subbarao (Gollapudi)'s store. This unfolds the links between a seemingly businessman, gollapudi and underworld Don, Vasanta Dada (Suresh Oberoi). They also offer jobs to unemployed and use them to sell their body parts. Utpala's unemployed brother Sharma (prasad babu) gets into their trap and leaves home. Utpala reaches jaani for help to talk to her brother. Jaani discovers that the phone number given to contact her brother is in the same city and starts exploring into this. Meanwhile Radha lodges a complaint against gollapudi and his son, sudhakar about their dark secrets. Salim (Ranjeeth), a left hand of suresh oberoi, disguises himself as a police and asks radha to come with him for enquiry.When he attempts a rape, Jaani saves her and both fall in love and also start exploring Oberoi's kingdom. They discover that prasad, escaped from oberoi's den and left a letter with Utpala, explaining every activity in underworld.But Prasad, the lone witness of underworld, is killed in hospital by Salim. When Jaani and Radha attack Oberoi, they're captured and left in a desert as a prey for vultures. But using a magnifying glass, dropped by gollapudi, they free themselves and attack oberoi. In the final clash, nagababu is killed, trying to save jaani.Furious jaani kills salim and oberoi. Jaani marries Radha, and is shown travelling with kids.
Chiranjeevi.... .... Janardhan/Johny
Radha.............Anusha
Suhasini Mani Ratnam.........Uthpala
Nagendra Babu.........
Ranjeet.........Saleem Shankar
Suresh Oberoi.........Vasant Dada
Annapoorna.........
Prasad Babu.........
Director: A. Kodandarami Reddy
Writers: Yandamoori Veerendranath (novel)
Producer: K. S. Rama Rao
Music: Ilayaraja
Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy
Playback singers: S. Janaki, S.P. Balasubramaniam, K. S. Chitra
Godave Godavama
Jungili jima
Karigipoyaanu
Kottandi Tittandi
Sarigama padanisa
Box Office & Trivia
The movie gave another box office success for the combination of Chiranjeevi-A. Kodandarami Reddy-K.S. Rama Rao-Ilayaraja-Yandamuri combination.
This film is based on the celebrated novel by Yandamuri Veerendranath Marana Mrudangam. Being a long novel, it had to be trimmed, without losing the essence. Veerendranath himself did it in the screenplay, by establishing relataionships between the characters. However, many details to boost the heroism were added to the screenplay, to ensure the commercial success of the movie.
Marana Mrudangam at IMDb.
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Sainath Thotapalli — (born 27 April 1956) is a well known writer from the Telugu Film industry (also known as Tollywood) and has written for 92 Telugu movies so far including Sitara, Swathimutyam, Swayamkrushi, Sirivennela, Prema, Challenge, Marana Mrudangam, Pavitra … Wikipedia
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I love this time of the year, the nights get longer, everyone seems much happier and uplifted and everyone gets together to watch either a nativity play or a pantomime. This time of year just seems much more cosy.
I love Christmas because it gives me an excuse to spoil my family. I have always loved giving, and always make time to give to those less fortunate than myself. I believe that this is a trait I took from my nan. She always used to get myself and my brother the most amazing gifts.
This year I thought I'd do a gift guide aimed at partners or children who are stuck for gift ideas for the special women in their lives.
Believe it or not, most women don't actually want expensive gifts or luxury items. Many women/mothers would rather some quality "me" time. Being a parent is tough, you rarely get any time to yourself and I mean rarely. Tell a youngster you're off to the toilet and they automatically translate it to 'family meeting being held in the bathroom immediately".
Why not create a box of treats for that special someone? Include things such as nail varnish, facemasks such as 7th heaven, a bath bomb and maybe some new body wash. A thoughtful gift that isn't so expensive.
Shop WaxingPoetic.com to give the woman in your life a holiday gift that will make them feel special.
Lead me to a women who doesn't like frequent gifts… hmm, bit of a struggle right? Why not gift them a years subscription to a subscription box of their choice? My personal favourite it the Bettybox. Bettybox is a subscription box which is aimed to make a certain week within a women's month that bit bearable. Birchbox and Glossybox are equally as good.
Ah perfume, I cannot leave the house without it. Besides chocolate stores I am at my happiest when I am sourcing a new perfume for myself.
It doesn't have to be an expensive one, many stores such as Next have dupes for big perfumes at a fraction of the price. My ultimate favourite at the moment is Just Pink by Next which is £14 for 100ml. What a bargain. Although I am yet to find a scent from there that isn't lovely.
Sticking with pampering products, if the lady you love takes pride in her appearance I highly recommend grabbing some of Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula range. Perfect during the cold winter months to hydrate and keep her skin looking radiant and smooth.
These products have become a go to for my daily cleansing routine.
If your lady likes to wear make up why not update her make-up collection? Believe it or not, make up doesn't actually have that long of a life and although most of us women don't like to throw away our make up as it's not exactly cheap. Why not see what products she uses and purchase new ones. It's the little things.
There are lots of things you could gift the special ladies in your life this Christmas but ultimately the greatest gift you could ever give is your time. Life goes so fast, be sure to spend time with loved ones.
Give the personalised touch this Christmas.
Ultimate gift guide for adults!
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This year at the SIHH, Vacheron Constantin introduced a major update to their Overseas Collection. Please join us, and Vacheron Constantin's Artistic Director, Christian Selmoni, as he explains the importance of the collection to Vacheron, and how it expresses the company's connection with its past and expectations for the future.
Christian Selmoni, Vacheron Constantin's Artistic Director, has watchmaking in his blood. He's the fourth generation of a family of watchmakers hailing from the Vallée de Joux, although when he first joined Vacheron Constantin in 1992, it was as Purchasing, Planning, and Manufacturing Director. He assumed a more direct creative role in 2001, as Product Director, and became Artistic Director in 2010. Along the way, Selmoni guided many of Vacheron's most critical creative initiatives, including the designing of watches based on the collection of masks in Geneva's Barbier-Mueller Museum, and of course, the development of the supercomplication Reference 57260.
In this video, Selmoni discusses the development of the new Overseas line, and how he, and Vacheron Constantin, view it in terms of advancing Vacheron's aesthetic philosophy, as well as the manufacture's commitment to making sure the great skills of its craftsmen are clearly expressed in the watches it creates.
For more on the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Collection, click here.
Read Jack Forster's take on the Overseas Ultra-Thin, and the idea of a "perfect" watch.
Also check out our launch coverage of the new Overseas Self-Winding, our Hands On coverage of the same, and our Hands-On coverage of the Overseas World Time.


Once in a while you will see things in life, which beauty is hard to take your eyes off. It happened to me, when I found myself standing in front of the mesmerizing emerald Lake Tenno - the small mountain lake famous for its intense turquoise color and clean water. Described as a gem in the Trentino region on the Northern part of Lake Garda, it's one of those places you should drop by if you happen to be around this part of Italy. Lake Tenno is a laid-back destination for anyone wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of Lake Garda. Here you can walk, swim or just enjoy a nice quiet picnic with your family and friends. We went there during a late October afternoon and I must say, I think the autumn colors of the dense forest surrounding Lake Tenno really made it pop! ♥ This calm oasis was like a little piece of heaven. It even became more angelic as an Italian church choir, who arrived at the lake minutes after us, started to fill the air with songs of prayer - hallelujah!
From Lake Tenno there are hiking paths taking you either around the lake or leading you away from the lake and into the hills. We were short of time, so a trip around the lake will have to way until next time. Instead we continued on the path taking us to Agritur Calvola, a family-owned farmhouse inn, only half an hour walk away from the lake. As we enjoyed the peaceful mountain view from the road, we past through one of the most beautiful medieval villages in Italy, Canale di Tenno. This magical place of the past is quite adorable with its narrow streets and stone houses built into each other in a very compact manner, a style of architecture of the 13th century. Albeit a tiny village, I could easily had gotten lost in time while exploring every corner, every alley and all the small details of this place. But again - time had us rushing through the village as the day was starting to turn into night.
We arrived at Agritur Calvola just in time to catch the sunset. For a little while we sat outside and watched as the sun casts its last rays on the mountain tops by Lake Garda, before finding our table inside the restaurant. It really oozed of that friendly local warmth you can only find in a family-owned place in an isolated village up in the mountains. The restaurant served dishes made from home-grown ingredients; very authentic for the region. Canederli, strangolapreti, pasta with olive, carne salada and rabbit was just some of the things we tried. It was simple, nothing fancy but still delicious and certainly beyond my expectations.
One day when I find myself in the Trentino region again, I definitely have to come back to Tenno for a full leisure day at Lake Tenno and a revisit to the medieval village! On this trip, we didn't get the chance to visit Castle Tenno, so that's also on my list. I'm pretty sure I can convince Sheena to go with me and then we'll end the day with a real meat feast at Agritur Calvola because she really just need to try their rabbit.
Hold nu op nogle flotte billeder! Er helt væk i billede nr. 6! Hvad fanden laver vi også i Danmark? Vi burde være i Italien!
Så vackert! Det är så himla smäktande fantastiskt! :) Inte många kan fånga stunden som ni.


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Q: I tried coding my own simple moving average in C++
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*I want a function that works.

*I believe my logic is correct, thus my (vector out of range error) must be coming from the lack of familiarity and using the code correctly.

*I do know that there is long code out there for this fairly simple algorithm.
Please help if you can.

Basically, I take the length as the "moving" window as it loops through j to the end of the size of the vector. This vector is filled with stock prices.
If the length equaled 2 for a 2 day moving average for numbers 1 2 3 4. I should be able to output 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5. However, I get an out of range error.
The logic is shown in the code. If an expert could help me with this simple moving average function that I am trying to create that would be great! Thanks.
void Analysis::SMA()
{

    double length;
    cout << "Enter number days for your Simple Moving Average:" << endl;
    cin >> length;
    double sum = 0;
    double a;
    while (length >= 2){
        vector<double>::iterator it;
        for (int j = 0; j < close.size(); j++){

                sum = vector1[length + j - 1] + vector1[length + j - 2];
                a = sum / length;
                vector2.push_back(a);

                vector<double>::iterator g;
                for (g = vector2.begin(); g != vector2.end(); ++g){

                    cout << "Your SMA: " << *g;
            }
        }
    }
}

A: You don't need 3 loops to calculate a moving average over an array of data, you only need 1. You iterate over the array and keep track of the sum of the last n items, and then just adjust it for each new value, adding one value and removing one each time.
For example suppose you have a data set:
4 8 1 6 9

and you want to calculate a moving average with a window size of 3, then you keep a running total like this:
iteration add subtract running-total output average
0         4   -        4             - (not enough values yet)
1         8   -        12            -
2         1   -        13            13 / 3
3         6   4        15            15 / 3
4         9   8        16            16 / 3

Notice that we add each time, we start subtracting at iteration 3 (for a window size of 3) and start outputting the average at iteration 2 (window size minus 1).
So the code will be something like this:
double runningTotal = 0.0;
int windowSize = 3;
for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
     runningTotal += array[i];   // add
     if(i >= windowSize)
         runningTotal -= array[i - windowSize];   // subtract
     if(i >= (windowSize - 1))  // output moving average
         cout << "Your SMA: " << runningTotal / (double)windowSize;
}

You can adapt this to use your vector data structure.

A: Within your outermost while loop you never change length so your function will run forever.
Then, notice that if length is two and closes.size() is four, length + j - 1 will be 5, so my psychic debugging skills tell me your vector1 is too short and you index off the end.

A: This question has been answered but I thought I'd post complete code for people in the future seeking information.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

int main() {
vector<double> vector1 { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 };
double length;
cout << "Enter number days for your Simple Moving Average:" << endl;
cin >> length;
double sum = 0;
int cnt = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < vector1.size(); i++) {
    sum += vector1[i];
    cnt++;
    if (cnt >= length) {
        cout << "Your SMA: " << (sum / (double) length) << endl;
        sum -= vector1[cnt - length];
        }
    }
return 0;
}

This is slightly different than the answer.  A 'cnt' variable in introduced to avoid an additional if statement.


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InterFlex demonstration
The 360° showroom of tomorrow
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Six leading companies are mobilizing alongside the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis to make NICE SMART VALLEY a reference demonstrator of tomorrow's Smart Grids.
GE GRID SOLUTIONS
Some key figures from 2016:
Turnover €13.845 billion
Number of primary substations 2,260
Number of secondary substations 778,774
Total staff 38,507
Length of the grid 1,348,876 km
Enedis is a public service company that manages the electricity distribution network. It develops, operates and modernizes the electrical grid and manages the associated data. Enedis carries out customer connections, 24/7 troubleshooting, meter readings, and all technical interventions. It is independent of the energy suppliers, which are responsible for retail activities and the management of electricity contracts. Enedis employs 38,000 people and serves 35 million customers connected to the low and medium-voltage grids.
INVOLVEMENT IN THE SMART GRID
Enedis is involved in major Smart Grid projects in France and Europe in order to carry out a full-scale test of their much-anticipated functionalities and services. This includes contributions to the local adjustment of generation intermittency, demand side management, and the mitigation of potential related constraints on the grid, supporting improved energy conservation as a result. The Linky project is the primary stage in the construction of this intelligent network. More than 5 million smart meters have been installed, and Enedis is aiming toward a total of 8.1 million installations in 2017.
MAIN TASKS ATTRIBUTED ON THE PROJECT
Enedis, as the distribution system operator, is coordinating the following for NICE SMART VALLEY:
Strategic and technical coordination of the use cases
Development, implementation, hosting, and operation of the aggregator portals
Implementation of smart devices on the distribution grid
Islanding for a section of the distribution grid
Grid simulations to estimate the needs and benefits of flexibility for the grid
Coordination of the partners and project
Management of communication and dissemination tasks on the project
"With Nice Smart Valley, Enedis is experimenting with the partners of the demonstrator on automatic and uninterruptible islanding, the use of centralized storage systems for the grid and the flexibilities mechanisms operated by the electricity distributor. "
Philippe Monloubou, Chairman of the Enedis Board
DESCRIPTION DE L'ENTREPRISE
Principal gestionnaire de réseau de distribution de gaz naturel en France, GRDF distribue, chaque jour, le gaz naturel à plus de 11 millions de clients, pour qu'ils disposent du gaz quand ils en ont besoin. Pour se chauffer, cuisiner, se déplacer, et bénéficier d'une énergie pratique, économique, confortable et moderne, quel que soit leur fournisseur.
Pour cela, et conformément à ses missions de service public, GRDF conçoit, construit, exploite, entretient le plus grand réseau de distribution d'Europe (198 886 km) et le développe dans plus de 9 500 communes, en garantissant la sécurité des personnes et des biens et la qualité de la distribution.
Grâce à un réseau de gaz performant, connecté, intégrant toujours plus de gaz vert et à ses qualités environnementales, notamment dans sa version locale et renouvelable, le gaz apporte des réponses pertinentes aux enjeux des territoires et des utilisateurs. Dans le transport via des solutions de mobilité durable favorables à la qualité de l'air, dans la gestion des déchets en les inscrivant dans une économie circulaire et dans le bâtiment en contribuant à leur sobriété et à leur efficacité énergétique.
Le gaz est une énergie moderne, disponible, économique, de plus en plus respectueuse de l'environnement.
Une énergie indispensable à la transition énergétique de la France.
IMPLICATION DANS LES PROJETS SMART GRIDS
Dans le cadre de l'évolution de son rôle de distributeur, GRDF transforme dès aujourd'hui le réseau de distribution de gaz naturel pour en faire un outil toujours plus efficace au service de la transition énergétique et l'émergence des Smart Gas Grid.
Le réseau de demain, digitalisé et connecté, remplira quatre grandes fonctionnalités :
Intégrer les gaz renouvelables produits au coeur des territoires,
Renforcer la sécurité et la performance de l'approvisionnement en gaz naturel,
Offrir aux clients et aux collectivités des données au service de leurs projets de maîtrise de la demande d'énergie,
Créer des ponts vers les autres réseaux pour leur faire bénéficier des capacités de stockage et de la flexibilité du réseau de gaz naturel.
MISSIONS PRINCIPALES ATTRIBUEES AU PROJET
Partenaire industriel du projet NICE SMART VALLEY, GRDF apporte son concours à :
la promotion de produits gaz innovants permettant de fournir de la flexibilité au réseau électrique (systèmes hybrides et mini/micro-cogénération à moteur)
la recherche de sites et la signature de conventions avec les utilisateurs
le développement de la connexion avec les agrégateurs
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President of the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis and Deputy
President of the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur Region


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Friesland Province (The Netherlands)
Fryslân Provincie (Nederland)
Last modified: 2017-11-11 by andrew weeks
Keywords: fryslan | pompebledden |
by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 8 Sep 2013
adopted 9 July 1957.
History of the flag
Official description
Usage of the flag
1938 Parade flag
Wimpels
Friesland Coat of Arms
Friesland flag from Steenbergen
Friesland flag from LeGras
Clickable map of Friesland
Friesland - Historical quarters
Ommelanden (Groningen)
West Friesland (North Holland)
Nord Friesland (Germany)
Ost Friesland (Germany)
Frysk Nasjonale Party
Koninklijke permanente commissie der franeker kaatspartij (PC)
Alphabetical list of Dutch municipalities
Friesland province - the municipalities
The Netherlands - Index of all pages
A flag with pompeblêdden (lily leaves) was already mentioned in the "Gudrunlied" from the 11th century. This was also used by the Ommelanden. Since the middle of the 19th century the flag is used by the Fryske Biweging, and was accepted by the Deputed States (Provincial Legislature) in 1897. During the festivities of the 40th and 50th reigning jubilee of Queen Wilhelmina in 1938 and 1948 it was used by each municipality with the municipal arms in the canton.
Finally it was officially adopted 9 July 1957 by the States of Friesland, nr. 12 Prov./besluit 20.
The provincial paper, 1958, nr. 12, gives detailed construction sheets.
Mark Sensen, 19 April 1998
When I was researching Friesland for one of my Up The Pole columns I was told that the 1984 Guinness Book of Records credits the Frisian flag as dating from the 9th century. Apparently no reason is given as to why
I was also told that the Frisian flag was designed by Dutch heraldist Heerke Wenning just before 1897 - is this true?
David Cohen, 20 April 1998
>From <http://members.tripod.com/~redbad/flag.html> Short history of the Frisian flag
The Frisian flag, as we currently know it, probably flew for the first time in the year 1895. The family De Zee from Jirnsum (Irnsum) designed it. Around 1897 it was produced commercially by the company De Leeuw & De Zee in Jirnsum. Mr. Sj. de Zee was inspired for his design by a historical drawing of a coat of arms. He had found drawings of a Frisian arms in a book by Hamconius (1620) and by one in a book by Schotanus (1718).
Hamconius took his image of the coat of arms from an elaborate description given by the first official
historian of Friesland, Suffridius Petrus (1527-1597). Suffridius states that a coat of arms was given to the legendary king Friso. It had a blue background and three slanting silver bars. On these silver bars lie seven red waterlily-leaves. The number seven is said to symbolize the "Seven Frisian Sea-lands" that make up Friesland. Suffridius says that examples of arms can be found in old heraldic books and on church windows.
Some of these armorials of the 15th century have survived to date. In a French armorial of around 1475 we find an arms of "Le Roy Frise". It has a blue background, slanting silver bars and nine red hearts.
There is evidence that the Frisian coat of arms originated from Denmark or one of its surrounding countries. Around 1525 Jancko Douwama writes that King Redbad (late 7th-/ early 8th century) borrowed parts of his fathers Danish arms and blended them with the Frisian coat of arms. In the 11th century poems of the Gudrun-song there are lines that indicate that in the regions between the Scheldt and Jutland a blue flag could be found with waterlily-leaves on it. Gudrun can be traced back to the 8th century. In the royal arms of the Swedish king Waldemar Birgersson dating from 1252 hearts can be found. These hearts resemble the leaves of the waterlily, and are often interchanged. (Just recently Mr. J. Nicolay, after doing research on gold hoards, has concluded that the aristocracy of Friesland in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th century came from Scandinavia.)
In 1957 the flag with the "pompebledden" (waterlily-leaves) was officially declared to be the Flag of the province Fryslân.
Source: De Fryske Flagge, in It Beaken (Tydskrift fan de Fryske Akademy), April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 8 October 2000
"A flag of seven diagonal stripes of equal width, alternate cobalt blue and white. The stripe in the middle starting at the top of the hoist side and going from corner to corner; the white stripes charged with seven scarlet red lily leaves perpendicular to the axis of the stripe and placed 2:3:2."
Pantone colours: red: 032U; blue: 300U; white: opaque.
Proportions: 9:13.
The three white stripes could stand for the rural quarters Oostergo, Westergo and Sevenwolden/Zevenwouden, the blue stripes for the Frisian rivers. The seven lily leaves represent the seven old Frisian "zeelanden", as they existed from around the 8th till the 14th century:
Frisia between Reker and Vlie (West-Friesland [West Frisia], nowadays in North Holland);
Frisia between Vlie and Middelzee (Westergo, western half of the modern province);
Frisia between Middelzee and Lauwers (Oostergo, most of the eastern half of the modern province)
Sevenwolden (southeast of the modern province, the north of the modern province Overijssel and the whole of the modern province Drenthe);
Frisia between Lauwers and Eems (Ommelanden, nowadays in Groningen);
Frisia between Eems and Jade (Ostfriesland [East Frisia], Germany);
Frisia between Jade and Weser (nowadays in Germany);
See map (5kb).
Jos Poels in [poe90] Poels 1990 mentions another division of Frisia: West Frisia; the modern province of Friesland; Hunsingo and Fivelingo (both part of the Ommelanden); East Frisia; Jeverland; and North Frisia.
According to [ped80] Pedersen 1980 the Provincial States of Friesland adopted the national Frisian flag as provincial flag, so that it's possible for Frisians in Germany to recognize the flag.
On the Frisian States' yacht "Friso", (which is property of the province) the Frisian flag is used as jack if the national flag is used at the stern.
It is the most popular provincial flag in the Netherlands, and I'm sure that there are more Dutchmen who know this flag than there are who know their own provincial flag!
Also, other flags are popular in Friesland -- not only municipal flags, but also those of cities and even villages within the municipality that fly their own flags!
Mark Sensen, 20 April 1998 and 25 April 1998
In 1938 Queen Wilhelmina had reigned the Netherlands for 40 years. On that occasion a lot of municipalities paraded in front of HM with their flags, which consisted of the provincial flag with the municipal Coat of Arms in the canton (or something...). Those municipal flags can only be considered as 'curiosities', while the status of the provincial flags is not quite clear. However friesland used their own flag.
Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001
In 1913 Van der Laars in [Laa13] Van der Laars 1913 already proposed the flag with the lily leaves as the most obvious design. As alternatives, he proposed a banner of the arms (blue, with two golden lions passant, accompanied by 7 billets placed 2:2:3), a bicolour yellow over blue, or a triband blue over yellow over blue.
From: 'De Vrije Fries', 1986
The 'Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk' has proposed for all new Frisian municipalities, originating from former "grietenijen" (municipalities), a swallowtailed wimpel with in the fly two stripes along the length in the colors of their original 'gouwen' (counties): in Oostergo red-white; in Westergo blue-white and Zevenwouden green-white. For the Frisian 11 cities it was proposed to adopt in the fly the colors of the Frisian Coat of Arms: blue-yellow. Each wimpel would have a square hoist, on which the central figure from the municipal Coat of Arms. A similar pattern was proposed for the Wadden-islands: in the fly the colors blue (for Friesland) and red (of the lion of Holland) - because two of the four islands (Vlieland and Terschelling) were in the province of Noordholland until the second World War. <Schiermonnikoog was a possession of a German until 1945, when it was annexed as Domain of the State of the Netherlands as 'enemy possession'.>
For the 'waterschappen' (polderboards): on the fly of white three green 'pompebladeren' (lily-leaves)
The wimpel is not subject to flag-protocol and is allowed to hang outside after dark. A wimpel has the advantage of recognizability and can be flown alongside other wimpels and flags.
Jarig Bakker 18 October 2000
International Civic Arms : http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Friesland
"Azure two lions passant in pale or, between seven billets of the same, placed horizontally two, two and three. The shield is crested by a coronet of four pearls between five leaves or. Supporters: two lions rampant or."
Friesland is a province in the North of the Netherlands. Friesland originally included a larger area, of which parts are now in Noord Holland, Groningen and Germany. The Frisians formed an independent state. The German Emperor Frederik Barbarossa made Friesland a condominium between the Counts of Holland and the Bishops of Utrecht. The counts of Holland, however, failed to establish their power in the area. They only obtained West-Friesland, now part of the province of Noord Holland. At the same time the Counts of Gelre claimed the eastern part of the area. They also failed to establish their power for a longer period. To establish their claim they used arms with two lions on a field with silver coins. The lion was the lion of Gelre. It symbolized Gelre and Friesland. When the province finally became part of the Netherlands the arms were continued. In the 16th century the coins were replaced by 7 rectangles, representing the seven districts of (ancient) Friesland. The arms haven't changed since then.
Ralf Hartemink 1997
from this page.
These silver coins appear on a banner shown on this page, giving the 'Chronicles of Brabant' as a source – about 1/3 down the page, just above the West Frisian flag. This page in Dutch indicates that above version was used by overlords Philip the Good and Charles the Bold, Dukes of Burgundy, intermittently between 1435 and 1473. Also, the 'Chronicles of Brabant' and hence the first appearance of the bezants – and in the form of a banner of arms, of a Frisian flag – are placed in the second half of the 14th century.
Jan Mertens, May 16 2011
by Jaume Ollé, 4 Jul 2003
Jaume Ollé just sent images of Steenbergen's flagbook (c. 1870) to the Vexillum-list. Among them the flag of Friesland (#765), consisting of a blue field with two lions passant with on both sides three yellow blocks.
This is not mentioned in Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962, and neither in van der Laars' Wapens, Vlaggen en Zegels van Nederland (1913), although the last contains an image of a proposed flag for Fryslân with 7 yellow blocks (one below the bottom lion).
Searching a little more I found in Norris and Hobbs (1848) a flag of Friesland (#142), nearly identical to Steenbergen's image, except that the lions are regardant.
Jarig Bakker, 4 Jul 2003
According to Derkwillem Visser's Gemeentevlaggen en wapens Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (2001) a French book of 1858 contained an image of the Fryslân flag nearly identical to Steenbergen's image - the blocks are wider apart and there is a block below the bottom lion. That book is Legras "Album des Pavillons, Guidons, flammes", Paris, 1858, who apparently made a thorough search in the Netherlands - some authorities complained about his inquisitiveness.
<I've slightly altered Jaume's gif.>
The matter becomes more complicated because the Noord-Holland region of West-Friesland uses a blue flag with two yellow lions, with three rows of blocks, one left, one right, and one between the lions. Nine blocks in all. However the number of blocks seems to have varied. At present there is a discussion about how many blocks should be on the West-Frisian flag.


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But you should go for 250.
Working on it, I'm on here almost every day.
Sage, your signature is too big. 400/321.
This may be a silly question but does anyone have any good sites they could recommend that are good at making signatures? I totally forgot what site I was wanting to use and I got help from other members here to make one. Thanks!
Maybe I can do something for you, what kind of signature do you want?
Can you put ''didn't read lol'' on this gif?
Wes, wud you grant me my old avatar back? I had it for so many years. Rules are rules but look at some sigs and their sizes. Call it statute of limitations (had it for over 12 years), exception, in place of a coloured nick, a dispensation... if you will.
Lol! Yo, Andrei my bro, I had sick avatar once upon a time ago on the forum. Wes took it away from me. Speak to him, man, yr mod bros. I'll be grateful.
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Necro, man, chance to right yr many wrongs against me. When/if you boys meet on this... vote for me. Its just a bloody avatar... but it symbolises sumthin much more profound to me.
Will need to find it again on www. Wes never gave back the confiscated copy. But I'll post soon.


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How to drive truckloads of cash off the Internet… even if you don't have a business yet!
… plus much more!
"The $10,000-a-month Matchbook Campaign"
Pretend, for a moment, that your best friend had a great business idea… And he decided to start marketing this business by advertising on matchbook covers.
You meet him a couple of months later and ask how it's going…
"Great!" he tells you. "I'm making $10,000 a month from those little matchbooks!"
After you are done congratulating your friend (and maybe hitting him up for a fancy steak dinner!), wouldn't you ask him why he wasn't advertising his idea somewhere OTHER than matchbooks?
Like maybe on the radio? Or the Internet?
After all, if you can make $10,000 advertising on matchbooks — imagine how much you could be making if you spread your advertising across multiple media and then advertised on the Internet… through direct mail… on the radio… in classified ads… etc.
On recording #2, Dan and Corey give you extremely detailed, step-by-step examples of how you can use "integrated marketing" to grow your business.
They tell you everything you need to know about:
How to make money with ANY advertising — in ANY medium! Dan and Corey reveal the SHOCKING common links between direct mail, the Internet, radio advertising, infomercials, classified advertising, TV advertising, newspaper advertising, and more!
How to create a WINNING direct mail package in one afternoon! (You'll need a photocopier, some envelopes, and lots of stamps… Orders can be pouring back to you in as little as 3 weeks!)
Calculate what you can afford to spend on advertising — in EVERY medium, including direct mail, radio, classifieds, TV, and infomercials — using Dan's dollar-cost averaging formula.
Learn what "pure generation" ads look like — and how you can easily add these moneymakers to YOUR marketing campaigns!
How to save money by TESTING your campaigns online — before rolling them out by direct mail! (IMPORTANT… Dan will explain how you can do this, but he will give you ONE CRITICAL warning… Do this wrong, and you could LOSE money!)
How to avoid wasting money on overstock when you first start a business — and accurately and reliably predict demand for your product… so your "extra" cash and profits are free to use!
How to "earthquake-proof" your business from sudden changes in laws that affect your marketing campaigns! (For example, businesses that relied on broadcast fax disappeared overnight when laws changed… How is YOUR business vulnerable?)
How to use video and audio to increase your sales — both online AND in your direct mail campaigns!
How to set your price for maximum sales and profits! (IMPORTANT: It's different for online marketing vs. offline marketing!)
SHOCKING SECRET! You may only need ONE web page, with no links, buttons, or navigation — to dramatically increase your sales!
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"Advanced Secrets never before shared outside of Corey and Dan's 'inner circle' of friends…
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The last 45 minutes of this recording is extremely intense…
I guarantee — you will NOT understand or absorb everything covered on this last recording by listening to it ONCE! You'll need to review it MULTIPLE times in to glean every last profit secret revealed here…
Because this is where Dan and Corey really "let the cat out of the bag"…
They start talking about the HIDDEN strategies they used to grow their profits at lightning speed.
(Until this recording, they kept much of this information to themselves — this is the first time I've EVER heard either one talk about these strategies openly!)
Just a couple of the bombshell ideas revealed include:
How to identify the clients who will spend the MOST money with your business, over the long term… as soon as they make their FIRST purchase!
Learn how to turn ONE sale into multiple sales, at BIGGER price points with the "Maximum Lifetime Customer Value" formula — even if you don't have a second product right now
Find out — what's the #1 most profitable Internet marketing strategy that has NO EQUAL in the offline world! (HINT: Thousands of people will promote your products for FREE!)
Did you know there are THREE types of business income? Yet MOST businesses only ever tap into ONE! Dan explains the three types in detail, and gives examples of how you can apply this secret to your business right away!
Stop LIMITING your profits with first-time sales! Learn how to get customers to say "YES" to more of your products and services — before their first purchase is complete!
The simple three-letter word (it starts with "E") that will force your customers to purchase your most expensive products — even when you offer them something cheaper! (HINT: This "ascension model" technique is used regularly by American Express!)
How to locate "vertical markets" using the Internet — and why targeting these select groups of buyers can be so lucrative!
What YOU can learn about marketing from Regis Philbin's morning talk show — and how you can apply it to both your online and offline marketing campaigns to maximize sales!
Find out whether online or offline customers BUY MORE product! Get Corey and Dan's candid opinions based on their 40+ years of combined experience!
The shocking difference between Internet and direct mail campaigns — find out why ONE compelling offer can support you in style for your entire life!
Listen to this priceless recording from
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As I mentioned earlier, a recording like this would be priceless at the best of times. But Corey's tragic passing has made it even more so.
It's the last audio recording Corey did — and it honors his work.
So while a package like this could EASILY be valued at $1,499.00 or MORE… and still considered a bargain (when you consider Corey's consultation rates were $2,790 per hour — and Dan's rates are $9,600.00 per day), this ENTIRE package is yours for just $197.
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I'm sure you'll agree that the information contained in these THREE audio Mp3 recordings would — on its own — be one of the most valuable and profitable investments you could make for your business.
After all, this is the VERY SAME information that, until now, Corey and Dan only shared with their personal 'inner circle' of multi-millionaire friends and business associates. And I can assure you that — if applied properly to ANY business — these strategies could conservatively add $10,000 per month to your bottom line!
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76-minute audio recording (as an Mp3 file) — with
Dan Kennedy, Corey Rudl, and Bill Glazer
Dan and his associate, Bill Glazer, invited Corey to be the featured speaker on a limited-attendance teleconference they hosted for just 200 members of their exclusive GOLD+ Mastermind Team.
Each attendee paid over $239.97 to hear this call — and attendance was strictly limited…
… Because, after Dan and Bill were done grilling Corey with THEIR questions (for about 40 minutes), they opened the phone lines up to listeners who hammered Corey with even MORE questions (for another 36 minutes) — for a total of 76 minutes!
… I can tell you straight: The hard-hitting questions Corey answered on this call were NOT those of "newbie" business owners.
The 200 people listening to this teleconference were all experienced, successful offline business owners who asked "No-B.S." questions about how the Internet can be applied to their businesses FAST — for the BIGGEST return on investment, with the LEAST investment or risk!
For example, Corey answered questions that revealed…
How ANY offline business can use the Internet for BIGGER profits — even without a web site! (If you're thinking, "How is this possible?" — you'll be shocked when Corey explains this simple technique in detail.)
The 2 blockbuster marketing ideas that Corey got from Dan, which made him over $100,000 in profits (that's cash in hand!) in less than 24 months!
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Learn which reliable Internet marketing strategies will make money every time you use them — no matter WHAT you sell, no matter HOW MUCH your product or service costs!
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How to start an affiliate program for your OFFLINE business! A lot of people find this confusing — how can you start an affiliate program for a business that's 100% offline? Corey explains, in-depth…
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How Corey increased his sales 34% by making one simple change to his web site (and it took him less than 20 minutes to make this change)!
What price points sell best online? Corey explains the "ceiling" you need to be aware of and the formula you need to continue closing sales like crazy — even once you've reached this critical threshold!
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Obviously, the information Corey shared on this 76-minute audio recording is extremely valuable. Like I mentioned earlier, Dan and Bill charged the 200 attendees $237.97 to hear this call — and attendance was strictly limited!
But as part of this limited edition release for The Ultimate Internet Entrepreneur, I have a *limited* number of copies of this audio-recording as am instantly downloadable audio Mp3 file.
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Shortly after Corey completed the audio recording with Dan, he asked Dan if he'd mind writing a short book to accompany the set of three audio recordings.
Both Dan and Corey agreed — while a TON of information had been covered in the 150-minute audio recording… there were a handful of topics on the subject of direct marketing that needed to be covered in greater detail.
Dan agreed to complete this book… just days before Corey passed away.
In Dan's mind, it was more important than ever that this book be completed — to both share this critical information and ensure that listeners get the maximum value out of this last-ever Corey Rudl audio recording…
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A "previously dead" offline direct marketing strategy that is "fresh" and working again thanks to the Internet! (This one secret could be worth $1,000's in future profits for your online business!)
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Learn why the wealth of Dan's consulting clients usually comes from attacking and dominating niches and subcultures — and hear his recommendations for finding and exploiting a niche of your own.
The 4 critical steps you MUST take to survive the current shift to a "permission required" marketing environment — both online AND offline!
How to become a Renegade Millionaire by building long-term equity and wealth through Dan's key relationship-building concept — "future banking."
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The FOUR types of income available to any business — learn why most businesses are only taking advantage of TWO incomes… and how you can immediately start generating all FOUR!
Dan Kennedy is already a best-selling author of 6 books and numerous "how-to" courses and packages — many of which retail for as much as $3,492.
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This 65-page printed guidebook includes a complete transcript — plus detailed notes of critical points!
As you've seen, the 150-minute audio recording that captured the conversation between Corey and Dan is packed full of more wealth-generating ideas and genius than I have room to cover here.
But this limited edition package also includes a comprehensive 65-page printed guidebook that cost over $1,000 to produce and contains a complete, formatted, edited transcript of the conversation…
… Plus, over 40 hours of painstaking notes taken during the conversation that I'll include as "cheat notes" alongside the transcript in this guidebook.
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Ebertfest 2018, Day 3
Jerry Roberts | April 21, 2018
Well . . . you can win 'em all.
Day 3 of Champaign, Illinois' 20th Ebertfest was packed with the usual fan excitement amid a cold weather pattern that seemed to be improving. One could only hope that the roster of movies featured on the schedule were worth getting excited about. Save for American Splendor, the showcase of films left a lot to be desired – my wife and I seemed to be alone in that assessment.
First up was the beloved indie confection Columbus, a dream for the average analytical film goer, but a bit of aggravation for the average film goer. Written and directed by Korean filmmaker Kogonada (he goes by one name, like Cher), the film follows the long and winding exploits of a Korean-American intellectual named Jin (John Cho) who arrives in Columbus, Indiana and finds himself stuck there when his father collapses at work. Not wishing to spend time at his father's side (there's a flimsy explanation for that), Jin wanders the environs of his father's beautiful work, perhaps trying to find some purpose in this whole life business, perhaps just waiting around for the old man to kick off.
His rebound of emotion is brought to the surface by his accidental friendship with Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) a college-age kid who put her life plan on hold in order to take care of her mother (Michelle Forbes), a recovering meth addict who is now, in Casey's words, "Addicted to shit-heads."
This sounds better than it plays out. The film is rather dry emotionally, and much of the film involves Jin and Casey standing around having conversations while we wait impatiently for the movie to get to the freaking point. At the panel after the film, director Kogonada confessed that the intent of the film was to focus on the spaces that exist in the film away from the action and the drama. It's an interesting approach, but it makes for a very long and very frustrating film. Again, as I say, my wife and I were alone in our disenchantment. Everyone else seemed to be eating it up. To each his own I guess.
I can confess however, that the response was much more universal with the next film in the line-up. One of the great constant elements to Ebertfest is the annual performance by the Alloy Orchestra, a musical ensemble that was formed in 1990 and is based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their specialty is performing their own accompaniment to silent films and this year they backed one of the oddest bits of mishegoss that I have ever seen.
Enter A Page of Madness, a 1926 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa and thought to be lost for decades (many Japanese films of the pre-war era were lost to allied bombing) until 1971 when it was discovered by the director himself in a rice can in an old shed.
We were told that half an hour of the film is still missing, but I suspect that it may not have helped. The extremely disjointed narrative is presented without subtitles and takes place in a mental institution where . . . something is happening. There's a janitor who seems to be privately overseeing a women that we think is his wife. He seems to be trying to engineer her escape and there are a lot of flashbacks to earlier times – I think. The film is a jumble of images, many of which don't seem to have purpose or meaning. Trying to find a settlement for the film in my mind, I can say that I thought of films as varied as 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and even Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. By comparison, however, those films were practically leading you by the hand.
Let's put it this way, it was a relief after the film that the panel of experts was just as buffaloed by this movie as the people in the audience. It was entertaining, during the Q&A that the audience and the experts were trying to work out what they had just seen.
Anyway, after a long break came the one film of the day that I can say that I really enjoyed, American Splendor, the hugely entertaining 2003 meta-lark that proposes to inside the life and times of one Harvey Pekar, the acerbic comic book writer who took the misery of his day to day existence working as a file clerk in Cleveland and turning it into food for the masses (with the help of Robert Crumb's illustrations). The story is largely told by Pekar himself seated on a piece-meal set that looks like avantgard theater, but the story he is relaying takes place in a real space where Pekar is played in a wonderful performance by Paul Giamatti, backed up by an equally good performance by Hope Davis as his wife Joyce.
I will admit, I had never seen the film before, and I wasn't sure what to expect – given the sarcasm I though maybe I was in for a Cleveland-based version of Curb Your Enthusiasm. But it's not. While Pekar does come off as a lowly, cynical schlub, Giamatti does not turn him into a screaming monster. He's an ordinary guy, sometimes an unlovable guy, who just happened to get lucky with is illustrated confessionals-turned-phenomenon.
After the movie, the panel included directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, producer Ted Hope, rogerebert.com critic Nick Allen and moderator Leonard Maltin. They recalled that they were not exactly given an enviable task: take piles of Pekar's comics and some tapes of his legendary appearences on "Late Night with David Letterman" and turn it into a pliable screenplay. Then came a bizarre odyssey in which they were called to Cleveland where Pekar put them up in a hotel next to the very same hospital where Cole Porter apparently wrote "Night and Day." This could make a movie on its own.
Proof of the magic of the Ebertfest audience came from rogerebert.com editor Matt Stoller Zeitz who confessed that back in '03, he gave the film a middling review, but upon seeing it again his response was much more positive. It would be hard not to be. When the Ebertfest audience is happy, it's hard not to be happy yourself especially with such a strange and original film as this.
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