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«Тони Эрдманн» () — кинофильм немецкого режиссёра Марен Аде, вышедший на экраны в 2016 году. Лента участвовала в основном конкурсе Каннского кинофестиваля, а также была удостоена множества наград и номинаций, включая номинации на премии «Оскар», «Золотой глобус» и BAFTA за лучший фильм на иностранном языке. Премьера в России состоялась 23 февраля 2017 года.

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Бывший учитель музыки Винфред решает помириться с дочкой. Она — успешный бизнес-консультант престижной корпорации, давно отдалилась от отца. Дабы завладеть её вниманием и вернуть расположение, он выдает себя за странноватого бизнесмена по имени Тони Эрдманн.

В ролях
 Петер Симонишек — Винфред Конради / Тони Эрдманн
 Сандра Хюллер — Инес Конради
 Михаэль Виттенборн — Хеннеберг
 Томас Лойбль — Херальд
 Тристан Пюттер — Тим
 Хадевих Минис — Татьяна
 Люси Расселл — Штеф
 Ингрид Бису — Анка
 Влад Иванов — Илиеску

Награды и номинации

 2016 — участие в конкурсной программе Каннского кинофестиваля, где лента была удостоена приза ФИПРЕССИ.
 2016 — приз ФИПРЕССИ на кинофестивале в Сан-Себастьяне.
 2016 — три приза Брюссельского кинофестиваля: «Золотой Ирис» за лучший фильм, специальный приз жюри, приз RTBF TV.
 2016 — участие в конкурсной программе Ереванского кинофестиваля.
 2016 — 5 премий Европейской киноакадемии: лучший европейский фильм, лучший европейский режиссёр (Марен Аде), лучший европейский сценарист (Марен Аде), лучшая европейская актриса (Сандра Хюллер), лучший европейский актёр (Петер Симонишек).
 2016 — премия Нью-Йоркского общества кинокритиков за лучший фильм на иностранном языке.
 2016 — премия норвежских кинокритиков на Норвежском кинофестивале.
 2016 — номинация на премию британского независимого кино за лучший международный независимый фильм.
 2017 — номинация на премию «Оскар» за лучший фильм на иностранном языке.
 2017 — номинация на премию «Золотой глобус» за лучший фильм на иностранном языке.
 2017 — номинация на премию BAFTA за лучший фильм не на английском языке (Марен Аде, Янина Яковски).
 2017 — номинация на премию «Спутник» за лучший фильм на иностранном языке.
 2017 — номинация на премию «Сезар» за лучший иностранный фильм.
 2017 — номинация на премию «Золотой жук» за лучший иностранный фильм.
 2017 — 6 премий Deutscher Filmpreis: лучший фильм, лучшая режиссура (Марен Аде), лучший сценарий (Марен Аде), лучшая женская роль (Сандра Хюллер), лучшая мужская роль (Петер Симонишек), лучший монтаж (Хайке Парплис).
 2017 — премия «Бодиль» за лучший неамериканский фильм (Марен Аде).
 2017 — премия «Независимый дух» за лучший международный фильм.
 2017 — премия Лондонского кружка кинокритиков за лучший фильм на иностранном языке, а также 5 номинаций: лучший фильм, лучшая режиссура (Марен Аде), лучший сценарий (Марен Аде), лучшая актриса (Сандра Хюллер), лучший актёр (Петер Симонишек).
 2018 — номинация на премию «Гойя» за лучший европейский фильм.
 2018 — номинация на премию «Империя» за лучшую комедию.
 2018 — номинация на премию «Орлы» за лучший европейский фильм.

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7 февраля 2017 года киностудия Paramount Pictures выступила с объявлением голливудского ремейка фильма Аде. Главные роли в нём должны исполнить Джек Николсон и Кристен Уиг.

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Home Celebrity Net Worth and Biography Perdita Weeks Biography, Age, Husband, Income, Net Worth, and Career
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Perdita Weeks Biography, Age, Husband, Income, Net Worth, and Career
Perdita Weeks is better known for her roles in films and television series such as Spice World, The Prince and the Pauper, Sherlock Holmes and the Silk Stocking Case, and Magnum P.I. Perdita Weeks is Honeysuckle Weeks's sister.
Perdita Weeks profile
Full name: Perdita Rose Annunziata Weeks
Date of birth: 25th of December 1985
Perdita Weeks age: 35 years old
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Place of birth: South Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales Current residence: West Sussex
Nationality: Welsh
Sexuality: Straight Perdita Weeks
Mother: Susan Weeks
Father: Robin Weeks
Instagram: @perdita_weeks_
Facebook: @PerditaWeeksOfficial
Twitter: @PerditaWeeks
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Perdita Weeks was (born December 25, 1985), in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, Along with her sisters Honeysuckle and Rollo Weeks, she was born to Robin and Susan Weeks.
She is Causation by ethnicity and British by nationality. She is also straight and has the Capricorn zodiac sign.
Her younger sister Honeysuckle Weeks is a British actress who is best known for playing Samantha Stewart. Her older brother, Rollo Weeks, is also a British businessman and former actor.
She wants to work in the entertainment industry because she has a strong interest in acting.
She received her education at East Sussex's Roedean School. Also, at Courtauld Institute in London, She studied art history.
She is a beautiful actress with an admirable character. She also stands at a height of about 5 feet 4 inches and weighs 53 kg.
Her work in the film industry has earned her a great deal of popularity. She made her acting debut in the 1993 television miniseries Goggle Eyes as Judith Killian. She was unstoppable after her first movie.
She appeared in several motion pictures and television shows, such as Loving (1995), The Shadowy Third (1995), The Cold Light of Day (1996), Robert Rylands' Last Journey (1996), Hamlet (1996), Rag Nymph (1997), Spice World (1997), and The Prince and the Pauper (1997, 1997). (2000).
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Stig of the Dump (2002), Midsomer Murders (2003), Sherlock Holmes and the case of the silk stocking (2004), The Tudors (2007), and Lost in Austen are just a few of the other television programs she has appeared in (2008).
Some of her other movies
Lewis(2009),
Prowl(2010),
The Promise(2010–2011),
Great Expectations(2011),
Titanic(2012), and
Flight of the storks(2013).
Invisible Women(2013),
As Above, So Below(2014),
The Great Fire(2014),
The Musketeers(2015),
Rebellion(2016),
Penny Dreadful(2016),
Ready Player One(2018),
Magnum P.I. (2018–Present),
Du Lac and Fey: Dance of Death in 2019
Hawaii Five-o 2020
Her fame has grown even more as a result of her impressive career in the film industry. Over the years, she has made appearances in a variety of notable movies, television shows, and short films that have all found popularity.
In addition, she has not received any honors or nominations. She is without a doubt one of the most gifted actors and actresses working today. She has, however, acted in several widely watched movies, and audiences have praised her performances.
She is now unmarried and has no aspirations to get married, according to rumors. She previously had two children with actor Kit Frederiksen, with whom she was married.
Humphrey and Rupert Sebastian Frederiksen are the parents of the twins, who the couple married on October 4, 2012. The actress herself afterward acknowledged that the report was untrue. She then devotes herself entirely to her profession and stays away from any rumors of relationships of any kind.
Perdita Rose Weeks is a British actress who plays Juliet Higgins in the CBS-turned-NBC reboot series Magnum P.I., with an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2022.
Throughout her career, the gorgeous actress has accumulated a large wealth. Her annual salary is expected to be around $100,000.
Weeks routinely practices yoga and appears to love portraying such a physically demanding part. She acknowledged performing several of the feats herself in an interview with CineMovie, but she also praised the "excellent stunt team" on "Magnum P.I." She described Higgins as "kind of an everywoman" in the same interview.
Currently, Weeks resides in England when not filming.
She is 36 years old as of 2022, Perdita was (born December 25, 1985), in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, Along with her sisters Honeysuckle and Rollo Weeks, she was born to Robin and Susan Weeks.
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At Smithsonian archaeology lab, citizen scientists work to unearth environmental history
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Linda Perkins, of Annapolis, left, and Jim Breedlove, of Hanover, excavate a site on the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's campus in Edgewater. (Rachael Pacella/Capital Gazette)
At a lab inside the 2,650-acre Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, bones are stacked on shelves, centuries-old clay smoking pipes are reassembled and imported shells once used to make buttons are stashed in a drawer.
Outside the lab Wednesday, a half-dozen citizen scientists worked in the sweltering heat to uncover more artifacts and information. They're examining how humans interacted with the environment in the past, a task that could be used to address problems we face today, according to the center.
The all-volunteer lab is directed by Jim Gibb, an archaeologist who runs a consulting firm from his home, just outside Annapolis. The citizen science-driven archaeology lab has been around five years as of this month, Gibb said.
"Environmental scientists tend to deal with the here and now, or they talk about the last five years, and 10 years and maybe even 40 years," Gibb said. "We're the timelords. How far back do you want to go? Ten thousand years? We can do that."
Jim Gibb, right, watches as volunteers excavate a site on the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's campus in Edgewater. Behind him is fellow volunteer Ray Sarnacki. (Rachael Pacella / Capital Gazette)
Instead of Gibb running one project at a time, volunteers take on projects individually or in small teams and do the science themselves, he said. There are 14 separate projects right now, Gibb said, and work takes place both on and off the center's campus.
Some of the work being done through the lab compares different sites in similar time frames. The pairs of sites range from 1650 to1950, and the work is completed by examining the trash the people left behind.
They're not just looking at how people altered the ecosystem, they're looking at how at any one time people altered the ecosystem in a different way.
A prime example are two 17th-century sites the lab is studying, each run by related families who were both Quakers, the Shaws and the Sparrows. Shaw's Folly was excavated by the lab, and Sparrow's Rest was excavated by Anne Arundel County's archaeology program, Gibb said.
The time period was 17th century, so Gibb figured the families were doing a lot of hunting and fishing.
"Well, in point of fact, there is very little hunted and fished material in the collection. I think we've got three deer bones out of several thousand bones that we've identified so far, as to element and species," Gibb said.
Clay pipes reassembled at an archaeology lab on the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's campus in Edgewater. (Rachael Pacella / Capital Gazette)
There was a little bit of rabbit, a little bit of rockfish, but the majority of the bones from both households came from pigs, cattle and sheep — mostly cattle and pigs, Gibb said. That showed that both households relied on animal husbandry to get their meat.
"However, the people at Sparrow's Rest seemed to prefer beef, and the people at Shaw's Folly seemed to prefer pork," Gibb said.
Pigs and cattle have different environmental impacts, such as feeding patterns. Pigs root around and dig, Gibb said, and they reproduce very quickly. Cows cause a lot of erosion because they find a path they stick to each day, and they also tend to overgraze, he said.
"That suggests that these two households, at least in one respect, were stressing the local ecosystem in different ways, just by their choices in livestock," Gibb said. "And there are other things we can look at — what kinds of plant foods were they eating, and in what relative abundance, what were they using for fuel."
Once the lab quantifies and analyzes the information, they will be able to identify how different strategies for making a living alter the ecosystem, Gibb said. And hopefully they will be able to expand to other 17th-century sites, creating a larger sample size.
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In addition to the comparisons, the lab is also looking at long-term trends.
"Basically, how has the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem changed over the last 350 years as the result of human occupation," Gibb said.
They're looking at the introduction of species, and in some cases they should be able to date when certain exotic species were introduced to this area.
"We can recover remains of different plant and animal species and be able to date them usually within five or 10 years, give or take," Gibb said.
One of the lab's volunteers, Ray Sarnacki, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, is working with others on a project examining farm land use between 1850 and 1890 in Anne Arundel County, in an area that stretches roughly from the South River to the West River, then from the Chesapeake Bay to the Patuxent River.
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Sarnacki comes to the lab about six times a year, and also works from home on the project. He keeps volunteering because he wants to build his skills, learn more and more about archaeology, he said.
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If you're interested in volunteering at the lab, contact Gibb at jamesggibb@verizon.net, or contact the center's citizen science coordinator Alison Cawood at cawooda@si.edu.
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Exceptional measures taken in France to face the Covid-19 crisis (En)
April 27, 2020 by Audrey Weissberg Covid-19 0 comments
A new law was just voted on April 23, 2020 to broaden and strengthen the measures taken by the French Government since March 23, 2020 which instated a new national legal state of health emergency to shield the French population and economy from the current global COVID-19 pandemic virus.
Here after you will find a recap and update of the most important measures regarding public administrative services, companies' economic activity and various aspects of our social and economic activities.
President Macron speaking on French Television, March 16, 2020 © Elysium
Exceptional measures to support companies
(Orders n ° 2020-316, -317, -318, -319, -321, LFR-bis)
On the top of the partial unemployment measures available to all companies which activity is affected by the pandemic, and the ability to carry-forward employer's social charges: all companies (except real estate civil companies and financing companies) will also have the opportunity to apply to their bank for a loan guaranteed by the Public Investment Bank (300 billion euros in total).
These loans are one-year cash flow loans that can cover up to 3 months of the firm's yearly revenue, for which the French State will be guarantor up to 90% at a very low interest rate.
All companies will benefit from an extension of the deadline to publish their accounts but also from flexibility measures to organize general assemblies via videoconference or mail.
Regarding companies that currently are under contract with the State or those that are about to apply for a public tender during the state of emergency, deadlines and rules related to transitions and execution of public contracts will be more flexible.
Some exceptional measures were tailored for companies which employ less than 10 people, have a turnover below 1 million euros and have had to close their business to the public or suffered from a loss of at least 50% of their revenue.
They can suspend payment of their rents, electricity, gas and water supplies invoices without incurring penalties and late interests.
They will not expose themselves to cut-offs.
The French government has also created an emergency fund: the abovementioned enterprises will be able to request the payment of a non-taxable 1500 euros assistance.
This financial assistance can be increased to 3,500 euros in some situations.
These allowances will be exempted from corporate taxes, income taxes and all social contributions levies.
For small and medium-sized companies that are being refused loans guaranteed by the State, the government also decided to create a "refundable allowance".
For very small enterprises that are being refused a State-guaranteed loan, the government created a complementary mechanism with equity loans.
The specific criteria to determine which companies are eligible will later be determined by way of a decree.
Regarding enterprises that were already in difficulty before the outburst of the pandemic, the most recent measures have made a step towards more inclusion towards some of them.
Typically excluded from the assistance measures, companies which were not in difficulty before December 31, 2019 but that have since been placed under safeguard procedure will be able to benefit from the State guarantee on loans.
Finally, the State has taken special measures in order to support strategic companies.
The government will allow State capital increases and even temporary nationalizations up to 20 billion euros for around 20 companies (especially in the aeronautics and automotive sectors).
Investment Public Bank (BPI) program to support the firms © DR
Exceptional measures to maintain essential judicial activities and suspend non-essential activities
(Orders n ° 2020-303, -304, -305)
Most French jurisdictions have adopted extraordinary continuity measures in order to maintain the essential judicial activities in courts while suspending all non-essential ones.
Each jurisdiction has published its own plan of activity for the next weeks.
All non-essential proceedings are suspended until further notice and courts' public administration services are physically closed.
The following activities are considered essential and to be maintained:
* For civil cases:
- Emergency proceedings and protection for weak individuals are maintained.
- All other civil cases are postponed.
* For criminal proceedings:
- Emergency urgent criminal proceedings,
- proceedings related to temporary imprisonment and restrictions of liberty,
- urgent educational measures for minors,
- and also urgent hearings in front of the family judge such as domestic violence are maintained.
The Court of Justice (Paris) © Ph.Guignard / air-images.net
The suspension of all administrative & judicial deadlines
(Order n ° 2020-306)
Most deadlines that were to expire between March 12, 2020 and the end of one month following the end of the state of emergency, temporarily set for May 24, 2020 (ie June 24, 2020), are extended for a period of at most two months.
Therefore, under the current situation, deadlines above mentioned will be extended until August 24, 2020 when the initial term was two months or more.
When the administrative or judicial term is under two months, said term will start running again at the end of the protected period (ie June 24, 2020 for now) and expire within its initial period.
For example, if a judicial action had to be filed within one month by May 10, 2020 at the latest, then the one month term will start again on June 24, 2020 and expire on July 24, 2020.
These provisions only concern most deadlines imposed by law or by regulations (not by contracts).
They do not apply to:
* withdrawal periods, such as the 10 days withdrawal period which benefits to the buyer of real estate.
* tax declarations
Regarding tax declarations:
* Companies can file their tax declaration by June 30, 2020
* Non-residents individuals can file their declarations by June 4th, 2020.
The French Ministry of Justice © L. Bonaventure
More flexibility for labor law
(Orders n ° 2020-322; -323; -324; -385)
During the period of the state of emergency, employers will be able to impose or modify dates of paid leave through a branch or enterprise agreement with staff representatives.
The orders have extended the domain of additional allowance due by the employer in case of sick leave of employees.
The government also leaves open the possibility to deviate from mandatory rules regarding the maximum duration of weekly work and of weekly rest, subject to the adoption of a decree and only regarding essential sectors for the continuity of social and economic life of the nation.
The eligibility to most social rights (unemployment allowance, disability allowances, welfare minimal income, State medical aid, etc.) will be extended without the mandatory standard re-evaluation.
FPrime Minister Edouard Philippe and Labor Minister Muriel Pénicaud © Jacques Witt / POOL / AFP
Extension of all resident permits in France
Resident permits that were to be expired between March 16, 2020 and May 15, 2020 are to be extended for a period of 90 days.
This extension concerns:
* temporary resident cards (1 year),
* pluriannual resident cards,
* long-term resident cards and long-term visas (of 1-year max.). It is also applicable to the temporary documents such as temporary authorizations of stay in France.
It is also applicable to the temporary documents such as temporary authorizations of stay in France.
It is also important to note that since March 17, 2020 border controls have been reactivated in France and that all non-French nationals or resident who do not show an imperative reason to enter French territory will be refused to cross French borders.
Imperative reasons should include in our opinion:
* medical surgery
* children custody
* french court orders.
A visit to France by non-citizens and non-residents should therefore be very carefully planned and documented.
It is important to note that many other measures have been taken for specific sectors or activities in order to ensure their continuity during the crisis (ie. healthcare facilities) but also in order to support their absence of revenue due to the crisis (ie. tourism facilities).
The government also created the possibility for employers to giver a non-taxable premium to employees who are still working during the crisis.
Don't hesitate to contact us for more information: paris@weissbergavocats.com
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Slinger Nationals Champion Making Snowball Derby Debut
Just a few months after setting the short track racing world on fire, the 17 year old will head to Five Flags Speedway for his first attempt at the Snowball Derby.
Snowball Derby
by Koty Geyer on Nov 4, 2021
Luke Fenhaus was perhaps Wisconsin Super Late Model racing's best kept secret since he won the State Park Speedway track championship in 2018 before winning the Slinger Nationals and nearly winning the SRX race at Slinger Super Speedway just days later.
Just a few months after setting the short track racing world on fire, the 17 year old will head to Five Flags Speedway for his first attempt at the Snowball Derby. Not only will it be his first appearance at the race, it'll also be his first appearance outside of the Midwest, with his only Super Late Model start outside of Wisconsin has been an ARCA Midwest Tour race at Iowa's Hawkeye Down Speedway.
"I'm really excited for the opportunity to get down there and realize what that whole race is a part of. It's a big thing for my career to get all the publicity out of it, it's a big deal for me," Fenhaus told Speed51. "I'm stoked to go down there and put on a good show, my whole team is super excited for it and we're really proud we can make it down this year."
2021 has been a breakout year for Fenhaus in the Super Late Model ranks. He became the youngest winner in Slinger Nationals history, earning a ride in the SRX race held at the quarter-mile. Then, with the eyes of race fans around the country tuned into CBS, he nearly won that event against racing's best from multiple disciplines before finishing second.
The accomplishments don't end there. He clinched the Slinger Super Late Model track championship last month over Rich Bickle. He also currently leads the Alive For Five series points at Dells Raceway Park with one race left, and sits second in ARCA Midwest Tour points going into next weekend's finale at Oktoberfest.
"Those two were the biggest things of my career. Winning the Nationals was a huge deal and we won a couple races here and there and ran really well. It's been a really good season overall. To go down to the Snowball Derby, the whole team is excited for it and wants to go and do it, and have fun doing it."
Being able to compete in that SRX race has allowed him to make new connections with people from the series, but other factors are keeping him from making potential moves up the ladder in the near future. He hopes he can jumpstart said moves with a strong run at the Snowball Derby.
"I'm in contact with a few people from SRX and I made a lot of good connections that could lead to something. With the finances, it's hard to make something happen for the rest of this year or even next year just because it's such a hassle to grab those sponsors and go racing.
"I'll try to do everything I can, the Snowball would be huge to run and put on a good showing to prove we can run with some of the top guys in America. That's the goal, to keep running good and hope something comes up later this winter or next year. For something to happen and to get some financial backing to help with it."
While it will be his first time at the Snowball Derby, Fenhaus has some major help enlisted as it gets closer to race week. Defending race winner Ty Majeski has been helping Fenhaus across Wisconsin for the past few years, and it looks to continue down in Florida.
While picking the brain of Majeski as it gets closer, he has also been watching previous races to get ready for this year's event.
"I've watched pretty much all of the past three Snowball Derbies and I'm going to contact (Ty) Majeski about the Snowball. He's helped me a little bit with figuring out the racetrack from how iRacing has it and how real life has it. It's really just videos right now, we'll go test the week before the Derby and hopefully get a good feel for it.
"He's the man around here and pretty much anywhere. He's been really good to me in past years and helping me racetrack-wise and Super Late-wise."
The Snowball Derby provides a chance for Fenhaus to get his name out there on a more national level. His team will make the trip from Wausau, WI to Pensacola hoping to get everything they can get out of it, from success on-track to possibly more opportunities up the ladder later on down the road.
"That's the main thing, to get everything we can get out of the trip, it's a huge race. My main goal is to make the race and put on a good performance for everyone that's watched me and supported me, and try to put on a good show for my team."
-Story by: Koty Geyer, Speed51 National Correspondent – Twitter: @kgeyer3
-Photo Credit: Speed51 Photo


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What Is Ethereum Classic and Where to Buy ETC?
What is Ethereum Classic?
Born out of a discrepancy as many cryptocurrencies are nowadays, this smart contracts platform is presented by its developers as an improved version of its relative where transactions can be carried out in a free and decentralized way and it is a collaborative platform where anyone can contribute. Ethereum Classic emerged in July 2016 as a response to a hack on the Ethereum platform, known as a DAO attack where 50 million Ethers were stolen. Although most of the stolen coins were recovered, the creator of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin along with a part of the community decided to run the hardfork.
As a result, two groups emerged – the supporters of carrying out the hardfork and modifying the blockchain to return the stolen coins and those who wanted to keep things immutable. Those who decided to continue with the original version founded a new platform called Ethereum Classic with Ether Classic coins as a token. After an unpromising start, the currency managed to remain stable throughout 2017, experiencing a notable rise in June. Shortly after this peak, Ethereum Classic has gradually increased its value until reaching approximately $40 in January 2018. The increase in its price is attributed to a successful crowdfunding campaign when Ethers Classic has raised more than $ 143 million and was placed among the 20 most important cryptocurrencies by capitalization volume.
How does Ethereum Classic work?
Ethereum Classic is a decentralized blockchain-based computing platform that works with smart contracts and provides users with an unchanging, resistant blockchain platform that will allow developers to create decentralized applications (Dapps). Neither the state nor any other controlling bodies have authority over them. Dapps on Ethereum Classic should be more secure and transparent to create new types of applications that are not possible on centralized servers. At the same time, in Ethereum Classic applications all information about the program and transactions is stored and distributed across all nodes on a decentralized blockchain. Regarding its structure, Ethereum Classic is organized into nodes made up of clients that are also servers (with a total of 34,442 nodes). It uses the type of SHA3 algorithm based on PoW ("proof of work"), allowing the creation of distributed applications (Dapps) and smart contracts.
Advantages and disadvantages of Ethereum Classic crypto
+ Ethereum Classic takes things from its predecessors and makes them better. Originally, Ethereum Classic crypto is founded on blockchain technology but only takes 16 seconds required per mined block, which is significantly faster than usual. It also has a lot of technology inherited from the Ethereum project. For example, it enables the system to have a powerful infrastructure for smart contracts and DApps that have been extensively tested.
+ Although it is a young project that has had a bumpy start, Ethereum Classic cryptocurrency stands out for its solutions. It is a community project completely, so it does not respond to business or private interests, guaranteeing its decentralization and autonomy. Its developers are faithful followers of the premises of immutability, non-censorship, and respect for personal privacy. They have a well-defined development path that can drive the adoption of their blockchain.
– There is always a risk of not making tangible profits with Ethereum Classic. For efficient ETC mining, it is necessary to carry out fairly complex calculations and use expensive equipment. This digital money is not backed up by anything and its price depends only on the level of demand in the market. High resistance to hacker attacks does not guarantee a 100% level of protection. In addition, if you forget your ETC wallet password or an account is hacked, you will not be able to return your digital assets.
Where to buy Ethereum Classic?
To get ETC coins, you can choose Ethereum Classic mining or buy ETC in some of the most important exchange houses like Bitfinex, Kraken, Binance. The most popular available pairs include ETC to BTC, ETC to ETH, and also to USDT, USD, ETH, and EUR.
You can also get Ethereum Classic on the SwapSpace cryptocurrency exchange aggregator, which is a quick and easy way to obtain the required amount of ETC.
How to exchange ETC on SwapSpace?
On SwapSpace homepage, select ETC in "You send" section and the cryptocurrency you would like to receive in "You get" section. Enter the amount of ETC crypto you want to exchange.
Choose the instant exchange service that suits you most.
Specify the recipient address and check if all the data is correct.
Send your ETC coins to the address you will see on the screen.
Wait until the exchange is complete.
Where to store ETC?
Speaking of Ethereum Classic wallet, the most suitable solution is to store your cryptocurrency in MyEtherWallet since it specializes in this kind of cryptocurrency. You can also choose to store your money in multi-currency wallets like Coinomi, Jaxx, Monee, Mist, DexNS, Geth Classic, and Ethcore's Parity. If you feel like using hardware wallets, consider Ledger Nano S or Nano X.
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Q: The program can't start because MSVCR110.dll is missing from your computer I'm trying to install apache server 2.4 onto my (windows) computer and so far I've run in to this "common" problem but I cannot resolve it. The error message in the title continues to come up, but I have downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit version (successfully) of the missing required item from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679#. When I search for 'msvcr110.dll' in windows explorer, I can see a couple files of that name so I'm wondering why apache can't locate it. I have tried to find the solution online, but each one points directly to the resource I've mentioned previously in this post. If anyone can add any insight it would be greatly appreciated

A: You need to install the Visual C++ libraries:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

A: I would like to quote an answer given by Microsoft support engineer at here:-
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-winapps/the-program-cant-start-because-msvcr110dll-is/f052d325-3af9-4ae5-990b-b080799724db

Hi Henny,   MSVCR110.dll is the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
  dll that is needed for projects built with Visual Studio 2011. The dll
  letters spell this out. MS = Microsoft, V = Visual, C = C++, R =
  Redistributable For Winroy to get started, this file is probably
  needed. This error appears when you wish to run a software which
  require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012. The
  redistributable can easily be downloaded on the Microsoft website as
  x86 or x64 edition. Depending on the software you wish to install you
  need to install either the 32 bit or the 64 bit version. Refer the
  following link:
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679#
      Please let us know if the issue persists. We will be happy to assist you further. Thanks, Yaqub Khan - Microsoft Support Engineer

A: You can download the required files from the Microsoft website or online or reinstall the Visual studio 2012  to fix this.

A: I was getting a similar issue from the Apache Lounge 32 bit version. After downloading the 64 bit version, the issue was resolved.
Here is an excellent video explain the steps involved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17qhikHv5hY

A: This error appears when you wish to run a software which require the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012. Download it fromMicrosoft website as x86 or x64 edition. Depending on the software you wish to install you need to install either the 32 bit or the 64 bit version. Visit the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679#

A: Weird, just had simmilar issue, went here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=30679 downloaded and installed vcredist_x86 (i'm using 32bit apache) and it works like a charm.

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History: The Bearberry plant is a green leafed shrub with bright red berries that grows in the cooler environments of Britain, North America, Europe, and Asia. Although the berries are edible, it is the leaf of the Bearberry that is valued as a medicinal herb. Bearberry Leaf is used extensively by many Native American tribes, such as the Cheyenne who would brew the leaves into a tea.
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Italian giant Eni to invest $8 billion in Libyan gas
"We have reached an agreement with the company Eni for the development of the oil and gas sector, targeting two offshore fields capable of producing 850 million cubic meters of gas" per day, Bengdara said in a TV interview with local channel al-Masar.
Asked by AFP, Eni declined to comment. This agreement "between the NOC and ENI, will be signed on Saturday January 28, during an official ceremony, for the investment of 8 billion dollars for the development of these two fields", he specified.
A visit by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled in the coming days in Tripoli, according to Libyan and Italian media. Nearly eleven years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, which has the most abundant oil reserves in Africa, remains torn between rival factions from the east and the west, against the backdrop of foreign interference.
Since March, two governments have been vying for power, one based in Tripoli (west) and recognized by the UN, the other supported by Parliament and the camp of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of the East.
Over the past decade, Libya has been regularly plagued by violent clashes between rival factions from the East and the West, which has affected the exploitation of deposits, the transport of hydrocarbons and the oil terminals, taken into tension between the two camps.
In December, the NOC called on foreign companies active in the hydrocarbons sector to resume their exploration and production operations. The NOC then explained that it had carried out a "Evaluation" of the security situation and noted a "dramatic improvement" on some sites where it was difficult to operate before.
This vital sector for the Libyan economy needs foreign investment to reach the expected production levels, Libya wishing to increase its oil production to 2 million barrels per day, almost doubling compared to the current level of 1.2 million bpd.


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True Blood Recap: Season 4, Episode 2 "" "You Smell Like Dinner"
There are two Sookie Stackhouses. One who still clings to the idea that she's merely human, and the other who's coming to grips with the fact that you are better than that.
The second episode of season 4 instantly ramps up the actual "storytelling" and dials back the "nausea inducing quick scene cuts," which is an improvement all around. Plus it's a pretty Eric-heavy episode, and if there's one thing I know from reading the comments on these recaps, Persephone skews Eric-heavy.
We left, of course, on Eric's ominous "you are mine" declaration. The tension is dialed back almost immediately. Eric's purchase of the house was, of course, because he felt it gave him leverage (and access) to Sookie, though it's pretty obvious that he didn't think she'd fall gratefully into his arms like some romance novel cover girl. He knows how special she is and he knows that other vampires are going to start sniffing around after her. Now that she's out from under Bill's protection, Sookie is one vulnerable blood bag who "smells like freedom." If she becomes Eric's (which in this case covers a bit more than just being his girlfriend inside of vampire society), no one else will harm her. She's not an ordinary girl any more. She can't pretend to be much longer, as Eric points out in his quote at the beginning of the recap. I'll let her answer stand on its own:
And what do you think's gonna happen when I do come to grips with it? Do you think my legs are just gonna magically open for you?
If nothing else, it seems like Eric is going to be an attentive landlord, since this is a way for him to care for Sookie that she can't do much about. He has her squeaky back door fixed and painted and gives her a shiny new microwave. Of course, he also stocks her fridge with a decanter of blood and builds himself an impressively fancy hideyhole in her spare room. But that's the trade-off one has to make when one's landlord is an undead Viking prince.
In the meantime, Tara shows up from New Orleans, looking just fu-hine. She seems happy and centered, completely the opposite of how she left Bon Temps. After Sookie takes off post-finding Eric's surprises, Tara checks in on her cousin. Lala seems to have known more about what Tara has been up to than he let on to other people, since he references Tara's girlfriend, and then drags her along to his Wicca power circle. Tara should just head back to New Orleans. Bon Temps is always bad news for her.
We see more of Sam's new anger management shifter group. He's sweet on one of the ladies, smooth in his game, and still annoyed with his brother. Tommy tracks him down to one of the meetings, whines about how he wants to be a real family, and introduces what will inevitably be some insufferable plot line.
Arlene introduces her baby to Sookie, who claims he's an "old soul," which just sets Arlene off into full blown hysterics. No one other than Terry seems to know that Mikey is really Rene's baby "" which Arlene is going to totally give away if she keeps acting like this. Also, the baby may or may not have exploded a blood vessel in Arlene's eyeball. I will go with "actually exploded the vessel" since it's Bon Temps.
The show has also decided to accelerate the Jason-as-werepanther plotline from the later books. Crystal and her meth-head boyfriend have returned to Hotshot "" they're the ones who arranged for Jason's nap in the freezer. Crystal needs to produce new little panthers for the Hotshot community and Felton is shooting blanks, so clearly the obvious answer to this problem is to kidnap Jason and turn him into a werepanther to father a new, less inbred generation of kittens. Clearly. If you're a methhead.
Bill gets plenty of screen time in this episode as well, except that most of it is managed through flashbacks. I can only hope that this is the last flashback-heavy episode. Its feeling pretty Forever Knight up in here. And you know what? These flashbacks don't do anything to improve my opinion of Bill. What are we supposed to be doing with these nuggets of information? Let's review:
Bill was hanging out in 1982 punk-era London. I can only assume this is the show's sly little nod to everyone's favorite punk vampire, Spike, because I flat-out refuse to believe anyone working in the modern vampire genre is ignorant of the Buffy franchise. It's here that Nan Flanagan (who looks fabulous in her early '80s power suit) recruits Bill to her cause of mainstreaming the vampire population. He's recruited because he doesn't kill his prey "" he leaves them alive, because they don't deserve to be tortured and killed just because they're food. Except that we literally just saw him torturing his bartender meal "" Bill is capable of glamouring the guy into acquiescence, but instead lets the guy struggle, terrified, while Bill feeds, and then wipes the memory of the event. This doesn't make him a good guy, y'all. It just makes him slightly less of an asshole than, say, the vampire trio from the first season.
We find out that Bill didn't kill or marry Sophie Anne to become King of Louisiana. Nan Flanagan and the Authority hired a human hit squad to take her out, but let Bill be the lure to get Sophie to a secure location. So Bill isn't strong enough to be King of Louisiana by force, but he's also not clever enough to have set up Sophie Anne on his own. He's a big old straw puppet, sitting in his nicely appointed house.
And while this isn't a flashback, this is a good enough time to discuss this scene as any other: Bill is fully dressed when Sookie walks into his bedroom to see whatshername putting her clothes back on. Bill has superhuman speed and knew Sookie was coming upstairs "" he obviously let her find him with another woman to put the pokers to Sook, which is, you know, a total jerk move.
I'm gonna put this right out there, y'all. This is not going to be Bill's season.
But at least he's good for some plot. Bill summons Eric to the palace, tries to get him to give up the rights to Sookie's house, and then sends him off to deal with the bird-raising coven. Someone in the group "" probably Marnie "" is a necromancer. They're bad news for vampires, being dead and all, and no one wants a replay of the Inquisition. Eric deigns to go deal with the situation himself. He probably should have sent Pam, considering how it all goes down.
Eric deals with the coven in typical Eric fashion "" he shows up, he makes fun of his lesser, and he offers them a deal. Not a negotiation, a deal. They break up, he doesn't kill them. Lala suggests that the witches just do what he says. Marnie tries to pull a little witch fire power and the situation quickly escalates "" Eric starts draining Marnie, Tara tries to stake him, and the coven closes their circle. Much like last time, once Lafayette joins in, the power level skyrockets. Marnie starts speaking in tongues and her face flickers "" she's either channeling someone else, or has a bit of glamour going on herself "" and Eric's face melts. He flees.
Later, as Sookie is driving home from Fangtasia, she comes across Eric walking by the side of the road. He doesn't seem to recognize her or much of anything, though he has the presence of mind to strip off his shirt. I assume that's pure instinct. I mean, how can a man forget he's contractually obligated to be mostly naked for most of the season? I can't help but think of that episode of the Simpsons where Jimbo starts taking off his clothes — Eric hasn't yet gotten to the 'Man, now my pants are chafing me' line.
He doesn't know Sookie, but he does know that she smells awfully good.
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Posted on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Author [E] Slay BelleCategories New Show RecapTags bill, billnsookie4vr, eric, my what big teeth you have, sookie stackhouse, true blood, true blood recap, true blood season 4, vampires, vamps, you smell like dinner
19 thoughts on "True Blood Recap: Season 4, Episode 2 "" "You Smell Like Dinner""
Kym G says:
Thursday, July 7th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
While I appreciate shirtless Eric very, very much, in the book he was naked during this scene, if I recall correctly, and I would have preferred them staying true to the source material. Damn it.
[E] Slay Belle says:
Aw, man, now my pants are chafing me!
And now, seriously. In the book, you could at least have come up with some sort of plausible explanation that he's naked. Like, maybe he fought a bear or something on the way to Sook's house. But in the show, we seem him run out of the meeting — in a shirt and a jacket! — and then just wandering down the road, sans shirt and jacket. What happened? I need to know!
Also, I appreciated that he was walking towards Sookie's house. I thought that was a nice touch.
Sissy Larue says:
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
One thing that I found impressive was ASkars' ability to transform from super sexy vampire to little lost puppy with the mere manipulation of some face muscles. Yes, his main job is to wander around in various states of undress, but the fact that he looks almost like a different person post-witch encounter makes me praise his ability as an actor.
Teri Drake-Floyd says:
I agree. I mean, I've been lusting after him since the moment I saw him with that short hair, but only in the past year or so of watching the show have I realized that he's actually very talented. He takes after his Dad I suppose. I can't wait to see him in some films – he has quite a few coming out this year, so I'm excited.
[E] Rachel says:
He looks about 15 years younger post-witch (or 985 years younger, depending on how we're counting vampire years). I've always thought he was a hottie, but watching someone completely change their face from one shot to the next is pretty impressive.
fun back in sin says:
Looks like Bill is going to be interesting for the first time since early Season 1. I am not optimistic about the plot for Jason this season….book readers, is it decent in the books?
Yeah, the plot line seems just so…I dunno. Like I said above I'm glad to see him in a plot that doesn't just involve sexing up some lady, but still. Seems like the writers are turning every major character into some kind of supernatural being.
Yeah, same concerns here. By my count, we've got: vampires, werewolves, shifters, witches, fairies, werepanthers, maenads….am I forgetting something? It's a little much, even for a show as delightfully over the top at True Blood.
The only major player left who isn't something or other is Tara. And I'm sure by the end of it, she'll have been unveiled as a mermaid or a ghost or something totally off the wall. She's a unicorn!
I imagine the books are the same way, though. Right?
Actually, they more or less are that way. Because the books are filtered through Sookie's perspective and she runs with a supernatural crowd, most of the people she meets does have some sort of tie to the otherworld.
But it works on two levels — 1, it tells us that the world isn't as 'normal' as people think it is and 2, that the boundaries between those two states aren't as solid as some might like.
Tara is not supernatural in the books, but book Tara and show Tara are completely different entities. And let's not forget that Tara's dabbled in the supernatural too! First season, with the exorcisms and second season, with the meanad.
The Jason-werepanther storyline is kind of a non-issue in the books. It comes up now and again, but because the series is POV of Sookie, we don't see a lot of what's going on over in Hotshot. It causes some tension between Jason and Sookie too — not because he's a werepanther, but because he's a selfish asshole.
I kind of liked him talking care of the old folks and the kids. I could do without Crystal.
Honeybadger says:
I liked the pace of this episode except for the flashbacks. I thought they were overdone and unnecessary for the information that was gained. I had some trouble believing that Nan would be ok with Bill setting up Queen Sophie-Ann over Sookie but realize she had her own motives. I think that all the ladies loving cool Eric love him more after this episode and I hope his amnesia is temporary. Sookie is so distrustful of Eric yet she seeks help from Bill of all people.I think Arlene is right and that little baby is possessed! So many things were going through my mind during the panther scene that at first I thought he was going to have mate with her!
OneBigPear says:
Nan and Pam are flat-out my favourite characters in the TV series. Well, and Lafayette … but that goes pretty much without saying.
This episode made me weak in the knees, I'm embarassed to say. I've already watched it twice. Eric's sweetness in the beginning, telling Sookie how he cares about her, fixing her door, and the line, "He built a cubby in my house" just slayed me. Oh, I love it. I love romantic Eric. *sigh* I'm a 30 year old fangirl, it's pathetic. My ovaries exploded when he said he would see to it that her door got fixed.
The rest of the episode was fantastic, IMO. I didn't see the Jason thing coming, and even though the plotline is kind of stupid, I'm just happy that they are going a direction with his character that doesn't involve banging various hot women. At least he'll be something cool now.
I didn't understand why Sookie would want to automatically stake Eric in that scene. She doesn't know Marnie or any of the rest of the coven and it would seem to me that she'd be just as suspicious of them as she is of the vamps. Lala wasn't in any real danger, so it just seemed weird to me that she'd try to stake Eric. But then, she seems to have a pretty heavy hatred for any vampire dude who expresses interest in Sookie. I wonder if her girlfriend is going to have a bigger presence on the show.
Eric with amnesia…oh, I knew it was gonna happen cause some of the folks who've read the books spoiled it for me, but I was still SO PISSED. DAMMIT! I am 12, but I was just devastated – why can't Sookie and Eric just bone already and be in love forever + ever?
I love Bill as an asshole. He is so sexy when he's not a blithering pile of simpering B.S. I love him when he's a dick. And I loved hearing his real accent in the scene with Callum the bartender (loved that they used that name, cause that's my son's name).
The first two episodes have made me more adamant that I have to buy these books. I'm gonna bid on a set on Ebay when I get my next paycheck.
Third paragraph, I meant to say Tara, not Sookie. Sorry!
I was thinking the same exact thing about Tara during that scene. It didn't seem to make sense to me that she would react that way especially knowing how fast and dangerous vampires are. Just because you have been in a few cage fights doesn't mean you can take on Eric.
Don't forget that Tara has a hate-on for vampires after her whole Franklin encounter. Even without that, I don't think it's out of the question that she would stake a vampire killing a seemingly innocent human stranger.
This was what I thought as well.
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ESPN Hosts for FIFA World Cup in Brazil
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Mike Tirico and Bob Ley, two of the industry's most respected voices, will again serve as hosts of ESPN's FIFA World Cup coverage. Veterans of the company's award-winning presentation four years ago in South Africa, Tirico, Ley will be joined by UK-based sports presenter Lynsey Hipgrave of BT Sport as hosts of ESPN's English-language studio coverage during FIFA World Cup Brazil, June 12-July 13.
The trio will anchor ESPN studio shows – SportsCenter, World Cup Tonight, pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, and other FIFA World Cup-related news and information programs – throughout the month-long tournament from ESPN's production headquarters at Rio de Janeiro's Clube dos Marimbás, a popular members-only boating club on the southern tip of Copacabana Beach.
Hipgrave, who joined London-based BT Sport as a studio host in August 2013, will make her ESPN debut during the World Cup, having covered the Premier League and other top-flight football in Europe for the London-based sports network, and the UEFA Champions League for Al Jazeera Sport.
"We are thrilled to have Mike and Bob anchor our FIFA World Cup coverage once again. They were a key part of our success in South Africa, and we expect much the same from them in Brazil. Lynsey is a proven soccer host, coming from BT Sport in the UK. Her knowledge of soccer is at the highest level, as are her skills as a host. She's very smart, engaging and dynamic – a perfect addition to our team," said Jed Drake, ESPN Senior Vice President and Executive Producer.
"As good a commentator team as we had in 2010, the group we have assembled for 2014 is even better – more diverse and more opinionated. And they will work tremendously together, one team from 12 different countries."
Tirico, Ley and Hipgrave will work with ESPN's 11-member analyst team that features a global roster of international football experts. Collectively, the analysts have been on 15 World Cup rosters and played in 43 matches: Steve McManaman, Stewart Robson (England); Alexi Lalas, Taylor Twellman, Kasey Keller (USA); Michael Ballack (Germany); Efan Ekoku (Nigeria); Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela); Gilberto Silva (Brazil); Santiago Solari (Argentina); Roberto Martinez (Spain); and Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands).
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Tirico, one of ESPN's most-versatile commentators, has covered a variety of top-tier assignments – FIFA World Cup, Monday Night Football, the NBA, college basketball, The Masters, U.S. Open Golf, The Open Championship, Wimbledon and U.S. Open tennis – for ESPN, ESPN Radio and ABC since 1991. He was one of ESPN's primary hosts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Ley is the highly-respected host of Outside the Lines since the program's inception in May 1990 and ESPN's most-tenured commentator. A passionate and life-long soccer aficionado, Ley has been a part of four FIFA World Cup events on ESPN, including 1982, 1994, 1998 (as top match commentator) and in 2010, when he served as studio host. For his distinguished soccer work, he received the Honorary All-America Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in January 1999.
Hipgrave is a sports presenter for London-based BT Sport. She works on the channels' WTA tennis and football coverage. Hipgrave is also a co-presenter on the Saturday morning show on BBC's Radio 5 Live with Danny Baker. In the past, she has presented the BBC's Champions League coverage alongside Gary Lineker and the WTA Championships on Al Jazeera.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be ESPN's eighth World Cup and most comprehensive presentation to date. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to air all 64 matches live and in high definition (June 12 – July 13). All ESPN and ESPN2 games will be available on WatchESPN, while ABC matches will be available on WATCH ABC. ESPN3, ESPN's live multi-screen sports network available in more than 85 million homes, will present matches live in multiple languages (other than English and Spanish).
ESPN's presentation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup will include comprehensive news and information coverage of the month-long soccer showcase with renowned journalists reporting on the tournament and the host country of Brazil. Additional English-language coverage of the quadrennial event will total more than 90 hours of original programming and will include SportsCenter at the World Cup, a nightly World Cup Tonight program, ESPN FC World Cup Encore, a 30-minute pre-match show, halftime and post-match segments, as well as a World Cup-branded ESPN Films 30 for 30: Soccer Stories series, E:60 shows, and access-driven long-form storytelling features.
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Walled Gardens: The Chinese Internet
With the US-Sino trade war ricocheting across global economies and injecting a distinctly acrid tone to international relations, it's worth having a look at how and whether this dynamic might play out and amplify in the years to come.
The trade war itself, while undoubtedly significant in its impacts, are nonetheless a symptom of a long-developing confrontation between today's great powers — a clash that could usher in a world of decoupled economies, with the West's ideologies on one, and the other with China and its allies.
The fear, though, isn't about a new, literal Berlin wall. It's a digital and technological divide with two sets of ethical and scientific standards, two ecosystems competing for the same (-ish) goals.
Up for grabs, of course, are technologies to define the new frontiers of tomorrow's economy: AI, gene editing, IoT, smart cities, autonomous vehicles, quantum computing, to name a few.
This clash is viewed by some as an inevitable meeting in a crowded arena for technological dominance. China, for its part, has enjoyed decades of meteoric growth. From its 'Century of Humiliation' which included confrontations which saw territories like Hong Kong and Macau handed over to foreign powers, and immense economic mismanagement by its Communist bosses which caused the death of millions — the Middle Kingdom, now the second biggest economy in the world, became THE great comeback story.
The US, long the global hegemon, carried out a kind of 'leave-and-let-be' policy, under the assumption that as the Chinese economic policies liberalized and opened its vast markets for capitalistic ideas, so too will its social policies. So, for decades, uncomfortable headlines about the Party's human rights abuses like its relationship with Tibet and Hong Kong, and awkward trade practices such as forced technology transfers and restricting market access to foreign firms — were largely ignored in hopes that it'd get better in time.
However, China's visions of grandeur, manifesting in forms such as the Belt and Road Initiative and Made In China 2025, have over the years raised increasing alarm in Washington and similar circles; despite opposition to Trump, there is largely bipartisan support for a more aggressive approach to dealing with China.
So in this techno-ideological clash, will we see the world split into walled gardens?
One might say bollocks: The supply chains and networks formed between the two countries, and the many nations interwoven into the global trading system we see today, are so complex and deeply entangled that a complete severance seems impossible. Besides, open systems can be far more conducive to innovation, if one of two competitors have an open commons type approach, and the other locked behind a firewall — the former will get further ahead faster.
But, this decoupling has already happened, and has been the case since China came into the international scene: there are already two different internets, one being the heavily censored version in China and elsewhere like Iran and Russia, the other being the lightly censored alternative in the west. Internet companies exist as digital twins within China and the rest. Google and Amazon in the US, Baidu and Alibaba in China. So the question isn't whether this divide exists, but whether it will extend beyond the social media and e-commerce firms, and into every other industry from automotive to biomedical.
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Here is a picture of a 5-month puppy that watched us from this favourite leather chair while we worked around him last week. If you have pets, bringing a stranger into your house to do a job can be a worry, especially if you have 2 or 3 large boisterous dogs or curious cats.
Luckily, we have been loving pet owners for many years and are well used to making friends with your cats or dogs as we work, and replacing the dog bed back in position as soon as we can. We usually find a few long-lost toys under the sofa and in other strange places, which we reunite with their happy owners.
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In 2004, Tzu Chi Singapore established its first Free Clinic in Chinatown, which was officially inaugurated by former Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. The establishment of the Tzu Chi Free Clinic marked a historic milestone for the Mission of Medicine, and its services were mainly targeted at elderly residents living in the vicinity and the Foundation's long-term aid beneficiaries.
With the return of Tzu Chi's former premises in Chinatown to its owner in 2007, the clinic temporarily ceased operations. It was only later, with the support and assistance of the Ministry of Health, an MP for the Tanjong Pagar GRC, and the Radin Mas grassroots organisation, that the clinic found a new home in Redhill in 2008. With an area of close to 5,000 square feet, the spacious and well-equipped modern clinic is replete with consultation rooms, dental treatment rooms, health examination rooms, a mini operating theatre, an X-ray room, and a meeting room.
After its relocation, the Free Clinic resumed operations on 1st November 2008, and started providing free Internal Medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and dental services mainly to seniors who live alone, low income households, Tzu Chi's aid/care beneficiaries, and migrant workers earning less than SG$800 monthly. Its TCM services are very popular among the Chinese population, and are especially high in demand in the Redhill area, which has a large population of senior citizens. Thus, with effect from 13th November 2011, it extended its TCM services to five weekdays a week, while remaining open for half a day on Sundays for both western and Chinese medicine. The TCM clinic is opened to the public and provides free clinical services, such as acupuncture, to patients.
Located in the heart of Singapore and easily accessible by public transport, the Free Clinic is also the venue for many health talks, which aim to promote disease prevention and encourage members of the public to adopt an active and healthy lifestyle.
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People ask for my opinion, and it matters. Now I believe my parents and the other adults in my life have always taken me seriously to a certain extent because I've always been pretty mature. But now, in this strange turn of events, everyone is paying attention to me. People ask me questions, and I have the answers. People want my input, and they use it. It's nice to feel important. Except now like, at the DMV I can't really play the, I'm-a-dumb-teenager-please-pity-me card. And people expect me to be able to parallel park, which is a lot of pressure.
2. I am a light-switch Nazi.
When I was a kid, I used to get in trouble because I would walk out the door and leave every light on. I just really wanted our home to be a safety beacon for prodigal nocturnal mammals and birds, I guess. But now, now that I pay my own bills, I dont even sit in my living room if my bedroom light is on. That porch light? You'd better text me as you walk up the stairs if you want it on when you visit. Ain't no lightbulb in my house getting overused. And on the same token, I treat the thermostat like a nuclear reactor. Only touch in cases of extreme emergency. Like if your toes are falling off. even then, put some more socks on because its only going up one degree.
3. I. Get. So. Much. Junkmail.
Like, every single day, I get coupons for 1000 baby diapers and purple Q-Tips. I get coupons for free stuff, cheap stuff, expensive stuff, new stuff, and old stuff. I get offers for credit cards, cable subscriptions, face washes, club memberships and dating sites. (No, really.) I have to throw away so much paper it's practically sin. I mean, seriously. No, I do not want to buy 60 pounds of beefsteak, grocery store in another state.
4. I have to scrape ice off of my own car.
I mean, yes, I can have a man do those kinds of things for me… scrape ice, move boxes,pump gas, etc. But my point here is that I can't just wait around fro Dad to do it because it's not his job anymore. And he's not here. So, to the Elvis CD whose jewel case I used to scrape ice this morning, I hope you didn't want that back. Because I'm an adult and I scrape my own ice. And I am not very good at it.
5. I have begun to see price in terms of hours worked. And I see work in terms of items purchased.
Adulthood has made me incredibly practical. My mom has always said things like, "No, you do not need to buy the 12 dollar nail polish because that is an hour out of my life and I could buy like 16 lightbulbs for that." And I just thought she was being selfish. But look, y'all. Adult me doesn't buy crap anymore. Unless I have lectured for an hour thinking, "this lecture on the principles of marketing will pay for four boxes of fancy crackers" then I buy no fancy crackers. I buy regular crackers and save six bucks.If I get a gift card, I think, "Wow! toilet paper and toothpaste!" In fact, everything fancy I have bought lately, was not without a brief evaluation of how many unfancy things I sacrificed for that item. I've learned I'm just not into wasting my own money the way I am my parents' money.
6. And most shocking and heartbreaking of all, kids now call me lady. And I call them kids.
I'm not a "girl" anymore. The other day in the airport I overheard this cute group of teenage girls say something about the "lady" behind them. And then I realized that "lady" is me. And then I realized I had just been thinking "Oh what cute young girls." I AM MY MOTHER. But I'll save that thought for another post. Anyway it makes me feel like these ladies.
Don't get me wrong, being and adult is super. I enjoy it. I like responsibilities, I like respect, and I like freedom. I guess there's just some things about it that I'm gonna have to get used to.
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