Aces of the Luftwaffe – Squadron – Switch Review – What About The Game?
Aces of the Luftwaffe – Squadron is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up where you take control of a 4 man squadron, attacking waves of enemies as you fight to reach the end of each level. Enemies will drop crates that contain new weapons that are stronger than your standard guns, though they have a limited amount of ammo. Controlling the squadron is rather annoying, as you have to worry about dodging enemy attacks over a larger radius than just your main aircraft, or risk losing one of your planes and thus weakening your firepower.
An interesting mechanic they have implemented is that each fighter in your squadron has a strange personality quirk that can manifest on the battlefield. Your main fighter has a disease that when it crops up forces you to fly slowly or risk death. One is scared of heights and will take off from the battle for a time, leaving you down a man for a section of the level. Another goes into a fury state, forcing you to dodge them as they fly around randomly, as touching them causes instant death. And lastly, narcolepsy forces one fighter to fall asleep, and you must protect them from the enemy until they wake up. It's a neat idea in concept, but overall it is just annoying and frustrating.
As you destroy enemies they will drop medals, which you can collect to help level up your squadron. Each level you get a point to spend on a fighters skill tree. The catch though is that each fighter has their own skill tree, and you only get one point overall, so you have to choose what fighter to spend your single point on each level. You also unlock new planes with their own unique stats. Although basic, this system helps give you a sense of progression, rather than the usual score based runs shmups are known for. That is until you realise that most of the skills don't affect much besides the few that give you new abilities. By the time you unlock the opportunity to upgrade those abilities on the skill trees though you will have long finished the game.
Graphically this game leaves much to be desired. Handy Games have a background in mobile gaming, and this title definitely has that cartoony generic "for iOS and Android" look. The backgrounds are washed out and dull, which actually serve this style of game well as it doesn't distract from the action… that is until they have enemies that are ground based and a part of the background. In these instances where it draws your attention to the background, the game looks horrendous. This is only exacerbated when in docked mode, where all the games flaws really shone through. This is a game best enjoyed handheld, and looks to be designed that way.
This title is fully voice acted, which looks great as a bullet point in the games description. Unfortunately the voice acting is almost unbearable, with some of the worst accent impressions I have ever heard in my life. As for the music, it is touted in their description to be an "Epic movie-like orchestral soundtrack", but instead is rather uninspiring, filled with what can only be described as generic World War 2 tracks. Think of the music for any major WWII movie or series in the last 20 years and that is exactly what you get here. It fits, but adds nothing to the experience. As for the sound, the engine noises and gunfire sound grating, making you want to turn your sound off, which is probably not a bad idea considering everything I've mentioned above.
The writing is abysmal, from the character interactions to the story as a whole. Your squadron of fighters have what is supposed to be playful banter, but it just comes across as awkward and painful to hear. None of the jokes land, eliciting responses from eye rolling to audible sighing rather than any form of amusement. None of the characters are interesting in any way, and besides their annoying quirks that affect some of the levels, are completely forgettable. As for the story, there is nothing really there. You are given a loose mission objective and then shoot down some fighters. I wouldn't normally care too much about a shmups story, but they describe it as a "Captivating storyline with fully voiced characters". Unfortunately only half of that is true.
Also of note, I had multiple crashes during my time with this game. It seems to be rather unstable, with some crashes happening during gameplay, and others while I was idle in the menus.
Overall, Aces of the Luftwaffe – Squadron is a bad shoot 'em up. From the mobile game style graphics, the music, story, sound effects and voice acting, to the lacklustre enemies and controls, there is no real redeeming factor to this game. Not only that, they are charging $14.99US for a game that feels nothing more than a ported phone title. It is hard to recommend this game to anyone, as even if you are a fan of shmups there are many other games in this genre doing new and interesting things, even on the Switch itself. Maybe if you were marooned on a desert island with nothing but a Switch with this game installed then why not, but besides that unlikely scenario I would suggest you save your time and money.
This review was written by guest contributor Lachlan Bruce. You can follow him on Twitter here. A copy of the game was provided to him.


Emma is dating Gray and he has just told her that he needs a break. Needs a break! Are you kidding me, such a cliché and Emma totally doesn't understand. In fact, she is quite devastated and does know how to handle it. She emails her girlfriend, Jessica, who offers her take on things. Then she talks to Roger, a co-worker, and gets the male perspective on the situation.
still can't figure out why her guys needs some space. Do we really do this? (Yes, but how many of us really want to admit that fact!) Then Emma gets a message from a guy whom she hasn't heard from in a long while. Enter Sam. She likes him. She knows he likes her. She hasn't heard a peep out of Gray, so why not? She does...go out with him that is...and now she has to decide which one is for her. You're going to have to read the book to find out, because I am not saying!


Today we've got a great new, and unconventional, premiere from the good people at The Cornerstore podcast and Revive visuals. A blazing hot new cypher! The first of many. Featuring flows from Stark and The Law from Huey Gang, Free Jay and Leo Mantra from Freesole Collective, and Matt Muse, this is a visual that captures that boundless musical energy you get when blessed to watch a group of artists get in a room and make magic together. This cypher was shot as promo for Kevin Coval's book A People's History of Chicago, as well as for The Cornerstore podcast, which is made up of Kevin and Tara Mahadevan. We're quite sure that after viewing this you'll leave more than convinced to check out both properties. The cypher was directed by Alex Myung of Revive.
Continue reading below to learn more about this new series!
What is the "Revive Cypher" - how did this cypher come to be?
Kevin and I curated an all-illustrator show at Gallery Cafe in Wicker Park in October, and the idea was that while the artwork was still up, we would film some videos in the space. We both work closely with young, emerging rappers and wanted to showcase their talents, so a cypher was perfect. I do have to admit that the video was thrown together last minute, but I think the bones of it are what's important, as well as our—and filmmaker Alex Myung's—commitment to continually showcasing Chicago talent.
Big shout out to all the illustrators whose work is featured in the video: Runsy, Churro, Langston Allston, Vivian Le, and Liz Ortiz.
Can you tell us a little about The Cornerstore podcast?
The Cornerstore is a place for us to chop it up with artists who are creating beautiful work, who inspire us, and whom we admire. It addresses the why and how, not the what. Our show wouldn't exist without the OG of podcasting, Combat Jack, whose long-form podcast The Combat Jack Show was such an amazing, laudable deep dive into people—which is The Cornerstore's ambition too. It's a way for us to document what's happening in Chicago and around the world, and further strengthen the moment the city is having. It's a way for us to tell stories about the people who aren't in the foreground or who aren't poppin just yet. A major goal of ours is to travel and interview people in different cities, and to create a stronger bridge between Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and more.
This was Episode 1 - what are your future plans for it?
Everything Kevin and I do is so collaborative in nature, so whenever we work with someone else, we want their opinion, their input. And that's why Alex is so great: he has ideas. He shot the first video that Kevin and I did together, "Ode to Footwork," which is just a beautiful visual. He really helped us produce the cypher video, and helped us envision what a series could look like. The point of the series is to give the musicians a little shine, and to replicate the same intimate, easygoing atmosphere in the first episode, but in different spaces. I also want more womyn/femmes/nonbinary artists in our next video—that was something we were truly missing.
What's your favorite aspect of a cypher?
I'd say the camaraderie—and the raw talent. That's something you can immediately see in this video. Especially Leo Mantra. He's like a lil Twista.
Plug Migo • "Still Trappin'"


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Holy Cross Catholic School We are a Collaborative Community of Educators Dedicated to Student Achievement
Holy Cross Catholic School had its modest beginnings in 1928 in a one room portable on Mortimer Avenue in East York. In April of 1944, the first four classrooms of the present Holy Cross School opened their doors at 299A Donlands Avenue beside Holy Cross Church. From its inception to 1978, our school was closely allied with the Sisters of Notre Dame who provided Holy Cross with many of its teachers and principals. We have detailed accounts in our archives of school life at Holy Cross during those years. Holy Cross continues to revere its history and maintain its traditions while looking forward to the future in educating its students to take their place in tomorrow's society. Our school was renovated and celebrated its 60th Anniversary in September of 2004. We had a large turn out of staff and students coming back "home" as our school song states: "There is a school in our hearts; No matter where we roam; That we will always treasure; Holy Cross is home."
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Square Enix Forums > Games > Tomb Raider Series > Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light > Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light General Discussion > Getting the game???
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I really want to get this game!! BUT I don't have Internet connected to my PS3. Can we download games from a PSP connected to the Internet via those free internet spots at the mall, for example? (I can rent a PSP).
Could someone please let me know? Thanks!
Visit a friend with your PS3, I shave my doubts you would be able to download a PS3 game to a PSP.


AMAZON – by no means a green Hell on earth, but a uniquely beautiful natural paradise set in the midst of the world's most immense river basin. With us you'll really get to know the Amazonas – far off the beaten tracks and with smal ecklusive groups. For we have been living and working there for over twenty years.
The Amazon - who has not dreamed at least once of travelling through this world of lush greenery, of experiencing it with all senses, listening to the mesmerizing nocturnal concert of the rainforest and cruising on the world of rivers in this region, which has a greater abundance of water than anywhere else on Earth.
We'd like to invite you to set off on a journey with us into the Amazonas region. You'll find a great selection of possibilities – something for each taste, for each budget. The choice is yours. We have two differt kinds of programs: - the River Tours and the Expeditions. Our short programs City-River-Rainforest are designed as an additional extension. To experience the nature of this region, however we recommend longer tours as the River Tour RT-1, 7 days, the shortest Expedition is Expedition EXP-2 with has 8 days. The choice is yours. Have a look to the tour-descriptions and Photo-gallery as well as the filmclips. Let us take you for a moment into the Amazon to have an idea what is waiting for you.
We know what we're talking about and what we're offering. Over 25 years of experience in the Amazon gives you a guarantee of in-depth knowledge and reliability. Take a look at our photos and films to get an impression of what awaits you.
Why to book with us? With us you enjoy a very special kind of luxury which is called inividuality. You travel with small groups of 6 only persons on the expeditions and only 8 on the river Tours. And this on our big, 20 meter long boat with two decks.
Relaxation and adventure – in our offer you'll find both: on the river cruises with one of our local-style boats, you can spend the night in one of our comfortable cabins or in a hammock beneath the star-studded sky. And you can also combine both.
With our experienced jungle guides you can experience the magic of the rainforest on foot, on the deck of the ship with a cold beer or a cool fruit juice or enjoy the unspoiled nature in a hammock or rocking chair.
On our trips you are closed to pure nature. However you also get in contact with the habitants of the Amazon - the Caboclos. We visit small villages and settlements and learn about they live a life closed to nature.
The Amazon offers a unique experience of nature. Discover this world with the help of our experienced jungle guides. Get to know the numerous edible fruits, gaze in awe at the gigantic trees, enjoy the delicious fish dishes with fish directly from the river.
Paddle at dawn through the narrow arms of the river and listen to the concert of birds, monkeys and insects.
[Translate to en:] Erleben Sie die faszinierende Welt des Amazonas. Werfen Sie einen Blick in unser Gästebuch, in unsere Fotogalerie oder schauen Sie sich unsere Videoclips an und lassen sich inspirieren.


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Q: Kentico Form Values - Day, Time, URL Referrer I have hidden form fields that need to populate when the form is submitted with a Date, Time, Referral URLs ... I've been adding macros to the default value field with some success, but not 100%.
{% currentdate %} returns somewhat correct info (the date) but adds time like: 5/31/2016 12:00:00 AM
{% currenttime %} returns 00:00:00
{% URLReferrer %} returns empty
Am I using the right macro syntax, right macro, etc?

A: {% DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yy") %}

{% DateTime.Now.ToString("h:mm:ss tt") %}

{% CurrentDocument.URLReferrer %}

A: I've tested following macros on K9:
{% GetDateTime(CurrentDateTime, "MM dd yyyy")%}

{% CurrentBrowser.UrlReferrer #%}

For GetDateTime method you can use standard date time formats

A: Sal and I are  working on this together.. him more-so than I.
But even when starting at an external site: http://hw2zoo.com/test-links-for-suddath/  the results are the same. The Referring URL show us the URL of the page that the form resides on.
It should return the http://hw2zoo.com/test-links-for-suddath/ link that led us to the site in the first place. Correct?
FYI.. time is working now ;) thanks for all of your help.

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> to one bridge, it seems to work for everything.
>>  change venues in the client?
>>  to run it on the command line first.
>> transmit (with x11, say), I can see all the various video streams.
>>  the VenueClient, everything works as it should!
>> I haven't tested rat yet.


An alleged terrorist spent years peering through Israel's eyes in the sky. And he didn't need any high-end gear to get it done.
For at least two years, the Palestinian terror group Islamic Jihad could see what the Israeli military's surveillance drones saw. That's the accusation of Israeli prosecutors, who this week arrested a man they saw hacked into the drones' video feeds. If true, the hack had obvious value to terrorist leaders as they planned their operations against Israeli troops and civilians.
Israeli authorities arrested the alleged hacker, 23-year-old Maagad Ben Juwad Oydeh, this year. On March 23 the Beersheba District Court indicted Oydeh on charges of spying, conspiracy, contact with enemy agents, and membership in an illegal organization.
The Israeli press has referred to Oydeh as a "master hacker." But his alleged crimes were, on a technical level, probably far less impressive than whatever methods the Israelis used to appprehend him. In fact, American drones were for years succeptible to the same kind of hacks.
Israeli authorities have provided only the barest details of Oydeh's background and alleged crimes. Press reports citing the indictment claim Oydeh first came into contact with Islamic Jihad while working in his father's electronics store in Gaza.
The terror group reportedly provided Oydeh a satellite dish for picking up radio signals and a frequency counter for pinpointing the signals' location on the electromagnetic spectrum.
It reportedly took Oydeh three tries to intercept the signals from Israeli drones flying over Gaza. On the third attempt in 2012, Oydeh was allegedly able to record the video that at least one of the unmanned aircraft was beaming to a military ground station.
The court claimed that during his alleged four-year terror career, Oydeh also tapped into ground-based security cameras belonging to the Israeli military and police—and also electronically infiltrated the data network of Israel's Ben Gurion Airport.
The drone hack is possibly the most dramatic of Oydeh's alleged crimes, if not the most useful for terrorist planners.
Viewing the video drone would have allowed Islamic Jihad leaders to determine where in Gaza Israeli authorities were focusing their attention—and possibly deduce from that information which of the terror group's own operatives were under surveillance.
But intercepting a drone's video feed isn't exactly difficult. It's actually much harder to tell when someone is illegally hacking a feed than it is to illicitly capture the feed in the first place. Indeed, for many years now insurgents, terrorists, and even professional spies have been surreptitiously tapping into America's drone video streams.
In 2009, U.S. authorities admitted that Iranian-backed insurgents in Iraq had used consumer-grade hardware and software to intercept and record video feeds from U.S. military drones flying overhead.
More recently, whistleblower Edward Snowden—a former U.S. National Security Agency analyst—provided to The Intercept evidence that American and British spies based in Cyprus had tapped into Israeli drones feeds in 2009 and 2010.
That's not hard to do because drones' video streams are, by design, meant to be easily accessible. To that end, the feeds might be totally open and unencrypted.
That's especially true of drones belonging to the Israeli Defense Forces, which tries to make overhead video available to as many frontline soldiers as possible. "It's hard to make this feed both secure and conveniently accessible to any IDF forces who need it," Todd Humphreys, a professor at the University of Texas' Radionavigation Laboratory, told The Daily Beast in an email.
To tap into an unencrypted video feed, all you really need is a satellite dish and a radio receiver. The frequency counter can help to speed up the hacking process. All these items "exist in the marketplace with no problem whatsoever to acquire them," Richard Langley, a satellite tracking expert at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, told The Daily Beast.
But for convenience, most drone operators probably use the same video standards that, well, everyone else does. "There are standards such as MP4, which is commonly used by almost everyone to take video," Langely pointed out. "You could certainly transmit that via drone." And anyone with even the barest experience in software engineering could easily decode the raw data into a viewable video, Langely said.
But what's missing from the video stream is arguably more important than what's present—namely, the drone's command signal, which is transmitted to the robotic aircraft from a single, secure ground station via a highly encrypted radio link.
Sure, any hacker can intercept a drone's raw video, which the robot broadcasts for the benefit of potentially hundreds of soldiers and analysts on the ground. But that's what Humphreys called a "passive hack." You can see what the drone sees, but you can't control the drone.
So yes, Oydeh allegedly tapped into Israeli drone feeds. But what's really impressive is the fact that Israeli authorities caught him allegedly doing so. That's because there's no easy way to know whether someone has intercepted your drone video.
U.S. troops discovered the drone-hacking going on in Iraq only after apprehending an insurgent fighter—and happening across recorded drone video on his laptop. It took Snowden, arguably the world's most notorious whistleblower, to reveal to the world that American and British spies had tapped Israel's drone feeds.
It's possible Oydeh blabbed about his hacking—in person, on the phone, or in an email—while Israeli agents were listening in. It's also possible an Islamic Jihad double agent implicated Oydeh.
But absent that traditional tradecraft, there's just one way that Langley said he can think of for Israel to have detected Oydeh's intrusion. Recalling how the British government requires TV owners to pay a user fee, Langley explained that—to catch freeloaders—government officials drive around in specially equipped vans that can detect the oscillators inside unregistered televisions.
Oscillators help a device capture a signal. And—this is key—they emit tiny, nearly undetectable signals of their own, ones that can give away their own location. If the Israelis are using equipment similar to British T.V. enforcers, they could—in theory—detect the drone-video detector. "But you'd have to be pretty close to the receiver to pick up its local oscillator signal," Langley said.
If the Israelis used this method to catch Oydeh, they were either acting on a tip—or they got lucky.
In any event, the Israeli government claimed it succeeded in blocking Oydeh's electronic intrusion in 2014 —two years before authorities finally arrested the alleged hacker. Perhaps like their American counterparts, the Israelis have begun adding some encryption to their drone feeds.
But Humphreys warned that fully protecting drone data streams can be "hard and expensive." Hackers just might adapt faster than the drone operators do.


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A dominant negative mutant of jun blocking 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol- 13-acetate-induced invasion in mouse keratinocytes
Zigang Dong, Howard C. Crawford, Vadim Lavrovsky, Dennis Taub, Rebecca Watts, Lynn M. Matrisian, Nancy H. Colburn
We previously reported that induced activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcriptional activity appears to be required for tumor promoter-induced transformation in mouse epidermal JB6 cells. To extend this investigation to a keratinocyte culture model and a transgenic mouse model, we constructed K14TAM67, a keratin 14 promoter-controlled version of the dominant negative jun mutant to directly block AP-1 activity and possibly indirectly block NFκB activity in basal squamous epithelia. This study was directed at characterizing TAM67 expression and biological activity in the mouse cell line 308, a keratinocyte model for studying carcinogenesis. Cotransfection of K14TAM67 with luciferase plasmid reporter DNAs produced inhibition of basal and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced AP-1 and NFκB activity but had no effect on p53-dependent transcriptional activity. In an in vitro invasion assay, stable expression of TAM67 in 308 cells blocked TPA- induced Matrigel invasion. This suggests that blocking TPA-induced AP-1- or NFκB-regulated gene expression by TAM67 inhibits TPA-induced progression. Recombinant tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 reduced TPA-induced in vitro invasion, thus implicating metalloproteinases at least in part in the transcription factor-dependent process. Analysis of mRNA levels for members of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family, however, revealed that the expression of any single MMP family member did not correlate with regulation of AP-1 or NFκB activity. However, the combination of substantial levels of mRNA for stromelysin-1, stromelysin-2, collagenase, membrane type 1 MMP, and gelatinase A occurred only in TPA-treated cells in the absence of TAM67. These results suggest that the action of the dominant negative jun mutant on AP-1 and NFκB gene regulation results in complex alterations in the levels of downstream effector genes, such as the metalloproteinases, that effect TPA-induced cellular invasion.
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Dong, Z., Crawford, H. C., Lavrovsky, V., Taub, D., Watts, R., Matrisian, L. M., & Colburn, N. H. (1997). A dominant negative mutant of jun blocking 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol- 13-acetate-induced invasion in mouse keratinocytes. Molecular Carcinogenesis, 19(3), 204-212. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199707)19:3<204::AID-MC8>3.0.CO;2-D
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In: Molecular Carcinogenesis, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1997, p. 204-212.
Dong, Z, Crawford, HC, Lavrovsky, V, Taub, D, Watts, R, Matrisian, LM & Colburn, NH 1997, 'A dominant negative mutant of jun blocking 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol- 13-acetate-induced invasion in mouse keratinocytes', Molecular Carcinogenesis, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 204-212. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199707)19:3<204::AID-MC8>3.0.CO;2-D
Dong Z, Crawford HC, Lavrovsky V, Taub D, Watts R, Matrisian LM et al. A dominant negative mutant of jun blocking 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol- 13-acetate-induced invasion in mouse keratinocytes. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 1997;19(3):204-212. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199707)19:3<204::AID-MC8>3.0.CO;2-D
Dong, Zigang ; Crawford, Howard C. ; Lavrovsky, Vadim et al. / A dominant negative mutant of jun blocking 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol- 13-acetate-induced invasion in mouse keratinocytes. In: Molecular Carcinogenesis. 1997 ; Vol. 19, No. 3. pp. 204-212.
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AU - Colburn, Nancy H.
N2 - We previously reported that induced activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcriptional activity appears to be required for tumor promoter-induced transformation in mouse epidermal JB6 cells. To extend this investigation to a keratinocyte culture model and a transgenic mouse model, we constructed K14TAM67, a keratin 14 promoter-controlled version of the dominant negative jun mutant to directly block AP-1 activity and possibly indirectly block NFκB activity in basal squamous epithelia. This study was directed at characterizing TAM67 expression and biological activity in the mouse cell line 308, a keratinocyte model for studying carcinogenesis. Cotransfection of K14TAM67 with luciferase plasmid reporter DNAs produced inhibition of basal and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced AP-1 and NFκB activity but had no effect on p53-dependent transcriptional activity. In an in vitro invasion assay, stable expression of TAM67 in 308 cells blocked TPA- induced Matrigel invasion. This suggests that blocking TPA-induced AP-1- or NFκB-regulated gene expression by TAM67 inhibits TPA-induced progression. Recombinant tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 reduced TPA-induced in vitro invasion, thus implicating metalloproteinases at least in part in the transcription factor-dependent process. Analysis of mRNA levels for members of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family, however, revealed that the expression of any single MMP family member did not correlate with regulation of AP-1 or NFκB activity. However, the combination of substantial levels of mRNA for stromelysin-1, stromelysin-2, collagenase, membrane type 1 MMP, and gelatinase A occurred only in TPA-treated cells in the absence of TAM67. These results suggest that the action of the dominant negative jun mutant on AP-1 and NFκB gene regulation results in complex alterations in the levels of downstream effector genes, such as the metalloproteinases, that effect TPA-induced cellular invasion.
AB - We previously reported that induced activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcriptional activity appears to be required for tumor promoter-induced transformation in mouse epidermal JB6 cells. To extend this investigation to a keratinocyte culture model and a transgenic mouse model, we constructed K14TAM67, a keratin 14 promoter-controlled version of the dominant negative jun mutant to directly block AP-1 activity and possibly indirectly block NFκB activity in basal squamous epithelia. This study was directed at characterizing TAM67 expression and biological activity in the mouse cell line 308, a keratinocyte model for studying carcinogenesis. Cotransfection of K14TAM67 with luciferase plasmid reporter DNAs produced inhibition of basal and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced AP-1 and NFκB activity but had no effect on p53-dependent transcriptional activity. In an in vitro invasion assay, stable expression of TAM67 in 308 cells blocked TPA- induced Matrigel invasion. This suggests that blocking TPA-induced AP-1- or NFκB-regulated gene expression by TAM67 inhibits TPA-induced progression. Recombinant tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 reduced TPA-induced in vitro invasion, thus implicating metalloproteinases at least in part in the transcription factor-dependent process. Analysis of mRNA levels for members of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family, however, revealed that the expression of any single MMP family member did not correlate with regulation of AP-1 or NFκB activity. However, the combination of substantial levels of mRNA for stromelysin-1, stromelysin-2, collagenase, membrane type 1 MMP, and gelatinase A occurred only in TPA-treated cells in the absence of TAM67. These results suggest that the action of the dominant negative jun mutant on AP-1 and NFκB gene regulation results in complex alterations in the levels of downstream effector genes, such as the metalloproteinases, that effect TPA-induced cellular invasion.
KW - 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate
KW - Activator protein-1
KW - Metalloproteinases
KW - Neoplastic progression
U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199707)19:3<204::AID-MC8>3.0.CO;2-D
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199707)19:3<204::AID-MC8>3.0.CO;2-D
JO - Molecular Carcinogenesis
JF - Molecular Carcinogenesis


architectural designer at Studio Four Design, a top architecture and design firm based in Knoxville, Tennessee, has passed her Architectural Registration Exam (ARE) and completed the requirements for becoming a licensed architect in the state of Tennessee.
According to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), the ARE "concentrates on those services that most affect the public health, safety, and welfare." Passing this exam is the last step in completing the licensure process in Tennessee.
Frederick is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, with a bachelor's of architecture and a Master of Fine Arts in graphic design. She has been with Studio Four Design since 2014.
Published on January 24, 2017 by Ripley PR.
Is your Architect listening to you?
For the design team at Knoxville-based Studio Four Design, we live by a simple mantra: Design Matters. Whether we are designing an intimate worship facility, an innovative retail space or the home of a client's dreams, our architects and interior designers work closely with our clients to help deliver a solution that will inspire and enthrall them for years to come.
Delivering architectural designs that meet client expectations can be a lengthy and involved process at times. The needs and requirements of a client can occasionally be in juxtaposition with architectural requirements due to varying complications, including site selection, local zoning requirements, budgets and a host of other factors. Our architects and interior designers work closely with our clients to help them understand the parameters of what can be created within these constraints to find a common ground to create what the client is looking for.
Ask good questions. If your architect listens to your vision and doesn't offer questions or asks for clarification of your points, the likely conclusion is that they are not truly listening to what you have to say about your project. A good architect has done their homework in advance of your initial consultation and knows the right questions to ask about the problem you need to solve. They will dive in and probe for deeper understanding of what you are hoping to accomplish.
Be focused and engaged. A good architect will be engaged in conversations and focused on the ideas and concepts that you are presenting. If your architect is distracted by other tasks at hand or is automatically making too many references to similar projects that they can adapt for your solution, the likelihood of you getting something original is low and being unhappy with the design is high.
Document and summarize discussions: As you are explaining your hopes and desires for the project that you are hoping to create with an architect, the lack of note-taking may be a sign that your architect is not fully engaged with your project. An architect that is taking notes, interjecting questions for clarification at the appropriate time and who summarizes your discussion at the end and then follows that up in writing is more likely to understand the goals for your project.
Clarify, not assume: In the same way that a good architect will be taking notes to understand your salient points in regards to your design ideas, a good architect will ask for clarification instead of making an assumption on what hoping to accomplish. Time and money can be wasted in the design process if your architect assumes that your design will need to incorporate some elements that may need to be eliminated or revised due to a lack of understanding.
Present alternatives: Sometimes, there are things a client requests that are not always achievable or practical for a variety of reasons. An architect that is listening to you and engaging in the process will offer creative alternative solutions for consideration that can be a remedy to a potential issue that may not have occurred to you. Or after evaluating and considering everything they have heard from you they may simply pose another way of creatively solving the problem that you may not have considered. An architect that is not listening to you may gloss over these potential problems or present only one option incorporating more of their own ideas, instead of presenting a solution to you that offers the best potential for a win-win.
There are many designers who take the position that their ideas are what's best for the situation regardless of how well they respond to what the client has requested. For the designers at Knoxville-based Studio Four Design, our ideology of "Design Matters" means that we focus obsessively on meeting the needs of our clients through design inspiration, hard work and a sense of collaboration between our teams and our clients to create memorable solutions from complex problems. If you are interested in learning how you can leverage the knowledge and expertise of our architects to create a worship facility, retail center, office environment or a home design that you have dreamed of, contact Studio Four Design today.
Published on January 10, 2017 by Ripley PR.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 5, 2017 – Katie Moran, architect and project manager for top architecture and design firm Studio Four Design, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, was named to the 2016 class of the Greater Knoxville Business Journal's 40 Under 40.
Moving from intern architect to project manager at Studio Four Design in just a few short years, Moran has managed several multi-million dollar projects including an addition to Foothills Church, site master plans for Karns Church of Christ, a student ministry building for Grace Baptist Church and the renovation of a former car dealership into a worship space for Memorial Baptist Church.
As a part of a partnership with Mission of Hope International, Moran also traveled to Haiti this past summer to build a soccer field, basketball court and café in an area damaged during a 2010 earthquake. Moran is also secretary of the American Institute of Architects' East Tennessee Education Commission, and encourages girls to consider architecture careers, mentors architects who are studying for their licensing exams, and shares her expertise with the community.
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Public bicycle service now available in HCMC
By Hong Ngan
Bicycles of the public bicycle service are parked along Le Loi Boulevard, District 1, HCMC – PHOTO: LDO
HCMC – The HCMC Transport Department and Tri Nam Group JSC jointly launched a pilot public bicycle project in downtown HCMC this morning, December 16.
The public bicycle service is being offered at 43 stations with 500 bicycles parked on the sidewalks in District 1 for 12 months. Tri Nam Group JSC, the project's investor, will use its budget to invest in and operate the pilot project, reported the local media.
The stations were set up near bus stops and parks to serve the locals' demand for short-distance travel.
To use the service, people need to download the TNGO app on the App Store or Google Play, register for an account using their mobile phone number and add money to the account via MoMo, Zalo Pay, or VTC Pay. They then need to scan a QR code attached to the bicycle to unlock the vehicle and start the ride.
During the pilot period, the prices are VND5,000 per 30 minutes. They can use the service for free for the first 15 minutes.
The launch of the public bicycle service operated by a private unit is expected to help local people and tourists have more travel options.
The project is also aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of bus services and other public means in the future, cutting down on the demand for private vehicles and reducing environmental pollution.
After one year of piloting the service, the city will consider expanding the service to other districts and urban areas, increasing the number of bicycles and setting up bicycle-only lanes to ensure safety, said Tran Quang Lam, director of the HCMC Transport Department.
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Aamir Mehmood Kiani on Monday said the government was striving to improve the standard of medical education to have quality doctors in the country.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles has teamed up with digital health startup Pragma Inc. to launch what may be the first accredited continuing medical education course taught in virtual reality.
Addressing concerns from health professors less familiar with digital resources, Jennifer Meka, PhD, of the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, developed a framework for incorporating online content into medical education.
Richard Schwartzstein reflects on the benefits of being able to pull on his broad and comprehensive training in medical school and questions whether the move towards specialist training earlier is a good thing.
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A UK comic with a building reputation and a collapsing Edinburgh Fringe show
Martin Soan – stimulated by home decorating
"I don't mind admitting what I find stimulating," said Martin Soan over breakfast this morning.
Pull The Other One comedy club runner Martin Soan is decorating my hall, stairs and landing this week.
It might seem odd having a man decorate your house who is best known for creating a naked balloon dance.
But Martin has more than a bit of previous, as prop-maker to comedy performers (of which I am not one).
"There was that Edinburgh Fringe show in 1995 where you created a kitchen for Boothby Graffoe," I said.
"Did you ever see it?" Martin asked.
"No, I missed it," I said. "But just getting the set in and out of the room must have been a nightmare."
"For the first 20 minutes," Martin explained, "Boothby did stand-up in front of a curtain while we erected the set behind the curtain. But, after the third day, I'd ironed-out all the problems and we could erect it in about 8 minutes. There was a table, oven, sink, bookcases, walls, doors and lots of little sight gags round the place."
"And it was nominated for the Perrier Award," I said, "but legend has it Boothby didn't get the award because he wouldn't be photographed drinking from a Perrier bottle."
A Perrier bottle without any Boothby Graffoe
"He didn't like playing up for the cameras" admitted Martin. "I was perfectly ready to prostitute myself. But, to be honest, we weren't going to win, because it was about time a woman won it."
"That was Jenny Eclair's year?" I asked.
"Yeah," said Martin.
"Well, at least it was a chum of yours," I said.
"And good luck to her," said Martin, "But Boothby didn't behave for the Perrier publicity and Avalon (Boothby Graffoe's agent at the time) didn't want to put the show on tour because they couldn't see any profit in it. Insane.
"Such a pity, because there were some brilliant gags in it. The concept was there were sight gags all round the kitchen and, five minutes before the end of the show, Boothby said: I've gotta just put some washing in the washing machine. Then he said Look after it and left the stage.
"Then there was just an empty kitchen with the washing machine in the middle going Brrrrrrr…. There was a great big pause and silence, then giggles from the audience. Then it goes into spin mode and I'd taken some of the ballast out of the washing machine so it really started shaking and that started vibrating the whole of the set and gradually, bit by bit, everything started falling down.
"The oven walked out and exploded – I had a stick and the top would come down and I'd weighted the top so, when it hit the back of the thing, it lifted everything up in the air….
"The Welsh Dresser's shelves fell down alternately, either side, and the plates would run down like some sort of pinball machine…
"There was just lots and lots of stuff. We had great big lumps of cornice at the top which were knocked off and the wall was strips of lino so it looked like a solid wall but, of course, when the set fell apart, it used to curl up and fall to the floor…
"The table legs used to jump up in the air and the table would collapse.
"The door was fantastic – a floating door – so there were sight gags with that, where you would open the door one way, close it, then open it the other way and it used to spin on its axis.
"Boothby did this sketch about No 10 Downing Street. The door would spin round. It was black and had No 10 on it. He put on a policeman's outfit and pretended to be the copper outside No 10, looking around. Then he'd open up the letterbox and shout in You wanker! Then the door would open and I'd stand there bollock naked wearing a John Major face mask.
"There were three of us putting up the set every day, then packing it away and putting it into a Portakabin. There was me and Suzie the stagehand and a guy called Adam. It was a massive show which packed down into almost a zen thing."
"How long did it take to design and build the set?" I asked.
"About 9 months to make it," replied Martin.
"And at Edinburgh?" I asked.
In the absence of photographs of a collapsing kitchen at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1995, Martin Soan in my hallway today…
"I used to get there around five hours before the show," explained Martin, "and I'd be fixing stuff because things got damaged every day. About 2 hours before the show, I'd start arranging the gear in a specific order for a massive get-in real quick when the show started."
"And this was outside?" I asked.
"We had the Portakabin," explained Martin, "and I stuck up tarpaulins outside in case it started raining."
"You got full houses at the Edinburgh Fringe, didn't you?" I asked.
"The first day, people were really, really worried we could pull it off," said Martin. "Then there were respectable-sized audiences the first three days and the show was sold out from Day 4 for the rest of the run."
"So you and Boothby made lots of money out of it?" I asked.
"There were £33,000 of tickets sold, "said Martin, "and we got a £400 cheque nine months later, after loads and loads of hassling."
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Hurt Named Lee School Of Religion Alum Of The Year
Monday, November 11, 2019 - by Kendyl Wadley, Lee University
Dr. Ray Hurt, left, this year's School of Religion Department Alumnus of the Year, receiving his award from Dr. Terry Cross, dean of Lee's School of Religion
Dr. Ray Hurt, 1970 graduate of Lee University, was named the School of Religion Alumnus of the Year during the university's Homecoming celebrations. He received the award at a special department breakfast.
"Dr. Hurt demonstrates evangelistic fervor combined with a pastor's heart," said Dr. Jerald Daffe, professor of pastoral studies at Lee. "His ministry is characterized by a wonderful combination of practical ministry while discipling people through his educational endeavors. He has the ability to reach and minister to the broadest expanse of social levels with the intense desire for all to come to Christ."
Dr. Hurt earned a bachelor degree in both music education and Bible while at Lee. He then earned his Master of Divinity with a counseling emphasis from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee, and a Doctor of Ministry at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.
"Dr. Hurt's 27 years at the Princeton Church of God, West Virginia, has seen the church grow from about 150 members to over 2700," said Dr. Terry Cross, dean of Lee's School of Religion. "This is the type of visionary leadership in a local church that the School of Religion wants to replicate in our own students. Dr. Hurt has established extensive evangelism and benevolence work in the community, giving the local church a firm basis on which to do ministry for the Kingdom of God."
Dr. Hurt has over 45 years of pastoral experience in Georgia, Kentucky, North Dakota, and West Virginia. He has conducted marriage seminars in various states, as well. He was a former elementary and secondary teacher in West Virginia and adjunct professor at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary. In 1974, he served as state director of youth and Christian education in New York. Dr. Hurt continues to stay involved in several positions with the Church of God, including Calling in Ministry Director and member of the Ministerial Development Board in West Virginia.
He has published multiple essays and small group studies with topics ranging from premarital counseling to discipleship, along with studies on Daniel, Ephesians, Hebrews, and Revelations, among others.
Dr. Hurt has been married to his wife, Carolyn, for 49 years, and they have three children, Jonathan, James, and Amanda, all of whom are involved in ministry today.
Hamilton Flourishing Hosts Free Viewing Of "Miss Virginia" On Jan. 29
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This new house located in a quiet street of Bundalong boasts all the amenities and features you are looking for to enjoy a family and group holiday on the beautiful Murray River.
Within walking distance of the river and local boat ramp, this property is ideally suited for enjoying all this area has to offer; the river, boating, fishing, and waterskiing activities.
The local general store, Watt's in Bundalong cafe and the Bundalong tavern are within a short walk.
A 15min drive into Yarrawonga is the main local township with all your shopping needs. Heading 30km east towards Wodonga is the beautiful town of Rutherglen with a huge selection of regional wineries and restaurants. The Queen's birthday weekend in June is the highly popular Winery Walkabout for this region.
A 5 bedroom home with a large outdoor room adjacent to a resort style swimming pool, outdoor lounges and BBQ area. 3 phase fully ducted heating and cooling zoned for upstairs and downstairs.
Sleeping up to 16 people. All bedrooms have walk in robes and are designed for couples, those with young children to sleep in with parents, and an older children's bunk style room. The master bedroom with a double sized ensuite and huge walk in robe, has a king sized bed and balcony with river views. All bedding is supplied doonas, pillows and blankets. BYO LINEN.
All living areas are located downstairs - lounge and rumpus room with Smart TVs compliment a large open plan living area adjacent to a fully equipped kitchen, central island caesar stone bench and breakfast bar. The dining room has seating for 10 and compliments this open plan design further whilst overlooking the outdoor room and pool.
There is a downstairs powder room, sitting room, and full laundry.
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The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Thief─another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that explores the limits of human depravity─and the powerful human instinct to resist evil.
A nationally recognized author and codependency expert examines the roots of shame and its connection with codependent relationships. Learn how to heal from their destructive hold by implementing eight steps that will empower the real you, and lead to healthier relationships.
Shame: the torment you feel when you're exposed, humiliated, or rejected; the feeling of not being good enough. It's a deeply painful and universal emotion, yet is not frequently discussed. For some, shame lurks in the unconscious, undermining self-esteem, destroying confidence, and leading to codependency. These codependent relationships—where we overlook our own needs and desires as we try to care for, protect, or please another—often cover up abuse, addiction, or other harmful behaviors. Shame and codependency feed off one another, making us feel stuck, never able to let go, move on, and become the true self we were meant to be.
In Conquering Shame and Codependency, Darlene Lancer sheds new light on shame: how codependents' feelings and beliefs about shame affect their identity, their behavior, and how shame can corrode relationships, destroying trust and love. She then provides eight steps to heal from shame, learn to love yourself, and develop healthy relationships.
This review is part of Darlene Lancer's book tour with TLC Book Tours. Find out more about the tour and all the stops here.


Double sessions giving you the opportunity to try out and experiment with different materials and techniques guided and encouraged by artist Damian Callan.
All materials supplied. Limited places.
A full accessibility guide is available at www.accessibilityguides.org.
We provide a sensory map of the building to help visitors identify areas with changes in light, smells and noise. It locates seating areas and less crowded, quieter spaces. Printed copies are available from the front desk at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Located in the city centre on Queen Street, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is easy to access.
Bus numbers 10, 11, 12, 16, 26 and 44 all go past the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Alternatively, take any Princes Street or city centre bus, to the East end of Princes Street, opposite Waverley steps and walk through St Andrew Square, turning left onto Queen Street.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is a few minutes' walk from Waverley Station. Take the Princes Street exit, cross the road and walk the short distance through St Andrew Square, turning left onto Queen Street.
Follow routes for city centre and city centre attractions. There is no car park at the Gallery, and very limited on-street parking near the venue. We recommend that you park your car in one of the many city centre car parks instead.
The Portrait Gallery is located in the city centre near St Andrews Square. It is a 10 minute walk from the Scottish National Gallery and a 15 minute walk from the Royal Mile.


By the first week of March FSCS will have sent all Icesave ISA customers their Reinstatement Certificates. The certificates allow customers with Icesave ISA's to keep the tax-free status of the money and reinvest it with another provider, as long as it is done by 5 April 2009.
The majority of customers will have already received a certificate, but over the next week FSCS will be sending any remaining ISA certificates out. This includes a small minority of people who needed their certificates re-sent.
Anyone who has not received a Reinstatement Certificate by 5 March 2009 should call our helpline on 020 7892 7300. Alternatively if you have an enquiry regarding your certificate you can email enquiries@fscs.org.uk.
Please note that FSCS will be unable to re-issue reinstatement certificates after the first week of March 2009.


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Maryland Film Festival Announces Complete 2015 Lineup, Including Opening Night Shorts and Closing Night Film THE WOLFPACK
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Maryland Film Festival (May 6-10 in downtown Baltimore) proudly announces our complete 2015 lineup today, unveiling our Closing Night film, the titles for our annual Opening Night Shorts Program, and a few late-breaking features. Our Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday schedule grids are also now live and available for download on our website.
Maryland Film Festival's Closing Night film will be Crystal Moselle's The Wolfpack, the mind-blowing buzz documentary that took home the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. MFF also announced 5 additional emerging features for its lineup, including new work from Joe Swanberg, Rick Alverson, and Andrew Bujalski; and two repertory screenings guest-curated by key figures in Baltimore's cultural scene: musician Abdu Ali introducing Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, and Wham City's Alan Resnick and Dina Kelberman introducing Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls.
Maryland Film Festival first devoted our Opening Night to celebrating shorts filmmakers in 2002, and we have done so each year since 2004. Opening Night will take place in the Maryland Institute College of Art's Falvey Hall the evening ofWednesday, May 6th. Each Opening Night short will be hosted by its filmmaker.
MFF 2015's Opening Night shorts are:
BAD BOY OF BOWLING (Bryan Storkel) From the co-director of Fight Church, a high-octane portrait of a bowling star with a plus-sized personality.
CHARLOTTE (Angel Kristi Williams) A coming-of-age story from the director of MFF 2012's The Christmas Tree, a Baltimore native.
MELVILLE (James M. Johnston) A rapper struggling with personal pain finds release in music. Directed by the producer of Ain't Them Bodies Saints.
PINK GRAPEFRUIT (Michael Mohan) A couple sets up two friends for a romantic weekend. Winner of the narrative shorts jury award at SXSW.
SHARE (Pippa Bianco) A young woman returns to high school after being shamed by an explicit video. Winner of a special jury prize at SXSW.
Feature films announced for MFF 2015 today:
Best of Enemies (Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville) In 1968, a ratings-starved ABC coordinated a series of debates between conservative journalist William F. Buckley, Jr. and liberal novelist and thinker Gore Vidal. The network garnered huge audiences—and perhaps a bit more than they bargained for, as high-level political discourse collided with name-calling and meltdowns. This Sundance-premiered documentary comes courtesy of Twenty Feet From Stardom director Morgan Neville, and author/filmmaker Robert Gordon (of MFF 2012's Very Extremely Dangerous).
Digging For Fire (Joe Swanberg) When young parents Tim (Jake Johnson) and Lee (Rosemarie DeWitt) agree to house-sit for a wealthy acquaintance, Tim finds something suspicious on the grounds—and an initial spark of intrigue becomes a consuming obsession. Joe Swanberg continues to take his unique working methods to the next level, with an amazing cast that includes Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Jane Adams, Sam Elliott, and Mike Birbiglia, all working together to deliver an infectious mix of comedy, drama, romance, and thrills.
Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) Spike Lee's modern classic, detailing racial tensions and police brutality on the hottest day of summer in Bedford-Stuyvesant, has never been more crucial and relevant. With the sounds of Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" blasting from boomboxes, this seminal film boasts cinematography from Ernest Dickerson, and an Academy Award-nominated screenplay (not to mention an iconic performance) from Lee; his phenomenal ensemble cast includes Ossie Davis, Danny Aiello, Ruby Dee, Rosie Perez, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson. Selected and guest-hosted by musician, DJ, and curator Abdu Ali.
Entertainment (Rick Alverson) Gregg Turkington, perhaps best known for his persona Neil Hamburger, stars as The Comedian, a beleaguered, Hamburger-ian performer who endlessly tours Grade-Z clubs and non-venues across America, shocking and dismaying audiences with his lewd and convoluted punchlines. At turns bleak, poignant, disturbing, and darkly hilarious, this fascinating and beautifully composed provocation from the director of The Comedy also features Amy Seimetz, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Lotte Verbeek, and Michael Cera.
People, Places, Things (Jim Strouse) In this thoughtful and hilarious rom-com, Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords and What We Do in the Shadows stars as a graphic novelist whose comfortable life is shaken after walking in on his wife with another man. Downgraded to a tiny apartment and weekends-only status with his twin daughters, a bright spot appears when a student in a college art course he teaches challenges him to be more social and adventurous.
Results (Andrew Bujalski) High-octane personal trainer Kat (Cobie Smulders) works for her friend, fitness guru and entrepreneur Trevor (Guy Pearce)—both of whom have their lives turned upside-down when nouveau-riche couch potato Danny (Kevin Corrigan) arrives at their gym. The director of MFF 2013's Computer Chess follows up that highly experimental work with something different: a romantic comedy with a stellar cast and a massive heart.
Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995) Intentional camp? Brilliant social commentary? A noble failure? Irredeemable trash? Books have been written exploring what Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Starship Troopers, The Fourth Man) was going for with this follow-up to mega-hit Basic Instinct. Starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Gina Gershon, this seedy, Vegas-set film was derided upon its release but has lived on as a midnight movie and cult favorite. Selected and guest-hosted by Alan Resnick and Dina Kelberman of Wham City.
The Wolfpack (Crystal Moselle) CLOSING NIGHT This extraordinary documentary brings us into the lives of the Angulo brothers, who grew up homeschooled and in extreme isolation from the outside world in a Lower East Side apartment. Home video became their only window into the outside world, and they took to recreating their favorite scenes and styling themselves after films such as Reservoir Dogs. But when one of the brothers escapes the confines of their apartment, all of their lives are forever changed. A sensation at Sundance, where it won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize, this is a documentary that delivers on the buzz, built on amazing access to a truly incredible story and unforgettable characters.
Previously Announced Feature Films for Maryland Film Festival 2015:
6 YEARS (Hannah Fidell)
BEATS OF THE ANTONOV (Hajooj Kuka)
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (Stanley Nelson)
BREAKING A MONSTER (Luke Meyer)
CALL ME LUCKY (Bobcat Goldthwait)
CHRISTMAS, AGAIN (Charles Poekel)
CROCODILE GENNADIY (Steve Hoover)
DEEP WEB (Alex Winter)
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (Douglas Tirola)
FIELD NIGGAS (Khalik Allah)
FOR THE PLASMA (Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan)
FRAME BY FRAME (Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli)
FUNNY BUNNY (Alison Bagnall)
A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE (Sophie Deraspe)
GIRLHOOD (Céline Sciamma)
GOD BLESS THE CHILD (Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck)
HENRY GAMBLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY (Stephen Cone) World premiere.
IN THE BASEMENT (Ulrich Seidl)
JAUJA (Lisandro Alonso)
KILLER JOE (William Friedkin, 2011) Hosted by John Waters.
LIMBO (Anna Sofie Hartmann) Hosted by Matthew Porterfield.
PROPHET'S PREY (Amy Berg)
THE REAPER (Zvonimir Juric)
REBELS OF THE NEON GOD (Tsai Ming-liang, 1992)
SAILING A SINKING SEA (Olivia Wyatt)
SON OF THE SHEIK (George Fitzmaurice, 1926) With a live original score by Alloy Orchestra.
STINKING HEAVEN (Nathan Silver)
TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL (Jeffrey Schwarz)
TIRED MOONLIGHT (Britni West)
TWO SHOTS FIRED (Martin Rejtman)
UNCLE KENT 2 (Todd Rohal)
UNEXPECTED (Kris Swanberg)
VENICE (Kiki Álvarez)
WELCOME TO LEITH (Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker)
WESTERN (Bill and Turner Ross)
A WONDERFUL CLOUD (Eugene Kotlyarenko)
MFF Unveils Next 10 Titles of 2015 Lineup!
Published April 16, 2015	2015 Lineup Closed
Tags: 2015 Maryland Film Festival, Alex Winter, Amy Berg, Beats of the Antonov, Bill Ross, Bobcat Goldthwait, CALL ME LUCKY, Charles Poekel, Christmas Again, Deep Web, God Bless the Child, Hajooj Kuka, Martin Rejtman, Prophet's Prey, Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Sophie Deraspe, Stephen Cone, The Amina Profile, Todd Rohal, Turner Ross, Two Shots Fired, Uncle Kent 2, Western
Maryland Film Festival continues to unveil the lineup for its 17th annual festival today, which will take place May 6-10, 2015 in downtown Baltimore and include approximately 50 feature films and 12 short-film programs from around the world.
Today's announcement includes the area premieres of 10 more highly anticipated narrative, documentary, and international features, including Charles Poekel's rich and emotionally resonant character study Christmas, Again; Todd Rohal's outrageous and explosive psychotronic comedy Uncle Kent 2; and fascinating new documentary work from Bobcat Goldthwait, Amy Berg, and Alex Winter. These new titles join 10 features revealed last week, including the world premiere of Stephen Cone's vibrant coming-of-age drama Henry Gamble's Birthday Party, bringing the total of MFF 2015 titles announced so far to twenty.
Lineup announcements will continue next week. Today's titles announced for MFF 2015 are:
THE AMINA PROFILE (Sophie Deraspe) Two women, Sandra in Montreal and Amina in Syria, meet online, and begin a flirtatious relationship that quickly turns serious. When Amina begins to blog as "A Gay Girl in Damascus," she garners international attention as an outspoken representative of a marginalized community. Then Sandra hears that Amina has been kidnapped—and, in this fascinating documentary fueled by mystery, politics, and sexuality, she must examine how much about Amina she truly knows.
BEATS OF THE ANTONOV (Hajooj Kuka) War reporter and documentary filmmaker Hajooj Kuka takes viewers into the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions of South Sudan, where we meet displaced South Sudanese who live under the constant threat of bombardment from the Sudanese military via Antonov cargo planes. But defying familiar victim narratives, Kuka's camera finds resilient people that summon strength and positivity from music, laughter, and a determination to maintain their culture against any odds.
CALL ME LUCKY (Bobcat Goldthwait) Since the 1980s, Barry Crimmins has established himself as a comedian's comedian, armed with a rapid-fire technique and a scathing political perspective aimed at shocking American audiences out of their complacency—even as he never quite gets the respect he deserves. Peers like Margaret Cho and Marc Maron join documentarian Bobcat Goldthwait in paying tribute to Crimmins' many contributions to the comedy community and political activism over the decades.
CHRISTMAS, AGAIN (Charles Poekel) Noel (Kentucker Audley) sells Christmas trees off a lot in New York, living a quiet and solitary life in the camper that anchors the site. As Christmas nears, a mysterious woman lands in Noel's life, and tries to find a way into the closed-off, emotionally blocked world he's constructed. Beautiful Super 16mm cinematography and unforgettable performances from Audley and Hannah Gross yield a moving character study of quiet, gentle humanism.
DEEP WEB (Alex Winter) With Downloaded (MFF 2013), Alex Winter established himself as an expert at illuminating complex issues at the intersection of the internet and legality—and giving audiences intimate access to the personalities at the center of his story. Deep Web excitingly confirms that status, turning its lens on the online black market Silk Road, and digging deep into the still-unfolding story of Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of being the site's creator and moderator, "Dread Pirate Roberts."
GOD BLESS THE CHILD (Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck) Four brothers spend a day on their own in Davis, California, with their thirteen year-old sister forced to look after them as best she can in the absence of their troubled and unreliable mother. This visually stunning experimental drama, which premiered at SXSW, turns an unflinching eye on the behavior of children in the absence of adults, with results at turns hilarious, awkward, poignant, and unnerving.
PROPHET'S PREY (Amy Berg) The director of Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis takes us deep into another explosive story, that of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Exploring allegations of sexual abuse, family expulsions, forced marriages, and other horrors, this Sundance-premiered documentary paints an unforgettable portrait of conformity, fear, and oppression.
TWO SHOTS FIRED (Martin Rejtman) Veteran Argentine filmmaker Martin Rejtman brings his unique deadpan sensibility to the story of a sixteen-year-old who finds a gun in his house. He shoots himself out of boredom—but, after a near-miss with death, finds that the major change in his life is an annoying whistle in his chest, sabotaging the music he makes with an amateur recorder quartet. A disloyal dog, a strange vacation, and a bizarre cast of characters add up to a quietly anarchic comedy that channels Aki Kaurismäki and Roy Andersson's A Swedish Love Story as it refuses to play by conventional narrative rules.
UNCLE KENT 2 (Todd Rohal) Kent Osborne, the mild-mannered animator whose mundane daily routines and love life fueled Joe Swanberg's Uncle Kent, is desperate to make a sequel—an idea that excites precisely no one else. But when Swanberg gives Osborne his blessing to take the idea elsewhere, things takes a decidedly warped turn, as MFF favorite Todd Rohal takes over at the helm, steering the film deep into the realm of psychotronic dark comedy.
WESTERN (Bill and Turner Ross) In the neighboring towns of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Mexico, a rugged cattleman and a populist mayor navigate changing times as the specters of cartel violence and xenophobia threaten harmonious cultural and economic exchanges between the U.S. and Mexico. Marked by muggy days and thunderous nights, this evocative and immersive documentary from the directors of 45365 and Tchoupitoulas delivers a thrilling mix of fascinating characters, riveting narrative, and extraordinary sensory detail.
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US: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a major US environmental group, built the Renewable Energy and Defense (READ) Geospatial Database with cooperation from the Department of Defense (DOD), using publicly available information. The group aims to make it a useful tool for renewable energy developers to carry out "digital prospecting" of potential sites.
"As the US increases its share of renewable electricity, developers increasingly need to understand how the Department of Defense's assets and activities affect potential sites," said NRDC clean energy counsel Kit Kennedy.
Frank DiGiovanni, Director of training readiness and strategy in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, said the military is generally concerned about wind turbines conflicting with flight paths and other aviation training areas and practices, technological interference with radar and telecommunications systems, and safety and security issues that may arise if renewable energy projects are too close to dangerous or classified training operations. "This tool really will allow us to show developers as they go through their planning processes where the potential conflicts might be," he added.
David Belote heads the DOD's sitting clearinghouse, which reviews projects for conflicts with military installations and activities. He said that the READ Database will facilitate quicker communication between developers and the clearinghouse.
"It promises to allow developers to do their own fatal flaw analyses before we ever get to a point where I have to engage in an official DOD early consultation," he explained. "I believe that developers will be able to save themselves lots of money [and] time."
Kennedy positions the DOD's participation in the effort in the broader context of the US military's clean energy leadership. "Because the Department of Defense is both the nation's largest energy consumer and one of its largest land holders, the department has a tremendous ability to shape both clean energy and land use policy here in the United States," Kennedy observed.
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Ratapoil est un personnage fictif créé par Honoré Daumier en .

Demi-solde armé d'une canne plombée, membre de la Société du Dix-Décembre et partisan fanatique du « prince-président » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, le colonel Ratapoil incarne l'agent provocateur interlope, propagandiste brutal et ridicule du césarisme bonapartiste sous la Deuxième République.

Originellement une sculpture de Daumier, Ratapoil est le sujet de plusieurs gravures anti-bonapartistes dessinées majoritairement par le célèbre caricaturiste et publiées dans le journal satirique Le Charivari entre  et , jusqu'à la veille du coup d'État du 2 décembre 1851.

Histoire

En , Honoré Daumier sculpte une statuette en terre cuite qui, à en croire son biographe Arsène Alexandre, lui vaut les félicitations (apocryphes ?) de Jules Michelet lors d'une visite à son atelier : . Le modèle aurait été trouvé parmi les militants de la Société du Dix-Décembre, un mouvement constitué en 1848 sous la forme d'une société de secours mutuels, car les clubs politiques étaient illégaux. Le nom choisi évoque le jour de l'élection à la Présidence de la République de Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. C'est un rassemblement d'anciens militaires de l'armée impériale, de petits commerçants et d'ouvriers ou de chômeurs mais on y trouve aussi des généraux ou colonels en retraite, des fils de personnalité du Premier Empire. Son président est le général Jean-Pierre Piat. Le mouvement appuie l'action électorale des candidats bonapartistes. Ces militants appliquent des méthodes musclées et pourchassent les républicains qui manifestent, ils acclament le Prince-Président lors de ses déplacements.

Le nom de « Ratapoil » est mentionné pour la première fois dans un texte du journal satirique Le Charivari du  : « Proclamation du Colonel Ratapoil, chef de la Société du Dix-Décembre. »

La première représentation graphique du personnage apparaît dans une lithographie de la série des Actualités, imprimée dans Le Charivari du . Ratapoil est croqué comme un demi-solde efflanqué, à l'image des agents électoraux, qui, à la veille du rétablissement de l'Empire, s'étaient répandus dans la population pour favoriser les idées bonapartistes.

Surtout lié à l'œuvre graphique et sculptée de Daumier mais également dessiné par Cham et Charles Vernier, Ratapoil figure dans une vingtaine de lithographies de la série Actualités, publiées dans Le Charivari entre  et . Dans ces œuvres, à l'instar des illustrations de Charles Vernier, Daumier accentue souvent la ressemblance avec Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. Si les traits du personnage ne caricaturent pas directement ceux du futur , la moustache à l'impériale demeure l'emblème immédiatement reconnaissable de l'ennemi. Ancien soldat de  et partisan à poigne de Louis-Napoléon, le colonel Ratapoil personnifie à lui seul, en un certain type , les acolytes du « prince-président », tels Persigny, Rouher, Fleury et Saint-Arnaud.

Républicain convaincu, Honoré Daumier milita jusqu'au dernier moment au sein du journal Le Charivari pour sauver la Deuxième République.

Dès 1875, le substantif masculin « Ratapoil » apparaît dans le Grand Dictionnaire universel du , qui donne la définition suivante :

Sculpture d'Honoré Daumier

Le modelage terriblement moderne tend déjà vers l'expressionnisme. La terre originale du Ratapoil, dont il n'existait qu'un état, fut moulée en plâtre par Geoffroy-Dechaume et probablement détruite lors de cette opération (vers 1850). Ce premier plâtre, dit original, est connu sous le nom « Plâtre Geoffroy-Dechaume » ; il est aujourd'hui conservé dans une collection particulière à Milan. Armand Dayot, à partir d'un autre plâtre lui appartenant , fut à l'initiative d'un premier tirage en bronze (vers 1890) par le fondeur Siot-Decauville en une vingtaine d'exemplaires (numérotation dans un petit cercle). Un deuxième tirage d'une vingtaine d'exemplaires (justification à 20) fut initiée par Henry Bing, à partir du même plâtre dont il était alors le propriétaire en 1929, chez le fondeur Eugène Rudier (marque "Alexis Rudier". La  Fonderie Valsuani tira  à son tour une quinzaine d'exemplaires avec un autre plâtre à partir des années 1959-1960.

  (sur le  premier plâtre, dit original Geoffroy Dechaume, débutée en 1891)
1891 : 8 ou 10 épreuves, signées « Daumier » numérotées et avec le cachet  de  Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris (n°1 à Oxford, Ashmoleum Museum ; n°2 au musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille; n°4 à Paris, musée d'Orsay  ; n°5 à Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle ; n°6 à Munich, Neue Pinacothek…). Après 1891, numérotation plus élevée (n°16 à Philadelphie, Philadelphia Museum of Art ; n°17 à Washington, National Gallery of Art ; n°19 à Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle ; n°20 à Copenhague, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek…).

  édition (sur le premier plâtre, dit original Geoffroy-Dechaume, débutée en 1929)

Tirage de Henry Bing, fontes par Eugène Rudier avec la marque Alexis Rudier. Édition annoncée à 20 épreuves signées h.Daumier sur la terrasse, marquées Alexis Rudier  Fondeur Paris  et numérotées de 0 à 20/20  (n°0 à Los Angeles, County Museum of Art LACMA ; n°7 à Hambourg, Hamburger Kunsthalle ; n°9 à Francfort, Städelsches Kunstinstitut ; n°13 à Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur).

De nombreux surtirages dans les années 1980-2000 par le contrefacteur Guy Hains, chez le fondeur Georges Rudier avec la marque Alexis Rudier.

 Tirage reproductif, sur le premier plâtre, sans contrat d'édition, débuté dans les années 1959-1960 après expiration de la période couverte par les droits d'auteur :
Fontes par la fonderie Valsuani. Tirage annoncé à 15 épreuves avec le cachet « Cire perdue C.Valsuani, Paris », numérotées de 1 à 12, et 3 épreuves d'essai marquées E1, E2 et E3 (de nombreux exemplaires avec cachet mais sans numérotation)

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie

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  Valérie Sueur-Hermel (dir.), Daumier : l'écriture du lithographe, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2008,  .
 Monographie Daumier, 1808-1879, Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1999.
 Jean-Claude Romand, Daumier sculpteur, Les bustes des Parlementaires, Paris, Galerie Sagot - Le Garrec, Les Presses Artistiques, 1979.
 Marcel Lecomte, Daumier sculpteur, Les figurines et autres sculptures, Paris, Les Presses artistiques, 1979.
 Maurice Gobin, Daumier sculpteur, Éditions Pierre Cailler, 1952.
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 Daumier, -, Paris, Grand Palais, 1999.
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Liens externes
 « Ratapoil » au musée d'Orsay.
 Robert Fohr, « Ratapoil » sur L'Histoire par l'image.

Sculpture conservée au musée d'Orsay

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        }

        NoRegistry registry(this);

        m_pISpoofLockFile = new NoFile;
        if (!m_pISpoofLockFile->TryExLock(registry.value("File"), O_RDWR | O_CREAT)) {
            delete m_pISpoofLockFile;
            m_pISpoofLockFile = nullptr;
            return false;
        }

        char buf[1024];
        memset((char*)buf, 0, 1024);
        m_pISpoofLockFile->Read(buf, 1024);
        m_sOrigISpoof = buf;

        if (!m_pISpoofLockFile->Seek(0) || !m_pISpoofLockFile->Truncate()) {
            delete m_pISpoofLockFile;
            m_pISpoofLockFile = nullptr;
            return false;
        }

        NoString data = expandString(registry.value("Format"));

        // If the format doesn't contain anything expandable, we'll
        // assume this is an "old"-style format string.
        if (data == registry.value("Format")) {
            data.replace("%", user()->ident());
        }

        NO_DEBUG("Writing [" + data + "] to ident spoof file [" + m_pISpoofLockFile->GetLongName() +
                 "] for user/network [" + user()->userName() + "/" + network()->name() + "]");

        m_pISpoofLockFile->Write(data + "\n");

        return true;
    }

    void ReleaseISpoof()
    {
        NO_DEBUG("Releasing ident spoof for user/network [" +
                 (m_pIRCSock ? m_pIRCSock->network()->user()->userName() + "/" + m_pIRCSock->network()->name() :
                               "<no user/network>") +
                 "]");

        SetIRCSock(nullptr);

        if (m_pISpoofLockFile != nullptr) {
            if (m_pISpoofLockFile->Seek(0) && m_pISpoofLockFile->Truncate()) {
                m_pISpoofLockFile->Write(m_sOrigISpoof);
            }

            delete m_pISpoofLockFile;
            m_pISpoofLockFile = nullptr;
        }
    }

    bool onLoad(const NoString& args, NoString& message) override
    {
        m_pISpoofLockFile = nullptr;
        m_pIRCSock = nullptr;

        NoRegistry registry(this);
        if (registry.value("Format").empty()) {
            registry.setValue("Format", "global { reply \"%ident%\" }");
        }

        if (registry.value("File").empty()) {
            registry.setValue("File", "~/.oidentd.conf");
        }

        return true;
    }

    Return onIrcConnecting(NoIrcSocket* socket) override
    {
        if (m_pISpoofLockFile != nullptr) {
            NO_DEBUG("Aborting connection, ident spoof lock file exists");
            putModule(
            "Aborting connection, another user or network is currently connecting and using the ident spoof file");
            return HaltCore;
        }

        if (!WriteISpoof()) {
            NoRegistry registry(this);
            NO_DEBUG("identfile [" + registry.value("File") + "] could not be written");
            putModule("[" + registry.value("File") + "] could not be written, retrying...");
            return HaltCore;
        }

        SetIRCSock(socket);
        return Continue;
    }

    void onIrcConnected() override
    {
        if (m_pIRCSock == network()->ircSocket()) {
            ReleaseISpoof();
        }
    }

    void onIrcConnectionError(NoIrcSocket* socket) override
    {
        if (m_pIRCSock == socket) {
            ReleaseISpoof();
        }
    }

    void onIrcDisconnected() override
    {
        if (m_pIRCSock == network()->ircSocket()) {
            ReleaseISpoof();
        }
    }
};

template <>
void no_moduleInfo<NoIdentFileModule>(NoModuleInfo& info)
{
    info.setWikiPage("identfile");
}

GLOBALMODULEDEFS(NoIdentFileModule, "Write the ident of a user to a file when they are trying to connect.")