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Viking Sky sets sail on maiden voyage
After dominating the Cruise Critic® 2017 Cruisers' Choice Awards earlier this month, Viking Ocean Cruises® (www.vikingoceancruises.com) today celebrated the maiden voyage of its third ship, Viking Sky®, from Rome's Civitavecchia port to Barcelona. Sister ship to the award-winning Viking Star® and Viking Sea®, Viking Sky will begin her maiden season sailing itineraries throughout the Western and Eastern Mediterranean before heading north into Viking territory to sail Scandinavian and Baltic itineraries in the summer. Viking Sky will cross the Atlantic this fall and will finish out the year sailing itineraries in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Aerial view of the Viking Sea docked in Dubrovnik, Croatia
"As we officially welcome our third ship to the fleet, it is a proud moment for the entire Viking family. We continue to see a positive response from our guests and the industry, which makes us confident in our future growth," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking Cruises. "We started in the cruise business 20 years ago, and our philosophy is still the same – we do not try to be everything to everyone. We are a destination-oriented small ship cruise line, and as we prepare to introduce a fourth ocean ship by the end of 2017, we look forward to introducing even more guests to The Viking Way of exploration."
Classified by Cruise Critic as a "small ship," the all-veranda, Viking Sky, like her sister ships, has a gross tonnage of 47,800 tons, boasts 465 cabins and accommodates 930 passengers. Viking's fourth ship, Viking Sun®, will be delivered in November and will spend her maiden season sailing the company's first-ever World Cruise. Viking Spirit® will join the fleet in 2018 and will sail itineraries in Australia, Asia and Alaska. A sixth, yet-to-be-named ship will be delivered in 2019; the arrival will mark Viking as the largest small ship ocean cruise line. The ocean ships are designed by experienced nautical architects and engineers, including the same interior design team responsible for the award-winning fleet of Viking Longships®.
Designed for discerning travelers, Viking offers guests "the thinking person's cruise" as an alternative to mainstream cruises. The Viking Difference is providing guests with extraordinarily well-designed cruises that bring them closer to the cultures of the world. Ships are small to get guests closer to their destination, with more time in port, more overnights and fewer days at sea. Onboard, guests find serene Scandinavian spaces, where every room is beautiful and functional, quiet and filled with light. All-veranda ships mean that guests experience every day with a new, expansive vista. With the most al fresco dining at sea, featuring regional cuisines and always-available American classics, Viking's guests can truly dine in their destination. A focus on cultural enrichment brings immersive experiences onshore and onboard. And only The Viking Way brings guests itineraries that feature Local Life, Working World and Privileged Access experiences.
While every cruise fare includes a guided excursion in each port, Viking's optional excursion program was designed to provide guests with enriching experiences that go beyond the iconic and the expected, for example:
The Hermitage Behind Closed Doors, St. Petersburg, Russia – Offered on the 15-day Viking Homelands itinerary, guests receive a Privileged Access view of the vaults of one of the world's greatest art collections at the magnificent Hermitage Museum.
Vistas, Vikings & The Village Woodturner, Torshavn, Faroe Islands – Available on the 15-day In the Wake of the Vikings itinerary, guests can gain insight into daily village life and the rich Viking heritage as they explore the village of Kvivik, site of a 10th-century Viking settlement.
A Taste of Provence, Toulon, France – Guests on the 17-day Catalonia to Greece itinerary can enjoy a private cooking lesson at a magnificent 19th-century house in the scenic Provençal countryside from Michelin-star rated Master Chef of France, Monsieur Bérard.
Nazareth & The Sea of Galilee, Haifa, Israel – Offered on the 15-day Cities of Antiquity & the Holy Land itinerary, guests can choose to visit some of the most important places in the life of Jesus on this fascinating excursion through Canaan, Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum and Tabgha.
King Crab Safari, Honningsvåg, Norway – Available on the 15-day Into the Midnight Sun itinerary, guests can set off in a deep-sea raft into the pristine waters of Sarnesfjorden to catch their own king crab in this thrilling excursion.
Evening Concert on the Island of Our Lady of the Rocks, Kotor, Montenegro – On the 10-day Empires of the Mediterranean itinerary, guests can embark on a boat for the island of Gospa od Škrpjela, or Our Lady of the Rocks, to enjoy an exclusive and intimate guitar recital by two eminent Montenegrin musicians, Darko Nikcevic and Srdjan Bultaovic.
In addition, Viking Inclusive Value provides a small ship experience at a big ship value—with every cruise fare including a veranda stateroom, shore excursions in each port of call, all onboard meals, and all port charges and government taxes. Guests also enjoy many complimentary amenities as part of their fare, including: beer and wine with lunch and dinner service; premium dining reservations; Wi-Fi; self-service laundry; access to the Thermal Suite in the LivNordic Spa; and 24-hour room service—an included value of more than $200 per person, per day for an average cruise.
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When How to Train your Dragon came out at the cinema, I totally fell in love with Toothless the dragon. So much so that I trawled the internet for a pattern to crochet him! And here is the pattern on etsy or ravelry. The pattern is by Cecilia Maczka.
I used Patons 100% Cotton DK in black which is mercerised therefore very easy to crochet with.
She also has a pattern for Zippleback with I have not yet tried!


How to Increase Your Home's Value in a Flash - Overhead Garage Doors by Doorways, Inc.
How does an extra 1-4% in value sound to you?
By replacing your garage door, this is possible, per a nationwide study by Stratamark Research. Many people think that the garage door is considered part of the background of a home, which couldn't be further from the truth.
Differentiating your home's front façade from the rest of the neighborhood can make all the difference in the world in a tough housing market, & it is guaranteed to give the Jones' something to talk about! 71% of homeowners surveyed believed that their door replacement increased their home's value. Nationwide real estate agents were shown "before" and "after" photos of houses upgraded with new, stylish garage doors. The list price of the home was increased as much as 4 percent. That means a $1800+ investment in a new garage door could raise the sale value of your home by as much as $6,000 if you're selling a $150,000 home! Typical installation time can run from 2-5 hours, professionally installed.
There are many factors taken into consideration as far as materials, sizes, styles, finishes, & if needed – wind or insulation ratings. A relatively small percentage of Americans use their garages to park their vehicles, so if you are using it as an extra bedroom, an insulated door may be the right fit. Due to a surge in innovation, there are many options available today that weren't 10 yrs ago. Prices start around $500, and can reach several thousand dollars.
We do not recommend that you install the door yourself, as it may not be installed within code compliance, may be unsafe, or void the manufacturer's warranty. No worries! That's what your local professionals are for. Feel free to come and see some of our literature and material samples, or call to schedule an estimate.
With its rugged reliability and exceptional all-around performance, the 8365 1/2 HP AC Chain Drive Garage Door Opener is the perfect choice if you want enhanced style, reliability, and the performance attributes of our best-selling drive system ever. It includes 2 remote controls and a keyless entry along with the standard inside wall control and safety sensors.
No one likes coming home to a dark house. With 2 FREE Remote Light Controls and your new LiftMaster Garage Door Opener, you'll be able to control home lighting right from your smartphone — now there's always a light on when you arrive home. Plus, if you purchase Garage Door Opener Models 8550W, 8587W, 8557W, 8360W, and 8355W by 2/28/17, we'll sweeten the offer even more with a FREE Garage Door and Gate Monitor. It alerts you when you left your garage door or gate open and lets you close it from inside your home.
The all new 8550W Belt drive opener from Liftmaster now features built in Wi-Fi eliminating the need for extra devices. The system is very simple to connect to your home's Wi-Fi and the App is free for iPhone and Android users. Control your garage door from anywhere using the secure App on your smartphone or on the Liftmaster website. Know when your door is left open and close it with a swipe of your finger. This model also features an included back up battery, a smart wall control with digital display and the new Timer-To-Close features. The Timer-To-Close can be set to automatically close your door for you after 1-5 minutes so you never have to worry about forgetting to close your door again.
Contact our office for pricing on this model.
Now, any Chamberlain, Craftsman, and LiftMaster® garage door opener manufactured since 1998 can be controlled with your smartphone, tablet or computer thanks to the new 888LM MyQ® Control Panel and the 828LM LiftMaster® Internet Gateway. The new 888LM control panel takes the place of your old wall console adding new MyQ technology. After pairing the system with the 888LM control and registering the free smartphone app you will be able to control your garage door from anywhere. The free secure app will send text alerts to your smart phone when the door opens and closes and allows you full control of the door from wherever you are located. If you don't have a smart phone, Liftmaster also offers control through www.myliftmaster.com through any web browser. This upgrade kit is very simple to set up even if you are not familiar with networking. Check out some of the other MyQ products that are compatible with this system.
Here are some before and after shots of some of our installs both doors and shutters.


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Videotapes & Such Sale
Thursday, December 6, 2007 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
AV & Imaging Services is having a sale of old VHS tapes, CD-ROM's, slide carousels, and other outdated equipment.
OCAD Lobby, Main Building 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
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FACULTY WORK SHOWCASED IN BIGGEST PROJECT 31 YET
Project 31, OCAD University's highly anticipated annual live auction features more artworks, and a wider range of disciplines than ever before. Although it originally began four years ago as a 31-piece auction to represent the 31 days of March, this year OCAD U's award-winning faculty members generously donated a total of 39 works for the March 27 event.
All proceeds from the auction go to support specific areas of need at the university chosen by the faculty members themselves, and this year many of the faculty members selected student scholarships, awards, bursaries, equipment and materials. Gary Taxali, for example, chose to direct the proceeds from his work to life drawing models for illustration students, while Jack Cassady is supporting equipment for the printmaking program.
"Project 31 is a very exciting opportunity for students to see faculty work," says Katherine Needham, Manager, Development & Alumni Relations Events, and the auction's lead organizer. "It's also a meaningful way for faculty to show how much they care about the students they teach, and the students love that. They usually congregate in the gallery and cheer on their favourite works and programs as artwork prices go higher and higher."
Because it features such a wide range of collectable works at various price points, the auction has proven popular among OCAD U supporters and collectors, whether they're interested in beginning a collection or are seasoned art enthusiasts. Dr. Sara Diamond, OCAD U's president, has purchased a new work at the auction each year. In the past three years alone, the event has raised $200,000, and Needham says ticket sales are up, which may make the auction even more exciting this year.
This year's auction features creations by faculty Barbara Astman, Ian Carr-Harris, Cathy Daley and many others, representing the most diverse range of disciplines yet: Drawing & Painting, Photography, Sculpture/Installation, Integrated Media, Environmental Design, Material Art & Design, Printmaking and Illustration.
See it: Project 31 works are on display at the Great Hall, 100 McCaul Street, from Monday, March 25 to Thursday, March 27
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The annual SSI Study, conducted independently by J.D. Power Asia Pacific since 2001, measures customer satisfaction with the new-vehicle purchase experience in the Philippines market. The study examines six factors that contribute to overall satisfaction with the sales experience. In order of importance, these factors are: delivery process, delivery timing, salesperson, paperwork, deal and dealer facility.
The overall industry average is 841 based on a 1,000-point scale. The study covers seven makes, and includes Hyundai for the first time.
With an overall index score of 851, Ford moves up two positions from 2005 to rank highest in the study. Ford performs particularly well in the areas of delivery timing, dealer facility and deal.
"Ford has shortened its average delivery time from 4.6 days to just 3.5 days, setting the benchmark for the industry in 2006," said Gerrit Kuyntjes, managing director at J.D. Power Asia Pacific. "Ford also improves on its ability to deliver the vehicle at the promised time, demonstrating the principle that customer satisfaction is not just about efficiency in the process, but also about honoring commitments to customers."
Isuzu maintains its second place in the ranking, with an overall score of 846. Isuzu also leads the industry in three factors: delivery process, salesperson and paperwork. Toyota follows Isuzu with a score of 844.
"Taking a test drive not only gives customers an idea of the features and driving experience of the vehicle, but is also an important time in which the salesperson can provide detailed explanations of the vehicle both in terms of its features and servicing requirements," said Kuyntjes. "It is a time when the quality of interaction with the salesperson can effectively influence satisfaction with the overall sales and delivery process."
The study also finds that customers experiencing any form of sales pressure-to take delivery at an inconvenient time or to pay/contract more than their budgeted amount, for example-leads to dissatisfaction with the sales and delivery process. Fewer than 20 percent of customers who report having an outstanding sales experience (those reporting SSI scores above 984 points) say they received some form of pressure from their selling dealer, compared to the industry average of 33 percent.
The 2006 Philippines Sales Satisfaction Index Study is based on evaluations from more than 1,300 new-vehicle owners who are surveyed at two to six onths of ownership. The field work for the study was conducted from June 2006 to August 2006 and includes buyers who purchased their vehicles between December 2005 and June 2006.
In August 2006, the Pleiades (or Subaru in Japanese) made themselves known to enthusiasts and casual motorists alike with a prominent return, new EDSA Greenhills-based headquarters and full factory backing.
Goodyear's newest tire, the Eagle(R) featuring ResponsEdge Technology(TM), was selected this week by the editors of Popular Mechanics for the magazine's Editors Choice Award during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week in Las Vegas.


Central Thought: Jesus protects us from ourselves and other dangers by laying down His life for us.
I. We need a leader who cares. But who cares?
II. Jesus is the Good Shepherd.
D. Contrast: the hired hand runs away.
A. Do you sense your need for a leader?
B. Who is your leader? How is that working for you?
C. If you hear His voice, follow the Good Shepherd.
D. Be part of missions to save more sheep.
1) What leader has directly shaped you the most and why?
2) How does the idea of being a sheep make you feel?
When you look back on your story, do you see a tendency to wander into danger?
3) What do the "wolves" look like today? What dangers do we face that we should be mindful of? Which of these are most pressing in your mind?
4) How do you see the wolves snatching and scattering in our world today?
5) Who is the hired servant in Jesus' story?
How would you describe the hired servant's motives?
6) Why would anyone prefer the hired servant to the Good Shepherd?
7) What did Jesus mean when He said He had sheep in another fold that He must pursue?
Who are these sheep? What does that look like today?
8) How well are you following the Good Shepherd?
9) What could you do this week to join Jesus in His rescue mission for other lost sheep?
What name does God press on your heart?
If you prayed for an opportunity this week, do you think God would give you one?
Would you be willing in helping some lost sheep find the Good Shepherd?


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The Georgetown Lions Club Carnival runs May 31 through June 3 at the intersection of Route 7 and School Road in Wilton. The carnival runs from 7 to 10 p.m. on May 31 and June 1, from 1 to 10 p.m. on June 2 and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $25. For more information, call 203-885-3508.
Art In the Windows runs May 31 through June 15 in New Canaan. The Carriage Barn Arts Center and the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce will display 71 artists at 56 windows across downtown New Canaan. For more information, visit carriagebarn.org.
True West will run June 1-23 at the Ridgefield Theater Barn, 37 Halpin Lane, Ridgefield. At times funny and touching, the play revels in the dark side of the sibling rivalry between two brothers and explores the capacity for human nature to go horribly wrong. It is recommended for mature audiences. Tickets are $35. For more information, visit, ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org.
The NEST exhibit will run June 1-29 at the Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton. For more information about the exhibit, visit wiltonlibrary.org.
The Mary Taylor Fair runs June 1-2 at Broad Street, Milford. It will feature artists, crafters, live music and plenty of food. The fair is free. For more information, call 203-874-1982.
The #UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists exhibit will run June 1 through Oct. 13 at Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield. For more information, visit fairfield.edu/museum.
Mizusashi: Japanese Water Jars will run June 1 through Dec. 14 at Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield. The pieces are on loan from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. For more information, visit fairfield.edu/museum.
Alejandro Escovedo will perform on June 1 at 7:45 p.m. at the Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield. Tickets are $48. For more information, visit fairfieldtheatre.org.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will perform on June 1 at 8 p.m. at the Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield. Tickets are $47.50. For more information, visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
The Americana the Beautiful exhibit will run June 2-26 at Gilded Lily Gallery, 101 River Street, Milford. The exhibit features works by Carolyn West. For more information, visit gildedlilygallery.com.
The New Canaan Sculpture Group Show runs June 2-9 at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, 681 South Avenue, New Canaan. An opening reception will be held on June 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, visit carriagebarn.org.
Polka Dots, the Cool Kids Musical runs on June 2 and June 9 at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Center Stage Theatre, 54 Grove Street, Shelton. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit centerstageshelton.org.
The Joan Feick Memorial Exhibit will run June 2-9 at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, 681 South Avenue, New Canaan. An opening reception is on June 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit carriagebarn.org.
The National Geographic Photo Ark exhibit runs June 2 to Sept. 2 at the Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich. For more information, visit brucemuseum.org.
The Art at Ives: Juried Fine Art & Crafts Show runs June 2-3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ives Concert Park at 43 Lake Avenue, Danbury. This two-day event will showcase a wide variety of original works and a diverse scope of art forms representing every major category. Food and live music, along with a special wine tasting, art demonstrations and children's events will be featured. For more information, visit ivesconcertpark.com.
Solo Spotlight: Mika Sasaki will perform on June 3 at noon at the Congregation Shir Shalom, 46 Peaceable Street, Ridgefield. The concert is free.
The Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand will be screened on June 3 at 3 p.m. at the Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Road, Redding. The screening will include a talk with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Karyl Evans. The event is free. Register online. For more information, visit marktwainlibrary.org.
Battle of the Chefs is on June 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Founders Hall, 193 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Three seasoned chefs will match sharp knives and quick wits for the benefit of Founders Hall. Tickets are $100-$500. For more information, visit founders-hall.org.
BEARTREK will be screened on June 3 at 6 p.m. at the Fairfield Theatre Company, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield. The documentary follows biologist Chris Morgan on an epic and entertaining journey to find the world's most elusive and endangered bears. The screening is free. For more information, visit fairfieldtheatre.org.
The Producers will be screened on June 3 at 7 p.m. at the Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield. Tickets are $12.50. For more information, visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org.


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Steven Aftergood
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Steven Aftergood is director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, and is an advocate for improving but not abolishing of the U.S. government classification system. He has obtained and published many government policies through the Freedom of Information Act process, and has testified before Congress and executive agencies such as the Information Security Oversight Office. Aftergood is a member of the advisory board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
He has received the James Madison Award from the American Library Association (2006), the Public Access to Government Information Award from the American Association of Law Libraries (2006), and the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award from the Playboy Foundation (2004).
He declined to join Wikileaks. Aftergood, who has chosen to withhold or redact certain documents based on what he considers legitimate reasons of public safety, told Wikileaks "we do not favor automated or indiscriminate publication of confidential records. In the absence of accountable editorial oversight, publication can more easily become an act of aggression or an incitement to violence, not to mention an invasion of privacy or an offense against good taste." They replied, "So we disagree on first principles? No problem, replied Wikileaks: "Advisory positions are just that — advisory! If you want to advise us to censor, then by all means do so."[1]
Jay Lim of Wikileaks sent an email of complaint to Aftergood, which Aftergood published on his blog.
Who's side are you on here Stephen? It is time this constant harping stopped.
You know full well if you make comments about us and negative ones about us it'll only be the negative comment that is reported — since everyone else has only positive things to say and by your position at FAS there is an expectation of positive comment. You are not a child. As a result of your previous criticism it seem you are becoming the 'go to' man for negative comments on Wikileaks. Over the last year, our most quoted critic has not been a right wing radio host, it has not been the Chinese ambassador, it has not been Pentagon bureaucrats, it has been you Stephen. You are the number one public enemy of this project. On top of everything else, your quote is the only critical entry on our Wikipedia page. Some friend of openness!
We are very disappointed in your lack of support and suggest you cool it. If you don't, we will, with great reluctance, be forced to respond."[2]
After the large disclosures in 2010, Aftergood questioned the purpose of Wikileaks. He describes Wikleaks actions as symptomatic of problems with the U.S. classification system, but unfocused as far as real policy objectives. Aftergood does suggest, however, that Wikileaks grew in part from a reaction to a dysfunctional security classification system.
The Wikileaks project seems to be, more than anything else, an assault on secrecy. If Wikileaks were most concerned about whistleblowing, it would focus on revealing corruption. If it were concerned with historical truth, it would emphasize the discovery of verifiably true facts. If it were anti-war, it would safeguard, not disrupt, the conduct of diplomatic communications. But instead, what Wikileaks has done is to publish a vast potpourri of records — dazzling, revelatory, true, questionable, embarrassing, or routine — whose only common feature is that they are classified or otherwise restricted.
This may be understood as a reaction to a real problem, namely the fact that by all accounts, the scope of government secrecy in the U.S. (not to mention other countries) has exceeded rational boundaries. Disabling secrecy in the name of transparency would be a sensible goal — if it were true that all secrecy is wrong. But if there is a legitimate role for secrecy in military operations, in intelligence gathering or in diplomatic negotiations, as seems self-evident, then a different approach is called for.[3]
B.Sc., electrical engineering, UCLA, 1977
↑ Steven Aftergood (3 January 2007), Wikileaks and Untraceable Document Disclosure, Secrecy News, Federation of American Scientists
↑ Steven Aftergood (22 February 2008), A Word from Wikileaks, Secrecy News, Federation of American Scientists
↑ Steven Aftergood (29 November 2010), The Race to Fix the Classification System
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INTERESTING exhibition at Tate Britain in London ...the Guardian has unveiled its annual commission to mark the Christmas season and anarchic artist Monster Chetwynd has installed two giant and illuminated leopard slug sculptures, containing recyclable hessian and wicker and each over 10 metres long.
They are accompanied by swathes of blue and white LED slug trails across the building's historic facade
She said she was was inspired by a TV documentary that revealed the tricky mating rituals of leopard slugs!
Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson said: "Monster's commission is playful and anarchic but also engages with the major environmental challenges we face today. I look forward to her giant leopard slugs lighting up the long winter nights and months."
Supplies of Christmas trees were threatened because of heatwave conditions in the summer, reports The Independent.
Though customers are unlikely to be left without a tree for Christmas, farmers say they must adapt to a future of extreme conditions in order to protect supplies.
"Trees planted in the last two years have suffered significant losses … because the weather was unseasonably dry and hot," said Adrian Morgan from the British Christmas Tree Growers Association.
A threatened Christmas 'ban' at the Lady Lumley's School in Pickering, North Yorkshire has been overturned.
The BBC says the school had previously told pupils it would ban all festive activities with Religious Education teacher Chris Paul claiming "an avalanche of commercialisation" had robbed the season of its meaning.
However, after hundreds of emails and letters the school relented.
Head teacher Richard Bramley said: "Those students who really thought about the situation and challenged the decision appropriately created the change and brought back Christmas. I hope they and everyone else has a good Christmas."
He said the challenge was to make students consider the way in which society celebrates Christmas and think about the social problems that arise around this time.
The Guardian informs us that previously unpublished portraits of the composer Igor Stravinsky have come to light following the death of the artist Milein Cosman who died last year at the age of 96.
Cosman also sketched composers including Benjamin Britten, Richard Strauss and Leonard Bernstein, drawing them from life, observing them during rehearsals or concerts, often when they were unaware of her presence.
The collection given to the RCM includes 50 drawings of Stravinsky alone, most sketched at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, west London, when the composer visited London in 1959.
One of Cosman's close friends, Julian Hogg, her executor, said: "There are literally hundreds of sketchbooks which we haven't looked through yet."
An article in The Independent reports that archaeologists excavating the site of London's so-called super sewer have discovered a skeleton, thought to be 500 years old, of a man wearing thigh-high leather boots.
The remains were found face down in the mud on the shores of the River Thames in Bermondsey.
Experts said this suggests he fell or drowned and was quickly buried under the silty riverbed as it moved with the tide.
His expensive leather boots, thought to be waders, were reinforced with extra soles and stuffed with an unidentified material – possibly moss – for warmth or comfort.
It indicates the man made his living from the Thames, possibly as a mudlark – who scavenged riverbeds for items of value – or a fisherman.
The Guardian (www.guardian.co.uk)
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
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The art of adaptation
28 October 2015 by Daniel Dercksen·Comments Off on The art of adaptation
To adapt or not to adapt
To adapt means to transpose from one medium to another. It is the ability to make fit or suitable by changing, or adjusting. Modifying something to create a change in structure, function, and form, which produces a better adjustment.
Adapting a novel, book, play, or article into a screenplay is the same as writing an original screenplay. It only starts from the source material: the novel, book, play, article or song.
The screenplay must provide visualisation of the action that can be captured on film.
When screenwriters adapt from another medium it must be a visual experience. That is the primary job of the screenwriters who must remain true only to the integrity of the source material.
Adapting another form of writing to the screen means finding cinematic equivalents in the original piece.
The screenwriters only has 120 pages to tell the story and has to choose story events carefully so they highlight and illustrate the screenplay with good visual and dramatic components.
Films based on real-life stories: In The Heart of The Sea, Suffragette, The 33, 13 Hours, Race, Eddie The Eagle, Sing Street, The Man who knew Infinity, Woodlawn, The Danish Girl, The Idol, Elvis & Nixon, Genius, Spotlight
Imaginative adaptations: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Adaptation is an age old custum
It may seem strange to translate one art form into another, but it is an age old custom.
One of the most popular means of adaptation, is updating the classics.
The hook, outline and plot of Clueless was taken from Jane Austen's 'Emma': A popular girl at Beverly High decides to do a total makeover on a 'clueless' new girl, only to discover that it is she herself who needs a 'spiritual' makeover.
Here's the concept of Moulin Rouge: A tragic romance about a poor writer who falls in love with a high class hooker who is being kept by a rich Duke. The concept and characters were adapted from Alexandre Dumas' 1848 novel Camille, which was also adapted into the opera La Traviata. Dumas wrote the story from his own life. Moulin Rouge, the tragic romance about a poor writer who falls in love with a high class hooker who is being kept by a rich duke is derived from Alexandre Dumas' 1848 novel 'Camille' which was also made into an opera 'La Traviata'. Dumas wrote an origonal story based on his own life.
Shakespeare adapted Romeo and Juliet from the Roman poet Ovid's 'Pyramus and Thisbe', which later became the hit Broadway musical 'West Side Story', was retold as an Asian gang versus the American mob in 'Romeo must Die', and Bazz Luhrman updated the story with his contemporary re visioning.
Francis Coppola's Oscar-winning Apocalypse Now is loosely based on a novel by 19th century author Joseph Conrad 'Heart of Darkness', set in colonial Africa, where Mr. Kurtz, a white man, has gone upriver and set himself up as a mad god to African tribes people. Marlow, the hero is sent to bring him back. Kurtz, dying, tries to communicate to Marlow the horror of what he's seen and done, so that he can explain it to Kurtz's fiancée. In Apocalypse Now, Colonel Kurtz, a promising career soldier, has gone upriver and set himself up as a mad god to Cambodian tribes people. Captain Willard, an army assassin, is sent to kill him. Kurtz, dying, tries to communicate to Willard the horror of what he's seen and done, so that Willard can explain to Kurtz' son why Kurtz did what he did. The updating is in setting the movie in the insanity of the Vietnam war. The scenes and characters are replaced, but the through line and the driving question are the same.
Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese, an Oscar nominee for his work on The Fisher King, had to adapt the 400-page Water for Elephants into a workable screenplay "When a book is well-loved, it's important to keep what readers expect, but at the same time you have to understand that, when reading a story, you're seeing and hearing characters in your head, and everyone has their own versions in their own minds. When you see the story played on screen with real people it becomes literal – one version – and there are certain ideas that work in a book that wouldn't work on screen. The key task was making the three principal characters more active, and re-inventing Marlena's and August's backstories. We wanted every character's reasons to be understood, so that morally, who's right and who's wrong, is a little more complex. No one is 100 percent innocent."
What is the fine art of adaptation?
The trick of adaptation is to find what still works and find a way to update what no longer does.
A book is a book. An article an article. An adaptation is always an original screenplay.
Adapting novels
A novel usually takes place inside the character's head. A play deals with the language of dramatic action. A screenplay deals with externals, with details – the ticking of a clock, a child playing in an empty street, a car turning the corner. Up to 25% of all feature films have been literary adaptations.
After seeing the film version of a well-known novel, most of us have commented that the book was better, or different in some part. Adapting a book into a screenplay means to change one (book) into another (screenplay), not to superimpose one onto the other.
A novel usually deals with the internal life of someone, the character's thoughts, feelings, emotions, and memories occurring within the mindscape of dramatic action. In a novel you can write the same scene in a sentence, a paragraph, a page, or chapter, describing the internal dialogue, the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of the character. A novel usually takes place inside the character's head.
Narrative film and the novel
The novelist conveys his narrative thought through the use of verbal language. The screenwriter conveys narrative thought through visual and verbal means.
The novelist will write: A woman entered the room.
The screenwriter must show a specific woman enter a specific room.
Because film is a visual medium and tells us much more than the novel possibly could about the physical nature of people, places and things, the filmmaker is more limited than the novelist in the images he presents, but has much more control over how his audience receives such images.
Adapting poetry and song lyrics
Poetry and song lyrics are defined as writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm.
The meaning comes from the literal meaning of the words and what those words suggest by imagery and symbolism. That kind of imagery in the stage directions of a screenplay is useless in the film.
Imagery may help the director to understand the writer's intention, but most directors pay little attention to the literary quality of the stage directions.
Imagery in dialogue will seem unreal and literary against the realistic background of the film.
The impact of language in poetry occurs through the rhythmic arrangement of the words. There is not much point, except to salve the writer's ego, to put the dialogue in too distinctive a rhythm or to write the stage directions in a poetic rhythm.
Rhythmical narration has occasionally been used in film, but its use is very formal. It seems contrived and artificial to modern audiences.
Watch the film The Man From Snowy River, which was based on a poem. Also watch and listen to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, and read the T.S Elliot poems; as well as Chicago. Write a page or two on how the material was adapted.
Adapting magazine or newspaper articles
In screenwriting you go from the general to the specific, you find the story first, then collect facts. In journalism, you go from specific to general; you collect the facts first, then find the story.
Approach it from the screenwriter's point of view.
Adapting prose
Prose is the ordinary language of speaking and writing and it appears in a variety of forms. The essay is a collection of ideas expressed in words.
The emphasis is on the facts, some of which can be shown on the screen, and abstract ideas, which generally is difficult to visualise.
Films are about objects – human and otherwise – and about their actions. It is not the best medium for abstract ideas.
Adapting short stories and non-fiction
These stories usually deal with some kind of activity on a limited scale. The activity and the characters, either fictional or real, can be shown on the screen, but the characters' interior states of mind which can be expressed easily in stories, cannot be expressed directly on the screen.
Because of the short length of stories and articles, they may work adequately as short films, but may have to be developed and added to work as longer films.
Adapting stageplays
Closer to films. The dramatic structure of the play has a beginning, middle, and end.
The action in the theatre is stylised. We accept the unreality of the action as representation of reality. We know that events will occur on stage in much shorter amount of time than in real life.
Because of this stylisation of action, we will also accept a stylisation of language, either in the poetic forms of the Greek tragedies, Shakespeare, and Moliere or in the expressive prose of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams.
Filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway, Joel and Ethan Coen, Sam Raimi, Derek Jarman, Tim Burton, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, Neil Jordan and David Lynch are great visionaries who stylise the dramatic action of their respective stories.
We also accept stylisation and action in television, which is why many stage plays work better on television than they do as films.
Because films show us photographs of not only real people, but also real things and places, we except a greater degree of realism in the dialogue and action in a film.
A play is told in words, and thoughts, feelings, and events are described in dialogue on a stage locked within the boundaries of the proscenium arch.
A play deals with the language of dramatic action.
Adapting comic strips
The form of writing that is closest to screenwriting. Comic strips and films combine action and dialogue. The comic strip writer must try to find the balance between the two.
Pictures in comic strips do not move, so we can spend as much time as we want reading the words and pictures. Films move, and they have to be clear enough both visually and aurally that we can understand them as they go past.
The technique of writing for comic strips have been used by filmmakers to storyboard the screenplay. This allows a filmmaker such as Steven Spielberg to storyboard the screenplay of films such as Jurassic Park and The Lost World, which require highly specialised computerised special effects and camerawork, and hand the storyboard to the respective department months before filming begins. This allows them to perfect their craft, and give audiences effects they have never seen before!
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"I think it's rather pernicious to inculcate into a child a view of the world which includes supernaturalism."
Following all this kerfuffle, Channel 5 news invited me to come on and discuss the importance of reading fairy tales to children.
It was one of those days when your opportunity comes at the worst possible time: my kids had been up in the night with colds, I hadn't washed my hair in days, I was on my way to my day job where I had a meeting with the Treasury about the future of policing, my phone wasn't fully charged, I had no make-up on and, worst of all, I was wearing green (a big no-no in TV world). So I rushed around like a mad thing stressing about it all.
My segment was really short and there was so much I wanted to say that I couldn't fit everything in!
Fairy tales deal with difficult and dark themes. They provide a vehicle for children to explore those themes within the safe space of a familiar tale, with fantasy characters. They help children come to terms with real fears and they encourage empathy for others with less fortunate lives.
They are not particularly about magic. They are stories of human behaviour – of struggle, of survival, of hope. They deal with the enduring concepts of love and friendship and the triumph of good over evil. They carry morals (love someone for who they are) as well as warnings (don't talk to strangers).
As adults we read and watch a lot of fantasy, from genre shows like Games of Thrones, to action films like James Bond. We don't constantly need to remind adults that 007 couldn't really have jumped out of a plane and opened his parachute the second before a plane exploded, or that The Matrix doesn't comply with the laws of physics. As adults we know that fantasy is escapism and fun. And we can distinguish easily between fact and fiction. We should accord children that same level of intelligence – we shouldn't patronise them. I don't know a single child who really believes that a frog could turn into a prince if you kissed it! Children understand allegory and they recognise the moral portrayed in the story.
I believe that, for the most part, we should let children choose what they want to read and what stories they want to listen to. There is a reason fairy tales have lasted so many years and are still being made into blockbuster films in 2014 – they are exciting and adventurous and they deal with issues that are still relevant today.
And as for me: I've learned that I need to carry a phone charger and a little make-up bag with me everywhere I go!
Abie's latest book, The Fairytale Hairdresser and Snow White, is in book shops now.
You did brilliantly on the news, Abie, well done. Putting my cynical hat on, I think the whole Dawkins thing was just used as click bait by the media. It's a silly argument. As you say, fairy tales not only reflect life (albeit in a fantastical way), but the actual telling of fairy tales is part of life, too. It's natural to create and share them with children. And you looked great on telly, by the way!
You looked beautiful, Abie! Thanks for clarifying the Dawkins quote. I read about it elsewhere and didn't get the full story, at all. I also think that using one's imagination as a child, to experience fantastical and surprising sequences, for example, helps all adults to think 'outside the box'.
Very well said, Abie - in your post and on TV.
Wow, Abie, I admire you being so poised on National TV. Well done! Do you know about Bruno Bettelheim's book The Uses of Enchantment, published in 1976, in which he argues that fairy tales allow children to "grapple with their fears in remote, symbolic terms. If they could read and interpret these fairy tales in their own way, he believed, they would get a greater sense of meaning and purpose. Bettelheim thought that by engaging with these socially evolved stories, children would go through emotional growth that would better prepare them for their own futures." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uses_of_Enchantment)?


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