The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 doesn't go on sale until the fall, but the first copy has already been sold: VIN 001 was hammered at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a cool $1.1 million. Edsel B. Ford II and Aaron Shelby, grandson of Carroll Shelby, introduced the GT500 onto the block. The winning bidder was none other than Craig Jackson, the chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson, who now will have the opportunity to customize the car from among its available colors and options. All proceeds from the sale benefit JDRF, an organization supporting Type 1 diabetes research. The sale adds to the more than $3.5 million Ford contributes to JDRF each year.
The new GT500 packs a 5.2-liter supercharged V-8 that will exceed 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque. Although final output numbers haven't been revealed, the engine will produce well more than the 662 horses and 631 lb-ft that the previous GT500 stirred up with its supercharged 5.8-liter V-8. The new engine pairs to a twin-clutch seven-speed automatic transmission; there is no manual option. The zero-to-60 run is estimated to take in the mid-three-second range.
Similarly, Ford hasn't announced the MSRP for the 2020 GT500, but you can expect to pay a decent premium over the $60,235 starting price it asks for a 2019 GT350.


I am struggling a bit with adding resources to a fixed duration task. Any help is appreciated.
If you have a fixed duration task, ProjectLibre does not appear to properly handle resource adjustment by work, only by units.
...Unless I am missing something! Is this a bug?
Option 2: Change work to 20 hours --> This does not work = 40 hours work (what!?) 200% units, total duration 2.5 days); the maths works, but the task duration was most definitely not fixed.
Step 5: Adding a second resource at lower work follows the same pattern above, except that in Option 2 (adjusting work), the units are correctly adjusted and the task duration is fixed. Presumably, this is because the task is driven by Resource A.
Interestingly, If I pause at Step 4 Option 2, and try to fix it back by over-writing the work again to 20 hours: work changes back to 40 hours, units are 400% and duration is 1.25 days. This keeps going, theoretically infinitely.
While the above suggests I can work around the issue by only adjusting units, this is a bit of a pain as I will need to figure out, each time, what % equates to a specific amount of work. This is even more of a pain with irrational numbers or repeating fractions. It could lead to small errors in estimates (potentially significant in the aggregate).
I have found projectlibre to be very buggy when it comes to "Duration" and "work". I am still looking for a fix. For example when you set the work hours to 20hr, and add resources to it (Duration will change), then remove the resources the work hours will change, even if you change Type to fixed work. CRAZY.


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Established by the Conference at its Twelfth Session (1963, Resolution 41/63) on the recommendation of the Sixth FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East (1962).
The Commission title was changed from "Asia and Far East" to "Asia and Pacific" by the Eighty-second Session of the Council in 1982.
General Rules of the Organization.
To review the state of food and agricultural statistics in the Region and advise Member Nations on the development and standardization of agricultural statistics within the general framework of FAO's work in the field, and to convene working parties or other Subsidiary Bodies of national experts required for this purpose.
Open to all Member Nations and Associate Members whose territories are situated wholly or partly in the Asia and Pacific Region or who are responsible for the international relations of any non-self-governing territories in the Regions (see Report of 47th Council Session, para. 191).
Membership shall comprise such eligible Nations as have notified the Director-General of their desire to be considered as Members.


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Co Founder and General Manager of Fanar production. Mr. Haidar founded The Company "Generation Works" a business unit under the umbrella of Qanawat Company which produces the famous series "Shaabiyat Al Cartoon". He is also famous for his caricatures which was daily published in Al Bayan Newspaper from the year 1996 until 2005. After that, he published his caricatures in Emirates Today Newspaper from 2005 until 2009. Mr. Haidar participated in many exhibitions and forums with his caricatures all around the Emirates, along with being a member jury in many local and international caricature competitions. He has four books and received several awards during his career.
Best Business man in the year 2007 from Mohammed Bin Rashid establishment for SME Development.
Appreciation award for Best caricature of the year 2008 from Taryam Omran Awards, Al Khaleej Newspaper.
Best Emarati Talent of the year 2009 from Dubai International Film Festival.
Co Founder and CEO of Fanar Production. Mr. Adnan is also the CEO, Managing Director and founder of Qanawat He is an entrepreneur with over 18 years of business experience, 10 of them in the Telecom Industry. He has worked mainly in Middle East.
Before founding Qanawat, Mr. Al Obthani was running his family businesses in various sectors and was consultant in international trading for companies in KSA, Kuwait and UAE.
Mr. Al Obthani is a pioneer in the mobile content business in the middle east. He holds a Masters degree in International Businesses from University of Wollongong, Australia.
Joined the group in October 2009 as a Business Development Manager. Mr. Abdulla helped in founding the Fanar production company. He is responsible for all the managerial activities in the company and the constant development of the latest projects. Mr. Abdulla is also the head of sponsorship and merchandising department. He managed and supervised the last exhibition of Fanar Production in Character Dubai 2010.
Joined the group in February 2007 as the Finance Manager of Fanar Production and had a major role in company incorporation and setting up the financial system. He is now managing the Finance and Administration of the company.
Joined the group in 2007 as an Assistant Director, he has responsibilities in executing storyboards, character modeling, animation, and post production.


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On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident. His older sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when Mark emerges from a coma, he believes that this woman–who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister–is really an imposter. When Karin contacts the famous cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber for help, he diagnoses Mark as having Capgras syndrome. The mysterious nature of the disease, combined with the strange circumstances surrounding Mark's accident, threatens to change all of their lives beyond recognition. In The Echo Maker, Richard Powers proves himself to be one of our boldest and most entertaining novelists.


When you're making up your wish list for assets in your divorce settlement, chances are a vehicle will be somewhere near the top.
Were you the primary user of the car when you were together? If so, document this as much as possible – perhaps with gas receipts or a log showing your usage for a week vs. that of your spouse.
Do you need the car to get to work? If your job location or hours make public transportation unfeasible, you can make the case that losing the car would endanger your employment status.
Are you the primary caregiver for the children? If so, you can note the need to transport them to school, lessons, practices, etc. – not to mention the unforeseen emergencies that always seem to crop up in parenting.
Of course, dividing your marital property also means dividing your debts. If both of your names are on the car loan, be prepared to have it paid off along with other joint obligations – or refinance it in your name alone if possible. If your ex's name is on the title you'll want that addressed as well, so you can transfer it free and clear in the future.
For questions about property division in divorce, contact an experienced divorce attorney.


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Info on my investment philosophy can be found here.


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If you think NA-246 is about MQM versus PTI, you're wrong
By Zafar Zulqurnain Sahi Published: April 23, 2015
As soon as PTI ends their press conference, PML-N will begin theirs.
Who bags NA-246 and which party stands victorious tonight makes little difference. What matters is that today's election will put an end to the environment and politics of fear prevalent in Karachi for years.
Active campaigning by other candidates in Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) stronghold, polling agents standing brave at polling stations that were once no-go areas for all political parties and candidates except MQM and fearless voters walking into polling booths with the intention to not vote for MQM, and then being able to walk out and go home, are all a breath of fresh air for Karachiites.
This by-election is little about a seat in the Parliament; it has been more about creating political space, and room to breathe in Karachi's once suffocating air.
Tonight will reveal only one victor, but many claimants. In their statements, everyone will be a winner. One can only predict these statements, but one can also add a tinge of presumed honesty to his predictions.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) may be the first to claim credit for ending fear. They have been doing so well before the Election Day. They may state,
"Winning the NA-246 seat was never our objective, the real aim was to eliminate fear from the voters' hearts and minds, and in that we have succeeded. It is PTI, and PTI alone who is responsible for the fearless environment that we witness in Karachi today. We intentionally did not attempt to rid Karachi of this menacing fear in the 2013 general elections. It was always our plan to fight this battle in a by-election. The fact that Rangers had already done what we claim to be doing is yet another anti-PTI propaganda".
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is contesting the election too, as they have several times in the past. JI and PTI are often on the same page on several national and political issues. Tonight's statements from both these parties are also expected to be from the same page.
MQM's statement, in case they win the seat – as expected – is likely to be very dramatic. With Altaf Bhai on the phone, drama is inevitable. The statement from Altaf Bhai is expected to be the most entertaining, consisting of pauses, songs, some really funny English pronunciations, threats and what not. MQM will reveal a hundred different interpretations of this one victory.
Some aspects of Altaf Bhai's statement may be,
– How this is a slap on the faces of all "anti-MQM" forces.
– How the people of Karachi have "spoken".
– How brave MQM followers have crushed all conspiracies hatched against the party under the feet of their political and popular force.
– How the Scotland Yard should now drop all cases against MQM leaders as they have won a seat they always win – only with lesser votes this time.
– And, of course, a resignation and then its withdrawal by Altaf Bhai.
However, these statements will not be restricted to parties contesting the NA-246 by-election. This bandwagon will be open to jump on for all. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), through any of its many spokespersons, will claim credit. Their expected statement may read:
"It is the PPP that deserves credit for improved law and order situation in Karachi. After ruling Karachi for over seven years, we suddenly decided it was time to clean this city of all that is evil. Under the guidance of our sab pe bhari Zardari, we decided to nod in affirmation to everything the rangers say or do. The fact that we did not have a choice has nothing to do with our consent to the Karachi operation."
Last, but in no way the least, will come Mr Pervaiz Rasheed. This guy has his own version of Newton's third law of motion, which reads:
"For every press conference by Imran Khan, there is an equal and opposite press conference by Pervaiz Rasheed".
As soon as PTI ends their press conference, PML-N will begin theirs. Mr Rasheed may be heard saying:
"Imran Khan jhoot boltay hain (Imran Khan lies)", following his set format for opening press conferences.
He may continue to say,
"Karachi owes its improved law and order situation to no one but the honourable Prime Minister and his government. The army and rangers sometimes tell us what they plan on doing. Sometimes they tell us after they have done it. The fact of the matter is that sometimes, we are told and informed. Karachi operation is one of such planned and done things. And the government may or may not have been told; nevertheless it is the government and thus deserves credit for anything good going on in the country. Anything bad though, is a conspiracy against us hatched by Imran Khan in connivance with anti-Pakistan elements. I would like to end my statement by saying that Imran Khan aik ganda bacha hai (Imran Khan is a bad boy)."
Zafar Zulqurnain Sahi
A Lawyer by profession. A Gold Medalist in LLB from Punjab University and has a LLM degree from University of Warwick, UK. He is also a former Member Provincial Assembly of Punjab (2008-2013). He tweets @ZafarSahi (twitter.com/ZafarSahi)
India couldn't beat us in 1965, can't beat the stronger Pakistan of today either
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Usama Bin Ahmed
I dont know why people target SOLELY karachi when it comes to rigging. Rigging is a national issue for me. Also, ground realities of karachi are still in favor of MQM despite whatsoever media said. I live in Karachi and i dont support MQM yet my eyes are wide enough to realize their hold in Khi city. Yes, popularity has been declined recently but they still have lion's share of karachi city.
last but not the least, kindly dont compare politics of khi with the politics of other areas or city of pakistan. Politics in karachi is all together different then the rest.
Usama Bin AhmedRecommend
Yaar Dost
a poorly written articleRecommend
Asad Shairani
PTI got 32000+ votes from this constituency in 2013. JI got 10k odd. Jamaat has won this seat in the past. They've campaigned hard here for years, for local body elections as well as the national/provincial ones. All these things point to one fatal flaw in your article, that this constituency was a no-go area for anyone. It was never a no-go area, perhaps you should visit Karachi and see the difference between a real no-go area (inner areas of Sohrab goth, Lyari) and those presented as such in the media.Recommend
Naeem Khan Kansas.
I like the way you write. It was fun reading it.Recommend
Living Corpse
So what was the point of this artice??? If the reader has a few million sitting around, he should buy a 'Leader' position on the Circus they call PTiRecommend
I think the fact that NA-246 can actually be contested now is a commendable achievement by PTIRecommend
Sarfaraz Abbasi
You try to say that single NA election represents huge population of Karachi, to be in favor of MQM.Recommend
"Winning the NA-246 seat was never our objective, the real aim was to eliminate fear from the voters' hearts and minds, and in that we have succeeded. It is PTI, and PTI alone who is responsible for the fearless environment that we witness in Karachi today. We intentionally did not attempt to rid Karachi of this menacing fear in the 2013 general elections. It was always our plan to fight this battle in a by-election. The fact that Rangers had already done what we claim to be doing is yet another anti-PTI propaganda"
If PTI leadership has enough brains they wouldnt have gone for dharna politicsRecommend
Misbah Hashemi
If a neutral person reads the blog, its seems like it is written by a PTI political worker. Its a humble request to the admin to please approve the material which may not include insulting material for anyone's leader. This creates hatred. MQM, PTI, JI and all the parties who were involved in this elections have followers from the same area. We should unite first if we really want to have one real leader. This kind of blogs intensify the situation. Resignation of Altaf Hussain and withdrawl, songs sung by him and all the things mentioned above just his own way to communicate with the ppl. Similarly, MQM workers have no rights to discuss Arham Khan and Imran's personal life. They have got their own plans and let them do as they think appropriate.
Ppl of Karachi were not in fear as stated by PTI and other political parties. The real fear of Karachi's awam is that everyone considers them a political worker of MQM if the dont support any other party, and the real fear is the presence of all the parties of Pakistan in Karachi having rallies, dharna and all at any place making the ppl's life miserable. Sunni tehrik, many shia's organizations, PTI, MQM itself, PPP etc… Presence of all the parties is the real fear brother…Recommend
The fact that the MQM would win and win big in their own home, was never in doubt in others minds. The fact that the MQM themselves were made to doubt this was an achievement…….and I think the PTI really had little to do with this.Recommend
Sohaib Rashid
True!Recommend
Obviously. This was about MQM versus the rest. And the rest of political forces were beaten by a huge margin. I am sure this wouldn't sit well with the Punjabi elites who wanted PTI to prosper using state apparatus, media and Saulat Mirza. By the way, why is he allowed to record his video while no one else on the verge of execution is? Fishy business!Recommend
I smell a PTI apologist here. I'm no MQM supporter, but PTI's antics are now absolutely infuriating. They messed up in NA-246 by jumping in head first.. and landing that way on a marble floor. This was MQM's home constituency, and when they made such a big deal out of it, they handed MQM a bigger victory than it had ever hoped for. Secondly they couldn't even get the JI to withdraw their own candidate, even when the JI owes them a bundle for letting their emir become a senator. Poor politics. Now that they have crashed once again, it is understandable that they want to spin it into a victory for some of our naive lot. But the temerity of this author is completely ridiculous (might be a Ptian) , for he writes a rambling article glorifying the failures of one party and speculatively rubbishing every other party that won something out of this debacle?! No wonder our country is in this state.Recommend
Zafar Z. S.
Not very good at reading satire, are we?
You do match the alleged "temerity" of this author, in your comment. Regardless of how this piece swooshed over your head. :)Recommend
Thank you sir.Recommend
Aaah.. Temerity burnt like a phosphorous bomb here. But we can be constructive. This was not good satire. It took sides and so it mutated into an opinion.Recommend
Jehanzeb Naeem Khan
Absolutely. You are spot on
The bias of the writer was apparent from the first few lines and then I skipped the article to see who he was and lo and behold. Mr. Punjab; Pakistan exists beyond the southern borders of Multan. Almost right to the edge of the Arabian sea. Recommend
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After taking a few weeks break from deadlifts, I resumed them 3 weeks ago in lead upto my first bodybuilding competition in just 13 days time, the NPA Mike Williams Classic Pro-Am. I saw powerlifter James "Jimmy" Nuttall at the gym and he set me a challenge and it was simple.......pull a x3 body-weight deadlift before your first show. Weighing 103kg this morning, it was now or never, put up or shut up time. Challenge accepted and completed! None of this light weight squeezy, squeezy training for me, just shifting heavy a$$ weight to try to retain or even build new muscle.


The spiritual parodies that blossomed in France at the dawn of the Grand Siècle share various features with the vaudeville : not only are the lyrics plastered on known melodies, but but both genres favour wider dissemination much rather than creativity itself. More than a simple question of inventiveness, the goal was to rely on the best musical attributes to express and to spread the "truth" or "new ideas", depending on whether religious or vernacular concerns were at stake.
The practice to parody either older works or more recent ones, spiritual or secular compositions, theatre as well as any other artistic form, gathers within the same approach the casuists of the Counter-Reformation, political pamphleteers or dramatists. It dwelled upon wordly songs to elevate our souls or keyed on short and unpretentious, yet outstandingly strong, fredons to rallye the nobility or any religious or layman ruler.
… and spirituality in parodies!
If the vaudeville, in the mind of many, boils down to lyrics, others tend to expand that notion to the supporting melody or to add notions of versification or prosodic and lexical limitations to the lyrics/score tandem. More than a mere problem in defining the vaudeville, we believe that the emergence of tensions derived from the confrontation of two powerful systems remains a determining factor. The combination of a poetic structure with its musical scope creates a confrontational dialectic inside which music may achieve such a level of autonomy that it may bear other meanings than the strict lyrics it supports. It also proves capable of recalling various fields of meaning or impression that may be closely associated at times with extraliterary entities − we shall call the "context" − in the reactivation of referents that have no actual link with the added lyrics .
Consequently, the use of vaudevilles relies on a complex alchemy combining the pleasure of recognizing a known tune and the effect of surprise when listening to new lyrics or to a specific song whose original lyrics are not consistent with the dramatic, political, historical or social situation being parodied. Such continuous recycling of tunes appears as the constituent principle of a genre, which draws its creative force from a subtle balance between the quest for novelty and the need to refer to a set of clichés.


Parenting Tips from the Dalai Lama.
Last month I hung out with this planet's most famous refugee, his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (along with 18,000 other people) at the O2 in London.
His Holiness said many wise things, which is to be expected from the face of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was funny, quick-witted and came straight to the point about the huge responsibility parents have in raising children who will save humanity from itself.
He basically said, and I paraphrase, that his generation has royally messed up the planet and it is now our responsibility, with all of the information we have at hand, to put things right. He giggled mischievously as he metaphorically handed over the baton and pointed to people in the audience to take up the challenge.
According to the Dalai Lama, the most basic seed of compassion is the healthy and positive bond between a child and its parent. He cited that his own mother was always compassionate and kind which made him the man he is today. "A child cannot survive without the care of others; love is its most important nourishment. The allaying of the child's many fears and the healthy development of its self-confidence depend directly upon love," he said.
And then it dawned on me why he was appealing to parents as his audience for change. After I had my twins I was reading Sarah Napthali's Buddhism for Mothers, when a point she makes about unconditional love struck home. I realized that most of the love I had experienced in the past—in relationships and with family—was pretty selfish. Consciously or sub-consciously there was an agenda: What's in it for me? The minute things were not going my way I got angry, fearful, resentful and wanted out.
But, not with these two bundles of yummy goodness. The love is unconditional, patient, kind, compassionate, tolerant and there is no need for a ripcord to get out—I am in it all the way. A mother's love is how love should be and we get to practice it every day. So I suppose we should get pretty good at it.
To be clear, I am only speaking for myself, and have a whole community of loving and kind child-free friends and sisters.
My first reaction was: Easier said than done. On top of the regular run of the mill human fears and anxieties I've been carrying around for 40 years—waiting to pass on to my offspring—frontload that with the fears and anxieties of actually being a parent!
Dealing with anxieties that turn into fear and anger is an ongoing process in our house. In the moment it is hard to see the impermanence of rising negative emotions. I'm always looking for a quick fix solution to this problem, but end up back at the same place, which involves practicing meditation regularly. However short—20 minutes, sometimes even 20 seconds—helps to bring awareness to a situation.
That magic word is awareness. Awareness is the key to unlock the advice from the Dalai Lama.
Self awareness is the first step to taking responsibility. Self awareness puts us in another's shoes which opens us up to practice compassion and loving-kindness.
And self awareness helps us with the biggest challenge of all, not allowing our fears and anxieties to take over. It gives us restraint of tongue, allows us to listen to others and to apologise and forgive quickly. All while our children are watching and learning.
Image: Photo of author by Emily McNeal from Sprinkreative. Used with permission.
Dalai Lama is a great guru and I'm an ardent follower of his 'way of life'. Incorporating Love and Kindness into any relationship works wonders. No doubt the level of Parenting can be elevated to new heights with just some gentle care. Also as you have mentioned in 'Do not pass our own fears and anxieties on to our children', this is completely true in today's scenario. Children need out support and not our fears.
Looking forward to gaining more insights from you 🙂 Thank you.
Simone Drewry is a yoga teacher and leadership coach in London. 12 years ago she was living by the Pacific Ocean in Bondi Beach, and was burnt out. Her idea of balance was working hard and playing hard. Her corporate job took priority, she drank too much and exercised too hard which added up to adrenal fatigue and bouts of depression. Then she discovered yoga and meditation and it set her on slow and wonderful path back to health.
Simone has been studying yoga at workshops and intensives since 2007, qualified with British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Training (350 hours) in 2015 and has been teaching for the past 12 months. Yoga and hypno-birthing breath work helped her twin pregnancy and birth progress without fear and anxiety. She is expanding her knowledge in pregnancy and postnatal yoga so she can help other mums.
Seven years as a managing director running PR agencies in Australia, UK and USA has honed her coaching skills using the Co-Active coaching model. Her coaching supervisor is renowned NZ based coach Sian Jaquet. She is studying the Whole Person Education Model with Merry Graham from Visionary Leadership. She runs workshops and coaches one-to-one in London. Connect with her on her blog.


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To see: the course of the Roman road Stane Street lies nearby.
Despite no obvious TRO on Surrey County Council's website relating to this lane, this woodland byway is obstructed by a locked gate just before Thirty Acre Barn. It is as such a dead end, so there is little point in driving it.
The course of the Roman road Stane Street, which ran from London to Chichester, lies nearby to the east.


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As of June 2013, Erin Timmermans, NASW-NC Associate Executive Director has transitioned from full-time staff to working for Give an Hour (GAH) in support of GAH's collaboration with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). Here is an article from her about her time with NASW-NC and her future support of the social work profession in this new capacity. We will miss Erin, but we are excited for our future collaborations and continued support of the social work profession!
First and foremost, thank you NASW-NC members for sharing your professional experience with me for the past 4 years. During my tenure with NASW-NC I have been able to learn from amazing leaders and provide some of my unique skills to enhancing the internal workings of the association. NASW-NC has been a great fit for me and has carried me on a delightful journey. As a strong advocate for the role that mental health treatment provides for our military and as a proud Army Wife, my new role combines my two passions into one unique opportunity. The best part is that I am not headed too far away from advocating for the power of social work!
Social work is a multifaceted profession; providing many avenues of support to the communities in which we live. From serving the elderly, assisting in child welfare, advocating for social justice, educating our young generation and owning private practices, social workers are THE cornerstone to empowering our nation to serve those around them. Our service members and veterans provide our communities and nation with protection. Not only are our veterans and service members assets to securing our country, they are also assets in our communities. As the current war draws down, these individuals and their loved ones need our support more than ever, and social workers are answering the call to help through this unique program and many more like it.
My new 'home', Give an Hour, is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing pro-Bono mental health services to U.S. military personnel and their loved ones who have been in service post 9/11. In the past few years, Give an Hour and the National Association of Social Workers have partnered at national and state levels. Click here to visit National NASW's Press Release about supporting Give an Hour.
Last January, Jessica Holton, LCSW & NASW-NC Board President, wrote a compelling article on the Give an Hour and Wounded Warrior's Project Odyssey Retreats, the program for which I now serve. If you missed the article, you may login to NASW-NC's website and view the Dec 12/Jan 13 edition.
Jessica, like countless other social workers, is dedicating to serving the community in ways that fit her passion. I am blessed to have uncovered a way to serve that closely fits my passion. You are in GREAT hands with the NASW-NC staff and leadership and I look forward to seeing the amazing things that come out of our chapter office. After all, NASW-NC is YOUR source for professional social work information!
This is not good-bye, as I will see many of our wonderful NASW-NC members again because let's face it- NASW-NC social workers are impacting our state everywhere!
Would you like to volunteer with Wounded Warrior Project and Give an Hour?
Wounded Warrior Project conducts Project Odyssey™ and Family Support Retreats, both lasting between one and five days. Using an adventure learning program method, these retreats help Wounded Warriors and family members recognize combat, operational stress and PTSD as invisible wounds of war. They find ways to connect with their peers and communities, learn about mental health resources in their area and how to access a therapist, start behavioral health treatment, and begin their journey to recovery.
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Home | News | Highlights of the 2019 Graduation Ceremonies
Highlights of the 2019 Graduation Ceremonies
Over 7,300 people attended the four graduation ceremonies of the Class of 2019 on June 28 & 29, 2019. Graduates walked under the proud gaze of their parents, friends, teachers, companions, and sometimes children to receive their diploma. Relive these unforgettable moments in video.
For the first time, the Sciences Po graduation ceremonies were held in the great hall Pierre Boulez of the Philharmonie, the newest concert hall in Paris designed by renowned architect Jean Nouvel. Over two days, the ceremonies filled the room with intense pride and joy. On stage, at the microphone, in the room, the singularity of the Sciences Po experience was expressed with fervor. The exceptional diversity of the student community was shown off proudly, from shimmering saris to kilts to military uniforms; talents from all walks of life walked across the stage, smiles on their faces and diplomas in hand.
An Exceptional Diversity of Talent
Our student speakers shared their vision on what brought their talent together, beyond the diversity of their origins, their choice of Master's, and their projects. Graduates of honour, grateful and free-spirited, embody the qualities that Sciences Po strives to place in the forefront: Fatoumata Diallo's (FR) commitment, Marie Geoffroy's duty of impertinence, Anne-Sophie Travert's open-mindedness, but also Mas Mahmud's resilience.
A Diploma and a Responsibility
For the guests of honour, the diploma received is a passport, but also a responsibility. Journalist Gilles Bouleau (FR) urged graduates to "reach out beyond themselves." Jacques Toubon (FR), Rights Defender, pushed the urgency to think about "the absolute right of dignity." For Entrepreneur Emmanuelle Duez, graduation plants the seed of the energy to create, for Mary Robinson, first woman president of Ireland, the categorical imperative to act against the climate crisis.
Graduates were told to use their diploma to make an impact, but without forgetting to "love with passion", in the words of President Frédéric Mion. The deans of the seven Sciences Po graduate schools also delivered a powerful message: rewatch the speeches of Pierre François (FR) of the Doctoral School (FR), Patrick Le Galès of the Urban School, Bruno Patino (FR) of the School of Journalism, Christophe Jamin (FR) of the Law School, Marie-Laure Djelic of the School of Management and Innovation, Yann Algan of the School of Public Affairs (FR) and Enrico Letta of the School of International Affairs.
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Mary Robinson's 3 Steps to Tackle Climate Change
Mary Robinson, now President of the Elders and climate justice activist, was the seventh President of Ireland, and the first woman ever to hold this office. She also served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and as Chancellor of the Trinity College Dublin for twenty years. In June 2019, she was the guest of honour at the Paris School of International Affairs' graduation ceremony. In her talk, she gives graduates 3 key steps to do their part in the fight against climate change. Watch the video to find out what they are.
U7+ Alliance: A University Alliance To Weigh in on the G7 Agenda
Under the high patronage of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, the first annual U7+ Alliance Summit took place at Sciences Po on July 9 & 10, 2019, with 47 university leaders from 18 countries. The purpose of the summit was to formalise and vote on a series of founding principles for the U7+ Alliance, and for universities to commit to associated concrete actions to tackle global issues, within their own communities, in the context of the upcoming G7 Summit in Biarritz in August 2019.
Blended Learning: Focus of the 2019 International Teaching and Learning Workshop
This June 2019, Sciences Po hosted the second annual Teaching and Learning Workshop with our global university partners to discuss, debate and share research and methods on the latest innovations in education. This year, the focus was "Blended Learning and Educational Impact," with participants from Harvard University, the National University of Singapore, the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, LSE, King's College London, the African Leadership University, and more.
2019 Graduation: Who Are Our Graduates?
Bright and engaged citizens. Promising futures. Inspiring guests and motivational speeches. Parents brimming with pride. On Friday, 28th of June and Saturday, 29th of June 2019, the Sciences Po graduation ceremonies brought together over 2,500 graduates and their guests at the Philarmonie in Paris. So who are the graduates of the Class of 2019? More
"I challenge each of us to think of humanity"
Mas Mahmud came to France as a refugee. This June 2019, he graduated with a Master's from the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs.
Green China: A Quixotic Vision
Despite an overarching negativity where China and the environment are concerned, it is set to become the leading power in the green economy. However, it is the political elective which must make the policies to make China's future green. As a one-party-state there is very little green opposition should environmental reforms not be put into practice.
An Early Alumnus from Across the Channel
Since its opening in 1872, Sciences Po has welcomed thousands of British students from neighbouring universities across the Channel. Among the very first Brits to enrol at the university was Sir Austen Chamberlain, an ambitious Cambridge graduate with a brilliant future in European diplomacy. Best known for his role negotiating the Locarno Treaties, for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Chamberlain held the position of Foreign Secretary in the inter-war years from 1924 – 1929. What did he take away from his time as the only British student in Sciences Po's Class of 1886, and how was that to shape his policy during such a pivotal period in Europe's history?
100 Years of Women at Sciences Po
At this year's graduation ceremonies, we'll be celebrating 100 years of women at Sciences Po. Indeed, the first female student entered Sciences Po in 1919. Though we have an active policy of equality today, how have things changed for women over the years at Sciences Po? With the help of the Gender Equality Pole, the Sciences Po Archives (DRIS), Sylvaine Detchemendy and the historian Marie Scot, we celebrate the history of women by compiling 5 key dates.
Sciences Po Updates Its Admissions For 2021
Starting in 2021, Sciences Po will update its admissions procedure in order to re-align with our world-class international partners, and for all candidates to be evaluated in the same manner and on the same criteria.
The 2019 Summer Reading List is here!
Summer is here, and so is our 2019 Summer Reading List! We asked our community to give us their reading recommendations using #ScPoSummerReading, and here is our final selection of 10 summer must-reads!
Use the hashtag #ScPoSummerReading on social networks to discover more recommendations, and don't hesitate to share your reading wherever you may be spending your summer!
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Inside the cabinets above his desk, he has stored what may be his most valuable assets: stacks of the three-subject notebooks he uses while reporting. "Mead notebooks," he says, "the best notebook in the world. David Remnick and I talk about how you can't get anything to replace the Mead notebook, which is unavailable now. They take ink perfectly. There is a great flow. All the other notebooks are coated with something so your pen slides along." In recent years, when he goes on reporting trips, he has resorted to making use of old Mead notebooks that still have blank pages.
Yahoo pulled the plug on Upcoming, the app I had used for years to track conferences and to socialize with contacts I met at conferences, at least in a minimal way. After Andy Baio and other founders left in the late '00s it became an unloved orphan. But I like what it did, and I always expected that they, or someone else, would crack the code on how to make events more social. I signed up to try the new version of Conferize, and it falls short of my aspirations, but I like what they have done. It retains a strong social feel compared to others, like Lanyard (which seems to be shouting, for some reason).


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The new Liberty Cinema 12 opened July 12, 2018, about three minutes away from the old Cinema 12. It is B&B Theatres flagship operation and corporate headquarters and their 50th location covering seven states.
B&B Theatres is partnering with CJ 4DPLEX to bring the 270-degree ScreenX to four of the company's locations. The 244-seat ScreenX in Liberty is reported to be the largest in the world. Also included are two of B&B's wall-to-wall Grand Screens and an MX4D auditorium.
According to B&B Theatres, its history stretches back to 1924 when Elmer Bills, Sr. bought the Lyric Theatre in Salisbury, Missouri. Bills hired Sterling Bagby, who after returning from World War II, started his own chain of theaters and Bills Jr. continued the tradition with his own theaters. "On January 1, 1980, the Bills and Bagby families cemented decades of friendship by formally joining their two theatre companies into B&B Theatres."
As a tribute to the original Lyric Theatre in Salisbury a 38-seat theater called the Lyric will show art house films when available and is designed for private events.
Food and drink is available at the B&B Marquee Bar & Grille, open to the public without buying a ticket.
As with newer B&B Theaters, which is reported to be the seventh largest chain in the world, the Liberty location was designed by J. Price Architecture.
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Developing a process for B2B ethical decisions
By ASBPE Staff	/ August 22, 2016
By Joelle Harms, Senior Digital Media Content Producer, North Coast Media, and Alexa Boschini, Associate Editor, Home Accents Today
For business-to-business editors, ethics can be more complicated than they are in the consumer media world. The scope of B2B products extends well beyond journalism, from sponsored content and special events to data analysis and consulting. So walking the ethical line when it comes to revenue generation, for example, often means extra levels of tough decision-making for B2B editors.
But acting ethically and making a profit are hardly mutually exclusive. And indeed, as media ethics expert and Poynter Vice President of Academic Programs Kelly McBride put it in her presentation at ASBPE's 2016 National Conference: "There is no reason ethics cannot accommodate those big business opportunities."
"Ethics is a process," McBride repeated throughout the presentation. And to make the process work at its best: "Spend a lot of time getting the process down, and solving each individual issue will come easier."
Creating one's own formal ethics code, or adapting an existing organizational code to your publication, is one step McBride recommended—a step reflecting the position of ASBPE's own ethical Guide to Best Practices. But whether or not one has a formal code, it's still wise for B2B editors to have a process, and to use it regularly, she said.
Lessons from the consumer press
B2B ethical pressures are increasing all the time. Why? For one thing, publications often have fewer resources and full-time staffers, who have been replaced by contractors and freelancers—a trend that's true as well for the consumer press. And indeed, ethical lessons these days may apply in both segments. Thus, McBride asked attendees to consider a 35-year-old case from Runner's World.
McBride had found the ethics example involving Runner's World—now an established 50-year-old magazine, but only a teenager when it faced the ethical challenge—in a 2011 article in the New York Times Magazine about the history of recreational running. The magazine had been carefully reviewing competing brands of running shoe, and in a 1981 buyer's guide one shoe, a Nike, didn't do well. Nike (which had started its own magazine, Running) pulled $1 million of advertising from Runner's World. And four years later, when the publication was sold to Rodale, the Runner's World rating system was abolished—with its shoe guide being replaced, with every shoe now carrying what is effectively a "recommended" grade.
The Poynter ethicist launched a discussion of what the magazine might have done, besides eliminating a shoe rating system that benefited readers—even if it tweaked Nike.
One possible approach: installing more transparency into the rating system, and explaining the fairness of the system to both readers and shoemakers, including Nike.
"Ethics is a process," remember? So here's the four-step workflow technique that McBride recommended for dealing with ethical issues that arise. (Note: The approach also works when actually creating an ethics guide):
Step 1: Consider values. Journalists tend to face challenges even when establishing their publication's values: weighing one journalism value against another journalism value, or weighing a business values against a journalism value, for example. (B2B is particularly susceptible to the business-versus-journalism-value issue, she said, because B2B editors have one foot in both business and journalism camps.) Telling the truth about what exactly your articles offer the reader—being transparent, as she suggested Runner's World might have done with its product review—was an option that might have been considered. Explain to readers what exactly you are promising them, and be transparent about the decision-making that went into delivering on the promise.
Step 2: Consider principles. Once you establish your publication's values, translate them into principles. If you value the truth, examine just how you're going to seek the truth? If you value community, how are you going to foster a meaningful relationship with your audience? McBride said every publication needs to be able to say, "We exist because.…" and list three to five things that are core to your identity. Those three to five things are your principles.
Step 3: Identify journalistic purposes and alternative actions. Every revenue line – whether journalistic or otherwise – must have a purpose that fits within your principles. If that purpose presents an ethical conflict, McBride said it's imperative to come up with an alternative that works. Going back to the product ranking example, don't label it "the best products" if it's not a true product review. Create another angle that promises your readers something else, such as "the newest products." Call it what it is.
Step 4. Match outcomes to values. When faced with an ethical decision, as the Runner's World editors were, make sure whatever solution you reach reflects your publication's values. According to McBride, consumers of media are so overloaded with information that they often approach what data they receive with cynicism. So it's important that they understand what data it is they're consuming. Ultimately, your honesty and integrity will lead to a stronger relationship with your audience.
If you do decide to create a formal code…
The ethical process should also be the basis for developing a code of ethics, if your publication chooses to. Fill it with clear examples and rules – though writing a rule for every issue that could potentially arise is impossible.
McBride recommended using a "Green Light Ethics" approach–listing in your code what to do in certain situations (green lights) instead of what not to do.
She noted that a good code of ethics addresses conflicts of interest, anticipates challenges, states company values clearly, contains standard practices, allows deviation through other established pathways, and allows a certain threshold for that deviation.
The process still may seem overwhelming, but ASBPE offers examples of ethics codes for several business, trade, association and professional publications.
This blog post is based on a presentation from the ASBPE 2016 National Conference. Stay tuned for more blog posts about conference presentations.
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N.H.'s New Program For Addiction Treatment Shows Promise — And Major Gaps
By The Exchange • Sep 25, 2019
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Peter Fifield says the moment when someone struggling with addiction decides they are ready for help can be a fleeting one. The mental health and drug and alcohol counselor sees it firsthand. He manages one of nine locations around New Hampshire where people can seek help.
These "hubs" are part of the state's new Doorway program, launched in January with federal funding to address the state's addiction crisis. "The walk-in access is paramount," Fifield said on The Exchange. "They can just walk in and get connected."
(For the full Exchange conversation, listen here. The quotes excerpted here have been edited lightly for clarity.)
[Related: N.H. Attorney General Sues Sackler Family in Opioid Lawsuit]
At the Doorway center affiliated with Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, Fifield says, "We assess all their needs: housing needs, work needs, child care needs. Recovery isn't just not using. Recovery is a long-term process."
And therein is a major challenge. The Doorway hubs are supposed to help direct people to treatment services, otherwise known as the "spokes" of the new system. And these are too often inadequate or missing.
"If an individual does walk in and they're ready right now but they have a two-week wait to get into treatment, then you can see the gap there in terms of actually getting them connected to a treatment source," Fifield says.
"We're not out of the woods even remotely."
Doorways are also not available 24 hours, seven days of the week — a key problem, according to many working in the new system. People in need can call 211 at any time, and federal funding has helped bolster that service.
Still, Fifield says, Doorways can provide a place to connect beyond that initial contact. "They are a place where you could do work towards recovery. They can come in, do phone calls. They can hang out, get a cup of coffee and just talk to a care coordinator. We can connect them with recovery coaches."
John Burns, director of the SOS Recovery Community Organization in Strafford County, insists Doorways should be open around the clock. Burns works closely with Fifield and has high praise for the Wentworth-Douglass hub. He sees progress under the new program but says "spokes," such as recovery centers, need more money.
The Exchange guests discussing response to opioid and substance use addiction in N.H., left to right: Peter Fifield, John Burns, and Tym Rourke.
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Tym Rourke, director of substance use disorders grant-making for the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, says the solutions are evident – recovery coaches, detox beds, inpatient and outpatient care. What's missing, he says, is money.
"We have 13 recovery centers, in part because there was a decision to put resources into the operation of recovery centers. We have these Doorways. We now have places people can go to start their recovery journey, in part because there was money. I think that we have to continue to think about how we finance a health care system that can provide the fullest, greatest of services. At the moment, the patient is ready wherever the patient is. And that is something where we have a lot more work to do."
Rourke does see progress: "There's been a five-fold increase in treatment, access and recovery support access."
But low Medicaid reimbursement rates that do not cover the cost of treatment continue to plague the system, says Rourke.
"The increase that was included in the final version of the budget was a 3 % increase, which is not nearly enough, but at least a step forward," Rourke says. "Of course, the budget is in continuing resolution right now, and so in the absence of a new budget, those rates have not yet come to pass. And so still, Medicaid rates are an enormous issue and an enormous barrier to building out capacity to provide services to folks in the state of New Hampshire."
Meanwhile, as of this month , 212 people died from opioid overdoses this year, with 56 still under investigation, Rourke said. "We're not out of the woods even remotely."
Safe Stations Still Playing A Critical Role
Manchester Fire Chief Daniel Goonan says the city's Safe Station program – located throughout the city at ten fire stations – was set up for people who are ready for help.
"What we what we were trying to do is just capture that one moment where somebody feels that they could use the help most. Whether they've hit rock bottom or have some sort of epiphany or their parents convinced them to finally seek some help," he said. "And we've become a pretty natural access point. And it's a great way for the fire department to step up and help during this crisis that we've been seeing."
"It's almost like the opiates have passed us by and drugs are just poly-substance." - Manchester Fire Chief Dan Goonan
Manchester's official hub is Granite Pathways, an organization that also serves Nashua. Goonan says the Safe Station program is "kind of a hub to the hub."
"In my opinion is if they didn't have the firehouse to make these triage moves here, the hub would be completely overwhelmed with people that are extremely sick and definitely too sick to be talking to a recovery coach or a LADC (Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor)."
As of now, about 50% of the people showing up at safe stations are from Manchester, Goonan says. The rest are from outside of Manchester, he said, mainly from Dover and Laconia. They arrive from almost 200 New Hampshire communities, he said, as well as seven other states. He said he's hopeful that the new Doorway system will increase its capacity and lighten that load.
Burns meanwhile fully admits he's sending people to Manchester. His recovery service is available around the clock and last month received more than 1,000 visits. He said at times, the only choice for people who are homeless and desperate is to send them to Manchester, where there are more services, though the city says it's now overloaded.
More than opioids
As Goonan sees it, the opioid crisis is now just part of the story. This weekend, almost 20 people in Manchester overdosed on spice, a synthetic marijuana product.
"This is an all-of-the above crisis. We're seeing so much methamphetamine, so much spice. It's almost like the opiates have passed us by and drugs are just poly-substances. I kind of miss the good old-fashioned alcoholics only, or opiate addicts, because we have medications we can treat them with. But when someone comes in and says, yeah, I'm an opiate addict, but I also use methamphetamines and spice and alcohol and all of the above, it's really changing what we see every day."
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38 Arrested in Mass. 'Devil's Highway' Drug Sweep That Includes N.H. Trafficking
By Associated Press • Sep 24, 2019
Federal authorities say a weekslong investigation into drug trafficking in Massachusetts has led to about 50 arrests and the seizure of large amounts of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling said in a statement Monday the 10-week operation code named Devil's Highway was a coordinated effort by federal, state, and local partners to focus on drug distribution in Lawrence and between Lawrence and New Hampshire.
N.H. Attorney General Sues Sackler Family In Opioid Lawsuit
By Jason Moon • Sep 17, 2019
The state of New Hampshire is suing four members of the Sackler family who own drug maker Purdue Pharma.
Read the lawsuit here.
The state accuses the Sacklers of being the architects of a deceptive marketing campaign around opioids that contributed to the state's drug crisis.


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Japan's Modernist Enigma: Woman in the Dunes on Criterion
By Christopher Weedman.
The haunting enigmatism and visual beauty of Woman in the Dunes (1964) has not diminished since its premiere over fifty years ago. Shot on a budget of $100,000 over four months in Tottori City, Tottori-ken, this Japanese art-house classic was released during the wave of modernist filmmaking that simultaneously made its way across national cinemas during the late 1950s and early 1960s, as demonstrated by Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1959) and Alain Resnais' Hiroshima mon amour (1960) in France, Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963) in Italy, Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966) in Sweden, and Joseph Losey's Accident (1967) in Britain. While this esteemed filming of Kobo Abe's 1962 novel by director Hiroshi Teshigahara (adapted for the screen by Abe himself) is today, arguably, lesser-known than these cinematic masterpieces of the European avant-garde, it is no fault of the film, which deserves a place alongside these acknowledged world classics as one of the most visually complex and challenging films that 1960s cinema had to offer.
As film scholar James Quandt acknowledges in his perceptive video essay included on both the Blu-ray and DVD editions of Woman in the Dunes, released last month on August 23rd by the Criterion Collection, the film has sparked a myriad of critical interpretations with its narratively cryptic story of a Tokyo school teacher/amateur entomologist condemned against his will to perpetually help a widow shovel sand out of a dune in the desert. Read as everything from a modern-day reworking of the Greek myth of Sisyphus (the King of Ephyra fated to spend eternity pushing a boulder up a hill, a plight that also inspired Sean Connery's endless trek up a manmade hill in Sidney Lumet's powerful British military prison drama The Hill, 1965) to a parable about the existential state of man in modern Japanese society, Woman in the Dunes was popular with both film critics and college audiences during the 1960s. Not only did the film win the Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1964, but also it garnered further attention stateside when it was one of five Japanese films screened at the second New York Film Festival that September. Strong reviews from the typically irascible Bosley Crowther of The New York Times and other critics helped secure the film a booking at Cinema II (Don Rugoff's art-film mecca on Third Avenue in New York), where it became an unexpected financial success and went onto earn Oscar nominations for "Best Foreign Language Film" and "Best Director."
Woman in the Dunes opens with a masterful title sequence by Kiyoshi Awazu, an avant-garde graphic designer whose work here, although different in style, parallels the primary objective of the title designs of Saul Bass, who felt that they should contain a "visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story" (qtd. in Kael 62). The titles feature an image of a fingerprint with inkan stamps (seals used in lieu of signatures on official documents, which only became utilized by common people, instead of just nobility, during the late nineteenth century) and small traditional Japanese artwork of a man interwoven within the fingerprint's friction ridges. This sequence subtly suggests the film's exploration of the conflict between identity (represented by the fingerprint) and society (represented by the traditional artwork) in post-World War II Japan: a culture where the youth from the rural villages were becoming increasingly drawn to the modern lifestyles offered in Westernized urban cities like Tokyo, while facing strong opposition from both their families and fellow villagers to remain at home and maintain cultural traditions.
One man adrift in this cultural divide is the film's unnamed school teacher and entomologist (Eiji Okada, best-remembered as the architect lover of Emmanuelle Riva in the Rive Gauche masterpiece Hiroshima mon amour), who has come to the rural desert to study its sand bugs. He is searching in vain for an unidentified variation of the tiger beetle, which he hopes to find in order to fulfill his desire of having his name printed in a handbook as its discoverer and, albeit unconsciously, give his mundane life a meager degree of importance. However, from the audience's first glimpse of the entomologist, there are visual clues that his personal identity (represented in modern society by fingerprint classification, as well as an endless series of passports, certificates, and other forms of legal identification) will give way to a new one. As he is hiking up a sand dune, the well-defined wavy lines of the landscape mirror a fingerprint, which is slowly being eroded away from the trail of footsteps that he is leaving in the sand.
After he misses the last bus to travel back to Tokyo, the entomologist is escorted by the local villagers to the hut of a young widow (Kyōko Kishida, an actress and children's book author, who starred memorably as a dissatisfied housewife embarking on a lesbian affair with an art model, played by Ayako Wakao, in Yasuzô Masumura's groundbreaking Manji, 1964) located at the bottom of a large sand dune. The only means of accessing the hut is a rope ladder, which the entomologist insists is "quite an adventure" to climb down due to its primitiveness. At first believing that he will only be spending the night, the entomologist discovers the next morning that the rope is gone. He later realizes that it was a trap orchestrated by the villagers to force the pair into marriage.
The woman has maintained a solitary existence since her husband and child perished in a sandstorm. "This life is really too hard for a woman alone," she admits to the entomologist, who cannot understand her motivation to "cling to this place." The widow lives a monotonous life shoveling the excess sand around her home each day. Not only does she have to shovel the sand to keep it from accumulating and swallowing her alive, but also the villagers need it to sell to urban contractors to maintain their traditional way of life. The widow's existence centers around the group identity of her community, but she is revealed to be almost as self-absorbed as her "honored guest." While the entomologist is interested only in his personal need for self-promotion (as indicated by his desire to have his name published in a scientific book), she exhibits no guilt over selling sand with a high-salt content that she knows is dangerous for concrete construction. Her desire to help her village survive economically and maintain cultural tradition outweighs any concern for those living in the city who may be killed from the use of these shoddy materials.
The film offers only a modicum of sympathy for the entomologist, whose insensitivity is displayed at the beginning of the narrative in a brief sequence foregrounding his subsequent fate. Teshigahara and cinematographer Hiroshi Segawa frame the entomologist's fingers in an extreme close-up shot as he studies a small insect, which attempts to gain its freedom, yet keeps finding itself sliding backward and getting swallowed up by the sand. While witnessing the futility of the insect's plight, the entomologist pokes at it and laughs callously. His inability to show any ounce of compassion to another creature is further displayed when he dispassionately watches another insect try to climb out of the sealed test tube that he put it into. These moments provide bitter irony to the film's later dramatic scenes of the entomologist hopelessly attempting to climb out of the sand dune, which, despite his best efforts to escape, will forever serve as his prison.
Woman in the Dunes was previously released by Criterion as part of an out-of-print, four-disc DVD set from 2007. The prior DVD release resurrected the striking chiaroscuro cinematography of Segawa from the murky oblivion of the 1991 VHS edition from the Connoisseur Video Collection, as well as featured two of Teshigahara's other feature-length collaborations with Abe: Pitfall (1962) and The Face of Another (1966). The high-definition digital transfer of Woman in the Dunes for this new standalone Blu-ray and DVD release is quite stunning and helps illustrate Teshigahara's mastery over every frame. Most visually impressive are the penetrating close-ups of the granules of sand and perspiration on the bodies of the entomologist and the widow, which are reminiscent of specimens under a high-power microscope (recalling the type of scientific inquiry performed by an entomologist) and emphasize the interconnection of both individuals with their landscape. Furthermore, this visual imagery highlights the sexual tension between the man and woman, which becomes increasingly sensual as the film progresses. This is seen clearly in the silhouetted images of Kishida's nude body, which are evocative of the film's long shots of the desert landscape. Both are alluring and mysterious to the entomologist, who finds himself slowly enveloped by them.
Nevertheless, excitement over the new Blu-ray and DVD are somewhat tempered by Criterion's decision not to include Pitfall and The Face of Another like they did previously, as well as not including any additional bonus features. The latest editions carry over most of the bonus features from the previous box-set (minus James Quandt's video essays on Pitfall and The Face of Another), including four of the director's early short films: Hokusai (1953), Ikebana (1956), Tokyo 1958 (1958), and Ako (1965). In terms of critiquing postwar Japanese society (one of Teshigahara's primary artistic concerns), the most fascinating of these films is Tokyo 1958 with its panorama of modern Tokyo with its class disparity, high suicide rate, overcrowding, pollution, and Western commercialism encroaching on Eastern traditions, as seen in a brief scene of a Japanese teenager singing the rock 'n' roll hit "Don't Be Cruel" in the style of Elvis Presley. This idea is further foregrounded by the experimental shift from a Japanese narrator to an English-speaking narrator (reminiscent of those used in newsreels by Movietone News in the United States), which highlights that Western influence on Japanese society continued to linger following the end of the Allied occupation of Japan in 1951.
Like the earlier Criterion box-set, this release of The Woman in the Dunes also boasts an insightful interview with Teshigahara from 1978, which was first published in French in Max Tessier's book Le cinéma japonais au présent: 1959-1984. In addition to discussing his collaboration with Abe and his greater stylistic preoccupation with images than dialogue (a stance that he admits was antithetical to progressive artists and intellectuals in Japan during the postwar era), Teshigahara speaks of his disenchantment with the increasing difficulty of getting his films financed and distributed in the 1970s. This notion, although not significantly explored by the interviewees in Criterion's 2007 documentary Teshigahara and Abe (included in this new edition), must have been a contributing factor in the director's subsequent decision to bow to familial pressure and succeed his esteemed father, Sofu Teshigahara, as the head of the Sōgetsu School of Ikebana flower arrangement. He would later return to feature filmmaking with Rikyu in 1989.
Audie Bock's lucid essay "Woman in the Dunes: Shifting Sands" is again included. Bock discusses the relationship between the director's visual concern with shapes and surfaces to his work in both pottery and floral arrangement. More interestingly, she contextualizes the narrative's conflict between personal and group identity by contextualizing it against the modern cultural phenomenon of johatsu (Japanese men and women dropping out of society and vanishing without a trace), which was chronicled in the 1967 documentary A Man Vanishes by director Shohei Imamura. Léna Mauger and Stéphane Remael's 2016 book The Vanished: The "Evaporated People" of Japan in Stories and Photographs (published by Skyhorse Publishing) cites that almost 100,000 people vanish annually. With this startling statistic in mind, significant irony is given to the belief of Woman in the Dunes' entomologist, who, either out of naiveté or self-delusion, keeps hoping that his educational colleagues back in Tokyo will come looking for him. Obviously, the sheer number of vanished people would make this impossible.
Aside from the minor misgivings previously mentioned, Criterion's standalone release of Woman in the Dunes is well worth purchasing, particularly by cinephiles who either missed out on owning the original box-set (now fetching as much as $350 on Amazon.com), or who desire a Blu-ray upgrade of this modernist masterpiece. Devotees of Teshigahara and Abe can only hope that standalone releases of Pitfall and The Face of Another (thankfully, still available to stream on Hulu.com) will follow from the company in the near future.
Christopher Weedman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in Film Studies. His scholarship has appeared in Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Senses of Cinema, and the edited anthology Fifty Hollywood Directors (Routledge, 2015). His interview and career retrospective of British actress Anne Heywood (the Golden Globe-nominated star of the controversial 1967 film The Fox) will appear in a forthcoming issue of Cinema Retro.
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Crowther, Bosley (1964), "Adaptation of Japanese Novel Is Engrossing: Two-Character Movie at Lincoln Center," Review of Woman in the Dunes (1964), dir. by Hiroshi Teshigahara, New York Times 17 Sep., pp. 52.
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2 thoughts on "Japan's Modernist Enigma: Woman in the Dunes on Criterion"
Tony Williams says:
This is such an informative review fully alert to visual style, historical context, and how the various DVD supplements contribute to understanding the film. I hope we see more essays of such high quality from you in future.
Christopher Weedman says:
Thank you for the kind words about my review. I certainly hope to contribute more as time allows. There are a couple more reviews currently in the pipeline.
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4/25/2012 JW
The U.S. travel industry is kicking off a first-ever, $12.3 million marketing campaign, featuring an original song by country-music star Rossane Cash, reports an article by Andy Fixmer for Bloomberg.
Television, Internet and billboard ads will begin rolling out in the U.K., Canada and Japan starting May 1st, and will expand to Brazil and South Korea on June 1st, according to Jim Evans, chief executive officer of Washington-based Brand USA a public-private marketing agency established by Congress in 2010.
The desire for travel to the U.S. has waned in the past decade as people said in polls that they knew enough about America from its films, TV shows and music, Evans said. Some U.S. economic, homeland-security and immigration policies during that time also made people around world believe America was "less welcoming" to tourists, he said.
"We knew we had to change people's opinions," Evans said. "It's critical we show the U.S. as a nation of freedom, diversity and a lot of fun."
The advertising campaign, with the tagline "Discover This Land Like Never Before," was unveiled yesterday, April 24, at an international travel-industry conference in Los Angeles.
Walt Disney Co., Marriott International, and Best Western International each contributed $1 million for the marketing campaign The federal government is matching the contributions two for one, financed by exit fees collected on visitors leaving the U.S
The targeted countries were chosen based on the volume of travel to the U.S., the ease of gaining visas, how much visitors from those countries spend on average and the cost of advertising in those territories.
Foreign travelers to the U.S. spend $4,000 per trip on average, and each 35 incremental visitors results in a new job being created.
Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, composed "Land of Dreams" for the campaign and appears in commercials that feature the singer performing with other musicians from around the world under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
Brand USA's efforts will be broad, explained Evans."'You won't just see the Golden Gate Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge or the Washington Monument in these spots," Evans said. "This is a very broad-based ad that shows all of America."
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Diamond Resorts International Faces Class Action Lawsuit
Owners at Poipu Point Resort on Kauai, Hawaii, faced with a special assessment in excess of $5,000 per week for reconstruction to correct water intrusion damage to the buildings, have rebelled against the assessment by filing a lengthy class action Complaint against Diamond Resort International, its CEO Stephen Cloobeck and several directors.
In 163 paragraphs within the 52-page Complaint, the plaintiffs have detailed allegations of intimidation against recalcitrant directors and other methods to gain control of the board of directors by installing Diamond employees as directors. Once in control, according to the Complaint, the Diamond directors increased the management fee paid to Diamond to more than ten times prior levels and imposed the special assessment in violation of the Poipu Point governing documents.
Among the allegations is a claim that the water intrusion damage was known to Diamond before they acquired the resort from Sunterra and that Diamond delayed taking any action until they gained control over the board. Further, Diamond is alleged to have sold points in its collection of Hawaii resorts without disclosing the water intrusion damage and impending assessment.
The Complaint points out that the $65 million total assessment works out to more than $300,000 per unit, and charges that much of the money will be used for renovations unrelated to the water intrusion problem.
Plaintiffs allege the directors committed breaches of their fiduciary duty in assisting CEO Stephen Cloobeck to gain control of the board, voting on matters when they had a conflict of interest and authorizing the water intrusion assessment knowing it was invalid under the governing documents.
Diamond Resorts and Stephen Cloobeck are alleged to have committed consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices in seeking to collect the invalid assessment.
Plaintiffs seek to have the water intrusion assessment declared invalid, all payments already made to be refunded and damages.
Source: Timesharing Today Express
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Diamond Resorts International® Chairman and CEO Meets with White House to Support Travel Strategy
Diamond Resorts International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen J. Cloobeck, together with CEOs from many of the nation's leading travel industry companies, met on March 28, 2012, with senior Administration officials at the White House to express support for President Obama's national travel and tourism strategy.
President Obama's national travel and tourism strategy would increase travel and foreign tourism to the United States, spurring economic growth and job creation.
As a cornerstone of the U.S. economy and one of our nation's leading service sectors, the $1.9 trillion travel industry supports 14.4 million U.S. jobs and with the appropriate policies in place, has the potential to quickly provide opportunities for unemployed workers across the country.
Cloobeck expressed his continued support for President Obama's Executive Order given in January which included a new pilot program and rule change for visa processing in China and Brazil; a final rule to expand and make the Global Entry program permanent; the appointment of new members to the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board; and the Nomination of Taiwan to the Visa Waiver Program.
"As a global leader in the travel and vacation ownership industries, it's my responsibility to be actively involved, united with fellow travel industry leaders, and supporting vital travel initiatives as the U.S. seeks to become the top tourist destination in the world," said Cloobeck.
Alongside Diamond Resort's Stephen Cloobeck, some of the other CEOs representing the travel industry at the White House meeting included: Jim Atchison, President & Chief Executive Officer, Seaworld Parks & Entertainment; Roger Dow, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Travel Association; Dara Khosrowshahi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Expedia, Inc.; Christopher Nassetta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hilton Worldwide; Rossi Ralenkotter, President & Chief Executive Officer, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; John Sprouls, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Universal Parks and Resorts; and Frits van Paasschen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
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ARDA (American Resort Development Association) has joined C.A.R.E (Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers) as an Associate member.
"It is a great honor to welcome ARDA as a new member of our organization," said C.A.R.E. president Alain Carr. "C.A.R.E. appreciates the participation of Howard Nusbaum and Jason Gamel at our conferences this past year, and C.A.R.E. has benefited from the knowledge and insight in our industry that they were generous enough to share with us.
Because C.A.R.E.'s values are directly in line with ARDA's, C.A.R.E. has always been a strong supporter of ARDA and has been directly responsible for many C.A.R.E. member companies becoming and maintaining memberships with ARDA.
Reciprocally, ARDA has been extremely supportive of C.A.R.E. and its efforts to deliver outstanding vacation services to owners and members.
"ARDA looks forward to sharing valuable industry information with C.A.R.E. members through increased opportunities," said ARDA president and CEO, Howard Nusbaum. "While we've participated in C.A.R.E. events in the past, becoming an Associate Member will enable ARDA to educate a broader audience about the policies that impact owners and efforts the industry is taking to protect the integrity of the product and the value of vacation ownership."
ARDA is the Washington D.C. based trade association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries (timeshares) with almost 1,000 corporate members ranging from privately-held firms to publicly-traded corporations with extensive experience in shared ownership interests and leisure real estate.
C.A.R.E. (Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers) is a trade association that has helped provide opportunities for vacation fulfillment and exchanges and revenue enhancement through increased networking opportunities since 1985. Its membership is comprised of developers, wholesalers, travel clubs, HOA's, resorts, and management and exchange companies. Its member companies offer inventory at over 2500 properties and service over one million vacation owners and members.
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2. i prefer converse, hunters or anything rick owens…..but yes. gotta show you have chic footwear as well as furniture.
3. not sure i'd use plywood for kitchen cabinets (except in a cottage) but i frankly think plywood and pressboard is underrated.
How long before snobby "designers" stop their self-important preaching about what is and is not acceptable in our own homes and quit using sarcasm and mean-spirited soliloquy to shame us into feeling cheap and tacky for finding beauty in simple finishes and materials? All of the above images have something interesting and beautiful to share. By the way, being rude is "cheap and tacky" in it's highest form.
There is a difference, Jenny, between expressing a general boredom and exacerbation when it comes to interior design trends and directly attacking someone for their views. Shelter trends take a lot longer to fall out of popular favor, after all. Whether or not you feel targeted is a result of your insecurities and not the opinions of others. The only one making aggressive statements here is you. So take that into account while you secretly loath the exposed plywood you chose because you were tempted by Apartment Therapy posts and glossy shelter mags.
Please calm yourself. First, I'm not a "designer", just a fan of this site and someone who loves architecture, design and creativity. I'm also not particularly snobby or mean-sprited by nature. My post was meant in the spirit of fun, humor and satire. This is, after all, a decorating blog–we're not discussing homelessness, inequality or a cure for AIDS here. I too love simple finishes and all things honest and beautiful, but I also get a kick out of occasionally lampooning pretension and faddishness masquerading as originality. I truly apologize if I shamed you into feeling anything–especially cheap and tacky.
Jared I thought your post this morning was hilarious and I just wanted in on the fun….much of what you said is true which makes it all the funnier! Keep up the commentary I'll be reading!
Take it or leave it people, it's the beauty of the internet, either you like it or don't, but as always unless you have something nice to say, DON'T.
Someone has put their time and effort into these posts, images and blogs, someone has also put their time and effort into the materials they've chosen (whether you like them or not) and someone has put their time and effort into staging the photos (yes we all know they're staged) so perhaps just maybe we all might try remembering that whilst it's not all our taste it IS someone elses home or work that you're reducing to a sarcastic comment, funny or not.