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'Uncharted' Film Review: Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg in Breezy Video-Game Adaptation
Todd Gilchrist
February 15, 2022, 2:40 a.m. ·5 min read
In the tradition of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "The Mummy," "National Treasure" and "Jumanji," "Uncharted" taps into a familiar tradition of globe-trotting, roguish adventure, and disguises the influence of those earlier films (and countless others) considerably better than you might expect.
Since making his debut with "Zombieland," director Ruben Fleischer has developed an aptitude for cheerful proficiency (if not a ton of discernible personality) that he deploys to great effect in this brisk pastiche, especially with Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg bickering their way through one set piece after another.
Meanwhile, Sophia Ali and Tati Gabrielle steal much of the movie from their better-known co-stars with intriguing turns as competitors and more-than-equals for the prize Fleischer keeps tantalizingly out of reach from all of them.
An adaptation the Playstation video game of the same name, "Uncharted" stars Holland as Nathan Drake, an orphan obsessed with 16th-century explorers; he grows up to become a bartender and pickpocket after his older brother, Sam (Rudy Pankow), abandons him in childhood to avoid arrest. While living vicariously through the postcards Sam sends him from exotic, faraway lands, Nathan gets contacted by Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Wahlberg), a fortune hunter seeking his help to locate a treasure supposedly lost during Magellan's trip around the world. Nathan reluctantly agrees in the hopes the journey will somehow reconnect him and his brother, but they soon run afoul of Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), the son of a wealthy industrialist who wants to find Magellan's gold for himself.
Collaborating with Chloe Frazer (Sophia Ali, "Grey's Anatomy"), Nathan and Sully soon find themselves combing the streets of Barcelona looking for clues that might point to the location of the gold. But if Moncada's limitless resources and ruthless determination don't present big enough obstacles for the scrappy fortune-hunting trio, he also hires Jo Braddock (Tati Gabrielle, "You"), a former colleague of Sully's, to match wits — and if necessary, weapons — with them to retrieve the treasure.
Like many of the performers that the Marvel Cinematic Universe catapulted to stardom seemingly overnight, Holland possesses an undeniable charisma and a sincerity on screen that makes him tirelessly likable, even when Nathan is pickpocketing a young customer at the bar where he works. Here, he possesses an almost Harold Lloyd–like quality where each of his stunts feel improvised and effortless at the same time, combined with an inner incredulity that he's pulled off yet another feat of derring-do.
In fact, the only thing Holland seemingly cannot do is generate chemistry with Wahlberg as Sully, a counterpart and proxy brother with whom Nathan should be irresistibly clashing; instead, he limps through their interactions like scripted awards-show presentation banter.
Wahlberg shrewdly takes a back seat to Holland in the film, but his buddy-comedy bona fides flourish more when he's pitted against a type that pushes him outside of his comfort zone. He seems unable to decide if Sully is truly a scoundrel, or actually a nice guy pretending to be tough, and it results in a toothless performance that creates no friction for Holland's character, even after we discover a secret connection to Nathan's brother's fate.
As the third member of their team, Ali isn't altogether convincing as a hard-shell fortune hunter toughened up by a life of loneliness and betrayal, but in comparison to Wahlberg, she and Holland have chemistry for days, and some of the film's best sequences occur when the two of them share the screen. As Jo Braddock, meanwhile, Gabrielle is unfortunately saddled with an almost comically dopey villain role — there's no opportunity to accomplish a task that she won't tackle from the most counterintuitive approach possible — but she's so magnetic on screen, whether she's groveling to Banderas or pummeling Wahlberg, that you can't take your eyes off of her.
Suffice it to say that action movies as a genre mostly abandoned the basic principles of physics long ago, but "Uncharted" indulges in some of the most preposterous sequences put on screen in a long time. No matter how skilled Holland might be at actually performing (or seeming to perform) Nathan's parkour-influenced fighting style, the movie just keeps escalating the danger over and over without bothering to bring along a sense of danger or urgency. For example, a climb up a group of tethered equipment pallets hanging out of the back of a mid-air DC-10 was perhaps obviously always going to be silly, but Fleischer sacrifices suspense for momentum, so the scene becomes a showcase for the imagination of the film's visual effects team instead of the characters we're supposed to care about.
All of that said, it's one of the first times I've watched a movie and thought "I'd like to play that game," which may be a dubious accomplishment, but it speaks to the movie's ultimate aims: namely, to re-create the serialized, task-oriented nature of its source material, which of course was cribbed liberally from the films listed above and the serials that in turn inspired them.
Four decades after Indiana Jones was dragged behind a truck, Nathan Drake aspires to be his next-generation counterpart — which is why only being towed behind an airplane will do. That doesn't especially make "Uncharted" a great film, but for better or worse, you can probably feel the same level of satisfaction after watching Nathan complete just one or two of its single-serving challenges than in trying to lose yourself in the superficiality of the entire journey.
"Uncharted" opens in U.S. theaters Feb. 18.
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Wennberg scores against former team, Kraken top Blue Jackets
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Scoring from midrange remains crucial for Pascal Siakam
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MacLennan, Black and Shewfelt calling for change in leadership at Gymnastics Canada
TORONTO — Three Canadian gymnastics stars have joined the call for the resignation of Ian Moss. In a letter to Gymnastics Canada's board of directors, obtained by the CBC, Rosie MacLennan, Ellie Black and Kyle Shewfelt asked for the resignation of Moss, the organization's embattled CEO, and board chair Jeffrey Thomson, saying they have lost confidence the two "have the ability and trust of the community to see Gymnastics Canada through the current crisis." MacLennan is a two-time Olympic gold me
Duchene's goal, assist lead Predators to 6-4 win over Devils
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McVay, LA Rams hire former Jets OC Mike LaFleur
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Watershed Article History Tree Map
Encyclopedia of Keywords > Matter > Liquids > Water > Rivers > Watershed Michael Charnine
WATERSHED POLICY
RIVER KARUN
WATERSHED POLITICAL REALIGNMENT
SEVERSKY DONETS WATERSHED
EROSIONAL WATERSHED
COASTAL WATERSHED
CURRENT ALPINE WATERSHED
PAULINS
MAE PING RIVER
WATERSHED ELECTION
WATERSHED RESTAURANT
SQUAMISH RIVER WATERSHED
JAMES BAY WATERSHED
GRAND RIVER WATERSHED
SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER WATERSHED
ARTIFICIAL CANAL CROSSING
MANITOBA POLITICS
FIRST STRUCTURAL RELIC
WATERSHED PERIOD
WATERSHED AREAS
IMPORTANT WATERSHED
MAIN WATERSHED
CHAO PHRAYA WATERSHED
MODERN LINGUISTICS
WATERSHED MOMENT
WATERSHED EVENT
RIVER SEVERN
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The watershed is home to a wide variety of plants and animals that are native to the area, as well as introduced species. (Web site)
The watershed is managed by the Truckee Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest for multiple uses. (Web site)
A watershed is a basin-like landform, defined by the surrounding topography, dividing areas that are drained by different river systems.
A watershed is typically defined as the area of land where all precipitation drains to a common water body, such as a river or lake. (Web site)
Its watershed is just to the west of the watershed of the lower Connecticut River. (Web site)
The goal of Riverkeeper is to ensure that the Delaware River and every tributary stream of the watershed is actively protected by local residents.
The goal of the Network is to ensure that the Delaware River and every tributary stream of the watershed is actively protected by local residents.
The land area from which fresh water drains into the estuary is its watershed. (Web site)
Mary Whitehouse argued at the time that EastEnders represented a violation of 'family viewing time' and that it undermined the watershed policy. (Web site)
The Proto-Elamite city of Susa was founded around 4000 BC in the watershed of the river Karun.
Behiels (2010) concludes that Harper has led Canada into a watershed political realignment, the kind of shift that occurs but once a century.
The city rests at the confluence of the Kharkiv, Lopan, and Udy Rivers, where they flow into the Seversky Donets watershed. (Web site)
Their presence may indicate the presence of a kimberlite within the erosional watershed which produced the alluvium. (Web site)
Farther offshore are coral reefs (in tropical areas) and other offshore habitats that are part of the coastal watershed as well. (Web site)
This is the dividing point between the Coast Mountain Range and the Chilcotin Plateau, where the Chilko River winds its way down to the coastal watershed. (Web site)
By the early Pleistocene period, the Rhine had captured most of its current Alpine watershed from the Rhône, including the Aare.
For Aramaic-speaking Jews 1950 is a watershed year: the newly founded state of Israel led most Aramaic-speaking Jews to emigrate there. (Web site)
The ridge, known locally as the "Witwatersrand" (literally "white water ridge" - a watershed) contained the world's largest deposit of gold-bearing ore.
The Gulf War was a watershed event in terms of the participation of enlisted women in an armed conflict. (Web site)
Indeed he was kindly and his papacy was short, but he shocked the church by convening the Second Vatican Council, a watershed moment in Catholic history.
The eighth century BC is normally seen as a watershed in world history.
Six, contrary to claims, there is no way to guarantee against damage to the environment, to the watershed, or to Cagayan or Iponan River.
Either way, the result is a watershed divided between the two species, with all the niches filled.
Once in a watershed it spreads locally by rhizomes and root pieces that break off and form new plants. (Web site)
Project Apollo in general, and the flight of Apollo 11 in particular, should be viewed as a watershed in the nation's history.
This event was seen by many as a watershed, after which a new blossoming of Dharma activity came about. (Web site)
Charles Darwin 's publication of the On the Origin of Species in 1859 was a watershed event in all the life sciences, especially paleontology. (Web site)
One watershed event was a swimming competition in 1844 in London.
Bacteria levels do not necessarily decrease as a watershed develops from rural to urban. (Web site)
Despite such events as these, the World War II era proved to be generally positive for Mexican Americans and is often viewed as a watershed in their history.
Northamptonshire is an inland county in the East Midlands region.[ 2] It contains the watershed between the Severn and The Wash. (Web site)
He ruled Habasha until the Portuguese machine guns had killed him at the eastern shore of lake Tana, the watershed of the Blue Nile. (Web site)
Bristol Bay and its watershed are extraordinary, largely untouched wilderness in southwest Alaska.
The Paulins Kill watershed is home to a variety of other animals.
The national park forms the watershed of Mae Jaem River the main water tributary of the Mae Ping River. (Web site)
A two-party alignment of Conservatives and Liberals emerged quickly after Confederation in 1867 but began to break up in the watershed election of 1911. (Web site)
Saliers is also planning a solo album, and is co-owner of Watershed Restaurant in Decatur, Georgia, along with two of her friends. (Web site)
The Squamish River watershed, which includes the Cheakamus River, is a large, complex ecosystem that encompasses approximately 3,650 square kilometres.
The wild rapids of the Squamish River watershed offer water sport possibilities for people with all levels of experience.
Since 1971, the government of Quebec has built hydroelectric dams on rivers in the James Bay watershed, notably La Grande and Eastmain rivers.
Within this part of Ontario, Kitchener is the largest city situated within the Grand River watershed. (Web site)
Non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the environment in the South Branch Raritan River watershed.
This is, of course much more of a problem on an artificial canal crossing a watershed than on a river navigation.
The election of 1914 was a watershed in Manitoba politics.
The first structural relic of Prehistoric Man was excavated in 1973 at Cefn Glas near the watershed of the Rhondda Fach river.
The 1914 provincial election was the start of a watershed period in Manitoba politics.
Their literature is the lasting legacy of a watershed period in the history of native American anarchism. (Web site)
When there is hypotension from any cause, these watershed areas are more susceptible to damage than other areas of the brain. (Web site)
The Sanctuary, which was established in 1984, occupies the watershed areas of the Kunumali and Mupliyam rivers and is encircled by hills.
Parts of the brain located at the ends of the distribution areas of the vascular systems are called the watershed areas. (Web site)
Entoto is an important watershed, to the north water flows to the Blue Nile, to the south to the Awash River. (Web site)
The Witwatersrand, which stretches from Krugersdorp, through Johannesburg and past Benoni, forms an important watershed.
The Arenal Volcano area is an important watershed for the Arenal Lake Reservoir. (Web site)
Stara planina mountain is the main watershed in Bulgaria. (Web site)
The main watershed divides the catchment areas of the North, Baltic and Black seas. (Web site)
A series of rivers, including the Nan, Ping, Wang, and Yom, unite in the lowlands to form the Chao Phraya watershed. (Web site)
Chao Phraya Watershed The expanse of the Chao Phraya River and its tributaries, i.e. (Web site)
The city is situated in the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. (Web site)
Saussure's work is a watershed in modern linguistics.
The 1984 Summer Olympics became a watershed moment in Olympic history. (Web site)
The release in 1987 of Pato Banton's Never Give In was, in retrospect, something of a watershed moment. (Web site)
In 1962, he published Poems for All the Annettes, which he considered to be a watershed moment in his career. (Web site)
The 1985 election was a watershed moment in Ontario politics. (Web site)
In a watershed moment in European diplomacy, Francis came to an understanding with the Ottoman Empire, which transformed into a Franco-Ottoman alliance.
The Boer War is a watershed event for the British Army in particular and for the British Empire as a whole.
World War I was a watershed event in human history.
Charles Darwin 's publication of the Origin of Species in 1859 was a watershed event in all the life sciences, especially paleontology.
Nat Turner's slave rebellion is a watershed event in America's long and troubled history of slavery and racial conflict. (Web site)
The June 1967 War was a watershed event in the history of Israel and the Middle East. (Web site)
The South Branch Raritan River watershed is 276 square miles covering three counties and all or part of 25 municipalities within central New Jersey.
Researchers at NJIT are leading an effort to improve water quality in the Neshanic River Watershed in Central New Jersey.
Five rivers, namely Chalus (Caspian watershed), Karaj, Lar, Sardab and Jajeroud (all in the Central watershed) are also protected by DoE.
An important watershed in the War of Independence was the massacre of civilians by the FLN near the town of Philippeville in August 1955.
Lowell's transformation, a watershed for poetry after the war, opened the way for many younger writers. (Web site)
The oldest rocks which have yet been identified [1] in Afghanistan occur along the axis of the main watershed, and have been referred to the Carboniferous. (Web site)
It shares its watershed with the River Severn and the River Dee before flowing generally south-westwards down to a wide estuary.
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What is more classically American than a good ol' burger and fries? And I think we can all agree that sometimes there is nothing better than a delicious, juicy burger. While people certainly have opinions about what constitutes the perfect burger, we do know one thing: this serious burger bucket list will have you wiping the drool off your keyboard.
This Lakeview restaurant has become a popular spot for not only refreshing beer flights but also their decadent Dryhop burger. This juicy burger is made from brisket and short rib (need we say more?). Top that with chile-tomato jam, pickled sweet onions, and arugula and blanket it all under a generous helping of melting aged cheddar and you'll have a died-and-gone-to-heaven moment. Smoked bacon is optional but we all know you're going to do it!
If you are in pursuit of the juiciest burger, then turn to Bulldogs Grill, with their handcrafted burgers made from chuck and sirloin. Cooked to delicious perfection, they boast one of the juiciest burgers on the planet. But don't take our word for it. Find out for yourself. With new burger specials every week, you can opt for a traditional hamburger or cheeseburger or you can choose from one of their more uniquely crafted ones like "Area 51," which is the ideal combination of green chiles, chipotle mayo, pepper jack cheese and guacamole.
Even though this little pub in central Illinois might be a bit challenging to find, we promise you that it's worth it the minute you bite into that burger. With accolades like "Best Burger in Town" by The Buzz and "The 15 Best College Burger Joints," it must be good. If you like it hot, enjoy their Fire Burger with sautéed jalapeños, red peppers, red onions and jalapeño/habanero cheese, or choose The Spicoli with sautéed onions and mushrooms, bacon and your choice of creamy, melted cheese.
If you are in the mood for a creative, artisanal burger experience then it's time to head over to Durty Gurt's in Galena. Whether you are craving a burger for lunch or dinner, this restaurant is sure to deliver the "best burger in town." Choose from delicious favorites like the Tombstone Burger, Hawaii Five-O or City Diner (who doesn't love a fried egg on top?). Just consider washing that delicious burger down with a boozy shake.
The name and the prison-themed décor might seem rather odd, but you certainly won't find this kind of delicious food in prison. In fact, this Ukrainian Village favorite has been the talk of the burger town - "Check, Please!" even did a feature on them. Take in a metal or hard rock concert while noshing on a gourmet burger (with farm-to-table meat, no less!) with bold names like "Conjugal Visit" or "The Death Sentence," a 20-oz meat patty topped with bacon, cheddar and caramelized onions. Not sure which burger to get? Don't worry; they have burger flights (we're not drooling, you're drooling!).
While most people aren't typically looking for an amazing college burger joint after they graduate college, this hole-in-the-place might just change your mind when you try these burgers that boast locally sourced meats and produce. Try their savory bison burger and you won't be sorry. Not keen on going out into the cold weather? Fat Patties has you covered. A burger delivered right to your doorstep. Now that's just glorious!
If you happen to be camping around the Peoria area then you'll be remiss if you don't get yourself to this country bar. Kick back at this relaxed saloon and enjoy a refreshing beer and a generously large piping-hot burger (you might just need to hold it with two hands). Enjoy the relaxing atmosphere while filling your tummy with a thick, hearty burger that will satiate your hunger and quell those vicious burger cravings.
Yes, drive-ins still exist and if you happen to be in Breese then you'll be sorely regretful if you don't head to this nostalgic drive-in restaurant for a shake (or a Ski soda), seasoned waffle fries and an amazing old-fashion burger that is grilled to scrumptious perfection. They've been serving this area since 1951; they know how to make a burger right! People can't say enough amazing things about this small-town spot that serves burgers the way you remember them.
This newer Andersonville establishment may be tucked away on a side street but this doesn't keep people from talking about these seriously good burgers - and delicious cocktails to boot! While they boast astronomically large portions of crispy fries (don't forget to dip it in the dangerously addictive aioli) and even salads, you'll be very bad if you don't try the Wolf Burger. With three beef patties, creamy melted American cheese, onion straws, house-made pickles, mayo and a fried egg, you'll tame the burger beast with this meal. Better yet? They serve food until 2AM Monday through Friday (and 'til 3AM on Saturdays).
Sometimes burgers don't have to come with all those frills in order to be good. In fact, sometimes all you just want is a good old traditional burger the way your parents used to make them (but better!). So head to the Moonshine Store, the only place in this tiny two-person town of Moonshine that is certainly worth the trip. They are only open until 1PM and they often have a pretty decent crowd, so plan ahead so you don't miss out on this amazing mom-and-pop store with impeccably cooked handmade patties.
With over 20 different types of burgers on the menu, if you can't find a burger that speaks to you then you clearly aren't a burger lover. Treat yourself to a Burger Barge staple like the Mashed Potato & Gravy Burger or battle your hunger against The Kraken, their largest burger that contains onion rings, cheese, all the fixings and dock sauce all contained within two bacon grilled cheese sandwiches. During the summer months, enjoy getting your burger cravings met while also taking in the beautiful weather on their open deck.
If you are on a quest to find the most obscure burger joint serving up some pretty darn good eats, then it's time you headed to this little LaSalle County town and walked into this quaint, rural restaurant. While people brag about the heavenly tenderloins, if you are a burger person, as we suspect you are, then this is your little burger mecca. You can rely on this local bar and grille to offer great service, delicious and dependable food and a burger that you'll dream about.
This fast food restaurant has been a local favorite for decades with burgers that are always reliably delicious. With the American military-themed artwork surrounding you, you will feel like eating a burger is your patriotic duty. These fresh, hand-formed burgers cause quite a line since everything is made perfectly to order. But really we only have two words to say to you: pizza burger.
Are you constantly seeking out the oddest and most unique burger options around? Could you not imagine a world in which a regular burger was your only option? If so, then Honest Abe's for you. After all, where else will you find a 100 percent Angus ground chuck burger that is able to make peanut butter and jelly seem like the best complement to this hearty meat patty? The PB and Jealousy is apparently that good! With over 20 different creative burgers from which to choose - as well as the humble cheeseburger for you traditionalists out there - at Honest Abe's you are sure to find nothing but honestly good burgers.
This 1950s, cash-only fast food joint in the little town of Energy has become a traditional Southern Illinois hot spot for locals looking to get their hands on a famous Polar Whip burger. One bite into these tender morsels of burger-hood and you'll immediately recognize the pride that this family restaurant takes in its food. Just don't forget to wash that burger down with a creamy homemade milkshake.
The 30 years of popularity and incredible awards (WGN TV's Chicago's Best named it the juiciest burger ever) are enough to send burger lovers flocking to this McHenry County town with their hand-formed, 10 oz burgers freshly prepared to make your taste buds sing. Try the Thomas' Potato Skinz Burger with fries, bacon, cheddar and sour cream that is lightly kissed with scallions, or wake up on the right side of bed with the Sunrise Burger that offers bacon, grilled onions, sunny-side eggs and American cheese.
Sometime you just get a hankerin' for an old-style diner that promises the most delicious cherry cokes and juiciest burgers around. And when you do, you better head over to Bill's Toasty Shop for a homemade burger done just the way you want it. Add bacon. Add cheese. Heck, add some onions. The food is top notch and it's open 24 hours so that you can enjoy this incredible greasy spoon establishment whenever your stomach grumbles for a savory burger.
If this didn't send your taste buds into a frenzy, we don't know what will. This bucket list is quite the Everest to tackle but we believe you passionate food lovers might be willing to take on this challenge. We wish you the best of luck on your delicious burger endeavors. And if there are other mind-boggling burger spots that you discover that aren't on this list, be sure to share in the comments.


I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.
I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.
I draw every day – unless I'm being interviewed.
Being positive may be a character defect of mine.
You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just thought children might like my sort of visual humour.
I do like children, but only as people. Not as if they're a special category.
I have an assistant who's very good at email, so I don't struggle with it.
I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture.
I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.
I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard – I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs.
Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
I don't like leaving work behind. I hate the idea that something might be happening on the drawing board at home that I am going to miss.
If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
I don't think there's an illustrator who's as good as a Titian or a Rembrandt… but then, Rembrandt was a bit of an illustrator on the quiet, you know?
Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.


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Q: Java cast object to an interface that is not implemented but matches signature Let say I have a class:
class A{
    void doSomething();
}

And also, I have an interface:
interface I{
    void doSomething();
}

Is it possible to cast object A as I?
A object = new A();
I objectInterface = (I) object;

I get an error java.lang.ClassCastException: A cannot be cast to I. Why does this occur and can I create a partial interface for an object that does not implement that interface? I do not have control of that class.

A: If you don't have control over class A, and you have to be able to use it as a polymorphic interface I at runtime, then you'll have to wrap it:
public class B implements I {

    private A a;

    public B(a) { this.a = a; }

    public void doSomething() { this.a.doSomething(); }
}

A: It happens because that is how Java works.
Java doesn't allow what other languages call "duck typing".
Meaning: a class X implementing all methods that belong to an interface Y is not sufficient for someX instanceof Y to return true.
Only when the class definition says class X implements Y that instanceof / cast are valid. When you can't change the class definition, then a cast is not possible.
One solution for you would be to look into reflection and dynamic proxies.
Meaning: when you have an interface Y, and you would know how to delegate invocations of interface methods (for example to methods of a an object of class X), then you can do that dynamically, using that proxy concept.
Disclaimer: as in everything that is based on reflection, such code is easy to get wrong, and hard to maintain over time. So follow that tutorial step by step, do a lot of research and ensure you really understand what you are doing! But it does work, and many interesting features of large frameworks such as spring make use of dynamic proxies.

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Nathan Fielder and the Secret Humanity of Nathan for You
Nathan For You, about to wrap its third season and just renewed for a fourth, will make you laugh unlike anything else on television. That may all be due to its sneaky interest in the people it seems to be lampooning.
By Kaleb Horton
By Nick Ut/AP Images.
Nathan Fielder knows exactly how to go viral, and that's a dangerous skill. I've seen people go viral. They get drunk off it. They lose their minds. They bury themselves in their phones, greedily refreshing every social-media app they have. It's an instant hit of dopamine, replenished with each new Twitter notification—but it's over fast. It's not like getting famous, a slower process with more satisfying rewards, your name up in lights. If getting famous is like preparing a beignet, going viral is like wolfing down a box of those honey buns people get addicted to in prison.
Three seasons into his Comedy Central series, Nathan for You, Fielder's gone about as viral as you can possibly go, and he's done it twice. First, to promote a petting zoo, he employed a full-blown stunt team to engineer a heartwarming "amateur" video of a pig rescuing a goat in a shallow pond. It got millions of views. It was replayed on NBC Nightly News and Good Morning America, with no serious questions about its integrity. It proved an important point about anything cute and spontaneous you've ever seen on the Internet: don't take this at face value.
Then there was Dumb Starbucks, a "parody" he opened in Los Feliz for the sole purpose of profiting from the Starbucks brand name and counting on protection from parody law. It was an immediate runaway hit. People thought it was an art installation. Maybe it was Banksy. Hordes of bloggers and camera crews all but demanded Fielder hold a press conference claiming the credit.
But Fielder isn't out to dismantle post-social-media American commercialism. Lanky, deliberate in tone, and low in voice, the 32-year-old Fielder could easily pass for someone who's about to say "post-structuralism" and "culture jamming" in the same sentence, but he's not a saboteur by trade. He's a comedian from Vancouver. He may look ghostly, like he just gave someone terrible news, and his wit may be bones-bleaching-on-the-desert dry, but he's still a comedian. And he isn't interested in the cheap kicks virality provides.
"I don't like repeating things," says Fielder in a phone interview before the show's third-season finale airs tonight on Comedy Central. "After we did [the goat rescue], when we sat down in the Season 2 writers' room, I said, 'Let's not try to think of anything that's going to go viral. We've done that.' But Dumb Starbucks came about organically, and we didn't even expect that to go viral. We thought that'd be a local food story. Then it turned out to be [huge], which was great, and it led to a really great episode. But a lot of people's perception is, like, 'Oh, that's what the show does,' and I don't think that's what we're best at. And I only even like involving the news when it feels really organic to the story."
Crowd-pleasing though those stunts may be, they're not what makes Nathan for You one of the funniest shows on television (or, at any rate, one of the only shows that can make me laugh when nobody else is in the room). What makes the show work from episode to episode is something more thoughtful, and more elusive.
I'd describe it like this: Nathan for You is one of those small-business-fixer shows, like The Profit or Bar Rescue, but with an absurdist host who amplifies the amoral tendencies of American commercialism into the grotesque. He'll push people to the bitter fringes of legality in pursuit of publicity and profit, as when he advised a liquor store to "sell liquor to minors," burying the lede that the booze gets kept in storage until the customer turns 21. Then when the fallout comes, he'll never admit to any wrongdoing. It was "legal," so it was ethical enough.
Fielder's character dares people to react by being such an uncomfortable host. It represents the morally upsetting side of modern business, the side cynical enough to fake a heartwarming viral video out of pure capitalist bravado, the side that entered the zeitgeist when social media became ubiquitous and turned everyone on the planet into a latent personal brand.
"The absurdity of personal branding and marketing nowadays is the thing that enabled me to sell these absurd ideas to business owners," he says. "Because they're not necessarily bad ideas, but there's so much emphasis put on getting attention and branding, that some things that would get me laughed out of the room 20 years ago [have become] logical now. People understand, you see that conflict in people, where it doesn't feel natural and it doesn't feel right, instinctually, as a human. But they know intellectually that this is where society is at. And that conflict in people is really interesting."
But that sounds one-note. Nine times out of ten, the premise of such a show would be nothing more than a sheltered comedian making callous fun of blue-collar businesses, and Nathan for You is definitely not that. It operates with empathy somehow. It's hard to explain.
"That's the problem with comedy sometimes," says Fielder. "It's just so execution-based, and when you describe the show to people, it's easy to think of how that would be terrible. Fortunately, fans are very vocal. A lot of people tell me they force their friends to watch the show. I actually think that's been our best marketing, is people being really into the show and just forcing people to watch."
The unpredictability of real people also has something to do with its appeal.
"What we always hope for is that someone will take it in a direction that's not expected at all, and then we can drop everything and go that way," he says. "Those are usually the most engaging things that end up happening, when someone offers up something that we never expected."
He cites, for example, a segment in which he advised a real estate agent to brand herself as the "Ghost Realtor," who could both sense the presence of ghosts in a house and rid it of them if need be. Fielder saw a marketing opportunity in the half of the population who believe in the supernatural.
"You'd picture it playing like a lot of the segments do, where the person is a little skeptical maybe, and they want to do it because they think it's a good idea or they want to be polite," he says. "But this woman had actually had personal experiences with ghosts and actual violent experiences with ghosts that we did not know before I sat down with her. And because those things happened, they're so authentic and real and so much more interesting than anything we would have planned.
"She actually had a full exorcism on camera, which was an incredible, emotional thing she went through. And you'll notice in that segment, I don't really do much. Once she brings this up, we let it be about her."
A comedy show that permits such left-field results is rewarding to watch, but it's risky to make. Fielder's crew shoots way more footage than it could ever use and creates narrative as it goes along. It requires intensive collaboration, lots of re-writing, lots of editing, and lots of good fortune. There's no safety net.
"I feel very lucky that Comedy Central allows us to make the show in this way, because it's hugely inefficient and there's lots of rolling the dice that goes into it," he says. "We'll get into some situations where we'll take a gamble where it's almost a coin toss: 'Well, if this goes one way, we'll have an amazing segment, but if this goes another way, we'll have to scrap the whole thing.' And an entire shoot day, or multiple days, will depend on some X factor, and we do that all the time."
The gamble isn't just with the businesses he's advising. It's with him too. Take the Dumb Starbucks press conference.
"That's probably everyone's biggest fear, having to unexpectedly make a speech in front of the worldwide news," he says. "It's equal parts stressful and exciting, because you go into every day thinking, This is either going to fail hard and we're going to end up with nothing, or we're going to capture this beautiful human moment that is unlike anything people have seen on TV before.
"That's what you're driving for, not that we accomplish that a lot. We're really chasing the most elusive joke or moment, and we throw away the easy gag. We're going for these really weird human moments that make you laugh or make you uncomfortable, but you can't even pinpoint why, because it's not really a joke. Those are hard to find."
And they cannot be willed into existence. Real human engagement can't be faked, which makes the show's best segments something of a bait and switch.
"Part of the design of the show was to have these bigger silly ideas that anchor things and would be a hook, but really what it's about is the small moments," he says. "Nobody's just going to watch a quiet show with these quiet moments as much as if you put a viral thing next to it."
That's not to say the show is a melancholic satire where you smile and nod in ideological solidarity. Above all else, it's just funny as hell. The Season 3 premiere featured Fielder making a store sell televisions for a dollar and making customers cross a room with a live alligator to get them. The show, which Comedy Central renewed for a fourth season today, knows how to get gigantic laughs. And it can always go big on scale and spectacle when it needs a hook. The Season 3 finale is the most expensive thing they've done and the scariest thing Fielder has done, requiring months of physical training. But Fielder's interests lie mostly in how people interact.
"When I was younger, I would have a hard time making friends when there wasn't a task to do," he say. "Everyone I knew was from school because we'd be in the same classroom every day and talk about common things related to school. But in a more unstructured setting, I found it difficult to form relationships or go up to people and be like, Hey, let's just be friendly and social when there's no real purpose. So in the show I'm very task-driven.
"But I think at the core of that and at the core of why even someone on Wall Street would want to make hundreds of millions of dollars, you know—what is the end goal for that person? It's probably that they think it will benefit them in some social way and gain them the ability to connect with people. We all need a human connection. In the show I'm using the task as an excuse to be around people and connect."
As in a Season 3 highlight where he's directing a play and running lines with an actress, when she says, "I love you," he takes a beat and makes her repeat it, over and over and over, the command becoming somehow lonelier and more lovesick each time. He's flagrantly using his power for emotional validation. But she doesn't say anything, and her scene partner doesn't say anything, because he's the director.
It's what the show does best. A small moment between people. The result of putting people into an uncomfortable social situation and seeing what happens. That's what Nathan Fielder knows all about.
"It's difficult to be a human being, and I see that constantly in every single person," he says. "It's interesting to see and understand that we all feel the same thing and we all do these weird roundabout things to satisfy ourselves emotionally. We are all feeling the same thing and just trying to connect. The rest is noise."
Related: Comedy Central's First Live Broadcast with the Funniest Stand-Up Alive


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Nilsson remembers free-scoring, bronze-winning Swedes of 94
Roland Nilsson helped Sweden finish third at USA 94 26 years ago today
The Swedes were the top scorers in USA by some distance
Nilsson relives that tournament match-by-match
Roland Nilsson knows both sides of the FIFA World Cup™. He played every minute – all 930 of them – of Sweden's 1990 and '94 FIFA World Cup campaigns, and his experiences in those editions could not have contrasted any more starkly.
In Italy, the right-back was part of a team sent packing, bruised and humbled, after failing to collect a single point. Four years later, he returned from the World Cup a national legend, having been a mainstay of a swashbuckling side that outscored everyone en route to finishing third.
"In 1990, it was our first World Cup in 12 years. I think that showed," he reflected. "There are lots of things you need to get right, on and off the field, at a World Cup, and we got too many of those wrong in Italy.
"But we took those mistakes away, learned from them, had a good EURO in '92 and, by the time the World Cup rolled around again, we were ready. In USA, it was totally different; all of our preparations were spot-on and that meant the players were able to focus on our football.
"That was a wonderful time for us, and I thought it was a great World Cup. The atmosphere, the stadiums, the pitches – it was all fantastic. I have so many good memories from it."
Neutrals across the world will also fondly remember a Sweden team that lit up that sun-kissed tournament. Several of USA 1994's most thrilling matches featured the adventurous, free-scoring Scandinavians, and Nilsson looked back on the pick of them with FIFA.com.
Cameroon 2-2 Sweden
Group stage – Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
"A good start is so important at these tournaments and that game was huge for us. We were 2-1 down well into the second half, and if we hadn't got that equaliser, you never know how things might have turned out. But we had a lot of attacking talent in that side with players like [Tomas] Brolin, [Kennet] Andersson, [Martin] Dahlin and [Henrik] Larsson. Even when we found ourselves behind in matches, we never worried."
Saudi Arabia 1-3 Sweden
Round of 16 – Cotton Bowl, Dallas
"The conditions in Dallas were tough. It was so hot and we thought that Saudi Arabia would be more used to that than we were. But we talked to their players afterwards and even they were saying, 'We never play in this kind of heat', which tells you something. It was a massive game for both teams and we played some good football, and scored some very good goals."
Romania 2-2 aet Sweden (4-5 PSO)
Quarter-final – Stanford Stadium, San Francisco
"That was probably the highlight for me. We had been 1-0 up and lost a very late equaliser to take the game to extra time. Then in extra time they went ahead and we had a man sent off, so it wasn't looking good. But that was when our fighting spirit came through and we got an equaliser through Kennet (set up by a Nilsson cross). Even then, we missed our first penalty in the shoot-out, so we didn't make life easy for ourselves. But [Thomas] Ravelli saved, we kept on scoring, and then he saved again. The feeling was incredible."
Sweden 0-1 Brazil
Semi-final – Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
"The Romania game had taken so much out of us, and we also had one day less to recover than Brazil, so they were a bit fresher than us. We had drawn 1-1 against them in the group phase but they were a great side and, realistically, we needed every bit of power in our bodies to beat them. We also had a player sent off and that meant we spent the last half-hour just defending. It's very difficult to do that against a team like Brazil and a striker as sharp as Romario. All he needed was a moment, and one bit of space."
Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria
Third-place play-off, 16 July - Rose Bowl, Los Angeles
"After the semi-final, we all felt we hadn't shown - or been able to show - what we were capable of. So we were motivated and determined not to go home without showing what that team was all about. In the end, we were able to finish the tournament on a big high. All four of our goals came in the first half too – we really meant business. It was a great performance and a fantastic achievement to finish third."


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Rising interest rates in US will hinder foreign economies
By: Associated Press May 9, 2022 0
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates — as it did Wednesday — the impact doesn't stop with U.S. homebuyers paying more for mortgages or Main Street business owners facing costlier bank loans. The fallout can be felt beyond America's borders, hitting shopkeepers in Sri Lanka, farmers in Mozambique and families in poorer countries around the world. The impacts abroad range from higher borrowing costs to depreciating currencies.
"It will put pressure on all types of developing countries,'' said Eric LeCompte, executive director of the Jubilee USA Network, a coalition of groups seeking to reduce global poverty.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, was worried enough last month to warn the Fed and other rate-hiking central banks to stay "mindful of the spillover risks to vulnerable emerging and developing economies.''
Citing the harsher financial conditions, the IMF recently downgraded the outlook for economic growth this year in developing and emerging market countries to 3.8%, a full percentage point below what it forecast in January.
The Fed on Wednesday raised its benchmark short-term rate by half a percentage point to its highest level since the pandemic hit two years ago, and signaled that more rate hikes will come.
The U.S. rate hikes can deliver long-distance damage in a number of ways. First, they could slow the American economy and reduce U.S. consumers' appetite for foreign goods.
They also affect global investment: As rates rise in the U.S, safer American government and corporate bonds start looking more attractive to global investors. So they can pull money out of poor and middle-income countries and invest it in the United States. Those shifts drive up the U.S. dollar and push down currencies in the developing world.
Falling currencies can cause problems. They make it more expensive to pay for imported food and other products. That is especially worrisome at a time when supply chain bottlenecks and the war in Ukraine have already disrupted shipments of grain and fertilizer and pushed up food prices worldwide to alarming levels.
To defend their sinking currencies, central banks in developing countries are likely to raise their own rates; some have already started. That can cause economic damage: It slows growth, wipes out jobs and squeezes business borrowers. It also forces indebted governments to spend more of their budgets on interest payments and less on things like fighting COVID-19 and feeding the poor.
The IMF's Georgieva has warned that 60% of low-income countries are already in or near "debt distress'' — an alarming threshold reached when their debt payments equal half the size of their national economies.
Despite the risks of collateral damage, the Fed is expected to raise rates several more times this year to combat resurgent inflation in the United States.
The inflationary surge is the result of an unexpectedly strong recovery from the pandemic recession of 2020, a rebound that caught businesses by surprise and forced them to scramble to find workers and supplies to meet customer demand. The result has been shortages, delays in filling orders and higher prices. In March, U.S. consumer prices rose 8.5% from a year earlier — biggest jump since 1981.
By pushing up interest rates, the Fed is hoping to pull off a so-called soft landing — raising rates just enough to slow the economy and bring inflation under control but not enough to tip the U.S. economy into another recession.
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Aging with Attitude: 2019 – Senior Planet
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Learning the different types, approaches and thoughts on the subject of "aging with attitude" from our respondents is a gift that is passed on with each new profile. Here is a brief summary of wise words and advice from Senior Planet members and other featured profile topics from last year on the subject of "aging with posture".
The author Barbara Taylor Bradford explained to Senior Planet that she had no plans to slow it down. "I married a successful man. I didn't have to work, but I wanted . I was a journalist and then a novelist. I don't know what I would do every morning if I had no meaning in life, "she says. "I don't feel 85, I feel 45."
Superstar Diane Keaton Senior Planet said, "I think there is nothing other than attitude in life. Does that ever go away? I think we already have our attitude when we are older and hope that we will continue to do so. "The actress and New Yorker Carol Kane told us:" I don't know if I have any secret on, you get dressed and you show up! "
Senior Planet Member Zoe Kennedy told us:" Aging with posture means that you still feel young in yourself. You still have it. As long as you can do it for yourself, bless yourself. Keep moving. Keep track of your medical problems and look good no matter what happens … and condition your hair as well as possible! "
"As long as I can do something good for someone, I feel like that I may be older, but never old, "says Hadassa Carlebach, Senior Planet Member and Holocaust survivor One speaks of an attitude from the main positions. You keep your leg bent with your knee up. I really age with my attitude! "
Director Greta Schiller said:" It means keeping my sense of humor and zest for life, who I am, staying open to new ideas and what life brings me. But I don't mind people offering to do things for me. I am a senior and proud of it. "
Frederick Weston, Senior Planet member and self-described" Fash -ist "says " Aging with attitude is all about my way of thinking. It is about thinking positive and not negative. I look forward to a brighter day. I don't have to be negative yesterday. I can write what I want. "
Terry Moore an Oscar nominee for her role in Come Back, Little Sheba 66 years ago Senior Planet for her role in the upcoming film [19659012] Silent Life Senior Planet said their secret was clean life. I train every day and do a boot camp and yoga twice a week. I also do half an hour a day on a racing bike in my living room. You can stay young forever if you exercise and eat properly. "
For the author Michael Greenblatt, who published his first book about his experiences in Woodstock at 68, age is actually just a number:" I can be 68 years old, but my wife says I do am still 18 years old. I'm the same rebel hippie who smoked back then. "
Senior Planet member and line dance teacher Deborah Gouge said Senior Planet: Get out there and do things you always wanted to do. Learn new things. Don't worry about what others think. Have fun! "Dean LeClaire (19459006) added:" It's time to get up and DANCE !!! Join us and show us your attitude on the dance floor !!! "
What does" aging with attitude "mean for you? Let us know in the comments!
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Ruth Taylor Jacobson - Painting & Stained Glass
Email: ruthbjacobson@gmail.com
Website: www.ruthjacobson.com
Ruth Jacobson studied Painting and Etching, 1959-63 at the Slade School of Fine Art, winning, among other awards, First Prize in Figure Drawing, 1961. Many years later, she was attracted to Stained Glass, completing the Post-Graduate Course in Architectural glass at Central St. Martins School of Art, and was awarded a Fellowship in Stained Glass, 1991-1992. She has always loved drawing and painting people. For many years worked in etching, exploring the qualities of line and texture, luminous highlights and intense shadow, combining these, in stained Glass, with glowing colour, and the strong expressive rhythms of the lead lines. In 2001, she was elected Associate member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters.
Ruth says, " I am haunted by the destiny of my people, and in my most personal work, create a mosaic of images exploring my Jewish identity. Inspired by ritual objects, the drama and poetry of our Literature and events in History. Above all, I seek to commemorate people for whom there is no other memorial."
Ruth has exhibited widely in solo and group shows in the UK and abroad.
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Everton Match Preview
Everton v. Aston Villa: Match Preview
By Brian_Goodison@Brian_Goodison Sep 9, 2011, 8:37pm BST
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It has been an exciting two weeks since Everton last took the pitch and played an actual match. Three players have departed while two new ones took up residence at Finch Farm, everyone seemed to return from international duty with no major problems, and of course the storm clouds continued to build regarding the running of the club. But the good news is that we finally have some soccer to watch as Everton take on Aston Villa tomorrow in a match up of two fairly similar teams. For those who haven't listened in you can find episode 4 of the Royal Blue Mersey Podcast here where we talk with the 7500 to Holte crew about this weekend's match.
To start with there is some good news on the injury front for Everton. Leighton Baines, who withdrew from the England squad due to a hamstring injury, is reportedly at full fitness and will be available for tomorrows match. In addition Seamus Coleman will also be available after finally resuming training over the break. The final piece of news is the return of Gueye from a broken toes. With all three players available David Moyes almost has an entire squad to pick from.
The lone injury is Victor Anichebe who will be out for 3 months with a pulled groin sustained on international duty for Nigeria. This loss will further deplete our striking corps which now consists of Louis Saha, Vellios, and Denis.
Based on some of Moyes hints to the press, it is likely that both Drenthe and Denis will start the match on the bench, if they even make the 18 man squad. Both players are not at full fitness following long layoffs, and Moyes has stated his desire to bring them up to speed. With Anichebe the only injury, this is a nice luxury for Moyes to have.
The biggest cause for concern this weekend will be Villa's speed up top. Darren Bent seems to be ready to go following an injury over the break, and N'Zogbia will have loads of space on our left side to give the defense fits. Don't be surprised to see Baines stay at home a little more to reduce the amount of ground N'Zogbia has to cover.
Here is our projected starting lineup:
Barkley - Fellaini - Rodwell - Coleman
Baines - Distin - Jags - Neville
Nothing surprising in terms of personnel in the back. The big question for Evertonians is how Jagielka plays today. Jags has looked shaky for all three matches this season, and was directly responsible for conceding 2 goals. Hopefully the break gave him a chance to settle down a little and he will be back to top form.
In the midfield Coleman makes his season debut on the right where he will sprint all day long. Coleman's speed will give some balance to Everton's attack especially with the tendency of Barkley to cut inside during his spell out wide, and the generally inefficent crosses that have been supplied by Neville and Osman so far. One key to look for out of Coleman is how he reacts to his second full season of EPL games. With most defenders having gotten one or two games in against him, Coleman will need to vary his methods a little more to be effective for the Toffees.
Rodwell and Fellaini will join up again in the center of the midfield. Fellaini finally has his chance to shine with the departure of Arteta. Fellaini always seemed to be cancelled out by Mikel, and only truly shined when Arteta was out due to injury. Ideally the Belgian will be able to solidify his performances and anchor the Everton midfield. For Rodwell this is all about continuing to improve and fulfill his potential. If he can do that then the loss of Arteta will not be as painful as some make it out to be.
Finally on the left Ross Barkley is favored over Leon Osman. Barkley's tendency to cut inside with the ball will open up the left flank for Baines to bomb forward, and this could be an important partnership going forward. With Barkley's participation in the U21 squad over the break, the youngster is just brimming with confidence and it only seems to be a matter of time before he gets his first EPL goal.
Up top Moyes will most likely go with Cahill in his withdrawn striker role, and Saha as the lone forward. Cahill has had several golden opportunities go wide this season, and the pressure is on for him to open his account this season. As for Saha, the sooner he scores the better as he is the only EPL proven forward on the team, and Everton can not afford another start to the season like the one he had last year.
As always the key for Everton is going to be avoiding conceding the early goal. With the crowd behind the Toffees this should be a winnable game, which of course means we will lose or draw. Nonetheless I'm predicting a 2-0 win as Barkley and Saha get the goals. Join us here at 10am ET/ 3pm BST for our gamethread as we follow the match, and until next time COYB!


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The Nordex Group starts series production of turbines in the Delta4000 range
Hamburg (renewablepress) - Since mid-March the Nordex Group has been producing turbines from the Delta4000 range in series. The first N149/4.0-4.5 turbines being manufactured in Europe in continuous flow production are now leaving the production line in Rostock, Germany, for orders already in excess of 700 MW.
In future this plant will handle the assembly of turbines from the Delta4000 series in a fully flexible sequence together with other turbine models.
In order to ensure a smooth start to the series, the first N149 nacelles, hubs and drive trains have already successfully passed through the continuous flow production process optimised for this product series.
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Home > Posts > If You're Kind Of Afraid Of Relationships, This Might Be Your Attachment Style
If You're Kind Of Afraid Of Relationships, This Might Be Your Attachment Style
by Nicolai in Love on January 9, 2022
According to attachment theory, our approach to forming relationships with other people is a direct reflection of our earliest experiences with our caregivers, as well as other influential relationships in our life. There are three main adult attachment styles: secure, anxious, and avoidant. But there's also a fourth attachment style that's much more rare and thus hardly talked about: fearful-avoidant attachment.
Fearful-avoidant attachment is a pattern of behavior in relationships that is marked by both high anxiety and high avoidance, wherein a person both craves connection but also fears getting too close to anyone. Also known as disorganized attachment, it's the rarest of the four attachment styles.
The fearful-avoidant attachment style is considered to be a combination of the anxious attachment style and the avoidant attachment style. People with an anxious attachment style are constantly seeking more intimacy and reassurances in their relationships, often coming off as "needy" partners, whereas people with an avoidant attachment style tend to do the opposite and push others away out of a fear of intimacy.
But the fearful-avoidant attachment style involves a combination of both feeling anxious for affection and avoiding it at all costs. A 2019 study published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy describes it as "reluctant to engage in a close relationship and a dire need to be loved by others."
According to psychologists Nicolas Favez and Herve Tissot, the researchers behind the study, this attachment style is seldom talked about and not well-researched because it's much rarer than the other three attachment styles. But some research has found fearful-avoidant people to have "the most psychological and relational risks."
Common behaviors and signs of fearful-avoidant attachment.
A few that Favez and Tissot mention in their study:
Fear of intimacy or fear of relationships in general
Avoiding commitment in relationships
Elevated anxiety
Negative view of themselves; feeling undeserving of healthy relationships
Severe difficulty regulating emotions in relationships
Responding poorly or inappropriately to negative emotions
Perceiving other people and their support negatively
Higher likelihood of showing violence in their relationships
Having a high number of sexual partners
Generally feeling unsatisfied with relationships
"Fearful avoidance or disorganization has also been shown to be linked with borderline personality disorders or dissociative symptoms," they write.
You can take this five-minute attachment style quiz to determine your attachment style. In general though, it might hard to tell if you have the fearful-avoidant attachment style without consulting with a professional, in part because it tends to present a combination of behaviors that also align with both the anxious and avoidant attachment styles.
What causes fearful-avoidant attachment?
Attachment styles are thought to form in early childhood based on a person's relationship with their earliest caregivers. People who grew up with trustworthy caregivers who engaged in consistent ways with them (including a lot of love and attention) generally end up with a secure attachment style, meaning they have generally healthy relationships where they feel secure, loved, and able to love back. Those whose parental relationships were unreliable, nonexistent, or troubled tend to end up with one of the three insecure attachment style, whether anxious, avoidant, or fearful-avoidant.
Some studies suggest trauma might be a key factor in the development of fearful-avoidant attachment, Favez and Tissot write. As children, those with fearful avoidance react to stress with "apparently incoherent behaviors," they explain, such as aimlessness, fear of their caregiver, or aggressiveness toward their caregiver. Earlier studies have hypothesized this behavior comes from abuse or other traumatic experiences with their caregiver. In response, the child becomes "constantly caught between deactivation (as the attachment figure cannot be a source of reassurance) and hyperactivation (the presence of the 'frightening' figure constantly triggers attachment needs)."
In other words, a child who is afraid of their caregiver finds themselves desperately needing comfort but has learned that they cannot trust the person who gives it to them. In adulthood, this manifests as both wanting intimacy in your relationships but instinctively fearing it and trying to escape it.
How fearful-avoidant attachment affects relationships.
People with a fearful-avoidant attachment style tend to have either very troubled relationships or very tenuous, distant ones that lack real intimacy or commitment. That's usually because of the way fearful-avoidant people may behave in relationships.
"It is displayed in adults through poor coping skills, a lack of coping strategies, erratic behavior, and difficulty dealing with issues in relationships and in real-life problems," therapist Chamin Ajjan, M.S., LCSW, A-CBT, previously told mbg of this disorganized attachment style. "[They] can be unpredictable and volatile in relationships." These behaviors can make for chaotic, intense, or even abusive relationships.
Alternatively, some fearful-avoidant people may generally not enter into committed relationships at all. People with this attachment style tend to both seek out connection and closeness while simultaneously trying to avoid actually entering into a serious relationship, so instead they may be more likely to find themselves in a prolonged courtship that never actually turns into a relationship, "situationships," casual sexual relationships, or relationships without labels.
While all of these types of relationships can be approached in healthy ways, often fearful-avoidants end up in these dynamics not because they want them that way but because they're afraid of getting closer and leaning in fully. They may be unable to fully trust that someone will actually commit and be there for them, whether because of a core lack of self-worth, a core lack of trust in others, or some combination of the two.
Some people with the fearful-avoidant attachment style may also fear how a relationship will impact them or their lives, worried about "losing themself" in some way or getting hurt. But at the same time, they find themselves seeking out the closeness and connection of partnership to get their emotional needs met. This can lead to an endless cycle of approach and avoid with potential partners, which can often look like a serious of confusing, incoherent behaviors and mixed signals.
How it affects sexual relationships.
Favez and Tissot's study, which surveyed 600 men and women about their relationships and sex lives, found people with a fearful-avoidant attachment style tend to have a lot more sexual partners than other people. They also tended to be a lot more sexually compliant, which means when someone asks to have sex with you, you're more likely to say yes whether or not you really want it. Put otherwise, while plenty of people have lot of sex with many different partners for the physical pleasure, the excitement, or any number of other reasons, fearful-avoidants might find themselves having a lot of sex with a lot of different people even if they're not that interested in the sex itself.
Why? The researchers theorized these behaviors develop in response to the confusion of both wanting connection but also feeling repulsed by it. "The elevated anxiety felt in fearful avoidance may motivate the individual to increase closeness with a partner by using sexual activities, whereas the elevated avoidance tendency may almost simultaneously motivate the individual to break the bond with this partner…which is in turn followed by the search for a new partner."
Plenty of research has also found some people who experience sexual trauma respond by becoming "hypersexual" (i.e., having tons of sex with a lot of different people, sometimes in risky ways), and trauma has also been linked to the development of fearful-avoidant attachment.
Of course, a lifestyle involving having a lot of sex with a lot of different partners can be perfectly healthy for some people with the right set of physical and emotional precautions. But doing it out of a simultaneous craving for and fear of connection can quickly become draining and perhaps even destructive, especially if you start finding yourself saying yes to sex you don't want or sex that puts your well-being at risk. Likewise, if you're breaking connections with people when you really desire to get closer to them, you're putting your mind and heart through a lot of heartache due to your own fears.
How to deal with fearful-avoidant attachment.
If you're relating to any of the above and feeling nervous, take a deep breath. The good news is that attachment styles are malleable and can be adjusted through conscious intention and practice. You can change your attachment style. Here's how to get things back on track if you have fearful-avoidant attachment:
1. Look into therapy.
If your fearful avoidance really is tied to experiencing trauma in childhood, therapy must play an important role in healing from this attachment wound. Favez and Tissot recommend pursuing a type of therapy that focuses on attachment, such as emotionally focused couple therapy.
2. Develop a mindfulness practice.
It's essential that you start understanding why you make the decisions you make regarding your relationships, and mindfulness—the practice of being present and aware of one's emotions—can be a good way to work on building up your self-awareness.
"In relationships, shifting from reactiveness to responsiveness can lift us out of our early attachment patterns toward a healthier, more secure style," licensed marriage and family therapist Linda Carroll, M.S., writes at mbg. "Next time you feel a partner coming too close or moving too far away, listen to what each of you is saying and how it's said. You might notice that your words in emotional situations trigger a physiological reaction of fight or flight. Simply becoming aware of each other's old fears is the first step in preventing them from controlling us."
3. Be honest with your partners.
If your goal is to ultimately form a close emotional bond with someone, you'll need to tell that person exactly what you want and why you struggle with it. This way, you can both work on solutions to help overcome your hurdles and get closer.
"With any prospective partner you meet, you should be honest about your own attachment type and what it means," Peter Lovenheim, author of The Attachment Effect: Exploring the Powerful Ways Our Earliest Bond Shapes Our Relationships and Lives, writes at mbg. "There's no point in pretending to be more eager than you are for intimacy, cuddles, and soul-mating. You want, after all, to find someone who accepts your attachment type and will be comfortable with you just as you are."
4. Get real about self-compassion.
This isn't just a feel-good catchphrase for you. At core, people with fearful-avoidant personalities are suffering from relationship insecurity—an instilled belief that people in your life are going to reject or leave you, just like your earliest caregivers or loved ones did. You need to actively work to break that toxic mindset that views yourself as unworthy because of what happened in your past.
"Here's the truth: There's no person out there who can heal your attachment issues," couples counselor Margaret Paul, Ph.D., tells mbg. "True healing occurs when you learn to be the loving parent that you never had to yourself. In what ways did your childhood hurt you? How can you give yourself the security, support, and validation you never had?"
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Fausto Colombo is Full Professor of Media Theories and Media and Politics in the Faculty of Political Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.
He is Coordinator of the Section "Cultural Processes and Institution" of the Italian Association of Sociologists (AIS), and member of Executive Board of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association).
Professor Fausto founded and directed for 18 years (until December 2012) OssCom - Research Center on Media and Communication, based at the Università Cattolica. OssCom is the first academic research center on media in Italy.
He is editor (with Guido Gili) of the sociological series of the La Scuola publishing house and member of the Editorial Board of the journals Comunicazioni Sociali, ComPol – Comunicazione Politica, Communication & Languages and CM. Communication Management Quarterly. He is also a member of the Scientific Council of the CELSA (Université Paris IV, Sorbonne), a referee for national and international projects (Italian, Belgian and French Ministry of University, European Research Council) and for many national and international journals. Italian exponent in Cost Actions 20 on The impact of the internet on traditional media (Coordinator of the working group on Digitalization of TV); Cost Action 30 on East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern European Media Research Agenda, and now a member of the Cost Action IS0906 on Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies.
Professor Colombo was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Educational Department of Rai – Radiotelevisione italiana (The Italian Broadcasting Public Service), and of Triennale, one of the biggest Italian cultural institutions.
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