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'Rogue One' Celebration Reel Impressions
Hold on to your butts. In just three months we'll be fully engrossed in another Star Wars Christmas season being yet again introduced to a slew of new characters, ships and planets never before seen in the ever expanding Star Wars galaxy.
Hold on to your butts. In just three months we'll be fully engrossed in another Star Wars Christmas season being yet again introduced to a slew of new characters, ships and planets never before seen in the ever expanding Star Wars galaxy. Only time will tell whether or not Garreth Edwards was the right choice to helm the first of many Star Wars spinoffs but as it stands Edwards looks to have crafted what could be the most immersive experience yet in the film franchise. Even the biggest skeptics, including myself, who were left bored by Edwards' other films are scratching their heads wondering how the hell this film could be boring after that action-packed sizzle reel.
Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso and Diego Luna as Cap. Cassian Andor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. (Lucasfilm)
The reel opens showcasing a battle scene that is no doubt the Star Wars version of Omaha beach. The film looks to have pulled many visual influences from war films such as Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, and Platoon. Yet the film still feels unquestionably Star Wars. This has many of us wondering what other kinds of genres could be blended into the Star Wars universe going forward. The possibilities really are endless.
Garreth Edwards behind the camera. (Lucasfilm)
As with any Lucasfilm production, you would expect there to be some incredible filmmaking behind this project and Rogue One looks to be no different. In much of the reel Garreth Edwards can be seen being a boss behind the lens during sequences featuring practical effects. In some shots, rather than using green screen, Edwards has chosen to use projection screens giving the actors something to look at as well as act off of. This will surely help to avoid the wooden performances captured in the blue screen vacuums the prequels were filmed inside of.
Ben Mendelsohn as Director Orson Krennic. (Lucasfilm)
What might be most exciting is how many new things we will see for the first time in the Star Wars universe. In the Skywalker Saga things are usually black and white. However, some of the new canon novels have delved into grey area of the galaxy. As we learned in Lost Stars, there are good people in the empire. Good people who end up on the wrong side. Rogue one will explore the grey area. Fans of the Clone Wars are familiar with the character of Saw Gerrara but in December, Forrest Whittaker will introduce a wider audience to a rebel freedom fighter whose tactics are considered too extreme for the rebellion.
We will also be treated to the first hand to hand combat action scene in the franchise. In past Star Wars films we have experienced the most jaw dropping and breathtaking action sequences in history. From the trench run to the lightsaber duel on Mustafar, the action has always been epic. Maybe that's what makes the action in Rogue One look so refreshing. Sure, punches have been thrown throughout lightsaber duels in the past but never has anyone just ripped off their gloves and gone fist for first.
Felicity Jones and Diego Luna taking on Stormtroopers. (Lucasfilm)
While Godzilla and Monsters weren't very good, one impressive quality about both films is how Edwards managed to hone in and focus on the characters against the backdrop of something large and fantastical. Judging from the teaser trailer and the celebration reel, it certainly seems Edwards has managed to do that again. Maybe that's why he was Kathleen Kennedy's choice to helm the first spinoff of the franchise.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits theaters December 16, 2016.
Author Michael MistroffPosted on September 24, 2016 October 5, 2016 Categories Movies, Star WarsTags alan tudyk, ben mendelsohn, diego luna, disney, donnie yen, felicity jones, forrest whittaker, google, lucasfilm, rogue one, Star Wars
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Have some old DVDs laying around that you want to make digital for future safe keeping? Read on.
Who is still buying DVDs? Surely collectors are. A hard copy is always tempting for collectors. Also, old-fashioned DVD serves you well when movies are hard to find or even not available online on Netflix. Just remember to do a backup of your new disc once you get it.
Copy the video from DVD and get it to USB or streaming to your servers like Plex, NAS, etc. Then you will be able to play the videos on laptop, Android/iPhone tablet or HDTV without carrying around a DVD player. For those who don't buy DVD any more but still have some old ones, digitizing DVD is also a nice try.
But what file format do most devices accept for best video and audio? As of now, converting DVD to MP4 remains the most preferred option. What software should be used? You have two possible answers, depending on what kind of source DVD you have: HandBrake and WinX DVD Ripper.
Both HandBrake and WinX DVD Ripper are good DVD ripping software, constantly updated and hardware accelerated. The difference lies in the input source. HandBrake is an expert mainly for ripping homemade ones and transcoding digital videos for free. But it is a little tricky to deal with commercial DVDs.
WinX DVD Ripper accepts various types of DVDs, be them non-commercial, region-coded, 99-title, etc. The well-rounded features in DVD decrypting, editing and re-encoding are what sets WinX DVD Ripper apart. And it is now a free DVD ripper thanks to the on-going Giveaway. A full-featured WinX DVD Ripper is offered for free with license.
Step 1. Download and install HandBrake 1.2.0 from its official website. Windows 7 or later (macOS 10.10 Yosemite and later) is required. FYI, AMD VCE and NVIDIA NVENC GPU accelerated video encoding now is possible with the latest version HandBrake. 1.2.0.
Step 2. Insert your DVD disc into the drive. Open HandBrake, click "Open Source" and then select DVD to load the content.
A general DVD will be read instantly, but an alert box with "HandBrake does not support the removal of copy-protection from DVD discs" will show up if it is a commercial DVD. Installing libdvdcss can solve part of the problems, but you may have to resort to WinX DVD Ripper when dealing with strictly encrypted ones.
Step 3. Set video parameters.
Quality: CQ is recommended rather than ABR. RF value for ripping a DVD is between 19 and 21. Don't go above an RF of 19. It only leads to huge file size without better quality. For your information, Apple TV 2 presets (RF 20, Encoder Profile High, Encoder Level 3.1, Video Codec H.264) will output video in 925MB per hour.
Step 4. Set the output file name and folder, and then click "Start Encode".
The test is running on a PC with Intel i7-8700K CPU and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU. Source DVD is 2h 12 min and the output preset is MP4 (Fast 1080p). Different presets take different time range to finish the DVD ripping, and file size varies. Normally, GPU acceleration helps rip fast but x264 and x265 output file in better quality and smaller size. Please choose based on your need.
- To download a licensed copy of WinX DVD Ripper, go to the Giveaway Page and click "Get Free" button.
- Unzip the file after download and double click the .exe file in the folder to get it installed. - Find the giveaway license in the "read me - license key.txt" file, open the software, click "Register", input your email to activate the license.
Put your DVD disc into the drive and click "Disc" in WinX DVD Ripper to get it loaded. Before you know it, the whole process of copy protection removal is done, including title scanning, analysis, decrypting and right title selecting.
There is a long list of output presets. Entry-level users better choose according to the final device you put it on, from general platforms like Apple, Android, Microsoft, Sony, Web to detailed gadgets like iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, iTunes, iDVD, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc. The professionals can set desired video codec, bit rate, frame rate and more.
Specify the destination folder, check the "Hardware Accelerator" and click button RUN to start the encoding.


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Whether you want to have a Christmas Eve dinner in London or take a tour of the London lights, we have all the options for a magical day!. 1 Day Hop on Hop off Bus. Sunday 24 December (Christmas Eve) Heathrow Express for London: No service (Network Rail engineering works).
Heathrow Connect for London: No service (Network Rail engineering works). Prepare for the most wonderful day of the year with a London open top bus tour on Christmas Eve! Ideal for getting you in the festive spirit, this panoramic tour of the capital will show you all of the beaming sights after dark.
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Some. Find out exactly where your bus is so you can better plan your trip and schedule your day. London Transit is updating its service planning framework for the. Every Christmas there's always someone who gets caught out over the lack of train, tube and bus services. And this year it is no different with no services available on Christmas Day on trains.
Photo by Ian Wylie from the Londonist Flickr pool. All Transport for London services will be free on New Year's Eve from 11. 45pm until 4. 30am — some. from 8pm on Christmas Eve to 3.
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Things to do on Christmas Eve in London. If by Christmas Eve you're still feeling more like the Grinch than Santa, head to one of London's carol services for candlelight, music and as many. London Christmas travel: how services will be affected between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Finally, on Christmas Eve, a Saturday service will run on London bus routes, and no night buses will. Dec 6, 2017. Need to know which public transport is running between Christmas and New Year?
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Democracy and respect for human rights have long been central components of U.S. foreign policy.
In addition, democracy is the one national interest that helps to secure all the others.
As the nation's primary democracy advocate, DRL is responsible for overseeing the Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF), which was established in 1998 to address human rights and democratization emergencies.
What Christian democracy is was authoritatively laid down by Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical "Graves de communi" wherein it is declared to be the same as "popular Catholic action".
By involving the ethico-juridical and economical action of Christian democracy in political agitation, he fell into a mistake which was the more unfortunate as the parties of his day made use of it to bring about a violent political crisis.
Christian democracy is the ensemble of Catholic doctrine, organization, and action in the field of popular social questions, i.
One critique of representative democracy is that it centralizes power into the hands of the wealthy, thereby increasing the likelihood of policies which benefit the wealthy and not the poor.
In the United States, the chief means to reduce this risk is the form of government called a constitutional democracy (or more accurately, a republic with constitutionally ordained democratic institutions), wherein a separation of powers is used to constitutionally establish a system of checks and balances.
Moreover, while some contend that representative democracy eliminates demagoguery, there is little reason to believe the elected representatives are not themselves demagogues, or subject to the persuasive appeal of demagogues.
Democracy Readers: After reading Rick Perlstein's review of my book, Why the Democrats Are Blue ['The Myths of McGovern,' Issue #7], I recalled an email message I received from him in July 2006.
Event: Democracy co-editor Andrei Cherny recently appeared on Bloggingheads TV with former Bush speech writer David Frum to discuss the journal and the state of the presidential race.
We also publish single-issue primers that offer the sharp analysis and positive alternatives readers expect from us, along with resources for further exploration and action.
ReclaimDemocracy.org is dedicated to restoring democratic authority over corporations, reviving grassroots democracy, and establishing appropriate limits to the realm of corporate influence.
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LIVE Music Review: You Don't Wanna Be High Like Me
Last night, I saw one of the realest, most intimate performance I may ever see in my life. I went to a show at The Mint in Los Angeles to see a friend play an acoustic show. I've seen countless acoustic shows, being from Nashville, and I've definitely performed plenty of them myself; but this one was different.
Usually, when an artist puts on a show, they do exactly that. They create an energy, or a loudness… this may be an extension of their true personality… or completely separate from the way they really are.
Last night, was completely entertaining. From the quiet hush of the crowd during the most intimate songs, or the turnt up sing alongs, every moment kept my attention. There are few things I respect more than a real songwriter. This was the definition. There were songs sung, that had been recorded by other artists(some of the most successful of our time), and some songs no one had ever gotten to hear before.
Now sadly, I have to admit that, when I'm at a concert, and I don't know a certain song… Most of the time, I think to myself "next song". These songs were different. Instead of poetic interpretations, they were real. When I say that, I need to clarify a little bit. Being blessed enough to call this artist a friend, I've seen these songs come to life, be lived out, and heard first hand, where the inspirations come from.
Writing about life is one thing. I do that everytime I write a song. But THIS, was literally someone, telling you exactly what happened in there life. No generic ways to say it, no blanket scenarios. But stories that were 100% true. "I rode a private jet with Bieber, but I'll be buried in Detroit."
This was one of the shows throughout my life that made me want to be better. To go home, and work more. To pour the real me into everything I do, and not try to do what sounds like what anyone else wants to here.
So… If you haven't seen Mike Posner LIVE… you need to.
Now you tell me what YOU think!
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Q: Logback: One file with maximum file size my system support team needs one simple log-file, with a maximum size of 10MB. Older log-lines can be deleted when the file reaches 10MB. So roll out the oldest lines.
What is a good appender for this?
I have one appender, but this still created a second file, and then starts again with an empty new file. This is not what my support team wants.
Help is appreciated.
<configuration>
    <appender name="TEST" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
        <file>${LOG_HOME}/test.log</file>
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_HOME}/test.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
            <minIndex>1</minIndex>
            <maxIndex>1</maxIndex>
        </rollingPolicy>
        <triggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy">
            <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
        </triggeringPolicy>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%date %-5level [%thread] - %mdc{loginName} - [%logger]- %msg%n</pattern>
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A: Keeping everything in a single file and constantly adding the most recent while deleting the oldest lines is going to perform really really poorly. I suspect that logback can't be made to do this.
What I suggest is you use the regular size based policy, configure it to stay inside your 10MB limit overall, then just concatenate the files when you grab them.

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Is this Xiaomi's folding smartphone?
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A video claiming to show a folding phone from Xiaomi has been leaked by Evan Blass In the clip, what appears to be a tablet sized device can be seen...
A video claiming to show a folding phone from Xiaomi has been leaked by Evan Blass. In the clip, what appears to be a tablet-sized device can be seen being used to access Google Maps, before both sides are folded backwards to give it the form-factor of a compact (but likely thick) smartphone.
In his tweet, Blass says he can't vouch for the leak's authenticity. Rumors that Xiaomi is working on a foldable smartphone have been around since 2016, when a video emerged of what appeared to be one of its foldable screens in use.
Can't speak to the authenticity of this video or device, but it's allegedly made by Xiaomi, I'm told. Hot new phone, or gadget porn deepfake? pic.twitter.com/qwFogWiE2F
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) January 3, 2019
If the leaked video is legitimate, Xiaomi would join what's expected to be an onslaught of new foldable devices to come. Samsung showed off its folding phone prototype last year, shortly after the Chinese company Royole demoed a folding device of its own. Lenovo reported that it was working on bendable phones back in 2016, and Huawei is reportedly planning to launch one in 2019. Apple has been quieter about its ambitions for a folding phone, but patent applications suggest it's exploring the concept.
What's interesting is that while at least half a dozen companies are working on foldable smartphones, each of them appears to have a different idea about the design. The device that Samsung showed off on stage had two screens, a large one on the inside and a smaller one on the outside for use when folded. The company has also filed patents for many more designs including one with a single screen that folds once or even twice, like the reported Xiaomi foldable.
We've seen enough leaked videos over the years that this latest one is hardly confirmation of a new Xiaomi folding smartphone. However, with so many of its Chinese competitors reportedly preparing to release folding phones in 2019, and companies looking to differentiate themselves in a plateauing smartphone market, Xiaomi is unlikely to be too far behind.
The company is due to host a press conference on January 10th where it's expected to announce that Xiaomi is turning its Redmi range into a separate sub-brand. Perhaps it'll have one more surprise to announce as well?
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Q: Proper use of Native Base Containers for React Native I'm building a React Native app using Native Base. Is the <Container> component meant to be used once and wrap the whole app or one for every screen?

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This coffee from Fazenda São João in Sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil is a microlot of 100% Bourbon heirloom varietal. With notes of tobacco, dark cocoa, and a thick body, this is not like other coffees from Brazil that we've carried in a long time. It roasts beautifully, and would make a fine single origin espresso on its own. Try it today!
This is a ZERO DEFECT coffee from the Yirgacheffe coffee region of Ethiopia. 6 minutes per 10kg batch is given to hand sorting this grade 1 washed coffee, making it a supremely clean heirloom coffee from the beloved beverage's original place of birth. What does this mean to you? Well, dear coffee fanatic, it means that when you brew your mug from these beans, you are in for an exquisite coffee drinking experience. This cup is fantastically floral, with a black-tea like tannin, and bergamot-like citrus. I highly recommend a 5 minute pour-over method (like Chemex, Technivorm, BonaVita), which really seems to make this coffee sing. The body turns into something reminding us of Kool-Aid, and the citrus sweetens and rounds out into reminding me of sweet orange into a very soft clean floral finish. Enjoy this with a scone, a muffin, or iced on a sunny day.
Heavily fruited, with notes of strawberry, raspberry, and grape. Strong notes of cocoa and tobacco with a heavy body, and a cedar like tannic finish. This coffee is a great example of how stellar a natural Sidama can be. Use a manual pour over brew method, with a high dose to really highlight the fruit, or a normal dose to achieve the optimum in taste balance. One of the best purchases you'll make this year.
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Don't taunt demons they say. So it's a good thing there's only one of these.
Not a single soul should be surprised by another trim of the Lamborghini Aventador, but the latest version landed with such severity that it does effectively shake up things. And lap records too for that matter. Called the Lamborghini SC18, this 'surprise' is the product of a joined-effort between Squadra Corse and the 'Centro Stile Lamborghini'. Sounds promising ey?
Let's get down to business quickly, as the Lamborghini SC18 doesn't look like it enjoys waiting: the car is in essence an evolution of the SVJ. Which basically comes down to losing even more weight (they don't say how much) and to harnessing the air even more effectively. It almost hugs the ground as it has a ground clearance of just 109 mm, allowing less air to slide in places you don't want it to go. One last fact before it becomes too boring: the SC18 comes with a unique carbon fiber wing with three settings, all three complimenting the existing aerodynamic system the brand is known for.
Looks play a part too for the one-off, road-legal racer, so that's where (please read the next one-and-a-half sentence with an Italian accent) 'Centro Stile Lamborghini' comes in. A 'Grigio Daytona' carbon shell hugs the Lamborghini SC18, with added striping and accents to accentuate the extreme aero. An almost equal signature livery founds its way into the interior, it being black with red details. Finishing it all off is the four single nut wheels.


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Forging 'Best' London guns & rifles, for over 200 years
Purdey guns have always been crafted in London, and originally the workshop and showroom were one and the same; first in Princes Street off Leicester Square (which became 'Wardour Street' in 1878), and, from 1826, at 314 ½ Oxford Street – former premises of that 'king of gunmaking' Joseph Manton, under whom James Purdey first honed his skills.
We acquired the lease to our first dedicated workshop, 37 North Row, on 1 December 1881. In the 130 years since then, Purdey gunmaking has remained based in west London: moving to Irongate Wharf in 1900, and North Wharf Road after that. In October 1979, we moved into our current home in Hammersmith.
But a workshop is nothing without its workers, and it is these men, often handing down skills from father to son, that truly maintain the Purdey legacy.
Many families have served over generations, none more successfully than the Lawrences. Ernest Charles Lawrence started at Purdey's as a finisher; such was his skill that the other men soon found their work being sent back, having failed to meet the new quality standard he'd attained.
It was Ernest Charles who formulated the secret mixture, 'slacum', with which we still polish our gunstocks today.
Gun Fitting & Appointments
Apprenticeship at Purdey
Purdey's Apprenticeship program supports our brand's heritage and craftsmanship journey.
Our apprentices commit to gunmaking for a period of 5 years, after which they might qualify as a Craftsman. After 10 years, and upon recognition of having achieved exceptional standards, they might become Senior Craftsmen.
At Purdey we partner with colleges to recruit apprentices, enabling applicants to demonstrate their commitment and passion for the craft.
To further foster our craftsmen, we work with The Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, promoting and regulating gunmaking and advancing the state of knowledge within the trade. Our apprentices will present their craft to a panel of judges to be awarded with a recognised certificate in this field.
Please fill in the form at the bottom of the page for further information or to find out about our apprenticeship openings.
Harry Lawrence
Ernest Lawrence's son, Harry, joined Purdey as an apprentice in 1914. It was he, who, along with the stocker Gus Schackell, and finisher Mickey Miles, crafted the perfect pair of miniature side-by-side guns which now rest on the writing desk in the study of Queen Mary's dolls' house in Windsor Castle.
Harry Lawrence's most famous achievement, though, was his creation of a trio of Purdeys in 1935, each exactly one-sixth the size of King George V's 12-bore hammer gun, to celebrate the King's Silver Jubilee. Guns number 25,000-25,002 took almost three years to complete, and their meticulously crafted, 3 ½" long barrels even fired their own special cartridges, commissioned from ICI.
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Harry went on to introduce many Purdey patents; to perfect the Woodward over-and-under action; and to lead Purdey's through the difficult years during World War II, when production shifted to help the war effort. He eventually became Managing Director. Like so many skilled craftsmen before him, Harry Lawrence enjoyed the quiet satisfaction that comes from doing a job very well, and the deep respect of all of his peers. But unlike the others, his unique contribution not just to Purdey, but to Britain itself, resulted in him being the only London gunsmith to be awarded the MBE.
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Purdey guns: a London tale
Purdey guns have always been handcrafted in London.
Throughout the nineteenth century, they were manufactured centrally: first in the small shop on what is today known as Wardour Street. Then on Oxford Street, at number 314 (they were sold from 315, next door). And finally from North Row, just one road away, when our shop moved to its Audley House home.
A century and more in the west
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Purdey gunmaking moved west. From 1900 to 1950, our factory could be found on Irongate Wharf, close to Praed Street in Paddington. After a spell on the Great West Road, in a site acquired by the great Harry Lawrence, in 1979 our craftsmen moved to west London Felgate House.
A palace of gunmaking
Over the past two years, the site has been completely rebuilt. Until June 11th when our new workshop – Felgate House- was opened.
Complete with its own indoor shooting range, Felgate House allows us to pattern test shotguns and regulate rifles on site. But most importantly, it gives our actioners, stockers, locksmiths and engravers the space and light they need to weave magic.
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FESPA Confirms 2023 and 2024 Expo Schedules
In addition to dates for the Global Print Expo and European Sign Expo, Wrap Fest is also being debuted.
FESPA (Dorking, England) has confirmed the dates of the FESPA Global Print Expo and co-located European Sign Expo for the next two years, with a return to two of the events' most popular host cities and venues, according to a statement released by the organization.
In 2023, the FESPA Global Print Expo and European Sign Expo will take place May 23-26 at Messe Munich, Germany, the same site as FESPA exhibitions in 1999, 2005, 2010, 2014 and 2019.
In 2024, the events will be held at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, March 19-22. Amsterdam has hosted exhibitions in 2006, 2009, 2016 and 2021.
FESPA is also launching Wrap Fest, a new event dedicated exclusively to vehicle wrapping, vinyl installation and detailing. The event will run for the first time from April 26-27, 2023 at the Silverstone racing circuit, Northamptonshire, UK, the iconic home of the British Grand Prix.
"Wrap Fest will welcome professionals in vehicle wrapping, livery and fleet graphics, car detailing, protection and tinting services, racing teams and automotive professionals, as well as printers and sign-makers who are looking to grow revenue from vehicle wraps, and those active in architectural interiors and signage," according to the statement from FESPA.
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The Works Of James Arminius Vol 3 by James Arminius
FOURTH PROPOSITION OF ARMINIUS
The second theory is this -- God, from eternity, considering men in their original native condition determined to raise some to supernatural felicity and ordained for the same persons supernatural means which are necessary, sufficient and efficacious to secure that felicity to them, to the praise of his glorious grace; and to pass by others, and to have them in their natural state, and not to bestow on them those supernatural and efficacious means, to declare the liberty of his own goodness; and that he reprobated the same individuals, so passed by, whom he foresaw as not continuing in their original condition, but falling from it of their own fault, that is, he prepared punishment for them to the declaration of his own justice.
THE ANSWER OF JUNIUS TO THE FOURTH PROPOSITION
This theory is stated, in these words, not more nearly in accordance with the sentiment of its authors than the preceding. For in the first place, I do not remember that I have read these words in Thomas Aquinas, or others: in the second place, if any have used this phraseology, they have not used it in that sense, as shall be proved under the sixth proposition. But in the phrase supernatural felicity, understand th<n uiJoqesian, the adoption of the sons of God with all its adjuncts and consectaries. After the words |declare the liberty of his own goodness,| add, if you please, |and the perfection of his manifold wisdom.| The word reprobation is to be taken catachrestically, as we have before observed. I should prefer that words should be variously distinguished in referring to matters which are distinct.
THE REPLY OF ARMINIUS TO THE ANSWER TO THE FOURTH PROPOSITION
If I have stated this second theory as nearly in accordance with the sentiments of its authors as in the preceding case, it is well; but I fear on this point since I do not, with equal confidence claim a knowledge of the second. Yet I think that I have derived the explanation of this from the Theses discussed under your direction in which I recognize your style and mode of discussion. Thus in Thesis 10 of those which were discussed, Coddaeus being the respondent, is this statement. |Human beings| (that is, one part of the material of predestination, as is stated in Thesis 7, of the same disputation concerning predestination) |are creatures in a condition of nature (which can effect nothing natural, nothing divine) to be exalted above nature, and to be transmitted to a participation of divine things by the supernatural energy of the Deity.| The same assertion is found in the Thesis 4 of your tenth theological disputation, in which the subject of the predestination of human beings alone is discussed, as is the case with the first Thesis, that no one may think that things, said in common concerning the predestination of angels and of men, ought to be expressed in general terms. which might afterwards be attributed specially to each of these classes, according to their different condition to the elect angels, an exaltation from that nature, in which they were created by the Deity, but to elect human beings on elevation from their corrupt nature into which they fell, of their own fault. If, however, this matter is thus understood, there is now no discrepancy between us in this respect.
But I think that it is evident from those words of your Theses that human beings, considered in their original condition are the material of predestination, or its adequate object. Human beings I say in their original condition, both in the fact that nothing supernatural or divine has been bestowed upon them, and that they have not yet fallen into sin.
Considered in their original condition, I say again, in view of the fact that even if they have either supernatural and divine gifts or sin, they are not considered with reference to these by Him who determined to perform any certain act concerning them, which is equivalent to an assertion that neither supernatural or divine gifts, nor sin, held, in the mind of Him who considered them the position of a formal cause in the object, From these words I deduce this conclusion: Human beings, considered in their natural state which can admit nothing supernatural or divine, are the object or material of predestination;-But human beings, considered in their natural condition, are here as beings considered in that natural state, which can do nothing supernatural or divine, or rather they are the same in definition;- Therefore, human beings in their natural state are the object and material of predestination, that is, according to the views embraced in your Theses. The Major Proposition is contained in the Thesis. For if the will or decree of God in reference to the exaltation of men from such a state of nature to a state above nature is predestination, then men, considered in that natural state, are the true material of predestination; since the acts of God, both the internal, which is the decree concerning the exaltation of certain human beings, and the external, which is the exaltation itself, (as it ought to be, if we wish to consider the mere object) leave to us man in his mere natural state which can do nothing supernatural or divine.
If it is said that, in these words, the condition of sin is not excluded, since even sinners may be raised from their corrupt nature, I reply, in the first place, that this cannot be the meaning of those words, both because it is not necessary that it should be said of such a nature that can do nothing supernatural or divine, for this is understood from the qualifying term, when it is spoken of as |corrupt,| and because, in the definition of preterition, Thesis 15, that act, by which the pure nature of some creatures is not confirmed, is attributed to preterition, which preterition is the leaving of some created beings in their natural condition. I reply, in the second place, that there is here an equivocation in the definition, and that the decree is equivocal and only true on the condition of its division, of which I will say more hereafter. The Minor is true, for this is evident from the reciprocal and equivalent relation of the antecedent and consequent to each other. But what pertains to predestination is enunciated in these words, |to be exalted above nature, and to be transferred to a participation of divine things by the supernatural energy of the Deity, which divine things pertain to grace and glory,| as in your Thesis 9. It is not doubtful that my words, in which I have described the second theory, are in harmony with these statements, but if any one thinks that there is a discrepancy because, in your Theses, grace and glory are united, and that it can be understood from my words that I designed to indicate that glory first, and grace afterwards, are prepared for men in predestination, I would inform him that I did not wish to indicate such an idea, but that I wished to set forth, in those words, what the predestinate obtain from predestination.
I come now to the second part, which refers to preterition, and in reference to this, your Theses make this statement |Preterition is the act of the divine will, by which God, from eternity, determined to leave some of his creatures in their natural state, and not to communicate to them that supernatural grace by which their nature might be preserved uncorrupt, or, having become corrupt, might be restored to the declaration of the freedom of his own goodness.| Also in your theological axioms Concerning Nature and Grace, axiom 44. |To this purpose of election in Christ is opposed the eternal purpose of non-election or preterition, according to which some are passed by as to be left in their own natural state.| These are my words: |but he determined to pass by some and to leave them in their natural state, and not to impart to them those supernatural and especially those efficacious means, to declare the freedom of his own goodness.| He, who compares our statements, will see that one and the same sentiment is expressed in different words. For |supernatural grace| and |supernatural means| signify the same thing, |the grace by which nature, when uncorrupt, might be strengthened, and when corrupt, might be restored,| is what I have described in the phrase |efficacious means.| For |efficacious means| either confirm nature when uncorrupt or restore it when corrupt; as sufficient means are those which have the power to confirm or restore. Moreover the end, which I have proposed, is expressed in your second Thesis, |to the praise of his glorious grace,| and again, in the second Thesis of the tenth disputation, |to the praise of his most glorious grace,| and in Thesis 15 of the disputation concerning predestination, in which Coddaeus is the respondent, you have stated the end of preterition to be |the declaration of the freedom of the divine goodness, with no additional remark; yet I do not object to what you wish to add in this place, |the perfection of his manifold wisdom.| However, the freedom of goodness and the perfection of wisdom cannot be at the same moment engaged in the acts of predestination and preterition. For the office of wisdom takes precedence, in pointing out all possible methods of illustrating the glory of God, and that which may especially conduce to the glory of God. But the freedom of his goodness is subsequent in its operation, in making choice of the mode of illustration, and in carrying it out into the action, in the exercise (so to speak) of power. In reference to the third part, I make the same remark, namely, concerning reprobation, or the preparation of punishment, that I have also explained it correctly according to your view, for thus is reprobation or the preparation for punishment defined in Thesis seventeen. |It is the act of the divine pleasure, by which God from eternity determined for the declaration of his own justice to punish his creatures, who should not continue in their original state, but should depart from God, the author of their origin, by their own deed and depravity. But I have used the same words with only this addition, |the same individuals, so passed by,| by which addition I have only done that which was made requisite by the arrangement and distinction in character which I have adopted; for those, for whom punishment is prepared, are not different from those who are passed by, though punishment was prepared for them, not because they are included in the latter class, the passed by, but because they were foreseen as those who would be sinners.
I cannot, therefore, yet persuade myself that this sentiment has been incorrectly set forth by me. If I shall see it hereafter, I will freely acknowledge it, though this may not be of so much importance.
This indeed I desire, that whether the first view, or the second, or any other view whatever be presented, it may be clearly and strongly proved from the Scriptures, and be defended, with accuracy, from all objections. In reference to the word |reprobate,| I have spoken before in reply to your second answer, and I am prepared to use it hereafter according to your later explanation, as you have given it in your last answer. I should perhaps have so used it, in my former letter, if I had found it so used by yourself in your own writings, for I know that equivocal meaning has always been the mother of error, and that it ought to be carefully avoided in all serious discussions.


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Investment funds and the move to T+1
Home Inside Track Paul Bourque Investment funds and the move to T+1
Paul Bourque
The best solution to the complex transition may be flexibility
By: Paul Bourque
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With the recent announcement that the U.S. will shorten the standard securities settlement cycle from "trade plus 2" (T+2) to "trade plus 1" (T+1), planning is underway for a coordinated Canadian transition. Given the integration of the Canadian and U.S. equities markets and cross-listing of large Canadian issuers, alignment of the settlement cycle for equities and debt securities is essential.
On the other hand, the need to align settlement cycles for trades in Canadian and U.S. investment funds requires further consideration.
As with the move to T+2 in 2017, the transition is being led by the Canadian Capital Markets Association (CCMA) with a proposed implementation date that will align with the U.S.'s effective date to move to T+1. The effective date in the U.S. was initially projected to be Q2 2024 but will potentially be Q3 2024 (Labour Day weekend). This remains uncertain until the SEC completes a review of its proposed rule amendment consultation. The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) has supported this initiative through involvement in CCMA working committees.
U.S. mutual funds are not sold in Canada, and Canadian mutual funds are not sold in the U.S. The U.S. securities markets are much more liquid than Canada's, which is why the U.S. mutual fund industry already settles on T+1. The U.S. has other factors that help funds meet liquidity needs, such as higher borrowing limits, advance notice of major mutual fund orders and inter-fund borrowing.
While the move to T+2 in 2017 seemed relatively straightforward, there were investment fund liquidity concerns. Funds with significant continued exposure to T+3 jurisdictions argued they would have trouble raising cash to satisfy redemptions by T+2. The CSA noted this concern and responded by providing appropriate exemptive relief. Due to the small exposure of the Canadian fund industry to T+3 securities of foreign jurisdictions, the number of funds that required exemptive relief was limited.
The move to T+1 would not be as straightforward because, unlike T+2, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (U.K.) are not moving to T+1.
It should be noted that ETFs entail different considerations than mutual funds because, while their units typically trade intraday on exchanges, the funds also need to create and redeem baskets of portfolio securities from time to time.
To give a sense of the assets of Canadian mutual funds that will not be moving to T+1 along with Canada and the U.S., IFIC undertook an analysis of Canadian mutual fund assets. Our analysis* showed that there are 1,539 funds with greater than 10% exposure to jurisdictions that will not be moving to T+1. This is a staggering 46.3% of all Canadian funds. In terms of assets under management (AUM), with fund of funds double counting removed, $364.5 billion in AUM held by Canadian mutual fund managers or 19.2% of the total Canadian mutual fund AUM will be impacted.
The settlement cycle mismatch between the settlement of trades in portfolio securities and the settlement cycle of mutual fund orders that exists in the T+2 settlement cycle will be exacerbated by the move to T+1 for funds exposed to non-domestic and non-U.S. securities. Mandating a T+1 settlement cycle will require regulators to provide significant exemptive relief to address the liquidity problem.
On the other hand, some funds may wish to move to settle on T+1 instead of T+2, so that purchase proceeds can be received and invested more quickly. Also, do investment fund managers want different settlement cycles for different types of investment funds?
For dealers, the move to T+1 for funds holding Canadian or U.S. securities would reduce settlement risk and provide investors with increased investing opportunities.
There are no easy answers. Mandating a T+1 settlement cycle for investment funds would create consistency and reduce confusion for investors.
Still, given the absence of an overriding need to align Canadian and U.S. investment funds markets, allowing greater flexibility would permit funds to move to T+1 if and when the EU and the U.K. move to T+1 also. Perhaps a market-based solution for investment funds is the most viable option for the Canadian market.
Paul Bourque is president and CEO of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada.
* IFIC data analysis based on May 2022 data from IFIC, Investor Economics and Morningstar.
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The 1979 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Ohio Valley Conference during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 2–3, 1979. The semifinals and finals took place at E. A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Top seed Eastern Kentucky won the tournament, defeating Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in the championship game, and received the Ohio Valley's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Colonels drew a 9 seed in the Mideast region, facing the 8 seed Tennessee.

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The top four eligible men's basketball teams in the Ohio Valley Conference received a berth in the conference tournament.  After the 14-game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The bottom four teams in the standings did not participate.

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You knew the Jacksonville Jaguars would add another running back or two to their depleted running back situation.
With Corey Grant out for the season, Leonard Fournette sidelined with a hamstring injury and T.J. Yeldon playing on a bad ankle the Jaguars needed to make some moves at running back. Per Ryan O'Halloran of the Denver Post, that signing will be a member from the Denver Broncos' practice squad in David Williams, who is expected to sign with Jags Tuesday.
Former star running back Jamaal Charles, a four-time NFL Pro Bowler, is reportedly signing a free agent contract with Jacksonville.
For the season, he had 296 rushing yards with one touchdown. The 31-year-old hasn't logged more than 10 rushes in a game since 2015, and as long as Yeldon is healthy, Charles will likely be used as nothing more than a change-of-pace back.
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Per Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com, "Charles became the leading rusher in Chiefs history (7,260 yards) despite a series of knee injuries".
Even with his smaller workload, Charles has the highest per-carry average in National Football League history of any running back with at least 1,000 carries. In 2013, he led the National Football League in rushing touchdowns.
The Jaguars (3-2) will head to Dallas to face the Cowboys (2-3) on Sunday. Charles tore his right ACL in October 2015 and was released by the Chiefs after he underwent multiple knee surgeries in 2016. He tore the left ACL in 2011.


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I am a keen competition angler traveling throughout Europe for competitions year-round and have been on our national team for some time now for World and European Championships. This year, 2018, I will captain our National team, so finding the right rods that I can trust, performance wise is crucial for me. I like to have all the same rods so when I set up on a river session no matter what rod I pick up I know it inside and out and I don't have to adjust casting, striking or how I am playing fish because of having different rods set up on one session. Also it is fantastic to have a rod that I can use for all my methods of fishing, be it dry fly, nymphing or dry dropper. While the Pipeline is an out and out nymphing rod it has the ability to do so much more as we find out every day we hit the water with it.
Once I fished the Pipeline 10 foot 2 weight I had just bought, I did something that I had not done before with any rod company, and that was to email them to bow my hat to the rod they built. Not only did the rod look and feel magnificent but after reading through the reviews and the ethos of the Syndicate rod company I felt compelled to let them know my thoughts on their product. This range of rods offer superb tippet protection that is crucial for comp anglers so I can fish super fine tippets and not crack off. They are also powerful enough to play those larger fish I hit from time to time in a session. The rods are very responsive to my requests in casting and accuracy, while they are also outstanding in the sensitivity department, you feel everything. Be it micro beading, French nymphing or deep bugging. The contact I have with my flies throughout the cast and drift is nothing like I have felt before with any other rod; and for setting the hook, well its more than able.
I fish in competitions with a good group of guys and we take them pretty serious. Since I discovered the Syndicate range, we have all switched over to them completely. I now only fish Syndicate, as too for my team partners, and over the last year we have had some great results on them. We have great confidence and belief when fishing with these rods, and it is a comfort to know the fantastic guarantee offered with them. If we break one it will be fixed within days and we are not waiting around for new tips running up to a major competition.
Since my first contact with Eric and Mark, from Syndicate, I have joined the family that is Syndicate Fly Fishing and you couldn't meet two more genuine guys that have the angler at the centre of their business and product objective. Even though I am now helping the guys get into Europe, I bought my first Syndicate rod retail and it was the best few bucks I have spent in a long time in Fly Fishing. I have no doubt that they have improved my catch rate and results. Between the 10 foot 2 weight and the 11 foot 2 weight pipeline they are a must for any angler that wants to take his nymphing to the top level, and the one of the best parts is that they are affordable.


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The moment I got my hands on the package, i used it immediately! I was on an event, working but i was too excited, i had to slip the casing on my celly right there and then. Haha! I ordered only 1 since it was my first, and i also wanted to make sure about it but the very lovely owner of the shop gave me two! How sweet is that! Luckily, it was one of the cases I was eyeing before i decided on my final order. Taking photos for my Instagram feed just got way way better, more fun, and stylish! Super duper thanks CFYG!
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Adorable S3 cases from CFYG!
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Man acquitted after B.C. police seizure of 27,000 fentanyl pills thrown out
A judge excluded the drug evidence after finding the RCMP had violated the accused's rights during the search of his vehicle.
Keith Fraser
Sandor Rigo had been charged with possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking.	Jason Payne / PNG
A man has been acquitted after the police seizure of 27,500 fentanyl pills in a van was thrown out of court due a violation of the accused's Charter rights.
Sandor Rigo was driving the van from Vancouver to Calgary when he was pulled over for speeding on Highway 1 near Chilliwack on April 4, 2017.
When an RCMP officer approached the accused's vehicle, he noted a strong odour of either cologne or air freshener, which he believed was often used by drug traffickers and couriers to mask the odour of narcotics.
He observed several cellphones between the driver and the passenger seats, indicating a "red flag" for drug activity.
The officer noted that Rigo's right hand and arm were shaking violently, which Rigo attributed to being low on sugar and needing to eat something.
When the officer ran Rigo's name through a police database, it showed he had a criminal record but nothing to indicate prior drug trafficking.
Rigo was detained and a police drug detection dog was used to determined whether there were any narcotics in the vehicle.
The dog, PSD Doods, partially sat down during a walk around the vehicle, which the officer took as evidence there were drugs in the van.
Although a search of the van revealed no drugs, the officer had the vehicle towed to a local tire shop where a further search was conducted.
An initial search found no drugs, but as the mechanic was putting the last tire back, the officer noted a bottle of Bondo glue in a rear right console and decided to search the vehicle again.
The officer opened the top of the interior housing over the right rear wheel well and inside found a large Ziploc bag containing pills. Reaching in, he found four more bags.
Each of the large bags weighed the same, about 17.5 pounds, and inside each of the five large bags were five smaller bags. There were a total of 27,500 pills, which analysis later determined was fentanyl.
Rigo was charged with possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, but in a pre-trial ruling, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Brundrett found that his Charter rights had been violated during the police investigation.
The judge found that the police were too quick to rely on the detection dog's "ambiguous behaviour" as supplementing the grounds to arrest the accused and to search the vehicle.
The police conduct was serious in that it involved the illegal arrest of the accused, the removal of the accused and his vehicle from the highway, and the illegal search of vehicle, he said.
"This was not a situation where the police merely opened the hood or the rear of the vehicle to take a quick peek inside. It was not a minor or technical breach. Rather, the breach was more blatant. The impact of state intrusion was thus relatively high."
The judge noted that the offence itself was serious because of the evils well-known to be associated with fentanyl trafficking and agreed that the public had a significant interest in finding out the truth of the case.
But he focused on the long-term effect that non-compliance would have on the overall reputation of the justice system. And he concluded that the admission of the drugs into evidence would bring the administration of justice into disrepute.
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#import "FBRequestConnectionTests.h"
#import "FBTestSession.h"
#import "FBTestSession+Internal.h"
#import "FBRequestConnection.h"
#import "FBRequestConnection+Internal.h"
#import "FBRequest.h"
#import "FBTestBlocker.h"
#import "FBURLConnection.h"

// This is just to silence compiler warnings since we access internal methods in some tests.
@interface FBSession (Testing)

- (BOOL)shouldExtendAccessToken;

@end

@interface FBRequestConnection (Testing)

- (FBURLConnection *)createFBURLConnection;

@end

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MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battled a wildfire in the inland mountains of Southern California on Friday as Santa Ana winds gusted through the region, where little rain has fallen this winter and vegetation is very dry. The Bonita fire erupted shortly after 1 a.m. and grew to 600 acres (243...
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 42 people. More than 600 people were injured by the magnitude 6.2 quake, which sent people fleeing their homes in the...
Avalanche warnings aired after heavy snowfall in Switzerland
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Switzerland have warned of high avalanche risk in mountainous regions of the Alpine nation after heavy snowfall in recent days. Zurich's public transport company halted all tram and bus services in Switzerland's biggest city Friday, saying snow had brought down trees and...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Searchers used inflatable yellow rafts and drove metal poles into deep mud Thursday as they searched for a woman who was swept away by a landslide in Oregon during a powerful winter storm. Authorities said in social media posts that they have found part of the SUV that 50-year-old...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would slash millions of acres of protected habitat designated for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, Washington state and Northern California, much of it in prime timber locations in Oregon's coastal ranges....
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered Species Act in a misguided effort to slow the advance of wildfires in six Western states....
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Tour organisers focusing on postponement, not cancellation
By Julien Pretot
PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France organisers are focusing on a postponement of this year's race rather than a cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to an email seen by Reuters on Saturday which was sent to the publishers of the official Tour programme.
The Tour's main publisher said in the email it was "freezing the administrative aspects of our collaboration" ahead of the sport's most prestigious race which is due to run from June 27-July 19.
"The unpredictable nature of the global crisis that we are all caught up in means that we will have to be patient until there's an official announcement of (Tour organisers) ASO about the 2020 race, bearing in mind that the current focus is on a postponement until later in the summer rather than a cancellation," the publishing arm of L'Equipe newspaper, which is owned by the same family as the Tour de France organisers, wrote.
Tour de France organisers declined to comment.
The Tokyo Olympics, soccer's European Championship, Wimbledon and French Open tennis, and golf's British Open are among the major sporting events this year which have been postponed or cancelled.
Postponing cycling's greatest stage race would be a major challenge for organisers as some 4,500 people - riders, sponsors, organisers and media - are directly involved in the three-week event.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) said last month that the grands tours (France, Italy, Spain) and the major one-day races would have priority on a revised scheduled once racing resumes.
May's Giro d'Italia, as well as the Milan-Sanremo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege classics, have already been postponed.
Briton Geraint Thomas, the 2018 Tour winner, said on Saturday he hoped the race would go ahead.
"That's a bit of a shame at the moment but there's a lot of serious things which need to take precedence over that," the Team INEOS rider told the BBC.
"It is a shame but hopefully it can go ahead. Obviously there are bigger things that need to be sorted out first but ...
tt's the pinnacle of the sport, it's what it's all about. I'm not sure when but hopefully it goes ahead this year."
Since its inception in 1903, the Tour de France has only been cancelled amid the two World Wars with no races held from 1915-18 and 1940-46.
Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ed Osmond


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Enter the Oasis in New Trailer for 'Ready Player One'
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on December 11, 2017Posted in: Film, News
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Earlier this year, coinciding with San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros. Pictures unveiled the first official trailer for Ready Player One – the upcoming Stephen Spielberg-directed adaptation of the popular Ernest Cline novel. While that trailer gave us a good sense of the bombastic virtual world of the OASIS, the latest trailer for the film goes a bit more into the story, while also working in plenty of science fiction and pop culture references.
With a screenplay written by Zak Penn (Alphas) and author Ernest Cline himself, Ready Player One stars Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse) as Wade Watts – a teenager who sets out on an adventure to find an "Easter Egg" planted in the virtual world of the OASIS by creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance) following his death, which would guarantee whomever finds it half a trillion dollars and complete control of the OASIS.
In addition to Tye Sheridan as Wade Watts and Mark Rylance as Halliday, the film also stars Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel), Hannah John-Kamen (Killjoys), Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One), Simon Pegg (Star Trek: Beyond), and T.J. Miller (Deadpool).
Check out the official second trailer for Ready Player One below, which features a slew of 80s pop culture references from Back to the Future to Voltron, all set to the tune of "Jump" by Van Halen. Ready Player One is set to release in theaters March 20, 2018.
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Everybody: A Department of Theatre Main Stage Production
Soren Olsen
Everybody: An NHCC Department of Theatre Spring Mainstage Production coming April 21st…
About The Play
On that fateful day when we face death, who (or what!) will stand at our side? And, what will we think about the actions done and choices made in our lives?
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a modern riff of Everyman (one of the oldest English language plays) that brings this 600-year-old morality play up to the moment of our pandemic times.
Highly allegorical and contemplative yet infused with irony and irreverence, the central question of human existence is the beating heart of Everybody. The play's storytelling asks what we all wonder: Who am I? Why am I here? Where will I be going when I leave this earth? Written by Brooklyn-based, MacArthur "Genius" grant winner and luminary Black playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Everybody was a finalist selection for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
While the 15th-century play Everyman focused on telling medieval people how to die, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Everybody flips the script and asks us to reflect on how we live. Audiences will see themselves mirrored in the play's allegorical characters as they explore powerful themes such as friendship, family, and love in ways both serious and comical.
April 21 @ 2:30pm
NHCC Main Stage Theater (Room 178)
Fine Arts Center (FAC)
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China Box Office: 'Croods 2' Beats Zhang Yimou's Censored Drama 'One Second'
12:32 AM PST 11/30/2020 by Patrick Brzeski
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The Universal and DreamWorks Animation sequel debuted in China to a healthy $19.2 million, $5 million more than it earned over its 5-day North American start.
Universal's The Croods: A New Age was the decisive winner of a competitive three-way race at China's box office over the weekend, topping both holdover local hit Caught in Time and the latest release from venerated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
Croods 2 opened in China to a healthy $19.2 million, which was $5 million more than its five-day holiday start in North America. Worldwide, the animated family film has earned $35 million — the best Hollywood studio rollout in weeks, as the pandemic continues to weigh on key markets around the globe. The first Croods film grossed $63 million in China.
Croods 2 started the weekend from behind, earning just $3 million on Friday, behind $3.2 million for One Second and $3.4 million for Caught in Time. But the animated sequel quickly struck a chord with filmgoers, and was lived into first by a wave of positive word of mouth. By Monday, Croods 2 had a score of 9.1 out of 10 on ticketing app Maoyan and 8.2 from film site Douban's taste-making user community.
Directed by Joel Crawford, Croods 2's voice cast sees the return of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. Franchise newcomers include Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann and Kelly Marie Tran.
Caught in Time, produced by Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures, fell to second place for the full frame with $13.7 million, while Zhang's One Second, backed by Huanxi Media, landed in third with an opening of just $10.6 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
Zhang has referred to One Second as his "love letter to cinema" and acknowledged that the movie is much more art-house in style and pacing than his more recent action releases. The film has been well received by local critics but it proved a tougher sell to mainstream filmgoers, scoring a middling 8.7 on Maoyan and 7.9 on Douban (China's social scores tend to skew high compared to U.S. counterparts like Rotten Tomatoes).
One Second's commercial release concludes a fraught journey through China's increasingly repressive censorship system. The movie was scheduled to open in competition at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, but it was yanked from the program hours before its premiere, with producers citing vague "technical reasons," a common euphemism for censorship issues in Beijing. The film is set during Mao Zedong's disastrous Cultural Revolution, which the ruling Chinese Communist Party still regards as politically sensitive.
After the movie was withdrawn from Berlin, Zhang conducted a substantial reshoot on location in China's remote Gansu Province; it's unclear how much of his original version was changed. But even after the director reworked the film and it was again granted official censorship approval by Beijing regulators, there was still more political heat to come. One Second was selected to open China's state-backed Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, which kicked off Nov. 25. Days before its festival premiere, though, the movie was yet again withdrawn. The proffered explanation: "technical reasons."
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Art | 2 weeks ago | By Harriet Lloyd-Smith
Iwona Blazwick on 120 years of Whitechapel Gallery
As Iwona Blazwick announces she will step down after 20 years as director of Whitechapel Gallery in April, we look back on our 2021 story to mark the gallery's 120th anniversary, for which Blazwick shared her pick of its most influential shows
Portrait of Iwona Blazwick by Christa Holka, 2016
In March 2021, Whitechapel Gallery turned 120. The vision of Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, the east London gallery was conceived of a commitment to social reform and experimentation. Its inaugural exhibition, 'Modern Pictures by Living Artists, Pre-Raphaelites and Old Masters', opened in 1901 and attracted 260,000 visitors. Some attribute this impressive turnout to the gallery's electric lighting – which many visitors would have experienced for the first time – but its founders knew they had tapped into something deeper.
One of the most notable moments in Whitechapel Gallery's history was in 1939. A young Spanish painter sought to highlight awareness for civil rights in his home country. He exhibited a single painting and requested that visitors leave their boots behind as donations for freedom fighters in Spain. The artist was Pablo Picasso; the painting was Guernica.
Jackson Pollock, 1958. Courtesy of the Whitechapel Gallery Archive
The gallery brought international art to London's East End. Over the decades, it has hosted a wealth of artist debuts and has seen the work of many a modern master grace its doors, including that of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barbara Hepworth, Frida Kahlo and David Hockney. In more recent times, the gallery has handed over the reins to contemporary art trailblazers such as Nan Goldin, Zarina Bhimji, Gillian Wearing, William Kentridge, Michael Rakowitz and Elmgreen & Dragset, who famously turned Whitechapel Gallery's ground-floor space into a vast, derelict public swimming pool.
In celebration of its milestone, Whitechapel Gallery has launched a 12-month interactive online campaign. It will put out a 'call for memories', encouraging audiences to share anecdotes from their experiences with the gallery, and will also delve into the archives to unearth rarely-seen material that shaped its history.
The gallery seems to have found a recipe for longevity: a spirit of innovation, an understanding and appreciation of its diverse East End community, and a fearless willingness to experiment. Over its 12 decades, it has united, subverted, educated, shocked, transformed and inspired.
Iwona Blazwick: 20 years at the helm of Whitechapel Gallery
Iwona Blazwick has been director of Whitechapel Gallery since 2001, steering the gallery into even greater renown. In April 2022, after 20 years at the helm, the celebrated director will step down from her role.
A fierce champion of emerging talent and young artists – discovering Damien Hirst is just one of a catalogue of achievements – she was given an OBE in 2008. Blazwick, whose critical writings are pored-over by students (and lecturers) globally, is also known for her support of female artists, having chaired the Max Mara Art Prize for Women since its inception in 2005, winners of which have included Emma Hart in 2017, and Emma Talbot in 2021.
Here, Blazwick reflects on 120 impressive years of the Whitechapel Gallery.
Whitechapel Gallery c. 1910. Courtesy of Tower Hamlets Archive
1902: Japanese Exhibition
'With this show of reconstructed tea-houses and temples, porcelain, armour and musical instruments from Japan, Whitechapel Gallery set the foundations for a century of bringing global perspectives to local people.'
1914: 20th Century Art: A Review of Modern Movements – David Bomberg, Isaac Rosenberg, Mark Gertler, Duncan Grant, Wyndham Lewis, Walter Sickert
'Around the corner in impoverished Brick Lane, young Jewish artists were revolutionising British art with their brand of futurism, premiered at the Whitechapel Gallery alongside Camden town post-impressionist Walter Sickert and his atmospheric evocations of street life.'
1929: Kibbo Kift Educational
'This utopian movement drew from Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Egyptian and Native American crafts, dress and language to create habitats and activities that were transformative for inner city children and young people.'
1939: Picasso's Guernica
'Perhaps the greatest history painting of the 20th century made its debut at New Burlington Galleries and consequently the Whitechapel Gallery as part of a tour to promote anti-fascism in Spain. Picasso asked that the price of entry was a pair of boots. By the end of the show 400 pairs had been donated for the freedom fighters in Spain.'
Picasso's Guernica as tapestry, featured in 'Nature of the Beast', Goshka Macuga installation, 2009. Courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery
1941: Dr WM Crofton's collection of British masters (including Turner and Constable)
'Defying 56 consecutive nights of bombing in the East End, at the height of the Blitz, the gallery brought old masters out of their stately homes and into the lives of East Enders.'
1956: This is Tomorrow
'A radical experiment brought 12 groups of young artists and architects together to shape their visions for the future through eye-popping pavilions that went from cool constructivism to brash pop art.'
Exhibition poster for 'This is Tomorrow', 1956. Courtesy of the Whitechapel Gallery Archive
Installation view of 'This is Tomorrow', 1956. Courtesy of the Whitechapel Gallery Archive
1961: Mark Rothko
'This sublime immersion in Rothko's evanescent canvases was one of a series of solo shows featuring Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, Philip Guston, Robert Rauschenberg, Morris Louis and Lee Krasner and that introduced cutting-edge art from America to British audiences.'
Installation view of Mark Rothko, 1961. Courtesy of the Whitechapel Gallery Archive
1979: Eva Hesse
'This was the very first exhibition I saw at the Whitechapel Gallery. I was studying art and English at Exeter University and Hesse's biomorphic, space-invading resin sculptures blew me away. I knew then that art would be my life.'
School groups at Whitechapel Gallery during Eva Hesse's exhibition, 4 May – 17 June 1979. Whitechapel Gallery Archive
1982: Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti
'A joint show of these then unknown artists established Kahlo as a feminist cultural icon, juxtaposing her intense visionary paintings with Modotti's photographs of the revolutionary Mexico they had emerged from.'
Top: exhibition poster for the Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti exhibition, 1982. Above: Installation view of Frida Kahlo, 1982. Courtesy of the Whitechapel Gallery Archive.
1995: Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa
'Modern and contemporary art from Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Sudan testified to the avant-garde creative energy of the continent.'
2002: A Short History of Performance: Jannis Kounellis' 12 live horses
'Twelve live horses spent the day at the gallery in a recreation of an iconic 1969 Arte Povera work by Jannis Kounellis, an encounter of nature and culture that proved unexpectedly emotional.'
Top and above: horse entering the Whitechapel Gallery foyer for Jannis Kounellis' exhibition, 'A Short History of Performance' in April 2002. Courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery
2018: Elmgreen & Dragset: This is How We Bite Our Tongue
'Scandinavian duo Elmgreen & Dragset conjured away the Whitechapel Gallery and replaced it with the ruin of a public swimming pool, a memorial to all civic facilities destroyed by commercial development. A testament to our mission to realise artists' visions.' §
Installation view at the Whitechapel Gallery. Elmgreen & Dragset, 'This Is How We Bite Our Tongue'. 27 September 2018 – 13 January 2019. Courtesy Whitechapel Gallery. Photography: Jack Hems
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